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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-29
Big Class at Colby.

Colby college entered upon her 18TH
year Sept. 2lst with a freshmen's class of
20, of whom so are men and 20 women.
This is above the average the classes at
this institution being larger than usual,
as are these of Bowdoin, which was 70:
Bates IS; University of Maine 100
Colby is enjoying exceptional prosperity
under the presidency of Nathaniel Butler
a large sum having been added to her
general fund, goodly donations being re-
ceiyed towards woman's dormitory and
a complete subscription for the erection
OF chemical laboratory, which is now
being erected
The varsity football team Of this in
stitution holds the championship and is
now in training, but owing to graduation
the team is much weakened. which con
dition may be said to exist with the teams
at Bowdoin, Bates, and the University of
Maine, although the latter probably has
the strongest team Of experienced players.
The breach between the University of
Maine and Colby has been healed so the
four colleges will compete on the grid
iron this fail.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-29
Cur Public Schools.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. The annual
statement of the commissioner of educa-
ton has been submitted to Secretary Bliss.
The report shows satisfactory results for
the work of the year ending June 80,
1898.
One cause of congratulation on the part
of those who hold the doctrine that
popular education is the safe guard Of
our Americar institution is, says the re-
port, the continued prosperity of the ele-
mentary schools. The increase during
the year 1896 81 amounted to PSI, S96
pupils over the previous years. The
total enrolled in elementary schools
amounted to Is, 452, 1926 pupils. Adding
to it those in colleges, universities, high
schools and academies, the total number
reached Is. 255, O93
A stin greater occasion for conglatula-
ton, it is stated, is the increase of stu
dents i'll colleges and universities. This
increase has gone on steadily for % years.
In 1872 only 800 persons in the million
were enrolled in those institutions. In
1897, the number had risen to l2lS in the
million.
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Waldo County Crop Reports.
From the Board of Agriculture Bullet

From the Board of Agriculture Bulletin.
MORRILL,. From my own experience l
would advise pasturing sheep in the
orchard, perhaps fifty per cent. more than
it will support, and then feeding them
provender and sweet corn fodder. d. 0.
| Bowen.
| SEARsMONT. In some future number
will tell how l have seen an acre of very
a moderate cost, which may interest some.
! Otis D. Wilson.
NOTE We shall be very glad to receive
your experience in destroying witch grass
for some future bulletin, and viii be prepared
| for Secretary
MONROE There is no such thing known
as the best soil for apples in Maine. Of
all the different soils Of our State, there is
none but what can be made to produce
| good fruit if it is not too wet. The only
| thing to remember is this Different soils
REQUIRE different treatment. There are
men who have made it profitable to pasture
sheep in orchards, but they are mostly
agreed that this alone will not long keep
up the fertility Hens are good thing
in the orchard if it is not overstocked.
| They help to keep down the grass, and,
being fed on grain food mostly, keep up
the fertility. Regarding legislation, |
| have only to say that the man who allows
insects to breed in his orchard without
trying to control them is a disgrace to his
| business. | have thought that legislation
was needed, but it may be as well in the
end to allow private enterprise to decide
the matter. Those who control the evils
will reap the reward, while the negligent
will get as much as they deserve. If men
are making a success they can extend
THEN business, but the average farmer
already has more trees than he takes care
of. and TO increase the number would only
make him poorer E. c. Dow.
W ALDO STATION. High land we'll
drai ned is best for orcharding. Baldwin
and Northern SPY are profitable apples for
this locality. Topgrafted trees do the
best, an saddle grating gives best salts
faction Poultry yards in the orchard
are all right. Sheep are yarded in part
of our orchard during the fall and spring.
We keep 90 hens in a hen house G0Xl5.
1t has five pens 12Xl2. Each pen has a
ward 125X15, and there is yard OF half an
acre which is used as needed. We aim to
raise on the farm large part Of the feed,
as oats, barley. buckwheat, corn, potatoes
and clover The purchased feed is wheat
and animal meal. Hens are used for
Matching ana brooding. In 1897 an aver
age of 80 hens was kept cash receipts
Sl5a, r. Product sold at market prices.
So far this year we have averaged 81 hens.
In January they laid 90 dozen eggs,
February, "a "a dozen: March, l25 l.
dozen: April, 122 7-12 dozen; May, IS 7 Il
dozen: June 100 - dozen; July, % IA
dozen: and August, s. dozen Total, III
i oh
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-29
Dancing and Card Playing Denounced

TORONTO, Sept. H.. The Quadrennial
Conference of the Supreme Governing
body of the Methodist church of the
Dominion has been in session here for ten
days and the members have had several
exciting discussions. The most heated
and sensational discussion was on mat
tiers of discipline. The result of the de-
| bate is that membe of the Methodist
church who go to theatres or dances OF
have dances or card playing in their own
| houses will be expelled.
| Edward Quincy, a wealthy manufac
turer here and in New York state, de-
clared he would as soon play game of
cards as read novel. "Yet, Brother
Moore had said card playing led one
straight down to hell.'
John t. Moore-So it does.
Mr. Gurney-That is absolute nonsense
Referring to dancing Mr.. Quincy said
! there was no moral question involved
Victoria, the purest sovereign on earth,
contenances it. Would Brother Moore
| say that it, too. led down to hel?''
MI. Moore-Yes
Mr.. Gurney-The man who says that
should be a candidate for a lunatic
asylum.
In this fashion the debate proceeded I'M
I'll vote was taken, when Brother Moore S
supporters carried the day, and as a
result secesslons on an extensive scale
are expected, all the broader minded men
demanding that the questions referred to
be lett to the consciences of individual
church members
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-29
Typhoons on the Japanese Coast

VICTORIA. b. c.. Sept. ~ r. NJ. S.
Empress Of India arrived today bringing
news that serious typhoons have done
much damage on the japanese coast.
Many ports and towns have been totally
devastated and in the Amusi district
where the ruin is greatest, over a humid
red lives are said to have been lost
Yokohama and Toxic We're also storm
swept In Yokohama halbor many yes
sells broke adrift and the British ship
Iindhurst and the Italian cruiser Marie
Polo collided, both being damaged.
The wreck Of the American ship Emily
W. Whitney is reported from Shanghai,
with a number of the crew lost She
was lost in the typhoon which caused the
abandonment of the German ship. Trini-
dad, while on her way to Kiao Chow with
supplies. The crew of the Trinidad and
the German soldiers were saved.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-29

for man, or even for a woman.
Baby is not lifted above all human
eaknesses-preserye us from perfect
people, and he indicates desire to
taste as well as handle that silver head.
The colonel is quite agreeable, the most
good natured man you could meet in a
days journey, but Baby's guardian OF
JectS, and history warns us of the dangers
which beset a collision between an abso-
lutte monarch and his faithful Commons.
We were all concerned, but the crisis is
safe in the colonel's hands. He thrusts
his hands within the tightly buttoned
frock coat and produces a gold hunting
watch--crested; did YOU notice, and-yes,
Just what every father has done for his
baby since watches were invented, before
a first served the purpose, he blew, the
lid flew open. LADY blew, and the i'd
flew open faster and farther Grannie
would ike to know whether any baby
could have done the trick better, but
there was no use a king us,
"Reminds me o my boy at that age,
killed On the frontier last year
Is much ashamed of this confidence,
and we all look unconscious. VIVA a
tine simple old fellow he is.
''Sayed up, has he, the colonel is
speaking to the mother, ''to give Baby
and you week at Ramsgate? i. . he 5
the right sort, your husband g.. its for
Baby, not for you, to get him some fol de
rol, you know g.. he $ done a lot of good
to a crusty old chap" go.
The conductor has taken in the scene
with huge delight, and closes it at just
the right point
''Your club, general; just wait till tie
bus stops. Can you get near the kert,
Bill? Now that's right, take care, sill,
plenty of time. Oh, that was nothing
might ave seen you sooner. thank We,
| do smoke at a time . nornin' general,
all right, Bill"
The colonel was standing on the broad
top step OF the "Veteran' s. smiling and
waving his hand; the bus waved back,
and the conductor touched his cap.
"a gentleman; cads amt mide that
way" and Baby danced for sheer Chris
tian joy, since there is no victory like
Love. British Weekly.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-29
BRYAN Doesn't Like the Army.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 20. A spec
ial to the Star from jacksonville, Fla,
says:
Col. William Jennings Bryan of the
third Nebraska volunteers will shortly
resign his commission in the U. ). Arm,
and resume the discussion of public ques-
tions. This statement is not made upon
the authority of Col. Bryan, however.
When asked TO express himself on ques-
lions of public interest, he said
"You can say that l refuse to dlscuss
any matters connected with politics, the
army or of myself, except that | see no
reason to change the views in regard to
the expanding of the territory Of the
United States | expressed in my Omaha
Speech made before entering upon this
army life.'
Col. Bryan added: "You might also say
that lam not so epamored of camp life
that | would at the close of wal apply for
commission in the regular army"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-29
Maine is all Right.

The Boston Advertiser has an idea that
Names prohibitory law is to some de-
gree responsible for the excellent delega-
ton which always represents the Pine
Tree state at Washington and expounds
as follows:
"Why not give prohibition credit for
Names peculiar excellences if prohibi-
ton is to be charged with every fault that
manifests itself in the public life OF the
pine Tree State? Her delegation in Con
gress is not large, but it is influential at
Washington all out Of proportion to its
numerical strength. The people of Maine
appear to know enough, to choose the
choicest timber out of which to make
senators and representatives, and to have
sense enough to keep them at Washing
ton term after term indefinitely. This
political shrewdness indicates sobriety,
steadiness, clear-sig htedness, enlighten-
ed self interest and an unfaltering eye to
the Maine chance. These are temperance
qualities"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-29

The grave of James G. Blaine, at Oak
Hill, Washington, is visited by about
thirty persons a day, and is unmarked
save by a small foot stone bearing the
initials ~. 9. B." 1t is understood
among the friends of the Blaine family
that the burial at Oak Hill is only tenn
poraly, and that Mrs. Blaine intends to
remove the bodies of her husband and
children to Augusta, Me, as soon as she
can make satisfactory arrangements tor
their burial there When political ami
mosties are dead, the pre- eminent great
ness of James G. Blaine will be recogVz-
ed. We can never be reconciled to Me
fact that he was not permitted, as he logi-
cally should have been, to show this coun-
try and The world how notable and worthy
he would have been as President of the
United states. Exchange.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-29

The will of the late George A. Pills
bury, Of Minneapolis, bequeaths $3.50, 900
to the PilIsbury Academy. Various Bap-
fist institutions receive S25, 900, and s.
600 each is given to the Northwestern
Hospital for Women and the New Hamp-
shire Centennial Home for Aged Wo-
men. The will also provides that the
widow shall bequeath $50, 900 to Pilsbury
Academy as Margaret Pillsbury fund,
the income from half to 90 to the aid of
worthy young men and women, from IS,
600 for prizes and from s., 900 for the
support of the library.
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PILES! PILES! PILES!

DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointment will cure
Blind Bleeding, liberated and Itching Piles. 1t
absorbes the tun.ors, allays the itching at once,
acts as poultice, gives instant relief. DR.. Will
liams' Indian Pile Ointment is prepared only for
Piles and Itching of the private parts, and moth
ing else. Every box is guaranteed. Sold by drug
gists. sent by mail, for SOC. and 81 90 per box
WILLIAMS MFG co, Props, Cleveland. Ohio
or sale by R. H MOODY. ly3S
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-29

The Stomach's Woes Are pleasantly
and positively healed by DIR, Won Stan 3
Pineapple Tablets. They act upon and di-
gest the food, prevent fermentation and all
distresses of the stomach. Eminent physi-
clans have noted their sterling merit and
the wonderful cures wrought right in their
own practice and prescribe to relieve and
cure. So cents. Sold by Kilgore & Wilson
and A. A. Howes & Co.
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DoctOred Nine Years for letter.

BUCtUTtU NTHe eaTs Tut Tttttr NIX.
James CASTOR, merchant of Wilkes barre,
Pa, writes: For nine years l have been
dsfgured with letter GU my hands and
face. At last have found cure in Dr.. Ag-
news Ointment 1t helped me fir IN the first
application, and now / am permanently
cured" Sold by Kilgore x Wilson and a.
A Howes & Co.'S.
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* MAJESTY, BABY.
r,X MACLAREN.

absolute monarc h was BABY.
ls- vas evidently the wife of
[rr5st. wise looking, capable,
woman: and Baby was not
51ire. nor could he be called
Eawas dressed after care
~-drtable fashion, and he was
...g healthy child; that is all
.r- noticed had you met the
on,ae there is nothing to do
ft- except to stare into one
baby has the great
bis life. and this baby was
..sr- He was not hungry, and
-.lfu> about his clothes, and
n hand. one by one, till he
.7 III, an to a state of delight
.1r. ga the secret pride of his
u.uest was easy, and might
united, for against such an
..n was no power of resistance in
woman opposite-one of the
...0 rs. ftaTtully stout, and of
mother He simply looked
smiled. that was thrown in
r... p-r knowledge, her arms had
t,I bis reception-so often
.n iii ou that ample resting
A. 4,-la cart; it do me good to
m o eriticise the words, and
ro ourselves how the ex-
-s~ the countenance. Not
d nr less dull, the proper
-le FACE is motherly.
-~eHgeT Just above Grannie,
nu- and pretty, and mother?
T'l not see her look Baby
Ht at her sharpest, before
aaa j too easily satisfied?
te d. is there something
male persons and grand
sre? The mother is con-
rfon. and adjusts ribbon
JsSed aside-one of his
The public and his own
. Size meekly awaited ap-
moment we We're anxious,
N- -3u.iShness, for i'll half a
r face relaxed, and she
Size leaned forward and
ri-~-
fourteen months .
Ways well. Baby was
4-O-lzed to the bus.
.n1w-this Is the way
H"i lot they do Ton us:
leut.
uE outsiders 4 excluded
gt the nursery we
f-.. but were rather pleas
.1euce. one was a lady,
sM4 woman; they had not
we're not likely to meet
iu the common bond of
priest was sitting and
0Gt ut this point his eye
Lll,, aud | thought his lips
H.-Ia "0ancta Maria" before
WITH the appointed portion,
lave been my fancy-the
BIT dropping into poetry.
Wus and stare before us, as
Nled English people.
5lied OF inaction and has
-a campaign, and my heart
jme lie courts defeat. On
ae Of Grannie and within
fe Of influence was a man
-. wen if he had not bag on
.ut were not reading from a
ocument. After long and
--ideiation OF the lawyers
Shaven, bl0odless face,
.4 forward and tapped gently
and then, when the keen
ID. 1 in Quick enquiry, Baby re-
.uile Of roguish intelligence,
a words as long as myself,
-s>; ii could all have been
uy lhe way, that parchment
I'm excellent drum; do you
~ tune has Just come into
L ut course, drew away the
.. vneDI alt the insolence Of the
dil not-there is soul in
.W Know how to find it-he
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lesS2 Ii | did not, | repair my
'he must have been a beautiful
l-' youth-no, no, to-day, just
Zines her head ever So slight
strokes her cheek again, and
Pretty, pretty, and so velly,
-s1d '
dat a lovely flush on her
.4t fool of a man who might
.Na. love. She opens a neat little
Is ,H1- is public affairs we watch
lame, Quite SO: she is to be
'E and has got a frugal lunch
ali she can do in return.
dnnot eat it. | do not know,
t that's the pity of it, poor
ways are a mystery to her, but
i'lp>e that biscuit? Not he; he
i immense to do over it, and
e" Ms mother and all his loyal
'A4 he was ready to be kissed,
joy not like to kiss him. Peace
l' Shy, modest soul, the Christ
s nto thine heart.
s'en9ers on Baby's left had en-
'Se escapades with patient and
Wgnlty, When a boy is pro-
luscious that he we'll, a man
olnd and unfeeling world con-
Ieat him as-well, child--he
-93V himself and assert his posi-
n1A he does, to the delight OF
with any sense of humor, by
iuoIsnantly to be kissed by his
\ al least sisters, in public, by
.necklng any natural tendency tc
p ABOUT anything except sport,
~ 1t to be understood that he
,9yea the last remaining pleasure
,t 9urnt out. Dear boy, and all
'aay to run a mile to see a cav
N.Y. ient drill, and tormented by a
Nefing after the Geological Gar
WV had been nice little chaps
ago, and would be manly fell
years hence. Meanwhile they
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-02
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, August 1.-The stock
market held firm to-day against several
.,dyerse influences and showed greatly
;nnroved demand in the later dealings
grba sunply of American stocks left IN
the foreign exchanges has become so
,,,ucb reduced and dealings in them are
-, insignificant there, that little account
VIC taken of the fact that London WAS
rlosed to-day for its bank holiday. Rall-
ro.d stocks in the early dealings mere
continued to suffer from the neglect
which has recently made the market al
,,,nst stagnant. The bears avalled them
selves of the quietude to make an ag-
.,ressiye attack. directing their efforts
chiefly against Brooklyn Rapid transit
and Rubber, preferred. because these
stocks have recently gone up sharply
and there were known to be heavy spec
YI.t;ve commitments to the long SIDE
!, ,hem There was besides disposition
to rake profits. so that prices shaded OH
easily and uncovered top loss orders.
peonle's Gas was also subjected to Wig
orons attack and was sold down to 9S.
Tbe specuation in Sugar was also
very feyerish. though the price did not
got far away from 139.
The stock market was also matefflily
aided nv the increased demand Tor
bonds in the afternoon, i'll which thefe
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e. G. Blanks. Of Lewisville. Texas.
writes that one box of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve was worth $4,000 to him.
1t cured his piles of ten years standing.
He advises others to try it. 1t also
cures eczema. skin diseases and obsti-
nate sores. Heartt & Heartt.
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CHICAGO, August 1.
Oneninp Chasing

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour slew Nv lat q spring No,
33a331S. Oats-No. 2, 81; No. white "a 1-2d25
No. white 26m27. Rye-No. 40Am4O IL. Bar
ley-No. 2, 23d35. Flav Seed-No. l, &c. Prime
S94Od9.45. Lard, per 100 lbs, S5.37 l-2a5.4O
Short rib sides, loose, $1,000 565; dry-salted
shoulders, boxed, 4aiM5. Short clear sides,
boxed, S575a6.00. Whiskey,
NEW YORK
NEW YORK, August Flour weak, shade
lower, closing somewhat Steadier with wheat
Rye -four duh at $2.50a2.9
Corn meal steady.
Rye weak; No. 2, 43.
Barley dull mailing 49,
Barley malt dull.
Flax seed duh and nominal.
Wheat, spot easy: No. 2 red 49, options, Sep
TENDER closed 69ia December closed &c.
Corn, spot steady: No. 2, 80 1-2; options, Sep
TENDER closed 37si; December closed So 1-2.
Oats, spot dull; No. 2, 81 12; options, Sep
TENDER closed 2558.
Beef firm.
Cut meats dull but firm.
Lard steady; western steamed closed at $50;
continent $780,
Pork firm.
Butter very firm; western creamery IA 1-2a19:
do. factory 11a14; Elgns 10; imitation creamery
1915 IL; State dairy 13@17.
Cheese steady; large white IA.
Eggs firm; State and Pennsylvania Aal5:
western fresh ii.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys S15oa2OO; Long
sIand S1.50d2.00.
Rosin quiet.
Turpentine quiet.
Rice steady.
MOlasSes steady.
Cabbage steady.
Freights duh; cotton by steam 15d; grain by
steam I'd.
Cotton seed oil inactive; prime crude b
mills 16d17 prime yellow % 1-2@24; off sum-
mer yellow 23a231-2.
Coffee-Options, September $50; No. z, in
voice 6; No z, jobbing 6 IL; Cordova S1-2a15.
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*Dailv. fDatly FIX sunday.

Nos. 400 and 402-"The Atlanta Specials
Solid Vestibuled Train OF Pullman Sleepers
and coaches between Washington and At
ianta, also Pullman Sleepers between Ports.
mouth and Chester, >. 1.
Nos. Al and S8-The S. A. L. Express" Solid
Train coaches and Pullman Sieepers be-
tween Portsmouth and Atlanta. Company
Seepers between columbia and Atlanta
Both trains make immediate connections
It Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New Or
leans, Texas california, Mexico, Chattanooga
Nashville, Memphis Macon. Florida.
For Tickets, Sleepers. etc.. apply to
III. S. Leard, Il. T.. A., Raleigh, N. q.
II. st. John, Vice Pres. and Gen
Manager; V. Il. McBee, General Super
intendent; III. w. b. Glover, TraffI
Manager; L. j. Anderson, General Pas
senger Agent.
General Offices, Portsmouth, We.
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was active business, and especially in
the per cent. bonds of lately re-or-
ganized roads and the junior issues
which are gaining in security from the
recent increases in earnings. Total
sales S2.120.000.
Government bonds were strong on the
peace prospects to-day, although this
factor had only small influence in
stocks. The new government 3s adj
vanced to a new high level. allotments
of subscriptions selling at 104a. United
States As. both the new and old issues
advanced u. the SIS when issued q. and
the IS registered y per cent. in the bid
price
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Spot cotton closed steady: middllng upiands
lilo; middling gulf 5,l6: sales 2,6So.
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, La, August Lotion futures
NEW ORLEANS
OTHER COTTON MARKETS.

Galveston, quiet, 11-16, 10 bales.
Norfolk, nominal, So, 1,03S bales.
Baltimore nominal, Sc, - bales.
Boston, quiet, 6 16, z bales.
Wilmington, steady, 5ss, bales
Philadelphia, quiet, 5-l6, = bales.
Savannah, steady, Ills, 2l5 bales
New Orleans, steady, lie, % bales
Mobile, nominal, 5ss, bales.
Memphis, dull, 59s, So bales.
Augusta steady, 6, 80 bales.
Charleston, quiet, S IL, - bales.
Cincinnati, quiet and firm, 6, ISL bales.
Louisville, quiet, 6, = bales.
ST. Louis, quiet, 5 1915, 165 bales.
Houston, quiet, 6 l1-16, 295 bales.
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RALEIGH COTTON.
RALEIGH, N. c., August /.
NAVAL STORES.

wILMINGroN, N. c., August 1.-Tnrpentine
steady at "a IL: receipts 127.
Rosin steady at 921saN1a; receipts 22s.
Crude Turpentine firm at 81, Sl.5o and Sl.5o
receipts IS.
Tar steady at s1.1O; receipts 145.
CHARLESTON, S. c., August 1.-Turpentine
STEADY at 241s; sales -.
Rosin quiet: sales -.
SAVANNAH, Ga, August 1.-Turpentine firm
at 25k bid: sales 282 at rs; receipts 1855.
Rosin firm; sales =; receipts 4,327.