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Of a brick bat, observed by all observers.
and anxious 10 talk. He promised the
biggest Twin show on er'th. sor Is
gwine to give a hunded performances at
the Paris Expe-zishion."
-Four O'Clock Sunday az last arrived All
Aguas was at the bull ring; Sol Sombra.
and PaIlos crowded; Jwenty-eight hundred
dollars IN the ticket Office; and Billy clad
in -espleDdent gold and pulple. bowing TO
the assembled thousands Thrice Billy
walked around the ring admiring himself
He reminded one Of the great Frog Eye at
a cake walk Billy was enjoying himself
hugely, when some 1iend incarnate. with
the yawuing furnaces Of the great here
after staring him in the face led a bull
into the ring. BEly's courage deserted him;
cold tremor rushed through his bones: his
knees ratified and the bull expressed a
desire to get acquainted with the great
gladiator Billy shouted Hold up.
isn't ready. Hold that mad bull. nv
feet is friz 10 the ground. l done eat
too much ice cream for dinner" Four
picadores. six oxen. and several carga-
cores were Immediately sent into the
ring and Billy was extricated. Half an
hour later he appeared carrying a huge
tarp2ulin; he sat on the fence for fifteen
minutes debating whether he would disap-
point the audience or hurt the bull.
At last admOnished by the presiding
alderman BILLY entered the ring as far as
possible from the bull. The bull started
at Billy and Billy hid behind the tarpau-
lin. The audience began 10 guy Billy
who stood up on his dignity, and
said: Let 'em who is talking too much
put this here tarpaulin over the bull an
I'll throw her shore 'nuf" This was more
than the audience could stand; chairs,
seats, and railings began to fly into the
ring. The police arrested the first
offender but the crowd shouted "No." 3"
No" and took him, an American, away
from the police. Billy was fined $3.50. the
owner Of the ring $100 and the entire
gate receipts coniscated and given to the
escuela de aTtes olIicios.
Later Billy said the-reason he did not
throw the bull was that he had received a
letter announcing that he had been elected
an honorary member of the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty 10 Animals %
Another reason, 10 quote the language OF
Billy, was: In the mOnin' / done took a
hot bath in them caliente springs, and as
isn't used TO baths l lost all my strength,
bot next time throw the bull, you bet
Oae hundred and fifty to the Government
aud twenty-eight hundred to a school
Mayhap Billy can't throw a bull but when
II comes to liberality to a deserving cause
Billy will step right up, always provided
no bulls are in sight
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Death of GeOIogist PIntt.

PHILADELPHIA, July 26.-FrankIin
Platt, widely known geOlOgist OF 1920
Chestnut Street. died on Tuesday at Cape
Nay, n. j., Of heart disease after several
months of illness. Born in this city in
1874, he was educated at the University OF
Pennsylvania, served in the army during
the civil war, and in 1864 was appointed
to the United States Coast Survey. AID did
important service for several years. From
-lS14 until 1881 he was assistant geolog.st Of
pennsylvania. resigning to become p-esi-
dent OF the Rochester and Pittsburg Coal
and Iron Company. He prepared nine VOL
umes of the geological survey of Peunsyl-
vania, and was recognized as high authority
On geological matters
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INDIANS AS INCENDIARIEs.
Deliberately Setting Fire TO the For
est RcscrNe in Nonfnnn

KALISPELL. Mont, July 26.-Ona Of
the worst forest fires ever known in this
part Of the State is now raging in the Swan
Lake county, on the western part OF the
Lewis and Clarke forest reserve Gu Mo-
sier Superintendent of The Reserve, s
just arrived here from the scene and re
ports that the Indians are deliberately set
ting fire 10 the timber. slaUgGteriug the
game, and creating havoc At one loSge
his rangers discovered fifteen fresh care ass
es OF deer, and 1t another they found If
teen more and one elk, all killed within a
period OF tWenty-four hours.
Within a space Of thirty miles up and
down the river, he says. there are over
thirty fires now burning fercely. He has
ordered crews of men from Missoula. ard
mas also sent large outfit from Kalispell.
he says that many millions o facres are
burned and are burning, and that Il is the
hnest white pine and cedar on the reserve.
II is almost impossible to say when the
hres viii be extinguished or just what the
damage Will be. As fast as one fire is eX-
unguIshed another is SET and the rangers
are almost worn ogt.
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PENNSYLVANIA COAL STRIKE.
Runners and Drivers Nay Tie Up The
Mines.

SCRANTON, Pa, July 26.-The runners
and drivers Of the Delaware and Hudson
COmpany's mines here and a, Oliphant are
all on strike Those at the Marvine. Von-
storch. Leggett's Creek. and Dickson mines
went out this morning. There was no
trouble in the breakers. however. ccaI
mined yesterday afternoon being sent
through them this morning. The miners
all went in TO work, but they and rhe,r
laborers refuse to handle loaded cars. 4.
the company's hands also refuse to 10 this
there Will be a complete tie-up before the
day ends.
Delegations of the strikers this morn
ing went to Carbondale, Jermyn, An chi-
bald, Plymouth, and the WiIkesbarre r.
gion 20 get the company's employees at
those places to take up their fight for III
creased wages. II they succeed 12.BSQ
employees viii be idle
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HELPED BY RAILRoAD MEN
mother Taken in an Engine 10 See
Her soldier SON

WILKESBARRE, Pa, July 26-Pstrick
Kelley a member Of the Fifteenth Uni
ted States Infantry, had teIegIaphed his
aged mother at Ptttston that he. with his
regiment. was bound for the Orient. ard
she went 10 Ne depot to see her boy when
the train went by.
She remained there some time. only 10
ind that the train would not SOP. A few
employees Of the Valley Railroad who
learned her mission. placed her aboard an
engine and took her TO Falling Springs.
where the special train bearing the troops
would stop while . change in engines was
made.
When the train arrived Kelley embraced
mis- mother. whom he had rot seen for two
years. and might never see again, in a man
ne- that brought tears TO the eyes Of his
comrades. and they cheered Justify for Ke!-
ley and his mother. When the train left
Mrs. Kelley. was taken to the engine and
returned 10 her home.
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FIsHERMEN's STRIKE OVER.
Fraser River Workers Protected by
Government Troops

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 26.
The big fshermens strike on the Fraser
River is practically over. The soldiers are
eamped along the rived. The white and
Indian strikers are parading the streets of
the hshieng towns, calling upon all 10 wit
ness that in Canada the soldiers Of Queen
Victoria have driven British subjects from
the Fraser River fisheries and handed them
over TO the Japanese
The japanese were out in full force yes
terday. making big hauls Of fish They are
accompanied Dy police wherever they 20
while the soldiers guard the shore. The
Government says all men must be pro-
tected from violence on British soil while
pursuing a peaceful vocation.
The Indians are going home and the
whites who refuse 10 accept non-union
prices are doing likewise and many or
them, owing % the poverty brought upon
them by the strike will have TO be sup
ported by the state this winter
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EARIToNE PARR DEAD.
The operate Singer Expires I'm New
York City.

NEW YORK, July 26-John w. Parr. the
young operate singer who attracted atten-
ticn as baritone in the De Wolf Hopper
Company, died here yesterday from typhoid
fever He was twenty-six years of age.
Mr.. Parr made his debut several years
ago. singing soprano parts in operate bur-
lesques produced by Lew Dockstader when
the minstrel manager had a theatre in
Broadway he then Joined De Wolf Hop
per's company in 'Dr. Syntax' and created
the role OF Scramble In Sousa's "EI Capt.
tan Mr.. Parr next Joined Rogers Bros.
While in that company he met Miss Ada
Lewis, the original tough girl" and after
a brief engagement they were married last
summer at Sag Harbor. Mr.. and Mrs. Parr
have lately been rehesrsing the vaudeville
farcette, The Guilty Party" by George H
Robinson, with which they were to. nave
made their debut in vaudeville in Septem-
Der.
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NEW YORK. July 26.-The Stock Mar
let this morning opened dull, generally
steady. and withou, significance. Trading
was confined u professionals and for the
most part prices were unchanged. Balu-
more and Ohio. common, was lower on
sales OF long stock. There was an entire
absence of aggressive leadership.
Abroad. American stocks were lower,
but the maintenance OF TIE Bank of En-
gland rate Of discount at 4 per cent, last
weeks figure, favorably affected the price
OF consols which fractionally advanced.
The securities markets we're all inclined
to sag owing TO the perplexing Chinese
situation and the prospects OF higher
money. Dealings in Americans were light,
with an average decline Of a per cent.
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household other securities at reasonable {
rates JOHN MARTIN, Room 81, Wartcr Bldg Z
jy25-3t
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TWO CUBAN DEPARTMENTS
General Lee to Command in the
West Colonel Whitside in East.


The following order was issued by the
War Department today:
By direction Of the President. the De-
partments of Havana and Pinar del Rio
and Matanzas and Santa Clara are hc~sby
consolidated and will be known as the
Department of Western Cuba. with head
quarters at Quemados. Cuba The Depart-
ment Of Santiago and Puerto Principe will
be known as the Department Of Eastern
Cuba, with headquarters at Santiago.
Cuba
Brig Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is hereby as
signed to the command Of the Department
of Western Cuba, and Col Samuel NJ
Whitside, Tenth Cavalry. 10 the command
OF the Department OF Eastern Cuba. The
commanding general Division Of Cuba. will
make immediate recommendation for the
disposition of staff officers heretofore on
duty in the Department of Matanzas and
Santa Clara and the records Of the dis
continued department will be transferred
TO the Department of Western Cuba.
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MINERS WEARY OF THE STRIKE
Mary land Coal Workers Likely to
ResUme Their Places.

CUMBERLAND. Nd, July 26.-Reports
from Lonaconing and FTo-tblrg initiate
renewed unrest among the coal miners on
strike About sixty miners OF the Union
Mining Company who were TO have applied
for their tools yesterday decided 10 wait
until after the conference in Cumberland
tomorrow between President Alexander
and the employees of the Georges Creek
Coal and Iron Company
At koontz mine of the New Central Coal
Company, thirty miners met and decided
that IL the committee which recently con-
ferred with company officials does not re-
port TO the miners by Saturday they will so
IN a body and ask for their tools. The cCu-
mlttees were paid from the mutual relief
fund and the miners thiJ', they should %
port.
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A GIFT FROM THE KAISER.
Preacher Who Served in the German
Army Gets Bible.

ST PAUL. MINI, July 26.-EmpeT0r
William has sent 20 Rev William Thiele.
pastor Of the German Evangelical Lutheran
Church here. a handsomely bound Bible
with His Majesty's name inscribed on the
inside page OF the cover.
DR.. Thiele served several years IN the
German Army and received a medal Tor
bravery IN the Franco Prusslan var. Be
ing q minister, he wanted a Bible from
the Kaiser and suggested the gift in for
NAL way and il was Immediately granted.
The gift was sent 20 Mr.. ThieIe by Dr. We
yer. the German Consul. al Chicago.
The evening times., 1900-07-26

OFFICE Of the Commissioners o. C. Washing
ton. July &c. lsOc-sealed proposals viii be
received Al this Cfice until y VI. on AUGUST IL.
1900. for cor-ructinE an eight room school build
ing on northwest corner Of Twelfth and b streets
northeast. Washington. d. c. Blank forms Q. rro-
posals and sPeciaostions. together with al neces-
ssry information, can be obtained upon appIica-
tiou therefor al the Office Of the inspector OF build
ingS Of the District Ct Columbia, and bids upon
these forms only viii be considered. The right Is
reserved 20 reject any al bids. Proposals mus
be enclosed IL ~ envelope sealed and endorsed on
tie outSi le: PrOpCsal f0- Constructing an Eight
room SCroJl Building for the District Of Column
biS-' HENRY B. F. MCFARLAND JOHN ".
ROSS, LANSING H. BEACH, Corumi7S o1crs D. c
iy20-6t-exSu
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REAL ESTATE.
KENT & CO.. l342 F ST. RW.
Real Estate. Brokerage. Loans, In
xestmenfn. EIrc Insurnnce. Etc

SHALL BE GLAD 20 see ladies and seatIemsa
Sho have properties 20 sFl. or desire % buy
PROSPERITY Is ASSURED. Dur experience
is large and -arisd- me early 10 see IS If
yCUr business rec ~ires ats..tiO1.
CUE PROPOSITION Is either to bug or sci
for ycu. II your property Seem, after sL5.t
iLt ryicW, 10 merit our careful attention we
think we can MAKE OR SANE MONEY FOR YOU
Can furnish many high tostiuoulals.
Gail agw % sl0u zs the active season com
ueuces
No JNE Is BETTER POSTED HERE IN tie
lines q real estate f1r property and homes We
viii convince you % the essential merits a Cur
plan II you viii call OF az least write now TO
co. ID. n KENT I'VE II
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SOUTHERN EPWoRTH LEAGUE.
Delegates Welcomed 40 Georgia by
Governor Gambler.

ATLANTA, Ca. July 26.-Between 5000
and 1900 delegates are gathered here at the
annual convention of the Southern Epworth
League The convention is in picture sque
Exposition Park. and the auditorium was
crowded last evening with visitors and
home people at the opening session.
Governor Gambler welcomed the delegates
IN benah OF the State. and the response vas
made by Governor elect sam Ford, OF Ala
bama, woh is an enthusiastic Lacquer. The
real work OF the convention began today
and Will extend through the remaiEder OF
the week. Delegates are present from every
Southern State.
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A CLUSTERING BULLFIGHTER.
Lamentabie Collapse of n BoastGuI
Nan OF Muscle.
From the Mexican Herald.

Aguasgalientes, Mex.-Billy a. Clark
was in town Sunday; he left today a sad
der but wiser man. About week ago the
Hon Billy's advertising man painted the
town a rich. deep carmine hue.
Gorgeous Iife-size Autographs of the
Hon. Billy were to be seen everywhere;
the great athlete was pictured performing
prodigies. Six powerful horses were to be
held wi h one hand and gigantic untamed
bull that would have made the mighty
Fuentes quake with craven fear was to be
caught by the horns by Billy, used as a
plaything. and then to be thrown to the
ground. never to rise again. Billy arrived
on Saturday. arrayed in all his glory, his
frock coat nearly reaching the ground,
his Hot Springs diamond, above the size
Drink Heurich's beer If you want to be cool.
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Sales-West End National Bank, 56
us Is; Wash. Loan and Trust Co, lea
l56 Ii; Capital Traction. o lG2 IL. ca
1C2 5-S. 5G1o2 81; Washington Gas. 25N
81 7-S~; MCrgenthaler Linotype, SfG lS+,
1001s3 IS, SASS 81; American GRAPHIC
phone Co. ICCg1 Il 3-S; Pneumatic Gun Car
riage. IO0G. L; Lanston MonOtype. 7yQ
J. Is After CaIl-MergenthaIer Linotype.
IOIiS4. IOEIS4 Is. 1dlS4 II.
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DENIED BY THE COURT.
Mrs 4. Il. Taylor FniIs 10 Get Ad-
ditiOuaI AIimouy.

thAtaohN.
NEW YORK, July 2G.-Mrs. Annie
Eugenia Taylor and her children will have
to live on the 500 q month which her hus-
band, Alexander Kirkland Taylor, was
some time ago ordered to pay her as tenn
porary alimony, pending the determination
Of the suit Mrs. Taylor brought against
him for a separation on allegations OF
cruelty and desertion-
Today Justice BischOff denied Mrs Tay-
lors application for an increased allowance
OF aliTOny. One of Jhc grounds Mrs. Tay-
Tor urged in support Of her request for
more alimony wGs that she and her cliI-
dTen could not live in the country during
the summer Oh 500 a month Tayio- re-
sides at the Waldorf Astoria and is en-
plCyed as investment clerk by his BIO hzrs
who compose the firm Of Talbot J. TAYLOR.
bankers and brokers.
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A Ticset onIce Lented-

UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, July 26.-The
ticket Office Of the Chesapeake Beach Rail-
road in UpPer-Marlboro was broken open
Tuesday night and the cash drawer robbed
of about s45.
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New York Cotton Mnrl,a,.
PriviIeges for soIdiers in Chinn-

The Postmaster General today issued an
order extending to soldiers and sailors in
China the privilege OF the domestic rates
Of postage This concession has already
been granted to those in Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines.
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PROPOSALS for grading and regulating suburban
streets and Gyeuues.-Oftiee Of the Comrnis-
siorers D. C.. Washington. .. C.. July % 1909
I'll y O'CLOCK NOON, SATU RDAY. AUGUST 4
1900 for grading and regulating suburban streets
and avenues Blank forms Of proposal Specises-
tons. and az other Necessary information viii be
furnished Al the Office Of the Engineer C1rnusis-
sioner D. C. II b. =. MACFARI. AND. JOHN W
ROSS LANSING II. BEACH, Commissioners D.
Z. iva -0t-exSu
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Do YOU work 20 live? II you are a laboring man
or a mechanic can interest YOU: we are
friends Cf the poor mIu. We have Z tine lot 0f
clothing hand Slightly used), made by Ou- best
tdil0Ts. and az prices 10 justify ron IN calling
here TIRE UNQJESTIONABLE, JCSTH-S OLD
STAND. eIg d. nzE-t
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Washington hOrt7ag9 Loan Co.
6fOF Street y. W..
sN6HS Ni GIU or FURNITURE.
EPIANOS, HORSES
ec2 3 ST. n. ".

n sEons, gle. a. 4OWest rates snd OF The DAP
you arply We leaning the Ruil6jug and
Loan Association plan. which makes the cost os
carving loans uISh less JEan you PAY eIs~-
where and SLOWS you % psy II on in any sized
notes you Sseire, running irOnl to tuelvs
r.outhz You onl= ray for The USE OF money 20.
lie length Of time yoI eGTrS H. u you have a
loan with some ether company vii p1y IL
CT and advance you more m ney = desired Rate
eheerfuiiy given and no cost 70 you u1Iess losa
= made Loans made anyWher-. in the Distrirf
CAu ard EeS rates. Front TooU- Erst hoOr Sc.
,-tifc American building
National Mortgage Loan Co,
CPS F Street n. M.
roS-ts
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PROPOSALS for grading certain streets snd ave-
nues--Offre OF the Commissioners. d. c
Washington D. q. July 3. I900-Sealed pro-
Posals viz be received az this office Until y
O'CLOCK NOON. SATURDAY. AUGUST II. 100.
for grading certain streets and avenues argre-
eating about 10000 cubic yards Of erad5ns,
Blank forms o. proposal specifications. and m
Necessary information viii be furnished on aDpIi-
cation 10 the 0fiCe Of the Ensiueer ComuiSsir-lsr
d. c. HENRY B. +. MCFARLAND John "
Ross. LANSING II. BEACH, Commissioners d.
C. jvZ4-6t-eNSu
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TEE STOCK MARKET Dull
Trading Confined TO Professionals
and Generally Steady.

Baltimore and Ohio. Common. Lower.
An Entire Absence 90 Aggressive
LeadersSip-anscFi shares SnE
IN Foreign Deaiin=s-The Chinese
Situation Affects the Securities
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Chicago Grain and ProvIsIo, Mail,

Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co. mem.
Sers OF the New York Stock Exchange, I4I9 F
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tells abOu; business. removes spells and evil
Influences. reuniies the separated, and gives luck
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New York stock Market.

Corrected daily by ". d. Hibbs & Co. mem
hers Of the New YoTk stock Exchange. l4l9
Street.
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LADIES who desire a Monthly Regulator that
cannot fail will please address with stamp,
DR. STEVENS Buf8.o. n Y
de5. tn. I'll sat-IV
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OLDEST GERMAN SPECIALIST
in skin and blood diseases
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quickly and permanently CURED.
N-RiYS for examination.
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PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS for Municipal Hospital Sits-EHec-
uIiyc OtfiCc, tuu-uIs>I oue-s q the District
q Columbia. Washington, July %. l99-Nsile
IS hereby gwen that -he Commissions Of -ha
District q Columbia vii receive proposals ua.sI
l. O'CLOCK IN the SlST INSTANT 10 slI 10
the District q site for fuUlIC- pal hc7uitIl and
that a Ce.-g-i. of $50 may s-cosnpsnv csch
proposal 'u~-caS af 1900 as stated n the pre-
vi1u- adv -rti=5me-ss- HENRY r. r NAgFAR-
LAND, ,'CHN "a. ROSS. D. d. GAILARD ACT
ingl, Commissioners o. tie District % CaIum-
hia. IL 25-6te-Su
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Heurich's beers are always the same
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Palmisc and Life Reader

Trsithful IN her predictions. reliable in her
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RAIDS BY LADRoNEs.
The West Coast Of the Island of Leyte is in
Turmoil.
(By the Associated Press. J


Manila, Oct 1.-THE west coast of the
island of Leyte is in state of turmoil
The rebel ladrones are actively plunder-
ing, the disturbers raiding and attacking
and then returning to the garrisoned
towns while the Americans pursue in the
mountains
General Moiica's officers are surrender
ing and his soldiers attempting to es-
cape to Samar in boats are being cap
tured and his organizations broken up.
The captured guerillas and ladrones
when questioned stated that on the 5th
instant so Americans attacked a. rebels,
riAcd their stronghold in the Camarine
province and routed them, killing ten.
Two Americans were killed and three
wounded.
Twenty men Of the Thirty-second in
fantry in an engagement On the 10th in
stant in Batan Province had one man
killed and four wounded.
The Philippine Commission, of which
Judge Taft is the president today passed
eight bills, including one for an increase
of civil salaries of several of the munich
pal departments.