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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-28

purpose of cashing tt. He then, told
them that they had to wait for their
| money until some one could go to San
Juan to cash the check.
The mayor. envied by all, became tired
of holding the check in the air, folded 1t,
placed it in a cigarette box, wound it
with red tape, and locked it up in the
SAFE
One morning, when an aggregation Of
statesmen were billed to appear at a
town some little distance outside Of Gin
cinnati. during the last campaign, Sem
ator Burrows declined to accompany
them because it necessitated arising at z
o'clock in the morning. When he Joined
the party later in the afternoon he was
, told that he had missed the greatest
meeting of the campaign; that the
streets We're crowded with people who
had travelled miles and miles to attend
the meeting. and that in particular. there
were loud cries for Burrows" YAis, Of
course. was meant as a joke, but Bur-
rows surprised his companions by taking
the information quite seriously. "Of
course" he said, in his blandest manner,
Il know that the people Of Ohio were
simply hungering and thirsting for me. I
shall now let them know that I am
quite aware that I am the only attrac-
ton in this procession And he did.
That night al Columbus, where there was
another big crowd. Senator Burrows
was the first speaker. II am here" he
began. simply as a human magnet to
draw the crowds to whom Senator Hanna
will speak" And then he chuckled so
heartily that. the immense audience ap-
preciated the joke and no one laughed
louder than Senator Hanna himself.
William NJ. Evarts seldom met his
match, but Harper's Weekly tells how
he once found it in Senator David Davis.
Mr.. Evarts was a mere skeleton of a
man. while Mr.. Davis, who weighed up
ward of 800 pounds, was blessed with a
circumference quite as great as his
length.
The two senators We're rerpetually
twitting each other in fun, and one night
at dinner Mr.. Davis said:
IF you will let me choose the course.
I will guarantee that with three yards
start l can beat you in race of 100
feet
Every one at the table laughed and
said, Take him up, Mr.. Evarts."
The challenge was accepted, and Mr..
Davis was asked when he would race,
to which he replied that he was ready at
once. The whole party then adjourned
to the course chosen by Senator Davis.
This proved to be an alley between
two houses just three feet in width and
100 feet deep. He stepped into the
mouth three yards. said "Go!" and
walked through quite leisurely.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-28

Mr. Evarts could get neither past him
nor under him, and he called Mr.. Davis
back to the street and acknowledged that
the joke was on him.
-
The Philadelphia Record relates: "A
pigtail party was given in his studio the
other night by an artist from the West,
The arriving guests were very curious to
know what on earth this sort Of
party is. and they found 1t to be one
whereat the tails of pigs are the main
dish of the supper. AS accessories there
were served, of course, sauerkraut, saus-
ages, cheese, pretzels and beer: but the
delicious pigtails lorded 1t easily over
their neighbors. They were fried. and
each guest found he could eat dozen
without difficulty. In st. Louis the
artist said, 'pigtails are as common
an article of food as pigs feet or beef
steak. Every butcher has them on sale.
and they cost about 20 cents a dozen.
Here in the East they seem to be I'M
known. I had great deal Of trouble
to get these that you are eating to-
night, and had to order them two weeks
in advance Several men got the recipe
for their cooking. and said they would
leave standing orders for pigtails with
their butchers"
-
'Some time ago." says a conductor
quoted by the Philadelphia Record. II
was doing some short runs on the Mid
vale-avenue branch. A man got in and
I spotted him by chance, and noticed
that his eyes glistened as he gazed up
at the register at the front. l. stood at
1897. His fare ran 1t to $685. He gave a
start when another passenger got in
and the bell announced 1899. You know
we pick up but few from there to the
Ridge. I watched him. Hc was awfully
nervous. He moved and twitched and
once changed sides. Well. we stopped al
the end of the route, and still the register
said 1899. He came up to me, handing
me a nickel, and said: Ring that up
Why, you paid me- said. Finally he
coaxed me. telling me it was for luck.
rang up 5000, and he got of the car as
happy as a big sunfiower. I have learned
since that it's considered lucky to be on
a car when the register shows a combi-
nation ending with three naughts. 1t'a
a new hunch."
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-28

Gabriel" said the doctors wife, have
you settled yet with Lawyer Sharpe for
conducting that case for you in court
last year,"
NO." said the doctor. TT was about
that time, you remember, that I oper-
ated on him for appendicitis, and I want
to know what his bill is before I make
out mine. I suppose he's waiting for the
same reason."-Chicago Tribune.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-28

Ny summer girl is mad clear through
She will not look at me. ,
l never kissed a girl before
So it was new to me.
Last night, when parting at the door.
/ trembled to my toes:
l meant to kiss her on the mouth
But kissed her on the nose.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-28

Mr.. Evarts could get neither past him
nor under him. and he called Mr. Davis
back to the street and acknowledged that
the joke was on him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-26

4 more rapid pace over there than ti,y
40 mere, and II IS just possible that -,
corrup, political system ami the
cai INDUSTRIAL system which obtains III,
Gay may work out their own deS't -
sooner than some people anticipate. e.
me Radicals are not repubitalS' ,it,
inc throne Is ever uVcrturhct. ~ -
either ,,l De ny Us occupant or ny " ~
Ole class, never ~ the working cins'' ,cr
the one thing the Queen did do WAa HI
business. and not Chat ot the pto'l''
comple'eiy changed the tore or tnr t ~
and set "A fine example OF purity ana iai',
ny auection But people have ErIWi -"
10 this and merely accept 1t. ENtraHii
Eancc, on the other band. stirs up D.
ness ana benefits the tradesmei ~ I'M
royal neighborhood. In matters thdt 'N"a MINI
cerned tho People the queen may haeg
been an oNcrHccr, but ahe cerlh my
not fclt or creative force. iichVc "a.
spite royal EDUCATORS ard despite ~ n ,",v
,prcconceiVcd notions, ! am quit SURF nv"
that the Queen has not been occh9
mourned by her pcople
The KING Is no longer young; ~ III
Hown ms wiz oa,s-sc m Of the'' III \.
wild; but all that is over nov. lic -
neither great nor able. ard. as tie ''ln.
woman said. He cannot do muCi mar a.
and Is sure to do no good But II" -"
be respectable. Let il so at tEat. lhc'c
VIII he no real change IA conditions
one very witt and brilliant Ehsitni
woman. wto has written several p"okS'
explained tho situation thus. You Sct
we are MUM more SuCCtSSI ~ W w 800
StupidltieS tran Nou are IN olcctinS thth
We take stolid German Iam'lN br'ci
them in, and rear them among all s"fi"
of precedcnts. etiquette and restraints 80
as to smooth out any cleVerncss Goa
might have placed In them AT birth. : -cY
arc taught how 70 think? ON. no. PHI
how to do things IN the conventional
manner. After thirty years of pubic ne
no one knows whether the king IS 4 Ian
erai or Conservative. We do not know
whether he is in favor Of home rule or
against IT, whether he is an impcrlalist or
an anti Hardly "A day passes IN which
he does not make 4 speech som, where
He hattcrs local sentiment pI"a~"- every
ody talks much and says nothing. nm
inbred. Thoroughly trained stupidity ~
much better 1T the head Of "a stat" thhH
an elected one who may prove clever.
4 costs more? Yes pcrhans. but # YOU
reckon NJ the cost Of your national cleo
! tons II does not cost much more. So
Ciaily? There's the weakness. u intro
dEccs int ~ suobhrrv ana ilunkyism,
and sets the tone uf society in l"w
KEY -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-26
Undoing Of the Train Boy.

accident. For this act he received the
privilege of "butcherins" on the special
fast express running between Pitts
burg and Philadelphia at the time of
the Centennial 1t is said that the boy
averaged more than $50 a day for the
entire season. and when he finally re-
tired he had a large capital and in
vested il well.
10 foreigners this shrcwd. bright
eyed. business-lile little merchant. so
essentially Il product Of the New
World, has always been an object of
great interest. distinguishes
Freuchman. in writing his impressions
Of this country. deemed the butcher
worthy Of a chapter all to himself. and
once. when the writer was sent TO in
tcrNicw'' Robert Louis Stevenson ana
asked him the old stereotypcd question
u to his impressions of our customs
and institutions, Mr.. Stevenson re-
pliCu:
N! think your institutions are srlen-
40 ana think the noblcst OF them all
IS yaur ttsin-boy.'
Then he told of an incident he had
witnessed when crossing the plains in
an cmigrant train. One Of the emil
F. grants was, taken i'll and had fallen from
his seat into tho aisle Tho train-b boy
came through, ana roughly pushed the
man ore side, cursing him Stoutly.
Ana within tNo minutes" said Mr.
~tcvoleun. II saw that youth slip the
biggest rear he had in his basket into
tn Sick mans hand. and vet he never
for Il moment stopped swearing at him
,..ge, y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-26

The Ontario government received last
NeiE S'o.'9'.2l in fees from incorporated
companies The revenue from this source
mas greatly increased in late years. being
siS.Sii % in 1896 500 2Ss 10 in 1897. SIS. $50 10
In 1873 and S51.S5l IS in 1899 Last year 800
companies We're Incorporated by letters
patent. l5l received licenses and a. were
granted supplementary letters patent.
rms Is an increase of 50 over 1899
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-26
TIE CHANGE !. ENGLAND.
attitude o. The Cannon People Toward the
New King.

Wnil, ttc plpc,s are filed With the
expression ot loyalty to the neW King.
the lives Of the people at large DO not
appear a. rr greatly affected by the
death Of the Queen. says the London
correspond mt Of the Boston Trans
Grips the papers call the former
Prince If Wales. nuw Edward VII.
-FOUR benign ana gracious sovereign.
ava iaud his virtues to the skies. The
London sun ended a long and fulsome
editorial on the day before the funeral:
Tho darkness Of dpSul2tion is over
London today: the shadow uf a great
sorrow such as il has never yet known.
For Cndnn il the very heart ana soul
ii tie empire. ana in it is focused and
CoHc l-ratcG that unSpcaka bic sadness
U'tirh is felt wherever Rritish hearts
alc beating. even to the uttermost ends
az the earth. . The great heart
of TIE ropulace went ont to Victoria
AS her mortal remains passed before
them. and a great, inarticulatc sob
testified in dumb eloqucnce Ia the SIN
CERT. If the nations anguish. .
A4 . demonstration CT universal sor-
r9w it was absolutely unique. Never
;h,.css. now that the last has been seen
gu inc great '9n'eh' thrre VIII ne no
rNdE" nf"Iongau"h 81 the IuSubriouS
T""d- Victoria was great, good.
W"ithV woman, worthy Of her sex
ah" II her hlEh station. The
prevailing note now should be one Of
profound gratitude Tor the blessings OF
fictori1's long reign, for tn" progress
with which that reign has been ident-
iiied, and fey which We have. in a
very @Ppreciable degree to thank our
lat" sovereign.
Ana immediately following was a
rCcm a which copy one Gtanza:
".Nm.d myriad cribs God hgth cxtin-
Gdishcd on"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-26
send lin victorious,
Happy ana glorious,
No longer notorious.
God save ;he king

Perhaps the following from radical
pa rer expresses my feeling as to the
regular English pres better than
,an:
After assuring us for 4 week that
tn" Virtues of the late Queen Victoria
Wr'r such IS were ncvcr before col
iected in amy merely human being,
th"N have now taken to informing and
mnuidir= III" public mind with the
cnHa!ly UnequaIIei. unprecedented and
miraculous virtues Of our new King
and Que II. Edward and Alexandra:
ANA at the sImc time they startle us
With Z neW-sprung claim that the late
Queen ain actually counsel and control
pur country's diplomacy and many
textures IF our home government
Tn" mourning displayed on the
Sh",'S, churches and private buildings
IS most ridiculoUsly inadequate. com
pared with what we should do
un6er similar circumstances, Of
even o. the death Of a governor
or mayor. Not one shop in fifty
displays any drapery. The COM
mon thing is d board about six inches
wide either painted or covered with
black and placed up and down the cen
\ re "f the SHOW window. The dry goods
v Ar diapers shops display good Zeal
u mourning for sale, marked com
planetary mourning" but the black
drdped Autographs 50 common with us
IT case Of widespread mourning are
hardly to be seen at all.
4 We nave not seen church that wa.
draped: most Of them fly flag at
hali-mast and consider that sufficient.
y few of the town halls display scanty
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-26


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than the red man or the nU'i"io ''"'u
withstand the ciNIl4"4HS ''i''"~''i|' -
the repeating ii'lc an IN S'A-S ..oCtt-
And 1t his PASSING attention mas ~
called To the fact tAat aNctEeF tfhe-
trodden avenue TO fame and fortune
has beca closed 10 The present gcncI
alton of American bcES. Few youths
of today viii hr able Coupiacenuy to
lean back in the onulenvc q. oil age
ana tell their grandchillrcn The story
IL how they began lfe aa neW..hoy
on an accommodation tain. Today
there are many such old mcn-alnogt
a,; many. in facI. as began their march
Ia success, on tho toy-oath Of thl
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Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1901-08-21
6llepte Kapitel.

9agsn efter &oneens Qfrsiie bsianbt 0ronninltu fs
iaa Sst, al 9un fsrits Sang fit 5i1aoelie til at agos tn
iriife 5craorsluft Slotstapen. 6DOrsftr bun Iaa inpsr.
fig laugtss.
Oct par en- tan. liar MajmoansOsoaa. 9eaf,a
airitiHe tunoe life leoiagc i'm 6erfferinpe; tbi bun l1a ip9
al en- 9eftia Sober og 6aDOe lite let 9ronningen fben
oen fibite ~ulptfslise J%eitaften. Drowning giegiBd par
8agsn sfter 9rDluppet Oragen msO lin ~tongslige Ggmal
til SDsrrig. Ilen grspinOe Spa, Tom enonu ielp pa
noget ipag efer fin Aeoiomit, leoiogsoe 9ronningen meo
ct Gar 3eruer. Gtsrre Selfab pnOeoe Dagmar lite.
6un pilos iaa gsrne after ie TT gnbIingsfteo ptO Qaen;
men bun bapbe bog en- %bemmelig @ru for bette Steb.
bportil insen, meO l~lnbtagelie al 5Omfru airtine. Dibfe
grlnoen. llagtet 0ronninssn berfor ltrafs pda @runo
Of 5raitanoen %fOranorsbe i'm geilutning % opgab 1T
2nite ON at TONNE til 2loen, trosbe Grepinbe Soa og
3ernerne bog al gre bsnos en- @laoe peo at 6rinqe 6nbe
oerben. De fit bsnbs opertalt til at Iatte ig en- Bare
itol. og ao en- Ombei. iom 8ronningsn life tenote, lobe
be 6snbs bore til 9sbbDtten peo aaen.
Slab oDerraitst, men bog bolo fOrfraftst, Iaa Dag.
mar fg %pluoielig paa BET tere Dremmsfteb. Oct bar peo
bejlps Dag. og inart bar enbDer 9Gngfelig6eo borts.
5un FAB muntsrt paa 9anten beb ben gpn9enbe gaab og
orpmts after Nib Og rOis ON fin gurnOom og ON en-
lpttelig 5rsmtiD.
Saaleoes bapoe bun bel Tibet en- ZINES 3ib, % man
tanfte alsreoe pau at benbs tilbags til Slottet. ba Iaa
3ernerns og 0repinoe Spa meb 5orunorinq en- fattia
getlertOnOe Marine fig meO en- Tort apfs bbbt neo oDer
gjnsne Os meo padoe, forrsDne alaber; bun gift trum met
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1901-08-21

en Ssn Dill ieoer. Iaa lps ca b0lb-
9ans Nooer bar oarnl, bans 5aosr faa tOlo -
Bar bet lite iaa bun fang2 ltOeu airfintl" - Ser oeno.e
bun ig meo et iorpiloet glit til aqgen "a arab.
Somfru airiine BAR Ueo guona6et ON 9ronninasns
1iIftono miot 5e6erbenen Iprungeu uo at Senaen GA
5aOoe 9at taitst I'm gulb6albnreoe Staofetjortel ON fla.
9un traaote M ino til 0ronningen, % benbes Zine pare
iaa taarefulOe. at bun lite tunbe ie aerterne, man paa
9rOnningens gefaling 6aDOe tquOt. 8a 0oamar Iaa
benoe, b9Debe bun ig fra fit eeje % omfapnebe 6enbs.
Stan Dill lGle. garn2" Iaaoe Daamar afaa
Tag ben beaige Fan % las min Siql til RO! iaa ffal
Oh iliOe bet rsOe Gtarosen % riOe paa min Sanger.
naar js sr DEB % bortei"
at, tunbs jeg tun 6ielpe sber, min able 0ronnina!
tlnoe jsg irslie eoers eO meo nit ssst is qioros bet
10 lao gerne." Sun tOg 9osen 6aanben og itirrebe
beri. al, 9iape eeer SUB 5aoer Simmerial ben rice
arif forbarmt fig oper ,oer! = ebers Zine er baaroere.
snO Staal."
.gaas. las, tarsitc airfine!" - bah 9aamar ana.
teli9 r. ,bsr! M ipnger 6aOfruen iseu:
en Ssn Ou FIBER mtb gblOne 6aar
en itattst eDtfs ie9 fun BAN Ipaar.
Sin mig nit Barn aO mig nit Barn. lab ben onO.
apinbe itte faa Utagt oOer BAN! - las. las"
9asmar irpttsoe Barnet enqItelia til III grnft. "a
5omfru airitins lafte ben 6eaige goq laa oOot bum
tunoe, mebens 9aarerne ranbt 6nbe paa Boa GA poa
oaanb.
III. bill Sub bog BABE bet og bet laa maa Is~
Iagos 0a8mar enoslig rOIigere ,iaa Ienbt frafs guo
til Stonoe.6org og beO min 5erre % aongs fummel"
5sreno Dronnin8en baOoe snftet bet, bar BET aasrsbs
ifst. Vau Sumter Stranses 5oranftaltning bar Der uas.
rsos ienOt TO Slbuo til StunOerbOrs sftsr aOngsn.
aarl al Rife bar ben, Tom Fof bar blspen ienOt;
men ban req fda ftartt, at ban tom lanet forbi BET fsrfe
9uo. Oa ban iudleoss tom farenoe mob Sfanberbora
Slot, itOo aonssn paa SsjenlOftsbrosn os iaa uO Opsr
Ysjsn.
GOrtiattes.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-07
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales-regular call. IL o'clock m.-U. g. coupon 81
los, 81 900 at 1913 Washington Traction and Elec
rf ~ so 81 looe At g. metropolitan
and suburban Railroad S at 20. Washington Gas
Is at 63h, 25 at 63is. C. and p. Telephone. II a,
% at 1s h s s S sS at %
Ia Ia at IT, at I7s 70 at 15s at 49, AfeI
sa otp e a. Tr 1st 20 a. At at lo
District Of Columbia Bonds.Nss. 1902. so-year
Rs s fss aos DS r. a s9 sid water 1872
Miscellaneous Bonds:-Capital Traction 4s 1o7 bid
road 5s., 100 bid, l221 asked Metropolitan Rail
road road cert cert sS 1914 bid Has
6s, 100 bid 128 asked. Columbia Railroad I'd mort.
Is. 100 bid. 10 asked Washington Gas IS. series
A, los bid. Washington Gas g. series B. 1O0 bid.
U: s. Electric Light deb. imp. 6s 101 bid u S.
Electric d Light nto@ cert ndebt g. lSl bid esa
peake and Potomac Telephone con. S. 1O2si bid
American Security and Trust q. 100 bid. Washing
ton IS, 1O5 bid. American Graphophone deb. IS, SO
National Bank stocks.-Bank of Washington. sss
Farmers and Me- 25 bid Second Ie5 BID
bid ", West End, 11e bid. Traders, 100 bid. Lin
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.-Nat,opal Safe
Deposit and Trust, LAT bid. $50 asked. Washington
Loan and Trust. 100 bid 1874 asked. American Sc
posit. 20 bid. Union Trust and Storage, 1o1 bid.
20 bid, 50 asked. Metropolitan, so Did, IS asked
Corcoran. 60 bid. Potomac. x7O bid. 10 asked. Ar
bid: National Union. 10 bid, II asked. Columbia,
10h bid, Is asked. Riggs. ~ bid, asked. Peo-
asked. Commercial AZ bid. ~ asked.
Title Insurance Stocks.-Reai Estate Title x70
bid. Columbia Title, FAN bid ~ asked. Wash
ington Title, 21a bid. District Title, 81 bid
Railroad Stocks Capital Traction, l04E bid 1OEk
,;sss CITY =; = s. sui6an IS 6 dsoFssto"n and
Gas stoeE..-Washineton Gas. s. bid. esx asked
Georgetown Gas, q BID
Telephone Stocks-Chesapsake and Potomac, ny
bid, Is asked. Pennsylvania, % hid.
Misceilaneous acknowledgements linotype,
1Tsx BID, 1TpN asked. LAnston Monotyps l3k bid
- asked. American Graphophons CON-, ~ BID.
ION asked. American Graphophone preR, lO& bid.
liz asked, Pneumatic Gun Carriage. 10 bid. Ii
asked. Wakhingtoa Market, II bid, 1874 aSked
aked.
Ex dividend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-07
WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
RASH ACT OF MRS. CARRIE SEMMES
OF BROOKLAND.
Her Prev iOus Nervousness Induces Be-
lief That Her Mind Was Unset
tled-Taken to Hospital.

Mrs. Carrie Semmes, forty-five years old,
whose husband conducts grocery store at
Bunker Hill road and Philadelphia street.
Brookland. attempted suicide about 10
| o'clock this morning by hanging herself
| She used leather strap and some dress
| goods, which she fastened over a ward
robe. The convulsive movements Of the
| body after the woman had been rendered
unconscious caused the dress goods to rub
against the Sharp edge of the wardrobe
until 1t broke. Then the woman fell to the
| floor, and the noise made thereby attracted
| the attention of Mrs. Phillips and Miss Sui
| livan, the latter sister of Mrs. Semmes.
Mrs. Phillips went upstairs. where she
unconscious condition
DR.. 1. II. Brooks was summoned. and
| after he gave first treatment the woman
was removed to the Homeopa thic Hospital,
where she soon regained consciousness. 1t
Is believed she will recover, although her
condition is serious.
Relatives of the unfortunate woman are
unable to explain the cause of her attempt
at self-destruction. They say, however,
that she has suffered from nervousness
lately, and this, they think, affected her
| mind.
Her husband was away from home solicit
ing orders at the time He had been away
but few minutes. however, before he was
Informed what had occurred. Mrs. Semmes
Hdu Deen leIt IN charge OF the store during
his absence Mrs. Phillips, who conducts
confectionery store in the adjoining build
ing, was also there
Leaving the store Mrs. Semmes went up
stairs and fastened the strap, which she
took from valise. about her neck The
piece OF dress goods was attached to the
end of the strap and tied to the wardrobe
When this had been done Mrs. Semmes
kicked the chair from under and was left
hanging beside the wardrobe.
Just how long she remained in this posi-
ton before she fell Is not known, but as
already stated, she was unconscious when
she was picked up. Her face was very
much discolored.
When the woman reached the hospital she
became hysterical, and it was some time be-
fore the doctors could quiet her. If her
condition justifes her removal from the
hospital she will return home this evening.