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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
Wall Street.

New YoRK, January 30. Stock
market opened strong at gal per cent
higher the latter in St. Joe preferred
after which the general list advanced
"a! per cent. AT II o'clock part o.
the advance was lost. Alton and
Terre Haute advanced per cent trou
opening.
Wheat Npeneq ial lower, but sub
sequently became stronger, and 70
covered the decline; fair speculative
trading.
Money, 81 per cent; prime mer
camille paper, 5ia6 per cent; bar sill.
yer, no. Exchange is steady al
S2l for long, and 8SI for sight, Gov.
ernments ! per cent lower for IS, oth
erwise unchanged States dull bul
steady, Railroads generally firm.
Stocks-Aitor II O'Clock the mar.
ket has been irregular and a decline
Of Ba9 per cent was recorded, while
Alton and Terre Haute advance u
per cent and @, G. & l. c., l per cent
Government Is extended, lO4l; AIS
ll2li As, 1885, 3s, lOilI Pacific 6s o.
'95, 129.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
Congressional.

WASHINGTON, January 30.-In tn,
House, Calkens introduced a bill ap
prOpriatiUg $4,000 and $4,000 to de
fray the expenses of contestant anC
contestee, respectively in the Sessing
ham-Frost case, in Missouri. Re
ferred.
Mr.. Gambler, of Massachusetts,
from the Commerce Committee, re,
ported joint resolution accepting an
invitation to take part in the AM
Sterdam Exhibition in 1883.
Mr., Caswell from the Appropriation
Committee reported the postofice apS
preparation bill with the Senate
amendments, recommending the con-
currence in some and the non. con
currence in others. Among the
amendments non concurred in we're
those appropriating $lS5,OOO for
special mail facilities; fixing July first
next as the date when the two.c cent
letter postage is to go into effect.
Report agreed to and Conference
Committee WILDE appointed.
The House then as a Committee Of
the Whole resumed the consideration
Of the tariff.
In the Senate Senator kellogg in
troduced bill asking the Secretary Of
the Navy to transfer to the Secretary
of the interior for entry and sale all
reserved lands lot needed for naval
purposes.
Senator Morrill, from the Finance
Committee reported favorably the
House bill authorizing the issuance of
duplicate checks by the Superintend-
ent Of the San Francisco mint.
The Senate Military Committee to-
day decided that the government has
no more tents to loan for competitive
drille o4o
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
The Indian Cotton CroD.

The Bombay Chamber Of Commerce
has issued Q statement showing the
prospects Of the cotton crop in the
central provinces this season Tbe
estimated area this season is short IF
that of 1881 by I per cent. The falling
of is wholly in the Chattisrarrb
division, and there seems reasons to
believe 1t is exaggerated, There was
an increase in the acreage under the
cold weather cotton Guri) in the
Ghanda district, which supplies the
Hingunghat mart with, perhaps, its
hnest quality Of cotton. The season
has been 50 favorable for cotton that
the opttprn is estimated at 66 per cent
more than last year for total cultiva.
tlon. In Naspore there Is promise
that The crop will DO splendid.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
ONE OF THE USES OF ROCKS
A Princeton ,Restaurateur Dis
covers Characteristic
of Students.



In the only restaurant in Princeton
a much worn book lay in conspicuous
place on a table.
You have the college students for
customers, l see," said a stranger in
Princeton to the restaurateur, who
had just placed before him half a
dozen oysters on the halfshell. "Very
thoughtful Of you to keep literature
tor them to read while waiting fol
their orders to be filed"
Il keep that book for cutting" said
the restaurateur.
The stranger wondered why he
wanted to cut the book, and turned
the leaves 10 see where they were
mutilated. The book had never been
injured by knife or scissors, although
It seemed about to tumble to pieces
from age and misuse,
w hat do you mean by cuttinR?"
Its a way the students have Of
deciding who shall pay for the oysters,
Several students come in and sit
down. One opens the book and ali
note what letter of the alphabet is the
second in the second line from the ton
OF the left hand page. The book Is
passed to each student in turn, who
cuts or opens to a new place. He who
has the letter fultherest down in the
alphabet from the letter A has to nav
for the oysters"
You must have had good deal Of
custom; this book has been used q
good deal, !"
"Oh, | bought that yesterday in a
second hand book store, Ii oontains
lectures on Greek literature, the mosl
qninterestipg subject | could ind
You see, if | did not set oil an min.
teresting book, It would be carried of
under somestudsnt's jacket"
DO you have your books stolen in
that way?"
Don't II The books that ar,
stolen from this place in a year woult
found library, | have tried relioiou,
books tor awhile, but even those were
carried away. Now | get Greek e,
Latin or scientific books. Student
seldom care anything about them" :"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30

THE financial statement made by
the Pioneer Cotton Mills of this city
in to>day's paper is a gratifying
exhibit. The enterprise has been
carefully managed from the start, and
it is believed to be the first cotton
mandatory in the South which has
been able to make a dividend the first
year Of its existence. The Pioneer
commenced operations in May last,
and by the end Of July it was some
$4,000 loser, owing to the necessity of
instructing green, or inexperienced
operators aud also to the usual obsta-
cles encountered at the beginning Of
all new enterprises. This deficit was
fully regained between July and No.
vember, since which time the business
shows a steady profit. The capital of
the company is all paid up, and the
shareholders have cause for congratu-
lation, as a propitious financial future
appears almost assured. The success
Of the Pioneer mills may stimulate
others to inves their surplus funds 10
enterprises Of similar description.
There is plenty of room for more.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30

with shoes and socks, but coat and a
vest and a clean cotton shirt. When
he came in the schoolroom be took of
his hat, drew forth a cleau white
handkerchief, blew his nose and then
by force Of habit wiped it with the
back Of his hand. This display Of
Sunday clothes so discounted the
enemy that no subsequent testimony
seemed to have any effect. Nearly
every charge was substantiated, ex-
cept the wearing of ''one galus." One
witness testified that he had
often seen Norris intoxicated, but
the same thing might be said of nearly
every man in the district. They keep
full TO keep off the chills. Norris, 10
his own defense, alleged that he could
read but was not nimble With the pen;
denied that he was very bad; admitted
that he went without socks occasion,
ally, but claimed that he put on a
clean shirt at least once month, and
that as to the "galus" business, he
never wore any at all 1t is needless
to say that after few speeches for the
defendant, in which the habits Of the
apostles were referred to, he was tri
umphantly acquitted. A little later
he was seen returning the socks, vest
and handkerchief to a kind neigh.
Dor who had loaned him
the rig. There 10 no Oscar
Wilde nonsense in that neck Of woods. !
The old man of the skiff would be
quite at home there, although he it,
dulGes in socks. The old Richmond |
darky who breaches that the sun do
move" could no doubt muster a strong |
in Mr.. Norris neighbor.
hood. We have always heard that il
takes a great many kinds of people to
make up tue world, and it seems that
some of them are yet to be found in
X entuckv.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30

SCARLET fever prevails to such an
extent at Fort Smith that, upon the
recommendation of the Board Of
Health, the Mayor, James Brizzolari
has issued proclamation suspending
all schools, directing that services be
discontinued in churches, and that all
public gatherings be refrAined from
until further notice from the Boar d
Notwithstanding the notice given that
any violation Of the order would be
punished as prescribed by ordinance,
the Catholic and Episcopal churches
held services last Sunday as usual.
The clergy drew the sacred circle OF
the church around their congregations
and told Mr.. Brizzolari and his Board
of Health to stand back. This will
probably be the end OF it. The fever
is pronounced to be Of mild Tyre
just about bad enough to keep off the
country trade.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30

A QUESTION of no common impor-
tance has been decided by Abner j.
Smith, Common School Commissioner
Of Jefferson county, in which is situ-
etc Louisville, Ky. The issue involved
has never before been determined by
an educational judiciary in the United
States and is, therefore, invested with
unusual interest, il not fraught with
extraordinary consequences to the
rising generations. 1t seems that one
Il. j. Norris. q farmer and fisherman
of rather primitive tastes s59 habits,
is School Trustee in the 22nd Dis
trict of Jefferson county, and that the
sbOgo named Abner j. Smith has, or
had, jurisdiction to try the said Norris
and depose him if found unqualified
for the high position he aspired to Gil.
Norris was charged with being nan
without education, morality or refine
ment, being untitled by his dress and
hsbits to appear in the presence o.
children and teachers. The day o
trial came on last Tuesday, at point
fourteen miles out from Louisville
Several letters of complaint were read
In one 1t was stated that Norris was
not only immoral and ignorant, but tina
he would stalk into the scboolroon
iB his shirt sleeves; that he worl
only "ono gaiusi and nc socks at all
and that be was rarely if ever known
70 wear a clean shirY. Mr.. Norri
anticipated tbsss charges, and pre-
scnted himself arrrayed, not onl.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
ONLY FIVE MINUTES.
How Q Quartette of DesperadOes
Were COwed by One
Mans Courage.
New Orleans Times.pemoorat.

! he strangers emptied their glasses,
called for more, and then, glancing
Indignantly around, they launched
forth in furious abuse OF Texas, and
Texans. their language being garnished
with that profusion aud ornamontation
OF profanity peculiar to the guileless
cattle drover of those times. AS they
ceased, Dusenbery, having taken 10
the situation at glance, arose and
advanced toward the strangers. The
Fort Worth men put up their pistols
and sank back in bresthless amaze
ment as Dusenbery marched up to the
table at which tho strangers sat. His
flashing eyes, his heavy breast, his
Eve feet OF towering form reduced the
spectators to speechlessness. Even
the strangers paused and seemed i'm
pressed.
Gentlemen" said Dusenbery, div
ing into his pocket and bringing up an
aneient gilyer watch, you have
wounded the finest feelilgg Of my
nature In your remarks about Texas,
and you must retract them-but never
mind | will give you five minutes to
retract in Five minutes to secure
your safe return to home and friends.
Five minutes to avoid grave upon
| tbe lonesome plains. Five minutes r.
An awful silence fell upon the
crowd. The blood curdled in the
veins of every Fort Wortbian present.
What Had they been treating this
FIRE eating terror with scarcely yelled
contempt2 Had they been absolutely
soggting death for years2 But just
then oae Of the straAgeyg recovered his
power Of speech and said ,"
why, stranger, if you feel that
way about it, OF course we'll cut it
short. We didn't mean It for you or
any Of your friends, but was just talk
lug Op ,osse like"
And with that they all four got up
and skunk out, their six shooters flop
ping feebly against their Lips, and their
very spurs looking dropped and weedy
as they yent. With the closing of the
door Dusenbery eye reelel in its sock
Of The excitement WHICH had thus
fat held him up gave way and he col
lapsed, Aabby little heap upon the
floor. The assembled citizens crowded
around him, eager to offer attention to
the hero of the hour, and at last he
gss rehsbilitated sufficiently to admit
Of his being SEM home In charge of a
special and confidential friend.
why, Dorsey, my boy, you took us
all by surprise. We never thought
you were fighter" "
Didn't you2"
mo. Why, don't you know those
are four Of the worst men in the cattle
busipess4 And We expected every
minute to see them go to shooting.
Were you armed?"
well, / had pistol for show, but |
don't think it was loaded, and | could
not have fred it, anyhow"
Great heavens, man, suppose they
had refused TO rstraet, ghat OF earth
would you have done2'
Dusenbery stopped, looked around
to see if any one was passing, pulled his
friend to his lips and whispered:
I'D have extended the time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNI.
VERSITY,
Endowment Contributions for
the Harvard OF the
South.

2
NEW YORK, January 26.-The com
mittee to aid the centennial organiza-
ton for the better endowment of
Washington and lee University, at
Lexington. Va, expect to collect in
this city $25, 900 for the establishment
of scholarships and fellowships. Gen,
Robert d. Lilley is now in this city,
with this object in view. He said this
evening:
We are anxious to bring our
institution to tho attention of liz
people Of the North. We wish tc
haye in the South such an institution
as will attract Northern young men tC
Us. Row wO have some 100 students
Most Of them are from the South and
two only from a Northern State( Penn
sylvania). The University has man,
memories that endear it to the hear
of the true American. 1t was frs1
endowed by General Washington, ifoh
whoa 1t derives an annuity of $350O
This comes in a peculiar way. Genera
Washington when President, Wa,
offered two hundred shares in twt
companies, formed for the Improve
Melt Of James river. TIE Genera
refused to take them, and after The,
had lsih a few years IN the treasurie
OF the companies, at the suggestion o
General Washington they we're turned
over to the QnlveTsity. For the share
! tbe State Of Virginia beg rs to give al
aHhuiiy Of $500. The University /
located in delightful aSuatry, som,
twelve hundrtd rect above the sea
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
Mrs.. Laugtry at New OrIeans.

The following, relating tp dis
I,augtry, is very well said by the New
Qrleaqe States of Saturday last:
aTbofe seems to be t4eit agree
mont that no unkind word shall be
said about the famous English beauty
who will shortly be seen in the St
Charles Theater as an actress. This
IL Eaht end proper, but great many
people will think thst Mr. Gebhardt
Of New York, who PROCESSES to be hel
friend takes the worst possible method
of showing his friendship by followin
her 80 this city. As he is of age
there is pa lay 70 prsysnt his gcIp,
where his money and cheek can taxi
him, but a man with any aepse O
delicacy and honor would not expos,
a lady to the tongue Of gossip ant
SANDER by such ecceniricities a. h
has INDUCED in"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30

SOME of the Tennessee bondholders
at New York met yester rday and
adopted a resolution in favor o.
repeating the Eleventh Article of the
Constitution, in order that States may
be sued. OF course the bondbolders
favor this without regard for the
autOnomyof States, the rights of the
people, or the future effect of such a
sweeping abrogatlon Of an old eonsti.
tutional landmark. Mr. Moore is
perhaps a proper person to represent
the money power, which is ever ready
to trample on the rights of the people
and to ceptralige all powers of govern
meut. The immediate object of this
move is TO force Tennessee to
pay debt, most of which is
believed to be unjust. The
Wall street folks have the audacity to
suggest that an expost facto law may
be passed. Such, at least, would be
the practical effect If they succeed in
the proposed scheme. But this would
not be the end Of it. The way would
be opened TO sue many States upon
various grounds, including lrumped
up claims utterly lacking the element
Of equity. There would be no end to
iitIgation, confusion and bad feeling.
1t is rather late IN the day for such a
measurei 1t sounds too much like war
legislation, which might have been
accomplished fifteen years ago If Mr.
Moore had only been in
Congress. The law as it is
protects the Wpak States against the
strong and all States as veil aS indie
viduals are put upon netice that 0
State cannot be sued as an individual
in this country. We do not believe
that the American people are prepared
for a radical change of an organic Law
which has stood sipse the government
was formed, and we are equally as
certain that the authority to speak fol
Tennessee has not been delegated to q
few citizens Of the State who now re,
side ip New York and may hold somt
of our bonds.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
ADDITIONAL COTTON.

New YoRK, january 90 l2,26 nm
Cotton steedY sNd unchanged Ordinary
I!tcl good ordinary, SIC; low middling
gll-l6c; middling, 10 S-l6c; good mi7,,
ding, lO1ci middling fair, liile lair f2c
Futures are dull al very little cbang,
from last eye2iags close.
l!IyFRPooL, January 80, 400 nm
cotton st9s easier Uplands, b b1l-l6d; or
Receipts, $4,000 bales. american 30 G0G
bales Futures opened barely stoady and
New ORLEANS, january 30 ll:80 am
COTTON quiet MiddlinR, 9Eo qales
To-day, 900 bales Receipts, ll'sll balos
AT Salyeston, l1lS bales. Charleston.
1904 bales.
MANCHESTER, Enc, January O8. 2;36
pm;-farns and fab les are quiet sad
unchanged,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30

In the House, yesterday, Mr.. Thorn
as, of the Election Committee, sub
mitted a report Of the Buchanan
Manning case OF Mississippi, declaring
neither entitled to the seat. Mr.
Calkins submitted a minority report
granting contestants leave to with.
draw the papers without prejudice
The case was laid over.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30

Around it are several mines, to which
students mag repair for the study of
mineralogy and geology. The Faculty
has been quadrupled since 1876. This
Is the University Of which General
Robert K. Lee was President. His
son is now President. The people at
the South hope to make this Uniyer-
Sity the Harvard" Of the South.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
Reath d a StatistLcian.

SAN FRAEoIsoo, January S0.-H.
G. Langley, the veteran compiler Of
Pacific coast statistics, and of various
ligeotorics, died yesterday evening,
aged seventy years Ac was ap old
New York journalist, having started
the Morning News in conjunction
With sfEes Q'sqllivap and Samuel J
Tilden. He was very prominently
known on the Pacific coast aud can't
Q California in ls49.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
River TeIegrams.

CAIRO, January 3O.-Arrived: Jay
Gould, New Orleans, 3 am; Mary
Houston, Cincinnati, Fam.
EVANSVILLE. January 80. Ar
rived: Cons Millar, Cincinnati, 4:3C
a M Guiding Star, 6 am. Departed;
Cons Millar, Memphis, $50 am;
Guiding Star, south, II am.
CENoINNATl, January 31.--River q
feet 4 inches, and rising. Clear and
warm, Arrived: James w. GAff
Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
LivernoOI MnrIrets

LIVERPOOL, January 9O,-Coyn-
old mixed, steady, 0s SID. Tgrpeu.
tine spirits-dull, S9s; at London
steady 38s 81. Wheat-old, No. 2
spring, steady 9s I'd. No new in
market. No. white, steady, 81.
New Western winter, steady, 9s Sd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
ClearinghoLae Rennrt
A Copy of Charter of 1sIonoo.
Mill.

the nPPuaiiy, Pyn.iiiy, during the monsh Of J,nn...
nevspanaS new 1Sent shall make and publish AZ
office Of 6usipSss county inay where the principal
HJi printed in that county. than neWsps-
yvinang nang or tue nearest county where an ad-
hhps, M s printed, a sworn siatemsnt q news news
STA g amount ct the capital stock and I1SHiag
the stochbniSlos, hbilos, and a list Of the names a.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
AHaehmeni NoVIso.


Before Geo X. Powell, j, ,. for sbsIbv .o,r,.
Tenn Mallory, CtkafOrd K Co. ". n n
Holden ~ ~ n
| n this cave an attachment hAv,n, ho.,
! sued cat under section 1855 OF the tio5s ~
Tennessee, and returned lovied upon ire mon.
erty Of the defendant, " II Holden. by rsr-
nj hment on l. LaWhorn 4 Co., and aaidsyts
having been made that deienaant Is iniebt-
cd to the plaintin Ia tho Sus, al si7, "A Jn,,
bg nete, and that the olAlm Is inst. an, tbst
the defendant IL q non -FosiLont Of lhe sfate
OF IenneSeei ~ is about 10 rsm owe or mas
removed himself or property ON he IA
CT has removed or Is removing bimself =,
ir9i eTy out Of The county privately. OF con
cealing himself ga that ths o. a. afy pr, co-u
. scopdsd, or Is ahscondns or eoneealing
Aimsslt or has raudulently diFpos5d ~ ~
u about traudN entity 70 dispose OF his pro1sr.
y; II y therefore ordered that said 1sfa,la
ant make hig personal Appearance i.fots y,
oA the ith day Of March, isxt ~ ~
O'Clock m, at nv ofioe, No. 4 9Af.Ii,d..
street, Memphis. Tennessee, aaa defeSa
said attachment suit Withla tAe tims 80
seribed by law, OF the sslls viii Be i,roe,t,is,l
yih eH,paIto, and Mai copy cf th IA -,
0e published oRes a week for four Essss n.
the Public LanRor. ' ~
gel ths aOth day Of Iapaary, 1877
iaI lss iss lN -" ~ =
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
How IA Drummer Sewed on a
Button.
Charlotte Observer

ANeAAbetN NShNINfls
Leopold Whitehead, of New York
a clothing drummer, while seated ib
one Of the coaches of the Richmond
and DapSillo railroad Sunday, noticed
thot same of his bptt6ns we're gnne,
aud got o needle and thread and bepan
to sew them on. The train iostled
considerably, and, making a dig to hit
the buttonhole, he missed FIRE and
sent the needle into his thumb. Il
pierced the bone and broke off in
there. On Whitohead's arrival in
Charlotte he got into a caftiate and
drove TO Or. Gibbons 10 have tbg
broken needle crit out. No SOONER had
Dr. Gibbon began to cut for the neadle
than his patient tainted dead away
aud 1t %as SOME time before he revived
The doctor was nnsucoess al in hi,
attempts to extract the needle, and
found that il could not be doae with
out cutting of the thumb Joint. r
| Mnoia hnnEo -, s,,nb,o~.... III,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
GAFF, FLEISCHMANN & CO
COMPRRSSED YEAST.

The audeFsigned are now delivering the
above yeast daily, TO- all parts of tho city
Our customers wall confer favor upon us by
repOFtinF any negligence on patt Of the dri-
yer, OTTO SOHWILL \ CO., Asb l2Of
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sl7s.GBs s.

efRrk 0F TENNESSEE, SHELBY Co.'S 'o'USO o.
Persona ly appeared before mo I'm
Xant q Notary Public Of faid eonniy
memphis, B Clarke, who made osIb ~ az
form Of law that hs Is PTssideSt or Of tba ~ Pia sae
stSeSsD GIt S Of oF hS sPd that The foregoing
ton. at the close Of business oS J eoIPor9-
lss3, Is correct and true. va january Z.
Subscribed and sworn 10 bsforo ~
January ~, 1889 NJ r. TREl Nv Nm lhA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30

Music books, makasines, illustrated
papers, etc, bound at the PURLlC
LEpaE 'N'0dery, 10 Madison street
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
DISSOLUTION.


N u w H'ALN Wa
We have this day formed q copsrtnersbip
for the practice Of law In State and United
States Courts. at Memphis, Tenn. Office 80
Madison street
January 9, 1888, d II. P0sT0N.
W X. P0ST0N.
lQI l2 =. P. P06r0N..
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
IT IS NOT KNOWN
A DIsAGREEABLE ODoR

was arising from the case. Mr.. Arnold
immediately put it in his wagon and
had it hauled to the city cemetery,
where it is now inferred in Pottefs
field. It is more than likely some one
from either Goodrioh's Landing OF
Lake Providence will claim the re-
mains in the next few days.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-30
CONDITION G
OF The
PIONEER + Mill
AZ the Close of Business
RESOURCES - ~''"' "a

W. hs'ate, Buildings, Cottages
hha,G,hlnery, n n Betting, Engine snj