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The herald., 1898-05-27
Kansas City Live Stock

KANSAS CITY, May 26-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, $500: market strong. Native steers
3.S5Q4S5; do cows and heifers, 2.0OG4. 75:
stockers and feeders, S0OQ5.25; bulls, $50
@4.75. WV
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; market 1O615 high
er. Lambs, 4.50@6.60; muttons, 3.OOQ4.55.
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Mortgages, $1,000 and Over
DAILY Statement.)

Dafly Statement)
s. Sepulveda to So. Cal. Saw. Bk-Part
of lot IL, Contreras & Reyes SUBJ;
. yrs. II per cent. ....::......... SIS
s.. l.. Addeman ct al. to Margaret
Irvine-Und. * of part of lot 8, blk
T. o. s.: yrs, 9 per cent. .......... 6,5
A. Scharff to Mary J. Bushnell-Part
of lots l, 10 and IL, Fletchers SUBJ;
May 20, 99, 10 per cent. 20
p. L. Seymoure ct al. and F. c. Her.
bert to B. f. Maxon-Lots and 6,
blk 6, Maxon's sub. of McLain est;
Nov. j, ,99, 6 per cent...................3
II. F. Beckwith to So Cal. Loan assn
Lot 6, blk Q, Buena Vista trt; also
lot ~, DIX l, same trt.; 10 yrs, 8 per
cent. .:..-:.".:. .............. 2,3
Meta Smith to I. B. Dockweiler,
trustee-Part of lots and s, blk 70,
o. s.; l yr, 9h per cent?. Is
Six mortgages under $1,000.
The herald., 1898-05-27
MUNYON'S

. Cold Cure cures colds in the head, colds on the
lungs, old colds. new colds and obstinate colds and
all forms Of grip. Stops sneezng, discharges from
the nose and eyes, prevents catarrh, diphtheria,
and all throat and lung troubles These
saved thousands of lives and prevented much sick.
ness The Munyon Remedy Company prepare .
separate cure for each disease. At all druggists
Is cents q vial. II you need medical advice write
Prof. Munyon, 150S Arch Street. Philadelphia 1t Q
n abao1uta1v froa
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$1,5OO|
$500
1000

IDdIIy Statement.J
D. J. Kennedy to S. L. Warner ct al,
452,166. ...::........... 81, so
Lizzie V. Grier to w. Keller ct al,
ool ol-l1......... .............. ........... 2,lO
G. L. Wills to A. Ottaway, 552-294.... 200
E. b. Flint to Combination Oil Co.,
59S-2e6 .:....": .......... ............. 200
9. Wright to A. Fraser, 375-11S. ....... 1.5O
q. martens 10 w. Ohlson, 274-l16...... 100
Eight releases under $1,000. ............ $40
Total.
The herald., 1898-05-27
Spanish Securities

LONDON, May 26.-Spanish As closed at
34k, a net gain of GIG.
PARIS, May 26-Spanish As closed at
"a 3-16, net gain of 1916.
The herald., 1898-05-27
Treasury Statement

WASHINGTON, May 26.-Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury shows
Available cash balance, $2O3, ,S69,326; gold re-
serve S173 235. .5O2
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Petroleum

OIL CITY, Pa, May 26.-Credit balances
S6 certificates, opened S61s, highest 81. Total
sales, 1900 bbls. cash oil at 81. Shipments.
SO Ill; runs, 81, III.
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Silver Bullion

NEW YORK, May 26-Bar silver, 571sc;
Mexican dollars, 45Ac.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.-Bar silver,
579sc; Mexican dollars, 46A@46A.
LONDON, May 26.-Bar silver, 26ss.
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Closing Stocks

NEW YORK, May 26-The fo,,ow,r.
are the closing prices on the Nav We
stock exchange today: N'" Ao'"
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Bond List

NEW YORK, May 26.-The following
are the closing prices Of bonds on the New
York stock exchange today:
U s new As, reg .121R N Carolina 6s 1924
do coup.121k do 4s..,.lO5
U As. .....1osA N Pacific lists. .115
90 COUP. LII do 3s..... 6CA
do Eds. :. 80. 95 do IS. 95%
U 3 5s, req. .1lON N G & st l. As. .104
do COUP. .11OA Nor & w 6s......12O
District 3-65s ..113k NV consols.
Ala, class A. do deb 5s... .115A
90 b.. .l05 0 Nav 1sts...... .1f6
do c.. 80. 80 do 4s......... 95N
do cur. 30 Q s Line 6s tr, .f2
Atchison 49,. 80 Q s Line 5s r. .1OsA
DO ad1 as. 909s q Imp lists r.. III
Can So 2ds.. 64Z do IS tr.5 5S
Can Pac lists. .1OSH Pacific 6s Of '95. 1924
Chi Term 49,. S4% Reading Is. S3%
C & Ohio IS. .1121s G w 1sts.. SSi%
c H & d 41as. .104ss st L & M con Is 93%
D & r G lists. 1864 st l. & r gen 6s. I'm
D & r G 4s... 92tk st P con.......1H
E Tenn lists. 10Y St c & p lists liz
Erie gen 4s..... 70 do 5s,. .115M
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All prices OF wall pap"r greatly reduced
A. A. Eckstrom. 1924 South Spring street.
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Optical work; accurate fitting. J. W.
Fuller, 315 North Main street.
The herald., 1898-05-27
THE INVESTOR
CONDUCTED sy GEO. DosNsoN
OFFICE OF THE HERALD,
LOS ANGELES, May 26, 1898.
The English Investors View

"Exactness in little things Is a wonder
ful source of cheerfulness."
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ON CHANGE

Total...."... .."................. .s15, 1903
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Releases, $1,000 and Over

Total...."... Observation-Disclosures. $40.
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-26
AN OYSTERS AGE.
A Person Can Tell ID Very Easily by
Measuring the Size of
the She'll.

1t is just as easy TO tell the age of an
oyster by looking at its shell as it is to
ascertain the age of a horse by ex-
amining its teeth. or tree by inspect
ing the circles revealed by the AK or
saw when it is laid low. When the oy-
ster is six months old it is as big as a
dime, when one year old it will cover
a silver half-dollar, and when two
years old will be about the circumfer-
ence OF 4 silver dollar.
The oyster, unlike the crab, is not
Obliged 10 seek new quarters or build
a new house every time he grows APP
preciably. The extensions that he
puts on his house ere clearly marked
10y well-defined ridge, says Pearson's
Weekly.
Oysters are esteemed to be at their
best when between four and five years
of age, and the planters erdeavor TO
protect the beds for that length OF
lime. Conscientious oystermen, that
is, men who are not inclined 10 kill the
goose hat lays the golden egg, always
return 10 the bed oysters that are too
young. but in case a patriarch is
brought up. over whose she'll the tides
of from eight 10 twelve winters and
summers have ebbed and flowed, he is
sent 10 market. where he is put al the
bottom of the heap and sold with his
younger and more luscious compan-
ions
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-26
LAUGHING IS DANGEROUS.
Now We Are Told By European Physi-
CLANS fFEat It Ray Bring on
Heart Disease.

The ancients were fond OF insisting
that laughter might kill. They always
had case il point, and in this instance
Philemon. the comic poet, was the hero
or rather the notwithstanding to
Valerius MaEimus and Lucian.
1t is Ra abelais, however, who has i'm
mortaliZed Philemon, whom he wrong
" calls Philomenes. The poet, he says,
found jackass eating up the figs on
his dinner table, SO he said to his serv-
ant who came in with the wine that he
might as well give the ass a drink
Then the poet laughed SO violently that
his breath failed him and he died. 1t
must be added that the poet was then
95 years old.
From this suspicious though amusing
legend we can pass to clinical facts
which it suggests. Laughter in itself
cannot very we'll kill, but it may do
harm. Hysterical girls and boys with
kindred nervous affections are often
given to immoderate laughter, which
tends to increase nervous exhaustion.
DR.. Feilchenfeld relates an instructive
case in which littlo.girl suffered from
very definite cardiac symptoms after
immoderate laughter. The patient was
13 years old and had previously been
free from any sign of heart disease.
After laughing On and off for nearly
an hour with some companions she
suddenly felt stabbing pains in the
chest and was seized with fits of cough
ing, followed by cardiac dyspnoea, very
well marked
Feilchenfeld believes that the car
diac disease directly resulted from i'm
moderate laughing. ''La joie fait peur,"
they say in France Let laughter-lov-
ing girlhood remember that joy may
also make heart disease. Older per
sons do not seem subject to this form
Of cardiac affection.-British Medical
,IOI1T,O91
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-26
HORRID SIDE OF WAR.
Terrible Scenes with cssed by "A Barce-
Iona Doctor On "a Philip
pine Transport.

A Barcelona doctor who visited a
Philippine transport describes It's hor-
rors as follows:
These poor soldiers, not one of whom
was past his first youth, were in most
terrible condition, mere skeletons Gov
cred with yellow skin like leather and
scored with deep wrinkles. Their CLASSY
eyes were sunk in their sockets and
trimmed with black. The wounded, coy
cred with excrement, were bowling
with pain, for their sores had not been
dressed and were infested with heas and
worms.
l entered the room pointed out to me
by the doctor who accompanied me, and
there came to the most terrible corner
of this floating lazaretto Sixteen SOL
diers were on the point of death. Here
dead body lay on its back, one eye
wide open, the other almost shut, while
the bottom of the face was covered with
thick foam. There was another young
soldier, eaten up by consumption,
stretched beside the corpse. He was
looking at it quietly with a certain
stoical calm, and he lay without move
ment as if he already belonged to the
kingdom Of shadows.
Another soldier, on the contrary,
whose lower jaw had been carried away
by bullet, was hiding his face in the
sheets SO that he might not see the
dead man. But, in spite of his terror,
and as if moved by an irresistible force,
he would now and then draw aside his
covering, slightly raise his head and
look sideways at his dead comrade; his
face took on a look of horror which [
cannot describe, and then he would
hide himself again under the coverlet.
The others paid no attention to the
dead man. The extent of their suffer
ings made them Indifferent to what
happened around them. A young SOL
der, his face looking pathetically like
that Of pale young girl, was shriekiGg
aloud for some one TO come and finish
him. Another, quite as young, was call
ing on his mothers name with tears
and hysterical sobs. so, mother!" he
screamed, don't leave me in my
trouble. Take me with you to Heaven.
| cannot bear it any longer. Q, God!
It is burning me up. Mother, mother,
save me." Another, with horrible
oaths, groaned and swore that he had
in his stomach viper which was eating
into his bowels. Above him another
young soldier was sobbing so piteously
that to hear him was enough to curdle
ones blood. Two dying men near him
were inhaling ether 10 help their
breathing, and at the bottom of this
den there rolled and shook on his mat
tress living being so burned up with
fever that he looked like madman.-
London Chronicle
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-26
MONKS AS FIREMEN.
An Ancient Belgian Custom That was
Only Recently Abolished In
That Country.

ST. Troud, a small town in the east CT
Belgium, had an institution of quite
uaique character until very recent
date. \ Turkish fire brigade at work
is an amusing and picturesque sight.
but it is tame in comparison with the
ST. Troud fire brigade. This was com
posed of the friars of Franciscan mon
astery in the town, to whom the task of
extinguishing fires had been commit
ted for many years.
The few simple appliances for extin-
gushing were kept at the friary, and
about 80 of the younger friars were al
ways dispatched to the scene of the
confagration.
1t was most incongruous sight to see
the good friars dragging their scanty
implements to the scene of action. y
dilapidated hosepipe was almost the
only scientific appliance they were pos
sessed of, and as this was well worn and
generously punctured it was decorated
at intervals while in action with the
huge red handkerchief of friar, tied
round to prevent the escape of water.
Most of the work was done with pals
and buckets. Tucling up the skirts Of
their heavy brown tuEics and tighten
ing their girdles, the young friars
plunged into the work with great zeal
the red glare of the fire falling pictur
esquely on their clean-shaven polls,
bare feet and quaint costumes, and ON
the squat figures of the older friars who
had come to superintend operations.
No one regretted more than the friars
themselves when the town recently
took this very unspiritual service upon
its own shoulders. The fire bell had al
ways been d most welcome diversion for
the younger friars. and the wild rush
through the town at night and the ex-
citing work had given them something
to talk of for weeks afterward.-Pe
sons Weekly
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-26
STAMP FIENDS REJOICE.
English Experts Discover a Clever
Forgery That Passed Through
the Postmaster's Hands.

The collectors of postage stamps are
jubilant just now, for they have found
a justifica tion for their own existence.
purchase of shilling stamps has been
made by firm of philatelists, and he
experts find they are clever forgeries
and must have deprived the govern
ment of considerable revenue nearly
2j years ago, says London Sketch.
In these days of Photographic and
photographic processes, one may be
surprised 10 find English postage
postage stamps forged so seldom. The
old black penny stamp. with the let
iers "V. r." in the corners, attract
ed the attention of the dishonest, and
the fault of this clearly lies with the
collectors, whose demand for this par
ticular stamp has raised the price TO
S25.
Foreign forgeries proceed apace, and
South American republics, in the hour
of extreme financial depression. often
resort TO an issue of new stamps 10
tempt the gentle philatelist. The sale
of old dies is also a source of trouble
to collectors, who have paid big prices
for rare specimens, and find the mar
kei flooded with reprints.
The hardened collector seldom or
never falls a victim TO the forger; he
knows all about watermarks. designs,
and minu;iae of every descriptions; and
Yet. when one considers the multitude
of stamps and the shortness of life,
there comes the question whether it
would not be better 10 buy forgeries
than waste years learning TO detect
them.
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-26
SPANISH BRAG IN MANILA.
IL Has Always Been the Policy of
Spain's MiDiOns In OutIy-
ing Possessions.

Both the great island possessions
iG the West ard East Indies respect
ively-which are now the seats of war
between Spain and the United States,
were for a time during the last CEN
tury possessions of the British empire.
Havana and Manila were bot h captured
by Great Britain in 1862. nd Cuba and
;he Philippines occupied. y very rare
ard interesting "PIain Narrative" of
The capture of Manila was published
UY Rear Admiral Cornish ana Brig.
Gen. Draper in reply 10 accusations of
infringement of the capitulations
made against these officers by the
Spaniards. Their own allegations are
sufficiently strong: Through the
whole of the above transactions the
Spaniards, by evasiors, avoided COM
plying with the capitulaticus in
every respect, except in bringing the
moUey from the Misericordia ard Or
deniacara (ships). which it was out of
their power TO secrete. They bashful-
ly and ungratefuIly took up arms
against us after having their lives
given them. They preached publicly
in their churches rebellion" ETC., says
the Nineteenth Century.
At the peace of Paris, however,
O763), which concluded the Seven
Years war, Canada, Louisiana and
various islands in the West Indies hav-
ing been ceded by France and Florida
and Minocra by Spain, Great Britain
on her part ceded 10 the latter power
Cuba and the Philippines. Yet there is
still 10 be seen-or was during my resi-
dence at Manila-at the mouth of the
Pasig, and under the ramparts, a di-
lapidated brick ard stucco monument,
with n MISUNDERSTANDING the ex-
pulsion of the invading British by the
noble and patriotic Don Simon de Anda
an Inscription which afforded great
amusement to British naval officers
visiting the port.
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-26
BILLOWS OF WHEAT.
Hcw Some Denver Workncn Were
Chased Out of Warehouse by n
Flood Of Grain.

Six thousand bushels of unsacked
wheat got loose aid went On a tear. 1t
happened in the warehouse of the f. G.
Ayres Mercantile company on recen:
afternoon. The scenes that followed
were something similar to those de-
scribed by Victor Hugo when a cannon
get loose from its fastenings on board
ship and rolled and reared from one end
Of the gun deck to another until the
ship was disabled and a number Of its
crew killed. Only. nobody was killed
by the wheat.
In the rear of the Ayres warehouse
are four great bins, built up from the
ground floor and capable of holding .:
carloads of wheat AT time. They are
substantial affairs. and once grain OF
wheat gets into them it is pretty like
ly TO stay there, safe from rats and
thieves, until its owners get ready tc
shovel it out again.
About three O'Clock in the afternoon
the comPany's bookkeeper, sitting in
his office at the front Of the building
100 feet or more from the bins. heard a
terrific ripping, tearing. splinterirg
sound, as if the whole end of the ware
house was being torn out by monster
hand. Before he had time to jump cut
of his chair this sound was succeeded
by another, a rumbling. grum bling.
roaring, moving noise, like the coming
down Of the cataract at Lcdore or the
approach of a hurricane. He rushed
from the little box of an office out on
to the main floor Of the warehouse. He
paused, gasped for breath and threw
up his hands.
What he saw was a giant wave of
wheat flowing toward him, licking az
the very heels of dozen laborers who
had been at work near the bins and who
were now fleeing for their lives. The
wave flowed high, foam wheat snap
ping from its crest now and then and
falling in grainy spray on the heads
of the pursued. Afterward the men
ran whisk brooms down their backs to
brush the tickly wheat out.
The ocean of wheat moved onward
for score of feet or more and then
cal1ned down as suddenly as if barrel
VI CiA AuN OOSH Sp4tdb Oll It's II CuOiCb
waves. The bookkeeper yelled to the
laboring mer to stop running, pulled
his hands down TO their accustomed
pockets, took deep breath and whis
tied.
By and by the cloud of dust that had
arisen drifted away and the bookkeeper
and the laboring men could see what
had happened. 1t didn't take long. One
of the stout beams had grown weak
from the burden on its back and
snapped in two. A hundred other stout
beams had followed suit. There was
nothing left for the imprisoned wheat
TO do but to make rush for a less
confined resting place. There were
5000 bushels of it in the bin, and it was
no wonder that its moving caused con-
sternation.
After the dozen laboring men had re-
covered their wits and gone to work
again the little bookeeper in the front
Office said the damage done would not
exceed $50. All that was necessary to
do to save the wheat was to sweep it up
off the floor ard put it in sacks.-Den-
yer Republican.
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-26
Kaiser's Large Expenses.

A lively controversy is raging in
Berlin just now as to where the money
is to. come from to defray the cost Of
the kaiser's approaching visit to
Jerusalem. Even though his majesty
is to 90 as a Cooks tourist, the eX-
pense entailed by the expedition will
be very considera BILE; and as all the
world knows, the imperial rrivy purse
is by 10 means too we'll filled at the
present time. There is a rumor that
the kaiser may ask subjects to come
to his assistance in the matter; and.
in considerat ton Of the advantages
that may accrue to the empire from
his stay in the east, add to his civil list
special grant in aid this year. If lie
be well advised, however, he will
think tWice-nay, even thrice-befsre
doing anything OF the kind, for, judg-
ing by the tone in which the subject
is being discussed his chance of Oh
tanning a single pfennig is nil, no mat
ter how persausively DR.. Won Miguel
may plead for him. Indeed, bitter
complaints are already to be heard
on all sides as to the way the civil list
has Increased in these latter days.
The present kaiser's income is more
than twice as large as that which the
old kaiser had; and yet he is always
in sore need of money, to the infinite
dismay of his cheese pairing Prus-
slams, who cannot conceive what he
does with his income-Pall Mall Ga
Zpfte
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-26
FUEGEET PARAGRAPHS.

''What shall call my new dog? Hes
Great Dane" why, Hamlet OF
course. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Jones-"For awhile John was out cf
his mind about that girl" Smith
"And now?" Joncs-"Oh. now the girl
is out OF his mind Answers.
He (exhibiting skctch)-"It's the
best thing l ever did" She (symra-
theticaIIy)-''O well. you mustn't let
that discourage you;'-Tit-Bits.
Inquisitive One-'So you really didn't
mind the hardtack?" The Volunteer
Nope, my wife was just learning to
cook when / enlisted. ."-Syracuse Her
aid.
Whats your new piece like"
"D'now yet, m'dear. If the audience
weep | shall call it a drama; if they
laugh shall advertise it as farcical
comedy. Pick-Me-Up.
"Gnatbrain lost his head when he
was called upon to speak last night
Must have felt as did when l lost my
pocket bool:-glad there was nothing
in it."-Boston Commercial bulletin.
a Task.-'What thoughtful look
that Spaniard has" yes; he is trying
to remember the Ni=oaya, the Colon
he Maria Teresa, the Cristina, and the
rest OF them. n.''-PhiladelPhia American
Husband "a pessimist)-"I was think
ing of insuring my life, hut am so in
fernally unluclly that / believe should
live for ever if I did" Wife ian opti-
mist)-"Then pray don't think of it.
John. Ally Sloper
\ Clerical Error.-"That was q good
sermon that DR.. Binks preached this
mornirg?" Excellent. 1t would have
been almost perfect if the doctor hadn't
interpolated few sentences of his
own" ."-Cleycland Plain Dealer
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-26
SCIEECE AND INDUSTRY.

There are over G,O0O known languages
and dialects,
There are nearly 5000 stitches in a
pair of hand-scwn boots.
The skeleton of man was unearthed
recently near Elwood, Ind, with an
Indian arrow imbeded in the jawbone
The Japanese address letters the re-
verse Of what we do. writing the coun-
try first, the state or province next,
then the city, the street number and
the name last of all.
Statistics Of Ohio show among other
things an unsatisfactory condition of
martial affairs. During the past year
more than 1900 applications for divorce
were filed in the state.
Artificial flowers were unknown to
the ancient civilized nations of Europe.
They G2a first mentioned in italy in the
fourteenth century, but in China they
were known at an earlier date.
The PerSians in SIG 3. c. invented
transparent glass varnish, which they
laid over sculptured rocks to prevent
them from weathering. The coating
has lasted to our day, while the rocks
beneath are honeycOmbed.
The nicknames cf some of the new
states are: South Dakota. Swing Cat
state; Washington, Chinook state;
North Dakota, Flicker-tail state: Mon
tana, Stub-toe state; Nebraska, Black
water state; Nevada, Silver state.
\ child who wandered away from
Burns Valley, Pa, was lost in the noun
tains. When found she was in the midst
of wild animals and among rattle
snakes, but she declared they had Inadc
10 attack upon her and that she had
subsisted among them by eating wild
berries. The hunting party that found
her killed II rattlers near the rock
where she was discovered.
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-26
Argentine Locust hntidote.

1t is reported from Argentine that
little insect, called there the champ,
will probably extinguish the locusts.
IS they devour the eggs of the latter
and multiply rapidly on such food.
Several artificial, as well as natural,
]estroyers of the Argentine locusts
lave been reported, but usually nature
provides something that reduces the
excessive increase of such pests or de-
stroys them.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-26
WateTUl a.0n Sirun,

Several times lately we have noted
brief references to experiments at
sirup making from watermelon juice,
and have wondered why some system
attic efforts have not been made to
utilize this product in that way. The
older generation of people can, doubt
less. call TO mind sirup made by the
slaves-on a small scale and in rude
way, it is true, but it was not at all
bad substitute for the genuine article.
The watermelon juice contains a
arger percentage of water than does
he juice of the cane, but we are in
formed that one gallon Of sirup can be
made from II or a gallons of juice, and
are of the opinion that an acre of land
would produce more sirup if planted
n melons than if planted in cane. They
are an easy crop to raise, are very pro-
ductive, easy to handle, and no ma
chiDery would be required to express
the juice, as is the case with sugar
cane. The watermelon makes beau
tiful sirup, mild and pleasant, and if
the effort was made in a scientific way,
there is little doubt that it would prove
i success. 1t is certainly worth try
ing,-Montgomery (AIa) Advertiser.