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The leader., 1902-11-19
The LEADER.
Wednesday Evening, Nov. 10, '02.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.

GOING NORTH (DAILYD
TRAIN No. 2-LeaveS New Orleans 7:35 p. m.
Arrives at Brookhaven 500. II 90 T. m.
Arrives at jackson. .......... II a. a. m.
TRAIN No. 4-LeaveS New Orleans =. 500 a. m.
Arrives at Brookhaven ...... 70 :43 p IN.
Arrives at Jackson .......... 2:15 p m.
No. "a, ENPREss-Leaves New Orleans 100 a. M.
Arrives at BrOokhaVen .... IL ID a. m.
Arrives at jackson. .......... LOS p. m.
TRAIN No. 26.-LeaveS New Orleans 4:O5 p. m.
Arrives at Brookhaven. ..... 900 p. m.
Arrives at jackson. see. 80. II :06 .. m.
GOING SOUTH DAILY
M. l, EXPRESS-LeayeS jackson 800 4:35 a. nj.
Arrives at BrOOkhaven ...... 6:03 a. m.
Arrives at New Orleans. 800. 9:35 a. m.
TRAIN No. 3.-LeaveS jackson ....... $50 p. m.
Arrives at BrOOkhaven. 4:17 p. m.
Arrives at New Orleans. 40 p. IN.
TRAIN No. 23.-Leaves JackSon....... 3 :55 p. IN.
Arrives at BrOokhavcn ...... AS p. m.
Arrives at New Orleans 800. 10 30 p. m.
TRAIN No. 25.-LeaveS Jackson. ..... 2:17 a. m.
Arrives at Br0okhaven. 500. 400 a. m.
Arrives at New Orleans. see. 900 a. m.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
wichita PLAYS Pinu Ponn.

The first game OF ping-pong in Wichita
has been set up in the club house Of the
Wichita Country Club on College Hill
The game Is very simple 70 look upon
and very difficult to learn. The New
York World last Sunday had an article in
which it stated that million Americans
are now playing it. New York is crazy
about the game and tables on which it
is played may be seen everywhere. The
game is played on a dining room table
in the middle Of which is raised a small
net. Across and over this the ball is
knocked. The bah is Of hollow celluloid
about the size OF an egg. Tse racquet is
covered with parchment and is about
the size Of d fan These are the rules
which govern the playing of the gage.
The game is for two players. They
stand one at the end of the table. The
players who first delivers the ball shall
be called the server, and the other the
striker-out
At the end OF the first game the striker
out shall become the server, and the
server shall become the striker-out, and
so on alternately.
The service shah be strictly underhand.
anu uSll' eieu rum TIC e"u Deiii1iN liiS
table
Tn BAH served must drop anywhere
on the tabletop beyond the net. and is
then in play. II it drop into the net or
OF the table It counts for the striker
out
There is no second service as in lawn
tennis.
IN serving. it is a let if the bali touch
the net
The server wins q stroke if the striker
ont fails to return the service. or return
the service Or knock the ball in play of
the table.
The striker-out wins a stroke if the
server serve d fault. or fails 10 return
the ball in play. or return the bail in
play so that it falls of the table.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
Denies He is KINGS cod-son.

Prof Hlinkhard Of the Prc-Cathedral
high school, who was reported by Prof
Merwin-Marie Smell as being the son Of
King George " OF England. vas asked
about the matter last week by a repor-
ter for the Eagle. He stated that though
the report Of Prof Smell concerning the
godances was false, yet he was eligible
TO the god-sonship of William ". who
assembled the English throne in Is30
IN that year Prof. Klinkhard was born.
though he does-not appear 20 be seventy
two years old. and ne was the seventh
son Of his parents This fact. he states,
entitled his parents. This fact, he states,
TO be his godfather. but they cid not do
so.
Prof Klinkhard was born in France.
but at the time Of his birth. his father
was living in Hanover. where he had
been appointed to Office during the i'm
periaI reign Of Napoleon Bonaparte.
When he was about eight years old.
Prof. Klinkhard was taken 10 Hanover.
Hanover and England were ruled by the
same crown until 1s37. but upon the &C
cession Of Queen Victoria the crowns
became separate, as the constitution Of
Hanover did not permit female SOW
ereign.
PROT Klinkhard came 10 America in 1876
to visit relatives and has been here ever
since.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
GOSSIP FOR HOME PEOPLE

ton: - want. he said. TO send TWO
horses over the divide 10 friend OF mine
and being as you are going home. I viii
give you $50 il you viii take en- with
you. ! know you are honest and win
deliver the horses You can put the money
IN the girt OF the horse You are riding
and no one viii. suspect it is there. Mr..
Daisy at frst thought il was a snap. but
a bunch came TO him thar an wasn't
right and he declined the proposition.
The idea was 70 bait Mr.. Daisy with the
$50 ard then 10 meet him on the divide
and not only rob him OF the s95e but OF
the 5000 as well And Of course that
meant that he should be murdered. too.
The identity OF the man who made the
proposition afterwards became known
and he was one Of the worst outlaws.
murderers and robbers in Colorado. When
AIr. Daisy returned 70 the camp he heard
that there was S. 90 reward for the man.
One day ne went out TO q ranch fifteen
miles away for horse and who should
he meet al the ranch but this same man
man You must stay all night he said
For what2- asked Mr. Daisy. wen.
you see. there is reward on ny head
and don't trust ycu-you must stay
all night 50 that shall have a chance
10 get away in the dark" Mr. Daisy per-
suaded him and he was permitted 10 go.
After he got on his horse the idea came
10 him that the outlaw might follow and
XIII him and he decided 10 make a great
run. He put his spurs to his horse and
made theehfteen mile Journey n an hour.
He never squealed on the outlaw. know
ing that he YVES at the head OF q desper-
ate gang, some Of which would be sure
TO Kill him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
Cowboy Settled H Hash.

Hash was q perennial dish in restaur-
ants of the early days OF Wichlta-not
the kind Of hash people make now but the
real cid thing. The pioneer boarders got
awful tired OF 1t and some of them or
sanized against it and sent up loud but
vain protests TO the propriettors. One
day resident cowboy who had been
hashed into open rebellion conceived a
plan 70 set even with the proprietor. tax
ing q few boarders into his confidence.
lie procured a gunny sack. laid It down
by his chair In the restaurant and asked
10 have the hash passed. When the waiter
went to the kitchen ne empded the
hash into the sack and when she came
back he asked for more. That. too. went
into tho gunnv sack. His confederates
also asked fer hash ana for more and
more until fifteen plates of 1t had gone
into the gunny sack and the supply had
been practically exhausted. Fine hash
you had today" all Of them said crowd
ins up about the proprietor while the
cowboy made his escape with the we'll
fattened Gunny sack. The appetite of the
boarders Tor hash so alarmed the restaur-
ant man that it became rarity on his
TABLETOP expensive
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
Some Premature Bone Handling.

During grassnopper year, when so many
people were returning east TO resume
diplomatic relations with their wife S
folks. q woman and a little girl drove
into Wichita one day from the west and
halted at the corner of Main and Douglas
In the bed Of the wagon was the hus-
band and father with broken leg. The
crowd always inpulsively generous in
pioneer times. made up SIS FOR them and
took the nan TO Or. owens 10 have the
bones set What's this asked the
doctor. as he examined the mans leg.
why. its now as vel. OF better than
7 could set it," 1t developed that when
the nsn broke his leg during the journey
his vie and daughter cut the blinds of
the brides II their team. arranged them
around the injury and bound them fast
with a cIothes-1ine 70 make it easy f1r
the oh man until surgeon could be
reached. DR. Owens SAYS il was the best
piece OF surgery he had ever known.
and AID NOT ai,er IT, The fracture soon
healed and ,he man didn't have as much
as a Hup left
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
A Surveying Tradltion.

The surveying feats which have been
done in Wichita fin times past are pitt
able to behold Some of the STREETS on
the north side take unwarranted and
unexpected jumps To one side. the grade
OF sidewalks GA some streets have about
as much 81 stem as the side Of Pixies
Peak The trouble is alleged to have
happened in an eariy day and the blame
is put there. The story is told that am
early surveyor having surveyed cousid-
erably over the t9wnsite. betdousht I'm
70 md the government corner stone at
the corner Of Lawrence ana Central
That DE found it four feet out of plumb
with his surveys, that he digged it up
and corrected II. OF course this was
very serious. but Wichita was undaunted.
It sent "a man % the Kansas legislature
q have the Kansas legislature approve
and legallze the change Talk Of states
rights. And some contend that The Kan
sas legislature really did CHS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11


yers whose names have now escaped me
The trial lasted a DAY or two and re
suited in a verdict OF manslaughter Il
the fourth degree and ended by Judge
Peters 'pronouncing sentence Of Is months
in the Kansas peHitentiary and six
months thereafter Fairchi,d died n the
Kansas institution al Lansing on ais
way 10 the Kansas penitentiary with
Fairchild. Sheriff Bickfcrd STAYED over
Sunday in the city and took Fairchnd
ii ny buggy and drove him seven OF
eight miles north OF the little river re-
turning 10 town after dark and al the
Occidental hotel, turning him over 10 the
sheriff. That would be deemed a very
strange proceeding now with the Dunn
escapade fresh II the public mind. Moth
ing was thought OF it hten. as Fa,rchiid
had given his word that he would not
escape and he kept his word In those
days Anthony. as q county seat town.
was largely fixed By the building OF the
Missouri Pacific railway from this point
Yet. Notwithstanding that and other facts
and conditions, Harper has always re-
manned a good town and a most excel
lent trading point
In the twenty years that have passed
since that time Harper county has grown.
and developed amazingly. Wide expanses
of cultivated fields now meet the eve
where in those days was only seen the
rich brown carpet OF buffalo and blue
stem grass The dug-out and the box
house have given place TO homelike and
comfortable farm houses: orchards and
groves appear and a home-like appear
ance is on every hand Railroads have
been built and all that 90 TO make up
material prosperity abound in Harper
county. It is one of the best young coun-
ties in the state of Kansas J. p Camp
bell, who spent many years in the county
seat contest in behalf Of Harper has
moved TO Wichita. Sam Sisson still re
mains in Harper as one Of the landmarks
of the town. Lawyer Kirkpatrick. who
went TO Anthony from this city early In
the play and took a lively hand. has gone
to Oklahoma to live. On a Missouri Pa
cidc train the other day near Conway
Springs, I saw Bob Jacks, who told M
that he ran a clothing store in Anthony.
He talked Anthony so much 10 me that
I almost concluded that Il was a lafger
town than Wichita. Bob is one OF the
old timers from Wichita, moved TO a
newer town. His talk recalled 20 nc the /
lines in Richardson's book. Beyond the
which I adapt TO the situa- 4
ton:
Behind the scared squavs bark canoe. (
the steamer rants and raves;
And Robert Jacks is selling clothes .
above old Indians graves"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11

Every man in Wichita who has an au-
tomobile. and they aye becoming consid-
cradle. has carefully placed away be-
meath the cushion of the seat a suit of
ove-alls. They are occasionally needed.
Down town the public has only knowl-
edge that the man in The automobile is
gliding along in perfect comfort and com
pOsure. Bus away on side street you
are liable 70 come onto vacant automo-
bile with the owner on his back under
Il looking up into the wilderness Of ma
ohinery and trying to get a giant mon
key-wrench through pin hole
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
Knew Robert eurdette.

Mrs. I. W. Decatur, clerk Of the local
civil service commission was acquainted
with Robert J. Burdette and his first
wife. now deceased. twenty-five years
ago. Mr. Burdette was then living at
Burlington. Ia. and wrote humorous ar
ticles for the Daily Hawkeye. Mrs. De-
eatur lived in the Iowa city at that time
and made many visits TO the Burdette
home.
She stated to a reporter last week that
while she knew Mr.. Burdette began his
work on the lecture field, his first lecture
being The Rise and the Fall Of the
Moustache" When Mr.. BIrdette was in
this city a few weeks ago, Mrs. Decatur
renewed her acquaintance with him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
Terrible EIGHT With . Steak.

Along in the early seventies a Texas
cattleman caused quite a scene in a res
taurant located where George AIcNeaTs
barber shop now stands It was then the
Fashionable restaurant Of the town and
was crowded at meal times with the
elite of the Future Great With his
appetite well sharpened by some of Jim
Hopes best this caruemean entered the
restaurant and ordered steak bclo
wouldn't cut IT. The catteman engaged
It and after an exciting contest he lost
his temper and the scene referred to en-
sued Damn you he said, loud enough
10 have been heard for two blocks II
never yet saw the critter with hoofs and
horns that I couldn't subdue and YOU
being dehorned. dehoofed and dead.
cant see why can't make you yield
So saying DE went after 1t with his knife
and fork, forced IL of The plate, turned
the table over and fought with it on the
floor until the proprietor and some of his
stoutest guests separated them. This
story is vouched for by man who was
In the restaurant at the zine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
4 Murderous Bird.

Kansas tuu compliment Of birds are
now out in fun force. Most boys believe
that the fercest Kansas bird is the king
bird, such belief being based on the fact
thar the king bird viii dart viciously AT
the small boy. Charles Symthe, how
ever. says that the meanest bird ia kan
sas is the -butcher-bird This bird is
a natural born murderer He VIII grab
g swallow. squeeze the life ont of him
and then hang his corpse on a barb wire
fence
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
PLAYED All Ninht.

George Turpie, the golf professional
says that at st. Andrews. Scotland. the
home of soiL the game is played until
Il o'clocN at night ST. Andrews is far
north in the direction of the land of tho
midnight sun. and the sun doesn't go
down untu II o'clock at night and cones
up az a. n. Turpie says that one eve
ming party of PLAYERS at sunset found
themselves out on the course three miles.
Instead of coming in. they lay down in
the heather and slept till sun-up and then
played In and completed the match
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11

As soon as the Sidewalk 30 East Doug
las avenue IS completed IN vfl be the
longest continuous walk 10 The city Tho
walk VIII ran from the Missouri Paci6c
railroad 20 the top Of Collese HIL q
distance 81 over three miles i WIZ
not have break in IL, ana hut two
slshJ variations from "a sJraiEht line ore
a. Hydraulic avenue and the ether II
Rutau avenue
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
euved About Max Pole Dance.

Rev. Bruce Griffith says that he has
been guyed a great deal because Of the
article in the Eagle about the May Pole
dance in the Reformed church. Possibly
some of the guyers imagine that the
May Pole dance is similar TO a waltz. If
that is the case they are mistaken for it
nothing more than a crowd Of young
people with the ends of ribbons in their
hands marching around a pole.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
Fishing on the easconade.

Doc" KessIer IS having a boat built
for trip down she Gasconade river in
Missouri and thence down to st. Louis.
The boat is an deliberately equipped az
fair and has both sleeping and eating
accommodations. Doc says the finest fish
ing in the world is on the Gasconade and
the hunting is also fire. He viii ship the
boat 10 the head waters OF the river
somewhere in the neighborhood CT
Springfield He viii be gone a month or
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11

ar. Wilcox ~ Newton was IL town
TUESDAY. and in speakins II the early
days IN Kansas tola that D. lived grass
hopper year in Butler county He s2id
that Erasshopper year was the greatest
for quan in the history II rhe state.
There was stubbie-1.eld risht back of
his house and when De wanted o mess
Of quail he would ger his gun. powder
ard shot and q chair and retire To the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
Strawberries Delay Trains.

Apparently little things delay express
trains. For several weeks the north
bound Santa Fe freight train has been
from one to two hours late more than
half of the time. The delays are usually
caused by the heavy traffic in strawber-
ries. The berries are loaded on in Texas
and NJ nearly every point in Oklahoma
and Kansas there is a large quantity to
unload This. Of course, consumes a good
deal OF time
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
FaIIed to Embrace opportunity.

Col. Hutchinson might have been a
millionaire today had he taken oppOr-
tuuity to his arms when she knocked
at his door Thirsty odd years ago. The
Colonel was out with some Young merry
old sailors in a boat near Galveston when
@ fearful storm came W. one Of the
old sailors with him proposed TO make
a run for the oil pond and the pro-
gram was carried out. To Colonel Hutch
inson's great surprise. upon reaching
this mystic spot. the water was calm
aithough the outside sea rolled high. It
was a case Of oil on the troubled waters.
When the sailors drew UP their anchors
an oily mud cluug TO them. There and
then Colonel Hutchinson could have be-
cone a millionaire If he had followed that
oil TO its source and secured a gusher.
as has since been done.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
-Four Men Over EIGHTY.

Wichita has four venerable citizens who
had birthdays during the week Tuesday
w T. Smith observed his eighty fourth
birthday and the day before that DR.. Ray
arrived at the same milestone. on the
same day The father of Joseph Brubacker
was eighty-seven and Z. P. Thompson.
deuticaily the same age. Their combined
~ears are $40. Al Of them are in good
3calth- especially Nj Smith and Mr.. Bru-
7aker. either of whom could give some
men of fifty lively foot race Some Of
hem at least are good for ten years yet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11

s scheme vas nxsf once q rob and
uu7ser o. c. Dalzy hy enc q me mosi
terrible of the early day ostlavs 81 the
Colorado mining camps. NJ. Daisy clean-
90 Up something Ike $50 mining ard
was about 10 so back hone wtth IL 4
maa approached k-1 With ks PROPOSE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
TALK OF
THE TOWN

back porch and lead up and watch the
stubble-deld. Whon the hoDpers would
fy up In line, he knew that covcy Of
quail were approaching and ne wotiid
wait until the grasshopDers Jumped near
him and then whang away. He said It
was the easiest quail shooting in his ex-
isterce.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11


Grated ,,-o mectins N Chlcaso. Nzs- 81.
&. Teller and Mrs road
The family 81 J. p Howard from e,s--
ton moved te Wiehlta-
Iarara Boona-de-ay ana Lct.ie Collins
who originated the sons IN London we're
the salk ~ the word
Mrs J. X Francis died sitter D very
short Illness 81 her hoale ~ tae west
Side.
8lr. ard Mrs. J. T. Miller - 50 East
Z Central avenEe entertaiaea Their gaasss
were Ar and Mrs. a. H. DYER Ar ana
Airs. J. IL Townsend. Mss whltehea1.
air II. a. Stevens Mr. s. r. Townsend.
Mr. r G. Sweet and ar. =. r. Weaver.
The boaFders az the Metropolis ehaI-
{ ienged the hoar1eTs 2t the 1lanhattln %
game ~ base hsn. Gcrail Weld a2i
RaInh Neiaerlander O. Be ururi~cs. ma
Mctropole crowd was composed ~ sam
Mountain. Frank Bennett Joha Arisogast.
ANDY Sife-s Lou Wuter. Zen M5rct.
Gus Wells, Z. J. Earls. James Murphy
= A.. Duncan. Frank Coivin ara 3. 81.
pancan. The Manhattan crowd was T.
5. Housesaad. Harry Fzetz. j b. Price
Al Mercer Charles r. sharp. Claude
Forrest C. r Bennett. r. e. Wallace
W T. Cope. Charles McGrcsor and s
". shattuck
The southern Kansas Medical Society
and ths homeopathic Physicians az kan
sas bald a meeting in Wichlga.
The following were elected directors q
ths knight inysstnent Canpauye Aesoz-
Jus hnight az St Louis ~ = Potts.
George l.. pouglas. ~. ". Johnston. Jr..
+. J. sfcMaster. OF So. Louis y. a.
knight and IL r. knight
Nrs. \ Harue passed away ar her
home No 1910 North Lawrence avtaac-
Henriettc IN one ~ h,r letters ia shs
Eagle said she had Kept tab ca the NO.
men in Wichita who had eir,n more
than one party ln twelve meuths Fos-
lowing Was her table OF parties given.
Mrs. rs. S. Corbett. g. Mrs. y e. Ausu.
s.. AIRS. J. =. Houston. B. Mrs s. r. sos-
ciyn. 6 Mrs. W a. Little. AIRS WIKI
ney. e. Mrs. g. T. natldsos. Q. Ha T.
Is. Ferren g. airs. Kos Harris. s.. Mrs.
II y levy 2. AIRS. N. b Cohn. 5 8lrs.
J. H. Alex 8. MIS- Harry Isfle S. Mrs
]. J. Logsn 8. Mrs " IS. Johnston 6.
sfrs r. y smith. s. Mrs Gea-re b. Pratt
3. Mrs H. q. Kramer 3. Nrs prank
Wood. 8. aIrs. NJ 81 Muriaek d AIRS
II. g Russies. 8. Mrs. 20 Fau g. AIRS
X. T. Murdock 7.airs. Lecien Mirar 9.
Mrs. J. H. Black Q. Mrs p. G.. Cam8bcil.
g. Mrs r. =. Biccldes & AIRS d g..
sluss. = Mrs. George ~. kurrr 9. Mrs
George l. n7uelas. @ Mrs. Charles
suythe e. Mrs = r Ewsn. . Mrs. p
~ Brooks 6 Mrs 81. - Uarnfs e Mrs.
A. " Mccoy 3. Mrs. A vs. 8itung g
Mrs Frank Corn. 3. airs. George strong.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
Ace Apueared in the Knee.

Dr. McAdams says that the first signs Of
old age appears il mans knee. He
can't lift his foot as high as was his
wont, as a result. drags his feet and
wears out his shoes on the top, stumb-
ling against high places on the sidewalk.
The doctor says he is getting Old and
that MS knee joints are not working as
well as when he was one Of the Iiyeliest
and most dashing young man in early
MichIta.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11

up every day and gets his meat about
six cents cheaper than other people. and
wears a happy smile. Mr.. Kitchener is
sticking TO his contract ike z little man.
The contract runs eight months longer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
Traininq Z Telephone Girl.

Before giri can be a central IN the
telephone oHce. II IS necessary for her
u practice on the local exchange for two
or rh-ee weeks. She viii be on duty dur
Ing the learning period for about TWO
hours in the early evening when the lines
are rot very busy. She viii receive no
COMPENSATION while learning. None are
ever taught in the long distance Office
as NAT york is too difficult Tor a beginnc
70 readilv learn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11

Mrs. Marion Leonard. v7ho was sent to
the peoitentia-y from this city several
years ago on the charge of numbering
her husband. Is reported 10 be failing in
health. when she went TO Lansing she
vas strong woman. bur the circUm-
sF.bed life she IS required to lead has
had bad effect upon her health.