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THE MERCHANT FRIDAY DECEMBER 4 1874 RATES OF ADVERTISING Ca ual ad ert se nents w 11 b lf!e t I at the a e of F ye Coo.ts per n fi at 11 s t n and 'Iwo Cents pe line each suhsequent UlSe Any Ad e t seme t und 10 ne 50 Ad e :ti cm nts e ted n 0BSEBVBR ME CJHA~~ at Se n Cents p r lmtJ first se s on and Tlxee Ce ts per ne each subsequ t Others ha ;e been nduced to s gu the requ s ton because M Cub tt opposed the r v ews on the Cow quest on but the whole th ng or g anted n a determ nat on to pun sh Mr Cub tt for IIBteo og to what the m o sters sa d an l n ti at pun sbment tht Jf ts to~ d lier own to Tea $5000 FORGERY To the Edit-Or ojtlu Me cha t DE R S R - ~. our com ng Muu c pal Elect on· are not only close to I and b t crcat ng much controversy and e:xc tement I cons der t r ght, w sc and prud n hat each elector should express h sop n on upon the ncce sty and adv sab l ty ol ha ng he r ght man a the ght place The quest on of who shall be the head of the orporat on s at th s t me a most m po tant one hecause the pre·ent contest s bet feen v rtue and moral ty on the one hand and v ce and mmoral ty on the othe between the P"'Cepts of the B ble and those ofVcto aWoodh II If et alone I re· ly be] c e that the peo pie of Bo" man v Ile are .naturally good anx ous to protect the r and daug ers f on the damm ng the doctr nes of fi" /"" and to ad·ocnte what Co '3 n calls the true the beaut f I and the good But the trouble s they are not let alone for the are followed abo t from post to p Ila by a co pie of ex con mon sci ool teachers one of vbom w 11 I the) act cont ary to what the r own consc ence tells them to be r ght prove to be an enorn ous Bu d n upon the r backs more by far than they can reallv bear In the com ng contest therefore for the ~fayom y a 1 pol t cal tee! ng and preJud ces should be thrown as de we should allow our cons t:n ea to be o r d ctators that \\ e shou d ot w tho t somo good rea son allow those who have lately sprung up amongst us to ti nk for s and that e should ask o r w ves and dau 0 htcra wbeth er we sho Id g ve our support to Mr Cub tt who has fa thfull) and cons ent ously g ve b a t me, ntellect and enc g) to the1ate est· of th s town for ye\ls pas or e should vote for an unt ed he her man the cho ce of a few who ought to I e the no al Wardens of our Mun c pa t) but ho real ty n ~t togetl er n secret con c ave to defeat lhe advocate of v rtue 0 ten P°'" 0 m ros The Sp r tual eta flam "" n t a t wh ch r the electors on y a tr gbty at the pol s w JI prove to be as ha ml sa as 1 ose "h ch enveloped S aura b Meshaeb and Abednego 11 "e want to be happy we must be v rtu OUS W cannot be V rtUOUS f WO support or countenance the doc.tr nes of Sp ual sm nd ti erefo e f at the com ng Elect on we vol I he non nee of \be Sp rt al st· we can ot af crnards be happy No" we nust agree t at all our v t es are enJo ne<l. by he same author I) namely the author ty of consc ence anJ that e whose r I n~ pr pal ot act on s a sense of duty w II ob ser e tl e d fferent v rtues 'l'i h the san e reveren e and the same eaL But he v. ho bel eves n or supports Sp r tual sru pla ly sho"8that\\hen h s oudu thappen· to co nc de ~th wl at the rules of moral ty pre &er b s only an ace dental agrccn ent be ween I s duty and h s ncl nat on Lilt us thercfo go to tie polls regardlesa of be ng } een aeons Oddfello"s Temper ance me Employees of the Onta o Bauk or o! the Bowmanv le } u n t e Manu a ur ng Con pany and vote I ke men for M Cub ti who s a tr ed ruan a moral On ThursJay last a Joung man g v ng htB name M Chester D Campbel presented at the Ontar o Bank a cheque on the St Lawrence Bank o u aed at le Agency n It \las Colborne for the sum of $4 700 cashed after he had g ven un a o ut of h nself as a But er and G a n b l r b t l\Ir F sher was scarcely sat stied and telc graphed to Co borne The · sp ons of the agent n ti at 1Iace ere aroused and on nvest gat on he found the who e h g a In the m ant n Campbell had fraud procured a r g at Glover· L e y Stables and v th Geo Glover as d e en by back route towards Columbus Mr Cole man WM soon on h s Lra k and traced, h m through Columbus Brook yo B oughan and Duffin s Creek a d on ar v ng n Osh awn, found the b rd had been aught The bus dr ver ace denta IJ h ar ng that Campbell was wanted nformed ti e consta ble and Reeve who \lee gong w I h m to the stat on that the r man wa on board He was marched to the lock up On be ng searched f ve thousand and th rt) five dol Jars a atcb a St Lawrence Ra way pru and telegraph blanks ere found on h m The next n orn ng he was brought before the magIBtrate and three charges prefe red aga nst h m An attempt to d f aud tho it Lawrence a&ency at Osha a f aud on the agency at Colbo ne and a attempt to pasa a forged note on the agency at N ewcas tie on the 13 l After hea ng the ev deuce the pr ·oner wao remanded un I ext tlay and the mag strate (aaya the V ndw to thought t pr dent to send h m to the County Gaol for safe keep ng but Consla ble G rley ··sured b s Honor that he would ans\\ er for the ·afety of the pr soner · I b s I fe H s Honor kno" g tha Consla ble Gurley was to be depended on remanded b m to custody He ·as du y locked up and handcuffed 'I he lock up constB s of an ou er room n wh ch s the s ovc nnd t~o cc s Th s opens nto a sma passage between the Town Hall and F re Hall wb ch s guard ed w th a sold board fence t elve feet h gh and · entered by a door The pr aoner Jay n the south cell a l day and unt l hree o clock next morn ng v s tel and vatched by Cb ef Con able G rle) At that bo r be went home leav ng Constable Pr n~ e n cl a ge. .An hour af erwards the Reeve whose res dence s c ose by vas a val ened by shout· of firE and no ses as of a man n ago·y He thought the lock up as on fi e and that the pr soner vas n dan~er of be ag burned to death Thrust ng I s bare feet into sl ppers and hurry ng on a pa r of pants and a coat he da·hed at the door of the lock up pas age but found t fa tened and m movab e He tl en an to Constable Gur ley s shop the I eadq uarters of the n gbt constable for h m but that too was fasten Her ed and no con table was n s ght back one more and r ug U e fi e a a m Tb s gathered the Ch ef Eug neer and a par ty of firemen and they broke open the door and en ered bu nstead of Chester D Uampbell they found Oonstab e Pr ng e duly locked up n the nn r cell and voe f erat ng I ke a n ad nan From b n ti ·y got tte follow ng story of 'IHE ESCAP:&: New (Jash Store Cheap Dry Goods! FOR ADJOINING MR ne Spe a n cont a t f pa e ma.do on appl oo ---o--J ust opened out OONSAUL S GROOERY STORE The Clteap~st Lot of D1'Y Goods evei offe1 ed CONSISTING OF in Bowman ville ac ons and su s re la ng to real property was re6.d t.l ree t mes arul passed 0 I e B I s were forwarJed a singe CI orH JACKETS DRESS GOODS FL:\NNELS JACKEI CI OlHS COTTONS TRIMMED HA1S SH,1.>\LS POPLINS SHIRflNGS CLO\ ES LINENS FLO't\ERS RIBBO~S &c PRINIS WINCEl:S WOOL PLAIDS HOSE WOOL GOODS FEA1HERS and he House adJourneil at 5 10 p n FRIDAY 27TH ---o--lh n St k ha mg been bought a.t a.bout half the u~ual Co t P e PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY \\ED EBDAY 25TH The t me of be House was ma nly occu p e l n d cuss ng certa n mattera perta n ng to he .Agr cult ral College Pr nee Ed a d county Ra l way Toronto Gray and B uce Ra I way and th Ina peel on of Pub e Inst tut on Th House adjourned l 25 McOlung Bros 00 Pea J a kc s are the cheapest n the cou try Sec then Capt Bcyton a t red n h s Je prese v ng costun e crossed D b u Bay the other day from B OI\ th Head to Dalkey Island a d stance of nearly n ne miles tn t :vo hours and fifty m nutes He lay on h s ba k and used a canoe paddle to propel h ns f feet forward He fired off ro k ' and s naked c gars wh le n tie water Enn~onDJNARY GREAT BARGAINS "'ILL BE OFFERED t effe t a qu ck Sa o of the Goods a.t 1 RICES BELO JV ofO ~TREAL 1J HOLJ;JSALE COS'l All fresh New Good~ PROHIBITION f'larke No to k) mo Among he not ces of mot on one f o n Hon Mr Mowat fo a p ov de for vot ng by ballot at M n c pal MONDAY Call early, a,nd See for yourselves! o M Oo aul Goe y ~to vas occup ed n pass ng se e al appropr a on tern v z $121 000 to defray the e·penses of be er m nal adm u trat on of JUSt ce $46 340 for Ce tral Pr son ma ntenance $121 810 for nm and $ 0 000 for hosp tals a d Cons derabl d i!cuss on took TUESDAY The Speaker took the cha r at 3 o clock a d nf er read ng al pet t ons and b Us a dulged n wh ch long d s usa on as ga e mernbe s an oppo t n ty to d splay the r nlk ng IO\\ ers Re en b 1 l< e F.ex Doo D c 3 d 1874 ScENE Ar AMAllRIAGE A scene was lately w tnessed at the Par sh Church Wednesbury Mr Adam CAN ADA PRESBYTERIAN Sm th cl e n st B rm ngham ""s be ng marred o III ss E nma Pr tchard daughter of at be manufa ur r Wednesbury when a good look ng female advanced to the altar rn ls and n a loud vo ce shouted I have I ved w th th s an (the br degroom) for seven yea.rs as man 'lnd w fe Great up roar followe l a large congregat on boot ng and yelling When the ceremouy was ov er the newly wedded pa r had d lliculty n e·cap ng from the a ge of the nf rated mob oute de A bloodJ affo r occ rred n Ha n l on County JSew York State recently an ac count of wh ch we take from the q A carpen er named El as W ll ams begau the erect on of a wuoden frame ho se n the ru dst of a forest n aw d and unfreq ented d str ct about· xteen m le· no ti o! i;\ 11· town Haw ton County Heh red Geo ge Sm th to ass st h m One day aft r they had drank oaoy t mes from a JUg of quor the two men q, arre led and verc soon en gaged n a de·dly fight W l ams threw Sm th ovet a sawhorse and w th a hand saw wh ch I e al tl e t n e held n h sjhand ea wed off b s I ead fl s rage coo ng re marse came and 1 e cut h s o"W n throat nth the aaw fall ng a corpse hes de the ren a ns .A ad name l Grant w nessed of Sm th the awfu tragedy and carr ed the news two m les to the people ·ho res de nea est the scene of the er me \V ll a.ms was a ma :r ed man and Sm th a hacbelo Both were bnr ed on Sunday last Two ,Young marr ed people a III and Mme CJ a b~. who occup ed the second floor of a house n the Rue des Mo nes at Ba gnolles were the fortunate possessors of a; fine nJant two weeks old and also a pa r of splend d blne and Pearle! parrote Recently the young couple qu tied tie room for a short t me leav ng the ch d asleep n ts c adle and the two parrots s tt ng on tbe r respect tve perches "\>;hen they returned what wao the r I orror n behold ng the par ots perched upon the s des of the cradle and engaged n teanng the face of the helples baby w th the r powerlu beaks The ta I er n the firat excess ot h a f ry and d stress, k lied the two b rds but he was too late to save h sch Id wl oded n a few botirs from tlie "ounds nil cted upon t It Yl!B a for lunate rcumstance that t d d not sur ve ts llJUr es a· s eye· ght had been to al y destroye l Jealousy · supposed o ha e been the mot e that n p lied the parro s lo th s unusual act of feroc ty as before the b rth of the nfant they I ad been much petted and care·sed and s nee that t me they had been compara ely neglected Bo ma le 10 2mos. Farm Hand Wanted I 0 a. ke a stea.~y o king nan nma.r d who understands Fa.rm na- and Stock gene ~ y C!a ke I nsbp D c 3rd 1871 Ot MMEDIATELY by 111 Jobn llellwo d f CAWKER & BROS. a e ma.k ug g cat p epo. n.t on f t e EXlII:BITXON ha ng secu ed a a g numberfil the b t Oattle Sheep Lambs and Pork l A LITTLE MIXED Mun c pal mat ers are bv sundry pa I pu pos ly m xed " th as e pre surne th hope of so cntangl ng mattcni tha t w l be very d tlicult for the un ated to s<e through the maze and n e 1 gent].} shupe the r course ' ' e be eve ho ~ e hat a arel I read og of the ar e n our last ssuo under the capt o TH£ S TUATION w 11 greatly ad n mok ug ma ters plu n but as all may not have that paper at hand at be r sk of repent ng eome tl ngs p ev ously vr tten we call at teut ou to I e folio v ng -S nc~ our last sa e Mr McArthur bas s t ou an ad on Snbbath ne ng and at 6 30 R Cade DISCIPLES- Se 10 30.o tw e eve!') Sabbath ot THURSDAY 26TH no d e o o k u the m rnu g and 6 30 he e emng by E de L te Sun 111.y S boo at 230 n he~feru o;ri Notice to Cla.ima.n.ts. YOUNG l\IENS CHRISIIAN ltSSOCIA ed o t1 a.d er se nent Sta !or Cheap Dry E ery u an ho la 11. vote an bu} an Cub It n h s address exc I ent Over ont for $5 00 nt McCI ng tie e e y gen cman on my requ s t on ae. a sup ak por er of n SJ st m of the b a ke·t lam) The paragr.phfrom v.h ch Mr McArLhur 1uotes reads as follows Tl e members I fyrone ri e quest on s not be ~een b-Iess s of Tempe anco purpo·e g ag as usual a Cul t and McArthur t snot a quest on Tea o Cl r stmas Da Part ulars " l be be v.een Reformers and Conser at v s but mndc Kno v ----~~---and Ju t arr ved at Aud so Co s 3u cases ol Electors Rubbers and Felt Overshoes Call and Don tallow tho E ect on Exe temeut to See ad ert .sement cause yo to neg ect the barga ns now offer og at McCJuug Bros Campbell had du ng t en gb comp! n ed of be ng unwe I At five m nutcs to four be sad he would l ke o e do" n and Rllk ed Constable P ogle to come n anil fix up h s b ankets as he could no do t w b tie handcuffs on L ke an nsuap c ous chr st an the constuble p t e1 the I elpless s au p and we t n lhe oute yard door vas Jocked but he lock up door was opoa Wh le the constable du l tossed thelbuffu o and hlankete tba onat uted the pr sane ~ bed cloth ng he u et y a pped bch nd tbe offic al sprang tot the cell door pulled t after b m shot back the bolt and n one se ond Constab c Pr nglo recogn ed that the cell had exchanged occu pan s Ho Compbe 1 got over that sol d board fe e 1" an un11nsw erablc couundru n but he must be even an ore sk I ful gymnast than f r ge to do t Men went u sea ch and one man tracked h lll for a d s an e acro ss the head of the Sout 0 ha va l on b t after vards lost the t a l 1"1awph ll was brought p n Wh tb) and served an apprent cesh p at tl e drug bus uess +he s a regu ar sharper and t p ty he s loose on the count y a· AN EX.AMIN AT:CON' adm es on to th Bowma.nville High S w ll b led n the Schoo Builli ga TUESDAY December 8th n oo c BOWl\IANVII LE ed by J M Dougall P o<lu M han llOW!fANVILLE De 3rd 1874 Fall Wheat O 9 to LOO Sp ng What 0 85 0 90 Rye 065 0 06 Ba ey 09to100 Peas 0 65 to 0 70 Corr MARRIAGE LICENSES Oats But Dressec11Hog Po atoca C!O'<e Seed Sharp Co test .- M C ung Bros are deterru ned th ngs dur ng the next 30 days ON THll EDITORS TABLE Harpers Maga. ne for December 1s replete " th a g eat deal that s nterest ng and nstru t e An old fa ante and well known t w l be elcomed by all Con tents -The Aue ent C ty (Ill) Tl e com ng t ans t o! '\ en · Ill ) Decorat ve Art and Arch tecture 11 England (Ill) the Ballad of Breakneck (Ill) a splend d ro mance n poetr~ &c &c See advert sment of th s popular Maga z ne n anotl er column The P reno log cal Jo s an adm rable cloa ng number for the pre sent ye ta \Jou 1 I n p ofitahle su 0 ges t ons and p easant read ng There a e Jo tra ts and eket hes of Ill John S Bender of I d ana, and of Freder ck the G eat Pr nee Eugene Gustav s Ado phus Wa leu otein and the Old Dessuer also good b ts t Modero Proi:ress n the .Ad vane ng and Retreat ag Races an I Nat onal Type,._,, both ll straled Character Three fold · s ent fie expos t on of mental pheaou ena -Sp ntua E olut on an excellant esaay on the growth of moral thought Sex n Edu ca on p t n a 1 ht as log cal as humorous some of the ma n po nts nth s great contro ver y Only Tr Iles offers adn on t o of general appl cat on The Labor Proble n san enco rag ng v ew of that great paradox Agr culture as related to C v liMt on s true L tera y Sharks oho"s up the pla giansts n a ·trong ght Several good Poen s a e ·andw tcbed among the prose ar le Joron e Pr ngle s Pay day · also wortb. n cut on a.s a 1 vely soe al story Mentor al Department s unusually full and the whole numbercred table to the publish er Pnce 30 ente Subscr pt ons for 187 o are now n order at $3 00 Tue ALD NE FOR DECEllBE Th s K ng of the nontl I es s to hand for the present mo th and must cer · nly s rpr se all w th ts excellency 'I he No opens w th lo r splen 1 l engra ngs Spr ng Summer Autun aa I W nter full pa e p cture· of great bea tv Several otl er plates ado n tie No and the I teroture s fully up to the mark Hay ~~ 0 30to 03 0200025 650to700 OOOtoOOo 0 45to050 0 10 to 0 12 OOOt 000 10 00 to 12 00 Town Lots for Sale st of 'I T Co ema.n s :E o pa.rt culn.ra ap pJ y to E B CIJ de rm an Hampton to J M TORONTO lORONT() WO \ a.luable lown L s be ng :N ' o9 a l T To il e on om r of A bert and D ke S eets 40 n Bio k 13 n the n of Bo vmn.n ]al Wheat Spnng \Vheat De Ry Ba ey Peas Oat Know Ye Tl at for the next 30 days M Clung Bros v 11 sell out some I nes of Dresa Gooda &o rcgardlesa of cost Butter Egg· 3 d 1874 $094 olOO 09·to093 o oo to o 7o 08 0 1 08 0 8to080 043t 040 027t 030 060to065 023 o021i oOOto002 16 00 0 22 00 Bnma ombe Bowman lle No emb r 19 1874 m8 t to Parliament Potatoes Dre""ed Hoga 7 Oto775 Hay Wool DIED c 16 h No 0 a o lEMORANDUM " se ve must n and d g on g ve es ocerely hope c ded oppos on that n Jar 0 e maJor ty of the rate payeni w II show themsel vea on the a de of v rtue i;\ II ti e reader k nd y note that Mr McArthur fa! s nto a ser ous m stake H· char0 es us w th sa) ng (speak ng of h moelf) I b9eome the standard oearer of tie black est system of nfamy Vie do no s ch th g We sn d It s ccrta nly unfortu nate that Mr M Arthur sl ould he accept the pos t on offered h m should wppear as the standard bearer &c We used the vo d (!/) adv sedly \\Oil kno\I ng Mr Mc Artl ur bas no sympathy w th the y le th ng hence the unfortuuate character of h · pos ton be appears as "hat he a not We n our turn ask wh re the lack of Ab g days ·O k vas put n a Young & TOWNSHIP AFFAIRS Br tta us Pa k g Ho s th· veek T\\en ty on bea l of cat le averag ng 750 lbs We learn that a arm t me s l ected eacl ·ere k I e J anu dre sed s de of the com ng M n c pal E ect on and the e ght I ours by Mess ' ~ Arnold nnd Chas names of several pron uent ree dents are Cawker It n ent ontd as cand dates for I onors be ng only hearsay as ) et we ref a n f om say ng anytb ng th s week aa comm tet! u a A · lful n urder bawdy house n Brantford on Sundav morn ng last The ourderer · arrested Tak og ad antage of the depre sed s ate of the market the Don n on I rem e pur chased 40 000 tous of steel ra l to be used on the Pa Ii c Ra l\lay at $ 4 a ton-less than th~ pr cc of ron ra. ls a fti v uonths It has ne er fa l S DC an Joseph Don an I Maur ce V gnaux put up $250 each as a forfe t m a n a ch for N e Ad ert sen en t was rece ved too late the cha np onsh p and $2 000 t be p ayed tor h · ssue It " ll appear next week the first week n Jan ary The game s t I or 30 days ti ey are g ng precedented be 600 po nts Fr nch carom barga ns The Beecher T !ton tnal " l beg n on Tues lay next at leMt, so say· ti e counsel Soiree and Lectures W en tbe J Ub"' rcce ved the µtoll once he ordered ti at I 000 per ons be sum moned as a spec ·I p nel No doubt a y will be pro ured f om hat n mber l\Iayor Havemeyer of :New Yo k u ed sud enly n I s office ou Monday last The v c sa tudes of 1 fe ve e str k n0 y !lust at eu for about th t ne that be lied I s THE SABBATH SOHOOL ENSIGN lB an unsecta mn llustrated Month)) ed ted and p bhshed by C Ba ker .As ts t t e nd cates I a spec lly adapted fo Sabbath Schools The Ed tor l as been nt mately connec e<l. w th nore or les Sabbath School "ork e tber as a s ho a teache super ntendent or v s to hte l fe ong and at present tea l es u. B ble c ase n mber ng abouts "ty uembers he there lore cla me to havo some de· of what teachers, sen or scholars and the voun 0 er pup s req re and as f r as space adm ts he endeavors to meet those requ reruente We have been greatly encouraged by the num~rous compl mentary not ces sent for \\ard dunng the current year and hope n t e com ng ) car to m·ke the ENSIGN more "orthy the suppo t of our lei ow labo ers n Sabbath Schools. ntho7but HDeyangd m66n c STRAYED If) ou \\ant Good Bread Use ti e ~uunoml Bo man e No ember 5th ~ea$t ~alte~ 10 tf WANTED IMMEDIATELY il'PRI :N1ICE A Nnakng A y Bowmo.n t 1 M Wa I L COllliISJ:f 3 d 1874 Pr ce 30 els per year post pa <l n par eels of 5 10 lo 20 and so on Spec men cop es sent free on opp cat on A Monthly Supplement con ta n ng note· on the Sabbath S boo! Leesons" I be sent out grat s '\\ h each JS o of the EN s GN for 1870 Now s the t me to send order or 1875 The cash may be rem tt don or be fore ti e rece pt of the fi st pa cl STltAYED. ~ 8th Unquestionably the Best Susta.med Work of the kmd In the World Harper's l\lagamine . I l\IARK MUNDY Lot No 1 2nd C N a M D ugal s Milts 1874 10 3 n ILLUSTATED No u of u P M AUCTION OF he even ng the ne ly c ec ed May r 1 au H W ckham s en erta ned at a d nntir n Delmon cos H red fema e help s ve y s arce n Ua ada and t · w b Lhe utmost d tfi u ty that a competent g rl can b pro red as u domes A other tale s to cro8' the border however fo the other day the New York Ile ald con tu ed lo r h ndred adver CiTSubscr hers who are U arre· S for the la;t Volume of th s I aper w ll confer a favor by call ng a d se ti ag Mani '! h Sub be la ns u led M L m ckles make a muck e s an old say ng ba ks J to offe fo Sa e on spec a ly app cable to our b s ness Par SATURDAY, Dec I es ndebted to us for JOb vork and ad e · ng " I also plea"' tak the hint N cho a ~ lood Dav u has bee e gaged by the Sons of Te npe ance to del er a Lecture n he To~ o Hall t s even ng SubJ Tl e Engl sh House of Com 'I Le Lectur r ll d w com par sons E gland · nd Canada s Jeadwg States n n and m tate t e manner ot ~ on wb t ~ e kno\\ of Ill r Dav n a ten SE'r ants have d n twenty fou Even n C a.0 0 ber ol the Trib one ha RELIGIOUS SERVICES How to Treat a Presect I er w Goo le b h McO ten pc cent below Wife I son e of tho e un 0 B os a e se ost SUND \Y DECEl\IllER u h 1874 he nom na on for D SLADJi: N 28t · HARPJ R & BROTHER~ Ne Yo k n8 1 o 10