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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1904)
! OREGON NEWS It I COST Or.AUCWS LIVING. Chinese Spend S7.0, Japanese $9.30 Per Month. Salem The coet of living of Chinese and Japanese laborer form a part of the biennial report of Labor Conimia eiooei O. P. iloff and it ia shown that the expense of the former ia 17.40 per xuooth and of the latter $9.60 per month. The information waa derived from nemeroua reliable sources and the figure given are an average of the estimates received. ' Though the total difference in the cost of living ia not great between the two nationalities, there ia a great differ ence in the pioportion of the money expended for American goods. A com parison ia thus made: Of the total coet of living forVapan eee, 85 per cent ia for food and of thia 87 per cent ia American product and 13 per cent foreign. The expense for clothes ia 15 per cent of the total, and all of this is for American goods. Of the total cost of living for Chi nese, 81 per cent is for food, and of this 25 per cent ia for American goods and 75 per cent for foreign. The expense of clothes s 19 per cent ..of the total, and all of thia ia for American goods. ' FULL REGIMENT AT CORVALLIS. Growth of Attendance Makes a Change Necessary. CotvaUis An almost complete jeor- ganixationof the cadet battalion, and its evolution into a regiment, is a con eouence of the largely increased at- tendance of e'tudents at the Oregon Ag ricultural college. Instead of about 250 men. the ranks are now swollen with about SSO, and instead of the bat talion of two small companies in vogue a few years ago, the regiment will now comprise four full companies of infan try, a detachment of artillery, a eignal ' corps and the regimental band. - The infantry companies each com prise 64 men, or two more than in the regular United States service. -Mounts are provided for the cavahy detain ment, comprising 24 men in addition to officers. Two field pieces with as signments of horses and 16 men and officers constitute the equipment and personnel of the artillery detachment. The signal corps numbers in men and officers over 30, and the regimental band, under command of a lieutenant colonel, the officers being newly elected under the orders providing tor the or- i ganization, and issued by Lieutenant Quintan. Athena Wheat Crop Shipped. Athena But little of Athena's im menae crop of wheat remains in the warehouses, with the exception of that purchased and stored here by the mill Aa the greater part was sola early in the season and shipped before cars be came scarce, there remains but a small part of the crop to be shipped. The Preston-Parton Milling company pur chased ; about 120,000 bushels at Adams, Eastland and Athena, and have their warehouses fillel to their capac ity. The elevator could not be used this season owing to its unfinished con dition and lack of machinery. As soon as power can be obtained a part !of the bins will be filled (or immediate os Good Road to Blue River. Eugene W. T. CarioU. who has been in barge of the improvement work on the road leading to Blue river has completed his work and returned to Eugene. A force of men and teams has been employed for two months and a large amount of good road along the McKenzie river is the result. Team aters bauiine over the road report that the work has been done in a most sat iafactory manner, and that it is now an excellent mountain road. The cost to the county and people contributing' is nearly $6,000. . Looking Toward New Postof fice. Oregon City Postmaster Randal has received from the omce or the sup ervising architect at Washington a let ter inquiring as to the amount of space that is now occupied by the poetonn and the land office, and asking the amount of rent that is being paid for the quarters so occupied. This h con eidered locally to be an indication that the government authorities at Washing ton are investigating the actual needs of a government building. Goats Take Pair Prizes. ; Monmouth Riddel 1 Bros., wbo are breeding pure bred Angora goats, took some of their stock to St. Louis and en tered them in the contest for premiums. They were awarderd one first sweep stake on doe kid and fourth on buck kid, They have for years been im proving their stock by addition of only pure breeds until they have a model herd.' . . Spur for Logging Company. Albany A new spui of the Ccrvallis & Eastern railroad is being constiucted above Detroit. It will run from a lit tle above Detroit almost to the Breiten bush river and will be one mile in length. It will.,run through splendid timber and is being constructed for the benefit of the Curtis Lumbering com pany, which will establish logging camps along its extent and secure logs for its mills at Mill City. OP INTEREST DUTY Or COUNTY JUDGES, British Consular Officers to be In. formed of Subject's Death. Salem Qovernor Chamberlain baa received from the secretaiy of state of the United State a copy of a treaty be tween the. United States and Great Britain, wherein it ia agreed that in case of the death oi a subject of one country while residing in the other. and leaving no heirs or testamentary executors ia the country where he died. it shall be the duty of the local author ities to inform tie nearest consular officer oi the nation to which the" de ceased petson belonged of the circum stances, in order that the necessary in formation may be immediately for- waided to persons interested. Acting Secretary of State Loom is says that the British ambassador com plains that the local authorities have failed to carry out the provisions of this treaty and that it has sometimes been found impossible to obtain reports from administiatora in regard to the distribution of the interstate estates. The daty of giving the notice specified, falls, in this state, upon county judges, who have charge of probate matters. reeo 9,ooo sheep. RQga Bros. Decline to Sell Any of Their "Holdings. Pendleton Rugg Bros are prepar ing to feed their 9,000 sheep through the'wioter. Five thousand will be fed on their farm east of this place for spring mutton and. will be sheared just before turning on the market. The re maining 4,000 will be ranged on their farm east of Pilot Rock and will be held over the next season for wool. The Rugg brothers have nearly 13, uuu acres oi una in trie mountains on the head of the Giand Ronde river in Uuion county for summer 'range and 8,000 acres between Birch creek and Butter creek, where tbey feed during the winter. Snow scarcely ever lies on the ground at the latter ranch, and lit tie hay needs be fed during the, winter months'. Mr Rugg says they have no sheep to sell this fall, although they would have no trouble in disposing of them should they so desire. Old ewes are selling from Si upward and young ewes as high as 2.75 a head, with a market for every sheep. They will keep their sheep until spring. Cordwood Must rind New Market. Uiegon Lity lhe Oregon my man- ufacturing'company Las compleetd the installation of oil-burning machinery at its woolen mills in this city and will .l; ..... ' j ' use mia more eauniaciorT tiiu ecuiiom ical fuel in the operation of its large mills in this city. The substitution by both of the paper mills and the woolen mill of crude petroleum for wood as fuel reduces to a large extent the de mand for cordwood in the vicinity and dealers will have to find another market for their produce. Fully 6,000 cords of wood have been required an hually for the operation of the manu facturing institutions that have within the last six months arranged to use oil.' Exhibit rrom Clnckamas Schools. Oregon City H. B. Lyman, superin tendent of the educational exhibit for the le r s and Clark fair, will meet the teachei s of Clackamas county at the court house in this city when details will be arranged for the making of an exhibit of educational work form this county at the 1905 exposition. It is proposed to have an educationaLexhib it from this county at the Lewis and Clark fair. In the display in the edu rational department at the St. Louis fair the exhibit from this county com pares favorably with that of other county represented. ' Packing Houses Closed. Treewater All fruite with the ex ceptfon of winter apples are disposed of, and aU of the packing houses except the Walla Walla ikoduce company, are clos d. Th is c mi par y is pack in i a few winter apples for Fargo, N. D. Low prices are being received for these ap pies, as they are inferior la quality, be ing quite wormy. Growers sprayed faithfully, but conditions were such that there are more wormy apples than usual this season. Bettei prices than usual were received by growers, and all realized good prices. fix Irrigation Ditches. Ml ton Since tbe larger part of the fruit has been marheted growers in this vicinity are engaged in doing work ne glected during tbe rush of the fruit season. A lorce of men is at work ex tending the Hudson Bay irrigation ditch into the Hudson Buy country northwest of here and will h.ve it com pleted in time for use next season. Another force is engaged in making a ditch west of here to drain iff the waste water from the ditches. Pall Work Begins. Adams The past few days of rain have enabled farmers to commence seeding and harrowing. Fully as large an acreage of wheat will be fall sown as was gown this season. , Northwest Wheal Markets. Portland Walla Walla, 1 8182c; bluestem, 85c; valley, 85c. Tacoma Bluestem, 86c; club, 82c. Colfax Club, 70c; bluestem, 75c. LOSS IS 1300,000. Destroys Three Business Blocks In Winnie;. Winnipeg, Man., Oct. IS Fire to night destroyed three of the finest bus iness blocks in this city, entailing a lot of at least f $00,000. For a time the flames threatened to spread to ad- oining buildings, and but tor th plendid woik of the fire brigade a much larger money damage would have been incurred. The fir started in .th new Pullman block,' which was totally dtstroyed. The Ashdown Hardware company, on Bannatin street, one of th largest es tablishments of its kind in Canada, was next attacked by th flame. Many explosions were caused by powder and cartildge carried In th stock of the hardware company, but no one was In- ured. The Rialto block and th Great Northern telegraph office wr also de stroyed. There ia no estimate of th amount of insurance. Th Woodbine hotel block aud Dufferine block were also badly dam sired. The chief sufferers in those blocks were the Slater Shoe company. he Gundy Music company, Calder's photorgaph supplies, and Haver' sta tionery stock and Connelly, drugs. he electric light ami power service waa cut oft owing to the fire, and all newspaper offices are In darkness. The Free Press office, in the rear of the Bullruan block, escaped injury. JAPANESE GUNBOAT LOST. tlel Yen Strikes Mine, and Nearly 200 Persons are Drowned. Toklo. Oct. 13. The Japanese gnn- boat Hei Yen struck a mine off Pigeon bay on the night of September 18 and foundered. It is officially stated that 197 men were lost. Thoee rescued managed to reich Chiao Pal island, from which they were rescued. Per mission was today granted by the au thorities to publish the detail of the disaster. The Hei Vrn, which was engaged in guard duly off Pigeon bay, was missed by the fleet, and a search for the vessel was immediately beun. The petty officers and sailors found on Chiao Psi idand -reported that at dusk on Sep tember 18 a storm came up. accompan led by high seas. The Hei Yen endeav ored to return to her base, when she suddenly struck a floating mine, which exploded under her starboard side amidships. The vessel began to sink, and an attempt wa" made to lower the boats. The boats w re swamped and the ctew jumped into the sea, where, owini to the heavy combers, they were quicxly drowned. Tbo Japanese fleet carefully searched the patrolled locality, but failed to find any other survivors. "An official announcement of tbe disaster, issued today, says: It ia highly regrettable that no re port in any form has been recevied of the fate of the other survivors. The sad evert was made worse on account of the weather, which must have added greatly to the already awful remit caused by the explosion of the mine." CAUGHT WITH HIS MOLDS. Secret Service Men Swoop Down on Counterfeiter at Work. Feattle, Oct. 13. United States Sec ret Service Agent Bell, of this city, to day descended upon a counterfeiter's cabin in the woods nine miles west ol Tacoma and captured H. N. Stone vir tually in the act of manufacturing spurious United State balf dollars, quarters and dimes. Mr. Bell was as sisted in tbe raid by a deputy United States marshal, two Tacoma detectives and a special secret service agent who has been working on the case for two weeks. One of the most elaborate outfits ever captured in the' Northwest was seized together with the molds, wnicn were discovered in a stove, where they had bees placed to dry o ly a few minutes before. Stone confesned his guilt when confronted with the evidence, but main tained that he was only "experiment ing" and had not actually put any oi the counterfeit money into circulation Tho cabin in which Stone enndncted his operations is located in a dense swamp, entirely removed from Human habitation. It ia conceded that it would hardly have been discovered had not the secret service officers secured clew in Seattle, where a considerable part of the layout was purchased. Admirals of the Baltic fleet. 8t. Petersburg, Oct. 13. The Official Messenger has anncunced the appoint ment of Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff.com mander of the first squadron of the Pa cine fleet, to be senior admiral of tbe Baltic fleet, and of Rear Admira Haupe, naval commander at the Port of Vladivostok, to be junior admiral of the Ealtic fleet. Rear Admiral Greve will succeed Rear Admiral Ilaupt as commander at the Port of Vladivostok Admiral Jessen will assume command of the first Pacific squadron,. Predicted China Would Profit. London, Oct. 13 The Times today publishes the summary of a letter a leged to have been- written by Li Hang Chang shortly before his death, pre dicting that little . harm would come from allowing the Russians to hold Manchuria, because it would lead to war between Russia and Japan,, and then China, by espousing the winning side, would be able jto recover Man churia. , Russians Hold Railways. Mukden, Oct. 13.-r.Tbe battle com menced this morning along the line of the railroad with a terrific artillery fire on both sides. The railway line al most to Yentai is in possession of tbe Russians. ' : : Toilers of the Qolumbla By P71VL DB L71XUY nfer "!? f ( Desert," MOrea) Strle," a? eiAtr PscltH Cease SferVea J 4- -J C CHAPrER V. Rlngwold and Sankala. "How did yon max It at school to- day, my chlldT" "Just fine, except that Haul Seadog was tuor rud than aver. My father, am kind to Hasel. I do not antago nise her intentionally, and yet ah seems to displa m. She flaunt th Lfact In my face that her father owns many fishtrap and has a cannery and that they are rich, while my father is common fisherman, is old and poor od lives in a cabin, and they live in a big house with glass window, and have piano. "Father, I don't caie for this. I am happy with you. I don't envy Haiel, and why should she diuplse me aoove all others?" "My child, there 1 an Intuition sometime that tells us more (ban we know. There ia often a guilty con science that is handed down to posterity and while the posterity know ao what it ia, it feels it keenly. In the case between you and Hasel her intu ition tells her 'hat something is wrong; that your existence is dangerou to her welfare and yet she does not know why. It you knew the facta, child, you would understand, you would un derstand!" "Tell me, father. Why does Hazel feel this way toward me." 'I will not tell yon all now, but I can tell yon much. I have a long time rontemp'ated telling you about yourself, but you are yet young too young to grasp the meaning of the things of a wicked world. 'But you are old enough now to know who jou are, who I am and what the future may be to you." "Why, father, I know who I am. am Sankala, you are Father Ring- wold and my future shall be devoted to my dear father, iou know you are getting too old to pull the boat, father, and they say it does not look so well r gins to mingle with th fishermen, but I shall help you at the oars and nets until I have completed my educa tion and tven I will teadi school or Keep books or do something that girls should be respected for doing and take care of my dear old father." There was a long pauoe. The gric- tied old man sat in one corner of the cabin gazing into an open fireplace fed by pieces of dritfwood cf various sizes and length. These had been gathered from the beach by the girl upon her arrival from school. As the child busied herself with then dishes and light housekeeping the old man sat deeply absorbed. He was thinking of the past. An inky dark ness prevailed outside. A stiff w ind burled sheets of mist upon the roof which fell from the eaves in heavy drops. As the wind arose and whistled around tbe corners of the cabin the old man startled aa if awakened from terrible experiences of the past. It was a small structure nestling in the tall timbers near the beach, scant ily furnished. - A few cooking utensils on the open fireplace were used for pre paring the meals. A large bed and a small couch furnished tbe sleeping quarters in the same room. Though the place was much crowded, every thing was kept as neat as a pin. The man was nearing his four score and ten. Tbe girl was a few days past fifteen. She bore a refined air in spite of her surroundings. Her cloth ing was of the cheapest kind, yet it was clean. Her garments were not made in the latest style, still tbey were neat. Her hands and feet were small though the former showed the marks of toil. Her eyes were older than thoee of most girls of filteen, but they were no less Deautiiui, l ney looted deep into things with an intelligence and innocence that commanded re spect. "Yes, Sankala, I told you I would tell you some but not all. The Seadoga do not like as. .They do not know why, but there is an intuition that tells them we . are dangerous to their welfare.1 'Those letters you have brought me from the postoffice all these years are bringing to a consum mation the plans which have so long occupied my time. ' It has been long and tedious duty but it shall be performed ere the last spark shall leave me. . "Sankala, you have been told the story of the shipwreck by the old women time and again. I have seldom spoken of it. It is a link in the story of your lite tnat is oi toe greatest im portance to you. . "I am the only person living that knows you. I am the .only person living that knows the facts which shal some day make you free from poverty Which shall enable you to live the life that you deserve will enable you to complete your education and to out shine Hazel Seadog and all of the Sea dog family. "They are sailing under false plumes, Sankala, tbey are sailing un der false plumes. They are wearing that.which of right belongs to others "Sankala, I have always passed as vour father. I love you better than father ever loved bis child. The idea prevails among the fisherman that only your mother was drowned and tiny your aged father, who had taken young wife at the ageofihree score and ten had clutched you in my arms at the last moment and that fate had cast y i i si "J J us ashore. "W were cast ashor together. It la tine, you a five-weeks old babe In my arms, but your mother and father both went down to a watery srav. "But yoo are my father now," brok ia Sankala. "I love you as my father and shall alwaya lov you as such.' "That is true, my child, that Is true, but your real father is dead. It la this that place a heavy responsibility upon yoo and m. Your father was much wronged and it is left to you and me to right th wrong. Should I continue to live, Sankala, I will right the wront, but should I die the duty falls upon you. You are young, I know, but you already possess a woman's in telligence and with the data before you, yon will be abl to complete the plana which I have inaugurated, should the worst come. I am failing rapidly, Sankala. I am failing rapidly." "But you will live, father, you will live," sobbed the girl. "I Intend to, my child, but should I tail you must finish the work. Un del the hearth ther is concealed I small box. It is a small metal affair, but contains much of interest to you It contains evidence, Sankala, that shall some day make you the queen of the Aching village. It will do more Sankala, it will enable you to tiavel and to see the great world. "I shall never forget your mother's dying request. It was on that fearful night lust fifteen vears ago when the old ship made such a gallant fight on the bar and finally went aground on Sand Island. "Your father was assisting the sail ors and had been swept from the deck. ou were born aboard the ship after we had left th old country, jue ship' surgeon had given a certificate of your birth. Your mcther knew how mportant that rert ideate was, San kala. and when all were lost but the captain and you and I; she came to me and threw you into my arms. She hac imbedded the rerliuVate of your birth in wax and thrust this deep into the nside pocket of my vest. She , said calling me by my right name: '1 have a presentiment. You will ive and rescue the child. I will be lost. Upon the very eve of reaching the place we so long sought, my poor husband went down In sight of bis own wealth. I must surely follow. Take her, my dear friend, take the child and see that she got what belongs to her n the name of Him who will reward you, I beg you to be brave and do that lor which you are now intended "In a few minutes all was lost God spared me the sight 6f seeing your mother go. I lashed myself to a spar clutched you in my arms with the grip of death and became unconscious, as the sea cut the icmalning timbers from the vessel." CHAPTER VI. Disturbed Peace oi the Seadogs. "I do not know why it is, husband but our Hazel, young as she is, is wor rying a great deal. That girl. Sankala disturbs her peace of mind, She does not like her. Tbe poor girl is kind to our Hazel and all of that but our child seems to have a most natural antipathy (or htr. "Sankala is the most popular girl at school. The teachers love her, the girls run after her and the boys wor ship her. They look upon her as some superior being and yet she is only poor little waif that you remember was cant ashore bre many years ago. "Old Ringwold, her father, is drink ing more and more whenever he can get it, and the child, poor thing, much as as she disturbes our Hazel, seems more devoted to the old man every day. "It would be better for her if he should die, but then it would almost kill her, for the poor thing worshipi the old fellow. But it would be bad for the village if Ringwold should die There would be no one to fill the dlffi cnlt prescriptions at tbe drug store and I do not know what poor Gosnell would do without him: "Do you know, husband," spoke the woman more cautiously, "I do not like that girl Sankala, She is all kindness and deserving, but I do not like the child. Her name disturbs me and when I see her a peculiar feeling comes over me which I cannot explain. I dp not wish the girl bad luck, but I do wish that something would take ber away from the village where I . could not see her and where she would not disturb our Hazel." , Thus spoke Mrs. Seadog, the wife of old Seadog, the ruling power in the great fisheries on the north side of the Columbia river near its mouth. "I do not like the kid either, wife," said the rugged old capitalist, who had made his wealth in various ways. He had pulled oars through the storm-driven waves. He had sold goods over the counters of his great store at enormous profit. He had dispensed whisky over his bar that was said to have been of bis own make and was warranted to contain snakes to the quart ; he had thrown Chinamen from his cannery in to the bay because they did not earn ten times their wages; he bad robbed the fish traps of his neighbors, "stolen their property rights by night, and was charged with having sent gillnetters to the bottom of the river. Upon all of this, old Seadog had built up an im mense fortune, but it was whispered about that he had come to tbe wealth hlch constituted th foundation of hi tortun through torn foul means th stalls of which wer ihroudisi In mjs- tery. "No, I do not like the kid, el; Vr," h continued. "And much less do I Ilk th old bunch of mystsry who I known aa her father. Do you know that when- I learned that they had drifted ibr from that vcisel, h4 more than ball dead and sue but llttl more than spawn, I felt an noyed by It. In spit cl th fact thai ther could b no harm In them I would rather that all on board ahould have been lost at th time. And It I remarkabl that th oldest and young st should hav survived th very one that under tb laws of nature ahould hav been lost. Th weakest at ac counted lost on such occasions under the law. yet that old duck and the young minnow brok th record. "I don't Ilk to think of tho times. and yet I do. My trial for boarding that wreck gav ana a do call, in spit of tb fact that it was shown that I did not attempt to carry away any oi th valuable, and I mad th plea that th boys and I were only trying to save life, ther was a strong suspicion thai w had some wicked motive In board- ng th wreck and th jury hung onl on th cas until things looked shaky. "Then it has Its pleasant UI. Up on that wreck I found th evidence thai put my mind to rest forever on one point that is, it should hav don so. found th evidence of th death of th only person living who could diatuib me here. He went to the bottom of th sea. I knew he wa on the vessel beyond all reasonable doubt and when I found his name on th ship s register then all questions wsre aettled. "When I lound a woman name on the register Identical with that of hi own I did not understand. But upon Investigation I found that ha was mar ried a year before sailing and thia cleared all matter on this point. She went to the bottom of the sea with him. I first had fear tat this Sankala might hav been of their irue, but I find from the ship,' register that one Ringwold and his wife and child were aboard and since old Ringwold claim her that set all doubts stialgbt on thia point. "Ringwold was very old at th time. but he appear to have had a younger wife. Resides the old fellow is half crazy and does not kuow what be is do ing half tbe time. But if this Sankala should have been the child of the son of my only brother, she could never prove it. All records not in my possession ar de stroyed. But, still I am Ilk you. I do not like either the old man or hi daughter. She gives me that same feel ing of uneasiness or rather unpleas antness and he, well, he reminds me of a rival of the olden time. "That rival was about his height. but be was slender and stood high in life. He was even a druggist to the czar, nut i, a mere commoner, won out over him and It cost me my conn- . try. I had to escape by flight and eome to America. He swore vengeance on me and I should tremble in my shoes were I sure he is living today. This RIngold has eyes Ilk the fel low and I do not like him for this reas on. But he as a different kind of man. He wa quick motioned, bad a springy step, wore no beard and kept his bair cut short. "But Rlngwod is like him in another chaiacterlstic, though a mere imitator. While Ringwold is conslderde an expert prescriptlonist for this fishing village my rival was tbe best chemist of all the Russians. The cair prised him ' above all others. No other could fill a prescription foi bis family. His posi tion was that of royalty." "What rivalry existed between yoo and this man, my husband ?" inqciied. the interested wife. "Ob, it is a long story, my dear. There was not a woman in it. ' Ther goes woman's curiosity. But, never mind, I will tell you the story anothei time. "But this Sankala and the old fel low I He is getting old and cannot last much longer. When he is dead the girl will .have nothing to keep her here. , She can do us no harm; Dut still, I would like to them away. They seem to be a menace to the peace of the Seadog family." (Tot continued) 1 Nothing White There. Albert, the young man of the fam ily, was undeniably 111. The doctor was sent for. He pronounced it a case of Jaundice, as indeed tbe parents had suspected, from the patlent'a yellow ish appearance. Albert's Utile sister , was explaining to a caller. ,. ' ' ' "He's got the yaller Janders," she said. "The doctor says so.'. "But how could the doctor tell, Ber sle?" asked the caller. , "Easy enough," replied Bessie. "Anybody could tell it by Jes' lookin into the the yelks of h'ls eyes." The Lesser of Two Evils. Nervous Passenger (as the train stops) I say, conductor, ar those two men taking a straw vote? ' Conductor No; they are taking up a collection. Train robbers, you know. Nervous Passenger Oh, then it isn't as bad as I suspected. All Bet Off. Miss Lakeside (of Cleveland) You can just bet your sweet life that I'll be wearing, an engagement ring before th end of the season. , , Miss Browning (of Boston) Exeas me, but I do not care to wager my sac charine vitality. : ( ' How He Got It, ' ' Blnks Queer that Charley Mohter could acquire such an automobile face. He never drives his machine over eight miles an hour. Jinks I know, but he got it, when his first month's bill for the repairs Cam in.' Cincinnati Commercial Trlbun. ; y -