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Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02

TN HE Wayward boy has grown
to be the wayward man and
all the world is after him
with hue and cry. From one ship
to another the word flashes,
catch him and bring him back"
In the midst of all the clamor and
pursuit a little woman sent a Wire
less to the man the whole world is
hunting down
Il love YOU said the wireless.
Il will be your friend always, just
the Mother"
hope the man who has run
away with his neighbor's wife and
taken a lot of his neighbor's money
along with him will get that mess
age his mother sent.
l wonder what he'll think when
he does get it? wonder what the
woman he has run away with will
look like to him when he reads
the signature, Always the same.
Mother"
wonder if he viii stop and think
a minute. just minute before he
brings any more sorrow to the one
heart in all the world that is real
ly his.
Il love you. will stand by you,
| will never desert you" How many
men are there in this cruel olds
world today who are kept straight
by the knowledge that there is just
such a message following them
wherever they go?
l saw such a letter as that not
long ago. \ girl showed it to me
poor, painted, tawdry creature
she was-a pitiful. broken toy of
the wicked streets.
She had run away from home
and was leading the gay life"
tine gay life" of the wretched,
the gay life" of the forsaken, the
gay life" of the friendless and the
disgraced
My mother has found out" said
the girl Il thought she didn't
know, but She found out, and
here's what she says:
I'm coming to you my little
daughter-rm coming straight to
you | love YOU, YOU are mine.
will never let you go. Never,
neves. Don't he afraid of me, I
won't scold you. Look into my
heart. YOU viii see nothing there
but love. Look into my eyes,
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02
.ansas the Modern Utopia

the Gulyeranand of aputa where the industrious nhab
sought to make sunshine from cucumbers there have
spirit which has descended upon Kansas.
y-tor in that happy land the fly has been swatted
gel abolished the common drinking banned and
sgn is to the goumand from the shadow of the
sxger State
Under the direction of interchangeable DR. Cmbne the
@oard of health work formulas determine how
he Kansan should These experiments followed will
he individual improve his health and add his wisdom
Zone might well take ivedollar bin and light his pipe
With to burn that money by eating DR. Cr
Isn't simple 1t requires certain number of heat
keep normal gait that number found for
he various occupations all the kanSan will have do visit
bfte with his index his hand pick the food with the
n Iuse sustaining power and 90 Serenely on his way
Banshed will be the hend Indigestion and crouch
Ne have long sought for opia but turning
bur fevered gaze toward the West toward Dr. Crmbne
Kansas
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02
3 The One Best Friend 3
Bv WINIFRED BLACK.

don't shrink-you are just my lit
tie girl, just my poor little tired,
naughty girl who has done wrong,
and is sorry and wants to come
home. III come and take you
there"
And the painted cheeks of the
girl were stained with tears, and
her voice broke with sobs, and she
said: "Oh, what shall do, am not
fit to speak to her. what shall
do?"
But in a little while she washed
her face and she combed her hair
as she combed it when she was a
little girl at home and thought it
hard that she had to wear it so
plain And she went out and found
honest work. and she is living in
little hall room now cooking over
a gas jet and waiting for mother
And when mother comes she VIII
find her little girl waiting for her,
and they will cry all the misery
and the shame and the grief and
the despair out together in each
others arms, and they will go home
together-mother and the girl she
would not desert
Il Will never let YOU go, little
daughter. Never! Never!" Who.
stand out against such love as
that?
Il don't care how beautiful you .
are, or how clever. or how brilliant,
or how stupid, or how disgraced, or
how forsaken-to me YOU are al
ways the same, always just my lit
tie girl, my dear little girl, and
will not let you go"
Down. down, down, the cruel
steps to the cruel road below How
fast the little feet have run How
slowly they drag up the stairs
again But they are coming now.
up, up and up-into the clean air,
up into the honest world, up where
stands waiting
always the same, Mother"
] should not care to be the wom-
ar who helped that foolish boy to
disgrace an honest name when he
gets that message, would you? I'm
afraid the scales Will fall from his
deluded eyes-iust for minute,
maybe-but in that minute I'm
afraid the charmer will look just a
little tawdry, just little cheap
by comparison
What do You think?
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02
Wi ouR.PRoNe

large white and black semi-trans-
parent Ideas, floating airily about
the woods near Malacca. and Of the
golden green Ornithopteras. sailing
on bird-like wings over the flower
ing shrubs that adorn the beaches
Of the he and Aru Islands can
never be forgotten"
1t seems wonderful that any spe-
cies of animal should vary as
greatly as do the butterflies in size.
Most of those that we are familiar
with in temperate climes have
spread in wings not exceeding an
inch or two. one with a spread of
three inches seems a monster.
Think. then. of Nj Meeks speci-
mems. almost a foot across. If men
varied as much as that in size we
might expect to encounter in the
tropical forests representative of
our species from forty to sixty feet
tall! Monkeys and apes, which look
often like caricatures of human be-
ings, vary greatly in size, and so do
beetles and other insects but the
majority of animals have an aver
age limit of dimensions. which is
seldom much exceeded, so that even
sixand d-a-half or sever foot
man seems to most of us an extra
ordinary giant What would the
history of our race have been if
some of its tribes had grown to
height of several yards While others
attained a stature of only d few
eet? Unless the little ones We're
more plenufully furnished with
brains than their gigantic com
peers they would have had small
chance of survival, except in the
slaves of their huge masters. But
the law of gravitation would have
come to the rescue Of the little fell
lows, for the big ones would have
been so heavy that they could hard
ly stand on their feet A fully pro-
portionate man sixty feet tall
would weigh about 100000 pounds!
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02
% Kill That Pest
Bv CHARLES LEHMAN

CNEAK behind it on the sly,
~ Kill that fly.
Strike it low, and strike it high,
Kill that fly.
Don I forget that you may save
Human beings from the grave.
If you re healthy, strong and brave
KILL THAT FLY.
Don t permit it to get by
Kill that fly.
Don t you let it multiply,
Kill that fly.
If disease and death you hate,
For goodness sake, don hesitate,
Swat it ere it is too late,
KILL THAT fly
Go for it with might and main.
Kill that pest
If you miss it, try again.
Swat that pest
Don't permit il to infest,
Slay it, fay it. don t give rest
Soak it, choke il. for your best,
KILL THAT PEST!
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02
Letters From the People
PROTESTS AGAINST ELECTRIC
CHAIR

Editor The Georgian
AS l belong to the disfranchised
class and have no voice in shaping
the laws under which | must live. 1
trust you will allow me the use of
your columns for an appeal to our
lawmakers in behalf Of two legal
reforms which l believe will meet
the approval of the great body of
our people when the matter is
brought to their attention. The first
concerns the criminal code and re-
lates to our barbarous methods of
infiicting capital punishment.
l have seen it stated In some of
the papers that a bill is to be in
troduced at the present session Of
the legislature in favor of substi-
tuting for the galloWa, the equally
atrocious horrors of the electric
chair. This, it seems to me. would
only be exchanging a witch for
the devil" and would beg to sug-
gest that if any such action is taxi
en-, it be modified in the interests
of humanity so far as to permit a
poor condemned wretch the option
of being put out of the world in a
more merciful manner. This has
already been accomplished in some
of the more progressive Western
states by provision allowing the
unhappy victim of the law the al
tentative Of having administered
to him by some reputable physician
some painless drug. such as NOR
phine or cynaide of potassium,
from the effects of which he could
die decently in his bed, undisturbed
by the lurid paraphernalia of the
galloWs or the electric chair
The other reform to which Il
would call attention. is a revision
of the law relating to the taxa
tion of mortgages on real estate.
The law as it now stands virtually
imposes a double tax on the poor
man who is reduced to the neces-
sity Of mortgaging his home. l
am aware that it was enacted with
the ostensible object of producing
just the reverse effect. on the the
oly that it would hit the holder Of
the mortgage, who is supposed TO
pay the tax on his investment. But.
as a matter Of fact it is the poor,
hard pressed man who mas to mort
gage his house or land that pays
the tax. The holder of the mort
gage simply adds the amount Of
the tax to the interest charges,
and the poor man pays it without
suspecting that he is paying dou-
BILE tax on the same property
one assessed by the tax gatherer
on The land and another levied
against his Indebtedness thereon
by the mortgage holder.
In our sister state Of Alabama
they have a law regulating this
matter which Georgia might copy
with advantage. Instead Of assess
ing a debt as property is
practically what our law does when
I'd permits a man to be taxed both
for his land and the mortgage on
it-a moderate fee of one and
half per cent equal TO is cents e5n
the hundred dollars Is charge bv
the STATE for recording "a mortgage,
ANA Nat IS the nd of III
ELIZA FRANCES ANDREW S.
Rome Ga.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02
To Destroy the Hookworm

Now for the hookwom His win be taken up the fall
the fifteenth National Congress OF Hygiene when experts will
report that he has been to his lair
is large lair embracing belt Of 66 degrees ercng the
globe Fifty abroad infected Germany
Wales the Netherlands Belgium France Spain
confined to the
In eleven states with population of 10000
900 trouble and of total population
than half billion live countries where the disease has foohod
The commission will show that millions dollars lost
nuay because of impaired efficiency of the trouble \
campaign will be devised whereby the may
together wipe what regarded greatest courge
of the human
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02

e prices per pound have gone mp three cents in
u week. four five cents this month and eight ten
9thin year.
is the kind Of fact that most depplv concerns the mass
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02
SAYS STATE OWNS TABULAR
LANDS.

Editor Of The Georgian:
There is pending before the Geor-
gia legislature a resolution, the
purpose of which is to have submit
ted to Georgia court of competent
jurisdiction the question as to
whether or not the property known
as. Tallulah Falls belong to the
state or to private corporation.
This is a question of vital concern
to all the people of Georgia Ito the
people who may believe that the
demands Of progress call for the
commerciaHzing Of Tallulah, and to
those who may believe that the
western hemisphere will be a sor-
rier place to live in if its greatest
natural wonder is destroyed.
Some of the facts in the case are
as follows:
The lands at and near Tallulah
Falls were originally ceded to the
United States by the Greek and
Cherokee nations of Indians The
United States ceded them to the
state of Georgia The legislature
passed an act authorizing these
lands to be cut up into squares and
fractions to be disposed of by
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02
Uncle Sans Laundry

gone into the laundry business Instead pay
$l thousand to print notes he has installed machine
wash and old bills a of % thousand
well the machine do work that so the
dirty bills presented to the treasury department for redemption
and clean though they had left the press
that printed them
This step IN the interest of and with the
Of - 600 bills circulation daily the Taxpayers of the
land will rejoice in the saving of 100000 yearly
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02

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Register
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Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02

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equipped; never 90 Anc. ,
well under list price 902
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Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02
BY GARRETT P. SERVIss.

n the forests OF. New Guinea,
| among the owen Stanley
mountains. dwell what may be
regarded as the largest species of
butterflies in the world. Some OF
them have wings which, when
opened, spread to width of al
most foot lacking but half an
inch Many have spread of
wings varying from eight to ten
inches They are brilliant in color
and haunt the branches Of tall
towering trees, so that it is diff
cult to capture them.
The first specimen that ever fell
into the hands of a white man
WAS SHOT by Mr.. A. l.. Meek,
with an ordinary twelve-b bore gun
He did not know that he had dis
covered a new species untll he had
sent it to Tring park, in England,
where Walter Rothschild has a
wonderful natural history museum.
Word was sent back to Mr. Meek,
who has been hunting in New
Guinea and neighborlng islands for
more than twenty years, that the
wonderful butterfly he had killed
was new to science. 1t was named
Troides- Chimaera -Troides being
the family name of a group of but
terhies, and Chimaera the name Of
the traditional monster that the
Greek hero Beuerophon killed while
riding the winged horse Pegasus.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-02

given most amusing and exciting
accounts of his capture of the first
specimens OF the huge ornithop-
teras butterfly. which is thus nam
ed because its wings are shaped
somewhat like those of bird They
vary from six to eight inches in
spread, and are gloriously beauti-
ful in color and markings. Their
brilliancy and beauty, Mr.. Wal
lace says. are indescribable. He
thus tells of his sensations when
he caught, in the island of Bata
chian, the first specimen he had
ever seen:
ION taking it out my net and
opening its glorious wings, my
heart began to beat violently, my
blood rushed to my head, and felt
much moro like fainting than have
ever done whom in apprehension of
immediate death. | had a head
ache the rest of the day. so great
was the excitement"
Afterward, in the Aru islands,
Mr.. Wallace caught a second no
less wonderful specimen, and of
thiS he saws.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-05
PEREZ CAPO

-Pero ell case es que vive bien.
-Divinamente. Cushion de epider-
mis-, chico. Tu future suegro es un
aguila caudal. Hace diez amos que Sc
dedica comprar saltos de aqua y
patentes de invenci6n. Una vez due
no del salto de la patente, reune a
nnos cuantos amigos, frman una es-
crltura y va tienes constituida legal
mente la famante sociedad an6nlma
Electra Levantina", "El algod6n
lncOmbustible" cosa por ell estilo.
Enseguida sc busca local social, Sc
anuncia la subscription de acciones EN-
los peri6dicos de mayor circulation,
Sc reparten memorials y Sc compro-
mete al Verbo divino.
Total, a. en- cuanto hay pasta en-
GAIA, el hace Elective ell valor de su
aportaci6n, diez veces mas de 10 que
di6 por ell salto la patente, Y Sc
va su casa tan tranquilo esperar
que caiga otro nueyo negociejo.
-jY las Sociedades9
Il All! NADIA. Sc hquidan los
dos amos, perdiendo los accionistas ell
so por ciento del valor de sus titu-
los y tan contentos
-Pero ESQ podra hacerse una vez,
dos.
II Estas fresco! Todas las que quie-
ra. A la mayoria de las personals
que el compromete nj les importa per-
der unos cuantos miles de pesetas, nj
entienden una palabra de saltos Y
patentes, nj saben 81 ell negocio mar
cha Sc 10 ha llevado La trampa.
Ademas, aunque alg1n dia llegaran
a escamarse, tquien es ell valiente que
lie dice nones todo un personaieY
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-05
CURIOSIDADES
MARTIRES DE LA CIENCIA

hay muchoS medicoS que tienen la SUI
perstlclon de que Ell tacnltatlvo que Sc
dedlca una eSpecialidad muere tarde
o temprano del padecimiento en- que es
especialista, esta superstition no esta
desprovista de fundamento, porque la
historic medica de los ultimos amos re-
gistra no pocos casos de medicos que han
sucumbido luchando en- bien de La hui
ulauldad contra una dolencia determi-
NADIA.
Puede citarse, por ejemplo, ell case del
doctor Arturo Sharp que falleci6 ell ano
pasado en- Nottingham, a consecuencia
de un envenenamiento de La sangre con-
traidO al hacer la autopsia de un nino
muerto de esta enfermedad. Ell medi-
co tenia un aranaso insignificante en- la
mano y este basto para contagiarle.
Por la miSma epoca muri0 ell doctor
Cox, el martir de los rayos X que con-
trajo la terrible enfermedad llamada
dermatitis de los rayos x. al acercarse
al rostro un tubo del aparato. La
augusta que produce esta enfermedad
es tai que resiste a los narcotics.
Martires tambien de los rayos X fue-
ron tambien ell doctor Edwards que per-
di6 ambas manos por efecto de los ra-
yos de Roentgen, y Ell doctor frances
Rodignet que despues de dos aiios de ex-
periencias con los rayos x como agentes
curativos, contrajo la va citada enfer-
medad dermatitis
Ell descubrimiento de los c6lebres ra-
yos fue senalado por la muerte de dos
hombres, Clarence Daley ayudante
principal de Edison, y ell doctor Luis
Weigel de Nueva York Este ultimo
muri6 en- 1908, despu6s de haber sopor-
tado siete operaciones Su lucha con-
ira la muerte fue una de las mas largas
de la historic de estos martires de la
ciencia. Daley tambien sufri6 horri-
bic agonia durante muchos meses. A
de la constante exposition
de sus manos los rayos X Sc le desa-
rrollaron vegetaciones cancerosas en- ell
brazo izquierdo ell cual tuvo que serle
Luego Sc le cay6 ell pelo,
ell bigote, la barba Y las cejas, y en-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-05
FLOR DE ESTUFA

modo 70 no dejo de bendecirla
Fantasia pura, mi querida Hor-
tensia. Pero luego viene la realidad
en- forma de un vizconde de Balsa-
NINA y 10 echa todo rodar. NADIA,
seamos Juiciosos. :. La hija del seior
marques de Miramar no debe entire
gar su coraz0n un Gutierrez cual-
quiera. Y ahora volvamos 10 del fa-
vor que usted solicita de mi Ri
cardo Gutierrez Sc hace cargo de la
situacion y jura solemnemente no
turbar la felicidad de la senorita
Hortensia
Mi felicidad. :. Me da ell cora
zon que no he de ser feliz.
-5Por que no? La fuerza de vo-
luntad puede mucho... Queriendo
olvidar, Sc olvida facilmente Ade-
mas, ell trato engendra carino. Ca
81 estoy por demostrar usted que es
iellz tOdo Ell que Sc 10 prOpOne.
listed no dice 10 que piensa. !. :.
Pero, en- fin, ahondemos en- este pun
to, que cuanto mas Sc ahonde mas
amargura saldra la superficie. Mis-
padres 10 quieren asf (. Ell mundo,
la sociedad Sc 10 exige. Mi carino de
hiJa puede mas que mi egoismo. = An
tes que la mia, esta su felicidad.
-Asi debemos refexionar ell pri-
mer dia. La raz6n, al fin v al cabo
ha llegado imponerse I. g Esto es
una locura l'-decfamos siempre que
nos tiJabamos en- nuestra falsa situa-
clon. 81, era una locura. pero he
mos esperado a que nos 10 hayan de-
mostrado los que ignoraban nuestro
secreto.
Que sera eterno.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-05

pezo enfer1nar ell brazo derecho siendo
necesario amputarle primero cuatro de-
dos y despues ell brazo entero hasta que
por fin muri6 sufriendo de un modo es-
pantoSo.
Aparte de las vfctimas que los rayos
de Roenteng hay otros muchos casos de
hombreS muertOS en- su cello por deScu-
brir secretos de la ciencia medica. Ell
doctor Seneca Powell uno de los mejo-
res medicoS de America muri6 en- 1907, Y
su muerte Sc atribuy6 sus atrevidas
investigaciones acerca del veneno del aci-
do fenico. Tres amos antes de fallecer
anunci6 que ell alcohol puro era un anti
doto de ese veneneno, y faltandole quien
Sc prestase a los experimentos, los hizo
por 81 mismo y consecuencia de ellos
enferm6 y muri6.
Ell doctor Jacques Antoine Regnier
hijo de uno de los principales miembros
de la Academia de medicina de Pa
ris, muri6 como ell doctor Sharp, a con
secuencia de una autopsia, en- el le-
cho de muerte declare que estaba sa-
tisfecho porque moria como un soldado
en- ell campo de batalla.
Hacienda experimentos con las bac-
terias de la iebre tifoidea Y de las inter
mitentes a fin de encontrar una vacuna
apropiada, ell doctor Mac Feiden, de
Londres contrajo ambas enfermedades y
falleci6
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-05

y en- cambio, habra una porci6n
de lnfelices que tendran excelentes
negoclos, y para desarrollarlos no
encontraran apOyo de nadie
-Evidente. Como que para Pc
dir cinco o seis mil pesetas, no sc pue-
de lr con sombrero hongo y un abri
go de dos tres inviernos. Hay que
deJar ell coche la puerta y envol-
verse en- la piel de varios animales.
Ell "taf-taf' de un automovil que
venla a moderada velocidad por la
calle de Alfonso XII, hizo volver la
cabeza a los dos amigos. Ell joven
vlzconde Sc apresur6 a acercarse a
la ventanilla del carruaje. Al verlo
Hortensia y su madre, que regresaban
de dar unaS cuantas vueltas por ell
paseo de coches, hab1an hecho parar
al chauffeur.
-Ac6rcate-dijo aquel su ami
go.
presentandolo las dos, CONT
nu0:
Mi companero Perico Mendoza;
un truhan que tambien acabara SEN
tando la cabeza.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-05
Mejoria de Vedrines

Paris. El 1ltimo parte facultativo fa-
cilitado, respecto del estado de Vedri-
nes, acusa una notable mejorfa en- el es-
tado del enfermo.
Ell estado de Vedrines sigue siendo
grave; pero con evidente mejoria Los
medicoS, sin atirmar NADIA en- absolute.
declaran que tienen esperanzas de que
Sc salve
Vedrines condecorado
Ell ministro de la Guerra ha dado or
den de presentar una proposition ur-
gente nombrando a Vedrines caballero
de la Legion de Honor.
Al mismo tempo Sc lie dara ell tftulo
de ingeniero territorial
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-05
III

Ell tren cruzaba las aridas llanuras
de la Mancha. En- ell interior de I'M
departamento reservado, conversaban
animadamente Hortensia y su espo-
So La boda Sc habfa celebrado por
La malana en- la iglesia de San Jo-
Sc, y aquella misma tarde empren-
dieron Ell viaje de novios. Mas que
un matrimonio acabado de pescar pa
recfan dos buenos hermanos que ha-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-05

-Lo he jurado una vez y basta.
-Adios, Ricardo. Hemos sido
unos locos.
-Sl, porque son los 1nicos que
obran seg1n su voluntad, seg1n su
lnstinto..
-Esta sera nuestra Ultima entire
vista.
y este el 1ltimo beso.
Hortensia retro apresuradamente
la mano que Ricardo tenfa entire las
suyas y sali6 del despacho cuando
dos indiscretas lagrimas empezan a
rodar por sus mejillas.
Ricardo volvi6 sentarse.
-Sera de otro, del que Sc merece.
En- esta sociedad metalizada, el ca.
rlno secas ofende. Dinero abolen-
60. El carino vendra despues, 81
no llega, que demontre apenas 81
puede disimularse bien. Mucho me-
Jor que ell nombre y las pesetas. !.
Encendi6 otro cigarrillo, Y al ira
yes del humo vi6 la cara de Horton
sia, que lie guinaba un ojo y lie SON.
reia socorronamente.
I cogiendo su sombrero y su pa,
raguas, sali6 a la calle diciendo a
media voz:
-Presento mi dimisi6n y no vuel.
vo. Es la mejor manera de que no
llegue a descubrirse mi secreto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-05
MUNDIAL
vENGANZA DE APACHES

Paris. En- Nancy un individuo la
mado Bill ha matado hoy un carretero
apellidado Blanchet, por suponer que es-
te habia ayudado a la policia en- la cap
tura del anarquista Reinert, complice de
Bonnot y de GARNER.
Ell criminal pudo huir, y la policfa le
persigue activamente.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-06-05

Sentados frente frente, en- agra
dable sobremesa, Sc encontraban una
tarde del mes de Diciembre en- uno.
81 no de los mejores, de los mas lu-
Josos restaurants madrilefios. dos