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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-11-26

to subscribe, they will not be continued
except upon request.
The PIONEER EXPRESS is the best adj
vestising medium III the county. having
a more general circulation than any
other raper. Card of rates sent on ap-
plication.
Entered at the postoffice at Penbina as
second class mail matter.
MARKET REPORT.
s E Il: $ SS e 4 e 3 : 2
Friday ........ 9e "a 81 IS 7e
Saturday =. IS So so "a Is
Monday zoos. 90 "a 81 IS rs
Tuesda~. sc "a 81 IS 76
Thurs thursday 49,: SCI 81 81 81 s. Is Is
Barley, 43 Oats 80, Flax 1.65
There was " a skeleton at every feast"
yesterday-after dinner.
DR.. Harris reports boy born to Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Middleton on Friday
las.
James Parker came home Wednesday
evening to eat Thanksgiving dinner with
his folks.
Mrs. G. w. Fairbairn of Winnipeg
came up to spend Thanksgiving at the
parental home.
Since the ice bridge spanned the Red
it costs ten cents less to get a glass of
beer in st. Vincent.
Dec. 14th, the same day as the tax
sale, is the day advertised foa the sale of
school lands in this county.
Wyman Shumazer who has been in
the employ of the N. P. at Drayton fol
the past year as operator, is visiting at
home.
At the regular meeting of the Masonic
lodge last Friday evening the old officers
were reelected to serve for the succeed
ing year.
There is already eight inches thick ice
on the Red river and the harvest there
of is going on. That is one crop thai
never fails in this country.
Messrs. Griffith and Newell hav,
made mutual exchange of residences
Mr.. Griffith having purchased the form
er Newell residence from Sam Fry.
Government has new lottery Law
which go into effect on JAN LIST that ba
almost every conceivable kind of gamt
ling-but the turkey raffles flourish, an
will continue just the same.
Mr.. Hauhernestle has been in the cit
this week, returning from Rocheste
MINI. where his wife underwent an OPT
ration for appendicitis. She is out {
the hospital and improving satisfactoril
The Presbyterians of Emerson cell
brate their annual st. Andrews Dime
with an entertainment, in the chu re
this evening. Mrs. Nellie L. McClun
a popular elocutionist, will assist in tt
program.
Mrs. Reynolds, of Benton, Montan
who has been here visiting her sister
Mesdames Aylen and Harris the la
two weeks, left on Wednesday for c.
bertson, Mont, where she will visit for
short time before returning to her hon
Pretty cold the first of the week, tt
thermometer getting down to zero o
morning. The latter part of the we
has been warmer, with almost daily fiji
ries of snow until we now have sleighi
though the wagons are running to sol
extent.
Clerk of Court Peterson was passi
up the cigars Tuesday on the advent
a new boy at his house the previous d,
As the youngsters number is IA, MI.
was inquiring for Col. Roosevelt's {
dress in Africa with view of sendi
him cablegram.
Chas. and Harry King arrived ho
on the flyer last evening from the U
eat their seventeenth Thanksgiving d
ner with the Ashley family. For tn
many yearsit has been the custom
the Ashley King families to celebr,
the thanksgiving dinners alternately,
each others home, and this year Il
served ~ the Ashleys'.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-11-26

Pretty cold the first of the week, the
thermometer getting down to zero one
morning. The latter part of the week
has been warmer, with almost daily fur
ries of snow until we now have sleighing
though the wagons are running to some
extent.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-11-26

Chas. and Harry King arrived home
on the flyer last evening from the U to
eat their seventeenth thanksgiving dim
ner with the Ashley family. For these
many years it has been the custom Of
the Ashley King families to celebrate
the thanksgiving dinners alternately, at
each others home, and this year it il
served at the Ashleys'. ~
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-11-26

Mr.. and Mrs. George Christie an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Mary (Mamie) to Mr.. Chas. A,
B. Whiting, Of Winnipeg the marriage
to take place the latter part of Decem
ber.-Emerson journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-11-26
Merchants Bank Report.

Report of the condition of the Merchants
Bank of Pembina at Pe1nbina In the State
of North Dakota at the close of business
, V. 10th, 1903.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-11-26

Isaiah johnson, for mrny years the
popular station agent of the Canadian
Northern at West Lynne, is retiring
from that companys service and has
bought the Star Cafe at Emerson, and
will take possession on the first of next
month. Mr.. johnson is popular with
the general public, and no doubt will
make a success of his business venture.
Good Bros, the retiring firm will en-.
gage in the same business at Pr nee AL
bert.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-11-26

There was a skeleton at every feast''
yesterday-after dinner.
DIR. Harris reports boy born to Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Middleton on Friday
las.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-11-26

Clerk of Court Peterson was passing
up the cigars Tuesday on the advent OF
a new boy at his house the previous day.
AS the youngsters number is IA, Mr.. P,
was inquiring for Col. Roosevelt's ad.
dress in Africa with a view of sending
him cablegram.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-11-26
MARKET REPORT.

Barley, 43 Oats 80, Flax 1.65
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-11-26

A large party of persons living near
Emerson and on both sides of the
boundary line near there left here on
Monday over the Northern Pacific for
Porterville, CAL, = Mr.. and Mrs. r. j.
Ross and child and mother and VIM.
Marshall, who 60 to remain permanently;
Mrs. Dobkins, George, Russell and jessie
Turner. Eva Stuart and VIM. Morrison,
who go for the winter, only. There is a
large colony of people from Emerson,
Pembina and st. Vincent at Porterville
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-11-26

Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Hicks of Neche Wis
tied at Mr.. Myrick Sr. for couple of
days last week. T1ey kind of took a
week off and spent it among friends in
Emerson and here. 1t would have TAX
ell twice that long for pioneers like j. p.
and wife to get around to see all who
would like to shake hands with them.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
His Tsvorlte Game Bird.

At q dinner one day, says o
writer in the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, some men were discussing
the merits of different kinds OF
game birds. One preferred canvas,
back duck, another woodcock, and
still another thought quail the
most delicious article Of food. The
discussion and the dinner ended at
about the same time.
'Now, Frank" said one OF the
men to the waiter at his elbow,
"what kind Of game do you like
best" :,
"Well, sub, to tell the truf, al,
most any kind Of game suits me
but what like bes' is an American
eagle served on silver dollar "
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
LOST OPPORTUNITIES.
An Ancient Indian Legend That
Teaches q Good Lesson.


Teaches q Good Lesson.
How many, in all climes and in
all ages, call sadly and regretfully
to mind the thousand golden OPP
portunities forever lost? The les
son is beautifully taught in the fol-
lowing Indian legend:
There was once a beautiful dam
sci upon whom one OF the good
penii wished to bestow a blessing.
He led her to the edge of a large
field of corn, where he said to her:
Daughter, in the field before us
the ears of corn, in the hands OF
those who pluck them in faith, shall
have talismanic virtues, and the vir-
tue shall be in proportion to the
size and beauty of the ear gathered:
Thou shalt pass through the field
once and pluck one ear. 1t must be
taken as thou goest forward, and
thou shalt not stop in thy path, nor
shalt thou retrace a single step in
quest of thine object. Select an
ear full and fair, and according to
its size and beauty shall be its value
to thee as talisman."
The maiden thanked the good
genii and then set forward upon her
quest.
As she advanced she saw many
ears of corn, large, ripe and beau
tiful, such as calm judgment might
have told her would possess virtues
enough, bat in her eagerness to
grasp the very best she left these
fair ears behind, hoping that she
might find one still fairer. Al
length, as the day was closing, she
reached a part of the field where
the stalks we're shorter and thinner
and the ears were very small and
shriveled.
She now regretted the grand ear:
she had left behind and disdainet
to pick from the poor show arounc
her, for here she found not an cal
which bore perfect grain.
She went on, but, alas, only t.
find the stalks more and more fee
Bile and blighted, until in the end
as the day was closing and the nigh
coming on, she found herself at thu
end Of the field without having
plucked an ear of any kind. M
need that the genii should rebuk'
her for her folly. She saw it clear
| " when too late.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
MendeIssohn's "Greatest Pleasure"

Lecturing on Mendelssohn, Mr..
Felix Moscheles told his hearers
many interesting things concerning
the great composer, who was his
godfather, from whom he had this
account of Mendelssohn's last visit
to Queen Victoria. AS he was about
to leave the queen said to him
"Now, DR.. Mendelssohn, you have
given me so much pleasure, is there
nothing l can do to give you pleas,
ure?" And as her majesty insisted
Mendelssohn tsld her that nothing
could give him greater pleasure
than to see the nurseries and all the
domestic arrangements connected
with the royal children. The mos
consummate courtier," said the lee
turer, "could not have expressed {
wish better calculated to please the
queen. She most cordially responded
and herself conducted him through
the nurseries"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
the Parents.

"Why did you chuck that baby
under the CHM" asked the man.
at is such an ugly little sinner" -.
"That is why | chucked him."
said the woman. 81 wanted to make
his parents feel happy. l always
pet the ugly babies. Pretty babies
get so much coddling from Stran-
gers that their parents take 1T as a
matter of course. 1t is the fathers
and mothers of homely babies who
appreciate attention. Didn't you
notice how pleased that couple
looked? l don't suppose anybody
ever petted that baby before except
themselves. They'll think a lot
more of the youngster after this. =
New York Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
~. knew Her Name.

A Scotch minister was once cate
chising his young parishioners oe,
fore the congregation when he put
the usual first question to girl
whose father kept public house:
"What is your name?" queried
the minister. But there was no re-
ply. The question was repeated
and then, to the amusement of the
congregation, the girl answered;
"Nane O. your fun, Mr.. Minister
Ye ken my name weel enough. Dye
no say when ye come to COR house
on q night, Bet. bring me some
dep"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
Car Sickness.

Looking cut of the windows is the
cause found for car sickness by an
American physician. Near objects
fit by rapidly, those little farther
away move more slowly, those very
far off are almost stationary, and
the whole landscape appears to bf
revolving around common center
The unconscious effort to take II
everything produces a rapid latera
oscillation of the eyeballs, easil,
seen in the passengers on any train
The eye strain is enormous, anC
this is the chief factor in producing
car sickness.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
How He Acquired Trouble.

Education" said the man who
had been sued for breach Of prom
Use, "is the root of all evil"
"How SOP" asked the man who
had not been sued and consequent
" could not reason from the same
premises. y
Tf l hadn't been able to write,
answered the defendant, "what eyi.
aence do GU suppose they would
have against me?" Still, he con-
coded after some argument that the
man who can write and won't has
some advantages over the man who
doesn't write because he CANT
Chicago Post.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19

10 Won Forgiveness From the Woman
Whose Gown He Soiled.

10 Won Forgiveness From the Woman
Whose Gown He Soiled.
The boy in the car sat cuddled SO
close to the woman in gray that
everybody thought he belonged to
her. So when he unconsciously dug
his muddy shoes into the broadcloth
skirt of his left hand neighbor she
leaned over and said:
pardon me, madam. Will you
kindly make your little boy square
himself around? He is soiling my
skirt with his muddy shoes"
The woman in gray blushed lit
tie and nudged the boy away.
"My boy" she said. "My good
ness! He isn't mine"
The boy squirmed uneasily. He
was such a little fellow that he
could not begin to touch his feet to
the floor, so he stuck them ou'
straight in front Of him like pegs to
hang things on and looked at them
deprecatingly.
'T'm sorry got your dress dirty
he said to the woman on his lett
81 hope it will brush off,"
The timidity in his voice took Q
| short cut to the woman'S heart, and
she smiled upon him kindly.
ooh, it doesn't matter" she said
Then as his eyes were still fastened
upon hers she added, "Going up
town alone?'
eyes, ma'am," he said. 81 al
ways 90 alone. There isn't ahy BODY
to go with me. Fathers dead anc
mothers dead. | live with Aun
Clara over in Brooklyn, but she say
Aunt Anna ought to help do some
thing for me, so once or twice
week when she gets tired out ant
wants to 60 some place to get reste(
up she packs me off over here tt
STAY rith Aunt Anna. Pm going u
there now. Sometimes | don't tint
Aunt Anna at home, but | hope sh'
will be home today, because it look
like it is going to rain, and | don
like to hang around in the street IL
the rain"
The woman felt something NOV
inside her throat, and she said
"You are a very little boy to b
knocked about in this way" rathe
unsteadily.
ooh, | don't mind" he said. "
never get lost. But get lonesom
sometimes on these long trips, an
when | see anybody that | think l.
like to belong to l scrooge up clos
to her so can make believe that
really am her little boy. This morn
ing / was playing that | belonge
to that lady on the other side OF mi
and l got so interested that / forge
all about my feet. That is why
got your dress dirty"
The woman put her arm aroun
the tiny chap and "scrooged" hi
up so close that she hurt him, an
every other woman who had Owe
! heard his artless confidence locke
, !, as if she would not only let hi
/ wipe his shoes on her best dress, br
would feel like spanking him it b
didn't.-New York Sun.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
FAMOUS DEAD HEATS.
These Between More Than Two Horses
Not Frequent Now.

Dead heats on the flats do not oc-
cur with such frequency as they did.
AS it is, we get quite enough OF
"dead heats Of two" but there is
spice of romance about "dead
heat of three" says Bailey's Eng
lish Magazine.
At York in 1896 for the Bad
minton plate three horses passed
the post locked together. They
were MESSIAH, Baiardo and Case
Con, ridden respectively by NJ. Can
non, T. Loates and S. Loates. A
third Loates was fourth on Hamp-
tondale, and he was beaten only a
short head by the leading trio.
In 1880 at the Lewes summer
meeting Scobell, Wandering Nun
and Mazurka ran a dead heat for
the Ashley stakes. Only head be-
hind the struggling trio came Thora
and Cumberland, also running a
dead heat and placed fourth by the
Judge. Some good judges who saw
the race declare that if it had bsen
called a dead heat Of five no one
would have caviled at the Official
verdict.
In 1915, on the Thursday Of the
Newmarket Houghton meeting, two
dead heats Of three occurred in the
same afternoon.
In 1882 there was a dead heat
of three in field Of five for the
race called the Sandown Derby, but
afterward known as the Electric
stakes, run over the straight five
furlong course at Sandown park
The dead heaters were R. s. Evans
Marden Or. WYATT, P. Lorillard''
Gerald CT. Webb and the Duke Of
Hamilton's Leonora u. Watts). II
the run-off Marden, who in the
meantime had had his plates re
moved and ran unshod, won b.
three lengths, a head only separat
ing second and third.
The most notable dead heat O
three was the finish for the Cesare
witch in 1857 between Ell Hakim
Prioress, an American entry, an'
Queen Bess. There were thirty
. four runners, and the starting
prices of the dead heaters were 8 t.
/ Ell Hakim, 80 to l Prioress ant
Queen Bess.
In the dccider, which was run OF
in the waning light, George Ford
ham was substituted for Tankesle,
, on Prioress and Bray for Little OIL
Ell Hakim. The change Of jockey
appears to have worked to some ad
vantage in the case of the Ameri
can mare, for she won the decide
t by a length and a half, a head SEP
arating the other two.
Once there was dead heat Q
| four at Newmarket in a sweepstake
, for two-year-olds, run over the frs
| half of the Abingdon mile. Thi
was at the Houghton meeting /
1856. Five started, and the rae
, resulted in a dead heat of four, tn
t fifth horse being only beaten half
e length. The decider was won by
head, half a length separating SEE
ond and third. Tiny Wells rod
the winner, the original favorlte,
chestnut FLY called Overreach, b
c Birdcatcher.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
Nobody Spared
Kidney Troubles Attack Lexing'
ton Mon and Women, Old and
Young

Young
Kidney ills seize young and old
Come quickly with little warning.
Children suffer in their early years
Can't control the kidney secretions.
Girls are languid, nervous, suffer
pain.
Women worry, can't do daily work
Men have lame and aching backs.
The cure for man, woman OF child,
Is to cure the cause.-The kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick KID
neys--
Cure ell forms OF kidney suffering.
Lexington testimony proves it.
Mrs. w. A. Trojan. Randolph st.,
darlington. Va. says. II can certain
jv sneak we'll of Doan's Kidney Pills
NV little girl was troubled by weak
ness of the kidneys from birth and she
seemed to have but little control ovel
the kidney secretions. l consulted
physicians and gave her various kind'
OF medicines but the affiiction gradual
lv grew more severe until she seemed
to have no power to retain the kidney
secretions at night. At last pro
cured Doan's Kidney Pills at Gorrelr'
drug store and began giving them tt
her regularly. In few weeks the IRE
quent passages Of the kidney score
lions had been checked and the chile
was able to sleep at night without be
Ing disturbed. l can recommend Doan''
Kidney Pills highly as they brought re
lief after other remedies failed
For sale by all dealers. Price o.
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-ai''
take no other.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
Three Reasons.

Richard Grant White once said
that a radical reform in English
spelling is, first, unnecessary; sec
ond, undesirable and, third, impos
sible, thus recalling the story of the
old Scottish preacher who upor
meeting one of his hearers after tn
services inquired how he liked thu
sermon. 81 dinna like it," he said
"for three rizzens-frst, ye read it
second, ye dinna read it weel, and
third, it was ma worth readin'."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
Gems In Verse
MAID OF ATHENS.


[The words at the end of each stanza
ire modern Greek and mean my life.
owe thee."1
MAID Of Athens. ere we part
hI Give. oh. give me back mS
heart!
Or. since that has left my breast.
Keep II now and take the rest.
Hear my vow before l go.
Zoe mou sas agapo!
10y those tresses unconhned.
ID Wooed by each AEGEAN wind:
5By those lids whose jetty fringe
Kiss thy soft cheeks blooming tinge:
BY those wild eyes like the roe.
Zoe mou sas agapo!
DY that lip long to taste;
ID By that zone encircled waist;
BY all the token flowers that tell
What words can never speak 80 wei
BY loves alternate Joy and woe.
Zoe niou sas agapo!
1EAID of Athens. ! am gone.
Nl Think Of me. sweet. when alone
Though fly to lstamboul.
Athens holds my heart and soul.
Can I cease to love thee? No!
Zoe mou sas agapo!
Lord Byron.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
Tho Pious BURGLAR.

Concerning the prejudice against
whistling on Sunday in Scotland
this story is told: Two men who
had done a burglary job on Satur-
day night went on Sunday morning
into wood to divide the plumber
One of them began to whistle over
the division when his companion
said, with horror, "Hoot, mon,
would ma have come out WI ye if
had known you would whustle Ca
the Sawhathp
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
His One Chance.

Mother Coming swiftly = why
Willie Striking your little sister!
Willie (doggedly) - Aunt Frost
face made me.
Aunt Frostfacc-Why, Willie,
said if you did strike her | woul'
never kiss YOU again.
Willie (still dogged) - Well,
couldn't let a chance like that slip.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
Cures Blood and Skin Disease
Eczema, Greatest Blood Puri-
fier Free

II your blood Is impure, thin. diseased
hot or full of hum IS. II you have blood
noisop. cancer. carbunkles, eating
sores. scrofula, eczema, itching, rising
and bumps, swellings OF superating
sores, scabby, pimply skin, ulcers, bone
pains. catarrh. rheumatism, or any
blood or skin disease. take Botanic
Blood Balm (B. B. b. Soon all sores
heal, aches ard pains stop and the
Blood is made pure and rich. Drug
xlsts or by express 81 pei large bottle
Sample free oy writing Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta. Ga. B. b. B. is especially adj
vised for chronic, deep-seated cases Of
blood or skin diseases, as it cures aIIei
all else fails. NOV. EoV' -'i
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19
Fraternal Orders.

kockbl idge Lodge, No. SO. %. 0. +:
meets every Thursday night, at Odd Eel
ows' Hall.
Lexington Lodge, No. Sc, K. OF T;
meets every Tuesday night, at Odd rel
lows Hall.
Liberty Lodge, No, Q, Daughters 0
Rebekah, meets every Monday night's
Odd Fellows Hall.
Mountain City Lodge, No. 81, Ancient
York Masons, meets 1st and Bra MOT
day nights at Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council, No 1921 hoyal
Arcanum, meets 1st and 3rd WEDNESDAY
nights In each month, at ODD FELLOWS
Hall.
Lex. Council, No. 179, Junior Order
United American Mechanics, meets
every Friday night at Odd Fellows
Hall
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19

Hoarseness, bronchitis aud other
throat troubles ara quickly cured by
Foley's Honey and Tar as it soothes
and heals the inhamed throat and
bronchial tubes and the most obstinate
cough disappears. Insist upon having
the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar.
b. Il. Gorrell,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19

To relieve constipation, clean our
the bowels, tone and strengthen the
digestive organs, put them in natural
condition with HOLSTERS ROCKY
Mountain Tea, the most reliable tome
Tor thirty years. 80 cents, Tea or Tab
lets. B. II. Gorrell.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19

Many weak, nervous women have
been restored to health by Foley's hia'
ney RemeLy as it stimulates the kld
news so they will eliminate the waste
matter from the blood. Impurities de-
press the nerves, causing nervous ex'
haustion and other ailments. Com
mence to-day and you will soon De
we'll. Pleasant to take. b. IL. dor-
-oIi
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19

If YOU want to feel well, look we'll
aud be we'll, take Folsy's Kidney Rem
dy. 1t tones up the kidneys and blad-
der, puriGes the blood and restores
health and strength. Pleasant to take
AMI contains no harmful drugs. Why
not commence today b. HI Gorrell.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-19

II YOU desire clear complexion take
Foley's Orino Laxative Tor cohstiIa
ton and liver trouble as it Will stlinu'
late these organs and thoroughly
cleanse your system, which 10 what
everyone needs In the spring In order
to feel we'll. E. II. Gorrell.