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The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05
MONSTER VANDERBILT SYSTEM
WIN 1seisde IN One coapsny all the Rail-
roads That They Now Csstrol


WIN iselsde IN One co.pa.y all the Rail-
roads That They Now Csstroi.
New York. Jan. 3l.-Tle Tribune to-
morrow will say:
The consolidation Of the Lake Shore
railroad with the New York Central,
under the name OF the latter. In simply
the initial step In railroad plan that
10 scope and extent cclipses anything
hitherto undertaken In the history Of
railroadiug. The truth is. however. that
the present scheme. the first step In
which has been taken by the practical
ly admitted nmalgamatlon Of the Lake
Shore and the New York Central. IL tc
consolidate Into one company the
whole Vanderbilt System md such
lines as II may liz abe to control md
lease. md place the whole enormous
organization under one management.
The next step In this gigantic plan OF
consolidation will be the merging Of
the Cleveland. Chicago & st. Louis ruil
road. generally known ns the Big Four.
with the Chesapeake & Oliio. under
the name Of the former. Melville f.
Ingalls, II now president Of both rail
roads. The big Four Is n Vanderbilt
property. Probably the same plan II
consolidation Will bc followed out In
this road ms the Lake Shore.
The next step will bc to brlr.y the
roads into the new combination = .hs
Lake Shore nnd the New York C.OO.ai.
The next road TO fall Into Hue Will In,
the Chicago & Northwestern. This.
like the Lake Shore and the Big -Four.
In an in-and.out Vanderbilt property.
In the meantime there II talk Of u
consolidation Of the West Shore and
Nickel Plate md the Michigan Central.
This is still embryonic. Cornelius vnn.
dcrblit Is chairman of the board Of the
Michigan Central nnd nothing can h,
done until he is heard from. lsut xucl,
q consolidation will la effected In time.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05

The recent attack OF the commission
er OF pensions on the pension attorney,
followed up by some efforts to bring
the worst specimens to account. is a
circumstance that is notable enough TO
deserve attention. The pension abuse.
however, is not to be sbated by attack
Ing the pension attorneys. No doubt
many of them are much to blame, and
when they have committed frauds they
should be held to severe accountable
ty. But. after all. 1t is just as well to
recognize the fact that congress has
often been the chief offender.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05

There are no trusts In England such
As we have In this country. Combina-
lions OF capital over there are con-
Quoted In a way that is not over OPP
pressive to the consumers. There are
no periodical meetings Of directors for
the purpose Of restricting output and
raising prices. There is no hypocriu-
cal cant about supply and demand
after the supply has been restricted.
In the nature Of things. and outside the
English law. there could not be. How
could one of our trusts exist under
such circumstances!
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05
c.,A w...n.r o. Nov y.ra.

New York. Jan. Jl.-A = o'clock this
morning the temperature In New York
was dvc degrees nnd again at midnight
Il was almost as low. The average tem,.
pcraturr during the day was twrivc
degrees. and the highest point was uev.
cntecn. Ice wns plentiful In the East
and North rivcrs for the irSt time this
winter and caused n,tch trouble TO
ferryl,nat and small crnft. Throughout
the entire state tho cold WAS severe.
reaching NJ INV ~ twenty below ssro
In some parts.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05
gFFEcr OF coLoRs.

Orssa needs sunIisht to develop the
yellow In Il and makes Il sssn shssf.
eul
Red brinss out n . room whatsvsf
HAT Of srsss turks h tAs eoopoelti0a
q The other eoioss snpleysd.
II Olive es rs1 brown b uss1 u
eea5aasttoa uitA 0sAegAAy fusnltufs.
~ eject y very llgsesat ifsa vhas
Y vesi1 ~ u btus vss6 uss1. Bite
vssi1 1svsjpp ~ tavny' srasOs lssk.
ta9 - w. 0aAn0Aov.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05

By no stretch OF the doctrine Of srat-
itude can 1t be claimed that the gov.
eminent owes clerks and other EN-.
pIoyes anything beyond the remunera-
ton which 1t paid with a certainty
and regularity that cannot be de-
pended upon in any commercial or
other business pursuit. 1t is. there
fore. not only un-American in prin-
ciple to establish civil pension-and
that Ia logical outgrowth Of the
merit system''-but 1t is an outrage
upon the taxpayers.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05

Some men have most distressing
habit of carrying their business home
with them In the evening and lying
awake at night to think about It. This
Is bad habit which anyone with any
sort OF control over himself can break
up. The conclusion Of the whole mat
ter Is that man walketh in a vain sha-
dow and disQuieteth himself in vain.
and the most unhappy man is the one
who thinks everything is wrong. and
Il is his especial calling to set 1t right.
Fretting causes our food to remain un-
digested. It whitens our locks and
makes wrinkles and imparts the bi-
cycle face.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05

The objection Of West Virginia
representative to the civil service sys-
TEN II that il makes 1t less possible
Tor q poor man to 30 to congress be-
causs he can no longer pay his politi-
cal debts with patronage. When the
representative has had experience he
wili learn that for every debt he pays
with an once he makes ten or twenty
enemies or other aspirants. and may
revise his Judgment.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05
v.sAs,ss 1. rAa.,s,y.

Athens. Jan. 3l.-Seyfuliah rasha.
with 1000 soldiers asd two guns, ~
centiy went to The village oe lAaasina.
near Trikhala. 10 ssfotce the payment
OF taxss.
Ths peasants met ths troops with Q
sustainsd 0rs. and a. sueaeeOsot -
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05
BETTER THAN A SILVER NINE.

The editor estimates that The IN
crease In yields had by the American
farmer by planting Salzer's Potatoes
and new creations in Wheat. Oats,
Corn, Rye. Grasses and Clovers the
past year amounted In round numbers
to $50, 0,000. 900. The reason OF this is
Salxer's farm and vegetable seeds are
bred up to big yields. Salzer is the
largest grower Of grasses. clovers and
farm seeds in the world: 100000 bar
rels potatoes, $3.50 q barrel and up.
Jast Send This Notice with 10 Cests
to John A. Salxer Seed Co. La Crosse.
Wis. and get their great catalogue and
II packages farm seeds. positively
worth SO. to get a star. with. w.n.g
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05
49, Il nalaR

Washinetea, Jan. 9l-0ecrstasy ~.
gsrs eoaAit3oo Tonight = rsYsste6 ~.
~, HI fevee which has boeo =.
ei1o1ly hlghse h the pase fsW 6ays,
~ 09oao1o1 an1 te-1ay ~ Va0VGo1o
eheegful an1 apparoot1y strea0ee. Bs
= ~ yse wsil sseugh y - nevol,
- thae hlD oepastuee Ter ~ south y d
matter Of coa3ectufe. He WIN ~
lsave foe at least . Voet. fr .
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05
Ths AssesAss ahss. saisy.

IDuuver. Feb. 3.-ln sls~ contest for
~ pnalttua n st~rtR thr ,,svs~Ht IN.
ruentene. ~. We,sls. will roatinue 10
~ ~ eolep. 0sueep Horptadt. ths
nllvse nepatotsau enuAidats. whs roa-
saneoA IT, soucttea. ms stvea W tn
ogA1. a the Vseeant sAeWe1 q mnter.
~ q eheee sUess ~ WstA.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05

An exchange says Il 10 tired Of the
frequent pictures OF Gladstone. with
ehoss Of his near and distant relatives
q various periods Of their sxisteues.
Bat the exchange must admit that
Gladstone has been neglected to soms
extsnt IN behalf Of Martin Thorn, Mrs.
Nesk. asd our Old frisnd Bismarck.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05

There is more catarrh In this section
Of the country than all other diseases
was supposed to be incurRble. For = great
many years doctorr pronounced u . local
1iaease. and prescribed local remedies, anJ
by constantly failing TO cure with local
treatment. pronounced n incurabie. Bet.
ence has proven catarrh to be . constttu-
stitutionai treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by r. J. Cheney 4
Co. Toledo. Ohio. is the only cons'ltu-
internally In doses from 10 drops to =
iearpoonfui. II acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case II fails to cure. Send for circu-
lars and testimonials. Address
+. J. CHENEY d CO.
Toledo. u
Sold by DruEgistP. 7Jc
Haii's Family Pills are the best.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05

pssnoad drops ornament the safs Of
IL ~ eat OF womaa Of q. Louis:
an1 tooosfow vs shall hear Of Q Cti.
eaop sat that has diamond riags o. Ass
esas isas asA . cospIs % Ass eAasn.
~ Nall.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05
lpeev.ene. ~. AAw.eN.e

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DaIty Nsws fssa SWaAy Aa11A . ~
Elja, neor ~ ooeoo1 eaAnSaot, 0n0t
thsee ars uoeea1sne1 p1oeseu ~ -
Desvts1se uo1se 0o0o6 0opak ~
vslasl0al Qsoasol - ~ khaol12, NV
eenaneose1 -. o1sanoA re,
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05

There is danger that in short time
he will become an obsolete quantity
n sGeW Works 400"
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05

~ nsvspapsrs have eeplsl pAoss-
osapAs q sve ess1les WITH afos sAost
60 eehaS' ssskA ~ 1rse, tat
& ~ taas ssl tAs Asisss. has bsse
ss6AseaAe1 y 1sssla, The oeAss, ~
e 2't11Vs3ss e Oh0egeal fAoe asl
- aAanssl ~. enGAt y y. 70
- ssD'la' = spesass y y sAa.s
...,I,.,s 3, N. !. n. y. -
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05

.Do you lend money on frrnitnre?'' "Np:
you've got Into the wrong place. we lend
furniture ON money"
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05
Always Delicate

But Needs oaesap0silla Mas aAaoO
Nos otrong ana Rugged.
"Ay little girl has always been very
delicate, and has been using Hoods 6arsa-
pasilla. 6hs has taken several bottles OF
We believe Hoods ssrsapsriila has done
what NO other medicine could do" q. b.
GAZE, isie Grand Ave-, Racine, Wis.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Il the best-in fact the One True blood Purifier.
eaooo's PAis cure ali liver Ills. : cents.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05
Sold by DruEgistP. Tic
Halls Family Pills are the best.

''Stebbinu. I never hear you say a word
about the weather" "No; I promised my
dying mother that I never would swear."
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-02-05

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Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
HOMEsEEKERs' EXCURSIONS.
Western Lines Agree to Restrict Ap.
pIicatiOn of Low Rates With
in Narrow Bounds.

Chicago Jan. 7.-Homeseekers' excursions
are in a fair way to be disposed of in the
territory of the lines of the Western Pas
scnger Association. A meeting of the as
sociation lines was held to-day and a reso-
luton adopted which will have the efrec.
OF keeping the excursions out of all the
territory of the Western Passenger Asso-
citation west of the Missouri river and
north of the Ohio. with Il few exceptions.
The Illinois Central will continue 10 run
excursions from points on its line within
the territory of the association to points
on its line south of Cairo. and the other
roads are empowered to run them from
points which are competitive with the
Illinois Central in the territory of the asso-
citation. The Pittsburg S Gulf will sell
tickets from Kansas City only. The agree
ment will cover the space of only two
months and then another meeting will be
held and If the agreement has been found
satisfactory it will be adopted for the
future management of the excursion busi-
ness. The resolution could not be definitely
adopted to-day on account of the absence
Of several lines but it is likely that they
will record their votes in the affirmative
Ali the roads which have advertised excur-
sions from territory other than that stated
in the resolution will cancel them
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
Bowling League Schedule

The executive committee of the Ksns,
CITY Bowling League met at the Brunswjc
alleys last night and adopted the folIowin
schedule for the final series:
FIFTEENTH WEEK-BRUNSwICK ALLEYS
FEBRUARY stock Yards vs. Exchanges.
FEBRUARY 2-kansas Citys VS.. Owls
February 3-Acmes Electrics.
FEBRUARY 4-Missouris Armorys
SIXTEENTH WEEK-GRAND ALLEYS.
Febrrary S-Owls VS.. Stock Yards
FEBRUARY s-Exchanges Kansas City
rebrudry 1O-Acmes Missouris
February 1l-Electrcs Armorys
SEVENTEENTH WEEK-BRUNSwICK ALLEYS
February l5-Aomes Exchanges.
february l6-kansas Ctys Armorys
FEBRUARY l1-Electrics vs.. Stock Yards
FEBRUARY 1S-Ovls VS.. Missouris.
EIGHTEENTH WEEK-GRAND ALLEYS
FEBRUARY 22-Eleotrics vs. Exchanges.
February 2s-Kansas Citys VS.. Missouris,
February 2i-Ows VS.. Armorys.
February 25-Acmes VS.. Stock Yards
HiNEFEENTH WEEK-BRUNSWICK ALLEYS.
March 1-Electrics VS.. Missouris
March 2-Acmes VS.. Armorys
March kansas Ctys VS.. Stock Yards
March fowls VS.. Exchanges
TWENTIETH WEEK-GRAND ALLEYS.
Sarch S-Exchanges Armorys.
March s-Stock Yards Mssouris
March 10-Owls vs. Acmes.
March 1l-karsas Citys Electrcs
iNENTf-FlRST WEEK-BRUNSWICK ALLEYS
March 15-Mssouris vs. Exchanges.
March 1G-kansas Citys VS.. Acmes.
March l7-Owls Electrics.
March lS-Stock Yards VS.. Armorys.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
SPECIAL AGENT KAY TALKS.
Tells How Thefts of Stock We're C,or,.
mttted at the Stock
Yards,

w. w. Kay. the special agent for the
missouri Pacific Railroad Company, said
last night that some of the newspaper re-
ports of thefts at the stock yards were
grossly exaggerated.
The interview. purporting to come from
me, which makes me state that I expected
hlgh positions in the railroad service had
knowledge of the disappearance of the
STOCK, Is emphatically untrue" he said 70
reporter for The Journal The extent
OF the losses through dishonest methods at
the stock yards. have no means of know
ing. That could be learned from the lain
Gdepartments of the different roads. That
losses have occurred there through dis
honest employees, cannot be denied / have
the utmost confidence in the officials of the
STOCK yards, and deny that | made any
StaiIement, s,t;i as reported. that they had any
Il received instructions from the ST
LOUIS general office of our company. TO
make an investigation of the losses re-
ported to have taken place In the stock
yards L nave developed that A. r. Spence
mas mas Ior Two or three weeks past been sell
Exchange building, that wereastoIen. on
the arrest of Spence he confessed that he
mad been selling the hogs for George r.
Gfihblns. an emp!oye of the stock Yards
company in the hocpens. Gribbins was
arrested and he confessed that he had
or Two hoSs INTO one of the pens when
drlVing a number of them from the chutes.
He then forged "drive-in tickets" Drrport-
inS to show that they had passed through
the gates, which was not n fact These
tickets were taken to brokers or commits
spence. who turned the proceeds over to
GribbinS."
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
HEARING ON SCALPING BILL,
G. w. BOYD IS NOT AN ADMIRER
OF TICKET BROKERS'.
He Charges Them With Commission
of Various Kinds of Frauds and
Says Their Business Is Es-
sentiaIly Dishonest.

| Washington, Jan. THE house inter-
state commerce committee gave another
hearing on the anti-scalping bill to-day. Mr..
| George w. Boyd. assistant general pas
| senger agent Of the Pennsylvania railroad.
made very strong argument in favor of
| the bill. He asserted that there was no
| more nefarous traffic in the country to-
| oay than that of the scalping fraternity
| and that 80 per cent of the tickets lost or
stolen from railroads find their way into
| the scalping offices and thence into public
use. lie SAID the assertion that 50 per cent
| Oh the tickets used by scalpers We're fur
| nished direct by the railroads was very
misleading. Ihere was very small per-
centage, probably not % per cent and GER
tainly there was very little business in
effIurins ,efIrnas tickets direct from any reputable
DO all the railroads engaged in inter-
@ state commerce favor the bill?" Mr.. Boyd
-! think so.' he replied.
Discussing the direct securing of scalp
ingd ing tickets, .he Mr.. BOYD said the scalpers
oItlces to get the tickets and sell them in
.,tlel their own offices under very different and
stanasl Iapmsiut conditions advising in many in
on the books. He introduced papers in evil
,a aence showing the way in which tickets
los, toSt or stolen We're bought by those who
t take tnem 10 scalpers and how the latter
nad offered to restore them to their owners
d3r; J., as - In one instance cited, so per cent
- ,hS tetS Ndlut ne Sa1u the Sc9lDGrS did
part of their business with sneak thieves
ilckets are not merchandise he said They
oelong to the company and when their
functions are performed it becomes part
OF the company's property and should be
regarded regarded in that respect like a baggage
IF all the railroads should unite and sell
tickets only through their authorized
agents, would not that do away with the
evil?" he was asked '''e
NO, sir; because. for one reason. a
large percentage of the business is done
by dishonest means''
continuing, Mr.. Boyd said that large
of the people who deal with the
scalperS are seriously inconvenienced as
they are given tickets by circuitous routes
ana are often subjected to DELAY and eS-
IRA expenses by having tickets not valid |
Tor passage, while the revenues of the
ROADS are reduced through the manipula-
tion OF excursion and other forms of tick |
ets sofa by the companies at reduced rates
IN consideration of the original purchaser
iod. '' q A'-Neu per
Scalping officers. Mr.. Boyd went on. are
a constant incentive to employees who ham
Iie railroad tickets to become dishonest |
ne concluded by saying that the scalpers:
eAistence cannot be justified and that the
very irst principle of the scalpers' trade |
N Nils ability to sell transportation lower than
me issuing company, bears on its face the
lamp OF dishonesty, especially when this
standard IS reduced to the minimum and
esuiated by sharp competition.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
COLD WEATHER STORIES.
- Few Tales That Might De Taken
With n Grain of


| III was a merry company OF theatrical
| folk that gathered about the radiator in
an office in New York about a week ago
| says the Rochester Post-Express Among
| the party were Nat Goodwin, Long BROTH
| ers. Major Lille Pawnee Bid Odell Will
| iiams, IL. Stanley Lewis and Butler C.
Stewart (son of the famous FATTY, Stew
artl. VINO is managing the Madeline of
Fort Reno company. The conversation
nad turned on cold weather, the chilly
cause. Ao
-. Talking about cold.'' remarked Goodwin.
T., remindS nm me Of couple of months l spent
we mad fire In our log shack and one
morning niog about 3 o'clock I awoke up to
eiiaSins ofSGoTer tn the fire frozen stiff. the flames
SticSins up as motiOnleSS as If thew had
been painted. We broke up the frozen fira
and threw it outdoors. and next spring n
timber e' VI
That's nothing" said Stewart. "rve
seen, seen II SO ., cold on the Union Pacific that
a station the wheels froze TO the rails ,nii al
wound up couple of lengths of track
ar6und M6I. T.. the axles when the train started
who fell off the top of boXcar. froze stiff
while he was in the air and broke up like like
d. aGeni,eMan isc,e when 2, he chit hit the ground
who had been an Interested listeners tGnge .baIs sil
any of You been over the Intercolnni,i
railway of Nova Scotia? Well / lost a
a very peculiar way. His engine was standi ID
ing at the station popping that is the
surplus steam was escaping from the s,fae ti1e
" valve into the air. forming a white cIoud
Which lowered fifty feet above the Iocomo-
tive; This mighty column of steam frn1e
soiid. and when the train started the law
9 disturbed the equilibrium-the huge mass
iMsii M Win crash. caving in the roof of
DEATH "'"e" 10
Well; remarked James E. H. Long. as
ne III ms cigar, there's a road called the
-. n. y * w, running between Olean and
boilVar. where 1t gets so cold that thev
i, ireduce the passenger fare in winter. You
tn hioW neat expands the rails and cold con-
tracts and thus 1t happens that the sta.
tionS are only half as far apart in winter
as they are in summer" e'
Stewart indicated mutely a door whaSca
came the sound of clinking ice arainst |
die. heo SINE
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
6ABYs SMOOTH, FAIR SKIN

A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter.
I. Tells all about Her Troubles when
{ Baby Broke out with ScrofuIa Sores.
"At the age of two months, nv babv
began to have sores break out on his right
cheek. We used all the external an
plications that we could think or hear OF.
to no avail. The sores spread all over one
side OF his face. We consulted a pbysi-
clan and tried his medicine, and in week
the sore was gone. But to my surprise in
two weeks more another scrofuIous look
ing sore appeared on baby's arm. It
grew worse and worse, and when he was
three months old, 1 began giving him
Hoods Sarsaparilla. l also took Hoods
sarsaparilla, and before the first bottle
was finished, the sores were well and have
never returned. He is now four years old,
but he has never had any sign of those
scrofulous sores since he was cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, for which feel very
grateful. My boy owes his good health
and smooth, fair skin to this great med
icine." Mrs. s. s. WRoTEN, Farming.
'oii' DelaWare. Get only Hoods.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
DAN STUART IN CHICAGO.
He Says COrbett Will Not Efubt ,I,b..
Before He Meets Fftzsim.
mons Again.

Chicago. ILL.,. Jan. 7.-Dan A. Stuart ar.
rived IN Chicago to-day, and tomorrow
night will leave for ST. Paul, where he will
eldeavor to secure the signature of Fitz-
simmons to articles calling for another fight
gust. " "' VI <Nu
81. Everything depends" said Stuart, "upor
rs; is a set, settled fact | think that Corbett will
mons again. and l am not considering any
such contingency. 1t is Fitzsimmons ana
Corbett or nothing. although. if / cannot
secure secure this fight l might offer a purse for
Regarding the battle-ground, Mr. Stuart
SAID ne had two places under consideration
.9ne IN Nevada and one about four hours
Sn,e, Iide ,,n,1l from the mainland, somewhere in
ico;" The articles which will be submitted
TO fltzsimmons provide that Stuart and the
two principals are to select the referee. and
Stuart announces fatty that he prefers
George Sler.
=, In case he signs Corbett and Fitzsimmons
stuart says he will offer purse for Mccoy
and Mitchell or Mccoy and Choynski as n
SIDE SID attraction. He is also willing to sign
weight limit.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08

New lew, Orleans. Jan. THE only sensation
al incident developed by to-day's card was
Robert Bonner's win with couple of small
bets Pet on at 100 to l.. Seaport and Sligo were
the only winning favorites. and the booE :
recouped themselves. The weather was fine
and the ATTENDANCE fair. Summaries:
First race-6 furlongs; selling Albert
vale: lO IF. Thompson), 15 to l. won: Ever
est, l2S cOverton), > to and to 5, second. +.
Miss Miss Rowett, lis Oh. Wilson,. to l, third
Time. 1:16%4. ~
Second race-1 mile: selling. Seaport III
CT. Burns). 4 to s. won: Tabouret 10S "a
Barretp; to and 3 to 5. second; Percy
FL rl leS Qiirsch), to l. third. Time. 1:43a..
Robert Ione Bonner; "a .lThompson). 100 to i.
Won; Loyalty. 104 (Songer). u to l and tn
]; second: Anger. "a CT. Powers), 3 to
third. Time, 1:i5k. -
Fourth race-l3-l6 of a mile: bandcan
Sligo. 10 Ct. Burns). . to 5, won: Dave s
~ &C. Clay), 10 to | and to Q. second:
Brother Fred. 90 CE. Robertson). 10 to !
third. Time 1:23. " l.
Fifth race-6 -furlongs. Forbush. 1o7
1Scherrer), IL to ). won; Belle of Memnhis
100 "a. Rarrett. to l and 3 to 5. second:
FLOP 1ol (Gleason). to l, third. Time