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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-01
Che F oot Cris,c.

There was once an old monk VINO was
walking through a forest with little
scholar by his side. The ola man sud-
denly stopped and pointed to four plants
close at hand. The first was beginning to
peep above the ground; the second had
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BUTCHER RANCH, Placer County. Cal.

Dear Editor: did not write all wished to
say in my last letter. l have two sisters and
three big brothers and two cute little nieces
Florence Enola is years and Grace Vivian is
mon hs old. was 6 years old the last time
was in San Francisco, and l was afraid the
policeman would get me if went ou utwithout
my mamma. would not he afraid now. My
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Two little rabbits into a field did stray
And bedecked each other with bearded hay.
"Let's play we're at the dance" one said;
The other laughed and nodded her head.
"There to store away,
When one with play,
Our costumes of proper size and stamp
Beyond tn cold and damp
Ho. when Mr.. Frost comes
And the wind whistles and huns,
He'll see we're prepared, as OF old,
To resort 10 our treasure OF pure harvest gold.
IL Il, Oakland.
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PUZZLE coLyERs.

october 1l-Eila R. Hartneil October 1s-
Alma Sea and Max Selig. October 25-Alice
Bell, Ethel Holmes. Ella Hartnell, Ida C.
wightman, Antoinette Crawford, Beulah Mas.
terson, Otille Hasenbalg.
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Hurrah for November and the days it
brings! First of all this year, of course,
is election day! and before another week
has passed we'll be able to throw up our
hats and give three cheers for William
Mckinley, President of the grandest Ma
ton under the sun!
Then there is dear old Thanksgiving g
day, with its roast turkey, golden pump
kin pies and rich brown mince pies.
Whew! my mouth fairly waters at even
the thoughts of the goodies which are
already commencing TO appear on grand
mas pantry shelves!
have something 10 propose to you to-
day, and this is what it is.
Suppose we have a Childhood's Realm
CLUB? The initials. &C. r. c." will stand
for its name, and all that any boy or girl
needs to do in order to become member
is to contribute story, rhyme or puzzle
worthy OF place on the Children's Page
of THE SUNDAY CALL.
After his contribution has been pub.
lished he will then be entitled to write the
letters sc. R. e." after his name.
Do you all agree?
Who first comes to this world below
With drear Novemoer's fog and
Should prize the topaz, amber hue.
En- blem of frienjs and lovers true.
The beautiful golden topaz cleaning
like ray of summer sunshine is Novem.
ber's chosen jewel.
1t belongs to the great class of 'so-called
mixed stones, being composed of both
alumina and oxide of lron.
In ancient times it was called the
chrysolite, and it is this stone which i.
much referred to by Browning in hi.
beautiful poems.
November holds a very importan
patriotic day besides our time honore6
Thanksgiving day. On November 81
1920, the compact of the Mavfower. which
was the beginning of American constitu
tional liberty, was signed on Elder Brew,
ster's chest.
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WEST WATERFORD. Vt. Oct. 10

Dear Editor: My mamma takes TIVE CI11 r
IKE 10 near the stories from the children's
page. go TO school. study arithmetic, read.
lhg ana spelling. My brother is years old
ana goes TO school with me. 1 have little
sister years old. Her name is Carrie Belle,
and baby brother, Frank, IL months old. 1
nave an uhcie' auntle' and some little cousins
in San Francisco. Ii my letter is prin ted thew
will see it when they read their CALL. with
love, HARRY HusE
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STOCKTON. Cal. Oct. 1e. 1896

Dear Editor: am girl of IL years. am in
the fourth grade. Ny teachers name is Miss
Forrest. We take THE CALL and like it better
than any other paper. l always read the chill
dren's page and take lots of interest in it.
This is my first letter to THE CALL and should
be pleased to see it published We all favor
the election OF ajor Mckinley in our house.
Hoping he will be our next President, re-
main, IRENE G. SULLIVAN.
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WEST oAKLANp, OCT. 2l, 1896

Dear Editor am girl 9 years of age. We
have taken THE CALL for two or three years,
and we all enjoyit very much. Every Sunday
1 look through the PAPER until find the
children's page. 1 am in the fourth grade and
1 &c TO the Prescott School. This is my first
letter to THE CALL. l shall close now, and re-
main your little reader, FRANCES WREDE.
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
L Ny is in mountain, not in hill;
My is in valley, not in rill;
My is in box, not in plank;
Ny is in stout, not in lank;
My 5 is in heat, not in cold;
My is in silver, not in gold;
My is in kind, not in good:
My 8 in glass, but not in wood;
Ny whole is a boys name well-known to
the readers of "Childhood's Realm"
Contributed by Alice Bell
II without my first my second never could
have been. and my whole is covered with
creation.
III. Hidden cities:
Sob not, city of the United States.
Iblner, city in Europe.
Olunobul. capital OF an island.
Contributed by Lita Laupen.
". Dropped vowels:
Name of play written by great poet
Mch BIT Nthg.
v. Saw egg ore nothing.
The letters of these words. properly ar.
ranged, spell the name OF great man.
VI. Why was Gillot wicked man ?-E K.
VII. When did Moses sleep four in q bedi-
E. K.
VII. My loud alarmi Hidden name of q
favorite young story-writer of Chndhood's
Realm.-Contributed by Max Selig.
TX. Take two fitties from "even" and leave
''nightfall. .'-Se lected.
X. Take "to cut of" from a musical instrus
ment and leave kind of tree.
XII am composed of three parts: Ny first
is something dipped in liquor" my second
possessive pronoun, my third is ''to attempt;
my whole is "faliacious."
XII. My first is negative, my second Is
part of speech, my third is personal pro-
noun. Ii you succeed in guessing the ABOVE
correctly and then transpose the letters you
will have the name OF month.
KILL Hidden name OF precious stone ger
top azure skies, with here and there neecy
| cluud.
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But In the realm OF Gobolink
Things come by chance, you know,
And SOME there are would have us think
This world was peopled so.

Who will name it and compose little rhyme
about it? ANToINETTE CRAWFORD.
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Golo)tlkc.

BY GRACE CLARK.
Two little gobolinks once found cent
And TO the sweets store then the footsteps bent:
With their bright copper two long sticks they
bought,
Made OF sweet sugar as in all candy wrought.
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brother Archie shot and killed three rattle
snakes this summer. Two of them were near
our house and one was in the garden and had
Killed four little chickens before my brother
shot 1t. l have cornet and can play great
many pieces. My brother plays the violin and
my sister the guitar I did not sign my full
name last time, but will sign it this time.
Yours respectfully,
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wATsoNvILLE, Cal, October 81. 1870,

Dear Editor: am glad when The SUNDAY
CALL comes so can read the children's page.
am boy 13 years old, and have dog.
His name is Sport, and if give him piece OF
meat he Will not chew it, but just page, and
the meat is gone! l go 10 school, and nv
teachers name is Miss B. Cassin She is verv
good to me. 1 hope TO see this in THE SUNDAY
CALL. Yours truly, Roy McALpINE.
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ALBERT WESLEY MA1THER.
o.KIANn Cal oot OK 1908

OAKLAND, Cal, Oct. 25 1896
Dedr EDITOR: My sister wrote to you not very
long ago hope you will print my letter in
neAt sundays chlldren's page of The CAtL. L
go to s.. Paul's Sunday-school and have inst
come nome from it. 1 like to read the chill
oren,s page very much. 1 go to the Lincoln
sonooi ana am for Mckinley. 1 shall close
o"' 0incereiy yours, LEE PERREAU.
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SANTA CRUZ, Oct. %, 1896.

Dear Editor: 1 have long wished TO write to
the "chiidren's page" and have al last found
time to do so. / am very much interested in
it and hope it will always succeed, as THE
CALLS, to my idea, about the best of San
Francisco daily papers. 1 send two gobolinks
with respective verses and hope you will find
space to Print them. Sincerely,
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GRACE CLARK.

OAKLAND, Cal, Oct. 1S, 1896.
Dear Editor: have been reading the letters
in THE SUNDAY CALL on the childrens page
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When upon their way they eyed each other;
Each thought that he had less than had his
brother,
So with fond thought they both concluded to
measure;
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and have enjoyed them so much that thought
would like to write my first letter to THE
CALL. Ny father has been taking your paper
for fifteen years and we ali like it more than
any other. am years old and am in the
fourth grade in the Prescott School. 1 have
been making great many gobolinks and [
think it lots OF fun. l hope to see this pub
lished in next Sundays CALL Your little
reader HENRIErr JOHNSON.
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RoBTNsoNs, CAL, Oct. Q. 1886

RoBINsoNs, Cal, Oct. 2, 1896
Dear Editor: an a little girl, years old
nave a little sister and her name is Annetta
live in Tuolumne County and go to school in
Csiaveras County, and am in the fourth grade.
My teachers name is Miss Gann NY papa
works in his pocket mine in Calaveras County,
think The CALL is a nice paper. 1 hope you
VIII please publish this, as it is all can think
Of Your little writer, EDNA McARpLE.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28
GRECiAN ENTERPRISE.
Why the Z ruit of athens Is Always Toe
Green to Eat.

Why the Eruit of athens Is Always Too
Green to Eat.
1t is the way Of travellers to complain
OF the food they are obliged to eat in
foreign cox: s.ies. Whether it is an
American il i1girope, or a European in
America, the result is much the same.
We like the things to which we are ac-
custoEcd. When Edmond About was
in Greece. he carried matters SO far as
to object to es.ting green peaches. lie
WIS il the bazaar at Athens, says the
Youths Companion.
Wouldn't it be possible to get some
ripe peaches?" he asked the vender.
Il think not, answered the Atheniar.
But pray tell me why?"
I'VE have no good roads. If the
farmers slloalA ~ L bring ripe fruit
in the shape OF inarmalade.''
But at Corfu, also, the peaches were
green. and they have good roads, and
bring the fruit to town in wagons
"Ah, WE'LL said the man. there is
another reason. The farmers have no
money, and they have creditors. They
can't wait fc.' fruit 10 get ripe"
There, says About, you have a fair
example of the state of Grecian agricul-
ture.
A French gardener, being at Smyrna,
noticed that the Greeks had almost no
vegetables III their gardcns-toma,ocs
everywhere, and scarcely anything else.
''Why don't you raise other things?"
he asked. Asparagus, now. Your soil
. is just right. You would make fine
thing of it. l will furnish you with
seeds"
'How soon should we get crops?"
IN four years at the longest"
-Four years! Are you crazy? Do you
suppose we would spend money to get
something back in four years? We
should be bankrupt twenty times over"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28
PROMPTLY CAPTURED.
How a Thief Was Gathered in on the
County Highway.

Sheriff Orme played in extreme good
fortune yesterday morning. He had
been down the valley and had been told
by Farmer Mcbride chat he had lost a
coat and hat, and the garments were
plainly described ito the officer. On
his return "trip who should Orme see
jogging toward him, mounted, but a
man wearing the missing articles.
Orme jumped from his buggy and
caught the fellows horse by the bride,
having no weapon upon him, hauled
the man from his saddle by main force,
placed him TN 1.-THE buggy and brought
his capture to the county Jail. The
man who gives his name as Fred Mil
Ter, will have his hearing today before
Justice Morris. He is a stranger TN
the community, and was evidently on
his outward journey when appre-
hended. Back of his saddle was a
gunnysack in which was a freshly
killed and unp.ucked hen that he had
no doubt gathered UP for his evening
meal
The man was mounted on a small
bay horse, branded IS, and had a good
saddle. Both are believed TO have
been stolen. He does not deny the
theft of the hat and coat.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28
Correct Measurement.

Some six years ago there lived in the
city OF X-a rather eccentric old
man, remarkable for his shrewdness,
who kept pork shop. Three young
fellows, thinking to have some fun with
him, entered his shop one night and
asked what his pork was yard. The
old man promptly replied: Zone dol
lar" One of the young men then said:
I'LL take yard" "Where is your
money!" said the old man. The dollar
was laid down, which the old man
quickly poclseted, and then produced
three pigs feet, with the remark:
'Three feet make one yard"
SPIRITS of salt for ink stains may be
used on mahogany.
TRY slip of ivy started in hanging
glass bowl of water.
A WEAK tea of tobacco water kills in
sects on plants.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28
ADvE.s Onz1 Or = EOiiLG.
Cast Upon the Waters 1t Returned After
Many i,ays.


Many tags.
In June. 1898, Lieut.. II. T. Mayo, of
the United States navy, in charge OF
the photographic Office at Port Towns
end, 'F22i,. gave the captain OF the
northern Pacific steamer Niotoria
bottle which he asked him to drop into
the sea when Lis sliip was about half
way across the Pa >;;ttc Oh It's voyage to
China. SO IS TO test Tie currents. The
bottle. SAYS the Chicago Record, was
securely corlScd ard scaled and con-
faIncd Il request printed III seven diff
lerent languages, including Russian,
Chinese and japanese. That whoever
found it should send it to the nearest
custom house in the United States.
with the Date and the location when
and where it was iirst seen. On July
t. 1893. when the vessel was in latitude
forty-nine DEGREES thirtv-tvo minutes
north and longitude one hundred and
scvcnty-fivc degrees ard forty-two
rlinctes y:est, Second Of-iccr Dobson,
of the Victoria, took ti,c bottle and
with swing OF his long arm cast it
into the water. One morning Jew
weeks ago when Lieut.. Mayo came
down to his Office he found on his desk
4 package wrapped in an ancient and
much soiled German newspaper, which.
to his surprise, was found to contain the
very bottle he sent on that queer
arrand about sixteen months before
The janitor said the package had been
left there by two rough-loolsing sailors.
Upon drawing the cork the lieutenant
found rude inscription upon the back
Of his carefully printed instructions
which read:
Here's your bottle. Found ION such
and such a date, in such and such lati-
tude and longitude). The next time
you cast a bottle adrift please put
something else in it besides piece of
paper"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28
CELTIC CiVILITY.
1t Is Manifested in the Most Ordinary
Conversations.


The gift Of the Irish peasant for
making expressive and humorous
phrases is not by any means fiction of
literature. The use of pat phrases is
natural to him.
A clerical traveller in Cavan not long
ago asked peasant how far it was to a
certain village and was answered.:
1.-TWO miles"
''What! Only two miles?" said the
traveller, who had before traversed the
distance and found it long road
''Well. your reverence answered the
peasant, ''it is two miles shtrong and
rich, so to spalse!''
A somewhat similar story is told by
one Of Lord Zetiands party, who were
making inquiries into the condition OF
a distressed district They were cross
ing a lake; q gale was blowing and
waves were dashing over the boat.
The gentleman referred to had been
assured that an Irish peasant, if treated
well, will always agree with what is
said to him rather than appear disagree
able. Itstrucl1 the gentleman that here
was good chance to put the assertion
to the proof.
''There is very little wind, Pat" he
said to one of the boatmen.
The answer came through the howl
ing of the elements:
Every little, indade, yer honor, but
fwhat there is is n1oighty shtrong!"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28
A FAMOUS RUSSIAN REGIMENT.
Organized by Peter the Great and Always
Tayorite with the Gar.

Organized by Peter the Great and Always
Tavorite with the Gar.
The Preobrajenski regiment of the
imperial guards, which has taken so
important Il part in the ceremonies &C
companying the funeral of the late AL
exander Ill, and which has had the
honor of precedence over all the other
regiments of Russia, in so far as to be
first among the troops to take the oath
of allegiance to the youthful Gear
Nicholas ILL.,, is one of the oldest regi-
ments in the army of the imperial
guard and may be said to owe its
origin to Peter the Great, who, when
but a boy at Preobrajenski, near Mos
cow, formed his playmates into little
band of miniature soldiers, and thus at
the age of eleven years gave an early
proof of his faculty for organization.
This little force was subsequently
called LA Compagnie de Divertisse-
ment de Pierre lie Grand" 1t was the
wish of his imperial highness the late
Car Alexander III. to be inferred in
the uniform of his favorite regiment,
as indeed it was also the desire of his
predecessor, Alexander II.
The present Gear Nicholas II. is
colonel of the famous Preobraienski
regiment, and at the various state
functions consequent to his Office al
most invariably wears the costume of
the regiment to which he is most at
tached. The uniform is dark blue
attired in the full dress uniform of his
rank, with golden epaulettes and wear
ing the light blue riband of the Order
of st. Andrew, is said to look exceed
ingly well.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28
Francisco; Jack Nelson, Tehachapi; S.


Francisco; Jack Nelson, Tehachapi; S.
P. Behan, Prescott.
At the Lennon rne following named
are registered from Prescott: w. NJ.
Dale, C. C .Chavey, Tim Hagerty, w.
E. DeImer, A Howe, Joe Keenan,, W.
E. Hopkins, John Sharp, A. Arens and
Harry Hook.
DR.. and Mrs. Belden have returned
from an eastern visit Of several
months, during which time the doctor
has been employed in interesting cap
ital in the Estrel.a canal project en-
tine Gfla, near Gila Bend.
Internal Revenue Collector c. NJ,
Shannon arrived yesterday from the
ancient pueblo of Santa Fe, here to
take the new governor by the hand and
to join in the happiness of the local
Democracy over the change of admin
iSration.
Frank Chance and daughter who
have been spending several months al
The Ford, LEFT lai:t night for California,
there to remain a short while prior ito
return to their home at Urbama, Ohio.
Mr. Chance is connected in a respon-
sible capacity with the legal depart
ment of the Pennsylvania railway.
Marcus AureLius Smith is again in
the territory and may be expected IN
Phoenix within the next few days. He
was met at Benson by Editor John
! Dunbar of The Gazette, who is under
stood to be in charge of the local end
of Smiths boom for the nomination as
delegate ON the Democratic side this
fall.
C. E. Champie, The mayor of Hum
bug, lis in the city ON business connect
ed with his gold mines, of which lie
owns a. great variety. He reports
times lively in his camp and that the
stamp mill of the Allen company will
soon he ready for crushing ore, of
which there are several hundred tons
already ON the dump. The Mountain
Chief mine will supply a large part of
the first to be milJed.
| Prescott Courier: Professor Meade
Good[oe, who is we'll known throughout
the territory as the former assayer
under DR.. Comstock at the University
of Arizona, more recently as professor
of mineralogy and assaying in that
institution, has accepted important
work at the Congress mine. He begins
his duties this week. He will be in
charge of the laboratory and the sya-
hide plant We congratulate him and
the company.
Harry Brown and A. L. Hendricks
started yesterday morning for the
coast of the Pacific, going north
through the main cities to Seattle and
| thence east, travelling in the interest
Of "Du-sock,' the new aniti-puncture
compound. They will travel by hi
cycle and anticipate an absence of sew
eral years. The Lads are iahorough BIZ
cycle experts and there is no Likelihood
of disaster On their ambitious tour
and from it the local owners of the
compound believe they will derive
much profit and fame.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28

known in the southwest. Their spe-
cial lsalesdays have been such de-
cided success THAT this great reduction
sale of the general stock in THE store.
lis the result. Thousands of dollars
worth of goods have been carried away
ON these special days at prices that as
tonish everyone, and the general con-
versation among the Ladies' shopping
is upon the subject of the Alkire prices.
1t seems impossible to note that they
are selling goods that cannot he dup1t
Gated i'm quality or prices in Los An
geles. The exact date of the coming
sale has not been fixed as yet, but will
be thoroughly announced Later. Watch
the daily papers closely. as it is to
your interest to be posted as ITO the
time of this sacrificing sale.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28

The late Lord OrfCrd was one of the
most aristocratic ornaments of the
British peerage and the following ac-
count of his separation from Lady Or
ford, as told by Truth, is accordingly
interesting: Both explained to me
the reason. It was all about sugar
basin. Shortly after their marriage,
according to Lord Crford, her ladyship
came down to breakfast without hav-
ing washed her hands and took some
Jumps Of sugar out of the bowl with
her fingers, on which he requested her
in future either to wash her hands Or to
use the sugar-tongs. According to Lady
Oxford his lordship objected to her talk
ing SO many Jumps of sugar for her
tea"
One Advantage.
Perhaps it may seem strange that Mr.
Dolan, who had prospered well in his
adopted country and filled many offices,
should find that there was wan great
advantage in hein' born in this coun-
thry;' but that, according to the Wash.
ington Star, was what he said to Mr.
Mullaney the other day can fhwat
advantage is that?" asked Mr. Mud
laney, in surprise. 1T saves We the
proice of the stameship ticket over
said Mr. Dolan.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28
Kept Both Places.

When the ear was made colonel OF
the Royal Scots Grays an officer of the
regiment said to his orderly. Donald,
have you heard that the new emperor
of Russia has been appointed colonel of
the regiment?" Indeed, sir" replied
Donald, sit is vera prood thing"
Then. after pause. Beg pardon, sir,
bat wull he be able to keep both
placeS?"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28

woman she remarked, in general
way, for the purpose of introducing
this paragraph, woman must have
more elbow room"
Then" said he, selling the oppor-
tunity, then why doesn't she put some
of the puffs lower down on the sleeve,
instead of about the shoulders"
His question remained unanswered,
because already she had begun to talk
of something else.-Indianapolis Jour
nal
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28

Parks Sure Cure cures nervous;
troubles by purifying the blood and
removing the poisonous uric acid from
the kidneys. Many women who are
run down and worn out need just such
medicine. Sold by C. Esehman &
Co. 5.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28
ROBERT A. NlEVIN.

Krnoyle settled. Write for some
thing to your advantage. Anyone
knowing of his death will please write
to Geo. W. Forman, attorney, Denver,
Colo
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28

It is now proposed by the Alkire
company to lnaugurate ONE of the
greatest slaughtering sales i'm dry
goods, clothing, furnishings, etc, ever
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1896-04-28

At McKelligon's you can get the
finest handmade sour mash, Bourbon
and Pennsylvania rye WHISTLES. No.
81, East Washington street.