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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-03-21
The Betting Mania In California.

Californians have an inherent, inor-
dinate desire for betting. 1t amounts
almost to a mania. If they are not dis
posed to fight ye tiger or play poker, or
bet their coin on any game of chance,
they are sure to exhibit their propensi-
ty for betting in some way, and they
will go their whole pile on anything,
no matter how preposterOus. "I'll bet
you $40 that mans name Is Sneider," |"
said one Californian to another, as ID
man who was an utter stranger to both
passed by. "It',a CO." said his COM
panion. Inquiry was made, and the
wager lost by the man who proposed
it. Up in one of the mountain towns q
,tage-coach tipped over, and, 1t is re-
lated, as the passengers went tumbling
down the rocky embankment int gulch
fellow shouted, "I'll bet the drinks
for all of us that half of us get killed."
The bet was taken, but the casultios were
not fatal. A doctor reported that a
well-known citizen who was at the
point of death would not live twenty
minutes longer "I'll bet $5 that he
will" said one Of his friends. The
wager was acceped, and the stakes were
scarcely put up when the report came
that the man was dead. "Do you give
it up?" asked the man who won.
"No," was the reply; "I'll now bet
$40 that he isn't dead" The bet was
taken and about that time the doctor re-
appeared. SIS the man dead, doctor !"
the question was asked. Eyes, dead
as Julius Cesar" "Then I've lost
again." was the reply. snow I'll bet
$40 that he won'tgo into five foot six
coffin. ] want to get square III can"
I could give other illustrations of this
betting mania which have come under
my observation fully as absurd, but
these must suffice. The betting is not
confined to any class or nationality.
1t Is characteristic of all Californians,
from the oldest to the youngest. 1t Is
not strange, therefore, that the profess
sional gambling fraternity Is numerous
in the States. have been at small
county hotel in an interior town, and
of the fifteen who were seated at the
dinner table was told that seven of
them were regular gamblers.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-03-21
Inpaled on an Auger.

The Virginia Chronicle tells the awful
story Of a mans death at the Savage
carpenter shop in that city. The man,
whose name was William Carpenter
was boring hole through a stick Of
hard wood about three inches thick and
eight feet long, and was leaning his
might against 1t, under the impression
that there was a guage attached to the
machinery, to prevent the block going
further along the augur than the dis
tance required. Suddenly a workman
near Carpenter observed an indescriba-
BILE look on his face as his body shot
forward and doubled over the terrible
machine. 1t had passed, like fencer's
sword, through his stomach and wa.
protruding at the back. He was liter
ally impaled upon the augur, which
was churning his intestines at the rate
of from 1000 to 1900 revolutions per
minute. In the midst Of this horrible
agony, Carpenter seems to have main
tanned his presence of mind, for he cast
himself backward, and got off the au-
CUR, falling to the floor as he did 90.
The most terrible excitement prevailed
among his comrades in the shop, and
there was rush to the PROSTATE man.
The sight must have almost paraly zed
them. Carpenter was lying on his
back, with his clothes torn and twisted
above the region of the abdomen. Just
above him the deadly augur was still
whizzing, and clinging to 1t was mass
Of intestlnes, the loose ends Of which
spread out with the revolution. and
gave the auger the appearance Of buzz
saw. He was taken to room and the
physicians who were summoned decl-
ded that he had better die under the in
huence Of chloroform Before the drug
was administered he was told that he
would never come from under its infu-
ence alive. He merely nodded, bade
those about him goodbye, and In few
minutes was unconscious. He lay In
this state as calmly as a sleeping child,
until little after o'clock the next
morning, when the influence Of the
chloroform passed of, and he opened
his eyes. He did not seem to suffer
much pain, and occasionally talked to
his attendants. He died at 8 o'clock,
and, as those who saw him said, "Dled
like a man." His last wouds were, ~
am passing into thsunknown."
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without n Newspaper.


Nothing presents a sadder commeD-
tary upon the present condition of
society than the large number Of
families, both In town and in the coun-
try, but more especially in the latter,
that subscribe to no ,aper of any kind
Hundreds and thousands of families are
thus growing up utterly ignorant OF
what L. transpiring In the world around
them ignorant of the mighty events of
the day. But who can tell the vast
amount of injury that Is being inflicted
upon the rising generation--those who
are to take our places In the busy world
at no distant day--growlng up without
any knowledge of the present, or any
study of the past this ignorance, too,
being imbued into them by the sanction
Of those who should, and doubtless do
know better, did they only think Of the
injurious effects Of their insane course.
Let the head Of every family think OF
this, and place In the hands Of those
whom he is responsible for the means
of acquiring some knowledge of he
moving panorama In which we act our
different parts.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-03-21
Popular European Superstition.

Swabian people believe that on Easter
Day, or, as some say, ON Ascension Day,
the rising sun leaps thrice for joy. At
Rotenburg, on the Neckar, the sun is
supposed to perform these antics on
Christmas Eve, the period of the winter
solstice. On Good Friday the sun
mourns over the crucifxion, and does
not shine until three o'clock In the
afternoon. In some parts of Upper
Swabia public prayers are still offered
up after an eclipse. The appearance of
three suns denotes war; they are only
visible at sunrise and differ In size.
The largest gains the day, practically
and metaphorically. At Herbrechtingen
these suns have frequently been seen,
and such was the case just before Napo-
Icons Russian campaign. The largest
sun was in the northern direction, and
that is why the Russians won. The
sun is obliged to shine for short time,
at least, every Sunday, In order that the
Blessed Virgin may dry her veil. Three
Saturdays in the year, on which she
mourns, the sun does not shine at all.
In Tyrol and elsewhere 1t is believed
that any wish expressed while star
falls will be fulfilled; treasure lies
where 1t falls. The Lithuanian myth
connects falling stars with the Fates
Werpeja, the spinner, begins to weave
the thread of each newly born human
being in the sky, and each thread ter
inmates in star; when death ap-
proacbes a man his thread breaks and
the star fades and falls. A comet Is
prophetic, and generally presages evil.
The Tryolese call 1t Goods rod," and
say that its import may be learned from
its color. Red signifies war and misery,
but If the light be clear and bright it
protends peace and happiness. The
Milky Way usually goes In Swabia by
the name Of "Jscob's Ladder" or
Heavens Ladder" The angels still
descend on the earth by IL, as Jacob
saw In his dream, but they are not Wis
ible to every one. The Great Bear
probably owes his name Of VAIN to
Paganism. 1t is said that at midnight
the chariot turns with mighty rumb-
ling. The Swablan peasantry believe
that 1t drives to Jerusalem every night,
while the Swiss have superstition
that If 1t be low In the sky bread will
be cheap, ~ the contrary 1t will be
dear
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-03-21
A Full Head and Big Heart.

About half AN hour before midnight
a very respectable man, living on Banl
street, was feeling all over the from
door to find the door knob. His wife
suddenly pulled the door open, con-
fronting him, and, in freight voice
inquired.
"Isn't this a nice state of affairs
you not being home since morningP'
"Shoftly' darling, shoftly," he re-
piled, trying to take her hand. "I've
zshuSt got back firm zhe races"
"What rae es ?" she demanded.
"H-o-r-s-e races" he slowly replied.
"Had big time, an made five hun'er'd
dollars. Coin to give you fourteen
silk dresses"
swell, you should have sent me
word, - she remarked, SIS she hung up
his hat. The promise of the dresses
acted like magic on her Imagination.
"Yes, but did't have time" he re-
piled. "Fel'er come along in buggy,
an of went. Ju ever zhe horse
race Mary?"
"No, never did,"
"Well, she's big thing, tell you. L
never see such'r magniferous sight In
me life. Now jus'r magin l am horse,
and you are the string!"
81 won't do It'll am no stringw she
exclaimed.
"Well, alzer right. Sposen bottle of
us are horses, then"
81 won't do that, either. never saw
you look and talk SO as you do tonight,
| believe you have been drinking"
"Zhat is so, Mary-drank sixtyfour
glasses of lemonyade. Well, all the
horses got away in fine style. Noble
sight tell you. l bet five hun'er'd
dollars on head horse"
'"Tnat was sharp in you," she replied,
mentally planning to have four blue,
five brown, and five green silks.
"You bez 1t was," he went on.
"Well, the head horse KEEP ahead, an
| won five hun'er'd dollars"
"Half of which, my ducky dear, you
Intend to give to mel"
"Noz hardly, my dear"
"Why""
"You doan understand er rules of er
race course, my darling, "he explained.
"Er rule is if you win five hun'er'd
dollars on first race you lose it all and
two hun'er'd more on next one."
"And do you mean that you are two
hundred dollars out of pocket?" she
exclaimed.
"Zaas what l mean, my darling"
"Don't darling me, you old drunk.
ard !" she howled, and policeman
under tree across the way says the
hat rack went over, the door was kicked
shut, and amidst the groans and howls
he could hear voice crying OUT
"Lez up on me, darling, lez 60 my |
hair! l gave the fel'r my note for the
two hun er'd dollars, an he can't git
cent?"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-03-21

me-" To this, of course, no rejoindel
could be made.
What phrase Is In more frequent and
ordinary use, gravely or facetiously
than "Adding insult to injuryf" Yet
it has reached us in fable by Phedrus
a Roman author, who lived in the reign
of the Emperor Augustus Caesar, nearly
1000 years ago, and whose writings
were first discovered to modern litera-
ture in 1896, at Rheims, in France.
"a fly bit the bare pate Of bald
man, who, endeavoring to crush 1t,
gave himself heavy blow. Then said
the fly, jeeringly, you wanted to
avenge the sting Of tiny insect with
death. What will you do to yourself,
who have added insult to INJURY"
Frequently "the sinews of war" is a
conversation phrase. This is said to
have originated with Demosthenes, over
1000 years ago, when he said, "The
sinews of affairs are cut" Later, Bion,
the Greek, said, "Riches are the sim
ews of business" After him, Plutarch
said that Cleomenes first called money
the sinews of the State, with special
reference to war. After him, various
eminent persons, including Cicero, de-
clared money to be the sinews of war.
"Beware of a man of one book" Or
riginated with Sir Thomas Aquinas.
Coleridge relates how he travelled in
a stage coach with sensible-looking
person to whom he threw out many in
vitations to converse, but in vain. At
last, In despair, he said, 81 have tried
you on a score Of subjects, none of
which seem to interest you. Can you
speak on anything?" The man answer
ed, 81 am tanner. Take me upon
leather, and see whether can't talk"
The aphorism, "Defend me from my
friends; can defend myself from my
enemies" is said to have been used by
Marshal Villars, a French leader, on
taking leave of Louis XIV.
In a satirical poem, "The New
Morality" by George Canning, an
English wit and statesman, we find:
" But of all plaques. good Heaven wrath can send
Save, save-oh, save me from the canu d friend
"God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb" as used by Lawrence Sterne, in
the story Of Maria in his Sentimental
Journey" has repeatedly been used as
a quotation from the Bible, in which it
is not to be found. Neither did it origi-
nate with Sterne, who was an unscru-
pulous picker-up of other writer's gems.
1t was written by Henri Etienne a
French author, in 1894, and half GEN.
tury later by George Herbert, who
wrote Latin and English poems with
equal facility.
"God always supports the heaviest
battallions," sounds like a modern |
aphorism; but is foreign and ancient.
1t was used by Terence 1900 year ago |
and by Tacitus, the Roman historian,
who lived in the first century. Roger |
Count de Busy, French
wit and satirist, in the 18th century, has
1t in his letters. Voltaire, 100 years
later, also expressed that idea, having
found it in one of Madam de Sevigne's
letters to her daughter.
"Truth is stranger than fiction" is
a usual misquotation from Byron. The
original, in "Don JUAN" canto xiv,
'tanza l0l, runs thus:
"Tis strange but true; for truth is
always strange
Stranger than fiction"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-03-21
Common Quotations.

The common phrase, "Where the
shoe pinches," which shrewdly ex-
pressed truth, comes tn us from Plu-
tarch, who wrote his famous parallel
Lines" In the first century ofthe Chris
tian era. 1t is to be found In his "Life
of Emilius Paulus." A Roman was
divorced from his wife, and, being
highly blamed by his friends--who de-
manded, "Was she not chasteP Was
she not fair ?"--Holding out his shoe,
he asked them whether IL was not new
and well made, "Yet," he added,
"none Of you can tell where Il pInches
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-03-21
ONLY A BApY'S GRAVE.

Only baby's grave
Some foot OF two at most
OF star dAised sod, yet think that God
Knows what that little grave cost
Only baby's grave!
To children ever 30 small
That they sit there and ring; 30 small q thing
Seems scarcely grave at all
onlys bsbys gravel
Strange how We moan and fret
For little face that As here such Il space,
o., more strange could We forget
Only bsby's grave
Did We measure our grief by this,
Few ars we're shed on our bsby's head,
know how they fell on this.
Only bsby's grave
vii the title lf be much
Too small gem for bis diadem
WHO kingdom Is made OF such
Only baby's grave!
Yet often we com 10 sit
BY tho little stone, anl thank God to own.
We are nearer heaven for it,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-03-21

Ii is one thing TO love truth. and to
seek 1t, for Its own sake; and quite an
other TO welcome 30 much OF It as
tallies with our impressions and preju.
dloes,
The Morning herald., 1878-07-18
WOMAN.

By an immense practice, extending through o
Seriod Of years, having within that time trea,eti
hany thousand cases Of those diseases peculiar
b woman, l have been enabled 10 perfect a
most potent and agreeable medicine that meets
the indications presented by that class OF dis
eases with positive certainty and exactness.
To designate this natural specific compound,
have named it
The Morning herald., 1878-07-18

CHARLES KYLE, Nau5. ..
~ Rre~m n an favors. Excursions pic
aies fssfsrsix ID, furnished st the iowes'
rsfes. All Oxdem BY mall promptly alIenn
- To- Cream can pe bad at all times a.
<saiIs 81. s. and S. City Market house o.
reeidence. corner eth and Grange Saesa-
t.a.sT .Ins1 81 CHARLES KYLE.
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HHAs6k OF h5C S-WILNISGfos
VRyfKRy RAILROAD -Cnmneac-
n mrrka4y Dec- 4. Hst. 1rz'n2 Will Tun
~ EE1yTE
fsETs WE-rxsea y n an nd &Fm
EMH LanxHea61-gS 9 a. u &Dc - p. n
4--rps NJ wEErgscn % n and ~
pM-
xrfT4 Ez LA1Ssnserg II u u. and u
TEWwETTuEI-YrzfR leaving Landsn-
1mr NJ aAs 4 ~ VITA trsta for Prliaoei.
lsI n az Man
Ywxtr leaTFng Wilmington W.0 10
Ff.Fn trzzn leaving PhiIzdslphia at 10 m
sr,I PsnrEyfvzztzAnd Delaware train leav.
fEg LandeIberg al % p. IA
Trzta Leaving Landenberg at ] 80 p. m,
rftn Penrsytysnis and Detavaretrsin,a and
siih train leaving Wilmington Tor Pnlia
At4 90 p. n:
Train leaving wilmington at 5.D p 10
with train les ,Ius Philadelphia At Is p.
"A u. COEEELL. Sup
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TELECRANlsa
N nAn AND rELEsRAPH.s

4
Osw $50 horses have died Of The hest in
o. Louis.
~ funsssI Of the lsts Queen Mercedes
II epsia took place yestTdsy.
yanss Hnrisy. aged twsusy-tvo, from
PhlladsIpAis, was drowned shile bathing q
Aflantie Cry yesterday. His BODY was fe-
covered.
! m JsupcA Of fths -Bew Iron stesmship
este CITY, which took plses at Rosens
80 ysrl q Chester, Pa, yesterday siter-
rOcs. vas rather slimly attended, there
bsiag but litfis orer Five hundred people
pEcseDt. ag
joseph Mason, Of Petrolis, Pa, was ar
! rested In Pitssbure, yesterday, By Special
, kSent Nysrs, on charge OF forging .
peetsl money order on the Postmaster OF
tins place. He was committed IN default
Of $500 bail. a'.s H
Gen. Sherman b now fastening forward
to the West an the troops available for the
Ipaian troubles. The official list shows
that today there b only one regiment cas-
Of the Mississippi Eighteenth infantry
Il is intended to send that West also.
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RAILROADS.
PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON Al
BALTIMORE KAILROA Ii
Iune 10th lGS

PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON ANl
BALTIMORE KAILROA n
June 10th 1875.
rrains will leave Wilmington a. iolio@f
Sa,,adeIphia and intermediate stations
SO. SIS, $40. 900, 9 A. 10 20. O. "a ~
sa,Iasde1pb,a s1a & ana New York, 2es. 5 44aW,
l2N, u 20, 546 p m.
saiti more and intermediate stations, =
Baltimore and Washington, Il 81. le, 81
am. i75s, 25e, 5Ie, p m.
Trains for Delaware Division leave iof
New Castle -. . 81, am, %, ~ p. m.
Harrington and Intsrmediste stations .
DelInar and intermediate stations, %
49, SUNDAY TRAINS
PHILADELPHIA and intermediate ssaioAs
no a, 90. 6 % p m
phiIadeIphia and Eev York, . e, "A 10
Baltimore and Washington. u q. 10 N.
Fur further Information passengers an
,eferrsd 70 the time tables pcSted al tns &c
poi v a..
iuuS-H d. h'FAhNEi'c 'c@PA-
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HERALD NOTES.

.a4 Il
= JInauscbek 10 In Kissengen.
TIE spitz dog Is shot at sight at Long
r Branch. ..-.
A Buffalo man broke his leg while pulling
on tight boot. H
Even the fies get fat here, says the Allan
tie City Review. $
IS theatrical combinations will traverse
tho land next fall.
An Indisnapolis cornstalk lately grew 10
inches Ia 10 hours.
The daily expenses OF one Long Branch
hotel reach 81, 100.
As atsig Is bent the boy is Inclined
New Orleans Picayune.
Aiightning bolt at St. Georges, jerked a
= bell knob out ofits socket.
The original Orange mems for the parade
! 10 Montreal were not carried out Il Boston
Post.
swedes have purchased q large tract o.
land on the Blue Mountain, Pa, extending
from Delaware Water Gap down to Vino
Gap, on which they propose to Craze goats
and make cheese.
The Morning herald., 1878-07-18
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Senator Maxey, returning home TO Texss,
shook hands with mile Of men.
President Hayes has engaged apartments
speDts ct Cape May for brief stay early in
August. ~.
Albani win sing twice week In St Peters
burg. and WIN receive for each performance
o. 400.
Dr.. David Euen, OF PheniIviile, is DOW ON
the repotorial corps Of the West Chester
Daily News,
Thomas Ewing Sherman, scn of General
W. r. Sherman, has gone abroad 70 ssnaF
for the Priesthood In the CsissaEe Ctu-.t
James Gosdoe Benssss Ent hlm 5ssar=ss
Benpsst. his sistex. szTspss ~ EEF FmiE,
yesterdsy, oa tse sseknn H. Laa1zHIfs hHm
Hsvre.
Lee has teeu sxEaussd Essm Eis Lmfnn
rsesssa- The ftSemas sf Lss Irs III ne
orfpsou shas be B1ss sae Lxss race wtt1
H1nlsy ttuzsh EizSak5zg the sz5g1 EAas
point. Tne EnstAh are Sly ahouE Irylns
hin sgsis-
Governor "Blue Jeans" Wlliaza has
been visiting Chicago, and has hunoret the
peoth of that city by allowing them to
weah and measure him. He turned the
scale ct 100 pounds, and registered height
Of 8 feet inches.
Gen. Butler has told reporter that be 70
not certain that he would accept the noni-
nation Of the labor party for Governor OF
Massachusetts,. Among the reasous he
gsye was that 1t would "involye q great
deal OF labor and loss Of time"
Speaker Randall sent to the editor Of On
eouts (Ps.) Herald this Fourth h-of-July
sentiment: 'When the iron rule of sterr
necessity darkens every household In tn
} isnd. extravagance on the part of the peo
, Pies servants Is an unpardons ble crime" J"
Tho coming Democratic State Convention
IN Texas will contain 1908 delegates. o
the members chosen thus foi 2S7 are pledge
10 vote for Throckmorton for Governor, Is
for Governor Hubbard, and about 50 for
third candidate, while sos sre not instructe
ut ell.
Grand fstes are in preparation throughou
Belgium, and particularly ct Brussels,
scsiebrsts the silver wedding Of King Lex
pold, on the I'D Of August next. A su.
scfiItion OF Is centimes each, for female
only, Is opened TO present the queen with
souyenir on tse occasion.
Ex-A'tornsy General John Little, Of Ohi'
who held that offics while Mr.. Hayes ".
Governor, and who was one Of the visitir
.-ststesneu 10 Florida, IN reference to ii
political outlook In Ohio, says he consider
Il doubtful whether the Republicans vi
carry the State In the NEXT election, and
athey doit VIM be by very small margi
The sftuation, be considers, is due TO dissa
isfActicn at the Presidents policy. II
next Ohio delegation in CONGRESS will, b
yoid doubt, be Democratic. The Nation
party will, be believes, develop considerst
strength in the State, but not sufficient
eleft Congressman. He thinks tee ne
: Congress Will be Democratic;
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THE BKIrIsH STEAMER 'GoLDEE
Grove"
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA q
DISTRICT OF DELAW WARE.

USITED STATES OF AMERICA,l q
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE. =
wHKREAs, A libel hath been hledin the
District Court Of the United states OF
America. for tho District OF Delaware, on
the 18th day of July, in the year OF our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy eight, by Edward 6. Bradford, Jr.,
ESQ. Proctor in behalf Of John q. Emery
ana others, owners Of the Brig "Kremilne"
of Bos on Mass, and OF the cargo. ana
other property on board the same, against
the British Steamer Golden Grove," her
boats tackle, apparel and furniture, In
cause of collision, civil and marat1me, and
craving the usual process and monitlon OF
the Court, that all persons Interested 10
the said vessel, her boats, tackle, appaIel
and furniture, may be cited TO answer the
processes, and all due proceedings being
had that the same may be decreed TO be
sold, aud the proceeds thereof be distrl
buted according to law. Therefore in pur-
surance of said monitioD, under the seal
of said court to me directed and delivered,
do hereby give notice generally, unto all
persons having, or pretending to have any
right. title, or interest therein, to appear
before the aforesaid court, at the city OF
Wilmington on Friday, the 26th day OF
July, A. D. 1873, at ii O'Clock In the forenoon
then and there to answer said libel, and TO
mako their allegations in that behalf.
HENRY II. McMULLEE.
U.S.. Marshall, District OF Delaware.
EDWARD G. BRADFORD, Jr. ESQ.
Proctor for Libellants.
The Morning herald., 1878-07-18
|srrUsGLiEe WIrH 1KsIrE In
TH EPcors

rFrom the Cataxisss News Item.
'AWhfIs the sRss- Ca Ia Fsasesosn -
dressing he dropped his penknifs. VITA tae
blade open, into his boot, and rnen nc
uaIled on his boot he felt something e1It.nx
I'm severely On the ball of bis foot 4 iell
vith Ire handle to the heel and the poies q
the toe. ulth the sharp edge Of the plaae
m. and the more he pulled to get me Doos
cf the more the knife cut his foot hoEto
set tbe knife without cutting the boot wa
I sumner, and, with the knife cutting
dsepsr q every movement of his foot, wa
m nleasaut situation. Not being abe 70
devise way BY which to get the kniie, AZ
Pes.eudeu. After about an hours work, eu'
the boot to piecee.