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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-04-17
International Harness Oil at Fulton S
RETURNS FROM CONVICTS.
The States Revenue Is $50, 600
Per Annum.

The quarterly report of the prison
commission made to the comptroller
general last week assesses the lessees
Of convicts ia the state $5l, 0l440 for
convict hire for the quarter. This is
the first quarter within the last TWO
years under the present lease that the
amount has reached sd 900. The an
nual receipts are about $203 600, of
which about $4,000 goes into the
treasury as net profit. If the convicts
had been employed on the roads for
the last two years members of the com
mission say it would have cost the
state about 1000. 600.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-04-17
He Walks on Water.

Captain Cook" better known in
Americas as William Glover, having
been born and reared here, is nov the
sensation in New York sporting cir
cles. Glover, or Capt. Cook as he is
generally known, long since acquired
the phenomenal skill of walking on
the water, and once gave an exhibit
ton of his prowess here. Just now he
Is the admiratian of New Workers as
he glides up and down the bay, and has
announced his intention of walking on
the water TO Coney Island, tie n miles
away. Yesterdays Journal contained
fine picture of Capt. Cook, wearing
his canoe shoes .-Americus Recorder.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-04-17
MANILA SCANDAL GROWING.
Shortage in Commissary Depot
Aggregates S185 900.

A Manila dispatch says Lieutenant
Frederick Boyer of the Thirty-ninth
Volunteer Infantry. chief commissary
for the Second district of the depart
ment of southern Luzon, has arrived
at Calamba, Province of Laguan, where
he has been charged with misappro-
priating fifty cases of bacon and with
other irregularities.
1t is alleged that the shortage in the
commissary depot in Manila aggregates
1885,. 900.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-04-17
UHpreCedent Grounds for divorces,

Mrs. Ella Downey of Fontanelle, Ia,
seeks divorce on altogether unprece-
denied grounds. Her husband, Frank
Downey, suffered the amputation of an
arm last fall and has kept the dismem-
bered limb ever since. This was bad
enough, but whenever he gets in a
tantrum he brandishes it around the
house, knocking dishes off the table
and beatins the dog with it, thereby
severely shocking his wife's nervous
system. Wherefore the lady seeks
| separation and alimony.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-04-17

Many so-called "bitters" are not
medicines but simply liquids disguis'
ed. so as to eyade the law. Prickly
Ash Bitters is not one of this class.
1t is strictly medicine, acting pri-
marily on the kidneys, liver and bow
els. and for the dangerous diseases
that attack these organs it is a rem
edy of the first grade. There is
nothing Objectionable in its taste, II
has an agreeable flavor and is accept
able to the most delicate stomach.
MCLAIN DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-04-17
Losing Interest in the Ballot.

The women in Cleveland, o., are APP
parent.y losing interest in the ballot.
Uuder the law they are permitted to
vote on school matters. A year ago
4, 900 of them voted for school director.
Last week only 700 of them turned out
to the polls to vote.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-04-17
DROPPED ACID INTO ITS EYES
George Middleton Makes Mistake
and Blinds His Baby.

George Middleton. merchant OF
Americas, made a terrible mistake and
dropped a solution of carbolic acid into
the eyes of his infant, thinking it a
bottle of eyewater which had previous
ly been used. The sight of one eye is
gone entirely and fear is expressed
that the babe will be totally blind
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-04-17

If your child is cross or peevish it Is
no doubt troubled with worms. Whites
Cream hermitage will remove the
worms, and its tonic effect restore its
natural cheerfulness. Price pc at
Dawson Drug Co.'S.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-04-17

International Silver Pine Healing
Oil at Fulton's.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05

1t is becoming a commo occurrence
to hear of railway passengers being
charged with assaulting others in the
fight for seats. The system is a scan
dalous one which admits of the incon-
venience from which these brawis
arise. 1t regularly happens that the
London, Chatham and Dover and
Southeastern trains coming into town
in the morning have certain compart-
ments labeled, Reserved For Mr., Va
rious Party" The occupants of these
half filled carriages have secured their
unfair advantage by tips to the guard
or porters earlier on the journey. The
result is that others awaiting the trains
nearer town must travel second or
third class after paying first class fare.
London Black and White.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
Powcrs Mt Rehearsal.

James T. Powers is one of the hard
est working actors on the stage. Net
satisfied with the few hours devoted
to the performance nightly, early morn
ing often finds him on the stage of
Days theater rehearsing and perfect
ing his lines. The other morning Pow
ers was singing to a dark theater filled
with empty benches his song in 1.-THE
Messenger Boy" called HAS Anybody
Seen Our Cat?"
Daniel Frohman was engaged in 60
ing over a new manuscript and was an
noyed at the plaintive sounds that
came from below. The manager called
his doorkeener and asked him whence
came the noise and who was RESPONSE
BILE for it.
"Why, it's Powers rehearsing by him
SELF" answered the doorman.
swell, you go down and tell him that
his cat has been found and if he
doesn't stop crying about it during the
daytime some Il will be singing Has
Any One Seen Our Powers?"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
British Pubic Loves. the weed.

At the beginning Of the twentieth
century the British people are smoking
more than twice as much tobacco as
fifty years ago, says a London news
paper. There has been a great adj
dition to the population in the interval,
but in spite of this growth and the
presence Of thousands more OF super
fuous women, in a matrimonial sense,
the consumption per head has prac-
tically doubled. In other words, If
every woman. old and young; if every
child, even infants in arms, and II
every member of the Antitobacco So
ciety INDUCED in the solacing weed
calculation would show that the
amount consumed per head was now
two pounds and a quarter of an ounce,
whereas fifty years since it worked
out at only one pound and a quarter
Of an ounce.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
Graveyard of the atlantic.

Situated about ninety miles off the
coast Of Nova Scotia and surrounded
l'y many dangerous shoals is Sable
Island. called 1.-THE graveyard of the
Atlantic" 1t often turks invisible in
the track of westward bound ships,
wrapped in the fog which at times en-
shrolds the shores north of the st.
Lawrence. 1t is now proposed to try
planting it with trees in the hope Of
binding it's shifting sands together.
Some $4,000 trees. comprising 6S,OOO
evergreens, such as spruce. pine and
juniper, have been actually planted.
There are three life saving stations,
supplied with lifeboats and excellent
apparatus. and tire population. COM
posed of the men employed on this
service. with their wives and families,
number forty-five. The funds are sup
piled by the Dominion government,
Shelter huts have been erected for
shipwrecked people, and a large store
Of food is always kept on hand.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
Bridged the Canyon.

In the transportation Of logs from
the heart of the California timber belt
to the mills an important engineering
feat has been accomplished. A canyon
on the south fork of the American riv-
err had to be ~traversed. and as it was
1000 feet deep it was determined to
build a steel wire suspension tramway.
The distance across the canyon is 2.S5O
feet. Between the two terminal towers
the space is 1850 feet. Two parallel
cables span this immense gap, without
support between the towers. On. these
cables runs a cage conveying a car ca-
pable of carrying 5000 feet of green
and therefore very heavy timber on
each trip. The tower terminals are
anchored in the solid rock. supporting
the cables.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
Gave Minnie Madiern a Lift.

Mrs. Minnie Madden Fiske (then
only Minnie Maddern) visited Chicago
some fifteen or more years ago wv
heralded and little known. She was
graceful, and had red gold hair that re
minded one of the red Lord Chiltern.
Few saw in her, however, the talent
that later would aspire successfully to
ambitious and difficult roles. But she
has one champion, though perhaps she
doesn't know it to this day-a poor
Irish reporter, one exiled to the stock
yards for the greater part of each of
his laborious days.
"Mr. Hatton," said he to the editor
of the evening paper for which he
wrote, "let me give this little girl a
good notice. She has genius; she will
win in the end, but she needs a little
lift"
"All right" replied the good natured
Frank Hatton; go ahead and praise
your Indian treasure all you like
The notice was written and publish
ed, and it was one Of the most appreci-
alive, intelligent tributes the actress
ever received. It's effect also was po-
tent. 1t pointed Out the merits of it's
subject so clearly that the fiippant re-
marks of more successful critics made
nc impression upon Chicago people.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05

There are many minor problems
minor only in their relative sense to
these vast ones-urgently pressing for
solution. and some are very close to it,
writes Park Benjamin in Success. We
want to know how the glowworm
makes light without heat and how to
do it ourselves; how to make the high
potential alternating current drive all
the locomotives; how to construct an
unsuitable ship; how to telegraph by
the etheric waves without possibility
of interference by disturbances in the
same medium; how to extract solids
from liquids economically by centrifu-
gal force only and not by filtration;
how to adapt the steam turbine as a
motor to everyday uses in place of the
reciprocating engine; how to build a
cotton picker as effective in gathering
cotton as the reape and the mower are
in gathering grain and hay; how to
photograph in the colors Of nature, and
how to throw high explosives with
safety from ordinary guns. Intelligent
thought is at work upon every impor-
tant problem.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
Ex-Mini.ter Coolidge,. Gift.

T. Jefferson Coolidge, late minister
to France, has given a fund of $4,000
to the Jefferson Physical laboratory
of Harvard university for physical re-
search. The income is to be expended
at the discretion of the director, Pro-
fessor John Trowbridge. Among the
terms of the gift is the following: The
income of this fund shall be used
primarily for laboratory expenses, of
original Investigations by members of
the laboratory staff. But the director
at his discretion may award therefrom
an honorarium of not more than 5000
per annum for the private use of any
person who, although receiving no sal
airy from the university, may wish to
carry on original Investigations under
his direction at the Jefferson Physical
laboratory.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
HOW Evans Got Hits nickname.

Most persons have an idea that Rear
Admiral Robley ID. Evans acquired his
nickname of Fighting Bob" from some
gallant service in the navy. A naval
officer, who was a cadet at Annapolis
when Evans became a cadet, tells this
story of how he was christened, relates
q New York Tribune contributor: Along
in 1859 and 1860 there was a saloon
keeper named Robert d. Evans. who
continually got drunk. Every time this
happened. and it was several times a
week. five or six policemen had to be
called to carry the drunken chap to Jail.
and he was dubbed Fighting Bob"
So the minute a cadet appeared bearing
the name of r. d. Evans the nickname
was applied to him also. Brother off-
GERS of the nov real admiral say that
he got the luckiest nickname on record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
Cheap Postage.

The suggestion which came original
ly from Australia that there should be
a uniform postage of 2 cents for letters
to all parts of the world has been APP
proved by Italy, Switzerland, Egypt
and some South American states, while
Germany has disapproved. France,
England, Russia and Austria have
united in the suggestion that the whole
question should be referred to the next
postal worlds congress, to be held at
Rome in 1902,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05

HER ATTRACTION FOR GOLD

1
MINI of q Little Girl In Haiti.
A critic writing of a new book the
other day objected to the statement in
a chapter OH the precious metals that
"goId is one of the few metals that IS
often found pure" He said that tie
author i'll making this statement was
certainly mistaken. OF course. TIE ;u-
thor was not mistaken, and it Was Il
curious blunder for any n TO make
to deny that pure gold is found far and
wide over the world, in very fine parti-
cles or i'll coarser pieces. in narrow
beds of mountain streams. in fine
sands at the mouths Of rivers. in the
sands Of the seashore and even in
places high up ON the sides of noun
tains. While this statement is per-
fectly true. it is also a fact that most
gold is found alleged with other metals
and that ore crushing, smelling and
other processes are required to obtain
the more valuable metal.
a story has just beer told about pure
gold, found in this instance in river
sands, hat reads like n Of the SUI
pe.io fictions of yellow journalism. No
one would give it the slightest credence
IL il were not told by a scientific man
Of unquestionable authority, for 1t is
one of the strangest narratives that
ever adorned 4 very dry and thorough
ly scientific piece of writing.
It comes from the pen CT Mr.. L. Cen
til Tippenhauer, who has been making
u geological investigation for the gov
! ernment of the island of Haiti. The
results Of his work, with maps, have
been published in a series of papers in
Peterman's Mitteilungen. one of the
most scientific Of German publications.
The following is a translation of the
story as it appears at the end of Nj.
Tippenhauer's papers:
81 will make mention. in conclusion,
Of n very peculiar phenomenon. AS 1
was engaged in a microscopic investi-
cation of the gold bearing river sands
l observed that the thirteen-year-old
daughter of my companion, Mr.. l..
Ab)ilafd, had only to lay tlse flat of her
La1ld on the sands and particles Of
gold dust would adhere to it. Every
tine she repeated the action her palm
WIS aILlOSC cOEeteu Win tue SOlu iuSI
that continued to cling to it. When
ever. she grasped a handful of sand
she would shake her hand; the sand
would fall to the ground. but the
flakes of gold would remain clinging
to the hand.
"No other person present possessed
this peculiar ability. Since then all
the educated Europeans in Jaclael, in
Guiding DR.. Zervas, geologist and rep
r%esentative of the Standard Oil COM
pany: Mr.. Roosmale Nepven and Mr..
Dorm, Dutchmen. owners OF the gold
reduction works at ~Paramaribo, and
others, have borne witness to the fact
that the young girl possesses this re-
markable popularity. The numberless
particles of iron mixed in the sand did
not cling to the girls hand.
81 must therefore come to the con-
clusion that there is in nature a power
whose influence in attracting gold Is
similar to that which magnetism ex-
erts upon iron and the related miner
ais. The daughter of Mr.. Aboilard
seems to have this power."-New York
Sun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
wtlhelminn,a Hu.band.

Queen Wilhelmina's husband dislikes
above all things, it is said, to be called
a German prince. Although German
in appearance. he lays particular stress
on the fact that the grand ducal house
of Mecklenburg is the only reigning
family of western Europe, of Slavonic
origin. 1t claims to be the oldest 0 v
ereign house outside of Asia and traces
Its descent through twenty-five genera
tons.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
ALLlGAToRs LIKE NEGROES.
Will Eat Them. Says an Authority,
In Preference tn n White Man. E

VIII u ACh SuS0 ~A
In Preference to N White Man.
An interesting story Of the saurian
family is told by one of Algiers' old
est citizen, Mitchell j. Barrett. who
has spent much of his life in adven-
ture on the high seas and in travelling
in a business way along the gulf
shores. He relates that when a boy.
living on the banks Of the st. Johns
river, it was customary for the boys In
the neighborhood to go in swimming
every day.
AlligatOrs were very numerous. but 1t
was a seldom occurrence that a white
person was rlolested by them. MI.
Barrett says that he cannot recall an
instance where a white man or boy
was ever killed by one. On the other
hand, woe be unto the ~pickaninny who
ventured into the st. Johns where
these water pests held forth. 1t is said
that q negro never risks life where an
alligator lives.
Mr.. Barrett says that on n occa-
sion, while he and several Of his COM
rades were in bathing, a negro boy,
we'll known to the party, came by.
shuffled off his clothes and dived in
with the others. He had been in but a
few minutes when he suddenly disap-
peared without the slightest apparent
struggle. An alligator caught him in
the middle" and took him under the
water without giving him time to even
warn the others.
He tells of a similar incident on the
Sabine river, another paradise for the
alligator. He states that while he, two
friends and u negro were crossing the
river. in a small boat it ran against a
snag and %capsized nea a nest of the
pests, and the white men swan ashore
without molestation, but the negro was
bounced upon by several alligators as
if they had some special grudge against
him. =.
Men can easily avoid attacks from
this source. But long ago, when Flor
ida was more sparsely settled and
there were no fences along the banks
Of the rivers, cattle and swine natural.
ly strayed down to the rivers edge to
find Il quiet, cool spot to Craze and
fight the gallinippers which were there
in droves and made a shadow, as q
cloud. AS long. rs the stock would find
these places on the banks they were
comparatively safe from alligators. but
as the day would grow and as the heat
would increase they would stray down
to the rivers edge and walloW in order
to get under the water to keep cool
Their instinct, however. failed to teacr
them caution. for invariably the sly al
ligator was there for a different pur
pose. He had crawled to the waters
edge to sun his back. which could
scarcely be distinguished from an ole
log, and While the thoughtless COW OF
hog wallowed in tie waters the pest
Of the Florida waters would make Liz
attack with varying success.-NeW Or
leans Times-Democrat.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
A citrate Caae.

Few criminal trials have attracted
as much attention as that of Roland
B. Molineux, charged with the murder
of Mrs. Kate Adams. The trial. which
was before Recorder Golf of New York
city, lasted nearly two months and re-
suited in the conviction Of M%olineux.
He was sentenced to death, but an ap-
peal was taken by the lawyers to the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05

derful and terrible work. The Gath
man guns are of 10 inches caliber. The
targets used to test the guns at Sandy
Hook are not less remarkable than the
guns themselves. These targets are
made of haryeyized ar1nor plate 1lR
inches in thickness and are 8 by 16
feet in dimensions.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
ROLAND B. MOLINEUx.

supreme court Of the state of New
York, and now, after Molineux's con-
finement for eighteen months in the
death cell at Sing Sing, he has been
granted a new trial.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
PEOPLE OF THE A

Inventor Of h Gathman Gun.
The man most talked of in army and
navy circles just now is Louis Gath
man. He is the inventor of Il new tor
pedo gun which is expected to do Won
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29
Rithener / Sare.
2ofomotipet foran bans SrGn faitet
al Sfinnerne al Yoerne.

prstoria, 24be San. - st llnbers
isssIisslotomottp fordn 2oro aitdes
ners Sran blep ioa9 tuita at Slim
nsrne NOR Mipolsburs peb Grploiion
at en- Dpnamitmine, iom 8oerne baos
be last Der. 8psrne aubneoe SID. os
8riterne ibarsbe. 9ilfiDit blep 8oerne
jaget bort. 9riterne leb irhet Sab.
goertommanbant 9elarep ansreb
Oberit Gunningbums 2eir isncenfor
ELEPHANTS Nst imorses. 8oerne BIER
brepet tilbase. 8riternes Sab bar
Tibet.
Queenstown, 25be San. Mtter
moOerm 5efttanpner at tpff 5abritat
meb beres 8oene. Gmmunitionspogre
% llbftpr er antommst bib fra Spits
Lamb til 9jeneite i BEN brittle 4rme /
Spb Mfrita.
2onppu, 25be San. - Ct Selegra1n
til Srissoepartemsntet fra 2orc
ait6sner, oateret Pretoria, 24be San..
omtaler imua Commented msb Bella
rtps os Saasbrpeis a~omanooer;
frsmbeles at ct Snes 8per er tuget
tilfanse, pe at General Mtetbuen bar
0rpooet 8riqualaro % 3urumonb for
8oere. 8oerne bar giprt ltbsn SfaN
/ adpfolorien.
Woibineton, 25oe San. - Sfsl9e
Snitrurer fra fin Rsgiering bar Ims
basfabsr Gbodte fremlast for ben
brittle Resierine ooitinise ameris
tunite 9oraeres Sproringer paa Stas
rsslssholtelie for Sfabe, be bar liot
uNn.r Sriospperutipwrne / ben ibbs
afriton'te Hcputlif; irnbsfattet / bens
ne Staoe er Sdb al Gieroom, eaens
mG1tia @aret9st % S%orpisnina. Sls
9erne er M unoer lln~oerifaelie.
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29
panoelsrcrelien.
Guns % @rabItreets usentlig Sper'
not pper Dor SanSel.

Of Sunns Weetlp Reuiep Of Sraos
for iioite 2sroag bipiattes:
Si9losn bar Der p1ret mere 6ors
refining / "S.uples" cg ! Gabritparer
til sootipm uIorawpreDe Yriier eto +;
p,rtopen fra lite Rpp. % til nu.
9enne llse lpnes at bape maaet Setoes
punttst i u~muupelis Omi9tning.
Den itpre Sdnosl / Ruiern til beore
Yriisr, ben itpre Smi9tning at Srp
GOODS til faitsre begrenieoe Noterins
ger. % Susrsn efter at ii,re fig burtiss
~2eperinser at Stotei, tpoes dltihms
men pra, at 6orretuinssrrrelien bar
unoaaaet en- at be Smregulerinser at
Yriierne. Der ofte bar pirtet faa trpfs
ienee.
Gftsr en- llses StilItano bar Serns
% Staals Snbuitrien taset ct langt
S,riot fremuper. De- melt fremtr9s
osrpe sr9t par ubpre Spilsb al Rus
iern til en- p~risitianins I'll 1925
YittSburs. Senns pluoielise attipie
ret / Raamoteriule fiernebe al 5rpst
for, at 9eboloninserre fulce bobe fig
Up BED Sernp9rterne.
Gu p~perIisers Jorbeorins er noterst
paa Stotri Rarteoet. % 8sftilinsers
ne iommer inp riseiist. Gntelte Bari
iteber Iioper inbe mep aontraiter. ion
oil bpToe benz / Yirtiombeo I'll | miai,
% nGiien ole bar 9sitilinser moi til
at Ipsieliatte benz | cpsr en- WSaarso.
Yrifsrns er uforonoret. uofsrielen
fra Bottom bar | bet rtcite p9ret meest
iierre enp | Be fpresaoenoe Woaneesr.
lllomartceea fpsmbrrer intst ppz
muntrsnhe Sr9t. llsens Sals peo os
ire pigsieite Marieosr | Giten nar en-
Miaipn Vuno minore eRo / BEN fore
saaenSe llee. Gor bet frrfts m9rtes
Der life Spur af ipetulatipe Operasios
Decorah-posten., 1901-01-29

BE- ororst to patisnter til SnDefprrs
ring | 80 Elmer upen Mab.
Yibnst faa 0ostsrfte 2iSsie 9eiras
boIbs tpinbsIis pdtisnt Gipenions
Sppen nep / en- Bette Grbepanb. inbs
til bun bar n9Iten tpalt, forbi bun
life tunos forftaa GnseIft os berfor
life iunbe ef.erlspe 8osterfens Orbre.
Som Spar paa Gpsrsmaal ON g.
bsmiblsrnes apalitst i Miplet. fpdreb.
gibnet. at Qatienterns III 9pgidHe.
Iurt grro % ajsb, iom tunoe lusies
| 9ele 9jsifenet. Slere andre 9ibnsr
gar lianenbe llbfaan.
Ct @ibne fprtaIte ON Walter
8ropn, Gorfatter az "Titblen.". fcm
bsbe plubislia | SoIpitalet for TO
llaer fiben, beiast .meb 6danbiern os
Qrmens fenberrspst BELT inb til 9enet.
9homas 5enles f~ortdlte ON abftil-
Iiae Silfelber al outstanding at pls
tienter. Der bfeb pihnet, at 0paters
fferne ofte life m I'm getaling. 2ig,s
fdd, at en- @ooterHe I en- at Mfoelin.
oerne bfeb tpunnei til at fprlnbs 40
Nriicrter, meoens bun LOB til 4Iplsts
0dferi.