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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-06-05
Fun at tho Theatre.

First Young Lady-And so you were
at the theatre last nightP
Second Young Lady-Yes, and we
just had the most delightful time.
Bella Smithkins was with us-there
was a party Of US, yoa know--and she.
Bella, you know, just firted awfully
with Fred Thompson. But we had
such fun.
+. Y. L-You must have had q
splendid time. What was the playP
S. Y. 1.-The playp Well--er-I'm
sure i don't know. l didn't pay much
attention to the stage Boston Cour-
Ter.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-06-05
WHO Is THE HERO?

IT'S he who hurls am ain,
With purpose strong,
Truths soul-forced victims
At the crest OF Wrong.
Ills he who fl ashes back
The oppressor's frown,
And smites alike for Right, .
Crczler, OF crown.
Nor cline nor zone doth hedge
The hero's birth;
Nor ancient age usurp,
The brave of earth.
No! for there be, to-day,
Men brave and strong
As e'er swung battle-axe
In old Homer's song.
Grant fought q noble cause
The M Q man
And hearts OF flame shall leap
To lead the van!
Where'er, or when, men strike
For Truth and Right,
God calls His giants forth
To lead the fight.
Rockford, III. z. w. BLAIsDELI
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-06-05

you demand reverence. Now urge all
chose employees into q religious life.
So far from that, how is it, young menP
Instead of being cheered on the road
to heaven some of you are caricatured,
and it is a hard thing for you to keep
your Christian int gritty in that store
or factory where there are so many
hostile to religion. Ziethen, Q brave
general under Frederick the Great,
was a Christian. Frederick the Great
was an infidel. One day Ziethen, the
venerable, white-haired general, asked
to be excused from military duty that
he might attend the holy sacrament.
He was excused. A few days after
Ziethen was dining with the king and
with many notables of Prussia, when
| Frederick the Great, in q jocose way,
said: swell, Ziethen, how did the
sacrament of last Friday digestP" The
venerable old warrior arose and said:
FOR your majesty [ have risked my
life many a time on the battle field,
and for your majesty l would be will
ing any time to die; but you do wrong
when you insult the Christian religion.
You will forgive me if /, your old mill
tary servant, cannot bear in silence
any insult to my Lord and my Savior"
Frederick the Great leaped 10 his feet
and he put out his hand and he said;
"Happy Ziethen! forgive me. forgive
me. You will never DO bothered
again"
oh, there are many being scoffed at
for their religion! and thank God
| there are many men as brave as lie
' then. Go to heaven yourself, o, en-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-29

NEW YoRK. Oct. ls.--On the 18th inst.
Pierre (Dak.) dispatch announced that
Judge Mccain had suddenly disappeared
from that place. taking with him money
belonging 70 other parties, and had gone
20 Montreal 70 join other prominent
fugiiives from justice. Judge McCana,
who u : graduate Of Harvard and well
known here, denies the story - .
malicious fabrication. He says he has
been away from Dakota for . month. and
that bis Whefeaoouts he's been known 70
kls fFieodo. He will soon return =
Pione end confront kls accusers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-29

what Eastern Factory Girls Have 20 SUBJ
malt to at the Hands Of Unprincipled Em-
pIoyers-
NEW YoRK, Oct. 19.-At . meeting Of
the Brooklyn Central Union Sunday aft
ernoon. In Labor Lyceum, Myrtle street.
Williamsburg, . committee Of six. three
men and three women, related : story Of
immortality which they said they mad
found, after an investigation. 10 exist ID
Williamsburg factory. "When the
girls in that factory quit work." the
committee said, ethe moving cause was
the discharge of two girls because,
Il was alleged, they were late
10 coming to work. After quitting
work, however, the hands. two hundred
In eli, OF both sexes, refused to return to
work unless certain men were dis
charged. The employees, In demanding
the discharge Of these men, allege the
most afroci0us acts against them. Mr..
Donovan, Of the State Board Of Arbitra-
ton, and our committee visited the
proprietor to bring about : settlement Of
the trouble. He would not listen 70 rs,
not even when We stood ready TO give
him the proofs, which We shall give you
70 day, Of the existence Of horrible
practices ID that factory. Tor the
privilege Of earning four and i've dollars
Z week, girls and women have had TO
prostitute themselves, little boys being
made the bearers Of the indecent pro-
posaIs."
After the committee had presented
what were regarded g proofs Of the al
legged abuses, committee Of the union
was appointed TO proceed against the &C.
cused men In the criminal courts. The
Union will unite with the Central Labor
Union Of this city In IN effort 70 have
these men brought TO trial. Il has or
dered the establishment Of fund for
that purpose, 70 which Il asks al good
people to contribute. The girls will be
supported BY the Central Labor unions
81 this city and Brooklyn during the
strike.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-29

Bosrox, Oct. 2o.-For several days .
rumor has been whispered that Jno. =.
Bierkmaier. bookkeeper u BuTdettc,
Young 4 Ingalls, had disappeared, ieav.
ing : shortage In the accounts Of the
firm. Inquiry reveals that BierkmaIer
left here IN August and y supposed 70 b
In Quebec. The books shew . shortage
not exceeding $4,000. The loss win not
eject the credit 81 the firm, which II one
of the strongest clothing houses In the
country. Il IL understood that the pesQ-
lations began several years ago. and =
nSst were Of small amounts
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-29
SPIRIT OF THe PRESS.

Yes. the Republicans do love the
working-men and the labor organiza-
tionA Their affection for them u
deep, tender and touching. The
TrjbUns reveals the hollowness Of ~
pretended regard for the labor organi-
zations when II says editorially: Tho
candidacy Of Henry George for the
New York mayoralty will not have
been wholly in vain Il Il shall have
what now seems : probable result
That probability. OF course. Is the cleo
tion Of the Republican ticket Detroit
Free Press
There must Be : scarcity Of or
binary timber when the Republicans Of
Cincinnati are compelled to renomi-
nate vulgar and indecent Ben Butter
worth for Congress- It's not long ago
that this low-down politician delivered
such disgraceful speech In the House
Of Representatives. that the women in
the gallery left it hurriedly TO escape
his vile words The decent people Of
Cincinnati ought to combine against
Buttcrworth apd bury him under such
IN adverse vote that be would never b
heard again. Buffalo Times.
There y no greater danger %
the republic than that which turks IL
the purpose Of the few % rule the
many. The plutocracy which led 70
the fall Of Rome differed from ours
chiefly IN the fact that Il gathered IL
wealth from the spoils u war. No
government y strengthened BY such :
radical departure from IL basal prin-
cipal - i involved IN substituting :
monsyed oligarchy for . manhood
democracy. Is u the duty Of the peo-
pie 70 resist now, and with determine
ton, the insidious efforts Of Repub.
lican plutessats. II World
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-29

OAKLAND. m. Oct. IA. n :. w.-The
Greater -, ~ IN. hr.sr... ro,,,o. "a
C~s,~x ~s,Ss
. :. ..'''' ~ - use ""se'
broke out - naiE-pest seven O'CLOCK this
evening. Whole blocks are Z mass 81
burning debris. The are u still raRina
vish n man. csh.r a.. h,.k.t~ ~
.,.,,,. -. ~. ..s-s..,-S !. cA.-.-
-. - J. ~n-P..'
Sons ouiiu'ns On me sousnesst siue
Of the square. Al this hour, IL u thought
the building was set on Ore. Il Wa O.
~up,ed - ! grocery stor~ hut l.telv M
esock - - rnn down thss 4
- seldom used' The steir~ bIszed
m Art Prom the grocerv atore
a scveed 20 Ncconkevss book sfore a.
she vest side snd ciIhertse shoe sfor. an
ehe esst The Mind hIev Srom 80 essf
snd south ana rinder. ~ n everv ri.
rectIon. Som conachanss corner build.
in~ canyht- ana The east side fonr.
teen bnildIng. vere doomed. Sween.
Inc an west she dance soou envel.
ooed Bowman q Crrcorvss furnItnre
etore. thence an "a the bir brick
block a. Ashmore 4 Barbour. Nv thIa
time The DANES hsd fuli nossession a. ira
eaet aide. and the scene. though grand a
the flames leaped high above each other.
caused The stoufest heart 10 mail. The
stores-drues. drv goods. meat markets.
hardware-in fac:- nearly everv branch
~ hnsIness were cntted az the contents-
While the desperate. uneven conflict
vas being waeed with the Ore On the
east side. sthe opera. house Is on fre"
was heard above the roaring Of the
flames. and then Il Vas realized that the
south side moet 20 a. the east had
gone. The ore swept on until every
thing On both sides the south block
was burned. Al eleven O'Clock the
nre 10 still burning. Paris. Terre
Haute ana Charleston nave oeen teie-
graphed TO send engines ana help, and
unless they arrive soon the direst OF con-
sequences IL feared. Inc following ousi-
ness houses are burned. put the losses
and Insurance can not DC learned:
Both sides OF Gilberrs boot and shoe
store.
McConkey's book store.
VIM CampbelFs harness store.
Bowman Gregory's furniture esta0-
lfshment, two stores.
Walter Ashmore, dry goods.
w. X Barbour, hard ware
ID Conaghan's dry goods ana grocery.
Two empty store-rooms-
Two more rooms nIled Win dry COCOA
J. Wesrs restaurant.
Clements meat marker.
p. ": crawiord's drug store.
jim Curus. oaroer snop'
hA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-29

Y8Ol0Xs
WARRINGTON. Oct. ia very inter-
esting and satisfactory test Of . long.
distance telephone, the invention Of W.
C. TurnbuIl, Of Baltimore, Nd, was
made here yesterday afternoon over
Postal Telegraph Company wire extend.
Ing from Washington 70 New York. dis
tance b. the route Of the wire Of more
than three hundred miles. Count DE
Mitkiewich, one of the promoters Of the
TurnbulI telephone; Il. T. Barbaree, .
prominent electrician Of New York City,
who conducted the tests; Cheng Tsso. the
Chinese Minister and the other members
of the Chinese legation, and Q number Of
Washington correspondents and journal.
lists, were present Several hours were
spent converting with interested visitors
at the New York end OF The line. Al that
end, besides Z number Of interested gen
tIemen and friends, there were present
the Chinese Consul General and his stan,
and the phone was utilized In talking
Chinese back and forth from New York
70 Washington, greatly 70 the delccta-
tion, surprise and satisfaction Of these
representatives Of the 0Owery kingdom.
All present agreed In pronouncing the re-
suits obtained more than three hundred
miles with respeSt Of Iondness Of voice
and distinct articulation vastly superior
20 those Of everyday ordinary telephones
% short city lines.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-29
Long and Dreary.

Having been deprived Of the moro
serious business Of carrying on the Ma
tional Government the Republican
party now devotes . good deal Of it,
leisure time to drafting resolutions
Those who have met with reverses aro
much given to telling what they did in
the days Of their prosperity. and what
they would like 70 do for the benefit u
the human race Il they had the means
IL doubtless soothed the feelings of tho
Ancient Mariner to pour his tale into
The unwilling ears Of the wedding
guest Grief il apt TO be volublc- Tao
Republican resolutions Of these days
are very long and very drcary. There
ID sameness about them that suggests
their emanation from a single source.
Probably skeleton plans Of platforms
have been prepared. under the direct
supervision Of the master carpenter Is
Augusta for the use OF State and dis
trict conventions They al begin. Is
will be observed. BY pointing with
pride" to what the party did lin tho
wah." about . quarter Of . century
ago. when Il was young and virtnous
Concerning it, record during the lass
fifteen years they are naturally ret
icent But Of what the party would
do II it only had another chance, many
words are necessary to tell. And tho
letters Of Junius, and other literature
Of invective. are heavily drawn upon
70 describe the Democratic sins Of omiss
sion and commission. - Boston Posi-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-29

Many Dakota farmers this yeas
raised lax for fuel, ton Of lsx being
considered more valuable for hestipG
purposes than : ton u soft coal
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-29

General Logan must have enter.
tanned . very uncomplimcntary opin-
ION Of the Intelligence Of his hearers
when be told them that ''thc pcrcent-
age Of loss during the Republican ADJ
ministrstion will defy comparison with
the history Of any government on
earth" He utterly ignores the opera
lions Of the land sliicc thieves, tho Star
route and mail subsidies, the navy
frauds under ''Secor" Robson and
'.Bilr' Chandler. the Pacific railroad
swindles, the hundred other rings of
iobbery, subsidy, contract and mo-
nopoly which fattencd and throvc nm.
der the Republican Administration -
The expense ~ the Taxpayers. Those
rings grew IN strength and insolence
On the favors Of the Republican partys
and in return for The favors they re-
ceived they gave literally 70 pcrgesn-
80 the power = TINT uartT. --A1tGnU
lS0ua
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-29

TIP b ran east and west q Beau
mont today 10 Gee how the storm had
served this section, nearly forty miles
back from the coast line was productive
u some Interesting sights The broad
pSairies and the IoWIands IN the dense
forest tungies and heavy lumber regions
ere slmost completely submerged. The
bodies Of drowned cattle, logs and
hors<o ere seen On every hand and the
buxsards are towering BY hundreds over
The region The air II 0IIed With gulls
cd Other sea fowls; thousands Of dead
0oh onG turtles are strcwn on higher an.I
~ sposs = ,snds snd numerals dead
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-07
One View Of California !.

A California correspondent Of, the
Barnstable Patriot writes: NJ I: 5 a.5
There was never known a case Of
sunstroke here in California. A mule
was never known to kick and dogs
never bite here. Why is this? Simply,
| the climate has tendency to make
the brain of man so inactive that the
sun has no effect upon it. The mule
has not life enough to kick or the dog
to bite. California has q climate, and
would advise all people afflicted with
the scourge of New England, con-
sumption Tor likely to be), to come to
CALIFORNIA;; but also. to be sure and
provide for their return again, if they
ever intend to go back, for the day
has gone by to make money in this
State. It is no exaggeration when l
tell you that in Los Angeles county
alone there is more real poverty,
misery and suffering than in all the
New England States combined. And
this inactive people also have con.
tentment to go with it! Take my ad-
vice, young man-"don't 60 West;" at
least don't come to California with
out you can make up your mind to
live on climate.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-07
Troubles of q President.

! There is a bill in the Senate propos-
ing an addition to the White House by
putting on a wing at the back. There
is no doubt that the White House is too
small, but it is q question as to whether
this is the best way to remedy the evil.
It viii be far better to make q new Pres
idential residence somewhere also in
the suburbs in Washington and to use
the present White House solely as the
business Offices Of the President. As it
is now, the Cabinet officers can fix their
hours Of work, and SO can any other
man il Washington, except the Pres
zident The Cabinet officer works from
80 clock until 4, and after he has left
his department no one thinks Of going
to the house to bother him. The Pres
5ident cannot get away from his bust
ness. The people feel that they have
the right to call upon him at al hours
of the day and far into the night, and
the result IS that he has no rest whit
ever. The White House is too small
+ for the social Entertainments which are
held il i. There are scores 81 places
about Washing Ion where residence
Tor the President could be built. aasl
there = little doubt that one win IS
lstrnctad some llsy. Carp, 81 C1eue-
land L<oGter. Is s3ss
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-07
Market ReDOrt8,

asX@s6c. Oats, s5x@2SXc. f No. 2,
$4,000: Barley. No. 2 soc. Flax Seed,
No. l, $1.O6. Mess pork, $9.1O@9.15.
Lard, $5.s7hc. Butter, creamery, 900
31Ac; dairy, 14@24c. Eggs, 10H@11c.
M1LwAuKEE.--Wheat,7 5Xc. Corn, No. 2,
3Gc. Oats, No. 2, SIC. Rye, No. 1, 64hc
Barley, No. 2, 5OAc. Mess pork, So lard,
$3.50. Butter, 1S@22c. Cheese, l1@12c.
Eggs, 10A@11c.
Observation-Disclosures, No. hard, 80Xc;
No. I, northern, TIC. Corn, 31@32c. Oats,
No. 2 white, 3o@ SoAc. Barley, 45c to 6oc.
Rye, 49@51c. Bran, $7.5o@8. Shorts,
S8@8.75. Corn meal, $l2.5O@l3.5
Mixed feed, $13@1S:5o. Hay: $4,000.
Timothy, $1.4o@l;6o; fair, $1.4O@1.5o.
Sc. Flax Seed, No. i, esc@$l.o3.
ST. PAuL.-Wheat, No. hard, size; No.
! Northern, 77c; No. 2 Northern, 72c.
Barley, No. 2, SOC; No. 3, 40c. Rye, No. 2,
49c. Ground feed, No. /, $3.50; No. 2,
$13. Corn meal, bolted, $3.50: coarse,
sig. Shorts, IS. Bran, SIS. Baled hay,
Upland, $3.50; wild, Sc; timothy, S.. Dress.
ed hogs, $3.50. Flax seed, SOC. Timothy
Seed $1.S5@2. Clover seed, $6.4O. Pota-
toes, 35c. Eggs, 10Ec. Flour, $4.5O@5.
DuLurH.-Wheat, e1a@s1%c. Corn, No.
2 mixed, 35@037c. Oats, No. mixed, 80
@33c. Barley, 4S@5Oc. Flour, S4.70@
s.; straight grades, $3.aO@4.25; bakers,
$3.5O@3.75: Shorts, sacked, per ton. car
lots, $1o@11. Bran, s9@iO. Hogs,
Lard, nc. Eggs. 12@13c. Butter, cream.
cry, 2s@30c; fair to good. 2o@24c; dairy,
l7@l9c; fair to good, 15@16c common,
l2Ml4c,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-07
"A Census Takers Peril.

They are taking 9 new census in De 2
troit, Mich, and the work is not un-
attended with drawbacks, according
to the yarn told by the Tribune Of that
city: &. tz: s,. i sSs .s.z 3..s IL,
The other day one OF the newly ap-
pointed census enume was seen
flying out Of q humble cottage. just
ahead OF q pail Of boiling water, which
had been propelled with considerable
force by an irate red-headed female in
the immediate direction Of the c. e.
whats the NATTER" was asked him.
MATTER enough" was his answer;
give had a red-hot time. l went
in there to get the school report
and asked the red-headed woman you
saw if there had been any births in
the house during the year. Nav,
was the reply: You are the mother?'
Yes, sir Male or female?' Female
sir White or colored?' There's
when / came out. These census
blanks should be revised"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-07
THAT WIFE I or MINE.

She met me at the door last night, -.&.
AL dainty, fresh and smiling,
? And threw her plump arms round me tight
In manner most beguiling. .
Then, in her sweet, impulsive way, g.,
She Rugged me as she kissed me,
And told me how the live-lOng day .
She thought Of me and missed me.
She helped me off with coat and hat
Into the dining room, and sat -
Dcrn at the table singing.
The meal was perfect; fresh-cut f1ow'rs,
The freight warm and rosy,
Made all seem bright; swift flew the hours,
And we were, oh ! so cozyl T. -" ->s
Then, after dinner, she and1
Sang the old songs together 81
We used to sing in days gone by
My heart was like a feather! 4-:.
Our happiness made earth a heaven,
And now, as l review it,
recollect twas past eleven
Almost before we knew 1t.
We sat there on the sofa then,
She nesting close beside me-
Softly she srnoothed my hair, and when
kissed her did not chide me.
She fondly pinched my cheek, and 80,
Her dimpled hand upon 1t,
She whispered: Darling do you know
Ineed a new spring bonnet!'
-SomerpiNe Journal.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-07

The American Historical Association
elected the following officers: President,
Justin Winsor, librarian Harvard uni cr
sity; vice presidents, Charles Kendall
Adams, president Cornell university, and
William +. Poole, OF the Chicago public Ii.
brary; secretary, Herbert B. Adams, Johns
Hopkins university; treasurer, Clarence
Winthrop Brown, New York. The follow
ing, among Others, were elected members:
Chief Justice Waite, Senators Evarts,
Hawley, Platt and Logan. Adjourned.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-07
What O Ch8ugo!

few short weeks ago that young girl
was the personifcation OF health, vigor
and beauty. The blush upon her cheek
rivalled that of the rose; her stepwas light
and buoyant, her every movement was a
revelation Of perfect physical health. Yet
now she is pallid and haggard; and her su-
perabundant vitality has given place to a
strange dullness and lassitude. What has
caused this change? Functional irregu]ari-
ties, which can be cured by DR.. Pierce's
''Favorite Prescription" a remedy to
which thousands OF women to-day owe
their lives. All druggists.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-07
"Fire-proof Pauer NAV he Made. -

says a scientidc exchange, "from pulp,
parts asbestos, one-tenth part borax, and
one-6fth part alum It is pity that
such facts as the one following cannot be
written, printed Or, otherwise preserved, up
onsome sortof indestructible paper. MY
wife suffered seven years and was bed rid
den, too" said W. Z. Huestis, Of Emporia,
Kansas, 20 number of physicians failed to
help her. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery cured her." All druggists sell
this remedy. Everybody ought to keep it.
1t only needs q trial.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-07

According to the testimony OF physicians
and coroners in all parts OF the Union, deaths
have resulted from the use ofcough syrups,
containing morphia opium and other poi
sons. In this connection, DR.. Saml Cox, OF
Washington, after careful analysis endorses
Red Star Cough Cure as being purely veyeta-
BILE and absolutely free from opiates, pois ons
and narcotics. Price, twenty-five cents.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-07

Joseph Uhlir, a farmer, seyenty.six years
old, OF the town ofCaledonia, near Racine,
Wis, reputed to be worth $4,000, shot his
wife through the body, inflicting q mortal
wound, ut the home OF her son: He then
proceeded to his own home, one-quarter Of
a mile distant, and shot himself through
the head, dying instantly.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-07

GROCERIES AT WHoLEsALIS-ro censu,n-
ers, such us hotels, lumbermen. farmers,
restaurants and families who wish to buy
in quantity: There is a house in St. Paul
where parties who wish to take advantage
OF Wholesale prices can send and get their
supplies. They issue & monthly price list,
which they send free to any who think OF
ordering Of them. Address enclosing stamp.
Grigga & Co., 100 & 1872 E. Fifth st., St. Paul.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-07

The bank OF Marietta, Ohio, closed it's
doors, having made an assignment to T.
w. Moore and A. L. Nye, in consequence OF
embarrassments from real estate transac-
tions. Deposits amount to over $780,
600. 1t is thought the real estate will be
sufficient to pay in full.