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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01

NEW YORK, May 31.-Commercial
Advertisers London financial cable
gram:
The stock market opened more active
and considerably more cheerful on news
that the vexed Chiense question was in
a fair way of being settled by the pay
ment OF the idemnity demanded. Con-
soils at the same time spurted in ex-
pectation of an early reduction of the
bank rate. The hard fighting in the
Transvaal is regarded as something
better than a wild goose chase and so
had less adverse effect than might
have been supposed.
American shares were steady on a
stream of some purchases particularly
the Atchison issues on the phenomenal
earnings reported, Southern Pacific on
the monthly statement and the steel
stocks. For about twenty minutes
there was considerable selling for New
York account for profits, but on the
brokers absorbed the stock and the ad-
vance in quotations were easily cont;n-
ued because ~arbitrageurs are still In
clined to deal sparingly.
The bank OF England bought E27,-
0C0 gold in bars in the market and has
received 100000 in gold from Egypt.
Money was stronger, the call rates
advancing to 3& time rates remaining
unchanged. Exchange on Berlin was
30.461a.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01

NEW YORK, May s1.-To-day's mar
ket for metals manifested all the char
acteristics Of a regular holiday. De-
mand was light and confined chiefly to
meeting immediate requirements with
closing tone called quiet at $,S.30@2S.4 40:
in London, however, values advanced
Ell owing to an absence of sellers rather
than to any demand of consequence, as
the days business only reached mod
crate proportions. The close was steady
with spot quoted at fl29 15s and fu-
lures f128 los. Copper in London ad-
vanced IS but was very quiet. closing
at ESQ SIS cd for spot and e70 Is Sd for
futures. Here the market was dull and
without change. Aside from its con-
tinued steadiness, lead locally exhibited
no feature. The close was steady at
S4.37k, while in London prices fell of
Is sd to G12 IS sd. Spelter ruled quiet
at $3.95@4.00. London prices were re-
duced IS Cd to Ell rs Cd. Domestic
iron markets were rathef easy and in
buyers favor. Pig iron warrants $3.50
@10.50. Northern foundry S15.25@
1850; Southern foundry s14.00@15.5 80,
and soft Southern s13.00G15.50. Glas-
gov warrants closed ASS Sd and Md
dlesboro ASS Cd.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
PRODUCE.

CHICAGO, May 31-The weather con-
stituted the most potent factor in to-
days wheat market. July wheat CLOS
ing &c higher. July corr closed lac
higher, July oats &c lower and pro-
visions a shade to sc lower, lower ca
bles and weather conditions in the west
gave the wheat market a strong tone
and July opened A@$c improved at
74A to 74h@Sc. The figures tempted
a considerable number of sellers. chief
ly Of the professional class and there
was IN early decline to 74asc. A rally
to 74k was recorded later. This adj
vance was induced largely by new re-
ports of damage by Hessian fy and
further stories of drought in sections
where rain is badly needed. Later au-
thentic advices were that while some
damage had been suffered it was not
widespread and as a result there was a
big increase in the offerings and the
market declined to 74&c. Here buying
increased and the close was firm, &c
higher at 74BG%c. The volume of
trade was large. Primary receipts
were SIS. 0G0 bushels. Minneapolis and
Duluth reported $50 cars against 1873
last week and ia a year ago. Three
loads of wheat were taken for export.
Local receipts were GA cars. one of con-
tract grade.
The cor market was firm, though
trade was light and receipts were mod
erately generous. AS in wheat. the drv
weather exerted a bull influence. July
corn opened unchanged to hc higher
at 44Sc to 44hc, benefitting by the
strength in wheat. Affair outside de-
veloped and the May price early to
445sc. where it steadied. Later the ex-
port demand which was or moderate
degree induced a further advance to
445@Ac. whereat a period of liquida-
ton was i~naugurated and a reaction to
4Ssc followed. The close was steady
and sc higher at 44hc. Four loads
were reported taken for export. Local
receipts were 5S4 cars, 12S of contract
grade.
Oats were active, but liquidation
caused an easier feeling towards the
close. July sold between 28A 02Sxc.
and closed &c lower at 2SS9hc. Lo-
car receipts were 366 cars
Trading in the speculative branch OF
the provision business was on Z small
scale with = small decline in prices
Of leading commodities as the net r.
1880
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
WOOL.

BOSTON, May 31.-The Commercial
Bulletin will say in to-morrow's report
on the wool trade of the United States:
The market is filling up rapidly with
heavy receipts of both domestic and
foreign wool. The demand is very
small this week and shipments are fall
Ing off. All medium WOODS are weak.
Medium territory has been sold on a
basis of BIC clean. Ohio half blood I'M
washed was sold at 1Sc. A big line of
irish wool has been the only notable
sale. Though of excellent quality these
super woods brought but 26c.
Fine woods on the other hand are
quite firm. The advance of Ohio de-
laine to 29c is maintained and there has
been a relatively active demand for X
fleeces.
The receipts of wool in Boston since
January LIST have been 1871 700 ,221 pounds,
against 1881, 160 pounds for the same
period in 1900.
The Boston shipments to date are
lol, I06, $50 pounds, against sales OF ga
o2l eco pounds for the same period in
1900.
Inc stock on hand in Boston January
l, 1901, was 7S,309, 500 pounds: the total
stock to-day is As, 363, 165 pounds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK, May 31.-The market
shows no change in general conditions
Inc demand has again been made up of
small orders in all directions with a
moderate aggregate business secured.
Prlces OF brown bleached and coarse
colored cottons unchanged. Prints
cloths at previous prices. New prices
for prints for fall show Ac decline in
some quarters. Ginghams unaltered.
Linens are in moderate request and
very firm. Burlaps tend upwards un-
der strength of foreign advances.
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Special to the Register.

Special TO the Register.
NEW YORK, May 31.-The month
closed with a decided bulge in most
stocks. The New York market opened
strong and active, at an advance over
Wednesdays close, under the leader
ship of higher London prices.
The Atchisons, Southern Pacific, Mis-
souri, Pacific, Union Pacific, Southern
Railway and the Wabashes were the
leaders among the railroads, while
United States steel led the industrials
in the advance. The late panic appears
to have been forgotten, and the public
are again on the market, with the bull
pools boosting their favorites, while the
community-of-interests idea seems to
have the call. Reports of railroad earn
ines still show substantial increases,
and conditions generally, in the opin-
ion of many justify good prices. Only
those people who buy too heavily get
into trouble.
Scarcely a stock but showed substan-
final advances as a result OF the days
trading, and the market closed practi-
cally at the top. Some of the more
notable gains were: Atchison COM
mon SIS, Baltimore & Ohio rs, Union
Pacific AZ, Missouri Pacific rs, South
ern Pacific 2A, Southern Railway 3A,
Texas Pacific / point, M, X. & T. IA,
New York Central 2%, Erie firsts rs,
and Wabash common n.
United States steels were selling in
London at an equivalent OF AZ and 81
in New York, and the initial sales here
were at those figures, an advance of 1&
for the preferred and of 1 point for the
common owe Wednesdays close. The
preferred, voc after the opening,
touched 95B, but speedily rallied, clos
ing strong at 97h, the high point of
the day. The low point on common
was 1875, closing at 4SA, the best
price. In this connection it will be
interesting to know that 1t was report
ed that the April statement for this
company shows a very substantial in
crease of net earnings over March.
Western Union took a squirt near the
close of the market, and closed at the
top price of the day, 94B, a gain of 2h
points. Many of those best informed
would not be surprised to see this
stock sell above par, as it is steady 5
per cent dividend payer.
Notwithstanding heavy gold exports
the banks, through the movement of
money from the interior, will show a
net gain in to-morrow's statement,
and money will continue easy.
The following statement of sales for
the month of May, with daily averages,
will prove of interest:
SaIaa for tho Month ne NEcr
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s 10 Best heayy yorkers IS sS0s %;
pigs IS 8505 80.
sheep steady. Best wethers $x SOC
4 IS; choice lambs IS 25@5 40. Veal
calves IS 5066 90.
CINCINNATI. May s1.-Hogs active,
higher, "a COOS 90.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
MARKET MAS RATHER
BUIL|SH YESTERDAY.
A GENERAL ADVANCE, EXTENDING
ALMOST THROUGHOUT THE
WHOLE LIST.
RAILROADS AND INDUsTRIALs
WENT HAND IN HAND IN THE IN
C.EASE.

The Total transactions for the
Month Were But n Few Thousand
Short of Thirty-Six Million shares.
Statement of the Sales by Days.
Statement of Unfteu STATES Steel
for April Reported to Shovv n
Large Increase Over That for
March-A General Review 'Of an
Interesting Days Work on h
Street.
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Total sales for the month.

Total sales for the month. ....... .35. So. 200
Taking out four Sundays and two
holidays, and counting four Saturdays
as two days lost, making eight in all.
the daily average sales were 1880, 900
shares. This is unprecedented.
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5 for the DAY. 1.42s. 400 shares.
Mining Stocks.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. May 31.-Money on call
steady at 3@33h per cent; last loan 8.
Prime mercantile paper 4@4h per
cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actu-
al business in bankers bills at 4S8A for
demand and at 4S5@h for so days;
posted rates 485h and 489; commercial
bills 484A@A. Silver certificates nom
inally so.
Bar silver $685..
Mexican dollar AZ.
State bonds inactive.
Government bonds strong.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
Pittsburg Closing Prices.

PTTTSBURG, May 31.-Window
Glass, 52@A.
Crucible, 23% bid, pref. S6@M.
River Coal, 12h@%, pref. 4sh@%.
Marsden, 6@h.
Pittsburg Coal, S1A@%, pref.
94&@95.
United States Glass, 80.
Philadelphia, 51&@k.
Fire Proof, 1875 bid.
Westinghouse, 64A bid.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
Yesterday'S Prices.

Special to White & White.
The following table shows the opening,
high. low and closing prices of stocks on
Wall street yesterday:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
Chicago Closing Prices.

CHICAGO, May 31.-May wheat, TAM,
July, 7419c.
May corn, 1880, July. 441ac.
May oats. 2Sc, July, 2Sasc.
July pork, Sl4.65, September, s14.75.
May ribs, s7.S7, September, s7.S5.
May lard. SSH, September, $S.17.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
Cash quotations were as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows:
Wheat, No. 2 spring, 75A @76Ac; No.
2 red 4%@75hc.
Corn. No. 2, ALA @42Bc; No. 2 vel
low 42A@43Bc.
Oats, No. 2, 2SA@Ac; No. 8 white
2SA@29Ac.
Oats, No. 2, 521ac.
Good feeding barley 4S@50c.
Fair to choice mailing 51G52c.
Flaxseed, No. l., 81 20; No. 1, n. W.
81 70.
Prime timothy seed 81 s0@3 40.
Mess pork. per bbl., s14 $500.
Lard, per 100 lbs, IS 17h@27k.
Short ribs sides, ~(loose), 81 S0@S 90.
Dry sailed shoulders, (boxed), $40
&c.
Short clear sides, (boxed), S. 12k@
s %.
On the produce exchange to-day, the
butter market was strong; creameries
14@1SAc; diaries 14@16e.
Cheese steady. 9@10hc.
Eggs 14Ac.
NEW YORK, May 31.-Flour, re-
ceipts, 29,0S4 barrels; exports, 6,304 BAR
rels; market more active and firmer
with wheat.
wheat, receipts, l30,500 bushels; ex-
ports, 1859 bushels; spot market,
firm; No. 2 red S3hc f. o. b. aioat.
Options generally firm all day; closed
firm. Close: July S0Bc; September
TIC.
Corn, receipts, 1877 900 bushels; ex-
ports, 100, 1854 bushels; spot market,
steady; NO. z, 50asc I. o. b. afioat. OPP
lions quiet but firm; closed steady n
Ac higher. Close: July 49c; Septem-
Der 49c.
Oats, receipts, PIT, 400 bushels; ex-
ports, 1,oo5 oushels; spot market,
Srno
How d,l,
Hons nnio+
Hides stoadv
leather Stesdv
WI a,,iet
Coal d,,u
poaf oria+
~. MAJ s,o.dv
Jara staoan. raSroa ..o,dv
Ta11anr stos ~ ~
rottonsoea ~, arm
petroJeun, Ali
pncip dull
Tnrnentino o,,;et
pina srr,
Molasses. steady.
Coffee-Spot Rio. easv: No. Z invoice
SIC. mild quiet. Cordoya SK 0121bc.
Sugar-Raw easy. fair refining
centriful 96 test 4 1-16c. Mo-
lasses sugar 8 15-16c: refined quiet.
Lover nrices and hear sneculation
were tbe features of to-day's coffee mar
ket The opening was quiet. with
nrices < to 10 noints lower. Closed act
i've and net 10 To * nojnts lower. Total
sales "a 90 hays
BALTIMORE, May 3I.-fiour, auils
receipts, 2l,3i2 parrelsi exports o,oiz
par1eis os. eu+,.on eruor.
Wneo, spo' ga S7o1kn. ~
spo. anu 10 ' se. hvnsa,s. ewports 90 nor
49,,
Se" ,..,
CoIu, HiA, HiiAou sPot, tHO nohth,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
The Clearing House.

The Hazlett quotations.
The following quotations are furnished
by Howard HaZlett 81 Son, brokers, Ma
tional Exchange Bank Building:
NEW YORK, May 81.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
Condition of the treasury.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May s1.-To-
days statement of the treasury balan-
ces in the general fund exclusive of the
$3.50, COO, 600 gold reserve in the divis-
ion of redemption show:
Available cash balance $3.50, 765, S62;
gold, 500 ,016, 140.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01

NEW YORK, May 31.-The London
market for American stock showed
strength in all departments on Thurs
day, and there was an advancing ten
dency this morning encouraged by good
buying orders from New York. U. P.
was conspicuously strong on purchases
said to for the Hartman interest. st.
Paul and the other Changers benefited
by the strength in U. P. and the gener-
ally more active and bullish tone of the
market. The strength in P. A. and the
good quality of buying caused a revrv
al of rumors of impending ~consolida-
ton developments but none of these
received confirmation. The Gould
stock strong particularly Missouri Pa
cific, NJ, X. & T.. and Wabash. Chi
cago was a good buyer of Peoples Gas
on the prospects of amicable relations
with Municipality.
j. S. BACHE & co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01

NEW YORK, May 31.-The Western
Union pool, which was interferred with
in the panic, is working up and they
tell me will do for higher prices.
Western Union is really worth lis, and
my judgement is they will make it sell
there. Buy it now, and disregard
minor fluctuations. FALK.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
Stocks.
Open. High. Low. c
MARKET ADVICES.

Special to White & White.
NEW YORK. May 31.-Think market
is all right and will do better. People
are getting over their fright. We do
not look for market to run, but will be
up and down, and will afford good
opportunities to trade. ASHWELL
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01

NEW YORK, May 31.-A more bull
ish feeling has prevailed. Insiders
have been accommodating stocks and the
big men are again working in harmony.
U. P. and Southern PACING were agrees
sively taken. and London shared in
purchases. Market is broadening and
should open higher in the morning.
Banks have gained over $500, 900 in
spite Of gold exports.
DICK BROS. & CO.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
POINTERS.

NEW YORK, May 31.-Trust you are
satisfied on Southern Pacific. Now
get in and buy Southern Railway Com
mon, and don't wait until 1t is two or
three points higher. FALK.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
Whfskey

CINCINNATI. May s1.-Whiskev.
distillers finished goods active ON
basis of 1927.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01

NEW YORK, May 31.-We are told
to buy Leather Common. DICK.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01

NEW YORK, May 31.-Pacifc Mail
should do better with this rise in
Southern Pacific. DICK.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01

sTrust receipts: i Last sale.
Express Companies.
Adams ...-....175 United States. 80
American .......-1& IWells-Fargo ....IA
miscellaneous.
Anal. Copper ...1lSxiNat Salt az
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
Articles.
Open. High. Low. Close.

The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-01
LONDON MONEY MARKET.

Railroad bonds strong.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-28
UOnlD-FlmED
lHTuROPolOeIsT SPEAKS
WHITE KING OF MADAGASCAR
PAYS A SHORT VISIT TO
HONOLULU.
One Of the Greatest Explorers OF
Modern Times Tells Of His Ex
perienees in That Wonderful
Land.

Among the passengers who sailed
in the Nippon Maru Tuesday night,
was Mr.. Frederick Taylor of New
York Mr.. Taylor has been in this city
for some four weeks. seeing the peo-
pie and studying their ways. Accord
ing to his own statement the gentle
man and his wife are mere tramps.
but they are as far from being OF
the Weary Willie and Dusty
Rhodes" type as ii is possible to I'm
agine-
Mr. Taylor probably knows more OF
the island of Madagascar than any
other living man. In fact, he bears the
title of The White King" He earned
his title because of the fear his per
sonality caused among the natives
of that island which he travelled from
one end TO the other without so much
as a white companion. depending en-
tirely upon the native guides.
When seen yesterday Dy Republi-
can reporter. the White King of NADIA
gascar said:
Madagascar is 1000 miles long and
$50 miles wide. 1t is inhabited by the
Betsimisarakas on the East, and the
Sakalavas on the West. while between
the two live the Sihinakas. a tribe
that lives on cats ana limas. The Tan
hosays and Behosays are two other
powerful and important tribes. NADIA
gascar is a country that has neither
roads. donkeys nor horses. The travel
is along narrow paths. The only We
hicle is the filjana. conveyance COM
posed of two wooden poles held to-
gether by rods of iron. between which
is suspended a seat Four native car
riers are the means of locomotion.
Often they will make fifty miles a
day. Their average is forty miles.
Unfortunately. no stranger can live
in the island for any length of time
without contracting the miasmic fe-
yer that is to be found there"
When Mr.. Taylor was there the
ruler of the island. Ranavalomaryaka
III. the queen, had been deposed by the
French, who own the island and was
in exile. Her consort, Ranilariavony
died in exile shortly after leaving the
island. Under existing conditions,
which are directed by the French. a
state of affairs bordering on anarchy
prevails
There is almost everything to be
found on the island. except coal. Gro
coolies infest the rivers. Many of the
fora are peculiar to the island.
Mr.. Frederick B. TAYLOR is the son
of the late Moses B. Taylor. the New
York multi-millionaire. He is an au-
thropologist through choice. travelling
at his own expense. He is a man of
rare conversational pouerS and a
sneaker of exceptional brilliancy. Mr..
Taylor is Fellow of the ROYAL Geo
graphical Society of Great Britain
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-28
Record of Deaths.

Pau. Hawaiian male. aged II. mar.
ried. at Niolopa. Feb. II. of pneumo
MIA. buried at Maemae church
Keapola, Hawaiian female. aged !
months. in Asylum road, Feb 25. of
pneumonia. buried at Kalaepohaku.
Keoho. Hawaiian female, aged one
and a half months. at Manoa Feb 81
of enteritis, buried at Manoa church.
Sam Kaanaana, Hawaiian male,
aged So, single, at Victoria hospital,
Feb. 26. of pulmonary syphilis. buried
at Pearl City
Fred Siegrist. American male, aged
% years. months. 12 days. single,
at T. s. Buena Vista hospital Feb
81. of pulmonary tuberculosis. buried
ar Nuuanu.
Iotona. Hawaiian male aged y.
married, OF King street near Ed
Harris. Feb. 20. of chronic nephritis
and oedema of CLOTHS. post mortem.
buried at Kawaiahao-
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-28
THEY WANT A RAKE OFF.
What Territory Demands If Mr.. Loe
bernstein SubIets the Property.

What Territory Demands If Mr. Loe
bernstein SubIets the Property.
From the Hilo Tribune
The Hawaiian government is a very
economical organization as everybody
knows. 1t is also q very thrifty land
lord A short time ago Mr. L. Sever
ance sublet to MIR. A. B. LoebensJe:n
the property on Waianuenue street of
which he holds the lease for a persod
of several years. Mr. Loebenstein took
the suitcase without conditions attach
ing relative to future subleases. The
government, however. refuses to rec
ognize Mr. Loebenstein's right. and
threatened to come back upon Mr.
Severance if Mr. Loebenstein insisted
upon granting such subleases in the
future. So Mr.. Loebenstein made an
entirely new agreement with Mr.. Sew
erance, whereby he undertook the re-
sponsibility of securing from the gov
eminent the permission to sublet.
This permission. however, they now
refuse to grant unless Mr. Loebenstein
divide up with them on the proceeds
of his subleases.
Wouldn't it frost you." remarked
Mr. Loebenstein after ne had recover
ed from the shock to his nerves which
the news of the governments propo-
sition caused him. Think of the thing
those brutes down there want When
a man takes hold of an undeveloped
piece of property and tries to do some
thing with it, building up the town.
making business, and actually increas-
inc Of a-1S
through the increased taxation. they
demand a rake-off out of his profits.
This is the first time they had done
it. to be sure, and it may be simply
a personal matter on their part: but
then again they may keep on and do
it with other people; they viii have to
unless they propose to discriminate;
and it is an outrage anyhow"
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-28
A convineina Answer.

Il bobbed into Mr.. Biackman's drug
store one evening" says Wesley Mel
SON, of Hailfon. Ga. and he asked
me to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm
for rheumatism with which had suf
fsred for . long time ! told him
had no faith in any medicine as they
all failed. He said. well, II Chamber
lain's Pain Balm does not help you
you need not pay for IT, took q
bottle Of Il home and used
II according to indications. In month
I was cured, aud have not
Sold BY Benson. smith Z Co.. General
Agents for the Territory Of Hawaii
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-30
Her Method.

Strange tales are told of the methods
Of the United States customs. A lady
who had visited the Continent and done
much shopping in London, on the way
horne on the Atlantic made the ac-
quaintance of a most delightful man,
to whom she confded the story Of her
triumphant bargains.
But what about the customsT' asked
her friend. Can you dodge them?'
"Oh." said the lady, Il always do 1t
in a way that can't be found out. For
instance, l roll UP glove in each Of
my stockings. See"
The pleasant acquaintance saw, and
the consequence of his seeing was that
the lady's stockings-as we'll as several
other things-were carefully examined
and surcharged when she reached New
York. For that was the business OF
the pleasant acquaintance.