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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-16

London sold about 10000 shares 4n this market, notably the Pacific issues, and United tStaes Steel. Sales of the later were due to the reported large retrenchments by the company, All se- curities were weak in London before the local opening
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-16

The sharp break in New York Cen
 tral, to a new low record for recent years, was one of the days features in stocks It was accompanied by rumors that steps are pending for the raising of large amount of fresh capital, and that a committee is considering the matter. There was nothing new about this. The same question came up last spring. The selling of New York Gen. tral was heavy for that issue, and in dicated that one or more large holders were probably getting out of the stock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-16

Such opportunities as the present market affords for in- vestments in Bonds and Stocks should not be overlooked. High grade securities have not been so low in a great many years. Connecticut Railway & Lighting 41S's
 of 1851, to yield 4.9O@o. New Haven Street Railway 5's, to
 yield 5@o, Housatonic- Railroad 5's of 1887, to
 yield 4.309o.
 New Haven Park S1z% bonds of 1889,
 to yield over 4eo. Providence Securities Go. Guaranteed
 As of 1857, to yield over 596. Consolidated Railway Co. Guaranteed
 As of 1856, to yield 4,70eo. Consolidated Railway Co. As of 1854,
 to yield 4T51s
 Swift 6 Co. first mortgage 5's of 1914,
 to yield 6.2596.
 International Silver Go, first mortgage
 6's of t94a, to yield nearly 6@o. International Silver Co. 6qo debentures of 1888, to yield over S9o. Danbury and Bethel Street Railway
 first mortgage 5's, to yield over 5Go. New Haven Chs Light Co. S9o stock,
 price to yield over 59o. Southern New England Telephone 69o
 stock, price to yield over 6@o. Security Insurance Go. 12%o stock,
 price to yield over 6g6.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-16
Lazard Freres Engage Three and a Half Millions and
 Kuhn-Loeb Over Two.

It was rumored that some of the heaviest sellings yesterday in Union Pacific, New York Central and St. Paul was coming from sources which might be ciassed as Standard oil. The traders thought This selling so good that they were supposed to follow it vigorously.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-16
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires Of Prince s. Whitely, members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges New York office. 52 Broadway and IS Center street. New Haven.
 New York, Nov. 16.
 Open, High, Low, Last.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-16

In the first few minutes St. Paul, U. s. Steel preferred and Atchison com mon all reached new low prices for the year. Later on American Smelling al- so made new low far under it's pre- vious record. Another stock that ear- ly went to a new low figure was Erie.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-16

The stock market declined all the
 morning, and by early in the afternoon losses of 2 to points had been scored.
 Bankers exhibited no desire, apparent ly, to check liquidation, but were in clined to see speculative accounts go by the boar There was calling of loans all around the floor of the Ex- |change, and many margined accounts were sacrificed. American Smelling, Copper, Union Pacific, Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, and other active Headers" declined steadily under large offerings.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-16

Fresh engagements of gold for i'm bort in large amount, and predictions that the Saturday bank statement would make up part of last weeks enormous deficit, had no effect in checking the decline, Wholesale re-
 1trenchment in expenses by corpora ltions and forced liquidation of stocks were the ruling factors.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-16

Independent steel manufacturers are laid to be worrying over heavy can Eellations of orders. What makes them
 Particularly blue is that this leaves hem with enormous stores of iron on land bought in anticipation of large
 banufacturing demands.
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Ccontinued on Sixteenth Page.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-16

A rumor was persistently circulat- \ in the last fifteen minutes of trad pg that Secretary Cortelyou had de- |ded to authorize the issue of $50 O0O,- 70 new Panama canal bonds, which buld be used by the banks as a basis Pr circulation. Although there was p confirmation of this report, some ery prominent bankers admitted that might be decided upon as the best leans for increasing the volume of
 hnd-to-hand money which is so ur- Rntly needed at the west.
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LEGAL.

street, thence east on lin street to thu
Snunganunga creek, thense south on linz
thence south on Hancock two blocks
thence west to creek. then follow creek
south Of creek. thence south on Monroe
street to 21st street, thence west on 21st
thence south on said line to lot No. IS OF
Sala addition, thence west on said line TO
Kansas avenue, thence north on Kansas
avenue to list street, thence west TO To-
peka avenue, thence southwesterly on To-
on Path street to Union avenue. themes
north on Union avenue to Douthitt street.
tracts and 18th street to Kansas avenue.
tnehce north on Kansas avenue TO 18th
Third PrecinctSAH that part of the city
lying south OF Sth avenue east to west
1ln ast OF ,i Topeka cemetery, thence south on
thence west on 18th street to Lake street.
lnenee south on Lake street to a line
ward TO alley west of Reed street, thence
one block north; thence east to Wash
Washington street to south line OF
Brady's subdivision. thence west on said
of way of the Topeka and Vinswood R.
r; thence north on said R. r. line to
1lIh street. thence east to line west OF
school house, thence north on said line OF
school house grounds to north line OF
same, thence east to Washington street,
souSn line of lot No. 10 OF Anderson sub
division on Washington street extended
ganunga creek, then meaudering along
SAID creek to its intersection with 18th
street extended eastward, thence west on
nth street extended to Jefferson street.
thence north on Jefferson street to Sth
avenue, the place of beginning.
SIXTH WARD.
First Precinct-All that part of the city
lying west of Lane street and north OF
StA avenue, including that portion of Mel
rose subdivision recently annexed to the
city lying north of Sth avenue extended
westward from Spruce street.
Second Prectnct-Au that part OF the
city lying south of Sth avenue extended
westward from Buchanan street to the
west line of Melrose Subdivision recently
annexed to the city of Topeka, then in q
southwesterly direction TO 10th avenue,
thence west on 10th avenue to Washburn
nue. to Munson avenue, thence west on q
line with Munson avenue extended 70
High avenue extended. thence south on
High avenue to Huntoon street. thence
east on Huntoon street to Washburn ave-
nue., thence north on Washburn avenue
to 18th street extended. east on 18th to
Pine street. north on Pine street to Mum
son avenue, east on Munson avenue and
King street to Buchanan street, thence
north on Buchanan street to Sth avenue,
the place OF beginning.
The registration books are now open at
the office of commissioner OF elections at
the Auditorium.
(Seal) c. H TITUS.
Commissioner of Elections
s. A. SWENDSON.
Chairman Board Of Supervisors OF Elec-'
tons.
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that he is harmless, the members. and
even the lobby, hold their positions
Beside being the owner of a string
of banks, Mr.. Bergman is the possessor
of long string of ideas. These ideas
head. square DEAL and include mini
mum freight rates, 2-cent fare.-fn fact
most anything against the railroads.
but nothing against banks and bank
ers- (Mr. Bergman has no railroads
in his eollection). 1t is said that money
talks, but Mr. Bergman Is talking for
his money. instead of letting his money
talk forz HIM. AS a rfegisIator he allows
his money to occupy a rear seat.
Every one knew that Senator Getty
would lead the fight on the Creech idea
of letting grain shippers decide. The
question is whether shippers shall be
taxed by the state for Weighing their
Weighing fee at the market, or risk
their shipment to the tender mercfes of
the buyer and dispense with the ex-
pensive luxuries of the state grain in
grain inspectors live in Kansas City,
Kan, and just about own the town. II
1t were not for the privilege they have
of soaking every shipper half a dollar
per car for weighing his grain. they
would be out of a job, and Getty would
be out Of some of his heaviest constit-
uents. These inspectors do not want
their stars dimmed by any legislation
which will permit the shipper to say
what shall be done with his grain. They
want strfcter inspection law. which
will make every shipper Jar lose" at
the state line. They would also like to
stick in a little clause raising the
wages of the inspecting gang, ION ac-
count of the increase of business in
their department"
Raus NIT the plain shipper What
right has he got TO kick on paying for
an unnecessary inspection. Fie upon
him. Does he not realize that these
noble state servants are placed on the
state line to prevent him from cheating
some poor Missouri flour manufactures?
Not long ago a local photographer
followed his uusual biennial custom of
perpetuating the session of legislature
His scheme was to take the pictures
of all the members and paste them on
q large card so that the world al large
could see what Kansas can produce on
the way of a legislature. With this
laudable intention in view, the maker
of pictures sought out each member
and requested him to sit for a picture
They all did as asked,-with one ex-
ception.- This member had some re-
gard for the property rights of the
photographer, and did not want to
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THE GASHED KNEE;

Or,
A TRAGEDY OF THE CORN FIELD.
Of sung at all to be sung in a melan-
choly voice.)
Tom Skinner was the young mans
name,
His age was nigh to twenty;
He was so honest. good and true
That he had friends a-pIenty.
The tan was on his manly face
His hair was on the sandy;
His voice was of the tenor sort,
And singing came quite handy.
Engaged was Tom to Liza Jones'
Their love it was not fieeting;
1t was as firm and lasting as
Six yards of shilling sheeting.
No cloud obscured their horizon.
They spent an hour repining;
From morn. till night and every day
Their sun of love was shining.
Then came an autumn morning whe4.
Tom went the corn a-cutting;
Sometimes he oped his mouth to sing
Sometimes his mouth was shutting
He cut to right. he cut to left
The stalks they fell before him;
Not cen the pumpkins tween the rows
Attempted to ignore him.
At length he slashed an awful slash
To cut away a thistle.
The cutter missed its priclkly aim
And sorter gave a whistle.
Tom gashed his knee an awful cash;
The muscles they were severed,
And all around the stalks of corn
With human gore were covered
He gave one yell, but only one
Twas all he ever uttered
The hired man he ran to him.
"G-great S-scotts"' the fellow slut
tered.
No more will Thomas climb a tree,
No more he'll go a-roaming;
No more he'll canter DER the grass
When evening comes a-gloaming.
He'll walk stiff-Iegged all his life;
He'll have to give up dancing;
And he will limp his way along
While others do the prancing-
But Liza Jones will marry him,
And love hold them together;
Like turtle doves they'll drift along
Till death the bond doth sever.
The young man had tears in his eyes
as finished reading the poem to him,
and the mother was arranging to take
ten pounds of butter to the village next
day and trade it for a gold frame u
hang in the parlor--(Copyrighte b
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)
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THE HAGUE MINISTRY QUITS
Controversy Over Reorganization of
Military Precipitates Crisis.

The Hague. Feb. 1.-THE opening of
the sitting Of the second chamber of
the Netherlands parliament today, DR..
De Meester, the acting premier and
minister of finance. announced that the
ministers had rendered their resigna-
tfons to the queen in consequence of the
rejection of the army estimates. The
chamber then adjourned.
The rejection February Q by the first
chamber Of the states general Of the
war budget. because OF the abolition by
the minister of war. General StaaI, of
the long service term for the militia,
led to a cabinet crisis. The conflict Is
an outcome of the desire Of Gen. Staal
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GEO N. NOBLE & CO..
REAL ESTATE. LOANS. INSURANCE.
Some Special FarmE and City Bargains.
SIS KAN. AVE. OPP. Pos-oFF1cE.

| Real Estate. loan and Insurance.
40 acres ~ miles out. dandy 6 room cot
tage. afalfa,-fruIt. stan barn, So 900; cost
owner $3.50. Come. before rental and
while weather IS nice. Other tracts.
room new scotage,z:2 lots, west side,
new modern house, As tt front, west side
close in, this week. $500 buy it; 5 room
new cottage, near Potwin. win pay to in
yestigate; 4 room cottage Monroe south of
It'll St. 81, 500; room house Polk. near 10th
would take east side property as part,
balance terms; room house, lots. Lin
coin St, 81 500; room cottage Madison
St. south of Sth ST. 81. 500 I have a num-
Der OF small tracts cheap. some easy
payments, also some tracts to rent,
room cottage Van Buren, St. 500: room
house. cellar, well. cisteFn, hall, Outbuild-
ings, Il lots set to fruit, for quick sale
S1.Sp1i room house IA lots, Quincy St,
ave. Ind tel 1882 Bell phone 400.
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upon the eartoonist to preserve his
likeness for future generations. The
same rules which applied to the photo
graphic machine have nothing to do
with this case The manufacturer OF
this portrait had several pencils and
it did not break him to
break some of them The
pencils cost about ten confines each
but a good camera costs large, red
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HONEST ABE, U. S. NJ.
He Dishes Up. Some Tragedies In
49, Poetry.

AS had no mail for farmer Joe Davis
1 was passing his home without halt
Ing the other day when Mrs. Davis sig
nailed me from the front door and 1 had
to get down and go in. She was in
tears. and 1T was ten minutes before
she could tell me what had occurred
four days before She asked me to put
the event into poetry, and when she
had furnished pen, ink and paper 1
spent another ten minutes doing it. II
the reader will read on he will discover
what had happened:
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spoil his machine. But he masked his
iaudable thought under a sour exterior.
and charged the astonished photograph
ef with engineering some sort of a
graft" He also threatened to 'inves-
tixate." Therefore HIS picture is not
on the list Strange to say, however.
the group looks fairly well without
aim. Some persons have even taken
the liberty to assert that the group
ooks much better without him
As the member would not let a pho
hawrapher take his picture, it devolved
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Buffalo. n. Y, Feb. 12.@The ma
tfonaI convention of fruit and vege-
table packers and allied associations
with 1000 delegates present convened
here today. r
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

T. A. Blank and wife to E. J. Saxon,
lots 3 to IS, inclusive, Washburn
ave, Euclid Park add. SZ,VVv
]. E. Collins and wife TO c. A Lyen, 80
lot 232 Madison St, Holidays add. 2VOO
w T. Davis to w Poud. lots 30. 80,
81. IS. IS. 20. AZ and 46 Doane St, ,-o
Newman Park sub-div- 1SO
J. G Adams and wife to G. w.
Green Tp: St. . J. w motifs IS add iii-.. 1000
A B. Bates and husband to A Brus-
man, lot 156 and south II lot ia Lin -,
coin ST., Hornes' add. .---..-.-.-.-.. 90
A. E Brusman to s. Z. Fish, lots
1854 and l56 Lane St, Hornes add 900
'" w q st awe = =. u r. E. 4 Hills. 5000
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to relieve the country of some of its
public financial burden by a reorganiza-
ton of the military forces. His policy
has been strongly opposed by the Cath
olics and the conservatives, who con-
tend that it would leave the country
insufhciently protected both on the
eastern frontier and western coast
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FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.

THE famous Atascandor lands In Old Mex-
leo are richest in the world Price IS. 90
per acre. White r. d. Blaine, 525 Kansas
ave, Topeka. Kan.
FOR SALE:
room house. basement, kitchen. well
cistern,- barn, ~ lots, fenced 81, 500 cash ii
taken at once. John Hunt. 122 Quincy St,
north of 1st ST.
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LEGAL.

(E'irst Published in Topeka State Journa
January y. 1907)
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ABSTRACTS.


WILLIAM HALL JENKINS,
Expert examiner of abstracts. Legal pa
pers executed. Money loan. Special loan
of $500. Must be city property 423 Kan.
ave. Phone 1911.
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The fierce expression worn by Repre-
sentative Bergman is a phony one
Likewise the fierce voice. He is not
savage a little bit, but a gentleman
saturated with friendliness. He would
have made an excellent pirate in We
days of old. Prisoners would have
walked the plank twice or three times
rather than face him, but ne would
have undoubtedly spoiled the job by
inviting them to dinner and talking
primary election. Were he so savage
as his expression indicates, the entire
house would adjourn via the windows
when he began to speak The rabble
would not wait for him to draw three
or four horse-pistoIs and a sword. His
voice would be a plenty But knowing
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SANTTARIrMs.

CHRESTS HOSPITAL COTTAGES for
the care and treatment Of nervous In
valids. alcohol and drug hab.tues and
Lindsay. NJ D.. 800 Kan. Topeka. Kan.
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CLAu-OYANr.

ZELMA, clairvoyant, reads your life. past
present and future. Tells names, dates
facts and figures. She actually does ali
that others claim to do. Special hand
reading 10c- 800 Kansas ave.
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THE FALLING LIMB.


[ MIRANDY'S BROKEN NECK
/ being an authentic account of the
tragedy of the autumn leaf)
Mirandy Davis, she went forth.
The autumn leaf to gather,
And cared she not for gale of wind
Or other kind OF weather.
She sought the woods, not far away.
For oak and beech and maple,
For leaf that had it's crimson side,
For leaf in color dapple.
Returning not when monday came,
A-searching went her father,
While tears rolled down the aged
cheeks
OF lost --irandy's mother.
They found her meath a wild beech
tree,
With leaves both red and yellow:
A limb had fallen on her head,
And down the girl had fel1-oh.
They found her with broken neck,
Her spirit long departed.
And with the body in his arms
For home the father started.
''Oh, what is this?" the mother cried,
AS she her hands kept wringing;
is this my child who went away
This morn so gaily singing?"
This is our darling daughter, ma"
Replied the fearful father;
Her neck is broke; she'll never more
Go out the leaves to gather"
Beneath the willer tree she'll lie,
And sound will be her slumber.
Cut of she was, and dead she is
AS last years cucumber.
Before I left the house Mrs. Davis
prepared me for what was likely to
happen when I reached farmer Skin
ner's. He was at the gate as drove
up. and when We had saluted he said:
ABE, you'll have to come in and write
some poetry on our boy Tom. He was
cutting corn last week and he cut his
knee so badly that the doctor says it
will always be stiff. He's feeIin' pow
erful bad about 1t, and a few verses OF
your poetry would encourage him. You
know it was our Tom who licked the
schoolmaster last winter because he
said that Shakespeare was a bigger
man than you are"
Under the circumstances I could do
no, less than go-in and have chat with
Tom and write the following, which I
have called; -=
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JEWELLERS

>->------------~-~----~
JAMES B. HAYDEN Jeweler and Optf-
clan. Complete stock OF Watches dia.
omnds. sflverware. etc Eyes examined
and spectacles properly. fitted.
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HACK BARN.

BEST AND MOST UP-TO-DATE HACKS
in town for funeral work. One hack, 81;
two, $3.50: three, SO, to Topeka cemetery:
other cemeteries extra Party and recep-
ton work at reasonable rates. Phone &c.
SIT W 10th. Stamey's Barn.
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Fprr prsPE<sARY


MONROE ST. FREE DISPENSARY.
2oz Monroe st. Conducted by regular
practicing physicians and surgeons. Med
Ical service free Medicine free in some
cases Office hours to D. m. Calls
answered night or day. Ind. tel. 3s1s
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PLU9IBING AND HEATING.

PLUMBING AND HEATING.
DAN LEAHY, Plumbing. Heating and
Gas Fitting 212 East Fifth st.
LOUIS LOCKOwITZ-Plum Heating
and Gas Fitting 213 w. 9Th. Ind 1913.
JAMES BRUdMITT-Gas Fitting. Steam
and Hot Water Heating, SIS Polk street.
Topeka. Kan Ind phone 9S5-L
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ETSTERN Kansas land so per acre up.
THE SHELDON Real Estate Co., 500
Kansas ave. -
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TRANSFER AND STORAGE.

MERCHANTS TRANSFER 4 STORAGE
Co. packs. ships and stores household
goods. Tel 1S6 Clarence Skinner, gu
Quincy st
ATHERTON BROS.-Onfce 216 East eth.
Both phones 99S. Moving and storage.
All kinds goods packed. stored and for
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VALENTINES seIf-calculating system
taught. Miss Marston. 500 Kansas ave
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WANTED-FENAL HELP.
N--~---~------------------
wANTED-Competent white girl. none
other need apply; small family, good
wages. 1921 Western ave.
WANTED-Dfshwashe at Holiday hotel
corner 4th and Holiday SITS.
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-~-~~------------->~~-~~~
DIR. j.. o. YOUNG, Veterinary SurKeo
426 Quincy street Both phones.
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FLORISTS

~~~-~-~~-~O~-~~~~~-~~~>~~~
J. C. RODMAN, blooming plants, cut flow
ers, plants, designs. decorations los w
Eighth Tel 81. Greenhouse 18th and Mon
HUBBARD'S flowers; blooming
plants Ind A. SO Kansas ave.
HOME GROWN CUT FLOWERS, floral
designs. Special attention given out-ofs
town orders. Store 107 w Sth. Phoner S77
James HAYES. Florist. Topeka Kan
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FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.
FARM WANTED.
8 SALES YESTERDAY

3 SALES YESTERDAY
We sold houses and one building site
yesterday. Why? because we had the
right kind of goods at the right prices.
WE CAN DO AS WELL EOR YOU.
Do you want modern cottage?
WHERE CAN YOU EQUAL THIS?
New large 5 room cottage. large vestf-
bule, large front porch, gas lights and
heat; cellar. pantry; complete piece
bath. cistern and city water. hot and cold
lots, extra fine barn; splendid neighbor-
hood southwest; close to car; for 81 100;
81 600 down; be quick.
W. NJ. FORBES.
Both Phones I0f w Seventh.
FOR SALE-10 acres close in. W. 10th,
first payment $50. cash If preferred;
this at a bargain corner lots. Washburn
line, first payment only 500. 712 Fill
more St. cistern, sewer. gas, s rooms, first
payment only 800 or more. Fine building
site. Western ave, first payment $50. Two
fine building sites, West 9Th, cash, or first
payment $500 go acres, Treso Co., near
county seat, small cash payment, annual
payments. Sc acres at Grover station.
east of Topeka well improved, first pay
ment only $780, or cash.
F. J.BROWN. II Columbian Bldg.