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STARVATIO .A Grltuiee Raokward and jSlost Enjoye? Ever Grivon i \i nuil lt if-; still :i question ol' moot with ? thc old boys who fought in thc war on j cither .side, whether there have ever . been since such lovely, brilliant and i loving girls as tlio.se with whom they j rode and tlirted and danced, for loving I whom they, perhaps, fought all the ' better, away ba#k in the OO's. Probably these old boys, still feel- i ing spry and hale, forget the swift j cadence of Time's march as they sit at "camp fire," or "Kennion." Per- ? haps few of them have overheard, and ; those few have forgotten, the old | song-verse : "I never Html J soo such flo worn again, Nor smell such a swoot perfume ; Hut if Chere be now no such Howers- as ' those, . 'Tis I who have loHt my bloom !" ? Hut this reminiscence is not to risk the dread artillery of bright eyes of to-day; only to recall, without com parison, those merry, delightful and wholly unparalleled entertainments of thc later days of the war, which sol- : dicr beau and Richmond belle knew as | "starvation parties." Many a white haired grandsire, many a stately and ? vcuerable grand dame of to day re- I count to generations then unborn the i frolic and real brilliance of tlsose ? social gatherings in the sorely leaguer- | cd Capital in the winters of 1S(?:'? and : "I?J. Richmond had ever been famous for her hospitality, and for the generous ; elegance of her entertainment to all accredited strangers. When she be came the Capital of the Southern Con federacy a great and new population was emptied into her gates, coming from every distant sister State, and embraces most of the distinction, social renown, intellectuality and wealth of the entire Southland. And for a time, indeed until the strain of war and mourning of actual want bore too heavy upon her, this new popula tion was treated as though each and everyone was an honored and invited guest. Thc gray and personal bearing were the only "'open sesame" needed to swing wide Richmond's doors. But the Capital was the spot of all the South coveted by thc powerful and active enemy, Untold masses of men were hurled against her; com munications were cut off and supplies became restricted in inverse ratio to demand for them. Money, too, de preciated in value in a tumble that, looked back upon to-day, seems almost comic, until there came to be truth in thc epigram that the housewife going to ru ark ot carried her money in the basket and brought back her supplies in her pocket. The early constant round of din ners, lunettes, balls and receptions grew gradually less; at first by almost imperceptible degrees, then with strides as rapid as thc financial de pression or thc engrossment of all thoughtful people by more sad and serious duties. For thc onco merry Capital became one vast hospital of the great camps, and almost every fireside had its "vacant chair." So, by the trying winter of 1863, formal entertaining in Richmond was almost a thing of the past.. Every house was open tai its doors fell back of themselves to the open sesame of "our boys," but the strain to provide home necessities, with the added om nipresent one of feeding thc sick, put an automatic negative on every sug gestion of entertainment. Still thc people were far from hopeless ; were buoyant indeed to near the very end, and thc younger clement, both in thc army and in society, were ever fun hungry, and ready for every plan and project of amusement. Out of this demand, met by necessi ty's negative, sprang what weic known as "starvation parties." At these beautiful and accomplished women, and not always only the giddy girls, met and danced and flirted to their hearts' content with "those poor boys who deserved to bc amused." In thc winter "siesta," when tired nature stopped nine months of killing by making roads impassable with mud and snow, this clastic descriptive list covered all grades. The beardless private, longing for his first mustache, was as much a hero to young woman hood as was thc corps commander, with wreath-circled stars upon his collar. Indeed, for "starvation" uses, the sub usually "had the call" on his chief, for bc danced better, and, in intervals of killing and being killed, had nothing on his mind but the next waltz and thc bright eyes of the walt zer. Strange olia podrida ever was a star vation party. A piano and an oblig ing girl, usually one who did not dance, or some complaisant matron, furnished the music. Most . houses were spacious enough to give ample " room for a large crowd, and refresh ments were invariably the same. To wards the end, the law on that point vas aa iu? M?uO? ?ud Porsi???. A huge pitcher, or. bucket, of yellow "Jeems'B River" water, and more or N PARTIES. ni the Most I "nique 1 Entertainments IL tho World. Con rici , less, tumbler.-* of any available style and shape were thu Alpha and Omega of entertainment for the inner man. Not even a biscuit, or a ginger cake, was permitted, for. perhaps, the next hostess had none to sparc, and all must be on equal footing. So. if thc men were "invited for their boots," as they ofttimes arc in peace, they certainly did not come for thc supper, but for the company. That included thc brightest, pretti est and most popular women of thc Capital, and among thc men were Cabinet ministers, Senators, Generals, subalterns and privates from every arm of service, all. for thc nonce, on absolutely equal footing, by ukase of that most despotic of regents, beauty. And merry, joyous and even brilliant revels they were. Almost all came to dance, and thc exceptions came to find surcease from wearing mental strain, and to try, for thc moment, to forget strain of responsibility. Long past midnight the dance was kept up. Then men not on furlough would fling themselves in saddle, gallop back to camp and merely exist through its dull inactivity of routine by memory of thc last daucc and ex pectation of the next. Then, towards spring, as roads improved and cavalry movements became possible, the dan tes grew rarer. Raids had to bc watched; leave was harder to obtain, and gradually the lax rain of discip line tightened and "thc dear boys," old and young, heard 'boots and sad dles" in places of waltzes, for long and trying months again. Sometimes the tragedy that made diapason to thc merry theme of the previous night was so sudden and so saddening as to shock even thc war drilled nerve? of thc sufferers by it into dumb despair. Gallant Pres Hampton, thc grand old General's boy soldier sou, comes buck in vivid memory of this. Young, chivalrous and fearless, as his sire's sou could be, Preston Hampton had the form of a young Antinous, and ali thc virile fun-love of a young soldier born. Not for his name and his sire's dazzling record, though these gave him thc entree everywhere, of course, but for his personality and sunny na ture, he was a universal favorite with comrades and most popular with the Richmond belles. One night Pres Hampton lingered late after a war party. Thc most beautiful and bril lia n t belle of Richmond followed him to the porch, waved him a merry "au re voir" and bade him come back very soon. It was said that he replied as bc vaulted into thc saddle: "Perhaps sooner than you expect. No telling!" He clattered back to his outpost duty ere daybreak. At dawn a skirmish came, and the gallant young Carolina boy ''came back," stark and cold, in a rough, rumbling cart. "Dead on the field of glory !" And the beauty who had bidden him return, and who wove garlands for his Sntvo.herself knew tho bitterness of the /iat that spared not general or private Later the bride of a brilliant brigadier one week, tho passage of two more saw her bowed with grief unbearable, as she tottered down tho same Church aisle, behind thc flag-draped bier of her dead love. Nor was Pres Hampton's an isolated case of the changes and sudden chan ges of war. Often news would aome from "the front," to thoso left further and f?r ther behind it, that some popular fel low had fired his last shot and gone to answer "Here!" at the great roll-call. And many of these were laid in thc stranger soil of the State they battled for so well, lears always, sometimes a deeper and more sacred sorrow from one "girl ho left behind him"-were added guerdon for duty done at cost of life-here! But the pressure of those times upon woman's sympathy ever took shape in active occupation, not in "tears, idle tears." She was everywhere about tho ovcr-crov/ucd hospitals. "To do for those dear ones what woman Alone, in her pity, can do;" or else, with fair little hands, sending the swift needle through tough fabrics for those absent dear ones. And so aiiliction and regrets alike found their best surcease in their labor of love. But, by the sufferers' rough cots, over thc rough jacket and busy needle, dampened by tears, even in personal bereavement for Cac loved and lost, some brave fellow's sweetest requiem was sung by tender lips, in whispered reminiscence of their last meeting and parting at a "starvation." Such they were, and such the beaux and belles who danced away care, un til duty stilled the merry measure. None who made them ever forgot, and many a fair young sponsor of to day, many of the loyal Sons of Veterans, have listendod with the awe of child hood, when grandmamma recounted her trials in those most trying of days, yet tonohod them with tho golden Ifairy wand of reminiscence of her t umphs at she "starvation parties." T. C. DELEON. Colonel Wrlnkler And the lioat. About '1 o'clock the other morning Colonel Hobby Wrinkler, who resides in West Knd, was awakened by his wife. He turned over, rubbed hi"* eyes, yawned, and inquired : "What's matter, wife? What's matter ?" "Matter enough !" replied the lady, who was wide awake. "That cow, j man ! She's just eating up all my rose bushes-the yard-dou't you hear her? Get up, man, aud run her out-quick, Wriukler-now, please do go at once!" The colonel arose languidly, and slipping on his slippers, made his im mediate exit at thc front entrance in his night robe. Picking his way cau tiously upon the lawn and peering into the darkness, he heard a peculiar sniffle. And thc next moment the dim out lines of a large, white male goat ap peared before him. Without the slightest hesitation the goat reared on his hind legs and made a lunge at the colouel, who just had time to throw up both hands and grab the animal by the horns. The goat pulled back, swayed for ward, threw his body in the air, snif fled and snorted and finally began a series of jerks which made Wrinkler dance around with intense alacrity, j The unhappy colonel tightened his j grip at every jerk, which made his hands tingle and burn as though clasp ing a live wire. "Ye gods!" muttered Wrinkler be tween his teeth, "but ain't this the devil of a fix? I'm afraid to turn him loose. He'd stab me in the back with his horns before 1 could moke the door. Guess I'll have to hold him.' At times the animal would become quiet. He then reared back and jump ed forward in such a rough and reck less way that Wrinkler kicked his slippers off in the effort to hold him down and was finally landed in his bare feet on thc graveled walk, puffing and blowing, while the goat stood at bay, his horns still firmly clutched. Just then the voice of his wife call ed from the house : "Why, man, haven't you driven that cow out yet ?" "Cow, the very devil ! It's i.o cow at all ! It's an infernal goat, ind we are having the h-of a ti ne out hore-but I'll conquer him yet - see if I don't !" Here thc goat landed his aind legs in midair and tried to stand on his head on the colonel's bosom. "Conquer him!" responded his wife in high soprano, "why don't you run him into the street ?" "Shucks, woman!" yelled Wrinkler, "you must be wild! Run him into thc street, the devil ! Just come out here and look at us !" Mrs. Wrinkler at this time poked ber head out of tho window and hold ing a lamp to the front, looked. "Well !" she cried, "if that don't beat the-Eh ! eh ! Why don't you let thc brute go and kick him out of tho gate ?" j "I say it. woman ! Do you think I want to be murdered in my own yard ?" Here the goat bellowed and shoved Wrinkler about ten feet over the sharp gravels. "But you can outrun the old ras cal !" suggested the lady. "I tell you I can't. I wouldn't risk turning him loose for a million dol lars ! Dress quick and come out here and throw something over me. I'm about to freeze to death, and besides it will soon be daylight and people will be passing." Mrs. Wrinkler said "All right." She spent a little lifetime adjusting her apparel, and meantime Winkler had bis hands full, for as day began to break the goat, sniffling the frosh morning air, became friskier than ever, and in addition to pulling and pushing the old man up and down the gravel walk, began to bellow. This attracted the attention of a policeman, who walked leisurely up to the fence and after spitting cn the sidewalk, looked over. "You see my position," said Wrink ler. "Yis, I see it-but posishun, old mon, is iverything, and I guess you'll have ter hole yer base, ez yer can't make er home run ! Good mawnin." and the policeman walked off. Presently a tall man riding a pony came by. He stopped. "My friend," said Wrinkler, "can't you give me a lift ?" . "I guess cot," replied tho tall man; "the goat will do that. Besides, I'm a temperance man, and cannot take a born !" and he rode on. Then three boys rode up in a milk wagon. They stopped^ "What, ob, what shall I do?" whined W'rinkler. Ono of them yelled : "Go in the house' and get a gun and shoot tho win te-whiskered old ras o al!" Another suggested : "Butt him square. botween the eyes and kill him!" The third boy advised the oolonel co throw the goat on his hack and skin him al?ve. If that don't go Lyucu 'im ? ticruauied ino trio in chorus, and drove off laughing. After a while, when poor Wrinkler* was ou the point of losing his mind, and likewise his grip, an awkward ne gro tuan ambled up to the fem e and exclaimed : "I)ah he now! Dab dat goat' Kum here, Billy, Willy, Billy ! Whut you doin' wid my goat, white man. Whut make you docs dat good goat dat way -dat's whut I say ?" "Oh, I'm just playing with him," said Winkler with deep irony. 'Hut I'm tired now and you can have him." "Va-as, an' whut's more, um gwin terhab '?m. Herc Billy, Willy, Bil ly !" and with this the negro reached over thc fence with a long fishing pole and tickled the end of the goat's tail. The animal sprang high in thc air and as he came down gave a supreme twist, wrenching his horns from Wrinklcr's hand and throwing him sprawling upon the gravelled ground, cleared the fence at a bound, and fol lowed the negro out Gordon street as if nothing unusual had happened. Just as Winkler arose painfully from thc walk and slowly pulled himself together his wife, who waB now dress ed, appeared upon the scene. And as they walked back into the house she wap Dogging the colonel to tell her how e got rid of thc goat, and he was swearing that he would not gratify her curiosity for 200,000 goats of solid gold.-Smith Clayton in Atlanta Journal. -.nOi ?-tm Southern Textile Interests. The Textile Excelsior, a leading authority in textile interests, has the following to say of the Southern cot ton mill development and of thc work of the Southern Railway in connection with it. "The rapid development of textile manufacturing interests in the South ern States has created a great deal of interest among writers for the daily and trade papers. That development has been so marked as to attract not only the attention of men actively connected with the industry, but of economic and industrial students throughout the entire country. There must, of course, bc certain practical advantages for manufacturing, advan tages of a most pronounced character, before such a development could be possible. The South has these ad vantages. "The greater growth of the textile industry in the South has naturally been in the development of cotton man ufacturing. And this development has been along the line of certain large rail way systems, notably the Southern Railway. "In 1890, according to the returns made to the Census Bureau, there were in the States of Alabama, Geor gia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia 36,266 looms and 1,533, 250 spindles. In these same States, on January 1. this year, there were 95,552 looms and 3,796,000 spindles, This shows an increase of 164 per cent in the former and 147 per cent in the latter. There are in these States now 410 cotton mills, of which 241 are located on the Southern Railway. "Judging from present indications tho development ol' the textile indus try in the South has just begun Several new mills have been located along the line of th a Southern Railway to be constructed within the next twelve months, and on some of them work has already begun, in addition to these new mills a great many of those now in operation are adding new machinery and in other ways making preparations to enlarge their output "A word of praise is due the South ern Railway for the work it has done in promoting cotton spinning and other textile manufacturing in the South. It is doing notable and lauds ble work iu developing the rich section of the South that it traverses. The many new mills that are going up show that the people along its lines appreciate the railroad's efforts and are endeavoring to assist it in utilix ing the advantages that nature has plaoed within their resoh. "The faot that the Southern has been able to equip and manage one of the best railway systems ol' the ooun try shows conclusively that the South is prospering, and under like condi tiona will continue to prosper." Supremo Court D?cisions. Sinoe Chas. O. Tyner began the man uf aotnre of Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy maoy people have inquired aa to its efficacy. Chief Justice Bleckley, of Georgia, has tried it for indigestion and dyspepsia, and gives this as hi decision : "Atlanta, Ga., March 14.-Chas. O Ty ner, Atlanta, Ga.: 1 have used, and am now using, Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. It is a mental as well as physical elixir. With its aid and pair of spectacles I can frequently see tho law in spite of unsuitable or too much diet. "LOGAN E BLKCKLKY." This is a splendid decision and peo pie are profiting by it. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite Sample bottle free on application to Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Co., At lan I ta, Ga. - People who are intoxicated with music must be air-tight. m* m> m Purify the sowers of tho body and stimulate the digestive organs to main tain health, s tro nc th and energy Prickly Ash Bitters is a tonio for the kidne>s, livor, stomach and bowels. For salo by 14vans Pharmacy. Don't Worry. The breakdown in American life comes from worry, and worry has al most come to bc a national disease. If an American has no money he worries himself into a state of mind, and when he gets any money he worries himself to death for fear be will lose it. He worries at his work because he is afraid he will not accomplish what he is given to do. He worries about his meals; they are not on time, or they may disagree with him, or they may be costing him too much. If he pays for a thing in advance he is afraid it will not come up to the specifications, and if he gets it on credit he is afraid that he will not be able to pay for it when thc bill comes in. He is afraid to leave bis. money in thc house lest it be stolen. He is afraid to carry it with him less some body should borrow it from him. He is afraid to put it in bank lest the bank should fail. And so he worries about it. Ile worries about his busi ness, whether it is going smoothly or not. He worries about his family, about the education of his children and the progress they are making. Ile worries about the nation, about Congress, about the two great political parties, about thc national conven tions, about the gubernational elec tions, about the tariff and financial questions, about the initiative and referendum, about the abstract right of secession, about the resolutions of '98, about the decadence of politics, about civil service reforms, about the future of democracy, about sanitation, the water and gas questions, thc pav ing of streets the street car system, the class of plays at the theaters, the nomination for mayor and the eleotion of school visitor in the s'teenth civil district. He either sleeps too much or he sleeps too little. He has an ideal tba life is a conspiracy, and that bc must preserve eternal vigilance or the con spirators will get him. He lives so much on his nerves that begets angry on slight provocation, and thus wastes more tissue. The true secret of health and life and success is cheerfulness. The man who does his appointed task without being fussy will live a good deal lon ger. "Don't worry" and "don't b< afraid" are two very good rules t( observe. The American people must learn these rules by heart and put them into practice if they W?BII to liv? long and prosper.-Memphis Commer cial Appeal._ Ah, that sad moment when US we hear [ Death's awful pillions hover- Ru vLWSLS inp near M&Hfl WM Sm Above the one we hold most BBl^B m\W''m\\\\\ E||1HH BM We know that death BS gBBf #S must sooner or later HL\ "P*"S //B come to all, but we can BB^jVffiy/BB never surely foreteliBBttu/ \v?Hi v.-ber. the dread angel MBMLVJ W&flHj will appear. No matter fflHfiBl -?4|0 how imminent the sum-mm? j ?BrluM mons may seem, it raayBBft\|lFls?aB still, in God's good provi-fflSH??\fjP^j& de-ace, be far avray. T* ^f-Wr^S^* -gg part _ of niants ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ institution was founded in Buffalo, N. Y., known as th? invalids* Hotel and Surgical Institute which has since become one of the mos famous institutions in the world for it enormous benefits to the sick and Bufferinf all over the United States. Thousand have come there for treatment and tens ol thousands have received professional ad vice by mail with suggestions for inespen sive home-treatment, whereby they havi been cured of severe, and in many in stances,' apparently hopeless diseases. A Massachusetts man, Mr. John Brooks, o Boy 1? ton, Worcester Co., writes : " About a yea ago I was taken with a bad cold which seule on my lungs. The doctors said I was in cot sumption and could not get well. X. took Emu alon of Cod Liver Oil and it did tte no gooc After taking it four months. I heard of you 1 Golden Medical Discovery,' and wrote to yo for advice. I have taken your medicine ana i saved my life. I felt so sick when 1 wrote t you that I thought I would na', live through th winter. In the morning I raised an awful lc and would spit all the time and had pains in m chest. My bowels would not move more tba once or twice a week; my strength was nearl gone; I could not do a whole day's work. Nov my bowels are regular every day and I feel n more pain in my chest. I feel a great dc stronger. I am working hard every day, dri< ing a team in the woods, and I owe my thant to Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, know it saved my life." The most difficult diseases to cure ai those which are aggravated by constipation In such cases Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellet should be taken in conjunction with th 41 Discovery." They never gripe. AU go? dealers sell them. If you want Bargains go to. CHEAP JOHN'S The Five Cent Store. IF you want SHOES cheap go to Che John's, the Five Cent Store. For your TOBACCO and CIGARS i the place to get them cheap. Schnapps Tobacco........ 374c Early Bird Tobacco.S7$c, Gay Bird Tobacco. 85c. Our Leader Tobacco. 27jo Nabob's Cigars. lc. each Stogies.4 for 5c Premio or Habana.8 for 5c Old Glory. 8c. a pack Arbuckle's Coffee Ho. pound No. 9 Coffee 9o. pound. Soda 101 bs. for 25o. Candles 6c .per pound. CHEAP JOHN is ahead in Lannd and Toilet Soaps, Box and Stick Bini In fact, everything of that kind. Good 8-day Clock, guaranteed for f years, 81.95. Tinware to beat the band. JOHN A. HAYES. W. ft McQEE, SURGEON ?EWTBST OFFICE- ^ront Room, ovar Fan? sud Merchant? Bank ANDERSON, fc. C. Feb 0, lira 83 . , ??. '.Av .. ,: - ? Tho Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30> years, has borne the signature ur - and lias been made under his per. 7^7*^^ sonni supervision since Its infuncy. t-COccAtM Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex: p?riment? that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment, What is CASYORIA Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil? Paregoric, Drops and Soothing' Syrups. It lg Harmless and Pleasant, ir contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind \ Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Boug Sn Use For Over 3D Years. THC CI?TAUn COUPANT, Tr MURRAY OTRCBT, M Etti VS KS CST?? .li I ll Hm IUI HUI IlllMIIMIlllMMMs^^ To the Unshod, Bare-Dacked, and Hungry Population : HEAR us for onr cause, for our cause ia your cause. It la unseemly for apt and powerful nation to shake from its feet its sandale, to divest itself of its dotti and to scrape the bottom of the flour barrel in its efforts to eke out a livingi blackberries and melons. We are no Filipinos. What, then, shall ye wear G | wherewithal shall yonr appetites be clothed ? Verily, if ye would walk in pride, like the strutting peacock, ye must FEM like strutting. No man putteth on a paper-bottom Hhoe, clotheth himself inihodl raiment and eateth black Flour goeth out to parade himself as a "good teeler." B] he that wears our all-leather 81.00 Shoes, buys our Standard Dry Goods sod only Dean's Patent Flonr, is a hummer with chin-whiskers, and his name shill{ Rockefeller, Mathuselah or "something better." We'll SAVE YOU MONEY end a peck of trouble, DEAN & RATUFFE, THE BARGAIN PRINCES! Parties owing UB for FERTILIZERS will please call in and give Notwj same at once MOLASSES, MOLASSES. IF you need a Barrel of Molasses yon can't afford to buy until you haveeeeul We have just received a big lot-all grades-and know we can please yoc| both quality and price. Also, new lot cf- > Shoes, Dry Goods and Notions ? That we will sell oheap, and we have a few Shoes and other Goods that we arei selling at ooo. and 76c. on she dollar Hors are only a few prices : Muscovado Molasses. 55jc. per gaiiou. Good Molasses.*.. 12Jc. per gallon. Good Coffee. ll lbs. for $1.00. 40o. Tobacco in 10 lb. Caddies for. 30o. Jeans Pants..".. 40o. Shirts. 15o. FLOUR, CORN, MEAT, LARD, Etc., AT BOTTOM PRICES. Yours for Business, MOORE, ACKER & CO., EA8T SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE-CORNER 8T0Bg FREE CITY DELIVERY. FOR Fancy and Staple Groceries, Flour, Silbar, Coffee3 Molasses, Tobacco, And Cigars, COME TO J. C. OSBORNE. South Main Street, below Bank of Anderson, Phone and Free Delivery. W. H. Harrison's Old Suuj YOU CAN'T JUDGE A SAUSAGE BY ITS ULSTER ! Neither can you fix the value! of ? BICYCLE by its Enamel] SENSIBLE people want SAFE BICYCLES, and safe Bicycles have the best material, the most careful construction, and must be maw people who know how-maker* -who have learned by experience. Wi interest careful people in the construction of CRESCENT AND VIKING If they will give us the opportunity. We'll Bhow what goes into thefl^ explain why they are better than others. Come and see us. Headquarters for e vor y thia g in the line of Bicycle Sundries and Fittings.