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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09
A LOST WORLD.

I used 10 live IN a better world.
\ long, long ways from here,
Where the .kie. were blue and our hearts
were true.
And the days were filed with cheer.
There song and shine gave me and mine
A marvellous round Of Joys,
For the moments brought their gifts un-
bought
In that world that was made for boys
The long. long days were golden days.
And our hearts beat warm and high
For eye and ear could see and hear
The charm Of earth and sky.
We loltered long by the brooks sweet song.
And ve drank at the springs OF Truth
In that land OF Joys that was made for
boys
The wonderful realms OF youth.
long TO dwell In that world once more,
Where the happiest blessings fall;
But lost II when. for the world OF men.
traded IL, once for all.
long TO stray through n grass-grown way
To the boundless fields OF Joy.
And give my gold and world grown cold
For the heart Of \ careless boy.
Nixon Waterman. In L. A. W. Bulletin
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09

A boy who brad boon up for an
examination Ia Scripture hDh NJ
,tsrly failed, and tho relations bo-
tween him and the eInrninnr h~l
become somewhat strained. The
Iatter askcd him. n there were nnJ
teri In the whole BIbio no could T,ote
lie pndered and 1cn repeated: And
Jpdhs went out nnd hnIgni himself.
"Is there any 0tiSr veryo you kno" II
Fisc fsiblc7" the examiner U'lteh.
! "Yea. Go thou and do liko~ige.'
There wns n solemn pause ami the pro
.reedinRs tcrminats1l--Cntho Stand
tHrJ uuJ Times
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09

Tho tEditor-1 regret that your manu-
script, though good. is not available nt
tho present time.
Scribblcr-.Ah, then may presume TO
hope That your eatecrnod pc riodical will
some day improve to such u degree as
TO be worthy OF my contributions?-
Y~lfnws Iln.nI
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09

In order to prove the great merit OF
Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective cure
for Catarrh and Cold in Head, We have pre-
pared generous trial size for lo cents
Get it of your druggist or send 10 cents to
ELY BROS, Sc Warren ST., \. !. City
suffered from catarrh Of the worst kind
ever since a boy, and | never hoped foi
cure, but Ely's Cream Balm seems 10 dc
even that Many acquaintance have used
il with excellent results.-Oscar Ostrum
45 Warren Ave, Chicago, III.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledge
cure for catarrh and contains no cocaine
mercury nor any injurious drug: PHce
80 cents At druggists or by mail.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09
Her Opinfon

"One Of the greatest evils In life.
said the elderly woman. "is procraSti-
nation"
II think so, too" replied tho young
married woman. II don't zee the sense
Of putting of your golden wedding an
.niversary till you are 60 or 10 years old"
--Washington Star.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09
n.oson Enough.

'Twixt mndhouss walls no sits alone:
His foolish thoughts In chaos rove.
The cause for his sad fate IL known
lie helped his wife pur up the stove.
N. Y. Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09
Annie PRO vacation

II understand you pounded the man
In the next Ant2"
Pound hind Welk / should think
did. nearly killed tbe scouudreL"
What wax the tronfs< ?"
"He ipsulsed rnc-ao t'Inlly in"ilteh
me with delfbcration an d malice Hdorc-
thought; and ~ was n- trifiing insult
either"
What did hv say2'
"Hs asked IN. II wuE the man "hH
played tho cornet every night"
why didn't you kill IsimY''-Chioag"
Post
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09
One Of tn. hired ussds

Tint man with the red hair hotA aa
though ho was one of the proprie tors.
'Do you think So2 thought bis oil
was altogether too naughty and over
bearing. ."-Chicngo journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09

The Count hnf been told, madam,
your daughtuirc haf zc bad tempalre.
The Mamma-Ah. yes. count. but you
know she loses her temper 30 easily.
"Ah. how loa1y!" - Detroit Free
preNr
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09

The Cabmnn- Gimme your bag. lady.
and III put IL on top Of the cab.
Mrs. Oatcako (ns she gets in)--No:
that poor horse OF yours has got enough
10 pull. I'll cnrry IL on my lnp.-Judge
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09
A our.,ion Of CuIsinr.

When at transforming actors
Tho ribsld audience pegs
Btals eEKs, say. arc they serving
A. lot of hams with eEEB7
Tndua
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09
DipIprrs ary.

Blank what You voluntarily OF.
frrcd 90 lend him dollar?
Dash Yes; you zee. l was afraid he
hnd como TO borrow flye.-Up to-Date.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09
Much in Little

Is especially true of Hoods Pills, for no medi-
zine ever contained so great curative power IN
90 small space. They are whole medicine
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09
Her FroN wu.

I kiRssd her on the T.. achy cheek;
Bh~ frownsd. na I 90, Nd nee:
oh. maiden" said !. prithee. SPEAK
And say you pardon mel
Hhs turned her pretty iHce away
And BIT her finger III *.
And then heard her rN~~tly say:
whats tho matter sr'h my llpsr'
4. eCihicsRo Fsws.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09
aT,o Good IN he True"

Bho'H beautiful--thnt'n good TO know.
She's good--that'B beautiful to see;
She la so good. while I'm not no.
She's too good to be true" to me.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09
Hoods
chest, always ready, al -RuU
ways efficient, always sat DUvS
.sfactoryi prevent cold
or frrer cure all liver Ills.
Thonsands are irving 1t.

tck headache, lanndlce, Constipation, &c. Z's
The onIx PMS 10 take with Hoods Ssrsapariila
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09
No Change In View.

kitty thinks Harry doesn't intend to
propose"
"IIus he quit visiting herr
NO. but he gave her silver name
plate for her wb-el"-thicnRo Rccord'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09

Butchcr-I have some nice canvas
back ducks this morning.
Mrs. Ncwblrd- lovtiyi How
much are they ynrd2-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-09

From q fDrNlEH HHol's
"IIe had bottle OF rum under ms
arm, and the brethren and sisters hur-
ried home, feeling that the end OF nIl
things couldn't he far nwny. When II
got out. though. that the dominic wns
simply suffering from the third stage OF
the kicking fever, they excused him ana
rcioiced. But the dominic nlwnys de
clnrcd that hc never had such pleasing
nnti,lote for pnln. Then IT brRon to hr
.notia~1 that this last peculiar stag" OF
flir nilment seemed 10 have n" regular
period nf existence. and Il Is noted ne u
fnct Tint the afflicted district wnHnt
entirely able 20 be out and around ~"
usunl until the tavern keeper gave
notice that there wasn't drop OF hny-
thing left that the last stage OF the
Kicking fever called for.
During the time The fever lnstcd
three leading citizens OF the Sinhcmn-
hone were carried of In their bloom by
| IL not one Of whom even Ind the con
soinilon 81 enjoying the treatment Tor
| the last stnRc. First, there wns AhirnW
Uinklc. when the kicking fever hrf'
.truck the district. the doctor sntd that
4 the harder tho victims had TO kick inc
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
CHAPTER VI.

Windy Gulch seemed bare and bak-
ing in the sultry afternoon sunshine as
Dorothy Meredith idly looked out upon
its one dusty street from her window at
the Palace hotel. The Palace, a flinlsy,
two-storied frame structure, wholly un-
pretentious except as to name, occupied
a position well to the center of the
place, it's back to the creek which dis
puted with the road for right of way
all through the narrow defle in which
the camp had located itself. Across the
street was a general store, which also
served as post Office, fanked on either
side by saloons, that to the west being
Joined to an unfinished building of
which the sun-browned timbers told of
work long since abandoned, the one on
the east followed by a small log house
set well back from the street, which
gave it an air of burrowing into the
steep hillside behind. Farther along,
as one looked in either direction, were
to be seen other stores and saloons, the
latter considerably predominating,
their lines broken at near intervals by
the door yards of modest residences
where the homemaking instinct strug-
gled against heavy climatic odds in a
sickly showing of geraniums and morn
ing glories. There were a Chinese
laundry and a bakery; a rickety frame
blacksmith shop Haunting a covering of
out-of-date circus posters, and an un-
pretentious drug store, developed out
of the office of the one physician, who
generally attested the healthfulncss of
the place by sitting all day long before
his door, idly occupied with literature
which bore no outward resemblance to
medical treatises.
The houses were generally of logs, the
few of frame for the most part left un
painted, and, like their more primitive
neighbors, wearing an air of premature
age and decrepitude from the dark
brown stains which the fierce Colorado
sunshine had wrought on those side:
which looked to east and west. Few
were of more than single story IL
height, although the stores and saloons
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
WHY DON'T YOU LAUGH 2

Why don't you laugh, young man, when
troubles come,
Instead of sitting round so sour and glum?
You cannot have all play,
And sunshine every day;
When troubles come, l say, why don't you
laugh?
Why don't you laugh? Twill ever help to
soothe
The aches and pains. No road IN life is
smooth;
There's many an unseen bump,
And many hidden stump
Ger which you'll have to jump. Why don't
you laugh?
Why don't you laugh? Don't let your spir-
its wilt,
Don't sit ard cry because the milk you've
split;
If you would mend it, now,
Pray let me tell you how:
Just milk another GOVT Why don't you
laugh?
Why don't you laugh, and make us all
laugh too,
And keep us mortals all from getting blue?
A laugh will always win;
If you can't laugh, just grin
Come on, let's all join in! Why don't you
laugh?
James Courtney Challiss. in N. Y. INDIE
pendent.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21

row, and for safety's sake it behooved
that all give warning of their coming.
All this was in the early morning, for
the majority would choose to have the
day before them for the long, hard trip
to town, making their homeward way
when the shadows had begun to length
en- and the air had grown cool Now in
mid-afternoon nothing disturbed the
sleepy calm of the place save few
children and chickens pottering about
in the thick dust of the street, the one
brood apparently as listless and void of
purpose as the other. Across the way.
the postmaster, secure in belief that no
body would come bothering him for
either mail or merchandise at this hour
of the day, smoked in dreamy content,
his thin form luxuriously telescoped in
a wooden armchair. his long legs dis
posed across an iron wheelbarrow,
which was evidently part of his stock
in trade. The saloon man next door
was visibly snoring, his mouth very
cavern of escaping sound; while so long
time had elapsed since the doctor
had turned a page Of his book that it
would seem he might well have commit
ted the last to memory. There was a
soft, broken murmur from the creek,
drowsy swish of leaves among the cot
tonwoods along it's banks, and the
stamp-mill at the far end of the place
went on in a dull monotone, like a
devils tattoo that would never stop;
but withal it seemed deadly quiet.
| Dorothy Meredith yawned helplessly
as she turned from her outlook behind
the dusty lace curtains of the Palace
hotel parlor to purposeless survey of
the large, bare room. She had brought
her book here in the hope of finding a
| cooler place than her room on the floor
above; it was cooler, but the atmos-
phere seemed oppressively close, while
there was that in the stiff arrange
ment of the conventional parlor suit of
cheap furniture which somehow con-
veyed the impression that the apart
ment was not intended for everyday use.
Now that she was here, Dorothy found
herself instinctively stepping about OF
| tiptoe, with a vague sense of intru-
sion, very soon deciding that even as a
choice of evils the place would not do
She only halted while fretfully consid-
ering whether she should return to her
room and take a nap or shake off creep
ing lethargy by going for a walk, de-
termining finally to take her chances
out of doors, although it seemed we'll
nigh like counting sunstroke.
But she loitered by the window j
moment longer, now moved to idle curl
osity by the sound of hoOf-beats com
ing down the road, small mischievous
hope stirring in her mind that it might
be somebody to poster the postmaster
for mail or rouse the saloon-man from
his dreams But the rider had naugh
to do with either of these, as it sooI
appeared. He rode straight on to thu
doctors Office, a man who sat his hors,
with the easy, slouching grace of on'
accustomed to much riding, a youne
man at sight of whom Dorothy drew
back hastily behind the sheltering cur
tain, her face all warm, pink glow.
ITo BE Continued
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
A READY EXPLANATION.
1t Took Quick Thinking, But 1t Ar
rived ON Demand.

1t Took Quick Thinking, But 1t Ar
rived ON Demand.
A Washington man is accustomed to
using what he considers very choice
product of the disGiller's art. His pref
erence for the liquor in question has
been approved by a number of con-
noisseurs in such matters, and he be-
gan to suspect that colored man. in
his employ had added his Endorsement
in a manner tacit, but sincere. The
compliment was n high one; for the
colored man has long been employed
in the culinary department, and he had
a sense of smell and keenness of taste
which many gourmet might envy.
The demijohn which contained the
liquor emptied with such surprising
rapidity that it's proprietor concluded
to adopt radical measures. In the alb
sence of direct proof, he decided to try
strategy. He allowed the demijohn to
become empty, and, instead of filling
it again, put the liquor in bottles in
his cupboard, and labeled them poi
son." The word was printed in heavy,
black letters, and a skull and cross
bones were added, of size calculated
to make an impression on the most
stolid. He kept an eye on the cupboard.
too, and one night, as he came home
from the theater, he caught the colored
servant in the act. Selling the bottle
in mock terror, the employer eX
claimed:
Great heavens! Do you know what
you are doing? Don't you see that
what that bottle contains is marked
poison?''
The colored man held it off and
looked at it. Then he smelled it, and,
with look of melancholy, replied:
"'Tain' poison, sub. rs done been
fooled ag'in."
''How dared you tamper with it,
whether you knew it was poison or
not?"
Boss, it wus dis-a-way. Fun de
way you acted bout dat demijohn in de
cellar, done thought yoh had yoh
s'picions OBJ me, an it made me melan-
choly, fob sho'. rs been tryin' fob
mos two weeks now ter commit sui
eide out'n dat bottle!" - Washington
Cfor
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21

as a rule, had reached after more i'm
posing effect in the square, sham fronts
so popular in mining-camp architecture.
while these had further emphasized
their pretensions to style by washes of
paint in which a preference for pure
white had with the passage of time
brought painfully bedraggled appear
ance to the dusty place.
Rising abruptly behind the shabby
procession of buildings on that side
facing the hotel was a mighty hill ter
minating in castellated heights of red
sandstone, a. mass of color showing in
superinduced brilliancy above the faded
slopes which appeared dead beyond any
hope of resurrection; and the stunted,
dull-hued pines, sparsely dotting the
eXpanse, gave scarce more vivid show
ing of life. All up and down this color
starved surface yawned prospect-holes
beyond counting, a few gray dump
piles at intervals telling of deeper
work; the smaller number still that had
gone so far as to erect shaft-houses
showing now for the most part deserted.
1t is the common background of the
mining camp, this disproportionate
showing of failure and success; and es-
pecially were failure and gaunt woe
most in evidence in Windy Gulch in
this summertime of 1894, for its veins
were mostly but rich in silver, the i'll
omened metal at this time cast into
limbo by the powers that shape the
financial policy of the world.
But the camp wore an air of lethargic
| indifference to all it's ills on this warm
August afternoon. Itsday began early,
| when the steam whistles of the working
mines shrilly cried out for change of
Shifts" and up and down the hills on
every side the miners, always with tin
dinner-pails swinging in their hands,
| might be seen going to or coming from
their labors like struggling professions
of overgrown ants. Then women, bare
| headed and bare-armed, came out to
fetch water from the creek or to stand
| gossiping at their doors, while with
loud cracking of the drivers whip the
stage for Orodelphia would wheel up
before the post office to have the lean
mail-sack heaved on board with mighty
| show of Importance. And after the
| stage would come a disjointed follow
| ing of men on horseback and dusty
! couples in open carts; more often still
heavy freight-wagons laden with ore
and others piled high with fresh lumber
eXhaling clean, resinous doors; all
these cumbrous conveyances with gay
| jangling of bells at the horses heads,
! for the road down the canyon was mar
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21

run my chances than drag along this
way day longer than necessary. Let
us know the worst and be done with it. -
'Oh, in this case it will be the best.
Never fear, old fellow. Only we want
to make as good fight as we can. Per-
haps we can get along without your
man, though: 1 will think it over and
decide. Meantime, remember that a
man is never undone till he is hanged;
and a case is not to be counted lost till
it has passed the court of appeals"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
WIN He Was Excused.

"You wish to be relieved from jury
duty, but you haven't good reason"
said the judge.
Its public spirit said the un-
willing talesman, "on the score of econ
omy. I have dyspepsia, judge, and I
never agree with anybody. If 1 go on
this jury there will be disagreement,
and the county will have to go to the
expense of a new trial"
Excused" said the judge.-Green
Bag.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
Fluctuations Certain.

"It doesn't make no difference what
happens" said Mr.. Corntossel, "us
farmers is goin' to git congratulated"
"But the condition of crops makes
some difference, doesn't it?"
mo. Eff they're big they'll tell us
to be cheerful because we've got so
much to sell. An if they're scarce
they'll congratulate us on the prices we
orter t."-Washington Star.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
a Truthful Saw.

When church is out, and Jack and Jfll
In linked seclusion stray,
1t takes them two long, lonely hours
To pick their homeward way;
And as it's scarcely half mile,
No reason can ] find
Why it should take so very long,
Except that love is blind"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
Those Millinery bills.

She-I think one thing is very un-
fair. A woman is forced to reveal by
her name whether she is married or
not. All men are called Mr." and
there is no way to distinguish the mar
ried from the single by their names.
He-Oh, yes, there is. It's very easy.
She-How, I would like to know?
He-Jrst examine the checks he
signs.-Detroit Free Press.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
Old Enough for Anything.

1--WE brought you some lace for your
stall at the bazaar, Lizzie. I'm afraid
it's not quite old enough to be really
valuable. l had it when 1 was little
girl"
"Oh, that's old enough for anything,
dearest. How lovely! Thanks 50 very
much. "--Tit-BitS
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21

DIR. Nansen's expedition to the
North pole returned after an absence
of three years. The highest latitude
reached was Sc degrees ii minutes, or
600 miles further north than ever
reached before. No land was found
north of latitude 80 degrees.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
A Questionable Pedigree.

Newrich-I'm going to plant lot OF
shade-trees around my house. What
sort is the best, do you think?
Bunsom-The shadiest kind of a tree
ever saw was that family tree of yours
that you showed me the other day.
Up-to-Date.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
For Brain Food.

Borus somewhat in the literary line)
-Naggus, I'm trying to collect material
for another novel. Have you anything
to suggest?
Naggus somewhat in the book re-
viewing line)-Yes. Eat victuals that
are rich in phosphorus.-C Chicago Trib
me.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
To PIease His Public.

These are the ittlest sandwiches ]
ever saw for the money" said the trav-
eler.
Its like this the railway restaurant
man explained. "There was so much
complaint of the quality of 'em that I
thought would MAKE -em smaller, so
there would not be so much to kick
about."-Indianapol Journal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
Modern COurtship.

She-Have you shaved to-day?
He-Yes.
''Have you perfumed yourself?"
Certainly"
'Have you smoked any cigarettes"
"No.'
'Well, then, you can give me a kiss"
-Tammany Times.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
Another Thing.

Wife-You saw Mrs. Browser last
evening?
Husband-Yes; but not to speak to
her.
Wife-What a story! L heard you
were sitting with her for more than
two hours.
Husband-That's go; but it was she
who did all the talking.-Up-to-Date.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
Lapse OF Memory.

She-Did you bring me that conn
plexion powder?
He-Er-my dear, it slipped my MEM
DRY entirely.
She-And yet before we were mar
ried you said my face was one no man
could forget.-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
Revenge on a Rival.

He traced Maud's name upon the sand
A tribute to the lovely bud
jealous wave rushed up the land,
Washed out the "a" and left it Mud"
Chicago News.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
The National Failing.

Jackson-Im going to start new
paper, and think I'll call it the UNI
brella.
Merrill-Why?
Jackson-Because everybody who
sees it will take it.
Merrill-Yes, they'll take it, but they
won't pay for it.-Up-to-Date.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
And Well 1t Nav.

why is the circus lemonade pink in
color?' asked Benny Bloobumper of his
papa.
1T is blushing for ITSELF" replied Mr..
Rloobumper.-N. Y. Journal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
The Test of Wisdom.

How much of wisdom we can see
With sages who with US agree.
But fools who hold some other view
Oh, bahl They're not worth listening to.
Il A w Bulletin
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
Sent by Pneumatic Tube

Harlemite-You know that ten owe
you? 1 was going to send it to you by
mail to-day.
Brooklynite-Well?
'Well-I blew it in."-Town Topics.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
One way TO Reach the Goal.

What would you advise me to do to
become worth my weight in gold?''
well, you might try anti-fat."-N \.
Truth.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
The WorId,s Nece.~,tw

OF new religions" savants croak;
Go to, ye overbold ones;
New ereeds we need not, but new folk
To live up to the old ones.
Chicago Record
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-21
Sizing Him UP.

First Tramp-Yer say der woman
dat gave yer der grub didn't b'lieve ye
war a gentleman in reduced circuln-
stances?
Second Tramp-Dat's what said.
First Tramp-Did she tell ye so?
Second Tramp-No; she brought me
a knife ter eat der pie wid.-N. 7.
Truth.