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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26
Che Fun Of theThins.
TOM TEMPO.
BI HENRY J. sIIELINAN

Tom Tempo was an amateur,
To music much devote;
He PLAYED the second fiddle in
A string band Of s0ne mott.
He also ran bakery,
A fact which well know;
He uftentimes has sold De cake,
And on has sol mi do.
He was happy rising man,
With quite a store Of Pelf;
His gains were steady, a. he'd go
Adante for himself
But one sad day. it % befeIl
That Cupid laid his snares;
The maid Tom loved singer was,
Who often put On airs"
She led poor Tom a merry dance.
And. l regret to tell,
Just when lie thought he'd won the prize,
She went of with 4 swell
She said that Tom was not hieh-brod."
Ills bread was high, / think ,
Poor Tom was Mozart brOken. and
He weakly took to drink.
Alas, he took the downward scale
lie ceased Ia meet his score;
His notes protested. he became
AIuTe bass than eeT before.
He turned q beat At Last solo,
lie thought Of naught but gin
He could no; play the big h-toned bars
So played the violin.
At lasi disguised With the world,
And inhaTmOniOus strife,
He went of in an aria, and
A chord wound up his life.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

A housekeeper in Newton, Mass. writes that
her test for Oleoma<gerine is this: Take kujf.
any kind or shape will dO-and serape the hut
ter % gently, but with iirm tonch, two or three
times, then hold it mp to the light to discover II
there be any fuzz hanging thereto; or cut off A
piece and hold It in the same position BY doing
this the writer of this has found fnzz yarvins
from an eighth of an inch to an inch in lengtb'
This il your suet butter, the hated .oleo.' Cool
butter never shows these signs of weakness. y
After the suggestion has been laughed at perhans
it may lie tried.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

Barn FOR SICK CHLD.-Never battle del
icate child in cold water, TO harden it, NJ they
say, but use tepid salt bath, which refresbcs
and strengthens in wonderful manner Prppare
it TINS: Mix hot and cold water together until
it is just lukewarm, that the ehild's feeble
frame may not be subjected to the slightest
shock when put into the tub. Add handful Of
salt to three gallons Of water, OF add until there
is the same buoyancy felt as in the foueh Of sra-
water. The writer has seen an i'll child, who
had seemed to lie Mt deaths door during the
night, 80 revived by this salt hath and early
morning walk, rs to he hardly recognizable for
the same little exhausted sufferer
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26
Selert goetrp.
THE BIvoUAc OF THE DEAD.
COLONEL THEODORE o'HARA, or Knsruckr.

Br COLONEL THEODORE 0HARA, OF KEyTUcKr.
The muffi-d drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo,
No more On hfes parade shall meet
The brave and fallen few.
On flames eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread.
And glory guards. with solemn round.
The bivioaae Of the dead.
No rumor Of the foes advance
Now sweils upon the wind
Nor troubled thought at midnight haunts
OF loved ones LEFT behind
No vision Of the morTow's strife
The warriors dream alarms;
No brAying horn, NO screaming fife,
At dawn shall call TO arms.
Their shiveed sworis are red with rust,
Their plum-d heads zre bowed,
Their naughty banner. trailcd in dust.
Ii now their martial shroud;
And plenteous funeral tears have wished
The rcd stain frum zach hrOw
And the proud forms by battle szshcsl,
Aro free frotn anguish now.
The neishius tn,op. the flashing blade
The busl-s stirring blast,
The charge. the dreadful eannonaale
The din and shout arr passed.
M Wars Wild notes. no Glorys peal,
Shall thrill with fierce delight.
Those breasts that never more NAV feel
The rapture of the fight
Like the fierce Northern hurricane
That sweeps his great platrsln.
Flushed with the triumph yet To gain,
Como down the srrried foe
Who heard the thunder Of the FRAY
Break DER the firld b.neath,
Knew well the watch-w word of that day
Was, Victory or Death
Tins meath their parent turf they rest,
Far fnDm the CORY held,
Borne to . spartan mothers breast
TN many . bloody shield.
The sunshine Of their native sky
Smiles sadly on them here,
And kindred eyes and hearts watch by
The h-ros sepulchre.
Rest on rnbalmed and sainted dead!
Dear is the blood You gave:
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The herbage Of your grave.
Nor shall your glory he forget,
While Fame her record keeps.
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
Where Nalor proudly sleeps.
Y0n marble min-trel's voicefnl stone.
Its dFzthless ssng shall tell,
When many a vanished year hath flown.
The starry how you fell;
Nor wreck NOR change. nor Winters blight,
Nor Times rrmor-cless doom,
Can dim one nay Of holy light,
That silds your glorious tomb.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26
0ur Strap 8ook.
THE HEART OF THE WAR
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THE HEART OF THE WAR.
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Peace I'm the elovsr-seentesi air
And stars within the dome;
And underneath, In dim repose
plain, New England home aa
Within, murmur of low tones,
And aghs from hearts oppressed
Merging in prayer. ut last, that brings
The balm Of silent rest
I've closed a hard days wort, Marty 4
The evening chores done:
And you are weary with the house.
And with the little
Bot he Is sleeping -weetiy now.
With all cur PRETTY brosd;
~, and at upon nv knee
And II will do me gool.
Oh. Marty. nmst tell you an E-.s-
The trouae In my heart
And ysu innsf do the bs--t you can
To take and bsAr Your part
You've the shadow nay face;
- hoa We fell II. day and might. -za---s
For il has till-d our it'll. hon-,
And banssesl all it, light
did nat rlean IL should he -:
And yet ] might have known
Thai hearts which live n close rs ours
Can never keep their own
But fallen evil times,
And, do Nhate'er may,
Ny heart grows sad zbaut the war,
And xadler every day.
think about it whom work,
And when try to n--t,
And never more than when your bead
Is pillowrd On my brrast;
For then see the camp iires blaze,
And sleeping men arOund,
Who turn their faces toward their homes,
And dream upon the grIund-
think about the dear. brave boys,
My mates in other years,
wbo pine for hune and these they love,
iii am choked with tears ra-H. Is
With shouts and ehsers they marched away
On glorys shining trark;
But, ali! how long. how long they stay,
How few Of them come back.
One sleeps beside the Tennessee,
And one beside the James
And one fought a gallant ship,
And persisted In its flames;
And some. struck down by f-ll disease
Arc breathing out their life;
And others. nIaim-d by cruel wounds,
Have left the deadly strife. HsaHa
All. Marty, Marty. only think
OF all the boys have done
And suffered in this weary war!
Brave heroes. every one,
On often. often. m the night,
hear their voices call: HH . ID
Coma GA and hip w- 10 right
That re shOtld bear e al'"
And when kneel and Try 10 pray,
Ny thoughts ART never free.
But cling Ia those who toll and fight
And die for YOU and me-
And when pray for victory,
II s.eIis almost sin
To fold NV hands. and ask for what
viii not help to win
Oh, do not cling to me- and cry
For il will break my heart;
I'm sure yOud rather have me die
Than not To bear my part.
You think that -ome should stay at hoaie,
To cRre for those AWAY:
Bat still m helpless TO decide
II should 20 or stay.
For. Marty. all the soldier. love
And all are loved again; ...- .-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

LIFE IN TESNEssEE.-It is related that one
hundred and fifty Tennessee clergymen recently
prayed for rain, and it was followed by fort
night of the dryest season ever known in that
State. The circumstance caused considerable
excitement until a Chattanooga man dropped
he reckoned Providence had got tired of being
fooled by people who prayed for water, and
when what they want all the time is whiskey.-
RrooklUH Eddie.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26
A NAMELEss GRAVE.

rhsughts Appropriate for Decoration Day, and many
owing are thus beautifully expressed by Longfolls
"a saldier Of the Union mastered out"
Ia the inscription On unknown grave
At Newport News beside the salt wave,
Eameless and datele-s sentinel or scout.
Shsf down In skirnish or disastrous rUut
N hattie. when the loud artillery drzve
Its irun wedges through the ranks Of brave
Ard Asomed bafalions stcfming the redoubt!
Tksa unknown, hero slorping by the SEA,
In thy forgotten gravel With seercf shame
feel my pulses beat. my forehead burn,
When remember thou hazs given for me
An that thou hadss-thy name,
AID cas give thee nothing IN return
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

EXACT ISFoRMAuoS.-The latest and most
freshing Sabbath School incident happened in a
class not Thousand miles from Lewiston. The
teacher had grown eloquent in picturing to his
little pupils the beauties of heaven and he final
ly asked: ''What kind of little boys go to
heaven !" A lively little 4-year-old boy, with
kicking boots, hOurished his fist. swell, you
may answer" said the teacher. "Dead ones"
the little shouted at the extent of his lungs.
-LeristOH Journal
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

Masculine Description OF A BoNNET.-The
new spring style in bOnnets is just too sweet for
anything Ii is made out of delicate in texture
and of a rather lightish color, kind of cut away
on the sides and rolled back on the top and
scoOped out underneath, and trimmed with some
sort of ribbon stuff that looks nice and some kind
of other sort of material that is handsome, and it
is all fixed on in that kind of a way which looks
so much like something that we can't remember,
us of most beautiful something or other whose
name We can't just at present call to mind
ROckLdRd Me Courier.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

The Norristown Herald tells of young lady
who was on her forty-ninth yawn when her
young man took a seat and warbled, "0h, what
shall give my lover 80, give her a rest, i" was
the unconscious reply of the sleepy girl; and the
warbler put on his hat and went right out into
the black and solemn night without kissing her
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

BosToNIAN: A newly married lady, who, as
notwithstanding his extreme ugliness of person,
once said to witty friend: ''What do you think
Ny husband laid out fifty guineas for q large
baboon, just to please me 7" The dear little man.
cried the other. ''Well, it's just like him.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

THE motto of some Office holders appears to be.
off you can earn S. day, save $50 Of it." This
will explain why some of them leave a 5000
office at the expiration of two years with $780,
900 saved. Some persons suppose they accumu-
late their wealth in dishonest manner, whereas
they merely adopt motto and stick to it.-Nor-
,.isf0nn Herald
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

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need person In every town 10 take
u0v Iii Subscriptions for the largest. cheap
NNH liz est and best Illustrated family pub
~ ~ ~ heatkn in the world Any
become a successful agent Sx ele
CANT works Of art given fre To surber The price n
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taking 5 -ubseiber. In day lady AGENT reports max
ing over ESQ clear profit in ten days An who engage
make money fast You devote all time 10 the bus
ness only spare me You need not be asey from
home night You do II well others Fal d.
rcetons and FREE Elegant and expensive Outfit free
you want profitable work. send address al once
Is cosfs nothing Try tbs buznes- No ore who s1ggcs
P9siand, NainA paiyly
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26
SHOES

FLAKE pleasure In announcing the public that still
continue manufacture 10 order, every style and de
scrpiion Of Boots and Shoes-coar fine. Pegge scwcd
In the nezfezf and most substantial manner.
variety Of Eastern work hand, for the aeeommoda
ton Of those who prefer H.
Making and repairing dsne to order; and the best article
Of ready made work hand at all tines shop Main
WHINE cood, KsasaA, August is7z
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

PROF. SWING says ''the coming man will be
temperate, chaste, merciful, just, generous char
liable, lsrge-hearted, sweet-tempered; Christian;
q good neighbor and a faithful citizen Coming!
Why, dern yer pelt, we've arrived.-BostOR Post
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

"JEDGH, ! don't really believe / stole dem
chickens. In de fust place, nobody saw me take
'em. In de next place dey could not be found on
my premises, because had done hid dem chick
ems under de floor. Ican't help belieyin, jedge,
that ] is innocent as q lamb
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26
FORTY YEARS AGO.

William Henry Harrison-Perssnai and Pc
litical Recoliections-The Death Of Presi-
dent uarrison-The Action Of the Cabinet
Journey Of Fletcher Webster-lHis Visit 70
yiee-Pre.idenf Tyler-The Jsurney-Nexs in
Resien-RnneuiI Hali-Thc Grafton by Ra-
fus Ghoate-1ts Effect,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

The season has arrived when the housekeepers
make n change of carpets, and the man who
walks about his rooms much at night, with bare
feet, should steer so that he may not get on the
wrong tack.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

Flour will extinguish the flames of burning
coal oil, according to somebody in Wisconsin,
As soon as it becomes generally understood that
Of great service. fo
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

A COUNTRY GIRL coming from the field was
told by her cousin that she looked as fresh rs a
daisy kissed by the dew. ''No indeed, was the
simple reply, ''that wasn't his name"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

WHEN an exchange calls the contest in the
Senate ''The tussel of the Titansr it looks as if
it misspelled the last word. Tight uns' would
be better.-Pittsbarg Telegraph.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

THE small boy is preparing to kneel big holes
in the knee part of his pants playing marbles,
this year, and woodshed shingles will be worn
bias till winter.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

80, LORD" prayed a Methodist minister, "keep
me humble and poor" 80, Lord, if Thou wilt
keep him humble" said the deacon, who next
prayed, 1--WE will keep him Professionalism Ners.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

THE revised Testament knocks hell ont of the
Scriptures-and substitutes hades. No more
telling man to 60 TO Texas-no more bluntness
when the axe strikes n clothe.-line.-DcfroitF Free
Press
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

A PIECE of glass an inch long Was taken from
the skull of Rochester man recently, in whose
head it had been imbedded for twenty years He
complained occasionally of pane in his head.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26
THE DEAD BETRAYED.

A THoRoUGH-PAcED antiquarian not only re-
members what all other people have Thought
proper to forget, but he also forgets what all
other people think itproper to remember.-Coifen.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

IT is estimated that 3, 500 brakemen are killed
every year in the United States. But after all,
in proportion to numbers, railroading in Amer
lea is not rs dangerous GEARING in Russix--Er.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

IT is poor practice to half manure, half pillow,
half seed and half cultivate q field, and then
harvest from it less than half q crop
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

A CORRESPONDENT asks our opinion Of spelling
reform. We believe in spelling it rs we always
haye-r-e re, form form, -eform.-CiRciHHdfi
Saturday Night.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

RESPECT for old age never had q brighter il
lustration than in the case Of the young lady
who always refuses TO go to the wash tub, when
her mother or grandmother is present.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26
THE DEATH OF HARRISON.


Mr.. Webster, Secretary of State, that General
Harrison was first seized with chill and other
symptoms of fever on the 9th of March. The
next day with pneumonia, with congestion of the
liver and arrangement of the stomach and
bowels. The age of the President and the imme-
diate prostration forbade a resort to general
blood-letting. He never rallied, and he died at
halfpast one on the morning of the 4th of April.
His mind wandered for day or two before he
died. The last coherent words which he spoke,
as heard by DIR. burlington, Were: Sir, Irish
you 10 understand the true principles Of goreTHmeRt
Nish them carried out. ask more" The Doc
tor said he supposed General Harrison thought
he was addressing his successor, Mr.. Tyler, when
he uttered these memorable words.
vICE-PREsIDENr TYLER NOTIFIED.
Immediately after the decease, Mr.. Webster
drew up letter addressed to John Tyler, Vice
President of the United States who was then at
home in Virginia. The letter contained brief
announcement of the death, and was signed by
all the Cabinet officers. Fletcher Webster who
was ut that time Assistant Secretary of State,
was dispatched to carry the letter to Mr. Tyler,
and WAS accompanied by Mr. Buell., n Yirginian,
who was one of the officers of the Senate.
The journey of Mr.. Fletcher Webster to the
residence of Mr.. Tyler, at Williamsburg, Vir-
ginia, was then regarded event of very
extraordinary CELEBRITY. He left Washington at
five o'clock ON Sunday morning, April 4, and ar
rived at Richmond that evening. where he char
tered the steamboat Old Dominion, which started
at III o'clock the same night for jamestown,
where he arrived at ) o'clock on Monday morn
ing, and whence he rode on horseback to Will
liansburg, where Mr.. Tyler and his family lived.
He found him reading, and not wholly unpre-
pared for the news, As letters from Richmond,
written by medical men, had informed him that
q man of General llarrison's age was not likely
to recover from the disease by which he had
been attacked Mr.. Tyler was ready in three
hours to accompany Mr.. Webster back to WASH
ington: At six o'clock that evening they reach
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

WHY does your wife's new spring bonnet re-
semble q snipei You are silent. We will aid
you. IT'S nearly all bill.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

EXCESSIVELY of the abstract sciences the
largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge
consists Of aphorisns, and the greatest and best
of men is but an ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

THEY are still on the hunt for oleomargarine.
Tallow, ho!-Hartford Journal.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

business now before the uuh,,e
You can make money fa.fsr a.
work for Us than at anyfhinv -.
Capital NOT required. We viii
start you. va day and unva-,ls
Wv j made at home by tie iuiastrians
Men, women. boys and xiris wz.f-
Cd everywhere t. work far n.
Esw II the time. You devote your whole tn. y, ~
work Or only your spare naosnsnt No other busn-ss WI
pay you nearly As well No willing 10 work e.n An -
make enormoas pay By engaging at once Co-tiv c,at< -.
tefns fros great Opportunity foe makinr r1ooe~ -7i<
30 s, S,.s,s.sas- Adsres rxrs Co. Aagusta N:.z
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-05-26

Tom Tempo was an amateur
To music much devote
He PLAYED the second fiddle IN
A string band Of s0me nOtr-
, 1881-12-09

Special Dispatea TO- The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, y. C., Doc. "a hill drafted
by Chlcf'SlgllHI-Otllcer llazen for prcspnta-
tlon to Congress entitled "A, net to promoto
thu eillcletlcy Of the S!gnal Seryita Dnreau,"
aud providing for the appointment OF about
twenty NOW oIllcors of the cori,s, lIas Dcrr
met with vigorous protest fron1 tic obseyy-
ers OF tho weather b,lrea,,, md they l,aye Is
sued III appeal to Congress, tho public, nlnl
tho press stgalnst 1t. Tho tcrn.s Of tho Bill
provl.lo that tho appointments bc nude FROM
tho arlny, preference being given to officers
familiar with tho signal service work.
TIE ENLISTED MEN or TIE IuMHAu
say that this Is Il lAons!r0us pieco of H.
Justice, and all Insult to tho intelligence Of
tho observers. The 'Enjl.stIcc Is done, they
c'atn1, In shutting them out frnM promotion,
while demanding higher pny. positions Of
Kreator ease, aud lifeGnure uf oillca for mel,
wlso hnvu rendered. no More serylco tllRu Tho
humber workers of thu corps, According 10
tile statements OF theso melt, the Endorsement
OF the bill by Boards Of :rrate atNt Co,unlurco
In many Of the ,arger cities and by tts press
llas been secured only heca,lso the lntlorsers
have not becn sufficiently enlightened rs to
Its real Intent aud Its probable e!Teet.
, 1881-12-09

Slcakers!'ip / NIL, nut thu sasnn kntt of u
De!1!nGrat tint lle md sonse 0tllers nre."
",Whnt Is
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN TENNEssEE?' ?'
sketl the correspondent.
"{llonmy, gloomy TOR u.s." was the satl
."WlIl tl1cro bc Al, cirort 10 ropcnI tho INV
ln,sstt lnst "a winter for thu settlement of tho
-" "Limlp,l,te.l!y there will. Tho success Ut
tic Rrnu ulster movement III Flrgiuin hns
Hilttty tclMurAlfzui t,e Democratic pnrtY II,
,rnnsirssee. Thousands OE t,tuic.Cfutlt
Democrats nr1 now In fRynr Of Reputation
nr Of scnlii,E tho debt. L hnye ltitliurtp
stonl for nsnfntNlntng Tho fhith. nntl
credit of tlio Stato and paying every
t(Dllar stlD pwes, but / cDlifGss ! NH
HOY ,incllhGtl Ia slIl,uprt II tutssuru TINT
VIII lM IlrauOstd To Hrnlc tlh. tlG!lt tuwfI ttb
nnc-l'alf tho principal md twU.thrtls Of thu
ltercst--1I1 ntl!or words, prnpttsttEun to my
III pur cGtt nf te rruefpnf, .itll Instead Ut Il
pct cent Interest M that" r
"lluw ll.1rs Tho Republican unity III Tell
llGssGe rtgAltt tint trrnm,si .tm'h
"Ufl, they nru UppnsGl to 1t. 1t will bc tho
lnntn i!salu II. our Stutu rtrctfnn 1lpxt YEAR"
"Ntii 1fl tho StatG.Cretltt Democrats sllp-
I""No: II prcat ,t,a,ly Of them will un,loubt-
cttly vute With thu Republicans lo preserve
ilfld gXptt1la Tito lNW fEtssrd IiAt wlntur.h
(which rarty vii hu llkuty 10 win?''
"Dll. l sslplusc that ls usual we shall bo
bcatel,. rte Democratic party, rs | SAIL t,r.
fore, sct1tls To be ,nDllieI to defeat, 10 nut
ter whit II ATTEMPTS"