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Gamer. Men .nd War Pic.ur...

The camera man in search Of lively
war pictures often enjoys the protec-
ton of a special guard, which Is espe-
cially detailed to protect him. Since
the camera does not shoot as far as
gun, the photographer often works at
an immense disadvantage. The cam
era makes a conspicuous target and
often draws the enemy's fire. The spe-
cial camera guard, which originated In
one Of the early Villa campaigns In
Mexico, consists Of two picked men.
perhaps more, who accompany the pho
tographer or skirmish ahead Of him to
render his position as safe as possible
when the camera is set up. Many
thousands Of feet Of war film have
been made while sharpshooters on
both sides kept up a steady and effec-
tive fire. A guard Of two American In
dams, both crack shots, were employed
Tor many weeks to protect L. NJ.
Burrud, an American camera man, who
accompanied villa In one Of his cam
paigns. The Indians stealth and dar.
ing in accommodating the ground in ad.
vance often proved Indispensable
'sThe Camera Man." by Francis Arnold
COIlins
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STAGE Names and Real.

The extent to which favorite &C
tresses are somebody else Off the stage
is not well understood. Actors gener-
ally play under their own names, but
the woman who has achieved a repu-
tation before marriage prefers to re-
tain the name under which she became
known rather than assume that Of her
husband Some women, too, play
while unmarried under another name
than the real one.
For instance. Maude Adams is really
Miss Kiskadden, and Marie Dressler
Is Leila Koerber. Jack and Ethel Bar
rymore are properly called Blythe, and
Truly Shattuck Is Clarice Etrulia de
Buchar1e, name rather too long for
the stage. Theater goers seem to like
short names easily remembered. Trixie
Friganza is really Della Edna O'Calla-
han, and Mary Mannering is Florence
Friend; Elsie Janis was formerly Elsie
Bierbower. and Margaret Anglin is
Mary Warren. And so it goes through
the hst.-Boston Herald.
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The Horse Upstairs.

Not long since we were riding on an
elevated train In Chicago. We looked
out Of the car, and there, right at our
elbow, was a horses head, thrust
through the upper floor window of a
brick building. 1t was a startling
thing. We felt like saying, "Now, what
on earth are you doing up here, old
manT But the horse appeared to be
very much at home. No doubt he lived
there, twenty feet or so from the
ground. 1t was like jail. He had no
barn lot or pasture. When his days
work was over he was taken direct
from the wagon to his upstairs stall
Rents were too high for his owner to
furnish a stall on the ground. He
never had chance to roll over or to
nibble at a bit Of fresh plowed earth
Yet that horses life in the city was no
more artificial and abnormal than the
life Of the average city man. The man
goes Of his own accord, however, and
the horse has no choice in the matter
Probably the horses wonder why men
want to hive together like bees.-Farm
Life.
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HARVARD MAN F0ILS
sun With INVENTION
Presses a Button In Bed and the
Window. Shade Goes Down
as if by Magic.

Cambridge, Mass. Every morning
ut Z o'clock Henry r. Guild of Boston,
q Harvard senior, rolls over In bed.
Seven o'clock is too early for a senior
to get up, so Mr.. Guild presses but
ton and the shade at the distant end
Of his chamber rolls down as If by
magic.
No rising sun is going to make him
leave his bed unseasonably. Some
morning he may miss a four alarm
fire by pressing the button, but he's
willing to take the chance, he asserts.
Getting up at a. m. is high crime
ut Harvard, the same as admitting
Yale has a good football team this
year.
Henry Guild framed up a motor, at
tached to the curtain string and laid
wires to his bedside. When the sun
throws its rays into his bedroom every
morning. weather permitting, he
presses button and the curtain fops
faster than in a vaudeville theater.
Mr.. Guilds next invention probably
will be trap door to throw tiresome
professors into the cellar by means Of
a button that any student can press.
LIES attendant inconvenience aren't
going to bother him while electricity
can do the work.
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CHINA FINDS 1T HARD
TO DISBAND ITS ARMY
seidlsrs Love Their Job, and " Nsa
Paid They Loot.

Pek1ng.-China's toughest problem
now Is how to disband the army raised
during the revolution. The government,
hard pressed for money, will have to
raise at least $30,OO0,OOO to pay or the
100000 men under arms, and unpaid
soldiers are always a menace In China.
Coolies regard military service as q
very desirable occupation. Once en-
listed 1t Is difficult to persuade them to
retire. They riot and become extreme
" troublesome If an attempt be made
to disband them without liberal pay
ment. The commanding officers are
frequently as mercenary as the SOL
diers. When the government fails to
give its soldiers what they regard as
adequate pay the troops frequently be-
come bandits and loot.
Each province has its own military
governor and distinct military organ
tzation, presumably under control Of
the Peking authorities, but actually in
dependent in most cases. Consequent
" the Picking government is forced to
deal very automatically with the mill
tary organizations In the provinces,
particularly in the remote provinces.
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Lakes of Blood.

The name Lake of Blood or its equiv
alent has been given to places as far
apart as England and South America.
"Sanguelac"-i. e., the Lake of Blood
was the name given by the victorious
Normans to the battlefield at Hastings,
where the SaXons were overthrown
and slain with terrible carnage.
For a similar reason Lake Trasimene
has borne the name ''Sanginetto" be-
cause its waters were Redeemed during
the second Punic war by the blood of
some 5000 Romans who fell before
the troops of Hannibal.
Yet another Lake of Blood, called
also "Yaguar Cocha," is situated in the
state of Ecuador. 1t is one of a series
of lakes formed by the extinct craters
Of volcanoes on the towering heights
of the Andes range of mountains.
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Lobster and sut..rHy.

According to a scientific observer,
the lobster Is akin to the butterfly.
The ktnship Is not merely that of two
members Of the animal kingdom. The
lobster and the butterfly are actually
In one and the same great group of
the Kingdom, like the clam and the
snail or the whale and the giraffe.
whose spheres of activity are so wide
ly separated. 1t is simply, as Darwin
pointed out in the case Of other crea-
lures many years ago, that the lobster
and Its friends, the crab, the prawn
and the shrimp, chose one method of
life, while the butterfly and its set
cnose another. So the first group de-
Veloped characteristics suited to the
conditions In which it lived, including
as one of the most important, as its
members do not move rapidly, a coat
OF armor to protect them from their
innumerable enemies, while the but
terfies and the great host Of winged
insects shed every bit of superfiuous
weight, trusting to swiftness to carry
them out Of danger and to protective
coloring to conceal them when flight
Is unavailing.
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LARGEST VILLAGE In the World.

Open, unprotected, utterly indefensi-
BILE, The Hague has basked, smiling.
just behind the storm swept edge of
the ocean for centuries. Bleak, shift
ing downs roll up to the very gardens
of fits suburban villas; ancient hiStor-
ical forests proffer mild memories of
their vastneSs in woody parks and
winding shady ways. it is essentially
a place to be at peace.
Although so mingled with the dOingS
Of the house of Orange that every
square has a historical association.
every old palace and park its story,
though the parliamentS of the Dutch
states have met there since 1466 and
suave ambassadors have brought it
weighty questions and strange faces
since the sixteenth century, there is u
pretty responsibility about this lar
geSt village of the world that has en-
deared it to the pleasure lover of all
ages.-New York Telegram.
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Haiti,s Sans Souci.

The palace Of Sans Souci, erected
by Christophe, the black leader of
Haiti, is situated in the hills above the
level vale of Milot. with a background
Of forest and a foreground sprinkled
with the palms and huts of simple cul-
ivators. Dilapidated ruins and a tan
gle of tropical trees are the rueful rem
nants of the glory that was once the
palace without care and the garden of
delight of the king of slaves.
1t was off the coast of Haiti, near the
site of this palace, that the flagship OF
Columbus was wrecked. and here he
left most of his men when he returned
to Spain for aid. Upon his return to
the settlement, which he called LA
Navidad," he found the whole party
dead, including an Englishman named
AIlard and an Irishman, who was en-,
tered on the Santa Maria's books as
William of Galway.-National Geo,
graphic Magazine.
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Orkney Islands In Pawn.

The Orkney islands. says Pearson's
Magazine, do not really belong to
Great Britain in the sense that they
were ever coded by treaty or acquired
by conquest. They were simply trans
ferred by Denmark to Scotland in 146S.
In pledge for the payment Of the dowry
of the Princess of Denmark, who was
married to James I'LL, king Of Scot
land. In the deed Of transfer, which is
still in existence. II Is specially men
toned that Denmark shall have the
right to redeem them at any future
time by paying the original amount
Of the dowry with interest to date.
There is no likelihood. however, that
Denmark will ever attempt to exercise
her right of redemption, because Co.
600 forms, the original amount Of the
dowry, plus compound interest for AS
years, would amount to perhaps FL,
0O0, 900, 100000. and that is a bit more
than the islands are worth.
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Aztees and Human Sacrifices.

Human victims were sacrificed by
the Aztecs in various ways and rela-
lively in large numbers. Hubert Howe
Bancroft, in his History Of Mexico"
says: "The victims were for the most
part captives taken in war, and war
was often made solely with a view to
obtaining them. A large proportion,
however, consisted Of condemned GRIM
inals or slaves, and even of children,
bought or presented for the purpose.
Moreover, persons sometimes offered
themselves voluntarily for the good Of
the people or for the honor of a god.
The greater part of the victims died
under the knife, but some were burn
ed alive, and children were often bur-
led alive or drowned, while we hear
Of criminals being crushed to death
between stones. But the most cruel
sacrifice Of all, and yet the most COM
mon, was performed by tearing out
the heart of a living human creature
at the sacrificial stone" q
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He Used His Head,

In the American Magazine Charles
N. Schwab says:
Andrew Carnegie first attracted at
tention by using his head to think
with. 1t was when he was q telegraph
operator on the Pennsylvania railroad
under Colonel Thomas A. Scott. One
morning series Of wrecks tangled up
the line. Colonel Scott was absent and
young Carnegie could not locate him.
Things looked bad.
Right then Carnegie disregarded one
Of the roads strictest rules and sent
out dozen kilograms signed with
Colonel SCOTS name, giving orders that
would clear the blockade.
Young man. said the superintend-
ent few hours later, do you realize
that you have broken this company's
rulesY
"'Well, Mr. Scott, aren't your tracks
clear and your trains running?' asked
the young telegrapher.
Colonel SCOTS punishment was to
make Carnegie his private secretary.
A few years later, when the colonel re-
tired from Office, he was succeeded by
the former telegraph operator. then
only twenty-eigh years old"
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and aPeter PAM

.'-.b of ]. NJ. Barrie's play,
Tne Dan" was full Of romantic In.
peter parrie had agreed to write q
tereS. Frohman and met him at din
play lOi night at the Garrick club In
nsr Orr Barrie seemed nervous and
u , 81 r the matterT' said Charles.
VII WI this" said Barrie. you
! have an agreement to deliver
EnUf tbe manuscript of a play"
you ,Tos" said Frohman.
leI n have it all right" said Bar
We" .hnt | am sure it will not be a
ne, u,orcial success. 1t is a dream child
comI and | am so anxious to see ii
Of nln staee that | have written an.
on tnI nlay which 1 will be glad to give
QUE and which will compensate you
you loss OH the one l am so eager
~ ~ see produced"
70 @ 81 bother about that" said Froh-
81 will produce both plays"
n ELL tbe extraordinary thing about
-" onisode is that the play about
luD o,o success Barrie was so doubtful
WIZ "ppter PAN" which made several
nA The manuscript he offered
Hahmon 10 indemnify him from loss
lt p nAIice- Sit by -the-Fire," which last
n11 onIv a season.-"Charles Frohman.
Wsnager and Man..
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Making Mistakes.

Big men make big mistakes. Little
men could not make big mistakes If
they tried; they haven't the capacity.
The fellow Of strong personality, the
man who grabs at an opportunity with
all his might and goes straight toward
its accomplishment hurriedly is more
likely to make big mistakes than the
weakened of the world who are timld
and afraid. But the mistakes do not
amount to so much with him-that is
the point. The little fellow who makes
a mistake is lost. But the big fellow is
only encouraged by making a mistake
and often is able to drag success over
his errors as giant might drag a bull
through the underbrush. The little fell
low is not to be blamed. but the big
fellow is to be admired.-Columbu
(OD Dispatch.
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The Vampire.

This Is the vampire: Always inert,
sitting still, spending five to seven
hours a day looking out the window
on the street. Nothing to give, and al
ways giving it. Seeking amusement.
entertainment, but never affording any.
Taking. but never giving. Sitting
quietly and listening to others con-
verse and confer, even when her pres
ence is unwelcOme, but saying nothing
but an occasional yes or no. Primitive
minded and narrow. with nothing to
give, she drains others of ideas with
out retaining them-like Il sieve.
Thought passes through and beyond
her without stopping. She acquires
nothing, gives nothing, takes every
thing. One person alone with her be-
comes exhausted while she Is revivi-
fied.-New York Globe.
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Child Escapes Coyote.

Bend, Ore.-Attracted to the door
yard by an unusual noise being made
by her flock Of turkeys. Mrs. Thomas
Merchant, living east of Bend. found a
coyote running toward her little girl
who was playing In the yard. The ami
NAL was frothing at the mouth and Is
believed to have been rabid. Mrs. Mer-
chant had just time to snatch her
daughter up and return to the house
before the coyote reached the spot
where the little girl was at play.
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The Thespian's Eiaseo.

Among Italians, a correspondent in
Rome tells me, the origin of the term
"fiasco" for failure is believed TO have
originated in the remark of an old Ital-
ian actor. He had in the course of a
play to deliver a somewhat lengthy
mOnologue, In which he invariably
scored a great success. 1t was his
habit to always hold some object or
other in his hand, changing the article
every time he appeared and never us
ing the same thing twice. One even
ing, seeing a wine battle called in
Italian fiasco), he seized it and pro-
ceeded on the stage to pronounce his
soliloQuy. Whether it was that on that
occasion the audience was extraordi-
narily difficult 10 please or whether it
was that the actor was not up to his
usual form, the fact remains that for
once he did not obtain his customary
applause, from which time the phrase
fare fiasco" has become general in
the Italian language.-LOndOn ChrOn-
icle.
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The Business of Life,

Life is a business we are all apt to
mismanage. either living recklessly
from day to day or suffering ourselves
TO be guided out of our moments by the
insnitieS of custom. We should de-
spise a man who gave as little activity
and fOrethOuGht to the conduct of any
other business. But in this, which is
the one thing of all others. since it con-
RinS them all, we cannot see the forest
for the trees. One brief impression OBJ
fterateS another There is something
supplying in the recurrence of unim-
pOrtant things, and it is only on rare
WOvOcatiOnS that we can rise to take
an outlook beyond daily concerns and
comprehend the narrow limits and
great possibilities of our existence
Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Firm as a Rock.

"There," he said, pulling his shirt
sleeves over his brawny arms and sur,
veying the clothes prop which had
taken him the best part Of the after
noon to fix In the garden, that's as
firm as a rock. Even the combined
forces Of the elements cannot bring II
down."
Later In the day he found the pole
on the ground.
did you do thisT' he roared to his
eight-year-old son.
"No, father" was the answer; "a
sparrow perched on It 1 seed 1t my.
self."-London Globe.
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"Thanks For the Ducks"

An official in one of the largest man
ufacturing concerns in Philadelphia re-
Gently showed me the huge plant. l
marveled. at the labor saving ma
chinery.
zone of our workmen." he said, "has
made a great many of the improve
ments you see in this room. He likes
to go duck shooting. and while of on
a trip for week or more he thinks out
some new way to save labor"
After a moments pause he added:
"Why, he turned up one day with a
plan whereby we save $4,000 a year"
"And what" l inquired. docs that
workman get out of it,"
"Oh." the happy official replied, che
gets the ducks."-Girard in Philadel-
phia Ledger.
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Married Money.

acIad 70 see you looking so well, old
M said the friend of newly made
s"nodict. This is the first opportu-
~ have had of offering my con-
~ ..stuIations on your recent marriage.
S,om the look of things 1 guess you've
norried money: Well, it was the right
.binc 70 do. That shop walking berth
- yours must have been awfully Dor
,.r Is she in? 1 should like to be in
tOduced"
aOb she's at work." said the hus-
hand with a placid smile.
at work? What do you mean?"
asked the friend.
0Well. you see, it was this way" re-
,liod the benedict. "She had a much
hotter position than mine-head Of her
d4Dartment, IS a week. Wouldn't give
find. So there was nothing for it but
far me to retire from business and keep
house, and here l am, you see. You
have to let women have their way in
some thin gs.'-London Tit-Bits.
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NEW DIMES IN CIRCULATION.
$4,000 Worth of Coins Distributed by
the PhiIadeIphia Mint.

Philadelphia. The new ten cent
pieces which have been coined in large
quantities at the Philadelphia mint
were recently put into circulation for
the first time, about $4,000 worth be-
ing distributed to banks and trust COM
panies. They were introduced stimuli
taneously in the western states from
the Denver mint
The diverse side Of the new dime
shows a head Of Liberty in profile,
while the reverse side shows a bundle
Of rods in the center and the protrud-
ing battleax, symbols of unity. Sur
rounding the central design is an olive
wreath, denoting peace.
The new coins are expected to be in
general circulation within a few days.
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Wrong Eating.

After ALL" says a bulletin @
rom state board of health, @
' good health is largely a matter 9
' Of what goes into the stomach. @
' If person eats heavily Of rich, @
Greasy. concentrated foods. such @
as fried meats, rich pastries, 9
SOgsy or underdone breads. he 9
will soon find himself seeking a 9
' relief from headache, sluggish 9
hess. constipation and bilious 9
' ness. and the patent medicine g
' route will be the way he will 9
likely choose. Pills and purga- 9
lives will find hearty welcome 9
and become a warm friend to 9
PERSONS who so poison them 9
' Selves The trouble arising from 9
eating food of this kind is that it +.
lermrntN in the stomach, throws .
OH poi&"nS and creates condi- 9
uon which calls for n stronger .
poison in the form of medicine .
"throw off the food poison. The .
medicine habit is acquired, and 9
The digestive organs of the stom- :
mach are wrecked and no longer .
Perform their natural functions. =
On the other hand, whoever 9
. eats freely Of fruits, vegetables. 9
. Wllk, butter. salads, cereals and g
autS-foods prepared by nature 9
. 'or man-not only avoids diges- {
. i've troubles, but he is spared 9
. Tue evil effects Of food poisons. Z
. such as rheumatism, headaches, {
%uggiShness and biliousness. He {
Sso escapes the patent medicine Z
Aolt lie eats according to ma Z
wfes demand and needs, and no {
Seoicine is required as an after {
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That Midnioht Oil.

81 suppose" ventured the interested
friend Of the family, that John is
still burning the midnight oil at COL
lege?"
Yes, indeed" replied the fond but
puzzled mother. but the college must
furnish a very inferior quality of oil.
John writes me that some midnights
the light is so very poor that he can
hardly read his hand" - Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
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Game.

Daughter of Western Farmer,,O Oh,
George, the harvest hands threaten to
quit, and papa is away
Young Foreman Yes, l know.
wired him this morning for instruc-
lions.
Daughter of Western Farmer-What
did he answer?
Young Foreman-He said. Hold
hands till come"
Daughter of Warn Farmer-Well.
1t means an awfu. = of spooning, but
I guess we can do 1t. can't we?-Life.
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anna XIII Bees.

Oakland, Cal-Dr. ]. 81. Callen. who
had two hives Of bees, much alive, on
his Fruitvale avenue property, Is now
occupied In cleaning out two hives Of
dead bees. victims Of an unsuccessful
verdun defense against q horde Of ma
rauding ants. The evidence shows that
the ants attacked In solid mass lorna.
tion, carrying the bees nrst second
and third line Of trenches and then At
lacking the entrances to the hives.
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Simple Arithmetic,

A little boy who had not learned
how to count one day received three
apples from C friend.
He was very pleased and told his
mother afterward.
"How many apples did you getT
she asked.
81 don't know just how many moth
err" he replied. but 1 got one in the
middle and two outside."-New York
Times.
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EIyinu Predictions.

In 1913 Friar Bacon predicted that
flying would shortly become a gen
eral practice, and Bishop wilkins in
1862 said, lit will yet be as usual TO
hear a man call for his wings when he
Is going on a journey as it is now to
hear him call for his boots"
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He Was the Whole of IL.

Over the wire to the parsonage came
this request:
"The bishop would like to meet at
the church this evening the pastor, the
class leader. the Sunday school super
ntendent, the president of the cradle
roll and of the young peoples societies,
the president of the missionary So
dety, the ch0rister and the sexton"
All right, I'll be there" was the
anSwer-ChriStian Herald.
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fireman SAVES BABY.
Climbed on Pilot of Locomotive, Lifted
Infant From Track.

Infant From Track.
La Crosse. Wis.-Coon valley resi-
dents are talking Of applying for a
Carnegie medal for Fireman Peter
Hensgen of the La Crosse and South
eastern. He was in freight engine
cab when he saw a child in the dis
lance on the track.
1t was down grade and the brakes
were slow to grip. Hensgen climbed
out along the footboard to the pilot.
grasped a rod and leaned down.
He grabbed the sleeping child with
his free hand and lifted her from the
track. The child was the little daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Jacobson.
She had wandered away in the after
noon and lay down tired between the
rails and went to sleep.
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Deserved to Get Il.

81 want to ask you for a bit Of adj.
vice." said the insinuating man.
what is it,"
81 want you to put yourself in my
place and me in yours and tell me how
you would so about 1t if you wanted to
borrow SO from me. "-EXchange.
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Air Movements.

The movement Of air Is variously
designated, according to its velocity,
rs a zephyr. breeze. wind. gale or hur-
ricane.
A dense or thick fog, according to
the weather bureau, obscures objects
at q distance Of 1000 feet