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Dried Fruits and Raislns.

FRUITS-Apricots future delivery, lax q
15%c per ID; Evapora ted Apples. August S@9c.
later deliveries. 616@7c; Peaches. future, 90
RAISINS-1906 crop-Seeded, 412@6c; Loose
Muscatels. 4e, 41ac and DC for 2. and
crown respectively; Seedless. 3lac; Seedless
Sultanas 4c; Thompson Seedless, 5c for un-
bleaehed and S@l1c for bleached Imperial.
clusters, 6-crown, $3.50; Dehesa, clusters, 3
crown So: fancy clusters, 4crown. S1.50; Lon
don Layers, 3-crown. 81; London Layers, 2-crown.
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, July 13.-Today's statement
Of the Treasury balances In the general fund
shows Available cash balance. S1I2 300. .S23;
gold coin and bullion sos. 1876. .3e5; gold certif-
Gates, $43, ,9S9, ,4l0.
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RanlS CIearings.

NEW YORK July 13.-The following table.
compiled by Bradstreet. shows the bank clear
ings at the principal cities for the week ending
July u. with the percentage Of increase and
week last year:
Cities Inc. Dec
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Chicago IhyestociS Nrnrket.

CHICAGO, July la.-CATTLE-Receipts 20oo
Market strong. Beeves, s410G6.3o; cows and
heifers 81 .266l5 20; stockers and feeders 81. 80
Q4.5o; Texans. s39o@5.85; calves. soar.
HOGS-Recepts $4,000. Market &c lower.
ers $645m6.9212: good heavy, $6.70Q690;
rough heavy. s6.30G645; light. S0.459890;
SHEEP-Receipts 5000: steady. Sheep $4eO
G6.15; lambs $5.75Q8.l5.
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choice and 50. .50l3 for standards; Grape Fruit,
S250@3.50; Lines. -S6.50@7 per ease.
TROPICAL FRUITS-Bananas. S1.25@2 per
bunch for Hawaiian and $2.50G3.25 for Central
American; Pineapples. $1.50@2 per dozen.
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Butter, Cheese and Eggs.

CHICAGO. July l3.--On the Produce Exchange
today the Butter market weaker. Cream
cries, 15@15kc; dairies 154lsc. Eggs steady;
al mark, cases included, 12@14Hc; frsts, l4hc;
prime frsts, 10c; extras, iSc. Cheese, strong
1lMl1%c
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Family Retail Market.

Retail rates for the leading food staples have
not changed much since last week. the only note
worthy change being a decline in fresh Eggs.
The markets are still well stocked with fresh
Fruits and Vegetables and the supplies OF Meats.
Fish and Poultry ample for all needs But
ter Is higher at wholesale. but the retail price
has not been affected as yet.
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ST LOUIS July 13.-Wool steady; medium
grades combing and clothing 270i2sc: light
fne, 1s@22c; heavy fine, 14@17c; fub-washed,
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Total. United States. 81, ,s44. .I2e, ,oo2
Outside New York .056. COG. .6T3

Total, Canada -. SS6, ,S5S,10I 25.i -.
Not included In totals because containing
other items than clearngs.
s"Balances paid in cash
'''Not included in totals. Comparisons In
complete.
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Exchange Meeting and Election.
EAsTERN MARKETs.

The annual election OF the Merchants Ex-
ual meeting on the 18th
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General MerchandIse.

GRAIN BAGS-StaternentS regarding market
conditions are conflicting. Some dealers say that
stocks are insufficient fo- the heavy incoming
crop, especially Barley, that the farmers in the
Sacramento Valley unable TO pr ,cnre sup
plies and that corner is being formed UP IN
Oregon. Others say that tne-e Will be enough
shortage here are already coming in from the
East The true situation will probably he mani
fest In few days The market is steady at
loGloAc; Wool Bags. 5S1ac for BIB and iSc
weliiastea seattle ss: eeSant e9i sS S.
Richmond. $3.50; Cumberland. $l4 in bulk and
s1525 In sacks; Camel, 50 per ton; Coke, $11.5
Mountain descriptions $3.50 per short ton.
oILs-Quotations are for barrels; for cases
sSe e for ra1 Castor Oh R s0r o0sd
Bakers AA, cases. s1.24Q1.28; Lueol, SOC for
boiled and 4se for raw; China Nut. cases. s5d
90c per gallon; Cocoanut Oil, IN barrels 5Sc
for Ceylon and 55c for Australian; extra bleaehed
winter Sperm Oil. csc; natural winter Sperm
on, ese; extra ~, blesched ID, winter Whale on.
strained Lard Oil, SIC; No. / Lard OIL, roc;
pure Neatsfoot OH. 7oc;- No. Neatsfoot on
Fl Fish 81 on. s5c: Paint on. Soc ''e' D''isD
COAL OIL, GASOLINE. ETC.--water White
lie; Astral, 17c; Star, lie; Extra Star. zoe;
Elaine 26c; Eocene Ice; Stove Gasoline, in
bulk, 17hc; in cases, 24c Motor Gasoline, in
tiiiate. IRON barrels or drums. Sc; No. DO. sisc
cases. 1ac more; Benzine in bulk. 12lhe: In
cases. 19c; S6degree Gasoline. in bulk. Soc; in
cases. 36c.
TURPENTINE-s3c per gallon in cases and
TIC In drums and iron barrels.
RED AND WHITE LEAD-Red Lead, S@Shc
per lb White Lead, s@s1ac, according to guam
tity.
sUGAR-The Western Sugar Refining Com
pany quotes, net cash: Cubes A, Crushed and
Fine Crushed. 4.s0c; Powdered. 4.65c; Candy
Granulated, 465c; Fine. Fruit or Coarse Granu-
lated. 1850; Beet Granulated r0o-lb bags only,
4.15c; Extra c. 4.o5c; Golden @. 9.96e; ID. 3.s5e;
II. & E. Crystal Dominos. 7.55c Tablets, half
bbls. 5.06c; boxes, 5.30c per ID. Barrels and
50-lb bags 10c half-bbls 25c and boxes soc
more per 100 lbs for all grades. No order taken
for less than rs barrels or Its equivalent
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Meat Market.
Meat Market.
There were no further changes yesterday.
DRESSED MEATS.

There were no fur-iar changes yesterday.
DRESSED MEATS.
Wholesale rates. per pound from slaughterers
to dealers, are as follows:
BEEF-5@51ac for Steers and 41a@5c for
Cows.
vEAL-e@ehc for large and s14@ for
MUTToN-7h@sc for wethers and 7@71sc
for Ewes.
LAMBS-S1a@ @9c.
DRESSED HOGS-91z @10c.
LIVESTOCK MARKET.
The following quotations are for good sound
livestock delivered In San Francisco. less 30 per
cent shrinkage for Cattle:
CATTLE-Steers, &c per lb for No. / and Ga
615c for No. 2; Cows and Heifers, 81 @6c; No.
Cows, 5Q514c; thin Cows, 3Q5c.
CALyESA@415c per lb for light. &c for
medium and 312c for heavy (gross weigh1
iSHEEP-Wethers, 419c per lb; Ewes. 4c
(gross weight.
LAMBS-4a 14Ac per lb.
HOGS-14o to 250 lbs 7@71sc per lb; 40 lbs
and under, 69z 07c; 250 lbs and over, 61ac;
Bears 30 per cent, Stays 30940 per cent. and
Sows 10@20 per cent of from above quotations.
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Receipts of Produce.
FOR FRIDAY lilly ~.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Less Activity I'm Mining Stocks, With
ppgo

Spring Valley Water was the active stock on
the Bond Exchange yesterday and advanced to
S24. Alaska Packers was also higher at S5S. so
and Honokaa Sugar at $3.50. Sales of bonds
were S41, 900.
The mining stocks were not particularly ac-
tive and showed no changes worthy of note
Union Con. levied an assessment of 10c.
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Regular Afternoon and Informal Sessions.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
AracNA

ALASKA.
Bid Ask BidA
Pioneer .... 4G i Wild Goose .2.25
CALIFORNIA
Argonaut -. a. 60 500 Death Valley. 03 -
Brunswick -. 80 = Forest City "a
Bunker Hill. 4 20 80 Furnace Greek $50
Cent Eureka Il IS =
UTAH.
Con Mercur =. 30 62l
NEVADA.
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london CIosIng stocks.

baf sIFtT-f ITIhr % ~ peI vtIIte'-
Money-1% per cent.
The rate OF discount In the open market for
short bills is per cent and for three months
bills lie per cent
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St. louis wool Market.

Opening ..............-.. Holiday.
Closing Holiday.
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FISH. PER- POUND
OAKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE.
Morning sessiO

OAKLAND July 13.-FollowIng are the sales
and closing quotati tiOns today the Oakland
Stock and Bond Exchange:
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time In her trials, but has not been able to
do as well on this side OF the Atlantic. She
is painted black with two buff colored smoke
stacks. Two years ago she raced against
the Niagara ", owned by Howard Gould
and the Niagara won. Last season another
match was arranged and that time the
Tarantula won.
Gen. Braytoh Ives owns the Vitesse, which
Is one OF the newest OF these boats. She is
12o feet long on deck and l15 feet 5 inches
long on the waterline. Her engines are
very powerful for a vessel Of her size and
on her trial she made very nearly thirty
miles an hour. Gen. Ives has a summer
home at ossining, and be uses the Vitesse
on ms up and down the Hudson River.
The Vixen is another OF the Hudson River
flyers. It is owned by John d. Archbold
and makes trips from Tarrytown, where
Mr.. Archbold has a home. to a pier in the
vicinity Of Rector street. She was built at
Morris Heights In 1904 and 10 Of steel and
wood. She measures l1s feet on deck, ia
feet on the waterline and draws feet ?
inches. She can make moro than twenty
five miles an hour and 10 the only yacht In
these waters that 10 fitted with oil burning
boilers.
This Is the second boat Of that name
which Mr., Arohbold has owned. The frst
10 o known as the Adroit and is owned BY
Alfred q. Vanderbilt, Mr.. Vanderbilt wanted
the yacht for use. chiefly at Newport to run
across NarraRansett Bay to Wexford
wheneyor b wtahsg 70 come 70 town By ral-
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He gives the names

as Pearl tells the story. He gives the names
OF hundreds of children no has as regular
riders and Of women and men who used
to be callers at the Sand who now keep
automot lies and family equipag es. Mug
gins, the pony. is 20 years old and the pride
ofth bark children.
IL wouldn't sell Muggins for his weight
in goold. tells Pearl. -Wanst a rich woman
sent worrud to me that her children must
nave tho pony to take to Newport wild
them an what price, Mr.. Pearl9 Not for
any money says l to the maid. Rack she
comes wild five new slon bills, but I wouldn't
sell Muggins
Muggins does tricks and is q sort Of four
footed nurse. There was a scraping sound
on tho road the other day, and looking
around Pearl saw q little girl hanging on
to Aluggins's tail and being towed along.
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spec Yacht Advance, which he uses 20
run from his place at Whitestone Landing
to the city. The Advance can make twenty.
W 70 miles an hour.
A. c.. Bostwick this year has had a boat
bull which he calls The Limited. She is
SO feet long and has a speed Of more than
twenty miles an hour. MIR. Boetwick has
a home at Larchm ont and The Limited is
used on the Sound and to run to and from
the city. Mr.. Bostw ick usually steers him.
self. The Limited has been built so as
to go through the locks to the st. Lawrence,
where she will be later in the season.
There are other yachts that come to town
every morning with their owners. M. C. D.
Borden owns the Little Sovereign and uses
Borden goes as far as Atlantic Highlands
in the Little Sovereign. when that yacht Ia
in commission and then makes tbs rest Of
tn trip by train.
Commodore A. HI, Alker uses the steam
yacht Florence to come to town from his
place at Great Neck. Henry DarlinRton's
Elreba carries him to and from Mamaro-
neck.
Evans r. Dick uses his steamer Elsa II.
to come in from Oyster Bay INC William
j. Matheson runs the Laverock In from his
place, Fort Hill, at Huntington.
From Glen Cove George d. Pratt comes
TO town on the Dodger, q yacht Of new
type, driven by a gasolene engine. Pllny
Fisk travels to his Office on the steam yacht
Rambler, originally owned by Thomas W.
Lawson.
The Kanawha, owned by n. II. Rogers;
Is a ferryboat, too, but she makes long
trips. Mr.. Rogers has a home at Fair
haven, at the entrance to the harbor OF
New Bedford. The Kanawha often leaves
here In the evening, and Mr.. Rogers 10 a.
his home the next mornina. --rD-
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youngsters. Pelham Bay Pork, wl.i!o not
es easy TO reach, is Gs full of delights as
Van Cortlandt for the children and their
guardians.
Two Of the city parks most valued as play
grounds are Riverside Drive and Central
Park. The grass On Riverside 10 allowed to
grow rough and the children so on 1t freely.
Their playing fclds there arc all on the
slope frcmthe drive to the fence that sepa-
rates the park from the railroad tracks.
The hillside is the best place for a tumble and
individual shooting Of the chutes, as it were,
in all the city parks. Hundreds OF children
enjoy tho rapid deecents and have so much
fun that the climb to regain the summit,
even on the hottest day. is only considered
| part Of the merrymaking.
Central Parks drives and bride paths are
| deserted now lat least in the midday hours)
and the children and maids no longer cluster
on the walks. The houses that front on
the pleasure ground are nearly all closed,
but children still lock to the Park, and they
lave as much fun q though they were in
charge Of servants. At the foot of the
Obelisk the other day we're some American
youngsters playing a game Of tag. There's
nothing new under the sun in ohildren's
games. Those who carved the hieroglyph-
les on the tall shaft may have had tiny girls
and boys playing the same games about
their feet.
The boys with the goat wagons on the
Mail miss the youngsters Of the rich.
No tips now and not so much driving,
was tho chorus Of their comment. But
there is just enough doing to pay expenses.
and the goats are resting up for the fall
rush.
There are nine pairs of the goats in waiting
for patrons, each a team warranted safe and
in harness. Baby. the veteran of the
s,eeds. has been in the business for twelve
years, and the goats all seem to thrive in
occupation. One thing to help is that
e. It never gets Hurried, and no amount of
urging from their fures will ever arouse the
spirit Il racing in them. Besides, to make
sur, 9 boy wa g beside zach team.
A Park tradi ion j. that tho Italian who
lad the goat cart privilege for ten years
retired years age with a pile of a quarter
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Any morning or afternoon In the summer
season fleets Of yachts lie at anchor OF the
loot OF East Twenty-third street. The New
.orx Yacht Club has a station off the
,oot or West Forty-eeoond street. Further
SoWntown they may be seen at piers on the
WORTH and East rivers and at the Battery,
Nnere they stop long enough to land their
passengers or to take them on board. These
ysohts are the private ferryboats which ply
oetween tho city and summer homes Of
ner owners on the Sound or the Hudson
River.
ihose which run to the Battery stop only
nns enough for the owners TO land. Some
unes the yacht goes to South Brooklyn
soo waits there until It is time t. take the
oNner to his home; sometimes 1t goes to the
snonorage near Liberty Island for the day.
one class Of these boats has been built
20 no other purpose than to carry the owner
" and from his home. They are COM
rfahvely small. hare little acoommoda-
Won On buard and are very speedy. Many
" mem can make more than twenty miles
~ nour and some have made as much as
twenty seven.
most OF them are about ono hundred feet
'ooS' painted white and trimmed with ma.
aosany. Their stems are sharp and mar
Wv Forward their decks are turtletaok
sasped' Then comes the steering bridge,
eoa at the back Of the hclmsmani IA a eeat
sS ~ the yacht In front Of the emokestack.
A' eneine ~ coEaes next and then the
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OF a million dollars. Then, It Is said, he
presented the outfit to the head helper,
who had been with him for six years. 1t
may I've so, for tho goats are n institution
that many women who now are grand
mothers n many gray haired 'ren Of affairs
knew and loved 10 their p~inafore days.
Park privileges arc money carriers all the
world over. 1t has been widely pu'Ilished
that the right to hire out chairs for a six
pence along Rotten Row in Hyde Park
has made millions for an English family.
Under a cool archway near the lake
stands John Pearl, an lrishman, If accents
count. despite his jawel Of a name. He
is not repining because the rich customers
are away. Sure Muegins and the donk
are as proud to carry the poor Gs the rich, "
says Pearl.
There is no race suicide among the rich,
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and the newspapers looked over the yacht
has reached the end Of her journey and tn ,
owner Is landed in his office in less time than
br q trip on a railroad train and without the
discomfort, heat md dust. -
Most Of these small boats are good in all
kinds Of weather. Many Of them have made
extensive cruises along the coast and have
been sesn outside when the sea has been
anything but smooth.
One Of the best known Of this feet Of flyers
Is the Tarantula, owned by W. X. Wander
bit, Jr., which plies between Great Neck
and East T~wenty-third street. The Taran-
tula Is a turbine yacht and was built by
Yarrow on the Thames for tho late Col.
Harry Macalront. She made ysry fsss
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owners quarters take up all the space aft.
There is a stateroom. a fair sized saloon and
q galley. There is a deck covered with an
awning at the extreme end Of the yacht.
These yachts cost from s7S 900 to $4,000
each. They have a crew Of six mon and
cost about 81 COO to 81 500 a month to run.
They are in commission from early in the
spring, whom the owner goes to his country
home, until the fine weather he's gone in the
fall.
1t 10 an ideal way Of coming into town.
The owner cen get on beard at his country
house early In the morning. II he wishos
no can havo his t-casfost on beard. AS soon
as he 10 ready the yacht Gtnrts on its way 10
ths city. BY the time breakfast 10 finished
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"Let go there cried out Pearl. 'Whes
m - x,o,, Inipbor
~LOw
SP0RTSHOMHM

| "Let go there CRED out Pearl. 'Whes
are you doin'p"
child, quite unaware that a less gentle pony
might have licked her brains out. There are
four donkeys in midsummer service, Tam
many, the boss of the lot and most stub
born; BOBBY, Daisy and Sally. Donkeys
carry children with the surefootedness
that makes them such renowned mountain
climbers, and from their calm disregard
of all orders they live long. In the park
service. The only time the donkeys. raise
a gallop is when the 5o,clock whistle blows
In Prospect and Central Parks there
are fleets of miniature yachts, but those
Of the Manhattan lake have an ocean TO sail
on that is ideal in the estimation Of their
upper Fifth avenue side OF Central Park.
encircled with a stone wall and terrace from
which the boats are launched. some OF the
tiny yachts are costly and accurate. repro
! auctions Of sloops or schooners, and, With
rudder fixed to oCset the sail power, they
will voyage on straight lines clear aeroes
the pool. If a craft gets into difficulties It
is rescued with q long pole from the shore.
In midsummer the most noted yachts
are cruising in the country with their own
ers, and casual visitors have the full FREQ
dom Of Che pool.
The boys, who may be Charlie Bars In
embryo. arrive with their dainty boats and
have good sport splashing about on the
borders Of the pool. Little girls sail boats
| there as well as boys, and for lack Of o
better craft a bit OF board with q patch Of
paper for a sail does well enough.
One winter the curriers' used the pool
for q great match between the resident
North and South OF Scotland players.
While the match was at its height and the
brawny Scots twirling the stanes in fierce
and loud rivalry, a little boy In furs came
to the border of the ice with his nurse.
He looked on with cold disapproval.
you folks must take care not to hurt our
yachting water he announced at length.
Il intend to tell my father b you are
doing here"
The boys who come over now TO the pool
have to be watched sharply by the park
employees, for, when opportunity ohfer,
oH go their clothes and the boys are In
swimming The lawforbids this use OF the pool
and the policemen have TO chase such daring
boys out OF the parks or else arrest them.
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road. Sometimes he comes to New York
through the Sound on the Adroit, and the
little toat cap mako faster time than the
regular steamers.
Howard Gould owns the Niagara ",
She Is the fourth yacht OF that name he has
owned. The big steamer Niagara he uses
for cruising across the ocean. The little
Niagara. his ferryboat, runs between Castle
Gould at Sandy Point and the foot of East
T~wenty-third street. This boat has two
triple expansion engines, which send the
yacht through the water at the rate
Of twenty-seven miles an hour when she
Is going at her best. In model the Niagara
~. Is very similar to the Vitesse.
The Nanita 70 now owned BY Clifford v.
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Brokaw, who has a house at Orienta Point,
Mamaroneck. Mr.. Brokaw uses the yacht
chiefly on the Sound and to traVef to and
from the city. This yacht was formerly
the Levanter ard val owned by Alfred
Marshall, who used it to go to and from
Lrrthmont. She was rot quite large
enough for Mr.. Marshall. The Nanita is
90 feet long and has one triple expansion
engine. Her speed is from twenty TO
twenty-five miles an hour.
August Belmont owns the Scout, a HERE
shoff boat that can make tw enty miles an
hour. She runs from Hampstead Harhor
to New York. She can make the trip from
dow ntow New York to Hampstead Harbor
In less than an hour. ,a
Walter w. Cole ID the owner Of the high
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make the young and Old folks happy. Polo
is often a sight to- entertain, or the militia,
cavalry or signal corps may be there for
evolutions and skirmish drills. There are
always golfers humping away at the ball
on tho public links and canoeists ON the
lalie. The old fashioned terraoed garden,
with it's a~zaleas, tulips, heartsease and
~hollyhocks before the Van Cortlandt manor
house. Is a hot weather delight :or the
older folks.
The manor house Is furnished and kept
III exactly AZ it was in colonial times; but
a museum of antiques, in however charming
a rural setting, will hardly appeal to the
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OF the line OF play mako fine playing spots
for the children, who will always be guarded
from the toughs by the golf players and
the park employees.
The greatest Of Brooklyn parks, Prospect,
needs no praise as a playground for the
children. A policy OF being kind to the
children has always ruled there, and. be-
sides tag and leapfrog, if they wishit, on the
broad lawns, there is tho lake for. water
parties and reliable oarsmen to take the
children afloet.
Van Cortlandt Park Ia the greatest pic
nioking place for family parties Of Man.
haitian and there Is every provision there to