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The colored American., 1900-09-01

Rosebud Fountains esmposed children male and
male, from 8 TO IA
Joining Benefit Fees, S1Se paid spot or By ns
- - -'~
Death Benents.-S24.69 sg7eo. Should death oer
within the INST S6 after the Arst year pal
to the parents guardians - -
Sick Benens-From s1so s4eo per month paid weekh
SantbI' - Per Wesk fsecuYely Xhe highd
Monthly Dues and TaxesThe monthly dues are 10 cent
10 cents 25 cents, respectively Fountain
decide Taxes 10 cents annually, semannuay Jshu
and July The child Is allowed to purchase
stock which makes hs policy ssf supporting, With
The colored American., 1900-09-01

2. ROSEBUD FOUNTAIN (For the ChildreI
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Chinese Superstition.

I: When Gen. Grant was visiting.
( China ! "a Chester Holcombe, for many
years secretary of the American lega-
ton at Pekin, secured for him a PRIV
5ilege never before that. time accorded
to q foreigner, the privilege OF ad-.
mission into the sacred precincts Of
the Temple Of Heaven in Pekin. NOW,
it, is contrary to the settled belief of
the Chinese to admit a member Of the
female sex, young or old, even to the
temple ground, under any ircum-
stances. 1t lis said that should q Chi
snese guard venture even to carry. d
baby girl in his arms within the for
[ hidden lines he would proba bly, Il be
punished with death. Not knowing Of
I these restrictions, a number Of ladies
in Gen. Grants party ventured to fol-
low him when he visited the sacred
sedifce, says Leslie's Weekly. Realiz-
ing the seriousness Of this action. ME-.
Holcombe afterHard ap gized to the
semperor's Representa- tive for the con.
Guet of his countr women and was III,
ornaed that tie intrusion would Is.
overlooked, but must be kept as secres
as possibl y, for should the populacs
learn o an anti foreign outbreak
would be likely til fol How. They would:
! / not forgive such q pollution Of their
most sacred bull ding I
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Yield of Vie ot 80 9
Swine Pasture Fences.

The director of the Montana Exper-.
siment station says: To profitably pro-
duce pork the farmer must pasture
swine, both old and young.. This ne
cessitates a pig-tight pasture fence.
OF materials employed for fence con-
struction lumber.i perhaps the best.
However, it is expensive lin its first
cost and subsequent maint enance and
its tendency to collect snoWdrifts
makes it objectionable. Wire fences
are cheaper and more durable. We
have tried swine fences built OF thick
set barb wire, wire three inches apart,
tightly stretched, stapled to posts Is
feet apart, with stakes between posts
four feet apart. 1T would seem that
such a fence would turn the pigs, but
it did not. The cuts and scratches
caused by the wires heal rapidly on
swine, and the little fellows would
%wriggle through, Indifferent to the
barbs. Later we have used a fence.
made of smooth wi re, q three different
numbers, woven into q close mesh
fence.
81 On the college farm at Aines, Iowa,
oats and barley tare grown together
for the use Of the COWS. Last year the
yield was reported at 10 bushels per
acre. There are so many other feeds
that are used in the dairy that the
Americans have never given barley
much attention. s5 u 5i s| S}8 Il
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the trembling Terror towards the bar.
me !: E amazed and thoroughly alarmed
stranger found voice enough to beg for
mercy n Drink every drop OF it. or I
Will 4: break your neck" said Judge
8B sea The poor devil gulped down the.
awful sLN mixture. and with a scream of
&c sprang out into the street. He,
MT the earth ya-running, and he
never le'''e sliackened his speed until the
town WI OF OF Vinegar Room vas far behind
MIN u 1t is supposed that the mans
stomach Z y az instantly rejected the fearful
poison, for he lived to tell Of his ex-
p pc lie in Vinegar Room, though he
sad SAD 3 there Ter was not gold enough in8the
" rid to hire him to revisit the place,
ea No lawyer was allowed in those cid
|de Ga ST question the jurisdiction OF the
g court l'Ll or lake an appeal to higher Judi
clal authority. He fined q stpettyfog-
glng lawyer as he called the attor-s
neys for even limiting at an appeal,
- will have you to understand, SIRE.
roared the enraged justice of the big
Judicial district, sthat there is no an
peal from this court. 1 am the law Of
Iexas west of the Pecos River Let
the supreme court at Austin and your
little district court at El Paso tend to
their cir business and / will tend to
mine Felonies and even divorce
cases e were we're tried and the decisions en-
!: forced breed, IN spite Of the angry protests
OF attorneys and the frantic threats Of
litigants and prisoners Divorces were
granted and thieves were convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary. Peace
prevailed re ,7:l and long before this strange
character hal tie 81 was checked in his wild
career q child might have carried a
purse of gold through the streets of
Vinegar Room at midnight without fear
of being molested. ID \: 8ss5 s; -. s .s3s
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lie IS the l.oW Of 4 exos. of the.
pecos f5s1

solemnities were an affair Of the:
past, the killer a. honor ed with I 4
request :to appea at the bar where
liquids and justice were a ispensed al
"ternate Thel s. ge who was S.s the
law, Of Texas We OF the Pecos'''' had
3sevidlently devoted some spare moments
to the stud IF his first murde Ter case,
for 20 the Judgment that was rendered?
and entered On the docket is certain
aly without a paralle
$6e@ssI have carefully examined the Grim
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part Of the opula ton would welcome.
them as means Of advancing the
.country's prosperity Engli made
now used there as the
old & ~ be and ~ date. Inss lis
bon the old Vie of ztransportatio ion is9
being changed toR the electric system.
While English pttal IS & conc Ing
the enterprise every bit Rof Material,
from the small Hest bolt to the modern
of America ma ke. Portugals
send AS cork NE send her petro-
and eat. but IN my opinion,
the balance of TRADE now 81 our
could be ma erially ncreased ours
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-10

s For many years one Nof the stock
stories Of the pro- eslonal funny men
of the country has been sof the oroner
who held az INQUEST over the body Of.
man found dead and one Of
whose pockets was q pistol and iii an
other $50. The story relates that the:
coroner stopped Il the Inquest at once
upon disco vering the pistol al cash
and fined the dead man $50 for Carrying
d pistol wi hout u permit, co ecting
his fine from the cash pocket
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nanne dams Number i Us, 900. 900. s,5
The number of M sdlans ii tIls
world ~ about 196 800, 900. OF these
Is, 0OO, 600 are under he rule 81 The
Turkish e \. government y, o0o, 900 ara
ruled W d. by other Mussulr man oyereigns
SO, 5OO, 900 are subject To African
princes 20 cog, 900 live ii nina and
Sa9 900 900 are under Christ rulers II
| e these last about So 900 900 are under
British rule.
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How 4 Herd i, Built II.

~
Prof. +. q. Emery Of t1,as No,.+, u
Carolina gr1cu,l tural college r. tbn =.
tells how a herd OF mixers va was built
up. The work is based On record CO, keen =.
ing. He saws. 8 Il 4 .il5 IS s5ss5,. s
When this record, shaean - & ad1 ), !. !
experiment station had, fo,,r onn,s - !,
it's stable one 4 res.aista rad 8 ersar Y, !. !
unregistered and ono ora !, 7fo,,Jth
belonged to the 4 gric,,ltnral a,,d Ma
cha.nrical college h 5repi i cred cav
vas strinnina AM, II : ,nregistarad ~
had been Mixing about three, 6, on+,s s@
having come il milk prem atuu.relv ~
an injury which resulted Il narma 4 ant 8
lameness, Y This reference IL also the
one BY which may be found the method
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/
and find that there is plenty Of law
to punish one white man for killing an
other, but there is no law to punish
a citizen Of Texas for shooting a
| Ghinaman." e. ..eeaS
~ Roy Bean was not at all a bad man.
He was as brave as a lion and liberal
ito fault He was the right man In
the. right place. From San Antonio
to Los Angeles he was known as the
tanner OF the long-haired Wild Bills
and all other desperadoes. No task
pleased him better than one that at
forded him an opportunity to make
a staggering, boasting bully wilt and
take seat in the background. 81 II
/ One day one of these gentry from
| Arizona stroned into his place bent on
having some recreation. II have been
spending a few weeks in San Antonio,''
he said, tsand my shooting irons were
getting rusty, After taking "a few
drinks at the bar he began to berates
Es,the mild and feeble qualities Of the
liquids offered for sale in the infant
city. Give me little tarantula Juice
with "a real Vinegar 4. Room floating
around in it!n shouted this Arizona
terror. ss. Is <., !. rs 53.s.
5 's'.Al right" & calmly replied the old
man behind the bar. 81 think we can
you, but you Will have
ato wait few moments Z" ssi5 al 5s .s 81
4 Well get up the beYerag ger roared
the terror, and Ill amuse myself dur
line. the delay by dropping a few bull
lets around promis cuously among the
lamps and bottles and SIGH things. '' '$ss$
you please sllavely replied the
old man. IS like to seea stranger en-
Joy himself. 81 . Isl H.
IS The terror glanced at the polite bar
keeper rather, suspiciously but he
never once dreamed that he was talk
ing 20 Old Roy Bean.
Fairly chok king with SUI pressed mer-
srlment old Roy went out. on the plains
sonly 81 few steps from his saloon and
& after turning over two or three rocks
2he got a big tarar tula and "a monster
vinegar room After mashing the
l heads Of the poisonous reptiles, he re-
turned to the barr on, terlng the
door lust as the s1Terror with d wild
SC7so1manche yell began To- rain lead
among the bottles and glasses AS the he
81 patrons Of the house started through
the doors and windows ii confusi on,
old Roy shouted Keep your seats,
gentlemen. This infant cyclone will
be OF short duration. ,,s The next
stant the Terror found himself stand
Ing on his head and his weapons were
ling upon the floor Bean held /
the amazed man III that position until
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Field for Apnericans.I

There Is s. great field I'm Portugal for
l merican enter rise, vii ten John
irwin. United States minister sto that
ngdon, II the ttembe1 issue soff,
Success Dur rnan,lfa cturers really
ought to prospect ins that little
known COUNT sIn the place
they are made most well ne Thes
king and tho queen both ys,ung and
;strlly regal speak Eng lish perfec
and are among oul YaTmestt admIr ers
They reflect sent iment their
people. the second lace America
soods are l',e prpg essilyea 81
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long enough to- pub dish thar records
four yielded above 900 ana one "a
these about 900 pounds OF mill dur

long enough to pub ishS their recordssl
four yielded above 5000 ana one 81
these about 900 pounds 81 milk dur
ing that year, 1891.
555 a iii 1892 1000 FOR grade and 900
for q pure but unre gistered Jersey
were the CHEST yields and neither sot
these was B ii he list above 3, 900
pounds Id. 1ss1 ]. Late ii this year q
heller began t. yield mill which has
developed into the deepest mixer Of
the herd
ID 1898 there were eight cows yield
ing above :, 900 pound and onl one 'l,l
of these toSreach that limit IA pRestouss
years was of the list and she barely I
in 1t. OF the other seven one vel e ssl#
nearly and two above 4, 900 pounds, one
BIB pounds and another, No. 3, the l''s. 4
second highest yielding COW, reach Ell
S07 pounds
s In this years record nine cows out ,ldE5
of eleven Welded above i. 800 pounds
/ and one Of these other two was Hss az
heifer which was ii. mill only two
months, but yielded Isl 166 pounds . in i1lt1
that time. Five records were close to-
900 pounds, one ,506, one 5,1S6s and 1lel
one as high as &, j 75.2. The ten COWS ,cts'7s
averaged 4,1O2 S pounds and their but ut
ter yield averaged 246. c pounds.
In 1895 the heller Spot and COW NO. I
5. were the only ones OF fourteen 81 on
record to approx Innate a 600 pounds Ct Ct
milk, The third highest was COW: No No.
z with 3,741 pounds of milk. .2T l1 hes e
three at 85 per cent butter fat yielded
I238.8, 1895 and 2O3.4 pounds OF but =
ter; or, at Worlds Fair rate Of 80 per per
cent rat, the yields were 253. 4 3Ss89. 8
and 216.1 pounds, while the Jersey.
Dora Mckee, with q yield of 1904
pounds Of milk, was credited with
1883 or 2542 pounds of butter. ssts
s. It would seem from this that this
herd was entitled Ito place an easy
standard at 5000 pounds Of milk and
300 pounds of butter per COW per year
T It ten months are lowed q as q the.
proper length Of lactation in every
year then each COW to reach the stand
ard must average twenty pounds Of
milk and one. pound of butter daily
T for this time, 800 days. The yield
should be double these amounts at
their highest point and be held for
longer or shorter time accordingly
b. During the year 1897 the more val.
liable COWS Of this herd were con;
demned because of spread of tubercu
losis which was also found in many
of the heifers from these cows. In
1897 and 1898 the following records
were made. 5Sz5zS 3s s5s 555 Is s !s
N The highest yields per day previous
T to 1890 was 1868 pounds, by Daisy p.
and 1853 by Spot. 5ss BIZ VI. BIZ
The highest yield per day has now
been SS.454 pounds, by May, Short =; !:
horn. IN - s<:t 81 a5 + j.$.9s 355
| The highest yields per month have
been by Daisy: p, 10006 pounds, and
May, 1,o264 pounds. The COW that
| yields two gallons Of milk per day for
ten months will exceed $500 pounds,
| and she should yield nearly four gall
lions per day when fresh. The highest
yearly records were made in 1896 1895, as IS
follows: S55f55
81 assi vfa1a ~ weld AZ 90
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zz5Ss< Down in this part #of4 Texas, writes
@ Fort Clark corresp pond dent, is The man
with whose action this simple and in
genuous tale originated !. He is Roy
Bean, who for ten years in the young
days Of Texas was Justice Of the peace
and coroner of the town of Vinegar
Room, being, as he. expressed it, the
laws Texas west Of the sPecos.' He
is still living at the town of Langtry,
on the Sunset railroad, 800 miles west
$of San Antonio. No man Is knows
whence he came. The railroad build
zers found him away out here on the
great desert plains, and when the gam
5blers and toughs and tenderfeet came
along with the first trains and at once
proceeded to run the country accord
ing to- their own mott ps, Il Did Roy Bean
declared himself "a justice Of the peace
and boldly announced Il am the law
OF Texas west of the Pecos. re is
highly probable that a few people who
were in favor Of law and order in
vited the strange character to assume
the judicial position, and that on ac-
count Of his desperate courage and
fearless judicial demeanor he after
ward was appointed to fill the office
of Justice Of the peace. & 4
EARLY one morning It was reported
in the town of Vinegar Room that a
man had fallen from a bridge near the
place and that his dead body was ly-
ig on the ground close to the water.
Roy Bean, as Justice Of the peace and
ex-of6cio coroner, at once summoned
a jury. T here; was no testimony to
he taken. The man was stranger,
and 1t was not easy to determine the
cause Of his death. He mig havesfa,l-
en- from the bridge or he might have
been muir ered. The coroner searched
the dead body, and when he found a
pistol in one pocket and $50 IN the
other he turned to the Jury and in
formed them that ii this matter their,
services were Of no value since Sit
would be necessary for the court to
render a verdict without their aid.
The court fined the dead man $50 for,
carrying a pistol and took possession
fof the money, since the tees Of the
coroner mounted to. just $780, and the
body was buried on IL lonely pr airieE
lat the expense OF the county. 3sss f
Vinegar Room was named after the.
T poisonous little reptile that ST /
tests the western plain. can sting
~ ella monster to death In the twink
ling fof an eye and len turn about
and chase a rattle SNAKE from HIS den. !.
5.Chatn-l timing whisky IS no santldote
for =, the poison Of the vinega as room l.
Roy; Bean named the place, and while
acting Justice of the peace he divided
q his time between the judicial bench
and and room saloon and gambling
house ii where there were none to dis
sp put his aut hority, for he was sole
proprietor 81
n n One fine day ~ gambler while il an
UNI larious mood sent q pis-:
tol ball crashing through the brains
Ola C i \ e 4, hen the citizens Of
Vinegar Room had ceased sto celebrates
the exit Of the y Celesti al, and the f,1-
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Is Clear Case.

! What do you mean by saying music
injured your health p 555# s. 5555s
Why, that girl next door pounds
her piano 50 late that we have to go
to bed with all our windows shut
Detroit Free Press. rs s.$tl
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Il e I'M wade HIN weary !, !

It Made Him Weary.
Do you drink e, asked the woman mai
lat the door. 81
& Fray cd Frawley looked at her re-
sproachfully Iss.
gu see me, don't your he said.
Eyes, Z she replied ], somewhat SUR
prised. AZ
81 see ny patched and tattered
s&celothes D" I'D
33
And my busted out shoes and all
that 2? ''s II; ss .5s
Yes. u "a
And amt working an 5automo-
bile nor driving q fast horse, am I'M II ="
III :Sz. s5,5 D
4 ..'Don't look as if I'd saved up money
and bought a summer place. do - e. 81. 81.
OF }S5Sl 4. 4. 3 5sS<
And yet you ask me il 4 drink!
Say! You make me weary. How I'll
much more evidence do you need Pr (
Chicago Post Es5 2353 ts
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Left the Doctor In Doubt,

# DR.. Jones-My dear sir, I have just
been to call on your wife's mother, and
her condition is very serious.
Smith-Tell me the plain truth, doc
tor. Am Ito fear for the best, or hope
for the worst ?-Brooklyn Life. s.
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Fsl's q IS 81 u ~ "a
d Cooked Food for Pigs.

Especially ii cool weather warm
rocked food adds to the comforts Of the
pigs, and comfort has much to do with
thrift The germs Of disease are killed
by the cooking and animals that have
germ. proof feed and drink will be az
fected very little with diseases, espe-
Sciaally with those of a contagious char
acter
The Manitoba wheat crop It's esti.i
mated at 900 900 bushels, 81 against
earlier estimates OF as high ~ 4O. OoO.-
600 bushels, while the sind ana CROP Is
said to- he the small lest for many years.
being estimated at /. 900, 900 bushels.
against from q, 900, 900 ito 900 900
for several years past, and the French:
crop is officially estimated at 2SS. OOO. q
s0Oos bushels, against 366, 900, 900 bush
els last year with the slrpl uss carried
over from last year ESTIMATED at So
s000. 900 bushels
s5s falfa Is one off the b ard lest of the
clover tamil al known sto the.
Greeks and Romans 2, 800 years 81
Sheen thrive best Is pasture where.
Inoles are numerous. The mole holess
serve 81 drain the
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Come !: ]: Fly with Me. 3

Is the Naturs OF Nm Axiom.
ID hilosoph And now after haY-
Ing reviewed All phi1osophy with you,
there is only one law that i can lay I
down for your uidance. 1854
Student What Is that
hill osopher " hen you are sure
you are ight, you should suspect that
you are wrong IL ffe ss5ss
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IA RIM A. Nd a RI EN.
MATTERS OF INTERESTE TO
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

.Pansies FOR Winter and spring Flower

Pansies for winter and sprinE Flower
55 late In August early IN September
select q cool, moist. PARTIAL dedi
place for the seed bed, dig the a soil
deeply. and make 1t as fine as possible
Sow the seed thin1y in drills, onefhalf
inch deep and six to eight inches apart
cover lightly, but firm the soil we'll ll
after covering the seed. II the soil is
dry it should be well watered after the
seed is covered. and then place 2a light
covering Of hay or straw over the bed
until the young plants are well star ted;ts
this mulching Is not necessary it the Tho
season is moist at the time Of sowing,
being used only to keep the soil from
" baking and comparatively cool and
moist during a. period 4 Of hot, dry
weather. When the young plants e are
4 we'll started push tae5 mulch slightly
aside from the rows, and when they e.
show three or four leaves remove It
4 entirely and work up the soil into Int 2 2
fine, loose condition between the y rows " ).
4S Treated IN this manner the young
plants will be ready for transpl planting
Ito the beds in which they are to
grow. II these beds are located on
south side Of "a wall or tight fence
B they will live through the winter, but
when the ground freezes up solidl they
should have the prot Of q mulch
Of straw or leaves spread two or three
inches thick over the bed. This not
only prevents the soil from freezing
SO sOlidly, but also serves to prevent
the small plants from being thrown
B up out Of the soil by rapid alterations.
& of freezing and thawing. The best
plan, however, especially north Of Phil
I adelphia, is to winter the young plants
in a cold frame covered with glass.
4 sash, as they will make larger plants
and begin to flower much earlier in the
spring than the plants Wintered in the
open beds. While the regular hot bed
sash is best for this purpose, any old;
window sash will answer for the pur-
pose # provision is made for the escape
#of water from the sash after a rain;
or they may be sloped enough to per-
4 mitGof its running off. It is best to
make the bed in q protected situation,
such as on the south side Of a wall.
or tight fence. Make a box Of boards
n Of the proper size to be covered by the
sash, allowing the latter to project
4 slightly on ali sides; the front part of
the box should be about six inches in
height and the rear twelve inches, with
i sloping sides to fit the sash. Fill the
box or frame with rich soil leaving
Z fOr7 inches 0f5 o1oor cnacoe, |; hnIoxvS tha
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] IRONY Of FATE.
They Knew the Trick. *

: He said he did not know how t
play poker scientifically, but his
friends persuaded him into the game.
He played with varying success until
"a fat jackpot showed up. . -5:.
81 AS the novice awkwardly fingered
his cards he asked: lI :.=#
Ea, Are four cards with just one spot
on each one Of :'em worth anything?"
AT this juncture 1t would be the US
ual thing to remark that all of the
other players threw down their hands
and let the novice take the pot with
out further trouble But eapdor corr
pels the statement that these par
ticular poker players read the comic
papers. With great glee they raised
the novice out of his boots and COM
PEELED him to lay down his hand.
Il The novice held a pair OF trays, a
seven spot, jack and the 'cuter.,3 -,
No man can succeed these days un-z.
less he keeps up with the newspaper
humorists. Even the vaudeville ar
lists must do it.-Omaha World Her
aid. & IS 4 n s S.{s5ss
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Puzzle In Compassion. /

uzzlo IN @C0mpassi0
Hs tDieky Whe neVerSs you see an insect
t. & bug ia trouble you must be mer-
Eel full and help him out. ,'I
g Aun' lane gets pinch
I'M bug down her neck mus help
TIL bug Or help 10, ane II dian1
apolis Journal /.
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:nalanllfa ctllrers were ito take full Id
vantage Of their opport unities ii thu
little king dom.
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. Worth Trying.

*s Diddler-Do you think your tailor
would trust me with suit of clothes,
old man? S5<.s Z, 5,55
Robinson (dubiously) Does he
know you? Sjs l., b
Didd ler-No 81 i. Fiji *. .. s.s5 III 81
/. Robinson Oh, then he might. Try
him New York Telegraph. ss7 s: :.