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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-26
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It's shameful when youth fails to
show proper respect for old age, but
just the contrary in the case OF Dr.
Kings New Life pills. Dyspepsia,
Jaundice, fever, constipation all yilod
t. this perfect pill 25c az National
Drug store and Grants Pass Pharma-
ley.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-26

While under the influence of liquor,
John Maczuiski, 20 yeors old attempt.
Cd TO kill his mother by shooting her
at their home, lS sobleski street. at Q
O'Clock October 7.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-26

In quarrel over a game lof cards
IN the rear room Of saloon ht POLL
Clark street October . Michael Cianba
2ll2 Armour ayenue, was shot
through the heart by an unidentified
man
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-26

O. n. Bradley, barber at Rose.
vile, yesterday October s, sought to
take his life by cutting his throat
with a razor Bradley had been
drinking heavily.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-26

Club women OF Lincoln. ILL.,, have
department Of town Improvement. The
ladies who make up this section OF the
club have taken entire charge OF the
railroad station park and have expend-
cd 5000 In grading and sodding and
planting trees They have also looked
after the school yards OF the town. and
their outline OF work for 1908 includes
the offering OF series OF prizes for the
best kept school yards and an active
campaign In favor Of clean streets.
The Southern Pacific Company will
sell tickets at one and one-third fare
for the round trip between all points
on its Oregon Lines. account Thanks
giving Day. Tickets will be sold on
November 25th and 26th. and will be
limited for return to the 27th. All
who desire to take advantage Of this
reduction can secure tickets from
nearest Southern Pacific agent On
dates mentioned.
W. L. CONAN,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-26

In a drunken row, George Mean
drew, bartender at the Henry Martin
saloon on Second street, shot aud nj
most instantly killed Roy Beard, a
young colored man
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-26

Freeman Fornia ended spree at
Brasher Falls, near here. by hitching
a halter about his neck aud hanging
himself
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-26

Blue and Gold new dinner ware
beautiful goods at Thomas.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-27

Southern Cross'-she was a hard
packet. To-day 1 believe, she is reck-
oned one of the most comfortable in
the American Merchant Marine.
1t was aboard the ship that 1 made
my first trip to sea that 1 first heard
of Hardy. and while l have listened
to innumerable tales of him since, and
have even related some of his exploits
myself, that Introductory knowledge
of him will always remain with me
as a distinct impression. For 1 was
present when the first authentic ac-
count of his death was given out by
the one man who knew.
This was aboard the old Nicaraguan
bark Don Adolfo." She had aboard
a crew of hardy, reckless West Coast
Adventures, most of whom were on
the West Coast. because it was not
particularly healthy for them to be
anywhere else. Not that they were
really a bad lot, but, as l have already
said, they We're of that class who had
acquired an attitude toward human
life not compatible with the laws of
more civilized parts.
One of the men was a chap called
Happy Steve. 1t was his optimistic
temperament that had given him his
name. Come what would. hard
weather. toDsails to reef, a leaky ship
holystone, boats to scour with sand
and canvas, Steve always accepted
these hardShips with a jolly smile,
while his shipmates looked black and
swore. Steve could swear, too, but
/ he did it in such a humorous way that
the foul words on his lips lost their
worst significance. Even when he had
a crowl with the captain it usually
ended with the captain laughing and
granting the demand.
Usually an optimist is not taVorlte
in a ships forecastle, but Steve could
give everything such a humorous turn
that his shipmates would laugh in spite
! of themselves During the second dog
watch he kept the men in a continuous
roar of laughter with his tales of past
exploits. Happy Steve told many
stories, but there was one that beat
them all.
We had passed the doldrums and
were we'll down into the southeast
! trades. where the steady breeze made
/ it seldom necessary to pull rope or to
touch a sail. In that respect it was al
most like steamboating. Our dog
watches were never disturbed, and
! every mans artistic ability as story
| teller was in full demand.
One evening the conversation turned
to hard-case Yankee packets, of ships
where men take and give blows with
! deadly intent. Each man told of the
buckle mates he had known, and as al
! most everyone had known Dick Hardy,
or Black Jack, he and his mysterious
fate became the principal subject for
| discussion.
lie was bad un," commented
Kanaka Joe, darkly; blessed if he
| warent. I've known hard-case mates,
but most of 'em was on the square in
! a fight. Black Jack w'aren't; he was
| a mucker; he'd hit man when he was
down."
"You bet" agreed another man;
''drownin was too good fer him. He
! should a been ham-strung first, then
hung by his arms in the main chains,
| an then billed in pot O. tar"
Here each man gave his idea of a
| fitting end for Black Jack, and some
were quite ingenious. That is, all did
so except Happy Steve-he only laugh-
his method.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-27

"how would you have him cooked?"
Steve laughed uproariously, wffSe his
mates grinned in anticipation of a par
ticularly funny account of an imagin-
airy death for Black Jack. But Steve's
laughter increased his face was red
with suppressed merriment.
Come, Steve said a Cockney sailor,
encouragingly, lets ave the joke;
don't be a-keepin' it all to yerself.
why, We blessed galoots," chortled
Steve at last, II could tell we story
of Black Jack as would make yer eyes
water. Here you chaps is a talkin' of
Black Jack, with me here as could tell
We more about him than any man
Twin" And Steve shook with keen ap-
probation of the humor of it.
"Well, We blarsted ass, why don't We
tell us?" suggested the Cockney.
We'll" painted Steve, between
spasms, "seein' as how / am with a
crowd as can appreciate the funny side
of a good story, l am goin' to oblige
yez.
I'VE see, fellers, was bosn's mate
of the Southern Cross" the trip Black
Jack croaked."
well, L be hanged" calculated sew
eral of the men together. Steve chuc-
killed. at the establishment in their faces.
You bet," he continued, IAN l am
the boy as can tell We a few things
about that trip.
1--WE left Liverpool for Frisco with
general cargo an a crowd o. green
Cockneys aboard as didn't know the
spanker boom from a marlin spike.
Naturally, Black Jack piled into em
before we got clear of Ushant Light,
an the scuppers was red with blood
night and day.
"Well, about five days out, we struck
a bit of nasty weather, an one night
all hands was up aloft reefin' the fore
upper topsail. Black Jack was up there
in the bunt lookin arter the job. 1t
so happened as ! was next to him,
but be didn't know 1t was me. Well,
something happened to rile him, and
first thing I knew he landed on my
Jaw an nearly sent me down on deck.
Fancy him 'takin' me for a blasted
limejuicer."
Steve stopped for a moment to
thoroughly enjoy Black Jacks mis-
take.
well" he continued, when his
laughter had subsided, when we got
down told him as how he had hit me
by mistake. But, blast me, he didn't
see the Joke.
Good for ye. ser he.
well naturally, that kind o riled
me bein' taken for a bloomin green
horn, an told Black Jack right then
as how ia fix him In Frisco Upon
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-27

them, with the iron band, sent him
nose down. Larst / see was his two
bow legs a kickin' up in the air, an
then / went back to the wheel.
when the chap came back to re-
lieve me / didn't say nothin', but
pretty soon the third mate misses
Black Jack, an as he couldn't find
him, he goes an calls the skipper. The
OF man comes on deck, and we squares
in our yards an sails back over our
course burnin' blue lights an shoutin'
like ell; an / was shoutin' louder AN
any of 'em, but you bet they didn't
see no signs of Black Jack with his
head in draw bucket
Say, fellers, wot We suppose old
Nick said when he saw Black Jack
comm up to the gates of hell with
that draw bucket over his head?
Blessed If I wouldn't a been willin'
to stand the high temperatoore for a
few minutes jest to see what hap
pened."
The idea seemed so humorous to
Happy Steve that the story ended in
a long, hearty laugh, interpolated by
humorous comments on an imaginary
conversation between his Satanic Ma
jesty and Black Jack, with the draw
bucket presenting difficulties in the
way of mutual recognition.
Happy Steve often again referred to
the murder he had committed, and each
time he sprinkled his story with hearty
laughter.
When we arrived in Australia Happy
Steve cleared out for the Swan river
gold diggings. Later, we heard that
he met his finish there, but he died
as he lived--in a humorous way. The
account we had stated that he cracked
some joke up there that wasn't appre-
ciated by the English miners, and that
it precipitated shooting scrape. Nglep
the smoke cleared away three OF
Steve's opponents were stretched out,
but he himself had cracked his last
Joke. When told that his American
humor had not been understood, he
chuckled immoderately and then died.
This account may not be exactly true,
but it was characteristic of him.
Some years later l met a man who
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-27

The canvas draw bucket was layin'
on the skylight, an it looked so much
like a cork helmet / couldn't help won
derin' how it would fit Black Jacks
pear-shaped head. So 1 sneaked over
to the skylight an cut off the rope.
Then 1 tried it on my head, an 1t was
jest a tri1e too big. But, thinks |, it'll
jest fit Black Jack, a tight fit
too, SOS he couldn't get it off.
Back to the weather rail l tip-toes,
until / stands jest in back o. Black
Jack. His head was jest in daisy
position, so 1 carefully raises the draw
bucket above it, an down 1 pumps
it-jest jamrned it down tight to his
shoulders.
"Well, fellers, ye'd larfed to see
the jump he made, like a chicken with
its head cut off a fioppin' his arms
like they was wings. Yessir, jest like
a bloomin' chicken"
The simile struck Steve's sense of
humor so strongly that 1t was some
Bnontents before he could continue.
Even some of his audience laughed
with him.
But that was only for minute"
he continued. Fore he could do any
thing l ups with his heels as the
an over he went, with draw-bucket
stuck fast an a-smotherin' his
squeals."
The humor of the situation-ghast-
ly humor, perhaps--so struck all hands,
due more to Steve's manner than to
his words, that all burst out into a
long guffaw. The idea of Black Jack
diving to his death with a draw
bucket over his head seemed redicu-
leusly funny.
well, fellers," said Steve, after he
had wiped the tears from his own eyes,
"the ship was goin' bare three knots,
an the moon was out could see the
white foam spot where he went down,
an aft runs to the log line an
watches. VIII we believe me-but it's
true-all Of a Euddin / sees that white
canvas draw bucket pop up with his
two arms a wavin' on each side o IL.
An there was them bow legs o. his
a-waggin' behind, like crabs nlppers.
Oh, say, fellers-"
Again Steve went off into peals Of
merriment. Finally he was able to re-
sumo
well. boys, Jest leaned over the
rail an larfed At 70 bust myself The
way he was tryin' 70 boiler through
that draw bucket an couldn't would
q given ye fits II ye'd a heard the way
he was q rippin' up inside. kinder
reckon the cuss words he was lettin
out weighed the bucket down, an
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-27

Men who do not value the lives of
others often value their own highly
enough. But this rule seldom works
the other way. The reckless dare
devil vagabond who butts about the
world into all sorts of dangers and
acquires sort of contempt of the va
rious forms of death he often faces,
begins after awhile, to believe that
everyone else shares his attitude of
mind toward what he considers at the
worst only a slight Fastening of the
inevitable
Such a man is the average sailor.
He has no family, and his more dis
tant kindred are only vague person
alities of whom he has only a vague
knowledge. 1t is family ties that cause
men to fear death.
If half his shipmates are washed
overheard in a storm, Jack is depress-
ed for the time being, but a month
later, when he reaches port, he is quite
apt to give his account of the incident
in a humorous vein.
"Yed "a larfed," he says, in the
course of his tale, "if ye'd a seen the
the end of the topsail brace, like a
blessed herrin' hooked on the end of
a line. Then when he couldn't hold
on no longer, he just gives a tremen-
dous wriggle, like he'd swallowed the
bait an it was tastin' pretty good, an
off he swims like he was lookin' for
more, an that was the larst we sees
of Bill"
At a matter of fact, Jack did not
lanpb a tho time Of 10 oPpidpnt HE
comparison of a drowning man cling
ing to the end of a rope to a hooked
fish never entered his head until he
spun his yarn. Time has given him
that attitude toward form of death
so common that it may be his any
day. When his turn comes, he will
not laugh, but if his ghost survives
him it will probably give an account
TO the other ghosts of it's entrance into
the spirit world in an equally humor-
Gus vein.
If you were to consult the log OF
the American bark Southern Cross
about eight years back you would
come across an entry like this:
Chief Mate Hardy disappeared in
the middle watch. Supposed to have
fallen overheard while examining the
fog"
Such an entry is common in ships
interest in the average shore-abiding
citizen, but in the maritime world
there are some to whom this would
recall memories of a strange person
ality-Happy Steve.
How Happy Steve was connected
with the drowning of the mate of the
Southern Cross will develop later
First of all, let me say a few words
of the mate.
I will hide Dick Hardy's identity
under his real name: nobody but g
few ship owners know him by that.
He has an aged mother living some
where UP in Maine, and for her sake
it is better to let his past rest. Lei
1t suffice to say that under an alias
something. but not quite, like Blacl
Jack, he was known the world over
as one of the blacklist scoundrels thai
ever trod a deck. You could heal
tales of his heroic brutalities from
Frisco to Calcutta. In his day board
ing masters had to drug sailors be
fore they could ship them on th'
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-27

which he fetches me an upper-cut that
sends me down to leeward into the
scuppers.
"Well, things went along that way
until we got down into the trades an
one night funny idea struck me as
| was a-pacin' the deck. Ye remem-
Der, Black Jack was bow-legged, an
l was larfln' to myself. wonderin'
how he'd look swimmin' with them
bow legs. Ever see a bow-legged man
swim? Funniest thing yet But Black
Jack was the bow-leggedest man We
ever see.
THAT idea stuck to me for long
time, an whenever I'd think of it,
night or day, I'd larf. I was just a
hankerin' to see Black Jack swim with
them bow legs o. his a-waggin' be-
hind.
zone night, in the middle watch,
the chap at the wheel wanted to
be relieved a few minutes. so
went and took the wheel while he
went ford. Black Jack was pacin'
the poop slowly, it bein' a sultry night.
Pretty soon he goes up to the weather
rail and leans agin it, kind o. sleepy
"Well, feIlers, those legs O. his never
looked so bowed as they did then.
could already fancy him kicking them
out as he was swimmin'. The more
I thought, the stronger that idea got.
Thinks 1 to myself, Here's a man
wot makes the world all the worse for
bein' in it: why not give him a boost
into a better world. An l thinks o
the easy times wot would come to the
poor chaps ford wot he had lam
basted O. every one. An / thinks o
when he smashed me, too. But most
of all, / wanted to see a bow-legged
man swim. Say. you fellers don't
know what a good larf is till We zee
a bow-legged man swim. I've seen
1t once"
Here Steve broke off his narrative
to chuckle over funny memories.
"Well," he resumed. 'at larst /
couldn't stand 1t no longer. There
was Black Jack leanin' over the rail,
an there was me, dyin' TO see him
swim. So / steadles the helm pretty
good an then kicks Off my slippers,
easy like, SOS he couldn't hear. An
then leaves the wheel. softly, an
ereepR up to the weather rail, an 50
help me, there was Black Jack a
snooxin'l Yessir, sieepin' on his
watch. Him, an would lam poor
Teller from ford near dead for dom
that same thing. Wot yer think o
that2
ne was leanin' over pretty far,
hoidin' on 10 a awning stanchion. Wot
yer think 1 did2 Xe'd never guess.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-27

had been on the Southern Cross on
that same eventful trip, and when l
asked him who was bos'n's mate at
the time, he replied:
"Why, a humorous sort o. chap-a
Teller called Steve White"
Copyright, 1903, by Albert Sonnich-
1
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-27

The "outlanders," or foreign students,
in the German universities number e.,
731, or more than Z per cent. of the
total of 81 S13 matriculated students.
Berlin, Heidelberg and Leipsic are the
favorte institutions for foreigners, who
constitute Is per cent. of the student
body in each. On the other hand,
Bonn and other famous universities,
which in the past have attracted vota-
ries from the wide world, report a very
small percentage of foreigners. The
students from Russia in all the uni
versities aggregate 800; Austria-Hun-
gary follows with 536; America con-
tributes 276; Switzerland, 253; England,
149, and Asia, 1873. 1t is noteworthy that
nearly all the Asians are Japanese, and
it is rather surprising that so many
as thirty-six Turks are enrolled. The
American contingent Is not so large
as would be expected, considering the
increasing number of Americans who
are seeking the higher education. This
is to be accounted for, perhaps, by
the growth of our universities, which
offer in laboratories and in special re-
search the opportunities which in
past generation were to be found only
abroad. Germany still is in the lead
in technical education, and the techni-
cal schools are so much "overrun," as
the Germans put it, with 'outlanders"
that a cry has been raised in Ger
many that German schools are for the
Germans.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-27

CRADLE: 1 hear Goodman is as good
as married to Miss Dolley.
Crabbe: Oh, better than that.
CRADLE: Really? You don't mean
Crabbe: / mean the engagement
broken off. -Philadelphia Press.
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1903-08-01
M60erni.

Httg0fgi mamma er metin eftir Pvihverj-
If forfe0urnir cru. lEttfrn0 ingurinn telur Pa
mann fran at manni, og almenningur reiknar
svo gildi afkomendanna eftir veroleikum fe0r-
anna. M6oerni er oft ekki teki0 til greina.
Delta er g0mul regla, sem & rot sina / .tvrstu
felagsskipun mannkynsins. Mccall viItra %
half mentaora Pj6oa er karImaourinn herra en-
konan Prnll: ham vinnur alt bao, err friend
Pykir / vera, en- hun annast pau st0rf, er hon
UNI Pykja 0sambooin: hann hefir oil void /
Pj60f6lagi slnu, en- hennar er az engu geti0:
% born hennar bera vanalega nafn f0oursins.
Delta fvrirkomulag q f@6lagsliG hinna g.
mentuou mannfokka er az sjalfs0g0u sam
kvemt bvf aIgilda acknowledgement, az aAi0 Sc
hi0 drotnandi valid.
AT Pessu eimir enn eftir mccall si0aora
Pjooa. Su regla heir l0ghelgi hja m0rgum
heIztu mentaPjo0um heimsins, a0 au0ur, met
ORD og yms serr6ttindi gangi ao erf0um / karl
legg hverrar h0f0ingja @ttar. 90 konur hafa
stundum alls engan erf0ar6tt; en- HIT err DO
miklu al gengara, 40 born beri spttarnafn 100
ur sins, eea seu nefnd svnir hans og dntur, at
Pvf m0nnum Pykir meira vert UNI fa0erni en-
m0oerni.
Sd sko0un nun einnig vera rik jandi hja
festum, 40 fest born likist fremur flour
slnum en- m60ur, a0minsta kosti / hestum and
legum serkennum. Eff sd sko0un vrri 4 rUk-
UNI b,vg0: Pl vnri sjalfsagt rett a0 taxa faoerni
til grelna fremur en- m00erni. En- sannleik,
urnn er sa. 40 aldrei hafa veri0 ger6ar n6gr
vfotakar athuganir til Pess,a0 eftir penn ver0
demt me0 vissu un Petta NAL. Dad cru az
ems ia ar sloan er mannfreoingar gAfu Pv
nokkurn gaum, % athuganir Peirra hafa rvr
mJ0g him lorna atr1na0 4 fa0erni.
pess cru vissulega m0rg demi, 40 b0rn
fkjast fedrum s:num, en- pc munu hin eng,
ferrl, er syna HID gagnste0a.
k~ar]amagnds atti marga SYM, en- cngin1
PETRA liktist f00ur sinum 1 neinu, beir voru lit
nytir stj6rnendur, bvi si0ur hetjur. Fa0i
Peturs mikla var meinlitill en- kjarkIaus, o!
nokkuls 81 onar leikfang fh0ndum vildarmann
sinna. Goethe atti elm son, sem var .,kald
1yndur fabjani" og hans eina astrf0a var 6h6f
leg tobaksnautn. Arouet malahutningsma0
ur, fa0ir Voltaire' s, for6a0ist ALTAR trnarbrag &
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1903-08-01

bvi. 40 ham vildi heldur fast vi0 skaldskap
en- lesa log; % hann do me0 Peirri sannfnr-
ingu 40 Voltairc vari ~au0nulevsis rnfill.
Friorik mikli var him mesti vinur Voltaire's,
unni mj0g skaldskap og f0grum listum, var
allra mamma gestrisnastur en- vildi engum
manni ldta, rauf ALA hollustueioa og var konu
sinni aldrei tr1r. En- fa6ir hans var 6heha0ur
hrotti, svo lila az ser az hann var talinn 0Ins.
og Hmm mesti nirfill, en- hann var trlr cigin-
ma0Ur og bar await hina mestu lotningu fyrir
keisaranum % viIdi i 0llu gcra villa hans.
Edmund Nelson var prestur I sma porpi einui
Norfolk 4 England; hans hug0ncmasta start
var az vinna / dalitlum bI6mgar>i. er hann atti.
hl.vnna az haIfv0xnum nygrnoingi, % franz
leica fagnt afbrygeim c0 litf0gru bl6mskrdei.
Ham hafei Iika vndi at PVT. al ta!a vi0 kunn.
ingjja sfna % heyra skoeanir PETRA q Tmsum
helztu maIcfnum samti0ar sinnar, en- ham var
aoist 40 m0tmnIa Peim / neinu, 90 hann let
aldrei nett a ser Eera / cpinberum nahum.
Sonur hans var Horatio Nelson. sem hvergi
undi nema 4 sj6. for UNI helm allan mc0 her
ilota Breta, og sto0 jafnan fremstur / roo hvar
sem sjocrusta var hao. Ham undi ser beet
par sem h;ettan var ncst 90 hugrekki hams 90
arnei var stundrm Iikast fiGdirfsku. Ham
fell VIC Trafal oar at pvi hann vildi ckki hvIja
eirkennisbdniny sim, 90 Pegar Frakkar
komu auga 4 Eann CO ger0u Eann az skot-
mark sinu :sayci ham VIC undirforingja sim.
or varaoi hann VIC hmttunnl Pegar ham 81
riffilkdluraar rita / sundur siglutr60 vfr h0f0i
hans: .,Hvao gengur 40 per, Wheeler-hef
ir0u fengio hveisusting: Sk0mmu sf0ar var
hann s;erour til cliffs, % sagan gevmir nafn
hams sem hinnar m=stu 81 6hetju, cr uppi hefr
verid.
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hafa vaki9 pa spurning 1 hugum ymsra mann
frn0lnga: HvaO er / raun 90 vcru erf0al0g-
NAL nattdranrar?
pa0 er au0s;ptt az hin fcrna sko0un. a1
fa0erni raoi oftast Aestum cinkennum afkvpm-
isins, er ekki r5tt.
Oft likj ast born ba0um foreldrum slnum
% TAXA 40 erfoum y sserkenni Peirra beggja
Stundum cru pau hvorugu peirra l1k, en- Tiki
asst fremur einhverju jun Iangfeoginum, 90
sack ia ,yms strkenni langt fran 1 attir. Yf1
h0fuo f,ylggjja ettggeng serkenni engum 6brig6.
l ulum reglunn,en Iiklegast err, az pau gangi az
l erfoum her UNI bill jafnt bnoi / -FOUR % moo
ur-ett, svo pau b0rn,er syna arfgeng serkenn
4 feoranna sGu hvorki fe:ri re f@cri en- hin, e.
t syna arfgeng sarkenni ma6ranna. Sunni
r mannfrneingar Pykjast TAXA eftir PVT, a0 syn
3 If likist fremur meorum og m60urptt, endat
a ur feerum og f00urett: en- pa0 er langt FRI
Pvf, 40 Peir half nngar sannanir til pess a;
svna, az su sko0un Sc rett.
Eitt af PVT, sem NEST az greinir mannin1
fra 0llum 00rum dyrum. er HID langa framfar