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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-03-01
DaIisade Has It's First Real Fire

the water was turned on, the hose
which had been dragged through the
bramble of the swamp holes and logs,
became twisted, and the greatest diff
Guilty was encountered in untangling
it. The men at the nozzle would cry,
"Water! water" but the water
couldn't. 1t was tied into knots.
When these were UNFINISHED finally and
the nOzzlemen were not looking, out
came the water with rush and splash.
hitting the wall and fairly binding
and completely drenching May, Doug
las and Brady.
Turn it off" cried some one.
Hold the nozzle up~ cried another.
Down the line went word to Fred
Bull at the hydrant to turn it Off but
Bull knew his business and waved the
order aside with a spanner. Bull said
he never got so many water orders
i'll his life. In the meantime, the mud
was getting stickier'n onions all the
time Men who wanted to help
couldn't get near the house, and they
stood off and watched and yelled that
"the fire is over here" or 'over there"
and in very truth it did look to be
breaking out in a dozen places all at
once, with blazes no bigger than
mans hand, while the smoke was sim
ply staggering. Down in the cellar
the fumes OF two barrels OF Stacked
lined didn't contribute any happiness
to those using the hand chemicals, and
the alley way soon took on a back
draught of smoke and stifed out those
who fought from that quarter. Pen
nell and the two LOgans retreated
from there in grope, while Carney
fell upon his belly and breathed the
mud for a spell 1t was trying times,
and the little boys and girls all the
while wondering why the blamed
thing didn't blaze away. The real fire
worshipper is the small boy, and the
more spectacular the better. AS Jim
mic WolcOtt put it, CAV! this amt
no fire" But it was. and a nasty,
costly one at that The wet plaster
on the walls, wet boards and wet lath-
ing made it slow but sure, with smoke
in binding clouds When Fort Lee
came shouting up the line and tumbled
into the vortex of the bramble things
changed and under the guidance OF
Acting Chief Reardon it wasn't long
before his fixed ideas on how to drown
out a fire were carried out. In fact,
NGdI uOu I6dIIy dIu lIC lIlNN Illdl
stopped the wick that fared the stick
that blackened the brick and made you
sick, for his work was slick, and you
take your pick, for he came in the
nick, though he fell in the crick, and
well. Reardon was on tick-that's
ALL Vic. When the fight was over,
there was enough OF the ardent passed
around to put out another fire, and the
boys went home a merry lot, satisfied
that the model suburb is the best place
in the world to put out fire in, espe
cially when you're all wet clean
through and the night is cold.
1t was soon over then. Fort Lee,
Coytesville, Taylorsville and Palisade
had put out Palisades first fire! 1t
was a dandy job and an exciting one.
Poor George Frew was sick abed and
was groaning himself worse because
he couldn't get out. But his father
was out helping. and all the ladies, in
GLIDING the fifteen Bradys, and just
about everybody for a mile around.
Walter Binncr came down with his
Palisades Park reel but his squad had
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-03-01
Notice

| desire to announce that have
opened up my new store in Pali-
sade Ave-, cor. of Columbia, where
| shall be pleased to see all my
friends in the Palisades section.
| shall have line of choice CAN
DIES, CIGARS, K<ICK-KNACkS,
OUVENIR POSTAL CAR s,
views of PaIisade and the PaIi=
sades country. Post office in the
rear. Our Soda Fountain will
soon be running.
Come and see me
George F. StabeI, p' \. j.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-03-01

r,a71ieS-LOtS VI olLOhS
,,,snt-A Hard Job Under Desperate
1si;sade's first real fire took place
~ evening Of March I, when one
e III new houses owned by Conway
s in Warren avenue, caught IN
a ''s mysterious manner and was bad
= I'D damaged 1t took the combined
Z a3s~snoth of the three Fort Lee com
, III. besides Protection No. 4, OF
fpaI;sade, to subdue the flames, and
tbe;r final conquering was due to
a e'sss clean. hard, honest fighting with
yster and under difficulties that
Void have baff1ed the wits OF Ch1et
ceoker The house sets in a swamp,
aad i surrounded with debris that
sra1,ld mix up an elephant in an Atr1-
san iung1e. There were holes filled
MI. ice and water waist deep, into
wl,ieb the fremen plunged with in
different abandon, albeit they would
have lodged them had there been any
thing but binding darkness to warn
fbesn away. Then all the broken
branches. dead logs, sticks and stones,
and The adjacent foundation walls OF
two other new buildings just starting
II tic way of the work OF getting the
hose dragged to the right place; and
rs add to the woes of the firemen, hill
locks OF mud surrounded the house,
which made slippery slides when wet,
when they wanted to move the hose.
Ii was disheartening mess OF every
conceivable kind of stuff and impedi
mef1t that was as provoking as it was
disgnsting and in the way. Five min
utes. after the alarm sounded PrOtec
ton No. 4 had its reel out and two or
three minutes later the water came
gushing through the nozzle with a
fury that almost ripped shingles from
the roof Garfield May, Herman
Stumpf, Bernie Brady, George Stabel,
Hans Bodensik, Emory Douglas and
Policeman Carney were struggling to
master the wriggling hose, for ninety
pounds of pressure is no mean job
to hold down, once it gets into the
nozzle end of a three-inch hose. Her
man Stumpf up on a ladder with the
nozzle end was almost choked
70 death by the smoke when Carney
saved his life by dragging him down.
lle yelled, and so did everybody else
YELL and pandemonium reigned as the
TIRE went on. 1t got started in be
tween the rafters on the east side.
cTaWled up the wall to the caves, then
went along the rafters into the attic.
Wllere it had the roof ablaze before
any one knew it. Meantime the
snoke was suffocating H. A. Nc
s5iaee, J. F. Pennell r. R. Brown, R.
BuTton-Obitz, Bernard Brady, Charles
logan and others were around with
iaHterns and chemical extinguishers,
mel was lively times for nearly an
hoAF Lively times, indeed, and all
81 Exciting as the very deuce Fort
l-ss reinforced the Palisade hremen
Ml5h her three companies, and they
WE there IN an incredibly short time,
sasnks to Policeman Carney's fore
slgnf IN phoning from the park office
loF them to Hurry up, for Gods
sa :. And they came at a callyhoot-
~ llcketysplit gait that made the
.a'5seS stagger when they reached the
spoE And how those Fort Lee fire
~ know how to fight fire! My
ssy lit into it like a thousand O.
gsask and knew no fear. The night
aas cold, and the water drenching
10y DOQy, but thew fought on AGAINST
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-03-01

Sovereign money procures a wife
with a large fortune, gets a man
credit, creates friends, stands in place
of pedigree, and even OF beauty
Horace
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-03-01
MAX RUMPRECHT
f fsa'F Lei. A y. J.

Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Ever
greens, Shrubs, Flowers and Budding
Plants, Cut Flowers at all fimrs.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09
~BRADSTREET'S REVIEW
che Trade and Industrial Re-
port is One of Widespread and In
%creasing Activity.
(Bv the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Nov. 5.-Bradstreets
tomorrow will says:
Except for the fact that
able warm weather tends to retard
the fullest development of retail trade
general trade and Industrial report
this week is one of widespread and in
creasing activity. The same is true Of
Industrial operations, iron and steel
being as active as ever with outputs
close to or in excess of the maximum;
coal is in increasing demand and
lumber and other material is active.
All this occurs with prices of COM
mOdities at a high level.
In the cotton goods trade, it is true,
the very great advance in the raw
material at q time Of nearly record
movement to market is a source Of
unsettlement Many mills north and
south have announced curtailment in
time run. One effect of the high
price of cotton is the report hat
some East Indian cotton has been fig
ured on for import and hat it can be
laid down at some Southern cotton
mill centers at 1 1-2c. below the price
Of the American product grown
nearby.
Business failures for the week end
ing with November 4 in the United
States were 212, against 217 last week
and 205 in the like week Of 1908.
Wheat, including flour, exports
from the United States and Canada
for the week ending November 4 ag-
gregate 5,397,455 bushels against a.
2OO,449 last week and ~4,94O,274 this
week last year.
Corn exports for the week are 304.-
955 bushels against 516,44S last week
and S12,5S4 in 1908.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09
FIFTEEN CENT COTTON.

To the Editor: You think that Is
cent cotton ought to satisfy the aver
age farmer, after working for so many
years under adverse circumstances,
and it would were it not for MI. Coon,
Mr.. Rockefeller, p%ellagra and the
nook worm. These four elements Of
disturbance will have to be disposed
Of before peace, quiet and sweet con-
tent can again reign in our country.
The question with most Southerners is
"Can YOU implicitly believe in a Yam
kee when the South is under consid-
eratiOn?' If Mr.. DON is not a Yaskee
his status reminds me Of an anecdote
! once read, heard or imagined, which
all amounts to about the same thing,
Of an ignorant preacher, who was ex-
pounding to his congregation about
the building OF the Ark, and MENTION
cd Paul as being the builder, when he
was interrupted by some one gge
ing that Noah. and not Paul, was the
builder. The old exhorter turned on
him and exclaimed: eff Paul weren't
there, he was ~thereabouts." SO I saw
il Coon is not a Yankee he is a Yankee
sympathizer, for If he had really
found his garbled statistics to be cor
rect, as a true son Of the South, he
would have concealed them until the
thing could have been old in our own
household, instead of blazing them to
the world. It is like a man who, find
ing something wrong in his own
household. instead Of correcting the
mischief, he goes out il the street and
tells it to all whom he meets. Mr..
Coon ought to be ~squelched, and Mr..
Gregory is the man to do it, and we
will turn him over to him.
Now are pellagra and hook worms
established facts? and if SO, are thew
indigenous to the South? Why is the
negro an immune? Is it because his
cuticle is too thick for the little worm
to penetrate? Is there no sand north
or the tomac Then take the pella-
gra question up. Is it possible that
we Of the South have been eating corn
bread all Of our lives and have been
immune until recently, and if so. whv
so? Now / don't say tina there are
no nook worms Or pellagra in exist
ence. Have these things been dem
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09
Weekly Movement of Cotton.

New York, Nov. 5.-The following
statistics on the movement Of cotton
for the week ending November 5th
were compiled by h New York Cot
ton Exchange:
Port receipts, this year, 405,482;
last year. 485,8O9.
Overland to mills and Canada, this
year, 46,162: last year, 61,42O.
Southern mill takings (estimated),
this year, $1,000; last year, 100, 200.
Gain Of stock at interior towns,
this year, 34,547; last year, 4S,4O9.
Brought into sight for the week,
this year, 571,191; last year, 695,63s.
Total Crop Movement.
Port receipts, this year, 3,226,S10;
last year, 3,091,O16.
Overland to mills and Canada, this
year, 1885, O8; last year 235,O4S.
Southern mill takings (estimated),
this year, 10000; last year, $50, 900.
Stock at interior towns in excess Of
September LIST, this year, 427,S75; last
year, 494.672.
Brought into sight thus far for sea-
son, AGO. 93; last year, 4,45O,736.
4S3 bales added to the receipts for
the season.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09
Comparative Cotton Statement.

New York, Nov. 5.-Comparative
cotton statement for the week ending
November 5th:
Net receipts at all Z. S. ports during
the week, 466,642.
Net receipts at all U. S. ports same
week last year, 484,237.
Total receipts since September 1st,
3,213,947.
Total receipts to same late last
year, 3.OSO.223.
Exports for the week, $4,000.
Exports for same week last year,
36O,533.
Total exports since September LIST,
2.183,195.
Total exports some late last year,
~2,634,647.
Stock at all United States ports,
874,439.
Stock at all United States ports
same time last year, S12,896.
Stock at all interior towns, 534,746.
Stock at all interior towns, same
time last year, CASTLE.
Stock at Liverpool same time last
year, 100000.
Stock Of American afoat for Great
Britain same time last veal $4,000.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09
Worlds Visible Supply.

New Orleans, La, Nov. 5.-Secre-
tary Testers statement Of the worlds
visible supply of cotton issued today
shows the total visible to be 3,959,651
against 3,716,383 last week, 3,617,OOO
last year.. Of this the total of Ameri-
can cotton is ~3,512,651 against 81
3O4,383 last week and 3,O92,9OO last
year, and Of all other kinds including
Egypt. Brazil, India, ETC., 447,OOO
against $4,000 last week and $500
last year.
Of the worlds visible supply Of cot
ton there is now afloat and held in
Great Britain and Continental Europe
2%,317,0OO against 100000 last year:
in Egypt 143,OOO, against $4,000 last
year; in India $4,000 against $4,000
last year, and in the United States
1,4O7, 900 against 1,432,0O0 last year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09
Cotton Receipts.

New York, Nov. 5.-The following
are the total net receipts Of cotton at
all ports since September list: Calves
ton 1,O54,769; New Orleans 3S7,840;
Mobile 1O2,478; Savannah, S46,344;
Charleston 1881; Wilmington 2O4,-
379; Norfolk 226,415; Baltimore 12,-
27O; New York 1,347; Boston 1876;
Newport News 2O2; Philadelphia 35l;
San francisco $3.50; Brunswick 121.-
592; Port Townsend 3,516.; Pensacola
48,146; Port Arthur & Sabine Pass
3O,54S; Jacksonville 11,147; Eagle
Pass, Texas, 40; Ell Paso, Texas, $50;
Laredo, Texas $50; Gulfport 7,O14;
Georgetown 544; Texas City 4.155;
minor ports 1873. Total 3,213,947.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09
Weekly Interior Cotton Towns.

New York. Nov. s.
Towns Tone Mia oo,4
AbanE ~x~x ..... 49,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09
Liverpool Weekly Cotton.

Liverpool, Nov. 5.-Following are
the weekly cotton statistics:
Total sales. all kinds, $4,000 bales.
Total sales American. $4,000 bales.
Total exports 5000 bales.
Quantity afloat all kinds, Alb, 900
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09

onstrated by reputable scientists or Is
it a North Pole co~nnundrum yet to pc
reliably ana intelligently established:
I wait for the light.
w. P. McEACHERN.
Red Springs, n. c., Nov. 4.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09
Treasury Statement.

Washington, D.. c., Nov. 5.-The
condition Of the Treasury at the be-
ginning Of business today was as fol-
lows:
Trust Funds.
Gold coin $876, 9O3,S69; silver dol
lars $48,767,2OO; silver dollars of 1890
s4,O29, 900; silver certificates O~utstand-
ing $487,672,OOO.
General Fund.
Standard silver dollars in general
fund $2,179,23O; current liabilities
$112,259,052; working balance in
Treasury office $29,334,423; in banks
to credit of Treasurer of the United
States s37,O59,847; subsidiary silver
coin $~17,751,4O4; minor coin s1,456,-
$50; total balanc in general fund
87,7O7, 9O1.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09
WEEKS COTTON REPORTS

bales. $1,000
Quantity afloat, American, $4,000
bales.
Total sales on speculation 500 bales.
Total sales to exporters, 100.
Imports, all kinds, $4,000 bales.
Imports, American, $4,000 bales.
Stock all kinds. $4,000 bales.
Stock American, 664,OOO bales.
American forwarded, $4,000 bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09
THE COTTON RUSH
UPWARD CHECKED
Decline Came as Flash Out
of Clear Skies
NO MORE THAN NATURAL

In View of Fact That There Had
Been An Almost Uninterrupted Adj
vance of SIS Per Bale-Patten and
Other Interests Are Supposed to
Have Reduced Their Holdings, If
Not Actually Out of the Market
Bears Predict Still Further Sag
But There's the Bull Side.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-22
An Excuse For a Pardon.

When the stern Duke of Wellington
was prime minister under George "
he managed the old monarch easily
enough. but when he attempted the
same tactics with the young Queen
Victoria he met his match She CON
stantly outwittcd him. One OF his
earliest official acts WAS TO bring be-
fore her Il court martial death SEN
tencp which he expected her to sign as
a matter of course. A soldier was to
he executed for desertion. and as the
death warrant was placed before the
queen by tile duke she raised her ewes.
full of tears. to his face. saying:
Have you nothing to say In behalf
of this poor man."
Nothing" said the duke. standing
at attention like one of his own prl-
Yates; ''he has deserted three tines
"Oh. your grace. think again. plead.
ed the queen. as If she were asking
for the life Of her dearest friend.
We'll. your majesty. he certainly Is
bad soldier. but there was somebody
who spoke for his good character. He
may be tolerably good fellow In civil
life''
"Oh. thank you." said the queen in
heartfelt tones. and before the aston
ished duke could utter word OF pro-
fest she had written across the paper
the word "Pardoned"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-22
Usine a Life Preserver.

THE worst trouble about life pre-
server" said an old sailor. lis that few
people know what to do with one
when it's thrown TO them Many n
man would drown IN trying to get a
If" preServer over his head. The av-
erlge person struggling about in the
water would try to lift up the big life
ring and put il over bis head. That
only causes the man TO sink deeper
and take more water into his lungs.
The proper way to approach life
preserver in the water is to take hold
OF the side nearest you and press
upon it with all yolr weight That
causes the farther side to fly up ir
the air and down over your head.
ringing yon as neatly rs a man ring
ing cane at country fair After
that the drowning man can be res.
cued. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-22
Sees Mother Grow Youno.


cit would be hard to overstate the
wonderful change in my mother since
she began to use Electric Bitters,"
writes Mrs. W. l.. fitzpatrick of Dam
forth, Me- although past 20 she
seems really to be growing young
again. She suffered untold misery
from dyspepsia for 20 years. At last
she could neither eat. DRINK nor
sleep. Doctors gave her up and all
remedies failed till Electric Bitters
worked such wonders for her
health" They invigorate all vital
organs, cure liver and kidney
troubles, induce sleep, impart
strength and appetite. Only SO cents
at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-22

Publication Notice

|
State OF Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
In the Circuit Court of said county.
TO the September term. A. d. 1904
General No. GAO In Chancery.
John v. Johnson VS.. Olive johnson.
Ahdayit of unknown residence of
Olive Johnson. the above named defend
ant. having been fled in the clerks Of
flee of the circuit court OF said county
notice is. therefore, hereby given to
the said unknown resident defendant
that the complainant filed his bill OF
complaint in said decree. on the chan
Gerry side thereof. on the 18th day OF
March, A. ID. 1909, and that thereupon
a summons issued out of said court,
wherein said suit 10 now pending, re-
month of May, A. d. 1909 .as was by law
required, which said summons was re-
turned by the sheriff of said county on
the 3rd day of May, 1909, that he could
not in his county find the said Olive
Johnson; that on the Both day of June,
1909, an alias summons was issued out
of said court, wherein said suit is now
pending, returnable on the Bird Monday
in the month Of September next. as Is
by law required.
Now, unless YOU, the said unknown
resident defendant above named. shall
personally be and appear before said
circuit court on the first day Of the
next term thereof. to be holden at Rock
3rd Monday in September next. and
plead. answer or demur to the said
lcomplainant's bill of complaint, the
same and the matters and things there
confessed and decree entered against
bill.
Rock Island. ILL.,, June 80. 1909.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE, Clerk.
J. B. & ]. L. Oakleaf. compliments
L
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-22
STEAMBOAT TIME TABLE.

WHITE COLLAR LINE - SUMMER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Helen Blair. for
Muscatine and Burlington, every Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday, 4 p. m.
SSndays AIS p. m. for Muscatine only.
Steamer Columbia for Muscatine and
Burlington every Tuesday and Thurs
day, p. m. Regular Saturday excur-;
sion to Muscatine and return 4 p. m.
Fare soc.
For Burlington, Keokuk and way
points Saturday IL p. m. Returning to,
Rock Island ON Tuesday 1880 a. M
Special rates. Inquire of
c. j. MANGAN, Agent
Telephones-Old 1SS: new 5152.
These boats connect at Burlington
with steamers for all points south.
w. A. BLAIR,
Manager. Davenport, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-22

FOR RENT-Fine front fiat, three large
airy rooms. newly papered. on paved
street; very desirable location; terms
reasonable. T.. IL. Kelly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-22
Guardians Sal,

State of Illinois. Rock, Island coun-
ty-SS.
BY virtue of a decretal order of the
county court of said county, entered at
the July term of said court. A. d. 1903.
on the application of Ellanora Mohr,
guardian of Joseph Mohr, Theodore
Mohr. Columbia A. Mohr, Henrietta
Mohr and Alvina w. M0hr, minors, to
sell the following described real estate,
belonging to said minors, situate in the
county of Rock Island. state of Illinois,
towit:
The undivided five-eights (E) part of
the undivided one-fifth (1-5) part OF
the west half (h) of the southeast quar-
eighteen GS) north of range one "a.
east of the fourth (4th) principal mer-
idian. subject to the dover interest OF
William Mohr, the father of said min
OrS.
j shall, on Friday, the Goth day OF
July, A. d. 1909. at the hour of o'clock
p. M, sell all the interest of said minors
in and to the said real estate, at the
east door of the court house in the
city of Rock Island, in said county OF
Rock Island Terms of sale as fol-
lows: Cash in hand upon the completion
and approval of said sale.
Dated at Rock Island, ILL.,, this Sth
day of July, A. ID. 1909.
ELLANORA MOHR,
Guardian for Said Minors.
Lucian Adams. attorney for petit
TONER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-22
COTTAGE DEsIGNER.

houses" the exteriors of artistic
beauty and simplicity, the in
teriors comfortable and pretty;
minutest care. given the lit
tie details. making ease. convent
ence and happiness in the home.
don't sell plans. but do the work by
the hour, making the expense no ex-
cuse for not having n plan that will
save time, money and law suits. 405
Peoples National bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-22

FOR SALE-Small house and lot cash
or payments; lot 60x140 feet. Inquire
1888 Twenty fifth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-22
KIND OF FLIRTING MEANT.
Professor Palmer of Harvard Revises
His Surgsstion to Students.

Professor George II. Palmer of Har-
ward university says. according to a
Boston dispatch. that the wrong i'm
preston has been given by reports OF
his address in which he recently said
flirting sometimes Was good thing
Il am afraid | have been misunder>
Stood" he said. ''All l was trying To
say was this: Make your pleasure n
good background to hard study. and IL
you get any pleasure out of innocent
flirting there can be no reasonable OBJ
lection 10 il.
Il believe we should get as much
happiness out of life as possible. and
merely am urging what | believe is
the innocent side of the subject. Ali
might not he able to use it In the sense
that | meant H."