PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO.
SUBSCRIPTION. SI.SO PER ANNUM.
CLYDE KING AND D. H. CRONIN, EDITORS AND MANAGERS.
VOLUME* XVI.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 26, 1895.
NUMBER 12.
1EWS SANS WHISKERS
Items of Interest Told As They Are
Told to Us.
JWHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED
Local Happening* Portrayed For General
Edification and Amusement.
. . -1
Attorney Qray, of Fremont,is in the
city. _
Pat Fahy and son returned Monday
from the Hot Springs.
Attorney Fisher, of Chadron, is at
tending court in O'Neill.
> D.
W. Forbes, of Butte, was in the
city the first of the week.
* ^ VyiU Bailey and Dr. Horton, of Ewing,
were in the city Tuesday.
George Foster, who is now a resident
of Polk count/, is in the city on busi
ness. _
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reed, last
' Paturilry, a girl. Dr. Furay in attend
| ance. . __
Frank Odell, of Peoria, 111., was in
f O’NeiH last Sunday and Monday on
t business. _
: W. H. Westover, of Rushville, was in
the city Wednesday repairing his politi
cal pasture.
Mrs. Fred Swingley returned Saturday
night from a protracted visit with her
parents in Illinois.
I will be in O’Neill October 15 to take
horses for wintering. Rates $3 a bead.
11-4 IV. R. Johnson.
A good second-hand piano for sale;
cash or time. Call on or address G. W.
Smith, Short Line depot.
Robert Thompson, of Wabash, Ind.,
arrived in the city Wednesday night for
a short visit with his son, Ed.
Mrs D. H. Cronin, who has been
Visitin'? relatives at Randold the past
two -weeks, returned home Monday
evening.. ^_
The regular quarterly meeting of the
board of directors of the Golden Irri
gation District will be held in the city
of O’Neill on Tuesday next, October 1,
1895._
Two inches ot rain Saturday night
and Sunday, followed by a heavy frost
Sunday night. Crops of all kinds were
well out of the way of danger and little
harm is reported.
Upon petition of the bar and county
officers Judge Kinkaid has adjourned
the Boyd county term of court until the
latter part of November. The term was
originally set for October 22.'
Sioux Obunty Journal: The long and
short of the republican judicial conven
tion at Valentine on Tuesday was Kin
kaid and Bartow. At the polls in No
vember their opponents will be short on
votes.
A fine rain Friday night broke the
heated spell and the weather is now
more bearable. One week with an aver
age of an hundred in the shade was a
great picnic for the “is it hot enough tor
you" fiend. i
John Weekes went to Waterloo, Io.,
Saturday of last week to be present at
the fifty-sixth wedding anniversary of
his Grandfather and Grandmother
Weekes. He was accompanied by his
uncle, E. P. Hioks.
A Sunday School convention will be
held at the Leonia church on Wednes
day, October 0. A splendid program
has been arranged and will appear in
The Frontier next week, having ar
rived too late for publication in this
issue.
Fred Anthony left yesterday morning
for Fremont to accept a position in the
F. E. freight office at that place. His
family will remain in O’Neill for a
couple ef months after which they will
semove to Fremont and take lip their
permanent abode.
Graphic: Mr. Hojmes, who left Inez
last March for Missouri to permanently
locate, came back to Holt county last
week. He is now thoroughly convinced
that Missouri is' not any better than
Nebraska, and that Holt county is the
best in the state.
Graphic: When the populists met in
the Second district to nominate a super
visor, some one offered a resolution
condemning the killing of Barrett Scott.
The suddenness with which it was voted
down was the means of jarring a few
more loose from the populist party.
Besides her great diversity of crops
Nebraska is entitled to fame for great
diversity of weather. The thermometer
—at Valentine last Friday gave the tem
perature 107 in the shade, and inside of
48 hours four inches of snow was on the
ground. The mercury in O’Neill fell
abont 50 degrees in the same period.
Graphic: John Fanton accompanied
John Brady to Stuart last Tuesday, and
on the way up he lost his pocketbook
containing $10. The finder can leave
the same at this office.
The finder may leave the same at this
office if he wants to. Before the cam
paign is done the populists will accuse
Brady of having stolen that $10.
Neil Brennan sent down to the Sioux
City fair Tuesday a fine collection of
beets and carrots raised in his garden in
O’Neill. A Frontier reporter saw one
of the large beets weighed and it tipped
the beam at 101 pounds, while some of
the others would weigh nearly as much.
The carrots, too, were extraordinarily'
large. With half a chance old Holt
beets the world.
We are informed that C. A. Manville,
who was for four years superintendent
of schools in-tbis county, has been nom
inated by the republicans of Dodge
county for clerk. In this they have
made no mistake, for if he is elected, as
in these daya of republican prosperity
no doubt he will be, the people will find
him wide-awake, congenial, honest and
abundantly competent. His career in
Holt county won for him the confidence
and hearty good will of the people. We
are pleased to learn of Charlie’s pros
perity.
Right in the start The Frontier has
thrown the gauntlet ot a personal cam
paign by publishing a damnable lie
against the official integrity of Treasurer
Mullen, which we explode in another
column. Those dirty whelps begged for
mercy and sued for peace some time ago.
It was srranted by the Beacon Bight.
But so soon as the unprincipled char
acter assassins regained a portion of their
wind they opened out with a bare-faced
lie to start the campaign in the interest
of a mongrel fusion set of candidates
most of whom are rotten to the core.
Now you will get a personal campaign
to the full contentment of your miserable
souls.—Beacon Bight.
We did uot believe this scavenger
could conduct a campaign upon any but
personal lines, and now we are satisfied
of it. The Frontier has made no
personal attack upon Mullen. It has
simply, attacked his official record as a
public officer. Such a course is not only
the privilege, but the duty of a news
paper. Our articles in that connection,
could, bv no construction, be termed a
a personal attack. The Jew knows
this to be true, but he also knows that it
is necessary for him to make the cam
paign a personal one, as otherwise he
could make no campaign at all. Tna
Frontier does not fear the closest com
parison of candidates however. Our
ticket is composed of men who are
human and may have erred, but the
populist ticket is also human and the
short-comings of its candidates are
palpable, and each and every one of
them has a vulnerable spot—some more
vulnerable than others.
We bave said that we hoped this cam
paign might be conducted on different
grounds. We do not like the idea of
inspecting the skeleton in any man’s
family closet, but if that is to be Beacon’s
line of attack we will be found where
the battle rages most fiercely. We will
carry the campaign from Ninth street
to the divorce courts and show some dire
offenses that from amorous causes have
arisen and publish a few things that the
Jew in his philosophy has never dreamed
of.
The Frontier asks for no quarter. It
never lias and it never will. We deny
the ability of the Jew to even make us
wince. He holds for us just about the
same terror that does a fangless rattle
snake and we defy him. The idea that
we ever “begged for peace" from the old
cadaver makes us laugh.
Rochester, (Minn.) Weekly: When
you want down-right, good, wholesome
fun, of the sort that is adapted to the
feelings and understanding of mothers,
daughters, and young children alike,
where can you find a better article than
that furnished by a first class minstrel
entertainment? And when the perform
ers are children of the Sunny South,
where music, mimicry, and humor seem
to be imbibed spontaneously by our
colored friends, it becomes all the more
enjoyable. Mr. Mahara’s company con •
Bisting entirely of colored artists drew
a good audience at the opera house last
night, and gained the friendship as well
as the appreciation of every one present
I by their faithful efforts in holding to the
best standards ot ministrelsy. The
orchestration and solo instrumental
pieces and the quartette singing of the
opening reminded one of the good old |
days, atfd the specialties, the dancing
and the funny work were the best that
Rochester has seen in many a day. We
congratulate Mr. Mahara on having such
an excellent company, and wish for him
and them a very prosperous season.—At
the opera-house in O’Neill. Monday,
September 30.
To the Public: I have opened the
Fallon barn, opposite the Checker barn,
as a feed stable, and will be pleased to
meet all my friends
10-4
P. F. Thompson.
Leroy Butler has been nominated by
the republicans to represent the Fourth
supervisor district. His opponent is
Lew Combs of the same place. This will
make an interesting contest as both
gentlemen have lived there for many
years and have a great many friends.
However, Mr. Combs is a populist and
therefore Mr. Butler should be elected.
Doc Mathews in publishing comments
anont his recent boom edition failed to
reproduce in full the article from The
Frontier. He copied down to a con
venient and complimentary point and
then lopped off the story of the stolen
picture. He doesn’t propose that the
shadow of a picture even shall fall
athwart the brilliancy of his lrtest
triumph.
Plain Dealer: Jesus bad his Judas,
Ctesar had his Brutus, the thirteen
colonies their Benedict Arnold, the
United States its Jefferson Davis, and
the silver democracy of Nebraska its A.'
T. Blackburn. Will the Frontier
please copy this statement?
Tub Frontier will do almost any
reasonable thing to please its esteemed
but misguided contemporary. The
voters of this county are not directly
interested in Mr. Blackburn’s position on
the silver question. They know he is
too much of a gentleman to write a letter
of recommendation for a young lady
teacher and then write the school board
to not employ her, but giye the position
to a daughter of a populist representative.
And above ail they know he is not a I
populist and will vote for him, free j
silver or no free silver.
SHIELDS NOTES.
M. McCoy is building a new house.!
Mike is a rustler, now he has the cage
look out for the bird.
Tom Coyne is enlarging his granery,
preparatory to threshing; his harvest
having far exceeded bis expectations.
School has closed for three weeks.
When it opens again it is said it will be
a kindergarten indeed. We Bhould all
shake with our county superintendent
for teaching the pupils things not found
in books. Nancy.
VERBATIM ET LITERATIM,
Ewing Advocate: Geo. McCutchan
Co. Judge smiling hombly face came out
of the train Tuesday morning and greeted
his many warm friends until after dinner
then having finished his legal business
he returned on the freigh to O’Neill.
Ewing Advocate: On last Saturday
three of the lndependedt candidates for
county offices came down on the train
and after shaking hands with their
numerous friends. W. W. Bethea Co.
Cieak and C. W. Hamilton Co. SheifT
went out to Deloit leaving Treasure
Mulled in town to visit with friends.
MORTUARY.
Lucinda Downs Haynes, the subject
of this sketch, was born near Pough
keepsie, New York, on November 26,
1832, and died at her home near Inman,
Neb., September 19, 1895, aged 62 years,
9 months and 24 days.
July 20, 1851, she was married \o Hen
ry W. Haynes at Perrysburgb, Ohio.
In August 1871 they removed to Holt
county, where she resided until her
death.
Mrs. Haynes was the mother of two
children, a daughter who has preceded
her to the spirit land, and one son, who
with the Borrowing husband, is left to
mourn the great loss.
Mrs. Haynes, by ber meek and cheer
ful disposition, endeared herself to all
whom she came in contact with. To
know her was to love her. We shall
miss her presence and sweet words of
admonition and advice, but rejoice to
know that her end was peaceful. *«*
The funeral occurred last Saturday
from the Presbyterian church in this
city and the remains interred in the
Protestant cemetery. The burial cere
monies were attended by a large number
of the friends of the deceased. '
The following-named gentlemen,
members of the Masonic order, acted as
pall bearers: O. O. Snyder, J. J. King,
W. J. Dobbs, Ed. Grady, J. C. Harnisb,
W. T. Evans. _
CARD OF TIIANKS.
Kind Friends: When the waves of
affliction sweep over the soul, we realize
how precious is sympathy. Then how
comforting the tender hand clasp, the
tearful eye, or the spoken words of love
for the one who is no longer with us.
No kind expression for our dear wife,
mother and sister will ever be forgotten.
We want to thank you for the songs
you sang and the flowers you sent, for
we know the flowers that bloom for the
dead bloom first in the hearts of the
living. May such days of grief be far
fiom you, but when they do come, may
the sympathy which you have so freely
given us be returned in the same un
limited abundance.
Henry W. Haynbs.
Wm. A. Haynes.
Mrs. J. Laney.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
WerM’s Fair Highest Msdal aad UplaaNk j
MAM CONVENTION.
The republicans of O’Neill and Grat
tan township are hereby called to meet
in mass convention at the court-house in
O’Neill, on Saturday, September 98, at
2 o’clock p. it., for the purpose of plac
ing In nomination a candidate for super
visor. * Committee.
A PRIMARY LESSON.
Dr. Trueblood defeated Biglin for
corcner two years ago by 595 vote. This
is the majoiity that he will again be
defeated by.—Sun.
The Sun editor evidently needs a little
review in mathematics. Two years ago
when Biglin ran for coroner he reoeived
675 Votes. Those were democratic votes.
Add to that the republican vote and you
havg a total of 1802 votes. The inde
pendent vote for Mullen was 1888. Sub
tract that from the combined democratic
and republican vote and you have 404,
which will be Biglin’s majority this fall.
Grasp the idea, Charles?
IRRIGATION.
Pursuant to adjournment the board of
directors of the Golden Irrigation Dis
trict were in session in O’Neill on the
23rd and 24th.
A great deal of preliminary work was
accomplished. Report of committee in
regard to water filings was accepted, and
propositions of civil engineers and con
tractors for supplies were considered^
M. F. Harrington, of O’Neill, was em
ployed as counsel for the district and
instructed to file a brief in the supreme
court in the case now peuding therein,
involving the constitutionality of the
irrigation act of 1895, under which this
district was organized, after which the
board adjourned. E. B. Bbain,
Secretary.
KAY S STOLEN.
Ben DeY arman’e standard-bred
Hambletonian trotting mare, Kay 8.,
record 2.20$, has been stolen. She was
running with other horses in the pasture
of the Idle Wild stock farm west of
O’Neill anil the last time abe was seen
was two weeks ago today. Last Sunday
Mr. Deyarman went out to the pasture
to bring her in, when the discovery was
made. Her little colt, which by the way
ia a beauty, had been adopted by a
motlierly old mare that had a colt about
its age.
The mare is a roan, six years old,
weight about 000 pounds, and ia not1 in
the best of flesh. Although a trotting
horse she is double galled and will some
times pace. Every effort is being made
to capture the thief. Holt county offers
a reward of $50 and Mr. DeYarman will
pay an additional $25.
Two years ago Ben campaigned this
mare through the eastern Nebraska
circuit and won considerable money,
besides giving her the splendid record of
2:201.
aviivill XXI AX*Ali ABlAlXi.
Mr. Weidner, of Corning, Io., is in the
city on business connected with the
Elkhorn Irrigation Company, of which
he is a member. The company baa pur
chased this week nearly 3,000 acres of
choice land adjacent to the ditob, and
are in the market for 8,000 acrea more.
Among the lands alreadv purchased is
the Bemstreet farm, probably the moat
desirable land along the ditch.
We understand it is the intention of
the company to bring ail of the land
under the ditch and sell it out to eastern
husbandmen who will remove to Holt
county and farm on a sure thing.
Ffom 10 to 40 acres of irrigated land ia
about all one man can farm well, ao it
can be readily seen that this move on
the part of the company will in a short
time prove an important one to O’Neill.
The splendid crops raised by farmers
this year along the ditch proves pretty
conclusively that a farmer can make no
mistake in buying irrigated land, and
tbua do business independent of the rain
clouds.
Passenger leaves 7:10 a. m., arrives
11:55 •». ia.; freight leaves 8:45 r. m., ar
rive 6:85 p. m. Daily except Sunday.
WAGOHS, WAGONS!
Always buy the best, the Moline. I
have a car load on hand and will sell
cheap for cash, or on short time. If
you want a wagon, a buggy or a road
cart come in time and don’t get left.
Remember the name. Moline wagons
are the best made and sold by
6 Neil Brennan.
Good machine oil at Brennan’s. 6
Better machine oil at Brennan’s. 6
Best machine oil at Brennan’s 3
Maylon D. Price has leased the J. C.
Smoot barber shop and bath rooms op
posite the postofflce taking possession
on Tuesday. Mr. Price informs us that
shaving has been reduced to ten cents
straight? Bath rooms always ready and
will be kept clean. 10-4
Short Lins Time Card.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking
Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Pair. San Fi
THAT STATEMENT.
Two week* ago Tiik Frontier casu
ally mentioned the fact that Trcaaurer
Mullen’s statement—filed 16 days after
the time prescribed by law—showed an
overdraft for fees of 8037.96. The
statement wag sworn to by J.' P. Mullen
before W. W. Bethea, county clerk,
and we thought there could be no ques
tion as to its correctness, but it seems
there is.
The Sun, which is the populist organ,
saj s the statement is not reliable. That
i it does not reveal the true inwardness of
affairs in the Joss’ office. Besides say
ing this it says uncomplimentary things
about Tns Frontier and calls us a liar
six times for presuming to credit Mullen
with haring sworn to the truth.
But after all of its frothing and foam
ing and fuming it finally admits as true
all that we claimed as true, and there is
no difference between us there. We
said that Mullen’s statement showed an
orerdraft of fees to the amount of
8037.96. The following extract admits
that this is true, but wlth-prettv rough
work with figures attempts to explain it
away to the advantage of the Joss:
It is true that an overdraft appears on
the semi-annual statement of the county
treasurer. If it showed otherwise it
would be an untrue statement and
could not bo sworn to. But why does
this overdraft appear against the fees of
the county treasurer's office? Simply
because in the item of fees no credit is
given for the commissions on the
moneys collected from January 4 to
June 39,1895. The only fees which
Mullen geistoredit for on his fee book
are foreign receipts, tax and sheriff cer
tificates, which amount to $1,003.54. If
Mr. Mullen was given credit for a col
lection fee on $76,717.86, the amount
collected between January 4 and June
39, 1895, it would amount to at least
$1,150. Add this amount to the fees of
the office, as shown by the fee book,
and you have fees amounting to
$3,153.54. Take the actual money
drawn by Mr. Mullen and his assistants
as given in the following figures and
you have:
J. P. Mullen
La T • nurvH
B. Kline....
A total of
888 00
88.00
1,740.50
Deduct this amount from the amount
of fees that the treasurer is entitled to
on bis collections and you have a bal
ance of fees in the office, over and
above the amount paid out, of 9407.04.
The total amount of salaries paid out,
as shown by the treasurer’s statement,
is $1,930.50. * * * The reader, by
taking the figures given in this article,
can determine for himself the lying
statement of Tnn Frontier.
There is a very trite saying to the
effect that vgbeu a man explains he
■night as well admit, and we guess that
is the view the Sun took of the situation
as it admits in the very first lines of the
quotation that our statement was abso
lutely correct. But it arises to explain.
It says that Mullen collected $76,717.80
for which be did not take his commis
sion, and that if he had taken his fees
for that collection he would have a sur
plus of $400 instead of an overdraft of
$900. Now if Mullen has a balance due
him bis statement is not correct, because
it does not show It. Tbe law says “that
any officer wbo shall make a false re
port shall be deemed guilty of perjury
and punished accordingly.” Tbe Sun
says "the only fees which Mullen gets
credit for on his fee book are foreign
receipts, tax and sheriff certificates.”
The law says he “shall keep a fee book
which Bhall be provided by the county
and which shall be known as the fee
book, and shall be a part ot the records
of such office, and in it shall be entered
each and every item of fees collected.”
Commission on money collected is a fee.
He is entitled to no fee that is not en
tered upon his fee book.
The Sun says, further: "If Mr.
Mullen was given credit for a collection
fee on $76,717.86, the amount collected
between January 4 and June 20, 1895, it
would amount to at least $1,150.” Yes,
perhaps that is true. "If Mullen was
given credit," but we would like to in
quire by what authority he could take
credit for the collection of $76,717.86.
Among the several items which go to
make up that grand total we find the
following: Redemptions, $1,888.74;
school apportionment, $3,122.40; fees,
$1,002.54, and state relief $9,000.55,
making a total of $15,025.23. Does Mr.
Mullen contemplate charging a collec
tion fee on redemption money? Does
be contemplate charging a collection
fee on school apportionment? Does he
contemplate charging a collection fee on
a thousand dollars of bis own fees?
Does he contemplate charging a collec
tion fee on the relief fund? Does he
contemplate charging a collection fee
on state money before he receives a
state warrant? And there is another
item worthy of consideration: The
township treasurers certainly collected
a considerable portion of. the balance of
that $76,000. Does the gentleman con
template charging a collection fee on
the money they have turned over to him?
He is not entitled to fees on the items
mentioned, and we believe that if he
would figure up his legal commission on
money collected for which he la entitled
to receive commlaaion, there wonld atlll
remain a portion of that 1900 overdraft. '
“The reader by taking the flgnrea
given in this article, can determine for ?
himself the lying statement of Tra
Frontier,” says the very brilliant Bun.
But tbe reader, if he be an hdneat one, ^
and we presume he is, will not take the
figures given in the Sun, but will take |
the facts as they exist, and we have en- ■ /
deavored to set them out in this article ‘
so they may be easily understood.
The Sun’s article, which is nothing '
lets than Mullen’s explanation, indicates
to us that his statementshows absolutely
nothing, and that the treasurer knows
but Unit more of his duties or the con*
dition of affairs in his office. Let us <
have ReforM.
JUDICIAL fLATVOBK.
We, the republicans of the 15th Judicial
district of Nebraska, in convention
assembled hereby endorse the republican
national platform of 1899, and the
several state platforms of Nebraska sluce . . V
that date.
We congratulate the people of our
°ountry on the conceded probable return ~
of the republican party to control of I
national affairs, believing that through |
the administration of the republican
party prosperity will come to bless the
neonle. ’*!
' We recommend the more liberal con*
struction of pension laws to meet the
needs of deserving soldiers, their widows
and orphans.
We point with pride to the honesty,
integrity and ability which has char*
acterlzed the action of the honorable
judges of thii district in the adminis
tration of justice during their respective
terms.
Since drouth baa caused its hardships
and sufferings in a measure calculated
to discourage particularly that part of
our population depending on agriculture,
yet it Is our place not to discover how
to get away from the country but how
to stay. Many of our citizens are learn
ing that they can stay.be prosperous and
happy through irrigation, therefore it is
our duty to encourage in every possible
manner irrigation in every form.
Relying on the good sense and business
judgment of our voters we submit our
platform and candidates to their final
decision in November.
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8HX1P BBUDXBB, VOTXQS.
The members of the Holt County
Sheep-breeders and Wool Growers* Asso
ciation will take notice that the asso
ciation will hold a meeting in O’Neill,
on Monday, October?, atlOo’clockr. k.,
at the court-house. All Interested in
the work of the association are invited
to he present. Pktbii Dok^hok,
11-3 Secretary.
Last August while working In the
harvest field I became overheated, was
suddenly attacked with cramps and was
nearly dead. Mr. Cummings, the drug
gist, gave me a dose of Cbamberlain’e
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
which completely relieved me. I now *Vt
keep a bottle of the remedy handy.
A. M. Bunnel, Centerville, Wash. For
sale by P. C. Corrigan Druggist.
“It is the beat patent medicine in the
world" ia wbat Mr. £. M. Hartman, of
Marquam. Oregon, says of Chomber
lain'a Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. “What leada me to make tbia
assertion ia from the fact that dysentery
in its worst form was prevalent around
here last summer and it never took over
two or three doaea of that remedy to
effect a complete cure.” For sale by
P. C. Corrigan druggist.
Mrs. S. A. Kell, of Pomona, Cal., had
the bad luck to sprain her ankle. “I
tried several liniments,” ahe says, “but
was not cured until I used Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm. That remedy cured me and y
I take pleasure in recommending it and
testifying to its efficacy." This medicine
is also of great value for rheumatism,
lame back, pains in the chest, pleurisy
and all deep-seated and muscular pains.
For sale by P. C. Corrigan Druggist.
Mrs. E. E. Davis, of San Miguel, Cal.
says: “I am trying in a measure to
repay the manufacturers of Chamber
lain’s Cough Remedy for the great good
their remedy has done me. For years I
was a constant sufferer from weak lungs
and bronchial asthma. My rest at night
was disturbed by a hacking cough, so
that I felt miserable the greater part
of the time. Many remedies recom
mended by friends were tried, none of
which proved suitable to my case. I
did not experience any beneficial results
until I began taking Chamberlain’s ■'$
Cough Remedy. After two bottles of
the large size have been used I am .
pleased to state, my health is better than
it has been for years. The soreness has
left my lungs and chest and I can
breathe easily. It has done me so much f
good that I want all who are suffering
from lung troubles, as I wss, to give it «^
a trial.” For sale by P. C. Corrigan ' Y
Druggist.