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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
Do Plants Feel,

sit seems incomprehensible to mo
how people can believe that plants do
not feel" said the other day u woman
whose hobby is her garden. "They
not only feel, but they havo their
moods and apparent reasoning powers.
Take roses, for instance; they arc
wonderfully intelligent, if tho term
may be used. They actually sulk if
they fiud what they do not wish to
cling to in their path and refuse to grow,
and then rush past it, as if they had
made up their minds to it and wished
to have it over. 1 watcheu creeper
not long ago which had grown to
certain height on string which was
attached to the side of shinglod house
with nail. When tho vine reached
the side of tho house it hesitated,
several of tho branches threw them
selves back und appeared to protest,
and swayod helplessly in the the wind.
Finally n younger branch arrived on tho
scene Of action; it actually appeared
to grasp tho situation, and, after n day
or two of apparent hesitation, it com.
pletoly changed its tactics. aud, in
place of the tendrils that had chung to
tho cords, it threw out suckers, like
the foot OF n fly, and made n no start
upwards. The funny part OF it was
that the others literally followed its
example, although apparently thoy
did not have the sense to think OF sho
plnn themselves, all but one or two,
who could not bring themselves to
change their habits, and 50 remained
stunted forever.
81 had another experience with n
vine last year that was curious. 1t
was German ivy, and when L planted
it in hnnging basket in the vcranda,
it was to NIL appearance healthy,
happy little plant, with no morbid
tendencies whatever. But it sudden
y developed in the strangest way! 1t
shot out one, and only one, long,
green, thick, creepy stem, without
single leaf, and grew along the rafters
OF the veranda in and out, like u
horrid green headless worm. 1t grew
SO fast that it seemed uncanny, and
you will laugh to hear that 1 became
actually nervous about it. When it
had attained tho extraordinary growth
Of twelve or more feet resolved to
destroyed it, and when cut off the
thick succulent stem and threw the
long, curious development writhing
upon the floor, left as if 1 had killed
n monster. What the life was in that
creature cannot tell, but it was GER
tainly not natural. New York Tri-
bune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
RuNNlNe-Foa BOYS.
Every hoy Can Become u Runner itIre
Tries.


Tries.
Every American boy should learn to
run. In Greece, in tho days when men
md women took better care of their
bodies than they ever have since, every
10 $, and girl, too. was taught to run,
J;.4t as the American child is taught to
read. And as far as wo can judge by
the statues they have left behind them.
thero were very few hollow-chested,
spindlc-lcgged boys among tho Greeks
The Persian boy was taught to speak
the truth, run, ride and shoot the bow.
The English boy Is encoura gcd to run.
III fact, Mt some of the great English
public schools, boys OF thirteen and
fourteen years of age, like Tom Brown
and East ut Rugby, can cover six and
eight miles ,cross-country In the great
hare-and-hound runs. Every boy is
turned out twice Il week, out of doors,
and made to run. and fill himself full OF
pure fresh air and sunshine, and gain
more strength and lifo than any amount
of weight-pulling or dumb.bcll work
In stuffy gymnasiums would give him.
'NS wv IItEilSu UDyS, uS "
whole. arc stronger set than we
American boys. Every English school
boy Is to some extent an athlete. And
that Is what American boys should lie.
Not because football, baseball and ten.
mis- are valuable In themselves, but for
the good they do IN strengthening boys
bodies
BY playing bull every day for hours
In tho open air; by exercising his arms.
back aud leg muscles In throwing. bat.
ting, running and sliding; by going IA
bed early and giving up all bad habits
In preparation for the games. boy
stores up strength, which lie can draw
oil all his life long-thnt is why every
boy should 10 an athlete. but not
every boy can play football or baseball.
lie may not br heavy or strong enough;
he may never be able to acquire tho
knack Of catching or batting tho ball.
Evcry boy can become n runner.-St.
Hicholns.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
A Peculiar Malady.

According to the Gartenlaube, au
especially painful Inflammation is
caused by hairs of caterpillars enter
ing the eye-an event not as rare as
might BIO supposed. The inflammation
is always of long duration, and often
and seriously impairs sight perma.
nently. Within few years, in ono
dispensary Mt Bonn, six cases of this
peculiar malady were treated. AS lie
we'll known, some species OF caterpillar
use their hairs as means of defense,
firing them of at will. Cases are on
record, however, where caterpillar
hairs entered an eyewhen caterpiliars
were thrown into faces in mischievous
fun,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
A SUMMER OR WINTER HENHoUsK.

Here is device for converting
summer henhouse into winter one,
and vice versa. which have in use on
my farm, VIII CHI is simple, cheap and
effective. The house is built in the
usual way, the walls consisting largely
of one by three vertical strips two in
ches apart. The device is for closing
or opening these two.inch cracks at
pleasure. 1t is applied to mn end
wall, for example. rs follows: Go in
side the house, cut other one by three
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

strips of proper length, sct thom up
against and coinoiding with tho cor
responding strips of tho wall, the top
end of each being cut 10 correspond
with slope of roof, and lacking about
one inch of reaching tho rafter to
which the wall strips are nailed. Fas.
ten eight or ten of these strips secure
ly into frame or sash (see cut), by
mailing che battcns b along their
ends at top and bottom. Then nail
on the cleats n at top and bottom to
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
TO GET RID OF srusrps.

To destroy stumps, boro hole ono
or two inches in diameter, according
10 size of tree, and eighteen inches
deep. Put in one and one-half ounces
OF saltpetre. Fill with water, and
plug up closely. In six months put
in the came hole half gill of Kerosene
oil and then light. The stump will
shoulder away without blazing, even
down to every part of the roots, leav-
ing nothing but ashes. Now York
World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
Precise i'm Prnycr.

Barlow asserted (wrllcs Henry A.
Beers, in ''rhe Ways OF Yale'J TINT he
was present once ut morning chanel
when Tutor Cosinc, whose duty 1t was
to conduct the exercises, began his
prayer rs follows; 80 Thou who dost
cause the planets 10 rcvolve In their
clliptical orbits-thc force Of atrnc.
ton varying inyersely as the square OF
the distance"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
THE STATELY no1bYuooks.

Tho stately hollyhock, especially if
1t oan be grown along fence, as n
background to other flowers, is ono OF
the best border plants The new
double varieties nre very beautiful,
ranging in color from pure white to
darkest crimson, yellow and purple.
They are hardy aud FREQ blooming,
and grow easily from seed, but do not
bloom until tue second year, whereas
year-old plant, costing twenty-five
cents, mny the next year be divided
into thrcc.-Boston Cultivator.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
Needn,t Wait for Him.

whistler, tho eccentric artist, had
been invited TO attend n wedding, and
had promised to attend tho ceremony.
When tho wedding party reached the
church. Whistler was nowhere to BIO
seen. but n telegram bearing hls sigma.
ture was handed to the groom. 1t read:
Sam unavoidably detained. Can't get
to the church In time. Don't whit"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

who for them and other sheep received
Mt the snmc exhibition tho Minister of
Agriculture's prize Of bronze statu-
cite of Rambouillct buck. The H.
lustration is taken from the Illustrirte
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ietung, pub
lished Mt Berlin.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
GERaIAN aNEEr.

Two wethers, from hampshire
Down rams and NIerino ewes, which
were exhibited at tho Berlin Fat Cat.
tie Show, this yenr, aud received the
first prize--120 marks. They were
one year, three months and five days
old, and the property of Baron Rehfeld,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

hold the sash in place. Tho strips OF
the sash now coinciding with those OF
tho wall, the two-inch cracks between
them arc open, but by sliding tho
sash to tho left two and half inchos
tho cracks are closed. Tho sash in
cut is slid back, Il Is open. Tho cracks
may thus be closed or opened, entire
ly or partially, ut pleasure, by sliding
the sash back or forth. -Amcrican
Agriculturist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
A Rare fisll. Story.

A rare fish-snake combination story.
told in an Idaho paper, is OF fisher.
man WHO caught two-pound trout in
Willow Creek recently, and founi in
its stomach a ten-inch rattIesnahe,
which was "not quite dead"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
American Cotton Fnotor,e,.

Tho Southern States have now near.
ly ono-fourth OF the cotton factories of
tho country and tho great Increase OF
this industry In that section during
tho last few years gives rise to the be.
lief that at no distant day the sent of
tho cotton factories will be rs close as
possible to tho cotton fields.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

Both tho method and results when
Syrup of Figs il taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing TO tho tastc, and acts
gently yet promptly on tho Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, clcnnsca tho sys.
tom clloctually, dispcIs colds, head
aches and fevors and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only remedy Of its kind over pro.
duccd, pleasing to tho tasto and nc
ccptnblo to tho stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in it's
effects, prepared only from tho most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to NIL and hnvo mado it tho most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in so
cont bottles by all leading drug
gisis Any reliable druggist who
may not havo it on hand will pro.
cure it promptly for any ono who
wishes TO try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALLFORNiA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORx. nv
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
Naughty Deacon.

Madge-"IIave you see much of Mrs.
Giddiwun of late, deacon?"
I Dcacon-"Well. what haven't seen
of her Mt the opera. saw when sho was
bicycling down the avenue against n
stiNf breeze yesterday" York
World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

Every day We mcot mon who havo nppnr-
emily lost NIL interest in lilo, but thoy chew
nnd smoke all tho timo and wondor why tho
sunshine H. not bright, and tho Bwcot bir,la
songs sound discortlnnt. Tobacco takcs uwny
tho pleasure of lIfo nnd lonvca lrrltatcd nerve
contrcS In return. No-ro-D lao IN tho cnsy
way out. Guaranteed TO cure anh mako YOU
well and strong, 10y Druggists everywhere.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

Cambria was first introduced into
England during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth. The first piece imported
was presented to the Virgin Queen, to
make riff Tor her neck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

Wifo usod "MorngR's FRIEND" before nrs
recovery rapid. l., l. JonSsTos, Eulanla, Ala
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

Pi5o'n Cure Tor Consumption hnn ansod mo
mnny u dortui'a hli s. r. iitunY IInpKinn
flnco, Baltimore; MID Doe, ., 1871.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

NERVE RFsToitTiI. No ilts after frat day II usc.
Nntvcluua cures. Treatise md S2.QD trinl hot.
Ito FREQ DIR. Kline, !eil Arch st., phiu.. Pa.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

Or. Kilmor's SwAMr-Roor cures
oil Kidney and lladdcr troubles.
Pamphlet and consultation froo.
Laboratory Binghnmpton, MY.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

Tho Indian reservations amount 10 2l2,O
square milcs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
Dyspepsia s.

There nro o7G stree, railway companies In
this country.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

halls Caterrh euro Is taken informally. and
acts directly on tho blood and mucous an r ecn.
oi tho systcm; send for testimonials, froo
y. u. CHENEY IL Co., Toledo. o.
w Sold by Druggists. 7ec. We
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

Lord Nelson's personal rclics woro recently
put upat auction.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

In ENGLAND thoro ls only ono plnco OF wor-
Hhip to Gboui 1000 persons.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

Frcnch people who ronr fowls havo n total
income OF S3U0, 100000.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
Tni,nccn.n rrlun,nh-r

EnGlisl' curatos aro thinking OF forming
themselves into n union.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
Tho ouly bird tina. sings while fylns is tho
STATE OF ONO o.. err or ToLnDo, T, ;,

LUCAS COUNTY. 50,
FRANK j. CHENEY makes Oh M No h. ,.th.
senior partner Of tho nrm ~ f. j. CnsNSy q
County and State aforesaid, and that s,id tlrW,
VII pny tho sum OF ONE 'IlUNDRED Dol.
cnn i"r oneh smd Svery case of Cetarrh that
CURE. FntsN sESnrAnnh
Sworn TO before mo and subscribed In ,nv
presence, this 9Th day OF December, A. d. lss}
! "A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

Prepares tho wny Tor wosao lila Ia como Itlpnna
Tnbilra nhnhilntc dyspepsia. Ono glvcs relief
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

Tho Chorokces OF North Carolina number
about 2.8s5 indvlduals
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

About 10 poraons commit puicllc every day
In Paris.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18

In u day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-09
GOVERNMENT SALARIES.
Some Interesting Figures Useful for
Ready Reference.

! The salary of the president of the
! United States is $4,000 a year, the vice
president, $4,000; cabinet officers, SIS, O00
! Senators, $4,000 and mileage; congress
men, $4,000 and mileage. Chief justice
Supreme court, 1880; associate justices,
! 100000 The diplomats get good pay:
Ministers to Germany, Great Britain,
France and Russia, $500; ministers
to Brazil, China, Austria-Hungary,
Italy, Mexico, Japan, and Spain, $12,-
900; ministers to Chilli, Peru, and Cen
trail America, $4,000; ministers to
Argentine Confederation. Hawaiian
Islands, Belgium, Hayti, Column
bia, Netherlands, Sweden, Tur-
key and Venezuela, $500; min
listers to Switzerland, Denmark,
Paraguay, Bolivia and Portugal, $4,000;
ministers to Liberia, $4,000. The heads
Of the government departments re-
ceive: Superintendent of bureau of en-
craving and printing, $4,000; public
printer, 81, 800; superintendent of census,
S., 900; superintendent Of naval observa-
tory, $4,000; superintendent of the sig
nal service, $4,000; director of geological
surveys, $4,000; director of the mint,
50, 500; commissioner of general land
office, $4,000 commissioner of pensions,
So, 800; commissioner Of agriculture,
SO, 900; commissioner of Indian affairs,
So, 900; commissioner Of education, $4,000;
commander of marine corps, $4,000;
superintendent of coast and geodetic
survey, S., 900.
The pay of army officers is fixed as
follows: General, $13500; lieutenant
general, $1,000; major-general, $500;
brigad6r-genera1, $500; colonel, $4,000;
ieutenant-colonel, $4,000; major, $4,000;
captain, mounted, $4,000; captain, not
mounted, 81, 800; regimental adjutant.
81, 300; regimental quartermaster, $1,000;
first lieutenant, mounted, $1,000; first
lieutenant, not mounted, 800; second
lieutenant, mounted, $1,000; second lieu
tenant, not mounted, $1,400; chaplain,
$1,000. The navy salaries are: Admiral,
$4,000; vice admiral, $4,000; rear admir-
al, 5000; commodore, $4,000; captain,
$4,000; commander, $4,000; ieutentnt-
commander, $4,000; lieutenant, $1,000;
MASTER 1900; ensign, $1,000; midship-
man. $1,000; cadet midshipman, $500;
mate, 5000; medical and pay director
and medical and pay inspector and chief
engineer, 81, 400; fleet surgeon, fleet pay
master and fleet engineer, $4,000; sur
geon and paymaster, $4,000; chaplain,
$1,000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-09
MARQUIS OF oUEENsBERRY.
Author of Pugilistic Rules and Prosecu-
tor OF Oscar Wilde.

tor OF Oscar Wilde.
] The prominence given the Marquis Of
Queensberry in the Oscar Wilde case
will be interesting in the sporting
world He is one of the characters of
Great Britain. Known among pugilists
as the author of the Marquis of Queens
berry rules, his name is familiar to all
ring followers. These rules were in
! vogue in the days when Tom Allen,
Joe Goss and Jem Mace were the great
English fighters. John L. Sullivan was
the first to make them popular in
America. Few people know that,
among other titles to fame possessed
by the pugnacious Marquis of Queens
berry, is that of being poet, and one,
too, of no mean order. He published
volume of really good poems in 1880
and perhaps the best one of all is that
entitled 1.-THE Spirit of the Matterhorn,"
the beginning and conclusion of which
contain lines of singular merit, deli
cacy and spirit. Lord Queensberry
was likewise formerly on the turf and
his racing co1orS were green, with
salmon sleeves. Perhaps the best
known episode of his career was his
interruption of Tennyson's successful
play, 1.-THE Promise of May" at the
Globe theater. The villain Of the piece
is an agnostic and throughout the
drama is held up to ridicule and OBJ
loquy. Lord Queensberry, who was at
the time an enthusiastic, resented this
insult to what he considered to be his
creed and accordingly on the fourth
night of the performance rose from his
seat in the orchestra stalls and ex-
claimed in loud tone:
81 am an agnostic and 1 strongly pro-
test against Mr.. Tennyson's gross car
feature of our creed.''
Great excitement ensued among the
audience which continued until the
marquis had left the house, escorted
by policeman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-09
NATION WITHOUT A PALATE

The Italians Seem to Regard Everything
Edible.
To the italian everything is edible; it
is a nation without a palate, says
Ouida in the Nineteenth Century. 1t
sleeps a hare in fennel and eats salt
with melons. The craze for devouring
birds of all kinds is a species of fury
from the Alps to Etna; they crunch the
delicate bodies betweent their jaws with
disgusting relish, and a lark represents
to them a succulent morsel for the spit
or pastry. The trade in larks all over
the world is enormous and execrable,
and is as large in England as in Italy.
1t should at once be made penal by
heavy fines on the trappers, the ven
ders and the eaters, or ere long no more
will the lark be heard on the earth. 1t
is admitted by all who know anything
of the subject that agriculture would be
impossible without the aid of birds, as
the larvas and developed insects of all
kinds would make desert Of the entire
area of cultivated land. This is well
known. Yet all over the world the
destruction of birds RACES unchecked,
and no attempt is made to protect them,
to interdict their public sale and to en-
able them to nest and rear their young
in peace. A scientific writer has said
that destruction of the individual is UNI
important. Gle was speaking Of the
destruction of the great auk.) AS mat
tiers go now, unless some stringent
measures are taken the birds Of Europe
will in the next century be as extinct
as is now the dinornis. The ornithophil
societies of France and Switzerland
have more than once written to me that
unless birds be protected in Italy they
must perish all over Europe, since so
great a variety of races wing their way
to the south in winter and there are
ruthlessly murdered.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-09

them once The Death Dogs have hunt.
ed them down one by one
But the dogs-what kind of creatures
are they? They did not seem of flesh
and blood"
No more do they, none whatever
And Murdelrs men will sw'ar they're
Safan's own pups They've tried ter kill
Their critters more'n once, but it wuzn' t
nary bit of good Lead or steel can't
hurt Their Dogs of Death"
How long have the uncanny beasts
been hunting the outlaws?"
Near a year ever sence Murdell
killed Old Mis- Dugan and her fool son
on Cottonwood Greek. Their boy, though
NE 7llz a fool, fit his best fer his mother,
and they filled him with lead-least-
wise that's Their story. Then, as he lay
covered with blood, stone dead, on Their
81oor OF Their hut, Their old woman knelt
and took his head in her arms They
graSped her. Her hands wuz covered
with blood, and she left her mark on
six OF them-ther mark of blood She
eursed them, an told them they'd all
die afore six months. The story goes
that she fit so hard the skunks wiped
hex out. Anyhow, northin wuz ever
found of her ner Their boy Their hut
EEuz burned fiat that night
And the men she cursed ?"
The Dogs of Death run them down
inside of the six months limit"
They did not stop there?"
No; Their dogs are determined ter
wipe out ther hull derned gang, 1 reck-
On. an a service it will be ter Their
country. They killed old Mis- Dugan
cut OF pure cussedness, and now they're
g7tfin their DESERTS
We rebuilt our campfire Long hours
we sat and talked of the Death Dogs.
The stars had swung around, and the
moon was low down before we slept
That night made a strong impression
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-09
A "HOODOOED" TRAIN.
New York Central Men Railroad Shy of It
Sure to Meet with Some Bad Luck.

New York Central Men Railroad Shy of It
Sure to Meet with Some Bad Luck.
There is not a railway man on the
New York Central who runs on freight
trains that does not believe that the
through freight known as A. S. No. 1, is
a "hoOdooed" train. The train runs
from Albany to Suspension Bridge, and
in the past few years has met with
many accidents. Saturday morning the
"hoodooed' train left Syracuse on
time. Charles Detsel, a brakeman
who has been running on the road for
the past five years, was assigned to
make the run as forward brakeman
Detsel did not wish to take the run,
saying to his companions that the
train was "hoodooed," and that he be-
lieved he would meet with some bad
luck. Everything went right until the
train reached Coles bridge, between
Lock Berlin and Lyons. A brakeman
on Westbound local that followed
saw Detsel lying in the ditch at one
side Of the track, and the train was
stopped and the injured man taken to
Lyons. The entire scalp was torn off
his head and he is in dying condition.
1t was this train upon which Conductor
Gowan was killed at Adams Basin Wed
nesday Of last week. His death was
caused in similar manner. Conductor
Orr met his death last summer on this
train, and it is a fact that the "hoo-
dooed train met with five accidents
on five consecutive days about a year
ago.