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The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

of the transit inspection bureau, will as
sume the duties of his new position on
A Topeka man has some tomato plants
which made a BLUM at dying gseveral weeks
up and are now blooming more prOfusely
than ever.
This is the season of the year when a
woman likes to take a lot of green tOma-
toes, mix them up with IA different kinds
of red hot spices, and then make believe
Lend Hand by Rev. Charles NJ
Sheldon, the book read by the author at
published. John Kings question class
has also appeared.
Lieut.. Ferguson of the Thirty-sixth, U.
himself was with the Twentieth Kansas
for swimming the Rio Grande.
A reunion of the Scottish Rite Masons
viii be held in Topeka November 21-24.
in the city. Mr.. Walter was the official
decorator of the Karnival Krewe.
Ottawa Herald: The fellow who fears of
feeling like thirty cents when he stands
before the matrimonial altar can worry
ling got married in Topeka the other day.
The fire department was called at 5
occupied by Louis Wiss at ~ North
Quincy can of crude oil being boiled
on a gasoline stove boiled over. Damage
For the first time in their history the
Democratic and Republican hambeau
ing to arrange the details for the Are-
works display on the night of the TWen-
t1eth reception
If the night is clear while the fireworks
display is being made on the night of the
Twentieth reception, arrangements may
be made to signal the state university
on Mount Dread from the dome of the
state house.
In His Steps, is now being sold by
Topeka book stores at 5 cents volume.
| wanted-that his books might be sold in
could buy them.
A practical joker left a couple of cleo
| trio batteries that looked like bombs and
a bunch of keys on the steps of the Cen
| tral National bank last night The janitor
| found them and called for Sergeant Belts.
/ If the sergeant had not discovered the
| joke perhaps the militia would have been
/ called out.
| The Grocers and Butchers are anxious
/ that every lady in the city who will bake
a pie or cake for the banquet to the
| twentieth Kansas, will give her name
/ and he will see that she gets a pie plate
| and also that the pies and cakes are call
/ ed Tor on the day before the banquet.
1t will require 1850 electric lamps of diff
| ferent colors TO form the notices and dec
oratons to be used in the electrical il
4 lumina ton of the state house for the re-
/ ception. OF this number 400 will be used
| in the electrical flag over the southern
| entrance and the lights will appear and
disappear in such a way to give the
/ flag waving appearance.
! oscar SWayze has received a letter from
| w d. Dickinson. who was for many years
/ a resident of Topeka and was well known
Great Falls, Montana, where he is su-
| perintendent of the Boston and Great
company and street railway company. He
I Delonged to the Republican fiambeau club
| 10 Great Fails he organized a club there,
| but it has recently lost its f1ambeaux by
! nre. he writes to ask if there is any i'm
! prOvement in the old hambeaux that were
/ In use here ten
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
HELP OF SCHOLARS.
Will Be Asked to Contribute to Sol
diers' Medal Fund.

Frank Nelson, state superintendent,
has sent to the county superintendents
a letter urging their cooperation in the
effort to raise funds with which to de-
fray the expense of purchasing medals
for the members of the Twentieth Kan
sas, a work which is in the hands of
the state C. A. r. department.
The medals are to be made from a
captured Spanish cannon, being
brought home from the Philippines by
Colonel Wilder S. Metcalf and given
to the soldiers.
In the communication which Mr.. Mel
son sent out appears the following: L
respectfully ask that the county super
intendents cooperate with me to en-
list the interest of the boys and girls
of Kansas in this movement. Each pu-
Pill is asked to give something-even a
penny. We would like to have each
child associated with this work as a
matter of state PRIDE
When the work is completed the de-
partment officers will prepare a memoir
ial containing the names of the con-
tributors to the medal fund.
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NORTH TOPEKA.

Items intended for this column should
be left with the Kimban Printing COM
pany. S35 Kansas avenue
Ed. Roehr is ill at his home on Mon
roe street.
Mr.. and Mrs James Stevens of Cap
ital View were in town yesterday.
r. B. McMaster has purchased the
Pond property at 917 Jackson street.
Cut price on every thing at the Dibble
Grocery Co.; also the premium stamps
Mrs. Byron Aden of Whiting is the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Adair of Ell
mont.
Major r. w. Jenkins went to his farm
in Onaga yesterday, where he viii
spend some time.
Kelsey Petro returned yesterday from
a visit to his grandmother, Mrs. Mitch
ell of Cawl1er City.
Mrs. Homer B. Mayer of Cawker City
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. A M.
Petro, of 1O14 Van Buren street.
Mrs. 1 J. Geer and Miss Caroline
Shepard arrived today from Chicago
and are the guests of Mrs. +. E. Etter
Of Van Buren street.
The interest in the meetings at the
North Christian church is increasing.
Mr.. Powell's subject for this evening
will be Church Going"
The Ladies' Aid society of the Pres
byterian church are quilting today at
the home of Mrs. Arnold and planning
for their bazaar to be given next month.
thursday, FT1Qay ana SATURDAY the
Dibble Grocery Co double the premium
stamps on Eagle Health Pancake
Flour and all bulk coffees, teas and
spices.
Mr.. D. Van Ness of Leavenworth is
expected to arrive tomorrow and visit
his son, Mr.. William Van Ness of 1709
Kansas avenue. He will be accompan-
led by his daughter, Mrs. Gilmore.
Mr.. Schulta, of New York city is the
guest of Rev. Mr.. Schuff of Curtis
street. Mr. SchuIta is secretary of the
Baptist Home Missionary society and
is making an extended trip west.
Mrs. G. A. Prescott and children of
Chicago are visiting Mrs. Prescott s
sisters, Mrs. w. G. Brown of 1411 Kan
sas avenue, and Mrs. J. NJ. Ferguson Of
1922 Jackson street. Mrs. Prescott and
children will join Mr.. Prescott in New
York where they will make their future
home
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin. formerly Of
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POLICE ADOPT RESOLUTION
officers Honor the Memory of Police
Judge John L. Guy.


Whereas, An all-wise Providence
having removed from US our late as
sociate and judge,
Therefore, be it resolved, First: That
in the death of Judge John L. Guy our
community has lost one of its most
worthy and esteemed citizens; the wife
and children a faithful, kind and loving
husband and father; the religious or
ganization to which he belonged one of
its most faithful members, and our city
a fair and impartial Judge
Second: That while we deeply feel
and mourn the loss of our beloved
friend and associate. we are cOmfOrted
by the realization of the fact that our
loss is his eternal gain.
Third: That the wife of the deceased,
whose head is bowed with grief, and
the young children who are left with
out a father, have our heartfelt sym
pathy in this their sad bereavement.
Fourth: That we will each and every
one use our utmost endeavor to profit
ample which he set before US while in
our midst and that we will ever cherish
his memory in the future.
Fifth: That as a brother officer we
have lost a most faithful public official
and conscientious, fair and impartial
judge.
sixth: That a copy of these resolu-
tions be furnished each of the daily
papers Of the city for publication, a
copy to the wife and children of the
deceased.
F. A. PARCELS, Patrolman.
d. GREGG, Assisting City Att.
J. r. McELROY, Patrolman-
Committee.
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BURLINGTON WILL HELP.
Progressive Town Assisting Their
Militia Company to Attend
Reception

The following from the Burlington
Jeffersonian shows the true spirft:
The suggestion made in last nights
paper that the people of Burlington
chip in to assist the local company of
the state militia to go to Topeka to
assist at the reception for the Twen-
t1eth Kansas has met with a more
favorable response than was antici-
pated. The people feel that the Twen-
tieth should be honored and as there
will be no celebration here the sugges-
uon that the company be sent to To-
peka has been approved more general
ly than it otherwise would have been
Now if those who like the idea will lust
dig down in their pants pockets for
enough to pay the car fare the com
pany will go. It's up to you. What will
you do about it?
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FARMS SWORTK'S PLEA.
Win Demand Equal Rights With
Sultan of Sulu.

Chicago, Oct. 25.-Walter L. Farms
worth, the self confessed bigamist, who
claims he has married over forty wo-
men in different parts of the world
when his case is called for trial
THE sultan of Zulu has many wives
and is under the protection of the
United States government" said
wives, but the police, not the govern
ment, have me in charge. This is not
according to the constitutional provis-
ion guaranteeing equality to all and
then denying special privileges to the
residents of this country. I will see
that I either go free or the sultan of
Zulu gives up some of his better
halves"
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COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
Look at Your Quarter and Half Dol
lar Pieces.

Very fair counterfeit half dollars and
counterfeit quarters have maide their
appearance in Topeka.
The police are looking for the man
who is showing the queer but he has
not been found. The counterfeits have
been passed at small stores in the out
lying part of town. The man who
passed them is described as a tramp
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
High Priced Coal.

We notice in last evenings Journal
that hard coal has again advanced to
$105O. The Horner Coal Co. is over
stocked with the best Lehigh Anthra-
cite and will close out at old prices il
YOU call soon.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
Bandits Not In the Hills.

Atchison, Oct. 25.-A posse which
went into the Missouri hills east of
here yesterday afternoon to follow up
a clue to the Doniphan bandits, re-
turned today, convinced that they
were on the wrong trail
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
N. A. a. Dance.

VIII be given by Pleasant lodge No.
AS, at Lincoln Post hall, Thursday
evening, Oct. 26, 1899. Admission 25c.
Refreshments served free.
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In His steps s Cents

This week at The Bennett Book Store.
730 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

Eagle Health Pancake Flour baked
and served free at the Dibble Grocery
Co., Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

SC a package, or 3Sc dozen, for Bis
cult. Put up the same as Uneeda Bis
cult, and the same size.
The Coffee we have on sale is all
fresh roasted. You will find if you buy
your Coffee of us you will save at least
5 cents on the pound.
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Trial Treatment Free.

Prof w. s. Harding, magnetic healer,
S21 Monroe St.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

Come in and try an Eagle Health Pam
cake with us. They are fine, and will
please you. It is the best Pancake Flour
in the market. Z-Ib. packages, Is cts.
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MAIL ORDERS SHIPPED PRoMPTLY.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

Large Kansas Potatoes. per bu.... .25
Large Minnesota Potatoes. per bu- AS
Fancy Colorado Potatoes, per bu... .65
lbs Mississippi Rice ...-....--.. .25
lb. roll Arnour's best Butterine 20
2 cans solid pack Tomatoes Is
. cans Sugar Corn. .15
3 cans Early June Peas............ -25
4 cans Shenandoah Corn. .25
3 ID. cans table Green Gages....... 10
3 lb. can table Egg Plums. 10
: Id. can table Pears. 10
Uneeda Biscuit. per pk'g...-...... -O4
lbs. hand picked Navy Beans. .25
s lbs. Scotch rs
2 quarts fancy Cranberries. Is
8 lbs. Honfnv Flake rs
4 lbs. fresh baked Ginger Snaps 20
25 lb. sack Billiards. Corn Meal. 20
lbs. new Lima Beans.......... .25
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A Surprise Party.

The members and friends of the Uni
ted Brethren church. gave Mr.. and Mrs.
G. 5. Coblentz a very pleasant surprise
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

You can always depend upon getting
the finest Standard White California
GranuIated Sugar from us
20 lbs, SI.OO. 10 lbs. soc. S lbs, z5c,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

TBS choice Santos. os.................. %
l ID Java Blend, 20 cents-6 lbs. l 90
10 Our Blend % cents-41k lbs. 1.O
1 10 Choice Java and Mocha, 80
cents-31a lbs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lou
l 10 Tea Room Blend, So cents-3 lbs / 90
5-Tb can Special A Blend. LOO
Fresh Roasted African Java Coffee,
per fb.......- .........-.-...--..- 10
Buy your Flour this week, and get
the benefit of the low price.
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Try one of WOlff's Capital Brand "
Sugar Cured Hams. They are fresh,
sweet and tender. On sale this week
at IL cents per pound.
The record-union., 1899-05-07

A great deal of handsome faille, ben
gallne, Victoria reps and other corded
silks are made fashionable use of this
season, but it is not always plain. gros-
gram. There are numberless bayadere
stripes, waved, chevroned and straight.
SHOWN among the Lyons novelties and
on some Of the bayadere reps ON two
coiors the omnipresent polka dot ap-
pears.
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matelasse silks are shown again, Wlth
lovely designs of small flowers ON soft
neutral grounds and so beautifully
woven that the brocaded figures look
like hand embroidery.
A season of fancy cotton fabrics IS al
! ready assured, Judging by the large sale
of organizes, batistes, dimities, zephyr
goods India muslins, etc. Moreover,
the present styles can be most charm
ingly and appropriately carried out in
these beautiful fabrics that actually
rival taffeta and foulard silks in dainty
colorings and patterns. The full round
waists. the flowing skirts, and all the
very dainty effects of the summer toilet,
the frills, ruches, accordion plaitinss,
berthas, yokes fichus and the like are
all seen at their best in the airy tex
tiles for summer wear.
Some of the prettiest evening dresses
for the coming season are made of sheer
India null over white taffeta soyeux,
with trimmings of soft yellow Valen-
ciennes lace These gowns show a full
round waist, fastened at the back. The
shoulders are adorned with loops and
ends of deep cream satin ribbon and
the neck of the bodice is cut square and
banded with lace insertion, finished on
the shoulders with a ripple. of gathered
lace which falls below the ribbon loops.
The square opening is filled in with a
shirred or finely tucked yoke of chiffon
or net The skirt is trimmed with
lace edged ruffies of the null and hangs
from the same band as the taffeta skirt
beneath, which is very closely gored,
and has a surah facing and numberless
gathered frills on the lower half, which
aid in giving pretty flare to the out
side skirt of null.
This season there are brought out
some remarkable rich blue shades in
cloth, repped silk, WOOL bengaline, chev-
lot and drap d'ete and these are made
into various walking costumes, calling
gowns and travelling and yachting suits.
In nearly every instance there is a yoke,
waistcoat or other accessory in cream
color, ecru or pure white, in satin, gui-
pure net over silk. or matelasse bro
caded with rich but small Oriental fig
ures.
Even with the tailor costume very
many women will this summer discard
the high, stiff linen collar, which, it is
now affirmed, seriously affects the
nerves and cords of the neck and head,
besides greatly marring the natural
curve. smoothness and beauty of a wo
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mans throat In it's place will be worn
the most dainty and becoming of little
turnover styles in cambria, bishops
lawn and insertion-many of these
hand wrought and edged with real lace
of narrow width.
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French ateliers, with very many OF
their smart summer models, have add
ed a light and airy little perline, Marie
Antoinette fichu or Directoire cape On
genuine hot weather toilets these capes
are picturesque and charming. They
are deliberately frilled, the frills are
lace edged, and there are additional
trimmings of lace cape collars, chiffon
ruches and draperies or bands OF IN
sertion, chenille dotted jabots, neck
frills and scarf ends, velvet ribbon,
choux etc.
Bayadere and perpendicular stripes
appear on every sort of fabric from the
simplest cottons to the richest silks and
satins These materials. as a rule, are
made up with circular skirt, although
French modistes use also the gored
styles, deity curving the bayadere
stripes into mitred points that meet at
each seam and produce a pretty chew
ron effect around the entire skirt.
Very fine and light qualities of sum
mer tailor CLOTH India cashmere, drap
royal and drap d'ete are being used, and
among other summer materials for
demi- dress wear, are novel and very
Stylish varieties III lattice WON6n liON-
city goods in silk and wool mixtures,
basket and whipcord weaves in very
handsome new summer colorings, also
printed dimities, Geisha cloths, silk
dotted and silk striped batistes and
nainsooks, French piques in lovely tint
ings and pretty Italian reps in white
and colors, the improved pliable cords
having a high luster, making them
ct0esolU rescpr11 ill<2 bero-31iu silk
upon the new matelasse grenadines.
The various grounds are creped or bas-
ket woven. and the raised designs are
in shaded silks.
The new summer silks Begin with coll
ored fancy taffetas, beautiful effects in
black and white and black alone in very
many handsome weayes, as all black is
still highly favored by fashion leaders
Soft, medium, heavy satins and peau
de sole of satin weave with a demi-lus-
ter are the most reliable of the silk tex
lures. The black bonnet silk, with bril-
liant luster, is also largely patronized.
The weave called groS de Londres-a re-
vival of the silks in fine black reps,
worn years ago-is figured with small
designs, also in black. A new design in
gros de Tours has a black ground finely
striped with satin, and quantity bro
caded with tiny flowers Summer
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'shamed of 'eeself to spake or look at
me- after what ee've done Pick up
my vaither.'
way and did not move. She stamped
her foot.
Pick up my vaither.'
"Polglaze took the man tenderly in
his arms.
Garry n t quarters.
"Polglaze carried him.
:" Put n abed.'
"Polglaze put him on the bed.
Cav an fetch the DOCTOR
'Polglaze fetched the DOCTOR
" Now Sergeant Polglaze, just gaw t.
quarters an gaw It bed eeself, an
dun't zee dare t get out'n ct tell to-
morrow's rouse. Eff vaither do die, I'll
have ZEE hanged. If a do live, I'll give
zee such a dressin' down TIL my ton
que, t cell be sorry zee wasn't hanged
die? OF course not Canteen Ser
geant was a Truro man, and down to
Truro they've heads as hard as the
quartz.
but when I was up to London 1 got
to Waterloo Station a little after s
O'Clock. I went down the steps into a
ward the ceiling, looked up, and there
was Polglaze. He was wearing a light
gray uniform with red facings and a
little gray forage cap. something be-
tween a cavalarymanS and a pork pie
Whatever clothes have zee got on?'
asked I
g Reg mental uniform said Polglaze
What regiment
I'm drill to Saturday astronomers. an
I've just come from SEEM n do class
Have ZEE fallen so low? Lift me up
an let me- whisper I'M zee ear. I'm dom
the same. But how are zee, then?'
Brave, thank ZEE. Here's my wife.
He do know She
Il looked down, and, hanging on his
arm, was the Canteen Sergeant's girl
How be 'ee?' said she. Ills Ser
geant Hardin now. esn't et?'
ISIS, sure, Mrs. Polgaze.' said 1.
But I didn't know zee We're married.
Us just fell in love thiccy night a
threw ZEE vaither out O. door, an tried
t. kill mine TIL pewter pot. A was SO
big an strong, 1 couldn't help lovin' n
An her braved me when no man
would, an 1 couldn't help lovin' her.
Her always comes t. meet me from
shootin', just t keep me in order, an
out O. mischief
g" A wants a power of lot of keep
in in order
Her eyes and his both looked love.
But her thin lips got thinner, and her
sharp nose got sharper They are de-
voted to each other. But I do think
| fivestone gets the better of twenty
two."-St. James Gazette
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Song of the Presses

They whir and clash through the nights
and days,
The magical looms of thought:
Ana IN and out, through a thousand WAYS
he flashing threads are brought.
Ihelr SWIFT purveyors part and meet
on ran and ship. on mart and street
with tlreleSs brain, with hurrying feet
As the endless web is wrought.
They, may not pause when the sun is
high.
Nor rest when the light is low:
For while men live. and act and die
The word flies to and fro.
1t leaps the sea, it spans the plain:
On throbbing wire and mighty chain
1t runs like fire from main to main
That the world may see and know
While all men sleep, thev whir and clash
The terrible looms of light
On eyes that wake shall the message
flash.
From far beyond the night;
And songs in the under world begun
For space is naught, and the earths at
Linked by the words swift flight.
Man calls to man. and not in vain
The cry to his ear is brought:
And love, and labor, and hope and pain
Into each soul is wrought.
Work on, We presses. at life's behest,
For light far spread. and for wrong re-
dressed
Till time is ended. we may not rest,
e marvellous looms of thought
-ArgOSy
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Hard Lines.

First Boy (gloomily)-Tve got to cut
kindlings and empty three buckets of
ashes and build two fires and go to the
store on an errand and then fill the
coal box.
Second Boy (enviously)-Youve got
reg'lar picnic, you have. Just think
of me. Mother said when I came home
from school to-day I'd got ter hold the
baby.-Harlem Life
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are a
ton of 1ackyo collar is
inches tn and to the
the point
The
he
Lon each side o
line
is s
sleeves a of
the
The record-union., 1899-05-07

Mr.. Seidell, who has travelled extensively
and was for many years located at Wash
of the noted United States Senator's and
has recently travelled throughout CALI
fornia oregon and Washington, has this
Some time ago 1 contracted severe
cold which resulted in rheumatism and
finally in heart trouble, Both the rheum-
distress and suffering. The heart trouble
continued to grow worse until | was UNI
able to do any work that caused even
the slightest fatigue. l could not even
ascend a flight of stairs without almost
losing my breath, and my heart would
fiutter at times and it seemed as though
back and limbs with kidney trouble, be-
sides my stomach gave me severe suHer-
ing.
l was treated at the Neagle Medical In
stitute and was completely cured.
l consider this Institute one of the finest
on the Western Coast The doctors IN
at great expense they are provided with
all the modern appliances necessary for
the thorough treatment of diseases. They
have patients from all over California and
the Western States. and all who take
their treatment have been cured or bene--
| fitted. They are reliable gentlemen, and
do great amount of good will be glad
to fully give all the information / can
about this institution, and will carefully
ana faithfully answer all communications
G.. w. sEIDELL.
| 3l5 K Street. Sacramento, Cal.
| Some time ago l began to have serious
| trouble with my eyes. which increased in
| severity until | could scarcely see to get
about. have been treated at the Neagle
Medical Institute and cured. My eyes
are now well. T. j. FORD
2404 M street. Sacramento Cal.
| Specialties: Diseases of the Eye, Ear,
| Nose and Throat. Deafness, Catarrhal
| Troubles, Skin Diseases, Nervous Dis
eases, Nervous Prostitution, Nervous and
General Debility most successfully treat
ed. Diseases of women and children given
careful attention. Symptom blank No.
l sent free.
Consultation, either at the Institute or
by mail, free and strictly confidential
NEAGLE MEDICAL INSTITUTE OF
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, located
permanently at 72412 X street. Sacra-
mento.
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Just Before the Proposal.

Franklin never saw a man in the
condition Jack was in last night He
had chills and fever, his eyes looked
CLASSY and he trembled so he could
hardly stand. So 1 expected the news
this telegram brings me.
Jenkins-Great heavens, is he dead?
Franklin-No; he's engaged.-New
York World.
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Ventured No Opinion.

whats the matter with you?'
asked the friend.
Il haven't the least idea" answered
the very cynical invalid. The surgeons
are going to operate for appendicitis. ="
washington Star