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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22
HOUSEWIVES SMASH
BOSTON EGG TRUST

BOSTON. Dec. 21.--Reeidents of
Greater Boston bought more than
one hundred thousand eggs today at
"a cents dozen. This price was
made possible by the Housekee Ders
league. formed to smash the local
egg trust.
The eggs were disposed Of by wom-
en- at sixty stations scattered over
he greater city. Some of the egg
We're sold In city polling booths, from
hand carts and in some cases WON
en- made house TO house canvass.
IT Is estimated the egg purchasers
averaged dozen each That would
figure out that more than eight thou
sand people took advantage of the
reduced price. The women have
smashed the market SO that prices in
all grades OF eggs dropped from Ave
70 80 cents dozen from yesterdays
prices.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22

was made today by DIR. James Is
rael, the noted Berlin specialist.
A story TO this affect was cabied
tccxthe United States yesterday by an
afternoon press association, and given
wide publication. According to this
story, DIR. James received as fee
for operating on the young heir TO
the Russian throne $4,000, and In
addition obtained the promise of the
car to stop the prosecutions of the
Jews In Odessa and KIev. 1t was also
reported that the car had set asid.
the imm grafton laws to permit the
Jewish surgeon to enter Russia with
out interference
Al lthese reports were sent to DIR.
Israel today with inquiry as to their
truth. The following written response
was received from the professors sec
rotary:
Replying to your question. have
the authority TO inform you. on the
authority OF Professor Israel, that
these rumods are unfounded."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22
ALLEN AND EDWARDS
LOSE THEIR IDENTITY

siana Allen and Wesley Edwards. the
last CT the Alien clan 10 arrive at the
State psnitentiary. have at last lost
thptr identity. Each OF the prisoners
has been supplied with q regular num-
Der hv VITO he Will be known in the
prfsnn,s little world Alien has been
assignfd 10 the carnFnter shop where
Ne wifi sarvs his thirty hve-y year sen
&enre, and Edwards VIII serve his
t~e~r y.seveu-Sear sentence. unless
death intervenes iu the ssoe shop
where sidua Edwards snd Friel Alien
are Al work,
Tire prisoners nave donned the con-
Wet etr8nes. had their haiT close crop
rcd ara are now UNDERGOING the re-
rnlay routine ~ prison IFe along VII
~. Hundreds % other conyicts In the
big prfeon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22
SHOPLIFTER is
NhBBED IN The ACT

j n. Mitchell. colored. WITS arrest
eel yss.eiday afternn IN by ioiiccrnen
l.vv#rf and Tomlinsor On \ cig.rS.
~ lifting" dry good from broad
street store. The two officers hive
been stationed on Broad street for
the last week especially to watch out
for shopiifters. They have made sew
ArAi arrests. ami have detected sew
erai people In the act OF purioining
ARTICLES from the department stores.
The ma tor,fy of the cases have been
bnsked up. beca use the proprietors of
thu stores were unwilling TO prose-
1aife.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22

announced it. but its premature puD-
LEGATION was due to an error Of the
city editor Of one Of the large dailies
Editor Took Chance.
A court reporter sending q '1.ne'
to catch an early edition Of the paper
for which he n the correspondent
wrote q message saying: 'Court will
probably dissolve Standard Oil COM
pany." The editor saving space saw
NO good reason for the word prob
ably" and biue-peDciled II. He hap
pened to be lucky. because all sure
tips on what action the Supreme
court II going to take usually ara just
the reverse Of what = anticipated.
As the Standard OIL and Tobacco
cases involved one OF the greatest
Questions OF legal procedure. not to
mention millions OF dollars to the big
kings OF image WHO held "barrels''
full OF stock Of the concern. Wall
Street was very much interested in
the decision OF the court. Brokers
would have been willing to have paid
hundreds OF thousands Of dollars for
an advance copy Of the decree of the
court, and In Washington II was a
matter OF common knowledge that one
Wall Street firm had offered 500, 600
to anyone who could deliver an ad-
vance decision Of the case.
Justice White. who has the most ex-
plicit confidence in Bright. brought
about through years OF experience
with him, in turning over the de-
cisions OF the court in the Tobacco
Trust cases end the Standard OH
nounced It's decision, asked:
mfr. Bright is there any way for
leak to Occur. so that the decision
in these cases will be known before
they are announced in court?
Mr.. Bright. answering the jurist. re-
piled: Yes. sir, just one way. That
is. Ii ] am q scoundrei."
The two cases were turned over to
the printer without further comment,
Justice White resting in the assur-
ance that nothing would be publish
ed premature1y. No leak occurred,
although an army of New York
brokers were in Washington for two
weeks working" on the job. ana had
made elaborate preparations to telez
graph and telephone the news to their
New York Offices
Bright, who has been running his
printing shop for years, is a man lit
tie past middle life. He Is a typical
printer, but, strange to say, has none
Of the characteristics that usually are
found in men OF that class. Although
he has been in business for twenty
years or more, and Is conducting a
shop employing twenty men, he Is not
even in the well-to-do class. His shop
pays the highest union wages and the
men In his employ work only eight !.
hours day. with fun hour off for
lunch. He gives his employees all
holidays off and grants them two /,
full weeks vacation every year
Special cases such as the Supreme |
court decision, Bright sets himself |
usually in the hours after the shop |
'orce has been dismissed for the day. !
He set the composition OF the case !
he department OF Justice filed against
he Steel Trust that was a scoop" on
he Washington newspaper men.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22
DEATHS

LYLE--In memory of my mother, Mrs,
M r. LYLE. who died the 23rd OF
December, 1903.
II miss thee, dear mother, thy Image
Is still
The deepest impress on my heart
The tablet SO faithful In death must
be chilled.
Fer one line of thy image depart"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22
Visit Our Fcc'ory Ware Rooms

Satisfy yourself that you save the middlemsn's
profit your piano by advanced method Of
selling direct to the home through these factory
warerooms, And remember that in dealing with US
you have the binding guarantee Of firm which
through II long years has held the highest ideas
OF quality and workmanship--which has reputa-
tion for square-deang sound tina, Of national
bank Deal with the makers and your piano money
secures the utmost. Ask about Easy Plan"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22
OBI TUARY
Iamsa Edward Kennedy

James Edward Kennedy, hfty-six
years cid. died Friday afternoon In the
home of his sister, Mrs. Mary f. Gar
nett f5as North Twenty third street.
IIis funeral viii take place this af-
ternoon from Pine Street Baptist
church at 3 o'clock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22

Especial - TIE Richmond V,rcinian.)
APPoXiATT0N. VA. Dec. ZI.~-
Mrs. Henry Brown died al her home
near f1er and her remains were in
TERED last Thnrsdas AZ her Late home
al { f. NJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22

Charged With Houscbrcaking.
Willie Banks and Martha Robin
son, colored, were arrested yesterday
on charge Of breaking into the
house OF Lucy Smith, ia North Eigh-
teenth street. and stealing a ring.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22

The funeral of Mrs. Eta Farris,
widow Of f. Nj. Farris. VINO dieo
Thursday in her home, 2l7 South
cherry street.. Was h I'D yesterday af-
telnoon nj 3;So O'Clock
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22
HAS NOT OPERATED
UPON CARS HEIR

BERLIN, Dec. 21.-Flat denial
that he had operated on the care
Witch, removing tubercuiar kidney.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17
THE LINOTYPER.
lBv Walt Mason, in the Pensacola
News

tBv Walt Mason, in the Pensacola
News
Selecting language ripper than IAN
.,uagc needs to be, We roast the llnO-
typcr from cleveland TO H. {. We
t,ily place before him our badly writ
ten bits, With curlycues that pore
I'm and throw him into fits; with
blCls. erasurcs, splashes, and sprawl
in2s. chicken-treads, until the poor
man thrashcs his intellect to shrcdS,
IL efforts 10 determine what tongue
it's written in. and whether it's a
sermon, Il poem or bulletin. And we.
who DO the scrawling, with fountain
pen or spade. indulge in caterwaullnS
about the errors made. That heart
less. lop-cared. viper. that sacrlleg-
icus sOt. that sway backed linOtyper,
has spoiled my Gem of Thought. Oh.
bring me hither. prithee. a cauldron
full Of oil, and by the village smithy
I'll cook that son Of toll Or bring me
rusty letters make his bosom
bleed who never learned his letters
and yet pretends to read" The pa
ticnt linotyper is toiling by me now.
his old bandana wiper festOOned
about his brow: he isn't loud or
yawpy. he doesn't tear his hair, al
though his bunch of copy would
cause saint to swear; and those who
knock his errors and say he should be
whipped, should see the grewsome
tCrrors in bughOuse manuscript! Ii
you who write a story intended for
the press. made copy hunkydOry.
you'd sidestep much distress.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17
For a Lawn Party.

VIII you suggest something enter
tanning for lawn party for boys and
girls between the ages OF twelve and
fifteen? Our club OF seven wishes 10
entertain as many boys The decora-
IONS are pink and green; flower, pink
carnation. We have small funds to
work with, but will be ever so much
Obliged for any help. Secretary.
am sure you can arrange beauti-
lul time. Have the leo cream in pink
and green, with small cakes frosted
IN the same colors. Give each one a
PINK carnation to wear. Then have a
match game Of crOquet, and If you
are very good, won't mother" sec to
having prize ready for the winners?
ferhaps you have a tennis court: IL
80 a game could be arranged. All out
uoor sports are In favor. including
the good old game OF archery.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17
NOTICE TO MY FRIENDS.

! have opened a little grocery stOr,
III the corner OF my yard with the
incest kind of canned goods, meal
critS and lard.
also nave peaches, prnnes and
rice, all Of which | will sell Won at
the very lowest price.
So if you will phone mo Your or.
der ! will deliver YOU the goods and
If they are not as represented you
may take a club and run mo to the
woods.
Terms cash TO keep from busting
all to smash.
j I. ROOF ENCORE
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17
Marks Historic Spot.

Some 20 years ago Professor Pat.
rick Gcddes made the suggestion that
a memorial should be erected on the
Esplanade Of Edinburgh castle to
mark the spot whereon. In the days OF
a dark and evil superstition. witches
and warlocks were done to death by
burning. The committee of the Out.
look tower. Edinburgh have not for
gotten Professor Geddcs suggestion,
and they have presented tablet foun.
tain which was unveiled on the Ee
planade.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

Friends will be very sorry to hear
that Mrs. \. J. Black has left today
for Tampa. where she must undergo
a very serious operation, in DR..
Holmes hospital This is the Sec
end operation in the past three years
II is hoped by all that she will re-
ceive the best of treatment and soon
be homo with her family and friends.
She was accompanied by her husband
and Dr. Griffin on the early train
this morning. All wish for her safe
recovery and quick return.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

Mr.. IL. Il. Carter. who took in the
sights CT the Baltimore convention
declares that W. J. Bryan is the
greatest man living. He says his
n.aneuvers on the floor of the conven-
ton hall were mastery in the ex-
tlcme. and that no other man could
have handled and swayed the conven-
tiOn as he did.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17
OWN AN AUTOMOBILE.

We have contracted with the STU
dcbaker corporation to sell +. NJ. f.
SOS and Flanders 20's. We have
them here to show you. Anyone in
terested please call or phone and we
will be pleased to demonstrate and
quote prices. If you want a good,
reliable car, you will not be disap-
pointed If You purchase eithca of
these VIC have mentioned.
s. ". Stepho
a-2S-f g. e Rogan
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17
Will Insist en- Baths.

The master Of Navan Union, County
Meath, Ireland. in which institution
compulsory baths for able-bodied
tramps have been introduced recently.
reported that II tramps were admit.
ted the previous night. and, rather
than take baths. seven left. Tho chair.
man then stated that tho motto of the
institution from henceforth, should be
Swim or Shift"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

The old pOstoffice building is pain.
fully and slowly moving on the nart
Of its journey to the northern limits
OF town, where it is understood It
Will be placed for the purchaser,
James Thomas. 1t was purchased by
". h. McRae. who in turn sold it
to Thomas. MIR. Cannon has the con-
tract for moving it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17
NOTICE.

This is to inform my customers
that | have moved my shoe repair
shop to my home, and TO ask them
10 please leave their work at Cloueh' s
shoe store, where will get same
and return it two days afterwards.
All work left there will receive my
lcst attention
thanking my customers for pas:
favOrs and asking a continuance of
their patronage, am, True to the
last.
PHILIP FISCHER.
June %, 1912.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17
Convict Returned Lost Rinns.

During visit she paid to the prison
In Marquette. Mich. the other day. q
wealthy Cincinnati woman lost two
valuable diamond rings. An honest
life prisoner in the meantime found
the Jewels In the prison yard. They
were In chamois bag and probably
had been kicked about uncOnsciously
by other convicts. The Jewels were
promptly returned TO tho owner.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17
Queries From "a Young Wife,"

Queries From "a Young Wife,"
am very interested In your page
and will be thankful to you for an
swering my questions.
l am going to give a linen shower
for a girl friend OF mine and would
like to get few suggestions on house
decoration.
have a reception hall. living room.
dining room and music room. How
should l decorate each room. and
which will be the best for the bride
to be in when she is receiving her
gifts? As I expect to have from forty
to fifty guests. I can not seat them
at the table. Should cards Of any
kind be used when passing tho refresh.
ments!
What would be a pretty way in
bringing the gifts to the bride? have
a little girl two years Of age. with long
golden curls. whom thought could
help in this. or 10 she too small! II
not. how should I have her dressed?
Please excuse my many questions.
but have another one which has pug.
zled me.
When you have been introduced to q
friend and when you or they are ready
to part and they say, II am glad I
met yOu." what Is the correct answer
to give them? l hope you will have
my answers In the paper soon.
A Young Wife.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

v-E /. Cordery. business manager
=, paul 4 Wagner Lumber Co..
.,yu. neat little bungalow
"a Rosedale from plans drawn
NJ Guy Platt Johnson.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

N-, L Veterans mother, Mrs.
: u q: lin. of Plant City. and two
.,-~, Miss Maud and Aldine Crit
: ar. spending the week here, the
ce,,s 3. Mrs McLeran.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

Mrs. Emma Cunning is in the city
and is guest at the home of her
sister, Mrs. A. }. Black. She came
down to be with her sisters children
while the latter was in the hospita.
at Tampa.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17
Folly Of Pride In Gold.

lie that Is proud of riches IS a fool.
For II he be exalted above his neigh.
bors because he hath more gold. how
much inferior is he to a gold mine.-
Jeremy Taylor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17
EDlsoNlA.

Owing 10 he bad weather and the
small number OF children who worn
abb 10 come for their balloons las,
hight, We will give each child Who
comes tonight Il toy balloon.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

Mr. !, Bryan, special agent for
a. N.Autl coast Line. with head
..-'tr, al Jacksonville. is in the city
ot. ll~ little daughter is spend
+. >ea., 'ialt at the home of her
-& Y O i. Pope.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

~. /. Parsley left last night
vr,. where she goes to join
w. parsley. the latter having a po-
....., Nora as train dispatcher.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

". i. Mcleod and children eX-
leave tomorrow for White
~. III where they will spend the
.,,.r,.r Nth relatives.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

~ II T HetheringtOn was called
!, raa.;a a. business. and is spend
i, lAy there.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

You need no decoration save the
flowers in season, and II you have
ported plants place them where they
show the best. Arrange the flowers
simply, In vases, bowls and baskets;
place them on the mantels, in front of
fireplaces, on the piano and on the
porches. should say that the living
room would be the best place for the
bride and the guests. as 1t is doubt.
less the largest. You do not need
place cards unless you seat tho guests
at small tables and serve all at once.
am afraid the little two-ycar-old will
DO too young to assist When you
wish to reply to tho remark men,
toned, just say, Il am sure the pleas.
ure is mutual; I'm glad l met you,
too" There are no set phrases for
certain occasions; just be your own
natural self. Perhaps you could place
all the parcels In flower and rib.
boned tie basket and let the wee
daughter drag 1t in by white ribbons to
the bride.elect.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

:. hY +. COX has returned from
: trip 10 Atlanta and other
,u.t,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17
From an Old Subscriber.

Having enjoyed reading your depart.
ment ever since 1t began. l now seek
your advice.
About month or more ago met q
lady who lives not far from US. Later.
mother met her The lady has lived
In tho neighborhood several years long.
or than we, but hasn't called on us
yet. She has daughter whom have
never met and who has been away to
school and recently returned.
AS ! would like to meet the daugh.
ter, should call on her first or walt
for her to call on me in a case like
this?
Is girl OF eighteen too young to
have visiting cards, and II she is the
only daughter how should they be en-.
graved. A Subscriber.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

II you have been reading our de-
partment all these years you certainly
deserve to have all your questions an.
swered and invite you to come as
often as you choose.
Seems to me would run in to sec
mo daughter informally, IL you are
nelghbors; it does not pay to stand too
much on ceremony. a girl of eighteen
Is not TOO young 10 have her own cards
ana ihcy should be engraved lust
MISS smith, no initial and no name.
ms shows that She Is the only or
eldest daughter
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17
Soup Course at Dinner.

! nave the soup course in a prog.
, !, dinner party. Kindly tell me
~ soup Is the only thing included in
.nis course Or II celery, olives or bread
Win II! A Reader.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

,,. serve waters or bread sticks or the
li , dinner biscuit with the SOUP, also
oa. :. raoishes and celery II you can
get 1t small and tender.
NINE. MERRu.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

" 'd Mrs Walter Bates and
=" eAportod to reach Lake
Nrek from Illinois. where
'"n living the past year.
'Al6e Lakeland their per-
a-ajn au9 this will he
er,a' pleasure by their
Nr. Bates will BE-
ladr'Ment store of his
F l & Bates. where i,
'fi.a'ly welcomed by his
' and friends.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

& K 7 l.incbcrger has returned
i, = his old home at Mt.
He reports that the
i. trcNicndS AL the way IN
"t ind in fact. il looks like
gH3sual amount Of rain
nllhlrN.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

\ Patcot and Miss Fannie
-.s'' SIP eft today for Virginia
q .ricnds and relatives
remain there about six
''s "a Mr. poteet will return.
y l'ankenship expects TO visit
+" teh for Il time before re-
q. nne This is Mr.. Potect $
p anon IN six years, and his
''2 rust il will be a pleasant
al one.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-17

Leonard, local manager.
rui1r Telephone 90.
aHa for Tallahassee To
bearing before the rail
On in The matte. Of pro
raising telephone rates.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-04
INCREASE THE COLLEGES
Plan, for Obtaining Necessary fun"s
Made ny Conference

Anderson = c. December 81 "a 10
for obtaining 100000 u increase re
facilities OF the church colleges IN
the conference. assignment OK pastors
TO churches the coming year and the
selection OF Rock Hill. :. c. for inc
next annual meeting marked yestei ga!
final session here Of the 1872 CONFER
ence Of the South Carolina Methodist
Episcoral Church. South
The report made 10 the conference
bv the educational hoard and adop'eu
nrovided for campaign 10 OBTAIN
5000 600 for increasing the plants OF
WoNord College. Lander College anu
Columbia College. It was held una
the growth of these institutions mace
advisable an increase in their facii'ies-
Amendment Of a commissioner OF ecu
cation to prosecute the work OF raising
m fund and also TO supervise TEE
york OF the financial agents OF tns
various schools and colleges OF
conference was provided for
BISHOP John z. kilgo announced t"7
annointment Of ministries for the com
ing YEAR. Many changes In pas'ofs'es
were made
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-04
JACK OF ALL TRADES.
Senator AShurst, of Arizona. In Class
by Himself.

Washington. December As jack
of all trades. senator Henry p Ashurst,
of Arizona, is put in a class by him
self by his biogra ply. which is pub
lished in the Congressional Directory
for the new session. out Yesterday.
After recountinS that he became a
resident of Arizona when three months
old and studied business. law and po-
licical economy. the biography con-
tinued
IL. has pursued the following oc-
equations. I.umberjeck. cowboy. clerk
and cashier in store. newspaper re-
porter. hodcarrier and lawyer.
Senator Fail. e New MeNicO. whose
biography is another new feature or
the directory. is also presented as r
person % diversified employment II
is stated that he has worked on a
! farm. cattle ranch and as a miner.
The other biographies appear prac-
ticailv as they were in the last direc-
tory. published during the last session
Of Congress Although he has an
nounced that he will act as Pro
gressive" during the coming session.
Senator Poindexter Is listed as Re
publican"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-04

named. and was uncertain us to 9th
ers. qualifying his admission with the
statement that he based hts converse
tion- on rumoIs.
f. G. Gillespie was the next witness.
and nothing new was elected in MS
examination.
Both the prisoner and his wife show
the great strain upon them. the prls-
oner looking worn and broken prT-
ine the examination OF Witness Row
Ter. the prisoner was taken quite SICK.
and there was suspension Of proceed
ings for fifteen or twenty minutes, un-
I'll he recovered from the attack