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"TAPI YANG
KUEITSE, TAPir
..Kill the Foreign Devils P is
The Chinese Cry in Pekin.
London, July 4-2 30 A. M.
Couriers who are arriving at the
seats of government of the Boothera
viceroys from their agents in Pekin
give vivid but fragmentary pictures
of what is being enacted in the
capital. Thege couriers seemingly
left Pekin a day or two later tban the
messengers of Sir Robert Hart, the
inspector general of customs, wbo
started on the night of Jone 24
They report that tbe beads of some of
the captured legations guard were be?
ing borne tbrougb the streets at tbe
top of spears, followed by zealots
chanting "Tapi Yang Kuei Tse ; Tapi!
Tapi!" ("Kill the foreign devils; killi
kill!") Tbe city's millions have
been roused to patriotic fervor,
breaking ont into the widest
excesses, while over half the city
could be heard fighting aroond the
legations.
Sir Robert Hart's ronner, who was
interviewed by the correspondent of
:he Express at Shanghai, supple?
ments the tragic sentences of the dis?
patch he bore by a narrative of some
things he saw. He says the foreign?
ers were making a last stand in tbe
extensive buildings and enclosures
of the British legation They bad
many dead 8od wouoded. Among
them were some women and children.
All were short of food, even the com
mone3t necessaries. The women
were starving as tbey gave a part of
their small allowance to the children
The foreigners, nevertheless, were
holding out under a terrible fire, up?
held by the hourly expectation of
relief. They knew they would not
be abandoned and that the armies of
their governments were advancing.
Sometimes they thought they could
hear artillery in action beyond tbe
wall. They were unable to return
the fire of the Chinese, except at
moments when an assault seemed im
minent. Then the machine guns and
repeating rifles tore the storming
parties to pieces. The messenger
expressed the belief that it woold be
impossible for the foreigners to resist
much longer, as tbe Chinese were
preparing to better down the walls
of tbe court yard and their ammuni?
tion was running low.
Orders were given by Prince Tuan,
the messenger says, that since some
had been killed, no other foreigner
6honid be left alive. The Chinese
soldiers were exhorted to sacrifice
their lives without hesitation, if by
doing so they could help exterminate
the "Yang Kuei Tee." Extreme
precautions bad been taken to pre
vent tbe foreigners from commuai- j
eating with any one outside the city
and a number of runners who bad
been sent out were killed by the
Chinese.
This messenger succeeded in get?
ting through by smearing his face
and clothes with blood and joining
io the outcries against the "devils."
He passed the remains of foreigners
of Admiral Seymour's force, who bad
been killed between Lang Fang and
Lo Fu. Their bodies bad been cut
to pieces and their heads were car?
ried at the ends of bamboos.
A large army of Manchu Chinese
Imperial troops, with twenty guns,
is reported to be advancing in the
direction of Tien Tain
Reliance is placed in Shanghai on
most of the statements made by the
messenger, as be is known to be
faithful to the foreigners.
KAISER'S SPIRIT AROUSED.
Berbo, July 3.-Addressing tbs
detachment of German marine* which
sailed from Wilhelms Haven for Chios
yesterday tbs Emperor made s remark
able epeeob. daring which be oottfied
tbe world of Germany's intention to
avenge tho murder of Baron Von
Ketteler, tbe lats minister of Germany
at Pekio, sod tbe missionaries, aed to
dictate terms to the Chinese from tho
palace st Pekio. His Majesty spoke
as follows :
"The fire brand of war bas been
burled io the midst of tbe most pro?
found peaoe Unhappily this was, to
me, not unexpected. Tbe crime is
unspeakable insolence, horrifying in its
I barbarity, that bas been committed
j against the person of my trusty repre
I tentative and bas taken him from os.
The ministers of the otber Powere
hover between life and death, aod with
them comrades soot for their proteo*
tion It may be that while I speak
j they have already fought their last
; fight
j "Tbe German flag has been insulted
and the German Empire treated with
contempt. This demands exemplary
punishment and vengeance. Events
have moved with frightfol rapidity aod
! have become profoodly grave aod still
! graver. Since I called you to arms
what I hoped to effeot with the help of
the marine infantry has now become a
difficult task, which can only be ful?
filled with the help of the serried racks
of all oivilized States
"I will not rest until the German
flag, joined to those of the other Pow?
ers, floate triumphantly over China's
flag, and until it bas been planted on
the walls of Pekin to dictate peace to
tbe Chinese You will have to main
tain good comradeship with all the
otber troops whom you will come to
contact with over yooder. Russians,
British and French, all alike, are fight?
ing for one common cause-for civiliza?
tion "
Loodoo, July 5, 2 30 a. m.-Tbe
oommaoderB of the allies io Tien Tain
inform the correspondents that it would
be suicide to attempt to reaob Pekin
with the troops now available in tbe
face of the ooIos9al force of imperial
troops tod Boxers occupying tbe coun?
try between Tien Tsio aod Pekin So
far from taking the offensive the 12,000
international troops at Tien Tsia aod
the 8,000 others at Taku and interme
diate points oan barely keep up com
munioatioos, fighting incessantly with
overwhelming numbers, using far more
artillery pieces thao the allies.
ThU telegram bas been received :
"Shanghai, July 4, 11.10 a. m , via
Chefoo -Tien Tsio city fell between 7
and 8 o'clock oo the morniog of June
30"
It ts uoderstood that Shanghai un?
doubtedly referred to the native city of
Tieo Tsteo. from which the Chinese
have been bombarding the foreign
quarter, and the dispatch is taken to
mean that the allies are more than
holding their own.
Other advices received by way of
Shanghai aver that the Chinese losses
around Tien Tsin are between 7,000
aod 8,000 according to official esti?
mates.
A correspondent of The Express at
Chefoo, telegraphing Wednesday, says
Admiral Seymour was wouoded while
sitting io a house at Tien Tain by Chi?
nese sharpshooters.
Official news reoeived at Chefoo
shows that the Chinese have been
guilty of horrible cruelty toward the I
wounded and captured, subjecting them
to what is known as tbe Ling Che, or
the slicing process. Uoder this hid?
eous rite, tbe bodies of the fallen have
been mutilated. The Russians are
retaliating by tbe wholesale shooting of
natives.
The situation, aooording to The Ex?
press correspondent, shows signs of
drifting into barbarianism and sav?
agery.
European? aod Americans resident
in Shanghai are quite in a panio over
what is viewed as the inadequate
military preparations of tbe powers.
A dispatch to The Express from
Shanghai save that according to the
best military estimate 50,000 men will
be t pessary to subjugate northern
China and even then it will take two or
three years The forces of the Chinese
empire have gathered such motton that
even Japan's full strength launched
cow would been unequal to tbe task of
restoring order.
Taotai Sbeog of Shanghai issued a
proclamation on Wednesday wbiob
practically forbids foreign warships ap
proaehiog tbe Fang Tse Kiaog, saying
that if they do so the Chinese author?
ities will oot bold themselves respon?
sible It is reported the Cbioese offi?
cials are preparing a way to avoid the
responsibility if the outbreak oeoars.
Even Li Hung Chang is suspected.
Tbe foreigners are limply aghast at
tbe exteotof '(the Cbioese armaments
which bare beeo systematically accu?
mulated
Tbe decision of tbe adm?rala oot to
attempt tba relief of tbe besieged lega?
tion forces baa filled the eoti- Euro
j pean community, the Dail, Mail's
j Shanghai correspondent says, with bit?
terness aod deipair. Few, however,
affirm that any otber course is possible.
The weakness of the allied forces left
oo otber course opeo. Is is poioted out
that the Chinese opposing Admiral
Seymour were only a fractioo of the
huge force oow cutting off the capital
from Tieo Tain and wbioh cambers
200,000, Dearly all well armed. The
allies have no real meaos of transporte
aod there ia oo food io the country aa
j it ia beiog laid waste. Tbe question
of ammunition is also a serious ooe.
Only Japan and to a lesser extent
Russia are able to push war material
io the vast quantities made necessary
by tbe continuous fighting. Though
traosports will sooo arrive at Taku, the
preseot pressure ia oot relieved.
The concensus of opioioo among the
military and naval authorities is that
it will require at least 50,000 men to
rescue the Europeans in Pekio. Tbe
allies will have to hold Taku io streogth
and the occupation of strategic points
on tbe railway to Tieo Tsio will be
most diffieult. Tieo Tsio itself ia oooe
too stroogly held.
A dispatob to the Daily Mail from
Chefoo dated July 1, says that Wei
Hai Wei has beeo plaoed uoder martial
law aod tbat DO passengers are allowed
to staod there.
Dispatches received at Brussels re?
port that tbe secretary of the Belgiao
legation at Pekio had beeo killed by
the Boxers.
Shaoghai, July 4, 5 p. m.-Three
Chioese servants of foreigners have, it
is rumored from a good source es?
caped from Pekio. They report
that all the foreigners. 1,000 io Dum?
ber, iocludiog 400 soldiers, 100 mem?
bers of Chinese customs staff aod a
cumber of women aod children held
out till their ammunition was exhausted
io tbe British legation. Tbe legation
was finally burned and the foreigners
were killed.
Emperor Kwang Su
Committed Suicide.
Sbaogbai, July 5 -Emperor Kwang
Sn oommitted suicide by taking opiam
uoder compulsi?n of Prince Tuan, June
19. The empress dowager also took
poisoo, but is still alive, though report?
ed to be insane from tba effects of the
drug.
The above had been officially report*
ed to the German consolar staff.
THE DREADFUL STORY MOT
CONFIRMED.
London, July6, 6 30 a. m.-Tbe sto?
ry tbat all foreigners in Pekio were mur
dered on Jooe 30 or July 1 appears to
be circulating simultaneously at Chefoo,
Shaoghai aod Tien Tsio. Yet, as it is
cot confirmed by official dispatches aod
is not traceable to the southern vice?
roys who are still in certain communi?
cation with Pekio, there is a basis for
the hope that it is uotrue.
Cautious observers at Sbaogbai
reoogoize that even though these reports
are rejected, events io Pekio most be
gallopiog to a tragic end. Correspon?
dents of The Express at Sbaogbai
gather details from Cbioepe sources
which, pieced together, relate that
wheo the foreigners' ammunition was
exhausted tbe Boxers aod imperial
troops rushed the British legation and
poured ioto the court yard with fanati?
cal fury. The foreigo troops were so
hopelessly outDumbered tbat their fate
was certain. The moment tbe mob
broke, the court yard was oooverted
ioto a shambles. Others of tbe invaders
spread ioto tbe interior of the building.
Ooe correspondents adds : "It is only
left to hope that io the final rush of the
murderous hordes the meo of the
legatioos bad time to slay with their
owo hands their womeokiod aod chil?
dren. Tbe Chioese are whispering the
terrible story uoder their breath.
Their attitude towards foreigners io the
streets has uodergooe a straage change.
The demeanor of the better olass of
Chioese is one of pity rather than of
triumph. Eren tbe rabble is ooe of
pity, rather. Something of this culmi?
nating tragedy io tbe ghastly history of
receot eveots io Pekia seems to pervade
the very atmosphere here aod to compel
belief against all our hopes. Tbe
consuls fear that the report is too true,
and the Chioese officials do not attempt
to seek reasons for a denial."
Two Manohus who have arrived at
Shanghai certify to the truth of the
statement that Prioce Toao visited the
palace aod offered the emperor aod
dowager empress the alternative of
poisoo or tbe sword The emperor,
they say, took poisoo and died within
an hour. The dowager empresa also
ohose poisoo, but oraftily swallowed
only a portion of what was offered her,
and survived. Oo the same day the
Chinese customs bureau was destroyed,
Sir Robert Hart, the inspector of cus?
toms sod bis staff escaping to the
legations.
Intense indignation is felt in Sbaog?
bai against the supposed lotion of the
powers io restraining Japan from send?
ing ao army to Pekio immediately.
Tbe powers are accused of beiog as
guilty of murder st are Priooe Toto's
fanatics aod Sir Robert Hart is blamed
for not haviog informed the foreigners
of the immebse imports of arms, espe
oially a few weeks ago.
Tbs Chin?is commanders are pre?
paring for a loog, severs campaign and
are putting ioto operation plans drawn
ap by German officers last year for
resisting &B iovssion from tho seaboard
by Russia
HOLDING CHINA RESPONSIBLE
London, July 5 -Io tbe bouse of
commoos today tbe parliamentary
secretary of the foreigo office, Mr Wm.
St. Jobo Brodrick, aooouDoed that the
government was hourly expecting a
reply to a communioation addressed to
Japao aod said the Chinese minister io
London had beeo informed tbat the au?
thorities at Pekio would be held per
s o D a i 1 y guilty of aoy inj aries sustained
by the Europeans aod that he bad
beeo requested to convey this informa?
tion, so as to have it reach without faii
the authorities at Pekio.
The purport of this. Mr. Brodrick
said, will be communicated to the va?
rious vioeroys.
Mr. Brodrick said Rear Admiral
Bruce bad teiegaapbed that all the al?
lied admirals at Taku were working io
perfect accord and that the positioo of
the Amerioao forces is ideotical with
that of the otber powers.
Mr. Brodrick said be thought it
doubtful if aoy organized government
existed io China with which Great
Britain could consider herself at war.
NEWS OF THE FOREIGNERS.
Paris, July 5.-The Freoch ooosul
at Chefoo telegraphs that a Chinaman
who left Pekio June 25 reports that ali
the ministers aod residents theo as?
sembled at the British legation, tbe
Freoch, Germao aod Japanese lega?
tions were guarded by their owo de?
tachments aod M. Piohoo, the Freoch
minister aod his wife were well. The
other legations, the custom bouse and
the missions had beeo burned. The
foreign troops bad lost six meo killed
and had six men wounded, including
tbe commander of the British detach?
ment.
STUBBORN RESISTANCE. '
Shanghai. Joly 5-A messenger
with official advices who left Pekio
Juoe 27 says that over 100,000
Cbioese soldiers aod rioters surrounded
thc legatioos, but ia spite of fierce
attacks tbey bad oot then succeeded io
breaking through the walls.
The messenger also said that all per
sons connected with tbe palace were
pro-Boxer eveo the princes and dukes
aod every one worshiping the god of
the Boxers.
The gates of the inoer oity, it was
added, were opeo for half a day.
REBELLION MAY SPREAD
Washington, July 5.-A cablegram ;
has beeo received by tbe state depart
meet from Consul General Goodoow
at Shanghai declaring that there is im?
minent danger of an extension of the
Boxer rebellion to the southern Chi?
nese provinces unies* the international
forces are maintained and increased.
RUSSIA JEALOUS OF JAPAN.
Washington, July 5 -It has been
reported from European capitals that
Japan has been paralyzed in her good
intentions by Russian jealousy. Our
government has assurances from both
of these governments directly to the
contrary. The lina upon which the
United States government is proceed?
ing is in a measure disclosed in the
Berlin cablegram of last night, touch?
ing the receipt there of a dispatch
presenting the United States policy
as to China. This note has been pre?
sented to each of the Earopean chan
cellories as well as to the Japanese
foreign office, and so far it bas been
well received. The note correctly
states that the United States govern?
ment will to do its share toward pro?
tecting foreign life and property in
China, and particularly in forwarding
an international military expedition
against Pekin. Secretary Root W&B
in conference with Secretary Hay for
a short time at the state department
this morning with a view, it is under?
stood, to arranging for the redemp?
tion of the promise relative to mili?
tary aid It is admitted that prepar
atory measures are being taken that
will admit of any necessary consid?
erable increase of the United States
force in China.
RUSSIA CONSENTS
TO JAPAN'S ACTION.
London, Joly 7, 2 40 a. m-The
Russian government announces that
it will give Japan a free hand to ap
ply military force in China. The
terms of this are summarized into the
subjoined dispatch from St Peters?
burg, under date of July 6.
In reply to an inquiry from the
Japanese cabinet regarding the dis
patch of Japanese troops to China to
render aid to the foreigners in Pekin,
the Russian government declared on
May 27th that it left the Japanese
government full liberty of action in
this connection, as tba Tokio cabinet
expressed its readiness to act in foll
agreement with the other powers.
lt is in consequence of this, no doubt,
that Japan is preparing to embark
20,000 more troops. Political con?
siderations that were thought to have
been hindering the action of the
powers are thoa laid aside for a
moment at least by the government
supposed to have the clearest pur?
poses respecting China's future.
Japan's sending of troops now
can have little bearing on the fate of
the feigners) in Pekin Baron
Iiayashi the new Japanese minister,
who arrived in London on Friday,
said that ten days would probably
be required for the carrying of troops
to China. He dictated statements con?
tained in these sente?ces : "If all
the conditions of Japan were conced?
ed there is no reason why Japan
should not undertake the task of sup?
pressing the trouble. The powers
are all agreed in wishing to put down
the rebels, but it does not seem that
they are agreed on the means "
From these authoritative utterances
it is inferred that Japau does not
dominate conditions that the concert
of the powers is a little jungled.
Tbe foreign office here has re?
ceived official dispatches from Tokio
today and the Associated Press un?
derstands that the Japanese govern?
ment informed the foreign office in
addition to the forces already laoded
in China, Japan has 20,000 troops
mobilized and ready for action at a
moment's notice, when she receives
the mandate of the powers. Great
Britain is now awaiting answers from
the chancellories to its proposals
In the house of commons today
the parliamentary secretary of the
foreign office, Mr. Roderick an?
nounced that the government of
Japan had received assurances that
the prompt dispatch of a large force
to Taku would be welcomed by ber
majesty's government. No objec?
tioo, Mr Roderick added, had been
raised by any European power. As
tbe negotiations continued he was
unable to say more, but he assured
the house that the government was
fully alive to the exigencies of the
situation.
PEKIN REEKS WITH CARNAGE.
Pekin, July 6 -Recitals of further
horrors in Pekin are gathered by cor?
respondents at Shanghai from Chi?
nese sources, especially of the slaugh?
ter in the Chinese and Tartar city of
thousands of native Christians so that
the capital reeks with carnage.
The ruthless thirst for blood is
spreading in all the northern pro?
vinces ; and wherever there are
native Christians the scenes enacted
in the capital are reproduced in min
ature. From these stories nothing
further comes regarding the legation
forces except a repetition that they
ara all dead The correspondents
say that if the Chinese officials in
Shanghai wished to throw light on
the real state of affaire in the capital
they could do so, and therefore, the
worst reports are accepted as true.
DISASTER TO RUSSIAN TROOPS.
Thc Chefoo correspondent of The
Express telegraphing on Thursday,
says there is no longer any doubt that
disaster has overtaken thc Russian
force of 3,000 that lefs Tien Tein for
Pekin oa June lllh. The Russians
bad a full field gun compliment and
carried their own transport As nothing
has been beard from them for 24 days,
it is assumed that they have beeo
overwhelmed. Trustworthy news is
received that all the couDtry to tbe
oortheast cf Pekio is oovered with the
corpses of meo and horses of tba west?
ern garrisoDS Fighting cf a desperate
character took place in the immediate
neighborhood of Tien Tsin on June 30.
Taku dispatches say an attack ?D
great force is expected at any moment.
The Chinese commanders are awaiting
the arrival of more guns aod reeoforoe
meots before makiog ao effo;t to retake
the city.
SIX HUNDRED CASUALTIES.
A dispatch from Sbaogbai to The
Daily Telegrsh, dated June 5th. eay?
the losses of the allies up to Juoe 29th
totaled 600.
Oflioial dispatches from Port Arthur
to the Ruesiao government, beanog
date of July 2d, phow tbat tbe country
to tbe northward is ,n a state of dis
t?rbanos aod that baods are destroying
property. Six pirates ships have been
captured by Russian naval vessels of
the island of Ellioog.
"RIFLES IN COFFINS.
A missionary who has returned to
Berlin says that while in Cbioa be
learned tbat hundreds of Mauser rifles
bad been brought in coffins supposed
to contain the bodies of Cbioese wbo
had died abroad.
A special dispatch from Shanghai
dated Friday, says tbe position of the
allies at Tieo Tsin is becoming increas?
ingly critical owiog to lack of sufficient
supplies ; but ooly as a last resort will
the town be evaoasted io favor of
reooooeotratioo of forces at Taku.
Loodoo, Jone 6.-A Shanghai spe?
cial of July 5, says that savage
soldiery butchered at Pekio 5,000.
natives, Romao Catholic coo verts.
Respectable Cbioese who arrived from
Cbiao Fu desoribe Pekin as ao inferno,
the streets literally rucoiog with blood.
They confirm the numerous stories of
executions and untold tortores inflicted
IMakes the food more del
__ WOY At BAKIWO POWO
oo isolated foreigners aod European
soldiers captured by tho mob. Toan
Kaog Yi aod Tung Fa Sian bave issued
fresh edicts ordering tbe merciless
extermination of all foreigners. They
completely effaced the authority of
Yuog Lu, the Chioese imperial trea3
! urer, who advocated moderation.
SITUATION ALMOST HOPE?
LESS.
j Tien Tsin, Jooe 29, via Chefoo,
July 1, aod Joly 5.-Those best
informed in Tieo Tsin consider the posi?
tion of foreigners io Pekin as almost
hopeless. It is hopeless to attempt to
force the way with the force available.
Commanders are williog to resort to
desperate means, but to attempt a
forced march from Tieo Tsin with the
forces at hand meaos certain destruction
to tbe army besides slaughter of the
civilians left at Tieo Tsin. Enough
soldiers are necessary to defeat the
Chinese army, maintain communication
with the base of supplies and guard the
hospitals en route. The water supply
is an important problem, the country
furnishing oone except the river, the
wells having been poisoned. The Chi*
oeee are committing
TERRIBLE ATTROCITIES
upon the wounded. They are mutil?t*
iog all the dead which fall ieto their
hands Gen. Tung Fuh Siang with
10,000 of the best disciplined troops in
the Chinese army, Mohammedans, is
marching from tbe southwest toward
Pekin. The army thereabouts num?
bers 50,000. The empress fled to ber
summer palace. The Mohammedans
and Boxers are fighting in Pekin. Ten
regiments of Gen. Nieh's command
north of Tien Tsin are reported to have
deserted aod gone to pillaging the
couotry. Residents declare that a
Chinese commune has been inaugurated
and that the peaceable Chinese are the
greatest sufferers. The foreign soldiers
are burning the outskirts of Tien Tsio
to deprive the eoemy of shelter, and
the Boxers are destroying outlying
villages. The smoke of a hundred
fires oao be seen io every direotioo.
BOMBARDMENT SUSPENDED.
Tien Tsin was not bombarded today
; for the first time io a fortnight. Fami?
lies are returning to their home within
thc concessions. Women aod children
will be sent to Taku as soon as travel is
safe. No unfriendly Chinamen are
visible io the streets. A few of the
richest with their families are buddied
io the outhouses for protection, badly
frightened. Others concealed in var?
ious houses shoot at the Europeans cn
. the street The Chinese dead about
Tien Tsin cumber thousands. Most of
those who have been killed lie uoburied
j in the fields. The river to Tako is full
of floating bodies and many bave been
washed up by tbe tide Dogs are feed?
ing on these bodies along tbe backs.
Tbe small American contingents
everywhere distinguished themselves.
Capt. McCalla and Maj. Waller are
most popular at Tien Tsin and their
meo are placed io tbe lead in every
movement by common consent, with
tbe British dose behiod them. The
foreigoers io Tieo Tsin declare they
owe their lives to the Russians, with?
out whom the other small detachments
must have been overwhelmed. On the
darkest day, Wednesday a week, when
the Cbioese were pressiog oo every
side and the bravest men were abon
[ doning hope the Russian commander,
Col Wozack. arranged that the main
body of the troops should make a sortie
with the civilians io tbe direction of
' Tako, leaving 400 Russians to defend
the city, engage tbe attention of the
Chinese and ultimately sacrifice them'
salves The arrival of the Americans
raved the day and proved a surprise.
GREAT PREPARATIONS.
Amoog the military evideooes of thc
immense Cbioese preparation for war it
iray be mentioned tbat arsenals and
stores hitherto unknown have been dis?
covered. About $10,000,000 worth
of arms and ammunition, mostly
modero, have beeo destroyed io three
arseoals outside of Tien Tsio. Several
thousand troops under Geo. Nteh are
holding the native city ave miles north
of Tieo Tsio. It was rumored that
40,000 Chinese would make an attack
at noon today Tba troops were under
arma, but the Chioeae failed to mater?
ialize. Admiral Seymour was wound?
ed slightly by a spent bal! which ?truck
him in the shoulder while io the house
with Commander McCalla aod Com
maoder Tausaig.
The hero of Tien Tsio ia James
Watta, a youog Englishman, who with
three Cossacks, rao tba gauntlet tc
Tako with messages for reioforcements,
charging through villages under fire
repeatedly. Several foreign comman?
ders have recommended the quartette be
decorated.
LBAKING
POWDER
URE
fcious and wholesome
CW CO., NEW YORK._