Ligonier Banner., Volume 42, Number 45, Ligonier, Noble County, 30 January 1908 — Page 7

24 ON THE TRAIL OF THE L AMERICAN MISSIONARY R By WILLIAM T. ELLIS ' e e K::i‘,%ﬁ;‘::::’.:;; ‘:s’r::‘,:’.;.;’.;‘a" ﬁijx&“gm&* A Across India with Peeps at 'Missionaries at Work

Calcutta, India.—Beautiful, dirty; splendid, squalid; rich, miserable—such are the contrasting adjectives which one may apply to this third largest city in the British empire, seated on the banks of the Hoogli river, whose ‘shifting currents are her best defense against an invading fleet. It is a Gy of.- color, from the fat, shiny, black babu; seantily clad only In a few yards of purple cheese cloth and dazzling yellow shoes, to the pale and immaculate Briton, in top hat and frock coat. It is a city of historic interest; everybody goes first to see the famous Black Hole. “dr But to all the world that is in any way interested in missions this is remembered as the scene of the labors of William Carey, the father of modern Protestant missions, who did his lifework at Serampore, a few miles from here. In the cathedral also one sees a fine statue of Reginald Heber, the famous missionary bishop of the Church of England, and author of the most widely:known missionary hymn, “From Greenland’s Icy Mountains.” . Dusky “Europeans.”

My work deals with to-day, so I must introduce the reader instead to the most curious company of “Europeans” he has ever mst, as they are gathered for worship, several hundreds of them, in the fine big church of the American Methodist mission. These dusky “Europeans” are mostly halfcastes, Burasians, but they dislike the latter name and are at all pains to claim identity only with their white ancestors. Thus a dark brown man, three-fourths native, will speak ostentatiously of going “’i:ome” to England, though he never saw England, and only one of his forbears for centuries past has ever been outside of India.

This very pride indicates that_. the Eurasian has certain qualities which go with white blood, and this self-sup-porting, aggressive church, with refinement written on the faces of many of its members, indicates the importance of thjs branch of the Methodist Episcopal [inission. The Methodists have been very successful throughout India in this work for Eurasians, and for the whites who have married native women, thus losing social caste In addition, other white people who do not care for the established church services, attach themselves to these churches for Europeans. The Really White Europeans.

If the blended brother is a problem In India needing the missionary’s attention, no less is the -simon-pure white man. And I must say that, so far as I could learn, the life of the Europeans (as all Caucasians are designated east of Suez) is more wholesome and normal in India than in the far east. This is doubtless due to the fact that British influence is altogether dominant, and British ideals have followed the flag. The white people generally attend the established churches, just as at home, as a matter of course.. .

For the young men—who are everywhere the crux of the social problem —I found the Y. M. C. A. doing a conspicuously successful ‘work. In the farther east it has been a failure so far-as the white men are concerned, although its work for the natives, as these articles have repgrted, has been of a high grade. Here, however, the association is “good form,” and the larger Indian cities have fine buildIngs, veritable gentlemen’s clubs, with chambers for any number of men from a score tpa hundred, and in general doing a sort of Christian work which deserves great praise. It would cause an American secretary to lift his eyebrows were he to see the number of men in evening clothes (including, of cour‘ge, the local secretary himself) to be found of an evening in the Calcutta or Bombay association. Therein, though, is a sign of success, for that is the very crowd that the assoclation needs to reach here. The work for the native Indians, conducted in separate buildings, of course, is equally notable. :

There are white women in the east, as well as native and half-caste women, needing the peculiar sort of help which the Y. W. C. A. affords. I was greatly struck by the hold that this organization has taken in India; there is a sanity, a careful, confident facing of actual conditions, and an effective aggressiveness about ‘it which should place the association very high in the rank of missionary agencies. One sort of work open to the Y. W. C. A. is illustrated by the following incident. Every ship sailing to India from England carries young women going out to be married, and to live with fathers, brothers, or other relatives. Not always do .the relatives turn up, or the bridegrooms prove available; in which case the young woman sadly needs womanly help and safe shelter. On the ship in which { went to Calcutta were three such young women; one of them discovered that her uncle had gone to Japan and she was penniless, half a world from home. At the first opportunity, after learning of the efficiency of the Calcutta Young Women’s Christian association, I put the secretary into touch with the stranded girl, but almost too late, for a day later she attempted suicide. : “Behind the Curtain.” : - High-class Hindu and Mohammedan women are kept “purdah,” that is “behind the curtain.” - The precautions that are used to keep them from the gaze of all men save their families seem ridiculous to a westerner. One such woman was put into a railway compartment next to mine, with the most elaborate precautions. But when we stopped at a small station I caught

window and—well, she would never. be kidnaped for her looks! This sequestration of the women leads to all manner of evils; and the lot of the poor creatures is narrow and pitiable, indeed. ; " Now the women missionaries are penetrating “behind the curtain,” taking with them medical healing, the schoolbook and the Bible. The Wo-‘ -man’s Missionary Union of America is especially diligent in this. zenana work, having missions in five cities, and their range of activities includes visitation to the homes, day schools for children, orphanages, rescue homes, a hospital and a high school and college. As I talked with two bright American girls at Allahabad, Miss Wishard and Miss Bertsch, about their work, and heard how they had rescued 23 ill-treated and widowed Brahmins during the first four months of the year (they teach 500 women a week) I could not but agree that this was a womanly work for women, affording a career such as should satisfy any college-bred girl. A Tomb for a Home. The woes of women, and especially of widows, in India are too well known to need rehearsal here. They afford endless scope for missionary service. Thus, at Lucknow the Methodist Episcopal mission has converted an old Mohammedan tomb into a home for homeless women. It was rather interesting to learn that a large part of the cares of the charming young woman in charge is the endeavor to find husbands for as many as possible of the 50 women who come under her oversight every year. In this same city of Lucknow 1 found another flourishing institution for women, the Isabella Thoburn college, said to be the oldest college for girls in India, having been established in 1870. It is affiliated with the University of Allahabad, and has more requests than it can meet for graduates to fill governmental and private teaching positions. The college has won favor with high-caste natives, and its mearly 200 students represent all classes of society. I could not see that the life differed greatly from the life of American college girls.

As I watched a file of these lustrouseyed, graceful, white-robed girls cross the campus of the Presbyterian girls’ school. at Allahabad, on' their way to chapel, it seemed to me that the spectacle was rather more picturesque than anything an American college can boast. This building is the gift of Mr. John Wanamaker. A Christian Endeaver meeting by the girls was quite a model meeting of the American type. Christian Endeavor appears to be especially -effective among the Indian churches. Even a slight association with the students here seemed to show in their character a reflection of the charm of Miss Forman, their principal. The caliber, culture and character of some of the American women to be met on the mission field are altogether beyond the imagining of the public at hose. -

New India in the Making. Among the Indian reformers there is discernable a movement looking toward the nationalization of India’s varying creeds, which is a step essential to political unity. The national creed is not intended to be Christianity. The one conspicuous agency offsetting this tendency is the mission school. Up and down the length of India are schools conducted by missionaries and attended by the children of Christian converts (for they are part of the machinery which must produce the next generation of native preachers), by the children of low castes, who are thus equipped to rise in the social scale and, to an increasing extent of late years, by the children of the higher castes. It is almost hoDeless to attempt to enumerate these; I might specify the fine big Reid Christian college at Lucknow of the Methodist Episcopal church, situated on ground made historic by the mutiny, equipped with imposing buildings, attended by 500 students in dormitory, from a wide region of which Lucknow is the center, and administered to by men of ability and breadth of vision. Both collegiate and commercia] courses are given here. Early this year many Methodists from America journeyed to India to attgnd the jubilee of Methodist ‘Episcopal missions at Bareilly, where 50 years ago Rev. William Butler estab‘lished the work- of the Methodist Epis_copal church, which has now grown to a ferce of 5,000 workers and 200,000 native members. At this celebration; which was attended by 2,000 native Christians, 500 converts were bap‘tized on a single day, a unique feature of the baptismal service being the cutting off of the tuft of hair, the loss of which means separation from Hinduism. The occasion focused the attention of the religious world upon the fact of Methodistism’s aggressive, diversified, far-ramifying and successful work in India. Thirty-seven different languages gre used by Methodist missionaries in this country. 5 ‘Allahabad, the university center of India, boasts another great educational institution of the western type, the Allahabad Christian college, of the Presbyterian mission. Its buildings are in quadrangle form about an immense and symmetrical banyan tree. One of the buildings is P"'ﬂnceton hall, a gift of Princeton alumni. Ap inspection of this plant impresses a visitor with the thoroughness of the standard ‘maintained. The principal, Rev. Dr. Arthur H. Ewing, is g(ht}y reckoned one of India’s great educationar leaders. In the big preparatory school for boys, which 18 a part of the lmg tion, I had a chance to test all the

ine a.school in the homeland emerging from this sort of ordeal more successfully.

The Living Dead.

At Allahabad is situated a large leper asylum, maintained jointly by the government and by the beneficent Mission to Lepers in the East. It is immanaged by Mr. Samuel Higginbottom, of the Presbyterian mission—one of the innumerable extras that I found missionaries everywhere carrying. “Salaam, sahib,” the Ilepers would cry as we passed, lifting pitiful stumps of fingerless hands to their foreheads. A more desolate spectacle than a leper asylum can scarcely ' be imagined; yet here was to be found, in some cases, the grace of Christian resignation, with cheerfulness, which is not always present amid scenes of health and prosperity. Not all leeprs are in asylums; unnumbered thousands roam the streets at will. While attending the daily clinic of Dr. Charles R. Cook, of Lucknow, the only missionary in all India of the Reformed Episcopal church, I sat within five feet of two. lepers crowded in the press. Next to one of them was a man whose family was suffering with the plague, five having died, and four being ill at the moment. Another one of the patients had, within a few days, lost a baby, a wife and four brothers, and his father lay dangerously ill, all with the plague. One convalescent plague patient, whom the doctor had cured, was mildly rebuked by this quiet, unruffied missionary for leaving his bed too soon. A boy smitten with the plague was brought by a mother with dreadfilled eyes, and carefully examined by the bare hands of the doctor. .

This one doctor, with a single native assistant, had 61,638 cases ‘last yvear, including a few in his well-kept little hospital. All classes, rich and poor, Mohammedans, Hindus and Christians, come for help. I counted 30 crowded inte the small room at one time, while outside a larger crowd of waiting patients was listening to the native preacher. 7 : A Medaled Missionary.

One of the star missions of the American board is at Ahmednagar, where Rev. Dr. Robert A. Hume is senior missionary. Dr. Hume is less widely known as the recipient of a medal from King Edward for his famine relief work than as the author of “Missions from the Modern Viewpoint.”. That he and his associates stand high in native esteem was evident from the constant salaams he received as we rode about the city together in a tonga, or native <cart. Many non-Christian natives. have given largely to this mission work for Indians, and the government also contributes to the industrial school.

I found all sorts of educational and industrial enterprises under way, some of them, from a bicycle repair shop to a tract depot, being wholly ot in part self-supporting. The big ¢huréh in native style, where even Hindus have been known to worship unknown gods, interested me less than the extensive industrial establishments where oriental rugmaking, weaving, woodcarving, carpentry and brass and silver working are carried on for the market, under the direction of D. C. Churchill, of Oberlin college and the Massachusetts Institution of Technology, and J. B. Knight, of Amherst college, and an agricultural college—types of the nonministerial, col-lege-bred missionaries who are doing pioneer work for the orient. Mr. Churchhill has invented a“nmew hand loom that is within the ' compass of the average Indian mind and purse. Miss Emily R. Bissell and her brother, Rev. H. G. Bissell, carry on in this mission the work which their mother, who had been 54 years in India, lald down last year. While watching the arrival at the hospital here of a woman patient in a bullock cart I saw Miss Moulton comforting the weeping husband, a Christian teacher, in a manner which revealed to me the beautiful devotion of the missionaries to this people. : : / It takes devotion of an unselfish sort to do this work, especially among the villages. One Sunday morning I sat, with Rev. Mark Keaslar, of the Agra Methodist Episcopal mission, in blistering, life-shriveling heat, in a low, dirty, ‘malodorous dwelling on the outskirts bf the city, while he told a crowd of hookah-smoking natives the gospel story and answered their interested questions; which looks romantic and picturesque from this distance; but is work to take the heart out of anybody less devoted than a missionary; and it is the work which many hundreds of missionaries are doing all over India to-day. ; (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) -

No Hurry.

The American traveler who endeavors to hasten the comfortably gaited orient against its wish soon comes to a halt. That was the expérience of “A Woman Alone in, the Heart of Japan.” “Make the rikman hurry. I have a date and can’t wait here all day,” she said to the “boss rikman” at the sta tion. He blazed like a fiery dragon, | “Vell, you get so mad, you no can walt for dis, you go find ’nodder riksha,” he said. o

She answered very meekly: “Dear friend, you do not know me. I am not the jeast bit mad. This is only a gentle American hustle. If you want me to be real mad, I will shew you the difference.” :

“Vell, you vas almos’ mad,” he in. sisted. “You seem jus’ like mad when you say ‘No can wait; mus’ have riksha . quick; hurry up!’”—Youth's Companion :

"‘, L ‘.' A;.'n(.'»'a Y “9',"; N', ,r:‘, ;.‘}l T e :_._‘Jﬁ_i, S »»,,&-;.ﬂ@\ ‘ S D ummm CLEANING POTATOES QUICKLY. Home-Made Contrivance Which Will Also Sort the Tubers. - The sketch shows my home-made potato cleaner and sorter which I have used at Fairview farm for a number of years, writes a correspondent of Farm and Home. It consists of a number of hoops to which are fastened half-inch slats so as to make holes 1% inches square. Two heavy pieces, A, are placed inside the cylin- @ ey, e T s, N S T A S SIS % S ) FisaffiinE eo= - T Rs st f-::/::::;?_.:_:,:’*_,;:/jfg';V VS 2|V & PN LY A Ve ey A Y :z:',.,:l ,/ T . T ] Home-Made Potato Sorter.. der to hold the axle, B, which extends entirely through the machine and is turned by a crank, E. The frame made is four inches lower at the opening end of the cylinder sd that the potatoes will run through freely. At the crank end is a hopper, F, into which the potatoes are poured. The cylinder is 2% feet long and three feet in diameter. It will not bruise the potatoes and the dirt and small ones run through on the floor or crate and the marketable ones run out at the open end of the cylinder into another crate. With one man to turn the crank and another to fill the hopper, 700 to £OO bushels can be sorted in a day. - :

DEMAND FOR CHERRY STOCK.

Chance for Some Enterprising AmerIcan Horticulturist to' Grow Trees.

~ W. F. Heikes of Huntsville, Ala., states there are imported into tho United States from France annually 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 cherry stocks. Fairly trustworthy figures show. that from this number of stocks the output of merchantable trees at two years old, of all sizes, is not more than onethird of the number of stocks planted, and of these not more than one-third will grade five-eighths and up. The first difficulty encountered in cherry growing is in getting a stand. So much depends on the condition of the plants on their arrival from France. There are various causes of injury from the time the plants leave the grower, in France to the time of their arrival at destination. There is more or less danger from freezing or heating on the way. Sometimes the plants are dug too early, and suffer from being heeled in, or they are dug when the ground js too wet and packed in boxes before they are separated from the mud and properly dried. In this condition they start to grow in the boxes, and however carefully they may be handled, there is sure to be a heavy loss in planting. In some instances the plants are grown on land unsuited for their growth, when they suffer in health, quality and appearance. Such plants are abnormally branched, and usually. present a blackish appearance of the’' roots. There is-room for some enterprising horticulturist here who will collect Mazzard cherry seeds and grow some of the seedlings required by nurserymen for budding and grafting purposes. ;

NURSERY TREES.

Proven That They Do Not Exhaust . the Land of Its Fertility.

All experience proves that a crop of nursery trees does not exhaust the land of its fertility, says T. R. Peyton, Caooper county, Missouri. In fact, it is generally considered that land from which trees have been moved is in the very best condition for a crop of wheat or potatoes. : The best nursery lands are those which contain a basis' of clay, and these are the ones which soonest suffer under unwise treatment. The’/land is kept under high culture, and is, therefore, deeply pulverized. There is practically no herbage on the soil to protect it during the winter. The soil, deeply broken and robbed of its humus, runs together and cements itself, and it then krequires “rest” in clover or other herbage crop to bring it back to its rightful condition. : This resting period allows nature to replace the fiber in the soil and to make it once more so porous and mellow that plants can find a congenial root-hold in it. - s Peaches. = Peaches came originally from China. That was before the days of steamboats or even modern navigation. They were carried first to Persia and there were cultivated and became a popular fruit. From Persia they found their way into the coun‘tries to the west and finally reached | the Atlantic coast. Thence they came to this country, where they have beeun more successfully grown than in any other part of the world. We now have more than 300 varieties of peaches, some of them fine in flavor and texture. Our improved peaches are far superior to those now existing in China and Persia. ! Slow Coming Butter. When the weather is cold, the bautter is sometimes slow in coming because the cream is too cold, or too | old. - In the summer time it is often -too sour and too warm. A thermometer helps to decide. The best temperature is about 68 to 72 degrees.. . ; Butter Flavor. | Not so very much is known about the causes which affect the flavor of butter. The latest investigations con: clude that it depends upon bacteria, which after using some of the ’,mnten;lt als in ‘the butter, w&a by-produc| und gives its odor. -~

LAND FOR THE ORCHARD. Preparation of the Soil Where Trees . Were to Be Planted. Among the first things I did toward improving our farm after buying it was to set two acres to peach &nd apple trees. It has proven to be the most valuable two acres on the farm. While being five miles away from ‘any fruit market, yet we often realize a clear profit of $75 from fruit sold, beside great benefit from fattening our hogs. The land was a loamy, clay soil, with heavy clay subsoil, and lay a little sloping, which insured good drain‘age. It was partly protectetd on the north by timber.. A ditch three feet deep and two feet wide was cut on the north side, which cut off all roots running out from the timber. : I began preparation a year before setting the trees. I hauled 20 twohorse loads of barnyard manure and broadcasted it, explains this correspondent of Farm and Home. The land was then broken well with twohorse plow, following several inches deep with subsoil plow. I then cut the surface several times with disk harrow and sowed two bushels of cow pea§ per acre. They made a splen. did growth and the vines were allowed to remain on the soil.

In the fall this growth was turned under, and the land again broken and subsoiled to a depth of about 15 inches, surface harrowed well and rye sown at the rate of 1% bushels per acre. This attained a fine growth, which was cut the.following spring and left to decay. e . That spring I bought trees enough to set one acre. I bought direct from a nurseryman and got trees true to name, fresh and in fine condition. 1 was afraid to risk an orchard of trees bought from agents, ahd, too, Isaved almost one-half the cost by buying direct from the nurseryman. The trees were planted 30 feet apart each .way, which made cultivation easy. :

In the fall the remaining acre was set and the trees grew off better than those set in the spring. - I used rye and crimson clover as a fall and winter crop and find nothing excels them for this purpose. I prefer rye to the clover, as it is more certain and less expensive. I cultivate in spring until June, then sow cow peas and allow the vines to decay on the ground. I wrap the bodies of the young trees in winter to prevent rabbits from gnawing, always using newspapers. I take the wrappers off 'in the spring and whitewash with lime to prevent worms from doing injury.

IMPLEMENTS FOR PRUNING.

Its Use Will Save Much Inconvenience and Many Scratches. ;

Raspberry and blackberry bushes can be safely pruned without scratches by using the device shown in the =3 : The Pruner. accompanying illustration. It is made of a piece of 1%x1% and 3% feet in length. In one end a slit is sawed four inches long to insert a mower knife. A nail may be used to hold it in place. Another piece of 11%x13%; is made two feet in length and attached to the other corner of the mower knife after the same fashion. ’gthe other ends of the uprights are fastened to a lever as shown. : POISON DANGERS IN SPRAYING, French Scientists Suggest the Color- _ ing of Arsenic Compounds. French scientists, while recognizing the necessity for the use of arsenic compounds in spraying, have made a wise recommendation to their governmen that such- material shall not be sold unless colored in such a manner that it can not possibly be confused with foods or condiments. The buyer and the seller are to be held equally responsible for this denaturation of arsenic and the insecticides are to be sold only in packages plainly marked “poison.” Such a regulation: would be a wise one for this country. At present it is possible to purchase white arseni¢c powder, unlabeled, which much resembles soda and baking powder. Needless to say those who substitute it for either of these leavehing powders would rise no more if they ate of the fruits of their own labors. Ty :

Planting Tempcrary Trees.

We note that a horticultural writer advises to plant temporary trees between the trees meant to be permanent, for shade purposes. It is a bad plan. The owner does not have the nerve to dig out the trees meant to be temporary as soon as he' should, and in the meantime these trees are taking light and plant food from the other trees. The matter of light is a very great one, far greater than most people suspect. Any shutting off of the light from a growing tree results in the malformation of its outlines. The beautifully shaped trees we sometimes see grow with an abundance of light on a): sides of them. i

Watch the Milk Flow.

The matter of the milk flow needs to be watched clogely so that if there be a falling off it cam be corrected. If it becomes permanent it ig very hard to re-establish. Busy times, flies and short pasture often get the advantage,

~ NO BLESSING FOR HER. ¥ : r___ Disappointed Youngster Discriminated o - in His Prayer. For several weeks, little Ralph had enjoyed the use of a Shetland pony, the property of a horse dealer who was a friend of the family.. But much to Ralph’s sorrow, .there.came a day recently when the pony was sold, and ‘the delightful horseback rides came to a sudden end. The purchaser, as Ralph found out by inquiry, ‘was a little girl of about his own mature age of five. Ever since his acquaintance with the pony began, Ralph had included him in his bedtime prayer, and “God bless the pony,” was an earnest nightly petition. The first evening after the sale of the pony, Ralph hesitated when he reached his pet’s place in the prayer. Then, after a moment’s thought, he continued: “Please, God, bless the pony just the same; but, God, don’t you bless the little girl what’s got the pony.” - GENEALOGICAL. * ‘ - ~’\ i 3 : {"5 s : AR s e vy / i N ‘ e : The Bull-Pup—-I suppose this {8 what they call a family tree. . Hopeless Case. Evangelist Torrey, who prides himself upon the number of his converts, met one hardened sinner in Chicago whom he failed to convert. The minister had been preaching to a tent full of people. He had described the vices of the rich, and had pointed Biblical analogies at their luxuries. One man in the back of the tent had- seemed to be much interested. He leaned forward to catch every word. Torrey, taking the 'interegt to mean approaching conversion, redoubled his efforts. “The road to hell is lined with vintage, wine, beautiful women and fine automobiles!” he exclaimed. With a sigh as of relief, the man in the back of the tent arose. “Oh, death; where is thy sting?” he sdid. Something New Under the Sun, A lady in Illinois sent us 12c a year aga for our remarkable collection of vegetab%e and flower seeds and sold $37.76 worth therefrom, or made 314%. That’s new. | Just send this notice with 12¢ and re ceive the most original seed and plani catalog pub_]ished and 1 pkg. “Quick %u_lck” Carrot. ... .8 10 1 pkg. Earliest Ripe Cabbage........ .10 1 pkg. Earliest Emerald Cucumber.. .15 1 pkg. La Crosse Market Lettuce.... .14 1 pkg. Early Dinner 0nmi0n.......... .10 1 pkg. Strawberry Mu5kme10n........ .17 1 pkg. Thirteen ]gay Radish.. ........ 10 1,000 kernels gloriously beautiful HOWEY 88l o il 1D oAI e 3O

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Made Him Nervous.

“What in the world is the matter, Harold ?”” anxious]y inquired the pretty girl. “Why, you seem too nervous tc sit down a minute.” e

“You’ll have to pardon me,” responded Harold Hatband, with an esyve on the window, “but—er—l just saw your father prowling around with a bird gun.” i : “Oh, nonsense! Why, father likes you. Didn’t I hear him say that you were good enough to eat?’

“H’'m! That’s just the reason why he might try to pepper me.”

Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. This troubleé can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied fhuch more thinly because of its greater strength than other makes.

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use. —Johnson.

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The greatest is he who is most true to the principle of duty.—Channing.

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