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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22
FARM AND PRESIDE.

To prevent meat from scorching
during roasting, place basin of water
in the oven; the steam generated pre-
vents scorching and makes the meat cook
better. The Household.
"A little saleratus rubbed on, with the
finger or bit of linen, willremoye stains
from cups and other articles of tableware.
1t will also remove spots from marbleized
oil cloths and many stains from tinware.
Chicago journal.
The premature growth of colts by
high feeding and severe training, has
the tendency to degenerate the breed,
by entailing the overworked debility on
their issue, which may become heredi-
tary, and be transmitted to future gener-
atoms.
Some farmers think that a COW must
eat all the time when confined in the
stall. 1t is a poor economy which puts
fresh hay into Manager on top Of older
hay. A little tossing of the hay left in
the manager viii dry it and make it seem
of renewed niceness to cows or horses.
-Denrer Tribune.
Aprons which are very useful in the
kitchen are made of ticking; get one
yard; put band on as for any apron,
then turn it up at the bottom for quar-
ter Of a yard, or even more, ON the right
side; fasten each end securely. and in
this pocket the clothes pin can be car
ried or used with ease.-N y Post.
To improve potatoes OF bad quality.
by cooking, is, to peel them, and boil
them gently until nearly done. Then
drain the water from them, and put them
again upon the fire, submitting them to
dry heat; then mash them with two
pronged fork instead of spoon. The
fork breaks them into pieces, and allows
the water to escape; thus very much inn
proving what are called waxy pota-
toes. House Treasure.
Loaf Cake.-Take three cups Of
sponge dough Qike pancake battery one
cup of sugar, one cup of flour, three eggs
beaten separately, one-half teaspoonful
of soda dissolved in little warm water;
one teacupful of raisins, nutmeg and
cinnamon to taste. Beat sugar and but
ter to a cream, make it as you do cake
before you mix with the dough. Put in
the raisins the last thing. Let it rise the
same as bread and bake an hour.-N
y. Tribune.
If properly treated the wall-flower
may become, without much trouble, a
more valuable plant even than it is at
present. How often do we see whole
rows of unsightly scraggy plants disfig-
uring the whole garden until they come
into bloom, whac NTH a vary l;ffla ~, ra
we might have our houses full of their
fragrance month sooner than we do.
A good plan is never to grow from seed,
but to set apart two or three plants solely
for the purpose of propagating from. II
the flower tops of these be pinched out
they will soon form an abundance OF
suitable growth for cuttings, which
should be dibbled in, in sandy compost,
pretty closely together under hand.
light
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22
FACTS ABOUT UMBRELLAS.

Antiquarians say that the umbrella was i.s-
vented shortly after the food, and has been the
least improved upon of all appliances for human
comfort, the shape being now as it was in those
youthful days of the world. An umbrella Is
much like pigeon as to the question Of posses
sion--the last one who gets it owns It. The fol-
lowing facts about umbrellas-especially the last
one-may serve every reader splendid purpose
sooner or later: To place your umbrella in rack
indicates that it is about to change owners- An
umbrella carried over woman. the man getting
nothing but drippngs of the rain, indicates
ship. When the man has the umbrella and the
woman the drippings, 1t indicates marriage. To
carry It at right angles under your arm signifies
that an eye iato be lost BY the man Who follows
you. Toput cotton umbrella by the side ofanice
silk onesignifes that exchange IL no robbery
To lend an umbrella signifies that am fool. |"
To carry an umbrella just high enough to tear
out men eyes and knock Oh mems hats, signifies
Il am . woman" To 60 without an umbrella
in rain-storm shows / am sure Of getting rheu-
matism, and will have to use ST. JACOBS OIL to
get well" To keep fine umbrella for your own
use and q bottle of ST. JACOBS OIL always in the
house, In case of rheuraatism or accident would
signify that you are real philosopher.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

Tea is sometimes adulturated with the
leaves of other plants, as for instance,
aloe, ash, hawthorn, etc., but by care
full microscopical examination these adul-
terations can be easily found out. Genu-
water and opened, and then examined
by the microscope, show very charac-
teristic venation; when once seen, this
character will not be easily forgotten.
Tea is adulterated in other ways besides
the admixture of foreign leaves. l. The
leaves are often faced or artificially
colored with Prussian blue and turmeric,
or indigo and tale-powder Black tea is
often faced with plumbago. 2. The
leaves are sometimes mixed with sand
and other mineral substances; all Of
these bodies can be detected by micro
scopical and chemical analysis in the Or
binary way. There is still another
method in which this leaf is rendered
not genuine; that is the practice of sell
ing the tea more or less exhausted. A
pretty fair judgment as to adulteration
of a sample of tea can be arrived at by a
simple process. The process is based on
the extraction of the theme contained in
tea, and ascertaining the percentage
of theme extracted from q known
weight of tea. Tea contains from
half to five per cent. of
theme. The way to proceed in this new
process Of extraction is to weigh out
about $50 grammes of the sample of tea.
and boil with two litres of distilled water
in glass beaker; allow the infusion to
boil for five minutes; then add to the in
fusion a small quantity of glass (reduced
to fine powder) and magnesic oxide.
Keep this mixture in strong ebullition
for about twenty or twenty-five minutes.
ut the same. time occasionally stirring
with glass rod. Again, add $50 &C. of
water, and boil for fifteen minutes long
er. The aqueous extract is now to be
evaporated very carefully to complete
dryness. The residue left on evapora-
ton is to be treated three or four times
with rectified ethylic ether by means of
Payen's percolator. Three or four treat
ments with ether generally suffice to re-
move all the theme. The last portion of
the ethereal washings when evaporated
should leave no residue. These ethereal
solutions are to be gently heated and
then allowed to evaporate in q shallow
dish of known weight. The solid.re-
manning is the pure alkaloid theme. The
dish and its contents are now weighed;
the weight Of the dish and the theme,
minus the weight of the dish alone, gives
of course the weight of the theme. From
this the percentage of theme in the orig
inal weight of tea can be ascertained by
means Of simple proportion. If the per-
centage is less than . half per cent, you
may conclude that the sample has been
either adulterated with foreign leaves
(Which can easily be recognized BY theil
botanical structures under the micro
scope) or the leaves have been exhaust
ed.-HardUscke's Science Gossip.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22
Spring Fever.

Persons should not think lightly Of that
feeling Of extreme debility, 20 common in the
spring Of the year. 1t Is often the forerunner
Of year Of III health 1t renders the system
very susceptible to disease, and is caused by
the blood being filed with poisonous humors.
The blood, by all means, should be kept
healthy, otherwise its power to assimilate nu-
trftious food becomes impaired, and dyspepsia,
liver-complaint, headache, nervous debility,
extreme languor, weak kidneys, want of phys
zeal and mental endurance, and general pros
tration 10 the result. Since prevention is bet
ter than cure. don't wait for the final result Of
springtime indisposition, when the fret symp-
toms Of languor are manifested, but begin
using Dr.. Guysott's Yellow Dock and Sarsapa-
rilla- As spring medicine, 1t excels all other
remedies, gently but surely expelling the
poisonous blood humors with which the sys-
tenn becomes impregnated, by the incidental
effect Of changeable winter weather. 1t makes
the blood red, rich and pure, causes it to cir
cuiate with more vim, enables 1t to renew the
wasted tissues, and carries strength and
vitality to every weakened part of the human
system, restoring impaired bodily functions,
md checking all decay of the urinary, digest
i've, and pulmonary organs. which, II neglected,
too often ends in q premature grave.
ADVERSELY borrows its sharpest sting
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

"A little boy and girl, aged respect
ivsly four and five years, walked into
Justice Henderson's courtroom and
informed that functionary that they
wished to get married. So much fun
was made at their expense that the lit
tie fellow became angry, and drawing
himself up to his full height, about two
feet, remarked that q man had q right
to get married, and che guessed he was
little man. Gold City (Neu.) NeUs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22
Superstition never displayed a strar

Superstition never displayed stran-
ger within than that INDUCED in by an
Interpretations organization lately
formed in this city. called the Thirteen
Club II is limited to thirteen mem
bers, it meets ON the thirteenth of the
month in room thirteen of certain ho-
tel, the letters of whose name are thirteen
in number, and its last banquet was
lighted BY thirteen gas jets. We presume
their only .after-dinner diversion is in
solving the famous " IS, IA ~uzzle. v
Qbrjstson UnioR.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

"PREsuMPTIoN begins in ignorance and
ends in ruin" On the other hand, the pro-
duction of Kidney-Wort began with wise eau
tioHs and scientific research, and its use ends
in restoring shattered constitutions and en-
downing men and women with health and
happiness. "My tormented back" is the ex-
clsmation OF more than one poor hardworking
man and woman; do you know why it achesi
1t 10 because your kidneys are over-tasked and
need Strengthening, and your system needs to
be cieansed Of bad humors. You need Kid
new Wort.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

The " checklist " woman in Ameri-
ca, says the Syracuse journal. halls
from the State Of Kansas. She writes q
letter to the people of Chicago, repre-
senting that she is in dire distress, and
requests that each and every resident Of
that city shall send her ssonly dime. -
Estimating the population of Chicago at
600, 100, she expects to receive e6O, 900.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

GUITEAU could never sleer at proper hours,
cursed with abnormal act. yity, his nerves
were always on the qni vige. Could be have
had the soothing benefit of DR.. Benson's
Celery and Chamomile Pills, his wretched
brains would not have ragged with improper
fancies. DIR. Benson's Skin Cure is already
becoming as famous as his Pills. 1t is sure
cure for all diseases Of Skin and Scalp.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22
Mrs. Mary Westbury, of Rochesta

Mrs. Mary Westbury, Of Rochester,
N. Y, recently celebrated her one hum
dredth birthday anniversary. She en-
tertained many callers during the day
and received their hearty congratula-
tons. Mrs. Westbury Is . native OF
Northamptonshire, England, and came
to this country in 1926. She still enjoys
good health and good memory.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

WOMEN that have been bedridden for years
have been entirely cured Of female weakness
by the use Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Send to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham,
2SS Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for pam
phlets.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

AVOIDING the vulgar: Miss Araminta Gush-
ington speaks of the "solemn season of
loaned" She never could bring herelf to say
Lent It is so painfully vulgar, you know
Boston Transcript
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

IT is Just the thing in st. Louis, when new
restaul ami or boarding-house is started, 10
advertise that they use the Chatter Oak
Range; it draws. 1883 "a
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

SHIPMAN, Illinois.
DIR. R v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N T.: Dear Sir
! wish to state that my daughter. aged IS, was
pronounced incurable and was fast failing as
the doctors thought, with consumption. OBJ
tanned q half dozen bottles of your "Golden
Medical Discovery for her and she commenced
improving at once, and 10 now well and strong.
Very truly yours. Rev. ISAAC N. AUGUsTIN.
discovery sold by druggists
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

NEW style Of Western joke: Suppose there
was q man named ocular, and he had a dog.
When they were together they could not lie
down because they would have to remain
purp- and-Icular.-Nep York Graphic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

YOUNG and middle-aged men, suffering from
nervous debility and kindred affections. as
loss of memory and hypochondria, should in
close three stamps for Part VII OF Worlds
Dispensary Dime Series OF pamphlets. Ad-
cIArIoN. Buffalo, n. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

W Diamond Dyes will color any thing any
color, and never fail. The easiest and best
way to economize. Only ten cents. Sold by
all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

Mr.. ROBERT B. BARTON, Of Dayton, Ohio,
writes: az wish every one to know that DIR.
Cuysott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla has
cured me of severe dyspepsia and urinary
troubles. 1t has made me very strong.n
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

LOVE Is severe critic. Hate can pardon
more than love.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

"A Kansas man and woman have
been married to each other once . year
for four years, q divorce having sepa-
rated them after every union except the
last Once Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

"A statistician computes that $50
tons of human hair annually change
hands in France. How much of It
changes heads Cyscinnati Gosetts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

Mrs. J. C. HENDERSON, of Cleveland, Ohio
writes: "The use Of two Of Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets q day, for q few weeks, has
entirely cured me of sick-headache, from which
/ formerly suffered terribly, as often, on an
average, as once in ten days" OF all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

SOLD everywhere-is Frazer's Axle Grease
Superior to all others Try it and be happy
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

"A United States cent of 1898, de-
scribed as of . very beautiful dark olive
color and almost uncirculated, sold al
auction in Baltimore recently for $40.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22
Father 1. Getting Well.

is since he used Hop Bitters." He is getting
well after his long suffering from disease de-
clared incurable, and we are so glad that he
used your Bitters.-A lady Of Rochester, N. Y.
-Utico Herald ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

GOOD dinners are only possible when you
have good materials to cook, q good cook and
Charter Oak Range to cook with. 9-s
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

II the nmes, of Philadelphia, we observe:
Mr.. John McGrath, 1925 Christian street,
was cured by st. Jacobs OIL of severe rheu-
matism.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

GAVE instantaneous relief St. Jacobs Oh.
Neuralgia Prof. Tice.-St Louis Post Dispdtch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22
snow Well and Strong"

MEN, like bullets, 60 farthest when they
are smOothest.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

CICERO, Rome's greatest orator, was born
106 b. C..
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

AN air gun was made for Henry Nv. in
Normandy In 1888.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

SKINNY MEX. !" Wells Health Reuewer' 70
stores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

SEND name and address to Cragin q Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa, for cook book free.
ssRouoH on RArs." Clears out rats, mice,
reaches, bed bugs, gophers, chipmunks- 15c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

ALL countries that keep samples Of the
best products of the labor Of other people,
for exhibition for their own workmen, use
the Charter Oak Range as . sample Of the
best Of Its kind ever made. rs
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22
Sick-Headache.

THE colon, in printing, does not occur be-
fore 1870.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22

ADVERSELY borrows its sharpest sting
from your impotence.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22
J. B. HExIox, NJ. D.
RocnrsrsR. n. y. Jan. 81. 1850.

hOCHEsTkR, n. L, jan 81, 1851.
SrRs: Acknowledging your favor duly re-
ceived, we would say: The best proof we can
give you that the statements made by DIR.
Henion are entirely true, and would not have
been published unless strictly 90, Is the fol-
lowing testimonial from the best citizens Of
Rochester, and card published BY Rev. DIR.
Foote, which you are at liberty to use II you
wish. II. H WARNER q Co.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-04-22
To Whom It may Concern:

10 WhoD7 may ConceTG
In the Rochester, N. T., Democrat and Chron
icle Of December 81. 1881, there appeared Z
statement In the form Of card from Dr. j. B.
Henion, of this city, recounting his re-
markable recovery from Bright's disease Of
the kidneys, after several doctors of promi-
nence had given him up, BY the use of prep
sration manufactured in this city and known
a. Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
We are personally or BY reputation acquaint-
ed with DR.. Henion, and We believe he would
publish no statement not literally true. We
are also personally or ny reputation Wen g
Quainted with H. II. Warner q Co., proprie-
tors of this remedy, whose commercial and
personal standing in this community Il OF the
highest order, and we believe that they would
not publish any statements which we're NOT
literally and strictly true in every particular.
C. r Parsons, Mayor, Rochester.)
VIZ PuRczNs Editor Union and Adpsys
6sr.
y. D: sHvA7r: lsurrog.te Monroe County.
E B. FExzER, District Attorney Monros
DAsi.L 7. Huxr, POSTMASTER, Rochester,
,. M DAvT, (Ex-Member Of Congress, Roch'
Joax 8 MoaeAs, Especial Co. Judge, Mon
HHsAx surxr, Capitalist and seed,man.]
w. G. RowLsr, County Judge, Monros
JoaS wax voonHrs, Member Of Congress
CHARIxs E. FIrcH, editor Democrat ed
Chyoniels and Regent Of the University
To ne Edifor Of tie Lisiag Chnrch, Chicago, III.
Wm ron allow the following card, personal
T. myself. 70 appear In your widely-ciFculsted
There vas puhlisbsd In the Rochester Demo
GH 90 ChUuiel Il the 8lst Of Decempa]
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1882-10-07
NORTH RAPIDAN GOLD & Sill.
YER AIMING CO.'S ANNUAL
MEETING.

'I-H REGULAR ANNUAL MEETIN G
! of the Stockhold RS OF the North Rapidan
Gold ant silver Mining Company will
held at the Office of Geo. W. Keith, IN the
'ourt House, Dayton, Nevada,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1882-10-07
Plantation Philosophy.

Pra'r widout faith is like work wild
out Judgment. 1t amounts to nothing.
If society was based on larnin' de
average young white man would be
lef' in de lurch.
De man what says dars nothin' new
under de sun accuses de Lord OBJ be-
in an imitator OBJ Hisset.
Nature is al'ers maxim 'speriments
wild hissef. Ebery year dar is plant
what no man eber seed before.
l. Pay no attention ter man by de
boasts what he makes. Thunder
doan all de time tell OBJ comm
rain.
Remember young nan, dat de best
FIRM yer'n got on dis earth, is better
frien' ter himself den he is ter you.
Some men make more noise whar
da amt known den whar da is. De
big black bug huns loudest at night.
1t amt de wisest heads what keep
de stillest tongues; case de biggest
fools eber seed was shy about tslkin.
Doan turn man outen de ranks
OBJ spectability case he's coward.
A hound dog amt much on de fight
but he's a mighty useful animal.
Nine times outen ten, nature is
kind ter de illiterate. Some niggers
what can't read tigger in de book
ksows peice of money as quick as
q white man does.
1t is human nature ter promise an
it is human nature to believe. Both
promisin' an believin' is errors OBJ de
flesh. Jes as much as yer believe,
les dat much discredit promise.
While nature was q foolin, away
her time paintin' different colors an
stripes on de horns of de Jack snap
pers an udder bugs, doan see why
she didn't contrive some easier way
fur chile ter cut teeth.-ArkdnSaw
Traveller.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1882-10-07
A Prize Beauty.

The expected visit to this country
of the lovely Mrs. Langtry loses some
thing of its interest by the announce.
ment of the fact that the most
beautiful woman in the world has
Just been found at Pesth, thanks to
the municipality, which instead of
concerning itself with corporation
dinners, main drains and lighting,
has instituted an international beauty
tournament. Out of $50 candidates
only ten obtained prizes, and the first
prize, a diamond bracelet, was taken
by Cornelia Szekely, aged 20. This
damsel is a brunette, with brilliant
eyes, whose figure, supple as twin
ing cresper, recalls the type of ancient
Greek statues. Her photograph will
not be ready for some days, her dress
not having come home from the mil
liner, but it will soon be sent to every
illustrated paper in the world, and
We shall have an opportunity of judg-
ing. Meanwhile, before il arrives,
numerous challenges will be hurled
to Cornelis from Europe, Asia, Africa
and America, and the railway compa-
MES TO Pesth may be expected to de-
clare vast dividends, reaped from the
transit of wagon loads of discontinued
beauties arriving from all parts of
the world.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1882-10-07
MIDDLE-AGED MEN.

EThere are many at the age of thirty TO six
ty who are troubled with too frequent evacu-
atoms of the bladder, often accompanied bv
a slight smarting or burning sensation and a
weakening Of the system in manner that the
patient cannot account for. On examining
the urinary deposits ropy sediment will Of
ten be found, and sometimes small particles
OF albumen will appear, or the color will be
Of thin milkish hue. again changing TO q
dark and torpid appearance. There are many
men who die Of this difficulty. ignorant Of
the cause, which is the second stage of semi
nal weakness. DR.. 8 will guarantee a per-
feet cure in all such cases, and a healthy re-
storation Of the genito-urinary organs.
Office Honrs-10 to 4 and 8 to s. Sundays,
from 10 to IL a. m. Consultation free. Thor.
ough examination and advice, IS.
Gall OF address
DIR. SPINNEY a co.
fb1s-tf No. II Kearny Street. San Francisco.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1882-10-07
The GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY

Is . never-failinl
Cure for Nervous
Debility. Exhausted
Vitality, Seminal
Weakness, SpermA.
torrhea. I. on ~
M AN HOOD. I'm.
potency. Paralysis
Prostatorrhoes, and
all the terrible ef-
fects of Self-Abuse,
Youthful ollies and
excuses in maturer