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Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02
Miscellaneous Items.

>,-A. Virginia calf; is given to turkey-eat-
ing, and: has made away with thirteen Of
them. - ;
They claim to have a musical genius in
Rochester. Mimi who, whistles the first
and second parts of tune at the same
time; .J-liJ ~ @'r'.','i .!.,"t.:i.fi f.
Burlingame officially advises Sec
retary Fish that the Chinese Government
has rat,6ed his treaty with: the United:
States. ~ ..i =; ~, . "a: is..4.
"A man, who clearly has much leisure
and bad Judgment has translated the auto,
biography Of Andrew jackson Davis into
German. 7
California claims to have room for
many more farmers, and is about to send
agents to the East to offer inducements to
settlers. 1l'!
= Cincinnati has 1os different classes of
manufactures, the total products of which,
this year, viii reach the, enormous sum Of
A Kentucky jury has acquitted the
murderer of the son Of the late Governor
Powell, on the plea Of intoxication at the
time the crime was committed.
"A newspaper, to be called the Evening
Journal, is to be started at Davenport, Iowa,
to be published on the cooperative plan,
all tho employees being printers. =
AT Stockport, N. Y, the Columbian
vile bridge, q substantial structure $50 feet
in length, was blown down by the wind on
Saturday. 1t will require $20, 900 to repair
it.
A company has been formed at Cuya-
hoga Falls, Ohio, for the manufacture Of
gas pipes by saturating pipe made Of
hemp with asphalt and some other SUBJ
stance.
"A mother who was frightened some
months bask at seeing a wagon run over q
dog, gave birth to a child, in Medina Co.,
Ohio, a few days ago, with one hand shap-
ed like dogs paw.
An intoxicated woman at Nashua, N.
H., on Wednesday last, while being taken
to the lookup, kicked the officer in the
bowels so severely that his life is despaired
of.
"A ''peanut picker, invented by Nor
folk clergyman, was on exhibition at the
Virginia State Fair. 1t is a two.horae ma
chine, and can pick over two hundred BUSH
els of peanuts per day.
AT Oxford, O., a few mornings ago, the
people awoke to find many of their hinges
without gates, stores ithout signs, and
various ether evidences Of the fact TINT
there is college in that place.
"A man lying on the railroad track at st.
Joseph, Mo-, on the night of the Sd instant,
drunk, was saved from death by the killing
Of . COW by train, just before reaching
him. The engineer stepped his train just
too late to save the COW, but then saw the
manalying few yards in advance.
Accounts are given of new oil, made
from the yolks of eggs, aud said to be much
employed by the German colonists OF South
Russia for curing cuts, bruises, DC. The
eggs are boiled hard, tho yclks removed
and crushed, and then placed over fire
and etirred carefully till tho whole sub
stance is on the point of catching fire, when
the oil separates and may be poured Oh.
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02
The late Earl lei:hx ana! Ills Snccessoi.... i.

uc l8lC Earl D6TOy anu nlS SUCCESSOR
A London letter of Oct. 3Oth says; The
great Earl. was buried yesterday with all
possible privacy. The Queen wished to
send her representative to the funeral; tho
Lord Lieutenant of the country and the
authorities Of Liverpool, one.half of which,
like: several whole towns in Lancashire,
belongs to the Earldom, wished TO pay
tribute to his memory, but all proposals
were firmly declined BY Lord Stanley, tho
new Earl. His father had 50 earnestly de-
sired that all display should be avoided,
that he could not, disobey the lnjupetion.
Still, it was large funeral; SO large that
the pews had to- be removed from the
church; though there were only present
the family, the servants, and those 1t was
necessary to include. There were eighty
Of the principal servants. The town of
Liverpool was fortunate in having only .
few weeks ago placed in its noble Town
his costume of knight Of the Garter-a
statue which will hand down to future gem
erations much of his heroic and chivalric
character. ''''' ''s's'f'.a :@@''i'. 49,,
The new Ea ! ia also d man of mark but
very different from his father, the impetn-
ous party leader, whose voice was like q
trumpet sounding to battle -a:modsl Eng
lish nobleman of the old heroic ages. Lord
Stanl y can scarcely be called u Tory; and
only his constitutional cold .blocdedness,
and prudent moderation can give him the
right to be called a Conservative Still, if
he chooses to lead in the Upper. with Mr..
Disraeli in the Lower House, the nation
may be more inclined to trust them than
the men who may seem to be going too fast
and too far in the present Government.
There ie . pretty heavy gale blowing just
now, and some dangerous reefs ahead. Mr..
Gladstone has outraged half the Church by
the appointment Of = Bishop tainted with
heresy, if not a hereto; he has outraged
more than half of Ireland by refusing to-
extend an amnesty to the Fenian prisoners;
he has to contrive land bill that will sat-
isfy both landlords and tenants, those Who
have and. those who want. }. The demand
for compulsory and secular education is
pressing him on one side, and for the bal
lot and household, suffrage on the. other.
Needy artisans are demanding protection,
under the name of reciprocity: The col
onies insist on self-government, and then
grumble when they IRE left 10 bear the con-
sequences of their Own misdeei1s. Il: ;.
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02

,,r,. t,nxcE ;sohEwAkkA.
No stream from its sources

No stream from its sources
Flows onwatd. how Lonely ao9yeE its.eoNrse,
But what some land Is gladden'd. No star ever
rrose 1 .si,H s:Ia ,ta. rnI3E n. -. .i:at
And set. without influence Somewhere. Who knows
WlN.t swth needs from earths lowest creatures
Can DO pure in its purposes. and strong In It's
And l';;fc not bc pnrer ma es.Snget tAorety.:
The SPLITS of just mcp made perfect on high.
The army ot martyrs Who -staliu' bS the Throne
Aud 49, into the face that makes glorious their
: fsxh, 4 EG;Iii 80 H;G!<! .,
Knows this surely, at last Honest love. honest
Honest work iof Tic aaS, toaest hope forho NOR
Arc tarsS ssN Mor1, nothing moro than :lt hanathoy
Tic heart ,lay ia7S Eaadcn'd, tho life they leave
Hush The scvento,d heavens to tho voice Of the
.spitit,- ,....,r, L.
F,lp:tfa Tint ovcrro,neth slIl AZ things 1nhefit:
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02

IN. Barley d'Aureville writes his copy
for the printers in ink of various colors
One line is black, then is q line in blue. and
green. red and violet follow in order. The
capital letters are written in ink of special
color.
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02

"DEpEND on it. this emigration is a hum
bugw is passage Of u letter which appears
in London paper, written by one Of the
omigrants lately helped to leave England to
try his fortune in Canada. He writes from
Toronto, and adds this information: II
havo seen such scenes since [ came here,
among the emigrants from London dock
yards and other places, that would make
your blood run cold. Hundreds-aye.
thousands-of them in the emigrants' shed,
m o old wooden building, with neither bed
nor bedding, huddling together, men, wo
men and children, cursing the deciver
at home for sending them where
there was little work to be got, and that
poorly paid. One thing regarding the poor
girls brought here by Miss Rye land dare
saw she means well), is that great numbers
OF them are prowling the streets. lost to all
decency, and are denizens Of Dammer and
Stanley streets, the st. Giles Of Toronto,
only not half so good as our st. Giles.
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02
"A an il for slauder has been commenced

A 80 it for slander has been commenced
in the Supreme Court of Oneida county,
New York by Mr.. Paul Gerard. of WASH
ington, d. c., against James Gordon Ben
nett, Jas. Douglass, A Levan, Saml Glenn
and John Due, of the Evening Telegram of
N. Y, laying the Damages at sac. 900.
disrespectfully with an octoroon named
Madamoiselle Belle, whom healleges is his
afilanced wife.
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02
SUICIDE,

hfrs. Sarah Cummins, between fifty and
sixty-,years ela hung herself on the aorth
.ide, last evening, under religious hallucfna-
4 caase:tof logging III one of the Mpadblic
SCHOOLS is undergoing investigation. ,.
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Personal Items.
4: s-:-:ih.eesaseps = u q cousin Of Eugsnie
..-.Revendy JOHNSON celebrates his golden
wedding next week. -
=. 1:spt Loye9good,"a southern hunor-
!, 7,;wgilkes ~ Collins il TO spend tho winter in
1ttas19eD G;.s St5.G it, ;sE& s,c
&f fA-Duke. Ernst; Of xe-Gobure. Goth.p !.
coming 70; ths. United States next spring.
DE - Gordaoya has beer. offered s5.ood to
deliver six lecturesat San, Francisco. al.
s--sam. Hildetrapd hasnausd hiS young
est son George Washington. ssi'
.---:IApra Keene has taken ,WalIS Opera
House. In Washington, for the winter:
:,!- Father Hyaeinthe attended . spiritual
ist meetingin Nez Yofk, thsothsr evening.
-xttjes Thackersey :: and Toolaidas
hcI.jee. Two 1Hindoo merchants, ars in
Chicago.
~: Mrs. General Custar goes with hsr hus.
gsna %, 9n MOAN campaigns, and i Q good
tno' !a.n 'ne 1ine' so.
I tt0kasitts M.s Clay has retuthed from
Ed1ope and VIII establish himself in busi-
ness aas IN - NeW - 1ofk, '''fil, x,sz
-Thera e n. T. rs,old. .farma, in N.-
Hampshirls WHo owns & large orchard. but
has never tasted q raw apple.
eSs .nass ssas,rait1.,.s.sss.S az = n,;. <,,~.s...
+r,otoS;t En- a = = s.;SS Ta m .:,a Con
~ Iavas vsi asona .he -. l''s
=. ..:.s,,' A..a.os .e'.1pp' - 4...1'
Lately charged the Mayor Of Paris $500 for .
hng'e zsI visl'" r.,fa HI. ....;..s ........-
~ Mr.. S. A. Hitchcock. :. of Broomaeld.
Mass. has given so. 900 to endova Heb.
rev. Profassorship at Audoyer. 5f.f-Fa
:; i-:Jnbn s,,,,;,,.sn..o,. n..s ssI;:s-aa. -.
+,,Alva 1hnn M ....s II i.,sS {. - 1r ssls:s
intara,no fS fSTnS cctt.. ,,1 - a.,su'
3.ss.1H sSfsi'sai f'':9.1 .''AA'6 SO'o''J'
'+-.Cha1es Keade, novelist and drenatist,
sHM Honss peHtes m u0saun4 aitneatre on nisoWn
.l nu, AZ o'osns '. nsiees 81 Delgis'vla. 80
T~ -1nc -! a. spanish 1enfta1 Prim, Il = amrm-
ed, aleeps ~ q Inherent plaes every night,
q avoid lt the Poe1ih lily Of assassination.
-Thayer, Of t1fcus sepnts; whoeo; ;show
was seized for debt ~ Cincinnad. 1sceatly,
claimed his trick mules: as his honestead.
The Judge was hardly able to discasn It.
/ asttv. ~ v..,..,t ~. ~.
<two-legged, ten fingered Duke is reoidine
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02
A SCENE on the Arkansas river is descrlb-
ed by correspondent as follows:


ed by a correspondent as follows:
Still farther back, and there rises to
heightthat seems to almost pierce the clouds
q majestic mountain, known far and wide as
the greatest of all curiosities upon the Ar.
Kansas. Immediately upon its river front
il presents the appearance Of o aamonstrous
sugar-loaf, the almost perfect proportions
of which, aside from oil other attractions,
form wonderful curiosity Of itself. It is
from an up.river view, however, that this
mountain takes on the wonderful appear.
ance from which it derives its name. Look
ing down stream from a standpoint few
miles above, and the former appearance of
q sugar-loaf is found to have disappeared.
What before seemed to be but one crowa-
ing peak is found divided in twain, and the
appropriateness of the name "Maumelle," I"
(Woman's Breasts) is acknowledged at o
glance. Strange as it may seem the re-
semblance is perfectly wonderful. Not q
line seemingly is wanting to make up the
graceful contour, the symmetrical proper
tions and the matchless beauty Of the per-
feet physical woman. So perfectly won
derful is the resemblance that we can but
continue to gaze, in spell bound admiration
until the increasing distance and the grow
ing darkness caused by q waning moon
slowly hides the seemingly cloud capped
tips Of ''Maumelle" from view..
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02

ABOUT . month ago sister of Daniel
Curtin, accompanied by her husband and
eight small children, arrived in Lafayette,
Indiana, from Ireland, and took up their
residence with Mr.. Curtin. Nothing of
importance was noticed concerning the
condition of the woman, and on Tuesday
evening last she retired to her bed as usual,
and slept soundly during the night.
Awaking on Wednesday morning she COM
planned Of being unable to distinguish
any object, and was perfectly blind. Since
then her condition has remained un-
changed.
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02

A PUZZLE. Here is question for young
arithmeticians, and others who like to
crack an arithmetical nut now and then, to
try their wits upon: Two Arabs sat down
to dinner, and were nccosted by stranger,
who requested to join their party, saying:
''that lie could not get provisions to buy in
that part Of the country; if they would ad.
NIT him to eat only an equal share with
themselves no would willingly pay them
the WHOLE" The frugal meal consisted of
eight small loaves of broad, five of which
belonged to one of the Arabs and three to
the other. The stranger, having eaten a
third part of the eight loaves, arose and
laid before them eight pieces Of money,
saying: my friends, there is what prom
ised you; divide it among you accordingYto
your rights" A little dispute arose re-
specting division ofthe money; bat refer-
ence being made to the Cadi, he adjudgeil
seven pieces to The owner Of the five loaves
and only one piece to him who had owned
the three loaves. Yet the Cadi decided
Justly.
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02


In the town Of ,Stxakhsm there new lives
q woman named Miss Nabby Robin1ou, Of
whom the neiRhbors relate most sxtsaor.
dinary things. Miss Nabby u now q years
of AGE. and ia a. yiporua and hearty a
most women of SO. She etilI doee hcuee-
work, Smilks the cows makes butter and
eneese; ana Ieeos wltaous speotae's., sns
Is @ sne11 Az N s.s.uie, ana 49, Mesasneo
oyer -1lo Pounos, o1s neI nelenooss
tnas :eae mas Deeo tne s10n9e@ vo@sn
ever Known IN tnls region. Wnen sne ~
IN ae prime o. lhe sne ~ o1cs
passing = nelghbors mouse wnefe sMo
men Mese ngg1ng uP Pl.nks. e1e.s oa vaaca
20 tgh i9uk ps1.es =. q .c.oe5 mo- !nso o..
ts Na4Sy Mpshssa 9 Snas sne $500 .nsn @:.s
COD houses, ana wen sney reso.sse .sa nsa
showel then a snacimen 81 har nonsenae
bv pickii,r IN the barrels Of cider. one af-
teranother, and putting them IN the wagon
with apparent ease, ~
AZ another time Miss Nabby Was at
store iii Greenland. were several msn wers
lifting in barrel Of raw rum. Nabhy told
them abe could lift Il. wherenpou the own
,er looked at. the little woman in, astonish-
~, a,,k nv1 xr1.1 hoS jc ol,~t nx,S,16 IA Uou1A
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02
Murder i'm Belgium.

Belgium appears not to be much behind
France in the murder and assassination
line. ~ <1S. ~. 3 49, as-t:
Besides the Brussels affair, another one
at Mons isalmost equal to the Pantin horror.
Four years ago poor devil named Mou-
stier engaged himself as alarm servant at
Hornu near Mons. He married In, 1895 q
girl as poor as himself, aud soon afterwent
into business as cattle trader. AT this
time there were three brothers named Thir-
ion, all rich, and all cattle traders, who fire.
quently came to Mons. !. Some fifteen
months ago Nicholas Thirion suddenly dis.
appeared in the neighborhood Of None.
His brother Peter, alarmed at his absence
from home with belt filed with gold
about his person, went to Mons to look for
him. Peter never returned. -.
A third brother, Gustave, started out in
search Of the other two. He also. was seen
no more. '' '.j''! ..-i:: =
They were all traced to Hornu. Mean
time Moustiers business prospered amaz-
ingly. He paid all his debts and extended
his affairs. Public rumor designated him
az tho murderer of the brothers Thirion;
and some slight examination was made by
the authorities, but no search was made at
Moustiert house, although just about this
tlul0 ue uAU uAeU OoeP Wol! IN 0OUt u
his house, and also ditch in the.yard. -
Over both of these he. had some 90, id out
buildings erected. Still NO further legal
inquest. EARLY in October (1869) bis wife
was taken suddenly sick. Symphonic
cramps and vomiting. She dieda few days
afterwards and physicians decided that she
had been poisoned. Legal authority began
to open its eyes. Moustier was arrested;
his honaa examined: the we'll and ditch ex.
cavated-a and there were the bediss of the
three brothers Thirion. When Loustier
was arrested for poisoning his wife he
calculated, 'Ah ! If that's all r. After the
arrest, Moustier was also charged with the
murder of the two cattle drovers who dis
appeared some two years ago.
When tho case comes up in court, devel-
opments are expected more terrible than
those of the Pantin murder.
From Belgian papers of later date We
learn thai on the 23d ultimo Moustier was
taken from prison, confined in straight
Jacket and with his eyes tightly bandaged.
Bringing him up to the bodies of the two
Thirion brothers found in the we'll, the
bandage was suddenly removed. He trem-
bled and grew deadly pale; but, when told
by the magistrate that he had murdered
these men, he denied it energetically.
Moustier was then ordered fright about
face" and there was the third victim be-
fore him. He could hold out no longer,
but confessed the murders, claiming, how
ever, that he was assisted by an accom-
plice.
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02
HUMAN BODIES TURNED To STONE.

The Corpse OF Mrs. WINS Cowling AZ
tor Fifteen Years. Interment- The
Petrifaction OF Capt. Cady.
To tho Editor a,, Of the Sun; s;, . l.: IT, p.,.,or
II. A. Ward, Of the Roch 1btsr ttN:@H j
University, "thnt there is 70 eMglA ln.I
stance ON record Of fossil or :FetlAedl
flesh," is strangely subY(Hi<S 3f NsSs&Sth'
in many we'll authenticated cases, rec44d6d
in tho newspaper presses, and we'll rel lem
bcred to this day by hundreds of the most
intelligent und reputable citizens resident
where the discovery Of these phenomena
took placu
The instance recently furnished you from
Cpsstst4 N.Asx q w pstxifsetiop p N y Y Of the
body of Capt, Cady, IAN old ard we'll
known resident OF the town Of Sullivan"
revives and Tscto,flez with NIL the freshness
and vigor Of yesterdays incident, the ex-
humaaihn # w. body OF Mrs. Willis Cowl-
ing f6f IL. .mttfment in the new cemetery
Just erected and completed in the city Of
Richmond. VII: thin tUshye. years ago:~.--'-
The deceased lady, tho wife of one Of the
largest mapHf'act1rpFF Qflthat city, WINS
buried in tho grounds attached 10 the
Methodist Episcopal Church. AflertAe
lapse of several years Mr.. Cowling, in the
interim having married again and the seq
ond wife dying, determined to bury both
wives in the new cemetery, and had the
body of tho first wife e1hun1ed! s'rhp nnul
-sual weight bf'tlie coffin, exactine tho force
and power of several men to removeit, and
the extraordinary preservation Of the wood
of which it WAS manufactured, induced the
friends present to investigate the astoupd-
ing phenomena, and with that sole object
in view, opened the: eoftiu. whsnr to- the
utter amazennent, Of every. beholder,, the
body was found to be petrified in it entirety
daguerreotyping not only the general con-
tour ot the fac& tpt inip8 each individual
fXatur{ with srchspeffeot accuracy es tobe
easily and distinctly recognizable BY every
friend present, Notwithstanding the inter-
ventiop Of fifteen years, between the burial
of the bodyaud it, e16amation.sp;a o,
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02

to its original color aud not injuio it : Yesl
Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Rsnewer.
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02

srn .'The Little Corporal" among adver-
isementa. >-.-;1
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02

THRn11No INc1DkxT. II During the lats
flood two men near Long Eddy, took a1ops
and went upon SOME low land near the Del
aware river I'd fasten q stack Of by, and
before they conld make it fast and return,
the sudden rise of the water cut of their
communication with the high lands They
were compelled to seek refuge on tho stack,
and despite ropes and ties it. soon foated
of. In moment more they were floating
down the raging tide. No help for them,
and no paddle or pole to guide their tender
and tottering craft. Down, down the over
flowing and surging torrent, they Aoated
and rolled along. No boat could reach
them, for the water; was too rotgh and rap
id. Soon they passed Callicoon, twelve
miles distant, and in short time was ap-
preaching the Cochecton bridge; five miles
further down. Three miles more and the
Falls would shake their hay raft to atoms
and their hopes ended. Near Milanville
they were discoyered far up the river, and
:a9boat was 5madS .riady tns time to reach
them before they foated by. Justintime,
only short distance above the rapids they
were rescued and safely landed on shore,
after most fearful ride of twenty miles
upon q stack of hay. Many thanks to. the
brave and bkillfnl men who snatched them,
as it were, from watery grave.-hingston
presa
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02

hfrs. Sarah Cumnlins, between fifty and
ixty.-,,ears.e4a- hung herself on the aorth
sidc, last evening, under religious hallucina-
a saseiof 6ogging III one of the pdblic
schools is undergoing investigation. D.
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02

Tho great attractions this week have been
Je6srson's Rip Van Winkle at McVicker's,
and the Parepa- -Roea opera troupe, at the
Opera House. There have been great
crowds all tho week at both places. The op.
era concer.- have been magnificent success.
Aiken's Museum, and the minetrels at the
Dearborn Theatre, have been fully attended.
GREAT FIRES. "'-= -7-
On Sunday morning 8. J. Ruesell's planning
mill was destroyed at . loss Of 81, ,000. With
no insurance. Some 5000 or $1,000 addi-
tional loss was caused BY the partial or total
burning of other buildings.
The Republican Wigwam, erected by tho
Republican Central Committee for tho use
Of the Republican National Convention
which nominated Abraham Lincoln in 1850,
but which Afterwards WAS bought by the
Garrett Biblical Institute. and converted
into stores, was burned Saturday evening.
+ stood on the southeast corner Of Lake and
Market streets, was 100 by 100. feet ON
the ground and 50 feet high, and cost ~, 900.
It rented for 1900 but was getting dilapi-
dated and I think wAs not insured.
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

CuR1so BAcox-Why not cure hogs
flesh in the fitch az bacon, instead of
in barrels in pork To cure as bacon is
farthe least rSnble, and there is less risk
Ss sgs',9s ysy T4s ssss &
in i nPther. country. saand ere the ckiet
b]ySo14et atsndaId whereby to5judgs Of
the hdnstly, thrift Ind general go0d quail.
ties Af the farm laborer. Let people try
it ud9on3pig first, and they will never
cook the habby stuff dshed out of the
pickle again.
Put tha aitchsa in q. sailing trough, or in
anything which will not be injured by salt,
and apply common sack sail, with sugar, rcd
pepper, 'saltpetfe; &c.. according to taste,
all drv, looking it over afterwards, and put
ting a-little moro whore it may seem neces-
sary. There is no necessity for rubbing in,
f9r salt will penetrate just as well without:
The other ingredients affect the fhNbr, and
take off the harshness of the salt; and for
>those who are 30 fond Of everything sevefy
salt, they need not put aught but salt and
q little nitre where there are bones left in.
Smoke or dry In about four weeks. +
I have seen hundreds of fitches lying in
warehouses. fouror: ave odeep;' one oh the
ether, moved every few days, and a hand
full of salt thrown whore it seemed wanted,
and after from . asmopth. to six weeks taken
away. some to be smoked and sp some to, be
dried by hanging qp without smoking, to
suit AZ customers, the hogs eat, moth
ing but barley meal the last three weeks OF
their life, and their flesh is made into ba-
con, it is the soundest, best favored meat
~.R q I. 4
The Shasta courier., 1869-07-17

cleaning the poison Of tobacco from the system,
and thus allaying the strong cravings for tobacco
No more hankering for it after using Orton's
Preparation. Recollect it is warranted
The time taken to allay all desire for Tobacco
by the use of the Preparation varies slightly in
different persons. the average time being about
five days. Some