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The Blyth Standard, 1907-12-26, Page 6Keep your feet dry. Toronto -tee 't rail1 e3omelet—tee- new loci, the doors of the enie while the hues are being collected. The mutt i•. Lel no dead -Bead escape, • o -- Toronto will wind up the year with a civic overdraft of about $70,000. The controllers don't wenn to control the ex- penditure, •s• reported that n honrlred and exons were killed in Brooklyn by tai olley cars Met year, This is tt large toll to pay for'city transportation, but it is not out of the way compared with other large elties. Although many of the accidents are caused by careless motormen, perhaps as many are the re- sult of the carelessness of pedestrians and drivers. People take too many chances in darting in front of cars when they coodd just as easily wait until they pass. Nor need any one be in such a hurry that they cannot %•nit mitil the ear stops before they get on or off. Com- panies should be held strictly responsi- ble when it is shown accidents ocalmed through the motorman trying to n.ake schedule time, It looks as if a prohibition wave had struck the United States. Yesterday's despatches chronicled the feet that eight comities in Illinois had gone dry and six partially so, and that a campaign against the Sunday selling of liquor was going on i11,hlicago. It is said that thirty-three million six 1umdred 6101.111. DWI of the eighty odd million inhabi- tants of the United States now live in ` conlrhunities, in which the law does not 'permit the sale of alcoholic beverages, Tho liquor question cut a figure in near. • ly every =State ctun9.•tign fn the recent State elections. Encouraged by this state of affairs, it is said, the temper- ance 90)13' is now going after the two great, political parties for the insertion of a plank in their platforms having the dvuactment of laws' that will prevent the •s}hipmeut of liquor into States that bore • edopted prohibition. ,The fact that Dlnizuh1, the eon 'of Cetewayo, the one time Zulu Chief, had submitted to arrest, will save 11;e British Government the 8Xpe1101' and trouble`; of sending out eat expedition to deduce him and his tribe to submiseioo, • Dinizalu has been kicking over the traces lately, and fomenting rebellion. �t eeeus he is enamored of the cry, "The Blacks for Africa," and he can hardly be' blamed, waren he has been darn of almost all authority over his 0 1V1 dig- gings g gings and treated as of no account in the government of the Zulu tern. tory. As hag been well said, the blacks of Africa are not to be governed with guns altogether. They are there in their own country and in countless hordes, and the British Government will find that it will pay to treat these men justly, if not kindly, • -• One reason for the appropriation toy some people of the name of the con- tinent as the designation of a traction of it, is the lack of a none Mad; ir1y fit their 0011 country. The abuse of calling the Unite;; States "America" is similar to the calling of t-onnauy "Europe." This view of it tales no note of offensiveness of some "yellows." which boast that they SVC in applepriat- ing the nano of tate continent merely anticipating a little the time when they will "drive the British into the sea;' and au/hex Canada whether we will or not, Some Canadians have shown a disposi- tion to excuse the appropriation, by reason of the difficulty presented to our neighbors, and to even present them- selves to the fiumpeteus "yellows" in do attitude to be metaphorically kicked with 011se and satisfaction. But there is a remedy. Esperanto is to Apply it. When that scientific uni- versal language becomes popular the dif- ficulty, will be removed ': The pante pro- posed is an infringeinont,,'01j Wile; it is shoat and easy �• Io initm1 lettere of he Wards United'glatce of North A-n- I'itt the word fesonn. .1- the ter - is the sign of the n;djectit-e eranto and "o" that of the noun, ono 0oules naturally to fill the want. The rules of the language applied we get from Usonn, the name of the country. Usenestra, the I'msident of the United States of North America. Of course, be- eause the Esparaantists have adopted the word, it isnot to be assumed that it Will at once become popular. E'en Es- peranto has its e ]adoamakez to Civic if ever a languag g the world a useful word Esperanto has it. If Roosevelt could be buncoed into Brander Mathews' spelling deform move- ment. perhaps he may be brought to give 2Tsona his very serious consideration, FELLOWS Quick ease for the worst cough—quick relief to the heaviest cold—and SAFE to take, even for a child. Cures is Shiloh's Cure. Sold under a guarantee C4audh,v to cure colds and coughs & Colds quicker than any other medicine—or your money back. 34 years of success commend Shiloh's Cure. 29c., 50c., $1. 310 QUICKLY! WATT-KNOTT. They Had What -Not Chat Over the Telephone, "Are you there?" "Yea.' "Who are you, please?" 'sWatt." 'halt is your name, please?' "Watt's my name." "Yee; what is your name?" "I say my name le Watt" "Oh, well; I'm coming to eco yea" "Alt right)1Nee you Jones?" "No; I'm Knott." "Who are you, then, please?" "I'm Knott" "Will you tell me your name, please?" "Wilt Knott." "Why won't yon?" "1 say my name is William Knott" "Qh, I beg your pardon." men you will be in if I come round, Watt?" (Certainly, Knott" lien they were cut off by the ex- change, and Knott wants to know if Watt will be in or not. Minard's Liniment Cures Qarget in Cows. Didne Ken He Could Fecht. Shortly after coming to this country and when pastor of a church in Pennsyl- vania mining town the following inci- dant occurred: I had been out visit- ing and was on my way home, when I came 011 a erowd of 1000 end boys, who were evidently having fine sport. I soon learned the cause of their merriment. It was a "haul fou" Scoteman, and a "well corked" Englishman, who, in real pugilistic style were doing Beamoekburn over again. 1 appealed to the speetatore to stop what seemed to me a diega'aee- ftsl and uncalled for exhibition of fie - tie tactics—and for my advice got laugh. ed at. Then I niched through the ring, grabbed the Scotsman by the collar, for- cing him to assume n rccliuing position on the gide of p. railway embankment, telling hire se I did so that he was A; disgrace to Bruce and Wellaeo, and that I had a mind to thrash him myself. He looked up at ane for a moment in evi- dentt surprise. foul then said, "Go, than say ye can preach like tit' dell, but I dlant' ken ye could fccht; ye mann be 00100 freer o' Ta.mmie Stanocraig's th' prize fechter ower on tie ichor river. But gie's yet haus' onywetl'. 111 gle in that A']int clean hate this time, an' A'hm nwfu' gled it's by a Scotsman,' It fa ncedleee to say that this episode ended the battle, and there were men in that crowd who believed for many a defy that the preacher really 001117i "feeht.'—S tanecrnigs, e-• - . Harry's Dream, A lady was awakened by a fearful scream, which carne from the moth where hor little boy Harry slept. She jumped out of bed. and when she readied the other room she found Harry sitting up in bed, feeling himself all over, and look- ing scared out of hie settees. "Whatever is the matter, dear?" exclaimed the frightened mother. "Oh, mummy, mum- my," sobbed the boy, "is I all here?" "0f course you are, pet," replied his mother, "Why?" "Oh, mammy," re- plied the child, between, his sobs, "I dreamed I was a chocolate stick, and that I eated myself." • • Too Prosperous, The general manager of Canada's big. gest bank eays the financial stringency is only the result of universal prosperity, and es a natural consequence the world has been spending more and saving less. BEER* IS A FOOD LAGER is a mild appetising pro- duct of malt and hops, with less alcohol than sweet cider, which can- not ferment in the stom- ach, It is perielly suited to women as a dinner drink, ALES u brewedin Ontario are so rich in the food ele- ments of malt that they rank above milk as as item of diet, and are far purer than most .050 is when city -dwellers get It. PORTER differs from ale in that the malt is roasted (like coffee) in the brewing procaa,and this makes porter so nourishing that It is a real specific for aenemic and run-down people. STOUT Is the richest and most strengthening of malt beers; it contains nearly as much nourishment as eggs, and digests envier, Thin people will find it builds healthy flesh. BEER*,used with meals and before bedtime, increases digestive power, gets you more good out of the food you eat—and is itself a food, Q Beer does not contain enough al- cohol to react upon the system— just enough to induce the stomach to do its work better. Q Beer 1s not an intoxicant—it is a beverage with defi- nite valuefor almost every grown person. L A s k your own doctor whether it wouldn't be good for yon and the adults of pour household, *01101) le • term vetIrIn nr n, . Mrs, porter, uldirtfrat wh 111 the practito of r-rrr� Impart M wr Mae amour most hygl : itw from 1n0t n Line the 501,0 tho r)0i m,e a, ,, s t, s. 1 ptt�a.'ma.Rrsrst:,^c, f. u:.-„_.,,?'t,.n.:ia..c=tr ABOUT NEW YORK, Figures, Facts and Fancies of the Metropolis, New York cite surface car conductors have their own code of morals and do ma hesitate to say that their low \entree, hand work and the methods of the man - agora justify them in getting their "per- gnirites" when they can. and they fix a reasonable amount at $2 daily, There is a daily nuta„e of 6380 vici• tors in the 130010 Park 'Zoological Gar den, New York subway's are now carrying 00.000 more passengers daily than they did one year ago. Road of Estimate of the city says that the municipality will spend $15,- 000,000 more in 1968 than during the present year, There are in the public schools of New Fork city 48.000 children who are not sufficiently nourished properly to do their work ns seholnrs. Most of the new houses being built in the borough of Brooklyn are of frame construction, coating on an avenge $4,100 each, while a majority of those in the Bronx are of brick, each one coating about $0,300. A burglar who was arrested and taken to police headquarter$ last week was cvidrutly serious when he said: "This business don't pay near as well as your high finance, and there is a lot bigger chauceof being pinched and doing tinea" Daily in New York city 49,500 persons each pay the street car lines five cents for the privilege of hanging fast to straps for from three to fifty minutes, New York's Street Cleaning Depart- ment says it must have 1,600 more men if the elty streets are to he kept in pro- Sentablecondition. During the last year the retail prices of heat have increased from one to three cents a pound, poultry has in. creased three cents, milk one cent a quart, butter from threw to five cents a pound, loaves of bread have decreased about one-fifth in size and pastries have advanced about twenty per cent. In price. Each incoming transatlantic first cabin passenger landing in New York has an average of five trunks. Quite a number have as many as twenty-five, some have seventy-five, and now and then one has n hundred or more. There le a new use for New York pob- lie parks. They are recommended as sanitariums for recovering from drunk- enness. Friday a big policeman guided a drunken man through a gate of Bryant Park with the advice, "Go in there and sit down until you are sober." *if /47 imaA0M1 — alat•t \0=1.r_"1,1"rir J For Business Buildings The orly cleanly, the only fireproof ceiling,—thecrihng that ref, the 1.31 word in decorative beauty,—the chine that shows no seams—that will outlet, the bultdingilre0 PLDLAI. ART STEEL CEILINGS Cat no more 1h n the common sort, lwlloo0 thrice as Inc. Over 2,000 designs, to suit any sloro or tandem. Side-walls to match. See our newest deigns—nothing like them to Canada, either in .wady m raring• Request the free book dist shows thewhole tains tory. Send for it today. goo The PEDLAR People i,;; O.Mwa Mrolra0l Ottawa romnio Lona.o w'Ioolpo A Poet's Vision. For years the poet Francis Thompson had been one of the "submerged," sell- ing matches, sidling cabs, anything to obtain the pence necoscary to buy food. At last he yielded to despair, and, bav ing for some days saved up all he could earn, be devoted it to the purchase of a single dose of laudanum sufficient to end hie troubles. With this he retired at night to his haunt the rubbish plot in Covent Garden Markt. Then by his own narrative the following incident occur- red: He had already taken half the fatal draught when he felt a hand upon lois arm and looking up saw one whont he recognized as Chatterton forbidding him to drink the rest, and at the same in- stant memory came to hint of how, af- ter that poet's suicide, a letter had been delivered at Ida lodgings which, if he had waited another day, would have brought him the relief needed. It happened so with Thompson, for at - ter infinite pains the editor of a maga- zine, who had accepted and printed an eaeay and a poen of his, but could not discover his addrees, had that very morn- ing traced Thompson to the chemist's shop where the drug was sold, and re- lief for him was close at ka1d.—Froin the Academy. Too Shy. At a village church a wedding was fixed for a certain elate. The happy morn arrived, and in due course a youth. ful swain and a buxom damsel presented themselves at the chancel steps. The service proceeded smoothly as far as the question, "Wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife?" upon which the supposed bridegroom, instead of respond- ing, stammered blushingly: "Please, sir, I'm not the right maul I don't want to get married!" "Not the right man!" ex- claimed the clergyman, aghast, "Then .where is the right man?" "He's down at the bottom of the church, sir. He's too sby to come up." ..• Wife -It's five -nod -twenty years the day, John, sin' you an' me wis merrlet, en' a' that time we've never yinee quar- relled. Husband—I dinna wunner at thh,t,1my.b'6mmnn, seem' that I've sigh a sweeta'tampor. Wife is speechless With raga!, A BROKEN ilEa ` AND ITS LOST LOVE. A Question of Sentiment on Which Honest Fiiverge .cc of Opinion f x- ists--And a Question of Fact on Which Everybody Lgrceo. An eminent writer on the e1hieni question of love has said: "'1'o bo happy though re -married argues bout adaptability and courage." Another outhorii.y :Jaye that most woolen can really and Italy love two, three or four times with ognel fervor,, but that 0 man can only really love onto. There are many cases cited to prove these facts, but opponents of the theory quote with equal readiness contra experiences. The writer knows of one niton whose .wife died of con. sumpt ion which developed from a slight. cold, and who, though a sense of duty to his family prompts hint to re -marry, cannot liteak away front the old love of his early days. This man sage he contracted consumption from his late wife, but learning of the wonderful merit:, 0 Psychine to euro throat and hong troubles, pronlpty- re- sorted to it, with the result that he is perfectly restored. He states he believes it would have leaved his wife if he had used it. Ile says he would have used ii but for the doctors. Now he puts his faith in Psychine and af- firms that if he ever marries again his next wife will not die of throat or lung trouble, as he knows Psy- chine e -chine to be n positive euro. "I herewith send my photo and tes- timonial for Psychine. 1 was given up 16 years ago as an incurable con- sumptive, by Prof, Lyman, Rush Med- ical College, Chicago. 1 suffered' sev- eral years after this until I heard of Psychine, and through it I was re- stored to perfect health, which I have enjoyed for the past ten years. My sickness began first with catarrh of the head. 1 readily advise catarrh and la grippe sufferers to take Pay. chine. MRS. A, WELLS, "Lyndall, Man." Psychine, pronounced Si -keen, is the most wonderful cure known to medical science for coughs, colds, la grippe, catarrh, pneumonia, pleurisy, night sweats, chills, wasting diseases, consumption and stomach troubles. At all druggists, 50c to $1.00, or Dr, T. A. Slocum, Limited, 179 King street west, Toronto. "Paternalism," Thar never was a boy ruined in the wide world 'that bis mammy and daddy didn't have a )and in the rulnin'. I've been watchin' it nil my life, an' I know it's so; en' if we've got for to have paternalism, let's have it shore enough. Whar we 600 a boy gittin' out's the straight an' narrow path, let a duly qualified officer of the law take the mammy and daddy out to the back shed an' dress 'em down w•1' a long, keen Mtge whip, nn' hasp the boy on hand for' to see it well dome. When the daddies and mammies of this country deelar' that they can't manage the youngster they've fetched into the world, it's about time for the State to eall 'en to taw. It'll be so arter awhile that policeman liceman will be detailed to go arm -in -arm wi' ever' boy in the land for to keep him from takin' a drink of whisky or emokin' a cigar- ette ,an' then the mammies en' daddies kin sleep, in peace. --Toed Chandler Har- ris in Uncle Romuay Magazine. I was cured of painful Goitre by MINARD'S LINIMENT. Chatham, Ont. BAYARD Mohan, LIN. I was cured of Inflammation by MINARD'S LINIMENT, Walsh, Ont. MRS. W. H. JOHNSON. I was cured of Facial Neuralgia by MINARB'S LINIMENT. Parkdale, Ont, J. H. BAILEY. Wireless in German Army. The German army authorities have just commenced, and will continue un- til Jan. 15, 1008, all important series of experiments in wireless telegraphy at Metz and Strasburg, and at the six leading fortresses of Konigeberg, Thorn, Danzig, Poser, Cologne and elalnz. One thousand reservists, who have served OA military telegraphists, have been call- ed upon to work with those now serving with the army. Mniard's Liniment Cures Distemper. A Proverb Illustrated, Solomon had just remarked that there was nothing new under the sun. 2 remember a winter just like this, only more so, 'way back in '544," he ex- plained. Theis we see the practice is of ancient date. IOC. The latest success. - at6 %elk The bi black plug chewing tobacco. 2285 fEIGRr1NG. DEATIL Trick Resorted to by Beasts to Shun Their Enemies. The leituiut; of death by certain ant - mats for the purpose of deceiving their enemies, arlfl 1II to eerttung immunity, i0 01, 01 the gleettet -et lee i,sey eve d.eaces of thew iutellieeet ratiocination. ,seed uiou it 111 0.01l1i1 Si 10 Any - family, order or species el uu- teeth let exists inlnany, from the very lowest to the hi*hest. It is found even in the vegetable kingdom, the well- known sensitive plant being an interest- ing example, The ,wt.iol of this pleat is purely ely reflex. as can b eproved by ob- 0.wttltioe ,dud experiment, and is not therefore, a puncess of intelligence. An experimenter, writing in 11'isscn fur Alle, 011y0 that he has scot the feigning of death in some of the lowest animals known to science, Some time ago, %hilt' examining the inhabitants of a drop of pond water under n high-power lens, he noticed several rhizopods busily feeding on the minute buds of an alga. These rhizapotta suddenly drew in their hairlike fiinrin. and 0111110 to the bottom, to all nppelu'ances dead, 'he cause was toned to be the presence of a water - louse, an menial which feeds on these 11ninealcultte. It liken'ise sank to the bot- tom, and, after looking at the 1•hizupods, swam away, evidently regarding them SS dead 01111 unfit far food. '11)10 was not 110 accidental occurrence, for the observer hitt, seen the same won- derful performance twice since. Through the agency of what sense, he asks, did these little creatures discovel the ap- proaeli of their enemy? Is i$ possible that they anti other microscopic animals have eyes and ears so exceedingly small that lenses "of aha very highhpli power cannot nuke them visible, or ale they possessors of sense utterly unknown to and incapable of being appreciated by man? Science can neither affirm nor deny either of these suppositions. Most animate are slain for food by other animals. Most of the enrnivo'a end insectivore prefer freshly killed food to carrion. They will 1101 touch tainted meat when they, can procure fresh, Hence, when they Come upon their prey apparently dead, they will leave it alone and go in search of other quarry, unless they aro very hungry. Tainted substances are dangerous to let into the stomach. Certain ptomaines render It sometimes very poisonous. Long years of experience have taught this fact so antma,la, and, therefore, most of then, let deed or seemingly dead crew= tures alone. ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT* Removes all hard, soft and. calloyysed lumps and blemishes from horses, .blood spavin, curbs, splints, ringbone, sweeney, stifles, sprains, sore and swollen throat, coughs, etc. Save $60 by use of one bottle, Warranted the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever known. Sold, by, drag - gists. • •-• When When you envy tails rapid•success of another, try to find one the price he paid for It. When you meet a man, study his good rather than his had qualities. Man is an imitative animal. Wizen you find an employee who is a machine, look farther and you will dis- cover en employer who is s crank. When you have learned to keep you mouth shut at the proper time, you have acquired enough capital to embark in almost any business. When you begin to think every other man's business ie superior to your own, you will soon realize that your own busi- ness is superior to yourself. When you are tempted to engage in some business because of the great for- tunes won 111 it, find out what the aver age emcees is before you make up your mind. When you hear it said, "Don't put off till to -morrow what you can`do to -day," remember this does not apply to con- tracting debts, writing "mad" letters, or 0jischarging employees. When you are inclined to believe Bar- num's saying that "The American people like to be humbugged," a good look et any of our populous penitentiaries 'will restore your mental balanee.—Spare Mo- ments. ISSUE NO, 52. I:91)7 ITCH memo, Prairie Soratehee and every torzn 01 contagious Itch on human or antni40s cured tt 30 gess minutes by $Sold by rdruggi Marr Lotion. Where Doctors Never Ask Fees. A Japanese doctor never thinks of asking a poor patient for a fee. There is a proverb among the medical frater- nity of Japan: "When the twin ene- mies, poverty and disease, invade a home, then he who takes ought from that home, even though it be given him, is a robber."' "Often," says Dr, Matsumoto, "a doc- tor will not only give hia time and his medicine :freely to the sufferer, but he will also give him money to tide him over his dire necessities. Every physi- cian has his own dispensary, and there aro very few chemists' shops in the em- pire, When a rich man calls in a plyei• clan he does not expect to be presented with a bill for medical services. In, fact, no such thing as a doctor's bill isknown in Japan, although nearly all the 'other modern enhances are in vogue there. Tim doctor never asks for his fee. The strict honesty of the people makes this unnecessary. When he lies finished with a patient, a present is made to him of whatever sum the patient or hie friends may deem to be just compensation, The doctor is supposed to smile, take his fee, bow, and thank his patron.” • -• A VALUABLE STORY. "I heard of a man who laughed so bard at a story that he lost his voice." "What was that story? ' I'd like to tell it to my wife." Kyrie •' Special" $15.00 OUR SPECIAL Ladies Watch at $15.00 is a very accurate time piece, and contains a fine Ryrie Bros. 15 Jewelled movement, carrying our fullest guarantee. THE CASE is a 19k gold filled guaranteed for 25 years. THIS WATCH can be supplied in a man's size, open faced, screw front and bock, at the same price. RYRIE BROS., Limited 134-138 Yonge Si. TORONTO Inward and Outward. In Sunday school a little girl wae- questioned es to her repeated um -at- tendance. "Why have you been absent, so many times lately?" asked the teaoher. 'Please, teacher," answered the girl, "mother thought I'd better not. come to Sunday school as my hat Neu. dirty," "But, my dear," objected the teacher, gently, "it is not tho outward appearance that we consider; it is the inward." "I know. that, teacher," was Magggrtte's reply; "but it's all the same; the lining was dirty, too." Minard'a Liniment Cures Diphtheria • Proverbs ;,Up to Date. He who waits for dead men's shoes is, liable to get corns, 1 Better to have;loved'agd lost than to• have been the other fellow.•>'• Tacks are stubborn things. It takes two to make a quarrel and three to make a divorce. ' 1'l' Ole who is born with a golden spills in his mouth often lives to.Iiockitfe family plate. ^" The proof of tbo pudding is in the morning. He kills two birds with one ':atone `'sibs marries a widow with a family. t Sweet are the uses of alimony,—The Bohemian. A SALLOW SHIN taeaa wheals seeral �'e psitsi' digrAion, Nobaoned, needaeahie hews -a lap salt an =tiled blood and neve remedy 03 Y 7 1 Malt MAIM Tahlete are tl, be had. 'Theysupply cicada' blood with red corpuscles and restore hal the skin—postiyins tee whole xylem. They btild up brain end mode, and usaie111 well worth living. 50c. Ova -6 boo. $250. Miro Blood ?mai sad Miro °ieststral arab, ncellral for blood and thou Ina0Ja, TRY Ana. 1,sa ifnd, [!� a -T aTim to asuk' Co, /Ciaad .. Fastest War Vessel In the World. According to a Londor paper, the new high speed turbine torpedo boat destroy- er estroyer Mohawk, which recently had several speed testa under forced draft in the North Sea. is one of the fastest war ver eels in the world. While all the official figures concerning her speed testa have not been made public, it has been learn• ed that she maintained for six hours • speed of 341,$ knots, and later warmed up to a quarter of a knot better on six consecutive tests over a mile course. The Mohawk, which is propelled by' fire turbines—three ahead and two astern— was built by J. S. White et Co., of East, Cowes, under license from the Parsons Morino Steam Turbine Company. Hoe turbines.: •represent 14,000 indicated horsepower, the steam of which is gen- erated by six water tube boilers, fired by liquid fuel, of which she can carry 73 tons. She Ls 270 'feet long, has a beam of 25 feet, a draft of 8 feet, and a dis- placement of 706 tons. Minard's Liniment Gyres Colds, eta •-• • The Lonllness of London. 1f yea want to:be quite alone, with not a soul to bother you, come to Lon- don, says an English paper. Of course ,u there are people about, hundreds of thou- sands, millions of then, innumerable nameless people, but if you do not know them what are they to yofi? They pass you by in the street like omnibuses and the: cabs: They are part of 'tate street furniture. If you know no one in Lon- don you will he as 'solitary in your ,rooms, or your house, na any legendary Monk' in the desert,; A singular thing 3s the mighty loneliness ef.citit;s, n very agreeable thing if you happen to want it.. But if you do not? A fault which Ides it+ is 01 110(0 ase thana good afhen 0i fel, ::le es up M'itl, pride.