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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-11-13
A MARTYR TO SCIENCE

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When only a few weeks ago the
cholera was raging in the Sums of
Berlin, a young physician scarcely
past his 30th year made himself
marked by the boldness and.
ency with which he entered the in
tected quarter. and the apparent reck-
lessneSs with which he exposed hirs,-
self to the lcontagin. 1t is worth
while that his name should be record
edsand well remembered; it was Otto
Obermelr, He had another Object
besides relieving; and if possible cur
ing the poor creature whom he visit
ed. he proposed himself TO investii-
gate IN he presence of the living
pestilence itself, its causes and de-
velepment. At last the brave Young
soul thought he had discovered the
clue; and with herolsm as far above
the herolsm of the battlefield as it is
obler to sacrifice ones self to save
men tnan to destroy them, he resoly-
ed to.te-t this discovery upon HIM
self. 1t was an experiment; Obcr-
mle1 kaew full well that he staked
his life against the hope of conquer
ing the cholera. Obtaining FROM
one patient some of the deadly chol-
eraic germ he went deliberately to
his room. placed a table with pencil
and paper at his bedside, lay calmy
down upon the bed, opened a vein in
his arm and inserted the deadly poi
son. tie thought he had discovered
how to neautralize it; if SO, man was
master of the pestilence ever mor~
But ne was wrong, and the error was
fatal. He lived seven hours and
then he died; bat during those seven
dying hours the young hero ooserv d,
with scientific exactness, the effect $
and progress ofthe disease upon him,
and down until the very half he ur
when the spirit left the body. These
notes are pronounced to have the
highest value, and will serve the
Commission with new facts of IL
hrst Importance; and so the dyin,
legacy of Otto Obermier may, aft,
all, lead to the victory which he coz
DENIED himself to self destruction in
trying to achieve. -AppLeton Jour
nj.
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CURIOUS GUNS.

The Baltimore american, speak
ing of collection Of guns in a store
IN that city, says: Two of these
are unique affairs, brought home
recently by one of our worthy Cit
liens, Mr.. L. Fl. Olive, who spent
twelve years travelling in all parts of
Europe. Asia, and Africa. They are
Of great length, and of the most
antique construction. One of them
has barrel tive feet long, made of
the finest steel, curiously carved, and
inlaid with gold and. platipa The
lniaying is elaborately and beauti-
fnlly done. The stock of this gun is
of ebony, inlaid with silver, pearl,
and ivory. The fint-lock, of antique
pattern, with springings and works
all outside the plate, is finely in!aid
with platins. The barrels and stock
are bound together by six solid,
deliberately wrought silver bands, and
all the mountings are Of silver or
geld. 70 the stock is affixed a butt
plate OF ivory, very handsomely in
laid. The bore of the gun is five
Fights of an inch. On its side is an
elegantly written Arabic inscription.
that no one has yet been able tobeciph-
er. The gun was made in Morocco,
where there are twenty-five gun-mak-
ers who while thu. crudest implements
turn out guns that have great reputa-
ton IN all Northern Africa. Such a
gun as this one brought home by
MIR. Oliver as curiosity, could not
be had in this country for less than
$1,000. The other of the two guns
that he brought home was made in
AlGiers has a similar immensely long
barrel, hint-lock inlaid with plat
ina. and ivory aud steel butt-plats
a stock inlaid with silver and coral
This gun il not so fine as the other,
but Is very curious"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-11-13
INTELLIGENT MULES.

ii. Z. THOMAS, Ex-Superintend-
ent Of a Horse station in New
Orleans, writes the Turf, Field and
Farm: a ~
Il will relate some OF the eccentrici.
ties of the brown mare mule, Lucy,
owned by the N. o. and G. r. r.
Co., and running on the Jackson
street line. The stables of that line
where the stock are kept are half way
between the terminus on either END
the animals are changed on the
trip; the track beng a double one,
cars pass the station going either
way, and the animals are required to
make a round trip, or to go a dis.
lance of five and hall miles. Lucy
after being bridled and turned loose
from her stable, will walk to the
front enterance where the harness is
put on her, and stand there unhitch.
ed waiting her turn to go out. She
works regularly on Car No. 5, and
every other car of the line may pass
and she will not move but as soon
as No 3 comes near she will start
and walk out to the track and wait
to be hitched in. a
Another one in the SAME station,
II 1t casts shoe while out on trip,
Will, after being Embarrassed and
turned loose, walk deliberately to the
blacksmith shep. enter and hold up
the foot to be shod. And whnt
appears most strange in this case is,
that when everything is in readiness.
to tack on the shee, it requires two
r'en Il held her while the shoe 10
pu q; and at tiRaes she will act 80
ugj to cemrsl Rss throw ker
6wtl oder to shoe her. do not
pretend to say that mules have a
languag, or that they can count or
read numbers, but do know they
ere Judges of the time of day, as this
viii prove, | always had the teed-
ing done II 4:3O A. NJ, IL A. NJ.
and 5 P. M, and at five or ten min
utes of eeding tine, in walking
through tic stable ycu could observe
all unes,f ess on the prrt of all the
stock, ard il feeding was by any
cause delayed, as it &c nett mes was,
they wcHlc make the sta BILE ring with
theirneigtn G.
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CULT | : CING A PURE EX-
RESS[UN.

Every word that falls from the lips,
of mothers and sisters especially
should be pure and concise and sim
pie f; not pearls, such as fall from the
lips of a princess. but sweet, good
words, that little children can gather
without fears of soil or after shame,
blame or any regrets to pain through
all their lives.
Children should be taught the fire.
quent use of good strong, expressive
words-words that mean exactly what
they should express in THUR proper
places.
If a child, or yonng person, has a
lose fungtogether way of stringing
words when endevering to cay
something, he should be made to ''try
again" and see if he can not do
better.
1t is painful to listen o many girls
talk. They begin with "My good
ness !. ana 1nterlard 1t with "oh'S !"
and "sakes alive !" and $50 sweet !"
and ''ss queenly!" and so many
phrase that one is tempted to be-
lleve they have no training at all or
else their mothers w re very foolish
woman. There is nothing more
disgusting than the twabbIe of ILL
bred girls one is provoked often into
taking a paper and reading and let
ting them ripple and gurgle on, like
brooks:hat flow theyknow not with
er. Ny heart warm, with love for
sensible girls and pure boys and,
after all, if you girls and boys; are
not thus, | fear that it is not our
fault-that this great trust rests in
the hearts and hands of the woman
of our land. live have q noble,
useful purpose in life, we shall infuse
the right spirit into those around
us.-Arthesr's Home Magazine.
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REMARKABLE PETRIFICA-
TION.
From thr RutIand[Yt. lHerall

From the Rutland VT Herald.
A remarkable case Of human petri-
fcation was discovered at Whitehall
few days ago by some persons who
were transferring the remains of Sal
ly Jucket from the old to the new
burying-ground. She died and was
buried twenfy-threee years ago, and
from some unknown cause the re-
mains have petrifed. The coffin,
hair Hnd shroud had crumbled away;
but her original form was perfect.
with the exception of an in dentation
across the chest, caused by portion
of the coffin resting upon it, which
was imbedded in the chest. Every
limb was as nGtural and perfect as in
life. The hands were laid at the
side of the body, as was necessary
to laying it out. The features were
regular and perfectly natural, with
the exception of the end of the nose
being sbsent, while the sockets show,
ed where the eyes had been. The
hair was entirely gone, the skull be-
ing bare and smooth as if it had been
shaver. Even the fingers and toes
were perfectly shaped, although the
nails had assumed the same appear
ance in color as the rest of the BODY.
What seems strange is that when
the body was founo il rested only on
the calves of the legs and the back of
the head, as quite hollow space was
found beneath the body, where the
bottom of the coffin once rested. The
was a large woman while living,
weighing two hundred pounds; and it
Is also a curious fact that the phe-
nomenal specimen weighed about the
same,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-11-13
MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORY.
MuNIFICENT GIFT TO SCIENCE
STAR-GAZING STATION IN THE
SIERRA NEVADA.

Concerning the observatory to. b.
erected on the summit of the Sierra
Nevada, through the munifcence o
Mr.. James Lick, ofS.San Francisco
The Alto, of that city, says: "Mr
Lick, after long, laborious. econom
tcal' and successful business lite, has
The Iaudable ambition Of doing some.
hing TO increase the cause of science
and thus benefit mankind. and the
agent which he has selected to render
the chief service, if the rumars which
have reached US be correct, is tc
be an observatory, placed in better
situation than that occupied by any
similar institution, provided with an
instrument superior to any now in
existence, founded on principles that
will secure the greatest scientific abil-
ity and fidelity. The details ofthe
plan are not yet worked out, but the
announcements is made by authority
hat there shall be such an observa-
tory. The summit of the Sierra has
been selected after careful considcra-
ton. 1t ID vel known that the low
er strata of the atmosphere are con-
stantly filled. even ir what we call
clear weather, with particles of dust;
and all the most noted obscrvatories
are in countries where the air
sbonuds with moisture which great
Y abstructs astronomical discovery.
When We reach an eleva ion of 3 800
eet on the summit of Monte Diabla,
OH an ordinary summer day, we are
astonished to perceive that, while the
valleys within ten or twenty miles
may be rendered indistinct by the
haze, We can distinctly see Mount
Lassen and Mount Whitney, several
hundred miles distaut, but above the
level of the floating dust. Traveller
who go to Yosemite are generally
astonished at the intense blueness Of
the sky, and as we ascend it increas
es, indicating the lack of moisture
and dust. Scientists on the Sierra
and on the the Hockey Mountains
have, by instrumental observation,
found that the telescope and spectre
scope would give item much infor-
NATION not obtainaEle on the sea-
shore, The announcements. there
tore that the observatory is tobe.bullt
on the most approved plan and sup
piled with the best instruments, will
be received with interest and gratiti-
cation by men of learning and intelli-
gence in every land where clvlliza-
ton has established her blissfuI
sway"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-11-13

A Frenchman, whose English was
still rather imperfect. was one even
ing in company where two parties
were playing the same game. A
gentleman of one party happened
TO observe. with respect to the score,
1--WE are two to two." "Tu-tu-tu!"
muttersd the Frenchman. "What
dat nean p Two to two, are YOUR
replied one fthe other party. "Why
we are two to two, too" "Tu-tu-
tu!" exclaimed the, Frenchmsn.
.'VVhat language! It sound like
de horn ofmy native land 2"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-11-13

Absolute pure iron is said to have
been produced by Russian chemist
by means Of tho galvanic battery.
During the process large quantity
of hydrogen was discngaged from the
ordinary iron used. Tho pure iron
is q silver white metal, very lnalleable
and ductile, and so soft as to be road
ny cut with pair of scissors. 1t
oxidizes very rapidly
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-11-13
KING OF TIE BLOOD.


THE MOST THOROUGH PURIFIER OF THE
BLOOD YET DISCOVERED. III Es#
CURES ALL HUMORS. FROM A COMMON
ERUPTION TO THE WORST SCROFULA.
By fits use Cancers arc cured, and
Cancerous tumors are dispersed without the sur
geons knife-Scrofula conquered, and Consump-
ton prevented and cured. M
Venereal Disease s. Mercurial and Miner
al Poisous, and their effects eradicated, and vgor
Gus health and a sound constitution established
Female Weakness aud Disease.
Dropsy general or partial; Swellings external or
internal; and Tumors are reduced and dispersed
in very short time.
Erysipelas, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, and
Fever Sores are soon removed by this powerful
detergent medicine.
ScOrbutfc Diseases, Dandruf. Scaly
or Rough Skin, and Pimples quickly give way,
leaving the skin smooth and fair.
Chronic Diseases, Fever and Ague, Dis
ordered Liver. Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Nervous
Affections, General Debility, in short, all the
numerous diseases caused by bad blood are con-
Quered and give way before this most powerful
cerrector the King Of the Blood.
Each bottle contains between forty and
fifty ordinary doses costing only one dollar.
From one to four or Ave bottles will
cure Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Ring Worm, PIN
plies on the Face, Bi es, ordinary Eruptions, etc
From two &C. eight bottles will cure
Scay Eruptions of the Skin, Ulcers, Sores, and
CanEer in the Mouth and Stomach. Erysipelas, etc.
From two to ten bottles will restore
healthy action to the Liver and Spleen, Will reg
ulate the Bowels and Kidneys.
From two to six bottles will be found
effectual in curing Neuralgia, Sick-Headache, st.
Vitus' Dance and Epilepsy.
From FIVE TO twelve bottles will cure
the worst cases Of Scroflla.
From three to twelve bottles VIII
cure severe and obstinate cases of Catarrh.
From two to four bottles will cure the
worst cases of Piles and regulate COstiye Bowels.
From two to ten bottles Will cure
bad cases of Dropsy
Price ST. per bottle, or bottles for IS.
Sold by all Druggists
d. RANSOM, SON & CO., PrOpr's, y
See testimonials in local column. Buffalo, N. -
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The DG06ury Nc;os of about 1st
OF September says: "The church g
were we'll filed Sunday. Thctslap,
rs an improvement but tbs trlln-
ming is not wholly satisfactory.
They set q little further back on the
1ead than the summer styleA we
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-11-13

Experiments show that corn loses
10 and wheat LA weight by dry
ing Cattle fed upon grass which
grows In granite soils are said to
have small bones.
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ESTRAY.

Came into the Enclosure Of the subscriber
a the town Of Paris. Sec. sixteen l6 TowR;
the 10Th. OF September, four heifcrs,-onc
dark rcd two year old. and three yearlings,
ono rcd and twsefed with white spots.rop.
The owner is requested to prove p Sty
pay charges ana take away said hcifers') e
Paris. October 1lth. 1873. 80
D Aw TaoMAs Pxxem.
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a man IN kmporia. Kan, was
lately bitten by q tarant3la at noon
and died In great agony before s
O'Clock.
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there has had The effect to discourage appit-
cation OF this manure to the soil, much as Their
lands need the aid Of efficient and cheap fer
|tilizers. The green-sand mari Of New Jer-
sey has always been famous for Its renoyating
effects upon tho poor soils OF that State IL
has been found peculiarly valuable for peach
trees, and we are told that in Jersey thou
sands Of examples are to be found where
tire land was naturally Of inferior strength, or
by long cropping had become relatively ex-
haussed, by the use Of stable-dung, aided by
liberal doses Of mari, these lands have been
literally renovated, and old, poor, or ex-
hausted farms have been made new, strong,
and prod uctiyc.
This ef ct has been caused by valuable con-
stituents Of the mari, of which probably few
farmers are aware, containing as it docs large
quantities of plant-food in the form of
phosphor &c acid, potash, and magnesia, which,
cannot be applied from any other source as
chcapls rs In the green-sand mari Of Jersey,
and of other deposits where it can be found
Of equal quality. This is a matter of great
importance, aud in these days of investiga-
ton may be considered of little less impor-
tancc i.han the discovery Of the phosphate
beds on ;be coast OF South Carolina.
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TIE VALUE OF MARL.-Although the ap-
pliculion OF mari to the soil has been often
recommended to the farmers in the place OF
lime, where the latter was not of easy attain.
mcnt, yet the varying qualities of The mari
have prevented its coming into as general
use ;is its merits would have recommended.
On inlny Of our rivers and creeks the supply
is almost incxla,lstible, and particularly
through Virginia have rich deposits been
found III abundance. At one time Mr.. Ed
mund Ralin, celebrated in lils day for bis
WORK on C:,ieareous Manures, brought to
the attention Of tic iaruiers of Virginia the
gre t value of mari; and the excellent effects
produced by its application to the soils Of
the tide-waier region Of Virginia produced
quite revolution in the value OF farm lands
in that State. There is, undoubtedly, great
labor in handling the mari, and 1t is to be
feared that the. change in the labor system
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-30

PREPARATIONS FOR TIE NIENEA ENHlBl.
Tlcx-[phila1lclphi, Press. Prem the Pre-
paratinls now making in Vienna ii would ap-
pear IL. il tic exhibition !hcrc this year was
intended to rival that of 1861, WHEN rams
stw such Il gathering OF visitors as Size j. not
10 receive again fora very long time. In VIC
first instance, the Government obtained 1T i'll
the Second Chamber Of the RelcllSratli (co. :
resp jndin2 with our House OF Representa-.
tyc$ and the English House Of Commons
grant of six million llorins. Ii now dc-
u:.a,l, Scycu millions more, making l"tai Oh
thir;cr: millions, equivalent, taklnS the loilu
ii Fifty cents, To 81, 100000 of our money. All
OF This expenditure. however, Will not DC
dead loss. b.catis2 Il considerable sum VIII
tc received for admission 10 the cNllhitloh.
Tine increase Is justified on the GROUND OF
the advance in the cost of labor, anu tEe
necessity to construct Il much nrgcr built
iny than was at first designed. The orlGlna
plln was TO occupy surface OF l2,oV"
square metres. now extended to lSo,030, tach
metre to l,t estimated at BIS feet, almost III
inches. What the United States has de.
m"nacil is not finally stated i'll Vienna, but 1t
Will DC in!lcA larger than 81 any previous
European exhibition. il 1862 Germany ~
qnirrl $500 squire lurtre7 1T the l.ontion
exhibition; 1T Paris, III 1851, she occupied
see; now, in Vienna, she asks 81, l36.
Russia asks $500, rs against 400 III lS62
and 1920 in 1851. France asks the same
space. Italy requires twice IL much rs III
1862. The ElSt wants 3.GI2 square metres,
against l.iJ0 in London in 1862, and 2,3iI
at Paris III 1861.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-30

DiSCnSTlNu.ScE OF CONFEDERATE SUITS
The Attorney General has directed the United
States district attorney at Mobile to dl:-
conlluuc the suits brought against importers
o! foreign goods who during the war paid
customs duties to Confederate officials, said
suits being instituted to recover to the United
States the amounts thus paid as import
taxes. The Acknowledgement takes the
ground that as the Confederate Government
at that time was de .facto government, and
that as the people where said taxes were
paid were not able to resist it, United states
officers not being there to receive the duties,
the suits which have been entered ought not
To be prosecuted.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-30

WoaAN's WoRK.-'Ehe agent of woollen
mill at South Royalston, Mass, recently Of
fercd prize OF five dollars to the girl who
should weave the most cloth within a period
Of three months. This premium excited 80
much enthusiasm among the operatives that
many OF the female weayers began work at
6 O'Clock in the morning and continued TN.
til O'Clock in the evening. AT the end OF
the three months the "champion had
woven zoos yards, the remuneration for
which amounted to 1928. The work was
extensive, and the prize was mean; but the
man vino offered it was mcaner. for lie re-
fused TO Iay it.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-30

w t!NoAN IN STtIswAr HALL, New YORK.
'':in Il. Cough wa, &nnolnced to lecture on
" III II F.E:" in Stc:uway fall Monday
"'4nS. & ) O'Clock Mr. Peter Voorllis,
49,. ',,"'n, oi ehe Mercantile Library Associa-
,'""' ''"of:ncd the audience that MIR. Cough
"''> 'o' III /" APPEAR. \ general upf'oar theu
- 49, ""t ula'iy cia'norcd for their money.
'y'@,S"l oot!"t' stepped Oh the platform
'. 80. P'pn"'o 10 deliver some reci1tions.
.'',' lie lma Ercited seEera! poems the tu-
'' - '''-2h u s%e!I n2ala. Al Ibis iuncture
''"i! ". stanley WIS Introduced. lie be-
o." = violent ha!angue against al! who de-
,.''Sa 70 credit lis story 81 the discovery of
hi' LN!n1 tone, bat line audience would not
','eh 10 him, and dispersed.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-30

Tao manufacture of false eyes is an i'm
pori;:Dt business in Paris. The average sale
Der week Of eyes for the human heat
amoun Is TO four hundred. One Of the lead
ing dca ;crs in this article carries on business
in Il sale on of great magniticence; his scr.
want has nut one eye, and the effect of an eye
wanted by Il customer is conveniently triv;
in the yalctis bead. The charge is about ST.
per eye. For the poor there are sccon nd
han; eyes, which have been worn and 1hel
exchanged for new ones.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-30

On oKEp CATTLE.--To relieve choGcd OK
or coy, give ut once one half-pint melted
hogs i.,rd, and exercise the animal. 1t sick
ems the stomach. and the distractions will
m,ss imm,' diatcly up or down, rs the animal
will cough and swallow at once. and thus
oct relief. Put the warm lard in Il junk-bot-
tic and raise the animals hcad-it Will run
down easy. This is the surest and safest
remedy known. and never fllls if admins
tered soon after the accident occurs.
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FEED.

FEED.
1000 WE EGLEAVETOIN INFORM
10 90 our patrons and tho public generally
that we commence the new year Will full stock or
ever, thing In our line, with prlces ~ suit The
times heavy supply q oHEAL * m,ss Tass
Ess = Feed and Produce Dealers,
taa r..-a.- s - b a0I AeYenth EiEegt,si
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-30

MARRIED Four TINES TO TIE SAME WOMAN.
IN the celebrated Jumcl case, in progress in
New York, Monday. Mr.. Paul K. 6. Perry
testified rs to his marriage with Miss Eliza
Jumci Chase, daughter of the defendant, to
the effect that he was pmrried. first, by the
mairc of Bordeaux; second, by a Roman
Catholic priest; next, by "a minister Of the
Episcopal Church last, by the American con
sui at Bordeaux. The ceremonies lasted
wv, DAYS
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TUST RECEIVED, a LARGE ADD
- ton 70 our stock OF
b CHINA, GLASSWARE, and
H0USE-FURNISuING GOODS;
which we guarantee 10 sell a. prices which VIII
satisfy all thatwe are willing to alive and let i've"
Give us can and be convinced tina. we VIII do al
We promise. SMITH s McCuRDEY.
3ao7 421 BROAD street.
HnnR--ANn -InR WaRK. NEATLY
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BOOKS. STATIONERY, dc.

THE LARGEST BLANk-BOOK AND
L PAPER-BOX MANUFACI ORT SOUTH OE
PHIL DELPfiIA-The unGersioue have this day
formed 4 co-partuership under the urm-name ahd
style Of SIhltjNS s BIRMINGHAM fnr the manu-
facture of BLANk-BO0kS an1 PAPER BONES.
The business will be carried on at No. south
Twelfth street, corner Main.
WILLIAM E. SIMONS,
" ii. Pcterj KEiSl SGHAM.
RICHMOND, VA, January /. 1878. u ll-am