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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

then with a stick he gently cracked the
shells
Vow. friends said Neddie. speaking
almost like a magician, Il viii say the
magical word, Simply snoopy.Loop-the
loopy' and the trick is done I viii
now put my paw in Uncle Wiggily's
hat and instead Of eggs ] viii take out
lOllypops Behold
Neddie put in his paw. but he did not
take any lollypOps out Of the tall SILK
hat Instead there was heard a funny
little nOise-
And before Neddie could do anything
out Of the hat Topped six cute. downy
little chickens Oh, how cute they
were,
why. look cried everybody Look!
Look
Neddie. in surprise Il thought sure
I'd turn the eggs into lollypOps. The
elephant did"
I guess he only made believe do it,"
said Uncle Wiggily, as he emptied the
egg shells out Of his hat But you can
really turn eggs into little chickens.
Neddie, and that's what you did OF
course. the chickens were in the eggs
az the while. Just ready 70 come out
as soon as you cracked the shells But
it is a wonderful trick, anyhow, and
you did IL very nicely
1 think so myself And then, TO END
up Needless little show, Uncle Wiggilf
went TO the candy store, where he diG
the trick Of turning some pennies into
lollypops. which is a trick you can
easily do yourself I think. And IL
the tea kettle doesn't blow talcum
powder in the ear Of corn and make IT
sneeze. I'll tell you next about Mamie
Wagtail and Uncle Wiggily's handker-
chief Copyright. 1915, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate-)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
"Neddie Stubtail and Uncle Wiggiy's Hat"
By HOWARD B. GARIS.

"A magicianl" cried Neddie- whats
that? Something good to eat2'
No. indeed" laughed ssammie. wig
Cling his ears a magician is an ele-
phant gentleman that does tricks. He
takes eggs out OF your eye ana makes
a little boy come out of a hat Then
he lights a candle and makes 1t turn
into a piece Of chewing gum
Say. that viii be fun" cried Neddie
"Of course, I'm goingE
There was great excitement IN AMI
NAL land when the day for the magl-
clan elephant gentleman's show came
Every one who could crowded into the
hollow stump school There were no
lessons that afternoon, as the lady
mouse teacher wanted every one TO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

L. 4 RE you goingZ' asked Sammie
"A LIttletail.- the rabbit boy. Of
L l. Neddie Stubtail, the bear
chap, one day
Going whereg~ asked Neddie, as he
came out Of his hollow log house
Going TO the show answered sam
ME, while he ate a piece Of carrot
covered with molasses candy and gave
Neddie a bit There's going to be
nice show in our hollow stump school"
went on the boy rabbit The lady
mouse teacher wants &c get enough
money to buy a new piano. so she made
up this show. a magician is coming"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

Paso could not have seen the football
game between the high school and the
New Mexico Aggies,' said NJ H. GrlI-
fifth.
1T was a really good game IN every
r,sr+fcr1ar and worth tns watching. II
the townspeOple of FL PasO would give
the high school team the proper sup
mort in their athletics the school could
have some classy games here Tor the
public to see. The Ell Paso high school
belongs to the people Of the city ana
the children of FL Paso citizens attend
the school, so why not take greater
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

come. buying a ticket so she would
have money for a new piano
And such good times as the animal
children had, And such tricks as that
elephant magician did He held up his
trunk and his front paws. and you
could see, as plainly rs anything. theL
he had nothing in them Then ne
would put his trunk down IN Ne0dle
Stubtairs pocket and pull Up ap--sce
cream cone
How did he do it, RJe4se don't ask
me, for ] don't know / only know ne
did it. And then he borrowed Uncle
WiggiIy's tall silk hat, the magician
did. and showed that Chere wasn't a
thing in II except the lining But sud
denly the elephant put in MS trunk and
made a little boy come out Of Uncle
WigEly's hat
Real men Musicians. YOU know. make
live rabbits come out Of tall silk hats.
so I don't see why 7 can't have an ele-
plant magician make little boy ap-
pear Anyhow, I'm going TO - II
I wish I had time to tell you all the
magical tricks done at the hollow
stump school that day. III Just men
ton one more Again taking Uncle
WiEEilys hat. the magician asked Ned
die Stubtail, the little bear boy, TO
I wiz now put some eggs in Uncle
Wiggily's hat" said the elephant, and
change them into lollypops, one Tor
each Of you little animals.
they were real loIlypops. too, for Susie
LittIetail the rabbit girl, told me hers
was favored with rose leaves
Well. Of course. after the show
every one was talking about how Won
derful il was. especially the last trick
But Neddie Stubtail said:
Pooh. il wasn't so Wonderful-that
last trick. ] stood right near him and
I saw how he did IL. II I had some
eggs and Uncle Wiggily's hat 1 could
do that trick myself"
@Oht I don't believe you can, said
Reclzie. who was Needless sister
Yes. I cam" cried Neddies pulling
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

Some Arizona papers, noting governor Hunts
espousa Of the Of the CliftOnMorenc strikers
gain the impression that the governor Is thus going
into training to give Henry F. Ashurst the Of his
life for the United States senate The gray eagle Of
the San Francisco peaks" is himself little cham
pion of the "downtrodden" workingman.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07
Riley S Birthday

years he came into this world Of voeJa7 Witt
conbRi he who's toled has frightened
many sunless sOOhed for the weary Just qmpty even
he his
the
all Hooser
fadeBoOth
andn If
him be they'd
BANQUET ogreat
of mild Obliged
away this wireless to him. God bless
and l keep dear s old old 5 ADAMS Newspaper service, WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07
100000 Road Bond Issue Should Carry;
Tax Rate Was Reduced With This In View
No. Ia - the sehool students

interest in what the school students
do?"
The san Diego fair was so much less
like an exposition and so much more
like one was a visitor in delightful
city. that / much preferred II 10 the
SAN Francisco exposition" said Mrs
Charles Garlick. All expeditions are
more or less similar in the general
wav but the san Diego exposition was
able to have an altogether unique
spirit that gave it a decided charm %
its own"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07
DR. JOHN DYsART REMANDED
To JAIL BY L. - COMMISSIONS

Because he was unable to give a bond
OF $1,000 in the Unitgd States commits
sioner's court. Dr. John Dysart was re-
handed TO the county Jail Wednesday
afternoon by L. s. commissioner George
3. oliver.
DR.. Dysart was charged with unlaws
fully having and dispensing narcotics
in violation Of the Harrison law His
case viii be investigated by the present
federal court grand jury.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

Count Won Bernstorf congratulaes the United States
on its diplomatic victory in the Arabic case thus show
ing himself graceful diplomat and good loser. Now
up the president and secretary Lansing to hold
conversation with England whose sins have been as
fragrant barring loss Of life, as those Of Germany.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

To the new art as shown in some Of our smart mag
aznes we are indebted for of the freakish and
inane pictures of alleged and men the world
ever saw It is ascribed to the foreign artistic in
uence That being the case the foreign artistic brain
must be well picked in a5sinthe
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

the bark off a tree with his sharp
claws and listening to how loud II
sounded But il was soft bark, and
hardly made any nOise-nOt nearly as
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

the war to consist in the further development Of the
social democracy which she has taken the lead among
natous-not in a form of despotism which some Of her
enemies assert is the genius Of her material successes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

Our best men are the motor trucks Of humanity
built for strength and pulling power, rather than for
gracefulness and speed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

FL Paso is one of the busiest, haPpies cities in the
United States, and prosperity Is not based war
orders which may end any minute
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

The federal building or the harbor you want for
vour own congressional district is always dire public
necessity Those the other congressman want are Just
pork"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07
By GEORGE FITCk

was a very poor and struggling col
lege and had a president named Marx
Hopkins and a student named James
A. Garfield Garfield made Williams
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

The French think they may see the end Of the war
more clearly If they capture Lens.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07

7 an sorry that everyOps in FL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-07
Ell PASO HERALD

controlling has directed The He
J.. c Is Manager and C. A. Martin is New
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
STEAMER MINNESOTA
IN TROUBLE AT SEA

San Francisco, Dec. 6.-The Hill
steamship Minnesota, largest freight
vessel flying the American flag, is in
trouble 700 miles out on her trip to
Liverpool, loaded with foodstuffs for
the allies.
A steamer and tug have gone to
the assistance OF the Minnesota,
which reports by wireless that her
machinery is disabled. Trouble with
members of the crew is intimated.
Shortly after the ship left Seattle
recently wireless messages from her
said spies were aboard and that they
had threatened that the vessel never
would reach Liverpool. II is thought
these alleged spies may be enemies
OF the allies, included among the new
crew taken on board before leaving
Seattle.
1t Is said the Minnesota was TO have
been sold in Liverpool
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
SAID BARS ARE UP
AGAINST WHITLOCK

London, Dec. 6-The Amsterdam
correspondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph company sends the following
"Advices from Rozendaal. Holland.
state that Belgian newspapers under
the German censorship have been or
dered to announce that Brand Whit
lock, United States minister to Bel
gium, will not return to Brussels. The
news has been received with conster-
nation throughout Belgium.
ut is believed that General Won
Bissing, governor general of Belgium,
desired to have Mr. Whitlock ousted
and that he is also pressing for the
immediate removal of the American
and Spanish legations from Brussels
to Havre, where the Belgian govern
ment is"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06

Sioux City, Dec. Usual Satur-
day conditions existed in the cattle
trade. Supply was limited and prices
held steady. Receipts this week have
been liberal, total for the six-day pc
riod being 5000 heavier than last
week and 5000 over the correspond
ing time year ago.
A bigger proportion of the run has
been in killing grades and this deter
mined the course which the trade
took TO considerable extent, making
due allowances of outside news.
Easier tendencies were apparent
from the outset and at the close of
business this week most sellers figure
warmed up steers 15Q25c lower.
while she stuff is 10 a 15c down.
Western range cattle were in light
supply and market on them ruled
fully steady.
Market for stock cattle has been
irregular, right good light grades,
both sexes, selling to slightly better
advantage, while plain. heavy classG
have been a sluggish sale and are
weak A fair clearance is reported
for the week by dealers.
Prices ruling for hogs today aver
aged a nickel lower. Supplies for
the week have shown expansion and
the cost today shows decline of
about nickel with that of a week
ago Top for the day landed at $6, As
while $625 a. $40 caught the bulk of
the transactions.
Sheep house trade during the week
has been highly satisfactory TO the
selling crowd. Prices for all grades
suitable to go TO packers show
strength.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06

ENPRngS ALEXANDRA As RED CROSS NURSE
summer palace of the car is located.
10 credited the relief which has come
to her mentally.
The cxarina and the grand duchesses
took thorough course In training In
the care Of the wounded soldiers. The
cxarina threw herself into the organ
i1ation Of the hospital with enthusiasm
and had 1t equipped in the most per-
feet manner.
II was placed under the direction OF
the Princess Gedroyc, one OF the high
est nobility and who has won a ma
tional reputation In Russia as one of
the foremost women doctors. The
cxarina, with her daughters, works at
the hospital every day from 0 a. m. to
2p. m. and often later.
So impressed are they with the seri-
BUSINESS and the humanity OF their
services that they often return I'm the
evenings, and when they have danger
ously wounded patients they stay all
night The czarina has also equipped
a bath train and presented it to the
SOLDIERS IN the Held.
The court hospital has accommoda-
tions for 200 soldiers and thirty off,
GERS. The regular nurses uniform
which the royal nurses wear is made
Of white with red cross on the left
arm. The example of the czarina and
her daughters has induced many wom-
en- Of the Russian nobility to devote
themselves to Red Cross work.
Some Of them have turned over their
residences In Petrograd as well as their
estates In the country to the soldiers
for hospitals. The Grand Duchess Olga
Is twenty years old and her sister.
Tatiana, seventeen. Both Of them
have been gazetted colonels OF two
crack cavalry regiments in their ia
theirs service.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
INCREASED TO SlOO, 900, 900


Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 6.-The Canadian
domestic war loan has been increased
was announced by Hon. w. T. White,
minister OF finance, who had previous
ly announced that subscriptions TO the
loan had more than doubled the
amount desired.
Subscriptions to the advertised loan
of $50, ,000,00 now. are more than $106,-
100000
The decision to sell the $100,000,000
worth of bonds was reached at con
ference between Mr. White and large
bidders and chartered banks Agents
of the chartered banks applied for
$25, 600 900 worth of bonds.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
Lord Derby Calls on All Britons Of
Military Ace

London, Dec. 6.-In an appeal ad-
dressed to "all men of military age
in the United Kingdom" Lord Derby,
director of recruiting, says the re.
cruiting campaign is coming to an
end, and by Dec. IL we shall know
whether the men OF the United King
dom between the ages of nineteen
and forty are prepared to give the
army the forces it requires"
The appeal concludes by urging
every eligible man to join the army
and show his country that he puts
her interests before his own; to show
the world, allies, neutrals and enc
mics alike, that there are hundreds
of thousands of her citizens who are
ready to fight for her"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
TAKE CARE OF THAT ITCHING!
ALE ITCHING BORDERS OH ECZEMA

Do you regard that Itching as Sc
rious thing? 1t is. Unless you begin
to fight 1t with DIR. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment, the disease is likely to cling
on for months and years. Scores of
grateful users say: why did we waste
those months and years in agony when
so tested remedy was on the market?'
This ointment is no experiment; 1t is
absolutely healing in it's power. Do not
allow it to become serious. Buy box
today to fight the beginnings of eczema.
so cents q box.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
PIONEER IN NEED.
Discoversr of FinIayson River Files Ap-
pIication For Pension.

Seattle.-John Finlayson, aged 1903.
discoverer of Finlayson river and Fin
layson lake, in Yukon territory, has
applied to the board of trustees Of the
Pioneers home at Sitka, Alaska, for a
pension under the Alaska territorial
law providing for aged pioneers.
Finlayson prospected and mined gold
In California and Oregon until he was
sixty-six years old. then went to Brit
ssh Columbia and Yukon territory and
explored large areas into which white
men had never penetrated.
He retired with what he supposed
would be enough money to care for
him all his life, but had not expected
to attain such a great age. and the
years have now exhausted his hoard.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
TAKING SHIPS TO ENGLAND
American Vessels Will Be Given Into
Prize Court.

London, Dec 6.-The British gov
ernment, it is confirmed in official
quarters, has requisitioned the steam
ships Hooking and Genesee of the
American Transatlantic Steamship
company, but this action. it is added,
in of only a temporary character and
no procedure is contemplated which
will prevent the restoration of the
ships to the company in the event that
the actions of the prize court are
llnsuccpSgful
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06

West Palm Beach, Fla.--The ashes
Of A. Niuomiya. japanese who died
here several days ago. have been start
ed for japan by parcel post. Shortly
before his death Ninomiya requested
that his body be cremated and the
ashes sent to Ehima. Japan. where he
was born. The ashes were placed In
natal receptacle. which was hertneti-
nnlly soaIod.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
FINDS DIET CURES CANCER.
London Doctor Reports Seven Complets
Recoveriss With Natures Aid.

London. - Seven patients suffering
from cancer have been completely
cured by assisting natures efforts"
according to Or. Robert Bell. head of
the cancer research department of the
Battersea Genera hospital.
I'VE have" DR.. Bell recently said,
been able to demonstrate beyond
doubt that the healing power OF ma
ture, II sufficiently assisted by regu-
lating the diet regimen Of patients,
together with the administration of
therapeutic agents, has proved In many
instances quite competent not only to
overcome the disease, but to bring
about complete recovery"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
South ST. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, Dec. Cattle
Receipts, $500 steers, s37569 90; /;
cows and heifers. $425m600; calves,
s3.75m925; stockers and feeders, $4-
00m7.00 Hogs Receipts, 18,200;
range. $5.S5n6.40. Sheep-Receipts
1900; lambs, $3,00mS.50; wethers,
s475@5.75; ewes, s2.50G5.25.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
PROBE HOUSEWIVES LEAGUE
New York Attorney General Has Or
dered an Investigation.

New York, Dec. 6.-Attorney Gen
eral Woodbury. has issued orders for
preliminary investigation of the af
fairs of the National Housewives
league, OF which Mrs. Julian Heath is
the founder and president Individual
members of the league in New Jersey
and New York petitioned for the in
quiry.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
Care Of Soldiers Cures Her Of
Melancholy.
JOY IN IMPERIAL HOME.
Fear Which Was Held In Close In
tirnaciss of Court Circles That She
Was Drifting Into Hopeless Insanity
Now Disqualification Two Daughters
Also Are Actively Engaged.

Petrograd.--If the war has brought
unspeakable horror to the Russian peo-
pie 1t has also brought comfort TO the
imperial household OF the czar. Prior
to the war it was no secret that the
czarina suffered from IA marked form
OF melancholia with other mental pc
culiarities. The fear was held In the
close intimacies of court circles that
she was drifting into hopeless insanity.
But since the czarina and her two
daughters, the Grand Duchess Olga
and the Grand Duchess Tatiana. have
entered actively into their work as
Red Cross nurses the word has gone
throughout all the Russias that the
mental sickness Of the czarina has
been cured
To her constant and self sacrificing
labors In the court hospital at Tsars-
koe Selo. the village where the famous
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06

Careful people see that thev are stop
ped DIR. Kings New Discovery is a
remedy of tried merit. 1t has held its
own on the market for forty-six years.
Youth and old age testify to tits soothing
and healing qualities. Pneumonia and
lung troubles are often caused by delay
oftreatment Dr. Kings New Discovery
stops those hacking coughs and relieves
lagrippe tendencies. Money back If II
fails. SO cents and 81
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06

Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. Edward
B. Trafton, on trial in the United
States district court here on the
charge OF robbing twenty stage
coaches in the Yellowstone national
park July "a. 1914. was found guilty
The jury was out less than thirty min
utes
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06

You will find DIR. Kings New Life
Pills a most satisfactory laxative in re-
leasing the poisons from your system.
Accumulated waste and poisons cause
manifold ailments unles sreleased. Dir
ziness, spots before the eyes, blackheads
and a miserable feeling generally are
indications that you need DIR. Kings
New Life Pills. Take a dose tonight
and you will experience grateful relief
by morning. 25 cents
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis, Dec. Wheat--Dec..
$106as; May, s1091s Cash close on
track No. hard $111A No | North.
ern, S107a n 1.09A; No 2 Northern,
S1.03% h106t4; No. 3 Northern,
1914 c6s102A; No. yellow corn,
7thG7ahc; No 3 white oats, $50
39hc lax, s2.03.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
TAILOR SAYS, ..mosr DEL1aHrruL."

Most tailors suffer from constipation.
G. w. Robinson. Wichita Falls, Tex.
says: II find Foley Cathartic Tablets
the most delightful, cleansing cathartic
/ have ever taken" They keep the
stomach sweet and liver active. and
drive away biliousness, bloating, head
ache. dullness and other results of clog
ged bowels. Sold everywhere.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, Dec. 4.-Cattle - Steers
s5.60@10.55:~-co and heifers, $2.65
96.25; calves, $650@10.50. Hogs
Light $5S06670; mixed, s6.10Q7.00;
heavy, $6.35@7.O0; rough, $6.3506.55;
pigs, $4.00@5.70. Sheep-Native, So.
000650; lambs, $7.00@9.10.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
st. Paul Grain.

St Paul, Dec. 4.-Wheat-No.
Northern, $1.O7A91.11 No. North
ern, $l03A @106A; No. Q Montana
hard. $105A Q1.07A; corn, 71hG
72hc; oats. 39Q39hc; barley, $50
&C; rye, sOh0s2hc: fax, $2.OS.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Dec. 4.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. hard, $l.10&; No.
Northern, $1.09&; No. Q Northern,
$1.05&. Flax-On track and to ar
rive. $2O2R.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06

Senator James p Clarke of Arkan-
sas was chosen for president pro tenn
by the Democratic caucus. Senator
Clarke defeated Senator Pomerene of
Ohio after spirited contest The
vote was % to %.
Senator Pomerene was supported by
members who urged that the Arkan-
sas senator should not be reelected
because of his revolt against the ship
purchase bill at the last session.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06

Plans for the enforcement Of Yuan
Shi kai are being made in spite Of
the Joint request of Japan, Russia
and England that the abandonment of
the republic be delayed.
Already ten of the twenty-one prov
inces OF China have cast their unani-
nous vote for the monarchy and have
designated Yuan Shi Kai as their
choice of emperor. While Yuan Shi
Kai has repeatedly denied government
manipulation of the monarchial
scheme evidences of his handiwork
are to be seen on every side.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-06
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Dec 4.-Wheat-Dec., ST.
11h; May. $1.13h. Corn-Dec.. 66%c;
May, 69Nc. Oats-Dec., 42Ac; May,
45c. Pork--Dec., $3.50; jan, ST.
92lA; May. $3.50. Butter-Creamer.