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he decided against the wicked gun men
and went home to dinner.
Representative Tom Hefiin, OF Ala
bama. waited until he came to the halls
of Congress before making the play that
brought him into the gun column. Mr..
Hefiin. who aspired to be the Beau Brum-
mel of the House during the last session,
carries a gun and hates ''niggahs' with
equal grace and persistenCy.
HefIn shot Wild.
a few years ago. Mr.. Hefn was re-
turning from the Capitol when he saw
a husky buck negro insult a white
woman on the street car in which he was
riding In the rumpus that followed Mr..
Hefiin's none too gentle remOnstrance,
the Southern Hotspur drew his gun. The
negro Immediately jumped TO the street
and took to his heels. whereupOn Mr..
Helm opened fire. He sent a bullet
through the leg of an unoffending book
maker who was standing in front OF the
St. James Hotel wondering whether the
track at Benning would be closed for
ever. The bOOkmaker recovered, but
Mr.. Hefin paid the doctor bills.
OF course, there are numerous other gun
fighters or near gun fighters in Congress
who have succeeded so far in hiding their
light under a basket. But many of the
most prominent Southern and Western
Congressman make no secret of their
gun-toting propensities.
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Several Representatives Have
Gotten Their Man."
BEN JOHNSON AS A FIGHTER
Ordered from state by Four Armed
Men, kentuckiRn Killed Two.
Fourth to FIiEht-DaVenpOrt and
Ruckcr Also Have Records.

1t is pretty we'll known throughout
the country that a small arsenal can be
mustered in the chamber pretty near
any time the House Of Representatives
is in session; that large percentage
of the voices of the people in the Lower
House go 'heeled" pretty much all the
time. and that a silk pocket handkerchief
is not always responsible for an uneX-
planned bulge in the immediate vicinity
Of a Congressional coat tail.
Staid weapOnless inhabitants of large
cities have ceased wondering at we'll
known gun toters" from the South and
West: in fact, the gun tOter' is be-
coming less numerous with each sue
ceeding Congress, though there be plenty
now. But if the gun toter'' has ceased
TO be a cause for wonder, the gun fight
crs of Congress, were all the records
known. might excite some comment
For Congress has its gun men: real, live
fighters with Kit Carsons on their gun
stocks and regulations for speed on the
draw and a bird s-eye brand of accura-
cy. Several have records for having
gotten their man." and at least one
has put several bad actors away. others
have come out of hostile powder smoke
with marks of the conflict or after hav-
ing IeIl lueiE OppOueIllS 81 ilioi "S0
johnson Has Record.
Representative Ben Johnson, of Ken
lucky, chairman of the Committee on
the District Of Columbia, caused some
thing like a sensation among Washing
ton friends not long ago by suddenly
deciding upon a ride in one of the army
aeroplanes at College Park. Mr.. John
son, after the machine had been brought
TO earth. languidly allowed he liked
the trip. When some one suggested that
others might have thought the trip haz-
Rrdous, Mr. Johnson did not even think
the joke deserving of a smile.
For, compared to some of the picnlcs
Ben johnson has come out of, an aero
plane ride was just about as dangerous
as an old woman's home on a Sunday
afternoon. BY way of explanation, il
might be stated that Mr.. johnson, be-
sides serving a term as speaker of the
Kentucky house, came out triumphantly
and with n whole skin after four years
as collector of internal revenue. for the
Fifth Kentucky district-and life insur-
ance rates are high on revenue collectors
in the Blue Grass State.
It was while Mr.. Johnson was speaker
Of the Kentucky house, in 1857, that
he made his best gun record, though
he was known as a good man on the
trigger even before then. Politics in
Kentucky were deal less orderly at that
time than they are now, and Johnson,
as speaker, was the storm center OF a
bitter factional fight. The element that
johnson fought hardest contained
number Of well-Anown gun fighters, and
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Nv JAMES b. MORROW.

Boston. Sept. 30.-Every one believes
in peaCe-theoreticalIy. Also in charity,
honesty, and kindliness. The cOntradic-
tlon begins, with respect to peace, when
theorists, so-called, assert that nations
are now ready to put away their swords
and guns and substitute negotiation and
diplomacy.
1t was a long time ago when Nero. IS
2 spectacle and a policy had many Chris
tians nailed TO wooden crosses and many
more torn to pieces by lions, tigers, and
wild dogs Two months ago human
being was burned to death by a Pennsyl-
vania mob. Out of modern civilization
occasionally comes a revolving burst OF
primal barbarity.
Would Spain have arbitrated its suze-
rainty over Cuba? Would the United
States, this year, next year, or any other
year, permit Italy, Portugal, and Aus
tria sitting as a court of finality, 10 de-
clare that Germany has unrestricted ter
ritorial and colonial rights in South
America? There are principles to-day, as
there were in 1I76, and human nature as
there was at Rome, in "a A. D.. though
wonderfully cnnobled by the centuries
and tho religion Of the martyrs who per-
iShcd in the arena.
Peace in itself. as 4 desirability, is out
side the subjects Of serious debate. sun
there are navies and standing armies.
Integrity is a generally accepted rule OF
personal conduct. Still there are 1allS
and peDitentiarics So the issue Is drawn
mot as 10 what ought to be. hut as to
what actually exists. Men who prearh
preparation hold that they are as sound
Cthically as arc those who plead TOT
world wide disarmamcnt-and more prac-
teal Al the head OF one group 81 con-
I-oversalists is Theodore Roosevelt III
the head ct the other. Andrew Carnegie
Conspicuous in the first group Is John
OayIs Long Secretary Of the Navy
throughout the Spanish war, lawyer, his
torian. statesman, student, orator, ana
philosopher.
Eriendshfp of Long and Mckinley.
first saw Gov. Long at the Republi-
can national convention of 1881 lie
was then a Representative in Congress
sitting for six years in all at the desk
next TO William McKinley's. The po-
litical and temperamental tTtendsh!p
then begun brought Long into Mckin-
lcv's Cabinet more than decade later
Theodore Roosevelt was Twenty-Five
wears old at the time. He. too. went
10 tho convention of 1854 as a delegate.
standing frequently on his seat in the
front row making a megaphone of his
hands and Justify shouting, MT. Chalr-
man." Long. distrusting and opposing
James G. BIaint-aS did RooseVelt-de-
Iivered the nominating speech for
George F Edmunds. Only an inspired
Hebrew prophet could have foreseen in
MCKINLEY. Roosevelt. and Long the
three great and sensational characters
Of the predestin"d war with Spain.
In stature. roiundlty. and benignlty
OF countonancc. though the top Of his
head is suuarcr ad his lower jaw more
protective and aggressive, Gov Long
SIN resembles William Dean HowellS'
tho novelist. His own turn toward lit
erature however, has been historical
instead Of creative. vet he translated
Virgil-s "Acnrid" into English. doing
mos of il. he told me while b." was
sneaker Of tho Massachusetts house OF
representatives. Il thus employed the
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
CONGRESSIONAL GUN MEN MAY NOTCH WEAPONS

Represen ntativc John F.. Raker. OF Cali
fornia. is not known as the Fighting
Judge of Modoc" for nothing. Judge
Raker is another who carried something
besides bound statutes in the early days
and California people have not forgotten
several cases where he sat on the bench
with a pair OF fOrty-fives handy when
the spectators carried enough hardware
To STOCK a sporting goods store. Raker
did more to clean up Modoc County. Cal,
than any other nan First, when the
law and order committee had done a
good nights work by hanging a number
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OF bad men" and cattle rustlers from
convenient railroad trestlc. Raker de-
Tended them and procured their aCquittal
always with a brace of pacifiers under
his coat. Later, when county judge-the
fighting judge-he was called upon to de-
eide case in which a number of bad
hOmbres" were vitality concerned. Hav-
ing been warned that, in the event of an
adverse decision, he would not be allowed
to leave the court room alive, Judge
Raker. upon seating himself on the bench
at the opening Of court, pulled forth
brace Of blue forty-fives and carefslly
laid them where all might see. Then
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
Meat md Cnncer.

In view of the fact that meat. and es-
pecially fresh meat, is comparatively
very cheap in Australia, and in conse-
quence its use probably very much more
general than in any other country, it
may be interesting on account of meat
being frequently associated with cancer
to note the Incidence of this disease.
In 1908 the total number of deaths re-
ported in the commonwealth was 46. 426
OF this number. 1921. or SO per cent,
were due to cancer. II the population is
estimated at 100000, the incidence would
be one death per annum in every 1,540 Of
the population. This rate Is very much
lower than that OF the United States,
Great Britain, or Germany.
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abdicating in favor OF itinerant gangs
of Western renegades who often paid
the ranch unannounced visits while en-
tering or leaving Denver.
Being by that time more or less ''sot
in his ways" Judge Rucker decided to
dispute ownership with the next gang
Of invaders. After the smoke had cleared
away, one OF The gang was good and
dead, several others wished they were
and the rest Of the gang had beat it
for the tall places. RuCker handled a
shotgun and siX-shOOter far too familiaTly
for their health. He hasn't been bothered
much since.
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COST OF LIVING
WORRIES GERMANY
Prices of Provisions Take a
SkyWard Jump.
ALL CLASSES ARE SUFFERING
Unprecedented Rise in Prices OF
Staples Cause of CONSERVATION
Democrats Out to Obtain Relief
from Approaching Famine.
recial Cable to The Washington Herald.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Berlin, Sept. 3O.-The increasingly high
prices of provisions is a cause OF grave
alarm. Complaints are heard from every
part of the empire, not merely from
the poorer classes, but from the pOpula-
ton generally.
Within few weeks, milk has increased
materially in price owing to the scarcity
of fodder for the live stock. In many
sections of the countryside, sugar beets,
the staple commodity. as well as the cab.
bage. potato, and other crops, have been
seriously damaged, and in some instances
practically ruined, by the recent heat
period.
Prices to Go Higher.
The markets are poorly supplied with
vegetables. Housewives are bitterly
lamenting the almost twofold increase
in the usual price OF vegetables, pota-l
toes in particular costing now from
Sl.25 to $3.50 per hundredweight. or just
double what they cost last year. More
over. the prices are expected to rise still
higher
Meats. generally. are not much higher
than usual. but increased prices are i'm
minent On the other hand, fruit Of |
various sorts is plentiful and compare
lively cheap.
Loud murmurings Of complaint are be-
ing heard, especially in Social-Democratic
circles, in various parts Of the country.
Urge Tax Removal.
The Socialist town councillors OF onen-,
bach, in Hesse-Nassau. have petitioned
the mayoralty TO urge the Hessian gsv-
ernment to instruct :he Hessian repre-
sentative in the federal council to move
that the taxes on provisions and fodder
be suspended; that the frontiers be
opened to the import of foreign cattle
and meat. and also that the problem OF
meeting the increased cost Of foodstuffs
be put on the agenda at the meeting OF
the delegates Of the German cities shortly
to take place at Posen.
Delegates were asked further to dis
cuss steps for meeting the increase OF
prices, and especially whether 1t would
be possible for the town itself to CO.
operate by purchasing provisions cheaper.
chiefly potatoes, bread, and meat. and
supplying them cheaply to the poorer
classes. The urgency of this petition was
unanimously accepted and passed by the
town council.
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HI. Tempornry Orthodoxy.

From the London Chronicle
1t is not chiefly as skeptic that most
OF us come to commemorate David
Hume. But the story of his very tenn
poraTy orthodoxy Is worth recalling
Having fallen into a swamp at the
back OF Edinburgh Castle. he called for
assistance to woman who was passing.
At first she took no notice. but pres
emily asked, Are ma ye Hume the
Atheist" ''Weel, weei, no matter" said
Hume, Christian charity commands you
to do good 20 every one"
christian charity here or Christian
charity there" said the woman, ''Ill
do nathing for you till We turn Christ
Ian person yourself-ye maun repeat the
Lords Prayer and the Creed. or faith
I'll let We grafel (groveD there as I
found We"
And he had to repeat them.
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Told His Fortune.

From the Boston Traveller.
While crossing the East Boston ferry
a little fellow approached me. saying:
Tell yer fortune for a nickel, mister"
After a few words with the young fell
low 1 consented. He took my hand and
said: ''At first I thought you were going
to become a rich man, but it's all of
now"
asked him his reason.
We'll, yer see, boss, anybody who parts
with his money on a scheme like played
you for will never be one Of them finan-
ciers.'
gave him another nickel for his phil
osophy.
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ArtI.t. In pra~ins TIPS.

From the Baltimore Sun.
One OF the New York hotels boasts OF
a belIboy who is destined to become
great artist" Most OF 'em are now when
u comes to drawing tips.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01

Capt. Paul w. Beck, L. S. A, at the
wheel of his Curtiss bipIane, and seated
alongside of him Postmaster General
Hitchcock. Standing to the right of
Capt. Beck is Attorney General Wicker
sham, who was an interested spectator
at the aviation meet now being held at
Nassau Boulevard, Long Island.
Capt. Beck. with Postmaster General
Hitchcock as a passenger, few from
the aviation field to Mineola with bag
Of mail. Postmaster Hitchcock person
ally dropped the bag in the hands of the
postmaster in charge OF the once at
Mlnneopla-
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-07

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complies
restoration TO health means so much
to me that for the sake of other suffer.
ing women / am willing to make my
trouble public 50 you may publish
this letter. Mrs. CHAs. BARCLAY,
RID. GraniteviIle, VT.
No other medicine for woman's Ills
has received such widespread and IN
qualified endorsement. Nc other med
fcine we know OF has such q record
Of cures as has Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
For more than 80 years 1t has been
curing woman's ills such as infiamma-
ton, liberation. fbroid tumors, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains and nervous
prostration, and 1t is unequalled for
carrying women safely through the
period OF change of life.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women TO write
her for advice. Her advice Is freas
and always helpful
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Sgy~4El ~ uy LIE bupl% Ns~-LL -
EvkCPSls.

james -rEur o." Jimmy - - 3 ~a~rt
~ ElF f~ga.1E .--E Vas -r--C L-c
AnaEHa E~tF,r~rr -,Er be really vGH rs
E-ltt-uE 1u re va O. rs 'Gra- a+~ar-E.
bur pengas s,=a1.E refused Z. q. e.. Is
81 E aurTs8-ral Z v-E- 1.FH ta'@gT 70
tzDBe}r Z De uEEs5 Ea--E.e ~ 1--s- rv-
srrurs HEpHr~es & fr.l, I---T c-Er~E@E
Bella Know hes trEg I've --gE-'+r Z yea
range % ~atsGrE's the So a. r~"Es~T
- EtB Hvrr~e. TIE patti is n p" Ew'-E
Wue- Sl-~E-E receives > rEl@ErA- tr-r- Is
4u-E ErfuE- wrc III arrive IL trgr nu-rs
20 TlElT Ear- ana lie VIE jimmy Te.s '3s
funds from EuUt EELGg AND Et,sr rs C-EF-
r1HE she hwuhI@E rlB allowance lie neg
bette 70 ts@ Ter - EGF Gvg-~P jimmy
takes XII into FlE -~-&dsrUE. .E T-leE 20
6sE1ss E~-nt way - ttG. RS avn; VII uut
bsGr1 tnEt he hEE 40 longer { VIE. Re
EuggsEiE t-Ef E| play rhs hostess FOR one
N-E E--TrFE Eut The 6~s"PU~1U- w0rKE out
AE planned Jtru'E Jap EpTvEUr - taken
~ Bella. gHrur~TB divorced VIE. enters
g." h0uE' ana asks ~ E.o - eei-g "a
tSn away a TIE E-uEglE-"E" EEIlE iuEtE-s
= 10 gf-r- KIT tens he- IN % wEB ErS -
T. m hssuEE. EcnE tells XII IL Wasn't
sATu are wb-ts@ % see. hU. -EEEtirR, fhs
sEU BSrTg-t EE-ElHUr steps uEr - TIRE
por~N sn6 G1bcaEErE > 49,. ==-S1E a
cHrc ~ ths 6oar Ea demands ~ sK-
EAsns+au- The mar prt-yE 20 $40 Caars-S
Nrc Harrison EHEE the WORD "EruaGlv~y"
printed nr p TIE quests suddenly rss1'Es
sNs1r pTESacRrrs-t. ire women she'd teas
sss raHn consider = q good tTTs- Eu-fa-
mCa pleads NTH rsr - tpT7 hin the rnsH
gf-ua-oD - thfBEE Ehe finally tsIiE N-r
Nf EHTfH's fncsrc&rz r5o- fn the basement.
TIE al important rueErtw- arises sc 20
who 80 - prepare rhG meals Rns -p-f~---
yN@ either housph0ft dudes Fsr~iav- -
aMv solves the matter Ee writes 0ut
WADs cu1Tsir3DE thS VARIOUS Departments
81 tis or hPr cutjes. KIT srfPruD+E -
MAIZE En nroSist for Aunt Selma but fsG's
VI she sttsrT~t and Is iH q very nervous
gfEfe when HsTsiBCr comes 10 hey TNs~Es
ard tells h"T how 70 make s. After the
Firing 81 IRE guarantee several LETTERS
are f0Une in the rEfY hoT uassHvR-ed
one IL addressed 20 Henry DPwEF'vn.
yar310s, Chile which was written by Har-
bison He ds$~r4oes rainB.R9T ~ thsss -
rsrcs-sron. also % IDS ~i2tEtuarOa Cor
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NECK SCARFS OF LACE
CLEVER IoEA IS BROUGHT OVER
FROM PARIS.
Meets Long Fet: Want q %o-sn VIVA
Always Wears Cclls-uess E oEsss
is Esry Pretty and Easily
ksSs.

Y You are among the women who
.heris1 he t2sh5o1 Of wearing Z collar
less blouse al all hours Of the day YOU
are aware Of the problems Of what 10
60 wbe2 you don { coat i IS quite
easy Tor any one % suggest Z separate
stock fer these occasions. but you have
probably tried ont thai idea and found
il wanting.
Flrs-, You CaT want e wear yo--
blouse with & ' in front and your col
lar Will not It, or Won nay wear z
round neck that does not come above
the collarboDe and you cant make E
stock 60 down 10 meet il.
Young girls ma! look well .withou:
any white about the neck and may fl
ish the edge Of their rough coat with =
sotteniLg stole Of tur. Yet even this
effect is better in tie house a. an aft
e-poon tea than II IS Oh the street at
the noon hours. II is : good deal OF
trouble TO change ones collarless
blouse for one with Z stock every time
che wishes 20 90 in the open. and then
one must put up with the inconTeni-
ence Of the high blouse when the coat
Is removed
These annoyances sound simple u
I'll one has TO face them each day:
then they become as e~Iasperating and
as important as all the other TRIES in
life.
Now here Is an idea that was o-igt-
mated in Paris . few weeks ago and
brought oyer here by q woman who al
ways wears collariess blouses. first BE-
cause they r becoming 10 her long.
round, white neck, and, second, be-
~ ste is distinctly uncomfortable
when wearing anything that is tight
under the chin and that has bones
that prod and wound
She has too good taste in dress TO
appear On the street in the winter With
q bare neck outlined BY the rough
edge OF q cloth coat, so she eagerly
took up this new accessory, which
Paris designed TO meet Just such a
want.
Ii is q scarf about three-Quarters Of
q yard long. made o. lace, lined with
chiffon cloth and also with satin. The
middle Of ii is plain. and is wrapped
tightly about the neck, but the ends
are heavily beaded IN porcelain or
wood There are tsssels OF these beads
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A jeweled comb for the hair Is q
long. shallow crescent large enough TO
ft over the top Of the head and come
down to the ears. 1t a be worn at
the front or back.
This crescent has an edging OF
French diamonds DR. rhinestones set in
platinum. with a floral open work de
sign on inside. studded with the
same g~littering stones At each tip
Is q bow OF the jeweled bands formed
into three loops with a single big
stone in center.
Such q comb should not be worn
by q stout woman or one who has
scanty hair. 1t is exaggerated for
the latter.
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NEW TEXTURES IN BRoCADEs
So Supple That They Form Ex9uislts
DrsPery in Wraps and
Gowns.

The old patterns but new texture,
are being exploited In brocades for
spring. These are so supple that they
form exquisite drapery in wraps and
gowns. The colors are lovely and
even an iridescent effect is given 10
many.
These materials are used for trim
ming dresses or transparent goods,
such as a band around the skirt. an
edging for corsage and sleeves. sashes
OF the soft fabrics and even slippers
Of brocade.
Hats covered with brocade are ex'
cellent for early spring before you de
eide on . straw shape. They are light
weight. can be OF any shade desired
and the shape can be decided by you
before covering the frame.
For bridesmaids this type Of hat Is
extremely modish.
Little bags Of brocade silk are car,
RED by many women In the even
ing.
One commendabie feature Of bro
cades Ii that the design can be used
as a background for beadwork The
flower forms al be outlined or work
ed in solid beads; the touch of gold
or silver thread a be added In out,
line stitch here and there. IEnumer.
able are the suggestions for the use
OF brocade. From trimmings to en-.
tire gowns there is wide scope, and
any clever effort canno but meet with
success.
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CHAPTER TX.

ODDS

The most charitable thing would be
to say nothing about the first day.
We were badly brutal-that's the
only word for It. And Mr.. HARRISON.
with his beautiful courtesy-the really
sincere kind-tried to patch up one
quarrel after another and failed He
rose superbly TO the occasion, and
made something that he called Q
South American goulash for luncheon,
although II was too salty. and every
n vas thirsty the rest Of the day.
Bella was horrid, Of course. She
froze Jim until he said he was going
10 SIT In the refrigerator and cool the
butter. She locked herself In the
dressing -room-it had been assigned
TO me, but that made no difference 10
Bella-and did her nails. and took
three different baths. and refused 20
come 20 the table And Of course
Jimmy was wild, and said she wsud
starve. But / said. every vel. let
her starvs. Not a tray shall leave my
kitchen IL was q comfort TO have
her shut MP there anyhow: II post.
roned the time when she would come
face 20 face with Flanagan.
Annt Selma got sick that dity. M I
have said / was rot 90 bitter as the
others: I did not SAY that I wished
she would die The worst ! ever Wish
ed her was that abe might BE quite N
for some time, and jet. when she be.
gan TO GOV she was dreadful to
ME. she said for one thing. that ii
was the hard-boiled eggs and the STATE
OF the house that did f. And when
said that the grippe was a germ. she
retorted that l had probably brought
IL TO her On my clothing.
You remember that Betty had drawn
the nurses slip. and how pleased she
had been about It. She got up early
the morning Of the fret day and made
herself a lawn cap and telcphoned out
for a white nurses uniform-Athat +.
Of course, for a white uniform Tor !
nurse. She really looked very fetch.
Ing. and she went around all the morn,
Ing with a fsc cross on her sleeve and
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so Ernna In engsgsd.- said Esenncr.
with q cmF 81 her Up We'll IN
sorry for the man. that's AL Ehs
doesn't know the erst thing abous
keeping house
-Ok. yeG. she does. though VA
Fannisis assuring reply.
Wen I'd Ike % know what Il s&.s
was the 6oubtfng response.
The very erst thing. whsch 10 %
Get . man 70 keep hosss for.--yudxs