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PROVISIONS.

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but trreuut,r Tt,c ,r,rk.t ono,.t ..sa,' "oaso,'
and s.s.a, onenea stohS u! round,
s.ssos aa'ahee ~aa noted IN thu speelati7s ar
tclc' under good deunn1- Buddeniy they broke and
declined a.id intense excserrens. tcn ruIo1 ,ss,Jv
Tho drop seemed to ,o forc.d hv h....
h,., ,.,. ,r.ss ~ o'eo" " ucs'y oPefstofa
ete, ~o were .lFa'o tnat the market won 10 TO =
lolht hisaor than Consistent with brlak outward
movement. The reccif,.s OF hogs were nolc,ai. ~,
pt1cos steady. vhe ttn ,rrly.i. ~ ,hs 4,aa., .ns'
aoms 4, nm ,na., 49,. -. 49,. ., y. .ne month aro
He u.o'u 4e"a Acss 1nsn tAosa OF May, 1874. Our
Hocks OF iofa arc hrae, but meats III such light
stosk aud have .c1noved cut 90 freely =. 10
acn,or n s,,,,,. ~. "' 10 "An'oa iaef III tho
nrouin.n ons1sr, nspry tus .., pace a, meals Hence
In clearing up s.ucks, provided thpy oro moi be m
high. Stocks Of ali kinds aro worsed round nd tnlo Mo
doomed prudent, Yesterday rood daai M H.. hri
ness dono VIA in changing ov,r Ia nxox,5. ~
deliveries on thn morTnw S4' AVE 'une
1t,a. 1,.s. ~ .aS. tsi.o
Mksa fohR-A1vanced 400 per brl. aud closed 2o3
2oc higher than Saturday, with 4 aoud ,Ian,.n1 :,
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.unn,,e., " sn1 "oa 4'ofs oh satnfdRy for city eol.
oats, 1sl9 bu barley. ''''' ~
tle following grala was iuspectsd ,n,o .,or. ~,
Moha'y morning; VI carr M. sprug, Isl e.r.
No. DO Us ears No. ) do. ears rs,sete,, do t,,,
"Asat> 81 cars hgh mixed corn, 19s eats and Am,
~ 49, ao' u cara rejected do, car. no uteda do
U.s. saf' eofnl; cass white oats. u cars sul b.slN
oa no. Do, cars sud 5000 bu rejected do la
eass oats>; car rejsctot rye; cars No. hs,,sv
9car' No. do. Total {s7s cary,, a3.,Co bu. In,
epeetea out: es,sas bu wheat, si7d2 uu corn % slo
bu oats, a10 btu re. 367 bu barley,
1ns following tatlo ahows the distribution Of TIN
tte4datuhs ahipled from uia eily lusinR last seta
, 1875-06-01

CHICAGO. BURLINGTON 4 Quincy RA!LanAg
Utress. Jonf V Lak<s, ihdi1nd-as. and Elsfsfnh.n
@ ant tanni md Stzfssnthsa. 2tekss ohta u o.rfWs
, 1875-06-01
Aso, 1,as7 bu rye and 1900 tu barley, shipped b5

| rail-.
Withdrawn from, ,tore during .hs week tor siy n-s
1V'0 In shea, 2,7io li corn, 6.ad BIZ oaes, TsA bu
| fsc, 3,1ad bu barley.
runsor was current here tas! wttk 10 tue otrce
tAst Gour frciehts to ilosnn would 10 advanced 10t
psr trl and afler yesterday. On thc strength oi
that rurnor nOo irla bought for shipment
anil now The adEauno has hot taksu place. Tho runo1
| war nnsotlndtd
Ia true that Aliens diary contains no reference K
| gigantic operations In enrn7
Freight rntes fsrsn Montreal 10 liverpool wcrs 3.
per quarter on wheat on tho 21h uls. They arc noN
es e.-he extraordinary Advance in ono week hartns
entited as consequence Of bg de1nat.d Tor frs!th
! room.
Yesterday was observed ~ Decoration Day In New
York, and The Produce Exchange was clo1p.,.
no httlo tutrrtmcnt was occasoncl on 'Change ycs.
trrday hy tic exhibition Of fnli.!englh portrait OF
"Mf. @. Hopper. Of Kansas.n The gentleman had 4
bsnlaErd cse and iasnc aim, with ctulch which Was
rendered necessary bs Tho loss Of leg. OF course,
ihe thyalcsl dnta9c was due Ia Tho rosealnehtAn Of
last wask, tho weather being cr,ril.ng.
us confidently whlsrorc.l that hot wheat has bccn
lcscese'! In North Side Elevator. though the guam.
elsy Ia not great, being only about 9uD hl In one
stance, and IT, Importance was very much taaRnl!c
" ths bears vie6rous outward movement, such
nov ", srGms rrolallt r. however. much to TO dcalre
liz sieclIne # ID. week nearly s.cfy department,
waited 1t liz riHs has bn,I sas etrect Of hrin~ins
nut buyers ihn,,g ot iii auch furce a. 10 renJ H.
4 better -t,ting rin,etnentis noticeuhIr aid r..i
" agreeable ehangs from to spirit nt duness wisst
tendency II csiedy in fayor of ,riuip, ~ .tos
to volumes which cal, lie mora eneiy hsn1.i anil az
dsd thar now and givs healthier ,,ie ali roun,l.
which Will 10 reflected Into every tlcnari nent of INIT
ncsa activity,
Dry goods wtrn onty 1rnf9rrafrtv nrtI,a Ia fanr
departments trade was ftirly ani;nnfmf Int ths rn,
erat market wore uulet iu1k Ma nsort.nt ~ pEs
a Wrae nuea. ~ @utoceriea "ero IN FUR doiAaAu,
49, cas ",sni.E I.arE lhn chahRes IN fars weFs cou.
t.s rn '" sens Ie'netloh IN ono or two brands Of
,nra. r'' s"G"." @nu yeas Wcfe thsy: toheeA rjtei
@ h"s, e'c,, ihnAneti ttessS' ahs 5ntter market
tSs,H Hs III easifs, uhs1er moro hheras receipts
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REAL ESTATE.

TIE followiog Instruments were alod fol record
Monday, May VI:
, 1875-06-01

c'1cAGo, MILWAUKEE 4 ST. PAul RAtLRo4n.
tm1rn uef1 tnrner alisaH aht Cahal-ss TIet.t Hs-s
u soa tarf-s. sFpotfte ShsFmar oute. and IL uts.
, 1875-06-01

7 LV&FF. 7 fF7Ie1,
Milwaukee, 4 pralt1s du Chlenl
Mlsitlun. Fass.nfor. .,,.,,,,.. :. : 70 4 m t7n,
Mlwankcu, IL Er1lic Wtnons Wv - u. ':Np'h
y. Paul. Minneapolis. jtirvu.1
GshInsh Green lay. thEoupnl
A,iIvaateo, Madison, Fi.,;;;s' d. a6ap ~
Ch!dn Iowa: alau, Aiena,ha
nnu htevcna Point rasseuKsr s:oa o. II, 1st MI. u,
hlitrahkce, 81. rAul Il AnnnJ 9'p' t'' "'o's' IL
a:,olts, through Eipsus. na5p.m 7:so.m
, 1875-06-01

ILLINOIS CENTRAL. RhlLRqa1,
OTof FOOT cf ktkeIf and foet " 7ie<nfy-seeond ets
YGice Ii KaMdoLpA.sl, ntat l[Iark ~ 1I-@N
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
The Salaries OF Professional Men.

Talking of salaries in the learned pro-
fessions, says an exchange, tbs estimated
that the receipts of great actors in our
day will about equal those of great law
yers. Edwin Booth has made as high
as 80, ZOO month. Jefferson has made
even more. This year, in a season of
forty weeks, Clara Morris will net about
$4,000; Charlotte Thompson about
half as much. Boucicault, combining
his royalty as dramatist and his percen-
tage as star actor, is making $4,000 q
week at Wallack's Theater, in New
York. Great physicians, but only few
even of these, make incomes comparable
to those made by great lawyers and great
actors. Mott, Parker, and Clarke have
made as high as 100000 each in the
course of one year. In comparison with
those professions the divines and edi-
tors make but paltry compensation. Ten
thousand dollars year is salary paid
but to about four employed editors in
the country, while Messrs. Beecher and
Chaplin are the only divines whose in
come reaches beyond $4,000. OF lee
turers John b. Cough makes the largest
income. His average price is $3.50
lecture. OF these he will in year de-
liver about 100, netting about $50, 900 a
year. The great lawyer, the great ply
sician and the great actor are said to be
the best paid brain-workers in America.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
A California Husbands Wrongs.

Her mother had told her not to marry
until she was able to support hus-
band; but she needed not her gentle
mothers warming; she went and got
civil-contracted to man who was fine,
ong winded talker, and who could sit
around and keep a stove warm better
than any one she ever saw in her life.
And then how proficient he was in lying
in bed and snoring, on a December
morning, while she got mp and split the
wood, made the fire, fed the horses,
swept the floor, boiled the coffee, blacked
his boots, mended that hole in his coat,
sewed on that shirt button, and laid a
pipeful of tobacco and the matches
alongside his pillow. And how loving
she must have felt toward him, when
he got up at last at about ten o'clock,
cursing her for making noise, and
wanted to know why there was no beef
steak and eggs on the table, and why
she hadn't pawned her watch-it was a
dying mothers gift-in order to give
him whisky money. And when, after
three years of this, she left him, and
went to work as a sewing girl, people
spoke of the depravity of the woman who
left her husband.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
Children and Dogs.

"Dogs is healthy for children" says
the old wives, and not without founda-
ton in fact The influence of these
lively and affectionate playmates of child
hood is very happy; so much so that we
have sometimes thought that boy who
has never had pet dog has been cheat
ed out of half the enjoyment and no
small part of the moral culture of in
fancy. But dogs have bad tricks, and
unless properly trained, are apt to be
anything but " healthy" for children.
They express their affection in q very
bad way. We know that it is common
opinion that there is something wonder
fully wholesome about dogs tongue,
and that his natural habit of licking the
objects of his affection is rather to be en-
couraged than repressed. Nevertheless
one of the first requirements in dog
for a child's pct is that he be trained to
emulate prudent humanity and restrain
his tongue. 1t is not "healthy," what
ever the old wives may say. This, set
ting aside the question of rabies alto
gether. A much more common affection
of dogs is tape worm, for whose de-
velopment both men and dogs have to
contribute. It's immature or cysticercal
stage is spent in the human body, often
causing great mischief ; then it migrates
to the dog, completes its development,
and makes provision for q new crop to
infest humanity, forming cysts or hollow
tumors in various parts of thebody, The
full grown worm is the smallest tania
known, only about one-quarter of an
inch in length. The embryo is often as
small as one two-hundredth of an inch
yet, according to Cobbold, death has
been caused by a single individual lodged
in the brain. At late meeting of the
Australian Microscopical Society, Mr..
Sidney Gibbons exhibited specimens re-
Gently taken from human subject, and
said there could be no doubt that they
were frequently implanted in children as
q consequence of allowing dogs to lick
their hands and faces. 1t is a nasty
practice Mt best, and pet dogs first
lesson should be to keep his tongue to
himself. american.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
At the Diamond Mines.

When new placer is discovered at
the South African diamond mines, each
miner chooses, or rather takes at q ven
trre, piece of land thirty-one feet
square, at the four corners of which he
places garden-p -pickets to establish his
possession, as well as his boundary lines.
This is the sole title of ownership, and
he has sometimes to defend it with
blows. Indeed, the last comers often
seek to obtain possession of claim by
stratagem or force; they await the mo-
ment when the owner, going to break
fast, takes away his tools, and leaves
the ground unoccupied, to establish
themselves in his place, and declare that
they have placed there the boundary
lines A trial follows, which is decided
on the spot by boxing match, and the
claim belongs to the strongest. As soon
as tire existence of diamonds is really
established, the miners meet together
and nominate committee to administer
justice, and to decide legal questions
without further appeal. The first care
of the committee is to determine when n
claim may be considered as abandoned.
It is decided that any claim that is not
worked for three entire days is sup
posed to be given up, and may be
taken by the first conner. An excep-
ton is made in case of illness or any
other cause Independent of the will of
the miner.
The owner, once established, is he
more at the mercy of brutal force, and
any one desirous of procuring por-
ton of land must purchase it of the
holder At New Rush the Oripinal prO-
prietors parceled out their claims in
quarters, fifths, etc., and these portions
always commanded high price. One
of my neighbors, owning half claim,
already worked to the depth of over sixty
feet, at the time of my departure was
bargaining to sell it for twenty thousand
dollars. This is the reason why so few
fortunes are made at the mines.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
Nearly Got Out.

Young Murray, a former clerk at
Tiffany's, who stole something like S12,-
coo worth of diamonds from his employ
ers, was sentenced to seven years. A
few days ago, says Sing Sing CORE
spondent, the time of another convict
by the name of Murray expired. Muir
ray, Tiffany's clerk, became aware of it,
presented himself at the Office and stated
that his time was out and he would like
his discharge. While the preliminaries
We're being arranged and the pupers for
Murray's discharge being made out, a
keeper presented himself at the office
and asked why his man Murray had not
been sent for. He said his time was out,
and thought it strange he had not been
sent for. Then the first Murray was
walked back to his cell and the right
Murray discharged. The diamond thief
is still in prison and will remain there
for about six and half years.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
Not so Funny for Charles.

Charles Williams, of Westchester, Pa,
was found guilty of ibeling the pastor
and officers of the First Presbyterian
church. The article charged the pastor
with gross immortality, and that he was be-
ing tried before a committee of the
church, and that although the testimony
elected was SO damaging as to create
fears that the reverend gentleman would
be lynched, there was no doubt but that
he would be acquitted. Williams took
the stand after the testimony had been
elected for the prosecution, and ad-
mitted that he had written the article,
and sent it to a New York paper, iii
which paper it was published. He also
stated that he knew there was not werd
of truth in his statement, but that he
had written it for fun, and to create a
sensation.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
Retrenehment Extraordinary.

The following story is told of a pretty
well-known gentleman, formerly con
nected with the Pittsburgh press: This
person was in the habit of taking "wee
drap" too much at times, and when in
the resultant condition of exhilaration
he was, rs many are, inclined to a lib
erality and extravaganza of expenditure
to which his sober self was an utter
stranger. While on one of his periodical
benders, the fancy Of our hero was
struck with the beauty of certain pair
of vases of rare workmanship and ex-
quisite finish. With the sentiment,
"darn the expense" in his heart and on
his lips, he bought these vases, at an
immense price, and bore them home,
and triumphantly called in his wife to
admire them. "Why, john" said she,
the moment she set her eyes on them,
"what induced you to buy such costly
ornaments rs thesel We can't afford TO
spend money this way. You will ruin
us, you know you WILL" and the poor
lady raised her apron to her eyes and
began to cry. The sight was too much
for our printer.
"You are right, Mary" he said, "you
are right, and l am wrong. We can't
afford these vases; it was extravagant in
me to buy them. But don't cry; I'll fix
it all right" So saying he let drive his
fist through the two beautiful vases, and
as their fragments ratified about the
floor, he turned to his astonished and
dismayed wife and said, "Now, Mary,
we've got rid of those; I'll go and buy a
couple of cheap ones, my darling"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11

A strong solution of byposulphite of
soda is said to be excellent for cleaning
silver.
A teaspoonful of powdered borax dis
solved in quart of tepid water is good
for cleaning old black dresses of silk,
cashmere or alpaca.
Butter will remove tar spots. Soap
and water will afterward take out the
grease stain.
Black shoes may be bronzed by a
strong solution of anilin red in alcohol.
Four parts borax and three parts
EPSON salts, mixed with three or four
parts warm water to one part of the COM
bined substances, is said to form an ex
cellent freproof wash for clothes. 1t
should be used Immediately after pre-
paration.
Flax seed and tallow are used in Ger
many as a stuffing for cushions. One
part of tallow to ten parts of flax seed
are employed, the mobility of the
creased seed rendering the cushion very
soft and pliable.
Gold bronze for furniture is O mix
ture of copal varnish mixed with gold
colored bronze powder. The last is
bisulphate of tin.
To prevent moths in carpets, wash the
floor before laying them with spirits of
turpentine or benzine.
Straw mating should be washed with
a cloth dampened in salt water. Indian
meal sprinkled over it and thoroughly
swept out will also cleanse it finely.
In washing windows, a narrow bladed
wooden knife, sharply pointed, will take
out the dust that hardens in the corners
of the sash. Dry whiting will polish
the glass, which should first be washed
with weak black tea mixed with q
little alcohol. Save the tea leaves fol
the purpose.
Gray marble hearths can be rubbed
with linseed oil, and no spots will show
Sprigs of wintergreen or ground ivy
will drive away red ants; branches Of
wood will serve the same purpose fol
black ants.
Papering and planting are best done
in cold weather, especially the latter, fol
the wood absorbs the oil of paint mucl
more than in warm weather, while il
cold weather the oil hardens on the out
side, making coat which will protect
the wood instead of soaking into it.
ANCNtl puJSl u wan ONtl O1li Ddptl
and paste. Always scrape down thor
oughly. Old paper can be got off by
dampening with saleratus and water
Then go over all the cracks of the wal
with plaster of paris, and finally put OF
a wash of weak solution of carbolit
acid. The best paste is made out of rye
flour, with two ounces of glue dissolved
in each quart of paste; half an ounce O
powdered borax improves the mixture.
An oaken color can be given to new
pine floors and tables by washing them
in solution of copperas dissolved il
strong 1ye, pound of the former to {
gallon of the latter. When dry this
should be oiled, and it will look well fol
year or two; then renew the oiling,
Kerosene and powdered lime, whiting
or wood ashes will scour tins with the
least labor
Spots can be taken out of marble witt
finely powdered pumice stone mixet
with veriuice. Cover the spots and al
low the stuff to remain for twelve hours
then rub clean, dry, and rinse.
Soapstone hearths are fir t washed il
pure water and then rubbed with pow
dered marble or soapstone, put on will
/ piece of the same stone.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
Improvement Of the Mississippi.

The passage of the bill for the i'm
provement of the mouth of the Missis-
sippi river, by the application of the jetty
system to the southwest pass, was ac-
complished in the United States House,
in substantially the same shape in which
it was reported by the committee on
James B. Eads, of st. Louis, to con-
struct jetties at the southwest pass, pro-
vided there is no means employed which
shall hinder navigation. The basis of
the agreement is that Eads agrees to OBJ
tain a depth of twenty feet of water
throughout this pass within thirty
months from the date of the approval of
the act, and an additional two feet dur
ing each succeeding year until depth
of thirty feet shall have been secured,
for which the government will agree to
pay Mr.. Eads $4,000, 900, and the annual
sum of $3.50, 600 thereafter for the main
tenance of the channel at n depth of
thirty feet. The first $500, 900 is to be
paid when channel of twenty-five feet
in depth and two hundred feet in width
is obtained, and $500,000 more when
this depth is maintained for year. A
million of dollars each year is to be paid
for the addition of two feet permanent
depth to the channel, and when the
depth of thirty feet is finally obtained
the remaining 100000 are to be re-
tanned by the government, one-half for
ten years and the other half for twenty
years. as guarantee of the permanence
of the work. The bill is strongly guard
ed. The first $500, 900, necessary to be-
gin the work, is appropriated by the bill,
and it is provided that Eads shall take
five per cent. bonds if the government
elect to pay him in that way.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
Over the Way.
rnr- nrnr thn WAY.

Over the way over the way,
I've seen head that's fair and gray;
I've seen kind eyes not new to tears,
A form Of grace, though full of years.
Her fifty summers have left no flaw
And I, youth of twenty-three,
80 love this lady, fair to see,
Iwant her for my mother-in-law
Over the way, over the way,
I've seen her with the children play.
I've seen her with royal grace
Before the mirror adjust her lace;
A kinder woman mono ever saw;
Col bless and cheer her onward path,
And bless all treasures that she hath,
And let her be my mother-in-law
DER the way, over the way,
! think I'll venture, dear, some day
OF you will lend a helping hand,
And sanctify the scheme I've planned),
I'll lneel in loving, reverent awe,
Down at the lady's feet, and say:
"Tve loved your daughter many day
Please, won't you be my mother-in-law ?"
--,Scribner'S Monthly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
They We're Poor Then.

Twenty-Five years ago society in
Washington was not what it is to-day.
Senators and Representatives and Off
GERS were poor. A correspondent, in
writing of that time, says But the
order was shabbiness and poverty, and,
/ think, it conduced to general socia-
bility and enjoyment. Tie officers of
the army and navy always our aristoc-
racy), and those who served the govern
ment in other capacities, We're profess
sionally poor, of course. Therefore it
became, in a measure, fashionable to be
poor, and it was Willingly said by a
Washington lady, when the wife of an
officer in the army happened to have a
rich father, who bought her house,
that she rather lost caste in the best So
ciety of Washington thereby, and was
looked upon as a nOuucdu richie.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
Cruelty.

A recent writer notices the striking
similarity of the monkeys fondness for
cruelty to that of man, and says that
every one does not know how much
trouble an average monkey will put him
self to in order that he may enjoy the
sufferings of other creatures. The mon
keys of India feign sleep for hours when
they want to catch and torture a crow,
and exhibit intense delight in plucking
it alive. The tiger in man is, perhaps,
more money than tiger. Our cruel man
is simply monkey in human shape, and
not noble beast at all.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11

NOTHING MORE. old farmer pur-
chased some sweet oil in a drug store,
and being asked if there was "nothing
else," he laid several packages on the
counter, held up hand with several
strings tied on the fingers, and said
"Let's see That red string is for the
bar-soap that rag is'for broom that
blue cord is for calico dress that braid
means four pounds of sugar, and this
other string is for sweet oil. No-noth-
ing more"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
Gambling.

Speaking of poker playing, CORE
spondent says / have known party of
distinguished citizens play poker two
ing from trays held by servants. One of
them was at one time winner of $4,000,
but at the close of the game the loss and
gain was not great. l have often come
down from the couch of innocence to a
nine o'clock Washington breakfast, and
found the same party of men playing
away just as ] had left them the night
before,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
RIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA, THURSDA

perate efforts to open the valve; but he
may, after whirling in swift vortexes, or
plunging and mounting, through cloudy
abysses of air, have become unnerved
by the awful silence of the upper night,
by the comets fearful companionship,
by whelming immensity and infnity, and
YEARLY let go his hold, to drop earth
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11

CURE FOR FROSTED FEET.-Dissolve
quarter of pound of washing soda in a
gallon of hot water, and soak the feet
thoroughly, afterward rub with vinegar,
and the cure is certain.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11

LIMBS OF CATTLE.-A writer in the
Agricultural Gazette cites his observa-
tion in reference to the healing of broken
bones of cattle. An OK fractured his leg
above the knee, heifer broke her thigh
"A compound fracture, another suffered
a simple fracture, but in spite of differing
doctors these animals were turned out to
take their chances, and each and all ac-
tuallym made good recovery in the course
of few weeks.