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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
WASHING TON.

JOSEPH BLACK, of Cleveland, has been
nominated 30 be Consul at Buda Besth.
THE wool conference has reached an
agreement. T. will advocate return tC
the tariff of 1867.
The president has nominated Edward
S. Bragg, of Wisconsin, to be minister OF
the UnIted S ates 60 Mexico.
SECRETARY Lamar, took formal leave OF
his assocla,es in the Interior Depart
ment at noon On Tuesday
Mr. RANDALL has been counting noses
on the tobacco tax repeal question, and
says there will be at least fifty Democrats
who will vote for it.
The secretary of the treasury has
promised to revoke his order abOlishiDg
the custom house at La Crosse, aid in
stead to reduce the pay of the collector
to the salary Of deputy.
The bill that is before Congress to tax
adut+erated lard will be fough vigorously
by the Southern members, inHsmuch as il
places lard that is mixed with cotton
seed in the list.
CHARGES are openly made by grain re-
ceivere that the Interstate Commerce
Law is being daily violated through sys-
EN- of Undertaking. freight which is
widely practiced IN the West.
The oieomargarine returns show a
STEADY increase in all districts, and inter
nal revenue officials think the revenue
from it will continue 70 increase. Label
ing it does not retard its sale but rather
the reverse.
THE appropriations Committee has de-
cided to put Into the regular deficiency
bill the necessary amount 30 pay imme-
olately to various States the $15 600 each
granted for agricultural experiment. sta
tions by The last bill, hut not paid by the
Treasury OWING &c defect in the law.
4 DISPATCH from the City of Mexico,
states that the Mexican Government Is
expecting soon to negotiate a loan with
the German Government to the amount
of $4,000 600 on favorable terms and
that as result of this loan the German
mercan 5ile hodses there contem plate ex-
tending still further their commercial
supremacy over the Mexican Republic.
The deficiency appropriation bill re-
ported To the house appropriates in all
S2,951 333. The bill of last year carried
total appropriation of 81 275, 023.
Among the principal items omit ed is one
for about half a million dollars on &C
count of postal deficiency, and another
of $4,000 for the navy that was not in
Guided in the revised estimates. The bill
does not include the appropriations for
the Choctaw judgment, the Fox and
Wisconsin river claims, or the compensa
tions of aided Pacific railroads for gov
eminent trans pOrtation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
THE LATEST KILOGRAMS,
GENERAL NOTES.

SoUrH CAROLINA had another earth
quake shock Thursday morning.
JOHN ARENsDoRF, of Sioux City, will
hereafter make his home IL Milwaukee.
Nh PowDEBLET's physician says rs is
entirely broken down by hard work.
JOHN SwINroN, the labor advocate, is
seriously i'll in his home in New York.
THE storm of Thursday vas one of the
most extensive and severe for many
years.
THE New York Stock Exchange has
begun q determined war against the
bucket-shops.
GENERAL S#ERIDAE's children are among
the protest and most simply dressed in
| Washington.
! SENATOR BECK, of Kentucky, and Sena-
| tor wilson, of Iowa, have been reelected
to the U. s. senate:
| SHARP earthquake shock was felt in
| Ottawa, CANADA, and the surrounding
! country early Wednesday morning.
! R. A. JONES, a colored man, is editor of
the Cleveland Globe, a newspaper
devoted to the interests of the American
negro.
Two persons wounded in the railway
accident n ar Hav hill, Mass 4chuset's,
died Thursday, making twelve victims.
Two other sufferers are not expected to
recover.
THE recent blizzard extended south in
10 Arkansas, Indian Territory and New
Mexico. IN the latter territory the rail
roads were brought 10 standstill by snow
drifts.
The strike of the coal miners of the
Schuylkill, Lehigh and Wyoming distric F
of PENIS lvania is gaining IN magnitude
daily, and the Be adm Railroad Com pany
and the general business IN that region is
very seriously affected
SOME clever rascal has issued and sold
thirty thousand forged tickets of admis
sion t. the jubilee mass in Rome, and :
new set of tickets will have to be printed
by the Vatican authorities.
The price of, petroleum, since the
Standard OIL Company obtained contro
OF the market by its Crust" monopoly
advances steadily. The price Is 96aS
cents per barrel. IN Sstemoer ghe price
was So cents.
RECENT statistical returns show the
Startling fact that the farming lands OF
|
into the control of foreign mOney-len6eT;
on defaulting high-interest farm-mort
cages.
TYPOGRAPHIoAL UNION, No. is, has, after
an interval of "a years, again secured thc
Chicago Times composing room as (
union ofi3e. Twenty five non-unioI
prin ers we're deposed by as many union
typos on Sunday night.
SOMETHING very like tidal wave Of
monsruus proportion swept upon the
headlands outside of Portland harbol
Thursday night. The great mass rosf
sixty feet above high-water mark, carry
ing every hing before il.
The visible supply of wheat Saturday
Jan. T. was 43 857, 1875 bushels, q decrease
Of 564 O04 bushels since last report. The
supply of corn was 6,184,9l4 bushels, al
increase of 259,656 bushels.
Two natural gas com panies at Pitts
burgh, owning 700 mics of pipe, b,
which 500 manufactures and 10000
dwelling are supplied with $50 600 00t
cubld feet of gas daily, have consolidated
with a capital of $13 $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
CRIME.

THE indictments against the six defen
dents 10 the HaddUck murder case hay
been dismissed
FIVE Americans are under arrest in
Paris under charge of being concerned in
Ii recent burglary of a iewelry house in
thai city.
GRANT WALKER, OF New Albany, Ind
robbed Joseph Rebel of that place Of
S25 900 Tuesday night, but was caught in
the morning and the money recovered.
HENRY SCHMIDT, who murdered Miss
Paeb, was hanged Friday at West Union.
Iowa. In his speech from the scaffoid
tha condemned man said that Ellison I
Smith instigated the crime, and had also
offered him $500 to kill Abram Leonard.
AT Lafayette, Ind, Monday monring.
JChn Cunningham, aged so, atrem pied
suicide With shotgun, endeavoring to
pull he trigger With his toe. His wife
s0ok the weapon from him, whereupon
CunniT CHAN ciimbed to the roof, and
bbeu spraug of. His neck was broken
by the fail.
SOME unknown person made an attack
on the family of Mr.. CrisIinan on her
farm near Cortland, Ill, Tuesday night.
Her workman, John Shucken, answering
d knock at the door, was shot in the abb
6omen, and her daug liter, Miss Lorepa,
vas shot IN the elbnw. Help was sum
moned, bUt no clew TO the assailant's ideAt-
lty was found.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
FOREIGN.

A PARIS dispatch says emigration from
France to the United States is on the in
crease.
ME- PARNELL Is reported about TO take
the stump in Ireland and lay himself
liable to arrest by MIR. Balfour's police.
THE famous Bass Brewing Company,
of England, has fallen into the hands of
a new syndicate, with a capital stock of
SIC, 100000.
DISPATCHES from the Congo country
up to December 10 have been received
at Brussels. They make no mention of
Stanley.
AT the musical congress in London the
American representatives received great
praise for their work.
A SWINE plague prevails in the south
of France. Thirty thousand animals
have died in Marseiles district within a
month. Professor CorniI has gone to
study the pestilence.
ADyIcEs from San Reno say that the
Grown Princes throat continues TO i'm
prove. His voice is good and his health
ex ,ellent.
The remains of Napoleon III. and his
son have been removed from Chislehurst
to Farnsboro, where they will be deposit
ed in a Mausoleum erected by the En-
press Eugene.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
Many Deaths and Terrible Suffering
ep0rted-Great Damage to Stock.
Teachers and Business Hen Save to Re
main at their Posts Over Night.
Reports Show the Loss of Life by the
Blizzard Very Large-List of Dead.
THE BLIZZARD BLAST.
General Account of the Storm Throughout
the Northwest.

General Account of the Storm Throughout
the Northwest.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 1.-THE storm
OF day is the worst ever known in the
northwest for the railroad business. II
extends from the Rocky Mountains to
Lake Michigan but its worst effects are
felt In Dakota and Minnesota Every
where 1t has bsen accom- panied by q high
wind which drifts the snow badly and
in Northern Dakota with q below
zero temperature, it assumes the
chara iter of genuine blizzard.
The railroads had hardly finished clear
ing their tracks from the previous storm
and that Of to-day AS absolutely blocked
all the small roads though battling brave
ly 30 keep the trains moving. Trains on
the road to Chicago are from one to nine
hours late but al lines are open and
eastern trains have left as usual
to night. All the fTeights on the Northern
Pacific and Manitoba lines have been
abandoned, and no passenger trains were
sent out on those roads tonight. The
Kansas City train on the Omaha was also
abandoned. The ST. Paul & Duluth is
trying TO keep its main line open but has
abandoned branches.
AT huron, LAX, Cne W1Qu OleW 90 miles
an hour. The air was so full of snow
that one was unable TO see so feet at any
time. Some minimizing teachers dismiss
ed young school children, some of whom
had to 20 four or five blocks
across open land. Five or six of
the children got lost. The whistles
were blown, bells rung, and the people
turned out and took long ropes and walk
ed fifteen or twenty abreast back and
forth over the ground. They just found
two, but at the latest accounts the others
had not been discovered.
Pierre, OAK, special says: The
wind is blowing sixty miles an hour and
It is impossible to see one hundred feet.
Three trains are snow bound at Rec
Heights, and there is reported collision
between two freights at the same point.
Minot, Dakota, reports q storm raging
there for "a hours, and the temperature
10 2 below zero. All railway travel is
suspended.
jamestown, OAK, reports no trains
moving on the MAN line of the Northern
Pacific.
GToton, OAK, reports the wind blowing
gale, the mercury twenty degrees below
zero and impossible to see more than two
rods.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19

northern part OF the county was frozen
to de6th.
- MILES, OAK, Jan. 1.-THE body of j
y. W. Gassler, wealthy farmer, lost in
thursdays blizzard, was found this
morning about,two miles from his house.
fAULkToN, Oak, Jan. 15.-Emma La
mar, school teacher southwest of here,
ana Carrie AuD an, a pupil, we're frozen
to death Wednesday night.
"kLLAND, OAK, Jan. I4.-Wlu G.
Garth~a-te, farmers son, got lost in a
olzzsrd Thursday, while going from his
.ather's house to the barn, and vas found
dead IN the snow yesterday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
NEWS ODDITIES.

The United States put $4,000 pianos on
the market last year.
Sauerkraut is said to be as dangerous
as dynamite if confined too close.
In Connecticut there are 85,507 acres
under oyster cultivation along the sound
shore.
Type made from paper is the latest
novelty. a process has been invented in
England by which type can be made
from this pulp.
The block TIN market is cornered by a
syndicate OF French capitalists, and pri-
CTS have been advanced 90 per cent a.
bOvs the minimum within the last sixty
DAYS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
TEACHERS AND BUSINESS MEN SNOW:
BOUND.
Sudden Drop in the Temperature The Densi-
ty Of the Storm Appalling.

Sudden Drop in the Temperature The Densi-
ty Of the Storm Appalling
FAULKToN, Oak, Jan. 13.-The most
terrible snow storm ever witnessed IN
this latitude has has been upon us for
last forty-eight hours. It reached it.
worst yesterday and from ten O'clock IN
I'll dark there was not ten minutes that
that the buildings on the opposite side
of tae street could be seen. The air was
full of show and the viud blowing gale
from the northwest. the mercury gr2du
ally dropped from 10 above to
l6 degrees below az dark last night.
Teachers in most OF the schools were
compelled TO remain in one of the school
rooms all night, provisions being carried
TO them. Ropes were stretched from the
corner OF Main street to the school house
to enable those carrying the provisions to
go and come with safety. It was impos-
sible TO reach the railroad station after
four o'clock, and the agent and several
others were compelled to remain over
night without dinner or supper No def
mite reports of loss of life have been re-
ceived, though it Is believed some must
have persisted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Dennis Kearney is at Washington urg-
ing members of congress to pass more
stringent laws to exclude Chinese.
Richard VI. Conway, United States
consul at Port Hope, Canada, died sud
denly Wednesday from the bursting of a
blood vessel.
The total value of exports of mineral
oils for the twelve months ended Dec. 81,
1887, was S45, 231 988, against S47,016,965
during the same period 10 1886.
Charles T. Barrick of Washington, died
Wednesday night while the wedding sup
per ip honor of his daughters marriage
to Mr.. Nicolson was being enjoyed by tbs
guests.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19

Damage to Live Stock Very Great-People
Frozen to Death-An Elevator Collapses.
RAYMOND, OAK, Jan. I3.-The damage
to live stock will be great, while reports
of suffering and death are constantly
coming IN. Two sons of William Driver
were frozen TO death within q few feet
of their barn. Charles Heath
Is missing and J, H. Clapp has been dis
covered, badly frozen, having been out
al night wandering upon tbs prairie.
The elevator Of Archer s. Howe has gone
down with thirteen thousand bushels OF
grain. OSher minor casualties are re-
ported.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
At OMAHA.
A Nan PeriSheS-A Number of Others Missing.
Mercury Rapidly Falling.


OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 13.-The effects of
the present storm in Omaha has been
most disastrous. Fred. EIier, a cigar
maker, was found frozen Co death at 3
O'Clock this morning within block Of
MS boarding house. Two school children,
Wexeu Beck and George Allen, started
Tor their homes about three o'clock
yesterday afternoon, and have not been
heard from since. A large number of
people Went over to Council Bluffs yes
terday arc last night. It was reported
that numoer had been lost in the snow
10 attempting to return. All have been
accounted for except one young lady,
who was upie5 with several others She
has not yet been f0uE d, and it is feared
she has persisted. The thermometer is
10 degrees below zero and is rapidly
falling.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
Another Terrible Tale

Dies Met, Oak, Jan. 14.-Q E. Stearns,
teaching school six miles north of Des
Met, with two children, we're caught in
the blizzard and were oEt in the storm
% hours. Tho boy had his feet frozen
solid to the ankles. He walked a mile in
this condition and his feet then giving
out he crawIed half a mile to house.
He will lose both feet. The girl was so
chilled that she was unconscious for five
hours after being fonnd.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
Storm -Thirty-eight BelOw-Father
and Two Sons Missing.

Minor, OAK, Jan. 13.-No trains are
moving yet. The storm has abated, bat
the wind is still blowing It wes 80 below
zero this morning. An attempt Will be
made tomorrow to open the cuts and
move the passengers. There is fourteen
inches OF snow on a level and badly drift
ed. James Smith and two sons, aged Is
and II, started for q load of hay six Eiles
from town On the 11th, and have not since
been heard from. Search parties are eHt
to-day. Several other people are miss
ing, but are supposed to have taken ref
uge in claim shanties.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
ASAD CASE.
Father Saved his Son but himself Persisted
Noble Instinct of a Dog.

HURON, Oak, Jan. 14.-Rowland
Chambers saved his son by burying him
IN the snow, but himself persisted. When
found they were half mile from the
house and large st. Bernard dog was
with them. The boy SAYS the dog barked
all night and his father cried for nelp,
and that his father did not die until an
hour before the rescuing party reached
them. The boy is only slightly frozen.
A party of four that started for Lake
Byron an hour before the storm have not
been heard from
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
The Storm at Chicago

CHICAGO, Jan. 12.--What promised to
be the heaviest snow storm of the season
set in about two o'clock this afternoon
but at O'Clock tonight the snow suddenly
cleared and the bowling wind became al
most balmy. By 10 p. NJ, e light sprinkle
of rain rad fallen. No serious delays to
trains were reported.
A cold wave is predicted for to-mor.
TOxU
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
IN IOWA.

Fighting Fire in the Intense COld-SchoOl
Children Have a Narrow Escape From Be-
ing Lost.
Sioux CITY, To-, Jan. 13.~-The storm of
yesterday was the fercest on record
During it's prevalence a fire occurred in
the business center of the city. and it re-
quired hard fighting by the fire depart
ment to cOnfne it TO the building in
whlch it started. 1t was subdued after
an all nights effort Many fremen re-
port frozen feet.
During the night men were busy hunt
ing for the supposed remains of the nine
year old son of w. e. Human, the whole
sale boot and shoe dealer. This morning
the boy was found at a neighbor's house,
about half block away. Several school
children had a narrow escape from beiBg
lost in the storm. Trains are ali abandon
ed, with the exception of the Sioux City
and Pacific, and Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha south. It is ex
pected the lines will SO open tomorrow.
A Northern Pacific passenger train got in
yesterday at noon and got through to
Wahpeton, but got stuck on the return
journey. No reports of suffering have
been received.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
The Shock at Savannah.

SAvANNNAH, Ga, Jan. IA distinct
earthquake shock was teIt here this
morning. Houses were shaken and many
were frightened, but no damage vas
done. The duration of the shock was
about five seconds. 1t seemingly passed
from east to west.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
The shoeg Extends Into North Carolina

RALEIGH, n. c., Jan. IA slight earth
quake shock was felt at 9:45 this morn
ing. Advices from Charlotte report
shock there and the people are greatly
excited fearing repetition of the disas-
ter of 1886 Also strong shock was
felt at Shelby and other points.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
MOTHER EARTH SHAKEN.

The Earthquake shock Felt Throughout the
Coast.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Jan. 12.--The earth
quake shock was generally felt through
out tue coast country aud as far west as
Augusta, Ga. No damage has. been re
ported. The earthquake shock was felt
at Georgetown, Conway, Beaufort, Cam
den and Berry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
Several Farmers Missing-storm Still Raging

Several Farmers Missiug-Storm Still Raging
ADRIAN, MINI, Jan. 13,-Several farmers
living twelve 10 Fifteen miles north start
ed home from here abOul o'clock yester-
day and have not yet bsen heard from.
John DGring Camper, farmer living q
mile north of here, was at neighbours a
quarter of mile sway. started home and
was lost. Some fifty villagers started
out to find him to-day, but so far have
not done so. The storm is still raging
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
II WISCONSIN.

The Thermometer Registers Very Low Trains
Delayed.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 1o.-It is 90 below
zero to night, and sdvices from other
parts of the state are to the effect that il
is even colder in some portions. Nearly
every train from the west and north was
several hours late, and on the Prairie du
CHEN division of the ST. Pau road pas
senger as well as freight trains we're sus-
pended on accout of the big drifts in the
cuts. Snow plows have been at work all
day and it is not expected that passenger
trains will be stalled on any of the Wis
consin divisions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
Mem and Stock Perisl,

NEBRASKA CIrY, Neb., Jan. 1.-THE re
ports from the country in this vicinity
say tnat stock Is suffering greatly
aod large numbers are frozen. Several
men are reported TO have persisted in the
western part of the county.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
IN DAKOTA.

Storm Continues, Though Abated-Trains De-
layed.
JAMESTOWN, Oak, Jan. 13.-The storm
continues. although much abated. The
thermometer at noon marked q below.
The extre ne colo forms a crust on the
drifts which almost proves too much for
the assaults of the snow plows. Yester-
days west-bound limited was showed up
ct WheatIand ell day, and arrived this
evening about forty hours late. The
Northern Pacific main line and branches
are all blockaded, and ell trains are de-
layed from twelve to thirty-six hours
late.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
IN GENERAL.
RUSSIA.
Amiable Intentions Toward Bulgaria

General Kaulbars, formerly Russian
agent at Sofa, writes to a friend as fol-
lows: ''Since the time we passed togeth
er many things have changed; but one
thing has not changed, and that is Russia's
fixed resolution not to give way under
any pretext on those questions concern
ing which 1 told the Bulgarians in 1886,
the world might end before the Russians
WOQld make CONCESSIONS"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
Tde COldest Weather Of the Season

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. I4.-The weather
today has been the coolest OF the season,
the Thermometer going down to Is below
zero. The reports of the fatalities from
Thursdays storm are still coming in
Mrs. P. Smith was frozen to daa3h az
Woodland
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
What it Means to be an American.

Miss Winslow, an American girl, took
away the breath of all Europe. 1t was at
Hamburg, where she waltzed at ball.
The Prince of Wales saw her and sent his
eoaerry to summon her to waltz with
him. Convey my regrets to His Royal
Highness, and say that | do not wish to
dance again." was her answer. But"
said the eauerry, ARE you aware that the
request is q command ?" "Are you aware"
she answered, shat l am an American,
and do not obey royal commands" This
ended IT, and Europe had q cold chill.
But the lady deserves American thanks
for independence.
Mamie (six years old, to lady caIer)-
Mamma said for you to sit down a few
minutes and she would be right in. 1t
isn't raining Is 1t?
Lady CalIer-Why no. Mamie. Why
did you think it was?
Mamie Because. when mamma saw
you coming she said. 1T never rains but
it pours."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-19
The Mercury Far Below Zero in Canada.

OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 12.-The mercury
this morning stood as follows: At Otta-
wa, II degrees below zero; at North Wake
field, Quebec, 289 below; at Maniwaki,
Quebec, 80 below; at Pembroke, Ont,
80 . below; and al Mattawa, Ont, 80
below.