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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-06

cases hundreds of miles, which at the full
of. the moon glisten with a remarkable
brightness. They shine as brilliantly un-
der the oblique as under the vertical rays
of the sun-a fact yet unexplained; they
pass over the tops and through the craters
of volcanoes, and through the valleys In
an uninterrupted course. OF the many
theories concerning them, perhaps the
most reasonable is that they are veins OF
matter elected from below during some
great volcanic or earthquake disturbances,
and in many respects they resemble our
own trap dykes and seines.
Since the time of Calico, astronomers
have painfully, patiently and persevering-
ly mapped every detail of the moons sur
face, until we have lunar Typographical
1charts more accurately constructed than
any hitherto constructed of the earth's sur
face. Photography has recently aided
largely in this work.
BY careful experiment. it has been
proven that the light of the full moon is
only 1.6O0, 600 part Of that of the sun, and
that she gives only one-sixth as much light
as would pure white disk; therefore
she is nearer black than white. An
equal sized globe of friedrich or clay
thrown into the orbit of the moon would
furnish us with light as bright as our own
luminary.
As early as 100, efforts were made to
ascertain if any heat came from the moon,
her rays being concentrated by means of
a lens upon the bulb of a thermometer,
with no effect, however; and other and
later trials with improved apparatus gave
the same result, or in some cases indicated
Tat the moon was shedding negative
heat or cold. II was only after the in
vention Of the thermopile that evidences
of lunar heat were discovered. The
amount was excessively small, however.
Lord Rose, with the aid of his three foot
rejecting telescope and Thomson's gal
vanometer, shows that little, if any, of this
heat comes from the interior of the moon,
or, in other wordsk that the body of the
luminary would be cold but from the heat
absorbed from the sun. This borrowed
heat has been shown to raise the exterior
temperature of our satellite to at least
fifty degrees Fab. As the suns heat and
light cease to fall upon her surface and
are lost for fifteen days at a time; and the
remaining heat being radiated into space,
the alterations of temperature must be
something startling, and the changes in
the physical features Of the body pro.
duced bv the enormous expansions and
contractions of her outer substance must
be great and very destructive Scientific
AMERICAN
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-06
The Moon.

nOF. OOULE ACCCAt1y lCCCulCu vi GlllS
subject before the San Francisco School
OF Mechanical Arts. He said that, in
using the immense telescopes of modern
times, one is surprised at the exceedingly
small area that can be examined at one
time, and by the great diminution of light
which appears to take place. A careful
survey Of the surface fills one with aston
ishment that the placid, silvery moon
should be changed in ragged, gray,
wrinkled and pockmarked heavenly body.
On turning to the brighter portions, we
find everywhere mountains, volcanoes,
crevasses and precipices of vast hight or
depth. It seems to be picture of desola-
ton, enthroned upon pedestal of ashes.
Those mountainous parts reflect brilliant
light on account of their volcanic nature,
the rocks being often smooth and polished,
and their jagged surfaces giving them
power to catch and throw light in every
direction. The southwestern portion IS
especially volcanic in its appearance On
close examination, however, we find long
ranges of mountains exhibiting no signs
of volcanic action, but in many respects
similar to the Sierras, much sleeper on
one side than the other, and apparently
formed by similar forces, though as rule
the volcanic element prevails. Many OF
these mountains are of immense size; thus
Clavius is 100 miles in diameter, and has
an area of IL, 900 square miles, and turrets
on its walls shooting to an altitude of 16. 600
feet. We next notice the frequent occur
renee of ringed mountains, not more than
ten to fifteen miles in diameter, and almost
perfectly circular in form. They arc
found alone upon the level country, or in
groups, and even upon the ridges Of. the
walled plain. There are also craters and
pits, which differ chiefly from the others
In their smaller dimensions. There is
also another prominent feature which has
puzzled astronomers, even in the present
day. From many Of the ringed mountains,
notably from Tycho, Copernicus and
Kepler, are radiations, extending III some
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-06
An Engineers Story.

A correspondent of the New York World
recently malle a trip over an Eastern rail
road in the engineers cab. He says: At
White Haven we had dinner, and engines
and engineers were changed. found
myself here on one of the finest locomotives
ever built tor any road, and in the COM
panv of one Of the brightest OF engine
drivers. The ride thenceforward was
one to be remembered through life
time.
A grea: food had swept through the
valley here not many years ago. The
Lehigh, swollen with its many tributary
streams and reinforced by the giving way
of dam after dam with their vast accumu-
lation of lumber and debris, soon became
irresistible; and from White Haven to
Easton the waters, rising thirty feet, raw
aged both banks. Men, women and chill
dren were crushed and drowned without
other warning than the roar OF a wave
that rose at the rate of thirty feet in nine
minutes. The vision of this flood in the
midst of storm and darkness, and the
echoes of despairing cries, were easily
conjured up as the locomotive doomed
along, jangling its bell under the cliffs.
In little while the road quilted the val
ley for the mountain and we began the
long ascent through the heart OF the Penn
sylvania wilderness to height which over
looks one of the historical and typical
scenes of the continent.
The grade was steep; the engineer
opened the valve, regulated his engine in
all respects, smoked, and asked me to step
over and sit on his side Of the locomo-
tive.
"It's all clear sailing for a few miles
now" said he; 1--WE shall not meet any
thing. It's tug up hill"
"What gradey''
From 100 to 148 feet to the mile"
"That's the reason, then, that you have
these heavy engines? ~
, Eyes"
"Is this grade thought by railroad men
to be very steep?"
WELL" said the engineer, slowly,
"pretty steep-yes. You know that In
old times, in England, grades of thirty to
forty feet to the mile were thought to be
heavy. Grades Of seventy to eighty feet
were thought to be improbable. can
remember reading all about it. They
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-06

THEY daily with paradoxes on the Pa
cific slope. Though grumbling about
their surplus Of silver, they are still in
q pickle over paying six bits apiece for
cucumbers in San Francisco.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-06
WEST AND SOUTH.

The National Council of the Order of Sow
ereigns Of Industry met at Cleveland on the
2lst, eleven States being represented. The
official reports show the order to be in
fiourishing condition.
The Wisconsin State Prohibition Conyen
ton met a: Oshkosh on the 2lst, and appoint
ed delegates to the National Convention to be
held at Cleveland.
NEWS was brought to Fort Laramie, Wy.
l., on the night OF the 2lst, by party from
Custer City, OF fight between miners and
indians on Deadwood Creek, sixty miles
north Of Custer. The miners attacked the
Indians and killed thirteen. One white man
was killed. The Indians had been running
off stock. More trouble was expected.
THE Governor Of California has approved
bill passed BY the Legislature providing for
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-06

A CERTAIN woman, never widow, fire.
quently speaks of her +" late husband, !" be-
cause lie never gets home until after mid
night
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-06

SoFr hearts often harden, but soft heads
never change.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-06

The minister who divides his discourses
into too many heads will find it difficult
to procure attentive ears for them all.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-06

Truth is stranger than fiction; but the
dime novel sells the best.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-06

the zSd, to prohibit the transportation Of liquid
nitro. glycer!ne, and to regulate the Transports
ton of dynamite. The bill to regulate the count
ing Of votes for President and ee-President was
House prohibiting the cutting Of timber on any
Indian s aE ,ne lands t. caien
has not been extinguished 70 reduce the extent
OF the military reservation at Fort Laramie, wy.
T., to an area Of 9fty-iour square miles; repeal
ing the law f0.btddtng the appoint ent to any
position in the army Of any person who served
| In any capacity in the military, naval or civil
se5yiee of the Confederate States in the late re.
settlers on public lands within railroad limits.
The Legislative, Judicial and Executive Appro-
Whole. ''''~'> ~ - WV
THE Senate, on the oath. insisted upon
its amendments to the bill ON the Sioux Indian
deficiencies, and . Conference Committee was
appointed. The Post-Route bill was amended
manner for counting the Presidential vote was
pnseed-3s to 26-and motion was made TO re-
consider: Adjourned to the 97th. "A bill was
in The he aSa:s C sspp
the year ending June 80, 1876. The Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was
amendments were disposed Of. Adjourned to
the 2yth
A BILL was passed in the Senate, on the
9Th, setting apart the 18th Of April ~ holiday
for Government employees, and joint resolution
was also passed granting such employees in wash
ington holiday ON the coming 18th Of April, to
attend the unwilling Of the Lincoln monument In
Lincoln Park, Warrington. The Consular and
Diplomatic Appropriation bill was taken up and
amended. motion to lay It aside and take up
the resolution for the appointment of Q
COMMITTEES to investigate the alleged frauds
nsys re ns Hopse metieo
to suspend the rules and pass the Payne Cur
rency bill was Gefeated--yeas, 81; nays, lee. The
bill providing for the deficiency in the Ensrav-
for the issuance Of subsidiary silver coin, was
amended in COMMITTEES Of the Whole and report
ed TO the House. A bill was introduced prOvid-
ing for the distribution Of o61cial patronage Of
ne government Ct Washington equally among
the States Of the Union.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13
For the Fayetteville Observer.
Eternity.

Much has been said OIL this
subject by learned men, but it is
SO great, SO abstruse and incom-
prehensible that finite minds
cannot conceive Of its magni-
tude. Yet it is to be our ever
living existence after we have
passed from our present proba-
ton. Is there any resemblance
between our present pilgrimage
and this fathomless duration be-
You'd the gravel Nay, all our
conceptions are inadequate to
describe it. Let us go back to
the period when the sun was Gre
ated- to illumine the voids of
space, and measure from that to
the time when the heavens shall
have passed away, and this will
not be a point in comparison
with eternity. Let US again go
back in our Imagination before
the creation, and view all the
ages from that period until we
shall be summoned to the great
tribunal, and yet, we haven't
the faintest' conception of eter-
nifty. Yet all our vices and vir-
tues will be as perpetual as that
never, never ending eternity.
They will either tend to expand
our happiness or animate our
misery. Our present existence
is but the vestibule of eternity.
How important it is, then, that
all our thoughts, words and ac-
tons should coincide with the
rule of Gods holy word! What
strong inducements for us to
seek our treasure in that land,
whose shores have never been
polluted with sin, whose delight
ful plains are reverberating with
the music Of the created angels
and redeemed Of earth.
Readers of the OBSERVER, be-
gin now to tune your hearts and
voices to sing the praises of
Him who inhabiteth eternity;
and when your pilgrimage on
earth is ended, you will be per-
to mingle your voices
with the angelic choir in heav-
en-. a. W. PHELPS. !
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13
The Ma ShYille American.

We have bee q receiving and reading TIL
-sEseziloeH, pull Iished at Nashville, and car
hesrtiy CONNER I'd it as a Newspaper IN the
true sense of the term. The Daily has al
of the Associate, Press Telegraph matter
both 81 the east md west, and all daily i'm
9ortant news. 1t is accurate in Commercial
and Financial rep ,rts which are full to date
in It's Daily, Semi Weekly and Weekly edi-
tons. 1t also has an Agricultural editor
specially eaploye d for that department, who
is Dr.. LEE, the mo st distinguished writer on
these subjects, in tire country, making it e.
Quivalent to any Agricultural paper. 1t al
SO confirms Il very great variety of Literary,
generalinews and miscellaneous matter and
is worth,:ts price IN gold to any family or
business Ia&n. Address The AmeTicGa,
Nashville Tenn.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13
Municipal Affairs.

| At the last meeting, the resigna-
ton Of Charlie Jones, tax-collector
Of Fayetteville, was presented, &C.
cepted, and H. Nevis elected to
fill the unexpired term.
1t was ordered that 40 cents be
levied on each 800 worth of prop
erty within the limits of the cor
poration, and ST poll tax, as taxes
to create a revenue to defray the
expenses Of the corporation.
Tipping privilege tax fixed at
$50 for the year 1876.
Merchants privilege tax,$5and
40 cents on the 500 of their high
est invoice per annum.
Auctioneer's privilege per an
mum, $50.
Exhibitions of ali kinds for prof
| it, 81. so per day and night; circuses
and menageries, $50 per day and
night.
Photographers, Sl2.5Oannually.
Livery-stable keeper, 70 cents
per year upon each stall.
Billiard tables, $3.50 on each
table.
Sewing machine agents, S. per
annum.
Butchers, per annum, SIS.
Sellers of patent right privileges,
$3.50.
Peddlers ofpatentmedicines and
uostrums, $3.50.
Peddlers Of merchandise, $50
annually.
Privilege license on all enter
taipments for profit in Bright Hall,
$3.50.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13
NEW FIRM.

r. N. 81 III. L. WHITAKER,
under the firm name of Whita-
l,er 81 Son, successors to Whit
aker 81 Allen, at the stand form
|erIv occupied by r. II. Ogilvie
one door north of Nassauer &
|Hinsh. will continue the Hard
|tTare and Implement business
Ind hope by fair dealing and
[trict attention to business, tc
s,,erit and receive a liberal share
# patronage; and while we
-LTould be pleased, did circum-
&tances Justify us, to grant in
uloence to many of our friends
nd former customers of the
.lSnse. we hereby notify all that
70 have resolved to do a strict
cash and barter business, and
uorantee the very lowest rates,
n invite all to examine our
Gods and prices. We will con-
me TO sell many of our goods
= less than cost; have received,
4 will continue to receive, adj
lions to our stock.
WHITAKER d. Son.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13
lFreSh and Genuine,

AT the northwest corner of
the square you can find a very
attractive stock of goods-new,
full and complete in every de-
partme Mt, and cheaper than
goods Lave been sold since the
war.
If you. want Dry Goods, if
you want Ladies' Hats, if you
want &c nts' Hats, if you want
Family Groceries, if you want
anything usually kept in Dry
e Goods II ouse, call and examine
before YOU buy. Barter taken
IN ,e1chan &c for goods.
j. G. FISHER.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13

@ We clip the following
from the Shelbyville CONNER.
cial. Esq. Russell was former
ly a resident of Fayetteville,
and has many friends here, who
will regret to learn of his mis-
fortune -
"DwELLING BURNED. - We
deeply sympathize with Esq. B.
l.. Russell, who had the misfor-
tune to lose his residence last
Wednesday evening by fire. -
When discovered tae roof was
burning, and as the wind was
blowing March-like it is proba-
BILE that a spark from the CHM
ney was lodged in the shingles
and famed to 4 fame. He had
been insured in the Franklin In
surance Co. for three years past,
but the agent, Mr.. ". S. Bear
den, informs us that he had fail
ed to renew his policy which
expired a few weeks since. He
has the sympathy of the entire
community"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of rea
estate have been acknowledge:
since our last, in the County Courr
Clerks office:
L. P. Bright, admir- of James
Bright, dec, to Lincoln county
agricultural and mechanical as
ISOLATION, 22aa acres in 9Th dis,
$1,587.50.
w. r. and NJ. E. Smith to r.
NJ. Koonce, interest in $50 a.
ores in 22nd dis, 500.
H.. d. Hampton to G. W.
Meyers and others, lot at Kelso.
w. A. Willard, sheriff, to
Mrs. II. Gabard, lot in 10th dis,
$9O4.4O.
Celina A.McKinney to Rus
sell Whitworth, III acres in Sd
dis, $125.
John NJ. Routt and wife to J..
P. Mckee, $1043 acres in 21st
dis, $2,299.
f. NJ. Kelso, special CON-, to
John NJ. Routt, 140a acres in
Dist dis, $3,512.50.
Mrs. @. E. Mcclellan to G.
W. Martin, PSI acres in Dist
dis, $4,000.
p. D. Bell to Jno. 7. and w.
A.Gill, lot in Fayetteville, 5000.
Mrs. Virginia Dismukes to
Mcdonald Ramsey, l acre in
9Th dis, $3.50.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13
Knights of Honor.

The first annual session Of the
Grand Lodge of Tennessee
Knights of Honor begun in
Nashville, Tuesday evening" the
18th. Delegates from 80 lodge:
were present; 6 lodges being
tlnrepleseiited. In the list, we
find CIV. W. James, Mulberry
Lodge No. 207." The Grand
Dictator reported the Order in
a fourishihg condition, It was
first introduced into Tennessee
on the 9th day of May, 1874,
by the establishment of Ten
nessee Lodge No 20, at Nash
vile, with sixteen members; at
this time there are thirty-six
lodges in the State with an ag-
gregatc Of HOO members.
The following grand officers
were elected for the ensuing
year -
d. b. Gally, Edgefeld, Grand
Dictator.
L. A. GRAFT, Knoxville, Grand
Vice Dictator.
Benz. X. Puilen, Memphis,
Grand Assistant Dictator.
George d. Hughes, Edgefeld,
Grand Guide.
Rev. j. w. Cullom, Spring
field, Grand Chaplain.
W. H. Trafford, Nashville,
Grand Reporter.
VIM. Bate, Pulaski, Grand
Treasurer.
r. Albert, Chattanooga, G.
Guardian.
R. Kennedy, McMinnville,
Grand Sentinel.
G. Schiff, Nashville, T. f.
Perkins, Franklin, p. d. Nc
Culloch, Trenton, Grand Trus-
tees.
Col. Creed F. Bates, Cleve-
land, and DIR. p. d. M'Culloch,
Trenton, Grand Representa-
Lives.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13
Fayetteville Produce Market,

The receipts of cotton are al
most blank, but buyers are
ready to take all that should
como in.
Wheat is unchanged, with
moderate receipts.
Corn is fairly active and read
ilv briggs 30 cts.
Floar active and sells at So q
81, as to grade.
German millet seed is in linn
tied demand at 50c@75c from
wagons.
Rye nominal.
Eggs 81.
Butter, 12a@15.
Chickens, 15@16a.
Sweet potatoes sell from the
stores at S1.25. Irish, North
ern seed, sell at $1.25 per bush.
from store.
Meal, 40 cts. per bush.
Bacon, unchanged.
Lard, Il.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13

n A well-known citizen of
Memphis, formerly of Lincolt
county; furnishes the following
items Of news by postal card
dated April 18th -
"Our market quite supplied
with German Millet - selling
at $l.25 by retail.
off the present aspect of oul
river is not changed soon, the
planters in bottoms will not be
able to plant anything. The
water is now higher than it has
been for thirty years and still
rising, with abundant snow in
upper river country to keep ii
up till June or after. Other o.
verfows of equal size lasted
from 3 to 6 months"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13
A Year Long to be Remem-
bered,

This is leap year, the year to
elect a President, Centennial year,
a year of excitement, and a year
to spend money; SO if you wish to
have some pocket change, buy
your names, traces, collars, hoes,
iron, horse shoes, nails, = cat
saws, carpenters tools, building
material, fishing tackle, guns,
pistols, table and pocket cutlery
and hardware of all kinds from
r. H. 0GILvIE, west side of the
Square, for he has the largest,
best and cheapest stock ever
Brought to the county.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13

@ Every Judge of the SUI
preme Court Of Tennessee sign
ed a petition to Governor Por-
ter, requesting him to COM
mute L. n. Gilbert's death sem
tence to imprisonment, because
they think it possible that he
was insane when he committed
the murder, And a letter now
before us, from the Adjutant-
General'soffice, dated n ashviIle,
April 8, says
upon the petition of the SUI
preme Court, Governor Porter
has determined to commute the
sentence of death passed upon
Gilbert to Imprisonment for
life"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13
B@ The following death a

sJ@ The following death an
nouncement appears in the
Cumberland Presbyterian of A
pril 9th. Mrs. Carly was for
many years, until 1866, a citi-
zen of Fayetteville. She was a
native Of Alabama. Her maid
ed name was johnson, and she
was a step-daughter of William
French. She was a good We
man, and many Of our citizens
viii regret to hear Of her death {:
D1E0-Of consumption,nea
Concord, Tenn, Sister Matte
Carty,consort of Prof. C.B.C Carly
The writer Knows little of her
early life, but is informed that
she was born and raised i'll or
near Fayetteville, Tenn. After
coming to the neighEorhood OF
Concord, she united with the
Concord congregation OF the
Cumberland Presbyte'n Church,
of which she lived q worthy
member. She died March 10,
in the triumphs of the Christ
ian faith, leaving a husband,
three children, three sisters, and
numerous friends to mourn their
loss.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13
The Sick.

Mr.. j. G. Bright, who is sui
fering from a paralytic stroke
has improved, and will soon &C
to Atlanta, Ga, for treatment
Mrs. Mat. Ramsey, relict of
Capt. B. T. Ramsey, is suffer.
ing with typhoid pneumonia. =
Hopes are entertained Of her re-
covery.
The OBSERVER foreman, w,
III. McNelly, has been sick with
typhoid symptoms, but is now
better.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13
CIR Mnrkets --Tatgst Ratag
Nashville, Tenn.

Nashville, Tenn.
Beeswax-30c.
23@25.
Bulk-clear sides, 1224c; shoulders. 81
packed; breakfast bacon, las; canvassec
hams, 1870.
Cotton = ordinary, SO; good ordinary
10; low middling, 1873; middling, 1873
good middling, 12%.
Cofee-Rio, common to choice, 2O3{a
222lc., Rb; Laguyra, %; Java, 3I@33.
Candles-16c For full weight.
Cern-shelled and sacked, 46@48.
Flour-fancy, p Dbl, $3.50; choice family
$6;!5; superfne, $450@$4.75; ane, 4.5O
Eggs--101k ollie Per doz.
teathers-prime to choice, 80.
Lard--kegs 16c; buckets, I51S tierce, a.
Meal-sacked in depot, 49c.
Peanuts, 6Oc@75, as to quality.
POultry-ducks, 15@18c; mems, 25c; tur-
keys, live, &c per ID; dressed, 1Oc.
PotatOes-Irish, weaker, S1.6O per Dbl;
sweet, $3.00@$3.50 per Dbl.
Rye-5Oc.
Salt-7-busb. Dbl. 81. so in depot.
Sirups-N. 0. molasses, 50@6Oc; golden
sirup, 65@75c.
Sugar-Demarara II Z; New Orleans, Z a
Tallow-choice, IKE.
Wheat-6Oc@140.
Whiskey-Lincoln county, S175@3OO.
Wool-Washed, 4O@44
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13

DE- It looks as if the old
saying that. Gall the fruit is new
er killed in March, is to be YER
flied after all. Experienced
fruit-raisers inform us that the
prospect now is fair for a third
of a crop, at least, OF peaches,
and the apples don't seem to be
hurt.