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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-05-23
The Unnatural Hen.
By BILL NYE

1t Is not alone the fact that the
amateur carver misses the joints and
tries to cut through the largest bones
that fills him with regret and his lap
tull OF sage and onions. 1t is the
horrible thought that the entire COM
pany is looking at him. No matter
how the perspiration may trickle
down between his shoulder blades. or
how the hot flashes may chase the
chills up and down his spinal column.
or how much his eyes may be
dimmed by unshed tears, the rest of
the company never allows its inter-
est to flag moment. We remember
one time we were called to assume
the management of a free-for-all
carving tournament at the home of a
dove-eyed dumping, whose kind re-
gard we desired to catch on to as
far as possible. How clearly come
back to us now the smiling faces of
the guests, the ripping laugh, the
bald-headed joke, the thanksgiving
conundrum, and all as merry as a
marriage bell. We call to mind the
girlish laughter of that one whose
very existence, as she sat on our left.
that day, seemed cemented and glued
to our own. AS we sharpened the
glittering blade on the ringing steel,
we felt bouyant and proud-proud
to think how we would slice the
white, calm bosom of that deceased
hen; proud to think how, in our
mind, we had laid out the different
pregnable points about that old
cackler, and in the anticipation of
applause glad and free, when we had
accomplished the warfare and victory
and stufing had perched upon our
banner. We softly jabbed the SHIN
mering fork a-straddle of the breast
bone, tore of a goose pimple from
under the wings of the late lamented,
gouged out a few shattered frag-
ments from the neck, and tried to
cut sirloin steak off the back An
oppressive gloom seemed to pervade
the air. The old hen didn't have
her joints where we had them laid
out in our mind. She was deformed.
She seemed to be a freak of nature.
1t ratified us and unnerved us. We
gouged wildly at the remains, squirt
ing the gravy right and left, and
bread-crumbs and sage. BY some
kind of omission or miscalculation,
we made a wild stab at the back Of
the late lamented hen, and with a
frenzy born OF repeated defeats and
depressing failures, the knife struck
the platter with a loud crash, and
ceasing not in its unframed fury,
glanced aside, and in an instant
buried itself with a sickaning thud
in the corset of the hired girl. With
difficulty we drew out the glittering
blade, now ensanguined with the
gore of a fellow-creature, wiped it
on the table-cloth, and fed out into
the cold, unsympathetic world, out
into the crash and confusion Of strug-
Cling humanity, to battle on through
life under an assumed name That
is why we tremble and turn pale
when our past life is inquired into
by biographers. That is why a baked
FOWL makes us quail
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astonishing how great q change n
years OF married life often make IN
she appearance and disposition Of rnanv
women. Tho freshness. the charm the
oriillance vanish like the bloom from a
peach which Is rudely handled. The
matron h only dim shadow, faint echo
OF the charming maiden. There are two
reasons for this change, ignorance and
neglect Few young women appreciate
me shock TO the system through the
cnange which comes with marriage and
motherhood. Many neglect to deal with
the unpleasant pelvic drains and weak
nesses which too often come with mar
rage and motherhood. not understanding
that this secret drain is robbing the cheek
OF us freshness and the form of its
fairness.
AS surely as the general health snfFers
when there is dsfApgement Of the heath
OF the delicate womSnsy organs. so surely
whe6 these organs arS>esta blIshed IN
healNh the f0ce aDd<ofm>at ouce witness
tothe Tact In feA<wed comefrnaSN Nearly
Amlnlon women haze found health and
happiness in the use Of Dr. Pierce's Fa-
yorlte RrescrlQtion.- 1t makes weak won.
en- strong and sick women well. Ingredi-
ents on label-contains no alcohol or
harmful habit forming drugs. Made
wholly OF those native, American, medic
tnal roots most highly recommended bv
leading. medical authorities of all the sew
eral schools of practice for the cure of
.woman's peculiar ailments
Fornursing mothers, or for those broken
down in health by too frequent bearing of
children, also for the expectant mothers.
10 prepare the system for the coming OF
baby and making its advent easy and
almost painless, there is no mediciplS,iifar
so good as "Favorite Presef 1prlon.s 1t
CAP do no harm in any condition of the
system 1t is most potent invigorating
tonic and strengthening nervine nicely
adapted to woman's delicate system nv
physician of large experience In the treat
ment OF woman'S peculiar ailments.
Dr. Pierce may be consulted by letter
free Of charge. Address DR.. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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THIS AND THAT.

Three good washes are received
by an kbyssinian during his career
at his birth, on his marriage morn
and at his death. At all other times
he shuns soap and water.
Germany is the leading producer
of beer, with LOCI 100000 gallons
in 1905. The United Kingdom,
which brewed 1919, 100000 gallons,
has lately resigned the second place
to hte United States, which manu-
featured lab, 100000 gallons.
There is no dearth of dramatic
variety in New York City, where the
books of the theaters show that
there is an average of Is new plays
produced each month in the year.
Both in the United Kingdom and
the United States alcoholic beverages
contribute more than a fourth
about 20 per cent.--of the total re-
ceipts into the treasury.
For lilies-of-the-valley vicar in
Carmarthen draws $4,000 frdm a
London dealer while an old lad
in Berkshire IS said to make nes
50. 900 yearly out Of Mareck vii.
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new YORK DAY BY DAY.
Some Of the Things Done Daily in the
Metropolis.
What Jerome Has Done.

A summary of 1O6 pages of what
has been done in the last five years
In the Office of the District Attorney
was issued by John A. Henneberry.
Jerome's chief clerk. Since the cleo
ton of Mr.. Jerome, five years ago,
there have been 23,111 complaints
received from magistrates courts or
the Grand Jury, and 1850 from the
complaint bureau of the office
From 1901 to 1906 there were 10
appeals In cases of murder in the
hrst degree. OF these the sentence
or the lower court was affirmed 13
times and only twice reversed.
There were four appeals still pend
Ing on December 81, 1906. The
average length of delay caused in
these cases in which q definite de-
ciston was reached was IT u months.
From 1902 to 1906 there were 800
appeals In less serious cases. In on
~ ~ cases was the decision of the
lower court reversed. In ia in
stances it was affirmed and in 14O
the appeals were either abandoned
or withdrawn.
The crimes which show the great
est increase in 1906 over 1905 are
assault and homicide. In 1906
there were 74S cases of the former
and 2S7 convictions against Gel
cases in 1905 and 234 convictions.
The homicides of 1906 numbered
144 and there were SO convictions,
but in 1905 there were only 10
cases and 80 convictions.
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COMMERCIAL COLUMN.
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latest
Market Reports.

r. C. Dun & Co.'s weekly review
of trade says:
Improvement in retail trade fol-
lowed the advent of seasonable
weather at many points. and pay
ments were more prompt as spring
merchandise was distributed, but
conditions are still irregular. SEN
sational advance In prices of farm
products, especially wheat, followed
reports of extensive damage to the
crops, but frequent reactions en-
phasized the speculative nature OF
the rise in quotations and tended to
restore confidence. Wholesale trade
In fall goods is brisk from all points
except where the crops have been
seriously injured, and the net result
of this forward business makes the
outlook for the future fairly salts
factory. Manufacturing plants are
kept busy, a further increase in the
rate of pig iron production failing to
keep pace with consumption, and
more imports were arranged. Freight
movement is almost prompt, the sup
ply of rolling stock more nearly
equaltng requirements, and there are
fewer complaints of delays
Higher prices for pipe supplied
the only change of Importance in the
iron and steel industry, the leading
producer advancing quotations 81
per ton on most sizes.
Quiet conditions in primary mar
kets for dry goods are largely due
to the fact that manufacturers of
cottons are sold so far ahead that
they cannot accept the attractive of
fers constantly made for early de-
livery.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

at the Tobacco Exposition in Lon
don some women made cigarettes
at the rate of 12O in 80 minutes.
The Chinese Minister of Finance
is planning reforms in the silver and
copper currency of the empire.
Nine. Schumann-Heink recently
had her life insured for 800, 900,
$4,000 of which is made payable
to her children. Before she took
out this policy she was insured for
$4,000.
New York City has more tele-
phones than London. though London
has 100000 moro inhabitants than
New York City.
The Ceylon pearl fishecies ended
on April 8, having lasted 36 days.
IN that time pearls valued at $342,-
900 were brought up.
AS many as 1910 metric weights
and measures were submitted for
verification in the city OF London
during last year.
Paris cab horses work only every
other day. and are fed on the days
they work only, not on the days they
rest =
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New Method of Making Paper.

A big opportunity for Southern
farmers is offered by the perfection
of a new method of making paper
out of cotton stalks. The practical
effect will be to increase the value
of the cotton crop of the South by
nearly 100000 annually. The
manufacture of paper from fiber of
the cotton stalk is one of the latest
and most interesting inventions of
the new century. For many years
expert inventors have been busily
engaged experimenting with the cot
ton stalk, and recent Developments
give assurance that their labors are
to be rewarded with signal success.
Paper manufactured from the cot
ton stalk is of the strongest texture
and softest finish.-Detroit Free
Press
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Five Months For Murder.

MINIS. Anisia Louise de Massey,
who claims the title of baroness.
was sentenced by Justice Blanchard
to seven years and five months i'm
prisonment for the murder of Gus
tav Simon, shirtwaist manufactures
The prosecuting officer established
by circumstantial evidence that
Nine. de Massey had visited the Of
nee OF Gustav Simon and demanded
payment of money due her; that
this was refused; that within five
minutes three pistol shots were
heard, and that the defendant walk
ed down six flights of stairs in
stead of descending by the elevator;
that she was arrested and confront
ed with the fatally wounded man,
who, in the presence of witnesses.
accused her of having shot him, and
that this declaration was repeated
in st. Vincent's Hospital
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Live Stock.

New observation-disclosures beer
in fair demand at 500 per pound,
with a little light beef selling at z II
Calves-City dressed veals firm at
81k @11h per pound country dress
ed, 500.
Sheep and Lambs-Sheep nominal
ly steady; lambs a trif1e easier;
spring lambs steady; prime clipped
lambs, 100; fair State spring lambs,
500 per head; unshorn yearlings.
100 per 100 pounds.
Chicago -Cattle--Market steady;
common to prime steers, 400 a $50;
COWS, 1926 $500; heifers, 5000
$50; bulls, 3.4O@4.6O; calves, 2.75
$500; .stockers and feeders, 5000
5.25.
Hogs-Market steady; choice to
prime heavy, 6.421k @6.45; medium
to good heavy, 6.4O@6.42k butch
ers' weight, 6.42k @6.5O; good to
prime mixed, 640@ 6.421b; packing,
6.2O@6.4O; pigs, 5.50@O.40; bulk
of sales, $40 a 6.45.
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CALLS HIS CURE A MIRACLE.
Tortured by Terrible, Dry Eruptions
Too Disfigured to Leave House
-Cuticura Cured Him.

Ever since the time 1 grew into man.
hood have been suffering from dry erup-
ton which at times appeared very extern
sively, and at other times, but to a limited
degree on my body. consulted number
of medical men without result, and last
January l was affected with a terrible
eruption on my hands, scalp, and face,
which was so bad that 1 could not even
leave the house, so finally resorted to the
Cuticura Remedies. So far they represent
an outlay of only few dollars and 1 am
completely restored to health, while for.
merly had spent dollars upon dollars on
doctors, remedies and ointments without
getting cured. The Cuticura Remedies rep
resent perfect miracle. Henry e. Kamp-
ing, e33 Eagle Ave, New York, N. Y,
Feb. l6 and Mar Is, 1906"
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silver Spoon In Eel's Midst.

An eel dating from Revolutionary
days was caught alive at Bloomfield.
Laborers were cleaning the accumu-
lated mud of ages from a stream,
and there they found and killed the
gigantic eel. The most interesting
article in its midst was a silver
spoon; the Initials &c. W. were
not engraved on it, but the spoon
is of purest Colonial pattern. Be
sides the eel contained several large
old copper cents and lead bullet,
which seems to have been used as
a fishline sinker and which never
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Apprentice Boy Garrotted.

Edward Benson, a machinists ap-
prentice, II years old, of 1875 Ave
nue. A, was killed while at his work
turning automobile bolts on a lathe
at GA East Eighty-third Street. In
STOPPING to pick up a fallen bolt
Benson brushed against a rapidly re-
volving shaft which had a screw on
the end. This screw caught his shirt
at the neckband so as to hold the
boy as in a wise while the screw
went cracking through a vertebra at
the base of the brain.
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The Ross.s Character.

There is story about company
promoter who advertised for an office
boy. He received 100 replies. Out
of 100 he selected ten, and with the
writer's of these ten replies he had q
personal interview. His final choice
fell upon bright youth, to whom he
said: my boy, like your appearance
and your manner very much. l think
you may do for the place. Did you
bring a character" mo, SIR said
the boy, II can go home and get 1t. :"
Very we'll; come back tomorrow
morning with it, and if it is satisfac-
tory dare say shall engage you. :"
Late that same afternoon the financ-
Ter was surprised by the return of the
candidate. Well" he said, cheerily,
have you got your character"
mo" answered the boy. "but I've got
yours--an' 1 amt coming!"--Argo-
&aut.
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DIR. Darlington WAS. Stricken.

At a banquet of the Episcopal
Laity Club at Sunbury, Pa, on We'd
nesday night DR.. Thomas II. Darl-
ington, president of the New York
Board OF Health and a brother of
Bishop Darlington of the Harrisburg
diocese, was suddenly stricken with
heart failure. Stimulants were APP
piled and he revived. Dr. Darling
ton said that this attack was only
a fainting spell, due to exhaustion
from making speeches. He said he
had entirely recovered.
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Iot-Weather Refuge.

-, = q. w. Weber, Maine
o was located for a
s. Georgia town as pastor
ist Church, occasional
bong tltory:
kalaa,a it'll William Dod-
hrmf Georgia Sen
vi. w. y the summer,
s = S aJor i Mr.. Weber of
IS Of tbs get pretty wan m
(Ss," admitted Mr.. Dod-
81 very time feel too warm
sof the visit l once made to
-, and it sends the cold shivers
|oyer me. Boston Record.
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Little Tim VIII Bet 5000

Little "Tim" Sullivan wants to
bet $4,000 that Mayor McClelland
has nothing to fear from the passage
of the recount bill. "a recount
won't put Mcclellan out" he says
No matter what the Hearst crowd
say, the election was a straight one,
and will bet $4,000 in cash, even
that recount will not show a vari-
alton of 500 votes from the official
returns
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Wholesale Markets

Baltimore. - Flour - STEADY and
unchanged; receipts, SSH barrels;
exports, los barrels
Wheat-Firmer; spot, contract,
So; spot, 2 red Western, So; May,
SO; July, So q asked; steamer No.
red, SO1s; receipts, 4,727 bushels;
southern on grade, 81 " @SSK.
Corn-Firmer; spot, mixed. Sc n
"a Sc "a; No. 2 white, So; May, sc II
56% July. 567s @571s; September.
81 H O. 81 q; steamer mixed, 5215
@52%; receipts, 59,667 bushels;
Southern white corn, 55h@5Sh;
do. yellow, 55 @5S.
Oats-Dull and lower; No. 2
white, 4S "a 4S " No. white, AT a
AZ "a; No. 2 mixed, 40 II a 461h; re-
ceipts. 20,S61 bushels
Rye-Firmer; No. 2 Western co.
nestle, 76@ II; choice, S3 a "a; re-
ceipts, 1925 bushels.
B u e Firm and unchanged;
fancy imitation, 24@25; do. cream
cry, 27@2S; do. ladle, 220 %;
store-packed. 1000.
Eggs-Steady; 17@17hc.
Cheese-Active, strong. and an
changed; large Is; medium, 1870
10 y; small, 15A a 151h.
New York. - Wheat - Receipts,
$1,000 bushels; exports, 27.77O
bushels; sales, 100000 futures.
100000 spot; spot firm; No. 2 red,
81 II elevator; No. red, SIX (. O.
b. af1oat; No. / Northern Duluth,
1O1 II (. o. b. afioat; No. hard win
ter. 93 q f. o. b. afloat.
Corn-Receipts, 1880 bushels;
exports, 1850 bushels; sales, 5000
bushels; spot market steady; No. 2,
591k elevator, and 561s (. o. b.
afoat; No 2 white. 59H. and No. 2
yellow, Sc u f. o. b. afloat.
Oats-Receipts, 100000 bushels;
exports, 3,765 bushels; spot easy;
mixed, % 80 pounds, AZ; natural
clipped white, Sc a 40 pounds. AS II
@531k.
Poultry-Alive firm; spring chick
ems, 80; fowls, IS; turkeys, IL;
dressed steady; turkeys, 1904;
fowls, 1904.
adelphia.-Wheat strong and
1c. higher; contract grade, May, 81
@S4 II c. Corn firm but quiet; May,
SO a 55 nc. Oats dull and weak;
No. 2 white natural, 4S1R @49.
Butter firm; good demand; extra
Western creamery, official price, &c. (;
street price, rs; extra nearby prints,
20.
Eggs unchanged Cheese firm,
fair demand; New York full creams,
fancy, 14K; do, choice, IA; do. fair
to good, 1917 @13% Refined
sugars firm but quiet.
Live poultry firm; good demand +;
fowls, 143k @15kc.; old roosters,
10@11; spring chickens, &c a 80;
ducks, 1904.
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sinIess Sundays For Staten Island.

Staten Island ministers have or
ganized and they announced that
there will be no more Sunday base
ball and no more sacred concerts;
that Staten Island will be as tight
as drumhead on Sundays and as
dry as Sahara. Staten Island has
been above all the home of the
chowder party. ''No more chowder
parties" say the ministers, unless
the celebrants observe the Sabbath
scrupulously. The big steel plant
of the Millikens, at Mariners Har-
Dor; the Proctor & Gamble Soap
Works, and other big factories will
be closed IL the ministers win their
fight
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Probably Wouldn't Try.

When 1.-THE man in the audience"
at the next Republican National Con-
vention gets up and shouts Teddy"
wonder If the President could calm
the crowd as ne did at jamestown?
Los Angeles Times.
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StfIl Hone.

Steward, how long will It be be-
fore we get into the harborG"
About an hour and a half.
ma'am."
oh, dear, shall die before then. -
Very likely, ma'am. But you'll
be all right again when you've been
on shore 10 minutes. Marine Jour
nal.
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TO be on good terms with human nature
Be WE'LL Garfield Tea purifies the blood,
eradicates disease, regulates the digestive
organs and brings Good Health! Manufac-
tured by Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Sold by druggists
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ii. H. GBEEA > >O.Ns,OI Atlanta, Ga, are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the
world. See their liberal offer in advertise
ment in another column of this paper.
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MRS.NELLIE MARKHAM

A nervous irritable woman, often on
the verge of Mysteries, is a source of
misery to everyone who comes under
her influence, aud unhappy and mis-
cradle herself.
Such women not only drive nus
bands from home but are wholly unfit
to govern children.
The ills of women act like a fire
brand upon the nerves, consequently
seven-tenths of tho nervous prostra-
ton, nervous dependency, t h
blues, sleeplessness, and nervous
irritability of women arise from some
organic arrangement.
DO you experience fits of depression
with restlessness alternating with ex-
treme irritability ? Do you suffer
from pains in the abdominal region,
baclxache, bearing down pains.nervous
dyspepsia, sleepleSsness, and almost
continually cross and snappy? II so,
your nerves are in a shattered con-
dition and you are threatened with
nervous prostration.
Proof is monumental that nothing
in the world is better for nervous
troubles of women than Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
made from native roots and herbs.
Thousands and thousands of women
can testify to this fact.
Mrs. Nellie Markham, of Isl Morgan
st., Buffalo, N. Y, writes
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
ST was a wreck from nervous prostration.
LYDIA e. Pinlham's Vegetable Co
herbs, contains no narcotics or harmfu
the largest number of actual cures {
world has ever known, and thousal
file in the laboratory at Lynn, Mass.
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Few people are wise enough to uti-
lie secondhand experience.
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Some people are not much for looks
until they begin to rubber
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FITS, St. usDance: NERVOUS Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Klines Great Nerve
Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
DIR. ii. r. Kline, Id, 1881 Arch St, Phila., Pa.
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MRS.CEO A.JAMES

suffered 30 did not care what became or
me, and my family despaired of my re-
covery. Physicians failed 60 help me. 1
Was urged to try Lydia v =, - nj,
that IL has entirely cured me- think It
Is the finest medicine on earth and am
recommending it TO ell my friends and
acqsaintances.
Mrs. Geo. A. James, a life long
resident of Fredonia, N. Y, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 was In a terribly run down condition
and had nervous prostration caused by
female trouble. in fact had not been well
since my children were born. This con-
dition worked on my nerves and d.was ir-
ritablo and miserable. L had tried many
remedies without getting much help but
Lydia K. PinkhamS Vegetable Compound
brought me back TO health and strength. It
has also carried me safely through the
Change OF Life. 1 cannot too strongly
recommend your medicine"
Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Women:
Women suffering from any form OF
female weakness are invited TO
communicate promptly with Mrs.
Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. From the
symptoms given, the trouble may be
y ated and the quickest and surest
way of recovery advised. Out of her
NdSO VOAuAhc VI c8pcriSuSc III Ire1OinG
female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably
has the very knowledge that will help
your case. Her advice is free and
always helpful.
lpound, made from native roots and
drugs and today holds the record for
female diseases of any medicine the
DIS of voluntary testimonials are on
which testify to its wonderful value.
1 a Woman's Remedy for Womcn's IFS.
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Itch cured in so minutes by Woolford,s
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. Atdruggists.
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Invention is the stepmother OF
trusts.