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The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17
SOCIAL DHIIGHTS


This Is what a Detroit whist PLAYER is
willing to take oath took place se a party
where he was doing his level best for .
prize:
The large lady, his partner, gave the
right sleeve OF her shirt waist hitch. muf-
tered under her breath and then said TO
the other lady: Look at that. now. H's
all askew and so annoying don't care who
you go to or now much you pay, it always
the same way Did you signal for trump,
Or was 1t the other hand -
Tnat sleeve lost us three tricks con-
t1nued the complainant. Then the other
lady wantea recipe for making chow
cnow piesieliiy or something OF that sort
w course my accommodating partner vent
right to reeling il of, playing a kinu 20 ruy
ace when she had three spot revoked ON
another suit, led right into the enemy 3
strength, and then had the nerve Co ssE
me If l saw anywhere that she could have
bettered her play. Say, wanted 20 bod
her in OIL
tried to keep from turning red, saving
anything sarcastic or swearing a little and
succeeded reasonably well.
Then she went to telling about new
hat her neighbor had bought She took
two f1ve spots at heavy cost and then
consoied me with haIf-screamin4 expIana-
ton that she had been playing pedro the
night before and had lapsed into it again
without thinking. I never behaved better
IN my life, feigaed sudden illness. eor arav
and made things blue for two blocks. After
l was gone she told the opposition that 4
played very stupid game Detroit Free
PraSs
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OATH OF THE BoRRs
BurEhers of the Tranavral In
Peace and War.

This peculiar solemn pledgu was sub
scribed at meeting held by shem on
April IL, 1879, Wonderlonteir, in the
Transvaal, and is given as reproduced
in the Natal Witness:
I In the presence of Almighty God,
the Searcher of Hearts, and praying for
His gracious assistance and mercy, we,
burghers of the South African repub-
lie. have solemnly agreed for us and our
children to unite in q holy covenant,
which we confirm with solemn oath.
It is now 40 years ago since our fathers
left the Cape Colony to become free
and independent people. These 40
years were 40 years of sorrow and suf-
fering. We have founded Natal, the
Orange Free State and the South At
rican republic (TransvaaD, and three
times has the English government
'trampled on our liberty, and our flag,
baptized with the blood and tears of our
fathers, has been pulled down. AS by a
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ABSENCE OF MIND.
He Came to Propose, But Couldn't
Bring 1t to Mind at the Oppor-
tune Time.

After the young man had sat for
some time, interspersing silence and
remarks too unimportant to justify rep
etition, he showed commendable ap-
proach to wisdom by telling her that
her dress was perfect dream and that
she was looking like an American
beauty.
She put him into ecstacies by intimat-
ing that he was base and heartless fiat
teTer, and, just to show her that his
equanimity had not been disturbed in
the slightest degree, he started in to
tell her about the coming international
yacht race, wandered into comments on
the odd fellows prize drill and was not
half through the description when he
was laboriously trying to explain>the
technical differences between a trotter
and a PAGER.
Ibid it ever strike you?" she asked,
laughingly, that you were absent
minded or lacked the power of mental
concentration?
"Oh, no; not at all. The difficulty lies
in the other direction. Concentration is
my weakness. I get my mind in one
train of thought and am oblivious to
everything else. I walked five long
blocks beyond your house and had to
turn and walk back again, just be-
cause my thoughts were centered on
something else"
"What were you thinking off" and
her tones were abnormally tense.
"Really, that's what I'm trying to re-
call now. But know it was something
very absorbing. It brought me here.
Let me see, now" but memory basely
deserted him. She purposely allowed
conversation to die out, and he left.
Ten minutes later there was a sharp
ring and she answered it.
81 have i'll" he finally shouted. 81
came to propose, but couldn't bring
the thing to mind, so'-but she shut
and double-bo1ted the door, hurried up
stairs and utterly ignored her father
when he asked her what time it was
Detroit Free Press.
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The Parrot, oatmeal.

A writer in Little Folks tells an anus
ing story of parrot:
How many parrots, he asks, have
oatmeal porridge to breakfast? There
was one that had this dish every morn
ing, of which it became extremely fond.
once, from an oversight, no meal
had been brought when the supply was
done, and that morning Polls breakfast
consisted of soaked bread. The bird
looked att very suspiciously for awhile,
then tasted it very cautiously, then sat
for a few moments as if thinking the
matter over. i 81 z.gG
i By and by it set to work with great
vigor throwing the bread out Of the
dish, and say ing as it spluttered out
each mouthfll:
Nasty mess! Nasty mess!" = Cas-
sells. - @%..s'
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THE COINCIDENCE CLUB
The Secretary Of This Odd Or1ani1a-
tion Tells Two Odd Stories, Both
Of which Are True.

It was the secretary's turn to tell q
yarn to his fellow members of the Co.
incidence club. The Coincidence club
by the way, has no cumbersome ma
chinery. 1t has members and officers,
meets once a week to tell queer stories
along the line suggested by its name,
and everything but the strict truth is
barred.
1--WE got two stories, much alike, to
tell. There's nothing dramatic or SEN
sational about them. They struck me
as queer, though. You know I'm a law
yer, and lawyers are largely dependent
for business upon their friends, who
send cases to them. One day man
named Dodge brought in letter of in
PRODUCTION to me from a friend out
west. He had simple sort of case,
and I asked him to come back at three
o'clock that afternoon. Then I went
over to the criminal court ON business
that kept me till within few minutes
of three o'clock. AS entered my of.
flee there was man sitting in the
shadow. Without really looking at him
and with my mind full of the appoint.
ment, I said, as went to my private
office:
"'How are you, Mr.. Dodge. I'll seq
you in minute
"Pretty soon rang and told the office
boy to show in Mr.. Dodge The man
came in, and he wasn': my Mr.. Dodge at
all. Imagine my surprise when he
said:
How did you know my name?'
''At the same time he handed me q
letter of introduction from a friend
down east. His name was Dodge, ali
right, and he had a case. I gasped over
the oddity of the situation, explained
the coincidence to my visitor, end even
showed him the other letter of intro
duction. But the man did not believe
me. He evidently thought was liar,
and left without putting his case in my
hands. A few minutes later in came
the first Mr.. Dodge, and we had good
laugh over it.
THE other coincidence was this: ]
got letters from two friends--one west
of Chicago and one south, asking me to
collect claims against a big Chicago
firm and a big insurance company with
an agency in Chicago. I telephoned
and made appointments with represent
atives of each of the concerns-one at
IL and the other at 1880 o'clock I
went out on an errand and was delayed
till 1880 o'clock. When came in both
men were waiting. Strange as it may
seem, both men were named Rose.
introduced them One was originally
from Rhode Island and the other from
Connecticut. AS far as they could fig
ure out they were not related. I've used
false names, but otherwise the stories
are strictly true, and can be proven BY
evidence that will pass muster in the
court of flaw."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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THE BETTER TIME.

Could young days last for all our time.
BY And change and chance be clever,
Could what we have keep pure and prime,
Nor fade our fortunes ever;
Gould joys that once like summer smiled
Still every burden tighten, :.
And lovely scenes, that once beguiled,
d Along our way yet brighten;
Could budding hopes In beauty bloom,
Ere comes the time Of dotage. r''T'2ss
Could every stalk, with tasseled plume,
F But have an ample fruitage;
Gould all the seasons bring US good
A And only good be given,
1t we'll might then be understood, 10
+ That here on earth is Heaven. ~.
But this we know can never be,
The fact needs only stating,
For even blinded eyes can see 49,
The need we have Of waiting:
The happy birds in early spring,
Back from the south come flying,
But soon again are on the wing,
And summer time is dying;
A little while, with softened skies,
i The earth grows warm and mellow,
And then the beauty fades and dies
And flowers and fields are yellow;
A little while and we are blessed,
And every joy has greeting,
But soon, with grief and care oppressed.
We find that all is fieeting.
And so the seasons onward run,
And here is much of sorrow,
Our hopes must wait 1.-The world to come"
And blossom there tomorrow;
Tomorrow. that glad day and wide
With BLISS and blessing crowded,
And peace and joy on every side,
Shall never be beclouded:
There all our hopes, on lofty wing,
Shall rise from deaths dark portal,
Exulting with delight to sing
The glorious song immOrtal:
No blighting frosts shall chill that day,
Nor climes nor changes sever,
The friends that there, enrapt, shall stay.
Forever and forever.
". M. Simons. in Springfield (Mass.) Re-
publican.
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Blacks in South Africa.

Not the least alarming phase of the
situation in South Africa is the fact that
the black natives outnumber the whites
in the proportion of twelve to one. In
the case of prolonged conflict between
the Beers and the English the attitude
of the natives is altogether uncertain.
In Cape Colony there are 100000 white
residents and four times that number
of blacks. The white population of the
Transvaal is estimated at 25O,0OO. as
compared with $4,000 natives. In
Natal the total number of whites is not
more than $4,000, while the blacks num-
Der 100000. In the Orange Free State
the blacks outnumber the whites in the
proportion of nearly three to one. In
Rhodesia there are 100000 natives and
a white population which relatively
amounts to nothing. In British central
Africa $4,000 blacks are opposed to a
tiny band of not more than 500 English
soldiers. In fact, all through South Al
rica the negro promlem is likely to
grow in Importance during the con-
tinuance of Chicago Trib-
une. -
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read with last winter. You remember,
Molly?"
Mrs. Peter Bispham looked at her en-.
viously. II suppose nothing would in
duce you to part with it?"
Mrs. ~Devereux set down her cham
pagne glass with smile.
"Nothing on earth," she answered.
Just then James, the sympathetic
footman, whispered to his mistress:
'Mr. de St. Pol is there again, ma.
dame; he told NE to ask you to come
for Gods sake"
Excusing herself hastily, Mrs. Dev-
ereux left the room.
'Madame,' cried the old man, as he
entered the drawing-room, Il must
have it again. tits. killing her." Tears
rolled down his cheeks.
II don't Who? What is
killing her2"
''The lace, ma femme" He held out
a roll of bank notes with trembling
hand. ''She is very ill. We were poor,
oh, so poor! And she wanted tim
bale de riz de veau-and she needed
wine and medicine. I had no more pu.
pills, and II stole the lace and sold it
to you. have spent $40, and now she
is crying for the lace and I can't com
fort her. Madame, 1 will work, will
pay you the rest. Oh, madame, she is
old, we are both so old!''
An hour and a half later Mrs.
Devereux entered her own drawing
room in a dark street dress and hat.
II beg everybody's pardon" she said
II was called away suddenly, and had
no time to explain. Morris, do you
think they'll ever forgive me?"
Her husband laughed. II trust so
But where were you?" ~,~ :.
,"That is a secret; but have cried!
Are my eyes red?' 49,.
"A little.''
"And you needn't envy me my face
any more" 81
''.Why? Was it stolen?''
,'No, butts going back to Paris
next ek.'--Baroness Won Hutten, in
Westminster Budget.
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THE AnrR1cA,s CUP.
Been Sailed fer the Csv-
eteA Trophy.

Many false Impressions prevail re-
garding the origin of the Americas cup
that time-honored trophy for which
the yachts Columbia and Shamrock late
ly contested.
Ask the first man you meet what the
Americas cup is, where it is, and what
it's worth, and ten to one he'll say: ''Oh,
I guess it's an old silver mug that the
queen gave, away back in 1851, for a lot
of yachts to race for, and our yacht
America won it easily"
That is a fair sample of the extent
OF the 1ayman's knowledge of the his
tory OF the cup, so it will be the purpose
OF this article, among other things, to
make clear many controverted ques-
tions that surround the history of the
cup, and the races that have been sailed
for it from time to time.
In the first place, the Americas cup is
not, and never was, a queens cup; that
IS to say, it was not the property of
the queen at any time and was never
offered by her. Its original name was
the Hundred Guinea cup. It was made
by Garrard, of London, in 1851, and
sailed for and won that year by the
yacht America by 20 minutes in race
lasting 10 hours, 81 minutes, around
the Isle of Wight, starting from Cowes.
The cup was offered by the Royal
Yacht squadron to be sailed for in their
regatta of August % open to all nations.
America sailed against the cutters vo-
In D.
Freak and Eclipse, and schooners Be-
atrice, Wyvern, lone, Constance, Gypsy
Queen and Brilliant The latter was q
three-masted schooner.
The same schooner yacht America,
which won the cup in 1851, raced from
port to port last month with the feet of
the New York Yacht club, and made
better time in breeze than some of the
schooners in her class.
Rugged in 1851 like a pilot-boat, with
no foretopmast, and a big jib, she
crossed the Atlantic from New York to
Havre in II days-better time than the
Shamrock made, for it took her 16 days,
and she was towed a great portion of
the way across. At that time America
was owned by Commodore John c. Stew
ems, Edwin A. Stevens, Hamilton
Wilkes, ]. Beekman Finley and George
L. Schuyler. Paul Butler is her present
owner.
The cup itself is slowed away in a
specially made case, and the case rests
in one of Tiffany's safe-deposit vaults,
from which it is never taken except
on an order from the officers of the New
York Yacht club-its custodians-when
it is shown, perhaps, to favored few
or at club dinner. The trophy is of
beautiful proportions, with curved
lip, and handle that is made up of q
series of scrolls It weighs 1874 ounces,
and is ~ inches high; it has circum-
ference of 36 inches at the center, and
of "a inches at the base Five hundred
and five dollars was the original cost of
the cup.-Collier's Weekly.
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Southern California power house is sit
uated at the base of the San Bernardino

Southern California power house is sit
uated at the base of the San Bernardino
mountains, on the Santa Ana river, and
the power water intake is at the. juno
tion of Bear creek and the Santa Ana
river, about seven miles below the ia
nous Bear creek, dam. The water in
this river, like all waters in southern
California, is owned by water COM
panies, and as soon as it reaches the
valley it is led off in irrigation bitches
in different directions. Under these
conditions, any power company using
the water must not interrupt the flow,
and the regulation of the water wheels,
which are used, must be by DETECTING
nozzles. The water is carried about 2H
miles, 80 per cent. of which is through
tunnels, and the rest of the canal is
open masonry and wooden fumes. The
elevation at the intake is 3,422 feet
above sea level, and that Of the power
house 2,67O feet. The difference, less
the grade of the canal, gives static
head Of 735 feet on the wheels.
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just going out 70 dinner. And tell him
that we are leaving town Monday, TO
save him from coming again. mp
pose he wants to give me some more les
sons, poor old man y s: 81 szszs 8 II
II you please, madam, !" answered the
servant, hesitatingly, 81 think some
thing is wrong with the old gentleman. -
"Oh! Very well, I'll come. Bring my
cloak, Emily" s5s 0
The marquis was standing by a little
table. on which lay apackage.
Madam" !" he said, bowing low as she
entered, II have taken the liberty to
present myself before you with some
lace which-7h'm-I should like to SELL .
Mrs. sDevereux's face lighted up. 81
am always glad to see lace,,' she an
swered. He broke the string of the
package with nervous hands, and with
an artistic instinct flung the lace over
the back of a dark velvet chair. ri
"Oh!" exclaimed Mrs. Morris Dew
ereux. s>5, .- r.# III
The marquis watched her anxiously.
1T was given to my Iwife's grand
mother by the Empress Josephine he
said. }>srn }=t;Tl .. 3:
'Oh!"' cried Mrs. Devereux again,
"Of course, I, will buy it," she added,
touching the frost-like fabric lovingly.
''But-a family treasure
The marquis cleared his throat. ''Mad.
am, l will be, frank. There are occa.
sions when ones family feelings must
be set aside," he said in French. "Cir-
cumstances cause me to part with this
tribute from a sovereign. I part with
it more willingly to you, Nine. Dev-
ereux, of whose famous collection ]
have heard. The lace of the empress
will have worthy associates"
She was too kind-hearted to smile.
Il am very grateful to you, M. de St.
Pol, for giving me such an opportunity
And now-the price?"
A slow blush mounted the old mans
face.
Madame, do you think 5000 too
much? There are ten meters"
The lace is worth three hundred. II
you will wait one minute" she added,
some instinct prompting the words, 81
will give you the money, to save your
going to a bank
Five minutes later three $1OO bills
were buttoned away under the thread
bare coat of the marquis, and his white
head bent over Mrs. Devereux' hand.
MADAME, I thank you," he said. "Al.
low me.' And he kissed her fingers.
AS she put on her gloves she saw
something sparkling there that was no,
a diamond.
It was tear.
The next evening Mr.. and Mrs. Dew
ereux gave a dinner.
Mrs. Devereux was very beautiful, in
black gown covered with lace. 81
bought it of the old Frenchman we all
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thief in the night has our free republic
been stolen from us. We cannot suffer
this, and we may not. It is the will OF
God that the unity of our fathers and
our love to our children should oblige us
to deliver unto our children, unblem-
ished, the heritage of our fathers. 1t is
for this reason that we here unite and
give each other the hand as men and
brethren, solemnly promising to be
faithful to our country and people, and,
looking unto God, towork together un-
to death for the restoration of the lib
erty' Of our republic. So truly help us,
God Almighty"
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POWER FROM A DISTANCE.
Southern California Has the Most
Notable Electric TransmissiOn
Plant in Existence.

To-day the most notable transmits
sion plant in existence, says Casters
Magazine, is that of the Southern Cali
fornia Power company, designed to
carry 10000 horsepower at $4,000 volts
over 80. miles of line from the power
house to the town of Los Angeles. The
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MOdeSty.

She glanced up at the clouds appre-
hensively. Il verify believe the sun is
going to shine." she faItered, paling.
"And here I am two miles from home in
my rainy-day skirt! How shockingIy
immodest shall, appear!" Modesty is
the crown of womanhood, being rather
more complex than the average import
ed hat, even.-Detroit Journal.
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Psychologists.

II done had de mos cur 'usest dream
I ebber hyeehd about!" he exclaimed.
''Was you dreamin' sentimental" 2" in
quired Miss. Miami Brown. ..s-s
"No. I dreamt dat I had wings, an
wah sittin' on limb flappin' EN- an
gettin' ready to crow!''
You sho'ly mus be, mo kyahful bout
yoh digestion, Mistuh Pinkley,' was the
rejoinder. Dem chicken san'widges
you dun ct SO many of mus er gone
to yo haid. Washington Star. !,
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IT have used Ps-ruEsa ior number u
years with the very best results for cz-
tarrhaI diseases. / shall never ne without
It 1 never fail 70 recommend It when an
opportunity presents Itself"-J H CaId-
well, Roheline. La.
Gilbert Hofer. Grays, Ky says m a jet-
ter dated March fth, 1924. II have used
four bottles OF Peru-na and I am we'll os
my catarrh. and 4 cured NO Bright's dis
ease / had been troubled for two years.
l weigh twenty posnds more than lid be-
fore / was taken sick. shall never be
without Pe-runa.-
Send for free eatarrf, book. Address Dr..
Hartman. Columbus. o.
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Worse Tef.

Snarley-They're a bad family The IA
ther plays the stock market and the SON
the races.
Yow-You'd think they were virtues 4
you heard the daughter play the piano
Syracuse Herald.
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His Only Chance.

''Do you know that you talk in your
sleep, Henry?" asked Mrs. Peck.
We'll, do you begrudge me even
those few wo1dsf' he snapped back.
Bits. {. ess s
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Maj. NORTH understand that you
were raised in Kentucky, sir.
Col. South-Ah wasn't raised, suh,
ah was descended, sub! - Brooklyn
Life.
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KIDNEY DISEASE,
Caused by Internal CatarTh,
Promptly Cured by
Pe-fu-ud.

Hon. J. H. Caldwell, prominent memr
Der of the Louisiana State Legislature, says
the following in regard TO Peru IA tor @
tarrh:
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They VIII Find You ont.
Be sure your sins will find you out
and SO will your wife. Chicago Daily
News.
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There are few living generals who
have been called upon to command
more than 1000 men in time of peace,
but that lot has recently fallen to the
German cavalry general, Count Won
Haeseler. He is the commanding gen
eral of the Sixteenth army corps, sta
toned at Metz, and he was intrusted
with the chief command during the
recent army maneuvers, which took
place on ground made memorable by
the conflict of 1901. The maneuvers
lasted more than week, and four com
plete army corps, an entire cavalry di-
vision and more than 1O0, 900 men took
part, under the personal observation Of
the general. The second in command
was Gen. Won Falkenhausen.
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Meant Wen.

'This is my profile, count, and this
IL front view"
re. photographs are beautiful, my
dear young lady. Howhow charm
eengly two-faced you are!'-Ch Chicago
Tribune. s.
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Commauded 100000 Men.

mained smiling at the bottom of the
pOOl,' - ':
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6 10 I'm, 955 II M . 90 and asp N for Wilkes
barre and Hazeltou
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Sunday 0 IS q M Tor Wilke'barrr
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ton S. Heiser of Beavertown to Hat
tie G. Spesht Of Middleburg.
Mar. IA, by Rev. G. ID. Zweier,
Allen II. Mover of Middleburg to
Jennie V. Matter of Swlneford.
Mar. IA, by Geo. NJ. Shindel,
Clerk o. C., Thomas Hornberger TO
Ellen Snyder, both of Aline.
Mar. IA, by same, Josiah Kratz-
er and Minnie jarrett, both of Penn
twp.
Mar. l6, by Rev. II. G. Snable,
John q. Holsapple of Kantz and
Florence f. Herman of Nicksburg.
Mar. 16, by Rev. f. Z. Gilbert,
Jonathan Botteiger of Richfeld and
Catherine Miller of Oriental.
Mar. 80, by Rev. S.Sydncy Koh-
Ter, Chas. G. Eerger of jackson
twp. to Lizzie S. Knouse of Centre
twp.
Apr. 2, by Y. II. Wagner, Esq,
Geo. &. Aumiller of Shamokin Dam
to Harriet Auval of Penn twp.
Apr. 4, by Rev. J. o. Ioder,
Clyde ID. Bolig of Winfield to Dora
A. Yoder Of Nlid,licburg.
Apr. 6, by Rev. W. A. Haas,
Geo. +. Fcrtig to Maggie II. Kline,
both of kratzcrville.
Apr. 6, by Rev. II. II. SPAIN, S.
Barber Sinonton OF Middlcburg TO
Victoria Burlington of Swinciord.
Apr. S, by Rev. +. f. Gilbert.
John A. Hummcl and Mary }. GIL
bert, both of Franklin twp.