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AMAsA s1oNE's SUICIDE.
He shoots Himself in Bath-Cub While
Temporarily Insane

CLEVELAND, o., May 11.-One of the
most sensational suicides ever recorded in
this State occurred here this afternoon.
Amasa Stone, the famous millionaire
founder of ebert College, and who was
LARGELY interested in the ULion Iron and
Steel Works of Chicago, and Brown, Bon
nell " Co., OF Youngstown, Ohio, shot him
self through the heart while laboring under
alteration Of mind.
Mr.. Stone has been in ill health for many
weeks and has been suffering from insomnia
and indigestion. II has been confined to
his house most of the time, riding out occa
| sionally. OF late he has been getting little or
no sleep. This morning he suffered more
than usual, and did not arise until the din-
ner hour. About O'Clock he retired to his
room to take a hap His wife did not dis
| turb him until O'Clock, when she entered
his room and found it empty. She found
| the door of the bathroom adjoining closed
and locked. She called her husband by
name several times, and, receiving no an
swer, aroused the household.
THE BUTLER's HORRIBLE DISCOVERY.
The butler climbed over the transom and
found Mr.. Stone sitting upright in the bath
tub with life extinct and large bullet hole
in his left breast. By his side was small
Smith " WessOn revolver. The body was
clothed in undergarments and pantaloons,
indications being that he had arisen,
taken bath and partially dressed him
self 1t is supposed he became suddenly
attacked with fit of insanity.
and while in that condlsion took his life.
No noise whatever not even the sound of the
shot was heard by the members OF the fam
lily or by the neighbors. Mrs. Stone said TO-
| night that her husband had felt very much
depressed when he first made his appear
ance this morning and acted very strangely
The tragedy, which has created the widest
| excitement here, occurred in Mr.. Stones
| private chamber, situated on the first floor
| of his elegant mansion on Euclid avenue He
was 66 years old, having been born in Alassa-
chusetts in 1918, and was a descendant of
the Puritan pilgrims. His eldest daughter,
who is the wife of Colonel John Hay,
sailed from Liverpool yesterday with her
| husband, after being absent for over a year.
Mr.. Stone leaves two daughters, sister and
two brothers, one of the latter being A. D.
Stone OF New York, president of the Union
Iron and Steel Company of Chicago
MIR. STONES RECENT LOSSES.
The recent losses of Amasa Stone greatly
affected him, not so much on ap.npnt OF the
financial loss, but owing to the manner H.
which he prided himself on hainr au nhl.
inancier. During his lifetime, MIR. Stone
had been largely Interested in various
railroad enterprises, and was builder
OF the Howe bridge The Ash
tabula bridge, which fell some
years ago. causing the death of many
persons, was one of his pet structures, and
It's loss caused him great worry He had a
| constant fear that he would be mate legally
responsible for the loss of life occasi0ned
by that disaster His family relations have
| always been of the most pleasant character,
and his wife, Sho is 81 years OF age, is a very
| estimable lady.
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Central Loan Association.

The annual meeting of the Central Loan
Association was held last evening and the
following officers were elected President,
Mahion NJ. Child; Vice President, Robert
Fl. Logan; Secretary, William f. Hawkins;
Treasurer, John Fl. Dandy; directors for
three years, C. P. Johnson, Charles n.
Trump, Albert Newhall; Thomas B. Hizer
was elected for an unexpired term; Auditors,
John Fl. Dandy, Miller tradley aud s. II
Baynard. This loan is one OF the most sue
cessful in the city and made a dividend of
16H per cent during the past year, and the
last three series have each expired in less
than three years. The following figures are
taken from the secretarys annual report:
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annual Meeting of reachers.

The Executive Committee of the Delaware
State Teachers Association, consisting OF
Messrs. McKendree Downham, of George
town; J. E. Carroll, of Dover, and D. W,
Harlan, of this city, met in Dover, yester-
day, to arrange for the next yearly meeting
of the Association, which will be held at
Rehoboth, In August next. The session will
open on the 21st, and several prominent
teachers of the State have voluteered to pre-
pare original papers for that occasion
Special rates will be obtained, both on the
railroad and at the hotels, for the teachers
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Might Hnye Reen serlous

While Patrick Doyle and Patrick Shields
were engaged at the Pusey ~ Jones Com
pany's boiler shops yesterday afternoon,
about 8 O'Clock, in forcing on boiler head,
the nut which held a large piece of angle
iron in place, broke, letting the angle iron
fall to the ground, mashing the fingers OF
Shields ard badly bruising the others ankle
The injured men were removed TO theiI
homes and medical attendance summoned.
The are both very much improved to-day.
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Tammany's Day Celebrated

Last evening Delaware Tribe No. 1, i.
o. r. NJ, celebrated Tammany's Day
at Stoeckle's saloon, where the mem
bers gathered and did justice to repast Of
genuine German dishes. Christian Spoerl,
P. G. g., spoke briefly of the history OF
Tammany, who was chief of the Delaware
tribe of Indians. The company afterwards
enjoyed themselves in thorough manner,
and departed tor their homes ut reasonable
hour. This lodge is one of the oldest in the
State, being the first to reorganize after the
war
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=.
II. =.

Those who have been or'unate enough to
receive tickets of invitation to the anniveI-
sary exercises of the RuIbv Literary Society,
will have an opportunity to get them ex-
changed for reserved sat tickets on Mon
day morning next, hy applying to G. f.
Thomas X Co. thc entertainments given
by his ciety are always god and draw
Gro dcd houses
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OTHER GAMES


Gross joined the Philadelphia team at
Chicago yesterday.
There is no truth in the report that La
than is to return to Philadelphia.
Why the Philadelphia managers don't al
low Neagle to pitch in the championship
games is a mystery. He is one of the best
pitchers in the country.
The Defiance OF this city will play the H.
G. Mason Club at Chester Park, Chester,
this afternoon.
This afternoon, at the Scheutzen Park.
the hardware clerks of d. H. Kent g. Co..
will play nine clerks of the other hardware
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Tho Eisk Lnhiles sinrsrs.

A large and appreciative audience greeted
the Fisk Jubilee Singers Of Nashville, Tenn,
at the Opera House last evening. The sing.
ing was excellent and each number received
applause, several numbers being encored.
The solos OF F. London and Miss Jennie
jackson are deserving of especial mention
The evenings entertainment closed about
10 O'Clock.
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unnnrnIlelnl snooess.

The Coleman House, the largest hotel in
Asbury Park; Il cottages at Point Pleasant;
the residence oil Rev. DrsEvans, secretary OF
Ocean Grove, and Mr.. Harrington of Asbury
Park, have all been given to Messrs. Bah i
Company, of this city, to paper. This is
certainly to the greatest credit, not only ia
these gentlemen, but also to our city.
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RCSTEE'S SALE
~
REAL ESTATE !!
IN THE ORrHANs, COURT. !

q Lw CASTLE COUNTY.
4 ,! virtue gfan order Of the Orphans Court of
H'" u Delaware, In and iOr New Castle
,,i lnatt ~ M February term. A. d., 1855,
t"nil, Will be exposed t. pub ic sale, al
HFoi5 N ,l, llguse, In he cit, Of Whining on. on
krioi hnA "a = me second day of June, 1881, 1T
svne Ill ~, i"ii@Ting described real estate,
E%i Et ''' J. "i' ~ Of John Naloney, deceased,
/ 4ll that certain lot, piece or parcel
stH u \ uIirh dMelling hous, TIL, re on erecie
ItcrBc ~ sieltg oil ilmtn ton, bounded and
VIE " ~ u ht 'sttrly ide OF hipley street ba-
fon tN tNlh ana Ninth strt cts, the distance
Bill. "S,tl, rn q, ana forty frrt nine incl es more
ons NM "i land Ct Elizabeth Morris: thence
kI,Iiti tin, 5,n, u ID land westerly parallel with
an nh @ 9i hundred feet TO the east rly side
8irft Hi, taH snulhcrly parallel with Shipley
asnd NH 'h ny three inches to "A stake IN ofher
RralleI Wii hHniSc sheets; thence sterly
hIldle Of /. : 4, ,irntn i street and through the
AOrr,5Wii M inning house one hundred feet TO the
ahc same ,"1,, W. IN l''y street. and thence along
Othr n,r f y nliesn feet and three inches
bfwi,i IG, VI ginning, be the contents there
kght ~, ~ liI'Ay' With the iree uninterrnD MED
bur rff MN .,,'' riNllog of til above-mentloned
Rlty viii Hhi,i n 4,s wide alley and the four Kee
'trrtl Ia /, "'',yi II hnects leading into Orange
btr,nR. t 4ztl IN common forever with ofher
shat rfrt t,tnlOs legal right thereto. No. q Mi
~, t6rrpn' ~ %, piece OF land with the build
In d, ,oi rrotcd, situate In said ciiv hegin
Elail ~ lht int rsecton of tne westeriy' In ~
f fH
but st+, 'lItl with the somtheriy Side Z, 4 Chest
Bttel w., w. .nrlte along said side of Chestnut
kout prly ef,y 9t'l siHty feet to a stake, thence
n ttg1f, IL ~ Irall To VanBuren street twenty
Oning in ~ y l'lgii line between thiOaud the a.
but Il p,t 9,ure castery and par altei 10 CHEST
ysion NH il'ii Iassng through the middle OF The
ns o. the '', n %, t"t"n this and the house adjoin-
Dill. Of V.ttpWu,'h sixty feet to the said westerly
hOr herl, ,'nu itii ,h rlrcel, and thence thereby
tUrconfpni" \, }ett Iett to the place OF beginning
soplcrci In M, terr0f what they may. And Ii
la,cfs w., IT that the purchaser or pur-
|banl j".r," ht aud app, ar at the next Or
4 ItodIt nIy ~ l'r New Castle county that the
|heprrlri,.. ',5lI T. the purchaser or puTchasers
uaclul .er,, tl', 10 him. her she or they with
4 tnlFl enl3'y or suretics To be approved nv the
ani arknn,j I tto rUgniZance to he taken
tna spir ~ ''Pe IN said court to the state in n
sllhcanIlfi3, y" determined by the said court,
ay, or l6,r @ , h p,, to The parties entitled sew.
4 !n,, r.nr T. II rAeeht rs, adminstr tors or as
.b.e 81 NJ ~ rl'l,lN, their just ana pr.portion-
tfesl nom ., u SUI purchase money, with in
n such 5u'i NM as the court may determine
IOio ill., M ah,l line as may, b tile dir, O.
- said conii.y ci e" IT he prescribed aud appointed
leHHs gai, iEdoll - tendance will he vlTrn and
Said iy' ''" hmrwn ~ the time and niace aro,a.
LARRY SHARPLhY, Trustee.
Nv. lIOrspN,y c,.-, or by HIS attorney.
---------,, lerk W. u. my2-ts
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Tho Lunch of the season.

just think of It'll A lunch that will make
your mouth water at Freye's tonight. Beef
come. Freye knows how to do it. His
place is at No. II East Second street.
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wTLM INGToN. DEL SATURDAY, MAY IL 1ssa

establishments of the city. The stakes con-
sist OF all the ice cream the victors can
eat at one sitting. At recent contest
Kent q Co.'s nine was defeated by score
of "A to 9, but a different result is expected
this afternoon.
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rhOrOSALS.
NOTICE !

NOTICE
~ nrlRs ,N.al VIII pc received until May q, 1873
Nile Stnat, ,r W. hundred copies of the journal
HSA iii nm ia ' inc State OF Delaware, session OF
s oct yO In 'it'A, inA, ne journal to be printed
sSSl4gasi lGrty-@g IL primer type, SO as to Contain
~ nays in liz, llhes ON u page, with the yeas
SsO9bl ncll''"I N W compact form. The proposals.
X charge Fvi pr Ting, binding AID ali items
~ q The Jm,sy volumes TO be bound in law
s'lstl leru ti 4al TO be printed in more con-
y hLES w. whitley, JR..
-LEwEs, DFt Niefk OF Senate session of iss3.
bnl,-L., DtL., April IS, 1883. a27-aW
PRINTt\,, FOR
Of r. tpn, n lllE JOURNAL OF THE HoITsE
bELAwvs wssE,SIENTATIvEs s,IE OF THE STATE OF
!ae Gn,eissiare are invited and will he recoived hv
~ pr ntIn,S until saturday, Nav Ieti, ,asS
'SSlof leS Vim copies of the Journal, for tie ses
itpM than 6cr. 70 !, h printed in a more condemned
npe 50 AZ ioiofe, In octave, in long primer
~ lines On +, - - contain at least 'fortv-
W. r. IA comparPE PEftge tt with the yeas and nays In
~ al lttps lt1sl5 is shall include printing binding.
''uld In law eharge. Thirty yol1mes to 81
s,aus z, W. wAP, Ea
Pennington, Del.
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MOTIVES AGAIN bEATEN.

READING, May 1.-THE second game be-
tween the Harrisburg and Active clubs for
the Interstate championship, was played
here to-day before 1900 people. Harrisburg
punched its hits in the first innii e, which,
aided by passed balls of Lynch, enabled
them to win, making the second defeat for
the Actives by Harrisburg. Hoover split
his finger during the game and retired;
Wiley coming in and Ardener, who is still
lame, going into right field. The score
follows :
Active ........ 0 o 0 o o o q
Harrisburg. o 0 l Z
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THE ALLEGHENYs' MEAN TRICK.
THE "PHILLIEs' :" USUAL LUCK,

CHICAGO, May 1.-THE Philadelphias
batted well to-day, but mostly after fielding
chances had been lost, as the Chicago
flelded miscrably. Coleman was batted
hard in streaks, and Chicago had the luck
to bunch their hitting. Mcclellan played
a superb game at short, as did Burns at
second base. Ferguson has a bad finger,
and his errors were, therefore. excusable.
Attendance, 1900. The score follows:
Chicago. ......... 2 2 0 o Ill
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A ROarin. Ice.StOrm.

A remarkable storm phenomenon is
described by a Mississippi planter in a
private letter to Il commission mer-
chant of New Orleans. According to
this letter, which is dated Woodland,
Wilkinson county, Miss the following
occurrence took place yesterday
about 5 o'clock in the evening, we had
here a storm, not a hailstorm, not a
wind-storm, but q fearful deluge Office.
You may think l exaggerate when l
tell you that large pieces of ice-some
round. some square fell in my yard,
some blocks from three anl a half to
four inches square. TO look out, meth.
ing could be seen above or below but
ice. Houses twenty feet away from
mine could not be seen during this
pouring of ice, which lasted three
quarters of IN hour.
"Such a roaring noise I never heard
before. If all the guns of Gettysburg,
Sumpter and Fort Barrancas had been
turned loose at once they coull not
have produced the sound Cf this ice
storm. At one time the ice was a foot
deep or more in front of my door. 1t
cut off limbs of trees an inch and a
half thick, tore off all the leaves and
cut my corn off even with the ground.
1t swept away every stalk of cotton
and cleaned my garden as clean us
your office floor. | have a clover
patch near the house, and if a NOW
ing machine had passed owe it it
could not have been cut as close At
one time 1 feared that the roof Of my
house would be crushed in. 1t was
enough to scare any me-. About
wenty negroes collected on my gallery
through fright, and could not be in.
duced to speak a word. All thought
their time had come. Fire looks dam
gerous, but so much ice with such a
roar is Just as frightful'
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About Bathing.

The Royal Humane society of Lon
don has published a list Of cautions to
bathers, which may well be referred to
the attention Of our realers, at this
season when bathing, either in salt or
fresh water, will be freely practiced.
The Jules are rot new, but practical
and valuable, as follows:
Avoid bathing within two hours
after a meal.
Avoid bathing VIII. n exhausted by
fatigue or from any other cause.
Avoid bathing when the body is
cooling after perspiration.
Avoid bathing together in the
open air if, after having been a short
time in the water, it causes a sense OF
chilliness with numbness Of the hands
and feet.
Battle when the body is warm, pro-
vided no time is lost in getting into
the water.
Avoid cl .illing the body by sitting
or standing undressed on the banks or
in boats after having BEN in the
water.
Avoid remaining too long in the
water--l. ave the water immediately il
there is the slightest feeling of chilli
ness.
The vigorous and strong may battle
curly in the morning On an empty
stOma h.
The young, and those who are weak,
had better Dathe two or three hours
after a meal--the best time for such
is from two to three hours aftir
breakfast.
Those who are subject to attacks of
giddiness or faintness, and those who
suffer from palpitatlon an other
sense of discomfort at the heart,
should not battle without first con.
sulting their medical adviser.
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WISE WORDS,

Comparison, more than reality.
makes men happy, and can make them
wretched.
True friends visit Is in prosperity
only when invited, but in adversely
they come without invitation.
The sister of temperance is not she
who stands idle, but she who goes
straight forward to the work.
Despotism can no more exist in a
nation until the liberty of the press be
destroyed than the night can happen
before the sun is set.
Whoever has Il contented mind has
all riches. TO him whose foot Is in
closed in a shoe, is it not as though the
earth were carpeted with leather?
1t is so much p%leasanter to have
imaginary enemies than to recognize
ones own incapacity for any task un-
dertakcn, that the dclusion is always
maintained.
Life has no Indebtedness equal to
an ill-assortel marriage; it is the
sepulchre of the heart. haunted by the
ghost Of pure atie,t Ons, and hopes
z, ne forever.
Our happiness depends less upon the
art of pleasing than upon a uniform
disposition to please. The difference
is that which exists between ceremony
and sincerity.
Our fellow-creatureS can judge of
what we are only from what we do;
but in the eye of our Maker what we
do is of no worth except as it flows
from what We are.
What we call miracles and wonders
of art are net SO to him who created
them: for they were created by the
natural movements of his own great
soul. Statues, paintings, churches,
poems, are but shadows Of himself.
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The First " knife.
James Bowie and two Younger brot

James Bowie and two younger broth
ers emigrated from Maryland and set
tied in Mississippi, near Natchez, in
1925. They were men of means and
well educated. They opened up a
cotton plantation. But James Bowie
was naturally of a rowing disposition,
and was particularly fond of hunting.
In those days it was no trouble to find
game, and consequently James was in
his element. He whitfield out of a piece
of cypress what he thought would be
a good model for a hunting-knife, and
had a blacksmith named Allison, in
Natchez, to make him one from his
model. This was the first bowie
knife. This I believe to be a true his
tory of this noted knife. He thought
it so perfect for what he intended it
for that he took out a patent for it,
and sold the right to a Philadelphia
firm, who flooded the country with
these knives.
The celebrated fight in which four
men were killed, including a brother
of James Bowie, which occurred on
the Willow bar, and in which tradition
says the bowie-knife was so freely
used, happened in 1929, two years be-
fore the knife was invented. James
Bowie was killed at the taking of
Alamo, in 1S36.-Louisci:Ie Courier
Journal,
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A Vegetarian's Experience.

A vegetarian reports to the British
NedicuI Journal the result of his
years experience without meat. at
first he found tie vegetables insipid,
and had to use sauces and pickles to get
them down. As soon rs he became
accustomed to the diet all condiments
were set aside except little salt. The
desire for tobacco and alcohol left him
spontaneously. Then all his digestive
functions became regular, and he found
him. ELF wholly free from headaches and
bilious attacks. After three months a
troublesome rheumatism left him, and
at the end of a year he mad gained
eight pounds in weight. lie believes
he can do more mental labor than tc-
fore, and that all his senses arc more
a"ute. For break: East he has brown
bread, apples and coffee; dinner con-
sists of two vegetables. brown bread,
and pie or pudding; for tea he r~eioices
in bread and jam. with milk and water,
and for supper, bread, jam, cold pud-
ding, and. as a luxury, boiled onions.
Eggs, milk, butter and cheese are use
only in very small quantities. The
dietist is a doctor, and his statement
is drawing out many similar ones
from medical men.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Mrs. Spaggins was boasting Of her
e house. The windows, she SAID,
were stained. "That's too bad; but
won't ~turpentine or benzine wash it
off ?" asked the good Mrs. Oldboy.-
Burlington HaWkeye.
There is a young fellow in our neigh
borhood who has been making a daily
practice of attempting to sing, "Let
me like a soldier die" He seems to
crave death, and they do say that one
of the neighbors who has a musket is
preparing to accommodate him.
Saturday Night.
Charley, the three-year-old of the
household, stood an attentive and inter
ested looker.on while grandma was
pairing potatoes for dinner. Presently
she made u sign Of disseminating the
work with a single potato left un-
peeled and unwashed. The little tel-
low reached into the pan, took it in his
chubby hand, and turning his bright
ives in an appealing glance to grand,
mas face, exclaimed: "Take i'm Goes
off and give i'm baf, too"
A gentleman, who is said to be lone
of the poets laureat of the United
States" has written a poem descrip-
tive of a visit to Egypt, in which he
saws: "Then to the railroad we did go
To take the cars for Cairo; 10 see the
pyramids was our intent, So from Al
exandria we went" We never under
stood before just what was meant by a
"poet laureat of the United States"
but it is clear from this specimen that
the country is well supplied with them.
-Norrtstown Herald.
Inquirer-You wish to set Mr..
Snaggs and his next door neighbor to
fighting. Easy enough. Some dark
night just take a load of ashes and old
oyster cans and dump them in Snaggs'
back ward. He'll lay it to his neighbor
and Sling 'em over the fence. The
neighbor'll be madden than a candidate
for office beaten 10y one vote, and VIII
sling 'em back. Then things will
hum; law suits, pulled noses and
bloody heads will result, and you can
sit back and see the fun.-Boston Post.
An indignant landlord writes de-
handing the name of the party who
first suggested putting coils of rope in
sleeping rooms as a protection against
fire. lie says he provided every bed
room in his house with a coil of rope,
and the first night three OF his guests
lowered their baggage from the sixth
story window and skipped, Leaving
several days board bill unpaid. lie
allows that being burned 70 death is
bad enough, but running a hotel for
fun is a good deal worse.-Rocheste'
Eo.,,,.,ce
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"reminiscences of the Chicago Fire

Colonel E. C. Lamcd, Of Chicago, in
an address upon the great fire, csti-
ma ed the number of live; los. n that
awful di aster to be 500. On Tues
day, October 10, there were 100 600
people homeless, but within a week
1888 carloads of provisions and cloth
ing were received, and thenceforwarl
a steady stream of relief poured in
from all parts of the world. The re-
lief society handled $3,O00,000, every
dollar of which vas accounted for.
There were 339.242 families assisted by
the society. In these families we're
lj6,96S persons, of whom all but
21,692 were foreigners. OF the goods
received there were 10000 blankets,
100000 articles of clothing. 32,000,G0O
pounds Of flour. 23,C0 900 pounds of
meat, $1,000 bushels of vege,a bles and
$1,000 cooking stoves. there wire
1888 houses built for people unable t,
cebuild with their WI means. Every
one of these had repaid thes cictv the
money borrowed for that purpose.