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Misses Lizzie and Minnie Mccormick
contemplate a visit to Ellis the latter
part of this week.
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&C. @. Bestor is sole agent for the
celebrated Plat canned goods. If
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III yon want good ter got Henry
Schultz. 3 25n
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CHURCHES.

Nj E. CHURCH-Sunday school at 10 O'Clock A.
AS4s NJ, John H March. superintendent. Preach
inf at IL O'Clock A. NJ and 1870 O'Clock p. NJ. Class
meeting at u O'Clock M. General prayer meet
ing Thursday at 1880 O'Clock p. NJ. Ladies' prayer
meeting Wednesday at O'Clock P. NJ. Epworth
League meetings Tuesday at 1880 O'Clock P. N. A
cordial invitation is extended TO all.
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Proeramme for Teachers Meeting.

The Trego County Teachers associa-
ton will be held in Wa-Keeney, April
%, 1893.
PAPER. Miss Carrie Sweet
Paper. b. Rogers
Paper -"My Idea of Teachers Meet
ings" .Supt. A. s. Peacock
General discussion-Should the Aver
age of Third Grede Certificates
be Raised? ....................
COMMITTEE
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j. A. Law made final proof last Mon
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-Rev. Hankins is a new subscriber
this week.
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Try can of Bestor's Standard Tea.
IT. G. Biaisdell made final proof this
week.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF FREGo COUNTY.

SATURDAY, APRIL %. 1893.
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ONS OF VETERANS Preston B. Plumb Camp,
y No. 261, meets every LIST and Sd Saturday even
ings of each month at Masonic Hall
W. W. GIBSON, Secretary.
E. A. REA, Captain.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-08
A PARTICULAR MAN.
The Case of Hank Taylor, and How II
(sat An,

The Case of Hank Taylor. and How HI
| Got ON.
When Hank Taylor was put on trial al
Straw berry Hill for killing Steve Brown
he pleaded guilty. and in little speech te
the crowd lie said.
In course you'll hang me. expect ii
and shall he disappointed if you don't. But
| want it understood right now that l,ey
rights
What be them rights. prisoners'' aueried
Bill Totten, who was acting as judge.
WAL, want TO be hung with a new
rope. | was brnng up respectfully, and |
want to die that way Then | want to
wear billed shirt. Twas brulng up to wear
billed shirts, and don't want to disgrace
the family. | want to be shaved. to hev
my ha'r combed and parted in the middle.
and insist on zeke Cooper lendin me his
new butes. Them's my rights, and shall
insist ON 'ems
Prisoner, hain't you jest leetletoo par
tick 'lers inquired the judge .sHain't it
putin this ere camp to good deal of ex
ira trouble fur no real benefits Whar al
we goin to git billed shirt. fur instance?''
i dunno, but we got to llev one. Do you
s'pose I'm goin to bring up in the other
world with this old red shirt ons They
wouldn't allow me To stake u claim nor set
up q shanty.'. J.
How you goin TO be shaved when we
hainst got no razor in camp? We kin fur
nish you some grease and comb, but thar
can't le no Shawn. y
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fend 1t. The people of Jena hated Prussit
to the extent that they pointed out to Napo
leon narrow pathway Up the steep side o.
Landgrafenberg, and 1900 men, working
/ all night, cut road for troops and artillery
and during the night of the 18th of Octobei
! 10000 soldiers, with their cannon, made
their way up.ind were packed like saraines
| on q rocky Platform just under the crest
ont of view of the Prussian pickets campefI
on the plateau above.
Fortune faVors the bold sometimes and
on the morning of the 18th a heavy fog
obscured the valley and hung like veil
over the heights The corps of Lannes and
Soult and division of Augereauis ascended
the Llndgfafenberg and another division
entered the mill valley, feigning attack in
the sole direction the Prussians looked for
it. Then Lannes set out to clear the way
for the entire French army to deploy on the
plains. The force of the cannon shots scat
tered the fog, and Hohenlohe saw before
him @s000eenemies with only 400o0 to meet
them. He made the best defense possible.
and called to his aid 10000 soldiers anGer
General Ruchel that had halted q few miles
west of Jena. Brunswick and the king
We're days march farther toward Berlin.
Lannes was checked for time. and Nev
advanced to help him At 10 o'clock Au-
gereau, Soult. Lannes and Ney were fight
ing vigorously, and Napoleon sent in Mu-
rats cavalry and his own Imperial guard
and all the reserves against the Prussian
squares. A contingent of 10000 Saxons
bore the brunt of the fight, putting their
bayonets against Murat's sabers until
square after square had been broken. The
Prussians gave way at all points and fell
back two miles to IA new line, which they
held until o'clock Meanwhile Napoleon
had placed Soult's corps on the east of
Hohenlohe, between his line and Bruins
wick
General Ruchel arrived just as second
rout began, placed himself in front of the
flying troops and died heroically but vainly |
striving to save something from the wreck. |
The PrHssIan soldiers Were outnumbered
almost two to one, beaten at all points and |
their leaders outgeneraled Their line had |
faced squarely from south to east, and the
only road of escape lay back whence they
came, toward the Weser, in the opposite
direction from Berlin, the king and the re-
mains of his army. But they had done
their best, and upward of 1900 lay dead
md wounded on the field Napoleon put
ais whole army in pursuit.
At Auerstadt, the upper pass of the Saafe,
IS miles northeast of Jena, the adva e
Prnssian division under General Schmet,
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/ Il.
| Got to le!a replied Hank. Il hain't goir
over the divide lookin like wolf with hi!
winter fur on. And as fur grease, wan
reg lar bars lie. I'm bound to look Jest a.
purity as / kin"
''Zeke, will ye lend him yer butes2" asked
the judge.
.Nawl could never feel easy in 'en
ag'inl''
Then don't hangi' retorted the prison
er. Mind you, boys. lain't denyin that
killed Steve, whom everybody knows was
provolSin, eantankerous cuss and orter bin
killed long ago, and | hain't kiekin as to
what will follow. I'm jest stickin out fur
my rights S'posin any one o yon was goin
to arrive in the other world as a tenderfoot,
wouldn't yotl want to look fairly decents
Would you want to be ashamed to ae.
knowledge that you cum from Strawberry
Hill2n
That's SO, that's SO, unused the Judge.
"1n course it'll be known that YOU cum
frtlm Strawberry Hill, and in course We
hev pride in fittin you out ID decent shape
The prisoner will be removed while we hey
a talk
We had a talk. We couldn't get a white
shirt. new rope and n razor anywhere
within hundred miles And, as Hank had
observed, Steve Brown was always saying
mean things and provoking quarreIs and
wasn't Of much account. After discussing
the pros and cons it was decided to overlook
the offense and let up on Hank. but after
telling him of our decision the Judge said:
But don't do it again. Hank. Itar the.
opinynn of some o the boys that you were
too burned partickler about the billed shirt,
and of Others that you were right about
wantin to make decent appearance on the
other shore, and SO we decided to call it
seuar Next time, however, wen hang
you with mule rope and in yer old duds
and let ye run all the chances y
Waal, boys, fix it to suit yerseIves. and
it'll suit me, carelessiy replied the prison
er, and court was adjourned. and we re-
turned to work
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/ hell, dot scares me, you know
doan like nobody to suicide ia my place unt
| haf some big pieces in der papers, und so
| speak softly to him und gif him glass o
beer und feefty cents und get him oudt
/ Der VERY next day dot second man comes
4 in ,lnd sits down and throws his hat on de
j floor und says:
Carl Dunder, my wife, shildren, hom,
und fortune vhas swept away, und doan
like to live any longer. Please gif me
| private room in which to expire, und mebbt
you yhas so goot ash to see dot my grave
vhas kept green.
Il see,n said the sergeant.
NheI, can't gif dot man no private
room. und doan' like dot coroner to come
| around. So / fill him oop und gif him some
shange, und he goes away happy. He says
If he dies he vhili bless me. Vhas dot like
you oxpectedSn
'Yes-what eIse?n
Der next day dot third man comes. He
vhas a slim man. und he yhas weeping. He
goes over by table und cries like some
shlidren. BY und by he looks oop Hnd says:
Mr.. Dunder, yhas some wrecks on dot
sea OF life 1t vLas no more use to struggle
against adversity. Imakea good fight. but
1t vi1as licked. Please gif me a leedie wa
ter dot may take some poison und bid dis
world q last adieun
DO want some dead man S lying around
NIT all dose reporters rushing in to put it in
der papers2 No! | speaks to dot man wer-
ry kindly, und pats him ON der shoulder,
und iii l0minutes he drinks some beer und
takes feefty cents und says he Will go by
his brotherin Buffalo to expire. Nhas dot
rights''
did a fourth man Gomez"
es, und q fifth und sixth shust
get dot sixth man oudt doors before come
away. Heyhas fat man, und it takes
quart OF beer und seexty cents before he
says he vhiil struggle some more nit dis
cold world
Mr.. Dunder, you have been played
again. said the sergeant.
'Vhas tooken for greenhorns und hay
seeds by dose mem" o
s.Exaetly.'
.'Und nobody vhas going to expire in my
house?"
No. 1t was n sort of gum game It's
wonder that somebody doesn't beat you out
of your shirt. | have talked and talked,
butt
'Sergeanti' interrupted Mr.. Dunder as
he sprang up. Il vhas going homer
aWells''
'Pooty queek after | rhas home a man
Will come III und look tired und weary und
discouraged. He yhiil take out some white |
powder in paper und say to me:
Mr.. Dunder, a leedle water, please |
can't fight dis world no more vfas going |
to dot land where eaferybody yhas an angel |
NIT wings und sings all day long. Please
see dot my legs vhas Strengthened out in
der coffin, und dot | hold rose In my |
hand
He Will say dot to me- sergeant, und I
do you know how shall perform2 Will !
spring on him like an eiefhant. | Will |
catch him by der neck und flop him dis
rhay und dot vhay und around like dis. I
ind yhill run him to dot door und kick
him II times nit both feet to oneei Dot
Shas some gum games ehs vhas green
1orns, yhas r. You keep quiet If You
aear somebody cry for mercy. doan' come up
nit der patrol wagon. You yhill know it
has only me helping dose weary pilgrims
o shuttle off dose mortal coils unti become
tngels SO queek dot dey doan' iaf time to
iay gootbyi"
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o.
Rushed.

Speaking of busy men, remarked the
drummer incidentally Il ran across one
in Chicago not long since who takes the raj,
right off the bush. He is one OF Chicago's
liveliest types and is making big. big money
every year. had some business the other
day with him. and after waiting my turn
to see him, ! went in and found him hard
at work at his desk, looking over and sign.
ing papers, debating to two or three ste
nographers at once and talking between
breaths. think ] was there five minutes
and as we talked he had call TO give some
change to one of the clerks, and he dropped
dollar on the floor under his desk He
made no effort to pick itup, but kept right
ON talking and writing.
You dropped 81 there. said. nodding
toward the bill.
know it, he replied, but haven't
time to crawl under there afterit. It would
take at least a minute to do that, and I'm
making right now $40 minute doing some
thing else. and | can't afford to stop for
only 81. So long. Come in again when
Pm not SO rushed, and with this mild hint
that my interview was over backed out
and let another man take my place. DE
troit Free Press.
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he led his men in several desperate charges,
and coming to close quarters was called on
to surrender by hussar OF the Tenth
French regiment named Gwindet. With
out friendly saber to aid him he replied
by sword cut that laid open the face Of
the hussar, who quickly ran the prince
through the body with his rapier. killing
him on the spot
Saxony was then wholly abandoned by
the Prnssians. one corps, under Prince Ho,
henlohe, halting at Jena, on the Saale; the
other, under the Duke of Brunswick and
the king, marching on up that stream to
seize the passes across it into the road to
Berlin Hohenlohe was to repulse tho
French while Brunswick kept open the lire
to retreat Napoleon, supposing the whole
Prlssian army awaited him at Jena, or
dered Lannes, Sonlt, Augereau, NeF and
Murat to that point and sent Bernadotte
and Dayoust up the south bank of the Saals
to seize the road on the Prnssian rear
Hohenlohe had &c, 600 men ON the plains
behind the heights of Landgrafenberg ct
Jena The heights are SO steep on the side
of the Saale that they weredeemed impassa.
Bile, except through the Falley of mill
stream that divided the mountains. Far
up In that valley he placed q division to de.
z A. a - ~ -
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-08

/ the warwhoop profession The city mar
/ shaI had been looking for such a break anf
| he was an the spot to check it. The mnle
was killed at the first shot, but ii is he
j Eeyed at this writing that the man will in
time recover sufficiently to limp out of town
in search of some spot where the good old
fashioned customs are still preserved in ali
their purity s.
NoTIpEsTIFEED- Tuesday afternoon ias,
stranger who looked as solemn as If he
had buried wife and 10 children came info
town by the Cherry valley road on 4 bay
mule and disnlounted at Seott,s bank.
Some of the boys sized the stranger m as
an undertaken looking for an opening. while
others had a suspicion that he was M To
snuff. This state of uncertainty lasted
about Is minutes, during which time some
one unloosed the saddle girths and attached
the saddle toa hitching post by a rope about
~ feet long. The stranger found at.r Scott
alone in The bank and pulled gun ON him
and asked for a loan of $500. Mr.. Scott
never loans money without good security.
lie lodged the gun and raised an alarm.
and the solemn man bolted for the street
and his mule. He jumped into the saddle
with a whoop of defiance and when the
nuie went OUT from under hlm he was
probably the most surprised man in Arizo-s
ma He got up and began shooting. but
our efficient city marshal assisted by about
~ prominent citizens, turned loose ON him
and brought his career toa dead stop. The
mule made a bolt for it and could not be
caught, but he bore the brand of New
Mexico rar9ch. Nothing was found on the
man to identity him. He had two guns, 50
cartridges. 2 IN cash and a plug of tobacco
lie was buried at tie expense of the city.
and the look of chagrin which covered his
lace as he was laid away was SO marked as to
excite general comment. He probably lived
IN some back township where no newspaa
pefs are taken and therefore knew nothing
OF the changes afeiae last five years
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-08
A Cheerful Giver.

Caller-Bcg pardon for intrnding, sir,
but knowing your reputation for benevo-
lence have taken the liberty OF stopping
to ask yeu TO subscribe to the fund to buy
bell for our church. We hope to collect
enough to purchase one of the largest and
handsomest bells now manufactured.
Benevolent Individual here is your
church locateds
Caller Corner Of Restful avenue and
Peace street.
Benevolent Individual will subscribe
gladly. A man hate lives near there.
Harlem Life
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-08
His Way.

"Rastus, . said the man who was cutting
grass to the one who was sharpening his
scythe, seems quah dat dey has ter be SO
much discussion bout de president i FAM
iy an de Spanish family yisitin back an
fo'th as thar has been lately Dall's eY
heap ter i'arn bout manners 2
Deed dar is
Now, s'posin de princess oh Spain war
to ak re, how would yer go bout it ter
calls''
How'd calI2n
Yep.
Why, des de same as wild anybody else
I'd shove in chips 'nuif an say, What yer
gots' - Washington Star
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-08
Things Had Changed.

A stout looking young coiored man was
leading freight car just beyond us when
a woman of his color. but evidently 10 years
his senior. suddenly turned the corner o1
she cotton pile and began:
Now, look yere. Nose White, I'ze gwfne
to hey settlement wid yo'l,
Fenail, = answered Moses as be dropped
the handles of the truck, folded his arms
across his breast and sternls regarded her,
who am yo's Idoan' reekoIect dat eber
dun met up wid yo' befo' in all my life y
s.Hu. Yo' knows who ana.' she shouted
Yo' knows perfectly well dat rze Linda
jackson. y
OH Linda Jacksonl Deed. but be-
iieve | has seen yo' somewhar1''
II reckon yos hasi Yo' dun promised TO
marry me fo' weeks ago What yo' gwine
To TO bout its
5lae
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aMasa Whi.a

Nose w hlte. =
Jest SO. was Nose White. de man who
drlv l0-cent spress wagin round town
widont any hopes of risin in de world. Who
am ! today, Missus Jacksons,
Nose White. =
Jest SO, but it am Moses White. de as.
sistant freight agent of de Richmond and
DahV1lie railroad, wild eb'ry prospect dat in
sac OF two Vars I'll own half de stock an
10 all de bossin. Things hev changed,
y alissus s. jackson an I'll see yo' dun gone to
Halifax befo' r II marry yo,t''
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-08

APOLEON III, ,
pointing to tie
banks of Father
Rhine, and ending
his imprecations
against the heredi-
tary foe of France
beyond the border
with the dramatic
climax addressed
to the grand ar
mics nlarshaIed
around him. Il
now give you the
order to cross the
German frontier, y
copied faithfully
up to a certain
point the bril-
liancy and audac-
ity of his uncle in
1906, when he fell
upon the proud
pys.s l-s,r.<5o
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-08

THE MOST SURPRISED MAN N ARIZONA.
matter of fact it rolled over us more than a
year ago. He was about six years out in
his calculations. The terror was mounted
on mule. Once upon time it was the
proper caper for terror to ride his mule
into saloon and drink his whisky while
seated in his saddle. The stranger headed
his animal for the Red Front saloon and
dug in the spars and uttered his warwhoop,
but the next thing he knew the doctor was
probing for bullets and be had gone ont OF
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-08
A heavyweight Idol.

Some OF the japanese idols are not feash-
erweights, although most of them are.
Their champion heavyweight idol tips the
beam at $50 pounds.
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THE BATTLE OF JENA.
NAPoLEoN's MASTERPIECE THAT
ovERTHREW PRUSSIA IN 1906.

He Crossed the Mountains of saxony to
Strike Berlin, Leaving the Prussian rmy
Between His Army and Its Base and
Ended the Campaign In a Day.
copyright, 1899. by American Press Assocfa-
ton. Book rights reserved.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-08

The custom is universal In Madrid of
closing one of the two outer doors of the
house when c. person dies.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-08
Al Good Plan.

First Moth--Are yon going fur
Second Moth intend togpend the sum-
nier on the cape Boston Transcript
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-08
Tie WanfaI fnre.

Now, Johnny, you had real nice time
at the circus this afternoon, didn't yous,,
said AIR. Fizzletop to his offspring.
Yes, pa =
Well, what do you say to pa for taking
yous''
ssIrlet's go again, pa = Texas Siftings.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-08
TIE ARIZONA KICKER.

The Utah Terror Comes Near Losing
His Life Through, a Misunderstanding.
s A STRANGERfs S MIsTAKE.-A chap calling
himself the Utah Terror" struck this town
last Tuesday with a wlloop As near as he
could figure the wave of civilization was
not due here for five years yet, while as q
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-07-08
DUNDER on SUICIDES
CARL TELLS or SEVERAL DESPERATE
PEOPLE WHO VISIT HIM.


Green Game He Resolves to Get Even.
The Next Esan Who Visits Him Will Have
Hard Time.
Copyright, 1858, by Charles B. Lewis.I
Sergeant, mebbe doan' understand
how it yhas exactly, " said Mr.. Dunder as he
called at the police station the other day
with look of anxiety on his countenanee.
How what wasp queried the sergeant.
About dose suicides. Vhas it my pees
ness if somebody suicidesa"
TELL your story" /"
"Vhell, a stranger comes in my place und
looks sorrowful und homesick. Poorly soon
he says TO me:
Mr.. Dunder, she yhas no use. Inake a
big fight, but yhas beaten. haf made
oop my mind to shuttle off some mortal
coils yhas going to die right here und
now, md like TO say gootby to you who
vhas always eaferbody's friend. Farewell,
oldt mansP
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Cheap on Account Of Removal.

As / am about to move my millinery es-
tablishment to my new store on my own
lot on Union street, near the Episcopal
church, and wish at the same time to Law
in new stock, offer the stock now on
hand, at cost, to save expense of removal,
If taken at once before removal, Come at
once, as this offer will not stand long.
myT 2m MRS. ID. LAAS.
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ssCRADOCK.'

will make the the following
of
AaautuaAis Asreo
II
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Subscription to the Clarion s1ssz 4 year.
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s.lbscription 81 ! year, u aayanee.
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Promised to marry yo'. Oh, yes, Ireckon
I did 7
An when yo' gwine to do its''
Neber, Missls Jackson!''
Den I'll raise powerful fusss,'
alssfis jackson, dar won't be no power.
ful fuss Oar can't be- Who was when
ldun promised to marry yo'?''
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Subscription only si1s, subscribe now.
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Subscription to he Clarion 81 - year
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-04
DESERT The COUNTRY.

Interesting Statistics Regarding Urban
and Rural Population in Iowa.
Dies MONIES, Jan. AIN census bull
etin No. %, Superintendent Porter, OF
the national census bureau, gives what
he calls the rural and urban population
OF Iowa, but in making his computation
he excluded all but N cities of the state.
Iowa State Labor Commissioner Sow
ereign has gone to the trouble OF practi-
cally completing the work, aud his re-
port will be made up of figures received
from every county, and over 800 of the
Incorporated towns OF the state. With
only one exception every county
shows a proportionate decrease in
its rural population and a
proportionate increase in Its urban
population. The exception is johnson
county, which shows decrease in the
number of people residing in cities OF
$40. Fifty-eight of the 100 counties
show decrease in the rural population.
The population OF the state in 1850 was
1,624, ,615, of whom 5l3,50S resided in
towns and /, l,110.SO7 in the country. In
1890 the population was 1911 ,Sy6, and
775, ,906 lived in cities and towns and
/, 1876, ,ySS in the country. The country
gained in population 80. S35, a per cent.
Of increase of 17.6S. The cities in.
creased their population 262, 100, a pei
cent of gain of 51.01.