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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
PROFITS OF MILLIONS
In DOMINION STOCKS
Shares Perform SenSatiOnallV
Again This Morning.
WENT AS HIGH AS SKTY-NINE
determined Buying for Canadian Inter
ests Is Thought TO Account for the
Unprecedented Activity in This Stock
During the Past Few Days.

BOSTON, April 4.-Prodts Of millions
have been counted for days By holders OF
Dominion Iron and steel stocks. which
was quoted al a. a very lew weeks ago.
The stock was again the feature Of the
market here today Il opened at 64iz.
which was 2lz points above yesterdays
closing. and sold quickly up TO 6S
This point was the highest so far re-
corded. and caused the shares 20 be more
Of sensational feature even than they
were yesterday.
The bidding was sharp. and in the first
half hour o. trading the alock showed wide
fluctuations From the opening the price
went TO IS. and then fell Of TO 6ll4.
The recovery quickly followed. however.
and 64I2 o.. CO.'S and 90 we're soon bid.
On the next jump the shares made the
extraordinary gain Of two points going 10
IS which was its record price.
High price records were quickly es-
,ablished and IS quickly went by the
board. At Il O'Clock the shares had
touched So on the fourth rd-breaking
move within one hours dealing.
Determined buying for Canadian inter
es's is held 10 have accounted for the
unprecedented activity in this stock the
past two days.
Thousands Of shares were traded in
during the first half hour.
The price touched 6Sl4 in the first quar-
ter Of an hour.
Then came a slight reaction TO g.. the
quotations holding strong at that.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
BEGGARS' COMBINE
IN NEW YORK CITY
NEGRO IN JAIL HEIR TO RICHES.
Says Father Of Spanish Lady He Once
Eloped With Has Left Him Fortune.

NEW YORK. April FIRED c. Tabor,
the colored man from Coney Island now
in Raymond Street jail on charge Of
personating a United States Secret Ser
vice detective. received word yesterday
that ne was heir TO $4,000.
Tabor was arrested, charged with TAX
ing money from friends Of his wife. who
is living apart from him, promising to
have them appointed Government detec-
tivcS
Twelve years ago" said Tabor yester-
day. Il married a young Spanish lady,
the daughter Of a wealthy Spaniard n
Southern California. The marriage was
an elopCmCnt because Of the objections OF
my wife's relatives to my color. Mrs.
Tabor's father left his money to her with
the provision that in case of her death
it should 90 to her husband and children.
Mrs. Tabor died in 1896. There are three
children"
Tabor says his present wife's relatives
have wanted her to get a divorce from
him, but he thinks they may feel differ
emily now.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
MARKET Was STRONG
And ANIMATED again
Prospects of a Poor Bank
Statement.
INTEREST IN RAILWAY LIST
Sharp Advances Scored in a Number of
Traction Stocks-SteeI Issues Were
Moderately Active-NO Definite News
to Account for Tendency Of Market.

NEW YORK April 4.-The strength and
animation which characterized the stock
market in the final dealings yesterday
we're again evldeEt in tins mornings open
transactions
Interest was chiefly expressed in the
railway list, where the most conspicuous
features were ST. Paul. Union Pacific
Atchison. and Louisville and Nashville.
Very sharp advances were scored also
in the ST. Louis and San Francisco is
sues
Among the spcciaIties North American
was conspicuously strong. and Amalga-
mated Copper opened well above yester-
days final prices.
In the industrial quarter the United
States Steel stocks were moderately &C
tive, but showed small changes in prices.
Sugar and the remainder Of the group
were comparatively neglected.
The London market for American stocks
was reported as showing a broader and
more active tendency than has existed
there in long time. but as a matter Of
fact the actual r~ices charged were Of
small proportions
Foreign houses were fairly active here
upon the opening Of business.
To some extent probably the outlook
for an Indifferent bank statement tOm0r-
row served 10 restrict active trading on
the part Of the public, but the chances in
this regard did not seem 10 interfere ia
any way whatever with the plans Of the
big Interests manipulating prices.
There was no material abatement in the
markets strength and activity during the
forenoon dealings St Paul. Union Pa
cifc. Louisville and Nashville. and Illinois
Central continued the leaders in respect
OF strength and activity
As was the case yesterday. there was
10 definite news or even gossip Of any
sort, other than technical. which would
account for the tendescy displayed
Colorado Fuel and Iron. Amalgamated
Copper. and the rest Of the miscellaneous
stocks were again rclegatCd 10 an in
feTiOr position IN the market, and tie
local traction issues were entirely ne
elected
The money market ruled around yester-
days level. md the speculation was alto
gether Influenced by the prospects for a
poor bank statement tomorrow.
Safes OF stocks 10 j p. N. 766 coo
shares; bonds. s. 55S, 600.
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Regular Organization for
Preying Upon Charity
of the Public.
MAIN GUY" UNDER ARREST
New Members of the Band Called Re
Cruits-Wstched by the Recruiting
Sergeant-Floppers, Cane Men, Pen
siOners, Dim-Light GrafteTs, and Sores.

NEW YORK, April Andrew Ander-
son, James Sullivan. Charles Turck,
Charles Harris. and Earl Williams were
held for examination the Yorkville
Police Court. yesterday Oh charges of be-
ing members Of a beggars' combination,
and Magistrate Pool issued warrants for
three more men whose names were given
by one Of the prisoners
Sullivan was found begging at Third
Avenue and Fourteenth Street by Police
man Galaxy, who suspected ---- the
young man was a fraud, as his right arm
was IN spiints, neatly bai- tagged and in a
sling The policeman took of the splints
and found the arm all right. In court the
young man said his real name was George
Austins and that his father lived at 121s
Hilbert Street, Philadelphia. He said his
arm was not injured but had been
hXed" for the purpose Of getting money
from the charitably inclined
That's a mean kind Of business for a
young man 10 be in and 1 will send you
where you viii not do any begging for
several months, remarked the magis-
trate.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
Senate District Committee
Receives Formal
Protests.
MANY INQUISITVE FEATURES
Objection to Powers Conferred on As
SCISSORS to Make Personal Inspection in
Residences-Wives of Senators Said to
0ppose-Effect on Brokers.

The publication Of the text Of the per
sonal tax bill as amended by the District
Committee Of the Senate has caused much
local complaint from various sources.
The committee has received a number OF
formal protests to provisions Of the
measure and IL is understood that various
campaigns against il are being planned.
One Of the features Of the bill most OBJ
jected 10 is the tax on personal jeweIry.
All jewclry is TO be taxed at the rate Of
SIS on 81 coo value and the assessors are
empowered 20 make personal inspection
in private families if they are not salts
fed with the returns made by owners
They may refuse TO accept the owners
returns and make such assessment as they
see it, and owners may be tried for per
jury il 10 is believed that returns have
been too small
The statement is made that many OF the
wives Of Senator's have complained to
their husbands against these provisions
and that the result may be the elimination
or modification Of the obnoxious sections.
Another section that is considered an
just, and that may be modified. is thar on
brokers' The stock brokers tax is $500
per annum. and IL is pointed out that there
are forty brokers or the Washington
Stock Exchange many Of whom do not re-
ceiye much. II any more. Than This sun in
commissions during an entire year. In
these cases the tax would be prohibitve
and it is sais TIA; many members OF The
exchange would go out Of business rather
IEan submit 10 the tax
The local exchange is largely for invest
Inent purposes. furnishing a convenience
in fixing a price on local securities and
allowing investors 10 purchase them out
right There is very little speculation or
margin business. and the total yearly
transactions are not large
a member Of the Senate committee said
yesterday.
The law now On the statute books
Is much more drastic than the one pro-
posed. Congress has come 10 the con-
clusion that some form Of personality tax
is only equitable and il was a questios
between a revival Of the old law or the
enactment Of new one and the com
mittee decided on its present bill after
very careful consideration. Il may not be
perfect. however. ara IL may be amended
before il becomes Law
However. the House committee is even
more determined TO have such law than
the Senate committee. and is. I believe.
anxious TO go even further than the Sen
stc bill proposes.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
CITIZENS COMPLAIN
OF PERSONAL TAX BILL
MYSTERIOUS STABBING.
Lee EOTthridge Held for Alleged Assault
on HIS Uncle

Lee NOTthridge was brought into the
United States branch OF the Police Court
today 10 answer 10 a charge Of assault
with intent TO XIII. hut at the request Of
NJ. A. r. Mullowny Assistant District
Attorney. his case was continued indef-
nItely. and Northridge committed TO jail
without bond.
II is charged that Lee Northridge dan
gerouslv stabbed his uncle. George North
ridge. the eN-pugilist. on the Avenue Wed
nesday night. There appears to be muca
mystery around the afai- no one
seems 10 know Just how IL came about or
how the cutting as done
George No,thridge has a wound in his
abdomen said % have been inflicted with
a knife welded by his nephew. The vic
tim Of the fight or accident refused 20
swear cut a warrant in the case. but the
police took the matter in hand Lee
Ncrthridge is about nineteen years Of
age He claims the cutting was an ac-
cideut.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
Tx Death Record.

The following deaths for twenty-four
hours we're reported al the Health Depart
nleut up &c noon today.
David Stewart. IS years
Catharine Allen, IS years.
Robert Berry, e. years.
George Baggott, So years
Peter J. swart, "a years.
Michael Buckley. q years
Patrick Gafiney. 81 years.
Sarah $. Thorne. 90 years
Maria J. Johnson. IS years.
Wilbur :. Moreland. 10 years.
Chester A. Perry, IA years.
Emory T. Steele, years
MaInle Love. years.
Leroy Jones, years.
Martha Cole. wears.
Charles Russell, ] year
Robert Carroll year.
Abraham Johnson, j. Jnonthhs
William J. Williams, months
Infant Of Samuel and Pearl Taylor i
days
Joseph Proctor. days.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
LEGAL NOTICES.

SUPREME C,1JVT OF THE DISTRICT or Co
LJMBIA. HOLDING 4 PROBATE COURT
No. 1860 ADM Histrati0u.
This l. Q, give notice that the subscribers
ot Baltimore Eud the District o. Columbia have
obtained from the probate court O. the Dis
trict O. CoIuE-' letters resfameuIary on the
estate Of Ella g. Caup5eil. late OF ths District
81 Columbia. dee -sed- All persons having claims
aEaiust the Ceesa-e.- ere hereby warned Go cx-
hInit the same, with the vouchers thereof legally
authenticated, 90 TIE subscriber. on or before
,he GOTH DAY OF MARCH A. d. 1903. other
wise they may hy law be- excluded from all
Ecucdt uf said .sta:y.
Given under our hands this 10Th day Of March
1902.
FREDERICK N. COfSTON
JOG 81 Paul Street Baltimore.
CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL
lIl2 Street. City.
Attest.
LOUIS A. DENT.
Register OF Wills for the District o. Columbia
Clerk q the Probate Court.
FRANCES p B. SANDS ATTORNEY rnzI. 2s ana
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
Mount Vernon Carpenters Strike.

MOUNT VERNON, N. Y, April A.
Three hundred carpenters and joiners en-
ployed in this city went on strike this
morning. because their employers insist
ed that a number Of men in the unions
who have heretofore taken small con
tracts and done independent iobbing be
forced to abandon this kind Of work.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
SUBWAY CONTRACT HEARING.
Mcdonald Wishes to Transfer Enterprise
to a Syndicate.

NEW YORK April the bill to en-
able Contractor John B. Mcdonald 10
transfer TO a corporation his contract to
operate for fifty years the underground
rapid transit railroad was today before
Mayor Low for a public hearing.
Counsel for Mcdonald explained 90 the
mayor the necessity Of the act. Council
for the rapid transit commission said
that yhe commission favored the meas
are.
The mayor said that he would cousid-
or it,
A company has already been formed by
August Belmont 10 take over from Me
Donald the operating contract as soon as
the bill becomes law.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
Washington Stock Exchanpe-

metropolitan Bank. 1910. West
End Bank. ga Washington Gas. 100
ass, ga SAY. 25nS44s; 250s4; 25GS31z;
S00 S3is. 75H S3as, 125NS35z. MergenthaI-
er: I0N1S3. Lauston. 3oGI1A. Graphic
common l5012lz. After coll-LanstOn,
22OIulz, 1000 ll5s; 1GCNu7; 1O0G117s.
buyer. go. Capital Traction. 50Tll3A
GRAPHIC. common. 50T2A.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04

MONEY TO LOAN al 355 TO per cent. in sums
Of $1,000 20 $1,000 ora b. {. real estate, pay 81
5 and per cent mortgages and begin anew: all
alton for BORROWERS WI H. SAUNDERS & co.
1905 r e.. NV
MONEY TO LOAN % approved city real estate
81 4. ~ and per cent interest. Special priv
iieges with respect 70 prior payments Large
amounts a -peulalt--a
TYLER & RUTHERFORD. INC.
iale-tf 1907 81 nv
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
Main Guy" Weighs zoo.
THEIR TIPS WENT WRONG.
Chicagoans Drop $4,000 at Memphis
Races.

Races.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. April &C. x. G.
Billings, and a number Of Chicagoans. left
here last night after two-day visit to
Montgomery Park trying to pick winners
The Chicagoaus were tipped Of on Sid
ney c. Love, Tichenor and a Dr. Rice
a colt. which has outwOrked everything
al the local track in the trial miles
Sidney e. Love did not race up 20 his
work. and this fact coupled with other
losses, cost the Chicago aggregation
close on TO $40 600.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
EQUITABLE
COOPERATIVE
BUILDING
ASS0CIATIoM.

0hNC are made repayaole monthly
GOHNO Settlement in full or in part
may be made al any time In
terost Is only paid a loan
for the time il Is held by the
borrower. When part Of a loan
Is settled the monthly install
ments reduced proportion
ately. No commissions are ch4rg-
60 Borrowers are extended every
facility 70 return loans and pay
To- their property.
Sfther Information As % terms. how 90 pro-
the Cface
EQUITABLE BUILDING. 1903 ST NV.
JOHN JOY EDISON. FRANK P. RESIDE,
President. Secretary
au21-Imo
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$1O0,OOO.OO TO LOAN

On P-alOs, furniture, etc, without removal. and
On terms 10 suit your convenience; We have
private interviewing rooms, and our business IS
strictly confidential When in need Of money
call On Is.
POTOMAC GUARANTEE LOAN co.
Room "A. Atlantic Building.
s2s and go F ST. Nv
Tel. Main 57S-2. Take elevator % 5fh soor.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
MONEY LOANED sALAR1ED PEOPLE

without security. largest business in AZ PRINCIPAL
cities. IOLMAN. Room l0l, bsS lo.h 81 Nv.
Mild
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
LOANS OF $40

AND UPWARD on FURNITURE AND PIANOS
Al lowest rates and on the day you apply We
are leaning on the Building and Loan Association
plan. which makes the cost Of carving Igans
much less than you pay elsewhere and allows
you g. paw &c % 10 aay sized notes Won desire
running from one 20 twelve months u vot. have
loan with some ether company We viii cav Il
On and advance you mc-e money Il desired
Rates cncerfuIly given and no cost 10 Won uDIess
loan IS made. CAR and get sztes. Front room,
first f1Or
NAIIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN CO.
62J 81. \. ".
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
WE WILL LEND YOU MONEY

on your furniture, pianos, organs etc. and Won
can pay u back in small ySeesly or monthly nav
ments- ABSOLUTELY 40 DELAY -
Our bushes IS strictly confidential No an,
harrassing questions % ask you. Lowest rates In
the city Private Offices
COLUMBIA GUARANTEE COMPANY
Gl3 r Street n "
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-04
PROPOSALS.

POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON. ID.
C., April. 2 l82-Seaied proposals wiz ae re-
oeived 40 this Department until MONDAY. The
18Th DAY OF APRIL, 1892. At . O'CLOCK p.
NJ. at which time and place they win Doe OPENED
iu the presence of bidders, their authorized
agents OF attorneys. for the purchase ~ about
100 tons Of ola record books and files FitII in
slrlCtIonS viii be- furnished on application 20 the
Bisbur,iHg Clerk and Superintendent of Build
iHgs, Postofice Department, "a Washington. D. g.
n. G.. PAYNE. Postmaster General ap4 ID
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, once Supervising
Architect Washington ID. c. March 2I Ia02-
Scaled proposals Viii BE- received az This Office
uLtl O'CLOCK p. NJ, the DIST DAY or
APRIL 1902, and then opened for the grading
paving. etc. IN connection with the completion
of the approaches to the Bureau 81 Engraving
and Printing. Washington. ID. c.. iu accordance
with the drawing and specification. copies Of
which may BE- bad az this ONCE. JAMES KNOX
TAYLOR. Supervising Architect
mh2f 20 2s 81 -ap2,4
DEPOT QUABTERHASTER'S OFFICE. Washing
ton ID. g.. March 81. laO-.-StaiCu proposals in
tUpiicatg, VIII Dc --ye.vcd here ID I'd . g.. CLOCK
p. ~. TUESDAY. APRIL Dc. 1902 for furnishing
and delivering tWent, draft taI-illgry1 horses
and nine saddle iartu,ery) horses. % Washing
ton. d. C., other railroad points. Info-ma-
ton furnished applIgaf Ion Envelopes con
tanning proposals &C. be marked Proposals for
Artillery Horses, and addressed 20 MAJOR r.
T. TRiE, Depot Quart eru.4ster.
app III. IA
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MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN on real estate personal prop
erty and collateral J. G. DAVIS, SOC Z RI. NV
eS-2
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MONEY TO LOAN

st the Lowest Rates Of Interest on D. C.
Real Estate Security.
FRANK 7. RAWLINGS, 1893 Pa. ave.
New-York tribune., 1902-10-19


Aieeis Camp near the mine Scribner was
s'ea' practical joker. and is said TO have con-
,TSSed to having played a t-'sr7,On the public
&c oDlalned a skull OF a modern Digger Indian.
s.' nu found means TO hide it in the mine where
Ie's would discover it, This confession did
- op'ain publicity until after prominent East
% @hthropologists had been more or less con-
-Oeu as 10 the genuineness Of the find. Il"
a, ~ m W H. Holmes, OF the National Museum
washington, however showed two or three
ago number Of reasons for believing
~ u'e skull represented modern and not
e'' SIe ~ man, and had either got into
'''e 10y aocient or through tricllery.
''n skulls more or less complete, and
'1'i'es accompanied by a few other bones.
A. 'ouhd al Cannstadt Wurtenberg, in 100.
!, ,I- ->eanderthal gorge near Hochdal, Prussia,
- - IN the cave Of Naulette in the valley OF
: '-7sse' Belgium, a little later: ia another Bel
. go cave, in the commune Of Spy in 1856 and
several parts Of France, notably in the Val
u The Somme. These last mentioned dif-
enough from those OF Neanderthal and
- - DE regarded as more recent. French
t'lOslsts call the type which they represent
-. N'o-Magnon" race. At Spy two practically
pe'e skeletons were found Zone Of a man
,a me other Of a wOman) and these strongly
a. - 'iie Neanoerihal specimen. The lat
"a mas been the subject Of much discussion.
r. SAuh Is long and narrow, has enormous
w ridges and is decidedly apelike and brutal.
., 'ho" thought that il represented the results
IN a comparatively modern man
>, '4 accepted IL showing the existence
a. '"'e vastly inferior TO even the savage of
loa1.,s, ana living somewhere from $1,000 TO
3d. years ago. SO long as it was an isolated
eH' or,-.' conservative ethnOlogists and anat-
for Were cautious about reaching a concIu-
,b.. 'Ohcerning the Neanderthal skull Now
to, nearly a dozen such objects have been
- uHo In association with the bones OF species
or, ''''l@is Ike the cave bear and woolIy rhinoc-
tsva-" 40" extinct scientific opinion takes a more
'srerable W. view OF It.
elgn '~eest discovery Of consequence In a for
Ia 'ahd was that made by Eugene Dubois, in
pls, "a 1854 He there exhuned the incom-
skeleton OF q creature whose brain cavity
New-York tribune., 1902-10-19

the bones had been naturally entombed MI
Lang set the skeleton up for his museum. and
,upplied the photographs which have appeared
r Records OF the Past and The Tribune. Pro-
,eSsor Wiliston estimates that the height OF
tbe Lansing man was about 3 feet inches The
lstter had beetling brows a low and receding
fOrehead and projecting jaws
Now that the famous CalaYeras skull. which
created a worldwide stir more than thirty
wears ago. has been discredited, the Lansing
discovery remains the only one Of its character
A America for which a good prima facie case
has been made out by experts. For this reason,
and also because scientific men have been badly
fooled before, the Kansas specimen and the
circumstance OF its discovery will be rigidly
scrItinized the ethnOlogists before they become
satisfied as 10 its character.
The Calayeras skull takes its name from
county in Southern California. in which IL was
found in February, 1866, at the bottom Of a
nine II passed through various hands before
Il reached the state geologist, Professor James
D Whitney. One Of those who were instru-
mental in bringing ii TO his attention was II.
O. scribner who kept country store at
New-York tribune., 1902-10-19
A DOUBLE POINT.

The old question OF the schoiastics. How
many angels are supported the point of
needle?' was once charmingly answered by the
late Dr. Talmage. THE Philadelphia Times"
tells how Some theological students were
laughing over the question when in the company
of DIR. Talmage.
We'll" he said. how many do you think"
AS answered. he went on with char
acteristic decision.
"TH tell yOu-fve. Let prove ii to you.
One very stormy night 1 returning home
late, and l noticed a light in the window of
room where a poor woman lived whose husband
at sea. / wondered what kept her up
late. and | went to see. / found her hard at
work sewing by her lamp. while her five rosy
children were sound asleep near her. There was
a needle supporting five angels"
New-York tribune., 1902-10-19

is too large for an ape and too small for a man.
Ihe skull is inferior to both OF those found al
Spy. The leg bones of the animal showed
moreover that it was accustomed to walk erect.
To the species thus represented Herr Dubois
gave the name PithecanthrOpus erectus. Some
biologists regard it the missing link between
the genus homo" and the lower animals.
Haeckel takes that view. and went to Java a
year or two ago in the hope of finding more re-
mains of the same kind of creatures, but with
out success.
New-York tribune., 1902-10-19

Both Miss Rarrymore's acting and the play
itself make any such appeal superiuous and
even offensive.
The many friends of Mr.. Reeves-Smith have
been glad TO hear of his success in the present
Drury Lane drama, THE Best of Friends by
Cecil Raleigh The Yeomanry banquet scene
where the Earl of Amesbury, V. c. (Mr. Reeves
SMITH decides to go to war. is said to arouse
nightly enthusiasm.
One of the best of the supporting company to
MIR. Grossmith. playing at the Princess. is
Miss Maud Hobson, by general consent the
beauty of the cast.
New-York tribune., 1902-10-19
THE COLLEGE YELL AT BABEL.

The Tower of Babel had just begun the con-
fusion of tongues.
All rapturously exclaimed n man at the
bottom. "the dear old college yell again! How
it carries me back TO bOyhood days.
Hereupon he lifted up his voice and added
few more earspl:tters to the general din.