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The Washington times., 1905-04-23

in the middle o. Farmer Jones ten-acre
lot The coroner took charge o the re-
mains-and so forth
In Butter Tub.
That's the way they all go. It's al |
WAYS in the middle o ten-acre lot
The remains Is most always picked up IN
a butter tub, though a wash boiler IS
sometimes used. A steel wheelbarroW
was used In one case In Pennsylvania
One time three friends o the aeronaut
come runnin' up and found the burial
had already took place-the earth was
soft and had tumbled in on hiH-so
| they erected the -headstone right there
without pickin' him up. But 1t was in
| the middle o. a ten-acre lot. That's
ALWAYS the case. So you see how easy
II is. Erect one O. these patent spring
boards In the middle o. every ten-acre
| lot and the problem is solved. The air
! shin comes sailin' along. SOM hin
busts, and down comes his nibs. Hes
whistlin' along pretty fast we'll admit,
| but the patent springboard takes up
all the force and lands him right side
rp with care and 1 get a big bonus for
saving his life besides a rake-on from
the town for the machine. It's great
idea.
"Yes." says T. But 'spose the wind s
!, BLOWN and veers him out o his course
and he hits the edge o the sprlngooard
Would you get anything for the nal
of him you saved!
Picked Up Bat.
[ The professor just give me painet
, look like I didn't know anything anc
/ picked I'D a bat off the floor. Then
got interested.
3 Now" says he, "you want somethin
to swing thatll give you chance Whel
/ the pitcher throws four wide ones ol
/ purpose. That it,"
4 You bet." says l.
6 .oThen," says he, sticking his ches
g out. and talking 20 the rafters in tn
barn. gave on the Bugous Extensio
Bat"
4. With that he swung the club he'
picked up with one hand. there was
: | sharp metallic sound, and 10. and be
hold. it Just heightened out till ia wa
" about seven feet long and no bigge
round than 1t ought to be. And the mex
minute 1t snapped in again till it wa
lust the ornery bat he picked up
y How in l started in. but h
waved his hand.
le mo compliments! No words Of fu
er some praise: The problem you ga
IS was a simple one-much simpler tha
the Bugous Automatic Pitcher-I solve
! it offhand. 1t now remains for you
+. give a practical demonstration; Aft
TO that I'll start sellin' EN- to the ha'
n hitters in all the ball leagues all ov
m this broad land.
:, But how in thunder is 1T worked
/ says l. What makes the blame thlr
IS. stretch?"
E.
Double Bat.
m And then he explained it to me.
lie can't-I dassent-tell what the exa
ed scheme was. for, as things turned OF
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Home Run Haggerty
Used Extension Bat
COLLEGE, Man Taught Corndropper's Pitchers
to Pass Sluggers, But Our Hero Beat
Them TO 1t With a Long Stick

right there with an invention as soon
as I'd finished
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

it's got to be kept a secret. But the |
bat was real bat only cut in two and |
g. steel spring about five foot long put
into it and when you pressed an in
visible button in the handle It'd fly out
TO seven feet long, like he had 1t. and
then when you pressed another button
it'd fly in again. And tube o In1y
rubber was pasted over the bat so 8
when ii stretched you didn't see the
sprins and the idea was. to soak the
ball with the two foot o good wood al
the end of the extended club and then
snap her up again and run fur hrst. l
, seen there'd be lot of excitement when
| l did it, but / was anxious TO get a rap
At them CIovcrdale pitchers-they were
playin a series at Alfalfa that week
that | didn't care what was said
Went to Grounds.
| Well. all this talkin and explainin'
labout springboards and airships had
/ taken up time. and when ] looked at my
watch it was past 4, and the oal'
grounds an hour away.
IT'S a fire fm Josh Hapgood for this.
lsavs I. But tomorrow I'll win it all
back with the Bugous Extension Bat.
KNOWN | had a good excuse, and tax
in, the bat with me to show, and just
as the ninth innin' was on l descended
r into the grounds an found the Glover
daIes and Alfalfas in TO affair. an6
with our boys just comm FOR then
, ninth innin' at bat
. . "Gft busy now-real busy, Whoops VI
: Sam Merritt, on the coachin' line bi1
their heads off, Vow
He let out q yell as Hennessey plugged
out a single Then Reggie swiped ou
n and Delaney popped up fly to ie1'
Pete Brown chopped out snort single
| putting Hennessey on second, and a M
| was needed 10 bring in a winning rul
e Crowd Yelled.
n Hold on" says Josh, to Jim Harr
son. as Jim picked up his club. l ha
q lust lined out a story of the bat l
a Josh and the next minute ! was up IN
= plate in place o Jim. and the audienc
= had broke loose on seem me.
= And then the Cloverdale pitcher,
| lust signaled his Ketcher. They though
5 they knew what was comm off-a ba:
on balls TO me-but knew different.
le And then the pitcher sailed in anoth
an ! swung, at the same time touchi
! the spring There was a crack, yen
~ astonisfment ! seen the ball go scooti
I'd in a safe place back O first, and to
to for that bag like "A tin-canned pup.
eT l got first safe and turned aroun
~. | The ketcker was layin on the grour
and a bunch was bendin' over him. L
p umpire was motioning the Cloverdal
u I'm from the field-what hadn't run
10 help their ketcher-and | could see
josh's appyplectic look that thin
] wasn't comm his way.
lct ana then ois Clo'eioaie io"'ei
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BATTLING NELSON
WILL COME EAST

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, April 22-The
fighting situation is so uncertain mere
that Battling Nelson has about de-
cided to go out on the road and meet
all comers. Already he has offers from
Sacramento, Grass Valley. San Diego
Bakersfield, and Stockton TO match him
with local favorites.
So much has been written about
.'Batt" that sports of the interior cities
are eager to see him in action The ut
tie Dane figures tina. he could pick up
quite a little easy money N these
cities. and it he can't fight here soon ne
VIII go on the road. L am still looking
for Britt" he said this evening, pul
YOU don't hear him say how anxious
he is to fight me. II can't have BTU
III fight anybody they bring me al my
weight
After touring the state Nelson is thiuh
| ing of making a flying trip through tii'
East. He will plan TO meet q coupie y
| rlen at Philadelphia one at milwaukee,
and will get back to Butte IN tme u
meet some good man on Miners oay
June Is.
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right there with an invention as soon
as I'd finished.
Needed Long Bat.
won't let you hit en- eh?'' says he.
musin' like. That's easy. What you
want is a longer bat-one thatH let you
reach across the plate an swipe EN- TO
kingdom come
"Oh. yes, says l, sarcastic. that's all
/ need. If l cd ring a t1agpole or
young pine tree into the game the
clock'd strike. But them baseball rules,
| you know They're in the way
| Il see'' says he. musing some more,
| forty inches, amt It? Well, you come
round to my workshop tomorrer an
| think 1 can put you in right. Then ne
gave me his address, and we had
| couple more, and the professor left L
| went to the ball grounds that afternoon.
was handed my base on balls four times
out O four times up. and we lost ne
cause no one could bring me home.
Professors Shop.
The next afternoon / hunted up the
professor in his workshop and found
| him in pair O. blue overalls and plug
hat and a pipe and working away very
busy There was springs and rods and
nuts and bolts and tools of all kinds
scattered around SO you could scarcely
move He set me on a box in the middle
O. the room and kept on workin'. Pretty
soon 1 busted in an says:
:, Where's my bat?''
Your bat?" he looked at me blank
for minute. Then he says: "Oh. yes.
remember I'll knock you out something
u in an hour or two. Just now I'm plug
: ging at the greatest invention of th'
age. Nothin' done in the nineteenth
II century ever equaled 1t. Did you eve
see a man fall from an airship?'
/ told him l couldn't say ] ever had
d Saved Lives.
IS well. this invention O. mine Is t
IS save the lives o. men that fall out {
ie airships,' says he. IA man that drop
FL from one them a mile high is goir
at the rate o. 1858 feet a second whe
- he hits the ground. Pretty healthy rat
re O. motion ANT It? You're sailing alon
ct just about fifty-two miles a minute. Yo
>, hit anything anyways hard and 1t
lo pretty near certain death"
=, I said / Judged It would be.
But with my patent springboard-
nc ain't put a real high-sounding name ont
it yet-the situation is changed. Yo
AZ see that plank up there?"
sc 1 nodded 1t was about twenty-fN
- feet long.
IN mill well, that's part of it. With the a
@ O. springs and gearin' I got that so 1t
take up all the force O. 1853 foot
second speed and let the victim drop
lin gently into the lap Of mother earth
IL though he'd just stepped out o buc
lat board See the fdea?"
ng 1 nodded. Where you goin' to p
Ike 'em?' says /.
IT. ':Oh, there'n be a dozen or so in ca
county" says he.
Why" says /. How do you kno
they'll drop into 'er?'
AL Middle of Lots.
The professor looked panied. 9TH
me got to drop into EN-, says he. 'Dol
10 you under5:and? F"m the records O I
me last forty years I've proved that 81 I
cent o. the men falln' from balloo
-. and airships fell into the middle o te
acre lots Ten per cent fell into wat
Then per cent was scatterin'-fell II
. divers and sundry places-down chi
neys and into haymows an trees TIL
- and the water people don't need saw
- T But the 81 per cent. Them's the on
You read In the papers, dated sor
rr, where's out East:
as olsiio p -I1 -,
descended about mile high an LAM
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oLDFIELD,s BROAD Def.

NEW YORK. April 22-Barney Old.
field has sent word to New York that
he would like to have a match race at
the opening of the Morris Park track
on May 20, with any driver who cares TO
dispute his title of American track
champiOn
The Washington times., 1905-04-23

one snring Pinch Hobbs was laid up
<ro,n n collision with Tar Paper Hen
,essev ard we didn't have any Dralhs
inside work in the Corndroppers League
for a long spell. and the Alfalfas TOOK
:, Gilman and tumbled most TO last
r,ace Josjn' Pinch Hobbs'd bust UP
any nine.
And then. to make things worse. some
6ur,, college guy came out OF the East
and taught the Corndroppers League
r;tchers how to pass a man TO hrsI on
,,,,rnose-taught EN- they didn [ nave 10
mt 'ern over the pan for the great hae
70 kill unless they wanted to. He caileo
u stragety. or something, but 1t hit me
hard / got a battin' average OF naush'-
naugbt-uuthin' for about four WEEKS
because / never got chance 10 M
the ball. I'd come up, wave my iehu-
ended hat, and then it'd be Tour paiiS
take your base for mine
Away From Plate.
II made no difference how l SCORED al
,ber, pitchers an laughed at EN- anu
called 'em names and tried TO get EN-
mad so they'd put one over thal l couiu
hit If did't do no good. They Jus'
smile and smile and wind up ana thro"
the hall ward or so outside the par
and the ketcher'd laugh and Ia zee
ike iumpin' on his neck with my
snikes. And. as | said, the sickness
of Pinch Hobbs from his coillsion WIZ
Hennessey and this base on paiis rd1he re
to me didn'ts sets the Aifaffas notiih
We tunbied down the tooogsan an
looked to be good for the potion.
One night they let me into Ii,io
Hobbs rom for fve-mlnuteS 'aih
no more. the. doctor said, IL you ooii
want that great mind 10 nave VI al
fever.
Pinch Crippled.
When I got alongside o Pinch an
shook the bunch O. bone an rrechie
that was his hand. he opened ms eys
xer,, slow. When he seen 1t was me
told me how they wouldn't let MIN 8
ont and practice cause his head hao
had spot in 1t and his leg nad pee
broke likewise one of his ribs and the'
was a couple o. busts they hadn't y
fo,nd. I told how bad off we wa
telIin. the base-on-balls game last, al
then he says:
"Shucks. II I was so l cd work
scare up a game TO beat that IN oi
innin.'
So he would. An then, before ne h'
time to tell me anything, the nur
came in and says don't excite the pa
lent. please; we are trying to keep nj
from worry, and the next minute :"
shooed into the hall.
Inventor Wanted.
thought and thought till my pra
was numb about how to beat them llt,
ers: and then 1 thought to myseil u
I'd better pay somebody for thinkl
than get brain fever and be lad UP Il
Pinch. So put this in the Alfalfa u
zen:
..WANTED-An inventor on a ba
ball appliance. Likely man can na
easy money Apply II. R. h, care
falfa House.
The next morning the bootblack ca
10 me and says gentleman'd like
see me In the hotel parlor, and gave
this card:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ...'..'- '-''-t-' -
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PROF THEoPHILUs BUGoUs,
Inventor.

went down the hall. AS | was WONDER
ing | stepped into sight OF tall, lantern
IA wed guy, that / recognized at once as
the feller that made the automatic
pitcher.
Automatic Pitcher.
Well. he near cried for JOY when he
saw me. and 1 took him down TO the
bar and we had a couple, Which ne
needed, and then we began to talk. or
no did. | couldn't get word In eoge-
WAYS. Did / remember the coliege
where where / went 10 coach, and Where
he had good job, and where he mace
the automatic pitcher TO give the nine
batt,n' practice, and how he Ufed 10
strike me out with ii, and / put a inner
back that busted 1t UP and 1t fired ia
halls at the inventor in IA seconds and
nearly killed him? OF course, l remem-
bered.
Their he said he had nothin' against
me. but the college had fired him for
paytu' more attention 10 the machine
than he ought, and he had taken II
through the country givin' exhibitions
and all went well TIL he got TO an In
dian tewn down in the territory, wher'
4bev claimed II was bewitched ant
wrecked II. He had escaped with nj
,tfe and had come to town 10 recuperat
that's what he said, he took four hn
gers at q time. right there in that par
room,. and he was working on an In
vention that would lay over anything
Edison or Marconi ever did in thei
palmiest days. So he run on till toll
him Of the Job in hand, and he wa
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In Athin. Penn believes that she has
one of the best stroke oars among tne
colleges. He set the pace for last year
freshmen.
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SEAsMoNT SCoRCHEC.
Simmons Building and Two Tenementi
Burned; Loss, $4,000; Insurance, $500.

SearSmont, Me, Aug. "A disastrous
fire visited Scarsmont about $50 A. NJ.
Sunday morning, and burned up the
business portion of the town. causing
Il loss OF $4,000. with an insurance CT
bout $780, The buildings burned werc
V. A. Simmons building. consisting Of
a store and two tenements and stable
and the 4. E. Cobb e. Son building
containing their grocery store. The
buildings were Il total loss and their
stock practically so.
Bert Fowls a tenant of Simmons,
hardly saved himself, losing every
thing: also F. L. Miller, the other TEN
ant, Mr.. Simmons, besides losing his
stock and buildings lost their valuable
team horses as it was impossible to get
them out The people worked hard ani
nobly to save the adjoining buildings
and were successful; it being still
calm night was the only thing that
saved the village from being entirely
destroyed.
V. a. Simmons loss on buildings and
stock is about $4,000. and insured for
$500: z. r. Cobb < Sons loss about
$4,000 ana insured for $4,000; Bert
Fowles and F. e. Millnr's loss total
and no insurance. The cause of the
fire is unknown. Y. \. Simmons will
resume business in the PANT store ana
D. Il. Cobb &; Son will occupy the Wing
store for the present.
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MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealings in All
tho Leading Stocks.

New York. Aug. Stocks showed :,
constantly fluctuating tendency. toda!
which was due apparently to a CONNECT
ot speculative parties more than to con
fliCting forces in the developments Of TIN:
day Groups of stock which might have
been subject to a common influence from
one cause were effected from time to time
but the possible causes for the move
mCntS were obscure. This was notaDl\
true Of stocks of companies dealing WITH
the treatment of metals and ores.
The Coalcrs as 4 group made w anoth
er instance of such i movement IN
high priced closely held members of tn
group which moved widely on slight prov
movement. Delaware. Lackawannl :;
Western extending its brilliant record of
new high levels up to I3S. \ feeling OF
safety in the labor outlook i'll til" coal
mining industry has been induced by thu
harmony of sentiment on the subject
shown in recently published views COmia-
from the head OF the Mine Workers ami
from one of the chief executives OF tn
anthracite companies.
Such occasional strong points in tn
days market served to partly but NOT
entirely overcome weakness which WA
quite general ut one period of the day AMI
which maintained 4 Spotty showing in the
later market. a harder tone and !; slight
advance in the call loan market, spring
wheat damage results and the yellow f.-
grounds for the selling. The price of
copper underwent rather sharp reaC-
ton in London. The easing OF the Lon
don market with the month-turn 'wi,S
checked by Withdrawals by the japanese
government. The heavy tone required in
the later market and the closing was
easy.
Bonds were firm on 4 well diversified
United States bonds were unchanged CT
call.
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At GOOD WILL.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

Of Portland. read selections from Kip
ling's Jungle Book. Browning's poems
and other authors. Mr.. Thatcher
Guild gave n Cornet solo and MISS
Christine DagGett gave piano solo
Mr. Hinckley circulated petition
yesterday. addressed to the kenneDec
Log Driving Association. urging them
TO clear the river of logs in succeeding
wears by the last Wednesday in July.
The devotional exercises were led
this morning by Horace buchanan.
At the educational meeting, KEY.
Charles p. Cleaves. Bowdoin. read from
his own writings. His main seiectloli
WAS from an unpublished book. which
bids fair TO be very popular Tor the
reading appealed 10 both boys ana the
older listeners. Mr.. Cleavcs gave sew
eral poems. which were also appreciate
ed with rounds Of applause.
Thatcher Guild gave a whistling solo.
The ball game will be called, carry
tbis afternoon. as there is to be lawn
fete at the tennis courts from $50 to
go After tonights concert, the WIS.,
itors' smelling team, which won the
match will meet at the Alabama to en-
iov the prize, a 5-pound box of candy,
presented b. W. G. broadway.
Tomorrow, Smith Baker will speak,
and on Friday we shall hear Rev.
Rowlev Green. Some day this week. it
is hoped to break ground on the other
side Of the river for the new library
building, which will be situated back
of the @irCle between Good VIII and
rolJan Rulp cottages
The results of the tennis matches so
far are:
Herd beat r. A. Sampson, 6-1. Ca;
Cole beat Wilkins. e., $40, g.; Briggs
beat buchanan, 6-1, 6-1. The bright day
has brought a large number of tram
sient visitors to the Pines to enjoy the
exercises.
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Strikes and Balls.
~ had another big crowd.

Winthrop had another big crowd.
Many a Winthrop party had Il late sup
r"r. last night. But all forgot how hun
cry they were until twas over.
Two tic games in succession for Win
throp. What league can beat that record.
or who could ask for Erlndcr sport?
Extensive improvements have been
week. A fence has been placed back of
the first base line and the diamond has
been lcveled. chalkcd and improved in
other ways. 1t is Il credit to the manage
mcnt.
TIL. Gardiner team was accompanied
Wednesday,. by the usual number of sup
p"rtrrs. OF these it may be said that
while they Loyalty root tor their team.
they have never ocCASioncd any trouble
and are always good-natured. gentle
manly appearing crowd
Considerable comment has been made
over the decision of Umpire KnOwlton.
saturday. in declaring the ball hit by
York into the Schoohousc yard Il foul.
Those VINO were in the yard noticed the
spot where 1t hit and it was found to have
been a fair ball. Had the umpire gone
To the base line he would undoubtedly
hay" so decided.
Soiac of the patrons of the sport are
dsSirous that the Winthrop management
charge the same for admission to the ball
games do the Augusta. Hallowcll AMI
Gardiner teams. which is 25 cclltS for men
and 10 cents for ladies: the argument be-
ing used that if the followers of the
game will go to either of these cities to
would willingly do here. Also. the
management is under large expense and
for the article of bail which is put up
by tho teams the patrons would get their
mone%'s worth. Therefore on and after
next Saturday the charge for men will be
= cents and for ladies 10 cents.
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TIE GAM e.
Continued from Page Four.)

thror. Files fled to S,on" and stan
wood cot u base on balls. Irish did his
duly and nut for two bases. and then
WorrnwOod came TO IN" rescue ana
singled. scoring Stanwood and sending
Iri,l, 70 third. he taking second on the
my An error Of Morse's ball let
"r:rnmp'' get first, and what was worse
(for Gardiner scored Irish and tied the
score.
Sixth innin%-Moorc was out to
Huntington. and Wilder made
= handsome buni. Munro sent one TO
Fdmond's NIT and Clnson famed. For
Winthrop. Roach drew four and Hunt
incton sacrificed. Files famed and
Stanwood was out. pitcher to first.
Seventh inning-Munro was out to
Irish and Huntington made pretty
catch from Messenger and Chadbourn
famed. For Winthrop, Irish hit ana
NORWOOD sacrificed, but Carrlgah
was out at first and a double to third
stopped the fun.
Eighth inning-Purington flied 10
,.arriran and Stone drew. Wilder hit,
hut Allen was out Stanwood to first
For winthcon. Morse drew four. Ed
mond was safe ON an option, but Morse
was ont at second. Roach was out on
ny TO stone and Edmond reached Sec
and IN passed ball. Huntington famed.
Ninth ihning-Clason singled ana
Munro sacrificed. Messenger went out
to Huntington. and Chadbourn was
out. NORWOOD to Edmond. For VIM
throp, Files struck out and StanWood
hit and Irish hit. A sensational doubic
play stopped winthrop from winning
NORWOOD hitting the ball to second
who put Irish out unassisted ana
doubled it to first.
Tenth inning-Purington was out
Wormwood to Edmond, and stone SIN
Eled. Moore was out, third TO iirst' di'u
Wilder was out on a fly TO Stali""oi,
For winthrop, Carrigan singled anu
Morse sacrificed him to second, Ediiioii'i
flied to Munro. Roach went out Sec
ond to first.
Eleventh inning-Allen hit Tor Two
bases and Clason was safe. Munro flied
out to third. Then came the same sen
sational play Of long nit 10 ieit an"
y relay play to the plate retirihs inc
side. For Winthrop. Stan"ood was out
pitcher to first, and Files anu lrlsh
famed.
Twelfth ADMINISTRATIONS was out
to third and Purington hit. but was
caught at second. Stone famed ana
Moore at the bat. For winthrop
WOrrnwood, Carrigan and Morse were
retired in short order.
In the thirteenth and fourteenth both
sides were retired in short order. The
summary
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Boston Stock Market.
New York Produce Market.

New YORK, Al%. :.
FLOUR-Reccipts. $3.50; exports. ll0e3
sales. 600: steady with quiet trade.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l2,0W: exports. 2iOIS
sales, 4,200,00O futures spot steady; No. ,
ST.. elevator: No. rcd. A9a4 f 0 d afloat
No. l northern Duluth. 1.lfi4 o b afoat
No. hard Manitoba. nominal b aftoat
CORN-Receipts, 124O0; exports. 1885
sales. 64,GO0 spot; spot firm; No. ;. q ele-
vator and 6lli + o b afloat; No. yellow
Sly: No. white, g..
OATS-Receipts IS. 800; spot quiet: mixed
oats 260f32 lbs. $50 49,; natural white. g
M22 lbs, a355laM3I; clipped white, $50 10 lbs,
37LM4o.
CUT MEATS-Stcady.
LARD-Firm; western steamed. 7.25E,
80: refined steady.
PORK-Firm: family. 1G.Oo0l650
BUTTER-Firm; receipts 1S..S
EGGS-Steady, unchanged; receipts, H.
POTATOES-Stcady; southern, 1.2JG,l.71
southern sweets, 2.JGdi3.J0.
SUGAR-Raw firm; fair refining > l-lHs
1-31: centrifugal 96 test 4 -32M "A: molas-
ses sugar, 3-1GM34: refined steady.