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The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-10-30
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REMEMBRANCE OF PAST BENEFrTS-I
once called on a neighbor, says Old lIum-
phrcy, who was watering All old stump Of a
geranunl, which seemed to me to give vc-
ry little promise Of either green leaf or
flower. "Ncighbor,' said ], "your labor
will he lost"
"perhaps So" said she, "but can hard
" part with my old tree for all that. |:
cannot help calling to my mind what ii has
been, and how often i, has made my WIN
dow look cheerful with it's fresh. green
leaves, and its fine scarlet flowers"
This reply completely silenccd me, for
thought in my heart that my neighbor was
right and was wrong. 1t is good sign
to remember past advantages.
| called on friend who was giving Il
mouthful OF oats in sieve to an old horse
grazing in his paddock.
"iou may corn your horse said !, "as
much AZ you will, but it is not at all likely
that he will ever be able to work again"
True" replied he. 'but have no
wish to forget the work he has done for me-
Many weary day has he been my com
panion, carrying me safely or his back or
drawing me in my gig: and while old DIN
ger lives hope never to grudgc him a
mouthul Of grass or corn
"Righi," thought |, "and the feeling is
cred'tablc one, but it is not always, nor
often that poor brute falls into such good
hands shall think the better OF you for
your humanity"
called on a relative who was waited
on by a very old servant. who made sad
blunders; indeed, the old man was almost
blind, and very feeble. sold Peters day
is over" said /; "sad blunders he makes,
and sad blnnders he will make, for his day
is gone BY"
81 know it," replied my relative: "but
II his day isgone by, mine is not, and while
live Peter shall have home under the
roof Of the master he has 30 faithfully
served. He has been good servant to
me, and to my father before me, and right
little do expect from him now in the way
of service. Peter, say, has served me
| and II is now my turn to serve Peter"
| honorcd my kind-hearted relative for
his remembrance Of services, and for his
attention to an old servant. So that, tc
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LiMB FOR THE CURcULIo.-Much at.
,en,ion has been excited the prescn,
year by a new remedy for the curculio
It was first tried by Lawrence Young.
of Louisville, ny, 1hd has been REPEAT.
ed by others. !, consists simply in COW
cring the young fruit, as early as dan.
ger i. npprehended, with coating OF
Of thin lime wash, considerably more
diluted than the mixture usually en-
ployed in whitewashing. 1t proves
quito eflectunl; but il mus, be repeated
nfter evcry shower, aud even after
s'hsavy dews, which wash oil tho lime.
SsA5r this reason, it has proved. In the
past we, season, moro lnborious than
catching the insects on sheets. A dry
season would he more favorable for the
remedy with lime. /, is applied by
means of a large syringe.
IioSgY I'VE have received from
Arzn Gilmore, Of Wayne, Maine n
sample Of honey, Of superior quality
made the present season In his
npiary. He has adopted plan ofkccp.
ing bees. which in many respects IS
novel. His bee. house and his spcci.
mems Of honey, ench received the frs,
premium at our lnte State Fair. He
supports his bees, chiefly, by an nr,iGcio
compound prepared by himself. This
renders the Keeping Of bees practicable
in all situations. The compound is no,
expensive, and the honey made from it
is pronounced, by all who have seen ii,
OF The very hest quality, and in small
boxes md jars readily sells in Boston
und other cities ut twer ~ five cents ii
pound. Mr.. G.. states that he has lnkcn
this season, from nine hives placed in
his house last winter, hccniy. three
hundred pounds of honcy.--Culhrator.
How TO GROW MELoxs.--A CORES.
pondcnt Of The Horticullurist says:--T
had the pleasure Of eating some very
fine musk melons nt Cottage Lawn, the
seat Thomas W. Ludlow, ESQ, and
he kindly gave me the following nccoun,
of his method Of treating them, which is
so much less expensive aud more sim
pie than the usual manner OF protecting
the young plants with hand glasscs.
which require small fortune devoted
:f7 l.4saA nioney ti,u,.I ,i.iAt IL -.-.y -
useful 10 some OF your readers:
After the young plants have been
started in frame, they ara sci OH in
the melon patch, and each one is en-
closed by four common bricks, laid fla,
on the broadsidc: aud The space mt the
top is covered over with pane OF or,li.
nary window glass. This enclosure
remains until the p ant reaches the glass,
when the bricks nre turned up on one
side, aud the glass replaced. BY the
time they i,nvc grown up TO this "ruof,"
they are strong enough to do wi,hou,
protection and the season so far ndvnn-
ccd that frost is moi feurcI The fruit,
resulting from this treatment, was IN.
commonly fine and large, and the vines
very healthy and strong. The seeds
may be sown u, once in the melon bed.
If more convenient, and enclosed with
the brick and glass.
STIR THE SoIL.-The greatest horli-
culiurist, almost, Of the present day,
says, "lf had II caW to preach SER
mon on gardening, should take this for
my text; Stir the soil"
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STICKlNG TO ONES RIGtIrs Oh, stories
often have Il very iorcibic application To
present rncS. The following anrclu,c we
met with lately in an exchange paper
How IS II, John, that You bring the wag-
on, ho,ac i'll s'lri Il condition ?
Il broke II driving over 4 stump
'Whcrr!
Back in tic woods, half mile or So
Bat why did y"n run against the stump?
Couldn't you see how 10 drive Strairh; ?
4 lid drive straight, sir. ans! that was the
very reason drove over il. The stump
was directly III III" uii,llr Of the road
WY, t!Irr. ,Iil ynu not 70 round ?
Because, SIR the stump bad no right in
the ,Idi,r of Tie roal, and had Il righ, in
H.
'Truc, John, the stamp ought not to have
been III The r"al, bu, | wonder thai YOU
we're 50 foolish rs n0t 10 consider that II
wa. t!irir. and that !, VA. stronger t!an
your wagon.
Wly, father, do You think tha, am nj
ways gong To yield up my r.ghts Not !;
an determined TO stick up 10 them, come
whni will
Ru, wmt is the usn, John % standing up
to rights when YOU only get greater wrong
by So doing
i ~hai! stand up fo7 them nj all hazards.'
Wen. John, all lave To say is this:
hereafter yun must furnish your own wag-
on
In the political world there is n very
largo and ugly stump placed directly in the
m!d,ilc of the middle oi The high road over
which our Yrca, Legislative wagon has 10
pass. What Is worse, too, some of orr
southern !G!,ow-ci,zcns helped the north 10
place the stump exactly in lis present posi-
lion, or rather to dig away the earth which
had previously hidden ii. These very same
politicians now insist in driving directly over
the stump because il is III the middle of tho
road, it hcing their undoublcd right 10 use
that portion Of the highway. l.i,tlc care
they whether the wagon is broken or not
in the agc---,licy insist on their rights
ut all hazards. Would i, ao; be proper for
them TO rricc, upon the agency they had in
giving the stump its present position, be-
fore they put in prncticc their threats who
helped them to put it there, lancying it n
great Improvement TO the highway. will not
assist in its removal
There is one thing certain; the people
who own the vehicles that travel over this
rond, will take very good care ,ha, thier rash
drivers in future furnish their o,cm ,cagons.'
Na'chcs Courier.
.~~e--~>----
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!" Gona,.u ot.r ga;Ros Aauu.'
sUMTERvILLE, $. g. opToBER 1850.

" 10 New England, accompanied by my
husband, and also by my father.in-'aw, an
old man of four scorc years. have often
seen TIM, good old man offer his seat TO some
halo woman Of less than hnlf his nge, and
seen her accept it as if it We're rights viii;
ont even notice Of his grey 9 - -
right Of years that entitled him. hn. " w
ness and attention. Once, nndS es VIZ,
lady of quccnly grace and beSn,,y e.'ng Snu
from her seat as he enieres sh ,h
voice tl,a, was musical in Its 80 sa;i
Father, take this arm chair d,s - So 49,,
to NEE, her in her angel gagssss ~ Smcb
has ever been our idea Of alsaw .,vb;cb ia
Synonymous with a ir,ts,co ts,co1,ann
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that New York was the Ia iplpce for
rogues and KNIVES TO retaias respccta
BILE character in the worlds when
mans character gets so bad hlcan't live
in New York, he can't live anywhere.
The country BOASTS Of N superior
morals; but we have n cas here ihnt
will forever pu, o nuie,us atAil future
attempts to prove that ncS elm can he
SO great political knaeg sss 10 debar
them from The good >socEiy ot lie coun-
try. New York s,ctessSsrhigs have
taken up the New YofN dssg Wings
condemned rascality.s sssisI. Draper
anil Bill Seward arr,
sss Fasllas. sssGas,Rsd tlias ever
went in shoes. We ,dhssaaud almost
anything in this city, a'5stat, swallow
about as much knaver,tsnHy place. al.
ways excepting Svrac,f; bnt Tho Dra-
per and Glcn,hworh fiiidss we could
not swallow. Such baflGetl rascdIi,y
such open, unblushi,' mrjury--ns
was committed and reed qpts,ted within
the knowledge of if nd tnsligated by
Wm. IL. Seward, ictl,nuch for
New York city. NcwSnrk. State, We
are ashamed TO say, swuowsit,
But TO Sims mercatile relations:
tle is, rs is we'll known, dry goods uuc
,ionccr, and sells lnrk quantity Of
goods that go directly t6ahe Southern
market. In fact were no, for the
South he could not llvc3f the Southern
trade should he cut Of Sitncon's re-
sources and means for hrrying on his
Abolition schemes wo,k be very much
cnr,aicd. Five per cht Of The money
Southern mcrchan, or,lmtler.bays for
n carpet goes into Sim's pocket. Five
per cent Of the money paiJfor 4 silk
dress, or II shawl; five trtgG:::.. :" t',"-
cloth which is in the coalor fantaioons;
five per cent. of the cra,ailioney, the
gloves, and tho ribbons vhici, trim the
bonncts. II these arliclfs4't bough, Of
an Abolition iobbcr orjrela.sr, fiin4n
per cent. more gors to5IhSI n betiuon
cause. Ii is divided .arotinds Two per
cent. TO the 'rribuhc, ,lrrce IThr cent TO
the Courier, three 10 an Abolition relig.
ions paper, three 10 tho sociesy ,tantl the
rest to build country 81 is nd srny ex.
pRnses.ef ,..,,., 49,. :.
THIS Is tilc way The Nouhta6Gss Inc
South 'urn The grindsione 10 grind lh"r
own noses. Don't be startled MIR.
Southern Press, the Day-D,oh hoo NOT
half done.
Before We are through with this sub.
Ject we will show you how you orc dc.
ccived hv your own merchants, who in
times Of great Abolition excitement,
when The Southern people have refused
to buy goods that are bough, Of Aboli.
;ionis:s. hnvc their bills made out i'm the
name of the clerks, aud show them as
evidence that the goods were no, pur-
chased Of obnoxious New Workers.
We have seen great deal Of deception
and ,r.ckcry in our day, and have come
io the conclusion that it is as we'll 10
show il up now.
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speak tho truth, got good from my neigh
Dor, my friend, and my relative.
Christian reader! arc there none round
about us whose intirmtics we ought to
bear with; whom we are ncgIccting, and
treating with less kindness than we our
selves, il in their situation, should cxpec,l
Arc there none whose past services we are
forgetting or undertaking, who have n
Just claim on our respec, and thankfuIness1
let us take this matter to heart, and give
an honest reply.
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Dol ..s !, &. 80
aiaS asase. Z 80 ''lsa' -'ss &c
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Is,s,4i 4 hoviizes g bfaHai go ! 81
,a sao,s y sss sasa ;saa s,.a

spri'fsteflcfd hs Jidfn
staintif E lis fifes aid tiSaf Ri 1 party sjf
tigea,s closely deltsefes; SOON drove 0tis
ths enemy: and the place Was az t,i,ee 0s49
cnpied. The effect df therifes and muaks
cts. directed upm, the main work was soon
apparent from tho cessation Of the artillery
firrt. although The infantry, from robfs and
windows, kept up Il stream of ntisketry
upon the nssailants. These, bo,seper.
kept close behit d the rocks Of the height,
awaiting the arrival Of The stormirg party
and the ladders, and in the while ualng
their weapons with deadly effect upond all
the garrison. who presented Themselves in
sight and within range. $
Meantime Captain M'KenEie arrived at
the base Of the hill. and, finding that tho
other troops had proceeded hm;in the as-
cent,,in obedience To Pillows ordeTs he led
his party rapidly up. It climbed over the
rocks and made it's way To the advance. bnt
the troops arnnhd the crest were 80 closely
posted that II was difficult, for The stormcrs
TO get through. The ladders werc not yet
UT, for the men Of tho carrying party had
thrown them down in the grove, and, for tho
most part engaged in the combat.
-~~--~..-oS..->-.>s~e1-& Sf
SINGULAR PROPERTIES OF THE Ice OF
LAKE CHAMPLAIN-wHy 1T DISAPPEARS
ALL At oNcE.-Persnns who have lived fat
Pla',sburgh and other places on Lake
ChamP&h'n, say thata singular fact ia OBJ
served there on the breaking upof ,he ice
in the Spring, rrually In Tho month of
May. 1t is that the ice all diaappsars at
once. On rising i'll the morning, for cxafri-i
| pie. tho lake is entirely clear Of ice, al
though the previous evening It was seen
completely hridged over. This fact was
stated by Professor Olmstead, atSthc re-
cent sittns Of the Scientific Convention
in New Haven, and the learned PROFESSOR
! ascribes it 10 the absorption of water s0y
the ice, until It's specific gravity exceeds
that oi The waler whenit, sinks tn tho bot.
tom. Although icr, on account of its
crystalline s.rucs re, is tighter than water,
yet The solid matter itself is heavier than
wafer. so that when tho inlerstices aref FILL
| cd with this fluid. the mass has a Z Fpseitic
gravity exceeding that Of the latter.f nus,
sponge, when fully .turated u nh water,
will sink III it; and ii ice, in porous state,
he placed in water, it will also sink.
The reason why this property ia paculi-
! ar to the ice of Lake Champlatn, aRilSwhy
the same iocs not occur in saiissr lakes
which freeze oyer 81 the S&ainteris thats,,l
part OF Lake Champlain, the icS issss M
/ OF The lake nntil the sun has ;b.ivanceil
very far northward, AMI the surrounding
country has become quite warm: Bsasaf
ternate iraezng and thawing, tho ice be-
comes granulatct, ana very porous, and
consequently very absorbent OF water
When this process has reached a certnin
Poin,-tlat IL, the moment when the spe-
fiti- CRAFTY nj tho fhuc ,t,tI .
water. exceeds that ol the medium, Itself
the whole sinks, and disat pears at once
A most singular phenomenon tsuIy.S.s.;S.1
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PrMrrNG a LAKE DRY.-Dr. J. ". C.
Smith, the editor of the Boston Mcdical
Surgical Journal, who is now mn n visit 10
Europe, gives an Interesting description,
III his editorial correspondence from lInI-
land, Of the manner i'll which the Lake, nf
Naarlern is being drained by steam en-
gincs, and It's waters sent to the sea
"Slx miles from Amsterdam is the in
land lake nj Harlem, 81 miles long by IL
in width, which, three hundred years ago,
was found TO be percep,iS!y increasing by
shuotug its waiers further and further,
and covering up the land, threatening tho
first commercial port of the realm with de-
structioa hv flowing in unon its bank va
Tlo,is schemes at that remote epoch were
dc used by able cnunseliors 10 stay the
threatening danger. Three Dutch eng;n-
GERS. OF acknow owiedged ability. proposed
draining OF The water, first raising 1t by
wind mills. They arc entitled 10 remeu-
hrance, from having suggested the plan
adopted in 1919 for arerting an impend-
ing calamity.
Seven years since, delay being nn longer
safe, canal was dug around the whole cir
cnmfcrence, Of the lake, averaging 300 feet
in width by ten deep. Three monster cn-
gines are housed on the sides ofthe lake.
some siS or eight miles apart, each moving
eight moastrous pumps. All the pislons
arc raised at once, at every revolution of
the machinery raising Is, gallons OF wafer.
which is eu.ptied into the canal, whence it
is fastened on by a fourth engine Caster
than il wonid otherwise move 10 tta Zuys
der Zee, and thus it reaches the sea, fifteen
miles distant. In April, the pumps. work
cd by three o! the mightes. steam. engines
perhaps ever constructed, wero set IN, ND
ton, and up TO this date, July 25sf, have
lowered the contents OF the lake seven feet
By next April il is anticipated that tho ttot-
tom will he fairly exposed, and all the wa
Ter conveyed away from this ancien, basin
All this iscxecnted at the expense oil Goy-
crnmcnt."
A FoRmlpABLE Mlssmg.--M Lagrange,
an apothccary at Lorieni, in France, hasss-
vented bullet which has. heen tessed I,y
government commission. Each bullet
| on striking the ohjec; agai,is, which il was
| directed. exploded with tlRraitatidn as ia!.d
| as that OF the gun fsnm wi,ichis was fred,
and pfohpcn most destructive effect. III
bursts instantly on striking any object
which opposes resislaHce, whether ii ba
earth, wosd, OF stone. At the canci.i-,
son oI The rial, the members OIL he COM
mission addressingthe Inventor. slid: "sstr.
| your nane oaght 10 be inscribed amongst
the msmt, - of the Feaea Congress. Tor
| aitor your went on, II WALL he i0tpossi-
bic TO think ol making @ars M. La-
] grange asserta bat with al gun boat. arm.
| ed with to;ir pieces of cannon, he 'csssild
/ siDka shipnf one hundred and twenty at,is
! in twenty HainnteS. He is in lr,as with
the Government for tho saic Of his secses.
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From the N. Y. Merchants Day Book. Oct. Is.
New York Merchants and the South
their relation to each other, and their
duty TO the Union,
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COURTESY BETwEEN SExEs - Mrs.
Francis ID. Gage, in n letter to the Ohio
State Journal, gives her sex tho following
fair hits: "Two years ago made journ-
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rhiBas In Phtisdeiphia.
Correspondence OF Yss rrioane.

PsuaDrLrHiA, Tuesday. Aug. o.
Up % the present time no clue has been Afforded
to the detection OF the highway robbers and nu-
deren who last nigh. stole the property and sosk
tie life Of Charles Burd in one OF the thorous hfarss
Of the city The Police have been on the alert sal
seeking In all directions for the trail OF the wretoheA
but fear justice will be defeated. Mr.. Bard haA
rot been married year and bis vito was at acus
preparing bis evening meal when the news cane
that she vss q widow. Burds jewelry store has
lors been an obiec, for the cupidity Of q gang Il
loaies. who have been sneskiag about IL intsas %
plumber when an opportunity occurred. some 81
these are known, ard may lead to the discovery a
the murderers by the Interpretation Of some Provt
dental occurrence.
The murderer Of Armstoust 90 Sunday morning
has beeh fully identified. | Wrote you yesterday
thatthe Witnesses denied any knowledge Of Pasisk
Mclvsin who was arrested bat pending bis az
animation Patrick McClain was brought In and ~
sooa IS they saw him they positively svore TO hia
identity. Nclvaine from his airing on bis nrsse
evidently knows something abou, the matter and
hss oeen detained accordingly.
There has been bat he business done today owing 10
-. ,ceemsteyt' .SS -sA'aer Corros 10 rshet moss 10
sold Al iSGlieR % 90 time. TIE fLorR mNtet 10 gsist
.nd Ices are s.ssS, msinained Sales u coo barrels fs
and .s ~ g ss HS s.s 's sss. .o ,
Coss NEAL 10 held hrmly sses OF 500 bills fsunsyvsna
" v Obl Tnrfe snount VI WHAT odtnok
saes OF 5CO0 hush new Southern Psrnsy vania Rsd ct n
al IS aud White si - al PIC plush Nothing doug 10
RYE Com 10 In limited request ssles OF 2nc0fSoo
bulh Yellow al 65c sfost Oars are rrving freely SAGE
OF 20oGd5 O00 bush new, SoGS2c y buTh. WEIsxr u
bbls commands l6c, bhds are held ii NE zane price
sAtFs o. sTocKs-Frsf Bodrd-2 Penn kk, Isl -
Reading RR 25! IS Far. ard Mech Bk, eSii - Ky 81
1855 3 NiehsbuIgh BIZ 5l, So Wilmington hR g. u 90
Reading RR Ca ISL 80 Morris Csns l6l II Mech bsnk,
81; Perm Bk ll5l 81 Safe S. - s. ooo City sa n
lOi SlCo0 Camden and Amboy RI, %, 70. 9ii Nora
American Bk, lS6.
Second Bpa,d-I Pennsylvania RR, tsi tl.5eo spnsg
Osrdsn o. 65 l0li s. 30 Csmdea aud AmDoy kk Ga IL
60 81 CO.. Schuylk Navigation Co. SO SCI; go Reading
Rk az; g. O0O Texas Regisered Notes Sli HsrdsbarT
RR i6 s2CO, Chez aud Del Canal 90 50, s6t 100 ststs
SO e5l Fsrmers and Mech Bsnh; 6Si.
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MONDAY IN THE HOUSE.
Southern ractios-PubiIe pri"ii.S.

WAsHfsC
II va. scon apparent today that the word
which had been given BY the Ca'on vas sboat TO
50 obeysd by the Democracy, aided by the Bas.
,tooi,ts Of the CLISONAs school CLIsGxAs, MAJ
s.LL and other Wings, whose names will present,
" .ppem in connection with significant doisgs
a e 10 be seen busy 10 consultation with Demo-
"a CLIScsAs was particularly busy. Pres
4.y observed him and WILLIAM j. BROns In
cse ccEiutatiOn over a manuscript which Bows
aa eclately SET. u the Clerks table, proposing 10
IN TIE twentieth day Of the month to morrow ~
TIE time for taking up the territorial bills from the
senate Ia the following order The New. Mexico
Territorial bill, the bill fIr skiing the boundary al
Texas the bill Tor the admission Of California &C
State, the BIZ for .he government Of Utah. Ohiso-
ton being made " the reception OF the resolution.
BEOvs moved 70 suspend The rules ~ get Il To-,
and ID that motion densnded the Yeas and Nays.
when were ordered. A gretI deal u earnest fee.
inS xss now malllestcd throughout the Hall dif
fefsnl members grouping Tor consultation good
deal u confusion prevailed PkEsTos kIss ap-
pealed 10 BRows 20 withdraw bis revolution and
xia.uly move 70 proceed - once 20 the business IN
the sceakers table. f'No 10, BRowsHl de
seci ned o. course Il I'D nOt sui, his purpose TO
olGt u would lot get I'd Of toe Pnoyiso 40
* Freesoil, elected Speaker that was To bel
esred. Nor did it All. the party Arrangement, be-
SIDE being IOt iatii44 - tie arrangement with
c. iA6NAs Il CO. The question on sUspending YES
-, .nd gave the following sboE Of bands Yeas
-. Nsyis stsesi Or DOT yDting, 81.
This resolution Of EOwS' 10 un1efs so0d 70 have
9ses ore Of Speaker COBB ooncoction, thereby n
ranging rev s.ln.ti.s and curious ones too la ais
1d6ys.s We hsd Mr. COEB taking ground sgslnss
the FsctIOoitts, now We ind him lending himself
TO ttrir pgrposes-psrhaps usiDg them. ought N
ssy bGI 10 matter shlch, since We had them
voAng IL coLcert
Tie resolution Of BRows hsvirg failed. uow ga
tie the g. tfo'e y 10 EeTe 10 favor Of ticking the
ssuLte BIZ from tie table 10 the order Ia which
they SsFs psE i.sss-that 10, tGkins up Utah trsr
y .ts bCgacary seoul. California third. and New