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II. C. Jekkkikh, one of the judges of
ehetiwa in the Second ward of Kansas
City who was recently Indicted by a
grai d jury In Jaeks.m county, Mo , has
returned from Texas and surrendered
to tho proper officers, and Is out on a
300 bond.
Kansas has a citizen named Bernard
Kelly, w hom the papers refer to as the
preacher-polltli-lau. If our memory
serve us right, Kelly is the fellow
whom the patrlotlo Americans objected
to because he prostituted his religion,
and us a priest of tho Komm Catholic
church used H to further his political
ends.
Ye Gods! What will we hoar of next?
M, V. Gannon has joitiod the Koptibii
can par'y In Chicago and Is wagging
his jaw. This notorious creature made
a race for clerk of the district court of
Douglas county, Neb, In 1801, on the
Democratic ticket and was defeated in
a Democratic county by thousands of
votes. IPs irresponsible mouth got the
bestofhim. In one of his harrangues
he Insulted every Gernrin Pritestant in
the county, and if the Republican man
agers of Chicago i'o not mn?,.le him he
will cost them thousands of votos. They
should drive such rascally creatures out
of tho Republican parly! Don't let
them ba leaders.
THE AMERICAN OF THE FUTURE.
The spirit of Christian civilization is
toe oppes'te of narrowness and selfish
ness. It was opp'owd from the begin
ning and is opp sed today hv C;tsarisui,
whether the old R.mian Emperor or
laWr despotisms in other governments.
Through feudalism and chivalry the
opposition has come i;own to the great
er liberty of today. Again it wus op
posed by nationalism with its armed
jealousies. Tnls niada civilization pro
vincial. Another obstacle was the
great religious revolution of the six
teettii century, di straying, as it did,
the unity of Catholicism, opposing com
munion to rommunion, teaching r ations
aid individuals to bate one another.
This sectarian animosity ha sadlv set
back Christian civilization. The Amer
ican of the future will discountenance
and repel the spirit of sectarian ani
mobity and bigotry and will be full of
toleration toward any form of religion
that seeks to honor God and bestow
blessings on mankind. Chris' ianitv
will find its prop in the home, the
church, the school. The latter has its
difficulties, but the American of the fu
ture will maintain stoutly that true
education is not a si stem from which
Christianity is excluded. It will take
more than our lifetime to solve this
qutstion, but it is the duty of the Amer
ican people to recognize it as a problem
that must be solved.
Such were the words of Bishop Keane
In Central Music Hall, Chicago, Tuos-
day evening. The charge that the
great religious revolution of the six
teenth century was an obstacle to Chris.
tian civilization proves conclusively
that Rome teaches that there is no
Chrittiani i y outside of the Roman Cath
olic church. Such being the case how
hollow are his words which predict that
"the American of the future will dis
countenance and repel the spirit of sec
tarian animosity and bigotry?" If that
American is a Christian American
according to the acceptation of the
Roman church ther will Ik) more
bigotry n the American of the future
than there in in a SpKiilarJ in Spiilu
UhWv. The American of the future
will t" different froni the American f
Unlay in butoneeii-entlal point, regard
U'r of what Keane has ld. Unlet-s
we are mUluken he will differ from the
present day American In but one re-H-ct
he 1U bo a free man. Jesuit
Ism, the synonym for everything that
Is corrupt, vile, lleentlous and degrad
ing, will hold no terror for him. Priest
craft will lie an o'-euro thing In his
toryalmost a mythology a.id the cor
rupt corporation that parades htr
alominations before the public toduy to
elicit applause and gain prestige in
political affairs, will go down la-fore a
storm of indignation from its loyal ad-
heientsof today, and the memory of
man will hold it not. The Amcrleun of
the future will not be a sectarian. He
will rot allow some other man to stand
between him and his God and plead his
case. He will 1ms an American, strong
In hlx conviction of right, approaching
the bar of that all-wise, all-seeing, all-
just God fearlessly after having lived
and died an American cltl.en. Ho will
be an oponent of everything un-Amor-
cun, and the friend of everything which
tends to elevate his fcllowman. He will
be everything but a papist.
THE FIGHT IN MANITOBA.
The present rupture in Canada over
the Manitoba school ijuoitlon is by no
means the first of Its kind. In ISS'J
there was oven a more pronounced
movement, and while it was not Insti
tuted in tho same section, nor for
txactly similar reasons, yet it was
none the less vehement. The San
Francisco Aiyomtut of July '!'.), 1SS9,
contained a very comprehensive tdltor-
lal opinion upon the question then agi
tating the Canucks, which we reprint
in order to give our readers an idea of
the opinion then held by American
papers:
"The revolution now simmering on
tho verge of volcanic action In Canada
must eventually run Into and cover the
school question. Fortunate Americans
that we are, we eujoy the unusual prlv-
lligo of tho opportunity to observe how
the garroter, who we know has deter
mined to strangle us tomorrow, per
forms the ojwration of choking the vic
tim he has selected for today. The
knowledge of his method on the Cana
dian throat may give us an added
chance to resist his attack upon our
American breath. Tho jesult attack
on tho civil and religious freedom of
Canada involved a robbery of the high
school fund of the Province of Qucbtc.
This feature of the jesuit manoeuvre in-
cidently raised the school question in
its entirety, and, in the briefest possi
ble manner, we will present tho public
school situation as It now exists in Can
ada, where the Romun Catholic church
has had its way, and as it would exist
in our own country, if the Roman
church could achieve Its dtsires. Until
about forty-five years ago. the public
school system of Canada was, in all es
sential features, like our own. As In
our country, the Roman church and, to
a slight extent, tho more intensely
or h tdcx diseotting ProtesUiitchurchcs
were array d aguiast the public school
system. Unfortunately, tho mass of
the public school party consisted of
members of the Established church of
Englaud, and In consequence of mem
bers of their church zeal, they gave,
not only the Roa-un Catholics, but also
all tho dissecting Protestants valid
ground for complaints of intolerance
and other kinds of unfairness, Ti is re
sulted in a combination of the Presby
terians, and, pi rhaps, other Protestants
o' the dissenting churches, with tho
Roman Catholics, and the disastrous
effect was what is there called the "sep
arate school" system. In this sys em
all the schools ura free, but each tax
payer, according to his choice, is either
a "public school" supporter of a "sep
arate school" supporkr. The public
schools remain what they were before
non-sectarian. It may be tht.t they
are tot entirely free from sectarian
taint. It could hardly be expected that
a state school, conducted by those who
also conduct a state church, should be
as pure and honest in godlessness as Is
the American public schoal, which is
the intelligent roduct of an utter and
most complete separation of church and
state; but there is hardly a doubt that
the godliness taught ia the public
schto's is ittended to be of a kind that
should not alarm an intelligent parent
of a church other than the established
one of England. The "separate
schools," however, are most pronounc
edly and aggressively sectai ian. As ia
all other countries, and in all other
churches, the Roman Catholic church
in Canada is divided into two parties:
tho severely orthodox or ultramontanes,
and the liberal or progressive Catho
lics. Of course the Protestant churches
are similarly divided, and, of pourse,
also, to a greater extent. This fortun
ate division results in the luminous fact
that while there are in Ontario 5,204
public undenominational schools, there
are only 231 "separate schools;" and of
these only seven are Protestant. If the
broad American principle that the
property of the state must educate the
children of the state were prevalent in
Canada, the funds apportioned to the
support of all the schools would be dis
bursed per capita among them. But
sectarian jealousy is too narrow to en-
torUin a brotid principle. The Roman
Catholie were not willing to let any of
the mom y they paid In taxes go to the
support of the Protestant schools, and
it U entirely probable that the Protes
tants who were suflleltntly narrow
minded to want separate denominational
ProtohUnt schools sympathized with
their Roman Catholic friends in the
narrow Mlicy of separate school funds
for separate schools. The law estab
lishlng the "separate school" system
9ii.'
"The assessor shall accept the state
mentof any Itoman Catholic rate-payer,
or a statement made in his behalf, that
he Is a IComan Catholic as sufficient
prima fitrie evidenco for asse-stng him
as a 'separate school supporter.
'it is amusing to note that by law
only Roman Cathoilcs are presumed to
be. primn facie 'separate school' sup
IMirlers. Presbyterians, Methodists,
llaotists and other non-Episcopalian
Proti stauts cannot bo placed upon the
'separate school' list by their preachers.
It is only the Roman Catholic whom
the Canadian law implicitly acknow
le Iges and explicitly declares to he
under the sacerdotal thumb of the one
who sacerdotal toe ho is required to
kiss. Of course the Roman Catholic
priest Is diligently on hand and faith
fully states in behalf of every rate
payer who is probably, or presumably,
or supportably, or assumably, or con
ceivably, or possibly, a Roman Catho
lic; or whom ho may believe to be, or
wish to be, or hope to be, or guess to
bo, or suspect to bo, or surmise to be, or
pray to be, a Roman Catholic; that ho
Is a Roman Catholic, and therefore a
'separate school' supporter." Tho pro
gresslve Roman Catholic who prefers
public, unsectarian, godless schools cun
not then send his children to a public
school unlets he either pays a second
school tax or takes legal steps to have
his name expunged from tho holy
'separate school' list and enrolled
among those of tho public school tup-
porters.
"In this case the law says:
"Any Roman Catholie who may de
sire to withdraw from the sui)oi'tof a
separate school, shall give notice in
writing to the clerk of the municipality
before the second Wednesday in Jan
uary in any year, otherwise he shall be
deemed a supporter of the school."
Beyond doubt this particular Roman
Oatholio has been admonished by the
priest, has been denounced to the bish
op, has been prayed over as an Indiffer
ent, has been threatened with the de
privation of the mo t tidy sacraments,
has been registered for excommunica
tion, and has been otherwise made to
feel the discomfort and the danger of
antagonism to the will of his spiritual
owners. Beyond doubt he has protested
his loyalty to his religion and claimed
right to exercise his own judgment as
to the conduct of his on domestic af
fairs. And now, while the priest has
the legal right to force him at each an
nual assessment uron the list of "separate-school'
supporters, his only
chance for freedom of choice is to pub
licly place himself, year after year, in
opin, conspicnou , snd effective antag
onism with the church of which be
claims to bo a memtu r, wueso cr .ad he
professes to believe, and whine welfare
ho has at heart. How many men could
complacently occupy such a position to
wards their church, their priest, their
asKvjUtes in i-eligio.i, their friends, and
their family? And yet this uncomfort
able posit'on is forced upon them by
their church In its almost desperate'ea
deavor to force their child rcn into the
separate Cutholic school. To do this,
tho priest usually anroinces from the
pulpit, and sometimes from the altar,
thiit ufier divine service he will take
the names of all rate-payers who may
cot yet be on the 1 sooarate school" list
In order to so place them. And to bar
the way fro n the "separate" to the
public school list the Catholic oers
that controlled the matter devised the
following form of application: "I,
, the undersigned, verily cer
tify that I am a Protestant, etc., 'which
enables those who can sign it to use the
public tehoois without farther trouble.
As the Roman Catholic can cot sign
this application, he is subjected to
modes of procedure which are likely to
deter him fi-om making the endeavor.
The death of Frank J. Ramge, the
Wealthy merchant tailor, has sprang a
sensation on this community, as it Is
rumored that he made a confession be
fore he died which would clear up the
mysterious murdering of a man tome
five years ago. We are investigating
the rumors and if they prove well
founded our readers will be placed in
possession of the whole story.
The Polish church fight may not be
ended, even if the fire fiend has render
ed his verdict. If the incendiaries are
caught they should be punished to the
full limit of the law.
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a rif.iKsrsoi ru.niE.
lie lirinp Suit Against a Meinlier of bis
1'arisb fr lVr lU ut.
t'OALClTV, 111., March, 5. It was
just about three years ago, right in the
face of the spring campaign in Grundy
county, and when It bccane necessary
for men to organize American orders
for self-proU-ction from the Intrigues of
Catholic schemers, that Priest DePar
ad ire, of Coal City, sUrtlcd the entire
christian community by throwing a wo
man devotee to his altar from his
church, after boarding up the entrant's
to the pew, because she was too poor to
pay an assessment of 25 cents which he
had declared she must pay bofore the
boards woutd o removed to allow her
free entrance to the pew. The good
woman had a large family, and had just
burled a husband. She was struggling
to keep the wolf from tho door. She
was physically the superior of the priest
who sought to domineer, and when he
descended from his altar and laid vio
lent hands upon her person, she camo
out of tho tussle victorious, and step
ping over the board that blocked the
pew, asserted her right to remain at
her worship. It was then tho civil of
ficers were called upon, and they, with
the active assistance of the priest, fin
ally ejected the woman from the church.
She was badly bruised and suffered from
her ill-treatment. She went to Morris
and laid the facts before tho state's at
torney, who issued warrants for the
priest's arrest, but owing to tho influ
ence the trial would have on the plans
of the campaign then formed, a "com
mittee" was apKinted that waited on
tho woman, and, being poor, she waived
prosecution of the suit for tho consider
ation offered.
Priest DeParadise has again broken
out in one of his tan .rums, but a priest'
ridden people are no longer suffering
his taunts and insults without com
plaint. Surrounded by influences of
liberty and freedom of thought and ac
tion, the down-trodden people have
turned upon their priestly dictator, and
pro pore to strike off the shackles o'
superstition which has bound them to
his servitude. Hence when DeParadise
brought suit against a member of his
parish for pew rent and officiating at
the funeral of his wife, the people were
up in arms and prepared to fight. So
great was the resentment shown, end
again being in the face of spring elec
tions, fearing the bad result to follow,
Priest DeParadise concluded tho suit
best be dropped, and it was, but the
tuint of his aHion will ever remain as a
disgrace to a creed which permits such
transactions by those who stand even at
tho right hand of the American poie
as its representative.
The facts leading to tho litigation are
as follows:
Martin Peyton, an homst, Industrious
Irish employee of the b'g 4 Wilmington
Coal Co., for some timo, together with
his family, enjoyed tho sacerdotal min
istrations of Priest DeParadiie, in re
turn thereFor replenishing the church
exchequer by the usual annuities of
pew rent, eto., supp'emented by liberal
donations of Uncle Samuel's securities
to Paradise's private purse on Christ
mas and E-ister Sunday, in this regard
keeping up, as vouched for by Mr. Pey
ton and his friends, with tho "business
men" of this city of supposedly pleth
oric purses and less limited resources.
While Mr. Peytou's financial star was
in the a-cendency, his pathway without
his chosen faith was the acme of se
enity, unclouded by priestly frown, for
aught which might be denominated
cause for cessation of ministerial favor
or indulgeney; but Mr. Peyt in became
the victim of misfortune his beloved
wife the mother of his large family,
was stricken with a protracted fatal
illness, diverting the hard-earned sav
ings that had flowed unstinting! ioto
DeParadise's treasury to the making
comfortable of tho remaining hours of
the suffering loved one.
During her illness Mrs. Peyton de
sired the services of her ' father con
fessor," and DeParadise was brought to
attend her, but not until he had wrung
from the debt-burdened and troubled
man, one dollar, in pro-payment for his
services did the reverend (?) condescend
to perform that function of his holy
office. As the end drew near DePara
dise was asked to administer the last
rites to the dying woman but refused to
budge until a carriage was brought to
convey his "highness" to the sorrowing
home.
The hour set for Mrs. Peyton's
funeral was objected to by the priest,
and when the remains were brought to
the church, the largo concourse of sor
rowing friends, Protestant and Catho
lic, was met by the priest; a mumble of
latin, a dash of holy water and a curt
dismissal, astounded the friends antici
pating the usual eulogistic address. In
expressing his feelings, Mr. Peyton
says: "1 was vexed and sorry," and
since that time he has withdrawn from
beneath the DeParadise sceptre.
The sickness and death of his wife
left Mr. Peyton with a debt of about
$300, whi;h kind friends assisted him
to meet, and by industry, economy and
self denial he has managed to repay
them, and just as soon as he was re
lieved from his burden, Rev. DeParadise
Instituted suit for 119, in payment for
pew rent and funeral services of Mrs.
Peyton. The case was before V. Bonar,
I. P., yesterday morning. Mr. Peyton
appeared with Robt. Crlchton,of Braid-
wood, as bis attorney, and the array of
witnesses for the defendant vouehed for
Mr. Crichton's statement tbat they
"were loaded for boar."
It was evident tbat the proceedings
had aroused the indignation of the
greater portion of the Irish contingent
of the parish and many proffers of as
sistance were received by Mr. Peyton
that he might fight the matter to the
bitter end, and to this general uprising
in favor of the outraged man is probably
accountable the non appearance of Do
Paradise when the suit was called. The
suit went by default and the docket of
Justice Bonar's court Is embellished
with a proceeding, the costs of which
are charged to Priest DeParadise.
Woman's Influence.
Womun's influence! What common
place, insignificant words! Yet no man
can fathom their depths, and few but
vaguely comprehend their meaning.
Pure and simple though they be, there
lies beneath that mystical mask, a
power that has moved thrones and in
fluenced man since the earliest dawn of
existence.
In the bej-inning of the world, Adam
in all his purity was not proof against a
woman's wiles. The apple may have
been tempting or loathsome enough to
trample in tho dust, but the woman was
fascinating and the hand fair that
proffered temptation to the yielding.
And thus it has been, and is, up to
the present time.
A woman's influence Not much, it
may bo said, but yet it holds the power
to sway the destiny of nations. If pure
and undefiled, it exalts to tho very
throne of heaven; if low, debased, de
graded, it drags to tho lowest depths of
hell. It has been truly said that a
woman holds the power to make or
mar. Tho greatest men the world has
ever known have been reared by purity
loving mothers.
The God-fearing woman gathers her
children around her and instill into
their young minds thoughts of purity
and truth. Baby lips first learn at
mother's knee to lisp tne woids of eter
nal love. Slowly, silently, surely, that
influence moves on day after day, week
after week, and months may lapse into
years, but it remains unbroken.
Many a proud man and noble woman
have stood up before tho world and
fitly said: "All tbat I am I owe to
mother."
Sweet, sacred influence that prosper
ity honors and adversity makes dearer.
Home circles may be bn ken and ties
be rent asunder, never to be united on
earth, but out with each loved one goes
the guardian angel of mother's love.
Ob, mothers, I beg you to not be
sparing of your love. Do not shriuk to
reveal your affection. Only those who
know and God alone can understand
what it is for an aching heart to yearn
for a mother's love. With it, a soul is
lifted higher, the life broader, purer,
better, drawing with it unconsciously
the lives of others closely entwined, and
strewing flowers of pur.ty, faith and
love that yields a fitting harvest for the
home above.
Reverses may io:uc, storms may rage
and crush the frail craft embarked on
tlie waves of life's wide sea; temptations
may almost overwhelm, and the once
spothsssoul be stained with sin; but
ovir the blurred vision steals the mem
ory of an innocent child at a mother's
knee, and over tne dulled senses are
WMftod the echoes of a mother's voice
pleading at a throne of grace.
Could a life, however blackened and
stained with sin, blot out forever such
a memory as that? No! Ambitions
may have been blighted and .hopes
darkened, but with the help of a
mother's love, broken lives have been
mended and wreaths of immortality
twined for a mother's brow.
Truly, a mother's love is the choicest
blessing heaven ever bestowed, and if
denied, the inll aence is a curse' greati r
than a living death.
Oh, mothers, be. careful, then, how
your Influence is used. Forget not that
the lives entrusted to your care are
buds pluiked from the purity gardens
of heavens. How could jou return
them to your God with their white
souls sullied and branded with a moth
er's infamy and shame! Better, far
better, had you never lived.
Perhaps you say such teaching is
harsh; but all I ask is, behold, and
judge for yourself. Look into the homes
of those around you and study the lives
of their inmates.
The father may be a libertine, a
coward, a villain of the blackest dye;
but even though the chances are
against her, the mother may mold
into the lives of her children teachings
that death alone can obliterate.
Take a man, however strong and up
right he may be, with best ability to
rear his sons and daughters, but re
move from his home a mother's gentle
hacd and the circle is incomplete. Ef
forts seen useless and vain, for the
world offers gay scenes and reckless
pleasures to ensnare the unwary.
Their untried feet tread pathways
that seem paved with flowers, but cruel
thorns pierce, and bright flowers hover
over the brink in despair. Rosy lips
quaff the wine of life held forta by the
world, only to find in its dregs poison
and death. The life that seemed so
gay ended in hollow mockery. Well
may we ask, What is home without a
mother''
But better it is for children to never
know a mother than for her to live a
life that knows oo usefulness. God pity
the busbund and child whose daily lives
mingle with a being utterly unworthy
to bo called the sacred name of wife
and mother.
What must be the influence shed
abroad by such a life?
Ewh and every life is lived for good
or evil, and what are the results har
vested by an ungodly life? Is a mother'
life all that reaps the jut rew ard? No!
Innocent children are sank in the pits
of humiliation, shame, vice and degra
dation; their young brows are branded
with a curse greater than the brand of
Cain; the husband loses bis manhood
and self-respect; noble aspirations are
trampled in unhallowed dust, and lives
that might have been lived for the
glorification of a Creator, perish in the
lowest depths of sin.
Is this all false? I have seen it with
my own eyes, and hundreds, yea, even
thousands, can bear witness to such a
sta ement.
A woman's life is ambitious. She has
high aspirations for her children, hus
band, and last, but not least, for herself.
Every day brings forth the fact that
women are occupying prominent posi
tions in our land. It is true, a woman
has not yet been president, but she can
be his wife, and it is sometimes the case
that the power behind the throne is
greater than the throne itself.
But don't get dL-couraged because
every woman cannot bo a president's
wife. Someone must train the boy up
to the year a of accountability ere he
can accept the highest honor our nation
can bestow. Many seek prominence,
but all are not able to obtain it. I am
not censuring, for heaven's blessing rest
on the liberty loving women who labor
for a noble cause.
Our nation in days gone by bore tho
traces made by gentle hands; traces
which have nerer been erased. Some
one must do the home work, and a wo
man only has the capability.
in the great conflicts of the past, men
fought shoulder to shoulder for what?
For liberty and the protection of home
and loved ones. Sturdy northern men
endured the heat of southern suns;
chivalrous men from the southland
braved the snows and blasts of northern
winters. Was all this mere child's
play all for naught? Answer for your
self. There, on the battlefield, no hard
ship was too appalling, no work was
too great for a woman's hand. She
tenderly cared for the wounded and
dying; many a brow that throbbed with
pain was lulled to rest by gentle fingers
and snatches of childhood songs stilled
the broken slumbers; fresh young lips,
and those which trembled with a
mother's love, kissed the death dewed
brow of many a dying soldier; tears fell
on the upturned sod of unknown graves
and hearts , ached for loved ones far
away.
Only a soldier; but what matters, if
he wore the blue or gray? He was
s me body's Si;n: somebody's heart must
breaK. It may have been a fair, laugh
ing maiden, fresh in the hopes of jouth,
or a mother, sister or wife, and little
children Lave waited in vain for a
father's kiss. Oh, what comfort to
know that stranger hands did for them
what they had done for others! We
do nat stop to measure the influence we
exercise over the lives of others. We
can trace it, but an ending it has not.
And if the pathways have been to
clearly marked in the past what are
they at the present and for the future?
Look around you and study the condi
tion of your horn i and country. Behold
the ravages that are being male by a
ljrkingfoe. Today is tho day for ac
tion not tomorrow, next week, next
year or some other time, but today!
Many are anxious to reveal their power
arid now is the time. Are you willing
to sit still aud sue your rights usurped
by profligate beings indebted to you for
blessings'1
It is a mistake to suppose that when
you have cast your ballot, your work is
finished. Djn't disgrace your privil
eges by inaction. When you vote, pray
as you vote, but for lo?e of God, home
acd country, vote in the right direc
tion! Many say: "I can do nothing,
my feeble efforts are vain." Even while
you stop to say that your foes are work
ing stealthily and diligently every mo
ment, every hour.
Wheii you fight Rome you must use
Roman intrigue. Study their-ways if
you would learn.
A prominent Romanist once said:
"Give me a child the first twelve years
of its life and you may have it for the
rest." Wh?
From the very day of existence teach
ings are mo:ded into that young life
that defy the world. So it is in every
Romanist home. The children are
cradled in the very lap of corrupted
faith every moment, hour and day for
years. Is it any wonder they are what
they are? Read and study the Fourth
Order of the Jesuits if you would under
stand. Every life is molded fo- a cer
tain purpose and schooled in the pre
cepts of vice, sin and intrigues with
cunning which knows no tqual.
Slowly, silently and carefully they
try to creep intoour political affairs and
private homes. Not an opportunity is
wasted. If they have no opportunity,
they invent one. Just a look, a hint, a
word now and then, not much, it seems.
Follow up and note the results and you
can judge whether or not it is of conso
quence. It may be a hfe time bat that