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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

Manchester avenue, while alightlng from a
Missouri Pacific train at Tower Grove Sta
ton yesterday. fell from the steps Of the
car to the platform and sustained an In
jury of the spine and two fractured ribs,
Doctor ]. II. Simon of No. 4I10 Manchester
avenue. who attended her, pronounced her
injuries not serious.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

The fame OF st. Louis as & convention
city, the homo Of the WORLDS FaiE and
HEPTOL SPLITS laxative = Known
th<pughoUt tn 1nf
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

Germs cause tartar. Sanitol Tooth Pow
der kills The germs and removes the
tartar.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

Cravenette coats. tailor-made and wa
terproof, at Day Rubber Co., 415 North
Fourth street
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

The majority Of the votes in the con-
vention will be cast for HEPTOL SPLITS
IS the best laxative on eaxth.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

Woman Injured on Train.
Mrs. Willimena Griefe. a widow, resid-
ing at the home Of her son. at No. 41si
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

Building Permits.
Princepia School Company, two-story bric]
school at No. 1862 Minerva; 81. 900.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
Death of ]. H. Appleton.

Death OF j.. HI. AppIefOn.
Springfield. Mass. July 6.-Julius H.. An
pleton; former president Of the Central
New England Railway and q weIl-known
paper manufacturer, was stricken with
apoplexy while driving to the Union sta
ton to-day and died soon afterwards.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07

1s42. ci;s e. ei;;o : ssS7 BET; hsasss and q
panaway toy 70 john ot1't r. Nv VstssHD 1'0aa 4. "A.
LASTON-5 # ~ In, q g., bet Kings
highway and Academy. city block 2zSs;
James H. Mcnamara and wife to LOU
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-02-12

BY Associated Press.
New York, Feb. 9, 1880 P. M=By
Bailey & MeIton's private wire) Tine
fire Is now under control IN Baltimore.
A conservative estimate taken by New
York underwriters, who are the best au-
thcrity place the loss at sszo,ooo.coo. II
is mot unlikely that some underwriters
win 90 under. The FIRE had decided
effect on Baltimore & Ohio stock unled
the strain that the B. & o. suffered =
heavy loss
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-02-12

Ah CHORD "a the seveuty en9ines. over
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-02-12

Ey Assccsated Press.
Baltimore, Feb. Sat 400 pm. the
Ere was apparently under control
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-04
CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION.

The Of the explosion A rubber hose was
hot plate into another room
Instead Of turning where the hose joined the pipe
plate the night after the fac
M the became great
that blown from pipe thus allowing the
The gas escaped into tie room in which MIR and Mrs
their two children slept lamp kept burn
order to for the baby. About two O'clock Mrs
s11iel;ed gas She told her husband
he said to her. For Gods sake get out
sble She took Of the children and started, and he
other but before fairly bed the
plosion took place
sleeping in Morris chair and his wife and
child, Marnatlr1e in a bed in the His
Frankie, nIile
His Boardraan Weaver stairs
while Miss Thomas Wraases hired girl
Weaver s5s$S.$s
the children lot of debris
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-04
JESSIE DENT S EXPERIENCE.

Jessie the pretty fifteen daughter
said y sleeping in the back room Of the house
my sisters, and Mile. heard the wood
awoke. Just then the explosion
sailed through window and lit the fence
which the house from the one next
fence is a wire small board the
fairly and being somewhat azed held When lcol
by jumped and few feet and
ting my frankie, blown the back
window escaped with slight injuries cuts
on nv arm, but they do not bother
the domestic, Thomas
make statement yet not seriously
and face constitute
the general pathetic sight greets the Ernest
Wraasc the husband and father of the two lies
sleeping form Of his months old
mother, resembles Egyptian her
baadages and motioniess endur untold
knowing Of her and erazed
grief for the othersWho elearer than life NJ
This large number of people visited the Wre
and miracle how people
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-04
THE WRECKED HOUSE.

From The way house is wrecked it looks like there
large gas The roof
of tie lifted and turned around Win
the neighbours broken and
child CASTOR thrown from their Bed But
again there much gas the house the inmates
would have been asph--xiated. 5EE&
Dent is carpenter but has just recovered from
spell He had ehcu:. rented and Wraase rented
hn. tailor Wilbur
families all their furniture clothing.
had lib, ary just
recovering the
total loss
Both families left in rather bad financial
stances, sickness took most of their money.
VENT wreck oft The hou
where people sleeping nlavc! their
escape Be ues, partitions and all Of debris fell
11nd them Several OF tie escaped death
falling ti1nssIs only by few inches.
For thought been
killed. Mr. with the power
the bed was lifted she
nearly s,nothered alive he over
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-04

Dent Nalrnadue totally hidden from the outside
world Miss Thomas found herself down the with
Weaver frankie Dent blown of the
window while Mile fastened under her bed and
tine.
The older of families worked hard TO free
themselves and families the Wraase lost
his cork leg but around and did what he could
The building fire immediately, and the department
called very short time they made the run of
mile in very after arriving, the blaze
In facts the work of the department well
that the fire get of
William Dent Jared and his hand and leg hurt
but his Injuries serious
Dent Cooks Hospital.
Dent, IS, and frankie Dent 10, only slightly
scratched.
Mile Dent, IL, found almost smothered under her
bed and taken the hospital.
Boari1nan Weaver is sore, but hardly scratched
Narrnaoo1e the little boy who with MIR. and
Mrs. Dent, scratched
All Of Wraases family and the hired girl taken to
the hospital.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-04
AT COOK IS HOSPITAL.

Virgnia1 the victims of the ea<p1osonasS
Hospital early this morning In private
three of them, the most serious
the wife Inother She
sWathed bandages from head to foot Only the nose
visible. She continually and sesrnsSt
suffering agony She displayed great nerve
during her and removal to the
Mrs Wraase mass of burns from head to
the exception of the center OF the
and small portion of the chest she is
blsers recovered from attack of
serious
right, lies her eyear-oId the
child suffering from bad cut in the head
ugly cash right leg. the He
rgnt SIDE apparently sound asleep, although
open eyes
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-04

RIovnO
House

Catastrophe that took place in Farrnont
occurred this morning two clock when Of the houses
Virginia avenue belonging Watson Miller and Malone
blown up by explosion of gas AS result
II people taken Cooks Hospital They
ERNEST WRAASE.
ms. ERNEST WRAAsE.
#*s EDWARD WRAAsE
CHARLES WaAASE.
#s.as BESSIE THOMAS.
SSTRs. WILLIAM DENT
E%Sz WILLIE DENT
O'Clock morning the people Of Fairnont
by explosion followed by the fire alarm
ur1edy dressed rushed to the of the
II disaster rroved Virginia in the
/ Fourth ward.
When people arrived the scene they found
the house spiners lived in it
1 running around in their night clothes.
great mystery the members of the two families
Killed house occupied by William M
family Ernest Wraase and family Dents
family consists while there four of
ahicd girl Of the twelve inmates of the
vvere less.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-04
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

como witE, joy%a1ad almost completely gave way
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07

A "wOmans reason" with all its ira
ditional lack Of logic, came out in an
amusing fashion ut q recent dinner
party i'm EroohIyn
In the course of the evening the con-
vcrsation drrtcd around to those odd
little mathematical bits of the How
old is Anu:" variety, when one of the
company, with explanations that the
next problem would not be a very diff
ficult one, questioned as follows:
IF a bottle ana cork together cost
S110 and the bottle cost a dollar more
than the cork, how much did the cork
cost"
Almost instantly one of the ladies
was ready with the answer:
"Why, the cork cost cents and the
bottle $1.05. That's too easy"
The lady'S husband. familiar through
years of experience with her wocful
lack Of skill IN figures, looked up in
ustoniShmcnt.
''IIeavens" he exclaimed. How did
you come to get that so soon?"
''Why. my dear" was the reply,
"corks always cost ) cents. don't they2"
New York Tines
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
innocent Advice.

"Now, Mr.. Dickson" urged Mrs.
Pounderby, who found things stacking
somewhat at her reception, II am sure
you can sing. You have such a singing
face"
But the nervous Dickson protested
that, in spite of his face, he could not
obligc, and some one else stepped into
the breach. \ little later on, however,
while the hostess happened to be out
of the room, his courage revived, and
he sang Bonnie Mary Of Argyle" in a
way that made one feel sorry for
Mary.
In due course the party broke up,
and Dickson was one of the first to
leave.
"Goodby, dear Mr.. Dickson" said the
innocent Mrs. Pounderby effusively. Il
am so sorry you can't sing. You really
ought to learn, you know"
And then it was that Dickson's face
riyaled the beet root for beauty OF col
oring. and he fed
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Honesty needs no advertising.
That which is useless cannot be
harmless.
He who will not be a servant cannot
be saint. .....s
, 1t. is easier TO endure failure than to
bear success.
=, Today is never bettered by tomor-
rows burdens
Parading a cross is no proof of pos
sessing n crown.
Enmity to new ideas is no proof Of
loyalty to old ones.
A little sin may hold as much sor-
row as a large one.
He gives but an empty hand who
withholds his heart. "ssr.
1t is no sign that a man. is riding TO
heaven because he is driving others
there
Better the service without the senti-
ment than the sentiment without the
service Chicago Tribune
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
Forcing the Conductors Hand.

A woman in Lexington avenue car
who handed a conductor - cents from
which to take two fares was passed
nickel and ten pennies
Please give me something else In
stead of these pennies she said. Il
have not room for thcn in my small
purse"
That's good money" retorted the
conductor brusquely.
Il am aware of that" continued the
woman, but it is as good to you as to
me. You have more room in your
overcoat pocket than l have in my
purse"
The conductor said nothing, but he
did not take back the pennies. Two
women who had boarded the car in
time to hear the conversation looked
commiscratingly at their sister in dis
trcSS
Here" exclaimed one of them, lean
ing toward her and prolferlng a dime.
please give me your ten pennies"
The exchange was made, and, drop
ping the ten pennies into the open palm
of the conductor, she smiled with Sc
raphic sweetness and said, "TwOw
The conductor looked thoughtful as
he walked to the platform.-New York
Press
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
Doing HlA Hest.

A certain old deacon who formerly
lived In Warrensburg was good deal
like several sanctified looking old feI-
lows who still live in the country
towns and occasionally visit its cities
ION business This good man, ac-
cordlng to the Warrensburg Journal
Democrat, was found "bucking the ii
GER in a St Louis gambling house
with an energy of purpose that was
admirable. What" exclaimed the
young man who found him, starting
backward. Deacon, is it possible you
are hereW
"Oh, yes" calmly rejoined the old
sinner. Il am bound to break up this
evil institution"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07

TO OBSERVE
Mabel jumped and felt the blood
surging up into her face. Graham was
standing by the easel, smiling down al
her.
II came after my cat" she said
eonfusedly. 1T came in here, ana
had TO get it. You left your door open,
Won know. and'-Miss hastings raj
uad her forces for n defensive attack
"and then I saw this picture, picture
of me"
81 thought l left it covered" said
Graham
She deigned no answer isn't it usu-
al to ask the sitter's permission before
doing the painting?" she said coldly.
How do you know it is your"
"Why, any one can see it is. It's
hardly brave of you to try to get out of
IT that way. It's just like me-"
1T Is beautiful face"
81 didn't mean that" she cried hot
ly, "and If it is you had no right TO
make me beautiful nor to give me
those things-or to paint me at all
Il suppose | hadn't" Graham reach
ed about for palette knife and found
II.
What are you going to do| asked
Mabel family.
Destroy II, or, rather, let you, for
can't. You see, my whole heart and
skill have gone into it, all my dreams
and hopes and ideals, and | can't lie
handed the knife to her.
She took it. but did not use it. Il
don't know how" she said, land |
don't think l want to. Can't l have
it? It's my picture"
"Ihc mouth is wrong, you said, and
the eyes. l couldn't let anything
wrong go out"
"Gou might correct it."
1T would take a lifetime"
Il don't think I'd mind so very much
if it did" Whispered Miss Mabel Has
tings, mot even If it took forever"
1t was some moments later that Ma
bel thought to look for the Maltese
kitten, which had somehow tumbled to
The floor "When you rctouch the pic
ture, Ned - Ned, dear" she said
couldn't you put Dot In somewhere?
/, think Dotlets deserves a reward,
don't you"
And Graham agreed.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
The Age of Hurry.

There is no backwater to which this
impetuous tide of hurry has not pene-
trated, and if we try TO find one where
in we may lie in. a punt on pink cush-
ions under a tree we are certain to be
made restless by the long single hoot
of n fussy steam. lanHch or the short
double one Of n tearing motor car and
instead Of lying still we jump up and
cry: "Oh, wait for me and take me,
Pm In fearful hurry to get there
and do it with you" And when we
are; ,tfken in and have recovered our
breath and are well on our way there
TO do It, we remember TO ask where
We are bound for and what we are go
ing to do,-A Countess in London out
=look IN
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
GRINNlNG MATCHES.
An Accepted Form of sport In Early
English Days.


That griuuing matches were an ac-
cepted form of sport in early English
days is shown by an advertisement an
nOuncing gold ring To be grinned for
by men on oct. . at the Swan, Coleshill
heath, in Warwickshire, which appear
ed in the Post-Boy of Sept. II and IT,
1711, supplemented by the suggestion
that oil the country fellows within ten
miles of the Swan should grin an hour
or two in their glasses every morning
IN order to qualify themselves for this
extraordinary competition.
Addison gives Il detailed account OF
one of these controversies of faces"
telling us that the audience unanimous
ly bestowed the ring on a cobbler, who
produced several new grins of his own
invention, having been used to cut
faces for many years together over his
last"
His performance was something like
this: AT the very first grin he cast ev-
cry human feature out of his cOunte-
nance; at the second he simulated the
face of spout, at the third that of a
5aboon, at the fourth the head of n
bass viOl and ut the fifth a pair of nut
crackers" Addison adds that a comely
wench, whom he had wooed in vain for
more than five years, was so charmed
with his grins that she married him the
following week the cobbler using the
prize as his wedding ring.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
Iuck of EduCatfon.

One of the most pitiable tragedies
in human life is that of strong young
men and young women letting their
powers go 10 waste for lack of educa-
ton. Many Of them lament their ig-
norance, but excuse 1t on the ground
Of mo chance" or opportunity. Such
excuses In a land which teens with
chances deceive no one but those who
make Success.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
THE WEIGHT OF MONEY.
Deceptive Appearance of Metal aH
Well as Paper.

Deceptive Appearance of Metal
Well as Paper.
"The weight of money is very de-
ceptve," said an employee of the treas
ury. For instance n young man came
In here one day with a young woman.
| was showing them through the de
partment and happened to ask him If
he thought the young girl was worth
her weight in gold. He assured me
that he certainly did think so, and
after learning that her weight was 106
pounds we figured that she would be
worth in gold $2S,647. The young man
was fond enough of her to think that
was rather cheap.
,"Another thing that deceives many
people," he continued, lis the weight
of paper money. Now, howfmany one
dollar bills do you think it would. take
to weigh as much as one five dollar
. Eoldpiccc|
On a guess the visitor said fifty, and
the clerk laughed. me
Il have heard guesses on that" he
said, "all the'way from 80 to 800,
and from men who have handled
money for years. The, fact of the mat
ter is that with a five dollar goldpiece
on one scale you would only have to
put six and one-half' dollar bills on the
other Scale to balance it.
J" "Piie question afterward was put to
'several people and elected answers all
the way from 90 to 1000, the majority
guessing from 300 to 800
Taking the weight of gold coins and
bills given at the treasury, ii was figur-
{ ed that five dollar goldpiece weighs.
.296 of an ounce avoirdupois. The en-
ployee at the treasury who handled
the paper money said that 100 bills
weigh four and one-half ounces. That
would make one bill weigh .45 of an
ounce, and between six and seven bills
would balance the goidpiece.
On the proposition Of how much
money one can lift, figures were OBJ
tained at. the treasury. Where certain
numbers of coins were placed in bags
and weighed as standards, for exam
pie, the standard amount of gold coin
is $5,00O which weighs 49, pounds.
T Five hundred silver dollars weigh 351a
pounds, while 5000 in halves, or 400
coins, weigh eleven pounds.
Two hundred pounds of coin money
of various kinds is made up as fol
lows: Silver dollars, $2.617; half dol
lars, $3,636; quarter dollars, $3,637;
dimes, $3,615.S0; nickels, $917; pennies,
$29561
, In one dollar bills the same weight
would amount to $71, ,111.-Washington
Star.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
Misnomers.

Brussels carpets are made at Kid
derminster and Kidderminster carpets
are made at Brussels, while Irish stew
is a dish entirely unknown to the Irish.
The word "slave" originally meant
noble" being, in the first place. "Slav,"
one of the Slavonic race.
The Turks never delight in the lux
ury OF the Turkish bath, while wax Is
not constituent Of sealing wax and
catgut is sheep gut.
Baff1n bay is not a bay, and neither
titmouse nor shrove mouse is a mouse
at all.
Kid gloves are made OF sheep or
lamb skin, while rice paper is not made
Of rice or any part Of the rice plant
and German silver is not silver at all,
nor Is ii of German origin.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
The npfhPl EInn

In the State museum at Raleigh, n.
c., Is flag that was carried In the first
battle Of the civil war. 1t is known as
the Bethel flag because It was borne
by the Buncombe rifiemen in the battle
of Bethel, fought in Virginia June 10,
1861. 1t was made by the women Of
Asheyille and presented to the com
pany, which belonged to the First
North Carolina regiment, and which
lost the first Confederate killed in that
battle, Henry A. Wyatt.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07

. '"Fhc 50 called ,epidemics Of grip which
usually appear every winter" said
well known physician, are more imag.
mary than real This troublesome dis
ease shows marked increase immedi-
ately ar:er a fall Of snow, This is en-.
tiraly du. to peculiar atmospheric con
ditiotis, which follow a snowfall and
which affect the bronchial system IN
such 2 way rs to bring about the un-
pleasant grip. After an unusually Sc
we're gnowstorm number of years ago
I had rs many as eighty calls a day,
all pure cases of the grip. 1t is the day
after the Snowfall that one must take
the heccaary precautions to eyode the
disease"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07

Job showed the little round sore
spot on his arm to his physician.
what is that, doctorY he asked.
THAT is a boil" pronounced the
medical man after brief examination.
"a boilw echoed job "Well, that's
q new one on mer'
Later, however, there were others on
nim.-Chicago Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
What He Meant.

New Boarder-What did that fellow
mean in the dining room when he told
me he knelt before ten women this aft
ernoon? Did he propose to them?
Cravat Clerk-No; he's a shoe clerk
Cleveland Leader.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
In the Same Spirit.

Larry-I sent Maude a garter snake
in alcohol for q joke. Harry-What
did she do? Larry-Oh, she returned
Il in the same spirit in which 1t was
sent t-Pr1r::-,-,-- '"i-Tn-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
Tuesday, August I'd, 1904,

forenoon and O'Clock IN the
afternoon of signify their
assent or dissent the proposed the said
of and for the specific purposes
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
ELECTION NOTICE

behalf passed by the Town Council OF
qualified electors
duly notified and required to meet at their re-
holding municipal elections IN
Wards the said orough Of Danle on
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07

NC" oIh.'s'ss'',.sdT D on OUO Do . Ot
'Datly, fDaily except Sunday.
fStops on signal or on notice to conductor
stops on signal to take on passengers ioI
New York, Binghamton and p oints west.
Il. f. CLARKE T. W. Lex.
Gen. Superintendent. Gen.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07

Weekdays. I Daily. Flag station
Pullman ParlOr ard Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Sudbury, WiliamspOrt
and Erie. between Sunbury sn3 Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
burg and the West.
For further information apply to Ticket Agents
W. W. ATTFRBURY, j. k. WOOD
Gen'l Manager. Pass. lraihc Mgr
Gro. w, Boy, Genl Passenger Agent,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07
BENTON B BROWN

BENTON q BROWN,
lug, Constable O the Borough OF Danville
Council Chamber City Hall awhile Pa. June Il, 1904
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-07-07

them. III have to say I'm greatly
obliged, but / couldn't think .of. ae,
cepting' them only IA like =. /.
Then, too, frprc's notIifnS@T could
give him in return at least nothing
he'd want /. ctD' make him any.
nicer than he is, and 50 in our stories
put him I'm just ,as |. sec Ljmt only
sometimes he's rich and sometimes
poor and sometimes a soldier and
sometimes I'm ;t1.tist"tL -1pn't know.
why. he. Will lpsist on getting into my
Etorics, but he tioes. iARJ' 5, All i cam
90 for him, Fuzzikins. and that isn't
mich, FOR tncy dfton rejcet him. The.
edl,',s. being opu4Saael fqntaihkerons
? ss'aia'dplqe.y Oh. .gacheIors, are prob
ally jealous If II fsNSFeFafi editor
Katinlla, ana he should come for nv
accept6diee1 T. dent tAph Id reject
him r9nly I'm net an, editor, ana 80
he'll never know" 7''3tf
do you suppose he paintedpme be
T cause ho wanted ta ~ 9use Be liked
me and wanted ne 10 have beautiful
thihgs or just to make a pictuittstlI,rt
WHAh SELF: lie needs me to sit for
him. thodgh. Thit mbuihSfs not quite
right -and the cvra''
That's N1l5tE bdthtri,rt me. tbe.
eyes" said tohiey' 4 ,lcnqw.they were
not right. but I've had. SO little chance