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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-14
THE HOTEL REGISTER.
Anecdotes and Personals of Those VINO
arc stopping in the City.


J.H.Ott, Reymer. W. Va; E. L. Mar
tin, Metz; John Henderson,. Proctor
Thos. S. Sterritt, Sistersvllle; Dennis
Creighton, Littleton; l. McMullen, are
prominent State residents registered al
the Behler.
The following West Virginians are reg
| istered at the ST. Charles: s. p. Foster,
SistersYille; s. Z. White, Parsons; James
Z. Price, Warrington, and j. B. Ferguson,
of Sistersville.
H.W. Mccoy, Sistersville; Sep Hall,
New Martinsville; Mr.. and Mrs. William
p. Bur. Warrington; 5. Stewart, Sisters
Vile, are West Virginia guests at tne
Stamm.
Ed. L. Baxter, Grafton; T. G. Crawford,
Parkersburg: Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas j..
Pratt. of Hinton, were the West virginia
guests at the Brunswick last night.
James H. Furbee, Warrington, w. Va:
Harry Nesoitt, Burgettstown, Pa !; M
,Kenna, of Titusville, Pa, were at the Nc
Lure last night.
Miss Orah McMillen, handsome and
accomplished young lady Of Toledo ONO,
was a guest at the Mcclure yesterday ana
last night
E. P. Chancellor, of Parkersburg, gen
eral hull inspector of the lower ONO as
trict, was a guest at the Windsor last
night.
Mrs. H. McMullen, of Sistersville, &C.
compunied by her sister. Miss Mary Sea
ton, were guests at the Stamm yesterday
State Senator VIM. Worley, accompanied
by his wife and son, of KIngwood, regis
tered at the Mcclure last night.
Mesdames ]. NJ. Merwin and F. j. Stout
of Massillon, Ohio, were prominent arri-
walls at the Mcclure last night.
The Little Trixie" Company arrived In
the city yesterday from down the river,
and are stopping at the Behler.
Charles w. Stewart. prominent citizen
Of Sistersyille, is visitor in the city and
is stopping at the Stamm.
DR.. G. Shriysr, of Bethany, w. Va, was
visitor n the city yesterday and register
ed at the Behler.
w. T. Lewis, prominent citizen OF
Washington, Pa, was guest AZ the van
Keuren last night.
Al. Prichard. manager of the Oil Well
Supply Co. at Warrington, is guest at
the Windsor.
w. f. Kelley, an oil man of Oil City, was
in the city last night and stopped at the
Windsor
A. J. Wilkinson and ]. M. Allen, prom
inent Grafton people, are registered at the
Windsor.
f. A. Sutton, prominent oil man OF
Sistersville, was in the city yesterday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-14
wHEEIING DAILY REGISTER FRIDAY, DECEMBER a. 1884
ANEW UPRGHT PANO FOB 9235O0 F. " BANNER & Go.
AnImnertan, Decision.

Judge PAUL yesterday made very i'm
portant decision in the case OF the Wheel
ing Democratic CLUB V. House & Herr
mann. The case turned on whether no
tice to the effect that the goods remained
the property Of the party selling until fully
PAID for and put on record in the Clerk :
office, was valid without formal acEuowl'
edgement, and the Court decided that the
Acknowledgement was not necessary OF
essential, the simple recording Of sucn no
tice being all that was necessary.
This matter has been discussed in lega
circles in various parts of the State, and
was the leading editorial in the last mum
Der of the Vest Virginia Bar.
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SILVER Tea Sets very cheap.
LUKENs & HIGGINS.
soms,hing That should be Attended To

Something That should be Attended To
Some persons have lately been exca-
waiting aud removing an old stone wall
on the grounds where Sweeney's old
foundry stood, below Twenty-seventh
street. On the west side OF Eof, below
Twenty-seventh street, the excavation
extends up to the sidewalk and is some
six or seven feet deep, without any pro-
lection whatever to prevent an accident
at this point. II this place should be
left exposed much longer an accident OF
broken limb or perhaps worse will
have to be recorded, and then good
sized damage suit against the city fol-
low. The proper authorities should
look after this at once.
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An Old Lady Dead.

Mrs. Mary Bingell. an old and well
known resident of the Fifth ward, died at
her home on South Main street yesterday
morning. She was about % years old and
was the relict of the late DR.. Bingell, n
former well known physician OF the South
Side.
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PEARL and Diamond Pendants 1915
and upwards at
I.G. DILLON & Co. So
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ENGLISH China Clocks, highest grade
and quality, at
I. G. DILLON & Co.'S.
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PRIEsTLEY's black silk warp Henri
ettas at marked down prices.
J. s. RHODES & Co.
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New Silver Czarinas in stock to-day.
Beautiful designs, at
!. q. DILLON & Co.'s.
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An immense variety OF Il Sc
Gloves for the HolldayA We an
every pair. Eics'A
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FINE Black and Colored Dress Goods
are all marked down for holiday sales.
J. s. RHODES g. Co.
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ENGLISH style Silver Candelabra ar.
living every day by express, st
|. q. DILLON 81 Co.'s.
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AOREENs.

3 fold Fire Screens, 81. 40; 4 fold ire
Screen, H1.9S; tod fulI height sceeiR',
worth 81, our price S49S. KIce's.
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BUY the United States Pancake Flour
from II. K. BEHRENs.
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An immense variety OF "rrsfOusse''
Gloves for the holidays. We warrant
every pair. kice's.
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BEAUTIFUL styles light colored outing
cloths at 71Icts., the II act. grade.
J. S. RHODES s. Co.
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HIGHEST quality ooyK Pedestals in
the world, at l. G. DILLON 81 Co.'s
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MEMS fne velvet embroidered slip
pers rs cents Mems elegant plush
Slippers, all styles, Sl.00.
I,OcKFsz
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DELFT Clocks and PLAQUES. at
/. G.. DILLON & Co.'S
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Mems and Boys Turn Down Caps at csc.
DINGER BROS, SO Twelfth street and
1854 Main Streets
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Fine Gloves and Seal Caps for Christina
presents. DINGER BROS, SO Twelft
and 1854 Main streets.
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HANDSOME Chain Bracelets.
LUKENs e. HIGGINS.
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Attend our opening display OF Japanese
Pottery and Holiday Goods, beginning to-
morrow. kice's
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cARAv1A Marble Busts, in the finest
subjects to be found, at
/. G. DILLON 4 Co.'S.
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Ask for our 80 60 Trimmed BATS. Great
est value ever offered. Rice's.
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BCkEEN5.
fold Fire Screens, S1.49; fold Fire
Screens, 81 %; 4 fold full height Screens
worth 81, eur price -. 9S- RiceA
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Guyer's Celebrated Stln Hats.
BROS, Sole Agents, So Twelfth
Main atreel.
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Real Ostrlch BOas. Rice's.
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500 Feather Boas worth % at s9o. Rico's.
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FELL FROM THE TRAIN.

OPALs in all prices.
LUKENs & HIGGINS.
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Real Ostrich BoaI. Rice's.
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BOOK CASES { LADIES DESKS.

Six feet six high feet wide Secretary
and Book Case combined in Oak,
Polish finish Regular price $4,000. con 00
REMOVAL SALE PRICE......... DZUIUU
Book Case, size feet 6 high, feet 4
wide in Oak, Polish finish Regu-
price $4,000 REMOVAL SALE 10 On
PRICE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS law
Ladies' Writing Desk In Oak, Piano
finish Former price $500. RE- e S0
MOVAL SALE PRICE ............ Wv
Book Case with Glass Doors, Movable
Shelves in Oak. Regular price n m
$1,000. REMOVAL SALE PRICE. JsUU
A full line Of Book Cases and Ladies' Writing
Desks in Oak Birch and Mahogany at Is per
cent. of regular prices.
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that had became almost a second part
of her nature. "Oh, Constance, you
can't realize how this dreadful city
life is wearing me out. There is not
an hour of the day that l do not sigh
for the dear old home where we were
SO happy, and l know l shall die un-
less l go back. l merely dropped the
midest hint to Mr.. Day, and he in
stantly was full Of sympathy, and he
promised that one of the first things
he should do after you were his wife
would be to buy back the old home
and fit it up as a country residence.
He would expect to live there most of
each year, spending only the winter
in town, and it would be such a happi-
ness to pass my last years there. Now,
what can you have against Mr.. Day?"
Nothing, mother, nothing; but it Is
impossible. He has been the kindest
Of benefactors, and | know I ought to
be honored by his offer but cannot
love him."
Nonsense, my child. What do you
know about love? Any good woman
could learn to love Mr.. Day. He is
not so old-what is three and fifty
nowadays? 1t is but vigorous man
hood for a man who has devoted
himself to business and disregarded
the dissipations of life. ! am sure he
is noble, highminded, generous to a
fault and very rich, my dear. Why,
any girl would consider it a chance
among thousand. Surely, Constance,
you would not throw away such a
chance to provide for yourself and
me?"
Poor Constance! What could she
reply? The attentions Mr.. Day had
shown her had not at first excited her
suspicious. They were so delicate that
she accepted them merely as a con-
tinuance of the kindness that seemed
part OF his nature. But suddenly
her eyes had beer opened by an invita-
ton to accompany him to the opera.
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".

"The fact of the matter is" said
Harold Cowen the next day, in the ex-
PLANTATION that necessarily preceded
the Christmas dinner in the little
fat, at which he was a most welcome
guest, Il suspected from the first your
mother was right in thinking there
was a fraud. Mr.. Lester was not a man
to put up the inheritance of his wife
and child as security for business
deals. But he might have kept his
private papers in the company's safe
at his office. This, in fact, he did do.
Now, l got evidence to make 1t pretty
clear that the issuing Of stock in the
store business in your fathers name
with the deeds and other securities as
collateral, was really an outright piece
of fraud When l made this clear to
the reorganized firm, we had a pretty
hot time. They denied everything,
and swore they would fight it through
every court in the State. But when I
began to talk Of the Grand Jury. they
grew more reasonable. Really, 1t
might have been long and doubtful
contest. There were rather too big
men-honorable careers, church mem
bers, and all that-to be dragged
through a grand jury inquest. When
they proposed to settle by restoring
every dollar they had wrongfully
taken, thought it better than years
of legal fight, which, indeed, l did not
have the means to make. The deed
of the old home was in your name,
Constance"
81 knew it, and it was with my
consent, of course" said Mrs. Lester.
And now, mother, what is to be
Mr.. Cowen's reward?" asked Con-
stance, suddenly.
"Reward?" family Queried the
widow.
"Yes; I promised him a year ago
that / would marry him when the
old home was once more my own. You
know lawyers fees must be paid.
Don't you think he has earned his re-
ward, and a Christmas dinner?"
Really, Constance" faltered the
mother, you were in love, them"
"Yes, mother"
And you thought of me and the old
homer"
"Yes, mother; you and the old home
were part of the bargain. I really
think the promise must be kept.
would be sorry for Mr.. Day, did l moi
( know he can easily get better and
more suitable wife"
Poor Mr.. Day! murmured the
widow.
/ But there was no cloud on the
Christmas dinner in the little fat
Julia Kent.
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could confide to nobody. Alone sne
must meet her fate-alone decide a
question that, however she might cast
her verdict, seemed fraught with utter
misery to herself and others.
Constance Lester was one OF those
sweet and loving natures that seek
happiness only in the happiness OF
others. Selfshness was utterly for
eign to her. She had been born and
reared in the lap Of comfort and case.
Her father had been well-to-do mer-
chant in a suburban town, busy,
big-hearted man, who had taken pains
to surround his family, which con-
sisted only of his wife and daughter,
with every luxury that his purse could
provide. His death, which occurred
suddenly from carriage accident, had
left his family in apparent comfort,
but within a year the firm OF which
he had been a member failed, and the
failure swallowed up not only the por-
ton OF the widow and orphan, but
eventually deprived them of the COM
Portable home that had been a very
ark of refuge in their troubles.
The blow was q sad one to Mrs. Les
ter. She was a semi-invalid, and
years Of suffering had worn her nature
into that form of shrinking and half
querulous selfishness that is content
ed with nothing but absolute protec-
tion from the chances Of life. 1t al
most killed her to give up her home,
but there was no alternative Con-
stance had met the crisis with true
heroism. A chance was opened for her
to secure employment in the city in
q business house that had formerly
dealt largely with her fathers firm,
and the head of which had felt hon.
ored by his personal friendship. So
the brave girl soon had her ailing
mother established in a comfortable
fat, while she spent certain hours
each day over big ledger in the IA
nous wholesale house of Day & Co.
All might have been well had not
Constance been as pretty as she was
sweet of character, and had she not
had secret. All, that secret! Be-
fore she had left Westbridge, their
country home she had become en-
gagged to young lawyer, one Harold
Cowen, who, while not quite brief
less barrister," had yet his fortune
and fame to make. She had not con-
fided this secret to her mother, as it
would only have added to her trou-
bles. She and Harold had known each
other long; he had been true friend
and legal adviser in her time of trou-
BILE; friendship and mutual sympathy
had ripened into love, and they had
parted with the most sacred of all
earthly pledges between them. Each
believed that they had years to wait;
and was resolved to wait patiently the
fruition of their hopes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-21

If buying where it's crowded is attraction
II seeing thousands Of Suits is attraction.
II seeing thousands Of 0veCoas is attraction.
of this time Some days
thousands of Every hundreds of them Everybody of the
little The like of
in the life time of any of
Take advantage i-get of these SIS or $675 Suits
Take advantage these SIS $3.50 Overcoats
Just know They're All Wool,
You'll the Suits Overcoats
The much lower than old
prices
Suits beginning at $2 worth SIo5o
Prices worth S2S $40
You'll be sorry you don't get Of the S. Ulster OvecoatS
You'll be sorry you don't get one the SIS Ulster Overcoas
yourself shut in from the
full warmthal
atonishmn of everybody who the Ulster
Now's the time to cohe your boy same terms:
The Small Boys All Wool Suit So: the Largest Boy SIS.
Beautiful Overcoats for Big Boys, So so: Small $4
wondering you've of
be settled. Means selling Million Dollars Clothing.
Not Wihstanding Low Prices we pay Railroad Fare
purchased Don't forget Rai
WANAMAkER & BROWN
SIXTH AND MARKET PHILADELPHIA
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Out in Fargo, North Dakota, Aaron
Hirschheld sought divorce. But the court
decreed his fastness. And he didn't get it,
of course. Mr.. Hirsohheld has million,
and he also has an heir (in the land of
Hiawatha) and she's said to be. quite fair.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-21

Rev. DIR. Buck, an Evangelical preacher
whose past record stands in the way of pre-
sent sympathy from the piously inclined,
was recently convicted in the criminal court
of Baltimore for obtaining money under
false pretenees. Though said to be vener-
able looking his acts don't fully comport
with his looks, inasmuch as this is said to
he the third time the doctor has reached
Jail for the same offence.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-21

Lee Com Yeum is in jailIbecause of the
recent sudden death of Lee Hung Quong, a
fellow companion and countryman with
whom he quarreled about the root of evil in
the City of Brotherly Love.
Yeum admitted shooting Quong, but as
serted that he did it in self-defense, as
Quong had drawn knife on him.
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which she cou,d f,nd no excuse for do

which she could find no excuse for de-
clining. Then had followed an invi-
tation to the Charity Ball, one Of the
most fashionable events Of the great
city's social life, and her mothers In
tercessions and fear Of offending a
benefactor had forced her to accept
that also. And now had come the
crisis. Mr.. Day had visited her
mother, and announced his wish to
make Constance his wife, and to lay
his fortune at her feet.
Were 1t not for Harold?" she had
murmured in her secret heart, when
the astounding news was told her.
She well realized the selfish common
sense of her mothers view of the mat
ter. Mr.. Day was a brilliant and ell
gible match for a penniless girl Of
twenty, as the ways Of society went.
She honored and almost revered him,
but how could she marry him? She
caught at her mothers last words.
You would not have me marry for
money, mother?"
Not for money, my dear: but for
your poor, sick mother--and the old
homer
This was the condition of things
that had induced Constance to write
to her lover the most pitiful Of all
letters, and had blotted every ray Of
happiness out Of her life. Harold
Cowen had not answered her letter.
but instead had sent a curt telegram:
Look out for Christmas present"
This enigmatical message only added
doubt and perplexity to her almost un-
bearable load of sorrow
III.
Package, ma'am Miss Constance
Lester. No, ma am, nothing to pay.
All rightr
The blue cap, brass plate and red
face of Expressman Sharkey disap-
peared as quickly as they had appear
ed, for it was the day before Christ
mas, and there was not a buster or
jollier agent of Santa Claus in the
whole big city.
What can 1t be, Constance?" ask
ed Mrs Lester, all alive with curiosity.
81 do not know, mother"
Constance's cheeks were pale. Her
hands trembled. For a moment she
felt that she would faint. She some
how knew that her fate was bound up
in that mysterious package. At last
she summoned all her strength, and
cut the strings. Inside the wrappings
was plain white pasteboard box
oblong in shape. This she opened
and drew from it paper folded, sub
scribed and sealed in legal form. She
opened it, studied it a few moments
in a dazed way, and then the hot
blood mantled to her cheeks and fore
head.
why, mother" she cried, this is
deed for the old home, made out In
my name. And here is note from
Mr.. Cowen pinned to it, saying: The
deed is all right. The old home is
yours again. l will call on you
Christmas and explain"
Il knew it," was Mrs. Lester's sur.
prising ejaculation. "Oh, Constance
he has discovered the truth-Mr
Cowen has found the fraud. / knew
your father was never a bankrupt II
was all conspiracy. And that young
lawyer has been too sharp for them
Oh, thank the Lord for all his good.
ness"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-21

Japan recently paid in gold, cash down,
81, 900, 600 for the celebrated warship and
cruiser Esmeralda. She bought her Of
Chill indirectly, or through Ecuador. If
China pays Japan the many millions she ex.
acts as war indemnity, she can FIX up a
right formidable navy without exhausting
her war earnings. Japan is making money
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I l..

"Why not, Constance?"
"Oh mother, you know I cannot
II do not see why" continued Mrs.
Lester, in the selfishly insistant tone
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Lung Sang sang not long in Bloomsburg.
His "washee" business met with too much
foreign and American competition to
thrive. and recent black eye indicated
that he could get all the war he wanted
without hunting for victorious Japanese or
leaving the land of the free.
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A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

V e r Y unhappy
maiden was Con-
stance Lester.
Perhaps, among
the thousands Of
miserables, who
a W aited I h o
Christmas tide in
the great city,
there were many
more hopeless and
wretched, b u t
surely none more
discontented and
unhappy. And her
grief was the
greater because 1t
was of a secret
nature that she
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-21

In Budapesth they are still pestered with
wolves. A recent dispatch says that a we'd
ding party or at least thirteen of them
were torn to pieces and devoured by these
ravenous beasts not long ago while returning
to their homes from the village of Hidos.
The survivors made their way to the nearest
village and relief party was at once organ
lied. Proceeding Immediately to the scene
OF slaughter they found nothing but scattered
fragments of flesh, bones and clothing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-21

Never have glasses and spectacles been so
much worn. They may be seen on the TIM.
est children. Lots of doctors in cases of
continued headache and cranial troubles
now send children to an oculist. Eye strain
and irritability of temper are also frequently
associated, it is said, and some persons with
tumultuous tempers have been made as gen.
tie as doves by the prescription of a good
pair of spectacles.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-21

Miss Stevenson, the Vice Presidents
daughter who was recently pronounced as
beyond hope of recovery from her ailments,
is now said to be improving.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-21

Now Russia would like to know what
Japan means by refusing Chinas peace pro-
posals, and ..she thinks it incumbent upon
other powers to demand explanation as to
Japan's ultimate objects.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-21

Rev. DR.. Swings earthly possessions
amounting to about $50, 900 makes it clear
that something can be earned at preaching
that is if the disposition, location and abili-
iy are not wanting.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-21

Harry Allen Locke, New Jersey lawyer,
has finally locked himself up in Jail through
an over indulgence in wedlock. With wife
No. and No appearing against him at the
same time he is in bad FIX.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-21

The are some obstacles that even we'll
organized and expert football team can't
well get over and live-such, for instance.
rs train of cars striking them unawares
They appear to be equal to almost any other
emergency.