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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15

ened because there is a great deal Of
difference, ordinarily, between the
course in the market Of stock on
which a dividend has just been de-
clared, and that Of one which is living
in expectation. In markets such as
these for a stock TO be a dividend
payer is TO invite neglect. How much
of marlborough common the Tammany
men have. however, besides their pre-
ferred nobody knows, but IL is hardly
TO be supposed that the tips SO freely
supplied TO the Fourteenth Street con-
tingent on the latter should have been
silent about its Junior.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
ON THE CONSOLIDATED

Profit taking on a large scale was
apparent on the Consolidated EX-
change yesterday, anG there were many
reactions in the later trading. Anal
gamated Copper, feature for
strength, touched a high OF - =.
Bethlehem Steel closed at 1870.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
COFFEE

Premiums for the new contract positions over MAY
have apparently brOaiened 10 a point where The
trade il more disposed 10 buy the MAJ and sell the
ate months THIS has brought about q more conf
dent feeling. Il was thought 10 lessen tie pfoha-
biity Of heavy pressure % May liquidation. aud
during yesterdays session the market developed al
dtioual hrmne.s. closing sac points net higher.
Total sales for the day a.. 600 bags and az this
amount about hsn Ia the form 81 exchanges.
mostly from May TO July ~ III points and May 20
december At 40 points Considerable attention was
a so directed 70 the falling on IN the amount Of
coffee ahost for the United States. which has been
reduced from S65 900 bags a short time ago 70 only
30 600 which compares With i23 900 last year.
Shipments from Brazil expected TO be moderate
I'm the near future. purchases 10 the cost aud
freight market have apparently been small. but vita
consumers we'll supp led there seems 70 be no reason
for anxiety regarding any scarcity. as Tue 'hl1
United states Is nearly 1000. 900 bags. Cost and
freight offers showed comparatively little chang.
hut there appears 20 be coffee offering with
Santos 81 quoted st ll.ljc. Is at 10 35g l07jc IS
Al g Sc and RIO Is at 7.30Gi45c. The local spot
market was duh ard practically unchanged OIL tue
basi, OF TS.c for Rio IS. Range Of prices
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15

10 share, Bridgeport Land & Improvement Co. q
bridegroom. Aa $500 each]; lot ......... 20. NIy
8. 600 shares Kerber Mining Development Co. @,
Colorado 81 e2ch). lOt............-. .....''' 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
Union Tank Shows Deficit.

The Union Tank Line Company re-
ports for 1914 net earnings Of $751;
200, as against 81 ,203 ,229 for the previ-
Gus year The surplus after payment
Of dividends was sS7 1914. decrease OF
Si,116,O35. No dividends were paid in
1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
SUGAR.

There vas no change IN the local mahct Iot ~
rncd sugar although the UNDERGONE wS seaIy.
With all renuers vi Ing 20 accept orders on tns
basis u g0c f0f nne guaranteed. Crystal dQminos
casss ID cartons y NJ fun size pieces b9c' aaI
o. IN = cases do cascs. o-lb cartons Sfve' vi
SOC IN :. cases cage tablets 6vc' cur 'oM
e. soc. crushed q zoe. mould A. 35c. cuues Anh
Eag.e confectionery granuisted. iJc. xxx pow
dored 05c and G5Jc iu containers. Z9-lo puih
Ease 5-lb bags p0wdercd o.-Jc, p'Fdeied s r
coarse powdered and Eagle coarse grahuatrl DC
fruit powdered and Eage extra fine gtsnuia'tl'
soc. domino GRADUATED. cases. 80 aud I'D cn
tons q .0c and 8 SOC IN u cases Eage 2, "a ano
Ih cartons nue grauulatsd. b. Toe, 2-lb BAGS 90
zoe. ~ b bags do. G.l5c. 5-lb bags DO . lOci
lO.b bags do d Ojc. 20 ard 80 70 bags 10 arg
standard graduated ; 05c a1e sranu. aied ana
diamond A. $500. confectione-s a. . 800 No
5Cjci No 3. 8 COc No 2, 5.55e; No = SOC; 40 40
10 0. B25c: 80 10. 200, No u. 5l5c; No II,
5lOc Nos - Il and 10. 5o5c, Raw sugar was a
little afmer ard on scattered buying ~ oprfa,ols
prices advanced Ice. although renners we're stlli
Inclined 10 hold on The days business amounted
10 40 900 bags Of Cubas af)ai and April Shipment
AZ 3 ll-lGc cost and freight. equal 10 lOc iof
centrifugal The market closed n-m a. fiVc i"r
centrifugal 3 91c for mOiasscs aud ll-loc iof
Cubas cost and freight
MILK AND CREAM.
The rrarke, #, showing rapid Increase IN supply
M Is To be- expected AZ this season Of me year
The demand u.s. % course be0" II. rms otNp
In receipfs reported by the railroads Is. dououess
% bo credited TO the Jewish holidays Inc maIhg %
value Is approximately 3lac quart Tor Grade ID
iu the ZGc zone The receipts N MIX ana cream
in 4J-quar cans Tor tho week ended Apnl ~
follow. ,., o.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
CASH Quotations.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.
New York. April Il. 1915.


WHEAT-Deveopmruts n most unexpected
character occurred in the wheat market to-day, re-
after an orderly advance during tie morning the
market suddenly became very excited and prices
scared. with the most aggressive buying seen Tor
months Prices experienced one NJ the greatest
single days gains since the outbreak ~ the and
Notwithstanding the most favorable crop afyiccs tie
one time Juy wa eiac over the huAl of Tuesday.
while September was FAC up and May showed
gains Of &c The uptuu seemed 10 De due largely
10 active buying by a leading Western operator.
which started a general cOveting movement TX
porcrs we're said 10 have bought about 100000
bushels on Tuesday. which was considerably more
than had been reported that day. and there w-re
operations Cash premiums showed gains u about lc
bushel for spring wheat. C BuTalo. while No
hard wheat was offered az the Cur AZ 3lsc over
Chicago May Cor May shipment and 30 over fl-
April but without attracting much demand. In the
local cash market No . red winter wheat was
quoted al 81 IS and No hard Al 81 6Hi1, all rail-
1 track. No ! Northern Duluth. tlG3 and No
I Northern Manitoba. sl.G0iz. { Buffalo. open
ing navigation. CORN-The market was easier
early in the day owing 70 fears ~ May liquidation
but prices rallied late IN sympathy with wheat ard
where estimstes on the eIpOuab'e surplus were De-
Tux reduced and al the close values we're = va i4c
net higher n the local cash market No SEE .0T
corn was quoted AZ SIC ( 90 arrive. OATS
Prices were Influenced by the action NJ wheat and
corn and on cesrdncrs Of nearly 1000 600 bushels
from the seabOard. closing = 70 7sc net higher Tie
local cash market firm. standard quoted az hte.
No white. sac; No white. 62izc: 40 white
li4c; fancy clipped white 65zc. ordinary clipped
white. sac. all elevator RYE-Barey steady. No q
Western. 1922. Z export BAILLl-stcaiJ !.
ua.tins 70 SOC e 1 I Buralo
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b. order Of executions.
20 shares American smelling q heanin. 60. pI1rd'
f,vo e %cs Jersey zinc Co. 800 eachl 6.s
So shares T. 7 .du Pout de Nemoufs f"7oer \"
90 pref .SIg Wa si Trust Co. corn EIchaass
Bsrk cerlncates) $500 EACH 40. -''
10 shares National Lead CO. common l|lOo ea1ll ,
i,e shares pennsylvania Railroad co. $50 sachl. :.
share Farmers Loan & Trust Co. l'2Sl -, ~
shares United states Steel Corporation pref tS-y'
40 mares itcd states Steel Corporation oomm!,a
s Figo ' Ss'iona Fuel Ga, Co 800 each .r
q shares Brooklyn Athrneum Reading Room "
,o toa' .2,,c. BONANZA chief cod Mining Co. ~
EACH. 10 shares Empire NDg.eu co. F,u' e..
nd S3Ooo Selma. Rome 4 Datm Railroad
II ,rarr. A,t6r 'Trlt Co. $500 earhl ~.
share Ncw YORK. Society LitraD. annual dues 60
b, paying So this share can De maze
,hsr. Brooklyn Academy O, Music 5000.
snaies leqlc's National Fite ln,ef .r,es 81,
100 liars Central South American Ieieg'IpIl oot.
900 each' ... ..........--....- ....''- '-'-' =
BY order Of administrator.
10 shares Bridgeport Land & Improvement Co. of
bridgeport A.a $500 eachl lot. $500. .,c.'Nly
5000 shares Kerber Mining Development 20 :.
Colorado 81 each). l0t.............'' ''''@0
BY order OF William Klein. receiver.
All hight title and interest Of the Smokeless Loco
motive & Furnace Co and al ny right. TIE ana
interest receiver ~ said company iu and o. Two
certain agreements or contracts made uy ald Dee
tween one kaH S.hIgder aud Arnold uc.,-.
dated October o. 1905. ard December ID. l5'D.
respectively. and al my night, title ana inieft'
AID the right. Title and Interest Of tle san
Suokp.ess Locomotive q Furnace Co. 81 and 10
suy and all licenses and patents arising there
under and in accordance with the terms tAeFcu.
For account Of whom II may concern.
2 shares Consolidated Power Light Co Of South
Dakota pref. $500 each) and 10 shares Consoh-
dated Power Light Co. Of south Dakota CON.
&, n 556 JawSies B.y Misunderstanding Co hrst mort
gage per cent 2o-year gold bonds due January
1914 and subsequent coupons attached go
g. Zoo Atlantic Gas 4 Electric Co 1rst lien sinking
fund per cent god bonds. due December 1870
December 1914 coupons attached. series Bio
go oOO Washington Oregon Corporation second
r6o-tFage per cent bonds. due April 1883. Goa
po.e April and October. October. 1910 coupons
u .bsr". PORTO Rcan American Tobacco Co. com
g. 900 United Lead Co per cent debeIture bond.
due 1913; interest January and July -.-.-i3 :.
80 shares First Mortgage Guarantee 90. lS4VO eaeL
g ,t,,ss Mctropoitan Trust Co. $500 eachl .4O'
10 shares Sew York Life Insurance Irust 90
sisre, Union Trust Co $500 eachl ..... $50
e. 400 Central New Hampshire Power 20. OF MAJ.
certificate oglndebtednessi lot. - $3.50. -.
100 shares U@Ner Union Wafer 20 piei.' u
company rccelS1 .....'''''''''''' ''''''''''
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-. ;I68H t72k sI66E tL7OE 1lGjt
Lu1EaInR REcELpIs

me- market experienced a sharp uptufn oWi1g %
the advance In wheat Spring patents S.S@Sl,S',
sp-ing clears. s6S0qS695 winter patents. Sl0t
ters s. sOa sos: EXTRA No winters $3.50 80
Kansas straights. S.55@t7.50. fancy spring pat
eufs Iobbiug lots SS2ja{S75 RYE FLOUR
steady fair u good S. 40a S655. choice to fancy.
s. 6Odt675. CORNMEAL steady. kin dried. $50
Rag MEAL steady: fine white and yellow. SlsOa
Sis: coarse Sl.659SlTO FEED-Westeru firm.
bran. l0O-b SACKS. 81 standard miaiiinss d.
;32. CIV nm; bran. bulk. 1880. l0O-0 sacks.
t27 20 heavy mddlings. SIS. hour do. S33 red dog
-four. l4O-lb sacks. $50 30: oiImeA nominal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
SUGAR FUTURES.

Futures opened quiet. 3 points decline 70 points
advance. but later "a the day tue market became
0uite active with little selling By trade Interests.
fut offerings were readily absorbed by outside buy
ilg 7 market closed unchanged 20 az advance
on ! point with tota! sa.es $500 tons. Range VI
prices -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
COFFEE CABLES

Rio-No unchanged at 4iS25: sIchIrge
~ I3-i6d: receipts $1,000 bags stock. 10000
bass. santos--No Hn,c9 1 al 9tlO. receipts
two ports we're 80 900 bags against 5000 a year
ago AID II 900 two years ago. Sac iau.o had Is
90 AGAINST Is 900 and 5000 and Iuudiahy - 900
$1,000 I 600 nd 4 600 bag. re,uec. i've \.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
AMERICAN STOCKS
LEAD In LONDON
Speculative Issues Prominent in
Other Sections-Firm Tone
in Discounts.

London, April 14.--Thc stock market
to-day maintained generally good
tone and again large amount of bust
ness was transacted In speculative
shares, oils, mines and coppers leading.
The chief activity, however, was IN
Americans which, led by Atchison,
United States Steel and the Pacific
stocks. improved over the opening level
and closed firm. Mexican National is
sues were active, but investment stocks
were quiet.
Consols closed unchanged Mt 60 9-l6.
Money was in good supply, but dis
count rates hardened on the announce
ment of the rates that will be accepted
for Treasury bills. Money loaned at
Ia to l "a per cent. Discount rates FOR
short bills were per cent; for three
months, 3h. The Bank of England
bought 100000 in foreign gold com
and S6l3.00O in bars, sold flO,OOO IN
foreign coin, released G35O,OO0 in SOW
ereigns and earmarked il49,OOO Tor Ar
gentine account.
Gold premium at Lisbon, as.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15

fuencsd By tho early decline in lard shors Teis
the best buyers. and the sharp upiuin " samn 49,
decline. lut a1al ou0taflous we're 10 points ue'
lover Range n prices v.,,.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15

an. P'own and downtown INTERIOR
lSsaa.,seropolitan preferred is being
@'ehed with a dividend threat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15

Hog products were lower early IA the DAY. under
selling believed to Be By packers and Influenced ly
decline ia the hog market. but prices rallied e.
Synpathy With grain and closed nuu. Receipts %
Lngs az Chicago we're % 900. estimated for Thurs
dav Id 600. Kansas CITY received 10 900 and omaha
q 200 PORk-Bare.y steady mess. $50 Sl9 5J .
family. S.OaS23: short clear SlyHt-ljO. BEEF
i7Tseftiei. mess SlSatl9j so. family S-lHS-3.
n.cket. sieaS-0. extra India mess. SIS" $50.
DRESSED HOGS-Steady: bscons. csc. lsO DO.
s7sc. so d.. lose. 40 10. l0asc; pigs. BE.
In I2Ic; II h. HE: picked hams steady i-isc.
TAIIOW-steady special. &c. city csc. county.
az T6T.c LARD-Firm. middle West assoc CSC.
civ ard steady CSC: refined lard steady South
America lie: Continent l9s0c. Bran.. KEGS l!c
compound dull. "a al &c STEARINE-steady.
-I.- a.. rftv l.rd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
Cold premium at Lisbon, as.

Paris. April 14.-Prices were steady
on the Bourse to-day. Three per cent
rentes closed 10 confines lower at ~
francs 80 confines. Exchange on Lon
don 2h francs 90 confines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15
BALTIMORE STOCKS.
BONDS
many IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
MINING

Daily imports and export: Of general
,,dr cl' at the Port of New York
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$3.50 Total sales
MINING.
sECrRITIES AT = AUCTION.
B. order Of executors

The following securities were sold yesterday A.
auction AT Tie exchange salesroOm by Adrian j.
Muller & Son.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-15

dozen. go. F'nrfb' Ealht4. OK a h.9I'f
2Li.C ds-s. -lia pc. regular packed extra hi','
O.. a-... us.s -u.t o-llgC. seconds -J" -"'at.
safe. Penn and nearby. LenueD whites. hne TO
fancy. D 'zc. gathered whites IS 10 $40 aia qia.
ftg -.a-sc Western gathered whites. II y --t;
gathered brown aad mixed coo,s 2oa-2c, d!rH
egss state ana nearby Indian Runner 2i@ -j..
Baltimore dUlcu 81 70 -jcs western. ~ &c, ltiA
and other good southern 4za2ac. lar Southern.
a a 30, goose Cgss. dozen. 4y8I9c
FRESH FRUITS.
Apples iu lighter receipt and armer. Pears steady
Stiawocrrcs weaker Oranges AID grapefruit SEA
Nsrh @l So %, tss;o@tts5. Eias s..-5@ss .55:
%..,a9 50 s fesaias - ISEs Hq R1si
l,a--c. CEANBLRKiES. Cope cod. 6h. s. 500 So
Cap, cod Sew No-k crate. 5oce sll5; Jerssy .oS..
GLK.NES. fla. strap S2jO0Sj. Klass "a. strap.
Sass. ORANGES. fla. 81 -jWA, 20 10 hico, 3l3
t-l5. ca. SI-5aS215. GItArEFkJ 1T. tla. l9H.
4 SgrI. Cuban. fi0S-. Porto REQ box, 8 a"
$50. rlNEArrLEs. Porto RICO Red spanish
crate $500 1913: Cuban. N'53S-.SV.
HAY AND STRAW.
The market h4s continued am all week. with
range q ya.u.s. ilAl-I-,se bacl Ton, moi ny
so l. S-l.-09S-2. 40 O. so 2. ST.. so g |2l ship
SrilAW%R,o. 30 I. &ae;li ,SmlI bales soc
''"'''' POTATOES ANo VEGETABLES.
IN GOOD demand Cd onions n-mer Tor fancy New
onions s-ung Slowly. Asparagus steady Csuil-
flowers Tim tery H. .1,lsl demand Iao2aS9s
buI So 30 81 so. 80 o. &,Wt5 jo; No B Sa5Oe
81 90. Fla. new, 10 I. a1. - .o9 So. No :. - -
rcd bb. aa$i. t8a t5c'tl: white Do. 81 a& %
Me go bulk l,O .b. 81 500 $40: bag 81 5Oasl ~
81, u 0u's S,,t ~, % boTA Ig ~ I3 81 S6 1s
s.; ONIO>s white, crate 5oce 81; ye.ow;, bag.
se & doi Ii bud as STA SIa's o. Ca
St $40. SO 81 lNNn' l.As . -sA f-'v
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
LESS DEMAND FOR PEANUTS
Japanese Growers Alarmed at the
Withdrawal of American Buyers
From Market of Japan.

Producers of ground nuts in Chiba,
Shidzuoka, and other eastern prov
inces of Japan are alarmed at the
complete withdrawal of American
buyers from the market. The United
States has been thus far the best
customer for Japanese farmers, tax
ing W. so per cent. of the whole
output annually, with signs of a
steady progress. Toward the close
of November, when in ordinary years
the season is in full swing, negotia-
tons for business with America were
suddenly dropped and no inquiry has
since even been received.
The causes for the business dead
lock are. according to the generally
accepted interpretations. the bumper
crop of ground nuts in the United
States itself. a sudden decrease in de-
mand, owing to the commercial de-
preston in the United States, and the
exacting rates collected for war risks.
According to a ~cablegram received in
certain quarters of Japan the market
in America for this particular kind
of goods is quite ~dislocated, no prices
being quoted eve for a nominal pur-
nose
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10

ing his father in Atlantic City, but
expects to return to California in the
near future.
Miss Sarah Mathis, who was oper-
ated on for appendicitis in the Mar
vel Sanitarium, has returned to the
home of her sister, Mrs. Steelman Lee,
on Ohio Avenue. Her many friends
are pleased to see her out again.
Mrs. Townsend Showell is recuper-
ating after a serious attack of grippe.
Mr.. Robert Mclaughlin has been
confined ito his home for the past few
days seriously i'll but is much improv-
ed at this writing.
Miss Catherine Strong and friend,
of Newark, are guests of Mrs. Elem
ing at the Pine View Villa.
Mrs. Minnie Ireland and son Rus
sell, of Collingswood, spent this week
as the guests Of Nh. and Mrs. F. Fra
ley Doughty.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
CHEApEN PROCESS OF DYEING.
English Experts Have Discovered Ad-
vantages in the Use of
Sulphur.

At the Huddersfeld Technical col
lege. England. a discovery has been
made which, it is claimed, will revo-
l~utionize the dyeing trade and obviate
the necessity of importing aniline
dyes. The plan is to utilize sulphur
dyes for dyeing woods and frbrics
other than cotton, for which sulphur
dyes have been hitherto exclusively
applied, and the experiments have dis
covered that they may be used with
success for wool, silk; artificial silk,
hemp, and other fibers, which can be
dyed either SEPARATELY or in combina-
ton. Sulphur dyes are cheap and
will, as opposed to aniline dyes, add
to the properties of milled cloth. Adj
ditional advantages claimed for the
new process is that wool, silk, artif-
cial silk and hemp can be dyed to-
gether in N bath, thereby saving the
cost of separate dyeing and the cost of
dyeing by the present two-bath pro-
cess. Another economy that is eff
fected is in regard to the use of steam,
as by the new process woods are dyed
at a temperature of about $50 degrees
instead of at boiling point. as under
the present process. In this connec-
ton it is curious to note that the in
ention entails a reversion from costly
machines to cheaper ones. The pro-
cess is already in partial operation.
Materials that have already been dyed
have been subjected to all the ordi-
nary tests, which they have stood
satisfactorily.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
Miners Make Good Soldiers.

Lord Kitchener, it appears, has in
the course of his service become deep
ly impressed with the value of the
Northumbrian miner as a military as
set. His good opinion is founded on
his observation of the work done in
the field by the Northumbrian fusil-
GERS. He told Lord Grey that he
wanted nor men of the same class
for the new forces which he is or
ganizing. Thereupon Lord Grey, Wis
iting the mining centres in the north
explained Lord Kitchener's desire to
the miners themselves, with the re-
suit that recruiting local committees
were formed by the older men
throughout the mining regions, and
that large numbers of young miners.
many of them athletes, have been en-
rolled in the ranks. 1t is probable
that they will be organized into a spe-
cial regiment, in which old acquaint-
ances will have the privilege of
marching and fighting together.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
BILL" HAUENSTEIN
A LIFE SAVER.

A strange horse wandering around
William H~auenstein's place last Sat
urday afternoon about $50 attracted
his attention and enabled him to save
a human life. AS the horse had a
part of the harness on, it was evident
it had broken loose from a vehicle of
some sort, so after putting the horse
in his barn, Mr.. H~auenstein found an
open wagon in the bottom of which lay
what at first appeared to be the life
less body of Mrs. Max Schultz, a
neighbor. Mr.. Hauenstein carried the
unfortunate woman to his house where
Mrs. Hauenstein restored her to con-
seriousness. Mrs. Schultz said she had
started for Atlantic City in the open
wagon about Z o'clock in the morn
ing to deliver some eggs to customers
IN Ventnor City; leaving there about
noon, she reached Pleasantville about
$3.50 and after doing some marketing
started for home; her progress was
stopped at Washington avenue and
Doughty Road by the poles and wires
which blocked travel. The last thing
she remembered was turning into
Doughty Road hoping to reach her
home in this round about direction.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
ANCIENT WEAPONS OF WAR.

The ancient catapult, of which the
Austrians tried a modern version at
Belgrade, was, strictly speaking, an
engine that threw darts-a sort of
machine gun. The engine that threw
stones, weighing from two pounds up
to three hundredweight, was the ba-
lista. But the two terms were in time
confronted and loosely used. Accord
ing to Josephus, the balista could
throw stones a quarter of a mile. All
these machines were worked by twist
ed hair, thongs and vegetable fibres.
And the most tantalizing passage in
the classics is Aristotle's allusion, in
speaking of acts for which a man IAN
not be held wholly responsible to "the
mar who let off the ~catapult by acct
dent"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10

BARGAINTOWN.


Miss Edithe Brewer has been quite
i'll for the past week.
Mrs. Geo. w. Yerger the evange-
list, who has been aiding Rev. E. F.
Apologize in the revival services at
Zion M. E. Church, will have charge
of the services the remainder of this
week; also Sunday. She is doing a
splendid work. Come out and enjoy
her talks.
Miss Grace M. Davies is spending
the weekend as the guest of her bro
Their and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred ].
Davies, in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Josiah r. Smith is confined to
her home through illness.
Mrs. H. A. Brewer entertained her
mother, Mrs. S.. Kean, of Absecon, and
her brother and sister of Camden last
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Garwood
had as their guest Superintendent A.
L. Clark, of Rutgers College, last
Tuesday. Mr.. Clark was also the
guest of the grange at it's first ami
versary last Tuesday evening, he Civ
ing an eloquent address to the gran
gers.
Principal Roland Hagerthv of the
school was entertained at dinner last
Tuesday evening by Mr.. John A. Da-