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The Redwood gazette., 1891-10-01
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

The washable cretonnes make good
bed draperies and spreads. Colored
marsailles in lovely tints is compare
lively inexpensive and furnishes very
attractive bed spreads.-N. Y. World.
Oatmeal is particularly valuable as
food. 1t contains more nitrogen than
any other cereal, with very large per-
centage of starch and sugar. 1t con-
tains more than ninety per cent. Of
nutriment. The coarsely- ground meal
is best
to one quart of rain water two ounces
ammonia and three ounces of precipi-
tated chalk. Bottle and keep corked-
shake before using. Wash silver in
hot soupv water and rince in clean hot
water.--N. Y. Tribune.
Egg Salad: Boil eight eggs fifteen
minutes; chop, salt and pepper them;
then take one teaspoonful of flour, one
of sugar, one of butter, one of prepared
mustard and half cup of good vim
egar; cook five minutes and pour over
the eggs.-Ladies Home Journal.
Here is a recipe for delicious crul-
lers: Take four eggs, beat very light,
add four tablespoonfuls of sugar, the
same of lard, teaspoonful of salt and
half nutmeg grated; work into these
as much sifted -four as will make nice
dough. Roll about an eighth of an
inch thick, and fry in hot lard. Drop
a pared potato into your lard to keep it
from burning.--N. Y. Voice.
To make skeleton leaves, soak in
rain water for some weeks, remove by
floating upon a card, and very gently
remove the upper skin with a soft
camels hair brush. Float in water and
catch on a card with the other side up
permost, and remove other skin and
pulp. A stiff brush may be needed, to
be used by dabbing. Do not touch
with finger. Finally wash we'll, bleach
with javelle water. wash and dry
Scientific American.
-Champlain Potatoes: Cook one ta-
blespoonful of butter and one teaspoon
full of flour in saucepan, and add
cold boiled potatoes in somewhat thick
slices. Mix well with a cupful of
stock gravy or milk, and season with
salt and pepper. Stew all together for
a few minutes, then remove from the
fire and add the yolk of one egg beaten
with one teaspoonful of lemon juice
and little cold water. Stir for few
minutes, pour in a hot dish, and serve
with chopped parsley. This way of
cooking potatoes is called also "Maitre
d. Hotel eL"-Demorest's Magazine.
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CURIOUS FINDINGS,

The Longest Word in the Language and
Several Odd Sentences.
81 have found the longest word in the
English language" writes correspond
ent. 1T is 'Velocipedestrianis
arianologist' (thirty-five letter.. Here
are the next longest, as make them
out: 1, dis-pro-por-t -tion-a- ble-ness; 2,
hon-or-if-i-ca- a-bil-i-tud-in-i-ty; 8, discs
Observation-Disclosures; 4, un-pro-pre-
nn-te-pen-ult-i-mat-i-ca-bil-i-ty. The last
word applies to all that have no pro-
preantepenult-that is, to every word
of less than six syllables. The stem of
the word, of course, is 'ult,' the re-
mainder being an aggregation of pre-
fixes and suffixes.
II have also collected several curious
sentences. This one contains all the
letters of the alphabet, and as there
arc in it but thirty-two letters, think
it must be the shortest of the kind ever
made: Pack my box with five dozen
liquor jugs A curious thing about
this Sentence is that the six unneces-
sary letters are the vowels of the al
phabet, with the exception of a-name-
ly: e, i, o, u, the j, and o being re-
pcated once. The sentence of thirty
three letters has all the letters: "A
quick, brown fox jumps over the lazy
dog and the sentence of thirty-six let
ters also: Jack quickly extemporized
the Eve tow bags Boston Journal.
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are apt 10 De
when they acquire sudden riches In
addition to his gold he possessed rare
treasure in the person of his daughter
Bessie, as sweet seventeen-year-old
maiden as ever lived.
Pretty Bessie did not lack for lovers,
and, quite as naturally, the favored one
was the very one that her father OBJ
iccted to-
Clyde Brown was frank-spollen, with
an honest, manly face, true, loving
heart and little else.
"Why. Elizabeth her father always
called her that when displeased-"how
can you forget that we are descended
from the Randolfs Of Virginia? Just
little longer, daughter-a year or
two at the most-and we will go east
and live as other people do. Then my
Jewel may find worthy setting"
81 want no one but Clyde, papa" pro-
tested Bessie, tearfully.
But tears made no impression upon
the hard heart of George Randolf.
However, he cOndescended to give a
conditional consent to their union
such an absurd condition that people
laughed and shook their heads and
Bcssic's merry face grew grave.
when you can show the possession
of one hundred thousand dollars you
can have her" he said. grimly, in an
swer to Clyde Browns manly petition
II ntil then I II hear no more about it. ~
"l"u can never do it, sobbed Bes-
sic when they stood alone in the moon
light by the road a few moments later
while her father watched an.rily from
the window. Fortunes are wonder
fully made in these mines sometimes,
but none will fall to u.s. -
Don't be discouraged, my precious
Queen Bess,' Clyde returned, with all
lovers unreasoning foLdness. "Only
trust in me through all and wait for
you promise me that?'
Indeed | will, dearest! You knew
that l would before you asked" she
murmured. But do not try me too
much, for father is as hard as a rock :"
81 must go away for awhile, my dar-
ling. Somewhere in yonder endless
chain of mountains a fortune is wait
ing for me. | feel it-I know it as we'll
as if it were already in my grasp he
answered, in solemn earnestness.
''God grant that it may be so," she
added
And then she walked slowly to the
house, to her fathers great relief.
The next morning Clyde left the
town, fully equipped for prospecting
tour, and quite alone excepting the
three large dogs which followed sedate-
ly at his heels.
For some time the prize which he
sought eluded him, but it came to him
at last in a strange manner.
One day. after following the course of
q noisy, shallow stream into a narrow
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Newest Thing in Card Cases.

The newest card cases devised for
formal visiting are really works of art.
Only the finest and softest kids and
leather are used-cream, amber and
snow white. Those in suede are al
most completely covered by silver,
wrought in delicate lacy patterns, with
either a tiny miniature set in moon
stones in a cornor, heavy monogram,
or else a pink-tinted couch shell, sur
rounded by small brilliants. Twin
hearts of moonstones and turquoises
are seen on many of the handsomest
specimens, while others are embossed
with the inevitable silver feur de lis.
This fin de steele effect is heightened
by having a narrow silver ribbon
wound about, to tie the triple figure
and descend IN graceful convolutions
and loops to catch the next flower be-
low.-Detroit Free Press.
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succession, killing one animal and bao-
attacked at once.
When the sharp, short fight was over
one dog limped back to receive the
praise of his master. while the other
lay dead beside its dead foe.
You and l are alone now, Brave,
my boy" said his master, patting the
dogs head. "Well, when daylight
in the hole
The night passed without further
molestation, but Clyde kept the fire
burning brightly, while he busted him
self in skinning three of the panthers-
the one which had sprung into the fire
being worthless.
Two We're monstrous brutes, male
and female, evidently the parents of
the smaller pair, as we'll as the kittens
After a generous breakfast of roasted
venison he enlarged the hole with his
pick and shovel, and after examining
his revolvers crept in cautiously with a
lighted torch, while the dog remained
outside, protesting against such fool
hardy conduct by dismal yelps and
whines.
The cavity under the spreading roots
was deserted, but a larger opening led
into the rocky mountain side, and
through this the astonished young man
crept, to find himself in a natural cav
ern.
He soon discovered and killed the
kitten, but could find no signs Of any
more.
The floor of the cave was covered
with bones, and q neatly-made nest Of
sticks and leaves was in one corner.
But Clyde did not notice these; he
was examining the rocky sides, which
were Of peculiar veined grayish stone.
There was q smile of satisfaction on
his face when he had finished this ex-
animation. and when he crept forth
into daylight again he muttered, tweak-
ing Braves ears until the dog yelped in
pain and wonder:
Queen Bess is mine, Brave! There's
gold enough there to satisfy even
George Randolf, I should say, and 1
claim it as the panther's bequest."
George Randolf could say no more,
although he insisted on visiting the
panther's den to see for himself.
"Some folks are lucky" he admitted,
reluctantly. IF that mine is worth
100000 you can have her, for Ran
dolf never goes back on his word.'
That was only year ago. and the
mine has already netted its owner over
$500, 900!
But he regards as dearer prize the
loving wife who rules his heart and
home - his Queen Bess. Saturday
Nipht
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Riding a Whale.

In the memoir of John Murray, the
famous London publisher, there is a
letter from Mr.. Graham. then living on
the Tay, describing an attack made
upon a school of whales by the inhab-
itants of Dundee. She writes: 1--WE
saw the shoal of fish go up the river the
day before, but little thought they
were to afford such sport. A curri.;r
ran up to his middle into the wafer
with a dressing-lnife, and manfully
plunged it up to the hilt into the side of
the fnner. The whale turned sharp
on the currier, and turned him head
over heels in the water, but bore off
the knife of the half-drowning currier.
Meanwhile a sailor leaped on the en-
ragged animals back, and swan Arion-
like round the harbor, holding by the
back fin. am sorry to relate that the
poor fish was at last mastered" -
Youth Companion.
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had not died ort along the hills before
another sound aroused them again.

had not died ort along the hills before
another sound aroused them again.
1t was the scream of an angry pan
ther from the mountain behind him,
and it was instantly answered by
another on the right, and yet another,
far down the valley, on the Left
Clyde heaped the dry limbs upon the
fire, and the dogs, usually as brave as
lions, whined piteously as they skulked
close to his feet.
He waited in breathless anxiety for
several minutes, but could hear moth
ing except the cracking of the fire,
which now threw a wide circle of light,
and the night wind among the trees.
Soon, following magnetism which
he could not account for, he fixed his
gaze upon a tall tree near the base OF
the mountain and encountered the
glare Of two fierce yellow eyes.
A panther was crouching there upon
long limb, every nerve of his body in
motion as he prepared for the fatal
spring
To aim hastily and fire at him was
the impulse of a second, and the tawny
brute sprung outward with a snarl of
rage and pain, and fell squarely into
the fire.
There was an unearthly shrek, a
smell of burning hair, a shower of
Goals and lighted wood; then the brute
stood wounded and blinded near the
tree.
"-it him, boys; at him. cried Clyde.
And the dogs closed on him, but,
wounded as he was, he was more than
match for them.
He killed one and sent the others
bowling to safe distance before their
master could surely aim the second
bullet, which quieted him.
He was not an instant too soon, how
ever, for there came another terrific
scream, this time fre the tree directly
over his head.
I'm ready for you now!'' he cried,
coolly, sighting another panther direct
ly between the scintillating eyes.
He fired and sprang aside, while the
animal fell, struck the earth with a
heavy thud, clawed the earth and air
convulsively for few seconds, and
then lay quite still.
''This is getting interesting" NUT
tered Clyde, grimly eyeing the two
huge, tawny bodies, the dead dog and
the skulking living ones, while he
threw fresh wood upon the scattered
fire and peered in every direction.
MEOW! Meow! Sct-t-t!"
He turned sharply to see the heads
of two panther cubs thrust out of the
hole near the tree, their ears laid close
to their round heads and their eyes
sweeping the scene in fierce inquiry.
"Ha, ha! A regular family party I've
STUN bled on" laughed Clyde. ''S-s-s!
Seek 'em, boys!"
And the dogs pulled one kitten out to
his death, while the other scram bled
back in the hole.
Suddenly there was a slight no;se in
the edge of the forest, and two half
grown panthers came cautiously into
the circle of light, shifting the air un-
easily and evidently afraid of trap.
The smell of the scorched hair and
the binding glare of the fire puzzled
them.
But Clyde did not wait for tn EN- to
become satisfied of the safety of an
attack He fired two shots in quick
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THE DEER LEAPED INTO THE AIR
valley, hemmed in by lofty mountains,
he camped at the foot of a gigantic
tree near the water
Thedogs whined uncasily and shifted
at hole among the roots of the tree:
but he called them away and went on
building fire to cook supper from the
loose wood and branches around.
"Now that the fire is ready" he
unused, aloud, Il wonder if I'll find anv
game herea bouts?'
AS if in answer, half-grown deer
came down to the stream on the op-
posite bank not many rods away.
1t stopped, with one foot appraised,
and looked at the dogs with startled
eyes; but the next instant the report of
Clyde's rifle rang out, the deer leaped
into the air, sprung forward and fell
into the stream, from which it was
soon dragged by the dogs.
But the echoes made by the report
The Redwood gazette., 1891-10-01

A shows the tile entering the box, aud
B is the s-inch tile or outlet. C is the
the brick bottom. use 4-inch tile in
draining. Put the box in during dry
weather. Take 2-inch plank and mark
size of tile in the lower one, and make
holes to fit the tile. Make the boxing
as deep as necessary. You can run the
branches in any direction. I have
nearly 400 rods entering one box. Get
all the fall you can in the tile. If you
want to farm over the box cover it with
S-inch plank and then earth. This is
what did. put a support in the mid
die, as there is great weight in foot
or two of earth, especially when satu-
rated.-L. Z. Ritter, in Ohio Farmer.
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On Land and Sen

The Manufacturer - What's this J
hear of trouble on your ship?
The Captain-Trouble enough. Hall
the crew mutinied and tried to prevent
the rest from going to work. Fortu.
nately, help came, and now the
wretches are in Jail.
The Manufacturer-You call that mu.
tiny? In my mill that would be moth
ing but astrike.-Pittsburgh Bulletin.
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WHAT THEY THINK OF IT.

BESSIE.
Dear Tom, he had something to tell me,
know,
There was such sad look in his deep earn.
est eyes,
And he ing red so ing when the time came to
AS We stood on the balcony under the skies
And then, when gave him the flower at the
1t brought such quick, happy flush on his
check
! wish cou.d tell him-but no must wait
TIL the poor loving follow finds courage to
speak.
HER YOUNGER SISTER.
I think it is time for Tom Reynolds to speak;
1t is mean, it is shameful to treat Bessie So
IL calls AMI he Gu Is on her week after week
He's stupid cd stick-int thc-mud Of a beau.
And here can't g. to as much as u dance
For fear I'll get married and leave her be-
Oh! if ever Tom Reynolds but gives me tho
chance,
I'll wake him up once with q piece OF my
mind.
HER BROTHER.
should think BeSs would give that Tom Ray
mods the shake;
He's good on earth, and that every one
knows
lie maue ner give up al tne rest IOr. MS sake,
And yet he is too big calf to propose
HER MOTHER
think I shall sound Mr.. Reynolds next week,
And learn if he has any purpose in view.
Ill tell him like him, but feel should speak,
AS he keeps away others who like Bessie
TON.
Another night gone; what Q fool have been!
And went there this evening. expressly to
speak;
But time after time when tried to begin
choktd at the words and grew trembling
and weak.
And she came to the gate when 1 started to
leave,
To tell of the picnic and ask me to come,
And rested her soft, little hand on my sleeve,
And could have died for her sake, yet was
dumb.
Oh it rcG.cs my blood boil! She must pity
f2e, too
More likely despises Newell let it pass
Some man ought to win her. Tom Reynolds
not YOU
A poor craven, cowardly consummate ass.
Puck
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It was on a train and he was trying
to read. There was the usual variety
of passengers, among them lady with
a very sprightly little girl that had blue
eyes, head of glistening gold and an
inquisitorial tongue. She piled him
with questions and toyed with his
watch chain. The mother, who was a
widow, fairly beamed upon him. He
was becoming nervous, and turning to
the mother, said: MADAM, what do
you call this sweet little darling?"
The widow smiled enchantingly and
replied with sigh: "Ethel."
"Please call her, n."-Texas Sift.
inrS,
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SUCCESSFUL DRAINAGE,
Tho Excellent System Employed by al
Ohio Farmer.

Tho Excellent System Employed by an
Ohio Farmer.
Last winter subscriber asked for
information, or rather advice, about
draining a 13-acre field of rolling land
that washed badly in heavy rains The
piece was slightly lower in the center
than around the sides, and he asked
how best to drain land in that shape.
l have a field similar to his, and
drained it in this way:
run an s-inch tile from the mouth
up to the box Gllustrated) in center of
the field, or lowest place, making cal
culations on having plenty of fall from
there. The box is feet square, with
4x4-inch posts in the inside at the cor
ners, upon which the planks are nailed.
The bottom was bricked over, bricks
fat, to keep from washing. In the cut
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SINGING INSECTS.
Means by Which They Produce Thl
Notes.

Means by Which They Produce Their
Notes.
Several other species of insects have
apparatus for producing sounds similar
to that of the grasshopper, or modifica-
tions of it. Of different type is that
with which the cicadas are endowed -
the only creatures of this class which
have vocal apparatus analogous to those
OF the higher animals. Only the males
of this family are singers. for which
the Greek poets called them happy be.
cause their females were dumb. With
the ancients cicada sitting on harp
was the symbol of music. A pretty
fable tells of the contest between two
cithara-players, in which the curious
event happened that when one of. the
contestants broke string singing
cicada sprang on his harp and helped
him out so that he gained the prize
The Greeks who shut the insects in
cages so as to be sung to by them in their
sleep, were at odds concerning the ma
ture of their singing apparatus; and the
controversy among naturalists on the
subject lasted till very recently. The
zoologist, H. Landois, who investigated
the difficult subject of animal sounds
with ceaseless industry and great skill,
was able to give satisfactory solution
to the question. According to his
research, the case is one in which the
sound is really made by air circulating
through passages in the interior of the
body. Every insects body is pene-
trated by a system Of breathing-tubes
or trachese which open at places on the
surface. The openings are called
stigmata. This system of breathing
tubes, through which the air is inspired
and expired, takes the place of the lung
of the higher animals. Landois discov-
cred them in very obscure parts of the
cicada, and found that they form kind
of windpipe representing the actual
tone-factory of the animals R. Fran
cheschini, in Popular Science Monthly
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No Fees for Him.

II understand that DIR. Prosy has
preached against the summer girl"
"Yes; he doesn't like her, because she
never marrieS life
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A Timely Rebuke.

They were walking in the starlight
fully three feet apart when he broke
the silence by saying:
"Do you think the stars are watching
us?'
perhaps they are," she replied,
"but it doesn't matter much; they are
not likely tt see anything."-N. Y.
Press.
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Faint Praise.

"You seem to admire Miss Fortune.
hear that you said she was pretty and
good"
mo. ! said she was pretty good"
Munsey's Weekly.
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The Old Name Would Not Do
Gazlay-''Isn't Colon the name of that
town on the Isthmus of Panama?"
Bunting-''That used to be its name,
but it has been changed to Period
since the Panama canal came to a full
StOn "-R0nsiac
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In Maulstick's Studio.

Mr.. Leaflarde (of Chicago)-That
there picture of pig is splendid, sir,
splendid-never saw anything so true
to life. l do believe you're the Very
man to paint portrait of me.-Mun'
sey's Weekly.
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A garden will produce large crops in
proportion to the space allotted to that
purpose. A garden is really but min.
iature-farm, and demonstrates the pos
sibilities of the farm. Manure is used
freely, and careful cultivation given
when the garden is relied upon and
with less area cultivated on the farm
and more attention given to the matte,
of manur.ng and cultivating the crops
the whole farm could be made 70 eq'aa;
the garden.
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INDELIBLY IMPRESSED,

Miss Gazeworth Coming in from the
Observation-Disclosures, I'm-er-er-
engaged to Maj. Backrank.
Mrs. Gazeworth-My dear, you re-
heve me of sudden fear for your rep
utation.
Miss Gazeworth-I don't understand
you.
Mrs. Gazeworth-You forget that the
major dyes his mustache.-Leslie's II.
lustrated Newspaper.
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Hard Work.

"Are you willing to work for you
iving?" she asked of the two tramps
who were standing on the porch.
"Yes'm, we are replied one of them,
earnestly, "an' yer kin bet we does it
digestin' the things the wimmin along
this route gives us ter eat. ."-Washing-
ton Star
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Had Got Back,

Collector-1s Mr.. Slowpay in?
Landlady-No, sir.
81 called five weeks ago, and yor
said he had gone to Long Branch for q
month. Hasn't he got back yet?"
Eyes, sir, he's back"
"Then where is hep"
'In the poor house. Good News.
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Too Much of a Chestnut,

The Country Maid-Tell me some-
thing interesting.
The City Youth-Let me tell you the
old, old story.
The Country Maid-Oh, have heard
that before.-Jury.
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Superannuated.

Jones-Those nickel in the slot ma
chimes are not new thing after all.
This paper says that they are nearly q
hundred years old.
Smith-Indeed! Perhaps that is why
they so often fail to work.-Mmsey's
Weekly
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the mata

While the mate of an Ohio river
steamboat was endeavoring to drive a
COW on board she tossed him overheard
and jumped in after him. He was COM
peeled to dive to get out of her way, and
when he escaped she swan to shore,
furiously dashed herself off bluff, and
was killed on the rocks below.
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EaAeban Item.

young lady watching a baseball
game asked her escort:
why does he call those balls foulp"
u don't KNOW" he replied, ''unless
it is because they are flying over the
fencsT-Texas Siftinga
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Encoura0iu1.

First Youth lat railway depot )-Trav-
eled far?
second Youth-Not yet, but expect
to before stop. I am going west to seek
my fortune.
First Youth just got back. Lend
me dime, will you?-Good News.
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An Annoying Mistake.

Stranger lat Delmoneygo's, to dis
tinguished-looking person)-Excuse me,
sir, but have the honor of addressing
Mr.. Ward McAllister?
Distinguished-tooking Person (very
haughtily)-Sir, am the head waiter!
-Munsey's Weekly.
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A Suspicious Circumstance.

"Oh, yes, we are engaged, but feat
she has not that utter confidence in me
that comes with perfect love-"
"Why, SOP"
"Well, when fellow looks back-a
a fellow in love naturally will, you
know-and sees her testing the diamond
in her engagement ring on the window
pane, don't you think he has good cause
to feel little dubious?'-Indianapolh
Journal.
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Stranger-Digging a grave, eh? DO
people die often in this village?
Sexton-No, boss, dey nebber dies
but once.-Munsey's Weekly.