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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-22
FOREST FIRES ON
THE NORTH SHORE
TOWNS ON LAKE SUPERIOR ARE
THREATENED-MANY ACRES
BURNED OVER.

Forest fires are raging on the north
srore of Lake Superior between the
towns of Schroeder and Grand Mar
ais. Wednesday and yesterday a
large area was burned over near
Tofte where's it is said a strip IL
miles long and a mile and more in
width was devastated.
Crews have been sent in from this
city in charge of Frank Kelly of the
Superior National Forest. John Nc
Lanen, fire director of the National
Forest Service who is in this section
from Denver, is also on the ground
having accompanied Mr.. Kelly and
crews. A large number of men from
Duluth and Superior were taken to
the fire zone Wednesday. 1t is esti-
mated that 200 men are fighting the
fire in addition to the settlers and
citizens of the North Shore commun-
titles of Schroeder, Tofte, Grand Mar
ais and other settlements.
Ths fire is in the Cross Rivsr
ranger district and is supposed to
have been started by the, carelesZness
of trout fishermen and every effort
will be made to bring the careless
ONES to book. Pat Boyle state ranger
at Grand Marais with Rangers Arthur
Outzen, Edward Mulligan and Frank
Lsgat are in charge of the crews on
the other end of the burning ter
ritory.
Ernest Madden transported a
, crew of twelve men with a gasoline
o,oA nm fnOt If hOao. 10 20
scene Tuesday night over the Ely
Finland road. Mr. Maddern states
that talk was current in the fire area
that several settlers had been burned
out although no lives had been lost
Tofte, the little village on State
Highway No. 1, was directly in the
path of ire Cross River fire Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning. The
village was saved by the efforts of
the citizens and the fighters.
The fire situation in this section
of the Arrowhead Country is a grave
one. The lack of the usual spring
rains has made the forest as dry as
finder and fishermen and others must
exercise exceptional care to avert a
calamity Chief McLaren informed
tire Miner that adj through the Denver
district an effort is being made to
inculcate those using the forest
with the ''no fire" slogan, even for
cooking. He also stated that unless
more care was exercised by the pub
lie, the possibilities were that the
Forests would be closed to the use f
tire people as recreation spots at GER
tain seasons of the year and perhaps
all the year round.
Two years ago this month a care
less coffee cooker near the old saw
mill site on White Iron lake started
a fire which devastated miles of the
finest kind of forest. The city fire
department with the engine and a
hundred or more volunteers succeed
ed in saving the White Iron Beach
property and the cottages along the
lake shore. However, the handsome
townsite of Sellwood, large amount
of ties and mining timber and pulp
wood, a home at Section Thirty and
several hundred acres of standing
second growth timber was destroyed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-22

The disappearance Of Bass Lake
last week Thursday night mas created
considerable of sensation and is
side wort I'd. The Press Associations
and the big Eastern papers have
clamored for news and pictures of
the event all week and hundreds of
the eXi client snapshots taken by
Adolph Dolinsek the morning after
the occurance have been broadcast.
Bass Lake was body of wafer in
this nei2 hbonhood of two miles long
and mile wide. On the end of
this she9 of water between it and
Low Lake was located ridge or
rise of s,round which held the waters
in check. Bass lake was elevated
above Low lake something like fifty
fe While numbering was in swing
in that country, the lumber COM
panies cut down the dividing ground
sufficien tly to allow water to run
from Bass to Low lakes and built a
sluiceway for logs of logs. This
sluiceway has MT been in use for
several years and it is supposed that
the constant wear of the water un-
Germi lcd this sluiceway and rotted
out the logs. The whole thing gave
way Thursday night, draining the
lake and leaving nothing but creek
bed and much barren rock where the
Bass lake once was.
This seemingly imp ssible stunt
of cutting ditch fifty feet deep and
400 feet wide at the top in one night
was accomplished. The water at the
poirt where it broke through was
about 40 feet deep and was backed
by body of water covering about
500 acres to depths ranging from 5
to rs feet.
A small island in the lake which
was topped with green timber and
which was barely a land mark now
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-22

Fresh made coffee, five times a
day, at the Chocolate Shop. Try a
cup. t.f.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-22
Ely Dog Wins Prizes.

DR.. J. E. Thompson was in Duluth
Wednesday where he attended the
second annual show of the Head of
the Lakes Kennel club. Stuart Schae-
fer. entered his French bulldog
"King" in the show. 1873 dogs of
pedigreed stock were exhibited this
year and the show was pronounced
a success in every way, exhibitors
being present from all parts of the
country. king" returned home this
morning with four first prize ribbons,
two special prizes of a silver cup,
some cash and five pounds of pre-
pared dog food.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-22
First Ball Game Sunday.

The first baseball game of the sea-
son for this city will take place next
Sunday when Hibbing will be here.
"Red' of the Hibbing Tribune says
the team from there will be some
team and as we know chat the Ely
boys are some team, the prospects are
THAT there will be some game. Let's
all go and see our boys win the first
game of the season. The band will
be out so we are told and the game
starts at O'Clock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-22
1873 Different Magazines.

A branch of the Minnesota News
Co. is located at the Chocolate Shop.
1873 different magazines and period
icals on display at our stand. Maya
zines received earlier than at any
other stand in the country. Whole
sale prices to agents.
t.f. CHOCOI ATT CHOP.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-22
Regular Monthly MEETING.

The regular monthly meeting if
the Law Enforcement League will
be held Wednesday, May 81, at 2:30
at the Community Center.
City Attorney A. w. Nelson will
sneak to the women on points of
vital interest in home government.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22

"A recently discovered species OF ma
hogany Of gigantic size exists on the
western coast Of Panama at the San
Lorenzo river, and the American mu-
scum bird-hunting expedition OF Lud-
low Griscom and three assistants
found 1t to be one Of the commonest
trees Of the primeval forest Of that
little-known region, according to the
Baltimore Sun.
One superb specimen proved to be
z feet in diameter, 6 feet from the
ground and to measure 152 feet from
the base to the first limb. The per
fectly symmetrical trunk, which is IL
Illustrated in natural history, had all
the grandeur of a cathedral column.
Though less shapely, other trees were
even larger and one had a diameter Of
Is feet at 6 feet from the ground. The
forest abounded in wild life, at least
200 species OF birds occurring in the
vicinity.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
Queen Victories Rule
OUer Royal Household

Princess Catherine Radziwil ID Q
book, Those II Remember" tells many
stories Of royalty.
Queen Victoria, says the princess,
''was a martinez politically as well as
socially. The prince OF Wales
(King Edward) especially stood In
awe Of his parent, and when almost an
old man himself he hardly ever opened
his mouth in her presence.
'sHer eldest daughter, the late EN-
press Frederick of Germany, used TO
say that whenever she was summoned
10 the queens presence she first asked
for a glass Of water so as to conquer
her emotion"
Queen Victoria, adds the princess
never appeared at state concerts or
balls, but sometimes she would con-
descend to show herself at garden
party given by the prince and princess
of Wales at Marlborough house.
She used to arrive late and was driv-
en- round the grounds in little pony
carriage, beside which her children
dutifuIIy walked, talking with her the
whole of the time, for Queen Victoria
was not above a bit Of gossip, and
liked from time to time to be told the
news of the day, especially If it dealt
with the marriage Of somebody she
knew or the love affairs of some one
she had met.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
SPOT Rich in History

During the Revolutionary war every
prominent hin in the vicinity Of larry
town, N. T., was the scene Of an en-
counter or a fertilization, says the De
troit News. Maj John Andre, the
English spy, was captured In larry
town. There Is monument commem-
Grating this event A little stream
nearby is called Andre brook and a
large whitewood, which formerly stood
near the monument, was called An
dre's tree. In 1777 Vaughan's troops
landed here, and here occurred the
capture Of the British by Major Hunt
and a force of volunteers,
The town is famous also as the
birthplace and home of Washington
Irving. On the north is Sleepy Hol-
low, where he was buried, and on the
south of the village is Sunnyside,
where his home still stands. larry
town is one Of the oldest settlements
in New York.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
WhistEine Marmots Pets

Cowboy guides make pets Of the
Whistllng marmots Ii Glacier National
park. They tame these marvellous
whistIers in some Instances so that
the little animals sit up for them like
a dog and freely give their musical
entertainment as begging prelude to
being fed dainties. II Is estimated
there are million marmots in this
queer animal colony thai inhabits the
recesses or tile Rocky mountain coun-
ny
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
Menu Terms

The terms "a Ia carte" and table
d'hote" are both French The former
literally means according to the card
or "bill Of fare" This means that any
dish listed on the Tin Of fare may be
selected at the given price. Table
d'hote" literally means table Of the
landlord" 1t implies n meal Of sew
eraI courses which is served at a fixed
price.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
Sailors Superstitions

Sailors in the good old days had
many curious ideas about the wind.
but they seem to have varied a good
deal as regards latitude and in the
different oceans and routes. Thunder
also, according to its nature and the
quarter from which it came, meant
evil In one form or another. But the
modern seafaring man does not bother
his mead about most of these things.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
"Biddine PRAYER

A prayer which bids or directs what
Is to be prayed for is frequently
known as a bidding prayer This form
Of exhortatiOn. always concluding with
the Lords Prayer, was enjoined by the
fifty-ffth canon of the Anglican church
in 1903, to be used before all sermons
and hOmilies. 1t was, and in its
abridged form still is, very impressive,
allowing individuals to supply from
their own knowledge special cases Of
necessity under the different heads.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22

An Englishwoman declares that she
has never yet met a man she couldn't
get round By judiciOus flattery. 1T
doesn't matter" she says, show hard
and obduFate a man is, he can't resist
the voice of fiattery. Sooner or later
he begins to purr and is ready to feed
out of your hand Instead of feeding
the brute, | would advise women to
flatter him"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
Whimsical Whistler

"AIany things Whistler did," Sir
Edward Gosse told Walter Title. the
portraitist, she did for effect only,
laughing in his sleeve if he succeeded
in hoOdwinking his auditors. One
day in his studio he EanguidIy ap-
preached his easel, drew a single line
on canvas, with a movement Of ex-
quisite grace, put down the brush and
said: That is enough work for one
day"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
Double Miracle

A doctor in New York told a man he
had paralysis. The patient called in
his friends. They prayed. He recov-
cred and declared it a miracle. Then
the doctor admitted he had been mis-
taken That makes 1t two miracles
Leonard w. Smith, in McNaught's
Monthly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
Important Southern City

Pensacola is the home Of a large
fishing industry. It's fleets go as ia.
of as the coast of Yucatan. Pense-
cola is also a large exporter Of lum-
Der The United States aviation sta
ton for the Gulf is located here. A
few miles west Is the Perdido river,
the boundary between Florida and
Alabama
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
The YersatiIity of Politicians

Another thing an experienced politi-
clan can do while holding with the
hares and running with the hounds
and carrying water on both shoulders
is drifting with the tide.-Ohio State
Journal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22

Elizabeth Zane was one Of the most
famous young heroines of the RevO-
lutionary period. She dashed from an
Enclosure where the American colo
nists were lighting, to a log hut, where
she secured gunpowder and returned
with the ammunition under fire from
the Indians
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22

God grant that not only the love Oh
liberty. but thorough knowledge OF
the rights of man may pervade all the
nations Of the earth. 50 that q philoso-
pher may set his foot anywhere on lts
surface and say. This is my country.
Benjamin Franklin.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
They Lore TO Be Crazy

1t was like a college. professor TO
advise young people to fall in love
intelligently. Love that doesn't make
them crazy would be about as palat
able as a cold boiled potato.-Toledo
Blade.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
Great Church No.u Ruin

The church Of Benedictine abbey Of
Cluny, France, was once one Of the
greatest In Europe, and was surpassed
only by old st. Peters, Rome. It was
wrecked during the revolution, and
only one transept remains
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22

Just as Sir Edmund Ardros In 1887
was about TO seize the Saarter Of the
Connecticut colony in the assembly
hall. Hartford. the lights were put out
and when they were relighted the doc
ument was gone.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
Hop About the Neighbors2

From the orchard district word
comes that If old automobile tires are
burned among the trees most Of the
fruit pests will leave.-Seattle Times
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22

Accused in 1914 Of completely in cir
Culating the report of Napoleon's death
for speculative reasons, British Ad-
miral Thomas Cochrane was impris-
Oned and expelled from the navy. In
1922 he was exonerated.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22
Shell the Big 'Uns

"SmaH Bore Shooting" announces a
newspaper headline. II seems a pity
to waste cartridges on the small ones
when there are 50 many big ones
about.-The Humorist Qondon).
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-08-22

"A little English boy three years
old. when told that the new baby had
six teeth said: "She will have six
toothaches" A pessimist at the age
of three
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-10-28
NORTH ELLSWORTH.

There will be Halloween enter
tainment at the grange hall, Fri
day evening.
J. H. Mason, who had the mis-
fortune to fall and break his right
arm, is quite comfortable.
D. H. Perry and family, and Miss
Margaret Sullivan, of Sorrento, called
on Mr.. Perry's sister, Mrs. Harold
Maddocks, Sunday.
Y DIN Richardson and wife, of South
Orrington, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Richardson's aunt, Mrs. A. w. Mason.
1t was a great shock to relatives
and friends when word came late
Saturday evening of the death OF
Alphonso B. Mason, son of Mrs.
Abiah Mason of this place, at the
State hospital in Augusta, where for
several months he had been en-
ployed as an attendant. He was i'll
only few hours. He was
man of pleasant personality. The
blow falls especially hard on the
aged mother, and the sympathy of
many friends goes out to the
bereaved ones. Besides the mother,
he leaves a widow one sister, Susan
Garland of Beloit, Kans., threee
brothers, Luther of Lewiston,
Alpheus and Joseph of this place.
Interment and services will be at
North Bucksport Tuesday afternoon.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-10-28
ELLSWORTH FALLS,

= Mrs Grace Barron has gone to
Fitchburg, Mass, to visit her daugh-
ter Mrs. Mansell Garland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Brown are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth
of a daughter, born at the Hurley
hospital October %.
Miss Albertine Saunders of Bucks
port is visiting Mrs. Philip Mason.
John J. Whitney was a weekend
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Reuel Whit
comb at Springfield, Mass
Charles Lake and family of Ston-
ingtOn, were recent guests of his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Lake,
leaving last week for Florida, where
they plan to spend the winter. Mrs.
Lake accompanied them to Boston,
where she is visiting relatives.
Miss Ethel Croker, who was called
home last week by the illness of her
mother, Mrs. Mary E. Gray, returned
to Bangor, Monday.
Mary and Ella Clough, daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Clough, are
i'll of typhoid fever. The source of
the infection has not yet been deter
mined, but is believed to be from the
we'll water used by the family.
Miss Hartman of Franklin re-
Gently visited her sister, Mrs. Har-
ward Clough.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-10-28
CHAUTAUQUA FOR 1926.
Twenty Guarantors Sign Up for Next
Years COurSe

Twenty Guarantors Sign Up for Next
Years Course.
Arrangements, have been completed
for Ellsworth to continue member
ship in the Swarthmore Chautauqua
Association for next year, Chautau-
qua this year was a success both
from financial standpoint and the
character of the work done.
Twenty men and women of the city
have become sponsors for Chautau-
qua for next year, and, aided by
Ticket Savings Club formed among
the school children of Ellsworth,
there is little doubt that larger
crowds will attend each entertain
| ment next year. The Swarthmore
Association is incorporated under the
laws of Pennsylvania as an educa-
tional institution of the first class,
and so recognized by the Federal
government in that no amusement
tax is collected either on season or
single admission tickets. There is no
capital behind the organization other
than the pledges of each member
town. With these pledges as Sc
curity, the association administration
Ms enabled to make such contracts
as are necessary for all business
transactions.
Programs are built to absorb in cost
the sum total of all pledges each
year. If savings can be effected as
the year progresses, leaving sur
plus at the end, it is forced back into
Chautauqua service for following
seasons.
Any money over and above the
amount of the pledge made by the
local committees must be used by
them in one of two ways-either edu-
cational or charitable. One PROPOSE
ton under consideration here is that
the surplus, if any, from next years
Chautauqua, go toward the purchase
of portable motion picture machine
for educational work in the schools.
There are at present nearly one
thousand towns holding memberships
in the association, fifty of which are
in Maine, and new memberships are
steadily being added. AIT present
fourteen states and four Canadian
provinces are included
Ellsworth will profit by it's CO.
operation with these towns, and the
fall festival will become a thing to
look eagerly forward to each year.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-10-28
MARRIED..

COOPER-GRAY-At West Brooks
Vile, Oct Is, by Rev. F. P. Sawyer,
Miss Lillian Cooper of Sargentville to
Roland D. Gray of Brooksville.
FALKENSTROM = HODGKINS = At
Bar Harbor, Oct 20, by DR.: w e.
Patterson, Clara Elizabeth Falken-
strom to Harold r. Hodgkins.
NORWOOD = LIMENBUERGER = At
South Portland, Oct. IL, by Rev
Frederic Olsen, Miss Frances %. Nor
wood of fremont to Bernard Carl
Limenbuerger of Souix Falls, S. D.
RICH-CARTER-At Seal Harbor, Oct;
II, by w. S. Smallidge, esq, Hazel
Eta Rich of Bernard to Raymond NJ
Garter of Seal Harbor.
SWAZEY- TAYLOR - At Seal Cove,
Oct. IS, by Rev. Alan Armstrong,
Miss Gladys Viola Swazey OF fremont
to George Edward Taylor of Bar
Harbor.
ER-HAYWARD-At Hancock
Oct. 90 by Rev. Louise EDWARDS
Alice Wooster to James f. Hayward,
both of Hancock.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-10-28
DIED.

EMERY-At Bangor, Oct. %, j. Robert
Emery of Bucksport, aged 81 years;
CRABTREE-At Bar Harbor, Oct. II,
Mrs. Abbie b. Crabtree, aged rs
years, months, 16 days.
DINZY-At North Brooklin, Oct; 20
Miss Caroline F. Dinzy of Allston,
Mass, aged Ga years.
JONES-At Belfast. Oct. 2S, Charles
Grindle Jones', formerly of Brooks
vile, aged SO years.
NASON-At Augusta, Oct: "a, Aiphonso
B. Mason of North ELLSWORTH aged
40 years.
PAGE-At Bucksport, Oct. 81 Albert f.
Page, aged rs years. ...
RICH-At Bernard, Oct. IS, Mrs. Louie
B. Rich aged SO years, 4 months 10
days. 81 DC
SALISBURY-At Ellsworth, Oct. 70,
Irving b. Salisbury. aged 4s years, IL
SAUNDERS-At Cranberry Isles, Oct;
25 Mrs. Lucinda Saunders, aged W
years. 20
TORRENCE-At Bucksport, oct. 10,
Henry s. Terrence, aged 81 years. D
months, &c days.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-10-28
CHURCH NOTICES.

CHURCH NOTICES.
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev. A. T. Bradstreet, Pastor.
Sunday services-Morning at 1880;
Sunday school at 11.45; evening at 7.30.
Sunday, Nov. Morning subject,
Peters Sermon"
st. Joseph's Catholic Church.
Rev. J. A. German. Pastor.
Sunday, Nov. 1-Services at Ellis
worth at o'clock.
Congregational Church.
Rev. Geo. s. Brookes, Pastor.
Sunday Notwithstanding service at
1890. Sunday school at 11.45.
Sunday Nov. Morning subject,
what the Church Must Do to Save"
Evening. stereopticon lecture, "If Win
ter Comes" Hutchinson's famous story
of Mark Sabre.
Friday evening at Z, in vestry, Hal
loween party.
Unitarian Church.
Passionate vacant.
Sunday school at ~ m.
Sunday Nov. mo preaching SER
vice. Sunday school at usual hour.
Baptist Church.
Passionate vacant.
Sunday, Nov Rev. George M.
Starbird will preach morning and eve
ming as a candidate for the pastorate.
Sunday services-Morning at 1890;
Sunday school at 11.45; evening SER
vice at 100.
Union Congregational Church.
Ellsworth Falls.
John e. Besant, Pastor.
Sunday Nov. Prayer service at
10. Morning worship at 1890. Music by
choir. Subject, "Following Jesus"
John 21:22. Sunday school at 11.45.
Young Peoples Society at 6. Evange-
listic service at Z. Music by young
peoples choir. Subject, "a Fountain in
the Desert"
Wednesday at Z in the vestry-Pray
er meeting.
Friday at in the parsonage-Expo
sition of Sunday school lesson.
Monday, Nov. 2, at p. M, in vestry
ILLUSTRATED talk on "If Winter
Comes" by Hutchinson.
Sunday morning, Nov 8-Baptism
and reception of new members, fol-
lowed by Lords Supper
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-10-28

handy man at many jobs, in some of
which his ability approached genius.
When some particularly difficult job
was to be done, his name was the
first to be suggested. He will be
greatly missed.
Mr.. Salisbury is survived by his
father, Meltiah Salisbury of Lamoine,
now ninety-three years of age,
brother, Melvin, of Lamoine, widow
and six children-Herbert Whitney,
Richard, Beulah and Barbara, OF
Ellsworth, and Mrs. Edward II.
Parker of Hartland.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-10-28
Fire at Southwest Harbor.

The restaurant at Southwest Har-
Dor conducted by l.. r. Bunker was
badly damaged by fire and water
Saturday noon. The fire broke out
in the attic near the chimney. 1t was
quickly extinguished, but the build
ing was pretty thoroughly wet down.
The building is owned by Mrs.
Marion Wescott, and Mr. Bunker oc-
cupied the second story as dwell
ing.