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MAscoTs IN THE ARMY.
Royal Goat Was Famous Mascot Of
Battalion of Welsh Fu-
Sileers.

On some of the ships of the United
States navy u goat is an honored men,
Der of the ships company, and the pet
and mascot OF the crew.
In some regiments of the army also
an animal mascot is maintained,
though the custom is not SO general
with us as with our British cousins,
with whom it is very old.
One celebrated and much travelled
mascot, Billy, the goat of the Second
battalion royal Welsh fusileers, recent
ly died on the march from Chakrata
to Agra He was presented by Queen
Victoria to the regiment in 1894, and
came from Windsor home park. Billy
had, therefore, served with the battal-
ion for ten years and accompanied
them to Malta, Egypt Crete, Hong
kong and India. The first goat was
presented by Queen Victoria so long
ago as the year 1889.
How the custom arose of having a
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IT'S Up TO YOU, MY SON.
There are two trails in life, my boy;
One leads to height of fame, 5-.~....

There are two trails in life, my boy;
One leads to height Of fame, s-.-t.
To honor, glury, peace and Joy,
And one to depths Of shame;
And you can reach that glorious height
Its honors can be won
Or you can grope in shame's dark night
It's up to you, my son.
One trail is strewn with labor's flowers,
With sharp thorns here and there;
One leads through wicked pleasure bowers
That to the eye are fair.
One trail ascends, and day by day
You climb-you cannot run
And one is down hill all the way
It's up to you, my son.
Stern duty guards the upper trail
Exacts obedience. too
And he who treads it cannot fail
TO win, if he be true;
But tickle folly. gay with smiles,
Rules DER the other one
And leads to ruin with her Wiles-
It's up to you, my son.
At the end of one long trail you'll find
That all the tears and means
And CALLING cares you left behind
Were needed stepping stones;
And at the others end you'll see
Your pleasures. one by one
But led you on to misery
It's up to you, my son.
At partings of the trails you stand.
At early manhoOd's gate,
Your future lies in your own hand
viii it be low Or great?
If now you choose the trail of Right.
When you the height have won
You'll bask in Honor's fadeless light
It's up to you, my son.
James Barton Adams, in Denver Post.
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FATE OF A CUNBOAT.
The True Story of the Sinking OF the
"Yellow Jacket by a
SNOWFALL.

Mr.. Opie P. Read, the veracious and
always reliable editor of the ArkansaW
Traveller vouches for the truth Of this
startling bit of war history:
During the recent dredging OF Fox
river, in Tennessee, the sunken re-
mains of the once nervous little gun
boat, the Yellow Jacket, were dis
covered. The sinking of the Yellow
Jacket was the most remarkable &C.
cident that ever occurred in this coun-
try. The complete details of the at
fair could not be obtained at the time,
in face, we are in possession of the only
authentic account. Here it is, told
by John p McLuskin. now a we'll
known physician of Coffee county,
Tenn:
1T occurred said the doctor, when
was lad There had been heavy
snow, and several boys, including my
self, were prowling about, hunting rab-
bits, and we began to amuse ourselves by
rolling SNOWFALL. We were, at this
time, on the long hill known as Ben
sons Slope. We rolled the ball until it
got to be as big as hogshead;
and then. as it was easy to roll down
thu hill. continued to turn it over. To
our great delight, it became easier to
roll. and suddenly, to our great sur
prise. it broke away from us and went
bounding down the slope. Then we
beheld a startling sight. The ball
grew so rapidly that it soon looked like
rolling mountain. 1t picked up a
wagon and team, took up negro
cabin, and then, with a tremendous
bound. fell into the river, just in time
to strike and completely bury the gun
boat Yellow Jacket. Not soul on board
esraped"
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CARRIED BULLET IN HEAD.
The Remarkable Experience of Abra-
ham Delong, Private in an
Ohio Regiment.

At the battle of Stone River, on the
31st of December, 1862, Abraham De-
long, who belonged to an Ohio regi-
ment, received a bullet wound from
which he never recovered, although he
lived for % years after being shot,
The bullet struck him squarely on
the nose we'll up between the eyes, in
such a way as to split the. bone, which,
closing up again, left only slight
wound that the surgeon declared mad
been caused by bullet coming from
a side direction and clipping OH the
skin as it sped by.
belong kept his feet, suffering little,
and in a few days was again in fight
ing trim. He served to the close Of
the war. and returned to his home near
Van Vert.
AS the years passed, Delong expert
enced painful sensations in his head,
at first slight, but more and more Sc
we're at each recurrence, until his SUI
ferings finally drove him crazy. he
was taken to the insane hospital at
Dayton for treatment, where he recov-
cred his mental faculties, but received
no relief from the terrible pain and
pressure in his head that made life
almost intolerable.
Some time before his death, which
took place in 1882, belong got the idea
that the bullet that struck him at
Stone River had indeed entered his
head, and proposed to submit to a
surgical operation that would deter
mine whether he was right about It,.
This opinion was not shared by his
physicians, and, as the operation must
necessarily be a dangerous one, they
declined to search for the suspected
missile. He then requested that after
his death an examination be made, in
order that his widow and children,
should it appear that he died Of In
iuries received in the service Of his
country, might receive greatly need
ed pension, his long period OF ILL
ness and inability to work having quite
eaten up his little fortune.
Accordingly an autopsy was held.
To the surprise Of the doctors, and as
belong had predicted, they found a
bullet, or rather two jagged pieces of
lead. in his head, back of the frontal
bones. One portion had lodged just
over the brain, and, together with a
fragment of bone that had been broken
off by the bullet as it tore its way into
the Uranium, had become incrusted with
a. hard growth, which, extending year
by year, pressed harder and harder
against the brain, causing the terrible
pain of which Delong complained, and
resulting in arrangement and death.
His wife applied for and received
nenSiOn.
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A KNITTED sTRINc-eAG.
A Handy Affair to Have About and
Also Rather Effective Bit
ct Decoration.

Aaterials.-Four needles. No. II, and
two balls lustrine Zone orange, ono
black. Cast on Tin orange) ~ stitches
on each of three needles.
First round. Plain knitting. Second
round. Knit 3, make by putting thread
over needle, slip l, knit 2 together, pass
the slipped stitch over. make l, and re-
peat from all round. Third round.
Plainknitting. Fourth round. Make !, slip
l, knit 2 together, pass the slipped stitch
over, and make l, knit 8, and repeat TO
end. Fifth round. Plain knitting. Re-
peat rounds 2, 3. and S twice more.
but work the last plain round in black.
In the black work the pattern rounds
three times, but the last plain round in
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HEAVY LOSSES IN BATTLE.
What War Has Cost in Human Life
as Shown by Figures Taken from
the Pages Of History.

A perusal of the remarkable speech
made before the house two years ago,
during the debate on the army bill, by
Congressman William r. Warnock, OF
Ohio, would soon convince one that there
have been other appalling losses OF lie
in battle than those that have been re-
Gently sustained in the far east. After
recalling the fact that during the civil
war there We're 1882 general engage
ments. battles and skirmishes in which
ut least one regiment was engaged on
each side and that in more than ~
regiments in each army the loss IN Killed
and wounded was from so to IS per cent.
of tie members engaged, the orator
said:
Let us made little further COMPARE
SON Take the great battle of Waterloo,
one OF the Is decisive battles OF the
world. battle which decided the tate
and changed the geography of all Eu-
rope. In that battle Napoleon had $4,000
men and 256 guns. Wellington, with the
allies. had y. 900 men and over 200 guns.
They lost on each side in killed and
wounded about $4,000 men, being per-
centage of loss from Is to 90 per cent
Turn to the great battle of Gettysburg
and compare it with the battle OF Water
loo, and there is wonderful similarity
between the two in some respects. Gen.
Meade had in his army almost pre-
cisely the same number of men Napoleon
had at Waterloo Gen. Meade had
81, 900 men. with the Sixth corps in re-
serve, with $50 guns. Gen. Lee had
an army of 10000 men, with 200 guns.
TIE losses were $4,000 on each side in
that engagement, almost identical with
the losses at Waterloo.
"The battle between the French and
Russians at Borodino was perhaps the
bloodiest battle since the invention OF
gunpowder; there were 80, 900 men killed
ON each side. But as each army num-
bered over $780, 900, the per cent. of loss
was less than at Gettysburg and less
than at Waterloo. Take the great battle
ut Leipzig. where Napoleon had ITS, 900
men. and where the allies had on the first
day 275, 600, increased on the next day by
reenforcements % 100000. There were
about 40, 900 killed on each side. Yet the
very largest number engaged in that
battle made the per cent. Of loss very
much less than at Gettysburg or Water
! loo"
What Mr.. Warnock described as 1.-The
most remarkable loss in all history, fell
to the lot of the Twenty sixth North
Carolina. A.-,s..
"That regiment he said, was $50
strong. 1t had Sc killed and 5O2
wounded, making total of 5SS, or I'll
per cent. That was on the first day
battle; but the most remarkable part oil
it is that the regiment on the third day
fight turned up with little remnant OF
ZIG men out of their 500, participated III
that gallant charge and came out with
only 80 men left. That l regard as
the most remarkable loss in all history
There wasa company in that regiment
Capt. Tuttle's company-that went in
with three officers and "a men. They
came out of that with only one officer
and one man."
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New Names for Old Ships.

New names have been selected for
four old warships which have outlived
their usefulness as fighting machines.
The New Hampshire, built in 1918 and
now used by the naval militia of the
state of New York, will be named the
Granite State, in order that New Hamp-
shire may be used as the name of one Of
the new warships. The Dale, now used
by the naval militia of Maryland at Bal
timore, will be renamed the Oriole. The
old sloop-of-war St. Louis, built in
Washington in 1928 and now used by the
naval militia of Pennsylvania at Phila-
delphia, will be named the Keystone
State. The cruiser Iroquois, which is to
be transferred to the marine hospital
service, will be rechristened the Ionic.
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four-threaded cotton, great care must
be taken in fastening ends. At the
beginning of each needleful run the
threads through several of the squares
to be filled and work over them. At
the end run the threads back through
seven squares. Sometimes a heavy
two-corded mercerized cotton is used,
and in the same way. Begin to work
eight squares from the side and %
squares from the bottom. The pattern
speaks for itself. Repeat the scallops
until there are IL across, counting those
in the corner. Turn the hem so there
will be four squares below the pattern
and work over the second ones from
the edge, as shown in the cut. Sew on
a band, and it is ready to wear. Over
a ribbon stock, with bow in front, it
is very effective, or worn with large
brooch.
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orange. Work the pattern rounds in
orange four times, the last plain round
in black.
In black the pattern rounds twice.
once in orange, twice in black, 4 times
in orange. then 4 plain rounds of
knitting in black. Make 4 round
of holes thus: Make l (by putting
thread over), knit together, and repeat
all round. Knit 4 plain rounds. Cast
off. Work with orange one round Of
crochet edging thus :4,'treble miss ?, l
double crochet. miss 2, and repeat from
= all round. Place piece of thick cop
per wire in the holes and fasten the ends
into a circle, then tie ribbon on
either side, and hang the string-bag in
a useful corner or on the handle Of an
office table.
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NEAT HAND MADE COLLAR.
Filet Net Used for This Dainty Piece
Of Lingerie and the Stitches
Are Very Simple.

OF the many new things in collars.
none is prettier than those made of filet
net, one Of which is here illustrated.
says woman writer in the Orange Judd
Farmer. A strip three inches wide will
make five collars for a IL or 13-inch
neck, and the cotton to work 1t with
is four-threaded, like darning cotton.
but is mercerized. Use the four threads
at once and fill the squares by working
around each one twice. When using .
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Lese-Maiesty.

On charge of insulting the memory
of tho late King George of Saxony SOL
dirr has been sentenced in Dresden to
q months imprisonment.
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Needed Faith,

Madge-Does she believe in the faith
cure?
Mariorie-Well, she is using lot OF
preparations to make her face eeauti-
ful.-Judge.
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No Borrower.

"You must never borrow trouble, said
the ready-made philosopher
81 didn't" answered the proprietor OF
a new automobile. 81 bought mine out
right" -Washington Star
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BROKEN ENGAGEMENT
WHAT CAUSES GIRLS AND MEN
TO BREAK TR0TH.

The Long Engagement: Some Girls
Tire Of Lovers Delay-A Visit at
tho Home Of the "1ntended" Often
Brings Troublesome Girls Short
SIGHTED and Selfsh-The Ocean
Steamer" Engagement.
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Costly War News.

Since the outbreak of the war cable
messages to the amount of about $780,
900 have been sent from Japan every
month.
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In nearly every street OF the cities OF
Japan there is public oven, where for
a small fee people may have their din"
ners cooked.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-12-21

Colon, Nov. 49, Ar, sch. Mark Pendleton,
Darien Dec. 6, in port schs, c. P. Dixon,
from Philadelphia; Augustus II. BabcOck,
Hutchinson, for New Orleans.
Turks Island, Nov. 81. Ar, bark Rebecca
Crowell, Porto Rico, and sailed Dec. for
Providence.
Bermuda, Dec. 16 Ar, at St. Georges,
sch. VIM. E. DOwnes, Newport News.
MARINE MISCELLANY.
Delaware Break water, Dec. 16 Schr.
Star of the Sea, Savanna la Mar for Boston,
reports losing a launch at sea Dec. 9.
Montevideo, Nov. IL. Ship Dirigo, Good
win, from Philadelphia for Honolulu (be-
fore reported), is discharging part of cargo
in order to turn same over and cool.
Nassau, Mp, Dec. ID Schr Edward H.
Cole. Rodgers, from Philadelphia Nov. %
for Santiago, Cuba, with coal, arrived here
today with her rudder head carried away.
SCH. PENDLEToN SISTERS ASHORE.
The wrecking tug North America, which
arrived at Lewes, Del, Monday, reported
that the sea was breaking over the Pendle-
ton Sisters, stranded six miles north of
Methomkin, Va, and that the prospects of
saving her were slight. The Pendleton
Sisters is a four-masted of 7O4 tons net and
was built at Belfast in 1900, hailed from
New York, and was owned by the Pendle-
tons of New York and IslesborO.
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SHIP NEWS.
AMERICAN PORTS.

AMEh1CAN foh1S.
New York, Dec. 49, Arrived, sch. Young
Brothers, Philadelphia for Salem sid, schs.
Clifford n. Carver, Charleston; Annie Lord,
Norfolk Carrie A. Bucknam, Wilmington,
n. C.; IA, ar, schs Charles II. Trickey, StOn-
ington, David Faust, Bangor; Is, ar, schs.
Marcus Edwards, Bangor Rebecca j. Moul-
ton, do; }. Nj. Harlow, do; Grace Davis, do !;
II, ar, schs. George Nebinger, Bangor Nat
Aver, do via New Haven American Team,
Bangor; L. s. Levering, Vinalhaven oliver
Ames, Long Cove; Willie j. Maxwell, Ston-
ington, Me. Metinc, Rockland, Maine, for
sb f. oI ar Ro sehS Fed F. Ba
Tottenville for Boston, steamer David,
Stockton, Maine; sid, sch. W. S. & W. L.
Tuck, StOningtOn.
Boston, Dec. 10. Sid, schs. Brina P. Pen
dleton, Georgetown, s. c.; Daylight, Phila-
delphia Is, ar, schs Otronto, Bangor Stony
Wood, Bangor; stmr. Foxhall, Stockton for
New York.
Philadelphia, Dec. 16 Ar, SCH James W.
Paul, Jr., Portland; Is, cid, sch. Nimbus,
Colon.
Baltimore, Dec. 49, Cleared, sch Herald,
Port au Prince; II, sailed, sch. Sallie I'On,
Jacksonville.
Portland, Dec. IA. Ar, sch. Mary A. Hall.
Jacksonville sid, sch. Gen. Adebert Ames,
Wilmington, N. e.. ;16, arrived, bark Globus,
BAL DauoS (tO lOdu IOr Banla blanca).
Camden, Dec. IA. Sailed, SCH TheoliEe,
Brunswick, Ga.
Stockton, Me-, Dec. IA. Ar, stmr. West
over, New York.
Stonington, Me-. Dec. A. Ar, sch. Frances
Hyde, Connecticut river; Henry Weller,
Clark's Island, to finish loading for Nor
folk; Harriet &. Whitehead, Boston; Annie
& Reuben, do
Port Tampa, Dec. TO- Sid, sch: John E.
Devein, Baltimore; IS, sid, bark Frances,
Gulfport; sch. Harold c. Beecher, Mobile
Brunswick, Ga, Dec. 10. Cid, sch. Win
field 5. Schuster, Colon.
Port Reading, n j., Dec. 49, Al, schs.
do; Seguin, Cole, do; Alice Holbrook,
Ellis, do. IA, cid, SCH Humarock, Charles
ton.
Fernandina, Fla, Dec. 10. Ar, sch. A. B.
Sherman, johnson, Savannah.
Gulfport, Dec. Is. Sid, sch. Fred M.
Norfolk, Dec. IA. Sid, sch. Gov. Powers,
Guantanamo; Is, ar, schs. Annie Lord, New
York Celia f., New York for Georgetown
Charleston, S. c., Dec II. Ar, sch. s. G.
Haskell, New York Is, ar, sch. Clifford N.
Carver, New York.
Darien, Ca, Dec. IS. Ar, sch. George v.
Jordan, Dodge, New York.
Mark L. Gushing, Balch, San Francisco
(for Sydney, N. S. W.
Carteret, N. j.. Dec. IS. Sid, sch. Laura
NJ; Lunt, Hunter, Wilmington, N. c.,
Haskell, Newport News and Galveston.
FOREIGN PORTS.
Victoria, B. G., Dec. H. Ar, ship Abner
Newcastle, N. S. W., Nov 10. In port,
ship Great Admiral, for -
Buenos Ayres, Dec. IA. Ar, bark Penob-
scot. New York.
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MARRIED..

AMEs- LITTLEFIEID. In Belfast, December
and Carrie E. Littlefeld. both of Searsport.
BARTON CLARK. In Vinalhaven, November
%, James E. Barton of Vinalhaven and Freda A.
Clark of st George.
NICHOLS CUNNINGHAM. In Belfast, Deem.
ber 49, by Rev. E. 5. Philbrook, Lauriston A.
Nichols of Belfast, and ida l.. Cunningham of
Swanville.
PENDLEToN-DoDGE. In 1slesboro, December
10, by Joseph A. Sprague, Esq, Freeman X. Pen
dleton and Miss Hattie E. Dodge, both of Isles
borO.
RICHARDsON-CAIN. In Clinton. December 1e,
Frank Richardson and Gertrude NJ. Cain,
SMITH KITTREDGE. In Finalhaven, Deem
Der Il Benjamin Kimball Smith and Miss Flor
ence Van Ness Klttredge, both of Vinalhaven.
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DIED.

CLoUGH. In Rockland, December 9, Frances
Caroline, daughter of Arthur b. and Nellie ".
Carter Clough, aged 4months days.
CLEMENT: In Daytona. Fla December 10.
Sarah r., wife of Joseph A. Clement of Sears
port, aged SO years.
ELwELL. In Waldo, December 10, George l..
E!Well. aged IS years. months and days.
widow of the late Daniel Hunt of Thorndike.
MUDGETT. In Albion, December 49, Mrs.
Lydia c. Mudgett, aged SO years.
NEWCoMB. In Winterport December a.
William Newcomb. aged IS years, 10 months, ii
days.
RIDLEY. In Belfast, December 10, Florence
Mae (Keley) Ridley. aged Is years.
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Bridgeport, Conn; D. A. Jones, Boston
john Flannery, Portland; Joseph Brad
ford, Boston; Ralph Philbrook, Bar Har
Dor.
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BELFAST PRICE CIRREN1.

Corrected Weekly for The Journal
Produce market. Prices Paid Producer
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HALLDALE.

There is to be Christmas tree and con-
cert at the church Monday evening, Dec.
25th: =. Rev. Mr.. Brown preached here last
Sunday, and expects to remain until after
Frank E. Toby of South Dakota is visiting
his mother, Mrs. Addie Plummer. :. Mr..
and Mrs. B. F. Foster are in Bangor this
week attending the State Grange meeting.
, 49, Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Small of Thorndike
took dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Hall
last Sunday.
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MONROE.
The w. c. T. y. met with Mrs. Lizzie
Haskell last Friday to observe peace day.
The program included talk on peace ami
arbitration, select reading, etc.. The L..
/. L.. met Dec. 10th at the home of the
Supt., Mrs. Evie Twombly, and the parents
We're present by invitation, making over 60
IN all. The meeting was opened in due
form and peace day was observed in a very
able manner The meeting was conducted
by the president, Miss Gertrude Conant.
who, with the aid of the efficient officers.
managed everything finely. After the pro-
gram, which consisted of music, recitations.
speeches, etc, cake and coffee were served
and all went home feeling the day had been
well observed. Friday evening, December
10th, Tree dance was given at the town
Hall by Mr.. Lewis Richie in honor of his
recent marriage. Many fine presents were
received. Misses Linda and Ethel Chase
have gone to Pennington to resume their
studies at the Normal school for the win
Ter months, after vacation at home of two
weeks. Mr.. Edwin jenkins, the master of
Morning Light grange, his wife, and some
others, are attending the State Grange in
Bangor this week.. Mr.. Chas Kenney of
Foxcroft, student from Bates College, is
teaching the winter term of High school in
this village. Mir George Palmer, our post
master, had quite an i'll turn last week. 80.
The trustees of the Waldo and Penobscot
Agriculture Society met in the Town Hall
Dec 10th: 1t was voted to have four stake
races at the coming fair, which will he held
the week following the Waterville fair-2-14,
20, 2-26 and minutes, with purses of
5000 each. The society will offer
$4,000 in trotting purses the coming year.
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PROSPECT FERRY.

PKt1SFECT FERRY.
Miss Lulu Avery is at home from VIM
throp to spend three weeks vacation. .
Miss Hannah Reagan, who has heen visit
ing relatives in Bangor and Brewer the
past two months, arrived home last Satur-
day.. Mrs. Everett Pierce entertained the
I'll. H. club Dec. Goth. -. Mrs Emma Luke
went to Massachusetts last week to spend
the winter. win Harding is at home
from Mortified, VT, visiting his mother,
Mrs. Jessie Harding. -. Frank +. Harding
is at home for vacation of several weeks.
=: The many friends here of Mrs. George
Gruby, who has been very sick at her
home in Boston, are glad to hear that she is
improving and all hope for her speedy re-
covery... L. d. Berry and Mrs. Vira Har-
riman, who are on the sick list, are some
what improved.