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"BYTCLINKSOALES & LANGSTON., ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1900. VOLliME XXXYI-NO 16 OOPTRKIHT i soi HABT. BCM?JTNI* * ?IA** There waa aman in Hill County, Illinois, who had an eighty acre farm, and worked it hard for thirty years. Sunrise and sunset found him in the field. On rainy days he went out and piled brush or jut hodge for recrea tion, and he kept this up to the day of bis death. They buried him on his own ground, and when they dug his grave they made a discovery. That , man, for thirty years, had been living over the richest vein of coal in the State of Illinois ! ! Some of his neighbors said he knew all the time it was there; and he may at times have suspected it, but the fact remains that he did not dig for coal. There is a close analogy between the case of this farmer and the man who goes along, day after day, in a plodding, humdrum fashion, buying CLOTHES of Credit Stores, with no original qualities or SPOT CASH prices to recommend them. The buyer who hides his light under a bushel, who is ?lind to his opportunities, who does not avail himself of the ?hance that would make his pocket-book heavier and his Clothes flt better- ^ The buyer who does not take advantage of the saving offered in our way of doing business Who misses the benefits of our large Cash Buying and Spot Cash Selling Such a buyer, like the farmer, may be satisfied to plow [ the surface of the ground and wrest a livelihood from the ifeluctant soil He may be contented with the thought that he is making i?? honest living, and doing as his father did before him 'ut he is Not ;ing for the Coal* 0, Evans & Co, o f HB SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. * i FROM THE NATION'8 CAPITAL. From Our Own Correspondent. 1 WASHINGTON, D. C., May 0,1901. One somewhat unexpected result of the Morgan purchase of the Leland line will probably bo che abandonment ot the ship subsidy bill. So ut least Bay those who are moat familiar with ship ping interests, their idea being that the passage of tho bill appropri?t i nor nine nji?uuua a year for twenty year? would be such a bait that it would cause Mr. Morgan to take immediate steps to corral rho greater pari o? ii for his new line, thus leaving tho American line, which has worked so h ird and so long to grab about three fourths of the sum out in tho cold with ao small a pittance that it really would not be worth while to compote for it. On the other hand, whilo Mr. Morgan might urge tho passage of the bill on his own account, he is unlikely to do BO, because, after he got through, ho would have to build other vessels, ton for ton for his pinchases, before they could draw subsidies. Tho purchase of these ships, besides considered strictly in itself, presents an argument, which it is thought will be fatal to the subsidy bill. If American shipyards are overcrowded with work at present, and if the shipping business is so good that American capital, no longer con tent with the stocks and bonds of our own industries, must go abroad to par chase steamship linea, where is the need for subsidizing tho merchant ma rine? Where the necessity for encour aging tho shipyards? Leading Democrats, assisted by Rep resentative Babcock, of Wisconsin, Chairman of the Republican Congres sional Campaign Committee, (who baa recently become almost as- good a Democrat aa those who call themselves by that name), are discussing tho ad visability of urging in the m-i.' Con gress a law which will restrain tho i eel; lens speculation in tho wat er of hugo busiuess consolidations. At pres ent these trusts-or whatever else they are called-organize and issue stock to the value of two or threo times their combined capital. This is sold by the organizers on the market at prices fur beyond its value. Then in a y ear or so comes a slump, the consolidation fails to pay and ultimately goes into bank ruptcy, and the then owners of the stock lose, while the fraudulent organi zers got away with fortunes. This is proposed to be prevented by making an owner of stock liable for thu debts of tho corporation for two years after he lins eold his interesta, some Mich rule seems co furnish the only posai ble remedy for the pernicious work of un scrupulous promoters. Corporations aro being organized on every hand, and nobody knowe who or what is behind them. When the crash comes, the men who put up tho job are cst cf the company entirely, ?nd only the new nnd innocent holders of the watered securities can- be reached. Con gre * can legislate BO that the actual holders of tho oriainal stock certitt ates shall be responsible. This will tend to pre vent wholesale transfers in blank, and if the original stockholders know that they cannot escupe their liability for a year or two after they sell their stock, they will bo moro slow about wrecking corporations. President Gompers ot the American Federation of Lubor declines to discuss tho rumors of a strike among the opera tives of the cotton mills of tho South ern States, which is said to have been set for the near future. The story goes th-tt the federation of labor has been gradually organizing the opera tives in that sect inn for several years, and that tho labor unions ate now very strong among thu spinners in all parts ot'i tin South; thal thu plans adopted by tho federation there aro the same ns those pursued by them in the anthracite coal regions-to oiganizo thoroughly and then demand recognition from the mill owners for tho unions. Mr. Oom- j pera prefers not to give any informa tion concerning tho question of t he or {pinizatiou in tho ?outh. He denies, io wc, vcr, iu a tno>t positive m.ni uer the report that demands ha vu beeu made upon tho manufacturers, but declures that if they should bo made they will be readily gruuted. If it weronot for Tom Platt and ihe vtsted interests of tho Unired States and Adams Express Companies behind him, the United States could enjoya pute?la post system similav to that in v.ogue all over tho civilized world ex cept in the United States. As it is, wo shall have" to coutinuo to pay exorbi tant express rates to till tho private collers of these gentry. Recently, the Postmaster General made an nrrango meut with several foreign countries for an international parcels expresa, which made it cheaper to send packages weighing up to about eleven pounds !? Gormanv, Venezuela, New Zealand mid a few other countries than to ship them for a few hundred miles in this coun try. Tho express com panics raised Buchau outcry against this, however, that thu Department is afraid to extend . the B.\ stem further, and han returned a discouraging rt-pty to tho expressed wishes of t hu british Government for a sinlil.u- arrangement. Indeed, it is probable that, tho existing ugreemunts will bu rescinded. Representative Bankhend, of Ala ba mu. any H that if the negro question eau buuhmintittHi the Republican party may become strong iu the South. "I am a Democrat, und, in voting thu Democratic ticket, vote my senti meats,1' hu said recently, "but I know that hero ure many men nf wealth und social business prominence in tin-. South who alii li?t u with thu Democratic purry under protest. There hus been a won derful industrial development, in Ala bama and many of tho wealthy and prominent men engaged in business etiterpriho* aro at. heurt Repu tilica ns. and if conditions were such ns to admit of it would vote with tho Republican party. Aa long an tho negro is in poli tica they cannot do so, being forced to ignoro every other consid?ration when confronted with tho danger of negro domination. I feel no nesitition in easing that if the negro question is eliminated some ni thu most prominent menin Alabar a will associate them selves with the Republican party, and, aa a Democrat, I say that it would bu i better for thu Sooth and for the wbolo country if .?mdi<ioua were such aa to admit of every man voting his senti ments on great questions of public policy without beintr held in bondage ! by disturbing local conditions." Jacksonville Destroyed by Pire. JACKSONVILLE FLA., May 4.-The Uro which broko out yesterday uoon and was aided in ita work by a south west gale had spent its force by 0 o'clock last night. Tho damage ia enormous. ? hundred and forty-eight blocks were swept away by flames, and, as far aa known, sevon people lost their lives. Kcporia are in circulation /that a party of twenty people, driven to the docks along tho St. John's river, were forced into tho water and loai, at tempts nt rescue by boats being futile. The river is being searched. Thu city was placed uudcr martial law at 4 o'clock this morning. All the local companies of tho State militia have been on duty since midnight and on o ide- of Gov. Jennings, military companies from four cities are speed ing to Jacksonville by special train, Extra police have boen sworn in and every able-bodied mau not doing duty in somo capacity in tho tire-swept dis trict, it* impressed into service. Tho negroes are huddled in groups in different parts of the city and fear ot an attempt at lawlessness by them, al though not openly expressed by thc whites, is the reason for the large mil itary force ordered hore. Fire companies from Savannah, Fer nandina, Ocalaand other cities were necessary to effect tho quenching of the flames. Losses by the Aro will not be known fora week. Tho r.uh of the flames thirteen blocks wide is nearly two miles long. ' Practically all of old Jacksonville has been destroyed, noth ing .being left but a few surburbs and tho riverside, the most fashionable part of the city. It is believed that tho fire was the largest in proportion to the size of the place that ever visited nry city. A distressing feature was tho IOBS by many families of libraries, pianos aud household goods, after they had been moved to su imposed place of safety. Street car service hus been at a com plete standstill since yesteiday after noon. Tho city was iu darkness. Eleerie li .urti t circuits were interrupted and the gas plant destroyed. A conservativo estimate places the number homelea-, people in tho city nt 10,000. Most of these spent the night in the parks, on the docks, on barges, and some slept on what fow belongings they bad managed to save from the general wreck. A meeting was caliea at 10.30 o'clock to take action looking tn the allevia i???n of the suffering. It is oxpected that an appeal to the people of the United States calling for aid will bo issued some time during tho day. Leading business men and insurance agents estimate tho total loss of pro perty at ten to fifteen million. Tho St. Janies Hotel, which was destroyed, has bern closed since April 19. Tho loss of this building was $175,000. Among tho buildings destroyed were tho Emery Auditorium, tho Board of Trade, St. Janies Hotel, Windsor Ho tel, Seminole Club. Daily Metropolit?, City Hall and market, Gardner build ing and tho largest office building in tho city, the Hubbard building. Mayor Rowden said to the Associated "Press representativo this morning: "Say to the world, please, t hat tho lons to Jacksonville is greater than ever be fore inflicted by fire iu tho South. I estimate tho loss of property at 815, 000AM. There is no hint of lawless ness; the people of every race and con dition have shown tho most helpful spirit to each other, and I cannot lind words of commendation enough to ex press my admiration for tho work done. The progress of the fir? was BO rapid aud the heat was so florece that it was only tho helpfulness and obedience Hhown that provented a terrible loss of lifo." iid Hog Items. Children's Day will be observed at Zion Church next Sunday, 11th inst. Como one, como all, and bring well Ulled di liner baskets. Mrs. Enos Gambreil died other home i in Pendleton Township last Wednes day, 1st inst., in tho 58th year of her ugo. Shu hud boen sick moro than two months with a complicated disease. She was buried tho following Friday ut Mt. Tabor Church, the funeral ser vices being conducted by Rev. H. *i. Allen. 1 ho family have our sympa thy in their soie bereavement. Mr. Reed Gumbrell, of Pelzor, is vis iting friends and relatives in this sec tion. Somo of our farmers have to replant their cotton. It is generally believed that we will get a Free Rm ul Mail Delivery estab lished herc shortly. Mr. J. C. Palmer has been on tho sick list for the last fow days. The farmers generally are done planting, and will now enjoy a few days rest. Mr. Jacob M an gr mu had the misfor tune to g?it about forty cords of pine wood barned a fow days ago. Mr. Reed M cU rea ry, tho road scrape ps&o, ia doing some excellent work on Ctie roads near Pendleton. Mr. Lather Graham, of Townville, ia spending a few days in Wild Hog. Wheat is (unking tino but needs a refreshing shower. YIN KO AR J DO. May 4, lP?i. Roofing, tin w?rk, galvanised lieu work ana pinmMm? on i on alert so?oe by Osborne A Osborne. .STATE NEW?. - In some of ino lower counties cot ton seed nro in demand nt ono. dollar n bushel. - Tho capitol stock of tho Monnrch Mills, Union, is to bo increased $550, 000. The shares are $100 each. - A little son of Ed Maw, of Cen tral, died ns a result of carbolic ii cid given him by mistake by his father. - Tho tobacco growing counties of tho State arc prepuring to make a big exhibit at the Charleston exposition. - Tho Kev. D. N. McLaughlin is to deliver tho annual address beforo the Alumnae association of Winthrop Col lege, iu Juno. - The latest crop report anya wheat nud oats aro doing well all over the State. Melons have a poor stand. Corn will bo late. - Judge \V. C. Benet's mother died at her home iu Scotland April 20, aged 93. Judge Benet made a trip to Scot land last year to see her. - The monument to Henry Tinned, the great South Carolina pout, was j dedicated in Charleston on tho 1st of Mny with appropriate ceremonies. - Twenty-live of tho 40 cadets of tho Kings Mountain school at Yorkvillo bavo left because of somo disagree ment among faculty and students. - Senator MoLaurin has been in vited to speak at Gaffney by Mayor N. IL Littlejohn and others. He hns ac cepted and will be there on May 25. - Tho fund for State pensions has been tied up in the courts and tho Comptroller will await the decreo bo fore he draws his warrants for thom. - The governor has offered a reward j of ono hundred dollars for the arrest and conviction of Dan Smith who kill ed Jas. Walker at Central on tho 31st of March last. - S. W. Richardson is tho owner of probably tho finest Jersey cow in Greenville. She is n registered Jersey mid gives livo gallons of milk nud iliree pounds of butter a day. - The attorney general of tho United States has accepted tho resignation of Deputy Marshal E. Brooks Sligh and in his piuco appointed ex-sheriff Geo. S. McCravy. of Laurens County. - Policeman Koofman, of Charles ton, had a close call a few days ago. A negro made a rush for him with n five inch knife but the blade struck tho officer's watch and he was not hurt. - A citizen of Charleston county found a dead body washed ashore and in one pocket was $100 in gold. Ho reported to Governor Mcsweeney and asked for information OB to what ho should do with the money. - A woman died in the alms houso in Charleston the other day and was buried as a pauperby tho city. An in vestigation of her effects after her burial showed that she had been a miser and bad a bank account. Tho city will get her money if no heirs claim it." It is about $800. - Three life convicts, who woro plowmen on tho State farm nt Hngood, knocked a guard in tho bend, took his ri?lo nnd went to tho swamp. They were surrounded. The man with the ri?o fired nt hts pursuer, but did no harm and wns captured. Another was secured, but the third made good his escapo. - Tho Buffalo exhibit has been se cured for tho Charleston Exposition. Senator McLaurin went to Washington and saw the members of the cabinet and tho matter was settled that the e tidbit should come to South Caro lina. Some, of the details have tobe arranged yet. It will bc a great attrac tion and the managers of the exposition are to bc congratulated on theirsucceaa. - John M Shannon, a well-known farmer, who lives about livo miles southwest of Yorkville, was drowned Inst week. Ho had gone to a creek near where ho lived to catch tish, and wbilo attempting to cross tho stream by menus of a fallen log had au attack of epilepsy, to which ho was subject, fell in tho water and waa drowned. Mr. Shannon was about thirty-five yeo s old and was unmarried. "Tnitcd States Revenue Collector Screven was in town last week, and gavo some information which is of in terest to dealers in tobacco. In order to get advantage on tho reduction in revenue tax, to take effect July 1st, dealers must make an inventory of stock nt that dato and make affidavit before two witnesses. No rebate will bu allowed for less than $10, which will require a stock of not less than 417 pounds.-Hamberg Herald. - A rather unusual case has j mt developed in Barnwell couuty. Thir teen miles of railroad track and right of wtty have been levied upon by the sheriffof that county nnd will bo ad vertised for Bale at the approaching salesday. One Watts, a penitentiary guard, full into an unprotected cut of tho Southbound, in Columbia. Ho sued for damages and got a verdict for $7,500 but the road resisted payment. All tho road in Barnwell county waa levied on. - Two widely separated points in Aiken conn ?y report tho presence of a strange wild animal. A large beast, with the abort end of a chain dangling from ita neck, frightened a fisherman on upper Three Runs. Ho droppod his rod, abandoued his firth and fled. People j?> the vicinity of Ellenton ex presa tho belief that this animal ii? a tiger escaped from some circus. But no circus has been through the Stats recently, nor ha? the escape of a tiger been reported. I V J ii EN KU AL Nh ?VS HEMS. - Forty thousand boys have left tho old farm iu Michigan to take up life in i cities. - The indemnity now asked of China by thc powers <>f Europe and America is now about $275,000,000. - Secretary Hoot has given instruc tions f;;r thu reburial of thc Confeder ate soldiers in Arlington cemetery. - An almanac 234 years old has just been sold in Huston for $155. It was printed for the year 1007 by Samuel Green iu Cambridge. - David Rankin, thc Missouri cattle king, will plaut 10,000 acres of corn thin year, employing about 250 men and utilising OOO horses. - A good (low of oil has been fontal at Martinville, La. Tho South is just beginning to find out that it is loadet down with coal, iron and oil. - Tho Methodist general conference at New Orleans gave $50,000 fort?n university nt Soochow, China, in volun tau y personal donations in a collection - A thrashing was given Miss Bran ford Gist, a school teacher at Chases Md., by Mrs. Jacob Syuder, whos< daughter hud been whipped by th* teacher. - During thc year 15100 moro thai 5,000,000 Bibles, Testaments and pur tionsof the. Scriptures were issued ii England, an increase of nearly 000,00 copies over any previous year. - The oil wells of Beaumont, Texas have gone deeper and higher grad of oil found at a depth of 1,200 feel The yield from a well is 1,000 barrels day under the force of tho pumps. - A school teacher of Marysville O., was indicted by tho grand jury ft assault and battery f jr severely whii ping a boy in his school and pl eade guilty in court, and was lined 8100. - A law college for women, with corps of 18 professors and lecture has been opened at Washington. Thr< years study in thc college will gradua a woman ns bachelor of laws and foi yenrs ns master of laws. - The newspapers along tho'Oh aro heming up tho tlood damage It will reach moro than a million do lars from Pittsburg to Curio, not tal ing into consideration tho sickness ai deaths almost sure to follow. - Upward of ?8,000,000 worth bananas from tho West Indian ni Control American plantations arc cat? in tho United States every yenr. Tl island of Jamaica also sends to tl country 4.000,000 bunches annually. - Cuba bas a population of about 500,000 of whom 010.000 aro nati whites, 142,000 foreign whites," 234.C pure blood negroes. 280,000 mulatto or half breeds aud 14.000 ChincE More than 00 per cent aro unablo read and write. - The latest is a clothing trust. Cl cago manufacturers of clothing repi Bunting an aggregate capital of frc $15,000,000 to #20,000,000 met last wo and decided to form an associati which will combino with similar bod throughout the United States. - A reporter's census of a milo residences on Fifth avenue. New Yo returns a total of fifteen children i der tho ago of 12, an average of c child in three houses. On tho ej sido tho investigator found sixty-till children in ono tenant house. - Tho three hundredth minivers,* of tho landing at Jamestown, V occurs in 1007, and a plan is being for ed to celebrate the event, John Fis thc historian, heading the inovctne He regards it as the most import] dato in the history of tho New Woi - In a statement, given public Wm. J. Bryan says in effect that has no intention of seeking a th nomination for tho presidency. 1 Brynn's announcement is ntl answei an article in an Eastern paper, spe hiting on his plans asa political leac - Tobacco dealers 6ay that tho p of raising tho weed in thc shade going to enrich tho plan tors of C nccticutby millions of dollars. 1 Government experimented last y by raising tobacco under a shad of cheesecloth, and the product < worth seventy-five cents a pou This year tho farmers will try scheme on a largo scale. - Tho canning industry is of m value to tho state of Maine than boasted granite, slate and ico ind tries combined. In Maryland the c ning industry is tho largest and n important in tho State, eniploj moro hands and representing a grei invested capital than any other int trial enterprise. Some figures gi below, from tho Maryland bureau statistics, show the extent ?d' thc dust ry. During tho year 1000 tl wero packed in the State 33,000,000 c of tomatoes, 11.400,000 cans of c< 11,200,000 cans of peas, and 10,000 cans of peaches. - Tho government's weekly crop port, issued last Wednesday, was so far as the samo related to cotton follows: Tho unfavorable ? i?eeis of frosts of tho previous week nppeu have been more serious to cotton in central districts of tho cotton bolt t was indicated in the preceding bulb Much of tho crop that was up prie tho 18th in Louisiana, Mississippi Alabama was killed, necessitating tensivo replanting. Tho bulk of Texas crop is now planted and pl ing is progressing rapidly over northern part of the cotton reg Wide-spread scarcity of seed is ported from the centra! and eas districts. JX.UM.AU AAA T lTmV, ??O. Portman Letter. "Well, we've been away, and tbit is why wc were absent this week" w * the tirst paragraph that hooded e. ? letter, thinking probably wo would not be poshed in time to Anderson. Bat Portman readers mun not think they aro forgotten, evcu if the scribe is ab sent. A loving remembrance pius our obligations to paper and wc feel like saying: V Well i cheer up, ?r we should die, or get married, or any other un foreseen oalamiiy should happen to us, enthusiasm w uld raise up another >eribe for Portman. We were also re minded of a comical situation tb at oc curred to the humor of Charles Lamb. Standing on a bridge and beholding down upon the water a gaily Attired party, he shouted, "como out of that Unat." "Why should I?-' exclaimed the owner "Well, come out of that boat I tell you," said Limb again. "No, I won't," said thc other; "it is my boat." "Well, I don'toare," said L imb, "you have no business in it." 'L tell you I have," said ihr- owner; "it is my pleasure boat." That is why you have no business in it," said Charles Lamb; "you can have no Ousiucss iu a pleasure boat." So we felt we had no business in thc pleasure excursion we took, especially when it took us away from thc busi ness of our Portmm Letter. We think we almost fell upon thc lair of ?"Tige" and "Old Bill"-wild uamcs for such refined and gcutle cor respondents. A man may bo as reline 1 as a woman and a wo aa i may be as gentle as a geutlo man, sb wo will leave un molested their 80olusion in tho se questered shade of Shiloh and Moun tain Springs. Wo think, too, wo have passed by a couple of those "new bug gies" that have set the country vicini ty of Piedmont on wheels. Speaking of pleasure again. In short time and iu short space wo mast thank thc exhilarating spirits which ?hook tho woods of Portman with the laughter of children last week. Sohool picuics are the next to church picnics, perhaps first, as thc children can't ap preciate church if they become not previously members of thc school room. Tl.o correspond? nt, from pr? ss of that terrible "business" in which there should bc no pleasure, was unable to ascertain names of schools and their preception, but was assured they wero "fine," and tho largest gathering of school picnics which had visited Port man so far. Thc correspondent sends hearty thanks to tho kind teachers who wished to share their viands and good cheer with tho Portman corres pondent for the INTELLIGENCER We understand an elegant "spread" waa laid in the dining room of tho hot-1, and a voluntary acclamation in the form of an invitation went np for thc HOI ibo. Tho invitation did not r.'aoh us, but all accounts of the well-be haved children and pretty sohool marms was rendered and especially the urgency and charm of the young touch er from Picken?, who just would not bo deprived of meeting with their INTELLIGENCER ? scribe. We oan say, though, if she comes again this way we may not henceforth be deprived of her, as a gentleman in Portman has decided convictions regarding-her per suasive influence. The trees here this Monday morn ing, after the rain, are convincing sceptics that by thc 10th of Muy thc oak will be appareled -in full grown leaves All nature is full of leafage after thc rain, and tho black sp ices on the opposite hills, where tire and smoke had dealt ravage in preparation For thc ascent of Wt ter at thc cumple* ti m of thc dam, those black spices ure charitably covered by the spread of intervening foliage. What fire, and smoke and ma'icious heat wc had here last week-during the clearing of the ground! We open ed our windows on thc side to admit thc air and they let iu smoke, on that sido to let in "cool" and they let in Gre, on the other side to let out heat and smoke and they let in cinders; so that between three evils wo did not choose thc leastand shut ourselves up in our inner furnaoo in tho baking lit tle white house on tho hill. Mr. Man gum, we understand, had over a hun .ired dollars worth of cord wood de stroyed by thc indiscriminating blaze: and altogegetber by what thc fire could steal and what it could appropriate of its own, it made a- considerable semi circular bon-firo for the progress of the work at Portman. How the water will creep up over these black places or green pluces-whichever they will ho ny next winterl How, foot by foot, it will lick space and smack its lips from thc unction of its own relish for p werl How it will hold in its bosom the secret of the achievement of which it is tho great factor-whioh ovill bo the life of thc electric, com mercial and mechanical sources of An derson County ! Chat Icy Bridges, wo understand, is patiently enduring and recoveringfrom i ho injuries of his fall last week. Mr. Bridges, employed at the works, sus tained a tall of 25 feet from tho dam to the pnwor house, which resulted in painful flesh injuries. Superinten dent i). L. Arthur lost ao time in so curine the set rices of Dr. Hunt, of fownvil'". who reports favorably on Mr. Bridges. Will mu INTEL LIO ENC ER kindly ill struot tho "comp." who, iu a previous letter, made jaws read "paws ' in tho MIRO of Mr. Dtlliogham of Anderson? Reference was intended to tho sot t'.eial muscles of Mr. Dilliugbam, and while in the war path after a crimina! .to is a lieu, yet we had reference to no "paws" but to tho ja a?.* of tho toputy which held on to their dotor -.-I i nation as a trap to its prey. If ii:is letter is lost this wook, wo 'nu? it will be first for Por'"tt-?n next week. K. K. L.