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Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-30
fRy Associated Press. l

IN ONE Dec. 2o-One hundred thousand dead Messna and
Reggie of towns in Southern Italy devastated the
IN entire caabrian region ghouls plundn the stacks
OF dead and dyng-tha the record compiled in Rome
appalling disaster in the history Italy history
who claim dispatches outlying districts
the ruined region far too conservative Some
not credited
Reports coming into Rome very slowly owing to the almost
complete destruction of lines of communication.
The death list in Messina from
includes almost the entire population
AT Pam 1000 reported dead Cassano
500 and half the population of Bagnara about 4000
WHOLE CITIES IN RUINS
The Moneeon region has been devastated and Rposa Seminars
San Giovanni Scia Lazzao and Cannteo and all other
munes and villages the straits are in ruins.
The king and queen Italy their way Messina hav
sailed tonight from Naples aboard the baleshp Voro
Pope Plus has shown the distress calamity
he himself the first contribute amounting 100000
to the relief of the afflicted
British French and Russian wsrships stesming
have performed heroic of rescue
It feared many foreigners have been killed number
tourists
FATE OF coNSULs UNKNOWN
Little the of diplomatic representatives If
the stationed these although the italian
using effort relieve the anxiety felt
gravest danger pestience will follow the d
struction of the towns.
wrought will lie unburied
Those who escaped death-rnany of whom are badly n;r
making their by the thousands the place refuge
Their suferings even now must be intense they
food or clothing
Stunned the magnitude of the calamity has overtaen
fellow countymen all Italy mors tonight for the stricken prov
EVER DREAD OF DISASTER
earthquakes italy stands ever
Tread but prepared for the disaster
minute yesterday devastated cities and towns and
leath of thousands
whose tragic history by tidal waves
md and which the of yesterdays ae
trom shaken to ruins
Flames forth complete citys destruction and n
alive untold numbers hpessly pnioned beneath fallen walls
md broken timbes
The strait of Messna shaken by the
rembng for the channel
ion.
Refugees pouring by trains steamers and automobiles
hey half naked and supeied wit terror
Some of them appear the horrors tro,o
which they have In the beginning they only babbe
"Messina has been annnaed
little of
'as obtained from these unfortunates
They declare thousands demened survivors are still wander
lg about the ruins city.
A wounded soldier said:
The spectacle terrifying beyond Dantes inferno
but faint idea to what happened yesterday orne
Messina H -"e
its very foundation Immediately the houses began "a
e and those who not killed began make their av over
le unduaing floors to the
The ceilings crashing down
rendered unsafe found the
Chimneys, bell towers entire have been thrown do
rom every side OF the meanings of th
ounded Ihe people half with fean
Most OF them had rushed their night In ak
hle all were shvering downpour of Nra
veryher there dead bodies nude ds6gured and ued
I'm the ruins could legs moving hepessv
ery quarter came piteous appeals for aid
The portion of the down near the water was ;n,,n.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-30
MANY ESTIMATE DEAD AT 100000

Volcanoes in Eruption and Thousands Flee in Panic
from Fiery Inferno of Destruction American
Consul and Wife Among Victims-GhouIs
Rob Dead and Loot Runs-Chaos and
PandemOnium Reign-Refugees Left
SpeechleSs by Holocaust
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-30

ITALY VISITED BY ONE
OF WORST TFMBLORS
IN HISTORY OF WORLD

All Sicily Swept by Fire and Tidal Wave
Sea and Land Are Strewn with CorpSes.
Raving Survivors Grope Amid Dead
and Dying -Indescribable Horror
Marks Wake of CatyclySm
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-30

THIS FILM WAS pRnnIIcrn rrpnna 1,rrrz-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
FIVE HUNDRED ITALIANS AND
OTHER FOREIGNERS THREAT
EN- TO WIPE OUT TOWN OF
NATALBANY.
SHERIFF HEADS ONE
OF FIGHTING FORCES
CITIZENS ouTNUMBERED 500 TO
rs, BUT ARE MORE HEAVILY
ARMED - TROUBLE FOLLOWS
SHOOTING OF AMERICAN.


Natalbany, La, July 23.-Daylight
today found this town divided into
two armed camps with ace hatred
strained to d dangerous pitch. Dur.
ing the night preparations were made
for a race was of threatening proper
tions, but the passage of the night
without actual fighting is believed to
have averted further danger.
One OF the hostile camps consisted
of 500 Italians and other foreigners,
who yesterday moved out of their
homes here. and in the vicinity in fear
of reprisals by the Americans for the
wounding of Walter Simmons on Tues
day, and the subsequent shooting be-
tween Americans and Italians yester.
day. Some of the foreigners claimed
to have been warned to leave this
section of the country.
The opposing camp is made UP of
about Is residents Of Natalbany, under
the command of Sheriff Saal more
heavily armed than the foreigners.
Early last night an Italian came into
town and claimed the men at his
countrymen's camp intended to attack
and wipe out the town. before morn
ing. The authorities believe they have
the situation under control.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
LOckMAN MAN ARRESTED ON
SEDUCTION CHARGE

Abba, July 23.-Thomas Fry, a
young man % years of age, was ar
rested at Lockman last night by
Constable Woofter and brought to
Abba. The charge against the boy is
seduction and it was preferred against
him by leila B. Evans, daughter Of
Henry Evans and who resides at
Lockman with her parents. A pre-
liminary hearing was held this morn
ing and Fry was bound Owe 70
await the action of the grand jury.
An appeal bond In the sum of $500 was
furnished. two Lockman men being
sureties.
An information for the arrest Of G.
A. Woodcock was issued from a To-
cal justice of the peace office this
morning and when the young man re-
turns to Abba he will be taken in
custody. The charge is that he has
been peddling medicine without the
necessary license. Mr.. Woodcocs
represents a large eastern firm and it
has been his custom as well as that
of several other Abba men, to go from
town to town in a wagon and sell the
medicines. G. O. Goss, of the state
board of pharmacy, came to Abba
yesterday apd filed the information.
| Woodcock Is out on the O some
place looking after his business but
will be taken in when he returns. It
" u iiSG w SiiS M SoSS vi lltS NIL !
for the pharmacy board intend to com
tinue along the same line in every
county in the state.
An injunction charge was filed with
the clerk of the courts this morning
asking that an injunction be. granted
the drug firm of Dee w. Johnson q
Co. The firm has been engaged in the
drug business in Abba for several
years and the contention is now made
from the office of the county attorney
that too much liquor has been pass
ing over the county. Mr.. Johnson il
no longer connected with the firm
but is a resident of Des Moines. The
premit under which he operated,
however, has been held by the store
and the sales have been made just
the same as if he We're there in per-
son. Frank Baldwin, who moved n
Ottumwa, during the past week, is
also named as one of the defendants II
the proceedings.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25

ness section were filed with the usual
throngs. The appearance of the two
desperate men shooting to each side
as they ran and shouting as if crazy
caused a general stampede for WI
Michael Flynn stopped to pick up a
stone as he saw the men coming to-
ward him and instantly n of them
fired at him, the bullet grazing his
ear. Another went through his hat.
AS the fugitives reached Washington
street a trolley car came along.
Hold up you -! shouted one of
the men, waving his revolver above
his head. The motorman set the
brakes and the conductor, Thomas
Moore, jumped off. Instantly he be-
came a target, and a bullet entered
his leg.
AS soon as possible a Gordon of POI
lice, heavily armed with rifles and
%revolvers, was thrown about the park,
while thousands Of citizens gathered
in the vicinity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
Landseekers' Excursions
The Big Horn Basin
and Yellowstone Valley

On the first and third Tuesdays OF each month. to November incinF
swell will personally conduct IandSeekers Excursions to the Big Horn Baslnu$
IWyo, and YELLOWSTONE Valley Montana. The earlier in the season 20 Co.
the. better. Train Leaves Omaha 410 p. m,C Chicago 915 a. ms ST. Louie
500 a. M.
These sections are rapidly Increasing in population and the new town.
are growing fast. Opportunities % acquire land, stated. briefly as follows
$4,000 acres of homestead land near Garland, Wyo, irrigated by thf
Government. 10Y ready for settlers. ## 1# -
10000 acres of homestead land. Irrigated by the Government and 15oot
Hunuey and Billings Mont. p o@5
10000 acres under h Carey Act nov ready for settlers near Cody,
Wyoming. "##@AFa
10000 acres under the Carey Act 10Y ready for settlers in HI vicinity
of Worand, Basin, Greybun and ven, Wye. 49,
Our folder with large map. giving full and con-
ISETEHNEISEENETNS free upon re1uest. Address
THANH EsfSTfshlsSsS5Hl .. GLEN DEAvER, General Agent,
lENAklAlEkENl1H5 LANpsEEkERS' INFORMATION BUREAU,
lE%MMTWAM&%%NSs 81 1904 Farnam St, Omaha, Neb. uI
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
JOHN MASMAR OF PENNINGTON
DEAD-FuNERAL THURSDAY

Pennington - John Masmar died
Tuesday morning after a short
illness of pneumonia. The de-
ceased was a veteran of the civil. war,
being a member of Company o..
Fourth Indiana Volunteer cavalry. A
widow, three sons and three daugh-
tiers are left to mourn his untimely
death. Funeral services will be held
in the Baptist church on Thursday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. James
McKiernan.
Roy Masmar of Ft. Madison and
Edgar Masmar of Joplin, Mo-, we're
called home by the serious illness and
death of their father, the late John
Masmar.
arrived Friday to care for her. sister.
Mrs. Adam Luckel, who has been quite
ill with heart trouble.
Mrs. J. w. Woodwork and daugh-
ter Florence, who have been visiting
relatives in Abingdon, ILL.,, returned
home Saturday.
Miss Lula Sherrick left Monday rar
Burlington, where she will visit ner
sister, Mrs. M. E. Reynolds and fam7
lily. 4eS
Roger Gordon, or Hamilton, Ill, WIS.,
tied over Sunday with his grandpa!
rents, Rev. and Mrs. G. G. Goodar
nough.
Misses Genevieve Glickler and Ma.
mie Walton returned to st. Louis
Monday after a pleasant visit with
their grandmother, Mrs. Catherine
Glicker.
Miss Laura Curry, who has been
the guest of her grandparents. Mr.,
and Mrs. Frank Brabham, returning
Saturday to her home in lola, Kan.
Thomas Shirley of Minburn visited
Tuesday with Pennington friends. i
President at Sycamore Hill.
Oyster Bay, July 23.-The yacht
Mayflower, with President Roosevelt
on board, arrived here from NEWPORT
L fl,s ~, 1rn ttLHa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
BILLsBoRo.

Hillsboro.-Mrs. S. c. Ellis is visit
ing in Stockport today.
Orpha Monkey went to FIT. Madison
Thursday evening for a short visit
with friends.
Mrs. G.. w. Blackford, of ST. Louis
arrived here this week for a ten days
visit with relatives.
Mrs. John Cresswell and daughters
went to Ottumwa yesterday.
Mrs. George Shelnlan went to Stock
port Yesterday for a short stay.
Rex Carter of ST. Joe. Mo-, came
home this morning for a weeks vaca-
ton.
Jesse Benn and wife went to Win,
field Thursday and will spend the res
of the week in the neighborhood y
New London.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
Boys Head Wedged
In a Syrup Can;
Timer Saves Him

= * = + y j. = x y X x X 4 & = u X y x -
= Davenport, July %. - While
= Arthur Peters, the little son of
* Charles n. Peters OF this city,
y was enthusiastically cleaning
y the leavings out of a syrup can
= yesterday, his head became SO
* tightly wedsed in the can that
s. he was nearly smothered.
y 1t was decided a timer rath-
x err than a doctor was needed,
= so Emil Render, a tinsmith,
: was hurriediy summoned, the
= can was cut off the boys head
= and after a successful opera
= ton the boys life was saved.
= ~ y Il x = = = u y = = II !. y y y = 81 =
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
Fiohtinu Resumed in Persia.

st. Petersburg, July 21.--A dispatch
from Tabriz, Persia, says fighting was
resumed in that city today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25

President at Sycamore Hill.
Oyster Bay, July 23.-The yacht
with President Roosevelt
board, arrived here from NEWPORT
morning.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25

rorized the Jamaica Plains dis
trict was shot and killed while in
ambush in the Forest Hills eme
terry. His body was literally rid
died with bullets from the revolt
vers of the policemen. The search
ers are still looking for the sec
ond desperate.
Boston, Mass, July 23.-Firing
right and left, two desperadoes fleeing
before a posse Of policemen and citi,
zens, shot eleven persons last night.
Three of the wounded may die.
The desperadoes, after a fight Of
two miles through a thickly settled
district of Jamaica Plain, disappeared
in the woods near Franklin park.
The men are believed to have been
two of the gang of three who robbed
a saloon in Jamaica Plain last night
after shooting and killing one man
and wounding two others. E
Woman Holding Baby Shot.
Mrs. Della Fallon is one of the most
seriously injured of last nights vic
time. She was standing in front Of her
home with her baby in her arms, when
the two men, pursued by a crowd, came
down the street. AS they passed her
one of them fired, and the bullet en-
tered her head behind her right ear.
She was removed to the city hospi-
tai in a critical condition.
Herbert e. Knox of Roslindale,
night Waterman at the Forest Hills
cemetery, and Edward Mcmahon, a
Dorchester patrolman, each received
a bullet in the abdomen and are on
the dangerous list at Emerson hospi-
tai.
Eight Others Wounded.
The others injured are:
John Nolan, shot in arm.
Thomas Fleming, shot in hand.
Thomas Moore, street a conductor,
shot in leg.
Policeman ingalls,, bullet in leg.
Policeman Cox, shot in ankle.
Patrick McGinn, shot in side.
Michael Flynn, head grazed by bull
let.
Patrolman Thompson, shot in leg.
1t is believed that the ~desperadoes
lay concealed in the cemetery yester.
day while the police were hunting
for them IN account of Tuesday
nights hold-up and robbery.
Start to "shoot-Up' Town.
Being driven from their hiding place
by hunger and fearing that they would
be surrounded by the police who were
searching the neighborhood, the two
men appeared on Charles street in
Jamaica Plain at about dusk and pro.
ceeded to "shoot up" the town. They
looked like Italians, and were roughly
dressed. Some citizens who had been
assisting in the hunt for the robbers
saw the men and tried to intercept
them, whereupon the two began run.
ming. With a revolver in each hand
they fed along Charles, South, Lee
and Keyes streets, firing at every per
son in their path.
Mrs. Fallon was the first mark OF
the murderous weapons. Policeman
ingalls, was shot next, and Their
Messrs. Moore, Flynn. McGinn, Nolan
and Fleming and Policeman Cox were
wounded in succession during the
flight of the men to Franklin park
John H. Wrightman was shot at, bu-
the bullet passed through his trousers
leg.
Crowds Out on Streets,
Throughout the residential distric
the front porches of the houses were
thick with people enjoying the even
ing air, while the streets of the bust
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
MIR. Thomas ). Eaulds,
10Y Madison Avenue,
OttumWa, IOWA.

Says; Gentlemen: II want to thank
you very much for the free soc box
of SWANS Backache and Kidney Pills
given me at F. b. Clark's drug store
They certainly will do all that you
claim for them, or at least that is nv
experience from using them. They dit
me more good then any thing Z havs
every before taken; yes, than hun
dreds of dollars of medicine paid for
before getting them, and l want to say
personally to you. that / cheerfully
recommend them to nny one suffer-
ing as I have; also will write my ex-s
perience to any one wishing it. They.
are certainly a 0 to suffering
humanity. l have no objection to you
using this as a testimonial.
Very gratefully yours,
Thos. j. Faulds."
Thousands have been cured of Back
ache, Rheumatism, Gout, Lumbago.
and various other diseases caused by
the kidneys. Don't delay, but begin
their use today. Sold by F. b. Clark
and J.. Fl. L. Swenson. Ottumwa.
Swain Medicine Co, Inc. sole own
ers, Kansas City, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
ONE OF TWO MEN WHO KEPT UP
RUNNING FIRE WITT PuRsU-
ERs IN BOSTON,, RlDDLED
WITH BULLETS.
THREE OF WOUNDED
MAY NOT RECOVER
BANDITS, SOUGHT FOR ROBBERY,
EMERGE FROM HIDING AND
OPEN FIRE AS THEY DASH
THROUGH STREETS.

Boston, July 23.-At daylight
this morning a man supposed to
be one of the bandits who had ter
rorized the Jamaica Plains dis
trict was shot and killed while in
ambush in the Forest Hills ceme-
terry. His body was literally rid
died with bullets from the revolt
vers Of the policemen. The search
ers are still looking for the sec
ond desperate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
ASTHMA FATAL TO
LYNNv|LLE man.
SUFFERS ATTACK. on. TRAIN,
GOES TO HosPITAL-LIvED
ONE HOUR.

Oskaloosa, July 23.-W. K. Wager.
man, aged sixty-three and a well to do
farmer of Lynnville died suddenly in
the hospital today. He was enroute
home from Fairfield and was seized
on the train with a severe attack Of
asthma, and lived only one hour,
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-24
NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS


has also been the guest of Mrs. p. A..
Nigren of East ST. Louis, returned
home Sunday.
Mrs. George Wilson will entertain
the Ladies Aid of st. Peters Episco-
pal church at her home ON Poplar
street Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. |. A.. HUNDRED of Golden, will
be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mil
Ter on Third street during the com
ing weeks dedication of the Congre
gational church.
The first part of next Sunday even
ing's service at the M. d. church will
be devoted to taking in new members
in the Epworth League, the latter part
to sermon, the subject of which
will be Young Men as Pallbearers.
There will be no Ladies Aid nor
prayer meeting for the Congreg ational
church this week as there will be ser
vices every evening for the dedica-
tiCn of the new church.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-24

"The people here do not drinl;
enough water to keep healthy" e..
claimed well known authority. The
numerous cases of stomach trouble,
kidney and bladder diseases and
rheumatism are mainly due to the fact
that the drinking of water, natures
greatest medicine, has been neglected.
Stop loading your system with pa.
tent medicine. and cure all; but get on
the water wagon. If you are really
sick. why, of course, take the proper
common vegetable
treatement. which will not shatter the
nerves or ruin the stomach"
When requested for such prescrip.
ton for the cure Of rheumatism and
kidney trouble the answer was: You
must make the kidneys do heir work;
they are the filters of the blood. They
must be made to strain out of the
blood the waste matte and acids that
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-24
DIED AFTER A
LONG ILLNESS
RICHARD e. POWERS, MEMBER OF
LEGISLATURE, AT LAST
SUCcUMBS.
WELL KNOWN DEMOCRAT
Was a Native of Cairo and Resided
Here All of His Life-Took Active
Interest in Politics From
Boyhood.

Richard Z. Powers. member of the
lower house of the Illinois Legislature
died yesterday morning at 1925
o'clock at his home, 1909 Poplar street,
in this city after a protracted illness
of uraemia. For a year and half
the decedent had been afflicted with
the disease and his death was not UNI
expected.
His last hours were peaceful and he
was conscious to the end.
Richard Powers was born in Cairo
August Is, 1871. He was married in
this city to Miss Julia Mahoney, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Mahoney
October 20, 1895.
Mr. Powers was elected to the gen
eral assembly as the Democratic min
ority representative in 1906. From his
boyhood he took an active interest in
politics and held a position in Spring.
field when Hon. Reed Green of Cairo,
was a member of the state senate.
Later for eleven years he held post
ton as mail carrier in Cairo. lie was
a member CT St. Joseph's church and
of the Eagles lodge.
His wife and three children, his
mother and two brothers, Edward A.
and James w. Powers and two sisters.
Mrs John Grimes and Mrs. William
Boren survive the decedent,
Richard Powers was loyal TO ms
friends and he left many who VIII
mourn his death.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-24
DOCTOR USES d. .. .. IN HIS
PRACTICE.
Eminent Physician Says This Great
Liquid Prescription is Certain
Cure For Eczema.

Still another Eczema specialist
comes forward in enthusiastic praise
Of u. ID. ID. Prescription the wonder
full external remedy which cures Ec-
Zcma and other similar diseases like
magis, He IL Or. G. b. Holmes of Sill
yer City. Miss, and IN summing up
his impressions of the startling cures
ID. d. d. has effected, he says:
Il have been using your ID. ID. ID.
for four years with gratifying results.
IT'S AS NEAR A SPECIFIC FOR
HERPES, ECZEMA, PSORIASIS,
ETC. AS is QUININE FOR MALA.
RIA"
Or. Holmes is one OF the hundreds
of physicians who use ID. d. d. in
their daily practice, The d, d. ID.
company allows physicians to use
this remedy with the understanding
that they will tell their patients what
ii was that cured them when the ter
libIe itch has been wiped out, the
skin healed and the raw wound Gov
cred over with soft white skin. ID. d.
y. is not a nasty paste to smear the
skin and clothing but it is a clear
liquid. 1t is advisable to use D. d. ID.
soap in connection with d. D. d. Pre-
scription.
Is any further proof of the curative
powers of ID. ID. ID. Prescription neces-
sary?, That remedy is sold at Her
man c. Schuh's drug store, Come in
and let us show you convincing pproof
that d. d. D. will cure your skin dis
ease. Even if You nave not decided
Ito use ID, d. d. remedy, come in and
explain your case anyway,
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-24
MOUND CITY
March %, 1903.

Mr. and Mrs. George +. Martin and
son Russell who have been the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. z. A. Nigren at East
St. LOFTS the past weeg, returned
heno Sunday.
The Ladies' Aid OF the NJ. E. church
i'll meet with Mrs. II. NJ. Smith en-
Third strcat Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Walker Of Anna will move her
household goods into the Perks q Hig-
zins property just north of c, A. Will
ards residence on Main street and
with her son Walter, will occupy the
lwelling. Mrs. Walker is the mother
f Airs. G.. q. willard
Miss Lena Stern who has spent the
past ten days with Miss Jessie Mead
slime and her mother at Quincy, and
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-24
few PEOPLE DRINK WATER
ENOUGH TO keep HEAL THY.
A Noted Authority Here Gives Advice Also
Tells How Any One Can Prepare
Mixture.

cause rheumatism the urine must
be neutralzed so it will no longer
be a source of irritaitno to the blad
der. and, most OF all. YOU must keep
these acids from forming In the stom-
ach. This is the cause of stomach
trouble and poor digestion. For these
conditions ! would suggest the follow
ing prescription: Fluid Extract Dan
delion. one-half ounce; Compound Kar
gon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sar-
saparilla. three ounces. Mix by shak-
ing we'll in bottle and take in tea
spoonful doses after each meal and
at bedtime. but don't forget the wa
ter Drink plenty and often.
This valuable information and sim.
pie prescription should be posted up
in each household and used at the first
sign OF an attack of rheumatism, back
ache or urinary trouble. no matter how
slight.