Muscatine Semi-Weekly News Tribune from Muscatine, Iowa • 5

MUSCATINE, IOWA, TUESDAY FEB. 14. grass prosper belter with; April, Mar and June wet, uikI July dry for har vesting. In December, JMI8, we had but .51 of precipitation, the average in 1.79 more' thali three times the amount wo Ib-January, 1899, we had but the i average precipitation Ih l.fifl in. ordinary i The subject of building a canal from the Elkliorn river to furnish Oinaha with water power was agitated, and for.

niy own satisfaction, 1 asked if water. power was' such a such conditions as I have named, existed. I haye been told that the keeping up of the dams and waterways, and the loss of time Incurred by the shutting down of shops on account of floods and ice, made water 'moire expensive than coal. A' gentleman in New Hampshire told me that he could not run his factory regularly by water, and since he bad been obliged to put in machinery and use coal, he found it more economical not to ue water at all, although la had tc pay $5 per; ton for bis anthracite coal. The best anthracite coal is 95 per cant carbon.

The coal lying at Muscatine's door 75 per cent carbon, mak ing its value three, dollars and ninety-five cents per ton, as compared "with anthracite at five dollars. The moral is short. Muscatine's future prosperity depends upoatlift development of its coal and not its water. 'Daniel' Hayes. WEATIIERAND AGRICULTURE.

A Paper Bead Before the Academy of hCleure Prb. 1 31)1 1890, by J. P. Walton. Weiitner in tue Male of the atmosphere vvith respect to heat orjcold, wet or diyne'ss, oa storni';" cloudiness or clearness, or, any other meteorological phenomena, as -warm weather, cold weather, wet weather or dry weather, calm or tempts us wealher.

Ib faetive are subject to all kinds of weather, especially -In this locality. We. as enlightened people, are dependent" for, our subsistence mainly on agriculture, which in turn Is dependent Wtltecnmttoirof tile; weather for its success; The question for the' agriculturalist is to know how to take advantage -and make the most of the weather stu(y alt hough the records are not very continuous. We are told that on one occasion it rained forty days and forty nights, and this was followed by fair wfeather, jWe are not told when the next rain occurred or whether another similar rain occur again, but as all general rules may have an exception, we conclude that the. forty days' rain was an exception and will not occur again, unless' similar conditions occur, which is not considered very probable.

Ever since the forty days' rain man has been dependent on the generosity of the weather for. his subsistence, yet no records have been kept of Jmport-ance with the exception of a few doughts until quite Recently, Within the present century great strides have been made in the manner FAIR OFFICERS MULT. Columbus Junction, Iowa, Feb. to call a meeting of fair officers for southeastern Iowa was held here Wednesday. the 8th, and although it occurred on Uie coldest day for years quite a number were here.

In attendance from distance, and a rousing good meeting was held; What we; lacked In numbers made up in entliur slasm. At 10 o'clock the meeting was called to order by Secretary Shipman, of West Liberty," and Secretary John Palm, of Mt. Pleasant was named as chairman. Mr. Palm stated the "object of the meeting to be to tryto rive at as mueli.uniformity as possible in the way of charges for privileges, the furnishing of feed during fair and if possible to try and form one or more fair vircuifs for southeastern Iowa.

After a very entertaining -by Mr, Secretary Johnson, of Columbus Junction, was named as secretary of the The, first subject taken up was tickets, and was introduced by Mr. Wall-jasper, of West Point. A great many points of interest were brought out by the" discussions of thedifferent secretaries, and officers present, and we feel that all gained some knowledge. After this the matter of a fair circuit was- taken, up, and after being thoroughly discussed, it Was, moved by Secretary Wall jasper and seconded by President Reaney that form a aoutheastevu circuit, composed as follows: Columbus Junction, to 25; Mt, Pleasant, Aug. 28 to Sept.

1: El-don, Sept. 5 to Sept. 12 to 15; WeslUPoInt, Sept. 19 to 22." Same was carrlell! It was also suggested that another circuit be formed commencing with Columbus Junction, Iowa City, West Liberty and perhaps others, but the only representative of this circuit' being Shipman and Johnston, the same was deferred, to be taken up later, It was then moved, by Secretary Mc-Elderry, of Fairfield that We proceed to organize an association of southeastern Iowa fairs. Same was carried.

(Moved and seconded that J. W. Palm, of Mt. Pleasant, be chairman, and R. S.

Johnston, of Columbus Junction, secretary of this organization for the ensuing year. Carried. It 'was moved and seconded that the officers and directors of southeastern Iowa be entitled to membership. Carried. It was moved and seconded that the next meeting be held January 3, at Fairfield, Iowa, and 'that the officers anddirectors Of, the different fairs in southeastern Iowa are invited to that meeting.

Carried. After discussion it moved and seconded 40 per cent of privilege money be paid In advance. Carried. On farther discussion it was moved and seconded that straw be furnished free and that we guarantee hay and grain to be furnished at market price, Carried. After much other talk and argument, the meeting adjourned.

'All those present felt that they had put in a profitable day for their respective fairs. BHIEFLETS. Sexton- Haiflelgii Btated yesterday he found the ground frozen to the depth of forty Inches. The Knights of Pythias of Wyoming Lodge will tcelebratQ their anniversary on the 17th inst. Choice spring wheat for seed at Thompson's Seed Store Mrs.

Joseph Scott and child came ever from Chicago yesterday, for visit at the Dallas homestead. Fred Mark and daughter, Miss Ella, were visiting in Washington, Iowa, vester'day. A George B. Holbert'and VT. It" Bailey, of Iowa City, were Muscatine itors yesterday.

George Bird and Lloyd, have returned home from; Iowa City, after, spending a pleasant', week at' the home of Mr. sister, Mrs. Jayne. 1 ReVj6V'W. Geiger and wife were arrivals frolh1 Marlon last evening and are guests over Sunday at the home of Mr.

and Will M. "Narvis. Thomas Watson1 left for Louis yesterday in response to a telegram announcing, the serious illness -of his son-in-law, John F. Bailey, who Is at present a resident of that city. Money to loan at 5 per cent interest.

Titus- Jackson, Muscatine, Iowa. Telephone 109 Local cigar factories have a for turning out some of the cigars extant. One dealer alone sold twenty-five boxes to visiting lumbermen the day of the convention. Miss Vivian Johnson entertained a party of young friends last evening at tea. A pian-iage license was issued yesterday to -Andrew Oveson and Miss Nellie 7 Mrs; J.

Rlsley Reuling returned on yesterdayjs firefly from a visit with friends at Davenport. For the best pictures of the bridge go to Davidson's news stand, next to F. 0.7 Only 15c. Miss Helen Davidson gave a party to sixteen of her young friends yesterday afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock. you want to buy or sell a farm, call on or address- Titus Jacksonr Muscatine, la.

Louis Garvoille and sister, Miss Eu-phemle, have returned to Belleville, after a pleasant visit with Muscatine relatives. Miss Daisy Hortou returned lasjt night from Marshalltown, where she had been visiting her Col. C. C. Horton, at the soldiers' home.

Will have a full Hue of spraying outfits cheaper than you eanJray them elsewhere. Thompson Bros. Rev. J. W.

Ilackley lectured at Sweetland on "Philosophy of True Living," being the third In a course of the winter under the management of the Epworth League of that place. The Nauvoo JRustler says the river has been frozen so smoothly at that point that the trees and bluffs 'On the Iowa shore are reflected as in a looking glass. Not for many years has the river surface presented such a tempting appearance to skaters, but only the bravest and hardiest lover of the pastime has dared venture out in the weather of the past few days. We have a choice line of garden and field seeds at lower prices than you can send elsewhere and get them for. Thompson Brosr A bright rascal with a gentle smile and soft voice is working the good housewives of some of our neighboring towns with a scheme, to soften the tones of the piano.

After collecting $3 from each he warns them not to touch the instrument for an hour or so. Of course she doesn't, and when she does, attempt It She finds the; hammers all smeared with a jelly-like preparation which takes hours of hard work to remove. Official Paper'of Cltp anacountu Entered at the postofflce at Muscatine, Iowa, as second class matter. Mr. (.

Fall, of Daveuport, Iowa, Is the Nws-luiBOM's advertising agent lor Davenport and vicinity. UMihed Uailu and Weekly. i k. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION my DAILY. Delivered in the city, per week.

Delivered In the city, per Delivered In the ctt. per three months mall, postage paid, one i. WEEKLY. ri uanD I .16 7.00 1.7B 6J0 11.60 Specimen copies nt free upon application order.M. NEwroo 'Mut-catlne, Iowa.

lEW OFFICE, 121 Mil SECOHD ST. YALENTIE Despite the Wintry Blasts a Goodly Number Attenatne Workmen Social. DEVELOPMENT OF COAL FIELDS. Daniel Hayea Thlnka the Water Power Project a fcood One, Bnt the Opening of Coal ittlnea Should Tako Precedence- Fruit Buda of Peachea are Bulned Steel Bridges to Replace Wood- en Ones, Frvm Sunday's Daily. The Valentine Social.

The chilly blasts kept many, from coming out to attend the Valentine bo-cial at A. O. U. W. hall last evening, but those-who "braved the frigid air were well repaid for their courage.

The evening's entertainment opened with a selection by the High School orchestra, which was excellently rendered and loudly applauded, to which the young musicians graciously responded, the orchestra being composed of Harry Asthalter, flute; Herm. Schmidt, balad horn; Earl Hudler, first cornet; Miss Mabel-Huffman, first Asthalter, and Miss Neddess Huff, second violins; Miss Stella Richards, pianist. Miss Jennie Batterson followed with recitation, "The Railroad Crossing," which was heartily applauded and faultlessly rendered, the audience vig-eftmsly" encoring the same, to which the fair elocutionist happily 1 Next, came a horn duet by Messrs. Herman Schmidt' and Herman Schmidt, with Miss Richards at the ninniv the duet belne handsomely ap plauded, and was followed by a.recftV tlon by Master Stewart Narvis, entitled "The Prettiest Girl," the young Reclaimer acquitting himself with great eredit, winning warm plaudits on all Miss Jennie Hawley favored the audience with a beautiful solo, fAnchor-ed," with Mrs. E.

P. Gobble accompanying at the piano, Miss Hawley's solo being rendered in a perfect manner, being highly complimented by her hearers. Woke the Dead'was the succeeding number on the program and was given, by Miss Batterson in her usual happy style, which never fails to please. was freely applauded. A horn solo by Herman Schmidt came next, and was well received, after which State Deputy Grand Master John W.

Geiger, who never fails to nlpflso a' Muscatine audience, as heN happy faculty of entertaining wherever he. goes, and has but few equals on fraternal subjects'. He spoke for a half hour or more, keeping the audience in the best of humor throughout- 1 A piano duet, by Mrs. E. F.

Gobble and H. Schmidt, came next and was exquisitely rendered, being loudly onnlnnrlprl. Nhirther mnsicnl numbers given by the High School Orchestra, when the sale.anc opening of valentines followed 4 ithd furnished endless amusement. The evening was fraught with much pleasure to all. "Ice cream and cake were sold, the patronage being quite liberal.

A -To Develop Our Coal Minds. ftdltor News-Tribune: The articles you have published concerning the Ce-dar river canal are without doubt correct. Cedar river can be brought to Muscatine and made to furnish many thousand horse Before making a survey or estimating the cost, some practical questions should be hoWeveri Why baa the use of "water power in Mollne been practically abandoned? Why Is wstcr nrtwp.i nt MnrRpillps. 111.: "offered at bo low' a price- without attracting manufacturers? Why are dams gone and former mill sites unused at Milan, Why Is the use' df water being as-anaonea in jNew- lungiana, wnere there is the best natural power, and coal at per ton taking its place? There must be economical reasons for these conditions, and If they apply equally to Muscatine, the Cedar river canal will not pay. Conditions at Niagara Falls are different, as there the supply of water fs regular, and Is not affected by the causes that apply to SOCIAL.

we. conclude- that' the next si montiha are not going to be nh exception' to thrt. former ones with Klrnilur precipitation In Ji'nnary, we can look for a better season for grass and out than fcWoru'. We conclude the chances, at least are' eight out of ten to have May very wet, and if. April should prove dry7 thcs chances- are 9 out of 10 for a wet May.

In other' words we consider chances for a fin seiison for oats and grasfl are very good, while we don' see but 2 out of 10 chances for a choice corn one or two more fairly good chances. We presume there will be corn rajsedj' as there is every year, but we hardly expect to see the crop up to an average. There is another condition that, will help thereon and not materially injure the oata and grass. That Is the excessive deep freezing The ground is very, dry to a great depth, and packed together, so much so that many of uu tit WJ i-L'fa I kJ III UiUgUI, The deep frost will' separate or pulverize the ground and -make it accessible' for excessive rain falls, and will store the water away forV future need, thus leaving the sirrace In a. tillable condition.

This fteep frost will go far in preventing excessive after the frost is out the ground, while a deep snow followed by a "heavy rain before the frost Is out of the ground might make a flood. 7" GOOD OF OIVlO SOCIETIES. In very many burdens are lifted and Joy drives away sorrow and great good and benefit-; results from social gatherings. "It- is noticed that the rdera that have recently organized in the city and admit women on the same terms as men are' pushing rapidly to the front and increasing rapidly in The strongest argument used lit the1 past against secret societies has beea that they encouraged the absenee ef the husband and father from the family during the night sessions when he ought to be in the society of hid loved ones, especially wnen his business keeps him absent from them during the' entire day. Many of the new fraternal Insurance and the feature! is proving quite popular and so far women are proving as good risks as men in a financial sense.

HAWKEYE ANNALS. The current number of the Annala of Iowa contains an interesting sketch Of the life of Rt. Rev. Mathlas Loras, the pioneer Catholic bishop of Dubuque. The author; is Rev.

B. CL Lene-han, of wo Was acquainted with the bishop jiis early years, and was in fact one his altar No one could have known him more intimately. At the time Rev. Mr. Loras settled in Dubuque, in ,1838, there were' less than 30,000 Indians la his broad diocese, which included the territories of Iowa and Minnesota and, portions of He laid the foundations the Catholic church as it exists ifrday in these portions of the middle i west, building churches and establishing schools wherever the growth the country indicated a -necessity for them.

The first' Sisters of Charity' came to Iowa through hisi infjuenfe as well as the Visitation nuns and the Trappist nuns and the Trappist monks of New Mel-leray, Dubuque. county. Father Lene-han's tribute la a. valuable contribution to IoWa history. The' article is illustrated by a portrait 6f Ilishop Lpras.

VARIOUS THOUGHTS. Chicago News: Bald-headed friends find it 'difficult to patt. Real gratitude is never ashamed of humble benefaefei. About' the greatsst' drawback to a man's happmess is himself. Bad luck.

In sma.U quantities makea good fortune mote, palatable. A man loses Ma appetite for a lot of thihgs- while waiting for1 them. The train boy books more passengers than the genera passenger agent. Some tailors gTecuBtomers fits, while others, glye then, convulsions. Many of out worst troubles are those which we expect, but which never happen.

The less a man amounts to. the more he boasts of the deeds it his ancestors. A man who looks only at one side of a thing Imagines evey other man does the some. 1 We are teld that wealth does not brbng and we know that poverty doesn't. When a man does something mean to you that you thought of doing to hin it warps the golden iHle.

Probably the milliner realizes her lnability to make fine birds of fine feathers, so she decorates hats with A west side man who appeases nls wife's fits temper with bonbons, speaks in glowing terns of his sugar-curing 7 CURE SOROFUEA. promptly and permanently, by. a. thotough course of Hood's Sarsaparilla. All forms of this painful diseose yield" to the blood purU fying power of this great medicine.

HOOD'S PILLS are the best family cathartic and. liver tonic. Gentle, Tellable, sure. Steel Bridges to Iteplace Them. TheJSock Island road's double track is West Liberty now, and about seven miles of the distance between Moscow place has been, balastiCd -with cinders during the winter, Supt.

McFarlin, of the construction and maintenance department expects to have It all done and the trains running by April 1st over-the track between these points. The remainder, of the double track is now in use. They expect to replace some wooden bridges with steel between Iowa City and West Liberty during the coming summer, and the masonry for this will be for double track, as they expect to continue the extension in the near future," butTnOt this year. The C.y R. P.

through Supt, McFarlin has closed a contract with a firm at Coralvllle, just the other side of Iowa CStxiJrM.Btottj8..tQjsM4...flT. delivered aboard of the cars during the summer. Is a Paymaster in Cuba. Major W. R.

Graham, of Cedar Falls, who will be remembered as grand master workman of the A. O. U. now an assistant paymaster in, ihe army, has just been paying off the boys of the 49th down in Cuba and writes back to his friends that the troops are in good condition now, but that the governor should insist on their removal back to the hills by May 1 at the latest. Hundreds of 'Muscatine brethren of the A.

O. II. W. will remember Major Graham, who came down to Muscatine a few years ago to present Eagle Lodge with the state trophy, the banner broom, whose custody is always awarded to. the largest and most flourishing lodge in the Quiet Home Wed dins.

Friday evening a quiet little wedding took place at the residence of Mrs. E. E. Rexroad, Clinton" street," with only the immediate relatives of the bridegroom present. The contracting parties were Mr.

John W. Hexroadj an esti mable young man, who for a period, of years has lived in this part of, our city and is well known by our people, and Miss Addie May Roscoe, a modest and pleasant young lady, a native of the state of Minnesota, who came to Muscatine not' many months ago. For the present the happy couple will make their 'home on Clinton street. Their inany friends and acquaintances take pleasure' in extending congratulations to the newly wedded pair. Cannot be too Careful.

Civic societies that employ the services of strangers to direct enter tain-ments, given by local talent cannot be t6o cai'eful in selecting such directors. of this class of itinerants are incompetent or negligent and not only fail to give satisfaction in the work they essay, but their conduct is likewise not above reproach, and association with them Is not promotive of any high degree of respect. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, who from somewhere, and who get up entertainments and then fleece the local society for half the gross receipts, were in this city recently, but did not leave with a reputation that would excite envy.

The liege lord it seems is addicted to the use of the red liquor that cheers, "and the night after the show had a private "seance at the hotel with his better half. The nature of it can be easily imagined, when it is stated that her piercing screams of "help" and "murder" arous-'l fid half the hostelry, and startled figures in their night robes hurried through the hallway to the room where the cries of distress emanated from. The electric call bell, which had been pressed repeatedly, brought up the clerk, whose stern voice of inquiry brought the brute who Was causing the disturbance to his senses and the storm and commotion subsided. Next mooting at the breakfast table Mrs. Thompson had some very pertinent and incisive remarks to make to Jher disorderly busbaiid, but the fellow, evidently ashamed of himself and meek as Moses, had naught to say in reply.

The twain left town on the first train and there were none to regret their Fruit Bads of Peaches Ruined. Our local authority oq horticulture, W. S. Fultz, informs us that the fruit buds of the peaches are aboirt all killr ed. The sleet during December and the fore part of January had ruined about 60 per cent of them and this cold snap settled the rest.

He is afraid that the blackberries are biidly but thinks that all others are uninjured as yet. of keeping weather records. We hadJ occasion to look up the age of the meteorological records, and found but two or three in land that reached back into the last century. We found that there had been spasmodic efforts made to keep a record at: various places, but none were continuous. Here let me say that the whole northwest, should rise up as a body and thank Hon.

T. S. Paryin, now of Cedar Rapids, -for his, then said to be useless, weather record, which he commenced on January 1st, 1839. This record has been kept up continuously to' the present time. By the Use of it we are enabled to tell what has occurred, and what has followed those occurrences.

Qf course such a record would be useless for such prophets, as Foster, Hicks or Mansil, who have some law for their prophecies not known by the common student, and possibly not "by themselves. "For the past year or two we have consulted these records and have found that one month is an index for what the next one is likely to be. We have been very fortunate In our predlctions-vmade on these data. In making predictions, we don't claim to know what laws make the conditions-all we use is the results that are liable to follow. The past January, 1899, had but .38 of an Inch precipitation.

By consulting our recoffls we find there have been 10 Januarys in years that had less than one inch of water fall, which we will consider. January, 1853. was dry and was preceded by a December that after' Its first day was dry. The February and March that followed were dry. The April was exceedingly wet.

11.80 inches of water fall May, June and July were wet. January, 1854, was dry. February had more than the average water fall. March and April were dry. May was wet.

June and July were, not excessively w'et. January, ,1859, dry, with the preceding December about the average. February, March, April, May and June were wet. July was dry. January, 1805, had less than one-half inch of water fall.

The preceding December about the average, with April wet, May and June dry, July wet. 1867. January dry, the December before wet, February wet, March and April dry, May and June wet, Jul average. 1808. January quite dry, December preceding quite dry, February dry, March, April, May and June wet, July dry.

1872. January had but .03 of an inch of water fall, the dry est on record. The December before was weCFebru-ary, March and April were, dry, May and June were wet, July 1875. January dry, preceded with an average December. February, March, April, May and June were dry, July was wet.

4878. January dry, preceded by a Wet December, February, Marcn and April about the average, May wet, June and July average. 1882. January dry. The preceding December was about the average, February, March and April about the average, May and June wet, July about the average.

These figures show that there' were ten dry Januarys with less than one inch, of precipitation; also, of. the Ve ruarys that followed 6 were wet, of the Marches 3 wet, 3 average, 4 of the Aprils 6 wet and 2 average, and but 2 dry of the Mays 8 were wet, 1 average," and but 1 dry; of the Junes 5 were wet, 4 average, 1 dry; of the Julys 6 were wet, 3 average, 1 dry. They also as a whole the ten dry Januarys have been followed by an average Increase of precipitation In- every month to and including July. April and. May show the largest.

Also, that there has been in the ten years but one year that April, or May have not been excessively wet. I Now, to the application. We have three important crops grown In this locality, corn, oats and grass. The seasons very frequently do not suit all these crops. For instance, corn requires but a limited amount of rain until July, but after the ploughing is done and shooting begins, then it will stand any amount, while qatt and NEARBY NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Burlington Hawkeye: When Whit-tier wrote nis beautiful epic "Snow Bound," he was undoubtedly describing winter Weather such as we are now experiencing, when "A chill, no coat however stout Of nomespun stuff could quite shut 'out; 1 A hard, dull bitterness of cold, That checked mid vein the circled 'race Of life blood In the sharpened face" existedand changed the summer brook into white end glistening inactivity and filled bare-llmbed expanse of country with "dreary-voiced" elements." It is a beautiful picture of winter life in the country which Whit-tier portrays, and true, too. But Burlington has ample opportunity to view a less attractive side of winter. She has the knowledge of cold and hungry people within her gates whose threadbare coats and dresses do but little toward resisting tne cold that checks mid vein their tingling life-blood. But, thanks to our good-hearted citizens, there is less suffering here than is usual in a community of this size. The recording angel Is pretty busy nowadays keeping tab on the kind deeds done by many of our citizens, and there Js going to be a reunion of people up there when, the last horn blows, some of whom we will be rather much surprised to seer-if we manage to get there ouselves.

There is nothing so good for a free pass into the pearly gates as a kindly bit of philanthropy these chilly days. 1 The Macomb (111.) Journal's weather prohphet, wno stated several weeks ago that the mercury would again go below zero this winter, seems to be a success as a forecaster. SWEDISH PROVERBS. Ven life es burden for us ve always mak et a point to mak et 'deckens -of burden for odders. Et.vould bane yust in veil des winter to haf all salary checks made payable to te fellervvat sells coal.

Yust put et down on your book that te vedder es.not raspinsible for all de red noses in town. Te reason" gute many girls bane ol maids es because dey canhaw fall in lof met anybody bot delr ownsalfs. Honorable Industry always travels the same road wftlT enjoyment and duty, and progress is altogether Impossible without it-Smiles. SURREY FOR SALE. A splendid easy riding surrey, all In excellent order, will be sold at a.

bargain, Porter, News-Tribune office, will take part pay in corn or wood. Burlington's steam supply company is worthy of thanks and congratulations for the magnificent service rendered its patrons during the present sold There has not been a moment of the time when the radiators all over town were not red hot. When a man is deserted he gets another girl and begins life over. IVews of a Veteran ifian Francisco Detective. 5 PER CENT MONEY.

We are making long-time, loans on real estate security at "5 per cent Titus Jackson. Energy all gone? Stomach out of Ordjer? Simply a case of torpid liver. "Burdock Blood Bitters will make a new man or woman of you. Sold, by J. SERVED HIM RIGHT.

The Montezuma Democrat says: A farmer, who had purchased $23 worth of groceries from a travejlng solicitor for a Chicago house took a list of the goods he purchased to the grocers of Bloomfleld and had them quote him prices on the same amount of stuff. He could have saved $5 and the freight by buying of the home merchants. The bait that caught him was "22 pounds of sugar for a dollar," but he paid twice as much for gome other articles as they would have cost him here..