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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1901-03-15, Page 5Burned Church Mortgage, An anniversary entertainluent, was -held in Wesley church at Ham- ilton, Monday night, a unique fea- ture of which was the burning of a mortgage for $4,247.59. After an- nouncing that the church was 13.01v13.01vclear of debt, Cyrus A. 13irge, the treasurer, placed• the mortgage on a plate and set fire to it, while the large audience rose and sang the Doxology. Tea was served, and a good programme presented. ..1..., . To Experiment With Deets, Ottawa, March 4.—Mr. Broder has given notice of a resolution declaring that the • Government should, without delay, adopt some means of procuring information as to the effect of Soil and climate up- on the percentage of sugar in sugar beet, by procuring seed and send- ing it out to the different localities to be grown, and afterwaracls test- ed by chemical experts under the direction of the Department of Agriculture. mrsormsgrarrafre hoPeople `�'�' Have Use Say that Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine affords wonderfully prompt, relief for coughs and colds. Everybody has confidence in Dr. Chase, in •his great recipe book and famous •family remedies. They have learned by experience that it pays to insist on hav- ing Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine instead of accepting the various unscientific "mix-ups" which some druggists offer as "just as good." Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine contains. many of the most valuable and most effective remedial agents for throat and lung troubles that science has discovered. It acts so directly and promptly as to be of Incalculable worth in all cases of croup, bronchitis and whooping cough. It is so far-reaching in its effects as to loosen the tightest chest cough and cure the cold of long standing. 25c a bottle ; family size, three times as much, 60e. at all dealers', or Edman - ton, Bates & Co., Toronto. Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine. Z.URICH P. 0. Is open daily except Sundays from 8 a:kali—., until 9 p. 1.11., The mails are distributed as follows : MAIL FOR HENSd,LL, close at 6 :55 a.m. .. Cf CI f t 2 :55 p.n. °' ST.JOSEPIR, 'f 11:10:L.1n. " L. H. &B., 'f 6 :55 a.m. " L, H. &B., " 2 :55 a.m: t0 Fi1OM HE,NSALL, arr. 11 :00 a.m. fc fc ft cc . r ;30 " ST.JOSEPH, " 10 :45 a.m. " L. H. & B., " 11 :00 a.ra. " L. H. &B., " 77 :30 [tan. LETTERS FOR REGISTRATION, must be posted half an hour previous to the time for closing the nails. D. S.FAUST, Postmaster. NOTICE All persons who are indebted to the late firm of Appel & Zeller, are hereby requested to call and settle their accounts as early as possible. 19tf E. APPEL, Zurich THOROUGH BRED BERKSHIRE Boar for service, -on Lot 16, Con. 15. Hay, L1% miles south of Zul- ichroad.] Terms $1.00, payable at the time of service, with tl e privilege of returning, if neces- sary. Wild. BRavnn, 270 Zurich P. O. FARM FOR SALE. S% Lot 14 L. R. E. Stanley COX acres, is offered for sale by the tin- dersignecl. The farming land along' this line is good and splendid gravel roads. Convenient to school, post office, &c. Apply to E. ZELLER, Zurich. FARM FOR SALE—• -200 acres of choice land, consisting of Lot 3, Con. 11, Hay, and Lot 19, South Boundary, Hay. Good bank barns, 44 x 82 and 40 x 60, and frame dwellings on each lot. Plenty of gosd spring water. On one farm there is an overflowing well. On good gravel road, and convenient to school, post office and churches. 6 miles to Exeter station. Will give purchaser easy terms, of pay- ment. Wind power, equipped for pumping, chopping, straw cutting, etc. All buildings in good state of repair, with gold large driving shed and other outbuildings. For terms apply to PHILIP HARTMAN, Sarepta P. O. 32—Om +" FARM FOR SALE. 149 acre farm, lot 21 and S% 22, Con. 14, Hay, 2� miles west' of Zurich, containing 149 acres, all cleared, good land and well fenced. There are 4 wells on the farm, 2 of which are overflowing ; orchard, 3% .acres of apples, pears etc; Brick house, 20x32 ; Frame kitchen attached, 20x22; good collar, in 3 parts ; wood slued and wash -house, 20x22, with cistern and fireplace ; Stone basement barn, 52x100, with stabling for 12 horses and 45 head of cattle; Pig -pen, Driving shod, Implement house, Open shed 12x100 and ether buildings. For terms, apply to the owner, HICNRY ExOHER, 25-tf at P. 0 THE, ZURICH HERALD GENERAL NEWS, works and on the railroads about • 7the Sault."" A r,ir���DOS CR:T11: IN L What'though you have lxo earth- ly goods nor laurel on your brow, if you haven't got the grip, be thankful any -slow. Mr. Glorguo, accompanied by Mr, '. E, V. Giorgue,. 112x.. I3. 0, Hamilton, Mr. A. McKay, and Mr. 0, F. • Fa,r= well,' M.P.P., waited on the Govern- • At a prinfestival Ll lately tlQ Cm,ILeSnht steunsd 5a0ia)kU ekc1,Lfronrs laagnngtrant$210)e0]0 following toast ova:, " W olnan—Second only to tho eiferDrossecl cash to assist in the construction, of in the dissemination of the news." The ladies are yet mxclocidecl whether to regard this as a conia pliment or -otherwise. , What are you 1 crying about?" asked a kind hearted stranger of a lad standing in front of a newspap- er- office crying as though his heart would -break. "Oh, pa's gone up stairs to whip the editor." "Well has ho come down yet?" "Pieces of him have," said the boy with • a fresh burst of fears, "and I'm -ex pecting the rest of him every min - lite. " PROMISES 100,000 SETTLERS Mr, Clergue Says the Contract to Locate 10,000 People in Algoma Will be Fulfilled ten -fold. • "We have already arranged for 10,000 settlers for Algoma as we agreed with the Government, but we intend to make it ton times that number; that is our present stint Thus spoke Mr. F. • H. Clergue, tb.e Sault •Ste. Marie capitalist, who was in Toronto on Friday. "When navigation opens we intend to bring settlers in at the rate of 500 per month," he wont • on. "Ono thousand mon are wanted for• cut- ting Wood for charcoal, and an- other thousand for cutting pulp- wood and then we want. others to become farmers to supply the thou- sands who will be employees in the the Manitoulin & North Shore Rail- way from Sudbury to the Mani- toulin Island, thence by oar ferry to. Wiarton and Owen Sound It is contended that this line will bring southern Ontario many miles near- er the Sault and the west. • . Read T'riE HERALD. It's newsy. TE [ERS WANTED ENDERS will be received by the Council of. the Township of Hay, up to Monday, the 8th clay of April, 1901, for the construction of the following drainage works:— °' East and West Branches South," 7550 cubic yards.. "East Branch North," 13020 cubic yards. "West Branch North," 12077 cubic yards. Tenders must be separate for each Branch. Plans and profiles may be seen at the •oilice of the undersigned. Satisfactory Bonds are required to be furnisecl by the contractors. FRED HESS, SR., Township Clerk. Zurich, Marek 15, 1901. 83-4t i OR THAT TiRED FEEI..ING TRY 14, Our Job Department is fully equipped, and when you need a "business tonic" don't fail to give us a trial. RESULTS ARE CERTAIN. 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Quite nine -tenths of this, pt' erty disappears during fogs. The leaders of the fog thief gan Usually have some little capital start with. One of them affects to cartage contractor on a small sc fie takes very quiet premises that ha a high boarding round and that 'not overlooked. If he has plenty ceilarage, all the better. He bas least one smart trap and horse a two and sometimes three rogues to with it. It is during the late foggy afternoo and early evenings of winter that t hauls are made. Streets with wa houses—and not shops that are light brilliantly and early—on each side a that are often congested with tra are mostly chosen. The small a smart though dingy and inconspicuo looking trap plunges into the thick the traffic. it soon, in the gloom a murk, places itself immediately behin a van or lorry piled with packages various kinds. The men in the quick trap are all o the alert. One of thein, a man chose for his immense physical strength, go `o the head of the pony on some pr Text. He soon has a package clow from tire van in front. He is provide with sharp cutting instruments, and h has a powerful piece of strap with nook at one end. If there is a boy si ling behind the van, the men in th trap contrive to get him down by d verti.ng his attention. Even with view to distracting the possible atten tion of carters, the thieves generals sit up an altercation, or "barney, ,mong themselves or with others. The ,Ire men of colossal impudence an powers of abuse, and all attention be comes riveted upon them. In one cas not far from Farringdon street last De :ember they carried off one parcel o furs worth MO, the van boy been temporarily blinded, as alleged, by tad with the thieves blowing som snuff into his face from a pea shoote and then disappearing. One of the most notorious of thes fog thieves was a lithe young fello who crept along the back of a pony t is head, American jockey fashion, an hooked what be could from out of th van in front. The great hauls of these men ar when they follow cabs and private cat Mages from a railway station. In suc ases they generally use two traps an orses. A cab is marked that has ap arently valuable luggage on the top Phis is followed till some dark stree s reached where the way is narrow o ongested; then the driver of one o le traps, that has a very swift pon arnessed to it, deliberately drive cross the bead of the cab or earring orse. Of course there is an angry alterca on, and while this is going on th Teves on the other 'trap have got into e immediate rear of the luggage la en vehicse. One of the thieves goes ong his horse's back and lifts the lug- age ua age down. One of the hauls effected last winter this way was worth £8,000 and was e property of Mr. de Silva, an Argen- ua millionaire. The robbery took place t far from St. Pancras' church just fore the shops were lighted up. As the summer sun brings forth yriads of living creatures, so does a Names fog bring out upon the dark apparently deserted river a vast rde of thieves, At least a dozen of e wharf and lighter owners complain losing from their respective wharves Winch as from one to' six hundred unds' worth of coal alone every year. The reader can learn at any river - de house frequented by tugboat men at there are scores, literally scores, of gs on the river that have never ught a pennyworth of coal for great tubers 'of years. The Thames pollee uld tell that same reader that men ve retired on competences who have en reported to have made their whole tune out of coal stolen with im- nity on the river. he police are helpless over the vast pause of river and in the labyrinth - backwashes. 1f they raid one of pirate hosts In the gloom and dark- s, the spoil is turned oat to the tom of the river iii a trice. If this t O. thing can be done to such an eat with a commodity like coal, it y be lrnagiued what befalls other sable property on wharves or in ters. he fraudulent . picker up of the er blesses the fog. The picker up a man who notices that certain rges with valuable cargoes are moor - in such a way that, if they broke e, they would entail vast expense. picker up sees that these barges break loose. That part of his work oes in dead secret. And then, mak- plenty of uoise about it at this go, be rescues from danger the y barges that he has set adrift and da lu a heavy salvage claim. t city Illy bs og it ou- est on OP, g5 to be ale. ve are of at nd go nu he re- ed nd file nd us Of nd d of n n es e- n d e a t - e a PPy d e f g a e r e w 0 d e e d t r t y 5 e e 0 R p ti h a 11 ti th th d gal in 'i1t ti no be m rj and bo th of R5 1)0ss tb to bo' nu wo ha be for i? i ex ine the 51011 bot Eor ext Ina vat Ugh ri (5 ba ed loos The do tae d i nr, stn. ver nen .Assts That Are sleuth to Cholera. The acid of lemons and oranges is fatal to the cholera bneiilus. Even if placed upon the rinds of the fruit the germs will not survive logger than a guy. Ladies' home Journal. In the Georglnn !anon °, spoken la lbe enountains between the Caspian. Ind Ishak seas, dada means mother and mama feather, A LIGE T Z ' THE "YARD Mf3. GALT HP RECOGNIZES IN IT HER SUMMONS TO HEAVEN. Exit Else trails to Get Any infortup,- tion !Prom pier Husband ns to the Manner lv 'Which She Should Aot When She Enterra !ler Bonne Anions the Angels. lonpvright, 1000, by C. 13. Lewls.j When Mr. Gallup sat down for the evening, he bad his newspaper on bis knee and Mrs. Gallup was singing "Nock of Ages" and clearing away the supper table. He had been reading for a quarter oi' an hour when she quietly entered and sat down and said: "Samuel, I don't want to disturb you nor make you feel bad, but'I feel oblig- ed to ask you a few questions. Last night at midnight Mr's. Watkins saw a light moving around in our back yard, It was a light which bobbed up and bobbed down and dodged this way and that, and when it finally went out it gave a great wink and a splutter. It was what they call a ghost lantern, Samuel, and it meant that there would be death In this house within a week. It'll be my death, of course. I've got 2T different ailments, with heart dis- ease throwed in, while you are as healthy as a cornfield. Yes; it'll be me, but I'm not weepin over it. I'm sittin right here as calm as catnip, but 1 want to know some few things." Mr. Gallup must have known of her presence, but he was too deeply Inter- ested in his paper to recognize it. He had found an article which said that a bedbug could be boiled in water for '.our hours and then come out with bis u.nbition undaunted. "i shall go to heaven wben I die, of course," continued Mrs. Gallup as her voice broke a little. "I otter go there. Any woman who has whitewashed the cellar every spring for 27 years, be- sides makin soft soap, cuttin carpet rags, dyeln over old clothes and makin one corset last her for 13 years, will go to heaven on the jump. What bothers "I'M SITTIN RIGHT HERE AS CALM AS CA'INIr," me, however, is how I'm goin to act arter I git there. You know how com- pany allus fiustrates me. If three or four of the neighbors come in, I'm aI- most sure to fall off my cheer or knock over sunthin. How's it goin to be when I git up there and meet a hull pasture full of angels? There'll be millions of 'em, Samuel, and they'll all be lookin at me and wonderin who 1 am, and I'll be so upsot that 1:'11 fall over my own feet" She paused to wipe the tears from her eyes with the palm of her band, but as she had asked no direct ques- tions Mr. Gallup finished the bug arti- cle and turned to one on the care of clotheslines. "I don't want to be looked at and p'inted out and made fun of up there." said Mrs. Gallup as she sat with ber eyes on the carpet. "All night long last night 1 couldn't sleep for thinkin that some of the angels would turn up their noses at me and want to know what on airth 1 was doin there. You remember Sarah Jane Bixby,:who died two years ago? Sarah was snippy and sassy. If she went to heaven, it would be Jest her way to want to know why I'd come flyin up there, with my rheumatiz and back aches. I'd have to sass ber back, and then what would happen? Angels do sass each other sometimes, don't they, Samuel?" If Mr. Gallup had ever given the mat- ter a thought, be was too busy to dis- cuss it. The statement was right be- fore his eyes that 1,000,000 miles of clothesline went to destruction every year for want of being hung up In the wood shed when not in use, and be was reflecting on the carelessness of hu- manity in general. "I may git up to heaver in the night, when all the angels are asleep, and s0 I'll slip in all right. I hope that'll be the way, because it'll give me a chance to kind o' git used to the place before daylight. Do you think they have any breakfast up there? Mrs. Watkins says they don't, but 1 don't really see how they git along without it. 1 knew 1 should feel a goneness all day without breakfast. And t want you to look at me, Samuel, and see if I'm the hum- biyest woman ever born. 1 have read that when we die we are changed as in the twinklsn of an eye. I hope it's so. If it ain't, then I can't expect no good times up there. Them angels will be p'intin out my lop shoulder, my big feet and my wabbly knees and whls• perin to each other that I'd better staid down on airth among the cabbages. Nobody as knows me can call me obsti- nate or sot, but r11, be snummed if 1 propose to die and become an angel to be made fun of. You'll be on my side about that, won't you?" Mr. Gallup heaved a long sigh and seemed about to speak, but no word carne. Be bad finished with the clothes- line and struck an article about the «easoning powers of the crow, and the *coat direct question from Mrs. Gallup would have passed unheeded. Her tears fell for two or three minutes, and Upon she kc' "nod tow nsabdtoll* tha beds 02 *beret 'ofe know we've slept on a'i•'eather >lj ever 5(110*' eve eras' marrGed, and 1'I allus b(u particular to smooth it dot from head to foot. I've got used feathers, and if I changed off I'd a loanyg thDeroe ahne d hiev kb adr Snadln_all ,our* they keep on 8ytn around :all night 1011 and singln "I've Beached My Hornell Last?" Seems to me that flyin an singin all day would be enough utile; I feel stronger than I do now.. Ye orter know these things, Samuel, ars you otter tell me so I'll know what I depend on. I might stand sass from 1 thousand angels, but I do want si own bed when night comes, and if on of my headaches comes on 'uuexpeete iy I want to know that 1 kin: her a eu of tea. Mrs. Watkins saysth a I s. tl.l 5 they e#4.1 drink tea in heaven, but I don't sa how she kin know." Mr. Gallup was not directly appealer to, and ,as he wits reading that a fro had been, known to feign death to ayoi having a crowbar thrown, at him L� made no sign. "Waal, I've made up my mind to 1 few things," said Mrs, Gallup as the al fence grew painful. "I'm' goin up tt heaven to do the best I kin. I'll bt nayburly with allthe angels I meet and let 'em understand that I don', want no more'n my share of harps an wings and things.- If I don't find any thin to eat or any beds to sleep oa,.ii shan't raise no fuss nor go Into byste I les, the way Mrs. Taylor did at cam meetin last year. lies; I'll put up with things as I find 'em and (*sake the best of it, and I won't be jeafouil If a few et 'em bev better clothes on or kin sing better'n me. That's how I'll. act, Sam uel, and then if they pick on me they't git as good as they give. I kin sassed and picked on jest so fur, bu arter that they want to look oast. Would it put you out any,ISamuel, if I died at night inai ad of in the daytime? As I said, if I died at night I could slip into heaven without any fuss, but ,It It's goin to make you any extra trouble 1'11 perish by daylight. What will be the most convenient hour fur you?" There was deep silence. Mrs. Gal. lup's tears made no thud as they feU upon the carpet, and Mr. • Gallup wad reading with bated breath tbat an os• trich covers 13 feet of ground at every stride when in full flight. The eloc ticked, the silence grew deeper, an, the cricket on the hearth fell into doze. Then Mr. Gallup suddenly las' aside his paper, stretched his arms an legs, with a "Ho -burnt"; and looke, around to find Mrs. Gallup asleep i her chair. She hadn't gone to join th angels—not yet. M. Quare. THE KING OF HANDCUFFS. Bow Harry Hoadin1,' 'A aer1oa=, lbws prised the British. When Harry Houdin!, the American king of handcuffs. arrived in England, he tried to arrange for an 'exhibit of his skill at Scotland Yard,: but the authorities refused to allow him an opportunity of putting on or• taking off ofiictai hanc.uffs, says London M. a!: P. So, accompanied by a skeptical London manager, he paid. an ordinary rail as an American visitor to the police headquarters. Mr. Houdini. after making the usual' remarks on everything he saw and heard; easually asked a question about a pair of hand- cuffs. The guide took them down and answered; "Oh, these are handcuffs impossible to remove." Houdin! was greatly interested, and the incident closed by the American visitor requesting his guide to lock the handcuffs on his wrists. Then be turned his back and succeeded in get- ting tbem off in a couple of minutes. One of Houdini's strangest adreft- tures happened at a big hotel in St, Paul, Blinn., where be was very well known. To his surprise, he found that a couple of men occupying the rooms on either side of his own appeared to be mounting guard over- him. At Brat he only suspected this, but after a few, days he was perfectly sure that ono or the other of his neighbors shadowed his every movement. One afternoon, when Houdin' was sitting in his own room, be heard the.sound of seutlltng outside the door. Flinging It open. be discovered his two unknown friends grasping a third man, who bad evil• dents been wearing a long dark caps* that was dragged on one aide, showing' that he was heavily handcuffed. "We're a couple of detectives, Me. Houdini," panted one of the mea. "This fellow made his escape from jail some days ago. We knew• that As wouldn't dare to go to a locksmith VP get his handcuffs removed, and we suspected that be might come to you," Sunday Habits. The average man does 'himself Ile much harm on Sunday that he does rot recover until the following Wednes- day. In the first place; he loafs &round the house, instead of being tie - live, as on weekdays, In the next place, he cats bis breakfast later than usual, and his dinnee earlier; and the result is that he Is knocked out unto Wednesday. The best thing to do of Sunday is to conforrl to your usual habits as much as possible. A Poster Promo this 'Small* Bay. Mamma—Don't boll those . canned peas, Bridget. 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