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The times., 1898-09-26
AUCTION sALES.

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FOR SALE-PIANOS.

- ~7~7~-So-'>0-0r0>.
FOR SALE-P ano; square piano import, in good
condition for cash; so; on time $50; deliver
ed free from charge. Address Y. Q. B., this office.
Se2i-3t 80 ttSl
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FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR SALE-No cooking range; new; will sell
cheap if sold at once; reason for selling,
use for it. 3l4 Mass. ave. ne. 1t
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LOST AM FOUND.


LOST-Two letters OF RECOMMENDATION; owners
name on same Reward if returned to WILL
LIAM BAMBRY. 22s G st. sw. se24-3t
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man H2nd-hnit Jackets OF
Sweaters Nothing eoes be-
ter these frosty mornings
Wheelmen, Market Men. Milk
Men, Office Men. Policemen,
Railroad Men, Grocery Men,
CoaehmeH. and all men who
have been wearing our Jack
cts and Sweaters the past "a
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WASTED-A white girl 10 assist in washing and
ironing and general housework. Apply at
1927 18th ST NV. se22-tf
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FOR RENr-uNFuRN1sHED Rooms.

FOR RENT-fur. or unfur.; desirable rooms on
I'd and Sd floors; well lighted; heated Call
or address 256 Del ave. ne. 1t
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MEMS GOODS.

TO ENJOY GENUINE COMFORT at Small Cost,
you must wear one OF SaxoLy Wool Ger
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WANTED-By bright. Industrious white boy,
place in grocery, hardware, or tin store. Adj
dress G.. S, 706 18th St NV. se26-St
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ROOMS PAPERED. $500 up; the only paper
hanger in the city giving written guarantee
lowest prices for best painting. w. V. MA
HONEY, 1870 Z st. Sc. sel9-6t-em
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FoUND--Ice Cream No. I; absolutely pure; none
COZ N. Y. ave. ~ jy23-tfem
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HELP wANTED-MALE.

EANTED-Several paperhangers and scrapers.
WILLIAM v. MAHoNEY, 1880 St. Sc.
seec-St
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w.STEp-couNTRY PROPERTY.


WANTED-Place Of few acres Immediately on
Potomac or Chesapeake Bay. house cabin
Of two or three rooms for the Winter; rent must
be very low: shooting and fishing desired. Ad-
dress MR.. MILLER, sl2 9th st NV. se25-3t
wANTED-To rent or lease small farm of from
FIVE 10 ten acres, with dwelling, etc, within
eight miles Of city, on electric steam road; or
will exchange fine residence and large lot, near
Mount Pleasant, for same. Address W. X. W,
this office. se21-6t
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SITUATIONS wAsrEp-MALE

WANTED-By reliable young colored men, pc
Goa 5th 81. NV. 1t
The times., 1898-09-26
FOR RENT-sToREs.

FOR RENT-Corner store; good fo- meats and
provisions or laundry; small rent. Appiy 1854
Nd. ave ne se25-3I
FOR RENT-Corner store; good stand for gro
Gerry; opposition SIS lst Sc, cor. Heck
man. se33-St-em
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WASrED-By industrious white man, situation
janitor, driver, elevator man, watehm1n,
OF similar occupation Address BOX d. A., this
s4ice. se26-St
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WALL PAPER.

q n Up our prices for papering rooms.
% And s2 is little enough to pay for having
rooms papered with rich, handsome. stylish pa
per. We do the very finest work. F. G. NOLTE,
$40 9th st. NO BRANCH. se21-tf
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19
Gumdrops Are Loaded.

Confectioners nowadays are turning
their art to something besides the pro-
duction Of harmless sweets. For in
stance, there is the new-style gumdrop.
1t in little. fascinating red drops
that come forth in the dressing-room
or some sly corner to do duty as a
rouge pot! Think of the frauds those
red candies are! But that's what the
red comft that leads this double life
can do and nobody be the wiser for it.
It's not so easy to carry a box of red
paint and a little rag around, but a
candy is SO Misunderstanding that no
one would guess it would ever, in pass
ing between the portals of "pearly
teeth rouge the lips on the route and
say nothing to any n about it. There
is another use to which the harmless
little bonbon is being put-that Of car
rying cologne to brighten the eyes. Eat
a piece Of sugar-common "loaf"-and
put a bit Of cologne on it and see what
happens. They say that 1t brings tears
to the ayes and that the velvet orbs
swim in moisture that adds to their
b%rilliancy, but 1t Is something of an
experiment to try it. However, there
are girls who do this sort of thing and
no amount of argument would keep the
cologne candy from their lips. Wine
m in for a share of the CONNECTION
er's art here. And when it comes to
French liquors and all their tempta-
tions it does seem hard that the choco-
late drop may not be TRUSTED long
with the other things people believe in.
Another thing that must be put down
with the shattered idols of the person
who has lost faith in bonbons is the
fact that ~belladonna is carried about
in them, which, when swallowed,
makes the eyes grow dark and large
about the pupils. All these candies are
made in forms that closely resemble
the other simpler ones, so that only an
expert could tell their hidden charm.
But the girls have some sort of a
code by which they become aware of
the contents of the mysterious ones and
know how to buy them with the eye
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19
An Anti Snoring Continuance.

A farmer named Jack, living in wy
andotte county, Kansas, has invented
a contrivance to stop snoring. Farmer
Jack says he has spent a lifetime dis
turbing the peace Of the community O.
nights by snoring, and he thinks 1t Is
time to stop. Besides preventing snor-
ing, his invention can be used to keep
babies from crying and ome from
talking. It is suggested that in hotels
and on sleeping cars and steamboats, a
stock of the contrivances should be
kept on hand and that any person
caught disturbing the other guests or
passengers by snoring should have one
of them harnessed on.
Mr.. Jacks invention Is based upon
the principle that nc can snore II
his mouth is kept shut. To keep the
%snorer's mouth shut Mr.. Jack makes a
harness Of webbing, something like
the head stall Of a horse. One band
passes from the temples over the top
of the forehead and another from the
temples over the back part of the top
of the head, a cross band connects
these two bands owe the top
of the head. and they are stitched to-
gether at the temples, where on each
side a buckle is attached. In the
buckles are fastened the ends of an
elastic webbing, which open under the
owners chin. This can be frightened
up so as to offer a gentle pressure upon
the jaw, which will keep the teeth to-
gether when a person sleeps and his
muscles relax. There is still a source
of snoring against which Mr.. Jacks
invention provides. The lower lip may
relax and so permit breathing through
the mouth. To keep this lip pressed
up there is a narrow band of light
elastic webbing stitched upon ths
other, so al to form a loop which
comes across the front Of the chin and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19

The editor of a Nebraska paper says
he has reached the slope on the other
side of life" but never yet has he seen
a woman with a frost-bitten ear, and
never yet has a bonnet been built so
as to keep the head warm. Other men
awe noticed that women dressed for
the party have ridden miles in the
coolest night without a particle of the
discomfort felt by their warmly
dressed escort. These are curious
facts, the scientists apparently do not
know how to account for them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19
A Portable Searchlight.

At the last French army maneuvers
a new form Of portable searchlight
was submitted to experimental trial,
the object Of the invention being to
afford q means Of discovering wounded
men on the battlefield after dark. The
lamp can be fixed on a stand o. carried
by a soldier, and will throw a beam Of
light in any direction required of such
intensity that an object a be plainly
e on the darkest night at a dis
lance Of $50 yards. The French mill
tary authorities have not published
any particulars regarding the lamp,
but it appears to be a high pressure
jet, by which oil is ignited in the form
of spray-a modification OF the power
full lamps constantly used on construc-
tive works in own country.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19

A particularly graceful evening gown
is made Of clinging pale-blue liberty
satin and adorned with Neapolitan vlo-
let's and green leaves.
A comfortable evening cloak hangs
straight from throat to feet and is Of
deep orange mirror velvet lined with
ermine. A small cape goes round the
shoulders Of a tawnier velvet, hav-
ing a high collar. This cape, likewise,
is ermine-lined. Several fluffy frills
Of pale yellow chiffon encircle the COL
lar and form a jabot down the front,
fastened with a diamond clasp.
A short cloak for evening reaches
only to the knees. 1t is made of a
r~ose-colored brocade, with branches OF
lilac on pale-blue satin and the lining
Is white-fox fur. A huge white-fox
collar with an inner ruf1e of cream
lace and lace ties in the front, complete
It.
A handsome cloak is Of ivory bro
cade, woven with threads Of gold and
cut shorter at the back and sides thar
1t is in front, the front being cut in two
long points. The lining is first soft
pink silk and then white chiffon. the
chiffon lining being edged all around
with chiffon founces headed by a ruch'
of violets. A deep shoulder capt Of
violet velvet falls over three founces
on pale pink chiffon and a plated VIC
let velvet collar lined with the pink
silk and white chiffon. An ~incroyable
bow Of pink chiffon with it's ends
fringed with violets and fastened with
a diamond buckle completes this eX.
quisite evening wrap.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19


Children's parties weigh heavily
these days on the minds ck pastry
cooks, caterers, and the busy house,
mother. The new ice molds are calcu-
lated to satisfy this craving for novel
~. Klondike miners with picks and
shovels and bags OF gold are evolved.
from multitolored ~favors, while rab-
bits and birds, flowers and fruits;
though not new. are as popular as ever.
An amusing mold for chocolate repre-
sents a group of savages on an island.
The island vegetation is illustrated in
plstache cream, while waves Of lemon
Ice foam around the shore. The in
fuence Of French and German nurses
Is shown in the popularity Of rabbits,
squirrels, wooden shoes, and rose
wreathed crowns. Wax babies swathed
In lace paper and tied up with narrow
ribbons seem to be great favorites with
the small girls; yet 1t is doubtful If
many American children ever saw d
baby in Alsatian s%waddling clothes.
Clay pipes and tobacco pouches In
miniature, sugar cigarets, isinglass
~spectacles, boxes of chocolate cigars.
and diminutive but ingenious shaving
sets are in demand for boys favors,
while dainty hlgh-heeled china slip
pers, little bags of brocaded silk, fans,
dolls, heart-shaped trinket caskets,
lorgnettes, and other ornamental and
useful trifies are appreciated by the
small maiden. Every favor is either
filled with sweets or tied to a cake Of
chocolate, One of the prettiest of the
new favors is a wooden box, the top
open, the contents kept in place by a
slat nailed across from corner to cor
ner. 1t is addressed in black painted
letters, stamped, decorated with the
requisite amount Of railway hierogly-
phics, and, with it's burden of fresh vio-
let's, is an exact replica in miniature
Of the cases which travel every day
from Nice to Paris.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19

We are glad to see that the "co-eds"
of the University of Michigan have nm.
dertaken to reform the male students
1t shows that woman is acquiring con.
fdence with her advanced education
1t has not been unusual for one Young
woman to undertake to reform one
young man, but until now we have mi
heard of a. case where an attempt was
made to round up several hundre
young men and make one wholesale
reform job of the whole batch. How
ever, we wish the girls success. We
sincerely hope that they will be able
to Danish tobacco from the institution,
but we have our doubts. Still. lust as
a proof of their earnestness, they nigh.
intimate that they are willing to have
chewing gum and candy go with the
tobacco.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19

themselves; that is, are automatic. Ac-
cordinE to this remarkable principle
OF construction there are two immense
hollow shells or caissons, built OF steel,
In pairs, land filled with compressed
air, and SO arranged that when one
lock In depressed the other IL elevated
the caissons are open at the bottom,
and, immersed In the water. the latter
forms q natural seal for the contained
aif--the same principle as that Oh
which gas tanks are built. The locks
work UP and down, between firm steel
girders and girding frames, IN q phi
er water well formed in the lower
level Of the canal. 1t follows, then
simply, that If these open bottom com
partments are to be alright the water
pits must be rather deeper than the ex'
RENE height Of the lift, In order thai
the lower edge Of the caisson may be
always we'll beneath the water leve'
Of the canal. The locks may be sci
side by side. or tandem fashion, a con-
siderable distance apart.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19

List of patents issued last week 40
Northwestern inventors:
Charles Blomstrom, Minneapolis
Mimi, hand wise; Samuel Boomer.
saltwater, Mimi, cloth holder; Frank
Feeney, Ardoch, N. d., nugur handle;
Thomas Forstner, New Ulm, Mimi,
pipe wrench; Charles E. Hanson, Two.
Harbors, Mimi. spring support; Rob-
ert Hearns, st. Paul, Mimi, sealing at
tachment for bottles; Frederick +.
Kanne, Waterville, Mimi, elevator or
c~onveyor; Leon ID. Libbey, Dulutlr~
Mimi, dredging and mining pump;
George II. Marker, Sioux Falls, s. d.
automatic lamp extinguisher;r DanieG
H.. Newton, Minneapolis, Minn.s
starching machine.
Merwin. Lothrop g. johnson. Patent Attor-'
ncys, Q1O Pioneer Press BLDG. 81. Paui.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19


went from place to place and fully
studied the phenomena exhibited. He
writes of the catastrophe as can ap-
palling mass Of human misery, almost
the whole of which was ~preventable
by the exercise Of proper care In
choice OF methods OF house construc-
ton In the earthquake region, and
future repetitions Of which might thus
be completely avoided" It is curious
to note that Professor Milne, the lead
Ing earthquake authority today, is
saying exactly the same thing with re-
gard to the recent earthquake In
Assam, by which fifteen hundred lives
were lost and an amount Of
property destroyed. He points out
that japan has suffered from far more
severe earthquakes but that. profting
by experience and guided by expert
ment, the engineers there, with their
European colleagues, have gradually
departed from the stereotyped system
Of building construction in vogue in
other countries. The result is that
new buildings resist earthquake shock,
while the old mes are gradually dis
appearing. The wise Japanese spend
a large sum annually to assist a COM
mittee in investigating earthquake
phenomena, a professor Is employed
at their university to lecture upon the
best methods of building construction
In earthquake districts, and they have
sent a special commissioner to Assam
to report upon the recent earthquake
there. Professor Milne urges the gov
eminent Of India to take q lesson from
Japan.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19
Cost Of the Courts.

Much money is wasted in the prose-
cution Of trivial suits, the result Of
which is nothing but a useless ex-
penditure of money. Last year there
were terminated in the United States
courts 25,949 suits, of which 1881
were dismissed, discontinued or decid-
ed In favor Of the defendants. There
were also 1851 civil suits, in which the
United States was q party, Of which
40 per cent were either dismissed or
decided against the government. The
aggregate expense OF the United States
was S.. 0 900 for salaries and fees,
and it is estimated that the litigants
spent as much more at least. Over one
half Of this amount vas spent in fees
in suits that should never have been
brought. These statistics apply only
to the United States. 1t is probable
that the waste would exceed this pro-
portion in the state courts, where ever
more trivial suits are brought.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19

Those who are studying the wheat
situation are interested in the fact that
the worlds available wheat supply on
February 1 was 152, o0O, 900 bushels as
against 17S,o00, 600 bushels a veal ago.
Wheat is now commanding the highest
prices in years and indications are
that it will reach much higher figures
before the new crop is harvested. The
Chicago wheat syndicate is ~disposing
OF its holdings at fancy prices, and
when this stock disappears, the re-
sources of the country will be severely
taxed to meet the demand. The Chi.
cago market advanced three cents las'
week, and it is expected that all rec.
ords for high prices will be broken be
fore the deal is closed.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19
In black, and a dull jet buckle is worn.
Nothing more tasteful than this outfit
can be imagined.
wedding Arrangements.


A reader asks: /. Is 1t proper to
send announcement cards to the sisters
of the groom II they are not at the
wedding? 2. Should one wear hat and
gloves If married in a travelling dress?
3. IL a bride ver attended by two la
dies and no other escort; and If SO,
where do the ladies stand? Answer: 1.
It certainly would be good form to send
the cards to all of the relatives. Such
little courtesies should never be omit
ted. 2. If one is married at home the
hat and gloves are not needed, but II
the ceremony is performed in church
good sense demands that they be worn.
8. There is no reason why two ladies
may not attend a bride; indeed. 1t
might be a very pretty idea. They
shonld stand just at the side Of the
bride, and on a line a trife back Of
her position.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19

This part of the garden is the gov
eminent tangle." The speaker laugh
ed at the mystifed looks Of her guests
Each year my father, a voter, re-
celves from u congressman three
puny grape-vines, n or two currant
and raspberry bushes, a few packages
OF aster, marigold and pumpkin seeds,
and a pint of wax beans. They are
thrown in here and left to live or die.
as they please" For like sarcastic
recipients this government annually
approprlates hundred and thirty
thousand dollars; nevertheless, a care
ful review of the department reports
rails to reveal a single case of benefit
to agriculture from the free distribu-
ton of plants and seeds.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19

to announce your grief. Wear 1t rather
because bright colors are incongruous
with your sorrow and jar upon it.
Therefore, 1t is that the mourning
dress OF today has few distinctive fea-
lures, but 1t is made much on the same
plan as a black gown for any one. LUIS
~terless materials are still selected, but
they are not loaded down with a crush
ing weight Of crepe, that material
which strikes a chill to ones very
heart. Here is a gown which is worm
by n of Gotham's daughters, who,
while mourning a dearly beloved
mother, knows that an extreme in
somber attire is quite as illbred as an
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19

Extensions and improvements in
Liverpool's dock system at a cost OF
s21. 500, 600 are under way. The docks
are owned by the public and are under
the management of a board elected by
ship owners. and it is said that the
Mersey Docks and Harbor Board is a
public board which has no parallel in
the world either in Importance or mag
nitude. 1t is to its enterprise that the
pre-eminence Of Liverpool as a port
is largely due.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19

patent claim thus describes the devic
"A wheel having a pump connect<
with the tire thereof for initiating Il
same, a box on the hub Of said whee.,
supporting the barrel of said pump, a
crank-shaft mounted on the sides of
said box and a shifting pinion on said
shaft, in combination with a bracket
and q gear wheel. which are station
arily mounted on the axle of the wheel,
said bracket and gear wheel being rig,
idly connected one with the other, said
crank shaft being formed in sections
and having means for fastening the
latter"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19
Professional Women's Trials.

While the business and professional
women OF today go freely if not always
joyfully along the line of their chosen
work, it is not long since woman was
preached to and constantly reminded
of her duties, lest she should step out
side of the narrow circle known as
"woman's sphere" Jane Austin, out
of Difference to the views of her rela-
tives, concealed her writings from the
gaze of chance visitors by laying a
handkerchief yer the pages of her
manuscript. Mrs. Somerville was en-
treated not to bring disgrace upon her
family by persisting in her studies of
mathematics; even the clergy was dis
Quieted, and she was condemned from
the pulpit. Caroline Herschel's glor-
ious work in astronomy was done amid
discouragements, and there Is m
thing pitiful in the thought that her
la%borious life was embittered by social
prejudice. But how thoroughly wom-
anly the most gifted women ever are!
Professor Maria Mitchell left the most
delightful memories to her pupils, and
many a student endured the mathe-
NAUTICAL work of astronomy for the sake
of the professors personality. One Of
these pupils said that she had forgot
ten all she ever learned about the sun
moon and stars, but she never could
forget the gatherings where Miss
Mitchell was the hostess, and she
should always remember the bouquets
and souvenirs at every plate. and the
poetry, in that print-like handwriting,
made for every one of her girls.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19
Mourning Gowns.

Mourning gowns no longer have the
distinctive air which made them so re-
pulsive to the average woman. They
do not suggest something apart. a
thing in the world but not of it. They
do not parade the grief Of the stricken
before the eyes CT an unsympathizing
public. Dame Fashion no longer oun
tenances such garb. She says wear
black If you wish, but do not wear it
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19
A Little Learning Is a Dangerous Thin,

Saunter A. ~Long-Dey may say all
dey want ter bout de pleasure In being
dedicated. I know dat my early eddi-
cation in hygiene has taken away
nearly half de pleasure in eatin' fer
me.
Everett Wrest-'Bout all de eddica-
tlon a Teller really needs is enough ter
be able to tell de symptoms of fatigue.
Saunter A. Long-Dat's no dream.
But now l can't even eat a twisted
fried cake without all de joy in de act
bein' knocked galley-west by mo
KNOWN dat I've got ter put in tree
hours stiddy work digestin' de ting.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19

The Dutton Invention for Cana Locks.
The new invention for canal locks
is pronounced, both by European and
American engineering experts, a won
derful achievement, and has been
adopted by the state canal board of
New York. Briefly, it embodies a
method of lifts of $50 or 1870. feet In
height; instead of stone. locks are to
be made Of steel: instead of using
water as the lifting agent, compressed
air is substituted; instead of the pres
emit cumbersome and slow working
~contrivances. the plan is to take the
largest vessel afioat and lift. 1t to a
height equal to hat of Niagara almost
as quickly as a modern elevator moves
and these locks being built in pairs,
and balanced like the two pans Of a
balance scale. are thus made to operate
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-05-19
Speed of CameIs,

Extraordinary. stories are sometimes
told OF the speed with which camels
can travel in the desert, and OF their
wonderful endurance of fatigue; but
according to recent statements there
has been much exaggeration on this
subject. One writer asserts that the
speed Of a camel does not exceed about
seven miles and a half per hour, and
that ever that speed is not ordinarily
maintained longer than two hours at
a stretch.