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TEXAS’ OIL KINO.
CAPT. A. F. LUCAS. WHO BORED
WELL AT BEAUMONT.
From an Uarohle Beginning He Hu
Suddenly Heroine One of the Klchent
Meu tn the Stale-—Hks Attempts to
Kind Oil Laughed at at First.
A few months ago Capt. A. F. Lucas
was a stranger in Texas. Folks
laughed at his efforts to find oil in
the soil of the Lone Star state and
regarded him with contempt and pity.
Today he Is a big man in the state
and may be one of the next candi
dates for governor. Success has
caused the change in sentiment. Lucas
has struck it rich. His gusher at
Beaumont, about which much has ap
peared in print, has a flow of 30,000
barrels a day, which is over four times
that of the largest one known in the
United States up to the present time.
Before the well was closed, the oil
flowed into a temporary reservoir j
which had l>een formed about the well
by throwing up a temporary embank
ment. This reservoir covered 64 acres
of ground 10 inches <l°ep! The bank
gave way in one place and about 200,- |
000 barrels of oil escaped, it is es
timated that fully half a million bar
rels are still in the lake. It is not
certain that this can be utilized, be
cause it Is ho mixed with dirt that
its usefulness is doubtful. The well
is now closed and to handle the out
put. the most expensive plant in the
world is being built. A half million
dollars will be invested in tanks alone.
So strong is the pressure of the well
it is estimated a vessel of from 2,000
to 3,000 tons’ capacity can be loaded
in less than 24 hours.
Lucas went to Texas from Washing
ton two years ago. The locality In
which the well is situated has long
been regarded as rich in oil, but nu
merous attempts to strike it, prior to
Lucas’ arrival, had failed. When
Lucas appeared people ridiculed his
efforts, bat he was persistent and on
the morning of January 10 oil was
struck. From a poor man Luca3 has
CA.PT a. F. LUCAS,
come to be one of the richest men in
Texas and if present prospects are
reallzecj, may become the richest.
Bandart to Itnlo Htuibandi.
Germany has of late years been the
stronghold of masculinity. The Ger
man women have been held up as par
agons of all domestic virtues and
steadfastly opposed to new woman-
hood. But even in Germany the throne
of man is shaking. Berlin now has an
Association of Married Women for the
Control of Husbands. The constitu
tion and bylaws haven't been made
public and the meetings are private,
but the name alone opens broad vistas
of speculation as to the functions of
the association. Presumably the wom
en will alt read papers and compare
experiences, and the discussions will
take on a reminiscent and anecdotal
character that will make them even
livelier than a Sorosis election day.
Of course, \merlcan club women will
look pityingly at their Teutonic sis
ters' effort to throw off the yoke. Or
ganized effort toward the control of
husbands isn’t necessary over here.
As the Wonderland Red Queen would
say: “Oh, we passed that long ago."
Each American woman controls her
own husband with an ease that leaves
her time atul energy for problems
more vital. Still, the German women
have made a step in the right direc
tion. What the feelings of the Ger
man husband are when he sees his
wife settiug forth to a meeting of the
A. M. W. P. C. H. is beyond conjectur
ing.—New York Sun.
■exploring in Outarlo.
The pole still lies hid. the sacred
Lhama has kept fast the bars of her
gates, and the rural secrets of Darkest
Africa have not been dragged forth
into light—but even Ontario has re
cesses into which a white man has
never penetrated! The Duke of Ab
ruzzo fared two thousand leagues for
his Arctic enterprise; Henry Savage
Landor photographed himself bound
to a Thibetan stake —hut the metro
politan city of Toronto is only two
days distant from a forest older than
Lebanon. The fitful voice of the pros
pector came down from this solitude,
and the seeker of pulp wood cast a cov
etous eye on the spruce wilderness,
but the Ontario government deter
mined tha.. its unknown regions
should not be given over to the stran
ger. Accordingly an appropriation of
forty thousand dollars was recently
made, and ten exploring parties des
patched to go up and possess the land.
Unlike the Israelitish spies they have
returned bearing neither figs nor
pomegranates.—Claude Bryan, in Can
adian Magazine.
The man who sows seeds of kindness
has a perpetual harvest.
PROTECTING HIS FAMILY.
A Hull Moose’s Fight with a Wildcat is
a Males Forest.
A story illustrating the courage of
moose and their devotion to their
young is related by a Maine guide, says
the Sun. He was with a party of
sportsmen from New York and Bos
ton, hunting big game in the Bangor
and Aroostook region. One morning
after a light fall of snow they came
upon the tracks of three moose, ap
parently a bull, a cow and a calf,which
they followed. Some distance further
on a side hill they found signs of a
struggle, evidently between the moose
and some other animal—a mountain
lion or wildcat. The snow was covered
with blood spots, showing that the
fight had been fierce. The sportsmen
and guide continued to follow the
tracks and at intervals found evidence
of further encounters. Finally the
party heard sounds of battle ahead.
As they mounted the crest of a hill
a peculiar sight met their gaze. Re
treating as rapidly as possible under
the circumstances was a good-sized
cow moose perched upon whose back
was a calf that had apparently been
injured, while a little in front of the
cow a large bull moose was engaged in
a desperate fight with an enormous
wild cat, the largest cat the guide had
ever seen. The party watched the fight
for some minutes, until finally with a
sweepT>f his antlers the moose dealt a
blow that seemed to disable the cat.
The hunters might easily have killed
the bull then and there, but their ad
miration for the pluck and resourceful
ness of the moose family saved the big
fellow. When the wildcat tried to get
away he was quickly shot. The three
moose moved rapidly out of sight,
without, to all appearance, having no
ticed the presence of the hunters. The
calf had been in some manner so in
jured that he could not walk, and his
Intelligent parents had arranged to
carry him, pappoose, style, upon the
broad back of the mother. While trav
eling in this fashion, evidently, the
family had been attacked by the wild
cat, a beast that at times will tackle
anything from a dog to a locomotive.
ROOSEVELT’S PASTIME.
Compare* Our Senator* to Their Ancient
Prototypes.
“It would kill me in a year.” This is
what Theodore Roosevelt wrote twelve
months ago to a friend in Washington.
He was protesting against the consid
eration of himself for vice president.
He wished to convey a strong impres
sion of how irksome the performance
of the duties would be if he should be
nominated and elected. Well, writes a
Washington correspondent, Vice Presi
dent Roosevelt has had his first turn at
the gavel. Just after adjournment of
the extra session some one asked him
“how he liked it.” "Immensely, I like
it immensely ” replied the vice presi
dent. His face lighted up and there
was no mistaking the genuineness. Mr.
Roosevelt is most agreeably surprised
by his first experience as presiding
officer of the United States senate. He
thought that sitting there hour after
hour would be unbearable for the lover
of strenuous life. How does he interest
himself while the talk goes on hour
after hour? Why! He ignores the
thread of argument when it grows tire
some. He studies the senators. He
compares them individually to historic
characters. In this senator he finds the
counterpart of some Grecian statesman
and his imagination transforms the
American capltol into the Acropolis.
Then another is recognized and the
vice president, toying with the gavel,
see§ a toga take the place of the Prince
Albert and the galleries fade away
while the outlines of the forum come
dimly in view. For a dozen American
senators Mr. Roosevelt has found the
prototypes in ancient politics. He will
resume his comparisons when the reg
ular session opens in December.
On© W'my of Swearing: OAT.
“Give me a pony of brandy’, quick!"
exclaimed a nervous-looking man as
he rushed up to the bar of a hotel the
other afternoon, says a Chicago paper.
The liquor was at once forthcoming,
but instead of gulping it down, as the
man’s manner naturally suggested
that he would do, he poured a little
into the palms of his hands, rubbed
them together, and buried his nose
in his hands. He gave long-drawn
sniffs of inhalation until the liquor
had evaporated, and then poured more
from the glass into his hands. This
operation he repeated until the glass
was empty. Then he paid for his drink
and went out with a look of content
ment on his face.
“What’s the answer?” asked an in
terested spectator.
“It simply means that there are more
ways than one of beating the devil
around the stump,” said the bartender.
"That man swore off drink the first
of the year, and I don’t believe he
has swallowed a drop of liquor since.
He inhales it now—always brandy.
I’ve known him to come in here as
often as five or six times in one day
and go through the performance you
have just seen.”
Fast Growth In Arctic Summer.
Things grow very fast in the short
Arctic summer. As soon as the snow
melts off in many places the ground is
I covered with a vine which bears a
small berry something like a huckle
berry. porwong it is called. It is sour
and has a pungent taste, and the In
j dians leave off work and go porwong
; hunting, cramming themselves with
the berries.
Three miles from the village of Kris
| uvik, in the great volcanic district of
Iceland, there is a whole mountain
composed of eruptive clays and pure
white sulphur. A beautiful grotto pen
etrates the western slope to an un
| known depth.
THE WEEKLY NEWS. CARTERSVILLE, GA.
FRUITS IN BRICK FORM.
A Xr Froc*J of Prejerratloa Which
Promise* Oret Success.
Material for the building of many a
great American fortune is to be fur
nished within the next few years, so
experimenters say, by the transform
ing in bricks, hard, compact and well
nigh imperishable, of fruit pulps. Cal
ifornia people are experimenting in
their manufacture; the problem is al
most solved, and before long we shall
be sending immense quantities of them
to Europe. The fruit bricks, accord
ing to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
retain their freshness for a surprising
length of time. They are all but proof
against deterioration, being perfectly
good and fit for use eighteen months
or two years after being manufactured.
About the consistency of a soft gum
drop, they are decidedly toothsome,
and the pulp being mixed with a large
percentage of sugar, they hold the fla
vor of the fruit admirably. Fruit
pulps are already being prepared in
this shape in France, and though as
yet growers of this country are not
manufacturing them commercially,
there is every reason to suppose that
before long we shall make and sell
them in great quantities for foreign
buyers. Strawberry bricks,, raspberry
bricks, plum bricks, currant bricks and
gooseberry bricks will soon be on the
market for domestic consumption as
well as for export. Being almost like
fresh fruit and readily utilizeu by the
housewife for pastry and other des
serts, they are sure to earn quick pop-
ularity. Furthermore, their cost will
be very moderate, manufactured as
they will be in great quantities at the
fruit-growing centers, and wrapped
simply in oiled paper, so as to avoid
the expense of cans or other recepta
cles.
AN UNFORTUNATE INDIAN.
Tragic Fate of the Onlj Red Man of
Little Muddy,
The city of Little Muddy, on the Up
per Yellowstone, was an exceedingly
wideawake town in ’B7. When it had
reached the mature age of three
months every kind of business man
was represented except the cigar deal
er, and the next week a man from Chi
cago named Clark opened a tobacco
store, with a large, gaudy and aggress
ive wooden Indian in front, holding a
tomahawk savagely in one hand and
a bunch of cigars In the other. Gen
tlemen not unconnected with the stock
growing industry who came in from
tne ranges wearing spurs and weapons
would resent his threatening attitude.
He was knocked off his pedestal half
a dozen times a day, but did not meet
his Waterloo until Tobe Hartely and
friend, Long Isaac, came in town from
Lightning’s Nest neighborhood. It
was their first vacation from the ranch
in several weeks. They wandered
about town in a receptive mood and
sought to enjoy their visit. Finally,
they separated, and Tobe, coming
along to the Indian and not noticing
his upraised hatchet, sat down at his
feet to rest. He soon fell asleep and
sank lower. At this juncture Isaac
came around the corner and took in
the situation at a glance. “Killed my
partner for a simple bunch of cigars,
did you!’ ’he cried. “Well, well see
about it!” and he produced his fire
arms and began shooting accurately
and rapidly. At the end of ten min
utes Stark gathered up his noble sav
age in a basket, while the resuscitated
Tobe and the avenging Isaac moved
off arm in arm.
Gerranlum Leave* a* a Flavoring.
From time immemorial the rose ge
ranium has occupied a prominent place
in popular favor. Our grandmothers
have been known to strew the fra
grant leaves among their lingerie, but
few know of the culinary value of this
humble plant. The next time you are
making crab-apple jelly try this re
ceipt with a few glasses: Have the
geranium leaves washed to free them
from any possible Then,
just before pouring the hot jelly into
the glasses, throw a small leaf Into
the bottom of each glass. It may be
allowed to remain until the jelly U
used and will not spoil it in any way.
The result Is an indescribable flavor
which improves the jelly immensely.
Sometimes when baking a cake line art
earthen plate wi.h the geranium leawea
and turn the hot cake out upon th*m,
leaving it there until quite cold, fhe
steam absorbs the fragrance from the
leaves, giving the cake the daintiest
possible flavor, that suggests nothing
so much as the odor of a La Frauce
rose.
Queer Ways of Measuring DUtanre.
In Holland the habit of smoking is
practically universal, and if you ask
of any one how far it Is to a certain
place It is 10 to 1 that the answer wdll
be: “Oh, about a pipe and a half!”
In China horses are shod with clumsy
shoes made of straw, which wear out
very quickly. The driver carries ex
tra sets in his Damboo cart, and he
talks of a drive as a one-shoe or a
two-shoe journey. If you hire a cart
he will send you a bill which appears
to be about 10 degrees more puzzling
after it has been translated than it
was in the original hieroglyphic form.
It will probably read: “One load, two
horses, three shoes—7o yen.”
l?e*l Worth a Small Fortune.
In Seio, near Rochester, N. Y., lived
an old spinster named Sprague. Her
sole possessions were supposed to be
her meager store of household furni
ture and a cat. A few weeks ago the
life of the cat, which was threatened
by several dogs, was saved by a hoy
named Rufus Sprague, a distant rela
tive. Miss Sprague told the boy thai
when she died she would make him
her heir and leave liim the bed she
slept in. A few days ago she died.
Rufus claimed the bed. In it he found
SI,OOO.
J^CLihaniel
Greene
The recent finding of the remains of
Gen. Nathaniel Greene of revolution
ary fame naturally directs attention ta
this man who played so important
a part In the building of the nation.
Nathaniel Greene was the son of a
Quaker, who strictly enforced the prin
ciples of that sect in his home life.
He was born at Warwick, R. 1., June
6, 1742. Asa boy he worked in the
field, the mill and at the forge, but
perceiving the boy’s natural bent for
study, his father sent him to receive
academic instructions under a private
tutor and he also studied law. At the
age of 23 he sat in the Rhode Island
General Assembly as a representative
for Coventry, where he had taken up
his residence. The first signs cf the
impending revolution did not escape
Greene and he at once set to work
studying military science. In 1774 an
independent military company was
formed in the towns adjacent to Cov
entry, and Greene became a private.
The Quakers, who would not counte
nance anything warlike, promptly ex
pelled him. When the war began
Greene became a brigadier general
under commission of the Rhode Island
lesislature and commanded the troops
from that state. As soon as he joined
the army Washington recognized his
ability and he was given a prominent
place. By engaging Cornwallis on the
west shore cf the Hudson in Novem
ber, 1776, he prevented the British
commander from cutting off the re
treat of the Americans and he was in
command of the left wing of Wash
ington’s army when the Hessians were
routed at Trenton.
At the Brandywine.
In September, 1776, Greene was a he
roic figure. The British had 18,000
men here; the Americans 11,000. The
latter had a strong position, but his
superior numbers and perfect disci
pline enabled Cornwallis to push the
right wing of the Americans under
Sullivan obliquely toward the village
of Dilworth. Had this movement
been completeed, it would have cut
the American army in two and utterly
routed it. But it was foiled by the
generalship of Greene in executing
Washington’s prompt orders to stop
the dangerous gap. Greene was com
manding the reserve. On receiving
Washington’s order, he marched his
brigade five miles in 45 minutes, and,
connecting with Sullivan, prevented
the impending disaster. But for his
double-quick march and the inspira
tion as well as increased strength
which his arrival gave to the Amer
icans, the rout of the latter would
have been certain. In the battle of
GEN. NATHANIEL GREENE.
SENATORIAL CHUMS.
Strang* Companionship* Formed at
Washington.
Strange affinities in some mysterious
manner develop among senators,
writes a Washington corerspondent.
The scholarly Lodge of Massachusetts
and Pitchfork Tillman of South Caro
lina are great friends. So strong is
the tie that when Tillman wanted the
St. Louis world’s fair bill to carry his
Charleston appropriation Lodge told
him he would stay with him to the
end. For some time after the pol
ished. talented Beveridge entered the
senate he was an odd one. He appar
ently found no congenial spirit. He
seemed to care to cultivate nobody and
nobody cultivated him. It is different
now. Beveridge has found his sena
torial chum. As usual, the case is a
friendship of opposites. The senator
in whom the Indiana genius has dis
covered comradeship is the new man
from Utah, Kearns. While Beveridge
was going through college and win
ning fame as a brilliant orator, Kearns
was prospecting on a grub-stake in the
Rockies and the Sierras. Beveridge
burned the midnight oil over dead lan
guages. Kearns carried a sack of flour,
FA TRIOT OF >7O
WHOSE BODY HAS
JUST BEEN FOUND
Germantown Greene covered the re
treat of the Americans. Before Howe
evacuated Philadelphia in June, 1778,
Greene became quartermaster general
of the American army, but he retained
the right to command on the field and
in the chase after Howe’s army, across
New’ Jersey, Greene was a conspicuous
figure. He commanded the American
right wing at Monmouth. Except for
a few minor skirmishes. Greene was,
after this memorable event, chiefly en
gaged in his duties as quartermaster
general. In September, 1780, while
Washington was absent, Greene was
In Command of the Army.
It was at this time tnat Arnold’s trea
son occurred and that Andre was cap
tured. Greene was president of the
Board of Inquiry convened for his trial
and, with tear-filled eyes, signed the
warrant for the young man’s death.
Subsequently he was given command
of the post at West Point, but re
mained only a short time, being sent
south to take command of the army
which was threatened with annihila
tion by Cornwallis. Gates had been a
failure. It required a better master
of the science of war than he to re
trieve the waning fortunes of the
Americans. The army of which
Greene took command consisted of
2,307 men, of whom 1,482 were fit for
duty. Greene divided his forces. Mor
gan was given command of one divi
sion; Greene took the other. At Cow
pens, January 17, 1781, Morgan was
attacked by Tarleton and, after a hard
fought battle, Tarleton’s force was ut
terly routed, losing 800 men out of a
total of 1,100. Cornwallis, infuriated
by this defeat, set out to thrash Mor
gan. Greene, meanwhile, had effected
a junction with the latter and when
Cornwallis met them at Guilford Court
Plouse, March 15, a battle was fought.
It was an indecisive affair, but the
Americans gained an advantage, for
the enemy, being too much shattered
to continue the contest, retired to Wil
mington. Greene then moved south
ward. The British were strong In
South Carolina. At first he met with
reverses, hut during May and June,
1781, he took possession of all the
garrisons the British had held, forcing
the latter to retire. At Eutaw Springs
he achieved the final victory for the
Americans in South Carolina. Before
the close of the war he had taken pos
session of Charleston. When peace
was declared he settled on a plantation
presented to him by the state of Geor
gia, located at Mulberry Grove. There
he died, in 1786, at the age of 44. Con
gress voted him many honors, one of
which was the erection of a monument
to his memory in Washington.
a flitch of bacon and a pick into the
wildnerness. About the time that In
diana woke to the intellectual merits
of Beveridge, Kearns struck it rich in
abandoned workings of an old mine.
Beveridge is famous, but brain-weary.
Kearns is on Easy street, a United
States senator, in search of a good
time. The two senators are to spend
a vacation together. Beveridge is go
ing to 1 tah to join Kearns. They
will take a wagon, saddle-horse and a
camping outfit and plunge Into the
marvelous country southwest of Salt
Lake City. If the mood for the wild
life lasts they will go through to
Southern California, from 800 to 1,000
miles. Both are looking forward to
the first genuine outing of their lives.
Spoke for First Time In Ten Year*.
As the result of a skillful operation
Raymond Pfroender, a lad of 10 years,
living at Granito City 111., has been
able to speak the first v*rds he ever
uttered in his life. His inability to
speak was caused by a defective palato
which was successfully operated on
by Doctor Nildrlnghaus of Granite
City assisted by Doctors Everman and
Schriefels of St. Louis. Mo.
RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
Brides must on their wedding day
Have for luck the old folks say 7
Some hmg old and something
Something borrowed, something bT ue .
So when rair Marguerite was led
Down the rose-strewn aisle to wed
She had followed to the end
The rule that luck should her attend.
Borrowed blushes on her face
That the hue of love should grace
Bridal trousseau very new ’
The groom was old and she was bl Ue
—Baltimore World. '
HUMOROUS.
I see thi3 magazine runs a column
called ‘Half-minute Talks ' ” ..
thing unusual?” “Yes; it i s edited hr
a woman.” 3
Nell—l saved a man’s life today
Belle—How so? Nell—He said he
was dying to meet me, and I con .
sented to an introduction.
She—You say girls are always in a
hurry to get married. He—Yes; that’s
precisely what I say. ‘‘And yet you
claim they are always late when it
comes to the wedding.”
Billson—Now, in India, Great Brit
ain maintains a corps of war elephants |
which are trained to march in single 1
file. Bilkins—That would be sort of a
trunk line, wouldn’t it?
A gentleman was giving a toy
some peanuts the other day. The
mother said. “Now, what are you go
ing to say to the gentleman?” The lit
tle fellow looked up, and replied
“More!”
“Say, I dropped a quarter here
somewhere,” said the customer. “Very
well,” replied the salesman, “I’ll find
it and keep it for you.” “All right,
and if you don’t find it you can keep it
for yourself.”
“Mrs. Ladd used to worry terribly
when her husband was away on his
trips, but she’s got over it.” “Con
quered her nervousness, I suppose?”
“Oh, no succeeded in making him have
his life insured.”
Stranger—Whose place is that over
there? Native —That’s the new man
sion of one of our sugar refiners.
Stranger—Ah, another “house built
upon the sand.” Native—Say, rather,
on the rocks that he made out of sand.
“What kind of oil, Pat, do you sup
pose they use to produce that color?"
asked the citizen as a freight train
went by showing a green lantern.
“Shure, I should say some of the Im
merald Isle, sir,” was Pat’s quick re
ply.
“Little boy,” said the kindhearted old
gentleman, “you must not cry. You
know it is a waste of time to cry.” And
the little boy, who is from Boston, dried
his tears long enough to remark: “And
it is also a waste of time to tell any
body it is a waste of time to cry.”
Mamma—l wish I knew whether Ma
bel really cares for that young man
down there. Papa—All right. I’ll step
out to the front door for a minute and
peep into the parlor on my way. Mamma
—Nonsense! What could you possibly
find out? Papa —The gas, if she cares
for him.
It was at a fashionable boarding
house, and they had calves’ brains for
lunch. She spoke to the gentleman
next to her: “And do you like calves’
brains, Mr. Domo?” “I always try to
feel content with what I have madam.”
There is a time to laugh, even in
fashionable boarding houses.
Crow* in l’ekln.
A feature of Pekin is the vast num
ber of crows that are to be seen. Liter
ally there are millions of them. They
are everywhere. They are almost
tame. They hop along the ground
near your feet. They seem to have
no fear. About 5 o’clock every after
noon they start a flight to the Forbid
den city and the air is black with
them. Before dark all the crows In
Pekin are in the Forbidden city and
the buildings there are covered with
them. Those that are open are filled
with them. The various thrones are
roosting places no less than the
roofs and the trees. The obvious rea
son for their nightly flight to the For
bidden city is that they are never dis
turbed. A superstitious Chinaman
was asked by the stranger: “Why do
all the crows go to the Forbidden city
at night?” “To see the Son of Heav
en,” he said. “Ah, it is a great thing
10 see the Son of Heaven (the emper
or). We cannot see him in this life.
No one not an official can go into the
Forbidden city, which is the most
beautiful and most magnificent place
in the world, but if we are good in this
life we can go in w r hen we die and we
can see the Son of Heaven.” ‘
what has that got to do with crows?
demanded the stranger. “Everything
in the world.” said the superstitious
Chinaman. “When a Chinaman dies,
if he has been good his spirit ma)
enter a crow and then he can S° in
and out of the Forbidden city when
ever he wants to. He may see the
Son of Heaven every’ day and
feast his eyes on the splendor o
the heaven-sent royalty forever.
New York Sun.
German Crown Prince in Love.
It is rumored on the continent that
the crown prince of Germany, whose
soldierly bearing called forth mut
favorable comment during his shoi
stay in England, has actually fallen > n
love with one of the youngest gran:
daughters of the late Queen Victoi ia-
The girl in question is only 14 >' ears
old. so that no wedding festivities
are anticipated for some time to come,
but the story goes that the young
couple have been formally betroth e
to one another with the consent an
approval of both the king And t n
German emperor. The princess is an
attractive ’little maid, and is tat
(laughter of one of the most popular
ladies in England.