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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-17
LOCAL AND Personal NOTES.

The Fortnightly club meet on Mon
day evening at the hOma of Miss Mary
Watt on Washington street.
John Walsh and family of South
Church street have been called to
Scranton On account of the death of Mr..
Walshs father
A very large audience welcomed the
Kennedy players on Monday evening
at the opera house. Tbs we'll known
play "The Two Orphans" was present
ed in a very creditable manner Last
evening they gave strong play "The
Midnight Express"
Mark Hart has resigned his position
at Hotel Anthracite and will engage in
work at Schenectady. n. Y.
The condition Of Stillman Hadcock
is very serious and it is feared that he
may not recover.
James Morgan of Scranton spent
Monday in this city
Jay Nagle of Wilkes Barre formerly
OF this city is visiting old friends.
The High School and Cottage foot
ball team will play this afternoon at
Alumni park. The game starts at 1.15.
Edgar Wells of South Canaan has
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-17
COMMON COUNCIL MEETS.

At the meeting of the common coun-
Gil on Monday evening all the mem-
bers we're present. An interesting ad-
dress was made by c. Il. Spencer in
behalf of the public library. He stated
the condition of affairs at present, ana
his hopes for the future prosperity of
this important institution. 1t seemed
to him important that the city should
assume some of the bills contracted iof
necessary printing. However after
consideration it was found that at
present no new obligation could be
assumed by the city. Some general
business was considered in regard TO
the finances. and some reports were
received. When the council, as COM
mittee Of the whole. proceeded to con-
slider bids for hose, a motion to award
the contract to the New York Fabric
company was lost by a tie vote. The
committee have advised the councils
to advertise for bids to be opened at
a joint session.
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JAYFt)R.

The board of trade will hold a meet
ing next Monday evening, The manu-
featuring committee will make its re-
port on the Woolcn mill, for which
the ground has been broken and re-
garding a carpet and lace mill. Every
citizen who has the interest of the
town az heart should attend and lend q
helpinG hand.
Thomas Williams, mine superintend-
ent at HaZleton and once a resident of
prosperous Taylor, was i'm town yes
tCrday.
This evening the Welsh Baptist
church fair and festival will commence
in Webers rink 1t will continue until
Saturday evening. About 1000 tickets
have been sold for the event.
Knights Of Pythias, No. 462, will meet
this evening i'm Webers rink.
Business men are preparing for the
holidays and commercial travellers
| have been in the town as thick as
flies for the past week. The differ
ent coal companies made nearly full
time last month and as the colleries
were nearly all paid, business should
boom.
| Several of our borough officials were
yesterday summoned to appear today
| in the court in the suit where John
| Price, of South Taylor, sues the bor-
ough for damages for grading in front
| Of his Main street property.
| Mrs. u, L. Jones, Of Main street, was
| the guest of relatives i'm South Scran.
4 ton on Monday.
/ w. j. NeiGer, OF the Fifth ward, is a
| candidate for school director John b
| Price, of the same ward, Is also q
/ candidate for reelection for school di,
| rector
A lecture last evening was given by
! Professor Okanio in the Primitive
] Methodist church, of Archibald. Mr.
| Okanio will deliver another lecture IL
the same church on Thursday. Admis.
! sion, 10 cents.
A large delegation Of members from
! the Ripple Division, Sons Of Temper
ance, of Hyde Park, paid a fraterna
visit 10 the Emblem Division, No. 81
of this place on Monday evening.
willard, the young son Of Mr.. anC
Mrs. Merit Lowry, of North MAR
street, is very in.
Yesterday afternoon the funeral o
the late Mrs. Edward Robathan, Of
the Sibley, occurred. Burial was mad
| in Peckville.
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CuLoRoFoRM AND BURGLARY
The Possibility Of NarcotizinS Sleep
inC Persons.

From the British Medical journal.
A curious story is reported in the lay
press which involves an important
medico-legal question. Some burglars
are stated to have entered a dwelling
house at Clayton-le- -Moors, Accrington,
and to have chlOroformed the inhabit-
ants as preliminary measure to sue
cessfully looting the house. The al
legged victims of this outrage were q
grown-up son of the household, two
adult daughters and two young chill
dren. The burglars first entered the
room in which the girls and children
were sleeping, chloroformed them all
without disturbing their slumbers, then
went to the room of the youth, and
dealt with him in the same way. In
the morning the young man awakened
and complained of feeling very ILL.,
while his sisters did not awaken until
recalled to mundane existence through
the efforts Of a medical man. All pro-
fcssed they did not know anything
about the burglars. 1t IS not our busi-
ness to discuss the inherent improba-
bility of the story. Whether five per-
sons could be reduced to anaeSthetlc
sleep by burglars using chloroform in
such a way as not to disturb their
usual slumbers is the matter which in
terests the profession.
Dolbean tested the possibility of chlo-
reforming sleeping persons, and found
that, even using the greatest care, he
only succeeded in 10 cases out of %;
so that even under the most favorable
conditions Dolhean succeeded in chlo-
reforming without awakening the pa
tient in about 80 per cent. of the cases.
Cluness succeeded with two children,
and generally it is admitted that young
persons are more easily chloroformed
during sleep than adults In the we'll
known case of Richard Smith, who was
found in bed murdered while his wife
slept beside him, the wOman's defense
was that she had been drugged with
chlOrofOrm, and was not a particeps
criminis. Quimby's evidence in sup
port OF this plea was that he had sue
ceeded i'm three experiments in produc-
mig chloroform narcosis during natural
sleep in one adult end two children.
In the early days of the use of chloro-
form, great fears were entertained lest
the drug should become an important
item in the armamentarium of every
criminal who aspired to distinction in
his calling; but, as was pointed out
by Snow and others, chloroform- giving
involves too much skill and eXpertness
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-17
SORT OF DEBS PLACE,
\ Farm Colony in Pennsylvania
Where No Money is Used in Home
Exchanges.

Reading Letter in the Sun.
A labor colony, such as Labor Leader
Debs outlines, has just been estab-
ished on a small scale up the Reading
railroad at Kepner station. The farm
of 300 acres is in East Brunswick
township, Schuylkill county, on high
ground. 1t was chartered as the
Brunswick Valley Colony Of the East
Pennsylvania Branch, No. 230, of the
Labor Exchange. One hundred acres
of the farm are woodland. They have
good water and an excellent, we'll
drained spot. Those in charge say that
they are already negotiating for two
manufactures to be established on the
land. About twenty people, including
married men and women, are already
in the colony. The men are building
small houses. They have fourteen
workers to provide for. They have
warehouse containing 200 bushels of
potatoes, so bushels of wheat, 20 of rye,
100 of corn, so of oats, 10 tons of hay,
10 Of straw-all subject to labor checks.
Each man gets pay for his work on the
farm in the shape OF labor checks
These checks are cashed in products
on hand in the warehouse. They also
have in stock 20 chickens, 200 chicks,
Il milch COWS, milk and cream, canned
fruits and berries. They want fifty
more families at once.
No money is paid for labor Pay
checks are paid in produce. Those re-
ceiving the produce can do what they
please with it, exchange it for cloth
ing or anything they need One dollar
membership dues is required from
each one joining the colony. Recruits
also must obligate themselves to pay
800 either in cash or labor checks be-
fore 1901 to the colony for the pay
ment of the farm. All members are
governed by a constitution and by
laws. Members wishing to build will
have a lot so by 100 feet, not to be sold
to any one not a member of the colony.
Each member will be subject to orders
from the superintendent as to what
special labor he is to do. Each mem
Der can work at his trade, or do some
part of the farm work. Adult work
ers are credited with 10 cents an hour
for work, TO be employed all the year
round, ten hours a day. Women for
| dairy and field work also get Is cents
an hour.
Indoor industrial operations will soon
| be started. A general invitation to
| join is extended to all sober, able
| bodied, healthy men and women of
| good character who can come we'll rec
| commended. No intoXicants are allowed
| on the farm. c. A. Burrows is presl-
| dent and manager. He is now going
| around this region lecturing on the
labor colony, illustrating his remarks
with photographs, maps, charts, and
| specimens OF the resources of the col
| ony. He told the Sun correspondent
| they want at once thirty wood, iron
and stone workers with enough money
between them to buy portable saw
mill to cut down the 100 acres of very
fine timber on the farm for houses for
the colony. He says the colony Is bound
| TO succeed, and that many other such
labor colonies will he started soon in
| the east, so that it will not be neces-
sary for eastern labor to go as far
west as Debs suggests The Washing
ton State colony will be for far west
| ern men,
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.IERMYN.

This evening Oscar c. Smith, 29i
Sons Of Veterans will hold a bean
bake in Winters hall. The local Post
c. \. IE. will be their guests. An eX-
cellcnt programme has been arranged.
Thomas Jones of Main street is con-
fined to his home with rheumatism.
Mrs. Samuel Matthews is quite i'll
at her home on Third street.
large audience was present at the
Temperance Band Fair last evening.
The programme was rs follows: Song
in character, Henry Longman; ReCita-
tion, Miss Eliza Langman; Character
istic sketch and song, w. Gibbs;
speech, The Quack Doctor" by a
member of the Eanl; comic song, Hen
rY Langman.
Mr.. and Mrs. JGmes LOman have
moved into the house Of Second street,
recently vacated Ivy Mr.. John Griffeth.
Miss Lizzie Wint Of Archibald, is the
guest Of Miss Lizzie Battenberg on
the East Side.
Georgetown University took the hon
Ors in the recent athletic contests be-
tween students Of thlc Institution and
those of the University Of Maryland
and John Hopkins university NJ. j
Walsh of Mayneld is @ student al
Georgetown. The Washington Times
says that Walsh was one Of the stars
1t also says: The feature of the day
was the breaking Of the Georgetown
broad jump record of 81 feet l inch
beating his own record by one foot one
inch heating our Garrett, one of the
best athletes of the University, by enc
foot" In its report the Times men
toned Walsh as the great pitcher OF
! last years team" 1t says he came
second in the disc with q scale OF
| cighty-scVer feet and eight inches and
second also in the pole vault with a
vault of nine feet. after a stiff trial tc
break the tie he had with TishbaclS.
AlCnzo Whitley, who made applica-
tiou for pension several years ago has
been successful at last. He received
the vouchers on Monday. He has been
granted an allowance of six dollars a
month. The amount due him for back
pension he has not yet received.
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NLYPHANT,

The funeral Of Miss Ann Lotus took
place yesterday afternoon. The re-
mains were borne from the residence
of her mother, on Dunmore street, to
St PatrickS church, where the flu
neral services were held. Rev. j. NJ.
SmOulter ofliciated. At the conclusion
of the service the remains, aCcompan-
led by large funeral cortege, were
conveyed to St Patrick's cemetery,
where they We're laid at rest. There
were a number of beautiful floral Of
ferinGs. The pall-bearers were: Andrew
Farrell, jr., John Lawler, B. f. Lynch,
NJ. l.. O'Malley, Thomas Rogan and
Joseph Hyland. The flower-bearers
were: Gertrude Dearic, Annie O'BOyle,
Nellie Farrell and Mamie Duffy.
c. w. Houser is spending a few days
in Philadelphia.
The borough council did not meet
last night on account of no quorum.
The members who were present were:
Gallagher, O'Halloran, O'Brien, Burke,
Currau and Patten. Another meeting
has been called for Friday night.
The public fountain, which was re-
Gently purchased by the borough at q
cost of $500, is being put i'm position in
front Of the Mahun house.
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LITERARY SOCIETY.

A meeting of the Presbyterian Lit
erary society was held on Monday
evening and the exercises We're inter-
esting and instructive. a paper was
read by A. A. Ramsay, on the Geo
logical Formation of Anthracite Coal"
The subject was treated in a scholarly
manner and showed much thought and
investigation. After a piano and vio-
lin duet by Willard and John Evans,
and a recitation by Eugene Hudson, a
debate followed on the question Re
solved, That immigration Should BE
More Restricted" ID. l.. Crane and
Professor A. p. Thomas spoke on the
affirmative and +. d. Warrington and
e. b. Dickinson on the negative. The
question was decided in the afIirma-
tive.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,

Schedule in Effect November 1895.
Trains Leave Wilkes Barre as Follows
7.3o a. nn., week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti.
more, Washington, and for Pitts.
burg and the West.
io.I5 a. M. week days, for HazIeton.
Pottsville. Reading, Norristown.
and Philadelphia; and for Sum
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts.
burg and the West.
3.l5 p. M, week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg. Philadelphia, Balti.
more, Washington and Pittsburg
and the West.
3.l5 D. M, Sundays only, for Sun
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia
and Pittsburg and the West.
600 p. M, week days, for Hazleton
and Pottsvlle.
j. r. WOOD, Gen'I Pass. Agent
J. b. HUTCHINSON, General Manager
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-17

If your children are well
but not robust, they need
Scott's Emulsion of Cod
liver Oil.
We are constantly in re-
ceipt of reports from par
ents who give their children
the emulsion every fall for a
month or two. ItkeepS them
well and strong all winter.
1t prevents their taking cold.
Your doctor will confirm
this.
The oil combined with
thehypophoSPhiteSiS is a SPlen-
did food tonic.
SOC. and SI,oo all druggists.
SCOTT BOVINE, Chemists, New York
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Del, Lacka. and Western.
Enect Monday, Nov. p, 1897.

Trains leave Scranton as follows: Ex-
press for New York and all points East
i4O $50, 5.l5. 500 and 1920 a. M 1905 and
1888 p. m. ,,,,,
phia and the South, 5.l5, 500 and 1920 a.
m, 1855 and 1888 p. IN.
Washington and way stations, 345 p. m.
Tobyhanna accommodation, GlO p. m.
Express for Binghamton, Oswego, Ell
mira, Corning, Bath, DansVille, Mount
Morris and Buffalo 12.10, 2,S5, 900 a. m,
and l,55 p. m, making close connections al
buffalo to all points in the West, North
west and Southwest.
Binghamton and way station, los p. m.
Nicholson accommodation, SIS p. m.
Binghamton and Elmira express. 5.55
Express for Utica and RichAeld Springs.
235 a. m. and lbl p. m.
Ithaca, 2.35, 800 a. m, and I 90 D. m.
For Northumberland, Pittston, Wilkes
Barre, Plymouth, Bloomsbury and DAN
willie, making close connection at Nor'h h.
llmberland for Wi,liamsport Harrisburg
Baltimore, Washington and the South.
Northumberland and intermediate sta
tions, 600, 1920 a. m, and 1.55 and 600 pin.
Nanticoke and intermediate stations,
SOS and ll.20 a. m. Plymouth and inter-
mediate stations, $40 ana SAT p. m. For
Kingston, II. 40 p, m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains.
For detailed information, pocket time
tables, etc. apply to NJ. l.. Smith, Dis
trct Passenger Agent, depot ticket office,
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Delaware and Hudson

r. On Monday, July 5. trains will leave
Scranton as follows:
For, Carbondale-6.2O 1855, S.55, 1O.15 a.
m; 300 nooni l.2l, 2.2O, 3.52, 5.25, 625 7.57,
Sl5 lOi5 p. m; II. 10 m.
For Albany, Saratoga. Montreal, Bos-
5on' New England points, etc, go a. m,
For Honesdale-6.2O. S.55, 1O15 a. M;
For ilkes-Barre-6.45 $50, s.45, e.ss,
dod5 a. m; 1905, LIS, 2.2S, $685. AL, go, 7.5O.
, For New, York, Philadelphia. ETC.. via
Lehigh Valley r. r., 6.45, $50 a. M; 12. .O5,
i,so 10, al p; m. with Black Diamond Ex-
For PENNSYLVANIA R. r. points-6 As. 9.8s,
a. M; 2.2S, AL D. m.
FOR western points via Lehigh Valley
II; r., $50 a. m. 1906, 1888 with Black
Diamond ENpress). $50 1l.3O p. m.
Trains will arrive at Scranton as fol-
lows
From, Carbondale and the north-6 40
80, $40 93i, 1910 a. M; 1900 noon; l.2O,
PA, S.25, AL 545, 745 945, II. .25 p. m.
From Wllkcs-Barre and the south-6 IS
750. $50. 1910 11.55 a. m; l.16, 2l4, S.4S,
20; 62l, 7:5S. 9.05, 9.45 p. M; 1906 a. M.
j. W: BuRDICK, G. p. A. Albany. N Y.
il. w. CROSS, n. p. A.. Scranton. Pa.
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at Superior last Thursday morning
there alighted from the platform of
the "bind baggage" n woman plainly
but not shabbily dressed, carrying a
small travelling bag in one hand and
q newspaper in the other.
The brakeman paused in his work TO
scrutinize the female who had dared to
steal a ride in genuine hobo style and
the conductor followed her into the
depot and after registering and obtain
ing a clearance stopped to ask
where did you come from, what is
your name and why did you not ride In
the coach instead of on the forward
car PLATFORM"
The reply came i'm a clear feminine
voice.
"I boarded your train at Eau Claire,
sir. My pame is Silver Nell, and l rode
on the forward platform instead of In
the coach because I had no money to
spare for railroad fare"
Silver Nell is one of the strangcst
characters in the country. She is a
gambler by profession and as a side is
sue INDUCES frequently in speculation
| on the outcome of sporting events of all
| kinds, She is called Silver Nell because
| she invariably uses silver dollars in
! stead Of poker chips when playing
| poker.
She is what the ordinary judge OF
| feminine beauty would call good
| looking girl. Her complexion is clear
| her features large, but well shaped, and
her black eyes sparkle beneath heavy
| brows. she claims to be only Is years
old. but looks a trine older.
| Silver Nell began her career as q
| gambler in Helena, Mont, ten years
| ago. Her father, whose only name
known to the community was Faro
Pete, had opened a gambling house and
the girl was installed as lookout fol
the roulette and dice tables. The busi'
ness of Faro Pete flourished and the ole
mans pockets bulged with bank rolls
In the meantime the daughter worked
faithfully at her post and lent to the
establishment the attraction of hel
| presence.
During "off watch" hours Nell wal
always in readiness to take seat a
the poker table. When she played the
stakes were high and the game fair
for no one dared risk a shift" befort
the watchful eyes Of the lookout girl
When the gambling eStablishmep
| had been in operation about yea
and a half Faro Pete died from an in
jury received while on a protractet
spree, and the place was closed. Th
girl, who was then 90 or % years o
age, taking the few thousand dollar
left by her father, left Helena later TO
parts unknown. A few months later sh
turned up as the proprietress of
gambling house in San Francisco.
She spent over six years in the pur
suit of poker games west Of the Mis-
sissippi and then drifted eastward
finally turning up in New York city
after visiting many Eastern towns. IL
many of which she fought the battl
of chance at the table green.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad System
Anthracite Coal Used Exclusively, Insur.
ing Cleanliness ana Comfort.
IN ElNTNECT
IN TIT T To I NVN. n INdI.
TRAINS LEAVE SCRANTON


TRAINS LEAVE SCRANTON
For Philadelphia and New York via n
& II. r. r. at 645 $50 a. m, and Il O5 10
22S, AL B!ack Diamond Exprcss) and
l.3O o. m.
For Pittston and Wllkes-Rarre via d
l.. & w. r. r., 500, SOS. ll.2O a. m, 1.jj
$40, 600 p. m.
For White Haven, Hazleton, Pottsvino.
and principal points in the coal regions
via D. & II. Il. r., 6,i5, 10 a. m, 1906, 2.2S
and Al p. m.
For bethlehem. Easton. Reading, Har-
risburg and principal intermediate sta
tons via D. & II. r. r., Gas, 80 a. M
1905. 1.25. 22S, Al BLACK Diamond Ex.
press), ll.20 =. m,
For Tunkhannock, Towanda, Elmira.
Ithaca Geneva and principal intermediates
stations via D., l.. 6 w, r. r., 600, sos u,
M. 10. 40 and $40 p. m.
For Geneva, Rochester, Buffalo Niagara
Falls, Chicago and all points west via D.
q H. r.. r.. 1906, 3.3S NBlack Diamond
Express), $50 and 1l.3O p. m.
Pullman parlor ana sleeping or Lehigh
Valley chair cars on all trains between
Wilkes-Barre and New York Philadel-
phia, Buffalo and Suspension Bridge.
ROLLIN II. WILBUR, Gen. Supt.
CHAS. S. LEE, Gen. Pass Agt, Phila,
A. w. NONNFMACHER. Asst. Gen.
Pass. Agt., Philadelphia, Pa.
Scranton ONCE, 800 Lackawanna avenue
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If a satisfactory result is to be obtain
ed for its use to be possible for the
purposes Of crime. In the case before
us 1t seems incredible that several per-
sons i'm one room could bc served chlo-
roform without disturbance of their
own or their neighbors slumbers, and,
further, that the narcosis could be so
profound that in the case of the girls
it should persist for hours after the
administration had been discontinued,
and finally, require medical aid be-
fore It could be overcome. Maury. in
his evidence. given in 1871, before the
court at New Bloomfield, Perry county,
Pa, said he had tried to chloroform
six persons during their sleep, and all
had resisted. The bulk of experience
goes to show that, except in the case
of infants, it is most exceptional to
succeed in chloroforming persons with
out awakening them from sleep.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-17
MEETING OF LOYAL LEGION.

The members of the Loyal Legion
held a meeting on Monday afternoon
in their rooms in the Raynor building
on North Main street, The meeting
was the first of the winter series. The
appointment of officers for the present
term was made as follows: President,
Mabel Davis; vice presidents, Sarah
Burr, Eleanor Jones and Josephine
jenkins; secretary, Lulu May Isger;
treasurer, j. Russell Jones. Keith Man
Vile, who is the blackboard artist of
the legion and also gives the members
instruction in sketching, entertained
the meeting very pleasantly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-17
p. w. NALLY FAIR.

The fair of the p. w. Nally club, for
which preparations have been made
during the week past. opened in the
Watt building on Monday evening. The
Mozart hand We're present and rcnd-
cred a number of their favoritc selcc-
tions. The proceeds of the fair will be
given to a fund which is now being
raised in this country to relieve the
people in Ireland who are suffering
from the famine.
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WILL ENTERTAIN FRIENDS.

Louis Brunner, who presides at the
Lackawanna House, on Belmont street,
as it's proprietor, has invited his friends
to feast this evening. He has pro-
Vided a pig roast and other dainties
of the season. The Germania band
will furnish music, and Messrs. Wilson
and Hunt will also add to the musical
entertainment. Judging from past ef-
forts of the kind, joyful occasion may
be expected.
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FOOTBALL AT ANTHRACITE PARK.

The Vandling and Richmondale foot
ball teams have arranged for two
games at Anthracite park on Thanks
giving Day. The managers of these
teams made an effort, in order to have
the park, which had been hired for
other purposes, that day. They We're
successful and as the teams are we'll
matched the games will without doubt
be interesting and draw a large crowd.