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with his wife, which ended only when
he had her put to death. Having
started his reign In this fashion he
continued in his career Of crime and
lust, not hesitating even to strangle
his own sons. Religious enemies he
generally preferred to have burned
alive.
He finished his days in the most
frightfuI physical and mental torments,
just after ordering the massacre OF
the innocents In the year Of Christ's
birth. Emperor Augustus, his friend,
said Of him: TT is better to be
Herod's pig than his son." He had
ten wives In all, and several Of these
at one time.
Herod the Great had passion tor
building. During the first decade CT
his reign he was too busy establish
ing himself to indulge his passion.
Then he rehabiIftated many cities. At
Jerusalem, Jericho and Caesarea, he
erected theaters. amphltheaters and
hippodromes. He rebuilt the temple
In Jerusalem. He even restored and
beautified cities in Syria, Asia Minor
and Greece.
Herod, having been born at Ascalon,
devoted much time and money to It's
improvement He beautified the city
with baths and costly fountains, as
also cloisters around q court, that
were admirable both for their work
manship and 4argeness," according to
Josephus.
One Of the finds at Ascalon Is a
gigantic statue Of Herod the Great.
Another Is the Court Of Herod and
It's surrounding clolsters, mentioned
by Josephus.
A third Is q temple with massive
marble columns, which may date back
to the days when AscalOn. according
to Herodotus. was famous for the wer-
ship Of Astarte (Astoreth), the god
dess of fertility and fruitfulness
mentioned in I Samuel 81 :10-"and
they put his ar1rsor In the house OF
Astoreth. :" This was the
armor of SAUL first king Of Israel.
In this connection there has been
discovered q bas-nel1ef representing
the goddess with two attendants
Also a statue Of Venus has been I'M
covered.
Asealon was the seat Of worship OF
Astarte, more or less Identified with
the Assyrian Ishtar, the Phoenician
Astoreth, the Greek Aphrodite and
the Roman Venus. She is often rep
resented as half woman and half fish,
sort of divine mermaid. A deep
layer Of broken pottery has been dug
up here, which probably marks the
remains Of vessels broken as part Of
the religious rites In her honor. But
so far no trace has been found Of the
lake into which she plunged. accord
ing to one story, being ashamed Of her
misdeeds, and was completely trans
formed into a fish.
The most famous legend concerning
her tells Of her descent into the under.
world in search Of the healing waters
which are to restore to life her bride
groom Tammuz, the Young and beau
tiful sun god, slain by the cruel hand
Of Winter.
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great rising under Bar-Ccchba, The
rebellion was stamped out with much
bloodshed. Emperor Hadrian, In re-
building Jerusalem, changed its name
to Aelia Capitolina and decreed that
no Jew should dwell In 1t. Never
since that day has Jerusalem been a
Jewish city or Palestine Jewish
land.
Ascalon's history was naturally
troublous In times like these. I'm l4so
B. c., say the Tel-el-Amarna tablets,
the native chiefs and DagGn-worship-
,ers who ruled the city were paying
tribute to the Pharaoh OF Egypt. The
place was captured successfully by the
great Rameses H., and by King AS
surbanipal of Assyria.
1t later became one of the hve
towns Of the Philistine confederacy.
'Tell 1t not in Gath, publish 1T not
in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the
daughters Of the Philistines rejoice"
is written in II Samuel leo. lit came
into the hands Of the tribe of Judah,
but 1t remained an enemy of the
Hebrews to the last.
Ascalon long belonged to the
Romans. In the Seventh century 1t
came into possession Of the Sara""ns.
In 1899 was fought the great battle
on the plains Of Ascalon In which
the Crusaders under Godfrey de Boui[
Ion were victorious. The city was
taken and retaken during the wars OF
the Crusaders.
The end Of Ascalon came In 1910,
when it was destroyed by the Sultan
Bibars. 1t was then that It's harbor
was filled in. 1t was then that 1t be-
came q desolation.
Herod the Great was the ruler who
heautifed Ascalon. Herod Is the
family name of group Of rulers Of
Palestine. The family had Its origin
In Antipater, an Idumean (Edonite),
who in the last century before Christ
WAS made by the Romans governor Of
Edom. Judea, Samaria and Galilee.
His son was Herod the Great, who was
made king of Judea and reigned from
30 TO 4B. c. It was Herod Antipas.
son Of Herod the Great, tetrarch Of
Galilee, who beheaded John the Bap-
fist and to whom Jesus was sent by
plate. The Herods were Jews only
in the sense that the Edomites were
conquered and compelled to embrace
Judaism about 130 B. c.
Herod the Great ruled the Jews
with an iron hand, ruthlessly murder
ing all whom he considered enemies,
Pincluding even the brother of his wife
Marianne. When he left his court
on q dangerous mission To Rome he
left word that In the event of his
death, Marianne should be killed also.
This Jealous decree started a quarrel
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Understanding Christianity.

A man may say he does not under
stand over half of Christianity. What
are you doing with the half you do
believe? Never mind the half you don't
understand. but take the half you have
got and say you do believe and try
to work that out in your life. The
astonishing thing Is that as you try
TO work 1t out you will find your faith
growing and growing and getting
richer and richer and fuller and fuller:
and you Will go on from faith to faith,
lust because you have used what
God gives you.-Rt. Rev. Charles
Eiske D. ID.
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O. lhE o.
AMERICAN
LEGI0N
Copy for This Department Supplivi By
the American Legion News Service.)
MACNIDER, NEW LEGION HEAD
Mason City (Ia.) Man Is Chosen Ma
tional Commander Of the Ameri-
can Legion.

ave must build this Legion Of ours
so big and fine and strong, keep 1t so
clean and straight and American, that
when we ask for things for the ex-
service man, for the disabled man and
for those who are financially disabled
our communities will say, If the Le-
gion Is for it, we are for it."
This was the first message Of Han
ford MacNider to members Of the
American Legion, following his elec-
tion as national commander Of the or
ganization. Mr.. MacNider Is the
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TAKES OVER BOSTON TROOP.

Said Dabbus who served as Chief
scout of Syria and is now student
at the Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
nology was one Of the young men who
answered the recent call for scout
leaders issued by the Boston council.
He will act as scoutmaster for a
group of Syrian boys. Another valu-
able addition to the scoutmaster ranks
that the appeal gained was Joseph A.
Langone, organizer Of the Sons of
Italy, the largest Italian organization
In the country. Mr.. Langone will
serve as a scoutmaster Of his own
troop and supervise other italian
troops in the city.
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Fossils Reveal History.

The fossil shells Of the early inverte-
brates, or spineless creatures, are Of
great Importance to biologists, for they
indicate the geologic period in which
the rock beds containing them were
formed-in other words, the age Of the
rock. Each fcssillferous rock bed con-
tains Characteristic forms or groups Of
forms that determine the period In
which 1t was mud or sand. Former
Director Powell Of the United States
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everyone has thought Of Jerusalem
and Palestine. And Ascalon Is close
to Jerusalem and the birthplace or
Herod the Great, who ordered the
Massacre Of the Innocents."
During the World war the activities
Of the Palestine Exploration fund were
necessarily suspended. Now they have
been resumed with extraordinary sue
cess. tArchaeologists are uncoTerlng
many splendid buildings Of ancient
days, some Of them of great irforma-
tional value. The greatest finds have
been uncovered in Ascalon-
The Palestine Exploration fund Is
a society founded in London IN 1855
for the accurate and systematic dI-
vestigation of the archaeology, topog-
raphy, geology and physical geogra-
ply, natural history, manners and
customs Of the Holy Land for Biblical
illustration. A preliminary expedition
was made by Captain Wilson in the
winter Of 1866. Since then no less
than eight expeditions for varying
purposes have been sent out. Since
1869 the society has issued a quarterly
statement and has published several
wOsks and maps. 1t maintains a
museum at Its London Office.
Ascalm is a desolation In the literal
meaning Of the word and has been
a desolation for many year. Vegeta-
ton is scanty. The once splendid
harbor has been filled up. The great
walls and towers that surruounted
the ridge that surrounds the city lie
in crumbled ruins. The confusion is
extraordinary; the walls and towers
appear to have been blown asunder by
powder. Yet once the city must nave
been a vision Of beauty. Here and
there broken columns Of marble and
granite tell Of the glories Of the past
Probably Ascalon once looked some
thing like Jaffa, making allowance
for the modernizing Of that ancient
city.
Ascalon lies on the shore Of the
Mediterranean, in Judea, SO miles
VI II NAS u
fortified city in ancient times. How
old It is, nobody. knows. 1t passed
from the Egyptians to the Canaanites
about 1900 B. c.; in those days the
Egyptians were the overlords Of Pales-
tine, which was then called Canaan.
= Between 1900 and HOO b. c. PhiiiS-
tines and Hebrews struggled for pos
session of Canaan. The Hebrews
finally gained control and the Ca
naanites were submerged. In 1850 B. &.
the divided Hebrew tribes were united
into a kingdom under Saul. David,
his successor, completed the establish
ment Of Israelite supremacy in Pales-
tine. Under David and Solomon, for
the first and only time In history,
Palestine was the home Of united
people under one central government.
Then followed its division Into
Israel and Judah. Then followed
conquest by the Assyrians and by the
Babylonians and by the Perslans and
by the Egyptians and by the Romans.
In 20 A. d. the struggle against Rome
was ended by the capture and ruin
of Jerusalem. In 1925 A. d. was the
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the primary color pigments. Excava-
tions of Greece prove that the primi-
tive Greeks used white, red, blue, yell
low and black In stucco and fresco,
while brown. black, white, maroon and
red were the pottery colors. Roman
colOring was strictly adapted from
the Greek, with the difference that the
Romans accented the vivid hues of
the Greeks. The Romans used strik.
ing color contrast much more than did
the Greeks, and their mosaics have
become art classics for this very fea-
son. .-----..
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Oliver Goldsmith proclaimed him to
be one Of her dullest boys, and Har.
rlet Martineau was a source Of anx-
iety and perplexity to her parents
during the whole. Of her young days.
BY reading her autobiography we see
how easy 1t Is for gifted child. a
well-lntentioned child, and one anx.
ious to do right and merit appreciation
to be so wholly misunderstood as to
be continually in fault and causing
perpetual trouble to all around her, to
say nothing of making life a burden
and misery to herself.
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God Never Chances.

We talk Of CLOUDY sky, but in
reality there is no such thing. The
sky Is always blue. the sun is always
shining. The clouds are not the sky
anv more than the curtain Is the
window. So God is always the same.
He never changes. Clouds may sweep
between us and Him and obscure our
vision, hut He Is where He always is,
waiting to be gracious and ready to
stretch forth n helping hand.-Can-
adlan Churchman.
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Early Color Development

Colors played big part In the life
Of ancient peoples, as bits Of pottery
and house furnishings as unearthed
from ruins tell very plainly. The an
clients seemed to recognize the fact that
color Is the life OF nature and deserves
adaptation to daily surroundings. And
yet, vivid as were the hues they used.
there Is a monOtony to the colors used
almost exclusively. This Is because
few variations had been made with
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RETURNS FROM
FRANCE.

Lorne w. Barclay, director of the
national department Of education, Boy
Scouts of America, who has been In
France for six months directing the
scout camps in the devastated regions,
has returned to his work at the ma.
tional council headquarters. Mr.. Bar.
clay was made knight of the Legion
Of Honor by the French government in
recognition of his tireless and splen
did service to the youth Of France.
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HEAD OF LEGION AUXILIARY
Mrs. Lowell =. Hobart OF Cincinnati
Is the New President Of the
Women's Organization.

Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart Of Cincinnati,
the first national president Of the
American Legion Women's auxiliary,
is one of those war mothers who
served In the great second army"
When her son joined the colors and
was sent to Carp Zachary Taylor,
Kentucky. she went with him. There
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SCOUTS TO HELP AIR SERVICE.

Washington scouts had the honor Of
laying the first marker up. c. l." for
the new air route from Balling field
to Dayton, o., and plans are being
made at the request Of the federal air
service for definite cooperation Of
boy scouts with the service. Some Of
the work which 1t is contemplated hav.
ing scouts 10 will consist Of helping
aviators making forced landings, re-
porting adverse weather conditions,
marking airways, guarding planes
landed or broken, night signaling.
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sENsED SOMETHING WRONG.

Little Miss Polly, age seven, came
over to see us one evening and re-
ouested that we play the record on the
nbonorroph. which was even Thou
Rravest." from Faust, sung by Rein
Md Werrenrath. She listened for a
few minutes and then said, That's a
religious piece, isn't itT On being
told that 1t was a grand opera selec-
tion. she remarked, my goodness,
that's terribly quiet for grand opera"
Exchange.
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GAVE HIS THREE PENNIES.

Troops In Iaany places have been
making contributions to the Scout
comrades in Pueblo who lost so
heavily and acted so heroically in the
disaster which overcome the city last
summer" Orange IN. J) scouts are
among those who have been helping
this work and recently a little chap
not more than nine years old-too
young to be scout but brim full OF
scout splrit--stopped Scoutmaster
Yarrles of that city and presented him
with three pennies which he said he
wanted added to the fund the scouts
were collecting for Pueblo boys.
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she worked daily as Red Cross su-
pervisor and at night she instructed q
class in Red Cross work.
Today Mrs. Hobart is at the head
of one of the largest organizations Of
women in the world. The Legion aux
ilIary has membership Of about 1885,
600, having grown from 5000 in the
last year. The organization is COM
posed of mothers, wives, sisters and
children Of ex-service men.
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Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek Of the
earth, which have wrought his 1udg-
ment: seek righteousness, seek meekness:
1t may be ye shall be hid in the day OF
the Lords anger.
For GAIA shall be forsaken, and Ash
kelon a desolation: they shall drive out
Ashdod at the monday. and Ekron shall
be rooted up.
Woe unto the Inhabitants of the sea
coast, the nation of the Cherethitesl the
word of the Lord is against you; o
Canaan the land OF the Philistines, Will
even destroy thee, that there shall be no
inha nhabitant-Zephaniah 2:3-5.
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Solved.

"Papa," called Willie excitedly;
there's a big black bug on the cell
ing"
"All right" replied the parent en-
crossed in his newspaper, "just step
on il and don't bother me."-American
Legion Weekly.
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geological survey once tersely ex-
plaIned to a congressional committee
the value Of paleontology by saying
that 1t is "the geologist's clock by
which he tells the time In the worlds
history WHEN any rock bed was
formed
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Cav, Mo Promise Of Greatness.

If we study the childhood Of great
people we shall find that many emf
nent men and women were voted dull
in their youth, and looked upon as
mediocrities. The school-mistress of
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Practice Makes Perfect.

Burns-That grocer certainly gives
light weight. bet he was protiteel
during the war.
Stern-Oh, no, he was mess sergeant
IN my outfit.-American Legion Weekly
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BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN.
SCALON (Ashkelon) Is q

SCALON lASnKelon) Is u
desolation-the words Of
the prophet were fulfilled
long ago. But out Of the
desolation are now coming
relics that shall add much
to the knowledge Of the
present concerning the
day In which the prophet
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IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Si1rnldaySc}loel
' Lesson '
BY REV. P. B. FITZWATER. d. D..
Tes cher Of English Bible In the MOODY
Bib Institute OF Chicago)
Copyright, 1921. Western Newspaper Union
LESSON FOR DECEMBER II
PAUL WRITES TO A FRIEND.

Lesson TEXT-Philemon.
GOLDEN TEXT-Whosoever would be
chief among you. let him be your serv-
ant-Matt. 2o:27.
REF ERENCE MATERIALeDeut 1S:l2-
Is; John 1914. IS; I Cor. 1859; Col.
s:9-l1; Jas. 2:l-s.
PRIMARY TOPIC-The Story OF Rum
away Elave.
JUNIOR ToPIC-Paurs Kindness to q
Runaway Slave.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Paul Pleading for a Slave.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
THE i,ocial Teachings Of the Letter 10
Philemon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-24
RED WINGS WIN FORFEIT
FROM Y. NJ. C. A. JUNIORS

The Red Wings won a forfeit from
the Y. N. c. A. Juniors yesterday af-
ternoon when that outfit failed to have
nine men on the field by $50 o'clock.
This victory places the Red Wings on
an even footing with the "" Juniors
for the leadership of the Junior Twi-
light league. It is interesting to note
that the T. NJ. C. A. won the first game
of the season from the Red Wings by
a forfeit.
The Boy Scouts viii play the Blue
Birds this afternoon. Both teams have
been strengthened, and a good. tough
scrap is promised.
The Junior league park has been
improved considerably by the addition
of backstop and number Of comfor-
table benches. Clay has also been put
on the playing field. filling up the
holes. A large number Of people attend
these games daily. as the youngsters
are playing brand Of ball that is 10
say the least. above criticism.
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GRAND CIRCUIT RACES.

POUGHhEEPSIE, n. Y, Aug. 20
Emma Harvester, of the Good Time sta
bles of Goshen, n. Y, captured the
''Knickerbocker" 2:oS trot. the feature
event of the opening days card at the
grand circuit races here today. Pittman
piloted the mare to a straightheat VIC
tory over a classy field and hung up the
fastest time of the day, 2:07 1-2, in the
first heat e. Colorado, Cox's entry, gem
orally looked upon to win could do no bet
ter than second In the first heat and
third in the second.
Tommy Murphy uncovered a new star
when he drove Petrovsky to a straight
heat victory in the first division of the
2:21 trot, the son of Peter the Great show
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ing his heels to Worthy Etawah in con.
vincing fashion. Alto Quest finished third
The breeders sweepstakes were also
decided. serin and Helen Dillon winning
that for two-year-olds in straight heats,
with Dorothy Harvester second and Pc
ter Ulster third. Tom Alderman, driving
his first race of the year on the circuit,
accounted for the three-year-oId event,
plotting Helen Wood to a split-heat vic
tory over Pop Geers' Gers. Geers took
the second heat by a nose. after forcing
Ackernan's entry into break just be-
fore the finish, but Alderman turned the
tables in the deciding mile.
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FINARD AND HUNDT
WIN In SEMI-FINALS
Second Round VIII BE Played This Az
ternoon on the East Hin Playground
Court.

The first round OF the doubles in the
seni-finals OF the city championship ten
mis- tournament, played yesterday after
noon on the Naval hospital court, was
won by Einard and Hundt. from Yonge
and D'Alemberte by scores of As, 60, 6-3,
6-3.
The second semi-finaI round viii be
played at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon on
the East Hill playground court. bringing
the pairings Reed and Forsyth against
Sharpless and Ray together.
The winners OF todays matches will
meet Hundt and Finard at date and
place to be announced later, In the final
round. for the championship of the city.
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scored on Dugan's double, gave Phila-
delphia the winning run. Score:
Philadelphia =. 0o3 900 200 1-6 II
Chicago ...... 221 900 600 o---5 10 2
Moore, Rommell and Perkins; Faber
and Schalk.
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Volunteers Win Llst,ess Game

NASHVILLE, Aug. 23.-NashvilIe won
from Chattanooga 4 to 3 in a Iistless game
here today. Smiths home run in the first
inning proved to be the deciding factor
of the contest.
Score: R.H. e.
Chattanooga ........ o02 900 001-3 o
Nashville ............ 200 100 01*-4
Noel and Graham; Statham and jon
nard.
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Red Sox Swamp ST. Louis

ST. LOUIS. Aug. 23.-Boston made
IT hits count for Is runs. and won the
first game Of theseries today from
St. Louis, Is to 2. Score:
Boston 1890. 10 362 20o-15 II o
St. Louis 1890. 900 101 600 2 9 5
Bush. ThormahIen and Ruel Wal
tiers; Davis, Van Glider. Burwen. Pal
nero and SEVERED. Collins.
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Piedmont LEAGUE.

Greensboro, II; Raleigh, IS.
High Point, 5; Durham, 2.
Danville, s.; Winston Salem. /.
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Florida State League.

Jacksonville, & st. Petersburg, z.
Tampa, 0-3; Lakeland, 1-5.
Daytona, q: Orlando. 0.
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American Leaaua.

Detroit. ~: Washington. 8.
Chicago. 5; Philadelphia, 8.
Cleveland, 1; New York, 6.
st. Louis, 2; Boston, Is.
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wednesday-Boy Scouts VS.. Blue Birds
Thursday. NJ. C. A. Jrs. VS.. Lone
Scouts.
Friday-Red Wings VS.. Boy Scouts.
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VIRGINIA League.

Newport News. Q; Tarboro. 8.
Suffolk, 5; Norfolk, A.
Richmond. 10; Rocky Mount, 8.
Wilson, s; Portsmouth. 5.
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Southern AssocIatIon,

Little Rock, 81; New Orleans, ia.
Birmingham, 0; Atlanta, Is.
Memphis. 8: Mobile, 8.
Nashville, 4 Chattanooga, 5.
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twilight League.
Junior Twilight League.
YESTERDAYS SCORES.
National League.

Boston, 4; Pittsburg, 8.
Philadelphia, 1; Chicago, 0.
Brooklyn, 2; Cincinnati, Z.
New York, q; st. Louis. 10.