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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-02-20
a SAVING APPARITION.
Tho Vision Which Saved a Son from
Drink.


Drink.
When Jack Harding entered the
Evangelical Alliance" early the first
of January, Granville, the bartender,
was polishing the mirror with a piece
of chamois skin
Not to seem in hurry he paused
at the radiator and watched the opera
ton.
The Evangelical Alliance" was the
swell saloon of f., and was SO named
by its proprietor after the election
at which the people had voted to in
crease the annual fee for liquor selling.
The election had been hotly con-
tested. On the Sunday night prior the
| churches had closed and held Il union
meeting at the rink, at which Hon.
Tullius G. Double had spoken most elo-
quently, and at each polling place one
OF the pastors stood and distributed
tickets and admonition of this tenor:
High license, yes" and the saloons
were beaten, and so Thomas Swan had
paid an even thousand dollars for his
license, and had his windows marked
in elaborate gold letters.
1t was very early, and the "Alliance'
was not dressed for the day. All the
| glass and silver was i'll confusion upon
the bar to be polished and replaced
on the shelves and brackets presently.
A black boy was chopping ice in the
dark corner back of the ice-chest. Two
women on their knees were wringing
out soft cloths from pals of hot water
and wiping up the ashes and
spittle from the tiles-but it was
bcautiful; symphony, or rather more
perhaps, IL fugue in marble, mahogany,
ONYX. cut glass and silver, to say nothing
of it at its best, at night, by electricity,
with the bar in perfect order, in its
wealth of color, light and shade, and
vocal with compliment voices.
When Granville had done the mir
ror and snapped the ladder together to
pass il to the black boy, he faced Jack
Harding who had waited by mighty
will and at an awful expenditure OF
nervc-for he was Il gentleman and
didn't intend even u bartender should
know how his whole being called for
drink "You don't look well, Mr..
Harding" he said.
Good God, you ought to see the in
side. Give me some whisky" said
Harding, startled by the greeting into
being frank
"a little absinthe,' said Granville
balancing the little priest" in his hand
"Yes thanks" Jack raised it towarc
his lips eagerly-loolted at the great
mirror, as the manner Of drinkers is
started and set the liquor down un
tasted. His face was CHASTITY.
What is it," said the bar-kcepcr
apologetically looking sharply at the
rejected drink. Its only piece o
1 charcoal off the barrel" and he reached
for silver spoon.
mo, It isn't that-don't speak m,
5 name--it is my mother" his eyes were
wide staring at the mirror as if watch
ing the approach OF some one behin'
l him.
The bar-kecper took srltzer syphol
| and sent Jet whizzing into the glass o
1 whisky and said: Drink that, quick
a it will help you"
Hardings face frightened a shade a.
. he seized the tumbler, raised it to hi
= lips-put it down untasted and left tn
IL room.
/ Granville put the drink aside reflect
e lively. Jack Harding has never locke
e across bar from that day.-John &
/ Wooley, in Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-02-20
Prayer Among the NIongols.

On the tops of all the houses were lit
tie prayer wheels turned by the force OF
the wind, a simple arrangement like an
anemometcr placed on them catching
the air and SO keeping them in motion
In the hands of most of the old men ant
women were bronze or brass prayer
wheels, which they kept continually
turning, while not satisfied with TIN
mechanical way of acquiring merit
they mumblodthe popular formula ''On
mani peme hum" the well-known lnvo
cation to Avalokitcshwarai, the would
De savior of she world.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-02-20

A MEMBER of Vienna's town council
when a rise in beer was reported want
ed the city to erect q brewery lin order
10 protect the people"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-02-20

''Go TO tho ant" said Solomon to the
nscIv slngrard OF old. But the needy slug
gard nowadays generally goea to his uncla.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28

phOnoqlex systems five kilograms, two one
way AMI three the other, can be sent on a
single wire at the same instant.
The modern electromagnetic telegraph is
based upon the very same principles as the
original. Ii is applied, however, in more
convenient manner. Instead of the clumsy
register and unwleldy circuit breaker Of
1914, which weighed In the neigbbOrho0d Of
200 pounds, we have at present the neat
little Office outfit which might be carried
without inconvenience in ones coat
pocket. The growth and development
OF the telegraph during the last
three decades has been truly marvellous.
In 1866 the whole length of telegraph line in
the l Dlted States was less than 10000 miles,
with a mileage Of wire not exceeding $4,000.
and there were less than 2400 offices. In
1890 there were 100000 miles of wire and
over 1900 Offices, the Western UnI0n Com
pany operating $4,000 miles of wire, work
ing l9,o0OOfiices, and handling 60 0O0, 900 tele-
grams year.
The Postal Telegraph Company owns
$1,000 miles Of wire, has 1000 offices and
transmits annually 100000 teegrams.
About nifty smaller companies have total
OF 5000 miles OF wire and carry annually
about 100000 messages. One-third of all
the telegraph lines, one-balf of ali the tele-
graph wire and one-Quarter of all the
telegraph stations in the world are within
the United States. No better example of
the development of the telegraph than the
Chicago Office of the Western Union can
be mentioned. In 1866 seven operators
found it rather difficult to keep themselves
busy. A toy switchboard with fifteen
stripes accommodated all the wires running
into the Office. and 200 cells of gravity bat
terry We're sufficient to supply every circuit
To-day $50 telegraphers are required to
work like Trojans; is 50-wire switch
boards are necessary for the main line wire
alone, and Is electric dyRamOs, driven by
three motors-two Of 10 and one Of 10 horse
power-furnsh the electric currents.
The TWO longest land line circuits in the
world begin in Chicago and end in San
francisco. One OF them runs via Omaha,
Cheyenne and Reno, New, and is 24O0 miles
IN length. The second circuit. via Kansas
City, Albuquerque. n. Mex, and Los An
geles, Cal, If $500 miles long. The Wheat
stone system is used on these circuits.
This system differs from the Morse in the
manner of transmitting and receiving tele-
grams. The aiphabetic characters are
punched through endless bands of paper,
which pass through the automatic trans
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28

mitter at the uniform rate Of 125 words a
minute, the points of contact meeting. by
means of a spring arm, through the perfor-
atoms in the tape. The kilograms are re-
ceiyed upon improved ink-maTking registers
and are copied for delivery from the tape
on the regular blank forms by type-writerS.
The length Of the submarine cable systems
OF the world is 120,070 nautical miles, aud
the oldest cables now in operation between
Europe and America are those of the Anglo
American Telegraph Company, founded in
1854 10y Cyrus Field The first cable be-
tween Valencia aud Newfoundland was
completed August ), 1858, but ceased to
work September 1st following This lam
ity, coupled with the losses caused by
laying the cable of 1865, wrecked the At
lantic Company and resulted in its
amalgamatiOn with the Anglo American,
then organizing. The first cable for the
new company was successfully dropped
from the Great Eastern in 1866. The At
lantic Telegraph and Cable Company
WeStern Union) has two cables from New
\ ork TO Lands End, via Canso, Nova
Scotia. The total length of those cables is
67S9 miles. The Commercial Cable Com
pany POSTAL owns two cables, one from
New York, via Wateryille, Ireland, to
Havre; the other from Boston, via Water
vile II point in England near Bristol, a
total length of 6734 nautical miles. The
total length of the ten European North
American cable is about $4,000 miles, and
over 10000 messages daily pass between the
two continents
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28

t. Baltimore, Nd, distance Of forty miles.
This line was completed and opened for
business on May p, 1910, Professor Morse
himself transmitting the first telegram.
There was little done toward promoting the
advancement of this new art until in 1854,
when il was taken up by several
capitalists, and lines were pushed rap
ing out to San Francisco. The
overland route" was subsidized by the Gov
eminent by the act approved by Congress on
June is, 1860, to the extent Of 100000 or
S400 a year for ten years. The line was
built by Hiram Sibley, on his own account,
though he was at that time President Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company. Mr..
Sibley was the only bidder for the job. The
line was completed during the winter Of
1852.
In 1S48 it was discovered that the dots
aud dashes OF the alphabet could be readily
distinguished one from another by the
peculiar tap of the emb0 ssing len Of the
register upon the paper band, thus
enabling the receiving operator to per
form his duties with greater celebrity and
exacttude than by the old method. Several
telegTaDhers clam the honor OF having been
the nTst 10 receive dispatch by sound, and
from this fact it would appear that four or
five operators made the discovery at about
the same time. Up to 1872 but one telegram
at time could be sent on a single wire.
In that year, however, the duplex system
for sending simultaneously two messages,
one IN each direction, on a single wire was
improved and reduced to practice by Joseph
b. SteaTns of Boston. StearDs' Improve
ment on the duplex made possible the quad
ripple for sending four kilograms. two each
way, at the same time on a single wire. In
1887 Thomas A. Edison introduced his
phODoplex system for using an indepen-
IDENTIFY induced current as circuit To-
day, By combining the quadruplex and
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28
New York Markets.

NEW YORK, June 27.-The stock market to-day
was quiet but renamed weak many stocks clos
ing materially lower than last evening, while the
entire list is materially lower than week ago.
There nothing in the news of the day TO en-
courage either buying the covering of shorts.
While there no particular pressure TO sell long
stocks the bears again active and aggressive,
and by vigorous drives at certain specialties gave
the entire market a weak tone, and broke some
shares very badly. The market finally closed fairly
active aud weak at the lowest prices Tor the day
and week. Final changes all declines. Govern
ments steady. Petroleum-July closed at $3.50. 6
NEW YORK. June 27.-United states Bonds-4's,
l17L2; AIS. 100; Northern Pacific 22% Cana
dian Pacific. 1888 Central Pacific. 81; Union Pa
eifc, 43; Atch1son. SG1s; Wells-Fargo. lao:
Western Union, 1884: silver, l005sc; Sterling,
- S7@4 Sg1a.
NEW York June 81. - Wheat June. ST. 04 ;
Flour Steady. Co1ee-Sl7 sugar. 3@5asc.
Hops-Paelne Coast, 70 QS0c. Hides-lSl2c. Cop
per-Lake. Sl3 TIn-Spot. $40 35. Lead-Domes-
TIC, 81 so. IIon-$l4. Petroleum-July, $500.
GROCERIES.
COFFEE Easier advices from abroad caused a
decline OF 10 to Is points here to-day. June,
Sl7; July, $l6 80; August, $l5 so: September.
SIS 10; October, Sl4 az; November $l3 So; De-
cember, $l3 50. The total visible supply In the
United States is 225,693 bags.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Arrived.
SATURDAY, June 81.
stmr Crescent City, oolburn, days from san Di-
ego; pass and ballast, to Hobbs, Wall s. Co.
Stmr Willamette Valley, Patton, az hours from
Yaquina Bay; pass and mdse. to w Webster
Stmr Celia, johnson, - hours from Bridgeport;
bark and railroad ties, to Higgins Collins
stmr NewsbOy. Lie5g. 4S hours from CayucOs;
Ger stmr Remus, Simonssn, days from Ma
naimo; 410O tons coal, to John RoseRfeldS sons
Schr Emma Utter. Allen, DAYS from Coos Bay
800 NJ # lumber, to b Dean 4 Co.
Schr Big River, Nissen, days from Grays HarbOr;
245 NJ It lumber. 60 A b johnson.
Senr Merchant. Provost. days from Coos
Bay; 322 NJ IT lumber, TO Simpson Lumber Co
Cleared.
SATURDAY. June 81.
& co.
SATURDAY, June "a.
Stmr Humboldt. Gage. Eureka.
Stmr WhitesbOro, Johnson
Ship Robert l. Belknap, Staples, Havre.
Bktn Tam o. Shanter, Patterson, Tacoma
Sehr Lila and Matte, Mattson. Albion.
Memoranda.
Per Newsboy-Picked up ships gangway So feet
long and 2 feet inches wide, painted lead color,
Miscellaneous.
LOND0N-June 24-The Br bark Clydebank, from
Santa Rosalia for Queenstown, put inso Coquimbo
with cargo shifted.
Domestic Ports.
TACoMA-Arrived June 27-Ship Occidental, he
VERSIONS LANDING-Arrived June 27-Schr
L.
WESrPORT-ArrtYedJun June 27-Stmr Protection,
hence June 25sr
Foreign Ports.
DUNDEE-Sailed June 26-Br ship Carr Rock.
for San Francisco.
LONDoN-Sailed June 26-Br bark Scottish
Knight, for San Francisco.
ACAPULCO-Sailed June 24-Stmr City OF sgd
ney, for Panama; stmr City of Panama, for Cham
perco.
DoVER-Passed June 25-Br ship Maxwell, from
London for San Francisco.
HAYRE-ArrivedJ June 26-Br ship NJ Watson,
hence Mar 3 via Falmouth.
PAUILLAC-Arrived June 25-Nor bark SENT
ramis, from Port Blakeley.
QUEENSTOWN-Arrived June 26-Br ship
County of Cathness. hence Feb II.
CALLAO-SaIed June 26-Nic bark Don AdoIfO
for Royal Roads.
Movements OF Transatlantic STEAMERS.
NEW YoRK-Arrived June 27-Stmr Normannia,
from Hamburg; Stmr La Teuraine from HaYre.
ImDortations.
YAQUINA BAY-Per Willamette Valley-15S3 SKIS
oat I43 SKIS -four, $500 It ash, ITO bis excelsior
bdlS hides, % SKIS wool, pkgs beeswax III pkys
chairS, % SKIS bark, % SKIS bones, Dbl do, pkgS
paper, 10 horses, pkg burlap cs woolens, pkgs
Aaders, 10 DIS dried apples, es cheese. cS sup
piles, SKIS seed, ii hides bdl do, SIX bxs furS,
pkgs tea.
Consignees.
Per willamette VaIley-Moore Ferguson & Co; y
Ohlant & Co: Dutard; G j leist q. Go; Anspacher
BROS: Hulse. Bradford a. Co; White Bros; Califor-
ma transfer Co; Allen Il Lewis: Bray Sons Co;
Scnacht, Lemeke Steiner; wsllman, Peck & CO.
Dunham, Carrigan Il Co; Thos Cox; II Branden.
stein & Co; w sumner Il Co: j Everding Il Co;
Greenbaum Co: Smiths Cash Store Feigenbaum
y GO: Slegfried BrandenStein: MeyerStetn; A
sleishhaeker \ Co; JAS Duffy Il Coz Pacific Spring
Mattress Co; Hoffman & Alexander; NeustadIer
Eros' The Bancroft Co; Abramson, Bacon & Co.
For Late Shipping btel!igenes sec Second Page.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28
PHILIP KENNEDY B CO.
Southwest Corner Of Market and Fifth Streets.

had not the remotest recollection of putting
any money in the bank, but the books
showed that she must have deposited $500
and forgotten all about it. The rest was in
terest, which had accumulated for twenty
years. Very unusual, you think? Not a
bit of il. A savings bank man told me,
when l was speaking to him about this case,
that large part of the banks profits came
from deposits abandoned or forgotten by
the depositors, though it is not usual for so
large sum as $500 to be forgotten. Such a
bank as the Dry Dock, in the BOwery, which
is largely patronized by sailors, of course
profits most by this carelessness, as the de-
p0sitors often drift to other ports and forget
all about their savings in New York before
they get back, if they ever do.-Brooklyn
Times.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28
ELECTRICITY
as AN AGENT.
How a Great Invention HaS Grown to
Enormous Proportions.
The Earth Almost Encireled With Wires.
Morses Capture Tanned and Educated By
Edison and Others The End Not Yet.

Noah Webster defines the telegraph as
san. apparatus or a process for communi-
eating intelligence rapidly between distant
points, especially by means Of prec0neerted
visible signals representing words or signs
transmitted by electromagnetic" The
apparatus for performing the require
ments of this definition was in
vented in 1898 by Professor Samuel Finley
Breeze Morse an historical paint'r. Morse,
who had been in Europe, while returning to
America conceived the idea of an electro
magnetic apparatus for permanently re-
coyding upon strips of paper the signals
ndde by the breaking and closing Of the
current and upon his arrival at New York
constructed a model instrument consisting
Of an old picture-frame fastened to a small
table. a set Of clock works 10 carry the
paper bands under the armatuTe or pendu-
luna weight which, when released, set
tile wheels in motion. and an electro-magnet.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28

clnde novels by the most prominent living
writer's of fiction in America. ''Mea Culpa'
is story of singular diTectness and power
dealing with fresh types of character in an
unusual way. The London Times, in an
advance notice, says of 1t: There is no de-
nying its cleverness, it is the very reverse
of conventional. The author sometimes in
his social solid touches reminds us of About
and it would be difficult to say anything
more fiattering" ''Mea Culpa" win be fol-
lowed by new novels from such writers as
Blanche Willis Howard and Ii. II. Boyesen.
E. & j. B. Young & Co. of New York
have issued paper-covered book of 12S
pages, made up of sermons preached in
Trinity Charel, New York, during Lent,
1891. by the Rev; Morgan Dix, rector of
Trinity Church. The sermons are on the
authority of the church as set forth in the
Book of Common Prayer, Articles and
Cannns, and treat OF the church as declared
by herself, Of ecclesa dozens. the Christian
priesthood, Apostolic succession, Christian
ethics and the outlook for Christian unity.
They form an interesting collection.
T. B. Peterson & Bros, of PHILADELPHIA.
have published in the style and form of
their popular edition of the works of the
most celebrated writers "EXine's Inherit
ance," by Henry de GreviIle. an exquisitely
told story, in which the author presents
many pictures of the bright side of Russian
life. 1t is translated from the French. and
is one of the best b o0ks that this author has
given to the public. Offered by Bancroft
Company.
George A. Hubbard has recently won an
eDviable reputation as a writer of short
stories OF more than ordinary excellence. A
collection of these stories will soon be pub
lshed by Harper q Brothers in an attract
i've volume entitled, "Iduna, and Other
Stories"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28

e The key or tTansmitteT was made of an
old port rule into which the characters Of
the alphabet, cut from strips of lead. were
placed, passing beneath the contact points
by means of a set Of cogs and a crank; a
.Ealfauic battery and a few feet Of common
:iEon wire completed the apparatus. which
practically demonstrated Morse's idea for
recording al a distant point the signals made
by closing or opening the current at The
= home station. It was found, however,
that when the length of the wire was
Increased the action Of the current upon
the electro magnet which was made by
winding a wire several times around n
soft iron bar was so enfeebled as 10 render
the receiving apparatus almost useless.
Morse wound the magnet with finer wire,
thus securing more resistance and enabling
him 10 operate the receiving instrument
over a greater distance. He also improved
his transmitter, using instead of the port
rule crank affair, strip of spring brass,
fastened securely at one end 70 block Of
hardwood, and making the contact By
pressing the open end down upon a tack
connected with the line wire. Professor
Morse after several successful trials placed
his machine on exhibition in New York in
1885. though he did not secure patent Oh
tie invention until 1870
The frs. telegraph line construce1 in the
United states was from Washington, d. c.,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28

Steamers to sail to-day are the Columbia for Port
land the Pomona Tor san Diego and the Haytien
Republic for Puget Sound The Oregon falls due
from Portland, the Arago from Coos Bay, the Los
Angeles and North Fork from Humboldt Bay, the
Newport from Eel River. the Coos Bay from san
Pedro, the San Pedro from Tacoma, the san Be-
nito from Comox and the Gipsy from the Salinas
River.
Tomorrow Collection day the City OF Puebla
sails FOR Victoria and Puget Sound the Areata for
Coos Bay the Del Norte for Crescent City, and the
Bonita for San Diego
The ship Ericsson, 1865 tons, loads Coal at Nan
aimo for this port or San Pedro; ship w. A. Camp
bell, 1898 tons lumber at Port Blakeley for Iqui-
que for ORDERS ATS Sd.
The Robert L. Belknap takes for Havre n ,087
cenials Wheat. valued at $4,000
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28
A BIue-Eyed Chinese blonde.

Officers OF the Society Tor the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children investigated an al
legged case of detention of little white girl
by Chinese in Spofford alley. Although the
little one is blonde with blue eyes, All Tit
and his wife proved that they were her
uncle and aunt, and that she was the child
of All Toy and wife. of Yreka, Siskiyo
County. So the little girl was allowed to
rAmafn whara she ia
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28
She Was Astounded and Gratif,ed.

know woman who was very much as
tonished recently at receiving notification
from savings bank to the effect that there
was upon its books the neat little sum OF
$1,000 to her credit. which was likely to be
outlawed If she didn't step up and claim it
pretty soon. She was utterly astounded and
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28
Married out Of the Police cnur.

Charles Cohen, who was arrested in
Golden Gate Park on Thursday with Re-
becca Cohen, after having been trapped in a
misdemeanor, married her yesterday. Judge
him TO go in view of the fact that he had
married the female.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28
Chicago Markets.

CHICAGO June 27.-Wheat was lower. The open
ing was the same yesterdays closing to 14c
lower, and the market ruled weak, with prices de-
Ginning l24 C more for July and %@7se for more
deferred futures then cted some prices advanc-
Ing 10 aC ruled steady. ana closing Isc lower for
July, lac lower for August and 1sc lower for De-
cember than yesterday Receipts, $4,000 bushels;
shipments, 416,e00 Bushels Rye quiet at 7Sc. Bar
ley nominal.
CHIcAGo, June 27.-wheat-Cash 94e. Corn
54s4c Pork-$9 80. Lard-S6 021a. Ri0S-$5 70.
Whisky-$l 10.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28

Rope, 12c p u; Binder Irvine, 131sc; Grapevine
Irvine. 12c in balls and coils Hop Irvine, II 1ac; :
LaEbyarn Toe Quotations for the new process
Manila are: Rope 7c; 12-thread, TIC; and do,
Sc; Duplex rope, sc; 12-thread 91sc; and do,
Size; Grapevine Irvine. balls or coils Toe; Binder
SALMoN@Aiaskan Fish, s71bess1 O5 p dozen,
according to quality: British Columbian, 81 371aa
424a p dozen; Columbia River Fish, 81 4OGl 60
p dozen.
SUGAR-The Western Sugar Refining Company
quotes as follows, terms net cash. Cube. Crushed
Extra Powdered and Fine Crushed. all 5 1sc q n
Dry GranuIated, 51ac; Confeetioners' A, 53sc;
Extra Q, Age; Golden Q, 414e % Bags lac mOrs
than bblx
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28
Produce Market.

FLoUR-Bakers' extras have again been marked
down and superfne is also weaker. Net cash prices
Family extras. $5 1898 rs; Bakers extras
50 1000 90: city superhne. So 1904 10: interior
brands S5@5 20 for extras, 50 65Ga4 10 q bbi for
superhne.
wHEAT-New shipping has again declined aud is
very weak. ola milling is firm and keeps up. NO.
81 5t0l STA q ctl: lower grades 81 52Ia; extra
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-28
A Missionary Preacher.

The Rev. J. o. Peck, DID,, one of the
most brilliant pulpit orators of the United
States, and one Ofthe miss ionary secretaries
of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, has
arrived at San Francisco and will preach at
the Howard-street Methodist Episcopal
Church this forenoon at IL o'clock.