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THE AGE-HERALD. 24 PACES TODAY? • ____ F] EM INGHAM, ALABAMA, SUNDAY, MAY 4 1902 NUMBER 313 An Electric Belt Free lend Your Application At Once To The Physician’s Institute. They Will Send You Absolutely Free One bf Tlielr lOO Gunge Supreme Electric Belts* the Belt Which Has Made so Many Wonder ful Cures—You Needn’t Send Even a Postage ■.mm..—a Seven years ago the State of Illinois granted to the Physicians' Institute of Chicago a charter. There was need of something above the ordi nary method of treatment for chronic diseases, something more than any one specialist or any number of specialists acting independently could do, so the State itself, under the powers granted it by its general laws, gave the power to the Physicians’ Institute to furnish to the sick such help as would make them well and strong. Ever since its establishment this Institute has endeavored in every possible way to carry out the original purposes of its establishment under the bencflclent laws of the State. Three years ago, the Physicians Institute, realizing the value of electricity In the treatment of certain phases of disease, created under the superintendence of its staff of specialists an electric belt, and this belt has been proved to be of great value as a curative agent. From time to time it has been improved until It reached that stage of perfection which warranted Its present name of “Supreme.” This belt is the most effective of all agents in the cure of rheumatism, lumbago, lame back, nerv ous exhaustion, weakened or lost vital functions, varicocele, kidney disorders and many other complaints. Tills "Supreme Electric Belt" Is made In on. grade only—100 guage—tliere Is no better electric belt made and no better belt can be made. Whenever In the opinion of our staff of special ists the wonderful curative and revitalizing forces of electricity will cure you we send you, free of all cost, one of these Supreme Electric Belts.»It Is not sent on trial, It Is yours tQ keep forever without the payment of one cent. /ThU generous offer may be withdrawn at any time, so you should write to-day for this free "Supreme Electric Belt” to the Physicians’ Institute at 1979 Masonic Temple, Chicago, Ills. wilcm TANSY-PILLS For 20 years tho only safe and reliable Female Kefpilalor for ull troubles. Relieves within 3 days. At druggists, l or by mail. Price. ®2. Send 4c. for > “Women’sSafeGuard.” Wilcox Med* ical Co., 320 K. 15th St., Philo., Pu. , Morphine and Whiskey habitstreated without pain or confinement. Cureguar anteed at Sanitarium or no pay. B. H. VBAL, Man’gr Lithia Springs Cure Co., Drawer A, Austell,Ga. Homejtreatment sent if preferred. Correspondence strictly confidential. ,„„y\ Day With the Fire Department,,,,, j - he first inhabitants of the new yl rv city hall, unless perhaps an ad venturous mouse be excepted, are the flremA. They have been in their new quarters several weeks and are feeling like old residents. In point of tlm they are the aristocracy of the building and the Mayor and other city officials will be in a certain sense par venues when they move' into the quarters they have indulgently provided for them selves. The firemen were not only the first to use the new building, but they have given the first entertatnment which was a ball and a success In every way. In point of time the Birmingham firemen are ‘‘sooners" especially when it comes to getting to a fire. So efficient is the department that here has not been a real ly first class fire in some time. This is a lucky thing’especially for Birmingham's tall buildings, for there Is only one lad der In the department and It will just reach to the fourth story of the Hillman. Guests above the fourth story of this and other; hotels would do well to lay in a supply of-parachutes for an emergency. "Is this hell—I mean the firedepart mont?” Inquired a visitor to headquarters yesterday. "Its a little of both I reckon," replied a good looking fireman with blue eyes. "Excuse me, but are you called fire laddies?” asked the visitor. "I have been called various names," said the fireman, "sometimes fire ladders, step ladders and even stepmothers, but never fire laddies. That Is out of date. "I’ll make a note of that," said the visitor, who was evidently a man who believed in preserving valuable informa tion. He proceeded to ask other fool ques tions and took up so much -time of the department that to get rid of him one of the men rang afalse alarm and the whole outfit lit out. Birmingham Department. The Birmingham Fire Department Is composed of 46 men and three substitutes. In this number Is included a chief, five captains and two foremen. In 1901 they responded to 335 alarms of which 42 were false alarms. This Is not quite an aver age of one alarm a day and the men would be supposed by many to have noth ing to do but sit and watch for an alarm, in other words Mlcawberllke waiting for something to turn up. Life In the depart ment Is not this bad. There Is really a good deal to do in the way of clean ing the apparatus and feeding the horses and attending to various little odds and ends. During the past year out of the total of 335 alarms received, 232 came in over the telephone. Only 53 were received over the alarm boxes stationed throughout the city. This by the way is the exact num ber of boxes and Is an average of one alarm per box per annum as can be fig ured out by any person with a math ematical genius. There were 16 “still alarms” which means that the firemen were alarmed while sitting still—some person walks In and announces that a house Is on fire and the department has to go and see if it is true, and it usually isn't. Probably few people know' where an alarm box is located, and the best way to send in an alarm is probably by using a telephone as a fireman sits at the in strument all day. The boxes in use hero are kept locked and the key is at the nearest house. They have to use this sys tem in Birmingham because the town is full of bad boys who don’t know where they will go if they send in false alarms. They are not aware of the old Latin say ing, “falsus in uno falsus in omnibus.” Forty-two of these false alarms were re ceived last year. It is well to send In an alarm quick, but it is well nlso to be sure there is afire before sending it in. It only takes the men from nine to twenty seconds after an alarm has sounded be fore they are on the street going to the fire as fast as good horse ilesli will carry them. There are three engines in active use in the department, and one engine held in reserve. These are all of the Arelins maks. and one is a first class engine, one second class and two third class. The engine held in reserve at the city hall has been in service 16 years, and might be spoken of as Old Faithful nr Old Reliable whichever the gentle reader may prefer. It is now* used for fires in the suburbs where It is impossible to haul the heavy engine which guards the business sec tion of the city and is named in honor of Alderman Harry Jones. This engine stands full of hot water all the time, as do the other engines on duty. The water is heated by a small stove and the con necting pipes have an automatic attach ment wrhieh shuts off the water, breaks the connection and allows the engine to drive off at once without the men having to detach the pipes. Besides the three engines there are five hose wagons, one reel in reserve one aerial truck and one chemical engine. It has already been stated that the aerial truck will only reach to the fourth floor of the Hillman. Its ladder is 64 feet long, and now that Birmingham has reached the sky-scraper period it looks as if this little truck might be put on the pension list and a new one bought. There is also a chemical engine which has saved thou sands of dollars of property as it Is al w'ays loaded with sulphuric acid, soda and water and caries 150 pounds of press ure This engine was bought last Sep tember and is used more than any other apparatus. It responds to all fires in the section bounded by Twelfth avenue, j north Avenue E on the south, and Fif teenth and Twenty-sixth streets. CLOSE RECORDS KEPT. A record is kept at headquarters of every fire, showing the time of day or night, the name of the owner of the prop erty, and location of the premises, the cause, the box from which the alarm was sent in. the kind of building, the kind of business, amount of insurance, ets. An engine is supposed to be manned by four foreman, a hose wagon by six and the chemical by four. “How long are you firemen on duty?” one of them was asked. “Twenty-four hours in every day in the year,” he replied. Cross examination developed the fact, however that the firemen have one day off in every thirteen. They are paid $60 , for the first year, J70 for the second and | 575 for the third and subsequent years. | A foreman gets $75 and an engineef $90. i The firemen are well fitted out in the I new quarters in the city hall. Twenty of ' them are constantly on duty there and I they have modern bathrooms and lava ; tories and comfortable sleeping quarters, j These latter are in the second and third • floors on the Fourth avenue side of the | building. There are brass rods running ! from these rooms to the ground floor and when an alarm sounds In the night it takes but a moment for the men to slide down to the ground floor. In the third story is also the new switchboard used in connection with the electric alarm sys tem and the electric device that strikes the alarms on the bell in the city hall, i CHIEF J. T. MULLIN. The present chief of the fire depart- I ment is J. T. Mullin. who has been con nected with the department since 1S87 and has been chief since 1890. “When I first became eonected with the fire department,’’ said Chief Mullen, while detailing some of his experience, “it consisted of one third-class steamer, one hose reel and one single ladder truck. We had no horse for the latter, and when a fire started we would send for “Red Henry,” an old mule that the city used to haul its garbage wagon. The city removed its garbage in those days, and “Red Henry” was used in slowly hauling the wagon. When he was hitched to the ladder and made to go fast he would bray all the way to the fire, uttering a protest at each step. Birmingham was really a very small potato in those days compared to what it is now. There was not a building on the block now occupied by the city hall ex cept a little brick store . on Twentieth street. “The city has been singularly free from large fires in the past twelve years. The two largest were the Caldwell hotel, which burned in 1894. and the Hewlett block, which was distroyed In 1900. At the t*me of the Caldwell fire there was PIANO RECITAL || -BY EDNA GOCKEL (Favorite Pupil of Scharwenka.) Al Conservatory of Music, Jesse French Building, Third Avenue, Thursday, May 8, 8:30 p. m. admission, - $1.00 . an automatic cut off valve in the water main which became closed, and the lire department could get no water. The hotel burned to the ground, but as there were only two small engines in the city at that time it is doubtful if they could have saved the building. The property lnqp at this lire was about $250,000, and at the Hewlett Are about $75,000.'' The total value of property at risk dur ing the year 1931 was $1,439,961 and the total lo3S for the year was $136,519.34. The | value of the buildings where the Are started was $S45,S4a and the value of con [ tents at risk was $594,121. The Insurance on the buildings was $461,950 and on the I contents $252,429. making a total insurance of $714,379.59. Roster of Department. Following is the roster of the fire de partment: Chief of the Birmingham Are depart ment, J. T. Mullln. Company No. 1—W. P. Walton, fore man; H. E. Mullin, foreman hook and ladder; S. A. Middleton, foreman chemi cal; William Wilson, Mneman; Harry Fleming, watchman; ‘‘Wing” Raford, i chief driver; C. C. Massey, engineer; R. F. Summers, J. E. Keith, E. H. Duke, William Friese, C. M. Lane, 13. M. Cuw ett. O. W. Bragan, A. G. Wursch, C. M. Maxwell. J. M. Mann, T. W. Cox, J. W. Lockhart, L. C. Fitzpatrick. Company No. 2, Avenue D and Nine teenth Street—J. S. Summers, foreman; J. W. Lovelace, O. 13. McClendon. R. V. Lewis. J. L. Martin, W. J. Briggs, en gineer; C. W. Day, J. H. Rowe, D. H. Cummins. Company No. 3, Five Points. Soutli Highlands—A. V. Bennett, foreman; W. M. Merrett, J. O. Browning, J. L. Neese, L. T. Lang. J. M. Felder, engineer; H. C. Webb, T. A. Cummins, J. E. Borough. Company No. 4, Twenty-fourth Street, Between Second and Third Avenues—I. L. Akin, foreman; J. C. Daly, O. F. Mey ers, C. C. Smith. Company No. 5, Nineteenth Street and Twelfth Avenue—V. S. Ttiter, foreman; N. R. Gossett, T. P. Cumin. A. N. Enrt. Extra Men — Lee McGlmsey, W. C. Batey, C. E. Proctor. Paul Cole. PHOTOGRAPHS OF HORSES. Devices of the Artist to Make ths Subject Look Pleasant. From the New York Sun. “Now an auto,” 3aid the roadside pho tographer. "is easy, for it stands still. But it s different with a horse." "To get a good picture of a horse you’ve got to Ax his attention and interest him as you would a child. The dullest and laziest of horses may not stand still, nr he may slouch Into some unhandsome at titude. so that he won't look very pretty when you do get him.” "The spirited, lively horse finds it hard to stand still at all. He's bobbing his head or moving somehow nil the time, so that he's hard to get; and then the finest horse looks better in some attitudes than he does in others. It is a common thing for the photographer who takes pictures of the turnouts of people out driving to have somebody Interest the horse, to get him at once quiet and into a good atti tude while he takes the picture.” "The picture taker having his camera conveniently located, the man who is to have his outfit taken drives into position and halts. The photographer, all ready for taking the picture and waiting now only for the horse to stand still and to look well, calls in his assistant, who standing in front of the horse and ten EATH. IT Never Fails. Water bugs’ Mice. k A WAV FROM TfiE PREMISES-w Druggists 5ell It _ In 25 & 50 f Boxes. 1682 IF THEY CANn0r POSmVELYGUAKANTttD SUPPLY you 5end'to A {O Us Direct and We / It, Will Send It Postpaid. ra WPf1/WTi«&Cac«icAooiu_ 3iL KbJ*' Successors to C s Brown irCo. or twelve feet away, attracts the ani mals attention.” “Sometimes he has a little rattle for this purpose; sometimes he holds up a bunch of grass. It might be that he would wave a handkerchief gently, at the same time calling the horse. Then you see things happen.” “Even though he was a handsome horse anyway he looks more so than ever in that first look at the man who has at tracted his attention. It may be that he's just a bit startled, and he stands there perfectly erect, head up and all at tention, ears thrown forward, a keen alertness in every line, a most spirited figure of a horse; and for the moment motionless; and in that happy moment you get him.” Thousands of new patrons have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla this season. You ! should try It. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. Notice Is hereby given to all whom It may concern that the firm oi Hargreave mil Hillman, a co-partnership composed if 1/arry YV. Hargreave and M. P. Gen try Hillman. lately doing business st Birmingham. ..la., has on this the 19th lay of April. 1902. been dissolved by mu ual consent of the copartners. HARRY W. HARGREAVE, M. P. GENTRY HII.LHAN. 4-20-4t-su Don’t forget Schillinger ; Lager Beer for picnics. ALL TEXAS POINTS quickly reached via Queen & Crescent Route (Ala. Gt. So.) Through Pullmans direct to the Texas line at Shreve port. Finest dining car service in the South. I - __ MONDAY EYE,, MAY 5, AT 8:30 THE HIT OF THE SEASON. “5/feChiSdren’s Mikado” Under the Direction of Kendal Weston. Box office opens Saturday, May 3, 1902. Prices, 25, 50, 75c. OCEAN TRIPS *To NEW YORK, 30ST0NV y AND /ALL V J EASTERN RISGRTS Z } V,The c b ^ OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY V 3 LOW KATES—Superior Service £ j J SO Hours of Ocean Qrcozei K 'X a Calling's each '7eeK f y avannnh,_Ga, jr 1 The steamships of this Popular T.trir -;tn*om- y tjt parable in Speed, Service os- A ppointuenis. t; «*r w a delightful route—inexpensive iiiciim.imi plete A ‘ In enjoyments—trom all Southern Points by h L ^ short rail Journey to Savannah ami to hour* of la \ \ cool, salt air to Siew York._ f ! Foe Rato, Roovations, >>dvlrtirinq X sJ Matter, Etc.. Apply to ^ «ek W. Johnson. Ticket Aren I, C. of drorgln Ry. P Jf L. A, Shipman, T. K. k P. A. Rlrminighiiii, Ala. V ATntvrwvnononnoc' -=k J Gents’ Night Robes 75c Gents’ Night Robes, with or without collar, made of fine soft muslin, plain or fancy embroidered fronts; our special sale VI€1A price, each..... "tOU Second Avenue, Near Twentieth Street. a ■ --- - - -- ■ ■ .- '■ ...Attractive Millinery, New Tailored Suits, Skirts and Waists... GrZRJE-A-T IPX?,ICE SDEHSTS-A-TTOIlSrS I ____ Newer Millinery The rarest novelties In modish mil linery will be on show here M'onday. Entirely new models In fine dress hats and walking hats, exclusive shapes, correct copies of high class imported millinery modes. Fine dress hats, worth $25.00, for $12.50 and $15.00. Fine dress hats for $7.98 and $10.00 dress hats only $4.98. An enormous stock of all the new shapes In Cubans, Panamas and Tus can straw Leghorn hats in fine quality. $1.00 kind only 49c each; $1.50 ones only 98c. WATCH OUR SHOW WINDOWS. Special Lace Prices 6-inch wide Point de Paris Laces— would be cheap at 20c— 1 rip Special at. AV'^ Point d'-sprit laces, value 1 Qp i„c- special at.At/^ English thread, laces and insertion to match for trimming Organ- 1 ri dies, etc.; special at........ •" A , 100 pieces laces and insertion to match, looks and wears as well as the real Smyrna at 25c; our Kp special price only. ^ Applique match sets, a beautiful selection, at up 19c bom....... Muslin Underwear Special sale of ladies’ fine under muslin Monday. READ THESE PRICES: Ladies’ fine Nainsook Gowns, hand somely trimmed with lace beading and embroideries; former price, $3.50; sale price Mlonday, $1.75 .1.98 Ladies’ fine muslin or cambric gowns, nicely trimmed, all well made garments; special sale price Qflf( only.dot Special line muslin Gowns, trimmed nicely, looks like the $1.00 A.Ckr> garment; sale price, each. Ladles’ fine muslin Skirts, very wide embroidered flounce with dust ruflle; no better garment sold anywhere for $4 .50; our special price g) OQ only./6.0*7 Very fine muslin Skirts, beautifully trimmed with four rows inser- | no tlon and lace edge, each.l*»/0 Real line muslin Skirt, nicely made, trimmed with deep flounce of embroid ery. Price, the garment, only.UOC Fine Nainsook Corset Cover, trim med with fine lace beading and ribbon, worth $1.98 and $1.25; special sale price, garment, $1.25 98c Table Linens We quote a few prices on Table Linens, Towels and Napkins for next week. We invite you to examine the prices: Bleached Table Damask, OOp good quality, at.O&L/ 68-inch Bleached Table Dam- ACks% ask; all linen; special at. 72-inch Bleached Table Dam- $iQp ask, double faced heavy, at...."*'* Heavy German Damask to OQn sell Monday at.Oi/C 10-4 Bleached Table 1 O/j 18x38 Linen Crash Towels, "I Qp all pure linen; special at.Avrl; 20c all linen Huck Towels; 1 Kp very special Monday at. 18x36 Bleached Huck Towels, Kp special at Caheen’s only. Extra size Doilies, marked AQn special Monuay at. 1.50 3x4 size Napkins, goodl Afk quality; at cial at. Metsand Grenadines A large assortment of patterns here in Point d’Esprit Nets, La Tosca and Fillet Nets, figured and plain Grena dines. Black 42-ineh Fillet Nets, KQ„ worth 75c, for.tfUV All Silk La Tosca Nets, 45 inches wide, worth $1 .50; sale price, QOfl | the yard.I/OC Black Point d’Esprit Net, 45 inches wide, pure silk, the regular $1.75 quality; special price, the 1 IQ yard.X.lf/ Plain Black Net, 45 inches KQ« wide, 75c quality, special.tl*7X> 45- inch Iron Frame pure 1 IQ Silk Grenadine for. X*X«7 Black figured very fine quality Grenadine that sold at $2.60 a 1 AG yard; Monday, the yard.-* Black Barred Grenadine Nets, for merly sold at $2.75 a yard; 1 AQ sale price Monday.A •‘its 46- inch White Silk Net, 1 OK the yard only.A*a/0 Black and white figured and dotted Nets; worth $3.50; sale 1 qq price.A.tfO Black Silks A few leaders for Monday and Tues day’s selling: Black TafTeta, good quality, Black Taffeta, 20 inches wide, the guaranteed kind, per 69c Black Taffeta, 24 Inches wide, for merly sold at $1.50; sale 1 GO price, the yard.X.vAJ Black Taffeta, 86 inches wide, guar anteed quality; special the 1 OK yard Monday.AtA/O Black Peau de Sole, the Black Peau de Sole, 21 Inches wide, the $1.50 quality; on sale QOr> Monday, the yard. Black Peau de Sole, 27 inches wide, beautiful high luster black; marked for this sale, the l iq Am elegant line of new fresh pat terns in solid black cords and white, with cords and beautiful colored stripes—the kind that will AQn laundry, the yard. ___... . X3L New Gibson Waist The most exclusive models in ladies’ fine dress waists—quality superior, styles absolutely the newest that can be had. Gibson Waists, made of very fine sheer Paris muslin, handsomely,1 (JC tucked fronts, each.A.tfO Very fine quality French Lawn, tucked and embroidered, marked to sell at $7.98; special price for this sale, the garment, A (JO only. $6.00 lace and embroidered Waists, tucked front and back, made of fine Paris muslin, button back; s) (JO sale price. Fine Lawn Waists, beautifully tuck ed and embroidered back and front tucked, worth $1.60; special 1 price, each. Colored Swisses Fine imported handsomely embroid ered Swisses, 46 inches wide, an ele gant line of patterns to select from. These goods are not imitations—they are high class imported novelties that sold at $2.26 and $2.60 a yard; your pick of the patterns while they ACkn last for, the yard.L Embroidered mercerized striped Foulards for waists or costumes, 20 of the most desirable patterns in light shades; worth 75c a yard; special sale price........ Dress Goods High class dress fabrics here on sale Monday and Tuesday at special prices. Novelty weaves in black and colored goods, all entirely new thin fabrics: Black Berege, worth 59c; A K., special, the yard. Black Tamise Cloth, worth AQ., 66c; sale price.Ac/l Black Etamlne, special 4-Qf* price, the yard. Black Imperial Serge, 45 inches wide, 76c quality; sale price SQ Monday, yard.OiJl. Black Imperial Serge, that KB., sold at 65c; special, yard.B"' 54-inch Black Storm Serge, beauti ful for skirts, the $1.00 grade; price, the yard.OtH Black Armure, summer Oft, weight, worth $1.25; sale price. Fine quality Black Nun’s Veiling, worth all of 65c a yard; Mon day, the yard.Bl/I Beautiful quality Black Albatross 40 inches wide, sells everywhere at 65c a yard, our AQ $1.25 quality Black Etamlne, 45 inches wide, beautiful pebble 1 ftft effect; sale price.A.vJV White Goods Everything that is new in white goods can be found at CAHEEN’S. 46-inch Paris Muslin, nothing pret tier for graduating costumes. ,4ri CAHeEN’S Price.‘iVV 46-inch Wash Chiffon, very sheer— would be cheap at 76c. A Q CAHEEN’S Price.‘tut 42-inch French Lawn, wiry and sheer; washes beautifuuy; QQ value, 6Sc. CAHEEN’S Price_OiJC 36-lnch Pongee, a very soft and sheer material; value, 39c. on CAHEEN’S Price.aOC 32-lnch Batiste Clair, a beautiful quality for dresses; value 35c. QQ,. CAHEEN’S Price./COC 36-lnch Silk Tissue; value 4ft 75c. CAHEEN’S Price. White Madras for shirt waists, many new patterns to select from. e-^HEEN’S Special -| K Price. AtH New Persian Lawns, very sheer, looks like the 25c kind. 1 f)i , CAHEEN’S Prina.«»„__A^st/ Mew Skirts and Suits x The most elaborate trimmed skirts b ' ’ that can be had in Taffetas, Peau de 35 Soics, Nets and fine Etamine. Also an elegant line of fine skirts in cheviots, basket cloths and plain cloths, handsomely trimmed garments. Fine taffeta silk skirts, the newest models, beautifully trimmed with net ; uffling and ribbons, at 11/| $11.98, $16.98 and. '*< ^ SUITS Summer weight tailored suits of thb ' newest types on show here in all colors in fine cloths, cheviots, prun ella cloths and fine soleils, all lengths, *• a I sizes, at special prices—only j 19.98 for $35.00 suits; $12.98 for ->0.00 suits, and $15.00 suits Jl Fine Walking Skirts in cheviots, otamines, mixed cloths, covert cloths, basket cloths, handsomely made la very best style, wide stitched 1 ft bounce, each. 1U.UU Elegant line fine Walking Skirts in p cheviots, canvas cloths and light weight homespuns, in all colors and black, worth $5.00; special o QD price, each.0.«7© Embroidery and Laces EOK UKAUUATinu AINU uuni MENCEMENT DRESSES. SOME SPECIALS. Embroidery Shirt Waist front—it matches wash chiffon and Paris mus lin—marked for this sale 98c , 89c Match Swiss Sets, a handsome line to make your selection, 4 to 10 inches wide; some as low .12lc 14-inch hand embroidered Swiss flouncing, used as shirt waist . fronts at 98c. 89o and. mm Uut/. Aiiuvci o w ias euiuruiueiy, ao an ferent styles, worth $2.50; Ca heen’s special price.t/Ol/ Cambric Match Sets, new selections, a grand sale Monday at, per | Ij., yard, 25c and....J.VFC 26 pieces new embroidery, applique bands for trimming skirts and shirt waists, worth 26c; Caheen’s 1 4)1 „ price. Swiss Allover tucking in narrow and medium tucks; special Revering, 36-lnch, for entire waist and waiBt fronts, looks like hand drawn, worth P-2&I ()9c