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The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
For Rural Free Delivery.

In his annual report, which will be
completed soon, Postmaster General
Smith will ask for an increase Of the ap'
preparation for the rural free delivery
service from the present sum OF $3,5oo,'
600 to $6,ooo,ooo and will advocate the
extension of the service as far as prac'
ticabe
He will express the opinion that this
branch of the work of the Department is
of the greatest utility and will plead foi
most liberal consideration the part o
Congress. He will explain in some de-
tail the recent action of the Department
in the matter of second-class mail mat
ter, taking the position that the law
granting a rate of cent per pound con
templated benefit only to abso outelJ
Iegimate newspapers with a Legitimate
subscription list.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
The Msccabees Defalcatiou.

Port Huron, Mich, (SpeciaD 1t de-
velops that if Charles D. Thompson, cx-
supreme finance keeper of the Supreme
Tent, Knights Of the Maccabees, who
embezzled 100000 from the order, is
prosecuted, the Maccabee officials will
have to take the initiative. By the
terms of Thompson's bond with the FL
deity and Deposit Company, of Bal
timore, which was in force when most
of the money was stolen, the organiza-
ton must apply for the warrant in the
event of defalcation and prosecute,
with the assistance of the bonding com
pany Supreme Counsellor ID. d. Ait
kin has all the necessary papers in his
hands, and Thompson's arrest is expect
ed soon.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
Letter From Miss Stone.

Sofia, Bulgaria, (By Cable) From
another letter that has beenr eceived from
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone, the abducted Ameri-
can missionary, it appears that she is
endnriug the trials of her hard experience
with fortitude, forgetting herself in her
anxiety for her companion, Nine. Tsilka
Miss Stone does not dare to complain
of the treatment to which they are sub
jected, but she finds the confinement
irksome and the weather extremely try.
ing
The tone Of the latest letter received
from her is hopeful. The brigands, by
dating the letters in places in Macedonia
and delaying their delivery, seek to
create the appearance of being far dis
lant.
The Bulgarian government continues
to interfere in the negotiations, with the
object of forcing the transference OF
them across the frontier.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
A COSTLY FIRE.
The Damage Amounts TO 100000 at Thomas,
,West Virginia.

Thomas, w. Va, (Special) "A most
disastrous FIRE occurred at this place, en-
irely destroying the east end of the
town. The fire originated in a restau-
rant under the Gesberger Hotel at
bout ? o'clock and swept away the hotel
property, the Reynolds Hotel, the large
Catholic church, three principal blocks.
The fine residence of Z. j Noon, assist
ant trainmaster of the West Virginia
Central and Pittsburg Railway; the
town lookup and water station and about
IS dwellings, including eight belonging
10 the Davis Coal and Coke Company.
Just how the fire originated is moi
known, but as the wind was blowing al
a terrific rate the fire rapidly got beyond
control, and on account of the low state
Of the water in the dam it was impossi'
Bile TO save any of the property attacked
by the flames. The total loss will
amount to about 100000.
Women with their little babies and
children were hurriedly aroused, put on.
of their homes, and were compelled t(
stand along the railroad in scant cloth
ing and watch the fire devour theil
homes.
Several travelling men stopping at the
hotels lost their sample cases, and somt
Of them lost their money, watches and
other valuables.
The West Virginia Central and Pitts
burg Railway Co. placed large mum
Der of box cars on side tracks to be util
ized by merchants as temporary place.
Of business and by homeless families fo
shelter. The flames had hardly beer
placed under control before many of tn,
business men we're arranging their af
fairs looking to rebuilding at once
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
Sword to 90 Next

Army officers consider it as probable
that the ornate swords worn in the serv.
ice at no distant day will be discarded
as a part of soldiers equipment.
The sword is believed to be of littlO
use in these days of long-distance fight.
ing and serves now little other purpose
than as an emblem of authority. Brit
ish officers in the South African cam
paign have found the sword often ham
pered them in battle, and there have
been few, If any, occasions where it
was used as a weapon of attack or de-
fense, Hand-to-hand encounters are
thought to have passed away with the
advent Of smokeless powder and modern
small arms. The cavalry may continue
to use the sword, but there are so few
reasons for retaining it as an implement
of warfare that it is regarded as likely
to be the next arm ejected as obsolete.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
TWO POISONED BY SAUSAGE.
Matthew Smith and Wife, of Illinois, May
Not Recover.

Chicago, Ill.,, (Special-Seated oppo-
site each other at their dining-room
table senseless, Matthew Smith, a
prominent dry goods merchant of Evans
ton, and his wife were found by the
police and neighbors who had entered
the house. Their 3-year-old child was
running about crying. In fact, its cries
were responsible for the investigation.
When the police entered the dining
room they found Mr., Smith seated at
the table, his head thrown forward
across his left arm and his right hand
holding a fork. Mrs. Smiths head was
bent forward on the tablecloth. On
their plates were a quantity of sausage,
When the police arrived and the door
was forced the discovery of the uncon-
scious man and woman was made
Physicians were called, who pronounced
the case serious, and one of poisoning
from the sausage.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
Elremeu Hurt By Explosion.

Philadelphia, (Special) Five fremeu
we're injured by an explosion of gas in
a junction conduit Of the Edison Heat
Light and Power Company at Ninth
and Sansom streets, in the business sec.
ton OF the city. The injured are George
Moody, William Lump, Thomas Ent.
wistle, Thos. NJ. Guigan and Daniel
Shields. None was fatally hurt The
gas and sewer gas which had escaped
into the conduit backed into the junction
box, and it is believed, came in contact
with crossed wires
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
BANK ROBBERS IN THE WEST.
Ia One Place They Miss S25,OOO, in Another
They Take $4,000.

Darien, Wis, Especial. - Robbers
made an attempt to loot the Farmers
State Bank here, but were foied by ar
overcharge of nitoglycerin
The vault was wrecked and the front
Of the building blown out In the vault
was $1,000 in cash and $4,000 in nego.
table securities, but the robbers were
frightened off without securing any
punder and drove away in a buggy.
Scotland, S. d., (SpeciaD The Bank
Of Scotland was robbed of $1,000 The
safe was blown and its contents carried
away The explosion aroused residents,
who hurried to the building, just in time
to see the robbers making their escape
on horses.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
TWO WOMEN cHokBD TO DEATH
No Solution of the Murder Mystery al
Evansville, lad

Evansville, Ind, (Special) The mys-
terry of the murder Of two women near
this city still remains unsolved. Both
were killed in the same manner and evil
IDENTIFY by the same person.
The body of Mrs, Georgia Bailey was
found beside a public road. There were
finger marks on the throat and the neck
was broken. The supposition is that she
was choked to death by someone in a
buggy, and that when she fell out Of the
vehicle her neck was broken The body
seems to have been dragged some dis
tance and thrown into a ditch.
A mile outside the city in an oppo-
site direction the body of Miss Lena
Renner was found, her throat also bear
ing finger marks, John Kifer, who was
seen with Miss Renner, was arrested
but proved an alibi and was released.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
KANSAS MAN HUNT CONTINUES.
Twelve Of the Twenty.SIK COnvlctS Who
Escaped Still at Large.

Kansas City, Mo, (SpeciaD Twelve
Of the 70 convicts who escaped from the
Fort Leavenworth Prison last week arc
still at large, no additional captures hav-
ng been reported during the night.
The ringleader, Frank Thompson, was
captured and now the prison officials
ieel more confident of quickly securing
he rest of the men now at large. War
ien McClaughvy, over long distance
telephone, said that reports from his dep
uties were to the effect that the convicts
we're being followed closely, and it is
probable will be taken soon.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
Extension Of Civil Service.

About 200 employees in the executive
branch Of the rural free delivery serSicc
of the Postohice Department will be
brought into the civil service by an
order of President Roosevelt which, it
is understood, will be issued within a
week or two. These employees are
clerks, special agents and inspectors
The 5000 rural free delivery carriers
throughout the country will not be
brought into the civil service under the
same order, but they will be taken in at
some later date. Their civil service
status is likely to be somewhat differ.
ent from that of those first included
though the form of the regulations gov.
erning them has not yet been passed
uDOn
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
GREAT YARDS FOR PITTsBURO.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, II Is Said,
VIII Spend Millions.

Pittsburg, (Special) The Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad Company has in contempla-
tion new yards for freight handling
which will be the largest in the country
Agents of the company have been tax
ing options on property from Thirteenth
to Twenty-third streets, between Liber-
ty and Penn avenues, for the purpose,
and it is now almost certain that the
10 blocks will soon be acquired and the
yards established. For real estate alone
the cost of this improvement will be be-
tween 100000 and $5,ooo,oo This
amount, added to the cost of the other
Improvements new union station, ele-
waited tracks, etc--nade by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company in this city re-
Gently. will make the total STo,ooo,ooo.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
Negro Desperate Hanged.

Madison, Fla, Especially viii Jones,
negro desperado, who recently killed
three men in one day-two blacks and
one white--and shot several other mem
bers of the sheriff's posse, was publicly
hanged here. Several hundred persons
witnessed the execution, number of
whom were negroes. There was no ex-
citement, though extra guards had been
provided. The desperado showed no
weakening of nerve and made no confess
sion or speech OF repentance. The exc
cution was successful to a marked degree
The neck was broken by the drop, and
the murderer was dead in IA minutes
from the time the trap was sprung.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
FIRST MCKINLEY MONUMENT.
Unveiled at Tower, Minnesota, With lm'
presslye Ceremonies

Duluth, MINI, (SpeciaD.-In the
presence of several thousand people, as
sembled from the mining towns of north
ern Minnesota, the first Mckinley mon
ument in the United States was un-
veiled and dedicated at Tower, seventy
miles north of Duluth, Sunday. Gov.
S. R. Van SAINT and members OF his
staff, number of State officials and
other citizens from various parts of the
State were present Gov. Van SAINT was
among the speakers, and he paid a
high compliment to the patriotism, rev.
erence and sympathy of the sturdy min
ing people who subscribed the money.
Men of all parties and creeds joined
in te exercises The singing of Nearer,
My, God, to Thee by the audience was
one of the most impressive features of
the day.
The monument is a simple shaft, 1a
feet high, standing on pedestal of con
crete and iron ore. and cost $4,000.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
Steam Filters, Horrible Fate.

Kansas City, Mo-, (SpeciaD Two
steamhtters were killed and two others
seriously injured by the blowing ont
of a valve in the water pumping ap-
paratus at the Schwarzschild & Sulzcr-
berger packing plant in Armourdale,
Kan. Nothing could be done to rescue
the men until the flow of steam had eX-
hausted itself. The injured men are in
a serious condition.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
MALARIA.

Don't let your doubt stand in the way
of an immediate cure
If you have chills and fever, then one
dose of Wyckoff's Malario will Danish
the trouble from your system,
If you havn't the money to pay for a
bottle, but have a frst-class case of mala-
ria, then come and get bottle free of
cost; and when it cures you tell your
neighbor.
This offer is good for ten days.
THE WYCKOFF MALARIO CO.,
1922 n Y. Avenue,
Washington, ID. c.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
Are Eggs Being cornsred.

Chicago, (SpeciaD 49, Local packers
are believed to be cornering the egg
market and now have 100000 cases in
cold storage. The combination expects,
it is said, to have the market completely
under their control before the middle OF
January Conditions are such at this
date that prices are advancing rapidly,
having gone up to 27 cents from ~
within the past week
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
OSTEOPATHY.

AS represented by the Washington In
sttute of Osteopathy, I4I7 G street N.
w., with the latest and most improved
methods of the science, combined with
years of experience, insures to patients
the best results possible. Examination
free. Call or write for literature. We
benefit at least 90 per cent. OF all chronic
affections abandoned as incurable by
other systems of treatment, while Is per
cent. of them we absolutely cure.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
FRENCH FLAG AGAIN OVER EMBASSY
Diplomatic Relations Formally Renewed Be-
tween France aud Turkey

Constantinople, (By Cable) THE
French flag waves above the French
Embassy in Cons.antinople, for the first
time since August 20.
M, Bapst, councillor at the embassy
has called upon the Ottoman minister Of
foreign affairs, Tewfik Pasha, thus for
nally renewing the diplomatic relations
between France and Turkey
The destination of the vessels of Ad
miral Caillard's squadron, which left the
Island of Mitylene is the Island Of
Syria.
The battleships Charlemange and
Gaulois and the armored cruiser Amiral
Pothuan, however, will go first to Pho.
caea (about 80 miles northwest o.
Smyrna) to coal, afterward rejoing the
squadron.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
SOUTHERN POULTRY SUPPLY
COMPANY.

420 Eleventh St. n. W., Washington,
d. G. Dealers in all kinds of Poultry
Supplies, and Star Incubators Now is
the time to inquire about lncubators.
Come in and see them operated. Call OF
send for catalogue, free
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
Preferred Death 10 Disrraee.

Louisville, KY (SpeciaD Williamt
Simpson, a salesman in the wholesale
grocery house of Zinsmeister Brothers
committed suicide by swallowing carboliq
acid when confronted with an alleged
shortage of $1,000. He said that two
friends living at New Albany, Ind, his
home, would make good the shortage,
and while a member of the firm was tele-
phoning to New Albany, Simpson took
the poison. diving in Il minutes.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
400 INSURGENTS
WERE SURPRISED
Had Rifles and Were Prepared for an
Attack in Pits.
MANY BOATS LOADED WITH ARMS
Said 10 Have Been Landed and Taken to
Durangan-MaIOr West Is Searching for
Them-Ths Cavalry Attacked the Insurgents
on the Flank, killing Sixteen Of Them,
Wcundlng Five and Capturing ~ Rifles

Manila, (By Cable),-Captain Hart
mans troop of the First Cavalry sur
prised 400 insurgents at Buan, in Ba-
tangas province, Southwestern Luzon.
Half the insurgents were armed with
rifles, They we're prepared for an at
tack and were in rifle pits. The cav
airy attacked the insurgents on the
flank, killing 10 Of them, wounding S
and capturing 9 rifles. The insurgents
broke and ran, the cavalry pursuing
them.
Two large boatloads of arms are re-
ported to have been landed on the
southern part of the Batangas penin-
sula and taken to Durangan. Major
West, stationed in that locality is en-
deavoring to find these arms.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
To Release AguluaIda.

Washington (SpeciaI While the
War Department has not been advised
Of the reported step to secure the re-
lease of Aguinaldo from captivity
through writ of habeas corpus, they
were prepared for a move in that di-
rection.
A few weeks ago the first applica-
ton of this kind was made in the
case of military prisoner, and as
there was some indication of dispo-
sition on the part of the Philippine
commission to uphold the right OF
habeas corpus in that case, the Presi-
dent was obliged to cable some in.
structions both to the commission and
to General Chaffee, the result of which
was a practical denial of the writ.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-16
CARNEGIE GIVES
$2,OOO,OOO MORE
Increases His BeneiactiOns TO PittsburV
Polytechnic School.
FINR sTART FOR NOTABLE PROJECT

The Latest Gift Of Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
Brings the Total Of His Benefactions Up
TO About Sl2,OOOOOO-Oi This Sum He
Has Given S6OOO,OOO to the Carnegie In
stltute In Plttsburg.
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ESPIRITU RURAL.

Comparando su vida modesto y
laboriosa en- medio de los suyo, que
son los que arrancan la TERRA los
benditos frutos con que Sc sus ten
tan los dem&s, con Ia queihace la
mayorfa de nuestros propietarios
agrfcolae, que nj tienen amor al te'
rruflo, nj sienten por las faenas agri.
colas los encantos que tienen para
todos los pueblos cultos, nos dice
querido amigo nuestro desde su bien
hallado hogar:
....<En cuanto mi, no trocarfa
mi casa y mi vida agrfcola de este
rincon feote y rural por todas las
playas de moda nj todos los centros
del verano modernista.
Los que van santamente por
buscar el fresco y la comodidad ic6.
mo me envidiarfan 81 gozasen con
migo del comfort que yo disfruto,
conquistado por mi, mil veces mas
sabroso en- un lugaron como este!
Y los que Sc devanan los sesos
por divertirse, 6 meior dicho, por
no aburrirse, a1n me admirarian
mas, 81 penetraran mi Amino 10
viesen Glen veces mas goAoso y en-
treteniio que ellos 10 estan en- apre'
turas sociales 8 pasatiempos tontos,
con los cuidados de mis- tertufios y
majuelos, las obras de mi casa y ha.
ciendas y el hermoso regalo1 de leer
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N0TA DEL DIA.
Francia en- PtO- Rico.


rs indnbable que un buen 8 NAL
gobierno, afecta directamente to.
dos los miembros de 10 sociedad, aun
que no todos tengan Ia misma con
dicion politica.
Si este sucede en- terminus gene
rales, rsfiriendonos a cualquiera ma
ci6n, reviste circunstancias especia.
lfsimas tratAndose de Pto Rico, don
de no puede decirse que hay extran .
jeros en- Ia verdadera acepci6n de la
palabra, porque todos los elementos
estAn de tai modo interesados en- la
suerte del pals, que forman algo asf
como una. gran familia q quien las
alegrias = tristezas son comunes.
Asi = solo asl Sc explica la parti
cipacion que ha tornado la cclonia
francesa en- Ell regocijo del pueblo
puertorriquef1o por el nombramiento
acertadfsimo del honorable Mr. Hunt
en- cuyo tAlento y buen deseo cifra
PtO Rico, sus mas grandes esperan-
zRs.
Vimos el cable trasmitido al Pre-
sidente acKinley, y el expressive
mensaje enyiado al Gobernador
hunt por los franceses DE Fto RICO.
Hay en- aquellos documentos
upa gran sincerldad expresada en- ell
deseo de que Ia gesti6n del nuevs
Gobernador, sea bene6ciosa para los
intereses del paf'.
La coloniA francesa ha demostra
do una vez mas, que es digna del
prestigio de que goa y del carifo
que le profesa ell pueblo de Pnerto
Rico.
Mr. Hunt sabra satisfacer ell de
SEQ de Ia colonia fraucesa que es el
deseo, mil veces expresado del pals
duertorriqusf1o tan amante del pro-
greso, como encarinAdo con la liber
tad.
En- estas lfneas queremos consig
mar Ia satisfaction con que ven los
puertorriquefios el proceder noble
de los hijos de 10 Francia
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PolVora y D inamita.
ImpOrtante dictamen.

San Juan P r. de Agosto 1901.
Requerido para un dictAmen pc.
ricial sobre las condolences del alma
cen para polvora y dinamita, cons
truido por los Srs Dooley Smith &
Co., atsntamente manifesto, des'
pues de haber examinado el edihcio
y el campo adyacente:
El editicio no tiene capaoidad
de aire sino para 5 toneladas
de explosives.
b Debe ser rodeado de un parape
to de TERRA de un metro 8 mas
de espesor, y separado 5 del
a!macen, al objato de 0ortar Ia
marcha del incendio.
C Eli espacio comprendido entire
este parapeto y el almacen,
debe sener pavim0ntO de pie.
dra plAstica 6 ladrillos.
Ell almAcen debe tener tomas
de aire frio por su parte infe'
rior y recubiertas las aspille'
ras con tela de cobre.
En- ell parapeto debe co.ocarse
un pararrayos de IL metros de
torres.
Todas las cerrAduras cerrojos
de las puertass leben ser de CO
bre
& Debe estar rodeado ell edifcio
de arboles que eviten las pro:
yecciones,
h Antes de la entrada debe cons
truirse una pequef1a caseta
donde Sc guarden alpargatas
Il otro calzado sin clavos, pa
ra que 10 use toda persona j
entire en- el almacer.
E fuerte rozamiento de un clavo
y un grueso grano de arena es
bastAnte para producer una
ohispa.
Tn editicio para alma3enar pol.
vora 8 dinamita debe estar re
tirado 600 meros de toda casa
Yo he visto varias casas me
nos distancia del almacen exa
minadO.
Estas precauciones son exigidas
para ell almacenaje de p6lvora, STEM
pre- peligroso: pero deben observar
Sc y Sc observan en- todos los pAises,
para la dinamita, explosive menos
peligroso.
Yo lamento no estar conforme
con ell otrO muy competente perito.
pero fundo mis- conclusiones en- mi
practica de 20 amos y en- 10 que orde
nan las leyes de todos los paises
Ell excessive calor que almacena
un pequeflo edificio produce en- la di
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El PartidO FEEDER al
vista al GObernadOr

Esta maf1sna estuvieron q visitar
al Sr Gobernador civil los Sres. Don
Francisco de p Acufla Don Carlos
Ma Soler en- representation del Par.
lido Federal.
Hablaron de polftica general,
de la situacion de los partldos loca.
les respecto al Gobierno,-esde los
afectos del partido federal hacia ell
poder central y de Ia futura marcha
de los partidos polfticos locales.
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HECH0S Y DICH0S.
Cr0niQQilla del dia.

Nal af1o para los mpiabotas.
va no pueden como la Academia
dar lustre y espleedor.
Sc interpuso Ia autcridad y fra
case la empresa.
lHabra pasado el reinado del
cepillo y el betdn?
No 10 oreemos.
.+x
iMagnifica reception se verified
en- la Mansion Ejecutiva!
Rojos, blancos y palidos, Sc
congregaron para felicitar al nuevo
Gobernador.
La banda militar amenazo ell
acto que fue brillante.
Los personsjes pollticos daban
lustre y esplendor Ia fiesta.
iFue una fiesta de buten!
Ell huracaa no 3 nos ha dejado
como patos.
A nosotros, menos NAL, porque
siempre hemos sido patos incorre-
gibles.
Y en- los embullos politicos lue
go hemos pagado el patio.
Pero vOlvamos, al ciclop, no el
polftico, sino el anunciado y no lie.
gado.
Decia aver un astr6nomo, de
esos de codo al aire, 20 Saba que
no pasaba ningun cicloD; ell dia de
San Ramon Nonato, no nacen nj los
huracanes.
Habran notado nuestros lecto-
res que hA mejoradO muchO la CO.
rreccion de pruebas de nuestro dia'
rio.
Els que rosotros no omitimos
gastos para servir q nuestros favo'
recedores.
Tenemos un nuevo corrector in
mejorable.
Pensamos hacer otras inovacio'
nes por el estilo, sin reparar en- sa
crificios.
Tambien nuestro tahaco, digo
nuestro no, ell de Umpierre Lde CO.
merio ha obtenido medalla.
iPero fiese v. de medallas y no
CORA!
Que hoy por chupar, no chu'
pamos tabaco. pero ncs chupamos el
dedo
Por de pronto tenemos tres me-
dallas de orc, tres de plata y cinco
de bronco.
HI aceite de COCO tiene tambien
su medalla, pero los cocos sin
aceite, que tanto abundan por aquf
no le han dado nj chispa.
I'm diario de Ponce propone,
sustituir la siembra de cafe por la
de yucca.
Una hectarea de yuca produce
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namita una lenta decomposition
que proyecta Ia nitroglicerina al ex
terror del cuerpo poroso. Descom
pussta, 8 su vez, la nitroglicerina, el
calOr favorece Ia oxidaci6n de los
acidos glicerico y oxalico, y enton
ces la explosion es probable.
La polvora Sc descompone por
el calor, y su carbono pue1e entrar
en- combustion favorecida por ell oxf
geno del salitre.
Muy atentamente,
ANGEL RIVERO.