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Sharp County record., 1885-06-04
FIVE NOTES OUT OF FOUR.
New Device of Rascais to Cheat the Gov
ernment.


Homer Lee, of the Homer Lee Bank
Note Company, talking with Tribune
reporter recently, remarked that there
are no Government issues of paper cur
rency or money from which the red
numbers can not be removed by chem
icals except the postal notes. This is
one of the reasons why it is possible,
under the law making any fragment OF
a note over three-ffths redeemable at
its full value, for rascalS to make five
notes out of four. That was recently
accomplished here and the Treasury
cheated out of one hundred dollars,
though the process is not generally
known. The old way was to take tlve
notes and to cut each one in two pieces
straight across the face. The cuts on
the different notes would be represented
by these lines:
Sharp County record., 1885-06-04
A LITTLE BOYS SERMON
BERTHE Blynn's Way of Preaching from
Text: IL Keep My Body Under

BERTHE Blynn's Way of Preaching from
Text: IL Keep My Body Under
Sermons are not very attracfR
you, and you always skip" themh
Christian Union, even if very good
mons are preached in its columns
time you will read sermon becaus
is, even if it was found in a newsp
a true story. This must be sen
because it has a text: 81 keep nv
under. "
Little BERTHE Blynn had Just fni
his dinner. He was in the cozy liba
keeping still for a few minutes after
ing, according to his mothers rule
got it from the family doctor, su
good rule it is. Bertie was sittingh
own rocking-chair before the pleas
CRATE fire. He had in his hand two
apples-a rich red and green.
father sat at a window reading a M
paper. Presently he heard the d
say: Thank you, little master D.
ping his paper he said; 4 thought
were alone, Bertie. Who was here
now?' Nobody, papa, only you
L. Didn'tyou say just now: TIN
you, little master?"' The child did,
answer at first, but laughed
laugh. Soon he said: I'm di
you'll laugh at me if | tell you, pap
Well. you have just laughed and v
mayn't I?' But | mean you'll m
fun of me. No, won't make fun
you; but perhaps Ill have fun VI
you. That will help us digest our m
beef. I'll tell you about it, papa
had eaten my red apple and wanted
eat the green one, too. Just thal
remembered something | Learned
school about eating, and thought Z
big apple was enough. My stomaChT
be glad if | don't give it the green y
to grind. 1t seemed for minute 7
as f it sad to me: Thank you, liz
MASTER but | know | said it my%
'Bertie, what is it Miss McLaren
been teaching about eating" y
told us to be careful not to give
stomachS too much food to grind
we do, she says it will make bad Dl@
that will run into our brains and NIL
them dull and sturid, so that we ca
get our lessons well, and perhaps 9
us headaches, too. If we give .
stomachs Just enough work to DO ID
will give us pure, liI ely blood thst
make us feel bright and cheerful
school. Miss McLaren says that SOD
times, when she eats too much Of SOL
thing that she likes very much, It sVa
almost as if her stomach moaned .
complained; but when she denies
self and doesn't eat too much 1t See
as if it were thankful and gS
That's as good preaching as the u N
ister's, Bertie. What more dld N
McLaren tell you about this maIis
She taught us a verse one day Az
keeping the soul on top. That wa, wa
just the words, but it's what 1t meal ,,
At this papa's paper went Sudds y
right up before his face. When il. u
minute, it dropped down, there wa a
any laugh on his face ss ne .
Weren't these the words: 81 keep
body under?"' oh yes! that w%
but it means just the same II l >
my body under, of course my SOU ,
top, and you'll belong to the gran,
style of man that walks the ear'h'
Christian Union.
Sharp County record., 1885-06-04


III WmdG uIu OndIIUo DuuIog W az
per? On what did Henry Cabot Lodge?
Why did Frances Hodgson Burnett?
Why and what does Mary Mapes
Dodge? What did Harriet Martineau?
What did Buchanan ReadP Why was
Edgar Allan PoeP What did Leigh
Huntp Why did Henry Guy CarletonP
What did Ralph Waldo Emerson? Why
did James Whtcomb Riley? Who
cares if William Carew Hazltt? Why
was Laurence SterneP-M. Y Indepen-
dent.
Sharp County record., 1885-06-04

From each note a different piece was
taken away to make new note, and
the remainder patched together The
difficulty in this process was that it
shortened the length of the note. The
men who have been at work in this field
lately made a pattern of irregular shape,
something like this, each part repre-
senting exactly one-fifth:
Sharp County record., 1885-06-04

Mrs. Eliza NJ Morgan, widow of
ex-governor Morgan, of New York, by
her will leaves S135, 900 for charitable
and church purposes. ~ Y. Tribune.
Sharp County record., 1885-06-04

In a fox chase in England the exer-
ton killed five horses, and the fox final
ly fell dead from the same cause in front
of the Bicester hounds.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23
FRUIT TREES.

L NUIl IhETS.
7 SHALL order. by mail, 18th Decf m.
Il Der, the following named trees
Apple, Apricot, Cherry, Fig, Nectarine
and Peach, in variety. Average price
81 SO per dozen. Will be glad to re.
ceive orders in time to make nm my list
for the mail. j. KlDWELL,
Honolulu Nursery, Berctania St
1873 3w
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23

tify all persons who have been rob-
bed of poultry up to that time, to
call round and identify, If they can,
the said poultry to he kept in Gus
tody till +. NJ. Even if none were
identified it would have good moral
effect. Then again the people who
sell poultry should be interviewed
and asked where they got their sup
plies, etc., and if they can be caught
buying stolen poultry, give them
twice as much punishment rs the
original thief The man who a few
days back testified he gave only Sc
for 30 fowls, must have known they
were stolen. There is hardly a'house
or premises out on the plains that
has not been robbed once or twice,
and the thief must have some means
to silence the cries of poultry TO get
away so nicely. AS to shooting, first
catch your hare and then not one
percent of those who say they would
shoot, would do so. Mr.. John Leal
deserves the thanks of the whole
community for what he did last
week in hunting down that China
man. If others would do likewise,
we might put stop to so much
chicken stealing, for all this talk of
the police doing this or that is bosh
we can't have policeman at every
house. But they might be instructed
what to do, and their superiors see
that they do it, not only on fowl
stealing, but on over-driving express
horses, overlooking drays, cruelty
to horses, etc. l hope you will ex-
cuse my taking up so much space,
but perhaps these suggestions may
lead to something, or some other
person may improve on them.
w. r. S.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23
KING CORN,

The Sacramento Union furnishes
the following item, showing the
enormous crops grown in the United
States, particularly that of Indian
corn:--
Corn is King, undoubtedly, if the
value of the entire crop produced of
cotton, wheat and corn be reckoned.
Several times the yield has eX-
ceeded 1900, 900, and now it is
expected to reach 100000, 900
bushels, and even if only 20 cents
per bushel should be realized by
the producer, less than corn is sup
posed to be ordinarily worth for
feeding to cattle and hogs, such a
crop would be worth S4OO,OO0,000.
When the country has produced
over 100000 bales of cotton thus
far, it has not been worth to the
producer $50 per bale; and when
it has produced over 400, 900
bushels of wheat, as the Western
farmers well know, the average
price to the producer has not ex-
ceeded Is cents per bushel. Last
year, with unusually large crops,
the Bureau estimate of the value to
producers was about S255, 100000
for cotton, S33O,OOO, 900 for wheat
and S640, 100000 for corn. The
estimates of the Bureau may per-
haps be rather higher than the
actual return to the producers, but
they, nevertheless, illustrate with
sufficient accuracy the relative i'm.
portance of these great crops.
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CHICKEN STEALING OR "FowL PLAY. ;

EDITOR BULLETIN This morn
ing's issue of the p. g. Il. suggests
a patrol of police for Kapalama and
Makiki districts, and if that is not
done the correspondent suggests
buckshot, etc. Being one of the
unfortunates who live out of police
protection (although the Marshal
lives out that way) l humhly beg to
differ from ye correspondent of the
II. Z. H., or at least suggest in adj
dition that on certain morning to be
hereafter set, the town police be-
tween the hours of 4 and 6 A. NJ.
stop and overhaul all Cinnamon or
Portuguese who may be bringing
poultry into town to sell to the
receivers on Meek, Maunakea and
Hotel streets, and have all said
poultry taken to Police Station yard,
taking the names of the nominal
owners, then in that mornings issue
OF the Il. q. 4. and ID. III. Press no.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23
PROHIBITION AGAIN REASONED.
BY D. NJ. CROWLEY.

EDITOR BULLETIN:-Having been
absent from Honolulu for nearly a
month, I am pleased to find ''Nota
Bene's" silence accounted for by
his absence also, and as our pre-
vious tilting was only preliminary
skirmish, in which the real question
of Prohibition was untouched, L am
rejoiced to learn that his ''souPs in
arms and eager for the fray" In
consenting to draw lance with
"Nota Bene," l confess to having
but one purpose; to arrive at the
truth. / am not interested pecu-
niarily pro. or con. in the liquor
business, and as l detest sophistry
on this question-in which there
appears to me vast issues involved,
it is pleasing to read "Nota Bene's"
assurance that his sole purpose in
the discussion is to steer his fellow
man ''into the path of truth and
correct understanding" L trust,
therefore, that we are mutually open
to conviction by the force of honest
argument, and if | can find that my
detection from the ''ruddy bumper"
which happened sixteen years ago,
was an error of judgment that the
philosophic reasoning of "Nota
Benc" might have spared me, may
hap it is not even now too late to
mend by returning to the path and
practice dictated by "correct un-
derstanding." l regret to have to
commence by directing "No,a
Bene's" attention to sentence in
my last letter in which he has labored
to place me in a most ludicrous
light. My words had reference to a
series of crimes quoted by Mr.. III. S.
Townsend in letter to the Bull
LETIN, and to which ''Nota Bene"
demurred, and wrote to the effect
that it was one-sided to quote crimes
of persons in drink, and not to give
those OF persons in their "cool sober
senses" My words were that "'Nota
Bene' would find it hard to give a
list of such crimes as Mr.. Townsend
quoted, committed by men in their
cool sober senses" This is very
different from "Nota Bene's" inter
pretation that SD. M. G.. thinks it a
pity that l did not give long list of
crimes committed by persons who
were sober" The gist of the matter
lay in the nature of the crimes. To
contend that many of the crimes
enumerated by "Nota Bene" could
be executed by an intoxicated per-
son, would be manifestly absurd,
but ! do contend, that drink is q
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23

ing up as likely to become a national
one in America as well as in Hawaii,
the following, which we find in the
Sacramento Union, will show that
I" for ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain, the heather Chinee"
and his confederates are not to be
beaten there any more than here =
Judge Hoffman, of the United
States District Court at San Fran
cisco, has literally taken the bull by
the horns in his remarkable charge
to the Grand Jury. He fatty tells
that body that there is an open
traffic in Chinese return certificates,
and that he, the Judge, knows it to
be so; that he has proof of the fact
that red certificates have been ped
died about in open market in China
town. He then proceeds to direct
the jury where to search for evil
dence, and makes their duty so
plain that they cannot avoid it, how
ever much inclined. He tells them,
also, that these return permits are
sold in Hongkong, and in addition,
that original permits to enter this
country are matters of merchandise
in China. 1t is in the power of the
jury, on this charge, to make such
report as will bring the whole
subject directly within the range of
diplomatic attention. In that case,
it is to be hoped that this Govern
ment will demand such an account
ing as China will not dare to refuse.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23
WRONG VIEWS.

that it would be of great advantage
to us "Wad some power the gifIie
gle us, To sec oursels as ithers see
us" the Hawaiian Islands were
little known, and the city of Homo
lulu had not reached the protoplasm
stage of development. The poet
may therefore be excused for doing
the Honolulu ofthe latter part of the
10th century manifest injustice;
for it would be almost national
calamity if we should be subjected to
the necessity of seeing ourselves as
others are disposed to see us. AS
seen from abroad, we are an isolated
set, exilcd from civilization aud
afflicted with unbearable ennui. That
we have paved streets and q road
supervisor is noted with arnazement
by tourists who land on our shores.
The astonishment almost invariably
experienced by visitors during their
first days in Honolulu is proof posi-
tive that this Kingdom, even in the
great centers of population abroad,
is an unknown country. Persons
have landed on these shores with the
notion that the native element in So
ciety is nonentity, and are sur
prised to find the ancient Hawaiian
clothed and in his right mind "
like his white neighbor. Nor are
these absurd opinions confined to
the unread and ignorant by any
means. The readers of the Augustus
Sala letters could see cropping out
all through that brilliant authors
writing the idea that the evidences
of advanced society he met here
were almost startling in their novelty
to him. If to the half-frozen deni-
zens of two. thirds of the North
American continent in this month of
November we could convey any
adequate idea of the supremely salu-
brious climate of Hawaii, and con-
nected Herewith the fact that the
best society of Boston, New York or
Montreal has its counterpart in Ho-
nolulu, and that the Institutions OF
benevolencc and moral enterprise
for which more pretentious cities
are famed, are in full blast in oul
midst; it would come before then
like new revelation. Moral eX'
hortations in Sunday schools il
America are very commonly spicet
with the ominous warning that som'
wicked boys perform feats of in
iquity that would be g bat
enough for Sandwich Islanders
They forget, or rather never knew
that the crowning vices of the Ha
waiians, as a race, are those intro
duced from the headquarters O.
civilization. AS regards the native
population, double mission work ha'
been very effectively performed
They have been Christianized to 4.
large extent, and, at the same time
too many of them have been, if no
demoralized, shunted off on to ney
tracks on the road to ruin. Will
all the ways, both bad and good, O
civilization have been fully rooted i
Hawaiian soil, there need be n
doubt in the minds of foreig
tourists on pleasure bent or invalid
in search of salubrious winter cl
mate, that in the latitude {
Honolulu they will find air, societ
and Institutions adapted to the
several tastes and necessities. Unit
these facts are thoroughly ventlate
abroad, justice demands that til
gift of seeing ourselves as Other
see us be transferred to other peopl
in such way as that they may wis
to inform themselves of our claim
to be properly known and under
stood.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23
NOTICE.

THE adjourned Annual Meeting nf
Il tho Paukaa Sugar Company will
be held al the Office OF G. Brewer & Co.
on FRIDAY, Nov. 81, 1885, at 10 o'clCck
am. t. c. JONES, S, cretary.
Honolulu, Nov. 70, 1855. lsO lw
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23
Corporation Stocks
FOR SALE.

LA. THURSToN, Stock Broker.
80 Merchant Street. l5l J,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

A RARE chance for securing a desir.
n able homestead. Three Lots only,
on the caStcrly side of Makiki Street,
adjoining the mauka side of Mir. Walter
Srals pace. A very leasant neigh.
borhood; never failing supply of pure
water in the street from the Makiki
Reservoir. Terms, one 'hird tash, the
remainder in and years with interest
AT s per cent. net. Maps and plans can
be seen at the Office of
11Otf w. r. CASTLE.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23
THANKSGIVING.

FEW F1! HrNs6%'s ffafor pnde psaG sale
Z. o. Box t9l. 1873 3t
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23
Notice to Horse Owners.

"ORSE CLIPPING done in the neat.
Ill est manner, shortest order and at
lowest rates. with the new Amer icsn
Lightning Hnrse-Clipping Machine,
which glides over them like lightning,
leaving them looking as smooth ns a
planed board. No more humane act can
be done to horse than to have his long
coat removed in this warm climate.
G. B. MILES, Proprietor.
Cor. Punchbowl & Queen SIS. l75 I'm
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23

HOFrMANN,o of EAST MAUI, says:
Ill "In order to test the HAWAIIAN
LIME, l have attended myself, for the
past three days, to the Qualification of
the Juice.
II found this LINE as strong az any
1 ever used, in all my experience of
sugar boiling"
Makawao, East Maui, Nov. 90, 1885.
1919 IF
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23
TRAFFIC IN CHINESE CERTIFICATES.

Anent the puzzling question of
Chinese immigration, which is LOOM
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-23
NOTICE.

CONSULATE GtNERAt ow THE UNITED
STATES, Hon, lulu Nov. II, 1896
A LII persons having claims against
"A the Estate of j. w. Ramey, a dc.
ceased American citizen, will pres en-,
the same properly verified at my Office
within 80 days. j. II. UTNAM,
17S1w Consul General
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-07

lOlac; Porter brand light averages, 914eH me.
dunn averages 8lse; cottage hams, Reliable braad,
6a4c Porter brand Sc; California hams Reliable
brand, 714c; Porter brand. To- English breakfast
bacon, clear Reliable brand 9l2c Porter brand Siac
English shoulders, Reliable brand IL ms aver
age, &c; Is lbs average. 5l2c. Dried beef Porter
brand, l3c; bacon, clear sides, light or medium
weight l4c backs. do. 7e; butts &C. Drysalted and
Plcked Meats-English cured clear sides backs un
81: clear oo pork y brl 200 tDs, s12.boi ham
bri 200 ms. $l0.6O family beef " brl 200 ms, $1S;
also in Il brs containing 100 lbs at half the price Of
the hrls with 50e added TO additions. cost of
package. Lard-Pure kettle, winter-rendsred. in
tieroes. 74c;s merrendered chilled in tierces;
7i2c; also in u brls and Sob tabs 38c advance on
price of terces Ash tin tubs and 90 fb pals. ac adj
vance; 10-t pals l4c advance. Sausage-Bologna
in cloth, 6ci in skin, 9 lac.
Timothy. $1.7502 ~ bu; clover $4,000 ~
bu; blue grass. extra clean Kentucky, $I.2 01.5O ~
so " bu, owing to quality; German mlet, 81 900
1.50 W blu; common ST. %; buckwheat, 81. 50D2.
BUTTER-Creamery fancy 2Sc; dairy selected, 20
022c; choice country ls02Oc; poor to fair. 80 l0c
EGGs-Snip2ers are paying lOi20llc selling from
store at IL le012A2c.
FEATHERs-Prime geese 45c y tb mixed duck, 90
025 ~ ID.
PoULTRY-Hens Slec p ID; roosters. 5c young
chickens. 15c; ducks, S3 " doz; geese, $3.50 "
dog, hen turkeys, Zoe ~ b; toms. &c 5H ID.
CIDER-Duffy's, Rochester, So ~ bril-
WooL-Tub-washed, 25 D2Sc unwashad medium,
1885, unwashed common, Tie; Cotswold, l5c; bury
and understandable, 10O12c-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-07
Elsewhere.

CHICAGO. June 6..The Drovers' journal reports
Cattle-Receipts, LOO; shipments, 5000. The
market was nominally firm Shipping grades, $50
1900 TBS average $40 $3.50; 200 to / $50 lbs
average So 1505.40; $50 to 200 lbs average,
$4.65 as. 25; Texans S3.5O0425.
Hogs-Recepts, 10000 shipments, 1000. The
market firm. Rough and mixed, $3. so 03 95;
packing and shipping $50 to 800 TBS average S3 80
O4.3O; skips, So 80.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, none The market
was nominally steady; shorn, $2.5o0360; wooded,
$3.5OD4.60.
Gator reports: Cattle-Receipts. 742 Shipments
524. The market about steady; exporters, So 20
O5.4O; good to choice shipping, $19OD515; COM
mon to medium, 81 IS; feeders, $4.250475;
cows. So "a.
Hogs-Receipts 1926; shipments 5,44s. The
market opened steady closing weak; assorted $3.50
1885; mixed, 1910 1878.
Sheep-Recepts. 562: shipments; fair to good
muttons, $25O03; common to medium, $202.40.
ST. LOUIS. June 6.-Cattle - Receipts 400;
days supply and business confined to retail sales at
previous quotations.
Hogs-Receipts Zoo; shipments, 1000 The
market easy and shade lower; Workers. $4,000
4. 10; packers So. IS 04 butchers 81 1904 20.
Sheep-Receipts, 900; shipments 600. The mar
ket was steady, with good demantffor all muttons
at 1901 IS for good to choice natives; Texas sheep
range between $1.5OO3.
EAST LIBERTY, June 6.-The livestock markets
were dull to-day very little doing All the consign-
ments were for through points Receipts, 10; ship
ments, 10.
Hogs-The market was firm; Philadelphias and
Workers sold at 1925 04.35. Receipts, 1900; ship
ments. 800.
Sheep-The market shows a fair demand, but prices
unchanged. Receipts 2,4O0; shipments, 1000.
CINCINNATI, June 6.--Hogs firm; COM
mon and light, $3. 25 GD4.20 packing and butch
ers, $3.6504. 40; receipts, 1,4Oo shipments, $50.
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NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
Yesterdays Quotations ON Produce at the
Two Great Centcrs.

Yesterdays Quotations on Produce at the
Two Great Centers.
NEW YORK, June 6.-Flour- receipts $3.50
brls; exports, 2,345 brls; market heavy Super
fine Western and State, $500 03. So common to
good Western and State, SO. 45 a 8 90; good to
choice Western and State, $4OO043O; common
to choice white wheat Western extra, So 90 s. 20;
fancy white wheat Western extra, S. 20 5. 30;
common t. good extra Ohio, $34003. so; com
mon to choice extra St Louis. So 40035 so; choice
Co double extra, $5. 2505 3d.
Wheat-Spot, firm; options opened firm, Ilater
weakened, but closed steady. Receipts. As, 600
bn exports 1885, 467 bu; sales 940 900 Blu futures,
81 900 bu spot; No. 2. spring, 94c; ungraded red,
0s097c; No. red $l.02E, aioat. $L02a in ele-
vator No. / white. 81; No 2 red, June, ST. 00a a
I00s, closing at 81 0es July, 81 0l2 LOB, clos,
ing at 81. OF; August, 81. 03a a l. 045 closing at
81 49, September, $l05s a 06a, closing at
BLOB October, 81. OF 01.07z, closing at $l075;
November, $l.0Ss a l.0Ss closing at $l.0ss
Ccrn-Spot less active; options variable and
lower, closing firm; receipts. 92,3OO Blu; ex-
ports. 28, AGO bu; ungradei 81 a 54c steamer
BIC, elevator; No g SO 53se elevator, 532 "a safe
sfioat; high mixed 53s 054ac; ungraded white
G306Ic: No. 2, June, 53053sc, closing at 53sc
July. pot q 55sc, closing at S3sc; August, 540
mt 54ic.
Oats lower; closed steady: receipts, ca 600 bu;
exports, none; mixed Western, 4004lc; white
Western, AZ 046c.
wCofee-Spot fair Rio quiet at 81; options quiet
and steady. Sales, 10,250 bags; july, &c: Sen
tember, 7. l5c. Sugar-Refned quiet and steady:
mold A, 6s06 ll-1Gc; confectionery A. 6lc:
powdered 81 &c. Molasses dull and easy. SO
test, l91 020c Rice steady and quiet
Petroleum firm; United closed at 79sc Tallow
quiet and easy Rosin firm. Turpentine dull,
Eggs steady and Ia fair demand.
Pork dull Beef nominal. Lard moderately
nctiye; Western steam. spot, quoted at STA a
ksoe; July, 6620664c; Augist s. 90 95c; Sep