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THE MORNING JOUBNAL-COUBIER, THURSDAY, - JANUARY 2, 1908.
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MEMORY FREAKS,
One of the Theories to Explain
Certain Antics of the
Mind. ,
ANCESTRAL REMEMBERING
Experiences Which Are as Queer as
They Are Com
mon. There are few people who have not
at times been startled by some vivid
reminiscence which has suddenly il
lumined their minds when vibiting
some entirely new locality or while
viewing some scene which they know
they have never seen before. A key
has been, somehow, turned; a bolt
shot back somewhere within the inner
temple of their consciousness; a se
cret flashed in upon them, a thrill of
insight has possessed them, and they
feel for the moment a new light has
broken over them. Words of amazed
recognition rush to their lips, as a full
current of new thought is switched on
and they feel they want to say so
much all at once that the effort gen
erally ends in their saying little that
is coherent For an all too brief space,
the recollection is there a concept in
the mind's eye, clear end strong, then
It fades away, while they desperately
hang on to tho skirts of the vision
When it Is entirely gone they strug
gle to recall it as one would recast a
dream. No us? it is gone, and the
mire serious ones realize thai there
are thoughts without words, as well
as songs without words; slunibtripg
F Ideas; dormant pictures; genius held
In bondage, which require but the
magic word to call them into active
operation.
At other times the vision lingers
sufficiently to enable ns to get hold
of something fairly definite; we are
bn firm enough ground to say, "I
have seen all this neioio I recog
nize that hill and those ruins; b'e
ond that hill there is a vilhigo: the
end of that lane will bring us to the
main road," and wa pass on to give
further details of vh;it the picture
ti ngs back to us.
Have you ever felt oa seeing a
place for the Ilr:;t time that yeu
lvvo been there before? This Is a
favorite 'question of min", and in
oiite 30 per cent, uf the answers I
get something which bears directly
on the theory of a racial memory. A
l"w, from fear of ridicule or mlsun
d 'standing, prefer to pass the ques
tion, and it Is not always easy to
break through the English .es'erve,
but I could give some very Interest
ing answers.
And this strange thing this
OFFICE
r DESKS.
.We are selling tho product of a
Hew desfc factory which Is manned by
the cream., of the worktog force e
ceded from factory Xo. 1 and is mak
ing the best Roll Top Desks In the
Country.
The best stock, the best construc
tion, the best finish a hard combina
tion to beat.
The 4-ft. desk sells regularly for
$65.00 and the 4 ft. 6 for $70.00.
To Introduce these goods we have
for a few days made the price $11.00
nd $48.00, Just about 2-3 of the
Actual value.
A splendid assortment of cheaper
desks by reliable makers.
Brown & Durham
Compete House Furnishers.
Orange and Center Sts
rfiill MMMI IMI III I in 111 All
There was a young man from
Sea Girt
Who bought hlmseir a "swell"
shirt;
It was pink, green and red,
Ills girl to him said:
"If you wear that again you'll
get hurt."
SHIFTS
but not In the above combina
tions, $1.00.
tCoat Shirts with cuffs attached.
Y'OCRS,
DISBROW
HE SELLS HATS.
Corner Church and Center Sts.
Tj iiiii iiiiwiiiiiii 1
MEET ME FACE TO FACK. ; -
vHi .... ) l
haunting as of a pre-esistence is not
exceptional; It Is not new; It Is not
limited to poets or dreamers or to
those whose minds are supersensi
tive. From the very dwn of history
it has haunted the minds of men,
given food for thought and shaped
itself in all kinds of speculation.
In common with other forms of
mysticism it had Its cradle in the
East, where It had Its philosophers
and poets. In the subtle metaphysics
of the Brahmins and In the noble
morality which has Its home under
the shadow of Buddha, it stands out
precise and clear as an ultimate fact
which requires a theory, and it would
appear a religion, for Its due expres
sion. It was grafted Into the theology
of Egypt; it laid hold of the mind of
Plato, who discusses it under the
term anamnesis reminiscence of for
mer existence or of things once known
and seen. Among the Jews the Phar
isees had explained it by a doctrine
that the virtuous have power to re
vive and live again (Josephus, An
tiq., xviii). In the New Testament
John the Baptist is regarded by some
as the reincarnation of Elijah, and
the disciples of the Christ on one oc
casion asked whether a certain man
born blind was suffering for the sin
of his parents or for some sin of his
own. Under the forms of transmigra
tion, metempsychosis, reincarnation,
such phenomena were discussed
among the early church fathers, some
of whom decidedly believed that pre
existence was the explanation of such
phenomena as I have mentioned.
Schopenhauer, Lessing. Hegel, Leib
nitz, Herder and Fichte have dealt
with it.
I ask is there not ;uch a thing as
ancestral memory? That a child
should present certain features or his
father and mother, and reproduce
certain well known gestures and
mannerisms of his grandfather, Is
loked upon as something very ordin
ary. Is it not possible that the child
may Inherit something of his ances
tor's memory? That these flashes of
reminiscence are tho sudden awaken
ing, the calling into action of some
thing we have In our blood; the disks,
the records of an ancestor's past life,
which require only the essential ad
justment and conditions to give up
their secrets? If so, then we have in
ancestral memory a natural answer
to many of life's puzzles, without
seeking the aid of eastern theology.
Have we not get here, too, a theory
which explains a large class of ap
paritions, .the evidence for which it
is easier to ignore than to explain,
and so we prefer to shrug our shoul
ders and pass them by? Take, the
common form of ghost story. A sees
the ghost of one B, whom he subse
quently identifies, say from the fam
ily gallery of portraits, to be an an
cestor. Some member of his house, I
should say back in the centuries, did
actually witness such a scene, did see
B coma In as A saw, only tho origin
al witness saw B in tho flesh at such
a moment, under such conditions that
a great impression was made upon
him, and this Impression was handed
on to a later scion of his house, to
be preserved in this racial conscious
ness. The theory of an ancestral memory,
I maintain, is a reasonable proposi
tion, and as a working hypothesis
will be found useful in the solution
of many puzzles that confront us
daily. If the memory cells of our an
cestors were the collected photograph
ed Impressions of the experiences
and these cells in the process of pho
tographing; were subjected to some
subtleHMiange In physical structure,
then that thesa negatives of impres
sions should be bander1, on to poster
ity Is not difficult to understand and
accept. That these negatives may be
broken, blurred, indistinct, obliterat
ed, is to be expected, hut at the same
time some of them may be passed
on intact, possessing the potentialities
to which I have called attention
Forbes Phillips in the Nineteenth
Century and After.
EXPECT BRIDGE READY,
Grand Avenue Car Tracks Over w
Structure.
The Connecticut company expects
that it will have the track over the
Grand avenue bridge ready by to-dav
This is one of the bridges that has
oeen raised to accommodate an en
largement of the New Haven com
pany's "cut."
The corner of Grand avenue and State
street has been greatly improved and
the new bulldlne erected thirB i .
great addition to the appearance of the
locality.
As soon as traffic can be turned over
the new bridge, the wooden ,
has done service over a year now. will
be torn down and removed. Firemen
will hail the opening of the rii9P
bridge with delight as the old wooden
structure has been a dangerous as well
as inconvenient place for them.
-n. dim
SHOES
Are
Appropriately
Elegant
Always
Ladies $3,50 and $4
Sorosis Shoe Co.
A, B. GREENWOOD, President,
8u Chapel St.
LADIES' SHOES SHLJiED FREE.
ORQSLS
JOURNAL-COURIER FASHIONS.
A military suit of wine red cloth Is shown here. The coat is cut with
a wide flare In the skirt and trimmed with velvet the same shade. Heavy
black cord ornaments decorate the front, and black and gilt enamel but
tons make the closing and trim the cuff.s. The skirt Is pleated and stitched
close to tho figure almost half way down, below It flares wide and is
trimmed with a fold left unfinished at the edges.
INHERITANCE TAX
Facts About the Levies in 0th
er Countries and in
Our States.
RECENT SPECIAL REPORT
Some if the Reasons Why a Fed
eral Tax Is Not
Needed.
The special 4-eport on tho inherit
ance tax laws, prepared by the bureau
of commerce and labor at the request
of the President, shows that the in
heritance tax is extensively employed
throughout Europe and among the
American States, that the progressive
principle In the assessment of this tax
has been very generally adopted, and
that the constitutionality of progres
sive Inheritance taxation has been sus
tained by the American courts. This
Information Is familiar to the students
of taxation. The purpose of the
President In Issuing the report at this'
time Is doubtless to Inform the public
concerning the general use of the In
heritance tax and Its alleged constitu
tionality, with a view to making pro
paganda for his favorite project of
federal Inheritance taxation. Py
showing that this form of taxation is
in general use and that Its constitu
tionality has beenirepeatedly sustained
he evidently hopes to create the Im
pression that there Is nothing novel or
objectionable In his own plan.
As a matter of fact, there Is a sharp
distinction to be drawn between the
motives and methods of Inheritance
taxation In Europe and the plan of
Inheritance taxation advocated for this
country by the President. The primary
aim of Inheritance taxation in Europe
an States is to secure revenue. The
expanding needs of government, chief
ly for military expenditures, create
enormous pressure on all available
sources of public Income. The In
heritance tax has been addpted and
extended chiefly to meet this need.
The idea of readjusting the distribu
tion of wealth by this agency has been
merely incidental and subsidiary to
the revenue object. In short, press
ing fiscal need is the reason for the
generalise of the Inheritance tax by
European governments, and especially
for the extension of the progressive
principle.
In this country the situation is strik
ingly different. The national govern
ment Is not confronted with any ne
cessity for developing additional
sources of revenue, although it m.iy
soon need additional revenue. This can
be secured readily, as In the past, by
Increasing the Internal revenue taxes.
When a new tax is really net lei, a
tax of some kind could be levied on
inter-State traflic; this tax :ouU be
made to produce a large rov?nue and
would not encounter the s-v.ous ob
jections that stand in thi way of fed
eral inheritance taxatioi. L'nder the
existing circumstances the .;nly pur"
pose of urging a progressiva fe-ler:
inheritance tax is but to readjust the
natural distribution f weal:h. Th.it,
hcnifver, i3 a very dangerous princi
ple to advocate in a 1 miocratic coun
try like the United Stasia. Its adap
tion would open th-j -vay tj retributive
taxation of an intolerable character
ail wi . uld encouraije :he vit of ex
travagant expenditures by c 'ingress.
The fact that ths Inheritance tax is
already employed by thirty-s':x -f the
American States constitutes of Itself
a weighty reason ngu' 1 it '.ho adaption
of this tax by the national govern
ment, except und-r the nust urgent
re.inue consideration s. Until the na
tional government imperative!'' r--tpj
res this tax a a m'in of rev,m:a
it would seem well ti leaxe it exclu
sively to the Sta.e governments. Its
adi ption by the nailon-il t; jvorn.ntnt
would violate tlv.? principle of separa
tion of revenue for thu twj govern
mental jurisdictions. State ami nation
al, which corresponds to the natural
division of functions between them
and to the superior adaptability of
certain taxes to State use and of oth
ers to federal use. The President's
scheme would Interfere with the nor
mal development of Btate and nation
al taxation along the lines thus far
followed, and would Introduce into the
domain of national taxation a princi
ple of most questionable expediency.
Boston Transcript.
YEAST IS A PLAN JT.
Imt It Con Be Seen as An 'li Only With
Microscope.
Yeast Is a small plant which can bo
sen only with the aid of the micro
scope, says Good Health. There are
two varieties, wild and cultivated, for
these tiny plants ran be Improved
through cultivation as larger plants
can be.
Firms which make, yeast for the
market must grow these plants quite
as carefully as the florist grows his
flowers. Care must be taken that
they do not become mixed with oth
er varieties therefore destroying the
culture.
In some laboratories where yeast is
grown two separate buildings are kept
for this purpose. These are both care
fully disinfected, snd if It is found
that the yeast becomes contaminated
In one building the culture is started
anew and the other building previous
ly disinfected before moving into It.
The purest culture of yeast is proba
bly obtained in the compressed yeast
cakes. These can be kept only for a
very short time and then in a cool
Place, which renders It inconvenient
for the warmer parts of the country.
In this case of course the dry yeast
cakes must be used, which when fresh
are perhaps quite as good as the com
pressed, except that they require a
longer time and should be stprted In
the sponge Instead of the stiff dough.
This plant, like bacteria, requires
warmth, moisture and food. The ma
telals out of which the bread Is made
should always be warmed snd the
dough should always be kept In a
warm place. The temperature most
favorable Is about that of the body,
a little less than 100 degrees.
There is always considerable moist
ure in bread and plenty of food for
the plant. The food which It requires
Is sugar. This It obtains from the
wheat, there being some sugar In the
flour and more sugar is also formed
from the starch.
As the yeast plants feed upon sufsr
they break It down into two sub
stances alcohol and a gas known as
carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid gas.
As the gas is formed it is held by the
gluten, which Is a very elastic sub
stance. When the bread Is put Into the
oven the heat expands the tiny bub
bles of gas, causing the bread to rls
or to become much lighter. The al
cohol formed, being a volatile pro
duct, passes off In the baking.
IT IS A GOOD UMBRELLA.
It was a sound, substantial umibrel
la, with a cheery wood stick. We
found It hanging on a peg In the cor
ner of our room in the hotel at Bruges
(writes "P."). Such an umbrella could
belong to none but an Englishman,
and it at once occurred to us that It
had been left behind by some former
passing visitant. The umbrella was
particularly interesting to me because
I had foolishly come away from Eng
land without one. I eyed that umbrel
la as a small boy eyes a forbidden or
chard. The next morning threatened
rain, and I could not resist taking
the umbrella tentatively from its peg,
unrolling it and displaying its com
fortable tent-like proportions. I put
it back on the peg with a sigh and
nobly went out unprotected. During
the stay in Bruges my eyes and
thoughts returned to the umbrella
with strong fascination, and on the
morning of leaving the temptation was
still more acute. The angels of light
and darkness struggled within me but
the good one triumphed, and we went
to the station without the umbrella.
We left our luggage In the hotel to be
brought to us at the station by the
boots. The Brussels train came in,
but our luggage was missing. We took
our seats, and at the last moment the
boots rushed up, compensating for
want of English by a large smile, and
dragged our bags and the umbrella.
He threw it In to us, and tho train de
parted. It i.i a good umbrella.
Manchester Guardian.
How This Beautiful Mineral Is
Got in the Mines of
Burma;
SOME OF THE RICH FINDS
, , :A
It Is a Matter of Pure Specula
tion Where to Dig
for It
Tourmaline Is a beautiful mineral
known according to its color by a va
riety of names. The red is rubellite,
the pale blue or bluish black is indi
collite, the Berlin blue Is called by
jewellers Braziblan emerald, and so
on.
Tourmaline is found in separate
crystals in the interstices ' of hard
granitic looking rock. As a conse
quence men with no means find It oc
casionally profitable when they have
leisure to dig down eight or ten feet
on the off chance of finding some not
very valuable bits," says C. S. George,
deputy commissioner, Ruby Mines Dis
trict, Burma. "This system is called
Kathe talk or Kathe system, after, the
idea of tho original ruby diggings at
Kathe. The next method is the or
dinary Twinlon method of sinking a
vertical shaft about four or five feet
square. By custom the owner of the
shaft Is entitled to extend his work
ings underground anywhere to a radi
us of five fathoms from the center of
the shaft,
"Tho vein Is formed by a vein of
white, hard granite rock. In the inter
stices of which the tourmaline is
found at times adhering loosely to the
rock, at others lying separate In the
loose yellowish earth that is found
with the granite. When a vein ta once
found It Is followed up as far as pos- i
slble, subject to the five fathom limit
alluded to aibove. What, however.
makes the mining so exciting and at
the same time keeps tho industry
fluctuating Is that the tourmaline cry
stals are only found Intermittently In
the vein.
"One may get several In the length
of one yard, and then they will unac
countably cease. Directly one man
strikes a vein yielding crystals every
one who can commences digging along
the line of the vein, but it Is all a loss
up as to whether, when the vein Is
reached, there will bo tourmaline
therein. Adjoining Twinlons give ab
solutely different results, and it is cal
culated that at least two-thirds of the
shafts sunk yield nothing at all, while
only an occasional one is at all rich."
Of the sixty-two Twinlons at the
time of Mr. George's visit only three
were yielding, and of these only one
had traces of the best quality stone.
The "veins" are fairly deep down,
none having ever been reached at a
lesser depth than nine fathoms, while
an ordinary depth Is forty or fifty
cubits; when the "vein" takes a down
ward direction It is followed as far as
possible, but that 1 rarely over about
sixty cubits, for at that depth the foul
ness of the air puts the lamps out.
"The vein Is said rarely, if ever, to
show an outcrop, and It Is a matter
of pure speculation where to dig,"
says Mr. George. As the whole place
Is covered with jungle, prospecting
anyway would be laborious. There
have been three finds, each causing a
rush. The first was seven years ago
at Hpai Balng (Mllaunggon), about a
mile to the south of the present place
and near where the Chinese had
worked formerly. The next was a
year or two later at Htaukat betwe ;n
Mllaunggon and Sanka.
Then there were three or four lean
years, and then, early In 1905. one
Konhkan struck a vein, near Sanka
village, which has attracted the pres
ent growth of population to Malngnin,
but, as explained above, though tho
area within 100 yards of Konhkan's
original shaft is honeycombed with
pits, only three are yielding, and
Konhkan's twin has ceased to yield.
All the material dug out from this In
side Twinlon is pulled up to the sur
face in small buckets, ail worked by
enormously long pivoted bamboos
worked with a counterpoise, and the
tourmaline is sorted out of hand, the
granitic fragments being plied in a
wall around the mouth of the shaft.
A JUBILEE JOKE.
Everything that year was dubbed
"Jubilee," from knights and babies to
hats and coats. "God Save the Queen"
was heard ad nauseam on every con
ceivable occasion," until the tune be
came an obsession. This led to a prac
tical joke at the castle, which caused
much amusement. One morning,
speaking of the Jubilee craze, I pre
tended that I had received as an ad
vertisement a "Jubilee bustle," which
would play "Jod Save the Queen"
when the wearer sat down. This, of
course, created much curiosity and
laughter. Having promised to put it
on, I took my hosts Into my confi
dence. An aide-de-camp was pressed
Into the service, and, armed with a
small musical box, was made to hide
under a particular armchair. While
the company was at luncheon I retir
ed to don the so-called "Jubilee won
der," and when they were all assem
bled I marched In solemnly and slow
ly sat down on the armchair where
the poor aide-de-camp waa hiding his
cramped limbs. To the delight and
astonishment of every one the nation
al anthem was heard gently tinkling
forth. Every time I rose it stopped;
every time I sat down, it began again.
I still laugh when I think of It and
of the astonished faces about me. -Lady
Randolph Churchill in the Cen
tury. X Reliable Remedy
FOR
jATARRH
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t cleanses, soothes,
:eals end protects
Ue diseased mem-
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vvsy a Cold in the Head quickly. Restores
he Senses of Taste and SmelL Full size
i0 cts. at Druggists or . by mail. Liquid
Cream Baliu for use in atomizers 75 cts.
Ely Brothers, C6 Wairen Street, Now York.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Bui et n.
THE HOLIDAYS, AND THEN FLORIDA.
Florida is the summer garden of the Northern Winter.
It blooms there while it blows here. It is the Mecca of
fashion and the refuge of health. It bids yon to the first
outing of the New Year. !
The "Limited" trains between New York and St. Au
Xgustine via the Pennsylvania Railroad will begin running on .
Tftonday, January 6. This will mark the opening of the
Florida season. The trains will be of Pullman equipment
throughout Compartment, Dra wing-Room Sleeping, Din
ing, and Observation cars and will be known as the "New
York and Florida Special" via the Atlantic Coast Line, and
the "Seaboard Florida Limited" via the Seaboard Air Line.
They will leave Ksw York early in the afternoon, Phila
delphia about two hours later, Baltimore and Washington '
in the early evening, andarrive in St. Augustine the next
afternoon, where connection will be made for Ormond, ,
Palm Beach, Miami, and othef resorts on the famous East
Coast. N ' "'
In addition to the Florida Liiniteds there are good
express trains with through sleeping cars to Virginia Hot
Springs, Southern Pines, Camden, Augusta, Aiken, Charles
ton, Jacksonville, Tampa, and other southern points, which
leave at convenient hours and run every day in the year.
I Full information concerning the present southern ser
vice will be found on current
tained of Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agents. ; For
ervations and information relating to the Florida Limitedi
application should be made to C. Studds, E. P. A., 263 Fifth
Avenue, New Yo.k. Telephone 1032 Madison.
THE CANDY MEN IN MEXICO.
The street candy peddler Is one of
the thlng3 that attract the attention
of the tourist on his first arrival in
Mexico, As the climate here Is warm
enough to be out of doors all the year
round, the candy vendor is to be
found at his post from one year's end
to the other, Including Sundays, Sat
urday and feast days.
The candy man has a very ancient
history. Tho. Aztecs were very fond of
sweets of which they understood the
art of making very many kinds and
varieties. Tho soldiers of Cortex tell
that on their way from this city to
Vera Crus on that memorable march
against the city of the Aztecs they
wer met along the way by vendors
who sold sweets of many kinds, Which
became very agreeable to the taste
when once they had got accustomed
to them.
The candy vendor takes up his
place at the corner of a street, where
he remains all day from early morn
ing till late at night. As a general
thing, too, you will find him In the
same place all the year round. Once
a vendor has possession of a certain
place the other vendors recognize his
right and do not molest hlin with
competition.
Sometimes a vendor will sell only
one kind of candy. In this case he in
all probability makes it himself. How
evpr, many vendors have lately been
seized with the progressive spirit of
the times and display quite a little
stock In trade of many kinds of
sweets, most of which are not known
outside of Mexico.
The candy vendor generally has a
small folding table about 1 1-2 to 2
1-2 feet In dimension. On this he
plies all his wares. Therefore you have
no trouble In finding exactly what
you want, for there it is all spread out
before you. If you do not find It there
you need not make further inquiries.
The vendor will not have it.
There are more than 1.000 street
candy vendors In Mexico City. Some
of these have pushcarts, an inspira
tion of the new age of modern Mex
ico. These are generally more ambi
tious than their fellows and usually
go about from fair to fair. They are
to be found about the better markets
and plazas on feast days, and they
generally hang around outside the
schools, where they sell to the chil
Qjl
arainiereSo
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Great After Christmas Sale.
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Jardinieres with Japanese Primroses $1, now 50r
Jardinieres with Pedestal $3, now $I.L
See Our1 Bargain Window.
THE FRANK S. PLATT f
350-356 STATE STREET.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
time tables, or may M ob
res- - i
dren on school days. Soma of theat
vendors, who. are generaUy young fel
lows, have, made considerable mon
ey. Mexican' Herald.
Plumbing, Heating ,
and Sheet Metal Work
Defective Plumbing Overhauled;
and Put in Perfect Sani-
tary Condition. ,
Jobbing Promptly Attended to
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Call and Inspect " Our Show-
Rooms.
nt Coe & Coleman Co.
970 Chapel '"tlr Ttji
For the HEW YEAR,;
"feLANK BOOKS, '
LETTER FILES,
TRANSFER CASES,
DIARIES, ' :
CALENDAR PADS.
John R.Rembert&Co.
262 State St
Everything for the Office.
USEFUL HOLIDAY SUGGESTIONS
La Grecoue Tailored
Shirtwaists and Undervear
make ideal Christmas gifts doubly appreci
ated because of their utility, shapeliness and
handsome workmanship.
Smooth-fitting and Tailored Shirtwaists. Out
side the ordinary In style and fit. .$3.00 np
Combination Corset Cover and Skirt $2.25 up
Combination Corset Cover and
Drawers $2.25 lip
Bkirts, $4.75 up. Drawers $1.00 up
3-pIece set. Combination Skirt and
Corset Cover, Drawers, night
Gown $5.50 up
Richmond-Russell. ,
Suite 209-210. Telephone 44M-3.
056 CHAPEL STREET.
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