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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-05
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FOUND-The best place to borrow
money privately on furniture, without
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

pressed a willingness for all who had
a burden to do SO to 60 to the regions
beyond and they would support them
there, and would do all in their power
to save the lost in the home field.
report from the committee on
nominations was also read, and after a
short : but spirited discussion the
names were acted upon and the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
coming year: Conference president,
Elder L. F. Starr; vice president, FL
der L. F. Trubey; conference commit
tee, Elder L. F. Starr, Elder L. F. Tru-
bey, Elder C. A. Washburn, Elder N.
G.. Bergerson, Elder J. H. Crafts, Elder
E. G. Olsen and Elder B. e. Fullmer;
secretary, Mrs. Flora v. Dorcas; treas
urer, j. w. Dorcas. Trustees for the
Iowa Seventh Day Adventists' associa-
ton were elected as follows: c. A.
Washburn, l.. F. Starr, G. G. Johnson,
G. w. Smouse, c. w. Larson, J. W..
Dorcas and Lewis Johnson.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
CLANS AND WIRE GRASS.

Two new industries. the outgrowth
of the past seven years, are worthy of
special mentfon-one. the utilization of
the fresh water clam shells which are
found in greater or less abundance in
all our northern rivers. an industry
which gives employment to thousands
of people. which has made America in
dependent of foreign countries in the
matter Of its supply of pearl buttons
and incidentally Is furnishing line of
pearls as gems which are hard to
equal; the other, the development of
the utilities of the common and much
despised wire grass so common in all
the peat sloughs of the northwest.
From a very small beginning four
years ago this industry has become
one Of the nations greatest industries,
the uses to which this natural fiber can
be put being almost illimitable. More
than q dozen large factories, some Of
them employing hundreds Of hands,
are engaged in working up this hither-
to waste product of western swamps.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
CONDITION OF ADvENTIsTs.
Over $4,000 Used in Spreading Their
Belief.

Des Moines, June Sat the confer
ence of Adventists now being held
mere, the treasurer presented gen
eral report which showed that there
has been paid in during the year for
the spread of the gospel tithes to the
amount of $26,172.94, after which came
the partial farther report of the COM
mittee on resolutions. Several recon-
mendations were read and discussed.
one especially seemed to take the at
tentlon of the conference. This one
referred to the sending of the gospel
minister to foreign lands. So intense
was the interest of the people in this
direction that the discussion contin-
ued for hours. The people were SO
much concerned in the spreading of
the message of salvation that they ex-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13


$13-To Buffalo and Return-$13.
Via Nickel Plate Road from Chicago,
for the Pan-American Exposition.
Tickets on sale daily. good leaving
Buffalo up to midnight of tenth day
from and including date of sale. AL
So tickets on sale daily, Chicago to
Buffalo and return at SIG for the round
trip, with 15-day limit, including date
of sale. $21,, Chicago to Buffalo and
return good for 80 days.
On all through tickets to points east
of Buffalo, privilege of stop over at
Buffalo for ten days may be granted
by depositing ticket with joint agent
and payment of fee of 81.
Write John Y. Callahan, General Ag-
ent, Ill Adams ST., Chicago, for full
particular and folders, showing time
of trains, etc.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
TRICK RIDER ACQUITTED.
M. C. Lawrence Declared Not Guilty of
Larceny,

M. G. Lawrence, the trick bicycle rid
er who was in the city few days last
week giving exhibitions on the street,
and who left Thursday morning for
Marshalltown, where he attended the
Maccabee picnic, going from there to
Des Moines, was arrested at the last
named city on the charge Of larceny,
and brought back to Ottumwa this
morning by Constable Edward Camp
bell. He was acquitted of the charge
this morning and left this afternoon for
Des Moines
The crime for which Lawrence was
arrested was said to have been com.
mitted in this city last Wednesday
when he was charged with having stol.
en- from Mrs. Sierra Carruthers, of ITO
South Jefferson street, a pocketbook
containing $6.10, but which the man
says contained only $1.63 and some
stamps. Lawrence denied that he
stole the pocketbook, saying that he
picked it up on the street.
When he left Ottumwa THURSDAY
morning he left with Police Sergeant
Jasse Grammer So. which was all the
money he then possessed. This was
for guarantee that he would return
and stand trial on the charge of hay
ing stolen the pocketbook. However
money was evidently of little value tic
him, and he forgot Ottumwa's loca
ton on the map, going to Des Moines
from Marshalltown. He was located
at the Capital city and Constable
Campbell brought him here this morn
ing.
Lawrence was tried before Justice
Campbell, who was acting as police
Judge in the absence of Judge Moon
The man was found not guilty,and was
accordingly released. He returned tc
Mrs. Carruthers $1.63 and a few
stamps, which he claimed to be all the
pocketbook contained when he found
It, He left on Burlington No. this
afternoon for Des Monies.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
Low Rates to Buffalo Exposition

Via the Nickel Plate Road Three
through trains daily, with vestibuled
sleeping cars and excellent dining car
service, meals being served on the
American Club Meals plan ranging in
price from 35 cents to 81. Chicago
Depot, Van Buren, St. and Pacific ave-
nue., on the Elevated Loop.
Write John Y. Callahan, General Ag-
ent, Ill Adams ST., Chicago, for full
information and beautifully illustrated
descriptive folder of the Exposition
buildings and grounds.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
ORCHARDS FOR SOUTH DAKOTA.


A reader of these notes writes In
curing how he shall go to work to set
out large commercial orchard in the
vicinity Of Sioux Falls, s. d. He also
wants to know whether soil and eli
matte conditions there are such as to
warrant such an undertaking. What
follows in the way of u reply is predi-
Gated upon two assumptions-one, that
the soil there is not the loess soil Of the
Missouri valley, but, instead, the ordi-
nary loan soil of the Dakota prairies:
the other, that the average rainfall of
that portion of Dakota does not ex-
coed % inches per annum. In ASSUME
ing these two facts we may be in error,
though we understand the facts to be
as stated. A large variety of fruit may
be successfully grown upon the loess
soils referred to which, in the same
latitude upon the average prairie soil,
would be failures. Why this is so we
do not know; the fact remains that 1t
Is 80, nevertheless We should regard
an average rainfall of only % inches
us q very serious drawback to success
full orcharding and, Tor that matter,
the growing of any sort Of trees. 1t is
not water enough to insure the healthy
growth and development Of the tree.
Still, this difficulty may be to some ex-
tent overcome by thorough cultivation,
mulching and the use of all means
which may serve to conserve the mois-
ture. The apple loves cool and moist
climate, and these conditions are not
normal in South Dakota during the
growing season. An orchard set in that
locality should by all means have q
timber belt protection on the south and
west sides to modify the action of the
hot winds, and we should plant trees in
north and south rows near enough to-
gether so that their branches would
interlock when they We're 10 years
old. We would be sure to have a
good cover crop over the whole of the
orchard for the winter. AS to varie-
ties-Duchess. Wealthy, Melinda, Hiber-
nal, No. 20, Yellow Transparent, Pat
tens and Northwestern Greenng, Wolf
River, Longfeld and many of the hardy
Russian varieties should be hardy
enough for the latitude referred to, but
q mistake can be very easily made in
planting too great q variety CONNER
cial orchards should he limited to not
more than three or four varieties Of
the sort which experience has shown
to be best adapted to the locality where
the orchard is to be planted. Given
the same care as to conservation Of
moisture and protection, any Of the
Americana plums should do well in
that locality. Answering the query as a
whole. we should say that commercial
orcharding would be far more risky
undertaking there than in the southern
or eastern half of Iowa, which is to
some extent offset by the excellent
market SO near Mt hand. While there
will be the common enemies of the
orchard to look out for-borers. blight.
sun scald. etc.-there will. in addition,
be the two things referred to-hot
winds and lack Of rainfall-to be2guard-
ed against.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
WRITTEN REcoRps.

There is altogether too much bust
ness done by farmers verbally in the
way Of contracts. agreements. leases,
sales and such like business transac-
lions. Much trouble would often be
avoided were a record made at the
time of all such business, and it is not
necessary to employ an attorney either.
For instance. If man is hired. piece
of land leased or bargain Of any sort
made which involves future action
just have a book and write down in full
the exact terms of such contract, lease
OR sale. as the case may be. Mems
memories, even the best of them, are
too often treacherous, and the written
record Of business is Interchangeable.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
He came from Germany % years ago

He came from Germany % years ago
with a wife and child and was as poor
in money and goods as it was well pos
sible for a man to be. He got a tax
title timber tract Of five acres to Gull
tivate. promising to pay for it as soon
as he could. AT it he went. We can
not here give all the details of his
emancipation from poverty and his
evolution, but today he is the owner,
clear of incumbrance, of 400 acres of
as fine farm land as there is in the
United States of America, Of which the
old five acre tax title timber tract was
the nucleus.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
AeulNALDo FOR CONGRESS.
Don Manuel De Aguirre Says the Fill
pjnos Nav Send Him

Los Angeles, Cal, June 10.-Don
Manuel De Aguirre, who married the
sister of Emelio. Aguinaldo, passed
through Los Angeles enroute to New
Orleans. He says: eff Aguinaldo re-
turns to politics and desires it his peo-
pie will send him to represent them
as a delegate in your congress, as lat
err we must have representation, no
matter what kind of government is es-
tablished."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

One rose grower tells us that the rose
wants all the sunshine it can get. while
another says that the monthly roses
particularly will do better if planted so
that they are shaded from the heat Of
the afternoon midsummer sun. We
have noticed this fact-that when ex-
posed to the full heat of the August
sun the blossoms are smaller than
when grown partially in the shade.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

4 While the farmers do not as a gen.
ieral thing approve of board of trade
gambling, they always feel more kind
ly toward bull on grain options than
they do toward bear.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

AS between keeping the milk cows in
the yard all night during the summer
and allowing them the run of the pas
ture the latter is by far the better
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
IOWA CENTRAL RAILWAY

Time of trains carrying. passengers at
Hedrick' Iowa. a anectiye Nov. II. 1900.
No. 3-St. Paul Express daily. II rs m
No; 5-Massn city Mail (Ex: Sum 2:25 ; m
No. Way Freight Tex; SUM-. 300 p m
No. 6-Peoria Mail lex. SUM. 1910 u IN
No. 4-Peoria Express tdaily).... 2:55 q m
Coupon tickets on sale to all points in the
United States, Canada and Mexico For
rates.. folders, etc, call on, or address
Gen Pass. & Tkt. Agt.. Agent
Marshalltown. Iowa. Hcdrick. Ia.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

Los Angeles has creamery three Of
whose patrons received checks for
April milk amounting to $591.96.
SS30.50 and $9S2.O2 respectively.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

If each state In the Union could COM
mand the services of as practical a
man to have charge of it's agricultural
interests as the state of Kansas has in
Secretary Coburn, 1t would be of I'M
told value to the country at large.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

The cattle should be dehorned before
fytime, as much suffering by the ami
mails operated upon will thereby be
prevented. This work is best done
during the late winter or early spring
days.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

Game is becoming SO scarce that the
town sports find good deal Of fun in.
shooting gophers, a practice in which
they should be encouraged.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

A drive Of even fourth of mile is
an injury to a COW with full udder.
When this drive is made. sometimes
with the COWS on run and dog after
them, it becomes very costly business.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
TRAINS LEAVING JEFFERSON
STREET UNION STATION.
A j. Packard, Agent.

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL.
Arrive. Depart.
Chicago, Dubuque &
Milwaukee, ...:....; d1 80 m b2:s5 u IN
Chicago, Cedar Rapids.
Kansas city & South 700 = IL
west. ........ -. 80 m d1 :35 m
Freight trains depart south b7:00 A. M.
dill M, north b7:15 a. NJ, b1O:25 a. M
aDally. bExcept Sunday. dExcept Mon.
Freight trains, arrive at and depart from
Ottumwa Junction.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

Seventy-f1ve sheep will produce as
many pounds Of wool fiber as an acre
of land will OF cotton fiber. Today the
wool is worth Is cents and the cotton
10 cents, which proves that if it were
not for the mutton value of the sheep
and the increase of the flock the colored
man with his mule aud rope harness
and cotton field would have the better
of the northern sheep owner. Then it
should be said that the longer cotton
is raised on the same piece Of ground
the poorer will it become, while the
longer sheep are kept Oh the farm the
more fertile will it become.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

Where field is very foul with weed
seeds and 1t is wanted for corn crop
1t is better to kill most of the weeds
before the corn is planted even if the
planting is done little late.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

A horse never gets over a blow on the
head given in a moment Of anger by
some fool driver If the horse must be
licked, lay It on behind and not in
front.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
There is altogether too much old
buck mutton disguised with mint sauce
passing as spring lamb.

The hired man who smokes around
the barn and sheds is $25 month
menace to the entire homestead.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

We have an inquiry as to what to do
with a field Of clover which is under
mined from one end to the other with
pocket gophers, the field being 80 acres
in area and being covered In a course
of crop rotation. This is hard propo-
sition to tackle. A few pocket gophers
can be handled with traps and poison
and exterminated, but these means
would be almost useless on so large
tract harboring SO many gophers. 1t
would seem as II these pests were find
Ing specially good ratons on the roots
of the clover, and If this should be the
case the easiest way to rid the field of
them would be to change the crop, and
probably no crop would be better than
blue grass, using the field for pas
ture for two or three years. The pock-
ct gopher is a difficult animal to trap,
almost as much so as the mole.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

There are 3S,ooO,00O fewer sheep in
Australia than before the great drought
began five or six years ago.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

I. 1t costs IS cents per hundred pounds
ito produce cotton in the states Of Ala
iibama and Georgia. When the cotton
SO produced sells for 8 cents per pound.
as it does today, it is easy to see why
the darkies all are gay.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

Some one asks us why the butcher
birds are so scarce and why the robins
are SO plentiful when each variety Of
bird matches but one brood year of
about the same number Of young. This
is question we do not feel competent
to answer.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

The aged yellow legged rooster can
be best utilized during conference week
and for Sunday school picnics. The
family should not be required to work
him up unaided and without the aid
of religion.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

Asparagus should be cut when three
inches high and then cut three inches
below the Surface Of the ground. So
cut it is at its best If allowed to grow
to a height Of six or eight inches, it
then becomes simply green's and not
asparagus.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
The oleo laws are Just about as hard
to enforce as the prohihitory laws.

The cotton crop of Texas for 1900
was 2,43S,555 bales. worth to the grow
ers over $100,000,OO0.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
WABASH.

Arrive. Depart
Kansas City & st. Louis aG:15am aS:56 pm
Kansas City & st. Louis 100 pm aS:4O am
Freight trains carrying passengers be.
tween Ottnnwa and Moulton:
Fast freight 49,. ..a12:1o pm a2:30 pm
Local freight ........ b8:00 pm d3:0O am
aDaily. bExcept Sunday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

We would like to emphasize the
value Of succulence in the food Of the
dairy cow. We are aware that analysis
shows but triflins difference between
the nutritive value Of many foods,
whether fed greer or dry, but the COW
will make a more subtle analysis when
she attempts to convert these foods
into milk. Nature arranged that the
COW should give milk and care for her
calf just at the period when the grasses
were the freshest and best. Succulence
In food means palatability; palatability
means assimilation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

: The crow blackbird is not a welcome
tenant Of the trees round the home
when he takes notion to build his
nest therein. These birds usually nest
in colonies like the rocks. build very
rough and uncouth nest and are quite
foul in their habits while rearing their
young.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

| In our own experience we have found
the common white cedar post to be al
most as short lived as the post made
OF white willow. Cedar posts six years
set were too badly decayed to be worth
resetting.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

2 Nothing seems to burn easier than
creamery where it is short on patron
age, overdrawn on bank account and
fairly well insured. Under these con-
ditions the slack coal in the boiler
room is almost sure to generate spon-
taneous combustion.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

An Indiana man says that homemade
bread, homemade cheese and home
made cider make one of the best lunch
es known to the Hoosier. Something
probably depends. however. upon the
age and activity Of the cider.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

We do not try to grow all the nice
flowers, for that would take up a per-
sons whole time. We find that roses,
cannas, dahlias, pansies, geraniums,
coieus and chrysanthemums are among
those which give the largest return for
the work put on them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

Cold May nights. with the mercury
closely bordering the frost line. are anx-
ious times for the growers of fruit. Two
or three degrees difference in the tenn
perature then makes all the difference
to them between success and failure.
While we We're not compelled to it. we
got all ready to try the Florida plan
of building smudge fires in the orchard
this year. Fortunately the danger was
safely passed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

A story comes to us from Tama coun-
ty, Ia, to the effect that the hens in
that section are getting to build their
nests in the trees like the birds. an
enterprising old biddy selecting the top
of a cottonwood stump. cut off seven
feet from the ground and hidden with
new growth. as place to make
nest and bring off lively brood of
chickens.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS &
NORTHERN RAILWAY. Union Passen.
ger Station. Depart. Arrive.
Minneapolis, st. Paul,
Waseca Albert Lea,
Watertown, Sioux Falls
Estherville, Iowa Falls
and Cedar Rapids. -. 0:07 p m 6:45 a m
Jefferson Street Pas
senger Station:
Minneapolis, st. Paul,
Waseca, Albert Lea,
WATERFOWL, Sioux Falls,
Esthervile Iowa Falls
and Cedar Rapids -. 0:15 m 6:35 IN
Davenport, Iowa City,
Cedar Rapids, Water
loo, Rockford, Grinnel
Des Mones, etc :. -. S:25 m 6:45 IN
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Falls, Estherville, Spir-
1t Lake, Sioux Falls,
Worthington, Waterloo,
Albert Lea, Waseca,
Minneapolis, ST. Paul 4:23 m 1910 m
Davenport. Iowa City,
Cedar Rapids, Column
bus Junction and West
Liberty, 1885 m 1855 m
Freight: Cedar Rapids
and way 80. ........ 6:a4 m 4:3o m
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

4 No variety of wood has yet been
found to take the place Of black wal
nut for the making of gunstocks, and
the demand for this purpose is such
that the product of an acre Of land set
out 40 years ago to this timber would
bring the owner in very large sum of
money.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

Owing to a very severe drought dur
ing the spring and summer of the year
1863, which effectually estopped the
growth Of any vegetation whatever
upon the prairies Of what is now North
Dakota, the wind flower. the first har-
binger Of spring, came up and bloomed
the last of August instead of in May.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

The state Of New York has law
prohibiting the killing of horses for use
as food for man. When meats get
higher in price in this country, as they
certainly will, this law will have to be
amended. A large foreign born con-
tingent Of the population of our large
cities has no prejudice whatever
against the use of horsef1esh for food.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

take the Wabash line with through
sleeper Ottumwa to st. Louis, making
direct connections in Union depot
with all lines running through cars to
above points. Time TIE same and rates
always the cheapest. A trial Of this
.oute will Away Convince you of ita
many superior advantages. 1t is to
the eastern traveller what the Rio
Grande and Colorado Midland are to
the western. Turn up and out of the
old rut and try a route that will please
you in every way.
A. j. PACKARD.
Passenger Agent
L. w. VAN PATTEN,
Ticket Agent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13

The patches on the granger's pants
have, by the evolution Of his calling,
been removed from the front to the
rear. So much of his work is now done
by riding the tools and appliances with
which he works that his overalls need
reinforcing in the seat rather than on
the knees.