The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1916-10-26

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VOL.  NO. 8.
PIERZ, HORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, OCTOBER, 26,-1916.
NO. 19
The Golden
Heart
By BARBARA PHIPPS
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There has never been an invasion of
fln enemy's country that the Invader
has not made willing captives of a
number of tho daughters of tho region
invaded. During the war between the
states many a Union soldier wooed and
won a southern girl whose antagonism
against the Union armies was very
bitter. There seems to be something
in the social relations that defies the
horrors of war.
Lieutenant Joaquin Molina, a young
Spanish officer just out of his teens,
was during the last years of the last
century sent with his command to
Cuba. Those were the days when
General Weyler was attempting to
crush the Cuban revolution by execution and imprisonment, and both he
and Spanish soldiers were hated by the
downtrodden Cubans.
Lieutenant Molina was encamped
with his regiment near a sugar plantation owned by one Leandro Reyes. The
officers were received at the plantation
with civility, if not cordiality, for
Reyes did not care to antagonize them,
though his sympathies were all for
free Cuba. His daughter, Inez, a dark
eyed beauty of seventeen, saw Molina,
and notwithstanding she hated him as
an enemy of her country she fell at
once under the spell of love, a spell
that was mutual, for Molina reciprocated.
True, the lady did not at once acknowledge that she had given her heart
to tbe young Spaniard. Indeed, she was
struggling against her enthrallment.
It was not long before the two
passed from a mere acquaintance to
an acknowledgment of what they felt
for each other. Inez, though she admitted her passion for the young officer, refused to become his betrothed
on the ground that he was engaged In
the work of subjecting her countrymen to the yoke of the king of Spain.
He pleaded for her to at least withhold her decision till the war had ended, but she replied that the end of
the war, whatever it might be, would
not alter her decision.
When Molina's regiment was ordered to Santiago there was a sad parting
between the two, during which Iuea
gave way and told her lover that If
Cuba achieved her Independence he
might come back aud ask her again.
Encouraged by this, he took one kiss,
which she permitted, and tore himself
away. He left her a parting gift—a
little gold heart he wore on his watch
chain,
Molina fought at Santiago, and when
the end came he was shipped with his
regiment to Spain. He asked for leave
in order to visit Senorita Reyes, but,
owing to the terms of the surrender,
was unable to obtain one. He was
obliged to defer seeing her again for
a final reply to his proposition till he
had gone to Spain. Then, if necessary, he would resign his commission
in order to seek her.
When Lieutenant Molina readied
Madrid he found it impossible to obtain a leave to return to America. He
would have resigned his commission
in order to go and claim Inez, but his
mother dissuaded him.
"What!" she said. "Will you cross
the Atlantic to claim a girl you are
not sure of? If you resign from the
army what career have you? And you
will not find it pleasant to live on the
income furnished by your wife's father."
Molina w*s thus persuaded to put off
the matter so near his heart from day
to day. Mil at last, having thought less
and less of it, be drifted away from it
altogether. He was thrown In with
girls at home who desired the attentions of a young soldier who had been
through the last strugs'i\ to preserve
kCuba for Spain. In a few years he
Harried one of tbem, and his Cuban
finance was looked upon thereafter
|- a pleasant dream,
.Fifteen years passed. Molina had in
the meantime resigned from the army
rand had been elected a member of the
cortes. Ten years after his marriage
his wife died and left him a widower
without children. Fourteen years
after the close of the Spanish-American war he was appointed to a prominent place in the Spanish legation at
Washington. While thero he was one
night attending a reception of the
president and was introduced to a
lady of middle age who, though a native of tropical America, where women bloom and fade early, was still
beautiful. He did not catch her name,
but saw at once that there was Spanish blood in her veins.
"We have met before, senor," she
said.
"Indeed!" looking at her scrntiniz-
ingly.   "When?   Where?"
"In Cuba."
"I have not been to Cuba for fifteen
years. While there I met a number
of ladies."
"To one of them you gave a token."
"A token!"
"Yes."
Inserting her fingers under the neck
of her dress, she caught a chain and
drew forth attached to it a little gold
heart.
For a few moments Reyes looked at
it without remembrance concerning it.
Then it rushed upon him that he was
the donor.
"Inez!" he exclaimed. "Are you
married?"
"No. I have been waiting to give a
final answer to one who was to call
for it."
When Molina returned to Spain he
took with him tho daughter of the Cuban minister to the United States.
How Much Was
He Out?
Here is one by J. L. Judge,
which, he says made the rounds
50 years ago.
A counterfeiter bought a pair
of boots from a shoemaker and
handed him a $40.00 goldpiecc.
The shoemaker went to the
dry goods - man and got it
changed and handed the counterfeiter $33.00. The counterfeiter went his way with the
boots and change.
Later the dry goods man discovered that the gold piece was
no good and demanded his
money back from the shoemaker and got it. How much was
the shoemaker out?
The first 12 correct solutions
sent in will be published next
week.
Watch For Band
On Wild Ducks
The Low Cost
Of Living
Local Happenings    [Grain And Produce
Of the Week.
If you kill or capture a wild The high cost of living does
duck bearing an aluminum not effect Adam Becker's purse
band around one leg, having to a great extent. Suffering
a number on one side, and on with stomach trouble he was
the other a statement request- \ advised to abstain from heavy
ing that the United States De-. foods for two months or more.
HOLSTEIN PARK
The Scott threshing machine
and crew were in this neighborhood last week, and threshed for J. 'A. Sanborn, Alvah
Martens and J. R. Taylor.
Mrs. F. C. Sornne, and Miss
Nellie Martens visited at T. S.
Laak's last Friday.
Mr. Cadwell of Windom,
Minn., spent a few days here
last week, looking after his
farm, and visited at the Taylor
and Martens homes.
Chas. Sanborn was a Hillman visitor Monday.
Raymond Thompson visited
the Dorman boys Saturday.
Miss Cora Bredfield visited
Miss Nellie Martens   Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess King and
children called at E. M. Thompson's Sunday afternoon. Also
Alvah and Edwin Martens.
Mrs. Chas. Sanborn and Miss
Cora Bredfield visited at Mrs.
Ford's at Sullivan Lake Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Thompson and Rubyj
were callers at the Sorum home :
Saturday.
Donald Taylor went to Hill-!
man Friday forenoon. He I
took Mr. Cadwell to the   train.'
Mr. G. King has been laid up
since last Sunday night, when
he was kicked by a horse, and:
had.three ribs broken.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence King
and baby returned home    last;
Friday from    Buffalo,    where]
they have been living the past'
season.
Mrs. E. Perkins, daughter
Alice and son Frank called at
Jess King's Sunday morning.'
They were enroute to Sullivan, to visit Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Kramer.
Mr. Dorman and Warren
were digging potatoes for Francis Bugbee Friday.
Our warm weather has taken
a severe cold. Hope winter has
not come yet.
Pierz visitors Wednesday
were F. C. Sorum, L. Dorman,
H. H. Sanborn and E. M.
Thompson.
Jess King is visiting relatives and friends in Iowa.
Sam Martens and Merle
Look, who have been working
near Windom for the past two
months, returned home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sanborn
were out riding Thursday forenoon.
John Ferguson called at E.
M. Thompson's Sunday.
partn.ent of Agriculture or Biological Survey, be notified, you
are requested to send this band
at once to the Bureau of Biological Survey, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
This band, if accompanied by
a statement as to date, place,
and circumstances under which
the bird was taken will be of
service to the survey in its efforts to determine the longevity of individual ducks and the
routes of migration of the species. The bands are being attached to considerable numbers
of wild duck of several species
which iiave been cured of the
duck sickness prevalent around
Great Salt Lake, Utah, and
there released. The department is particularly anxious to
secure reports from these birds
to determine their complete recovery from this malady which
has killed hundreds of thousands of ducks in Utah.
The two months have expired.
During these two months he
hasn't eaten a mouthful of
meat, nor potatoes. Nothing
more than milk and an occassional eggnog has passed | his
lips. And yet he does farm
work and says he never felt so
well as he does on this diet
which costs him considerably
less than $1.00 a week.
How easy it would be to bust
the meat trust if everybody
would follow Adam Becker's
method of living.
Retired Farmers
Little Falls Thirty
Years Ago
(From the Transcript of October 13, 1886.)
Hon. N. Richardson returned
on Thursday from Mille Lacs
lake, were he went on the invitation of the chiefs and braves
to attend the meeting between
the Indians and the government commissioners who are
attempting to get the tribe to
remove to White Earth. No
agreement was arrived at and
it is probable that these Mille
Lacers will insist on remaining
at their present place.
Wilson & Peavey, the Royalton lumbering firm, has sent a
large crew of men to its camps
on Platte river.
Gil Hanson will immediately:ment he may liever have madc
commence work on a large dam I a dollar net 0H tne farm- rha(
across the Platte river, just be- j particular farm may even be
low the Gravel dam. producing no more than it pro-
A drove of about 50 yoke o«'.duced tnirty years ago, and
oxen passed through town forT?»V_.. owner may be able to
the lumber woods yesterday.
The country is pretty liberally sprinkled with retired
farmers, but a correspondent
points out that in nearly every
case they have probably retired
not as farmers, but as landowners—that is, the capital which
enabled them to retire accrued
not from the profits of farming,
but from the enhanced value
of farm land. There are about
2.500,000 tenant farmers, but a
retired tenant farmer, we believe, is a very rare bird. About
as rare a bird, we imagine, is
the farmer who has accumulated from the profits of his farming operations sufficient capital
on which to retire.
The profits of farming, of
course, constantly capitalize
themselves in the, market value of farm lands, and the rental value rises proportionately
with the farm. . A man may
have taken a half- section oi
Kansas land thirty years age
and actually spent sinee then
every net dollar it produced,
yet now be able to retire in very
comfortable circumstances. Indeed,    through    poor manage:
Soo Will Build
Heavier Bridge
A steel bridge with concrete
abutments will soon replace the
wooden structure built ten
years ago at the crossing of the i
retire.
It is true, therefore, that the
number of retired farmers is no
indication of the amount of net
savings from farming operations.—-Saturday Evening Post.
The Missing Link
At last the missing link—not
i the one    Darwin   sought,    and
railroads a mile west of Albany.' mourned because   he found    it
FARMER GORED BY BULL
The wooden bridge was built
at the time of the building of
the branch of the Soo through
that section ten years ago. To
comply with the law, the wooden structure must be replaced
by one of a more durable material after ten years of service.
The bridge Jias a length of
450 feet.    A side track will be '•
built for the use    of
not, but one of vastly more importance locally—has been discovered and is rapidly developing and taking its place in a
strong continuous chain. That
space that was between upper
and lower town is about filled
with residences which makes
a sound and complete Pierz.
Good and wholesome nourishment is gradually expanding
a steam | tlie wajst iine. She is taking on
Al. Smith and Math. Karst returned Sunday morning from
Mayville, N. D., Crops were
poor there tbey say. Thousands of acres were not worth
cutting and were plowed under and seeded to rye.
Ten straw votes taken at the
Pierz hotel yesterday gave Wilson 8 and Hughes 2. Too many
straw heads.
A. W. Cook of Minneapolis
md C. H. Grest of Little Falls
lelivered and sold nursery here
Tuesday.
Peter Thommes wrote from
Alberta that frost had killed
a good part of his grain. He
wrote September 10th that the
Harvesting would begin the following day. And now he reports
che frost. According to that
_rost must have came about the
middle of September.
Barney Burton and Frank
Faust made a trip by auto to
Lake Traverse last week to
hunt ducks.
About  one  more  week
finish up threshing.
will
Market Report
'Vheat, No. 1, $1.60
Wheat, No. 2     1.75
Wheat, No. 3       1.69
Flax,        2.45
Barley       80 85
Rye    1.24
Oats      46
EarCorn       72
Hay     7.UQ
Butter, Creamery ..       37
Dairy       27
ffiggfs       26
Plour.Royal      5.10
"    White Rose      5.0.
t-ow grade flour 2.(0
Bran . - 1.45
shorts   _- 1.55
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.60
Ground Feed  1.50
Beans       5.00
Onions        60
C. H. Wright, a farmer living
near Pillager, was attacked-by
a bull in his barn yard Saturday and was severely injured
before the infuriated animal
was driven off by a dog belonging to the family.
Mr. Wright was found lying
in the field by members of the
family, unable to raise himself,
and was carried into his home
and a physician summoned. His
injuries are said to be serious,
but his recovery is expected.
HILLMAN
We wish to congratulate Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Penniman on
the arrival of a son October 17.
The first snow of the season fell last week Thursday.
There was plenty of free snowballing.
The town board met Thursday to look over roads.
Those attending the dance
at Jim Love's Saturday evening enjoyed a fine time.
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Drews took
supper at Aug. Drew's   Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Drews
made a trip to Holdingford
Monday, returning the next
day.
shovel to fill in the cut. Con- fat
crete abutments will be built on i An aviator passing over us
either side of the Great North-! w°uld have no trouble reading
ern track a_d a steep span will "J ggftKtf^ffiS*
be laid to span the gap. ola dot on the Soo Line he
  would at once see   an    !    No,
ROBBED   FRIEND  YEARS  AGO.  Pierz has an S crook in its body
  and he might take it for   a    ?
Wichita    (Kan.)    Banker   Hears    From    and COllie down and  ask     ques-
Man Whom  He Never Suspected. tionS.
Wichita, Kail.—Thirty-six years ago
A. ,7. Hargis. vice president of the Se
rarity State batik of this city, spent
the night in a Medicine Lodge hotel
with a young friend who had com.
west, with him to make a fortune. In
the night their room was entered, and
Hargis was minus .$14 in the morning.
He had forgotten the incident, becoming wealthy in the meantime, but
the other day a letter came from the
former bed mate telling him that his
conscience would no longer permit him
to live in peace until he had confessed
that he was the robber. The letter
stated that the writer didn't have the
$14 handy now, but would send it soon.
LITTLE GIRL STRUCK BY AW
AUTOMOBILE
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WED
And Each Acted as Matron of Honor
For the Other.
Milwaukee, Wis.—Mother was matron of honor for her daughter, and
then daughter reciprocated at Wan-
kegan, according to announcement
made here by tha family of Mrs. An-
netta Zerwis.
Mrs. Zerwis was married to William
H. Allen of Watertown, N. Y., by Justice J.   V.  Balz,  and then the justice
St. Cloud:    Helen Wire, the
.five-year-old  daughter    of Mr.
and Mrs. Warren    Wire,    was
struck by an automobile while
on her way to school at 12:30
o'clock this afternoon.   The lit-
'tie girl was crossing the street
at the corner of Fifth avenue
and  St.  Germain  street.     The
icar which struck her was one
; belonging to  the Standard Oil
''Co.    The girl was immediately
I taken to the home of her par-
i ents,  where  a  physician    was
1 called.    She is not seriously injured, although she will be confined to her bed    for    several
days.
The man who has a big acre
yield usually has big acres.    .
J. N. Rauch had to climb to
the top of the fence when a
frisky young steer put down his
head and made a run for him
in the stock yards Wednesday
morning.
P. L. Poster and A. M. Rauch
went to South St. Paul with
four cars of stock Wednesday.
Ed. Keefer and family of
Adams, Minn., came here by
auto last Friday evening and
visited with the Leo Buhr family. They went to Wadena from
nere and will again stop here
a few days on their return trip.
Fred Terhaar of Bengaugh,
Sask..- v4s_ted-his parents here
a few days this week. Fred recently resigned his position
in Bengaugh and intends to accept a position with the David-
ons in Winnipeg.
It seems that the Pierz boys
are not very powerful smokers.
J. C. Doherty has closed his
cigar factory and gone to Milwaukee to-work in a cigar factory. He is the second cigar
manufacturer who has left this
fallow smoke for greener pastures.
John Hoppe and wife of West
Sullivan were business callers
in our village Tuesday.
John Mischke of Backman
was in our village Tuesday on-
business.
H. J. Terhaar, cashier of the
bank at New Munich, had the
misfortune to fall downstairs
at his home and break a leg.
Mr. Terhaar is well known
here.
E. J. and C. N. Nelson of
Platte returned from Air, N. D.,
last Monday where they had
been working.
Wm. Huver harvested a large
crop of turnips this year. He
exhibited some that weighed 12
pounds.
C. Riedlechner of Bush had
planted seven acres of potatoes
this year that yielded over six
hundred bushels, which he
sold for 95 cents per bushel.
J. J. Hennen of St. Paul was
an over Sunday visitor at the
home of his father, Nick Hennen.
Math Ruppert of Richmond,
Minn., has been spending a few
days in the village in the interest of the St. Paul "Wanderer."
Saturday an d Sunday quite a
few candidates for office were
callers in the village.
Alfred Wermerskirchen left
for Duluth the first part of the
week. He will stay at_ the
home of his sister, Mrs. John
Feider, and attend the Brothers' school.
Six reels of picturs will
be shown at Faust's Opera
House Sunday Oct. 2Sth.
SULLIVAN
C. E. Look was a Hillman
jailer  last Wednesday.
Dr. M. Dormitt and sons of
iViinneapolis are camping at the
A. W. Cook place. The ducks
will have to watch out now.
Mrs. Tom Smith and children
vvere visitors at the H. C. Smith
home Tuesday.
Mrs. Frank Sims spgnt
Wednesday with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Miss Pleasant Look left for
Pierz Thursday and visited with
.he Joe Bollig family until Saturday.
Chas Scott finished threshing
ai this vicinity Wednesday and
.eturned home Thursday.
Lawrence Kramer was a Hillman caller Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jefferies who
have beo,n stopping at Camp
linnehan returned home Saturday.
Messrs. Lufkins and Boyd of
St. Cloud are camping on Rock
lake.
Visitors at T. S. Look's Sunday were E.-M. Thompson, Miss
Fern Day and Mrs. C. E. Look
and children.
Earl and Anna Smith were
callers at Tom Smith's Sunday.
Merle Look and Sam Martin
returned home from Northern
Minesota Sunday.
Callers at C. E. Look's Sunday were Tom Randal, Sam and
3dwin Martin, Pleasant Look
and Mrs. Lawrence Kramer.
The hunters from Crookston
camping on Squaw point returned home Monday with a
fine bunch of ducks.
John Smith and Ross Adams were Vineland callers
Monday afternoon.
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
Happenings of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience of the
Busy Reader.
Six reels of  pictures  will
performed the other ceremony  which    fe       j t    F      st>B    Opera
united Miss Vceba  Muriel Zer win to x
William l. McGiymi of Seattle. House Sunday Oct. 29tl).
Mrs.
visiting
Duluth.
Frank    Zuleger    is
her    daughters   in
_.EW STEAM AUTO
IS   A    SUCCESS
As a result of prolonged experiments, a Detroit inventor
nas developed a steam-power
>n_6bile which seems to ob;
date most of the objections usually presented by vehicles of
is type. In a general way it
mbodies many of the best features of both gas and steam
_ars. By turning a switch and
opening the throttle, the car is
started almost instantly. There
are no gears, levers, or clutch
to operate, while unlimited
iiexibility is afforded. From a
nail's pace to a'speed of 80
miles an hour, the car is said
to run practically without engine vibration. There is no
noise, and nothing to watch but
the road. So far as appearance
?s concerned, the machine
would ordinarily be mistaken
for a gasoline car. Fourteen
miles can be covered with a
gallon of kerosene. The steam
is condensed, after being used,
and saved. This makes it possible to travel from 1,300 to 2,-
A00 miles without replenishing
the water supply. The fuel is
vaporized, mixed with air in a
"arburetor. heated and burned
in a specially designed combus-
on chamber. A small electric
blower supplies the necessary
volume of air, while the igni-
";on is accomplished electrically. The latter is the striking
feature of the system, for it relieves the driver of the necessity of giving attention or labor
to the matter of firing the boiler. In case the car stands inactive for several days, about a
minute and a half is required in
starting it. If, however, it has
merely been idle overnight., or
r'nrin-g a corresponding period
it starts at once. The car is described in the November Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Fire in the Armour Packing company's establishment at Duluth caused
$100,000 damage.
Mrs. Honora McCarthy, widow or
John McCarthy, a resident of Winona
since 1857, is dead.
Mrs. F. B. Wright, eighty-three years
old, one of the most widely known pioneers of Winona, is dead.
Selwin P. Coffrain, aged forty, Brainerd business man, was drowned in
Lake George while hunting.
Cholera is raging among swine in
Manchester township, Freeborn coun-;
ty, according to veterinarians.
Miss Louise F. Smith, who reached
Minneapolis in 1855 and taught one of
the first private schools in that city,
is dead.
Raymond H. Camp, Minneapolis advertising man, was instantly killed
when an automobile which he was
driving overturned.
Mrs. Dar S. Hall is dead at her
home in Olivia. She reached Renville
county in 1869 and settled in Beaver
Falls, then the county seat.
The body of Mrs. Anna Hokoff,
twenty-eight years old, was found
hanging by a towel from a gas jet
in her home at Minneapolis.
Albert Baillargeon, nine years old,
was thrown from his bicycle at Minneapolis and crushed to death under
the wheels Of a passing truck.
Twenty carloads of dill pickles have
been shipped from Dassel this season.
Before the end of the year the season's output will reach forty carloads,
it is estimated.
Nels Olson, president of the Johnson-Olson Grain company and one of
the earliest members of the Minneapolis chamber of commerce, is dead,
aged fifty-eight.
R. W. Ashton, fifty-five years old, a
retired banker of Minneapolis, is dead
at La Jolla, Cal., from injuries suffered when his automobile plunged off
a grade and fell fifty feet.
Two prisoners sawed their way to
freedom from the Steele county jail
at Owatonna, took an automobile
owned by County Superintendent of
Schools Mort and escaped.
W. B. Thornton, superintendent of
the Owatonna public schools, was
elected president of the Southern Minnesota Teachers' association at the
thirtieth annual convention at Mankato.
Double funeral services were held
at Stillwater for Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Chatterton, pioneer residents of that
city, whose deaths occurred within a
few hours. Each was eighty-four years
of age.
With a $100,000 goal in mind St.
Cloud campaigners began a ten-day
canvass for the erection of a civic
center building and a gymnasium and
the establishment. of recreation
grounds.
Dr. James B. Gould, well known
Minneapolis physician, was fbund dead
in bed at his home. Dr. Gould was a
native Minnesotan, having been born
in Eden Prairie, Hennepin county,
fifty-six years ago.
Industrial Workers of the World declare that their work on the iron range
has just begun. They intend not only
to continue work among the miners,
but will devote much time to the organization of the men who work in
the woods.
St. Cloud was chosen as the 1917
meeting place of the League of Minnesota Municipalities at the closing
session of the fourth annual convention at Red Wing. Corporation Counsel O. H. O'Neill of St. Paul was
elected president.
Leonidas Merritt, commissioner of
public utilities of Duluth, is seriously
ill. Mr. Merritt was one of the earliest settlers of Northern Minnesota
and is a veteran of the Civil war. "He
is largely interested in lumbering and
iron mining in this state.
Lieutenant John S. Pringle, a graduate of Central high school at St. Paul
and a son of Rev. John Pringle, former pastor of the Goodrich Avenue
Presbyterian church at St. Paul and
later connected with Macalester college, was killed in action in France.
District schools at Dukeman and
Neutral have been closed following
an infantile paralysis investigation
conducted in Crow Wing county at the
solicitation of the farmers in Garrison
and Maple Grove townships. Quarantine regulations have been established.
Alfred G. Snow is dead at Champlin
at the age of seventy-six. He was a
member of Company A, Ninth Minnesota, and was mustered out in July,
1865, after three years of service. Later he was with the Sibley Indian expedition and the volunteer army in the
South.
Private Harry Coalter of Company
B, Seventh United States infantry,
whose mother resides at Mankato,
this state, was killed at Los Angeles,
Cal., while ftding on a heavy army
truck. Coalter lost his balance while
waving at friends and fell beneath the
wheels.
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