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THE MAIL

'A PAPER I-OR THE PEOPLE.

SECOND EDITION. Town-Talk.

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AN UNPLEASANT SENSATION. FT* A few mornings ago, tbo business perlion of the town, as well as the busybodies thereof, was thrown into a fearful Btate of excitement by the announcement in one of the newspapers that a ^prominent merchant on Main street had ^failed. No name was given, but full particulars were promised the next day. 'L^TThere was only six or eight lines of it, I^.Tjbut T. T. will venturo the assertion that

•no other single item in the paper was read with half the interest it was, or by ,#»o many people. No piece of news that •can be imagined would have caused more commotion and scarcely any could have been more mischievous. Go where you would that day and it was the chief 'Subject of conversation, and whenever it was discussed somebody's credit suffered for bardly a merchant on the street but was suspected by somebody or other. Asido from the innumerable guessfcs, conjectures, and damaging insinuations as to thi« or that man's solvency, •t#T. T. is quite confident that more than a 'dozen times he heard it stated as a positive certainty that it was a man whom

J*e happens to know is as sound as any "merchant in the town so far as dangorof •'breaking up" Is concerned.

After all, it turned out to be only an •f^Taadvertisomcnt but tho mischief it had "''accomplished could not be undone. The man who wrote it was undoubtedly sony enough he had done so, and sincerely ashamed of himself for not having foreseen tho effect it would have. As any^rj^body who has tho least acquaintance with him knows, he would be the last i^«iman on earth to willfully say or do anything calculated to injure the credit of S

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brother merchants. Nor is it likely that the paper that published it is so much to blame. It was probably sent ij up like other local advertisements and by accident got the position it did in the 1aper, and its position, after all, was ."what misled overyon®. But however it all may be, it was unfortunate. As an "Illustration of the readiness of people to

Huspect their neighbors and to talk about them to their injury, it may be valuable. To many, it has been an "unpleasant lesson, andT. T. hopes sincerely that it may not be lost.

There aro always people enough in *icvery town ready to circulate any damaging rumor they hear. Tho ne%vs of some prominent business man's emt, iarrassment or failuro is to such peoplo

Xtho ehoicost of all news and the pleas--IVl'f "Jure of repeating tho story to somebody }'.'I olao, tho rarest of all pleasure. Sometimes theso gossips aro themselves busi*ness men, and sueh being tho case, they are ten times more contemptible. T. T. lias known one or two business men of 4his character, and he knows that such 'jnon do more to weaken confidence and 'demoralize trade in a time like the prcsent, than almost any other thing. They .jire constantly trying to pry into some-

vlbody^' business constantly making in--1 slnuatlons about Bomcone. If they can hoar of somebody's paper being protested it tickles them to death. They Industriously help to spread every injurious report they bear, and often unconsciously magnify such reports with every telling.

Tboy do not always do this so much from malice, or envy, or anything of that sort, as frem a want of business sense and a fondness for gossip. As a rule, the men who are addicted to this little, mean business of talking abeut their competitors* and neighbors may wifely beset down as not only "shaky" themselves, but dishonest also. No honorable „man indulges in any such amusement. s. .. Nobody but a scoundrel gloats over the misfortunes of his neighbor.

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It Is a time when men sheutd le especially cautious in this matter. In* stead of trying to pull each other down, merchant* ought to do their beat to hold

each other up. Compared with towns ,, -of like sixe, there have been very few Ikilarcs here. The credit of the town is good. Every business msn should try to keep It so. If yon happen to know a house that Is financially weak, keep the knowledge to yourmlf. It won't do you nor anybody else any good to publish it, and it may 4o the most sertass harm. Let alone, the house may pull through. Annoyed by a let of creditors whom you have put on its track, it may I'1 go under and, by its fWlure, bring st»-

pidkm and trouble on a down mors. If one important business house (alia, it hurts every other one In the town,and the more the failure is talked about the worse it hurts. If theie was KO otb7 er motive, business men should feel pride enough in the town to desire the

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fewest possible failures In looking urband for homes people do not select towns where business Is going to the dogs and nobody is making any money.

Those are the kind of places they are generally leaving. What they»want to hear of a town is, that business in It is ifood and everybody pro*j«*r»u*. Then

there is some inducement to settle in it. There are some merchants who are chronio grumblers, and where this characteristic and the one mentioned above are combined in the same man, then indeed that man is a curse to any community in which he lives. T. T. knows a few in Terre Haute. He wishes they could read this article qnd believe it was written specially for them. He wishes it might open their eyo3 to how much they are hurting the |own and teach them some sense.

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Listening the other evening, in a church crowded to its uttermost capacity, to an interesting and instructive sermon on the subjoctof the recent whisky trials the inquiry again arose in my mind, as it had often done before, why do not the ministers more fiequontly deal in their pulpits with current events? Everyone is interested in what la going ou around him. This fact accounts for the prodigious circulation and influence of the newspapers. Many persons think (whether rightly or otherwise) that the churches are places In which the same kind of sermons are preached from year to year and from generation to generation. They never expect to hear anything now there anything indoed that is not old and stale. The result is, the churches do not possess that attractiveness and power to draw which the charm of freshness and novelty gives. If men could count on hearing in the church on Sunday their minister's views on subjects of current thought and discussion and which they have been talking and thinking abeut all tbo week, the church would take a now and strong hold upon them. And surely there is no reason why Religion which claims the Hgbt, by divine authority, to lead and guide men in their round of daily duties, should not spesk to them of the matters with which they are constantly concerned. Was it notooe of the charms of Christ's preaching that he continually discoursed of things which wcro tho theme of discussion at the time when and among the people to whom he preached?

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Here Is a met to from Pr. Holland for this campaign ye*r: "I •'God give us men. whom the thirst forofTW do** not kill: Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy M«n who pwwwe opinions and a will: Men who have honor-men wbu will not lie Men who onn stand before a demagetnte And setwtn his trtaohaoos flutter! without winking Tall men, tma«D*Md, who live above the In pub!ic duty and in private thinking— For while the rabble, with their thumbworn cr*«as, Their )*rte pt oft—tow* and tteetr nttfr deeds. If ingle In MIIA Wife, to! Freedom weeps, Wnmg roles the land, and waiting nstfeo sleeps^" ,.

After praying which let us make no eflbrt to find sock men (of whom, by tho way, there are enough to fill all the offices In tho oountry and to spare let us conveniently lerget all about the ward and township primary conventions until they are over and the regular aetj of professional delegates—tbo gentle^ men wfcom feet address the chair ort such occasions from clouds of villatootKt

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Commenting on a passage from Herbert Spencer in which tho author accuses the English people of a practical adhesion to Judaism while prolessing hrif tianity, Kichard A. Proctor says: "Our Sunday is in fact, if not in origin, the Sabbath of the Jews, not the Lord's Day of tho Apostles it is regarded, not as a day set apart to refresh those wiio t"il, but as though man wore made for its observance while the soul-woarylng gloom of the day Is so ordered as to airect chiefly the poorer clnsses, who want rest from work and anxiety, not rest from the routine of social amusemeuts, which are unknown to them."

There is certainly room for a groat reformation in the manner of spending Sunday. We do not assert that tho ruling purpose of tho day should not be moral and religious instruction, but this ought not to occupy the whole time and be the only thing. Clergymen are fond of dilating on the physical necessity of one day in each seven being devoted to rest and find in this fact* an argument for the divine origin of the Sabbath. This is all very well but it is not so plain how gloom and depression can add any benefits to the -day of rest. The effect of sucha feeling is just the opposite from beneficient. And wo appeal to threo-fourths of the people everywhere to say whether Sunday is not a day of ennui and loneliness to them and whether it does not often drag by slowly and tediously. \Yhy is it so Because the busy wheels of activity are still, everybody is in his house, all is silent and dead. Instead of being a day of buoyant and cheerful recreation it is a glum, solemn, sad day. What wo need to do is to strip off this puritanical pall of gloom, so hypocritically and farcically solemn and let in a ray of innocent diversion. Go to church in the morning, and in the evening too, if you please, but why should the long afternoon be so stupidly sullen and dull? If wo want to mako our rest-day most profitable, alike to body and mind, let it not be esteemed sacrilege to spend a portion of it in harmelss, relation ^and amusement. ,•* ~A4

tobacco smoke—are duly chosen as our accredited agents to pull the strings that work tho larger puppets at the State convention let us keep clear of the political mud-puddle till all the big frogs have secured their positions and the grand centennial chorus begins tn break forth and then join our little voicos in the song of freedom and progress let us wait until it is too late to do anything but vote for ouo rascal or another nnd then voto for the smallest rascal, if there be any difference. And after it is all ovor aTd the governcment is in the hands of dishonest officers and at tho mercy of corrupt rings, we will have four more quiet and peaceful years in which to pray that Goel will give us honest men. Such is the genius of American republicanism!

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THE FEMALE vs. THE MALE CHOIR SINGER. There is considerable difference be tween the male and female member of a church choir when they *ing. For instance, when tho lady gets roady to rise, she gracefully opens her hymn book, dexterously turns to the right place, modestly arranges her apparel, and as the organ rests from its prelude, she rises sylph-like, and throwing a coquettish look askance the congregation, is rtady for work. The organ strikes up, when two rosvlips part, displaying rows of pearls, while an angelic flush suffuses the whole countenance. Note after note roll out from a delicately opened mouth, like notes from the United States treasury, while a pair of eyes look languidly down upon the book before the singor. The features are not distorted, but every lineament seems to vie with each other to look as sweet and charming as possible. But a male singer! Ugh! When the clergyman has announced the hymn the male singer tosses a big foot across his knee ana seizes a book as if making a l,urch to grab a kicking mule by the nind leg. Ho then sticits his thumb into bis mouth, as if he wss dealing a pack of plaviog cards, shuffles the leaves to the desired place. He then pulls out his pocket handkerohief and blows his nose, which sound grates discordantly with the organ, causing the organist to turn red for tear lie ^as struck a wrong note. As tho choir rises the male singer places hfs closed hand to his mouth, and If tho observer has any eyes at all, a large quid of tobacco is seeu to guide into tho partly closed band, which glides quickly towards the coat tail pocket of the singer. Do you bear that note? Tho music is all right enough bnt do you see those great waves of distress that surge across the forehead? Do yon see the throes of agony that cross that fkee as If a surgeon was engaged in amputating each leg of the singer just above the knee? Look into that widely opened month. Soe tbe throes of anguish that have taken possession of that usually serene conntenance. As note after note of the music rolls oat, tbe male singer's face presents all the appearance of clic, gout, neuralgia, rheumatism,chilblains, toothache, earaehe, corns, fleas, fluniiy bereavement, amputation, headache, delirium tremens, St. Anthony's dance, etc., etc. Look at tho eyes as tbey are cast devoutly heavenward. Oh! it is excrnttating, indeed. We speak from experience. The writer was once a 1eau-u-tiful singer id a choir. On one occasion he stood with a hymn book in hand, throwing, he supposed, a great deal of soul into a small hymn. As bo sent forth one note that be felt must have dropped at the toot of the throne, he overheard a little boy In tbe congregation say: •*Oht ma» 1a that man crying, or Is be only trying to turn bis flwe wrong side out f" We then realised that we hadn't the (bee to win renown in the world of mnsta. And really this may be tbe reason that aotuates us In writing this article. Co mo to think of it, guess It Whitehall Tlmeau

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Vol. 6.—No. 33 TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1876. Price Five Cents

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After atl Herbert Spencer theory of the inevitable punishment of sin is the most satisfactory philosophy. If you put your finger in tho fire it 5s burnt. Not sometimes, not under certain circumstances, but always. Nature never relents. Such a cause produces such an effect. The law is Immutable. As in the physical world, so in the moral, the intellectual, everywhere. The tide rises and then falls. There is a drougth and then a flood. All things move from one extreme to the other with the measured rythm of a pendulum. A period of extraordinary virtue is succeeded by one of unparallelod vice. At the end of the prosperous decade comes the crash. What is it but one extreme acting on and correcting tho other? Men can never be moderate long at a time. It. is tho middle point of the pendulum's arc, to be dwelt on but for an instant. The doctrines of temperance are in tho ascendant saloons are closed, liquors spilled on the ground, everybody is talking of the evils of dram drinking the thing is overdone by and by, the limit is reached, men become tired of sobriety the pendulum swings in the other direction. Infidelity is the fashion of the hour men cannot be radical enough they cut loose from all faith and revel in the wildest speculations after awhile they become surfeited with this kind of thing and there is a stampede towards the churches and Sunday schools.- Political corruption reigns supremo patriotism is a thing of tho past, can't, hypocrisy, the newspapers sneer at it men conspire together and defraud tho government of millions of revenue. Then the extreme in that direction is reached disgust follows, justice rises and smites the many headed monster with its sword. The nation applauds, tho press glows with eulogies, the pendulum swings towards purity and patriotism again. And so inevitably the good succeeds the bad, and the bad, tho good.

SPIRITS? »If

11 alnt Spirits, Wlput Is it?"

Review of Spiritualism in this city..

1IOW IT GOT STARTED!

Thos. H. Barr the First Medium.

TWENTY YEARS AGO *r?

What Has Been Done at Pence's Hall! i•"

The "Head Bosses!"

Arc they Honest Men, the VicFraud, or are ... they Impostors .v.

The Noted Mediums!

Their Astounding Performances!

materializations and Dcmaterializations.

Spirita Weighed on Fairbanks Scales —Their Weight Varying: from

Nothing to 300 Ponnds—Spectators Holding hm HI Arm*•Length oil the open hand

Recognitions—Singing of Songs —Comic Occurrences and 4 Fanny Incidents.

A Silver* Weil ding willi Spirits as (•nests—A Family Reunion of the Living and the Dead!

During the past few months'a number of letters similar to the following have beoin received at this office: Editor Saturday Evening Mail,

DEAR SIN: Newspapers all over the country are from time to time publish ins: the most marvellous stories respecting socalled spirit manifestation said to be taking place at Peace's hall, in j'our city. If the said manifestations are as wonderful as represented, it seems singular to some of us that The Mail does not ma&esoine mention of it. We can only conclude that tho thing Is a fraud which you have grown weary of jxposing. Yet, after all, we are somewhat, unsettled in this opinion by the fact that certain of our citizens have recently visited Terre Haute for the express purpose of satisfying themselves as t» the truth or falsity of these reports, and these people, on their return, have told stories even more as toundinc than those appearing in the pa-

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pers. won't yon have ttre kindness to drop me a line, stating candidly what you tliiuk of the matter. Trusting that you can do this without Inconvenience, I am, very

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The'reply has been, very briefly, to all such letters that while no doubt existed in tbe minds of any hero as to the Integrity of Messrs. Pence, Hook and Conner, it was the very general opinion and one in which we shared ftilly, that the alleged spirit manifestations were the merest trickery, the cheapest kind of a fraud, and one by which it was impossible anybody less credulous than a crazy spiritualist could be deceived. But still the fame of Mrs. Stewart has gone en increasing. Pence'o Ilall has, apparently, been discus&ed in every newspaper office in the country. Letters of inquiry continue to arrive from "all quarters. People are ooming here frem every State in the Union with tho sole purpose of testing with their own eyes and ears a matter which we regard with utter indiffercneo and which we unhesitatingly pronounce a fraud without ever taking the trouble to see. Newspaper offices as distant as New York or Boston have not thought the distance too far to •end a reporter, or the matter too trifling to treat seriously and at length in the columns of their papers but the papers at home deem the whole business of so little importance, so insignificant, as scarcely to be worthy of even the most contempt nous notice, mod that is about the only kind it ever gets. ROME AOPOTLST OF THX "BEAD BOSSES."

Thinking this matter over one rainy day this week, and feeling a little ashamed that he hadn't thought of it sooqer, the writer determined on making a call upon Dr. Pence at once, aad, if possible, having a little talk with bim for the benefit of the readers of The Mail, lie found him in his oSloe—an exceedingly pleasant room, by the way, and furnished elegantly—In the rear of the store, stretched oat comfortably in a large easy chair, and in conversation with Oapt. James Hook, who was seated in another chair of like comfortable pattern and ample dimensions. Both gentlemen seemed to have beeb enjoying the conversation and both received the intraskm in the pleaaantest ami kindest manner and were none tbe lees cordial, when the object of the intrusion explained tot hem. They both have

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remarkably tine feces and heads, and, sitting there at their ease and talking of the one subject that is always nearest and dearest to their hearts, this was especially noticeable. Yet two faces could scarcely be less alike. Dr. Pence's face is that of a student all culture, refinement, delicacy of thought and purpose, yet strikingly benevolent Captain Hook's that of an -old Roman warrior telling of a man of strong convicti«ns, intensity of purpose, an iron will—a man who would fight to the death for what he conceived to be the right. White hair and white whiskers give to both, when their hats are off, a venerable sort of appearance which is extremely prepossessing. Tho character and standing of both gentlemen in the community is well known. Dr. Pence has been in business in his present location, as a druggist and physician, thirtyOIIQ years, and is what might be called rich. Captain Hook has had a residence of thirty nine years in the city, and is also in comfortable circumstances. As a builder and contractor he has bad charge of a large part of all the important work in the city. Both have been believers in Spiritualism for many years and have given it much time and study.

CAPTAIN HOOK'S FIBST EXPERIENCE. The circumstance that led Captain Hook to interest himself in spiritual phenomena happoned about twenty years ago. Mr. Thomas H. Barr had shortly before started in the drug business in the building now occupicd by Gulick A Berry. The store was a sort of rendezvouz for several persons who used to assemble there of an evening to chat over one thing and another, and sit around the stove till shutting-up time. One Sunday evening the party present consisted of S. K. Allen, the furniture man, Nathan Erlanger, Joe's predecessor in the clothing business, Captain Hook, Mr. Barr and some other person whose name has been forgotten—five cf them altogether—when the conversation turned'on Spiritualism. None of them believed in it or had much of an idea what it was, but, in the courso of the talk, somebody suggested that they form a circle by joining hands and see if any of them would turn out a medium. They did so, and after sitting a few minutis Thomas Barr was taken with an unaccountable twitching and jerking and passed into a trance-like state which the rest of the party accepted as a clever piece of acting. He came out of this very soon and expressed a good deal more surprise at it than the others did, and insisted on repeating it declaring at the same time, that he had felt the working of some mysterious influence which ho could not explain and which was unlike anything ho had ever before experienced. They joined hands again, and again lie "wont off." This time his actions were more like a man with convulsions, and he fell upon the floor, writhing and kicking in the most alarming way. The whole party became frightened, and when he returned to consciousness and insisted on trying it a third time, tried hard to dissuade him from it. But he was mnch interested and persisted in a third trial, which was, with some reluctance, consented to. This time the spell came on him as before but instead of falling from his chaLr, he arose and began walking violently up and down the store, throwing bis arms about wildly and acting in the most extraordinary manner. The oth era followed him around, excitedly, try' ing to stop him, and fearing every minute that he would^injure himself or do some frightful damage to the rows of bottles and jars upon tho shelves of the store. When this frenzy had passed off, they sat down, very much agitated, and talked about tbe strange occurrence till a late hour. Mr. Barr eould only tell that ho seemed posacsssed by something or other, and that he could not control his own actions though he was perfectly conscious of what he was doing. It was very singular, and, being wholly incomprehensible on natural principles, they could only attribute it to the supernatural.

SCIENTIFIC GENTS CALLED IN. It was agreed before separating for the night, that tbey should meet at the same place the following evening, and invite certain physicians, the most "scientific gents" they knew, to be present and see if they coukl tell what the thing meant, Accordingly on Monday evening, in addition to the party of the evening before, Doctors Long, Mahan, Bell, and John W. Hitchcock, the latter a spiritualist, joined tbe circle. The same manifestations occurred and tbe doctors were puzzled—all exoept Hitcheook, who promptly pronounced it "spirit influence." A few more experiments were made aad then

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over'tbe store room now occupied by gtahl as a queens ware store, and meetings weie held regularly for the purpose of thoroughly investigating whatever there wan in it. The circle was enlarged by tfee admission ef Mr. D. W. MinshaU and a few others. Mr. Barr improved in his medttunsbipwery rapidly and was soon sble to see and describe spirit* Tbey had spirit rappings—of the very Jbeblttt sort, bowwver—and occasionally a table would be moved slightly when

nobody was touching it but for the seven years that they kept up the investigations and meetings, this was the most they got yet they were never discouraged or hopeless of developing a big thing. ,,

HOOK'S PILORIMAIE.

During the time these investigations were going on, Captain Hook made a trip toCharles Cathtart's "spirit rooms" in Laporte county, and though he stayed two days and got nothing whatever in the way of spirit manifestations, ho considers the trip ono of the most satisfatory he ever made in respect to the information he received in tho spiritual philosophy from Mr. Catbcart. This Cathcart was a very rich and highlj' educated man, had been a member of Congress, and waS/an authority in spiritual mat-" ters. He lived like an English lord on a fine farm near the town of Laporte, surrounded by every comfort and elegance of life, and was, Capt. Hook thinks, a most remarkable man. "SOME FAMOUS MEDIUMS.

Soon after this, some remarkable seances, held at tbe residenco of Dr. Pence, who for along time had been very earnestly engaged in trying to solve the problem, began to attract general attention. Not satisfied with the meager results at the small private circles which were being held, the doctor, with his usual liberality and at his own expense, brought to Terre Haute, one after another, a nurabor of tho most noted mediums in the country. At different times, he had in his house, for longer or shorter periods as he could induce them to st,ay. Van Vleck, the Davenports, Fay, Sladeand several others not necessary to* be enumerated here. All of theso persons were entertained by the doctor in his own house, and treated, as can well be imagined, with as much deference and respect as thbugh they had been tho anointed apostles of a new Gospel of Peace sent direct from Heavou and not yet three days old. Tho manifestations at the "circles" which were kept in sossion almost constantly, were considered very wonderful then, though they would be considered very tame now, and the interest was immense. A Spiiitual Association was formed and they became

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As could be found in tho civilized world. They were humbugged, filiated, swindled, imposed upon, by this and that "dead beat" of a "medium" to adegreo perfectly amazing to a disinterested person but no exposure however ridiculous and humiliating could, shake their faith. They were laughed at, ridiculed, stigmatized as a set of knaves, treatod with derision and contempt here, there and everywhere but, having once made up his mind that ho had seen or heard a genuine spirit, we have yet to henr of tho ilrsi man who ever had a gleam of reason on the subject afterwards* Ho swallows everything that's told him, no matter how improbable, and is at tbe mercy of every scoundrel who wants to humbug him so long as the swindle is under the guise of Spiritualism. ,. -t F*

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About elevon years ago Dr. Pence fitted up a room in tho second story of the building adjoining his store, for special use as a "seante room." It was opened and dedicated by tbe celebratod Dr Will Church, as notorious and contemptable a "dead boat" as ovor engag1 in the bnsiness. For eighteen months he was boarded, lodged and clothed at Dr. Pence's expense. Four months of the time he had his fatbor with bim, who also had his board freo. He received all the money that came in from the sale of tickets, and in addition to this, numerous five-dollar bills that bo "borrowed" from members of the association. He is believed by the spiritualists themselves to have been in all matters, save one, thoroughly dishonest and unprincipled. Of his mcdlumship they haven't a doubt. In it, they believe implicitly. His line of business was "materializing in the dark." That is be would take his boots off and slip aronnd in the dark, touching people, ringing bells, rattling a tambourine, playing on an aeoordion and the like. Sometimes they tied him with ropes. He had all that business to perfection and could untie any knot that Baldwin can. liis special band of "spirits" consisted of an Indian chief, Nimwaukee, an Indian girl, and a little Diggor Indian. For the first, he talked in a deep bassvoioein broken English for the seoond, In a whisper and for the ''Digger," in a sort of falsetto or squeak. But tbe faithful were'entirely satisfied and am so still, so flu* as regards the manifestations in the "seance room." Alter be left bore be went to Chicago and was exposed the first night. Somct body struck alight and discovered bin* prancing around the room in his stocking feet with a guitar in ono band a tambourine in tbe other and a bell in Ms mouth. Tbe last that was heard of him, which was about eight months ago, he was in Rochester, New York, drawing crowded bouses and enjoying tbo reputation of being "one of the most remarkable materialising mediums in. tbe oountry." Next came [CoMinvM on rgktk pd0c.}