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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

plumber has gone away. But his wife
told me II We had bit OF lead about
the house and would put II over the hole
In the kettle. and then put red-hot
poker on the lead the lead would melt
and stop up the leaky hole as good ~
the plumber could do IL
Fine cried Nurse Jane. But We
have no lead In the house"
Then II was that the braxe ain soldier
on his shoulder. He ssluted with his
hand. slapping II down with a tin clang
on his tin knee.
III you please" he said. "use me. I
am lead
Use you for what7" asked Jingle Wig
glly.
Use me ms melted lead to fiI this
hole In your tea kettle" said the soldier.
Il viii try TO be brave. | will try not
to be afraid Of the red hot poker
"Oh. no. would never think OF doing
that" said the bunny uncle.
Then would be brave like the one
legged soldier. I would die In the red
fire as he did. and | would be doing
to stop the leak In the tea kfttle." and
the soldier begged 80 hard. and was
| so much In earnest that Uncle Wiggily
heated the poker red hot lie put tho
lead soldier over tho hole In the tea
kettle.
The soldier stood up bravely He a-
luted. but when the red hot poker WAS
touched 10 him. he melted down into a
shiny round bit OF lead. that filled the
leak
"Oh. the leak IN my kettle Is stoppedi'
cried Nurse Jane. Now | can get sup
per"
Yes. and there died \ brave soldier" ="
said Uncle Wiggly. and he put carefully
away the little bit OF lead that was left
after the hole WAS stopped. IL was part
OF the brave soldiers gun
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
Referee To Name
Winners of All
Broadway Bouts

Declsionless boxing having proved men
ace to tho boxing game even IN the
states where boxing commissions rule.
the Broadway Athletic club which opens
II doors for the first time next Mon
day night, has announced that referee $
decisions viii he given. Hugh Hines has
been secured as tho official club referee.
Monday night programs similar 10
those OF the r. NJ A. A, which II sue
oeeds, will be staged by the Broadway
A. C.
The first card will he featured by two
featherwelght battles Young Mckee II
Oklahoma city and Bobby Burns OF Kan
sns city, tangling, and Young Lawler
going up against frankie Ellison oi
Scammon, Kan Both are scheduled foT
ten rounds
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
Baseball

Managers Hugh Jennings OF the De
troit Tigers and John McGraw OF thr
New YORK Giants, are TO spend few
days together at Havana before Joining
their teams at the training camps.
Even II the short oppins Of Chuck
Ward. last year with the Portland. ore
team. failed to set tho Pacific Coast
league on fire. Manager Callahan OF
Pittsburgh, 10 confident Ward will make
good with the Pirates.
Jim Thorpe 4. 10 beCsold 10 IN. In.
dlnnapolis American association club I'm
case he falls TO make good with the
Giants. Thorpe's playing with M,lwau-
kce last year was one of the brilliant fea .
turcS OF the association season.
Manager Jack Barry, Babe Ruth md
Heinie Wagner OF the Red Sox are work
Ink out In the sym at Holy Cross col
l"gr. The trio Of star pastlmers should
prove OF great benefit In the coaching
OF tho college bali players
American lealue club owners claim they
have signed So percent OF their resu-
lars and hold options on n sufficient f,im-
her Of class "A and class A players 20
recruit. their respective teams 10 q play.
er limit,
The Boston Braves seem TO be IN
against II IN the signing OF their pitch :
nrs, All tha regulars on the twlrllng
staff OF the Braves, including Rudolph,
Allen, Hughes, Began, Reulbach, Nehl,
Tyler Barnes James and Davis. have
failed TO sign contracts for the coming
season.
Zach Wheat OF the Brooklyn Robins, is
said to have made known his intention
10 definitely retire from the game II tho
Brooklyn club cuts his salary. Whea,
owns n big ranch In oklahoma and does
not have to play hell for living
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Copyright, 1917. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicatc.)
~ NCE upon n time there -as q brave
tin soldier who lived In box OF
" toys with many other things TO
make happy little girls and boys.
Now this soldier, about whom man
named Mr Anderson has written very
beautiful story. was brave. even though
he Ind only one leg. In fact. some sol
diers that have only one leg ara Drawer
than others with two or three.
Now II SO happened that one day when
Uncle Wiggily was walking through the
woods near his hollow stump bungalow,
looking for an adventure. he happened to
pee tin soldier. sitting down behind =
stump And this soldier seemed TO be
feeling very badly, indeed
PRAY. what IA the trouble. brave sol.
der" asked the bunny gentleman.
Up Sprang thesSoldier to his feet. and
be held his tinEun M very straight and
salutcd by bringing his hand TO his head
and down to his leg again with n clang
like when the can opener hits the coffee
stralner. For the soldier though Of tin,
could speak and talk like real person,
and Uncle Wiggily could do the same
thing; this being ono of the few magical
times when such things happened
Pray. do not call me "a brave soldier ="
said the tin one
why not7" asked Uncle wiEglly. You
seem quite brave. with your bright shin-
ing gun. your sword by your side and
your strong legs on which TO stand and
fisht 3"
"Ah. that Is Just the trouble" said
the tin soldier n ought to he brave.
hut | am not as brave Rs the soldier who
had only one lcr-,hc one Mir Anderson
wrote about For, though he had but one
leg, he stood m very brave and siiff
And he sailed down the sewer ppo In
a paper boat he wasn't afraid " the
sewer rat, and finally n hig rsh swal.
lowed the brave onc.lessed soldier"
IS that all that h,ppened1' asked
Uncle Wisgily
No" said the other tin soldier when
The fish was cut open 10 cook inside
Il was found the brave tin soldier. and
he was given To tho same little hoy who
had owned him before "
And IN that all that happened'" asked
Uncle wlrgilyg
No" said the two. legged soldier "All
AZ once the little hoy, who had many
other tin soldiers took. the one legged
chap and threw him into the hot fire
~ the stove And. VI tho same time
ne wind blew into the fire lovely III.
10 paper dancing lady whom the brave
I'm soldier liked very much The Tin sol.
der melted down into the shape ~ q
heart, and the paper dancing lady was
burned TO = cinder hut WAS not tina,
soldier brave"
Yes, he was brave" said uncle Wiz.
SHY But ! think YOU would be brave
" YOU were called on 90 be 50 Nynu arc
made OF Tin and lead. and would need
n hotter fire 20 mel, YOU"
on, but I'm afraid of beins melted
ana going In the no, fire" " said the snl.
dier Y sn afraid. and any one who /,
afraid cannot, he brave
One cannot be sure ~ that" said
the bunny uncle Now N you v,.h a.
see how brave YOU viii he. IN take Won
70 my hollow stump bungalow with ne
ana We shall zee what happens"
VERY well, said the tin and LEAD
soldier. DO, and we shall AGO whai
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
War Threat Will
Not Stop Minors

NEW YORK. Feb, 10 All minor base
ball leagues viii open the season as usual
oven though the United States should be-
come involved IN war. and the question
of suspending play will be decided later
President Barrow Of the international
league announced today
He has received assurances, he said,
that the resolution passed by tn. major
leagues turning down the two-year
drafts would be reconsidered and n rule
substituted which will prohibit drafting
from cln. "A league, unless the play
one year.
The International club owners have de-.
cidcd to follow In detail the American
league plan for military training for the
PLAYERS
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

happens | hope ! prove TO be brave.
though. and not n coward. when the time
comes
So Uncle Wiggiy took the lead soldier
home. and no sooner had the bunny gem
tleman entered his hollow stump bungs-
low than Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. the
muskrat lady housekeeper. cried
Don't take your things OFF. Uncle Wig
gily. You will have TO 60 TO the plumb
er's for me. anl get him TO mend leaky
hole In the tea kettle before can get
supper. The water all leaks out and
puts out the fire
An right. I'll take tho kettle at once"
said Uncle WigEily And here is A
friend TO come TO stay to supper He is
n brave lead soldier"
oh | fear I arm not brave" said the
soldier the bunny took out of his pocket
II only wish were"
TIN sure you will be-" spoke the rab-
bit gentleman. as he took the leaky tee
kettle and started OF across the fields
toward the plumbers shop
Pretty soon Uncle WiGgily came back
is tho kettle fixed so | can make
tea asked Nurse Jane
No" said Uncle wIssily. The
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
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AJ .
ORANTLAND RACE S
The Way OF a Nation.

We build our teams 10 meet the test,
To know the winners role.
Where team play and preparedness
Arc entered on the scroll
We send our bail clubs south each sprlns
We drll our hnlfbacks hard
To launch n sprint around some end
or hammer out a yard
But when the nations due 10 train
To show It's skin or spunk.
w" mix yawn up with a frown
And softly murmur. Bunk
No nation In the swing OF time
That ever lived before,
Has trained. as We have. all IT'S teams
To nail the winning score,
No nation, In the ages span.
BY south or north or west,
IInR had its teams as well prepared
To face the coming test
Bu' when II comes To greater things
Amid the growing rush.
We mix frown up with q yAwu
Chpd gently murmur. "Tush."
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
Cardinal Owner to
Swap ROg. Hornsby

ST. LOUIS, Feb 1.-THE hand that
rocks the cradle may not rule the world
but n does rule the 81 Lonis Cardinals
Miller Hussins. manaser of the club. re-
turned from the New York meeting TO.
night announcing he had refused many
offers from the Cubs and poston Braves
for Roger hornshy, the Cardinals pep.
perry Md innelder
When he hit town iIugsIns lestncd
Mrs Helene " " ntitton, president of
the club, was considering an offer from
the Cubs and Braves for Hornsby, the
owner ~ the clubs going over Hugsins'
head IN an effort 10 get Iiotnshy. Hug
W nccNcd aud said 80. N nornEhy goes
" win he without his approval
Baseball followers tonight we're In.
clined To believe the "nagnatess" would
let lutnshy 10, remembering her ourt /.
ing ~ Roger ntesnahan In 1919. liorn.by
today holds the same position In the ~
Louis BUGS Idol room sS did prcsnahsn
In 1912.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
Tho February Blockade.

The melancholy days are here
The dope Ia fading to a scre.
The hally- time is out ~ Joint
And there is nothing to anoint;
From March along the right-of- way
There's always something for play.
There's always something for skit.
A cleek shot or n two base hit.
But February clogs the lawn,
The darkest cloud before the dawn
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
One Prepared Set.

The horrors Of war and tho dangers
attending have been pretty well outlined
before.
But there Is at least one act in this
country who should he able 10 face artil-
lery without CULVER American league
batsmen who have been pointing AT the
stuff fired In taclr direction by Walter
Johnson and Babo Ruth should be well
enough acclimatcd to grappe with the
rest OF II, whatsoever the calibcr or the
displacement
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
More hmateurism A

Sir; We have been having rnhid discus
sions about the amateur trend Of our golf
and tennis players, hut II may take no
committee TO bring In n verdict of anna
teurism about armies The first scores
may show well enough they are not even
semi-rros unless the present situation
changes IL H. /.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

While II II an established fact that
Mr. Fulton VIII undoubtedly be the next
man 10 meet Mr., willard. and while this
situation Is perfectly sure to develop at
the most opportune date, the process
lendine up TO tho same must of neces-
sity contain tho usual amount Of suhtlety
and passionate debate before the time
can be adjudged ripe enough TO pick
Briefly, YOU know what we are In for
before the first blow In struck.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
Former Pirate President pIss.

PITTSBURGH, Feb. ls-William NJ.
Kerr, aged 10, a prominent local bust
ness man and former president OF the
Pittsburgh National league baseball club,
Is dead at his homo here today after a
short illness He was owner ~ tho
Pittsburgh club Of the brotherhood
leasu. which WAS organised by PLAYERS
who had revol,ed from lhe Nasfonp,
league until the former ofganlsat Ion
failed, He then secured an interest In
tho National league, dlsposlng ~ his
holdings In 1900.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

Miss Springtime-Any Rail Player.
Alone at l.ast--Jcss willard
A Successful Calamity ty-Connle Mack.
The Great Divide David tultE
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
The Modern ysrsIon.

Old King cole was merry old soul
Who spent his time at the nineteenth
hole.
And all he discussed the merry old sot.
Was the puts he missed which ne should
have got
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

We would like TO see golf unlonired for
one reason. II we ever get into bunker
with the other fellow on the green near
the hole. II would be n cheering event 20
be able 10 call strike and take a chance
on later arbitration
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
Edward S. Young Dies.

HARTFORD, Conn, FEB. lo.-Ed.
wizard 5. Young % years old. SER
geant-at-arms at the republican ma
tional convention which nominated
President Mckinley and President
Roosevelt. died today Of pneumonia.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
4 Minutes to Digest This.
No. 70.

NO, 70.
There's all the turkeys We have
LETT said Gugelheim. the market
man. Together they weigh twenty
pounds, and the little fellow sells
for , cents a pound more than the
big bird" Mrs. Smith bought the
little one for R cents and Mrs.
Brown paid 800 for the big turkey.
What was the weight OF the big
gobbler2
ANSWER TO NO. 90.
Cash. Ship, Scent, Task. Shoe,
Mink.
Copyright, 1917 by sam Loyd)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

r. e k-Mr Webster was undenlnhly
correct. foursome requires four par
ticipants with two on each side playing
hut one hall. Tho Endorsement Of n
worthy citizen always affords extreme
pleasufe
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

Crane. the new shortstop obtained by
washington from the Baltimore club,
cost the Senators 5000 In cash and play
crs
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
College Caging
Title Disputed

oklahomas basketball title may find no
home this season. The home coming Of
the Northwestern Rangers may solve the
problem. and then again IL may not. for
although they have chance at the Soon
ors. II IN understood thry are not down
on the Agges' visiting list. And right
now the Aggies have the best chance to
cop for they yet have the Kendallitcs
TO play, while the Soonsrs were forced
TO split with them
The Aggles lost their chance 10 prac-
tically clnch the championship Saturday
when they lost to the Sooners, 30 10 2s.
All Oklahoma high school has 10 do
now to win the basketball championship
Of the Central conference is to sit STEADY
In the boat Saturday night they duph-
Gated Friday nights defeat Of Shawnee,
thereby putting the Iottawatomie coun
" lads out Of the running Oklahomo
city now has only four games with ri
Reno left. but must win all four Of them
| TO clnch the championship.
Tecumseh won the East Central tourna-
mont
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

Word from St. Louis has II that Man
ager Fielder Jones Ia to start house
cleaning. Half . dozen or more OF the
Browns are TO he traded
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

The Chicago cubs are 10 onen their
sptlns practice samcs NJ Pasadena. March
:. with the l.na Angeles racific Cossl
league team aH lhclr opponents
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

Should Captain Huston. one OF the
owners OF the New York Yankees. carry
out his reported plan to form regi-
rnent of hall players, he would do well
to call upon chief Bender. otis Gran
dali. Harry Davis and Christy Mathew
son. These fodr pastimerr form the
class OF crack shots among ball players.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
Motor of Bender
Kills Pedestrian

PHILADELPHIA, Feb, is--An autcmo-
bile belonging to Charles Alber, Render,
former star pitcher Of the philadelphia
Americans, struck and killed James Cur.
ran, ~ years old, here last rlsht bend
or 4. said TO have been In the car Al the
time. The police said pender surrendered,
WAS released on his own recosnl,ancc hnh
will he given n hearing today
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

In case war 10 declared s-w " the mi
nor baseball learues viii he willing 10
take chsnc. In competition with th'
''wufld's game" the coming season
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
BASEBALL AND BOXING
BY GOLDBERG

,copyrion,. 1917. by n. / oo,a.,r~,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

The BROOKLYN Robins and New York
Yankees will play n series ot three sames
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

pitcher Earl Hamilton of the ~ Louis
prowns, is working out IN Havana With
Marsars, Aco-tA, GONZALES and other Gu
asn h,g l~ssuer-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

Copyright. 1917. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicatc)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14
TO ORGANIZE HOME GUARDS

1t was stated here Saturday that
efforts would be made by the State
to organize a Home Guard" com
posed of men who have been declared
unfit for service in the regular mill
tary branches as result of some
minor disability, and for men past
the military age.
A communication from Frankfort
to interested parties here stated that
plan to this effect was being con-
sidered by the military authorities
of the State. The men of Paris and
Bourbon county will now have a
chance to rally round the flag,
boys" without having to go into the
the trenches in q foreign land. Home
Guards have been established in other
States, and are doing a good work
in helping the military authorities to
maintain order. They will not be re-
Quired to abandon their occupations,
but will be subject to call the same
as any other military body for police
or other duty. The plan is said to
have the sanction of Adjutant-Ge
eral J. Tandy Ellis.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14
ITO MAKE WORLD SAFE FOR DE.
MOCRACY."

There will be held at the Seelbach
Auditorium, Louisville, KY, August
1918, 1917, a Patriotic Confer
ence," under the auspices of the
State Council of Defense All of us
must do our best to make the world
safe for democracy. 1--WE must pre-
serve democracy or submit to auto
cracy"
The purpose of the conference is:
ITO inform and to arouse, to agree
upon a uniform plan by which we
can use our resources in every way
possible to assist those brave Ken
lucky soldiers who have Joined the
ranks and will soon be on the fight
ing line defending for us the princi-
pies we love so dearly" Club
women, professional men, business
men, farmers, in short, all patriotic
people-men and women are urged to
go.
For further information, address,
H. H. Cherry, Chairman Publicity
Committee, State Council of Defense,
Bowling Green, Ky.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14
BOURBON HORSEMEN ON THE BIG
CIRCUIT.

Mr.. Charles T. Best, of the firm of
Power & Best, of Paris. left last week
for a tour of the big circuit with
their stable of seven good show
horses.
In the string of horses, every one
of them in good condition, is Charm
ing King, owned by Mr.. Henry A.
Power, individually, and trained and
raced by Mr.. Best; a three-year-old
grandson of Harrison Chief and a
half-brother to Lula Edwards, owned
by Mr. Best; a son of Beau Brummel,
which was sold by Mr.. Langhorne T.
Anderson, of Maysville. to Mrs. Lula
Long Combs, of Kansas City, Mo-,
for $4,000; five-gaited gelding,
Billy Sunday; and a five-gaited
brown mare by Rex Mcdonald and
out of a Bourbon CHIEF mare.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14

ing of ice cream, sherbet and cakes,
were served. Among the prominent
visitors were the Past President, Mrs.
Minnie I. Jones, of Lexington; Past
President Mrs. Kate Lowman, of Lex
ington; State Warden, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hines, of Georgetown.
Forty-two visitors representing the
Cynthiana, Lexington, Georgetown,
Winchester, Frankfort and Richmond
lodges, were present, and enjoyed the
hospitality OF the Paris lodge for the
evening.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14
PARIS RIvALING BOONESB0RO

"Why go to Boonesboro?" The
question suggested itself to a group
of Paris people Sunday when the rel.
alive merits of Stoner Creek and Ken.
lucky River for bathing facilities
were being discussed Of course the
discussion ended with a verdict in
favor of the Paris end of the propo
sition.
A crowd of Lexington girls, accom-
panied by the properest of chaper.
ones, came to Paris, Sunday, anG
spent the afternoon in picnicing and
bathing in Stoner near "The Ford
one of the beauty spots of the pref
tiest stream in Central Kentucky
They were joined here by party OF
Paris boys and girls, and from all &C.
counts Camp Daniel Boone" and
"Boonesboro" had nothing whatever
on the Paris bunch in the way of en-
joyment. The water in Stoner Greek
is clearer and purer, if that counts
for anything, than that of the Ken
lucky River.
The afternoon was spent by other
large parties in enjoying bathing
above and below the Louisville and
Nashville railroad bridge near the ice
factory. John McDermott, manager
of the Postal Telegraph office almost
broke into the Carnegie Hero Medal
Competition by rescuing tall, lean,
lank damsel in distress, but his we'll
known modesty prompted a suppress
sion of the details.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14
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BOURBON MAN WINS HONORS

Mr.. Bishop Batterton, of Bourbon
county, who has been at the home OF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Bat
terton, near this city for some time
on furlough was the winner of a com.
petitive rifle shooting match held al
Paris Island, South Carolina, where
he has been stationed for several
months.
Mr.. Batterton is member of Fifth
Company B., First Regiment, Marine
Corps, at Port Royal, s. C. In the
contest in which Mr.. Batterton won
honors several thousand marksmen
competed. .....
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14
Fire, Wind and Lightning
Insurance.
Thomas, Woodford & Bryan.
-s -
NEW FLAG FOR POSTOFFTCE

A new flag will soon float from the
flagstaff on the Government Building
to replace the old one. Postmaster
j. Walter Payne received word Satur-
day that his requisition for a new flag
had been honored, and that the
bunting had been shipped to him.
The new "Old Glory will probably
be thrown to the breeze to-day.
Now is is up to the city of Paris to
replace the flag on the City Hall and
Fire Department, now reduced to a
mere handful of rags, with a new
flag, as good as its neighbors are
floating!