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NINE. SIEGRIsT'S CHILDREN.

Louis. Tony and William siegrst, tho infant
bats. marched into Supreme Court Chambers.
yesterday morning. in the company Of Superintend-
ent Jenkins and Ocer Lundbnrg. of the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Children in obedience
TO the writ of habeas corpus sued out in their be-
half. The petitioner for the custody OF the young
lads, Nine. Marie Siegrist also early in attend
ance. escorted by Mr. A. II. Humme. her
presented by Mr.. Gibson for the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and set
forth that the Juvenile gymnasts were compelled to
perform by Marie Segrist. who not shcir
mother. but who hired them out for gain, and that
Judge Bockes, OF the supreme Court, had committed
them to the OF the society and issued warrant
for Mrs. Sicgrists arrest Mr.. Hummel stated that
his client denied the charges against her in the re-
turn and simply desired an opportunity to traverse
IL. Mr.. Gibson suggested that the traverse should
be led ut and the proceedings sent to referee
to take testimony TO the facts. Judge
Donohue cut the discussion short by adjourn
ing tho matter until Tuesday next give
Mrs. Siegrist an opportunity to answer
Matron Webb. The children seemed quite happy
aud appeared to be models OF cleanliness and good
deportment Mr. jenkins said that this not the
first time youthful acrobats going by the name of
Seigrist had been in the OF the society. Some
two years ago. he said August Scigrst had two chill
dren OF the same name who placed in the soci-
ety's charge and one of the children proved to be
the OF Mr.. Langstoin. of Hobokcn. who had been
looking for him long time. Tho society has still
in its keeping the other boy, with hopes day
of also restoring him to his parents.
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REAL ESTATE.

The following sales made at the Merchants
Salesroom on August a.
v.
A. h. rappcn. referce-ForecIosure sale OF the three
story brick dwelling, with lot i6 3xiu0lI No. 1852
East 1l7th st., s.. 5sJ. 10 Il. of Sd NV. to
n. ~.
Elliott Sandford, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sale OF one
lot, - xlOU ON Central av., O. S. JtU IT, a.. Sd
ST. West Farms to plaintiff .................... 100
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Mount is not obliged to have man cover two
posts.
All of twenty more wanted in the Nine
teenth precinct.
ONE OFFICER FOR FOUR STREETS.
The Sixteenth precinct, bounded by Fourteenth
and Twenty seventh streets and Seventh and
North river is greatly in need of more policemen.
Captain Ryan has under him sixty nine men. twenty
nine of whom do not do patrol duty. There are
three sick, i've leave of absence and seven ssde-
tailed by the Board. Twenty-eight night posts
have to be covered by twenty men. Captain Ryan
of late has had so many demands on him for men
that five policemen were several times left patrol
all the posts.
Out of standing force of seventy-one men in the
Twentieth precinct only fifty-two are compelled to
do actual service. Six away leave absence,
eight have been detailed by the Board one by the
Superintendent and one is suspended. "Yes. am
short of men, said Captain Washburn. al have
seventeen and quarter miles of streets and avenues
to but not men enough to do 1t it should be
DONE 1t Is nothing extraordinary for me to have
cover 1t with twenty men. l have seen the time
when had to cover the whole precinct with hve
men. owing to a large number of prisoners having
been taken the night previous. II l had thirty
two men to platoon instead of twenty
six could get along. Even if had full platoons
and arranged my posts as best could each man
would have over a mile to cover"
rwENTYsIx BLOCKS ONE POST
The following Is diagram of an ordinary day
post in this precinct which officer is supposed
to cover. the dotted line indicating the route
traversed:--
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THE GENITAL SYSTEM.

Mr.. Asa Stevens. chairman of the Committee on
Trade OF the New York Produce Exchange. has
ccived a communication from the Toronto Corn
Exchange Association in reply to the circular an
nouncing that the "cental system" would go into
effect here on October l. Mr.. John Stevenson. the
secretary of the association, writes that the adop
ton of tho GENITAL system was duly laid before the
Board Managers OF his organization. He says
that two years ago act was passed having
for its object the general adoption ot this
system throughout the Dominion of Canada
but it remained dead letter, and at
the last session of the House of Commons
was repealed and act passed retaining the Of
the bushc The Secretary adds that he believes and
hopes that his Board OF Managers will agitate the
question and memorabilia the government in the
matter prior to the meeting OF Parliament, and
further, that his association will be able to show
desire the part OF the business men of Canada to
use the GENITAL in place of the bushol. Another com.
munication was received from W. III. Miller,
retary or the Board of Trade of Kansas City, Mo-.
in which he states that his association ready TOGO
operate with the New York Produce ange in the
adoption OF this reform, but before taxing any ac-
ton the matter the association would like to know
what other organizations have adopted it, and what
time it is take effect in each place where u will
apply
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Sixth avenue.
Fifth avenue.
A BAD PATROL SYSTEM.

BAD PATROL SYSTEM.
Captain j. j. Ward, OF the Twenty second precinct,
is also in need of many more of the posts
In his precinct being SO long that an officer cannot
go over of them oftener than in four hours
The precinct force includes seventy-four men, but
only sixty-hve are on patrol. Three men are re-
ported sick. four leave of absence, have
been detailed by the Board. two by the Supefn-
tendent, and one Is absent without leave. Six pa
trolmen have been left in charge OF the precinct at
times when court business called other members of
the section away. The length of some OF the posts
makes IL very difficult TOR officer to get the
assistance of another in of necessity Eleventh
avenue, from Forty ysecond to Forty seventh street.
all side streets down to the river 'front.' and half
block each street toward Tenth consti
tute post.
From the remaining precincts. all of which are of
less importance than those mentioned above, the
same complaint of being short of men is made.
The Eastern and Western Steamboat Squad. which
many superior officers in the different precincts
brand useless, has its headquarters at the Central
Office under the command of Captain Gastlin.
The officer in command when the reporter called
unable to tell what the object in forming the
squad was and admitted that the river front
about as well protected before its existence.
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MR.. WHEELER'S POSITION.

PROBABILITY THAT THE MAYOR WILL ALLOW
HIM TRIAL--THE COMMISSIONERS PLEA
NO OPINION YET FROM THE CORPORATION
COUNSEL.
Police Commissioner wheelcr's ''difhculty" as it
is now called continues to be the uppermost topic
of discussion among the politicians. Mr.. wheelers
lawyers busy all day yesterday in preparing
the necessary legal documents, which will, in fact
constitute his defence. Early in the day Mayor
Cooper drafted the following comm unication and
transmitted 1t to the Board of Police. 1t will be
seen that IL is merely request for any documents.
books. papers and accounts that may be on flo in
department that relate to the Bureau of Clothing
and Equipment. The communication was handed
the Board at its meeting. and Chief Clerk Hawley
was instructed to comply with the Mayors request.
far rs lay in his power.
ExscUrivE DEPARTMENT CRY HALL.
NEw YORK, August 2 1879.
To rnE BOARD PoLicR--
which requested the BOARD Of Police furnish
by letter OF August also request the Board to
next August T. certified copies Of any resolutions or az
rections the Board OF Police In force January
1875 directing where from whom OF the force
should purchase obtain cloth other articles
ing equipment which not contained ia the minutes
mails certified copies Of aud all reports the
treasurer of the Board of Police since January l.
Rcrord also u statement of the terms upon which
purchases OF cloth article OF clothing
consignment OF such articles received by De
parmcnt of Clothing and Equipment or by any person
under the order aud authority of the Board OF Police aud
n OF the terms upon which sales OF cloth or
other articles OF equipment have been made by through
"%d %s Se or aSsos Of the on roe '"
quest that Dookkccper other officer employt of
Of the Department OF Poiicc confainnr the entries re.
lating " The receipts or DISBURSEMENT VI money Wy VI
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FURNITURE

FURNITURE.
Al FURNITURE,
Al Carpets,
and Bedding
the easiest terms yet offered.
Read scale of payments
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A.-Extreme onds of post.

A--EXtreme onds OF post.
THAT "TENDERLoIN STEAK"
The reporter found Captain Williams seated in his
private room in tho Twenty ninth precinct station
house. 81 have always been short of men," said
the Captain. IL am fifteen men less than the num-
ber allowed me- and the number allowed is not
enough to do the work of the precinct have one
SICK on leave OF absence and five detailed by
the Board and detailed by the Superintendent.
My total force should be 1T men. If had ten moro
men could get along very nicely but even then the
posts would be too long Look ut the post in which
the Hull mansion Is situated Why, that officer
might have been mile away from the house at the
time and yet been conscientiously performing his
duty"
The following is a diagram of the post including
the Hull mansion. The star (*) shows the location
of the house and the letter "R where the officer
said to have been at about five minutes after twelve
o'clock. Cox, the self-confessed murderer of Mrs.
Hull having entered through the front window
twenty minutes before:-
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Since 1871 there have been annual reports. but
quarterly reports printed in the CITY Record.
That ending March 81 of the present year showed
12s persons committed ana l25 discharged. The ag-
gregate number of days passed in detention
1866. Five thousand ii We hundred aud ninety eight
meals were furnished in that time at cost OF
Sl.3y9 So The longest case of confinement was that
of Peter Thompson who Witnessed u felonious as
sault He committed December IL. 1875 and
released March II, 1879.
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OFFICIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.


The following is a statement showing the real es-
tate transactions recorded in the Registers Office
August =, 1875
l:s2d ST.. =, 375 IT, Q. of 9Th av., 5ox.D II; w
Fighter and wife to Harriet Archer. $500
9th s., l5O.7s II. of roth St l6 sxi 75 Ed
ward H. Lyman wife to David bows ,....... $500
1l3th St, n. s., 223 II. W. of I'd 56 x35 Tx ir-
regular; Margaret Cannely to Daniel Mullen. 1900
0berndorfcr aud wife to Esa McManus ....... 10000
Vineyard place, O. e., 10 II. n. OF Paramount av.,
25xs7; Sarah =. :. Sturges 10 Luisa A. Dugsu. 500
Fordham av.. s., 3625 II. n OF 1Usth st. OK lN5x
irregular; Johnes referee TO David jones. 5000
B Harrison referee) to Alfred Dickinson. 800
47th st..s -. 14l.3an IT, W. OF broadway, l65isx
1885, Edward r McCrea administrator TO limo
Austin Gibbons aud wife to Pairck Corscaden" " 10000
Baxter st., W. g., AGA IT, s. OF Hester St, i7.2x725x
Irregular; Oliver d. Taylor and wife to Mary V.
RrcoRpsp moRre AGES
Cochran, Annie and husband, to Thomas Mills, n.s.
of 10th St. .. OF 9TH ayi months ;....,... $3.50
Genet Mariana and husband. to A Beekman ttrus-
tee, Acl OF l24th ST. o. OF 6th av years. 5000
Laor, Johanna and husband, TO Charles X farft.
Of iuth st, Q. OF 4th av months ....... 0Oo0
Nee arthy, Julia aud Mary A, TO James iadds,
of SD ST., OF 10Th av years ............. 1000
Miller. James II. aud wife, to A. \ Underhll tcxec-
utor, &c of seth St, W. of LIST av. years. 5000
Same TO William w Underhill executor &c.). same -
schabbehsr y. W. and wife 20 the German savings
Bank y OF 37th ST. OF gth av year........ 1900
Spoetts, Julius !, TO Maria Ryder n s. of li3th ST.,
RECORDED AssiGSxFNrs or woRro,ors
Bcrghaus Alex, to Helena Curtiss .'.e..... sio2l
Dash Bowic 10 NJ Helena Cnriss .............. 5!2e
Thompson Gilbert to John NJ. Young ....... 10000
Union Dime Savings Institution to 1heo. T.
Young John M 10 Cornelius Rose ............ 1000
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BUSINESS TROUBLES.

Gustav Berge. dealer in supplies made assign
mcnt yesterday to John Borge. with preference Of
5000 to J. 4 II. Berge.
The following assignments have also been made,
the liabilities in each instance being comparative
small Thomas c. Cricntop, of Crichton " Co.,
printers, 90 william II. Crichton; J. u. O O'Brien,
liquors, to M. j. Loesney; s. j. Albright, veneers, to
n. A. snow, with preferences of Sy6A %.
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ss.s.At - ~
my &c" Me s"oa an 'eis siene, mother.
IN Nio susun'n years.
And swayed by hopes and fear,.
Alone you spend the bours or .un.bine
Clouds. storms and rloomv night.
With all the future yeiled so closely.
And all the past in sixht.
,ou ..so " s.anqu'l "in". "o'nef'
p... ... - .''ou .o"''
P o. ""'
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boat, and In the cabin, I need not now
explain
No. said I sall is made clear by
the doinxs Of this night
'Exsctly 90, said he. And he con-
tinued: Il had performed as ventril-
oqnest in most large cities and towns
In Europe before you knew me; bnt.
becoming somewhat restless in my
habits and having squandered all my
earnings in q fit Of restlessness 1 took
to tho sea, and, in the capacity Of =
sailor found my way to Puget Sound.
But had not in me the stuff Of which
sallors are made; 80. after my adven-
lures on board the Niger, I went back
to my old profession, in which have
done well. Ny wild oats are all sown,
I-hope; and, having learned wisdom
by bitter experience, / shall stick to
that line of life for which have ca
pscity-a better thing than splicing
old ropes or taking in topsail reefs on
. blowing night
~ should think so,' said. But you
nearly killed the captain With fright,
whilst you caused us many . heart
achs1t your supposed loss,
For the latter / am sorry, returned
Chester. Bat I cannot say that
pitied the captain. His cruelty to me
WAS terrible, and he would possibly
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put the beefsteak pie on the head OF
the begssr-maid, and they were happy
as bees in tho clover.
'Oh, Jerryp cried little Nay-'hew
fnnny-a beefsteak pie ON the headp
What7 he cried, in surprise. 4Oh.
l mean . cr0scn.
Nay told father about It whoa he
camo home, and he laughed and said
no was SO hungry he would much
rather have . beefsteak pie just then
than any crown. And he praised
Jerry's cooking till tho boy felt quite
repaid for It all. He Aad boon sick
one day. and sitting about with . book
in his hand. he learned how to make
that one dish. He was not very cor.
tain about anything else. However,
he managed pretty well. There were
. few failures, of course, and ono very
hard day, when Tot was sick and
would be nursed all day. Bot at last
father announced from . bit Of ! note
he held in his hand:
Mother is coming to-norrow, and
her axea are all right.
Jerry could sc1rcsIy ueup Iur Joy
that night. He was up betimes to get
the house in order; mother must NOT
ind things In . muss. Then Tot and
May were washed and dressed, the
house door locked, and they started to
walk little way down the road to
catch the drst glimpse Of the stage.
Tot could not 60 fast enough, 90 Jer-
~ set him on his shoulder, and there
hey stood watching-little Nay, half
frightened at the horses, timi1ly cling
ing to her brother; while the great
Key Of the cottage.door, hanging in
'front.' Of jerry, showed that he was
The housekeeper.
What = Joy to the poor woman,who
vas peering anxiously out = sse all
her little ones, safe and we'll, waiting
'or her. She looked about her little
nome with . new joy and thankful
less /; and when jerry brought her .
;up Of tea be had made, she kissed him
gain and said: NY darling beylI
believe you have made half the cure;
or the doctor said I could meyer get
better IL my mind was not easy, and
'ou have been real heart's-ease to
1our mothers heart-[Sunday Maya
.ine.
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A GLASS of whiskey soils for . dime
aud is drank in . minute 1t fires the
brain, and deranges and weaksns the
physical system. On tho Same table
lies newspaper. 1t 10 covered with
half million types; it brings intslli-
gence from the four quarters Of the
globe. The newspaper costs lees than
one-half the glass Of grog; bat Il II
none tho less true that there il = large
number of people who think whisky
cheap and newspapers dear.
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A PHiLADELPHIA ice-dea1er has
been prosecuted and fined for deliv-
ering ice on Sunday morning. Tho
clergy of the Quaker city have deter.
mined to combat the dangerous lager
soil doctrine by reducing the question
of hell 10 certainty. This 10 pro-
gress.
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TIE assertion made under oath by
Mr.. Cyrus W. Field that he hadn't any
personal property taxable in New
York has led to newspaper investiga-
ton Of the millionaire pauper list Of
the metropolis. August Belmont, as
ssssed for $250.O00. took the poor
mans oath. None Of the Lorillards,
the extens,ve manufacturers Of cigars
and race horses, has penny. John
Roach, the subsidy hunting shipholdsr,
is, to. the gatherer Of personal tax. -
poor - . church mouse. Not mem-
Der of the Board Of Aldermen except
one has . stiysr. and lots Of rsputed
rich men haven't penny upoa which
the city can raise any revenue. Peter
Cooper pays on personal property OF
$4,000; the Mayor, his son, On 432.-
600. Samuel J. Tilden is down. for
$4,000. As trustee. John Jacob AZ.
tor pays ON $1,000, 600 Of personal
property, James Lennox on 81 100000.
Moses Taylor on s., SOC. 900, Peter Co.
let ON 81, ,O00, 600, e. D. Morgan on
$4,000.
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A Los ANeELos boy has . new tdea
of the refrain. Being asked in Sun
day school what 10 tho meaning Of
Selah, he replied that Il Wa ~ an-
cient for Who's, Emma.
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JERRH,s HoUsEKEEPINa.


Mrs. 6locum sst down suddenly
and dropped the work she had been
holding to the window for light. +It's
no nee, y. she said, with, . burst Of
tears; "Pm going blind; aud what.
sver's to become of you ali, l don't
knowl
Jerry was bringing in pail of wa
ter when che said this, and little Tot
and May stood In amaxement. It was
90 odd to see mother cry, and they
were too young to understand.
But Jerry was not. He sprang to
his mothers side.
sOh. why don't you 60 to that place
in the city where they have the best
doctors, and cure yen for nothing,
mother dearl 1t may be something
that can be cured right mp, if you take
it in time
And what would you do? and
who'd get fathers meals 2 che asked.
No, no! it's Gods will, aud I must
just submit. Perhaps I'll learn to go
about when he takes my sight, and
do some sort Of blind work, like bas.
ket-making, or such.
But ut the thought the active wo-
man burst into q fresh sobbing, that
made Jerry's heart ache.
Mother he said, Just trust me.
know l could cook pretty well. and
father wouldn't be 90 particular. for
time, IL 1t was to get your sight back.
I'D never leave little little Tot aud
May. They only eat bread and milk,
90 that wouldn't be hard and I'd try
to wash 'em and keep 'em as you do.
l am sure could do it.
Your such steady boy. Jerry,
am good mind to try said Mrs.
Slocum, with q gleam OF hope. Il
dare say God would not want me to
give right up without try. 1t is al
ways his way to help them that help
themselves.
Do. do, mother; talk to fatheO
about it. am sure he will say co.
cried Jerry.
And of course Mr.. Slocum did say
sgo,' when he was consulted. and Jer.
~ felt proud to hear him s.y. Our
jerry is . boy that can be trusted;
and what matter what 1 eat for . week
or 90, whore your sight is concerned.
II we were not 90 poor. We might
hire woman to come in; but
= I know-we can scarcely spare the
money for the trip cried his wife.
Ono good thing,I can stay with Cous-
in Martha, and board will be nothing.
So, tho next day Mrs. Slocum left,
with many kisses from them, and
from Jerry.
DO not cry, mother he whispered /;
1t will hurt your eyes.'
And she wiped her poor eyes, and
thank God che had such son.
Itwas rather odd to see Jerry with
, towel tucked about his neck, wash
ipg the dishes, and Joe Braddon, who
Was out for . day's nutting. hooted
at the eight.
Hsao, Melils coddieF no cried
iet me PIN . ioisncioth to your jacket,
And you Will have tho correct uniform.
Come along the coestnots Are just
dropping in Burnes' wood. l am go-
ing to have day of 1t!
Caot-l4 am nousekeoper! SAID
Jerry. with n smile.
sOh, bother the brats-bring them |
llongl
mo indeed answered Jerry, stur-
lilly I'VE have got lots Of work to do
o-day, haven't we, May?-a beef
teak pie to make for one thing-that
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sELF.coLoRED Pl1oroGnAras.

C0Ak eOV1VAH E1AV1O6AAk A4Ds
Many attempts to fix the native hues
of objects by photography have been
made hitherto, bat all have failed. II
10 An etching Of light and shade, rath-
er than painting (which the sun gives.
Nevertheless, the climax to which all
photographers are working is . means
of producing sun.pictures which shall
faithfully represent nature in all her
varied livery of color. Toward this
goal an important step has recently
been maae by N. Cros, who, by COM
bining three separate negatives of the
same object. taken with different COM
ponents of the solar light, has managed
to produce resultant portrait having
all the tints Of the original. One neg
alive is taken with the light reflected
from the object deprived OF its green
rays by being filtered through . solu-
ton Of nitrate Of nickel, the second il
taken with the light deprived Of lts
orange rays by being altered through
. 1nsASOAO O1 OuSOh10O VI OVO0lts anu
the third is taken with the light de-
prived Of lite violet rays by being fl
tered through solution of bichro-
mate of potash. Tho frat negative 10,
therefore, not impressed by the green
rays coming from the object, the Soc
ond is not impressed by the orange
pava and The fhsr6 - mn = fFanka6 h~ The
violet rays. II, then, each of these
negatives be Illuminated by the kind
Of light which it has been deprived OF,
the lacking colors will be restored to
each, and II the three images 20 OBJ
tanned be blended together, BY means
of total rejecting prisms Of glass, .
resultant image Of the object in its
natural colors will be obtained.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-20
AzHsuHsEzEzT ExSnaslEARHl
A Popular Candidate isfsSlts Esvsrl
Nj. LIE Sic Nj

Desires the woRLD 10 kno that the largest
assortment OF goods, OF alliuda, ever exhio'
lied 10 She County Of Mile can be found at
his mammoth Aiore in TunmbiA.
The variety and elegase OF HE immense
stuck "a now the leading hbisct Win every
body. Having made his prctases before the
recent rise IN prices, ah paid cash TOR nts
goods, hs Il able 20 20, AMI 70 selling ~
prices astoundingiy low.
The crowd and rushof customers keeps
himeelt and Davs busy -fom eally morn WI
hewy ave. every day. an 81 go home satis-
asd; rsioining 10 their harris that N, LKsrA
Il still among them Will his 80 years expeTi
ence, and thorough knofledge ofthslr want
and needs.
His present stock 4 uuantity y immense
he Il pleased and D Ond 3 gay y ths best, W
| hest, most suitable and assonnole ever paior
exhibited 10 the eOuuty, and 70 quA'ty 2
goods and prices he can Confidently Say y
deaes cDmpetition.
N LSsEM you'd say 20 al, old aud younl
come and sos biz immenss stock and rxamii
his low prices. D. n0t bay e-ee@hera uni
you give him 3 call, be seeuFos You you ~
saye many = dime and dollar BY doing 90.