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QUEER THUGS 15 JAP15, EVERYTHING BACKWARD ACCORD- ING TO OUR WAYS. TL' Kf u Use Mr4 ran ' tk Tlser Bella-saw aa4 rian* Back- ward Th Veveraaseat Is Llbrral d rrotre..lve Itr mllfKl Ivorr ! n< <-arvlBt Ballway Llaed with rfcerrv Tree*. The quaint ami novel scene* u> Japan (row upon one an h prolongs his stay, write* a correspondent. Th higher ciaa* of nen have adopted. t*> a large extent, our method of dress. Bat, with lw exception*, the women aootinoe the native drew, which U decided- ly more becoming. Tboae that wear oar tyle of dree* are apparently uncomfortable nil wear it only when receiving foreigner*. Kven the men wear Weetern suits only when appearing in public. I be higher claaaee aiually hare two aparate though coaoected huoMi one furaiihed IB foreign etyle with chain and te>blee, the other with DO furniture. The former they uae bat tittle except when receiving and entertaining foreigner*. Even thoee educated abroad seem to prefer in home life "i old Japanese wart, The middle class e of men are gradually Adopting Weetem dree*. Some costume* are lodicrooe in the extreme. You often _ a coat over a kimora or an odd-*haped hat, a coat and bare leg*. The climate being warm in cummer the working olaiia* wear only a breech cloth, ad in the interior on* tee*, laborer! wilh- ut a gaiment of any kind. The women re no more modest than the men. Coming down from the interior lait week I panel a pool where a too re ef men, women and children were bathing together, and to the itirpri** of oar little party particularly the laliee, the entire lot scur- ried out to the roadside to *e* our line at jinrikisha* pa**. To them it wan appar- ently bat natural to be clad only a* nature ha I provided. TII.D TIII moor ri-iT. ! the winter the Japanese will not wear half a* much clothing u a foreigner. But UMO the natural Japan*** do everything by oontranee, viewed through oar eye*. For instance, the roof i* the dr*t part ot the boo** they build. That la constructed on the ground and then the houae it built nder it, the roof being railed a* th* coo- etruotion gor* on. Thu i* done in tb eon" struction of hou** with eeveral iteriee a* well a* thoea with one. The Jtpeneae law and plauo backward. All their door* elide instead of opening . Their tailor* make the lining of a tuit tirt their book* are printed backward, tnd you r*rl from the rear ; flower are garden* in th* rear of the houae ; key* turn to the leit iastead^fttbe right ; vehicle*) and riki* haa pa*a lejPal left; train* ruu on In* leit hand track, and every thing el*e ic contrary to eur sysitrn, except their modern innova- tiun*, patterned upoii Weetern idea* and invention*. Japan i* rapidly undergoing a *oc al and industrial revolution. s he baa a military system founded upon the beet experience f France and Germany; a navy modelled pou th* be*t French and Knglish teaching*. She ha* ma>l* hereelf dockyard* aad built and bought (learner* for foreign trad*. Sue ha* oonilructed railroad* throughout her country, but ahe VMS* the little Kogluh comuarlmen tears, aad a* yet ha* no dop- ing can, though they ar* badly nee led. She ha* established a cheap and efficient telegraph and po*tal service and * tele- phone eervic* in her ehief cine*. Street oar* vre uaed in eeveral citiee, and in Tokio an electric *treet railroad u to be eon- strutted, The^chief cuie* are lighted with electricity, and, indeed, Japan le becoming thorough Weetern oonntry. LOO HI NO rOBWAKO. The uovernment u liberal and progres- sive, and what private corporation* will ot indertak* it does. While it own* the telegraph lines and many of the railroad*, II of which an* profitable, private cotpora- tioo* own half of the railroads, th* t*le- priou**, electric light plante and ilreet railroad*. Railroad* and ureet car liuee pay very handeoinely. They are operated cheaply, and she average Japan*** i* *o I daft upon theiubjecl of riding that h* will i epend hi* la*t oeut to travel to a distant town and walk back. The bed* of the ! railroad* ar* sodded aad beautified. One railroad ha* -MO.OOO cherry tree* plan ted along the side*. There ar* *omething like 40,000 public eohool* in Japan. The huiidiag* ar* cum- fortabl* and education i* oompuleory. i MI. M...I> CABvmo. Inivryau'iw o t carving Japan is ahead ef the re*t of the world ; in lacquer work and in pottery ami vaMi *he hae no rival. Tb* work of the Japanese artiste in paint- ing Mowers and bird* i* not equalled. Y*l o Japan*** art let can paint a bon* or the portrait of a foreiguer. They can't paint a nor** b*caua* they have no hoieea that we would oall horse*. They are runty, rough- looking, knotty brute*. Japan i* not adopting the Cnnntian religion. There are thousanlsof Christian missionaries, but they are eaid to be accomplishing little. There i* no Sunday in Japan, a* with u*. It i* like all other day*. Store* are open, bueioeae go** on a* uual. Tb* Japanese, however, have many day* of rent or recreation. For instance, last Sunday wa* a day on which the birth of male children in Japan during the preceding )e*r i* celebrated. ID front of every residence in which a boy baby wae born wa* a long ba boo pole, from which numberluea paper fish floated in th* hreexe. Thee* ri*h had a wire holding th* mouth open; the wind blew through th*ra and they appeared pretty ami natural. Th* fish are present* from frien<ln, and th* ', number banging to a pole indicate* th* popularity of the family. They represent ) carp, which are *aid to swim up walsr fills, ' ana thu are symbol* of the suooen the boy < In ,*! to mak* in hi* future tUug- |l*i IB the world. wl babies doo't oaut in Japan. The strts at one si a ouifortune in th* family. CNBAPFY GIRL*. Th* peor girl* have a hard MM ef it IB Japan. If her parents are peer *ne i* sometime* sold fer a term of yean, er a marriage i* arranged at an eerly age. She has no weed in choo*ing her fate. if a husband grow* tired of hi* wife shs is easily divorced. When it is known tnat two ef the seven grounds upon which a hiuband ean divorce hie wife are disobedi- ence and talking too much it is nnneco*- sery to mention the other*. Among th* lower claasee divorces are very common, and it is so common for a man to have several alleged wive*. Tw*lv* and fifteen children in a family is not unusual. Ths mother takes charge of the youngest in/ant, which she strap* npon her back geing about h*r duties. The other babies are wrapped on the back* of th* oldsr children, * ho run about the Ireet* with them. It I* notanusual to see a child of four or five years old with an infant open its back. They play about the treets in this way. At the hotels few of the waiter* under- itaml English. In consequence me menus are printed in English, with numbers {or each dish in English and Japanese charac- ters. You oall tne number in Japanese er point to the Japan*** character oppoeite the di*h in ordering. Lik* everything else in Japan, the theatre* are constructed backward. The stage n at th* entrance aad there is a bam- boo curtain between it and th* street. Between the audience and the stage is nothing. The curtain IB the rear of the tag* and OB the itreet is raised at the commencement ef the performance and Kept jp for a tim* in order to catch th* populace. They are permitted to see enough ot the performance to become in- tereeted. Then th* curtain is dropped and many ar* induced to spend a fsw sen for admission. PILGRIMS TO SPREAD A PEST. Th**ia*l* ef Mrlrkra * Where raclera Kaze*. On* hundred thousand pilgrims are now assembled in tbe City of M t -ca, and as cholsra has appeared among them they threaten the health of trie world. In a very short time these oholera-infected pilgrims will return to their respective countries to implant the seed* of a direful plags* among ths nations of ths earth. Th* Mohammedan pilgrimage to Mecca is a uniqus custom in the religious history of th* world. Notwithstanding the in- roads of civilization upon the Orient, 100,- OUO human beings still undergo the greatest privations in ordsr to kiss the fsmous black ion* which forms part of the *narp angle of th* Meccan Tempi*. Th* benefits of the pilgrimage r gt<ac, far tA alas ol Till MIOCA FlUiBIM. every pilgrim, no matter bow dark they may have been, are forgiven by tbe Al- mighty, and the supp'icaiionsof th* pilgrim in behalf of other* ar* accepted by (iod. i*uch was the leaching ef the Prophet. At eoon SB the pilgrim reach** the last stage near the sacred city he make* twe prostrations in prayer, and div**l* himself of his worldly raiment*. Then he assume* the pilgrim sacred rebe and sets his heart on Mecca. The Muccan pilgrimage was a compromise with Arabian idolatry, and no Moslem writer has ever yet attempted to give a piritual explanation of its ceremonies* It is> one of the most carious circumstances in in tli* hutory of religion that th* supersti- tiou* and illy custom of Meooan pilgrimage ehould be grafted to a religion which is ioonoclaitic in its practice*. Th* ipeotacle of the Moslem world, bowing in the one direction of a black iton* while it worship* th* on* true God stamp* the religion of the Prophet of Arabia as one >! compromise. A Mean Feilow. Mr. Binks I met a woman to-day that I thought a good deal of once. Mr.. Bmk* Oh, you did ? Yes. I used to do my very best to please her. Humph ! I did everything I could to win her af- fection. My goodneee: I And at last I succeeded. Wha She granted \\\ that I inked, and by so doing mad* me the happiest man alive. M.TClful I uked her to come Tight up to iho houae with me to-day, tut *h* had some shopping to do, and cannot get her* until supper time. Mr. Bnik, 1 am geing right home to my motner. She ien't at horn*, my dear. It wa* your mother that I met. She gave me you. The Cart of Worn Out Pasture*. Asium.ng that the eld pasture baa been plowed, enriched, and sown with a good mixture ot gras* wed that has grown well, the orass should be out in bloom for hay Nature see.-na to throw all her energies into the perfection of her eeed, th* stem being Inen largely computed oflndigestible woody fiber of little feeding value to the stock, while the roots are weakened to the same xtent as th* new *ed IB perfected. There- fora, to cut when the up is in the stem if to gain a more nutritious food sad to leave a root in full vigor of growth. When bay. ing is ever, the aftergrowth should be grazed with fattening itock or working honss. Do not let milch oowsj or yaung *tock into luob pasture ths Ant season, b. -cause is they require so much food for nulk, bon* and muscle, tneir manure is poor. Keep iheep off, for they would tear up many ol th* young graas plants. At the expiranon of aboBt 10 day*' grazing take the etock iff, sad ran ever the field with caaiu bar- raws *e distribute dropping* and prevent the growth of patches of theitronger grass- **. In three or feur days th* tto :k oan be pat back. In October or early November give a good dreaming of dung, aay 12 load* te ths acre, ipread and leave to the follow- ing ipring. A daily ration of chopped straw 1 ID*. , wheat bran 1 Ib. and cottonseed meal 2 Ibs., will help both stock and land very considerably, and without it moat peatum will certainly deteriorate. Second year. In epriog chain-harrow, then roll w*ll, and whejj ready to graze pot on tne stock. See that the dropping* are regularly ipread. Should any rough tufi* *pp*ar alter a couple) of week' grazing, have them mown down with a hand soythe, in* cutting* cirted off and given te the lock IB the barn, and give te the** place* only a dressing ef salt or caustic lime, the latter for preference, in a finely powdered condition. This utnple management to- g*lt>er with new seeuing of poor spote will soon produce an excellent pasture, aad moreover will keep IL IB a good heart and increase its value yearly. This is the ra*thod I hav* adopted after many years' eioerience and study in old England, where we take far belter care of pasture than you do in America. Prof. Albert A. Jager, England. Methods In Dalryl*.*. A few weeks a^o th* British Dairy Farmer*/ Association visited Switzerland on a voyage of investigation. They found a great many thing* of value in dairying which they highly commended, and noticed the gre*t care, skill and neatness mani- fested by the poupie in the manufacture of dairy products. Under the moet prnejrea- iv* methods the Swiss farmsr* have not only added to th* value of their product* within the past ten yean bat greatly advanced the productive capacities of tne soil Dr. (ieroer ol Zurich, has been a prominent factor in these advanced metho s, and lor many modern appliances tne dairymen of that country are indebted to him. With so progressive a people it i* no wouder that we and the following faats: lu Canton Zurich two-tnirds of th* farm bosiaee* is devotext to dairying aad il pay* a net return of -t per cent, on the value of the land and A per uenk on .he improve- ments. Hay y:s.il* two or three tone per acn aad sells at |l- pec ton in ordinary *e/>oo*, whereas a decade back it was Sis to |i r ). Milk ha* held steadier in price, the Zurich farmer* receiving an average of 11.27 per cwt. for milk sold in IS01 to butter and cheese tact one*, again*t$1.15 twenty yean ago, and for tni* whole parted the price has averaged $1.1 \ Tbe pasture and mowing is better now than them and yields large.- crop*, so that dairying is wore profitable in Zurich thai in tormer yean Th* farmers get about 3 cent* per quart for milk sold to ped lien, who retail it at 4 and 4 cents, making about H3 per cent. tejn aae wry nuei te to with eueoess a> sandbag suet aaxi iresm the right Urn- piratsw* on* *4 th* esseatlauv He* ROC 1 only has the degree of heat very much M | de with remit*. Oat sadden change* nave ' pecoiiar affects sad should be .voided, eepecially just previous to or during manipulation. Skim Milk for Pigs. A reader having asked the Breeder's Gazette aste whether he could afford to pay 30 cents psr 10<> for kimmilk to feed pigs, with bog* sailing at four and one half cants psr 100 live weight. Prof. W. A. Henry answer* as follows : Clover sick Land. It has been uonoxl that it is almoit impossible to grow red clover year after yei upon ordinary farm soil Old Held of clover become thin and yield little, and ar* then said to be clover-sick. Experiment* hav* mown that when land i* in thi* condition none of the usual manurea or fertilizer* oan be railed upon to secure a crop of clover, and t ha oaly mean* of in- suring a good (land and yield is to allow som* year* tn elipee befor* repeating th* rop on the same land. The general result of the trials on field soil wat that neither organic matter rich in carbon as well as other elements, nor ammonium salts, nor nilnte of aoda, nor mixed complete fertil- isers, availed to restore the full clover- yielding capabilities of the soil. However, when some of these were applied in large quantity, and at considerable depth*, tn* result* were better lhaii where they were used in only moderate qusniiti** and applied only on the surface. On a rich garden soil, however, red clover has grown luxuriantly every year for forty year*, so that tne primary cause of failure i* netthor fnngu* nor iniect disease*, nor noxious excretiuiK, nor shad* of grain crop*, but i* probably due to the exhaudion of mineral t*rtili7r*, or available combined nitrogen, or nili living microbes within rnge of the roots. Rotation, however, cure* clover- sickueee. Caution as to Temperature. \Vhen aa apple i* fro/on it make* a good deal nf difference how it i* thawed. When your ear is frozen doo'l thaw it suddenly* \\nen onion* ar* frozen if thawed very gradually they will oome out all right. What has this to do with dairying? This much: Sudden extreme* of temperature disintegrate. Doa't chill the cream with chunks of ice in th* churu and *xp*ct the best results. Don't heat it suddenly from a lw degree to the churning temperature and i-hiirii immediately. Let it stand for onx* lima at th* rignt u>m.*riure ud batter result* may be expected. Tempera " As a bars proposition with DO r*ncie* I would *ay yes. For young pigs the feeder can find nothing equal to skim- milk. It gives them a start that nothing else can. for sash, feed three pound* nf klm-milk le one ot oorn meal. A mixture of half corn meal aad half thorte is perhaps more satisfactory from a practical stand- point, though not theoretically. I think hort* are less harsh in tn* young pig'* stomach. Certainly pig* fed snorts and milk do wmder'ully w*ll, while theoretic- ally corn meal is the complement of the milk. As the pig* grow older, unless there is milk in abundance, reduce tn* milk gradually. ONE VOYAGE AROUND CAPE HORN aaasa-ies ( Ike Wealaer thai War fee red la ikat lecalltj. The British ship Speke, whioh left Anf wsrp 331 day* ago for San Franeuoo, ended her voyage on Saturday, and from '.he report* of her crew tt wa* on* of th* mo*t unlucky veyagee around Cape Horn that have been undertaken for man. month*. Th* vests tailed OB June Iti, 1 >94, aad all went well until Aug. 'S, when the vessel was almost within sight of Cape Horn . On that day a gale that had been blowing all the pre- ceding day increased to aharricaiie . Several of the lighter sails wsre blown to ribbons, and ths first mate, J. Bru'on, went aloft with the man to assist in replacing them. While h* wa* in th* for* rigging ths ship gavs a lurch as a great wav* broke oa deck, and about the same instant a dark body was sen to fall from the yard of the foremast through th* flying spray and sink into the tea. It was ins tint mat* who went over- board and was never seeu again. It was im- possibi* to make any atu-npi to aavs the drowning man. A seaman named Dmerice wa* badly (raised by being knocked about the deck, aad several olh*n wore laid up from bruise* received the same way. The next day th* gal* moderated somewhat, but 1 BKaVY CHOSS SB A was running and the ship labored heavily. Tbe relieving tackle* on th* tiller were carried away ana the next wave that broke on th* detik waahed away the mid hip (leering gear. .Som* new sails were set, but they were blown away agajn, and th* vessel roiled aad pitched at the mercy of the storm. Then cam* a week of mod- erate weather aud advantage wa* taken of it to mac* repair*. OB -'*pt. 7, th* vessel pasted Cap* >'orn, and live days later, afler weatuering a icceasion of galas, another hurricane wat encountered. The firtt blast of the storm threw the ship on her i earn ends and the sea made a oomp.ele breach over the hull, wishing the deck clear. The risn of th* tremendous body ol water over the deck* worked havoc among the ngging, and th* masts cwayed and tottered as though about to fall. Oae of th* teamen named J. Aug*r was assisting in furling the mizzen topsail when the crash came oa the leek. The shook was felt so strongly alolt that he was shaken irom n.s perch aud fell into the sea. He made a struggle to swim afler the vessel, but nothing could be done to save him and he wa* drowned. He was only 'JU yean of age and a native of France. For naarly ten day* th* hurnc.ns continued without intermission, and during that tune the vowel drifted back nearly to the Cape again. Iben came a day of fair weather, but the next morning saw ths storm in all it* fury again. Tbe seas once more were WAMIIM; OYKB TUB VKSSBL, and one wave largsr tuau th* rest swept over tbe bulwark*, (masting in ths door of th* forecastle and flooding the quarter* of the men. As it went aft it took olf the skylight of the cahiu, tilling th* room* of the oifacer* with water and damaging a quantity of provisions in tne storerooms. Many more sail* were blown away, and the men of the crew were *o knocked about, by the storm n 1 rolling of the ship tnal only nine were fit for duty by the lime the .11 >r-. su -i led. Tne moderate weather was ooiy for a !ew day*, when it seemed that th* torm had gathered all it* forces for. final rtort to wreck the vessel. All of Sept. _- ths hurricane was more severe than any of the previous dsy*. and th* MKS ro*e almost like mountains. During the height of the tempest the midship wheel rudder chain parted. At th tame time the relieving tackle* parted again, and the rudder wa* almost useless. Nothing could be done to steer the ve*s*l while the storm laaud,eud in that tuna he got bro*d*id* to the sea*. V- nine* U seemed that the \VSM! would roll completely over. Then the cargo began to move to starh,ird, aud by the tun* '.he rodder chains were temporarily re- pair*) the VMS*| had a heavy list. U was impossible to got the steering gear in repair so that it could be depended up.in, and th* vessel was headed for the Falkland Island*. It took hsr near.y rive month* at Stanley to make repairs,and on r**b. 7 last she sail- edagam. She had fair but variable weather until with IB SOU miles of port, when s streak of calms was encountered, and it took her twenty-two day* to make port. She sailed in inrough the Hetd* with every piece of canvas *he could carry so', aael mad* a grand oirol* to an anohorag* olf Alcatraz Island. oioth spr* oak like new cloth," remarked Mrs. Fries looking out of the window on Ui* little olds porch. "They are indeed." wa* Mrs. Helen' laughing rejoinder. " They are pieces of my boy's pants for patches. The garmsnt has fadsd somewhat, and sot to mak* uie contrast too startling, and subject him te ankmd remarks, I am trying bo obtaia taw same shad* on the new piece aa we) as* on the old. " "That is aa idea ' have sever thought al," said Mrs. Prios. " It weuld ba a good plan when putting new sleeves in gingham er ealioo dresses, wouldn't it T" " Tes, you would probably have to wash the material in that case." " I hav* MSB much disoussiosi of dish- waihen recently," remarked Mr*. Peter*. While visiting a friend I found shs had discarded ner dianpan and ussd not exactly dishwasher, but certainly a very orgiaal Fond of Books. H. I* your boy fond of books? 1 ' Very. I gave him a copy of Robin- > son Crueoe th* other day and he got lot* of tun uut of it. H. 1 didn't know he could read. D. Be oas't reed.beja ke tsar* : he pages out and makes boate of ahtiu. Oh, ye* net fond ot books. I should hk* to hear about it," saai Mra. Price, in an interested tone. "She ness a fifty pound lard can, wruah ahe obtained from a (tore. Pile too plate* ueatly at the bottom, pack tne saucers around them, then the cap* and tne glass** last. She says they will not crack U laid oa their tide*. She wash** the silver and knivee separately, aa they are apt te be scratched. Cut a light shaving ot Map into the can and pour two not tie* of hot water over the dishes. 3st the can oa a wooden chair close to ths table. Ttten alter a few move* of a long handled disk map, the dishes wsre piled on the table tu diaia, aad I must aay they looked very nrce, aad la a very short time a large pile was waahed aad wiped." "That sounds very easy," sighed Mrs. Prto*. "I hope it would prove so in prae- Mam" SuppoM you try it and as*," was her friend'* suggestion. "I have been experimenting with boiling egx*." -^' rt - I'rice remarked, after a pause. "And what is th* result T" inquired her ll*ieo*r. " I have decided that the most perfect way i* to lay tne egg* in th* hot eauoapan and .-over with boiling water. Let then remain wheie the water will keep hot, but not bulling, fur ten minutes." '* I havs a new method, too, whicn I hav* both seeu and tried myaelf. Break four or five egge, keeping the yolks whoie and separate, beal the while* to a stiff froth and pil* on an earthen plate), which wil. not injure. Drop tbe yolk* at regular in ervais into Uie whiles. Set in a moder- ate over sntil the wnitm are brown, waeo tne yolks will be cooked jn*t right for moet people. '. little watching will pre- vent their getting too hard." ' I think thai most b* a pretty dish," was Mrs. Price comment. " That 1s on* of its advantages," was the Files Hate Lavender. "I never cse window screen*," said a wise housekeeper the other day, "because I have a fancy that they shut out all the air in hot weather, and, besides, they serve to keep the flies in the houss equally as well ae out." "But I never see a fly in your house," aid her friend. H >w do you manage it ' For my part, 1 mu*t contest tout screens or no *cruen*,my summer means to me one long bottie with th* little peite." "My remody is a simple one," said ths good hou*ekee|>er, "and 1 learned it yean ago from my grand mot her, when I ussd te sit and watch her putt ing bunches of lav. eitder fiowen around to keep ihe Si* away. My method is simpler. 1 buy o cents' worth of oil of laven.ier at the drug store a ul run itwnn 'he same quantity of water. Then I put it in a common glaee atomiser and spray it around tne room* wherever Die* are apt to congregate, especially in the diniug-rooni. where Ispnntl* it plentifully over the table a .eu. The odor is eepecially dmAjreeable to dive, and they will never venture in the neighborhood, though to moet people it has a peculiarly frejn and graUful m L" How Fruits Are Served Orange* an cut in half snd *aten with an orange spoon, Th* peel serves a* a cup. 1'insapple* are peeled, cut in very thin hoes, toe core cut out, and served with sugar. Bananas re slightly op*n*d at on* *nd and ssrved on individual fruit plate*. Barms ar* uaually put in a large berry howl and served in individual diahes at table, (1 rape* are placed on a large fruit dish with green leave* around edge. Oitea several kmde ol fruit ar* placed ia one l.irge fruit di*h oo th* table, acd each pertan provided with an individual fruit plate. t 'range* eaten in the natural state, or ith me pulp prepared and simply sprin- kled with lugar. are to delicious and healthful that it tn.ins almost unnecessary to iug^e*t other way* in which they may be utilized. Recipes. Lett no* Salad. Carefully wash and place in the saliul d tn .luitioient lettuce for dinner. Slice four hard boiled *gg* over the) top. Thau take a cup of rich, sour cream, hall cup of vinegar, three table uooni of tiitiar, one tentpoonful of salt Mix well and pur over th* lettuce. Strawberry I'rifle. - -Pu> s, uuart of strw- berr en in a fruit di*h, sprinkle with tugs/ and powdered cracker. Then make a custard of oa* and one-halt pin'e of i:lk, three eggs, half cup of >ugar u<i a npnon- ful of corn starch. r'our over th berries scalding hot. When oold cover with wnip> pwd cream and set few , I