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ELLE PRESTON was the pretty B daughter of a wealthy father, so, naturally, she did not lack for lov ers—scores of them. leon Farrel had been her champion knight ever since he drew her to school on a bright red sled, which was the envy of the other lads— Both the sled and its occupant, for that matier. She had aceepted him as her Valentine -@very vear since they first knew when St, Valentine's Day came, and a rocsewood box. dedicated to her choicest treasures, contained a puackage of flowers, cupids and doves bound by a ribbon tied in a true lover's knot. ILeon’s valentines were carefuily preserved-—every one—while the gthers. which she received without num- Ber, were carelessly thrown aside, or giv en fo delight the hearts of her younger sisters, Straws show which way the wind Blows, it is often said, and perhaps it is true; but I am quite sure that neither of the young people noticed which way these siraws of love-making were point fng until Belle was sixteen, and Leon four years older—almost of age, as he proudly xsai(}. g * It happened in this way—the old, old way in which love awakens by jealousy. A handsome engineer, named George Wilde, came to the town, in the employ of the proposed railroad company. At tracied by Belle's piguant beauty, he paid der marked attentions, to the great dis gust o 1 her would-be admirers—of Leon Faggpel in particular. '.!'tn‘n they had their first quarrel, and it ended much more happily than such af fairs venerally do. 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While Belle's parents were wealthy, i he had his own way to make in the world, wvanless vou ecan call a faint hope that he ~cherished of being heir to his bachelor mncle, John Hanson, “'great expectitions.” When Mrs, Farrel, in fear and trem ling, notified this uncle of Leon’s wishes, as she did as soon as she knew it her sself, she received a short, crisp letter in wreply. “If my nephew Leon pleases me in ev -eryv respect, he will be my heir,” it ran. “¥ have seen enough of the danghters of -wealthy men—heartless creatures!—and the first thing that I shall require of him §s to take a wife of my seleetion. But ¢here is time enough for that ten years €rom now. Send the boy to me. Hard wwork will cure his fancy. “JOHN HANSON.” YT.eon went to his uncle's obediently af ¢er an interview with Belle, in which both promised eternal fidelity after the man wer of lovers, and, as soon as he was Initiated into his business, his uncle came %0 consult with the anxious mother. Almost as soon as he was iWthe house Belle went tripping by, with a bright ssmile for “Leon's mother.” It was then that he first saw his ne phew’s choice, and, while his heart cer—l tainly beat faster for a moment, his lips closed in such a resolute way that Mrs. | Farrel, watching anxiously, knew that the last hope for Belle had fled. | “Well?” she said, as the girl passed out ! of sight, unmindful of the effect she had | produced. 1 “It is well that I came,” he returned] grimly. “Like mother, like daughter, I say. and she is the very image of her mother at her age. She—well, to tell you ' the plain truth, Mary, she jilted me. I proposed to her by valentine, and she answered only by insolent silence.” : “Perhaps she never got it,” suggested Mrs. Farrel. | “Pho! of course she got it. I left it on 1‘ the parlor mantel at her father’s house myself—the very house where she lives now. I was such a bashful fool that I didn’t dare give it to her, and I wouldn’t trust it to the mail, it was so very pre cious!” he concluded sarcastically, angry at the remembrance of his folly. “Did she never mention it?”’ asked Mrs. Farrel, with womanly curiosity. “No, why should she?’ he ejaculated in self scorn. “Silence was to mean refusal; it was the easiest way, I thought. She was silent, so of course I was rejected.” “And she is Belle’'s mother? You are sure?”’ she questioned again. “As sure as I want to be. Let’s talk of something else; it's no use to open old graves to look at lost loves. Tl'll keep Leon busy enough to make him forget that pretty face—if I work him to death,” and, by his stern face, he seemed capa ble of doing even that. Mrs. Farrel sighed, but was wisely si lent. Meanwhile Belle went home all uncon scious of the faet that her face had seal ed her fate, so far as John Hanson could ~control it. - Her mind was filled with the one idea that St. Valentine's Day was rapidly ap proaching, and she must prepare a suit able message to gladden Leon’s heart. At home she found the house in a de | lightful state of confusion. ~ *“We thought to surprise you, my dear,” ' said Mrs. Preston, as she entered. ‘‘But the workmen were delayed until after noon, and so things are as you see them. You have wished for folding doors be tween these rooms so often that we de cided to put them in.” | Belle paused in the door to look around. A man was just removing the mantel from the place which it had occupied for vears. Something large and white fell to the floor, and Belle picked it up, a curi ous smile dimpling her face. “Jt is—it is a valentine,” she cried, turn ing it over and over, as she looked at the embossed turtle doves, which were seem ingly billing and eooing in the happiest way possible. *“*Whose can it be? Why, the date is twenty vears old. And the name—is it yours, mamma? It has never been opened.” “Mine? No, my dear, I—why, it is your Aunt Nettie's,” turning to her sis ter, who was entering, a woman as nearly her counterpart as a sad spinster could be like a rosy matron. It had always been a mystery to Mrs. Preston that she never married, but the swift change that swept her face at that moment revealed the secret in part. “I.et me have it,” she said falteringly, extending a shaking hand, while her voice thrilled with the hopes and fears of years. “I may see it, and read it, promise me that, Auntie,” Belle demanded, holding it above her head. “Yes, and if it is what I think, T ‘will tell you a story of long ago,” she prom ised hesitatingly, then left the room, fol lowed by amazed and amused glances, Need T tell you that the strangely re covered valentine was the lost offer of marriage from John Hanson? When impatient Belle knocked at the door an hour later, she was admitted, and wisely appeared not to notice the red eyes and agitated manner of her aunt. “But vou loved him, Auntie?’ she ques tioned., when she had listened to the story. “He—he is L.eon’s uncle.” “Yes, T lovea him, dear, and Leon is as like him as you are like what I was then —see here,” and she placed a miniature likeness of herself, at “sweet sixteen,” in Belle's hand. ‘ “Why, it is me,” declared the astonish od girl, “only I never dressed so. Do I look so much like you, Auntie? I thought that I resembled mamma.” - “So you do, but your mother and I look ; ed very much alike then, although I have changed more than she,” sighed the spin ster. “Do—do you love him now?’ asked Belle softly. »1 have never loved another man,” an swered her aunt with evasive truthful ness, “He thought, of course, that vou refus ed him when you did not arswer what vou did not receive,” Belle went on. “Does he know that you never married?” “No,” and the faded cheek flushed pain fully., *1 sent him one of your mother's wedding cards, and he thought that it was mine.” “He is not married either. People say he is a regular woman hater. Oh, Auntie! Do you suppose—do you think——"" Belle taltered and stopped, her eyes finishing the uestion eagerly. - 2 think—ll suppose nothing,” replied the older woman with sad deecision. *“What l right have 1 to cherish a hope now?” and she touched the brown hair which shaded her brow. so threaded with the silver of vears., “I am glad to find this, though— glad to know that 1 did not give my love unsought.” Belle stole away silently, leaving her with her thoughts of other days. A des perate plan was forming in her daring voung brain. That night, after the others were fast asleep, she sat by her desk in the privacy of her chamber. It was a sober, thoughtful face which rested in the pink palms, as she leaned her elbows upon the desk, and her eyes were very dreary. ‘‘Perhaps he hates me because I look like Auntie,” she mused. “Perhaps he thinks that T will jilt Leon | —the idea! If he knew just how things are—perhaps—l don’t believe but what— l_vos. I'll risk it. No one need know it I'll get the old valentine, borrow it from Auntie. and send it to him, telling him how it was found. Of course he will re turn it if requested.” She stole across the wide hall, opened her aunt's door noiselessiy, and stepped in. The gas was still burning, and the spinster had fallen asleep in her easy chair. her hand resting upon the precious valentine, which had solved a mystery of her life. There was a smile about her patient mouth, and traces of tears upon her faded cheeks. It seemed almost sac rilege to draw the missive cautiously from beneath her caressing touch, but Belle did it, and crept back to her own room without detection. She directed her pret tiest envelope plainly to John Hanson, slipped the valentine into it, and sat down to write the explanation. MEMORIAL TO LINCOLN, WOVEN IN SILK. Mrs. Ida Shepard of Chicago possesses a memento of Abraham Lincoln which is reproduced herewith. The original is a piece of silk a foot square, on which is woven a likeness of Lincoln in black surrounded by a number of symbolical ob jects and patriotic inscriptions, some of them in colors. An inscription in the mar gin in minute letters reads: “Jordan Tchapp, Basle, Switzerland, 1866.” This seems to indicate that it was woven in Basle, and if'it was it is possible there are other copies in existence. Mrs. Shepard herself knows almost nothing of its his tory. It was a present from some unknown person to her father, Peter S. Hoff man, twenty-five years ago; and both donor and recipient have now passed away without leaving any clew whatever to its further history. It consists, as is sug gested, of three vertical bands of heavy silk, on the middle of which is all the pic torial part. This band is white and the other two bands are black, indicating that the work was in memory of Lincoln’s death. “Now I'll post it before my courage fails,” she said, as she ran down to the letter box. The postman came presently, and the act was beyond recall. The next morning— Valentine's Day— dawned as clear and beautiful as many ardent hopes were before the white-doved envelopes had ceased their rounds. John Hanson sat by his office fire, with the discontent which always returned with each anniversary of the day. The door opened, and the office boy entered with a knowing grin upon his amused face, to hand the merchant a large envel ope covered with ceoing doves! “Valentine, sir?”’ he said questioningly. «“What if it is? Get out of here,” growled his master, and he left the room in double quick time. As soon as he was alone John Hanson opened the envelope carefully, although he deliberately broke the two doves which formed the seal. The first object that met his eves was his own offer of mar riage, made twenty years ago—how sen timental it was! Yet it moved his heart strangely. Next ecame Belle's explanation—that was clear cnough, yet he could hardly understand it. It took him some time to connect the two, and to realize just what it all meant to him. "FThen he sprang to hig feet in a very youthful way, ran his fingers through his hair until it resem bled porcupine’s quills, and danced, actu ally waltzed around the room, until his coat tails stood out straight, and the office boy. peering in, told his fellows that the “boss was going mad, sartin, crazy as a March hare.” Seizing his hat he dashed into the outer room, where L.eon was at work at long rows of tigures. “Put that up,” he commanded, as he stopped beside him. *“Get your hat and come with me.” I.eon obeyed in wonder, and the cars coon left them near his own home. His uncle hurried him by, and only stopped when they reached Mr. Preston’s gate. “There!” he cried, facing him for an excited second. **Call me what you please. An old fool is no worse than a young one, I suppose. Give yvourself to Miss Belle as a valentine if you want to, but remem ber you won't have all of my money. My wife must have her share.” Then the door was opened by Belle, smiling and dimpling, but with suspicious- Iy wet eyes. She understood the situation and led John Hanson to the little room where her unconscious aunt sat at her work, “John!?? “Nettie!” That was all that she heard as he clos ed the door., and ran back to Leon. John IHanson had returned the lost val entine again. What passed in that little room is a problem that curiosity may not solve, but & e | ['__;7=.=_______-_—__-—-,== s VLI SsR T M ‘ egj’,; 1? o) ‘,:‘». ';;’ 7';“ .l'iirah \jﬂ_\_ &Y 4 %//' - : .- 2 b g \ \\_ / SN £ W 4 HIS OWN OFFER OF MARRIAGE. a space of twenty years of bitter misun derstanding was bridged, and two hearts were reunited. What though the sweet springtime of life was past?—love is made for eternity. Belle has never regretted her share in the matter, and she has no need to. She will soon be Leon’s wife, with the cordial consent of all concerned. What more can she wish for?—Ladies’ World. 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Through him the soil of labor shines henceforth High o’er the silken broideries of kings. Born of the people, well he knew to grasp The wants and wishes of the weak and small. Therefore we hold him with no shad owy clasp; Therefore his name is household to us all. LINCOLN AS A LAWYER. His Example Is Worthy of Emulation b¥ Attorneys Generally. Lincoln had certain rules of guidance as a lawyer that some of our disciples of Blackstone might profitably copy after to-day. In some notes made for a law lecture in 1850 he says: “Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser—in fees, ex penses and waste of time. As a peace maker the lawyer has a superior oppor tunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. ‘““Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. Who can be more nearly a fiend than he who habitually overhauls the reg ister of deeds in search of defects in L] ; il s =il ST e || [peka g =|| R e e, S 5 e, g Re A 3o T A 2 P ....";“ \:«;~ . ff;ﬁi:f;" { e R SN 7 = ‘w“ Ve '—,—dii!“ A B % & ____ANl _— = S e=B E—_ F &= . .= - -5 titles, whereon to stir up strife, and put money in his pocket? A moral tone ought ‘ to be infused into the profession which should drive such men out of it.” | He carried out this in his practice. | “Who was your guardian?’ he asked a young man who came to him to complain that a part of the property had been with held. *Enoch Kingsbury,” replied the young man. | “I know Mr. Kingsbury,” said Lincoln, “and he is not the man to have cheated yvou out of a cent, and I can’t take the case, and advise you to drop the subject.” And it was dropped. *“We shall not take your case,” he said to a man who had shown that by a legal technicality he could win property worth S6OO. *“You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right. We shall not take your case, but will give you a little adviee for which we will charge you nothing. You seem to be a sprightly, energetic man; we would advise you to try your hand at making S6OO in some other way.” Where he saw injustice he was quick to offer his services to the wronged party. LINCOLNIANA., Some of the Many Wise fayings of the Martyred War President. ¢ Epigram was Lincoln’s way of speech, “whether in conversation or in set rhetoric. i He had a way of putting things in telling nuggets. A few of his many notable say i ings are the following: Let none falter who thinks he is right. If slavery is not wrong, then nothing is wrong. With malice toward none, and charity for all. Come what will, I will keep my faith with friend and foe. There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. All that I am, all that I hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. I authorize no bargains for the presi dency, and will be bound by none. No man is good enough to govern an other without the other’s consent. Gold is good in its place, but living, patriotic men are better than gold. For thirty years I have been -a temper ance man, and am too old to change. 1 believe this Government cannot per manently endure half slave and half free. Nowhere in the world is presented a government of such liberty and equality. Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature—opposition to it in his love of justice. LAWYER LINCOLN. WISCONSIN SOLONS R R e LD & Joseph V. Quarles was unanimously se-. lected by the Republican caucus for the United States senatorship Monday night, the names of Babcock, Stephenson, Cook and Webb being withdrawn at the open ing of the caucus. No sooner had the roll been called when the evening session of the caucus convened than Assemblyman Zinn of Milwaukee, who left Quarles early in the contest and went to Stephenson, asked for recognition by the chairman and withdrew Stephenson’s name, stating that the members who had supported the Marinette man were free to vote for whom they pleased and that he was going to vote for Quarles. Senator McGillivray then withdrew the name of Babcock and informed the members who had stood by him that they were free to vote for any other candidate. Assemblyman Williams withdrew the name of Cook and Senator Holton announced that the name of Webb would be withdrawn and moved that the nomination of Quarles be made unani mous. Senator Green of Milwaukee in sisted that as the roll call had been start ed it be proceeded with. When the roll call was finished Quarles had every one of the 108 votes cast. At noon on Tuesday both houses of the Legislature met in joint session and for mally elected J. V. Quarles United States Senator from Wisconsin, in accordance with the nomination made at the Republi can caucus the previous night. Mr. Quarleg received every one of the 110 Rapublican votes cast, and Timothy E. Ryan, the defeated Democratic candidate for Governor, received the vote of the eighteen Democrats. A committee, con sisting of Senators Anson, Stout and Kreutzer and Assemblymen Thomas, I'arr and Killilea, brought Mr. Quarles before the convention and he made a short speech of acceptance. A memorial to Congress was adopted iz the Senate Wednesday morning urging a constitutional amendment providing for the election of United States Senator by direct vote of the people; also a memorial protesting against the seating of Brigham Roberts as a member of Congress. A bill was introduced prohibiting common coun cils from granting or extending street rail way franchises and providing that the question must be submitted to a vote of the people. Both houses adjourned until Monday evening. The following bills were introduced’ on Wednesday: By Mr. Mosher, appropri ating money to Otto and Julius Netge; by Mr. Kempley, to prohibit fishing in Briggsville mill pond; by Mr. Sturtevant, amending laws relating to purchase of stationery by the State; by Mr. Catlin, amending law creating the municipal court of Douglas County; by Mr. Buttles, relating to law conferring criminal juris diction on county court of La Crosse County; by Mr. Buttles, relating to regis ters of probate; by Mr. Wylie, amending the general election laws; by Mr. Gagnon, to prevent insurance companies from writ ing policies in localities where they have agents; by Mr. Wheeler, correcting errors in revised statutes of 1898; by Mr. Bry ant, making the method of appointing county judges uniform with Supreme Court appointments. His I'eet. The phrase “small vanities” does not seem vague until one has asked several people to say what they would mean by it. Dickens liked a red necktie, and other celebrated men have been child ishly devoted to certain articles of dress; but that might only indicate their having a sense of the beautiful. There is, however, a kind of precau tion over personal detail which seems to proeeed from vanity and from noth ing else. Maclise, the artist, once did a full length portrait of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, and a sorry time he had of it. For the author was hard to please; now this was not right and now that, The “complexion of the hand” was to be especially neted, and the painter must be very partieular about the feet. The feet, indeed, caused no end of anney ance. Bulwer insisted on having them very small, but Maclise painted them the natural size. 'Fhen Bulwer came to see them, and weuld have them diminished. The artist yielded, perforce; but he had one resource, varnishing day, when pictures can be “retouched” so long as time will admit. Then and there he quietly painted in the feet again of the proper size, and the author had to see them thus on the day of exhibition. Mirth vs. Cheeifulness. 1 have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The former is an aet, the latter, a habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient; cheerfulness, fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the highest transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depres sions of melancholy. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind sueh an exquisite gladness, yet it prevents us from falling into any depths ef serrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightming, that breaks through a g’loom of clouds, and glitters for a mo ment. Cheerfulness Keeps up a kind of (}aylight in the mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity.—Addi son. Fish that Shoots His Prey. The archer fish can shoot a drop of water five or six feet, striking bugs and flies that it finds resting on boughs above the water or flying in the air. The blow is so sharp that the prey is disabled and knocked down, when the fish immediately captures it Origin of Playing-Card Marks. The marks on playing cards are said to have their origin in a symbolic repre sentation of four different classes of so ciety. Hearts represent the clergy, spades the nobility (derived from the Italian word ‘“‘spads,” meaning sword), ‘clubs the serfs and diamonds the citi zens. l Gold and silver Beetles. | The most remarkable gold beetles in the world are found in Central Ameri ca. The head and wing cases are brill iantly polished with a luster as of gold itself. To sight and touch they have all the seeming of metal. Oddly enough, another species from the same region has the appearance of being wrought in solid silver, freshly bur nished. These gold and silver beetles have a market value. They are worth from $25 to SSO. The silver beetles are at a discount. WE N P /m\ SN :‘,“\‘*\\\\\ {\\\§\Q lAM \ \ \\’\.; k@‘i}{%\\ \ \\\\} ,‘\ B AR Y KRN . ."/\‘ \‘\}\“g‘\‘. AN N e ; A\ A=o d) b JAA A e \ n@,‘;@@i\w\;;ﬁ; it MW (I &t ”lﬂi\“ - {!l[,' \/\\E\\} }\ls\\\ f‘* ; \ TR AN =1 i: R) & : 1154 iy BT / i"':"'“"'/ J,.?;; ‘,' /,%é/ = //.r,;"ﬂ \\ i = o _"’«/,""..':,”"‘,_f"‘}.a\.; W AN\ dae ﬁ' b = 0 7 . =i ca / i'{ ({ / GENERAL OIIIS, COMMANDER AT MANILA, Everybody knows Gen. Otis, for pj name stands at the head of \x:’%:;\..iivi cenerals on the army list, and the Imore he is known the greater he grows. Gen, (1 succeeded Gen. Wesley Merritt in g, management of the army of the "h‘:lipi pines, and has the universal reputatio of being an excellent soldier. In supor. intending the affairs of the avmy, with Dewey looking out for the navy, he hgs shown unusual administrative talent, ang hig knowledge of civil government, taiffs and economics is as great as that of qy offi®r in the service. : By birth Gen. Otis is a Marylander. He is now entering upon his sixty-first vear, but is exceedingly young in spirit an| physique. He graduated from Rochester University in 1858 and was admitted to the bar in the following year. When the war broke out he went to the front as captain of infantry, becoming colonel of the regiment and brigadier gon eral of volunteers in 186G4. In all the principal battles of the Army of the Do tomac he took part, and in the desperate fighting around Petersburg he was wounded. For fourteen years he served on the frontier in various Indian cam paigns. When war was declared against Spain he was in command of the depart ment of the Colorado, and it seems fitting that most of the enlisted men in his corps are from that State and the Pacific slope, Gen. Otis’ work in Manila, however, bids fair to be the grandest monument that a man in his or any other position could erect for himself. *CORRELIT S (COMMER: Trouble in Samoa, Incidentally, this clash of interests may well give pause to those who argue that a joint protectorate is the hest way out of the -difficulties in the [l'hilippines. Boston Journal. The revolutionary condition of affairs in Samoa indicates too clearly to be misun derstood the impossibility of maintaining a protectorate over a semi-barbarous peo ple when exercised by more than one gov ernment.—Boston Herald. The new Samean crisis discloses a num ber of curious changes in the last dozen years. In faet, the enly thing that re mains as it used to be is the insolent hizh handedness of the German oflicials, That never changes.—New York Journal. Perhaps our poliey regarding Samod should be changed. But before that mat ter is considered, the bold attempt of am bitious Germans to override a treaty which their government has agreed to maintain claims attention.—Boston Globe. By our own proximity to the islands through our neighboring possessions in Hawaii and the Philippines, our interests are superior to those of Germany. The administration will take care that Ameri can rights in Samoa are carefully guard ed.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. If the friendly spirit evinced in this in cident prevails and the German Govern ment adheres to an impartial interpreta tion of the treaty of Berlin, it should be easy to arrange this unfortunate Samodt incident without straining our {rien@y relations.—New York Herald. Nicaragua Canal Bill. Paradoxical as it may seem, the Mo gua canal bill provides against watering. —Boston Herald. A canal between the occans has always been an urgent need, but never before was its urgency so clearly recognized as now —Troy Times. Uncle Sam’s canal company is 1o be a limited affair. He doesn’t want any part ners, and if he can’t control the Nicara gua ditch he will dig somewhere else.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. The immense majority which the Mor gan Nicaragua canal bill had in the "”“ ate proves that the scheme for an inter oceanic waterway will seon be 11 pract cal shape.—St. Louis Globe-I yemocrat. The bill will pass the House even “W);e easily than the Senate, tor that “‘fd'v ”ﬂg more closely represents the ;"f"‘!f-"-’,“'."p the people have long been in favor o di construetion of this canal or some &' connecting the two oceans. YV atertor Times. Joseph H, Choate. o His welcome abroad appears T",..’(.;;,‘,n will assured as is the public satisi o of his countrymen in the honor dode —Philadelphia Record. o Al Mr. Choate is well worthy of )”;“_';h,, age which has been established v long succession of distinguished m® 9L have preceded him in lis b Wy e Louis Globe-Democrat. Every Democrat who desire f‘: - country worthily 1‘(‘1“"’-""'-",’",“},'[,(1:;, will the basis of merit and 4'.'l'!sl“"";‘ \';:‘ U1,(..-ue be grateful for the selection & New Yok for -the court of St. James.—M WvOl'ld- i m-rfl‘i‘ | The nation could not afford t 0 .l'i-'.‘« atd standard of character of Jtsithifl‘!‘]‘wul tion at what is to us the "’1”;" 1t has 3% foreign capital in the world- "~ "0 yn § been lowered in the ﬂm"”mmf,ly‘mt b Choate. Tt is high praise ©S/ "y b 2 | is the peer ‘n distig‘ut!ml““ Q.&,h‘,}lew predecesser. but it & 28t 77 ig. 