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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-04
PARIS.

PARIS. May 4.-The weekly state
ment of the Bank of France shows the
following changes:
Gold in hand increased 7,441.000
francs; silver in hand decreased 2.754,-
900: notes in circulation increased 49,
$4,000; treasury deposits decreased TO-
364,OOO; general deposits decreased ST.
$4,000; bills discounted increased A.
SAL, 1000; advances increased $4,000.
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Foreign Bank Statements.
LONDON.

LONDON, May 4.-The weekly state
ment of the Bank of England shows
the following changes: Total reserve
decreased f1.6S6,0o0: circulation in
creased f229.00O: bullion decreased
fl,455.235: other securities decreased
iii .019. 900; other deposits increased
f552,0OO: public deposits decreased
f13 a7S. 900: notes reserve decreased
81 las. 900; government securities I'M
changed
The proportion of the banks reserve
tn liability this week is 1892 per cent:
last week il was 29.40 per cent. Rate
of discount, per cent.
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS. May A rise of I
to IA points marked the initial trading
in cotton on this market today, buying
being stimulated by good cables and
cold weather in the western belt. The
improvement was met by wave of
selling after the posting of the fore
cast of fair and warmer weather for
the western belt. Nervousness over in
ternational politics was apparent. At
the end OF the first half hour of bust
ness prices were to points up net
Futures opened steady. Opening bids:
May. 12.14: July, 1888 asked: october,
1888; December, 12.4S; January, 1855
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DAIRY MARKETS.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, May 4.-Butter-Lower;
creamery. 29a311a. Eggs-Lower: re-
ceipts, 2S,135 cases: firsts. 20h a20%;
ordinary firsts, 19a19A; at mark, cases
included, 19a20A.
Potatoes-Receipts, % cars; unchang-
ed. Poultry, alive-Lower; fowls. is.
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French Rourse Is Steady.

2 PARIS, May 4.-Prices were steady on
the bourse today. Rentes, So francs
Exchange on London. % francs '2eA
centimes. Five per cent loan. 81 francs
90 centimes.
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New York Lead Market.

NEW YORK, May tine metal ex-
change quotes lead 7.25a7.50; speiter
dull: East st. Louis delivery, 17k
asked.
At London-Lead. f34 rs Cd; spell
ter, EOS.
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Sugar Market Steady.

NEW YORK, May 4.-Raw sugar
Steady; centrifugal, $50; moiasses, SIS;
refined firm; fine graduated, 40.
Sugar futures opened less active to-
day and at noon prices showed very
little change.
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LONDON MONEY.

LONDON. May 4.-Bar silver. So 15-16d
per ounce. Money. Az per. cent. Dis
count rates-Short bills and three
months, 4Ma4A per cent.
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ANNUAL MEETING Of
LANSTON MONOTYPE CO.
Shareholders at Gathering at Alex
andria Reflect the Entire
Board of Directors.
But Little Life in Local Shares.
Washington Gas Firm-Exchange
Changes Meeting Hour.
BY I. A. FLEMING.

The annual meeting of the sharehold-
orc of the Lanston Monotype Company
was held this Afternoon at AleXandria'
the company being Virginia c'i
ton.
There was no opposition to the of''cia'
program. which included the re-eiee
ton of the entire board of directors. DIS
follows: j. Sellers Bancroft lheaooie
e. Camp. J. Maurv Dove, Hallour'oi'
Fales, William J. Father. Wiliiam n
Goadby. H c. Hallendeck, Adrian H.
Larkin, j. c Maben, w. ushur PARSONS
and Arthur Thompson.
The board will organize later oH'
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, May 4.-Cotton-Spot
firm: good middling. s.35; middling,
SIT; low middling. 1893. Sales. 5000
bales: for speculation and export. 1000
bales: receipts. $4,000 bales. Futures
steady. May 1872; May and June. 1904 !;
June and July. 1871; July and August.
S51s; August and September. 7.7s " :
September and October. 1871 October
and November. 1853: November and De-
cember. 7.63: December and January.
go: January and February. 1851 /:
February and March 1884, March and
April. 1894; April and May, 1889.
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WEATHER..
Unsettled and Cool Tonight-To-
morrow Fair and Warmer.

For the District of Columbia. unset
tied and cooler tonight. Tomorrow fair.
warmer; gentle to moderate shifting
winds.
For Maryland. fair tonight; slightly
cooler in east portion. Tomorrow fair,
warmer: moderate variable winds. be-
coming southerly tomorrow.
For Virginia. fair in west, unsettled
in east portion tonight; cooler in CEN
trail and east portions. Tomorrow fair,
warmer in the interior; moderate shift
ing winds.
For West Virginia. partly cloudy and
warmer tonight. Tomorrow fair; warm
er in east portion.
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Local Exchange Dull.

The session of the local stock exchahse
r.as short and embarrassing today Or
doris anywhere near market levels we're
,,,,naratively few, as evidenced by the
tact thai sales were on the odd-lot order
Several lots of Washington Gas, aSGre-
e,tipe twentv-five shares. changed hands
at Iet. and one tive-share lot OF eap''d.
Traction at S9a,. this being 'he 'o'"i VI
stock trades.
Riggs Realty 5s. short term maturity
sold at 10oss slight reduction from
previous levels. L.,
Mergenthaler was nominal at To-, pi.
and I5S asked. while Lanston was oHereo
at -. with 10 = the best bid
For Union Trust Company shares the
hid price was advanced to 1904.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

SALES.
Riggs Realty IS fshortI. $1,000 at 1908.
81 900 at 1908
capital TRACTION. at So
Washington Gss, 10 at 1dIs. - at 1914. . ~
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Only Partial Information.

II is not expected that the Informal
tion asked of national banks by the
controller Of the currency as to their
Investments in foreign bonds will fur
nish other than partial information as
to the amount of these bonds sold IN
this country
Trust companies and non-member
banks have been prominently I" the
fore in Russian and French acceptances
and have shared in the various hnanc-
ing.
The New York Evening Post says:
eff Mr. williams is trying to make out
. case that the foreign loans have been
exaggerated, he will doubtless make
out a case # he bases his opinion on
the returns Of national banks. but such
return will ignore an important branch
of banking.
Bankers claim that the controller
could have obtained the Information
desired from his examiners without
putting added work on banks.
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BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE. May 4.-Wheat-Duil
and lower; spot No. red. 1.16Ss: spot
No. red western. LII q: May No req,
1.165s; steamer No. red, 1.065s; re-
ceipts. 109.121 bushels.
Corn-Dull and lower; spot contract,
So: May. 80: steamer mixed. 10; re-
ceipts, 110.104 bushels.
Oats-Firm: standard white, 81 \. a32
No. white, 50a5Oh No white, AZ y a
As: receipts, 134,537 bushels
Rye-Steady: No. western export,
1.O2a10 % receipts, 1856 bushels.
Hay-Frm No. l timothy, unchanged
No l clover mixed. unchanged.
Grain freiehts-Easier steam to Liver
pool, per quarter. las May; picked ports.
per quarter, rs cd May.
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NEW YORK COTTON.

Quota lions furnished by W. Il. HibbsA Co.
members New York Stock Exchange. Nsv York
Cotton Exchange and Chicago Board of Tfade.
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Condition of the Treasury.

Tho condition of the United States
Tire sury yesterday was:
62i.ss3.
Total receipts. 81 1856
Total payments. s2.213.1S6
The deficit this fiscal year is Sis,-
1856. against a deficit Of ss1,6lS.23Z
'tst year. exclusive of Panama canal
I'd public debt transactions.
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Gains Wiped Out Early.

Gains were generally forfeited before
the end of the first hour. and in some
notable instances substantial losses were
substituted.
The reversal was traceao.e to weakness
of the Marines and selling of other aC,'ye
stocks occasioned by adverse rumo,
regarding the Berlin situation.
Marine preferred and common yielded
81. and 31.. respectively. from their early
maXimums. the decline resulting. pre-
sumably. from wide opposition to the
latest REIMBURSEMENT plan of the pre-
ferred shareholders committee.
Later these losses were partly retrieved.
with further advances for Mexicans. while
United Fruit rose points.
United Fruit was almost the sole fea-
ture of the stagnant midsession. adding
to its forenoon advance on numerous
small transactions.
Among more important shares. includ-
ing Union Pacific and Steel, the trend
was lower.
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Paw in on Reserve.

May 10 has been named as the date
for the payment by federal reserve
member banks of the fifth one-fifteenth
on account of reserve with the Rich-
rond regional bank. At present four
fifteenths have been paid in.
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Change Meeting Hour.

An effort was made on change inns
afternoon TO change the hour for the dai'N
call of the stock exchange from ll:fo aim
to ia:l5 pm. restoring the Old meeting
hour. \ compromise was effected ana
with Monday of next week regular ses-
sioIs Will begin at noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-04

II you want work, read the want COL
umns OF The Star '---,-
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. May 4.-Flour steady
Pork-Ouiet mess. $500; family,
26.00a28.00.
Beef quiet Lard quiet Molasses
steady. Hay steady. Hides nrm.
Leather firm.
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LIVERPOOL.

No. l Manitoba, rs lid: No. / northern
spring. 12s sd; No. 2 red western win
ter, lis Cd.
Corn-Spot. American mixed. new.
los lid.
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The Sun and Moon.

Today-Sun rose 1859 am. sun sets
6:55 pm.
Tomorrow-sun rises 4:57 am; sun
sets 6:56 pm.
Moon sets DAB pm.
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CURB STOCKS.

Quotations furnished by W. Il. Hibbs 4 Co..
members New York Stock Exchange.
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Tide Tables.

Today-Low tide. "a am. and 1903
pm: high tide. a:22 am. and 9:54 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. All am. and
Asa pm; high tide, 1908 am. and
1875 pm.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01

The Philadelphia market was distinctly
reactionary today with Storage Battery
and Baldwin Locomotive off about 2
points apiece while Keystone Telephone
dropped dollar. The arbltTage group
including Steel Lehlgh Valley and
Reading was depressed. Buffalo and
Susquehanna was about the only firm
spot. Trading was quiet, however, and
there was no great pressure to sell and
the tone became steadier in the later
dealings. The very favorable reports
issued by the Pennsylvania and Reading
Railroads helped sentiment as a rehec'
tion of the generally prosperous condition
of the country. incidentally it was stated
that the Pennsylvania during the last "a
hours has moved just 662 cars, or about .
per cent. of the cars tied up on the line.
Railroad men are of the opinion that at
this rate It will be two weeks before the
embargo will bring relief for the conges.
tion of freight at this port.
The recent continued sharp upward
movement In the price of Reading in alb
solute contrast with the reactionary ten
dency of the general market most of the
time, has caused a great deal of discus
sion. There has been suggestion of the
old story of a segregation plan which 1t
is now asserted Is more practicable than
at any previous time. Another explana-
tion Is given by banker who was large
~ instrumental in bringing Reading and
other hard coal securities into favor
among French investors many years ago.
He attributes the advance in Reading in
part to the fact that the stock is the first
to reflect the proposed plan of the British
Government to establish credits in this
country by borrowing on, rather than
selling. American securities that have
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

Standard Gas and Electric Company, regular
quarterly payable March 10 TO stock of record
February 20.
American Smelters Securities Company req;
uar quarterly / u per cent. on preferred "a
and IL ner cent on preferred "B' shares,
paynble April l. Books close March H. re-
George w. iIelme Company, regular quar-
terly 2A per cent. on common ana "a per
cent. on preferred. payable April 10 STOCK
Weyman-Rruton Company. regular quarterly
per cent on common and l q per cent on
preferred, payable April l to stock Of record
March Is. ,
quarterly / q per cent. and extra 20 cents per
share first preferred, payable AprIl 10
stock of record March IS.
American Cigar COMPANY; regular 9Har{teriiy i gri
Of u per cent. on preferred, payhDle April
/ to stock OF record March is.
American SNUFF Compa9y T regular ar agGTtteTg Cant dy
common, payable April 10 holders OF record
March IA.
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local, MARKET INCLINED TO SAG;
PENNSYLVANIA FREIGHT TIE-tIp
Only Per Cent of Cars Moved During the Last "a
Hours in This Dstrict-Reading Rejecting Brit
ish Security Mobilization Plan

been mobilized abroad. The new niar
is expected to materially decrease an
selling of American securities which re-
been a constant depressing influence On
the railroad list for many months mast
An immediate favorable influence unon
Reading and the other leading anthraoita
coal railroad companies is the prospect ~
a simultaneous agreement with both tba
hard and soft coal miners, and the good
feeling i'm this respect has been heightenes
by the more favorable attitude recently 40
the l. G. c. toward the coal carriers. rrba
latest illustration of this is the permissinn
granted to raise anthracite freight rates
announced on Tuesday, which was n,od,
fication of previous ruling, which was
shown by the late Mr. Bergen, of the Eris
to be unjust to the corporations Most ~
the hard and soft coal companies are 10 %
extent in the category of war brldesn a,
the present time
All the Reading companies showed en-
creases in surplus for January amount-
ing to Sf,dS0,711, and for seven month.
s5,035,1O9. The Pennsylvania begins tba
year with a splendid record, the entjrs
system showing an increase in income
from January railway operation Of
S5,117,307, or more than $50 per cent
large block of Georgia Railway ana
Power common was reported to have beau
sold by Canadian interests to C. C. Harri.
son, Jr, & Co, of this city The amount
was said to be about $4,000 shares or an.
proXimately a tenth of the outstandinv
issue. Liquidation of American secur.
tiles by Canada Is not surprising in view
of the country's need for cash. It is said
that Harrison & Co. also recently took
over block of Georgia Railway pre.
ferred.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
POLITICAL RUMORS
WEAKENED WHEAT
Early Strength Followed by De-
clines-Winter Killing Re-
ported-Close Feverish

CHICAGO. March t.-Dsquieting po.
ltical rumors forced the wheat market OH
today after it had become strong on cover
ing and buying by commission houses lol'
lowing weakness which developed after n
higher start. The close was feVerlsn'
May finished at LIN after II had % %au.
vanced to 1.t3M against 1.l2H at @ @tne
end yesterday, and July at l.OS ts' alter e
II had sold up to 11th, against l.OSB
at the close yesterday.
\ leading commission house issued u
statement indicating that consiueralU,le 40 (
winter killing had been suffered. Ihe
market mt Liverpool displayed tirmness'
although buyers there were inclined 10
hold off, as Increased exports from Aus
tralia and Argentina were looked tor'
There was an Improvement in the inquiry
for the cash article. without however,
much chance of doing any shipping busi
ness for prompt forwarding. Millers AT
Minneapolis reported immense sales OF
flour end bought large quantities OF wheat
there
The Price Current said that when grain
merchants begin to pay attention to the
impairment of the crop IT will be DECIDED
factor in price making, for the area Is so
much below that of year ago as to pre-
clude any substantial surplus FOR EURO
pean wants next season.
There was considerable liquidation In
corn by larger local speculative longs
and some by smaller followers. There was
good support at times, but the market
ended lower. Snow placed the farm re-
serves of corn at 1t9O.00O,O00 bushels,
against 951 ,000, 900 bushels last year. oats
finished weak after having been above
yesterdays close.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
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Boxing Also
GRAIN AND FLOUR

wHEAT.-Receipts l97. 462 bush. The mar
ket was ic. lower, but closed steady with a
fair demand. Quotations; Car lots: IN exp9Tt ~
l2I; No. Southern red slslGgl i9i s5e9msr si 1s.
No. red. S1.l5G1.ls; No, red. Si.lS " l; ~
rejected 4. s1.l2h 9l.l51a; rejected b. SILL
OLA.
CoRN.-Receipts. 12,54l bush. Trade was
aulet but prices ruled steady. Quotations
Car lots for local trade, as to locati9n1G
No. yellow. 81 a see; steamer yellow .yf2 ~
yellow 7Sla @74tsc,; cob, per 10 lbs. 76@77c
oATs-Receipts, 1880 bush. Prices were
tations: No. white. 53Q5343c, standard
white. 5ldD52c.; No white, bOQblc.; NO. =
white 4sQD acc. sample oats, 4bp i5c.; puri-
fled oats graded 50la q52c.
FLoUR-Receipts. 962 bbls. and i,e64,27b
lbs in sacks. Demand was light and prices
we're without important change ouotations,
$40; do, straight, So 90 q $40: do, patent,
s5,s696.i0; Kansas. clear. jute seeks a - ~ 80
05.I5; do. straight. jute sacks; 80; 20 q 3; 5O ;
do, patent. jute sacks, S5,5Oqb,iO; spring.
first. clear. S5I585. 40; do, straight, Sb.SOW
$50; do. patent, S5.75@Gi do, favorlte
brands, SG.25@6.75: city mills, choice and
fancy, patent s6.254675 city mills, regular
grades-Wlnter. clear. 81. .zOg 3. 4ot do;'
straight. S5.5O95.70; do. patent, s5.s0@6.lO;
RYE FLOUR was in small supply ana
hill a a O quality,
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NEWS OF THE BOWLERS

Nationals retained the, lead in the Drul
iona" " won '' The first HS'i came BY RnoeEns dowr
! 9iG pins to their rivals 706, but they were
PGnS' nS & Tr"nch me toaicd ] SsE % to Nationals % Ts5
However, by substituting DR.; j. r. Iiauck for
and a score Of 9OS 10 their opponents. Sa6 set
tied the game. In this last match Doctor
Bullock. Of Nationals. found his stride again.
as his 2li followed by l61 and 167 shows
Davis, of Eckman smashed out scores of
1o1, 100 and 22O. -
Liberty. Bell dropped It's FIRST game in slx Il
road aaad REnd s Tevre 70 SS IN Ec na
Of the evening. when the rallroaders scored
975 to tho champions $50,
buchanan, Of Smith, Kline & Frcpchh, Co.
cW TSS2rdSd Sdo totals e m SG aRa 3is
ny in o y g p5 by n9 G9sf bs brd
up their first game stride, when, they t9taled
sS e wesR sS4c sP @ iSrnF s5 Si and s
Corkle 1877, 10 Wnmpolc,s 755.
Camden which drorpcd It's first three EamGss EaIrgs
IN the opening matches Of the second round ht
team cqnciudinE, with 1915. Mount Mount l was loT IVY
tRSH tRSc accSnd % round iS Oddly enough ne in
creased as thG GSle No9f NTH III Ryder
scored iog, L. King 2i4 and Price 226.
Secretary Abe l.. Langtry's official llSt OF
fve-rnan team entries 10 the Amcrlcan Bowl
ing Gorarcps Championships shows 100 squads
The series will be rolled on 1G alleys ron
teams will roll each night except iI SpnaaiX' aaiL
March -. when an extra squad VIII T0i,' Tr1i'
Toledo alone entered 222 hvG,man teams ,iti Chi,
Cngo was second with 81: Detroit thlru Win
81 and Cleveland fourth, with SO. 1t Is the
biggest tourney on record.
Aetna won three games by forfeit from
North America In the Insurance League series
last night ON Terminal Alleys. TRANSFORMATION
won two games from Camden. the runners,
up squad. Leach, for Camden, rolled 2l5
score in his first game Mather Co. won
two from Peoples National. Price, Of Mather.
totaled el2 in his first game. Roosters won
two from STANDARD, the third game by seven
pins.
Peck Of s. s White, contributed $50 pins to
his team's total, White squad winning three
games from Fcderals.
II has hccn decided that the National Bowl,
ing Association Tournament Alleys In Grand
Central Palace. New York. VIII he open to
the contestants for practice between schedule
hours. Teams, pairs and individuals VIII not
bc scheduled for any particular alleys as mas
been the former CUSTOM but Instead VIII draw
for their positions just before the rolling
begins.
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Winchester Note Issue

The winchester Repeating Arms Com
many has sold sic, 100000 two-year per
cent notes to New York bankers. II is
stated that the company has SS5,O0O,0O0
of uncompleted war orders on hand as we'll
as the regular commercial business and
that its net earnings for the year 1915
were S4652,O9i, as compared with an
average of S2,4l3,O95 for the last five
years. The extensions for which the note
issue was partly made, were planned be-
fore the war to be put into effect in the
coming 10 years and have now been made
possible Immediately by war business.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
NEW YORK BUTTER AND EGGS

NEW YORK. March 1.-BUTTER-7MarlSet
insufficient supply for trading and higher
nriSes Receipts 957S packages. Extra cream
Fry, S6bSGi9c. higher scoring, 37q3 lsc. (;
state dairy. 80 5936c,; imitation creamery
EG;SEMarlSet. the pinch continues due in
part 10 delayed deliveries By transportation
rInnanies and no refrigerator stock to fall
back upon. Relief may come at any hour or
heavier stock near at hand. Receipts, S629
Cases EXtra firsts, sg2sAc,; nrsts. 27q
27Ikc; whites, $50 sac; browns, 3Oc, mixed
colors, 27029c. refrigerator, as to quality
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-01
BASEBALL BUSINESS HOLDS
NO INTEREST FOR POOR NAM
Jim McAleer Tells Grant Rice That Game in
This Age Requires Crafty Management of
One Accustomed to Handling Fortunes
By GRANTLAND RICE

Jimmy McAleer. one of the greatest OF
all outfielders. big league manager and big
league club owner for many years. was.
as the novelist might say smoking IL
meditative cigar"
or you might call 1t contemplatlVe
TO-
At any rate, Mr.. McAleer was smoking
and medltatlng at one and the same mo-
ment
~ :,
The Good Old Days
"rba time has pnssed." remarked
Jinnv when a moor man or a man of