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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-08-28

u employe de ferme nomme William
Mcleod confesse au sheriff du comte
de Coffee, Gle, qu'il await tue une ieune
file don't le corps deeompose etc trou-
. We dams un bois voisin de sa demeure.
Au retodr de son travail. le midi. il sest
rendu a la maison de NJ. Graham, lie
pere de la jenne file, ct appris qu'elle
etait ale au champ ehercher un melon.
II ALA y rejoindre ct reyenait avee ellie
quand. en- route. CONNIE ellie marchait
degant lui, il lui saisit lie bras ct lui
trancha un cote de Ia gorge. Ellie n'eut
que le temps de ponsser I'm cri avant de
tomber ct il Ia frappa encore au cote ct
a la figure. Son seul motif en- tuant la
ieune file, att i dit. etait gu i preferait
lasoir snnrse que de So marier 4 Byrdess
Nlohaes Il ll'ainnait, nnais ne le lui await
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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-08-28
NOUVELLES DE PARTOUT.

Pendant que la cour siegeait vendredl
dernier dams le comte de Chattahoochee.
Gle. un essaim d'abeilles derange dams
sa paisible retraite au grenier de la
maison de cour, envahi l'enceinte du
tribunal on un avocat debitait ses argu-
ments. Sans tenir eompte de ieur va
Ieur, les abeilles Sc sont ruees sur lie
plaideur ainsi que toutes les autres per
sonnes, qui, toutes. ont etc piquees. LIE
iuge ma pas cherche a retablir fordre.
mais saute dehors par une fenetre.
La proposition faite par lie gouver-
neur Sanders de Sc dafaire des fermes
sur lesquelles l'Etat emploie ses forcats
est hautement approuvee par les person
hes qui vivent dams lie voisinage de ces
fermes. Un peu au-dessous de Baton
Ronge. dams la paroisse Iberville ct sur
la Hgne do Mississippi Valley. Sc trou-
vent deux fermes, Oakley ct Monticello,
ct les habitants du voisinage voudraient
les voir vendre parce qu'eues font con-
currence au travail hbre qui Y tronve-
rait de l'emploi 81 eIles appartenaient a
des particulars. Deux autres fermes
de fEtat sont celles d'Angola dams la
paroisse Gust F6liciana ct de Hope.
dams la paroisse Iberie.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
OPINIONS OF PEOPLE
Concluded from First Page).

and blacks set free by the "Blind
Goddess" not to mention numerous
robberies, cutthroats and thieves.
When depraved dastards like the ne
groes James and the worst of the
two, Alexander, pistol toting, bull
doing brutes who openly boast of
what they can do with white women.
With police force who are in
many instances incompetent and the
chief and mayor winking at gambling
and allowing dives to flourish, is it
not time to pause in our busy lives
and reflect? We ask the press will
American man stand idly by and per-
NIT their woman and society to be
outraged? This community is no
different from any other in this broad
land, the citizens after all, are the
Law and are willing and ready to take
the odium if there be any.
Justice must be done tho the
Heavens fall.
CITIZEN.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
PROTEST AGAINST uNFAIRNEss

PROTEST AGAINST UNFAIRNESS
Editor of the Bulletin: | want to
protest against the attacks of the
outside press upon the city which
you publish without one word as to
their unfairness. Reference is es-
pecially made to the editorial from
the Chicago Journal which said
Two mob murders in one night
should make the city of Cairo weep
for shame. The spectacle of 500
women lynching a negro is disgrace
to the state and the nation. The
prayers of the mob for the soul of the
second victim are an insult to high
heaven" etc.
This is the worst kind of misrepre-
sentation and nothing could be fur.
Their from the truth. There were no
women who took part in the hanging
of James and there were no blasphe.
NOUS prayers for Salzner Nearly
every report to the press which went
out from Cairo was full of misrepre-
sensations. There was no race war
there was no riot, no property was de-
stroyed, and considering the circum-
stances and the provocatton there
was very little disorder. The ghast.
ly and bloodthirsty details as given
to the press were for the most part
pure myths, and should have been
.discredited at once by our own local
press and correspondents. The out.
side world is compelled to rely
wholly upon the newspapers for the
true facts in case of this kind, and
in view of and not contradicted, it Is
not STANCE that 1t should look upon
Cairo as devoid of enc citizen honest
and brave enough to protest against
such lawlessness".
Salzner and James were executed
by business men, men ordinarily OBJ
posed to lawlessness. but who were
striving to attain that Justice which
they had reason to know would be de
MED in the courts They were actua-
ted by the same spirit which moved
the vigilantes in 1S49-a determinl.
ton to clear this community OF
rapists and murderers, and protect
these homes inviolate in the futur ;.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
TO PREVENT LYNcHINes.

Editor of the Bulletin: In some
parts of this great country the courts
have ruled that intelligence does not
disqualify a man for Juror in a muir
der case. A man may be educated,
take an inte est in current events,
be well informed in regard to the case
on trial and have formed an opinion
as to the guilt or innocence of the ac,
cused; If he swears he can and will
be governed by the evidence elected
in the trial, the man is acceptable to
the court as juror Why not so in
Southern Illinois? Is the circuit
Judge fearing that the case will be
remanded for another trial? If the
supreme court remands case be-
cause intelligent jurors have been
accepted and imbeciles or idiots re-
jected, the circuit judge should wei
come the issue thus created The
circuit judge will be endorsed and
sustained by the people, and started
on the way to the supreme bench to
him. The supreme court will be CON
demned on such an issue, and the le-
gal profession, as well as other PEG
pie aroused to the necessity of re-
vising the criminal law until it shall
appear plainly to be designed for the
punishment OF murderers, and not
to protect or clear them.
When the circuit courts of Southern
Illinois shape their proceedings to
conform to the suggestion given in
the foregoing, a great change for the,
better vii be inaugurated here.
Speedy trials and juries composed OF
ordinarily intelligent men will pre-
vent lynchings, also make the occur.
renee of the highest and most ,epug-
nant crimes rare. The farce trials of
murderers in this county, in vogue
many years, finally resulted in the
installation of Judge Lynch, an end
that lately only needed a hideous
murder to bling its elimination.
How shall this new Judge for this
locality, whose court is to be dread
ed by the public above al things ex-
cepting a continuous stream of MUIR
ders and other high crimes unpunish-
ed by the legal courts, be displacedo
Not by furnishing the lynchers: at.
tempts at this will not do it. 1t can
only be done by the legal courts in
assuming promptly the duties that de-
volve upon them, and performing
them as lawmakers anu the law have
intended, in the interest of the peo-
pie, and not of class who show
that the world would be better off If
they were removed from 1t.
H. +. POTTER.
Cairo, ILL.,. Nov. -. 1909.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15

James and Salzner were undoubtedly
guilty of crimes unspeakably horri-
BILE, the evidence in both cases, how
ever, while strong and certain, was
circumstantial, and it was felt that
both might go free, as other murder
ers have done here before. Blood
hounds may not testify before juries,
and the strongest OF evidence will
avail nothing against INSCRIPTIONS
lawyers and packed iuries. Mob law
is wrong and is to be deplored-but
there is limit to human patience
The blood of Anna pelly Mrs. Salz-
ner, poor Mrs. McClarney, and other
martyrs was calling aloud, and who
should say the answer to the call was
not justifiable2 1t is easy for editors
from afar to me- alize and preach
moderation. Their mothers, daugh-
tiers and wives are not In danger, and
the terrible experiences we have
been through have not been brought
home to them Ninety-nine out of
one bundled in Cairo nave no re.
grets over these executions. Let it
go at that. Another thing; neither
the sheriff, the mayor, the chief of
police, or the captain of the militia
should be criticized for their inaction
on the night of the execution. No
power on earth could have saved
those men; they were doomed and
to have offered resistance would have
been to cause the loss of many lives.
We want no more affairs Of this kin,l
Let us have cleaner methods of Grim
inal legal procedure, more expeditions
trials, electing and pledging officials
who will insure these reforms. Then
there will be no more need fo4 citi
zens to take the law unto themselves.
A SUBSCRIBER,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
REV. Observation-Disclosures

Rev. Armstrong in his sermon yes
.terdy morning al the Lutheran
church, said. in speaking of the crime
committed last Monday night and the
mob violence which followed on It's
heels, that the failure OF the courts
to execute Judgment caused people to
take vengeance into their own hands,
and the breeding places of these
Grimes were the Sunday saloons. the
dives were negroes are educated (f
one could call It so), for these crimes
and the Sunday theatres. These places
were responsible FOR such crimes as
were enacted in Cairo last Monday
night. He added that all deplore,l
mob law, yet after repeated nliscar.
riages OF justice it was sure and Ger
tain to follow. He also spoke of the
handful of men who stood for
morality, righteousness and for all that
which is riht and who have kept
Cairo from downfall
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
Foam as a Fire ex,inauish.r


A distinct forward step has been
made in Germany in the means oil
combating confiagrations where petro.
leum, gasoline, benzine, or other liquid
hydrocarbons, lighter than water, are
involved. There the use OF a tenacious
foam, dissipatted with difficulty, has
been found Of great value in cutting
off the supply Of air necessary to
maintain combustion, thus extinguish-
ing the flame, Rae apparatus en-
ployed consists of simple metal cyl
lnder provided With long spout and
divided into two chambers. One
chamber Il charged with an aqeous So
luton Of potash, alum and sodium sui
phate, the other with a similar solu-
ton of sodium carbonate, sodium
sulphate and licoriee-root extract. The
cylinder is so arranged that on being
inclined or revers the two solutions
mingle as they issue from the spout,
There Is no pressure evolved. and
consequently the liquid does not issue
with sufficient force to cause q spat-
tering of the burning hydrocarbon up
on which 1t may be poured. The re-
suit OF the chemical reaction between
the alum and the bicarbonate Is d
prompt evolution of carbon dioxide.
which. In contact with the licorice So
luton. forms an exceedingly stiff and
persistent foam, which successfully
cuts off the access of air, and combus-
ton necessarily ceases William r.
Carpenter in Van Norden Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
WOOD 5Y THE CORD.
Things the Woodn en- Know That May
Not be Known to Others.

A cord of wood is 12S cubic feet, or
the contents OF Il pile feet long,
feet high and 4 feet wide, Wood is
marketed on this basis. A pile whose
length, breadth and height multiplied
together gives this number OF cubic
feet fills this requirement, no matter
whether The sticks are long or short;
straight Or crooked, round or split,
unless there is an understanding to
the contrary. Nevertheless cord,
taongh 1t comes up to legal, measure
ments, Is an uncertain quantity even
when the seller is honest and the buy
er satisfied.
A lunlberman may have a tract OF
pulp wood which he sells to paper
mill at $6aa, cord for as many cords as
Is will make. 1t is In the contract
that he shall cut and stack 1t. He
cuts In II foot lengths and when the
Job is complete 1t measures 200 cords
and he receives 81 900 for it. Would
he have fade or lost by cutting four
foot lengths instead OF twelve? He
would have lost in the first place
from the additional labor required 10
cut foot wood, but his principal loss
would have resulted from greatly
diminished number OF cubicifeet, due
to the fact that short sticks lie closer
together than large. Had the 200
cords Of II foot wood been cut In a
foot lengths there would have been
only 176 cords and the owner would
have received for it $3.50 instead OF
$1,000. 1t was therefore clearly to his
advantage to cut IL foot lengths, but
II would have been TO the buyers adj.
vantage, to have 1t cut inca foot
lengths He would have recelyed the
same actual quantity 'of wood for
Si20 less. II b#Y ra8s9y
1T also makes considerable differ
ence to the seller whether wood is
elfonaed or sawed Ii chopped the
chips are lost. Where the logs are
large this loss amounts to no small
total. In cord of four foot wood
with sticks six inches in diameter the
chip loss IL from to per cent, and
of course the shorter the sticks are
cut the greater the loss. If the wood
Il sawed the sawdust loss is scarcely
the half or ] per cent. -
Cords OF split wood contain less
than cords OF rounded sticks. The
finer the wood Is split The more II
makes. Hence wood dealers are often
willing to sell kindlings all sawed
and split for the same price cord
as unspit wood. They get back the
cost OF labor In the Increased bulk. ~
A cord (12S cubic feet OF 4 fopi
hard wood usually contains about IS
cubic feet OF solid wood, a cord Of g
foot wood averages S3Ia cubic feet
of 2 foot wood So feet and Of ] foot
wood. IS feet. The conifers (soft
woods contain 80 TO SO cubic feet
Thus the purchaser receives on an
average about two-thifds Of cord oil
real wood and one2third of cord Of
spaces H
In some countries wood Is bought
by weight and the buyer comes more
nearly getting what he bargains for
but even then he may miss it if he
receives green wood when he wants
dry. According to timber tossing en-
gineers of the United States Forest
Service wood may lose half or mon
its green weight in seasoning For
ester.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
a WOMAN 20 % eserrx


The fipeat contour of asfemale face. the
sweetest smile of a female mouth, loses
something II the head Is crowned with
scant hair. Scant and falling hair 1t 81
now known. is caused by parasite tina,
burrows into the scalp TO the root OF the
hair. where it saps the vitality. The lit
tie white scales the germ throws up h
burrowfng are called dandrrff. To cur
dandrur permanently. then. and to sto,
falling hair. that germ must be killed
Newbro's Herpicide. an entirely new re
suit OF the chemical laboratory. destroy
the dandruff germ. and. Of course. step
the falling hair and prevents badness
Sold by leading druggists, Send 10c. II
stamps for sample to The Herpicde Co
Detroit. Mich.
One dolia, Loreleo guaranteed Pa
G, Schnh & Sons. specia, agents
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
MODS AND CRIME
kk{ts ---t--- Ft}fb
concluded From FIRST Pags.l

necessitated the lgnchfngS for the eS-
ecution of justice. Blame the mayor
courts and police as you VIII, but the
public, individr ally aud collective 5
are responsible for the crime am
miscarriage of Justice in the com
munity. Four times N tae past
twelve months have assaults been
committed or ATTEMPTED at tie a'ley
where Miss Pelly met her death The
expense of few dollars to place
lights here would h;se made II an i'm
possible hiding place for evil minded
men The citizens of Cairo have neg
lected their civic duties in the pursuit
'of private gain. and thus have permit.
ted. tolerated or connived at conf.
lions which have brought about the
logical result of last week"
Speaking on corruption in politics
and the mistreatment of the ballot.
Rev. Rabcock said.
Twenty years ago there were no
negroes in Cairo, and when they
came were they given a chance to
live decent lives? We're they given
an environment that would lift them
up, or We're they encouraged to live
like dogs in miserable shanties, to
pay big rents and ask for no repairs
to work for low wages? Were they
given wholesome virtues to initiate
OF were they made victims of greed
and encouraged in vice for profit
Were they taught that the use of the
BALLOT was sacred right, or were
they taught that it was a commercial
commodity, to be bought and sold for
ia dollar or for a drink? Are your
dives and hell holes a necessary evil
or are they rather profit makers, vote
getters and stock in trade for CONNER
cial privilege? Unfortunately in this
day and age, even every moral quest.
ton has an economic basis, and the
last analysis goes back to the dollar.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
CITIZEN
ENDORSES THE BULLETIN.
Wickliffe. XIV Nov - 100

Wickliffe, KY, Nov u, 1908.
Dear Sir: wish to congratulate
you on your article in the Bulletin
of today and say that think you
voiced the sentiment of the good law
abiding citizens of the world who
have ever been to Cairo Give them
some more of the same medicine, it
will do them good.
Respectfully.
O. c. ROYD
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
REV. 5ucHANAN--PRES RYTERlAN

HIN' 0ONFFfNtNfNN-~rT'N TX = IasA 70 iHF
Rev Buchanan made prayer fol
the restoration of peace to the con-
munity. His text was from jeremiah
Sci Hear now this, o foolish peo
pie, and with understanding. which
have eyes and see not, which have
ears, and hear not" n
Rev. Buchanan said that the fault
lay with the people 1t had been
made unsafe for editors. ministers
and public speakers to present the
true condition Of affairs.
Dens, vice. gambling rooms and
honky tonks were let remain abso-
lrtely without excuse They were
schools to educate criminals and haf
more graduates than the high schools
BY these evils men were closed tC
everything except the dollar sign
which was always in front of them
and shut them off from all good.
Rev. Buchanan said that he did
not believe mobs We're ever iustifabe
but had to admit that if something
can now be stirred up for the better
ment of affairs, this affair of last
week would not prove to have been
wholly bad.
The remedies he suggested were
To educate the people for better
things; talk reform continuously un
til 1t came; to elect clean men tt
the council; refuse to sign nomination
papers for people unfit to act as rep.
resentatives of all the people; de
mand the reinforcement OF the Sab
bath ordinance: force every candidatc
for office to stand for the abolition o.
dives; more care for the children
leaving off questionable things in SO
cial affairs rntil the morals of the
city are elevated and more time paid
to the churches which are the foun.
tains OF morality and safety.
Rev, Buchanan heartily endorsed
the plan of erecting a monument Il
the memory of Miss Pelly to con
stantly remind the people of the
crime.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
Advice for Young Ladies.

It is superfuous to decorate women
highly for early youth; youth is itself
q decoration. We mistakenly adorn
most that part of life which least re-
auires 1t, and neglect to provide for
that which will want 1t most.--IIan
nah More.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
Physicians Fees Fixed by Law.

A German antiquarian has found
documents showing that In ancient
Babylon, ALSO years ago, the sums
due to doctors for treatment were ex-
actly prescribed by law They varied
according to the social position of the
patients.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
No Jewish luIjabies,

II is remarkable that notwithstand,
ing the love and devotion of Jewish
mother there seems to be no trace of
real Jewish lullaby. Those known
are OF recent origin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
Truly Celestial.

Young Lady-This novel is heaven.
iy never read one with so many
romantic unfortunates and miserable
failures in it.--Fliegende Blaetter.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
Truth TerseIy Told.

Chance shapes our destinies," quot.
ed the Wise Guy. We'll, all have to
say is that some of us have mighty
poor shapes" added the Simple Mug.
Philadelphia Record.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15

From one mans point OF view an.
other man may be all right in his
way. provided he isn't In the way Of
the first man.--Puck.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15

The smallest tree that grows In
Great Britain may be seen on the
very top of Ben Lomond II Is the
dwarf willow, which at maturity
reaches height of only two inches.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
Bohemian Morals.

SIS he good artist?" She glanced
at him with petulant disdain HE is
a clever artist" she answered. pity.
ingly; mo artists are good. Life.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
Or a Strono Face.

Even when man knows he isn't
handsome. he thinks he has rather
intellectual look Philadelphia Bull
letIn
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
- - 1890
Monopoly Not Desired.

Since our own faults are so thor.
,ughly enjoyable. we are always hap
by to find that others possess them.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
ILLINOIS CENTRAL r. 4.

Winter Tourists Fares
afro to Aberdeen Miss. and Y
return Observation-Disclosures. :. .$13 10
Cairo to Durant, Miss. and
return !. Observation-Disclosures. 1913 10
Cairo to jackson, Miss, and
return ...4t-, a. ....ss..... Sl5 .5D
Cairo to McComb, Miss and
return $50. ~, .a......... xlS s05
Cairo to Hammond, La, and
return ...s .s...,......... .$2U no
Cairo to New Orleans, La. and
IStuth $500 t,...s..ti.. Is. s6Il Id
Commencing November list tickets
sold daily until April sOth. good re-
turning until May Goth, 1910. ~
]. H. JONES.
Ticket Agent. Cairo, Ill.
A. II. HANSON,
Pass. Traffic Mgr.
q. q. HATCH,
Gent Pass. Agent.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected TO Nov. 18th. 1869.
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE
Trains Leave Cairo.

9f tT&Hbs AGabV &MfTos ttats
1915 Z. m. Daily Chicago vestibuis
limited, arriving CChicago 1O:,40 am.
2:16 a. m. Daily st. Louis Might
Limited. arriving st. Louis 1920 a. iii.
sleeping car open at $3.50 pm. ~
$3.50 q. m. st. Louis Special. II
$500 .. m. Chicago Daily Express.
$500 q. m. st. Louis Morning Ex-
-ess, daily. IA
1915 a. m. st. Louis Fast Malls
1t:15 =. m. Chicago Midday Special.
1855 p. m. Daily st. Louis Limited
2:35 p. m. Aftermhoon Express for
)din, Effingham, Nation, Champaign
$50 .. m. Thebes Accommodation a
$500 .. m. Chicago and Eastern Ex-
press.
to:fo p. m. Chicago night express.
arriving at Chicago 7;i5 a. tn,
2:20 =. m. Memphis and Nashville.
SEAS .. m. Memphis and New Or
cans Limited. n
$40 a. m. Seminole Limited for
Birmingham and Jacksonville, Fla.
600 .. m. Paducah and Louisville.
1:41 p, m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans. #
t:4f p. m. Daily Nashville. Chattsr
iooga and Atlanta.
$3.50 p. m. Fulton and Mayfield ne
commodation A
$50 p. n. Paducah and Louisville.
5.55 p, m. Memphis and New Or
cans Special.
For through tickets. sleeping car ac-
commodations and further infornia-
ton apply at Illinois Central Passen-
ger Station. Cairo, III.
J. n. JONES, Ticket Agent
%. A. HATCH, a. PA.
! n. HANSON, Pass. Traffic. Mgr.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
MISCELLANEOUS
SITUATIONS WANTED

Advertisements or not exceeding
three lines win be accepted free for
one weeks time from any reader Of
The Bulletin tn be filed by advertiser
In person, on regular form. ct the Of
Ace of The bulletin Company, 7G5
Ohio street. The Bulletin Company
assumes no responsibility for any adj
yertisemeit or statement made there
In and will not accept under this
heading the notice of any person
known to be employed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15

Church Treasures In the krsmlin. :
The ikons In the Cathedral of the
Assumption In the Kremlin at Mos
COW are immensely valuable, They
Welded about ave tons Of silver and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15
River Transportation
Lee Line Steamers

For Memphis and Way Landings
Stacker Lee leaves Sat, Nov 10, Noon
Peters Lee leaves Wed. Nov. IL, Noon
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-15

FOR Freight and paaAacs Appiy 70
HALLIDAY y pHtLLIPs WHARF.
uoAn U&aNu, ft4s