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The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-03-18
VIM. H. BURLINGTON,

Dec. 10, 1867
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08
Iorfign Nfms.

LONDON, Dec. 3l--N0On.
Later adyices have been received from the expe-
dition marching into the heart Of Abyssinia
IL is reported that King Theodore, on ascertanng
the extent and power of the measures taken by his
government to effect the liberation of the English
captives, voluntarily released them himself.
A gun-shop in Cork. Ireland was broken into
on Sunday night, by party of eight men, and
riied Of its contents. A considerable quantity of
arms and ammunition secured by the robbers,
who were undoubtedly Fenians.
Mdnight.-Two Head Centers and five Cap
tains of the Fenian organization have been arrest
ed at Merthyr, in South Wales
The government has determined TO proceed with
the prosecutions against Mr.. Sullivan, of the Dub
lin Nation, and other persons who have taken a
conspicuous part in the recent funeral professions
in honor of the benians executed at Manchester.
lt is reported that the men who stormed the Mar
tello Tower near Cork and broke into the gun
shops in that city all came from the United States
having been sent over by the Fenian Brotherhood
in that country.
LONDON, Jan. Moon.
Dispatches have been received here to-day Civ
ing particulars of another FeHian outrage last
night in the county Of Cork, aud near the city of
Cork. Under cover Of darkness large body of
the brotherhood attacked the house Of Mr.. Charles
Matthew, brother Of the late Father Matthew.
Happily the family OF Mr.. Matthew was appriz-
ed of the vainous scheme of the Fenians in
ample time to successfully repel the attack. Quite
a large force was quickly gathered and concealed
in the mansion anu the premises, and when the
marauders came up they met with Calling
fire. and incoutinently fled. Several wound
ed but carried off by their comrades The
motive for the assault, whether murder plunder,
was unknown.
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succiaI Notirts.
Dr. Schenck on Dyspepsia'

syNPToNs. CAUSES AM. kEhEDr, 80.
,aranaa-A " tullucsHi tEhiucsr hiu
,bt In the stomach together eith ueplsius, ~ IA
~ III n-rsou calls all gone feeling 40 nc tt
W ~ ,seh frequently there ig also palpitaiun ui "
mistake Tor hcart is iet anu W
IN Gbrons poriions Of The stomach similar 70 ynst se
Y shat throws out the gastric juices and Nhsh wv
~ thick Of slime on u, % prevents hc kAsty
Eie rom flowing, aud digestion ceases acheioH. ~,
fne d9ves The nucus Or slime aud restores th7 so@o" W
~ Iandrske pills are also required to crry on us
,ta MATER thirds ~ the o. tousu mptoh .v
rss from diseased state Of the ttomachf tue IN
~ or IL ceaes 10 throw bile and in short TIME the
@h,le system deraneed The mucua memhrnnc W. & ,to
M tubes syupath1ea with the other ORGANS and neits .
rstsnt awaro of Dc. he or she has bronchial or Fu'''
Conaamutuu. ,...,...,.. D. tt.s tioo.l
Vhrn ha system u tls locked up condition, "vut KY III
Tonic aud Mandrake PINS. Ihe ltet s
fbe veuous blood efraiu aud when t gets in NOR
ton blood and bile through tle rysfm m.ei Az
I'M through the veins. IN majority o. easrs h.mofr I
rur foni this thick condition ~ hc blood Tue Manuf A
nc on the Liver similar csiomrl nr they h vht w. L -
II unocks the gall bladderat starts We hlet M lh
cee'e n when persons attacked with hemorfh5
would fsf take good pureatFei something mat H"A -.
would soon he rrlieVel IRON hrtenh it
lnnqs AID stue only wsy, for atingens are onlN y
~ and rrise he bronchial tubes And lay ths eioui
bR sGHENCK win be- professionally % his ROC ms 'y.ry
ue.k az Bond street Nra York. tud ll Hanover 7t l
ION from A. ~ unn D. n. He gives adve' tee, nu w I
~ dcues aro safe hy ai druggists nnd draf W AAo
4 4 faf suruir tf fli iimta al hIH rooms. A, D.,
prrei 70 liu flinouc syrup and araFffa toues on
per f1 30 ts a loren hanhfhhr is 4'e'N' i
GFo c. GOODWIN Co, a. Hanover street, Asen nts iof
7 Boston For sale tg 90 drutgists 1903 i''t"lfAt ~
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Dumtstir Nrms.


NEW YORK, Jan.
a private telegram from Mobile yesterday state
that Judge Busteed is in a critical condition His
wife and brother left here yesterday TO visit him.
WAsHISGToN, Jan. 2.
The appointment Of Hon Anson Burlingame
as a special ambassador to represent the Chinese
Empire at the European congress Of leading Pow
ers, is regarded here as a high honor.
Several Republican Congressman have gone to
Richmond TO advise the radical leaders in the Con-
situtonal Convention not TO array the entire white
vote in opposition TO the Convention
Secretary Wees received information this
morning Of the discovery Of an island one hun
dred miles long in the Artic Ocean, in seventy-two
degrees north latitude. There is coal mine ON
IL
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

As far as men are ever permitted to speak OF
the future it may be said to be certain, that be-
fore this year ends the people of this country will
have made a complete change in their executive,
and will have chosen as President, General Grant.
The sense, moderation and lirmness which he has
shown in the delicate positions he has occupied,
first as General-in-C Chief of the Army, and second
as Heir Apparent, are enough to give everybody
a cheerful feeling, who looks forward to the year
which is to proclaim him President. The engin-
eer of a railroad train, who has been obliged to
run his engine backward in some difficult contin-
gency, draws breath Of profound satisfaction
when the order Is given which puts him again
at the head OF the movement, and permits him to
run his engine forward, she was meant to go,
and where he can see his way. The people Of the
United States, who really give all the power to
the heterogeneous train OF their servants, may be
equally relieved that the various backings, double
whstliugs and stoppages are at last over, and that
they may 90 forward on their own course. without
having to provide longer Tor Mr.. Johnson's petu-
lancy or absurdity BOSTON Adpertiser.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08
eAatrbman Y Statr Journal.
BY +. P. WALTON.
MONTPELIER. JANUARY 8. 1868.
WAToHMAN g. STATE JOURNAL,
for 1898

i"nobhcan in politics, but independent Of
cliques. ror sometime past the mode of conduct
IN this paper has been somewhat changed, giving
elaborate political editorials and speeches only
when the public may be well served or interested
thereby and giving more space than formerly to
current elomestie and foreign news. tales Zone
nearly every week, except during the session of
the legslature), agriculture, and other mscellane-
ous matter. Terms, 81 90 year in advance, or
81 so at the end Of the year To clubs Of twenty
or more, commencing Jan. /, 1868, and paving
strictly IN advance, 81 so per copy Old arrear-
ages must be paid before going into a club.
WALTON'S DAILY EVENING JOURNAL,
81 80 per quarter, or So 90 per year
J.. p. WALTON, Publisher.
Montpelier, Nov l. 1867.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

Our readers doubtless remember the horrible
catastrophe at Santiago, in Chill, where so many
lives were lost by the burning of the great cathe-
drai' Such was the prejudice against the restora-
ton of the building that it has been determined to
blot it from the face of the EARTH and the iounda-
lions are being removed aud worked up into other
edfces.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

States Patent Office for the week ending Dec.
"a, 1867, are as folows:-
II. N, Allen of Pitts6eld, VI, for dying appa-
ratus
Franklin b. Gage of st. Johnsbury, VI, for
improvement in Photographic cameras.
Oscar +. Washburn OF Bridgewater, VT, for
machine for making paper collars.
Roger w. Love and Albert Ball Of Windsor,
VI, for improved machine for channeling rocks,
&c.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08
The Irish Watclmm is new, large and wei
printed newspaper. published at Burlington.

This weeks number of LIrTELLs LIVING AGE,
beginning the new year and new volume, con
tains the entire article on The Iaimud. which has
excited so much interest abroad to exhaust six
editions Of the Quarterly Review containing it.
We have read it with much interest, gaining a
clearer conception of Jewish laws and customs
than we have before had. This number contains,
also, the first part of new story by Charles
Lever and the usual variety of other matter. Lit
tell & Gay, Publishers, 80 Broomield Street, Bos-
ton A good time to subscribe
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

PENom writing may be fixed almost ndelibly as
ink by passing the moisened tongue over il.
Even breathing slowly over the lines after writing
with pencil, renders them much less liable to
erasure than when not subjected TO that process.
A trial Of the experiment will readily satisfy any
person OF the utility ol the idea.-BostoR JourHaL
Of Chemistry.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

The best printed small Calendar we have seen
is from the press of Jameson & Morse, Chicago
graduates from this office aud richly entitled to
the degree of A. Nj.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

"Actiou in Season. is the sum and substance
Of an old and true adage; timely use of Ameri-
can Life Drops will often prevent a protTacted
iIIness they are perfect Pain-killer, curing
Coughs, Colds, Lameness, Sprains, and all the ills
of cold weather. Used externally or internally.
d W Il s,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

WALroN's CALENDAR for 1868 is now ready.
1t is printed on large and plain type, on sheet
20 by - inches, and is improved this year by the
addition Of the Supreme and County Court Calen-
dar for each county in the State.
Sent by mail postpaid for 10 cents per copy.
The best calendar for lawyers, judicial offices and
business men,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

THE AMERICAN LION "A full grown specimen
Of this animal, recently killed in Lamole county,
is now on exhibition in Montpelier Clan. y and
will be through the week. Its length from the
nose to the tip Of the tail Is eight feet and one-haf
inch It's height 2 feet inches and its weight
when killed was l02 pounds; but on dissection to
prepare the skin for stuflng, the taxdermist dis
covered that the animal was very poor and its
body liberally supplied with porcupine quills
piercing flesh and muscles in every direction In
Thompson's Vermont, section Of Natural History,
page 81, will be found description, and good
portrait of this animal. /; is known in the South
and West as the Cougar, Painter, or American
Lion, in the North as the Catamount. and in Eu-
rope as the Puma. In agility it has no equal
among animals OF its size, except in the tiger and
leopard, and in strength no superior but in the
lion, which is about one-third larger DR. Will
liams, in his history Of Vermont, relates that cat
amount seized large calf in a farn-yard in Ben
nington, jumped fence four feet high and ascend
ed a ledge of rocks where one of his leaps was Is
feet in height all the while bearing the calf his
back The men who killed the specimen now on
exhibition here, declare that after he was wound
ed by the first shot, the animal made a leap OF 30
feet to tree and struck the tree 2l feet from the
ground In December, 1921, an animal OF the
same kind was seen on the hill lying between
MontpeleE village and Dog River on the old
North6eld road, and few Gays thereafter was
killed il Roxbury; its length proving to be seven
feet aud its weight 1ls pounds. We remember
that animal, and recognize the present one as he
ing exactly of tie same kind
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

"IHh MUG tk ST m I RULE Us =
The mig er shNnt rule US We won't let him do 1t 80
Oh shame on your manhood who pirate to this tune
As you live you'n have rea on 70 rue it;
And dying regret you've been such potfoon.
lis cant you taking; right well do you know It.
II not, then TO you is the greater disgrace;
Since The niger derided-by the same words can
shos it,
You eva him to be the superior race
lie counts but four mNions-y1u seven aud twenty
Add ye, yoi pretend you're AfrEid Of his rule
tie feeble and poor-you strong your plenty,
q TO you are either a knAve a fool
How you gladden. he hearts Of the despots Of earth
OF he foes TO humanity, freedom, and God
l can hear tn m exchanging their peans OF mirth
A. thy see your self bATirg your back for he rod.
hear chain cAnking-'tis clanking for you
You forging letters fast as you can.
Not strange TO your country you cannot be true,
Since thus,to yourself you are less than man
Nepp0rt, Dec. 1867. MAYNR REID.
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q pcioNvERsIoNs


An Essay Zoe Young ,ten on the Crime OF
Solitude aui ue Physiological Error Aausss and Diseases
which create mpsdimcut. NAKRtAGE, uth sure means q
Relief sent n sealed letter envelopes free Of charge Ad
dress, Dr j. sNLLlN HorGHtos Hosar A'socianon'
Ihhadclphia, Pa sltSiF
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

We have received another Roll Of Honor from
U. s. @. NJ. Gen. Meigs, from which we copy tn
list of Vermoniers.
Inferred at CypressIhH Cemetery Long Island, NJ }
96 Charles II Bailey "a Reg.
9s B Bailey Och
i22 Charles Barry oh
l3i Thomas II Bartlett iith
1865 Alpha Belonia 10th
l96 Jonn l. BeelO0 ltth
26l Joseph Braiuerd 10th
2S3 Alfred Brdges %
39i Joseph Campbell OH
dl0 Nathaniel Ctpgon 3 [Capr0n7l
432 j Csrueuter 10th
4G9 King A Chillsou 81
AIS Harrison Cisco nth
554 o J. Cook s'h
5j6 Clark g lok An
GA Thos Cornell CAV Tor nfantry1
SOS John Cross "a
7l4 Priest Domino cav
As Thomas b vns 9th
IA II Dwry 18th
s53 VIM VI Evans 9th
s75 Francis NJ FarWell ilth
e79 Henry Fuller 5th
1919 Reuben B George 4th
1900 Frederick Gould 7th
1902 John g Grisvod 9Th
ii34 Jesse B llAmbhn i7th
ll40 VIM Htmmett 81
1892 Etenfzer Hll Jh
~ Frank iiiU 7th
1852 Henry q Holt lOh
l3i5 Oryule W Huichiusou 9th
l426 Aaron Jones l4th
l4l3 Felix Kennedy 10Th
1917 Edward Lawrence 9th
1901 Joseph Lnrce nth
1859 Eiward Marsh jth
1890 John l. Newton 9th
1875 John % Nel12h
loss Jlhn Owrus cav
21i4 Frank parmeter l7th
20l6 Antoine Pashs Gih
2lll Lythe g. Prescott 4rh
2l17 Thomas Ralph CAV
22l7 Moses Robinson sfh
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

Spain is badly snow bound.
Corn !. abundant in Texas at from 80 to 35 cents
The Pope is revengcful TO the Garabaldians, hav-
ing 5000 OF them in the prisons of Rome,
The house of George Garyin, Of Hydepark, was
burnt with an its contents, Dec, 30 Not insured.
George Stowel, Hydepark, thinks he was follow
ed by "a catamount on the night of Dee. 20. 1t is
more than probable that the mate Of the one recent
ly killed IS lurking in that vicinity.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

The new moon reminds one Of giddy girl, be
cause she's too young to show much reflection.
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l9oetrp.


DYING AND YET LIVING.
She d ed--ye, is not dead
We saw a daisy on her tomb
1t bloomed to die-she died to bloom
Her summer hath not sped.
She died-yet is not dead
Ye saw her jewe al unseti
But Con let fall a eoronst
To crown her ransomed head.
She died-yet ia not dead
Ye saw her gazing toward tky
whose lights are shut from mortal eye:
She lngered-yearned-An hed.
She died-yet is not dead
Throush peary gate. or golden street,
She went her way with shining feet;
Go ye, and thither tread THHoDoRH TILToN.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08
BANKING JIOUSE
JAY COOKE Il co.
NO. 90 WALL STREET, ,.

We buy ana sell al me mosi liberal current p'es ana Nf
o ,.nd = fsli .aprly o. GOVERNMENT BONDS or ALI II
.suEs. SEVEN rHlRrIEs, and COMPOUND interest,"
NOTES and execute purchas and sale Of sIoc hS'
CONVERSIONS.
the issues 1 aevlN lhhrits Al the ms -
market rates into FIVE shich a. prssit
pr Of gold led e hodi about one pr eani more nei
80 per uunum Cireaars with a paHcuiars furnished upoi
~ AZ s,iSwiv JAY COOKE 4 co.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

Nearly every Republican paper in Maryland has
avowed a preference for Grant as President; which
is valuable only an Indication that Grant is the
best leader in a hard fight.
Il is said that Judge Chase is the fayorte among
the Southern Radicals; but will they have vote in
the eection2
Ia Chicago it is said both Chase and Grant have
many friends and that Of the substantial busi-
ness men prefer Senator Fessenden. OF all ciyili-
ians We would prefer him. as the equal of any in
character and capacity and superior in experience
but know he does not wish or expect 10 be Pres
ident unless he has changed his mind within a few
years.
OF the lS6527 registered voters in Mississippi
majority OF i2,7o5 voted in favor of the constitutions
al convention.
It is said that Gen. ord was relieved Of the COM
mand Of the fourth military district at his own re-
quest, and for mo- other cause
yauandisham is ecturing against the literature
Of the Bible His religion and politics are about on
q level. We have seen him often, but we have no
recollection Of seeing him n church.
The rebels Of New Orleans greeted Con Hancock
with .'hail Columbia" Different with Sheridan.
says the Sprinheld Republican: twas he that gave
the rcbs. hail Columbia"
It is announced that Montgomery Blair will pub
lish a letter against Grant. Charming! an Admin
istradou with the lar family lcii ont will be re-
heved from heavy load.
The Democrat. on the House Judiciary committee
an for paying Congrcssmen an extra mileage and
Al. Reuublic,ns out of Che .ye, .,e ,r,,,.e5 f., b,
o,
Inc nc" 9e'' ''ous"' "e''o"ie snt IN quiet
'noN ''Oi'n
The railroad track LAID over the temporary
o"oge AZ OinahA' last week forms the last Ink IN
an unnroken line from New ork 10 Cheyenne at
the base Of the Rocky mountains, nearly 1000
miles.
In Maine refuse slate stone &. ground up for use
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

THE NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS AT WASHINGTON.
The Treasury building in Washington, it is said,
when completed, will have cost nearly FIVE million
dollars, and will be the finest edfce in the world
devoted to similar uses The greater part Of it is
built of Maine granite, and it is proposed TO
build the remainder with the same material, as the
porous sandstone with which it is constructed is
disintegrating rapidly. Plans have also been pre-
pared for a new War Department building The
new building for the Department of Agriculture is
also rapidly approaching completion. and the mu-
scum hall will be prominent attraction for visit
ors. Specimens of the animals, fruits. products OF
the soil, aud insects of every section Of the Re
public will be arranged in classes.
To curb fast young man-bridal him.
The flowers of speech spring from the root of
the tongue.
A man who lives almost exclusively upon tick
the telegraph operator.
What is the keynote Of good breedingP nat
urAl.
A person who is considered landless has some
times two or three achers in his mouth.
Why is blush like little girl2 Because it
becomes woman.
Another successful breeder Of short horns y
Whiskey tax.
If all the world were blind. what melan
choly sight it would be.' said an Irish clergyman
Hans, who is judge Of morals well mon
ey, SAYS that being tender to anoder mans wife is
not - legal tender
There is danger in being too neat. An old
! lady in Holland scrubbed her sitting-room floor
unt she fell through it into the cellar.
| The most tcnder-hearted man ever heard Of was
a shoemaker, who always shut his eyes and whistled
when he ran his awl into a sole.
Some men are like cats You may stroke the
fur the right way for years, and hear nothing but
purring but accidentally bread on the tail, and
all memory OF former kindness is oblterated.
Progress of the American idea Within a
week after the United States flag was hoisted at
Stka, three stores, two tenpin alleys two drinking
saloons and restaurant were in full operation
Multiply any given number of dollars by the
number OF days OF interest dasired; separate the
right hand figure aud divide by six the result is
the interest at six per cent, thirty days being re-
garded as one-twelfth Of year
! "How CAN YE BIooM so FRRsh AND FAIRF
l goes the old Scotch song. HowY Why, those
| who show the bloom Of health upon their cheeks.
take Plantation Bitters, which has the power oil
ortifying the system against disease, and OF regu-
ating the digestive apparatus. Are you dyspep-
tic, weak, void Of energy2 Have you little or no
appetite, headache, continued lassitude and de-
| preston of spirits? Take S. L. .----lS60--A.,
| and bloom and beauty will return. The Bltters
have become household friend.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08

higher above the :, sa,S ,Ss north eord end
EVEN tba. aingy old house AT '"' w.
!, 80, that was ugly, and all Itnsd snai
writing At its beao ''A"''
in a HON lis this inscription
toploor on ,NDERS,
Of Boston.
And now, all 'Essj bui s
old, is at rest -rNrM.
rods from where ! am
a simple stone, and
BETSEY So
AGEp 81.
SIIE WAS PooR AND FRIEND.
LOVED GoD Co,
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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-06-10
Select 4oetry.
EVENING.

Softly sets the sunset breeze,
Vesper bells are ringing;
Ger the earth on benied knees,
Night her veil is flinging.
Oh how weary feels my soul,
Now within her prison.
hush be still, ye thoughts of dole,
Whence have ye arisen?
Honeward yearns the captive heart
Yonder where so brightly
Gieam the stars; it longs to part
From this earth unsightly.
Gently fades the evening red,
Vesper chimes are dying;
Nature breathes holy dread,
flushed is e'en her signing.
Lost l stand upon the Lea,
Night has closed around me;
Still az death is main and sea
God. their spell has bodnd me.
Fainter beats my pulses all,
Dreamy visions haunt me;
Would that from this blessed thrall
Naught could disenchant me!
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-06-10

A Coon ARTICLE Doctor, that ere rat
bane of yours is irst-rate, said Yankee
to an arothecary.
Know d it, know it, said the vender
of drugs, evidently well pleased with the
fiatterlng remark of his customer. Don t
keep nothing but frst-rate stuff, everything
is prime.
''And, Doctor, | want to buy another
pound of ye.
Another pound! = calculated the Doctor,
with his almost ready to start from their
sockets, what, another pound?'
'tYes, sir I gin the whole of that pound
| bought the other day to pesky old raj
and it made it awfully sick, and am sure
another pound would kill it right out.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-06-10

Many hand that can skilfully use the
sledge-hammer would not be able to regulate
the machinery of watch. Nice are the
springs of immortal souls, fine are the threads
woven into the web of destiny, and diylnely
skilled should be the hand which directs
the work. Would you trust bungler to reg,
ulate nice piece of mechanism Would
YOU triae with the springs of natural life !?
How much less should they be trusted with
immortal souls.