Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 82, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1896 — Page 6

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WHAT PROTECTION HAS DONE. Thin country wn* nettled by the tiller* of the noil. It wn* the farmer* who den red away the forest*. fought Indian* and wild benata, and In later years achieved the country'* freedom from the tyranny of foreign ruler*. It ha* beentbc farmer* who Imre pushed the line* of chlllxntlon steadily Wontward and have occupied the grout prairie* ami fertile river valley*. It I* the ever-increasing number of those who live by cultivating the earth that hit* created market* for the diversified In duHtrle* which have sprung up all o er the country. The true basis of all tl. nation* Industrial nnd commercial greatness lias been in the million* of farm*, and not in the manufacturing citi<** and town*. At the present time the farmer* greatly outnumber those who are engaged in manufacturing pursuit*. A* our* i* a government which 1* claimed to represent the whole people It might naturally be supposed that the interests of the majority were the first considers thm of national legislator*. A brief examination will show whether such is the fact. The census returns for 1890 show that the farm products of the I nlted States in the last census year were valued at two ami a lir.lf billion dollars. In the same year the products of the American manufacturers were valued at nine and a half billion dollars, or more than four times greater In value than the farm products. For this remarkable result of the larger number of persons producing a comparatively small share of the annual wealth of the country, there must be some sufficient reason. What that reason is. Is not hard to find. It is in part that for over thirty year* the Republican party maintained a most Iniquitous system of taxation which fell with crushing weight upon the American fanner. Under the pretense of creating a home market for their products the farmers were compelled to pay billions of dollars in unjust taxation, and billions more in high prices exhorted by the favored objects of class legislation. The protected manufacturers were subsidized with money wrung from the unprotected fanners. Instead of helping the great foundation industry of the country, it was oppressed by laws which brought ruin and poverty to hundred* of thousands.; The record of thirty-three years of Republican rule was one of continued discrimination against the mon whose unwearied toil had made this great > commonwealth. This is why there lias l»een so much > poverty and dis< > ontentamongthefarui I ers: why the price of farm lands has 1 steadily fallen In many States: why the ■ y.Hii.-g men have left the rural districts aad crowded into the cities and towns. Is it not time to protest against th? attempt of the monopolist* who control the Republican machine to restore and extend the system which has proved such a curse to the fanning industry? Wool Price* and Tariffs. Sheep are bringing very fair prices now in this country; but for all that, it does not pay to raise cheap wool on dear land. The shepherd* who do most of the complaining about free wool are in the word commission business or editing high tariff newspapers. The Louisville Courier Journal is cruel enough to recall to their minds a little wool and tariff history, as follows: As to prices of wool it may be noted tb.lt in January, Ist >7, before the passage of the high wool tariff, tine wool w.-.s worth <c> cents a pound in New York. In October of the same year, i.fter the passage of the high tariff. tb« same grade of wool was down to 48 cent*. We do not say that the decline was due to the tariff; but what would Protectionists have said If the tariff had been reduced? In 1805 tine wool sold for $1.02 a pound under a much lower tariff than that of 1887. It is true that these price* were on an InSated currency, but if we go back to 1859 and 18t?0, when wool was virtually free, it sold for GO cents a pound in a currency equal to gold. Under the tariff of 1887 it went down to 34 cents in 1879, and under the McKinley bill to 20 cents in 1894. Wool has declined far less under the present tariff than under former tariffs, and the recent decline has occurred in a period of business depression. Philadelphia RecBringing Ridicule on McKinley, There is something immensely funny B)*>ut the McKinley canvass for the Kt. Louis nomination. The style in which he is being secluded by hi* managers, isolated, surrounded witli mystery, hemmed in by barriers, made a* inaccessible as the Grand Llama of Thibet, and as inscrutable ns the oracle of Itodona all this is thoroughly ridiculous. Here Is William McKinley, hitherto a plain American citizen, nil o' a sudden transformed by his managers into a sort of veiled prophet, immersed in sacred silence, hid In a dim. religious twilight, guarded from invasion by ids fellow man. shrined and hidden like some double-distilled fetich, and generally saturated with the mysterious and the supernatural. Mow very silly It all would seem If it were not so stupid and offensive.— Washington Post. Chandler'* Objection* to "Boodle." Mr. Chandler's objection to the use of the Dat till fact urers' money is that it is corrupting. It Is of comparatively little consequence, he continues, by inference, if the ballot-box is corrupted

in till* way, but "the purity and honesty of the jmrty organization" tnu»t not be ussalhsl. In other word*, the bribery of Democratic voter* I* silo vable, but the bribery of Republican* I* not to Is* tolerated. Chandler I* boand to be the enfant terrible of the Republican party to the end. Hl* exposure here of the peculiar kind of morality’ that prevail* In It I* In hl* "freshest vein.”—Boston Herald Prosperity Io the South. The Chattanooga Tradesman, a non I*arti»an business Journal, published In ' a recent Issue a summary of re|<orts from 2.500 corr»-spotident* throughout | rhe Southern State*. There report* : show that the iron Industry I* very ' active, many of the Southern furnaces having large order* In advance of their present capacity The large demand* for coke keeps the coal miners busy. The lumber market I* strong. with an Increasing demand for both domestic and foreign shipment*, and the mill* are generally fully employed. Cotton mills are all running on full time, and new textile mills are being organized in large number*. In one week new cotton mills were reported from Rranchevllle. Orangeburg and Spartanburg. S. C. and at Sweetwater, Tenn., a silk mill from Birmingham, Ala., woolen mills at Morristown and Shelbyville, Tenn., and knitting mill* at Athens and Lexington, (la.. Rocky Mount. N. and Chattanooga. Tenn. A large number of other industries, representing nearly a million dollars capital, are also reported from various Southern State*. If facta of this kind were peculiar to the one week Included in the Tradesman's report*, they would not call for spechtl mention. But a* they are merely samples of the widespread business revival which is everywhere manifest in the South, they furnish a conclusive answer to the wail* of Republican calamity howlers. Busy mines, furnaces and factories, new mills and other important Industries are the best proof l that the cry of "Wilson tariff ruin" is only the invention of desperate office seekers. Between the clamor of partisan organs and the reliable statements of impartial trade Journals, which will business men choose? Protect i on isin*. The protected steel trust keeps the I price of steel at least eight dollar* pet ! ton higher than it would be under free trade. The farmer who has to pay more for a steel harrow this spring is contributing to the profits of the trust millionaires. Doe* he like it? Each keg of nails used by the farmers this year will cost more than twice as much as last year. The highly protected nail trust will make fortune* for the few firm* which control the nail industry. How will th.it help the farmers? Prices of staple farm products are low. and farmers comp'aln that the railroad freights eat up all the profit* on their crops. But the railroads have to pay the trust's price of $29 per ton I for steel rails, while the same rails are sold to Japan and Canada for lew than $22. The additional $7 comes out , of the farmer's pockets. Is it any ! wonder that freights are high? The iron ore trust (protected, of 1 course) has decided to mine 2,000.000 I ton* less ere this year thaa last sea- ! son In order to keep prices 50 per cent. | higher. This will brew thatisand* of minors, railroad employes ami shipping hands out of work, and tend to lower the wages of those who will be employed. This is how the tariff helps labor. The New York Tribune, a leading Republican paper, calls trusts “enemies ot the people." Yet the Tribune is doing all in its power to persuade the people to nominate for President Major McKinley, the friend and agent of trusts and monopolies. If trusts rob the public through special privileges. it would seem that the way to destroy their powers for evil would be to abolish the tariff taxes which enable them to charge high prices. What do the people who are bled by the trusts think about it? Political Notes, New York Republicans are bound to have harmony, even if they must tight for It. Edison says he can see through eight Inches of wood. Will he kindly ex-j plain, then, what the financial plank adopted by Ohio Republicans means? The loss of two toes will not interfere with Governor Morton's running. Hl* candidacy will boom Just as long as he can sign checks. Will Senator-elect Fornker preface Ills nominating speech at St. Ixtuis with a quotation? How would this do: "1 come to bury Caesnr, not to praise ii Im?” Ohio Republicans have chosen the eagle n* their campaign emblem this year. We slinll expect to see Governor Morton adopt the double eagle, if he Hopes to win. The Missouri Adventists predict that the world will come to an end June 16. We rather doubt tills, but we imagine that several other thing* will come to an end In St. Ixutis about that time. “A big Morton snowball has started or. its career.” remarks the New York Commercial Advertiser. As St. Louis in June Is alsmt as hot as th«- Biblical resort which is said to be paved with good intentions, it Is an easy matter to guess how long that Morton snowbal| will laat.

TANNER AT THE TOP. HEADS THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN TICKET. Hay County Man Get* a Uiiuntmous Vot*- -Northvott l« 8, li cteff for the Hcvond Place -Convention declare* for Protection and "Monnd" Money, Illinois Hepulillcuns. John Riley Tanner was nominated (or Governor of Illinois bj the Republican State convention »t Springfield. William Allen Northcutt of Bond County wa* nominated for Lieutenant Governor. It wa* a few minute* past high noon when Dr. T. N. Jamtenon, chairman of the State Central Committee, called the convention to order. Every delegate w.i« in hi* seat and the gallerio* and aisles outside the space reserved for the <lrl< gate* and alternate* were thronged and visitor* outside the hull were struggling to got in. Aid. Martin B. Madden of Chicago was named temporary chairman. Ixuig before the honr for calling the convention to order the vast auditorium of the building which attracted so much attention at the World's Fair wa* full. There was not much excitement at the beginning, only a aort of rember hush, i Occasionally some enthusiast would break , out with a shout for his favorite, but the , shouting was not contagion*. The vast throng seemed to lie in a serious mood. < It seemed to consider that there was se- I rion* business to be transacted, it was j not a trivial thing. Illinois was to de-1 vide as to whether it would support Will 1

/ aw A Wk ■FV JMI W /Z/'y"-'' JOHN RILEY TANNER. Repn l lican Nominee (<r G >vemor of Illinois.

iam McKinley of Ohio for President j of the Unite.l States, or whether its del- i egates should be instructed fur Shelby M. * Cullom. While the gubernatorial eandi date wa* being nominated, the committee | on resolutions framed a platform for the : consideration of the convention. Two of the most imps rt.’ , nt planks, covering the I currency and the tariff are given. The | money plank is a* follows: The RepubVu was of Illinois are nn . yielding and emphatic in their demand for j honest money. We are opposed, as we t ever have been, to any and every scheme I that will give to this country a currency I In any way depreciated or debased or in any respect inferior to the money of the . mo»t advanced and intelligent nations of I the enrth. We favor the use of silver as currency, but to the extent only and un der sucli restriction* that parity with gold enn be maintained. This i* what the tariff plank says: The Republican party from the time of Lincoln has been devoted irrevocably • to the doctrine of protection of home industries. nnd we hereby renew and reaffirm our faith in this fundamental prin | ciple. We believe in a tariff that will produce revenue sufficient to meet the wants of the government honestly and economically administered, and high • WILLIAM A. NOBTIICOTT. Nominee for Lieutenant Governor. enough to insure to home labor regular nnd remunerative employment We advocate the unrestricted exchange of noncompetitive articles. We believe in reciprocity. the reciprocity of James G. Blaine, re-enforced by experience and an earnest wish to extend our foreign commerce to the fullest extent consistent with the control of our own market in the sale of articles that can be profitably produced at home. Mrs. Ludwig George, of Lnramic. became Insane over the action of the Wyoming State Land Board in dispossessing her of a section of leased school land and wns captured whil on her way to the State capitol with a revolver to shoot Gov. Richards, president of the Land Board. Soudanese deserters who arrived at Suakim reported that there is demoralization, sickness and famine nt the Dervteh camp at Hornsah. Osman Dignu with all his followers has retired, it is •opposed, to Adarama.

RUIN BY ROBBERS. ; Crlppl* Crevk I* Again FlrM and Completely Wiped Ont. Would I* bank robbers have completed the deatruethm ot Cripple Creek, Colo., ■ l.y fire. What was left unravaged by ihe ti-rrildo conflagration of Saturday was consumed Wednes.lay, The lire broke out in four places in the Portland Hotel about 1 o'clock, ana in a few hour* smoking and smoldering ruin* were all that was left of the tinder box known a* Cripple ' Creek. The Incendiaries, however, so far as now known, had their labor for their pain*. Though the wind again carried the flanu-s to the bank, its destruction followed so quckly th*' a raid could not »uc-<-<-s»fully be made on it* treasure boxes. Beside*, a strong guard patrolled the vicinity of the structure until the fire made their further presence unnecessary, and thus human and natural agencie* the ruinous plot of the incendiarie*. But deplorable and fatal event* accompanied in thrilling fashion this latter lurid and criminal visitation. A* in the Saturday tire, dynamite was need to stay the progress of the leaping flame*, but the utter recklessness with which the deadly explosive was handled resulted in shocking loss of life. Flying debris or the sudden collapse of buildings, the inmate*, of which hn<l not been warned of impending crashes have furnished grewsome work for the coroner and have added to the wretchedness nnd misery of the score* rendered homeless by the Saturday fire. The terrible boom of dynamite began at the very firs: alarm, owing to the stern

lesson of Saturday that taught the miners j not to hesitate upon the order of getting rid of the buildings in the path of the ! fiery cyclone. Three special trains of flat I cars were ordered over from Victor, and I they came loaded to the guards with min- ' ers and with dynamite. There was no puerile playing of water on the fire, but ! the men at once applied the fuse, and used ! the fearful exp!os;ve with the utmost 1 recklessness. Observing the progress of "the fire in Stelr direction as they reached the out- | skirts of the city, the miners immediately ; started to the attack with a diligence that 1 Caused « loss of life that can only be known after the excitement subsides. All i the bonks of the hotels are burned, and there is no way of cheeking up systematically. The miners inserted charges of giant powder and then without asking about th condition of affairs they accepted the statement that the Palaeo Hotel had bis n emptied during the first craze. The wall* responded to the explosive with a crash that could be hearu above the roar of the flames. Many of the victims were asleep, having been engaged on the night shifts in I the mines as superintendents and under- ■ bosses, and they were forgotten in the , excitement. Several of the bodies that ! had lieeu taken out were beyond human relief. They were dead. The insurance will be fully three times ns much as Saturdvy'* losses. One agent estimates it at five times as much, nnd says every ngency in town was loaded with risks. On? million dollars seems a large amount to ascribe to n loss in a hurriedly and cheaply built mining camp, but there can be no question that the loss will more than reach these figures. The insurance loss of sls«>.fW on Saturday must now be fully S4S»,OtM). Every insurance office in town is burned and figures cannot be obtained. The postoffice is involved again, nnd probably 10.000 letters will supplement the 50,000 pile that wont up Saturday. The fire was evidently the work of incendiaries, and there is not a doubt in the minds of the cooler people that the miscreant* were determined to capture the bullion held by the First National for the pay rolls of the camp. It seems that the fire broke out in four places at the same time. The wind was in the direction of the bank, the same as before, and the plot was carefully laid to I arouse the city to n panicky condition j and then raid the banks. Again it is said I that many of the boomers of the camp, realizing that the business had been overdone. were eager to cash in their stock to the insurance companies for what they carried and vacate the district. Eight persons were badly injured in a headend collision between two electric street cars at Bay City. Mich. Both were filled with passengers. The motormen sny they did not see the cars approaching until too late to avoid the accident, although both ears were provided with headlights. Robert Aiello ant John Mackey wore held up and robl>ed by two road agent* at a small station on the Gulf railway. They were carrying the pay roll for the miners employed nt Berwind, Colo., amounting to between $3,000 and $4,000.

|SIIAH IS SHOT DOWN PERSIAN RULER THE VICTIM OF AN ASSASSIN. Tragic Affair I regnant with Merlon* C’on*rgurncea-Htnt* at a Harb tonapiracy Man W Ito Fired the Fatal Bullet Placed Under Arrc*L Iteed of a Mccret Agent. Nasr-tsl Hiu. the Bhab of Persia, hat been slain ut Teheran, and In the diplo matte office* of the principal capital* ol Kurope there I* serious perturbatioß. Th* tragic affair is pregnant with astonishing results, (hire again England will surely have to fight a desperate diplomatic battte with Russia’s czar for Asiatic territory. The Story of the assassination, as telegraphed from Teheran Friday afternren, contained no hint of a widespread conspiracy. It simply Mated that while th* shah was entering the inner court of tb« shrine of Shah Abdul A«im. six mllet south of Teheran, he was shot through the heart; that immediately he was cm ri«*t to h.s carriage ami in it conveymi , the pala.e: that there he was altemlc.! by Hr. Tlioh-gsu. his chief physician, am. other physicians who were hastily sent for. But in spite of their comldned efforts hi* majesty expires! uliout 4 o'clock in th* afternoon. The assassin was arrested. At the Persian legation in Loudon th* opinion is expressed that the murder was the deed of a fanatic and was not the outcome of any cs|«-cially designed movement. But according to a dispatch w hich has been received from St. Petersburg, the assassin was a member of the Babi secret society, a criminal ***oci«tio* which has hitherto made attempt* u|«>u the shah's life with revolvers. It is known that the shah was arrsng lug for a great celebration of hi* acees ■ion. and it ap|s-ars that the conspiratorwere determined that he should not Hv« to enjoy the event. While in a genera, way Nasr-cd-Din was a humane and a progressive monarch, a* far as Asiatic rulers go. still his love for money and for jewels promptisl many cruel acts of con fiscatlon ami of barbarous punishment that made him thousand* of enemies in all classes of society. It is feared that Russian intrigue will bring about disorder* in Persia. It is known that the dead monarch coveted Herat, ami made a foray iu its direction, bnt a repulse by the British brought him to his senses. Should the new ruler b* tempted to make a similar bellicose essay the results for all concerned would hr extremely serious. Persia. Afghanistan. Britain and Russia would »|a-edily become embroiled, and the result could not be preilieted. The killing of the shah has most certainly added to the troubles and the complications of the Salisbury cabinet. RICHARD P. BLAND. Brief Sketch of Missouri's Candidate for the Prcsid.-*,cy. Richard Perks Bland. wh<w< presidential lesitii ha* lieen launched by the Missouri silver Democrats, is one of the most picturesque men in American political life. He lias Is-en calk-d “Silver Dick,” "Silver Dollar Bland.” "Bullionaire Bland" am) other soubriquet* in-i cativc of the interest he has taken in money matters and coin. Mr. Bland was born in 153.1 near Hartford, Ky.. in “the Gr.xx River country." When atsmt 20 ■ '■ 1 RK'HARB I’. nt.AXtl. -old Ki.ii-.l went to Missouri, w h-re he lin'd five years and then went to California. ami later to Utah. He practiced law among the miner* and hud ample op-' portnulty to study the mineral interest* ■ml the relative output of silver and gold. I In Is<>s lie returned to Missouri and settled in Rtdla. Phelps County. I- lst;;t he removed to Lebanon, whic- is his present home. He was first elected to Congress in 1872. He took his seat the following year after the demonetization of j silver. As early as 1877 Bland Itegan to figb. for free coinage. He wa* in Congress for twenty-two years, and his most I noted nieusure was a bill providing for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, restoring 4128| grains of standard silver ns the dollar and the limit of value. The bill passed the House and was amended II the Senate. President Hayes vetoed it. Situs his defeat in 1594 Mr. Bland has cultivated n farm near Lebanon, Mo. Neighbor* Gave Him a New Skin. A remarkable ease of skin-grafting is rcporte<l from Kingman County. Kan. Several weeks ago.l. H. Light was severely burned on the hands ami fata* in a prairie tire. Physicians despainsl of his life, nml as the only hope the amputation of both arms was agreed upon. Dr. Back persuaded th*‘ family to prevent amputation ami try skin grafting. The physician consumed two days in the preparation of the invalid's hands ami face. Eight •itizens agreed to contribute the grafts. Rev. Mr. Hendershot furnished 2<ft) piece* >f skin from h.s arms, another 150, another 1(M» nml five others contributed a total of more taan 200 grafts, iu nil ts!7, which were pinceu on the nfflicttsl parts. uimri.-s ,i. Rronatim, ot Lexington, Kv„ who Iweame somewhat famous by his recent leadership of the Blackburn forces In the Kentucky Legislature, is to bo married to Miss Helle Wilson, the s.-.-oml laughter of Paducah's millionaire. Clarem-eSmilli. I!,. ar „!.| l„,y living it Elk Mountain, near Custer. 8. D.. was shot and instantly killed by John Sellers. The affair was the result of a lunrrel between the families to which they belonged. Rev. Minot .1. Savage was given a dinner in Boston by a club named after

G «ii for n Girl Gruff n RUi ” Adi e** of white ere|H,n w)( . a fivu-yurd shirt interlined with»Uff Ing t<» h depth otfifteen Inches, I waist in luiek jKilniou In iront, ia ri ,„ le.'-o'-mutton sleeve*, 10-it «m| ct>|| rtr ",'f fivo-inch taffeta ribbon bowed m t 6l) Imk'lc. Box-plait of thegooi* down tl center front of tno waist. Hreu-u,., O s riblion from belt to *houldera. i«,. k ami front, with »hort tiow of f„u r and four end*. May Ladin*' Hon'* Journal. A Trinity of Evils. Blll»u«ne»*. rick bradach* and irrerdartty of the bowel* ureortpMiy e«, b otn*r. T„ removal of tbl* trinity of rvll* ■tomacb lllttrr* I* *g*clally adapted. It a | cure* dys|o>p*lH. rlieunintlsni. niatnrlal plaints, t>lllou*t>v**. nervonanraa and «>natb pat lon. The moat oatlafactory result* a fair trial. Use It dally : Opportunities for (octal gaiety do not crowd one another in Wester* oommunitie*. A new railroad |iaas,.n. ger station is to be opened in Parsons Kan., and the formal teremonle* at', tendant on the event are to < ost the particl)>ants s.'! a head. What is more fascinating than ■ plexfon tiuttsl like the rarest seashell »sid jrarlfied by the use of Gb-un's Bulpu llf Boap? Us druggists. . The man who follows any kind o' * ■in far enough will find that it* borne i* bell.

That Extreme tired feeling afflicts nearly every, bmly at this season. The hustlers case to push, the tirelen* grow weary, the energetic become enervated. You know just what we mean. Sonic m ti and women endeavor temporarily to overcome th*; C ?F 2B 5 Tired Feeling by great force of will. Bu‘ this is unsafe, as it pulls powerfully n|s>n the nervous system, which will not long stand such strain. Too many ptople “work on their nerve*,” and the result is seen in unfortunate wrecks marked “nervous prostration,” in every direction. That bred Fcgl" Ing is a imsitive proof of thin. weak, impure blood: for, if the blood is rich, red, vitalized and vigorous, it imparts life and energy to every nerve, organ and tissue of the l> dy. The necessity of taking Hood’s Sarsai ir 1 a for that tire! feeling I*. tie r. fore, apparent to every one, and the g ol it will d- you is equally beyond question. Remember that Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is theOTM*Tnw*Blond rurifl*»r Alldrngffct* *l. I*r?part*d only by C. I. Hood & Co.. LowelL Miwk Hood s Pills Checks Bleeding, Reduce? Inflammation. Quiets Pain Is the Bicycler’s Necessity. Sores, /'j mrO Burns. Piles, UUnZO Colds, Rheumatism, Hoarseness. Sore Throat, Chilblains Catarrh, inflamed Eyes Wounds, Bruises, Sprains, Headache, Toothache, etc, use POND'S EXTRACT after Shaving—No Irritation, after Exercising—No Lameness. POND’S EXTRACT OINTMENT isaspecificforPiles. gocts. POND’S EXTRACT '0..76 Sth Av., N.Y. The Unscrupulous Merchant who tries to make you believe some other skirt binding is as good as , c.H- • Bias Velveteen Skirt Binding should be taught a lessonbuy it elsewhere. Look for “ S. H. & M„” on the Labe!, and take no other. If your dealer will not supply you we will. Send for samples *ho'vl-iv libel, end metena!. fotheS H &IWCo. P.O ftox 6<>*. New York C«vj A Farm for Every Man... Choice land,, suitable for stock raising, dalrs inc of grain prrNluring.Tlinbor and mineral resources misnn>asse<|. Within easy reach of railroads. ,i'lm"H the fWul? NORTHERN WISCONSIN ronsln Central kallroad. Wo will gladly f'ln"' 1 * irenoral Information and promptly answer all qulriea concomlng them. Addrw* for free pamphlet. Frederick Abbot. LandCommiibiootr. Hiacoe sin Central R. R_, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Al I ■“ Permofe l’1!r NiippofdtoH*’* Uli L V II f j\antwd. Eh«v to u*». ><»!<• •»> l I H*nt by nißi'. iL'iSx tax ' wru « to "