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SofS o t o- man he notable eadg . Zt is sgraphle smagsslae. from it. very t resent time. A ne t of tbe late eaiel this farewell number. more notable stories and be mentioned "A BRse for ohn Willis says, a thrilling " .The North Chamber," "b . raigin, and "The Thrilling *-Cpt. Noman," by Charles "Conocord Dramatics," .L Bartlett, will interest a, of Louisa Alcott's "Little .astories. this great Midsummer issue, . Awaa ceases to be a separate and bids -srewell to ite Sof readers. -new departre is explained in i articl ."The Story of Wos .'& 1ts>'" The D. Lothrop Company Sve aeide arrangements to merge *dU AWAU Zinto S. t Nicholas. Te¢ tje of this number is 20 cents. ior sale at news stands; or mailed by -B.=othr p Company, Boston, on re elipt of price. A ems. is not anr with her lover every as she caoss teaidbor behind him with a _icma bangs.-Galveston News. Wure sad Wholeseme Quality Oiimads to public approval the Californial liquidlaxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. It lsplsssut to the test, and by acting gently e idneys, liver and bowels to cleanse L -l't-Dntm efectuaelly it promotes the Sliiihandcomfort of ai who use it, and with illims it is the best and only remedy. -A wrrsxie-ros--The driver's seat. Pck. Hood's Cures "My trouble began with Iriammatory rheuma tism in my left leg above the knee. As a result of poulticing a running sore formed, and I was in terrible condition. I was obliged to walk with a crutch. I bought ood's Sarsaparilla. and soon after I began talking it the sore stopped dim nr. Eanr charging a.4 healed up. Ithrew away my eane and crutch and can walk as well as ever." CEASLS W. HAUIs. 23 W. Patrick Street. Frederick, Md. Need's Pills Cure sick Headache. CUES DIARN'RY, OHOLERA INFANTUM, AFFECTIONS OF THE BOWELS. Oron, La.. July., YOM Gentlsmen :-We have used your Brodie's Cor dial in our family for some time past, and are p-rfcF siatisfied with its effects. Would not ngy do without it. Respetfully, j. B. hoasonto. SOLD BY ALL DRUCCISTS. PRICEI soo. and 1.0o. Prepared by I. L. LYONS & CO. 'August Flower" I used August Flower for Loss of vitality and general debility. After taking two bottles I gained 69 lbs. I have sold more of your August Flower since I have been in business than any other medicine I ever kept. Mr. Peter Zinville says he was made a new man by the use of August Flower, recommended by me. I have hundreds tell me that August Flower has done them more good than any other medicine they ever took. GEoRGo W. DYE, Sardis, Mason Co., Ky. 0 Positively cure BjIous Attack,Coan stipation, 4~--areadache, etc. £5 cents per bottle, at Drug Stores. Writ, for sample dose, free. J. F. 8MITH & CO..--New York. r You 8ickP h~a m hs amou n SitMen. ..hS Woar Vg i l agas of the aid wayar Plateane assilture esm of Utrasge =sese-A re. ame -nat Awedas mush Vle"e. Se Vteise.-Odd U1ghte ~OOTHING seems to afford the average sight seer at the fair more genuine pleasure than a trip through that widely fa mous thorough fare, the Mid way Plaisance. 8 One can hardly -stir abroad in 7 L " these piping times of pleas ure in our world's fair city, be it afoot or by convey ance, without - hearing on every hand seraps of conversation relating to the wonders of its many attractions. The "Playsaunce" is upon every tongue, and deplorable indeed is the condition of the person who has not paid it a visit and become acquainted with its moeques, theaters, panoramas, villages, etc. Even the gamin on the down town street corner can direct you to the several abodes of the Turks, Jav anese. Dahomeyans or any of the strange races, and he regards with a commiserating air the poor unfor tnnate frater who has not "done" the "whole blooming show" from one end to the other. The exposition proper must needs Mrst claim the attention of the visitor, and until he has viewed the wonders o'er contained in the great white build ings, and made himself familiar with the multitudinous wonders of the arts, manufactures and other departments, he cannot conscientidusly say he has NTHE GERMAN VLAGE. rvu~wrurv IN T~J lE GER'UPIA ~Vii AGE - YLY~~Y ~ · seen the fair, but if he departs without having turned his steps westward through that wonderful avenue of mys teries and dropped in on the queer peo ple of all lands, he will find himself sadly deficient in information when his friends in his distant home inquire i about the sights of the Plaisance of which they have read so much. While embraced in the general plan of the fair and considered part and 1 parcel thereof, the enterprises of the Plaisance are private, and partake 1 somewhat of the nature of side-shows. Each one has a fixed price of admission, which of itself is but a mere trifle, but when once within the gates the cost of 4 entering is apt to be largely increased if a check is not placed upon one's ap petite for viands and drinks of all kinds, and if this desire to possess the curious and beautiful souvenirs on sale is not promptly curbed. The first thing that strikes the eye on the left on entering the Plaisance from the fair ground is the picturesque Blar Ir THE IRISH VILLAGE. ney castleand its surrounding cottages, which compose the interesting Irish in dustrial exhibit, presided over by Lady Aberdeen. This is the only enterprise in the Midway Plaisance not operated and promoted for private gain. The profits accruing from this exhibit go into a fund created for the purpose of making the people of Ireland self-sus taining and for removing the taint of poverty from the Emerald isle. It is a worthy enterprise, and presents some very interesting and entertaining fea tures, among them being the celebrated Blarney ston, which is set in an ex act reprodaction of the historic castle. The entrance to the village is a gem of early Celtic architecture, bearing over the portal the words: "Cead Mile Failte," which, translated, bids the vis itor a hundred thousand welcomes. Once within the mimic city, the stranger finds much to instruct and amuse. Here the process of dairying, lace-making and other Irish industries are faithfully represented, and the time may be pleasantly passed in listening to genuine Irish songs, dances, etc. The funds to sustain this enterprise were subscribed by people of every po ltical asd religious faith in Ireland 6 apublkptti*ea eitlseia bf ti eeantry. There is another Irish vllage in the Plaisance, on the righthand side further west, which offers many fea tures of interest, but the one that has the Blarney stone must, and very natu rally. attract the most attention. A little further along the Plaisance, on the right-haid side going west, there Js the Javanese village, of which so much has been said and written. Vith out going into a detailed account of its many queer features, we can but may that it is we ! worth the price asked to pass thro uthis strange community. The peopl mselves are the greatest curiosities othis remarkable exhibit. Their ho~ses. mode of living and many curios from the land of the Malay offer ample interest for an hour's visit, but when the visitor leaves their gates he does so with - impression that there is a race that cannot well lay claim to being anything like clean in their habits. A little further along are the Ger man villages, "Old Vienna" on the left and the German village proper on the right, in either of which there is much tobe seen and heard that will afford the visitor a profitable hour's pause. Aside from the beer and music, which are in dispensable adjuncts to most all Ger man entertaiments, there is much to please and instruct in the various pro ductions of art and industrial skill. The concerts in themselves are always a great attraction for lovers of martial music,and great crowds of Germans are constantly drawn to the daily concerts in these villages. In the immediate neighborhood of the German villages are the Turkish mosques and bazars in which are faithfully portrayed the different phases of life in the oriental cities. Regularly every day, at stated inter vals of about two hours, may be heard the plaintive wail of the muezzin who from his lofty perch on the mosque calls his brethren to prayer. Not a word of the invocation is dis tinguishable; the chant is simply a long, somewhat melodious and plain tively quavering intonation. It would not become a professional muezzin to chant otherwise. He continues on this strain for several minutes - long enough for a wonderfully cosmopolitan crowd to collect; and as usual it is an Irishman who volunteers the first criti cism of the performance. *"Begorra, me fadder on the ould sod once had a baste of a donkey wid a vice intoirely loike thot chap!" Meantime the Moslems have heard, and here and there in the alleys of the village red fezes may be seen, bowing to the ground. To be in good and proper form, a Moslem should kneel and bow to the southeast-in the direction of Mec ca. But the poor fellows appear to be a good deal "turned around" in Chica go, and are bowing to all points of the compass. Further along are the villages of the Indians and Dahomeyans, the latter be ing among the most attractive features in the Plaisance. This village recalls, to use the words of John C. Eastman, in an article in the Chautauquan, the stories of Stanley, Livingstone, and Paul du Chaillu. It is inclosed by a fence made of bark with a platform LIMERICK LACE MAKERS. running along the top and the entire distance of the Midway front. There are also signal towers near the entrance and into these thatched boxes black and savage sentinels are to be seen every day dancing madly when they are not singing and shaking long loops of goats' hoofs. There is no doubt that the Dahomeyans are more closely allied with the cruel and superstitious prac tices of savagery than any other coun try represented in Midway. The wom en are as fierce if not fiercer than the men and all of them have to be watched day and night for fear they may use their spears for other purposes than a barbaric embellishment of their dances These make up a great part of the list of attractions of Midway Plaisance, without which the world's fair would be incomplete, inasmuch as they afford the people of the western world an op portunity of studying the lives and habits of those far-off races with which they have been acquainted through re port only. Tan way outof It, for Australia, is to set her pugilists to killing rabbits.-Cleveland Plaindealer. SoME people ride a bobby us they would a bilolo-s-mply for ezercIse.-N. V. Wor'., mew They Uathee admer-"" roe Pni sbe the aGoain-Oret Erhibit. Prof. Bodney Welch,of New Yorkecity, is writing some interesting descriptions of the various exhibits in the Agricul tural building at the Columbian expo sition for a New York paper. In a re cent tour of that enormous bnilding the professor investigated the exhibits of honey and beeswax, -which are to be found at the east end of the Agricul tural building. He discovered that in the Greelan agricultural exhibit Stam atios Papagannakis, of Athens, shows nearly fifty varieties of honey, some of which were-collected by bees from flowers that grew upon MountOlympus. There is nothing in the appearance of this honey that would seem to warrant the praise bestowed upon it by Homer and other Grecian poets It must be re membered, however, says Prof. Welch, that Homer was blind and therefore could not notice that its color was ex ceedingly dark. No modern poet with good sight would pronounce it "food fit for the gods," though it must be acknowledged that the flavor of sont* of this Grecian honey was delicious. Each of the states, except New York, making exhibits-Colorado, California, Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Min nesota, Michigan and Indiana-confine their displays to a single case. Nebras ka makes an interesting showing of the chief honey-producing plants of the state. Four-cases are filled with honey and beeswax from New York. The bee keepers of the state also have a large case in which five colonies of bees may be seen at work. Through apertures in the walls of the building the in dustrious insects go "far out upon the prairies," collect the harvest of the flowers and return with their sweet stores. In the display of New York is a large quantity of apparatus employed in handling bees and extracting honey from the comb. Many styles of bee hives are also shown, including some of the straw "skeps" which were in use two centuries ago. An attempt is made by those in charge of the New York display to show visitors the honey pro duced by different flowers. Next to New York Ontario, Canada, makes the largest display of honey, and is in many respects the most satisfacto ry to dealers. It is chiefly 'in large packages, weighing from fifty to sev enty-five pounds. Most of these pack ages contain the honey extracted from a single kind of flower. The large blocks of candied honey attract con siderable attention, as the Canadians are endeavoring to find a market for theirs in this condition. The comb honey in this display is by far the finest on exhibition, as all the cells are per fectly sealed. At one end of the gallery devoted to displays of honey and beeswax is a large collection of hives, honey ex tractors, bee smokers, face protectors, honey knives, comb fundations and many other appliances used in handling bees and honey. There is also a large collection of literature pertaining to bees and honey. Beekeepers desire to sell extracted honey and consumers desire it in the comb. Comb honey is difficult to trans port, and on that account is expensive. As an article of commerce honey no longer deserves much attention. Ithas a sentimental rather than an intrinsic value. All the poets from David to Whittier have sung its praises. But re cently other sweets have been pro duced that take its place, and it now comes in competition with many con diments unknown to the people of for mer times. Cheap and rapid transpor tation make it practical to have fresh fruits nearly all the year, while canned fruits of every kind are so cheap that the poorest can consume them freely. Candles made from an .adulterated beeswax are required for Catholic churches, and an exhibit of them is made by several countries. Some of the altar candles are eight feet in length and are most beautifully orna mented with representations of Christ, the holy virgin and the apostles. Can dles superior to these in design and finish cannot be seen in any of the great cathedrals of Europe. "MIDWAY PLAISANCE." The Correct Pronunciation of This Title as Adopted by General Usage. Since the opening of the fair it has been a matter to observe with regret that the name of that strange thorough fare wherein many nations are repre. sented has been regularly and auda ciously mispronounced by a large pro* portion of the general public. It has been charged that in selecting the title, "Midway Plaisance," the park commissioners made an unwarranted incursion upon a foreign tongue, but when one considers the inadequacy of the word "street," the effeminacy of "avenue," and the total impossibility of "boulevard," it is not hard to see what led them to the choice. The real ly woeful consequence of their selec tion is to be found in the weirdly varied pronunciation which some people give it. "Plezzunts" is common, so is "play zance." "Playzahants," with the accent on the ultimate, is a favorite. Fre quently a speaker, doubtful of his ac curacy, makes a sweeping contraction ano elision of the word, with the evi dent hope of escaping observation, and says: "Midway 'lez'ns'." The more popular .lexicographers of fer little help, and it remains with the speaker to choose whether he shall consider the word as Er -lish-it is an obsolete form of the arc-haic English word "pleasaunce"---or as modern French. The spellingof the older Eng lish and the present Gallic form is iden tical. If it is old English it is "play zance," with the accent weightiest on the first syllable. If it is French it is "playzongs" (as nearly as may be indi cated in English letters) with no ac cent at all, or with very little accent on the final syllable. Judging from the general usage here, it would seem that the latter pronun ciation is the one destined to rule. Chicago Record. AMOse the mauy things exhibited at the world's fair by Illinois is the suit of clothes which were wvorn by President Lincoln on the fatal Friday night upon which he was killed. The suit is shown in a glass case to prevent van dals from destroying it. The gun that fired the first shot from Fort Sumter and opened the late civil war is also on exhibition in the Government building. It is a four-pounder and well pre served. ON the world's fair grounds the other day a tall woman with steel-rimmed glasses went up to the "general iqfor mation" woman and asked: "Is this where you tell people what they want to know?" "Yes, ma am." "WVell, i've been looking for them lagoons l've heard so much about,. Can you tell ie what building they are in?" At Chicago Royal Leads All. As the result of my tests, I find the S ROYAL BAKING POWDER superior to all the others in every respect. It is entirely free from all adulteration and unwhole some impurity, and in baking it gives off a greater volume of leavening gas than any other powder. It is therefore not only the purest, but also the strongest powder with which I am acquainted. WALTER S. HAINES, M. D., Pbof. of Chemistry, RushrMedical College, Consulting Chemist, Chicago Board of Health. All other baking powders are shown by analysis to contain alum, lime or ammonia. ROYAL AKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. FASHION TIPS. A zwskirt is made in four equal width kunces, the upper one being gathered in at the belt. SxaITS made of black crepon and worn with plain silk blouses are prac tical and effective summer dresses. A rAvoarrI dress material for sea side wear is light wool, goffered in the manufacture so that it is not affected by damp. A xax-o'-wan suit is one of the most popular styles for the small boy. When made of water-proof serge, it is the most sensible and practical of outfits for the youngsters. A BELL-ST has five bias folds of graduated width, set equal distances apart. The lower fold is about three inches wide, and the others grow grad ually marrower toward the top. A nunM in the pocket will buy more groceries than a dollar somebody owes yon. CURIOUS AND AMUSING. AN artesian well is Selma, Ala., simultaneously spouts both hot and cold water through two tubes. LAwsoN E. BROWN, of Rozier, Ga., has a wonderful cow. He asserts that its milk turns into butter without churning. Asioxe some of the curiosities offered for exhibition at the world's fair were a hen that walks backward and a Shet land pony so small that her shoes are made from $20 arold pieces. On to the Cherokee Strip. President Cleveland's proclamation is all that is needed now to formally open the Cherokee Strip. This is expected shortly and the Missouri Pacific railway, in antic, ipation of alarge business to its three prom. inent outfitting points, Anthony, Arkansas City and Kiowa, has issued for free dis. tribution a very handsome folder and pamphlet, replete with valuable informa tion relative to the resources soil and cli mate of Indian Territory, Oklahoma and the Cherokee Strip, together with an sccen rate map explaining the country in detail Those who expect to attend the opening should by all means provide themselves with a copy of these valuable guides. Add. H. C. TowNSrND, G. P. & T. A., Bt. ouis. "TzEaa's a roomer in the air," muttered the impecunious seventh-floor lod er, as he slid down the rope that led from his window to the back alley, "that the landlord won't be able to trace, and I'll bet on it!" Big Four Route to Chicago. PoslTIvaLY Tra ONLY LIxE running solid vestibuled trains direct to the World's Fair Grounds and stopping at the Exposition Gates. POsITIVELY THE ONLY LINE makinaconnec tion in Central Union Station, Cincinnati, with traines of the L. & N. R. R., Q. a C. R. R., B. T., V. & G. Rv., and Kentucky Cen tral Ry. and C. & O. Ity., avoiding the dis agreeable transfer necessary viaother lines. POSITIVELY THE ONLY LINE landing passen gers at Suburban Stations in Chicago con venient to all World's Fair Hotels and Boarding Houses. No transfer of passen gers or baggage. Ask for tickets via THE BIGo FPo ROUTr and be sure you get them. 1). B. MARTIN, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Cincinnati. O. CRosSIoG Tns CAlsPUs.-•Mis Pretty "Oh, I wish I could have gone to collegel" Sophomore Cousin (bowing again) "Why l" Miss Pretty--"It must be nice to know so many men I"- Puck. MAN's system is like a town, it must be well drained, and nothing is so efficient as Beecham's Pills. For sale by all druggists. Cumtso-"Compose yourself, my dear sir." Cawker-"But I am already a self-made m-an."-VOgu. FoartNE smiles on the man who hopes. Ram's Horn. A Tn·iy pocketbook is no place to look for spare cash.-Truth. "I'vE spotted you," said the sun to th girl with freckles. "THE Cat Came Back" is regarded as an a-mews-ing ballad.-Picayune. A KNAVE of spades-a dishonest gardener. -Worcester Evening Gazette. WE forget all about the roots of the tree when we are eating the fruit.-Ifam's Horn. JcsT as soon as the moon has quarters enough she always gets full.-Inter Ocean. SOMfE people repeal their good resolutions on the first reading.-Galveston News. Tan work of a chef in at big hotel neces. sarily covers a wide range.-Hotel World. PIrrsIOLOGICkL FACT.-A young lady can stand up straight and still be bent on mar riage. IT is best to go slow when betting on a fast horse that has his ups and downs.- Picayune. A LoGICIA is a man who can figure out to his own satisfaction that two and two make five.-Puck. THU pedestrian who is out for the dust in this kind of weather generally gets it. Truth. JusT now the best of men are willing to put up with such cold comfort as a well stocked refrigerator offers.- Buffalo Cour ier. ' a careful of what you do; the world, like an insect whoso name we can't sarIl, has eyes in the back of its heud.-A:chison Globe. Assaults Upon Realth Are frequently committed by people who dose themselves with violent purgatives. Nothing but ultimate injury can be reason ably expected from such medicines, and yet, upon the smallest occasion, many unwise people use them repeatedly. If the bowels are costive, the most efficacious laxative is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which never convulses and gripes the intestines, whileit thoroughly regulates them and insures healthful action of the liver, stomach and kidneys. Use it in rheumatism and malaria. GEoRoz-"Have I come too early, dear," Laurs--"No George. We have just had tea, and u always ought to come right siter A. X. 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