Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 27, Petersburg, Pike County, 12 November 1897 — Page 6

ABOUT THE ELECTIONS. An Almost Complete Reversal In New York. tkwminj Landed th* BicfMt I’lunt la IU Victory la Urwlrr New York CitjJtaturu* Kroui Sou* of Ik* Other State*. NEW YORK. Th* 1C aa let pal tootat la Greater Kew Yt»rk City. Nsw York, Not. S.—The result of the tint municipal election in Greater Mew York city completely reverses the conditions of 1896, when McKinley's plurality in the same territory was 86,866. The plurality of Van Wyck. Tammany candidate for mayor, is about 85,000, and the entire ticket is elected with majorities ranging from TO,000 to 100,000. Coler's plurality over Fitch, republican, for comptroller, is over 100,000. Both Van Wyck and Coler were free silver adherents in 1898. Albn B. Parker (dem.), for judge of the state court at appeals, carried Greater New York by 100.000, aud hia total plurality over Wallace (rep ), below the Bronx river, will not be less than 108,000, ensuring his electiou and democratic success in the state. Such a rush to the polls has never been known, except in presidential years Rainy weather failed to dampen enthusiasm. The registration was abnormal. The total of 567.250 was only 11,453 behind that of 1896. Last year only 6.W5 per cent, failed to vote for president, and the estimated total vote this year of 528,000 shows that the falling off does not much exceed that of The vote for Tracy, the republican mayoralty candidate, was divided by the candidacy of Seth Low upou aeiti■008* ticket. Low was second and Tracy third in the contest. The Georg* vote was inconsiderable. The death of ita leader evidently disintegrated his

V \w JUDGE ROBERT A. VAX WVCK, Mayor-Eleet of Gtwter New York t'liy following. ami thousands evidently vCted for the Tammany candidates. It fa claimed that yoanpUeorife lost many voles through the failure of inspectors to affix his paster to mayoralty tickets. The unofficial vote for mayor is as follows: Vaa Wyck. /..SVMft Low...uv.sra Tracy ......tot.MB G«x>r*rv . 2M.3WJ Gleason. 521 The vote for Van Wyck is abvut 44 2'> percent, of the total vote cast, or less than the 45 SI per cent, cast for lirvau in IS9K in the same territory. The uuited vote for Low ami Tracy •hows 14.127 more than Van Wyck received. The metropolitan district is nominally democratic, and the plurality for Van Wyck is a return to normal conditions in an election not influenced by national issues. UrturiK From the State. Albany. X. Y., Nov. 3.—The completed returns from the state, coming sn slowly, demonstrate that the republican landslides of ‘ the j>;ts‘. t a > year* have been reversed, if not by giving as large a majority for the democrats at least by changing something like 240,4M votes, t»ov, UiacS s plurality in the state last year was over 200.000. John I’aimer. the republican secretary of state won the year previous by over lOO.ihHi. The indications are that these enormous piitrali%loshave been swept away and a reverse plurality of between SO.OOO and ot.000 givru The greatest surprises of the returns are the great gains made in ghe assembly by the democrats, uiauy of them being in counties and districts where there was ho expectation on the part of democratic managers of w inslag. The returns indicate that the republicans will still control the asnernbly. although by a largely decreased majority.

More surprising, perhaps, than the returns on the state and assemble district tickets, were results of the municipal campaign in the large cities. New York, buffalo, Rochester, Bingbam ton. Syracuse, Utica. Albany. Troy ani^ Scheuectady, elected democratic aaajorm. In Albany the conditions ware eery similar to those la New . York. Two republican candidates split up. the vote of thst party and allowed the democrats to win. The combined republican vote was S,000 in excess of the democratic vote. In Buffalo and Rochester republican success was thought to be almost assured prior to election, but the reunite are foreign to the predictions NEBRASKA. a natality of *0.000 to *0.000 Claimed far ih* Fatlon Ttvkvt. Lracotx. Neb.. Nor. S,—Additional returns from the state do not materially change the figure* given Tuesday night, indicating a fuaiou plurality exceediag thst of :><«, which was about lUtM. At fusion headquarters the claim of a plurality of from *0,000 to S&.000 is maintained. Secretary Sixer mi the republican committee will not concede this or even admit defeat. Many of the leading republican workera. however, accept the returns at band as a certain indication of the defeat of Post (rep.), for supreme judge, and the balance of the state ticket, A aeemiug inconsistency in figures aunt out from Lincoln. and those Iron alas whan in tha state a.

to explained by the difference In comparisons made. Got. Holcomb last year ran far ahead of his ticket. Returns sent Tuesday night other than from Lincoln compared the fusion rote of this year with the Holcomb rote, indicating a republican gain, when by comparing with the average fusion vote of last year a fusion gain is shown for this year. Shows a Republican Gain. Omaha. Neb., Not. S.—Two hundred and fifty-six precincts heard from up to noon give Cost, 19,804; Sullivan, 19,633. The same precincts last year gave MacCall. 20,300; Holcomb. 30,66$, a net republican gain of 703. IOWA. Tt > Republican Plurality Only Estimated aa gat. Pe8 Moines. Ia., Not. 3.—Returns are slow in reaching the headquarters of the state central committees. Chairman McMillen of the republican com

HON U.M SHAW. Govern <r Klect of luwx mitten contends that Shaw's plurality will reach more than 30,000, Reports received from 50 counties *rive Shaw a plurality of 20,320, and the estimates of the republican committee is that the other -t‘.» will not do as well. It is expected by Chairman McMilten that the plurality will reach 12.000 to 14.000 more when rad urns are received from the entire state. As to the legislature, the republicans claim 63 in the house out of 100, aud 40 out of 00 in the senate. Chairman McMilleu's estimate of the vote is:

U»'p -'.K'lw .230.M* Ib-moera*. i- .... .2UUXW i*n»i»ib!:un ...•. 7.<JuO u.'ri; »iTUtiO . ... 5.0 •*> lVi}'Ui>t >.. . '. . . .. 3,'Ml Tiu* Democratic state committee concedes Shaw's election by 15.000. but gains are claimed in the legislature. Chairman Walsh of the Democratic state committee admits there will be SO republicans in the souate. counting the newly-elected members and holdovers. The democrats claim 3** members of the house and the republieaus coueede them 57. COLORADO. The Silver Kt|>ubUr*ni Seem to U»v* the Meet of It. Denver. Col., Nov. 5. —Returns from the state are meagre and the result is still in doubt. The News says that Win. H. Oabbert, (item, and pop.) for judge of the supreme court, is probably elected by S.000 majority. The Republican says that Charles L>. Hay t (rep. and silver rep.) will have 3,otK) majority or more. iiayt carried this county by about 7v0tX) majority. The eutirc silver repubiicau ticket appears to have been elected iu this county, although the News claims the re-election of Sheriff Webb ou the civic federat ion and democratic tickets. The fusiouists appear to have defeated the republieaus iu El Raso county, of which Colorado Springs is the county seat, aud iu Leadville and Lake county the silver repuoiicaus made a clean sweep. Claim* llayi's Etrrlivn. Denver. Co;.. Nov. 3.—The, Denver Times claim* lac elect.on uf llay t (rep.) for judge of the supreme court by about 2.tRW plurality. Returns arc incomplete. MARYLAND. The Show Lug by Seat-Official R»> Baltimore. Mi, Nov. 5.—With setni- | official returns from all the counties iu the state the republicans will have a majority iu the legislature ou joint ballot.

SOUTH DAKOTA. Republicans Elect Five Out of Eight Siocx Falls. S. IX. Not. 3.—Out of eight judicial circuits iu the state, the republicans elect tire judges. The democrats elect one. aud the populists win in the turo Black ilill circuits. The republican victory comes as a surprise to the republicans as well as the opposition. In the second circuit Judge Jones overcame a populist majority of 1.100 and won by a majority of TOO. A very light vote was polled throughout the state, not more than 60 per cent, haring been cast. PENNSYLVANIA. Aa Indication of How tbo Voting Went la the Keystone State. Philadelphia. Not. A—The plurality in this city of Beacom (rep.) over Brown (dem.) for state treasurer, was 71X917. In l!*95 the plurality for Haywood (rep.), for state treasurer, was 74.548, in a total vote of 160,767. McKinley's plurality in ISM was ll.\ 139 in a total vote of 244.SS7. A majority of IS,390 was given yesterday in favor of increasing the city's indebtedness to the extent of $19,900,000. KANSAS. Rctnrns Show Divided Resells la Sedgwick County. Wichita. Kas., Nov. 3.—Sedgwick county returns not yet completed show divided results. Republicans have elected sheriff, clerk and treasurer. while the fusion candidates for register of deeds, surveyor, coroner and

commissioner were chosen. The rest) it on commissioner is a surprise, as the district comprises three wards of the city which are republican usually. No reports are in yet from neighbor* in]? comities. Shawnee County Elects the Republic-a TickrL Topeka. Kas., Not. S.—Complete returns from Topeka city and Shawnee county show the entire republican county ticket elected by majorities ranging from llO to 1.200. Cook (rep.), for sheriff, has 110 majority over Kepiey (fusion). The total vote east was 9,000, an increase over the vote of two years ago of 50 per cent., but a falling off of nearly one-half from the vote at the presidential election a year ago. There is a large decrease in republican majorities. which a year ago were from 1,400 to 2,600, and two years ago from 2,500 to 3,500.

KENTUCKY. The Democrat* Victorious by a Larte Ma. JorUy. Lovisvili.e. Ky., Nov. S.—Kentucky has redeemed herself from republican rule. The democratic majority at Tuesday's election is probably 15,000. Louisville and Covington, which voted for McKinley last year, are both democratic again. Shackelford, silver democratic candidate for clerk of the court of appeals, is overwhelmingly elected. The legislature is safely democratic. VIRGINIA. Democrat* Swept Every thins ant) Wilt Elect n Seantur. Richmond. Ya., Nov. S.—It was all oue way in Virginia. The democrats elected Tyler for governor aud all the other state officers by over 50.000 majority. They carried the legislature by over two-thirds majority. They will elect John \\. Daniel L'uited States senator. TRIAL O F~D AM ODAR CHAPEKAR. Charsetl with Connection with the Murder of Ayerst and Hand. Poos ah, Nov. 4.—The trial of Ihimodar Cliapekar, the Brahmin lawyer, who was arrested on Octeber 4 last, charged with being connected with the murder of Lieut. Ayerst and Commissioner Rand, on June 22 lust, by shooting them from ambush as they were leaviug the reception givcu by the governor at Caoeshkuid in honor of Queen Victoria's jubilee, and who, the day Of his arrest, confessed having murdered Commissioner Hand with the aid of an accomplice, and also admitted | being the author of the tarring of the queeu's statue at Bombay, was commenced in the courthouse here yesterday. The building was strongly guarded, in order to prevent any demonstration upon the part of the prisoner's frieuds. Chapekar adhered to his confession, but declined to make any further statement. A number of incriminating articles including antiquated swords, pistols, arrows, slings and false beards, were placed on a table beside the presiding magistrate. The latter, after the usual format proceedings, adjourned the trial until to-morrow.

A GOOD SHOWING. Paid fur Fifty Mile* of Kotiil and Shorn* Large I'ath Balauev. Denver. Col.. Nov. 4.—The Uuiou Pacific, Denver <& Gulf, in addition to paying tor 50 mites of road out of the caruiugs, has JMOCMKM) cash ou hand, i Receiver Trumbull has made his report and there is quiet satisfaction among the eastern stockholders. Everything is pointiug to a reorganization of the road. The receivers' office yesterday received news from Boston and New York, where the majority of the members of the reorganization committee reside, which was made public, without comment, as it speaks for itself. It can be definitely stated that the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf will never go back into the Luton Pacific system. The interests of east-and-west lines and north aud south lines are usually in conflict, aud the present reorganization ami managers of the Gulf road mteud to maiutaiu its independence and work for traffic toward the gulf. Orders wilt soon be placed for extra equipment. _ DROWNED IN LAKE MICHIGAN. a Vouug Acruoaut Makes His Last Ascension fruiu Chicago. Chicago, Nov. ♦.—Aeronaut Stewart Young was drowned iu Lake Michigan at the foot of Monroe street, yesterday afternoon, while attempting to descend from his balloon in a parachute. Thousauds of people witnessed the accident. Young ascended from the winter circus at Hubbard court and Wabash avenue. A brisk wind was blowing and the airship quickly veered to the east. Immediately over Lake Frout park Young was seen to loosen his parachute and make ready to desert the balloon. Evidently something went wrong for the aeronaut failed to drop aud the balloon, suddenly explod iug, fell into the lake. Young was seen to struggle violently to free himself and then sink. The life-saving crew dragged the lake for the body, but were unable to bring it up. Terms of l*ar« has* Settled. New York. Nov. d.—It was officially announced yesterday that the terms ot purchase of the Universal and Commercial Fuel Gas Co., of Chicago, l4oca the Emerson-MeMilisn syndicate by the People's Gas Light and Coke Co. (Chicago Gas Co.), have been settled. The articles of agreement have been signed by all parties in interest, it is said, and aetual transfer of the property will be made on November 15 The purchase price is 85.500,000. Dsstt's Carnival la Calm. Havana. Nov. 4.—During the last three days ISO persons have died in the city of Havana. Over 50 per cent ol the people gathered iato the Matanzas district, as a precautionary measure against the insurgents, warn without meat to-day.

ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT. AwtKIni the Official Count la Ohio— A Crhk Belie*eU to be Impending—the Coaming In He*era! CottntlM to be Crit* cnlly Watched by Ageate of Tboeelutcrested In the Keeuit. Columbia's, (X, Not. 5.—Many talk about a crisis iu Ohio. Some believe ! that a crisis is impending. The talk about a combine iu the legislature against Senator Hanna has subsided, pending the interest in the official counting of the rote in close counties. As the official canvass of the vote iu the 88 counties proceeded yesterday, the republican plurality on the state ticket increased and on the legislative tickets | it appeared to be getting toward a very j close shave. « ! While the republican plurality on ! j the state ticket exceeds 28,000 the vote | i on the legislative ticket is almost as | close as it could be. For this reasou 1 | there is still uuusual anxiety at the re- I spective state headquarters of both I parties. The republicans still claim that the 1 legislature stands 75 republicans to 70 democrats on joint ballot for senator, aud that their candidates for representatives iu three of the close counties have been elected by the following i pluralities: Delaware county, 29; | Wood county. 3>; Noble county. So, a ; total of 143 iu the pluralities of these I three counties. A chauge of 73 votes, j properly distributed in these three I counties, would, therefore,have turued j the result iu the legislature by giving these three representatives to the democrats. Then the legislature would have stood 73 republicans aud 73 democrats on joint ballot for seuator. When it is remembered that the total vote of Ohio last year was over 1,000,000 aud is almost 1.000.000 this year, it is readily seeu that 71 is such a small percentage that it cannot be clearly ex-' pressed iu tigures or fractious or I&tfs guage. Aud thisNs what uhriefsthe democratic state committee continue to claim the legislature aud the republican state committee to be so closely ou guard iu walciiiug the couutiug iu the close counties. The official count of Delaware county is iu. but with protests aud notices of contest from the democrats, and the sane is true of Noble couuty. The official count of Wood couuty will not be- comoletcd uutil Saturday, although they expect to gel through to-day. Iu Wood couuty,yesterday.the demo- | erats protested against counting the vole of a precinct where the place of voting was outs.de of the precinct, but within the ward.. Had this precinct been thrown out it would have elected the democratic candidate for representative by a plurality of tive instead

ui me repuuueau canu.uuie uy ..s. The vote ot the preeiuct was counted i and the-democratic protest tiled. Other technicalities are expected in the progress oi' tne rote m that county to-day. lu Noble county there was a long cou test over 27 scratched tickets! that were dually thrown out because they were not properly marked. This was a republican loss. Every poiut is being contested in the otticial count of j the close counties. Chairman Nash says that the repub- j licaus have a safe majority of live on joint ballot iu the legislature. He admits that the pluralities are small iu some counties, bui, claims they are safe. He has no doubt of the result iu any of the couuties which he claims except, possibly. Wood County,aud iu the event of the loss of that representative, he says the legislature would still staud 74 republicans to 71 democrats, aud have a majority of three on j joint ballot for senator. Chairman j Nash said the returns from the thir- I teeuth district showed that the repub- j licaus had a plurality of so' that there are uo longer auy of the state senators iu doubt, and the seuate Will staud li> democrats to 17 republicans, j At republican state headquarters Summit county is not considered so doubt- | ful as heretofore, aud its two representatives are beiug conceded to the democrats. This would make the house j

rvpuum'au^ auu Chairman McCouuville does not ad- j tnit that the republicans have carried the thirteeuth district for their candidate for state seuator, aud he stiil claims the representatives from Noble, Delaware. Wood, Muskingum aud other couuties claimed by the repubiicaus. He also expects the official count to give the democrats two of j the 12 members of the legislature from Cuyahoga county. In all these counties aud iu others, he says, thire will be contests for the seats in the event of the certificates of election beiug given to the republicans. Chairmau McCounville charges fraud in the close counties and in some republican counties. He says nearly all the close counties have gone republican heretofore aud the republicans still hare the machinery in those counties. Ue says the returns have beeu held back aud it looks suspicious. Other counties hare completed their counting, while the doubtful counties are still at it. He says the result was known definitely in Cincinnati Wednesday morning and he could not get detinue results, eve a last night, from Cleveland, where he expects the rote to be very close on two or three members of the legislature. Chairman McConnrille will remain here on duty until the official count of alt the counties is completed. It is intimated that the courts will be resorted to in some cases to prevent the insurance of eereiheates to republican candidates by the election boar da HANNA ON THE RESULT. Tbs onto Senator Thinks There** Nothing to Complain Of. Nkw York. Nor.5 .—The Evening World prints the following telegram addressed to its editor: “They tell me 1 am sure of a re-elec-tion. That is all I know aboat it. It is an off year, and compared w»th elections that usually follow presidential years in Ohio, 1 think there is nothing to complain-of. . “The weather was against the republicans this year, and good timee have made them careless "

MISTAKE IN DELIVERY. Customer Lost Because ot the Her* chant's Versatility. Queer things happen in suburban towns, where the residents have a way of utilising means at hand utterly regardless of the consequences. Mrs. Stimpsou, a notable housewife who lives in one ot these terrestrial paradises, recently replenished her stock of .household furniture at the only department store in the place and ordered the purchases sent home that afternoon when she would be there to receive them. She was in a particularly happy frame of mind as she sat at her front window watching for their arrival, remarking with satisfaction the vacant places the new furniture would adorn, when an undertaker's wagon drove up and stopped in front of her door and a solemn looking driver in rusty black descended from the front seat and rang her bell. She did not lose a moment in raising the window and calling to him in a frightened voice: “Go away! You've stopped at the wrong house!. There isn't any body here!'' “I don't want a body, ma’am, I’ve got some things I was told to leave here,” called the man. * “Take them back!” she commanded, ‘T tell you 1 won't have them! You ought to be ashamed to stop here! What do you suppose the neighbors will think?” “Well,' ma’am,” said the man. as he climbed on his wagon again, “if you don't want your new furniture, all right, but I've got it inside.” - “And I wouldn't take it asifrgift.” said the distressed woman; “the idea ot bringing my goods in an undertaker's wagon.” “We hadn't another vehicle in the barn, and you said you wanted it right oil,” re ~ sponded the man as he drove away. But the man of many callings who had utilizes! the last conveyance in his establishment lost the sale of the furniture and the good will of a customer who did not appreciate such mortuary enterprise.—Chicago Times-Herald. A Home-Grown Experience. A man went into an icehouse to cool off. An abrupt and impetuous hired man closed and locked the door and went away. The next day was Sunday and the lured man did not comeback. While the man whovearned to cool off waited for the return of the hired man his object was accomplished in a very thorough manner; He cooled off. The muffled door gave back but echoes to his blows, and his voice could find no place to escape and sound the alarm. When ne grew tired of walking and swinging his arms to keep warm the chunks of ice that were piled I around him did not offer a tempting bed. j Hunger gnawed at his vitals and refused to bo satisfied with diet of raw air. Darkness settled down like a six months’ Arctic night, and the only sound which broke the profound stillness was the man who wanted to cool off trying to swear. The hired man opened the door on Monday morning, and the man who wanted to cool off crawled out more dead than alive. When his tongue had thawed out lie began to abuse the hired man. “Fool?” retorted the hired man. “Fool, you are a lucky dog and do not know it. Don't waste time in abusing me. vour benefactor, but go and write a book ot ira- I pressions on Alaska.” Then the man who I wanted to cool off saw that his fortune was made.—Chicago Record.

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Hearing Affected Ringing and Snapping In the Head Cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. “ For many years I have been troubled with catarrh, which caused me much pain and affected my hearing. I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and it helped me wonderfully and cured the snapping and ring* ing in my head.” Mbs. C. A. Meeker, Cherry Valley, Illinois. Remember Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Hood’s Pills cure all liver ills. 25cents. What organ shall 1 buy? Why not buy the one which holds the world’s record for largest sales— Vtrite for Illustrated Catalogue with prices, to Estcy Organ Company, liraltleboro, Vt. Advice That Failed. “Yes,” said the millionaire, pompously, “it's the taking care of the little things that makes a man rich. Remember that, my friend.” “Well.” said the other, hopelessly, “I’ve been taking care of twins, triplets and two singles for a good while, and I seem to be gettiugpoorer all thetime.”—N. Y. Journal. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than ail other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed loeal remedies, and by constantly failing to care with loeal treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and tl:erefore*requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only istitunon.il cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It; acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any ease it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.^ Address F. J. Cheney & Co., To led'. (>. S - d by Druggists, 75c. llali's Family Pills are the Lest. Mere’y Wondered.—“Was there anv frost last night?” “I think not. Why a© you ask?” "1 merely wondered whether next year's peach crop had been destroyed already.”—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.

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“MY WIFE’S LIFE”

How I was the means of saving it.

Wliea the lance are attacked and the’ symptoms of consumption appear, then begins the struggle between affection and that destroying disease which slays its thousands annually. It is a happy issue to the struggle when disease ts conquered and health restored. Such an issue does not alwavs end the struggle, bnt it did in the case of Mr. K. Morris, Memphis. Tenn.. who saw his wife wasting and weakening and physicians helpless, and then suggested the simple temedy that wrought the cure. He tells the story thus: “ Seven years ago. my wife had a severe attack of tung trouble which the physicians pronounced consumption. The cough was extremely distressing, especially at night, tad was frequently attended with the spitting of blood. The doctors being unable to help her, I induced her to try Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and sms surprised at the great relief it gave. Before using one whole bottle she was cared, so that now she is strong and qnite healthy. That this medicine saved ay wife's life I have not the least doubt. I nlwavs keep Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in the house. Whenever nay of my family kin a cold or cough we use it. ud u«

promptly cored.’*—X. Houb, Memphis, Ttu. The question: “ Is consumption cars* bte I” is still debated, and still debatable. It is easy to say that this was not a case oi consumption. Yet the physicians said at was. They should know. As a matter of fact. Dr. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral has wrought so many similar cures that H seems to argue the curableness of consumption in its earlier stages, by the use of this remedy. There is no better medicine for pulmonary troubles than Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It gives relief in cases of Asthma, and Bronchitis, where re* lief has been heretofore unattainable. It promptly cures Coughs and Colds, La Grippe, and all affections of the throat and lungs. Heretofoge. Dr. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral has been put np in full siae bottles only, at Si.oo per bottle. To meet n wot Id-wide demand for a smaller pack, age. the remedy is now put up in half size bottles, at Bait price—50 cents. Write for Dr. Ayer’s Cnrebook (free) and learn more of the cures effected by Dr. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Addrcsa 1. C. Ayer Co* imA Xaaa»