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, 1923-01-03
Military Ball
Next Week.

Next Week.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by the cadets of the Natrona
county high school for the military
ball which will be held on january IL
in the new gymnasium. Invitations
are being issued this week and 1t is
estimated that an unusually large at
tendance Will be enjoyed.
The annual military ball Is one of
the outstanding features of the social
Eide OF the high school. 1t never fails
to draw forth a large number from
the alumni and from friends of the
students.
The present affair shows signs of
SURPRISING all others.
, 1923-01-03

William Kocher. and John Healey.
Mrs. Healey substituted. Honors
We're taken BY Mrs. Duncan and Mrs.
Healey.
, 1923-01-03

Mr.. and Mrs. burst
Hold Dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. burst enter.
tanned New Years eve with a small
dinner party at the Henning hotel.
Covers were laid for seven guests.
, 1923-01-03
Rebekah Meeting
This Evening.

Natrona Rebekah lodge No. Is Will
hold its regular meeting this evening
, 1923-01-03

A young lady from Thermopolis
who is spending h first days Of 1923
in Casper is Miss Vera Thules.
, 1923-01-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer DohlinE of Salt
Creek are spending a day or two in
the city.
, 1923-01-03

Mrs. NJ. j. Malone is visiting in Cas-
per from Cheyenne.
, 1923-01-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Simpson Churchill are
visitors here from Dallas, Tex.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24
Princess Elizabeth,

Elizabeth, the second of the Inflated
daughters of the Inflated Charles /,
was born at st. James palace in 1885.
When she was six years old civil
war broke out in England and the re-
naming nine years of her life were
passed with strangers. She saw her
father only few times, the last be-
ing on the day before his execution.
Charles took the child on his knee
and gave her such advice as might be
expected from father about to die.
A year and half after his death she
too, at the age of fifteen, breathed
her last. BY some 1t was said Crom-
well had decided to apprentice her to
buttonmaker but historians deny
this. 1t is known the protector pro-
vided amply for her during her short
and unhappy lifetime. A monument
was erected for her by Queen Victoria
on. the occasion Of rebuilding the
church at Newport, where she was
buried.-Chicago Journal.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24
OPTOPHONE SINGS DAYS
NEWS TO BLIND READERS

A blind man may now read news
paper just as it comes from the press.
1t need not be translated into raised
type. The optophone, new electri-
cal device, which transforms each
printed letter into certain definite
musical sound, makes this possible.
The optophine, invented by d.
Fourier d'Albe, M.R.L-A., former lee
turer on physics at the University Of
Birmingham, England, and manufac-
tured at GLASGOW, Scotland, by a
firm of scientific instrument makers,
is now being used by blind people IN
the United States with very satisfac-
tory results. Miss Margaret r. HO-
gan, a blind graduae of Barnard Col
lege, Columbia University, and an in
structor for the New Jersey Commits
sion for the Blind, has mastered the
use of the optophone. At demon
stration before newspaper reporters
she read with a marked degree OF
facility the front page Of the days
New York World.
The scientific principle on which
the operation of the optophone IS
based, first told by DR.. d'Albe at the
London Optical Convention in 1922,
depends. on translation Of light ana
sound through the medium Of a sele-
mum cell in telephone circuit Stat
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24
GOLFERS ANNOYED BY evLLs
Birds Seem to Have q Peculiar Fond.
ness for BaIls-Probably Mis-
take Them for Eoos.

A few weeks ago golfer who had
made fine drive was astonished to
zee gull swoop down upon his ball
and carry 1t away. Eventually the
bird dropped the ball, which fell much
farther from the tee than he had driv-
en- 1t. Here was knotty point not
covered by the rules
A still more difficult case occurred
during the war, when an officer play
ing on course behind the lines drove
his ball into a cows ear. The COW
bolted, and, when the ball was recov-
cred, 1t was nearly mile from the
holel
Some birds have a great fondness
for golf balls Carton crows, mag
pies, and certain gulls will take them
whenever they can. AS all these birds
are nest-robbers, they probably mis-
take them for eggs.
One might imagine that attempts to
crack a golf ball would lead to such
sore beak that this kind Of thing
would be left severely alone in the
future. Far from it: no fewer than
sixteen balls were found in and near
one magpie's nest, whilst a Scottish
crows home contained four.
All records, however, were broken
by an American squirrel (another nest
raider) in whose hole at the foot Of
tree on a golf course more than
hundred balls were discovered.-Lon-
don Answers.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24
GET MORE LIGHT WITH --'s
SOAP AND WATER

Recently, when a woman was COM
planning about the poor illumination
obtained from her so watt electric
light bulbs, her eldest hopeful, who
happened to be within earshot, piped
up with, IT say, Ma, wouldn't soap
and water improve the durn things?"
Though the mother had never
thought of this simple remedy, she
gave it a try-out, and was amazed to
find that what had seemed defect in
the bulb proper was, in reality, but
the accumulated dust, CRIME and fin
ger prints.
After all, the use Of soap and wa
ter upon electric light bulbs and
translucent shades is the soundest
kind of logic. If you clean your Win
dows to let the sunlight in then why
shouldn't you clean your electric light
bulbs to let the light out? However,
one thing must be done without fail
in bulb washing bee. Unscrew the
bulbs from the fixtures and handle
them carefully. AS for the translu-
cent shades, a good, thorough busting
will generally work. But if these
must be washed unfasten them with
care and wash them in the kitchen
sink. Be sure that these shades are
thoroughly dry or else, because damp
porcelain or glass is mighty slippery
stuff to handle, they may crash to the
floor while being adjusted in place.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24

edu MECHANICALLY it is briefly this
beam of light, projected through a
tiny lens, streaming through five rows
of. oblong perforations in ar evolving
disk, is reflected back and transform
ed into sound by means of selenium
cell and is heard by the use of a very
sensitive telephone head piece.
These rays of light, which automat-
ically travel across the printed page
a line at time from left to right, are
somewhat akin to the five musical
notes-sol, do, re, me and sol again,
and produce as they pass over a print
ed letter a combination of sounds,
each letter having a. distinct combin-
alton of it's own. That is, the letter
"a" has it's own distinguishable high
keyed motif or little purr or whine,
always the same and never like the
sound of any. of the other twenty-five
letters in the alphabet. Plain white
paper makes no sound at all.
To read by this machine the blind
person has first to learn his sound al
phabet, starting as a child does and
gradually acquiring the ability to
identify the letters by their different
sound characteristics. This must be
done, of course, under the direction
of an instructor. Then, like the child
again, the blind man learns to read
cat, rat, and other simple words. It
takes some time to learn these light
wave sound-wave a c's and simple
one-syllable words. Then, gradual
practice will enable the student to
read his newspaper until he is able to
go along at the speed of twenty to
thirty words minute.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24
The Scrap||
book k
SPEED IN READING VARIES
Average Person VIII Get Through
Twenty thousand Words In N
Hour, Others Double That.

Tw people see the whole Of each
lettsr - they read Most Of ~ glance
soly at the tops Of them. You can
tsst this for yourself by placing q
straight-edged piece Of paper along 4
line Of print. Cover the bottom halves
e the letters and you have no din
Guilty In reading Il; but II the upper
parts arc hidden, reading becomes q
difficult business.
Reading speeds vary enormously.
The average man can ~ through
about 10000 words in an hour Fast
readers will easily double this speed
and stu take In what they are perus-
i1G. e. ,=.ecss, 49,, .a
The greatest spesd sver, achieved
Was that Of . famous nan e. team
Ing who could read and ieknbel
more than hfty words Z second. he IL
said to have read SIX novels . day.
Il each line Of print was * inches
In length. and there wers 40 OF them
70 the page, his eyes must have
Travelled rather more than q mile and
. quarter from side to side in half an
hour.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24

popular books. In oredr to keep pace
with the march OF events we needs
must use every conceivable time-sav-
err. acknowledgements devices OF
all kinds have thus come into their
own.
In the dining room, we "perk" our
coffee or make toast, electrically. In
the laundry a great step and time
saver is put to work-the washing
machine. This, with the electric iron,
saves us not only many hours but also
wear and tear on clothing. The va
cum cleaner is called upon to clean
the household, and the dishwasher
obyiates that bane of home life, wash
ing messy greasy dishes.
From early morn until late at night,
no matter how hurried or. harried is
life, electricity and electrical devices
help in keeping up with the pace.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24

The newspaper being read through
the medium Of the optophone is strap
ped face down upon a slightly curved
glass plate at the top of the instru-
ment, and thus the light ray travels,
across he print, one line at a time,
as does the eye of normal man.
In the use Of the optophone the
blind have one advantage over other
people. Their sense of hearing is
keener and this enables them to dis
tinguish the slight variations in the
sound of different letters with great
er ease.
The optophone works with any
common size of book type, printed on
white paper, and while it will pro-
writing, these are not so easily dis
tinguishable. However, a typewrit-
ten page of large boldface type done
with dense black ribbon will be as
easily read as print. The optophone
is not as yet, nor is it expected to be
by those who have charge of the in
strument in this country, cheap in
strument because of the delicacy of
its mechanism. However, those peo-
pie who are conversant with it's uses
feel that eventually this instrument
may serve distinct purpose if it is
installed in libraries and other places
of public reading. An optophone put
in such a place and available to the
use Of a number of blind people,
would enable them to expand the
field of their reading greatly. At
present the sightless are limited for
reading matter to works that have
been published in raised type.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24
CURRENT AIDS IN KEEPING PACE

Run, run! faster, faster!" cried the
Red Queen to Alice, as they few mad
ly through the air over the giant
checkerboard.
why, we don't seem to be getting
anywhere at ALL" said the little girl,
looking down-"That is, the country
seems to be standing STILL"
ut does, eh?" retorted the Red
Queen grimly. well, it isn't. We
have to run like anything here to keep
in the same place."
This obvious satire on our rapid
mode Of living is even more appli-
cable today than it was in the eight
les when Lewis Carroll wrote his
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24
False EyelaeheS

False eyelashes are. one of the lat
est ways in which science Is co-operat-
ing with nature. They are made of
real hair, come in several lengths,
and .nre arranged onra bit Of, adhesive
silk material which VIII cling to the
eyelid-or Is supposed to.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24
PlcrIc Acid for FarmerH

That the farmers Of the country
have not been slow to avail them
selves Of the, opportunity to obtain a
good agricultural explosive at a low
cost is shown by the fact that in the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1922, 1884,
700 pounds Of pierre acid has been
distributed by the bureau of public
roads, United States Department Of
Agriculture.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24

AND NOW OUR FRIENDS PERCY
AND FERDIE-the Hall Bedroom
Boys-may have their trousers press
ed by way of the lamp socket without
even welding an electric iron. a
Camden On. j. electric appliance
company has produced metal and
asbestos case, in which trousers may
be folded and placed, the current
turned on for a few moments and,
presto! the deed is done.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24

THE HOME OF THE "MANX-
MAN" that popular novel by Sir Hall
Game, has succumbed to modern en-
gineeringg methods. The entire Isle
Of Man is electricfied, according TO
the latest reports from England.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24

made with base and top of pottery
and cylindrical shade of material
representing mother-of-pearl. The
lamp gives soft diffused light very
pleasing to the eye.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24

1T COSTS FORTY CENTS A DAY
to operate an electric truck as against
SO day to operate a gas truck. This,
at least, is the latest bulletin from the
users of electric trucks.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24
Flashlights

EXCELLENT STEEL is NOW BE-
ING produced from tin cans by a
British electrical furnace.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24

TROIT, MICH, recently inherited
$4,000, and the first thing she did
after having her hair bobbed and per-
manently waved was to buy an cleo
tric washing machine, with which she
announced she would do washing for
the very poor free of charge.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24

A NEW ToRCHERE LAMP WHICH
WILL add distinction to any room rs
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24

A LARGE BUILDING HAS JUST
BEEN ERECTED IN LONDON IN
which no rivets. were used in the
structural steel Of the roof. Electrical
welding took the place Of riveting.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-08-24
1T HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY DE-

1T HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY DE-
TERMINED that sound waves travel
: as fast as light waves. Tests made
from the Eiffel Tower, near Paris,
France, established this fact. In these
tests sound and light waves were d.
rected to another station at known
distance and an automatic electrical
signaling device registered when the
waves were received.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-14

teriay wero; Burnett Bros. White
Cow Butter company, West Coast
Heating company, Inc. Wade &
Curry, Standard Sanitary Manufao.
turing company, Shaner & Wolff.
Jacob sarchln company, II. II. Roth.
cnoorg, q. Il. Richardson. ]. q.
Purhy, L. S, Art Glass company,
Puget Sound Tent and Duck com.
pany. A. Paimauist, Z. It. Paige q
son, Mount Baker Park garage. I.uc.
ben Costuming company, Edwin Lon.
don company Kcan Bros. VIM. l..
Hughson company. Seattle Taxi cab
company, III, IA. Hopkins, Hart
Realty company, Nlels Hansen Man.
ufacturlng company. Great Western
Smelling and Refining company,
Frank L, Dow. 4. J. Cunningham &
Co. Allan Cunningham. ]. c. Corey
sign company and Pacific Art Floor.
Ing company, Inc.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-14
President of State
Press Body Is Dead

Funeral services for N. Russell
hin OF Davenport, president OF the
Washington state Press asaocia-
ton. we're to hc held at Davenport
Friday afternoon. nm died We'd
ncaday at the Sacred Heart hos-
pith in Spokane.
lliu. who entered the newspaper
business when no was II years old.
was publisher OF the Tlmearribunc
OF Davenport and was chosen head
OF the state Press association last
September lie served aa ita soc-
Rotary from 1917 10 1898. For q
time he also was owner and pub
Usher OF tho Lincoln County Timoa,
which he acquired In 1905.
He Is survived by his widow.
Mrs Ethel I'm, three children. his
father. J. r. Hin. all OF Davenport,
and a sister who lives In Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-14
Quake Massacre Mob to
Be Tried for Killings
prisoners Who Ruthlessly Slew Hundreds
to Plead Mistaken Patriotism"

TOKYO. Dec. ii,-~"Miataken pa
trlotiem" will apparently be tho
plea OF japanese officers and vol
untoer guards who arc accused OF
numbering Koreans and Japanese
reds" during tho poateafthquake
period,
This plea probably viii result In
sentences OF Imprisonment only aud
not the death penalty.
Several hundred persons. bo'h
Koreans and Japanese, who were
suspected OF being reds or 500
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-14
HE'S ANXIOUS
TO TELL EAST
Al Fund Subscriber Says
"Harbor Is Clear

"Here Is my pledge toward an AIDE.
ouatc advertising fund for 1894 10
tell the East that our harbor Is not
frozen over in winter and that Sc.
attic Is the largest city OF its age in
America" wrote one OF tho sub.
scrihers in forwarding pledge yes,
ieniay TO the special siss.oo0 Ma.
tional Advertising and Tourist Pro.
motion fund being raised by the
chambc rof Commerce
These making subscriptions yes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-14

Some OF the tongues OF fro dart.
ing out from the SUMS surfnco
reach amazing heights. The oh.
scrvatory at Mt. Wilson, Cal. re.
cords one instance whore n flame
scared s52. 900 miles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-14
Practical Expressions for Mans Christmas
Mems Blanket
Robes

What eaSe and real pleasure a
man receives at home in one OF
theHel Made in harrnonizing col.
ora and quality all through-iust
tho way a man prefers.
Military collars. 9.s5:
shawl collars. 4.s5 TO $500.
SIX Lounging Robes I3.5o TO
$500.
-soutl
Just Inside pike
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-14

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Beacon quality. in all the newest
designs. splendldly tailored and
trimmed. Priced S4.95 to S12.
MEMS SWEATER COATS
and Pull-over Sweaters. knit
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all wool. worsted and cotton
mixed IN the best colors shown
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$500 to $3.50 each.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-14

/ eiallats," were murdered turnout
the earthquake area. Most OF them
were killed during the dlaorgnn-
lied days Immediately following the
disaster Some, however, were ldll'
cd week or two later by gon-
darmeH who were guarding them IN
JAN.
Most OF the murders were COM
mittcd by volunteer guards,
young men who organized defense
corps In all cases the plea seems
to $50 tho Hnmes "Our country
faced q terrible catastrophe. We
were afraid the reds and socialists
and Koreans would attempt yio-
fence. perhaps even a revolution.
We thought Il 10 the best interests
OF our country 90 kin them-how-
ever mistaken Il seems now We
may have been in that belief"
REPORTS or
uPRisINGs
Wild reports were circulated Just
after tho earthquake apparently
with no foundation hat Koreans
and reds were going 10 arise, muir
der the Jaranesc. overthrow the
government. Some OF the volun-
tceru ran amuck. killing Koreans
and japanese suspected OF radical"
ism wherever they were found. be-
tween 500 and 400 were killed, Some
so young men have been arrested,
The accused arc being held In prise
on and the authorities are eontinu'
Ing their Investigations
Relatives OF sakao osugi. the
famous japanese radical. who. with
members OF his family. were MUIR
dsred by military police after the
earthquake. have sued tho govern
menl for $4,000 damages
Gendarmerio Captain AmhAku
and three non commissioned off,
GERS, who are accused Of thd muir
dera are in prison awaiting the
outcome OF secret investigations by
the authorities
onugi. described both NJ a no
ciailKi and nm anarchist" his wife.
and aIochi Tachihana, the 7-year-
old nephew OF osugi. were all three
choked 10 death one night ai a
gcndarmo post where they had been
arrested because osugi was radi-
cal.
Tho bodies we're thrown in a well
Tho crlme WAS kept secret for nj
mos; month. Then Amahnsu. the
captain In charge. reported their
death TO his superior and. In an
alleged confession. aaid that he had
choked each ~ the thrce. tho man.
woman and child. 10 death.
Then Amakasa made another
confession IN which he said bic
had only killed osugi. but that he
had ordered his non-eommissioned
officers 10 Kill the woman and child
and that they had obeyed. and
therefore he wns responsible.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-14

Crofur and Knapp capa
pinaud Toilet Water.
solesette and Broadcloth
PaJamas.
Soft Leather Slippers.
Sweater Vests.
Sweater Coats.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-14
EVERYBODY
CONT gSSES

I Meanwhile. each OF the non-con-
missioned officers made comics.
aiona" Each insisted the captain
/ had ordered him to kin tho woman
or the boy but each non-eom- de-
ciared himself the murderer. instead
Of his companions
/ Amakasn'a explanation Of killing
I oengi is that osuEi wan dangerous
10 the country because be was a
''red" and therefore II was patri-
otto act to kin him.
Japnnene newspapers have WED
with each other in denouneing the
murders and demanding Amakasn'a
punishment. Tho murder Of the
child has especially aroused the
horror Of the people.
Nevertheless. Amakasu has de-
tenders and Thousands OF persons,
have signed petitions for lenlency.
Unsuccessful efforts have been
made to involve tho American en-
bassy In the casc. upon tho claim
that soichl Taehibana, tho MUIR
dered hoy. was an American ciu-
xon. His mother asserts that he
was born seven years ago In Port
land. Ore. and hia birth there re-
corded in order that he might be
an American citizen. Later she re-
turned 20 Japan.
The American embassy has taken
no official action IN tho case. The
boys mother has filed papers with
the embassy which. she says. prove
her claim that he was born In
Portland.
Said an embassy official; In the
case, even. Of an unaucstioned
American citizen involved in trial
in a foreign court. the law OF that
country must take It's course, and
we can only be interested In Gee
ing that tho trial ia fair and the
law impartially applied"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-14

silk and Wool Hose.
Leather.covered Plate Glass
FlaSks.
Book Ends.
Knit and sink Ties.
--MacDougnii-southwiciS,
Second Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-14

MEMS NIGHT SHIRTS and
rAJAsiAs. $40 10 $3.50. a
new shipment Just received.
dainiily trimmed: ana they will
mako excellent Xmas gifts.
MEMS susPENDERs and
BELTS. 35c, soc, y5c and
S1.0O each. Always most
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cannot do without: n real friend
In need We have them In ali
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tastes Of the most fastldlous.
MEMS GLOVES. 8sc, al,
s1.50 to So pair. wo have
them In tho wool knit. the fabric
Silk. kid and cape; plain for
dress or with gauntlet for driv.
lng: in all coiors and styles; any
size you desire.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-14
Nice, Sensible Gifts for Men

MEMS SHIRTS FOR DRESS
WEAR. Unquestionably the fin.
est line OF shirts TO be had in the
city In madras, percales. fiber
silk. broadcloths. pongee and
pure silk. In the most fascinating
patterns you ever saw; in sizes
from Il to rs. Priced S1.30,
$3.50 to $500 each.
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FIBER MUFFLERs for dress
wear in all tho new fancy knit
styles. also plain. ANY color you
wish. In n box. Price So. 90,
$3.50, $3.50 each.
MEMS UNDERWEAR. 95c
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liz the union suit or apiece gar
ments. In wool. cotton. Isle and
siIk.mixed. in all colors and
sizes; 2.piece garments from soc
up.