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tate the catastrophe Of self accusation
at any hour. And seemed powerless
to lift finger. The situation was black
enough.
Thus matters drifted until Friday
morning. Each day had to report my
fruitless endeavor to the doctor in per-
son, and each visit left him in state
of still deeper distress. He could no
longer disguise his condition from his
children, and Margaret, in tears, told
me that her father had shut himself in
his room, refusing himself to family
and parishioners alike, and barely tast-
ed the food that was sent him, while
he paced the floor in restless anxiety
Affairs evidently were fast reaching
their dreaded climax
Friday noon found me at my wits
ends, with all resources exhausted.
Just as 1 finished lunch and sat idly
glancing over the newspapers, ready to
catch at any straw, the bell rang, and
my serving man ushered in Tom let
low. There was wholesome tonic in
the appearance of this big, handsome,
brawny young fellow, a football athlete
of renown in his college days and keen
witted as fox.
"Mr. Flint" said Tom impetuously,
as our hands met, what under the
canopy ails my poor father? He look
ed run down and worried when I quit
town, two weeks ago, to coach my col
lege team. But now-great Scott! He's
a walking ghost! Wouldn't even see
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were alone. At DR.. Grey's earnest
solicitation Margaret had left the
apartment with the younger children.
"Tom," said, putting my hand on
his shoulder, 1.-The secret of that manu-
script is written on these sheets. Two
men in the wide world are entitled to
know it. Will you first let me break
the seal in my own study?"
Certainly" replied Tom brokenly.
Your heart and hand have been my
fathers comfort these many years. l
trust you fully. as he did"
Then let me notify the proper per-
sons of the death. while you stay and
comfort Margaret. I'll look in later"
And with this | went out.
When the day was done and l had
put members of DR.. fellows parish in
charge of affairs, calling once more at
the house. as had promised, sank
into my library chair, weary and SOM
Der, and opened and read the last mes
sage Of Justin Tetlow to his old time
friend. In the swift, hurried lines of
mortal illness of mind and body, here
AZ Wv SeotS, L OeilcNG, III the
annals of theft, that does not deserve
the stigma of crime:
Ny Ever Dear Ned Flint:
When your keen eyes rest upon these pages, l
shall have rendered up my account to God What
shall reveal to you of my motives and purpose
In taking from Alice Edmunds her monograph
must be judged by your own clear knowledge of
the intensity of my religious convictions and not
by the conventional standards Of right and wrong
This evening Thursday all hope is gone, and
three days hence shall be hypocrite-yes my
God! hypocrite in the eyes of my fellow men.
Your skill will avail nothing. 1t will be vocifer-
sted even in the house Of worship that am a
thief, which. as men weigh actions, is stabbing
truth. cannot take my own life, nor can face
the bitter obloquy. My resolution fails me at the
final hour.
feel in my heart Of hearts that heaven will
cut short my career. and that quickly II my
pulse continues to beat by Saturday and the
awful shadow OF exposure does not lift. may, il
1t be physically possible, abandon all and flee
But even then shall save others; myself will
not save. should have burned this document
when first 1t came into my possession. but |
could not summon resolution. Only the approach
OF death will force my will in this direction. No
eye shall behold its frightfu blasphemy; no
wrecked souls shall so down to ruin on the breath
Of its consuming heresy This manuscript-n you
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or sign, forgetting in her fright that
Tom oL,x

or sign, forgetting in her fright that
Tom was physician.
As quickly as possible we darted up
stairs to the study. The door stood
wide open, and there, stretched still
and motionless before the fire of burn
ing logs, lay my old friend, surrounded
by Margaret aSd the frightened chill
dren. The poor girl had heard the door
hastily flung open, a cry for help rang
out, followed by the sound of feet stag
| gering backward, then a fall and 81
lence deep and ominous.
AS we knelt by his side Tom tore
aside the vest and coat and laid his ear
to the heart.
sit is all over, Mr.. Flint. My father
my father-is deadw and a burst Of
manly grief followed his words Then
he seized upon every restorative at
hand and fought despairingly to belle
his own utterance. All attempts were
unayailing, and we sadly bent to lift
the yet warm body to the sofa. In
our grief and shock had not until that
moment noticed thick, bulky pile of
manuscript lying between the body and
the hearthstone. Almost mechanically
l stopped to pick it up. A swift glance
at the cover-and the mystery of the
lost monograph was mystery no lon
ger! For there read in large, type
written letters on the first page, "The
Great Stone of Thebes, by Alice Ed
munds."
Toms glance followed my own. He
saw what saw, and read it's cruel sig
nifcance.
"Would to heaven he had burned it,
as he meant to do" came from his lips
like dirge.
"Would to heaven he had, my poor
boy" was my own detected response.
But with an instinct of caution COM
mon to men in my profession, slipped
the document into desk just as DIR.
Grey entered the room.
GAS feared" he quietly said after a
brief examination Of the body.
CAS- you feared, DR.. Grey?" in
quired in surprised tones. "Did you
know of DR.. Tetlow's illness?"
Absolutely I knew nothing, but I
| now WhISAC0 LII Col . luC PAO6LCoo VI
a malady which, without visibly affect
ing the outward signs of health, saps
the vital forces until fatal collapse is
inevitable"
"Did DR.. Tetlow realize his own con-
dition?"
Gully; but his brave, unselfish spirit
5ept lat know!sdse - Ai@se!t. The
wonder is that this malady did not in
fuence his mental processes, as is
usually the case. But here is letter
addressed to you, Mr.. Flint" he added,
taking from the table near at hand an
envelope.
The moment took the missive from
his hand and read the inscription l
knew that the key to the solution of
the enigma Of the past week rested in
my palm. 1t ran as follows: ITO my
well beloved Edward Flint. To be
opened in the event of my death or
flight"
When looked up, DR.. Grey had
taken his leave. after words Of tender
sympathy, being in haste to answer
another importunate call, and Tom and
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Funny Chinese Ideals.

Many SO called educated Chinese
firmly believe that a kingdom exists
where all the inhabitants are pygmies.
one where all are giants. another
where all are women and still another
where every person has hole through
the center of his body. so that, by
means of a pole thrust through this
hole they may be carried from one
place to another. In standardization
of this belief they say that they have
seen pictures of themL-North China
Herald.
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"You don't guea1, to sag, Mr.. Flint, that
my father Is tilsanef"

"You don't snea1, to sag, Mr.. Flint, that
my father Is trlsane7"
theca refuting the skeptical differences
OF Won Bernstein based on the Mem
phian bas-reliefs." And the doctor for
an instant bristled with something Of
his old time pride of scholarly attain.
Ment.
ssBut if my lady has lost her precious
document-for which I am sorry
enough-and madcap blackmailer.
or, more likely, lunatic escaped from
Bloomingdale, and calling himself
St11-13-15, involves DR.. Tetlow as par
t1ceps criminis, how, in the name Of
common sense. does that wreck your
peace Of mind? Come, old fellow, If |
wished to insult you l should be COM
PEELED to say, as lawyer obliged to
frame theory, that you yourself
know something about this matter"
My words were testing and spoken
in nghtest tone. Most unhappy their
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81 OU ttC. OUt ILOI ULtLu.
me. Think of it! I hammered on the
door and told him I'd smash every
panel, unless he let me in, which he
| finally did. But not a word would he
! speak about his trouble Put me off
J on every lead, and when | blurted
right out and said. Dad, you've just got
! to tell me what's the row. he only NUT
! tered something that sounded like
Saving Others What does he mean?
And why in time didn't somebody call
in Dr. Grey?"
mo use, Tom, my boy. Forty doc
tors couldn't mend your fathers condi-
| ton. Medicine for the body, but for
! the tortured mind, what?'
you don't mean to say, Mr.. Flint,
that my father is insane?"
| NO. Tom. He is not insane That's
putting it strongly But under the in
tiuence of a strange delusion''-
Here l stopped short. remembered
| my promise. had said too much al
ready.
"Then you know what the mischief is
that torments his soul?"
The question, shot straight from the
| black eyes rather than from the deter
mined lips. was difficult to meet. What
could l answer?
| do you know. Mr. Flint?"
Lawyers often must think, weigh,
| act with decision flashed by intuition.
That promise? Did it hold when a
human life might be at stake? The
case was now far more serious than it
was three days ago. 1t was profound
| ly critical. | resolved to make CON
fidant of young Tetlow
Tom" l slowly replied, 81 will tell
you all. because you are entitled to
know everything. Perhaps together we
can solve the riddle. have to see the
prosecuting attorney on little per-
sonal matter. He Is conducting the
famous murder trial at general ses-
sions. Step over with me-"
On the way to court laid the story
before him, not emitting single de-
tail. Tom uttered hardly word I'M
| TIL, just before we entered the court
room. mentioned the peculiar numer-
al signature attached to the message,
9-11-13-15.
An exclamation burst from his lips,
and understood him to say, could
it be Burke ~" But lost the name
in the confusion prevailing at the
court entrance, and moment later we
stood within the bar railing.
| AT that instant the prosecutor was
cross examining, and l could not we'll
| MT in, of
porary rest of proceedings The cause
at issue was that of an Irish homicide
whom the opposing counsel were de-
Tending with plea of insanity. A
chief witness for the defense was a
certain Dr. Swain, an expert alienist
who previously had seen and examined
the criminal and pronounced him insane
| The prosecutor was seeking to break
| down that testimony by cross examina-
ton. The seats for the spectators rose
In a sort of amphitheater tier on tier,
| with court and bar below.
The prosecutor had just inquired:
How did you determine that this man
was insane, doctor? Was it by look
ing at his face?"
/ THAT was one thing" said Dr.
Swain.
, Ibid you think him out Of his mind
/, by looking at his nose?"
"No."
| Eat his eyes?"
81 did not judge altogether by that
took all the features into considera-
ton"
do you pretend to tell this jury that
you can tell whether man is crazy by
! looking at him?"
Il sometimes have done SOL
will you then look through this au-
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IS BY FREDERICK STANLEY ROOT :
!, Copyright, 1900, By 1rrtn rpardman.
81 50 50 50 50 50 8:

~ % % % % % 90
Nonsense, man. You're working too
hard and have fallen into a fit of over
application tremens. Get out of doors
Tor week and play-or-or I'll cut
down my pew rental and starve you
out"
The doctor only put his face between
his hands and groaned.
Baffied in that quarter, took seri-
GUS turn to humor his Incompetent
sible mood.
When did you receive this note?'
AN hour ago"
Who brought it?"
do not know The maid described
him as young man, who swiftly ran
away after leaving the Enclosure"
"Humph" added contemptuously.
Not at all strange that he should run
In sheer disgust at his own fool at
tempt to draw shekels from your cler-
zeal pocket. Know the writing?"
Not the slightest clew."
Have you shown this to Tom?"
(Tom was the doctors eldest son, a
strong, athletic, clever fellow Of six
and twenty and a rising young physi-
clam
tom is away from home and will
not return before Friday
And your daughter Margaret?' The
doctor was widower.
Equally. ignorant of the torture I
suffer and the cause of it,"
Torture? My old friend, what tor
ments you? Have you looked as you
do tonight since went away?"
sI-I haven't been we'll for some
weeks" answered the doctor evasively,
pressing his nerveless hands to his
heart
'.of course, or you would have
thrown this miserable scrawl into the
fire and laughed at the poor, hard up
crank who wrote it. But who the devil
pardon my slip, Dominie-is Alice
Edmunds? Any such Hypatia in
town r.
y Here my clerical companion momen-
tarily reused from his stupor. His eyes
cleaned with strange, ominous light
"Alice Edmunds? Is it possible you
do not know of her? She is the second
authority in America-if not in the
world on monumental inscriptions.
That woman is prodigy Layard,
Lepsius, Won Bernstein, Beerbohm,
Stalzburg, are children in her hands.
She is demon for investigation, a
siren for allurement of literary style
and. a sponge for absorbing informa-
ton" Here he stopped abruptly and
stared modify at the floor.
"And has Miss Edmunds really lost
her unpublished monograph? You see.
admit my ignorance I've been dead
to the world for four weeks. =
wanted to draw him out and divert
his mind from himself.
Yes. The manuscript is gone" Here
the doctor quivered like an aspen.
The author has no trace of it. She
told me with her own lips that the
work of years had disappeared. She
recalls that she had it in her possession
after leaving the publishing house,
whittier she had gone to make terms.
After that Miss Edmunds visited the
Lester library and then went home.
She may have lost it on the street"
Here detected peculiar and bitter
smile wreathing his fevered lips
Then you know Alice Edmunds?"
swell, / have discussed Egyptology
with her for hours at a time. More
than that, she has read to me the
greater portion of her book. You may
not be aware that some years since l
also published an article in The Biblio-
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RAIL WAY TIr1r CARD,

Arrivals and depaEtures ar train. on ans
liter august u. lSue. Explanation or Ref
s. as1sIencs marks: .baiiy; iSunday excspE.
! Sunday Only. eastern Standard lima
M Tnscn - ass hour earlier than Central
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PRODUCE.

CHICAGO, Oct. 10.-Wheat was quiet
and irregular to-day, with lower cables
and good weather, the predominating
influences, November closing 9sQAc
under Saturday. Corn closed CSC higher,
oats unchanged, and provisions 212c
lower to &c higher.
November wheat opened &c lower at
IKE to 771ac and on selling, partly for
foreign account, dropped during the
forenoon to 765sc. In this the factors
were a decline at Liverpool and clear,
cool weather in the northwest, together
with liberal northwestern receipts, and
the closing of some of the Minneapolis
mills. There was considerable short sell
ing early on the expectation of a half
million increase in the visible. The Wis
ible statement, however, showed 5000
bushels decrease and on covering No
vember recovered sharply to 773sc.
Shorts being dissatisfied, the market
declined again and closed weak, No
vember 5s "a &c lower at 1850. Primary
receipts were 100000 bushels Mime
apolis and Duluth reported 951 cars,
against S57 last week Local cars were
222, three of contract grade. Seaboard
clearances were equal in wheat and
-four to 100000 bushels According to
board figures, the worlds shipments
last week were 8.155,000 bushels, prac-
tically the same as those of the previ-
GUS week and year ago. The amount
on passage showed LII 900 bushels de-
crease. Corn was fairly active and firm
on good shipping demand, 100000
bushels being worked here for export
Receipts were sos cars, 243 cars over
the estimate. Country acceptances
were moderate. Trade was principally
in October, which sold between 40A q
40sc, closing 1sc down at 40bc No
vember sold between 37ss@7sc, closing
Rsc up at 37A @7sc
Oats were extremely dull: November
sold between 22A and 22ss @hc, and
closed unchanged at 22A@3sc. Re-
ceipts were 431 cars. The corn firmness
helped the market.
Provisions were quiet. The market
showed firmness early because hog re-
ceipts were 5000 head under the seti-
mate. October pork sold OF from ST to
s16.and November relinquished its early
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ST. MARys.

ST. MARYS, w. Va, October 8.-H.
H. Gallaher made a bushes trip to
Marietta this afternoon.
Rev. j. A. Hiatt held services in the
P. E. church on Sunday morning. In
making announcements for the future,
he intimated the probability Of a change
OF rectors about December /. Mr.. Hiatt
will devote his time exclusively to the
chapel in Parkersburg, while new
minister will take charge of st. Marys,
Wavery alnd Williamstown, the rectory
to be at this place.
In the storm of Sunday afternoon a
new derrick on top of st. Marys hill
was blown down. No other damage Of
any consequence has been reported.
School was to have begun this morn
ing, but was postponed until tomorrow
On account Of not having sufficient
seats. The board ordered the seats
some weeks ago, but for some reason
they were not shipped in time Abort
forty of the tops arrived by express On
Friday and the ironwork Is looked for
By freight. In order TO insure no fur
Their delay, Principal Hissom has bor-
rowed chairs from the NJ. P. church
to be used until the seats arrive. The
total number Of pupils expected Is 259.
Six teachers are employed. Principal
]. L. Hissom will teach room 6; d. w.
Dillon, room 5; Miss Annie Smith, room
4; G. Lamp. room g. Miss Ella Kiln
zlng, room 2: and Miss Layerne Cooke,
room l. S. S. Hoxie is the new janitor,
OF salary of s25 per months entirely
too little pay.
The Ladies Guild of the P. E. church
will meet at Mrs. Margaret Pember-
tons on next Friday afternoon.
]. L. Hissom expects to move into
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LIVE sT0C1.

CHICAGO, Oct. -Cattle-Receipts
10000, including 5000 westerns. Steady
to strong; butchers stock strong; west
ems about steady. Natives, best on
sale to-day four carloads at $500; good
to prime steers, s5.50@600; mixed
stockers weak, $2.50@3.65; cows, 2.65
GAPS; heifers, s275@4.6O; bulls steady,
$2.5O@4.4o; calves steady, $4ooQ6.oo.
Hogs-foeceipts to-day, $4,000; to-
morrow, $4,000; left over, 1000. Strong,
active. Top, s5.421a. Mixed and butchers
s4.95@5.40; bulk of sales, s5.10@5.30.
Sheep - Receipts, 10000. Sheep
stronger, lambs 10 to 15c higher. Good
to choice wethers, $3.S0@460; native
lambs, $4.25Q5.40.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, October s.
Cattle, steady; extra $550@5.75; COM
mon S3.25@3.75.
Hogs, steady; extra fine heavies $3.50
$685. best Workers $40; pigs, as to
quality, s5.OO05.25; roughs s3.50@4S5.
Sheep, steady; choice wethers $4,000
AIS; common s150@2.5O; choice lambs
$4.SG@5.00.
Veal calves s5.50@6.50.
CINCINNATI, O., October S.-Hogs,
active and strong at $4.25@5.4O.
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western S1.5901.60.

western S1.59@160.
Prime timothy seed, s42004.30.
Mess Pork, per barrel, S11.55@11.60.
Lard, per 100 pounds, $7.32@7.35.
Short Ribs, sides QooseJ $8.00Q8.25.
Dry sailed shoulders (boxedD GAO
6asc.
Receipts-Fiour, 10000 barrels;
wheat, 21,OOO bushels; corn, $4,000
bushels; oats, 43S. 900 bushels; rye, 1000
bushels; barley, 100000 bushels.
Shipments-Flour, $4,000 barrels;
wheat, $4,000 bushels; corn, 100000
bushels; oats, 327 900 bushels; rye, 1000
bushels; barley 10000 bushels.
Butter, firm; creameries 10000;
dairies 13@1Sc.
Cheese, firm at 1914 911Ac.
Eggs, firm; fresh 16c.
NEW YORK, October S.-Flour, re-
ceipts 41,033; exports 10,125 bbls.; mar
ket very quiet and shade lower.
Wheat, receipts 4S3,775 bushels; ex-
ports 122,916 bushels; spot easy; No.
2 red S13sc f. o. b. afloat; options OPP
ered steady, closed weak at lie net de-
cline. Close: March S51ac; May $3.50;
October soc; December S23sc.
Corn, receipts 234,925; exports H.
1871 bushels; spot easy; No. 2 4Sc ele-
yator; options steady to firm, closed
firm at Csc net advance. Close: May
41I5c; October 465sc; December 4212c
Oats, receipts 233,S0O; exports 243,-
491 bushels; spot dull; No. 2, 251sc; OPP
tons quiet but steadily held.
Feed steady.
Hides steady.
Leather steady.
Hay quiet.
Hops quiet.
Wool quiet.
Beef quiet.
LARD firm; refined firm.
Pork firm
Iallow quiet.
Cottonseed oil firm.
Petroleum quiet.
Rosir steady.
Iurpentine steady.
Rice firm.
MOlaSSes steady.
Coffee, futures opened steady ct 10
ais points advance. closed 10 to 20
points net higher. Sales $4,000 bags.
Spot coffee, Rio, firm; No. invoice
S%sc bid; mild market steady Cor
dova S% @14c.
Sugar. raw, steady; fair refining AZ
Centrifugal 90 test Al. Nol2sses sugar
4c: refined steady.
BALTIMORE, October S.-Flour, dull:
western super s2.50Q2.60: receipts, "a
IT'S barrels; exports, 1875 barrels.
Wheat, dull and lower; spot and the
month 74a @75c; receipts, Loss bush
els.
Corn, steady; mixed spot 47c: the
month 45ac; receipts, 169, 0S6 bushels :.
Oats, steady; No. white 271k @2Sc;
receipts, 46,44S bushels: exports, none
Hay, steady; No / timothy S16.50G
100.
Cheese, firm.
Butter. firm: fancy creamery &c.
Eggs, firm; fresh 10@12c.
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GOODS.

NEW YORK, October S.-The week
opens without change in character Of
general demand for cotton goods All
liue sare strong in tone, but no higher
prices quoted although some things
which have been relatively cheaper are
really hardening in brown and coarse
colored cotton gods. Bleached in mod
crate request but firmly held at full
prices. The market for print cloths
looks like higher prices for some mar
row goods. Prints are very firm, but
not quotably dearer Ginghams also
firm, lout quiet. White goods firm.
Light wash fabrics selling well for
SPIN.
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Cheese, large 11zs OILY q.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, October 81.
Wheat, nc lower; contract mixed grade
75A@7511c.
Corn. firm; No. 2 mixed October 4e@
46Ac.
Flour, steady but quiet; winter super
s2.5002.7O.
Butter, steady; fancy western cream
cry 2lc
Eggs firm; fresh western 191a@2Oc.
Cheese, quiet but steady.
Refined Sugars. firm; good demand.
CINCINNATI, o., October S.-Flour,
steady; fancy S3.40@3.75.
Wheat, firm; No. 2 red 7S1sc.
Corn, easy; No. 2 mixed 4212@ 42s4e.
Oats, firm; No. 2 mixed 24c.
Rye, quiet; No. 2. SIC.
Lard, firm at $3.50.
Bulk Meats, firm at sS.45.
Bacon, irmer at $40.
Whisky, firm at S1.27.
Sugar, easy; hard refined s6.00@6.50.
TOLEDO, O., October S.-Wheat. ac-
tive; lower; No. 2 cash and October
79ioc.
Corn quiet; No 2 mixed 421sc.
Oats dull No. mixed 23c.
Rye inactive. cash "a.
Cloverseed active, '9S prime SIS 30.
Oil unchanged.
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METAL.

NEW YORK, October S.-Aside from
a further decline of 25 points in Besse-
mer pig iron in Pittsburg, the metal
market presented very little change of
&C nseQuence. Pig iron was easy here,
but net quotably lower on the basis of
So 5G@10 90. Lake copper, though
somewhat lower abroad, held steady
he or light offerings and closed quiet
a. SIG 75@17 co. Lead was dull ait
81 371a and spelter very dull at 81 071a
g; 12H. Tin in London declined Ell
It's Sd 70 rspot and G1 rs Cd for flu
lures, this influence prompting sim
liar drop here and caused an easier
feeling on the basis of s28 50@29 co..
The brokers price for lead was 81 90
and for copper SIG IS.
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VISIBLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN.

NEW YORK, October S.-The state
ment of the visible supply of grain in
store and afioat. on Saturday, October
9th, as compiled by the New York
Produce Exchange, is as follows:
Wheat 55,401, 900 bushels; decrease
600.
Corn, 7,3S7,00O bushels; increase
395 .00C.
Oats, 12,022,0e0 bushels; increase
59G. Geo.
Rye, 935, 600 bushels; increase 5000.
Barley, 1926 900 bushels; increase
4G2 Coo,