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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-11-01

in Justices Brandcis and Clarke became members
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05

citrate her birthday Wednesday by a
cortege of 10 friends. A delightful
luncheon was served to those present.
Mrs. Peterson received many gifts as
tokens of the great esteem in which
she is held.
Mrs. Wood and daughter Laura, of
Marenesco are spending few days at
the W. E. Bruegge home.
Finer Anderson spent Tuesday in
Mellen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Lindquist, of
Hurley, spent Sunday at the parental
Hovde home.
Miss Nellie Anderson spent che
weekend visiting friends in Hurley.
Miss Sophie Hovde was Hurley
shopper on Monday.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
The Iona Spoon.

''Tomkyns" recently heard the express
sion, IF you sup with the devil you
viii need a long spoon" Though |
never heard 1t before" he says, ut Is
evidently fairly well known, and what
l should Ike to know is. What does it
mean and where does 1t come FRONT"
1t means that If you are going to sit
down to a meal with mis- Satanic maj
esty you win need long spoon to
avoid the necessity Of getting too near
the old gentleman. and in its general
sense, of course, 1t implies that II you
have dealings with dangerous or no
torious person 1t behooves you TO use
great caution. 1t comes from one OF
the ''Ingoldsby Legends" and the quo
tatiOn reads:
Who suppes with the Deville sholde have
a long spoone.
London opinion,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
An Impartial Student,

We were walking through the apart
ments of his excellency Mr.. Samarth,
the prime minister Of the gaekwar of
Baroda. about two years ago, and no
ticed an open Bible on table at the
head Of the prime minister's bed. |
asked why he. a devout Hindu. was
interested In the Bible. He replied: II
spend half hour each day reading
this book along with the sacred book
Of Hinduism, l have found 1t one of
the greatest influences In developing
my intellectual as well as my spiritual
life. You may be interested to know
he continued, that the educated men
of India know the Bible. as a rule,
quite as well as they know any one OF
their own sacred classics. "-Christian
Herald.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
UPSON

Miss Lillian Ruth Brown and Mr..
w. II. Bruins, of Mellen, were quiet
ly married at the Mellen NJ. L. par
sonage, Friday afternoon, Jan. 28th.
Rev. Merritt, of Mellen, performed
the ceremony. Epson friends extend
their hearty congratulations,
Miss Della Emunson visited the
Epson schools Thursday.
NJ. j. White transacted business in
Madison the first part of the week.
He visited Milwaukee to hear Presi-
dent Wilson's lecture.
Miss Brown and pupils gave party
at the school gymnasium Saturday
evening.
Myron Morris, of Mellen, spent
Saturday and Sunday visiting at the
Brown home in this village.
The new snow pillow has arrived
we quit wading.
Misses Nellie Hovde, MurieI White
and Dorothy White spent the week
end vacation ut home,
Mrs. Hans Peterson was helped cell
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS NOTES
CEDAR

Charley Blust went to Ashland on
business Monday.
Ethel Schafer visited in Hurley
with her brother over Sunday.
Mrs. Fl. LeDuc came down from
Ashland Monday.
VIM Dvorak called on friends in
Saxon Thursday.
Mr.. Johnson, of Ashland, was seen
on our streets Thursday.
VIM Schafer was visiting in Hurley
Monday.
Clarence Coey came over from Cur
ney Thursday.
Earl Menzghor spent Sunday at his
home in Ashland.
Mrs. Ed Wheeler visited with her
daughter, Mrs. Ray Green, in Saxon
Saturday.
Ed Petska transacted business in
Saxon Monday.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05

A Grewsome Ceremony After Pedro !.
Gained His Throne.

GainGd TITS EbISHSs
Do you know what was the most
solemn and impressive coronation ever
accorded the consort of king? Mod
ern corOnations are impressive, 1t Is
true, and ii is all very well to be a
queen and to ride in state from palace
to the cathedral, although Ena of Bat
tenberg. now Queen Victoria of Spain,
found the ride little too exciting for
real comfort. But In spite of that at
tempted assassination there was moth
ing in her assumption of the crown
that was at all comparable with the
coronation of another princess In the
southwestern peninsula of Europe III
the year 1850. She was Inez de Cas-
tro, one of the bluest Dlooded maidens
Of the Saughty and ancient royal strain
OF Portugal
In 1347, when Don Pedro had been
betrothed By his father and the court
to a Spanish princess, he eloped and
was secretly married to his fair cous-
in, Inez When the king Of Portugal
learned Of the marriage he had his I'M
welcome daughter-in-law murdered by
a band of hired assassins. The result
was a devastating war. and when the
prince ultimately came to the throne
as Pedro I. he had the body Of his be-
loved exhumed, attired In regal robes
and placed In the throne chair. One
fieshless hand clasped the scepter, and
to this dead queen the whole court
was required to do homage. That
night she was buried with the greatest
pomp and solemnity.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Notice to Prove Will and
Notice to Creditors.
State of Wisconsin,
County Court for Iron County.
In Probate.

State of Wisconsin,
County Court for Iron County.
In Probate.
In Re Estate of Michael J. Harring-
ton, deceased.
Notice Is Hereby Given, That at
the regular term of said court to be
held on the list Tuesday of Feb, A.
d. 1915, at the Court House in the
village of Hurley, County of Iron and
State of Wisconsin, there will be
heard and considered, the application
of Owen Sullivan to admit to probate
the last will and testament of Michael
j. Harrington, late of the village of
Hurley in said county, deceased.
Notice Is Hereby Further Given,
That at the regular term of said court
to be held at said Court House, on
the 1st Tuesday of June, A. d. 1915,
there will be heard, considered and
adjusted, all claims against said
Michael j. Harrington, deceased;
And Notice Is Hereby Further Civ
en-, That all such claims for examina-
ton and allowance must be presented
to said county court at the Court
House in the village of Hurley, in
said county and state, on or before
the 9th day of June, A. d. 1915, or be
barred.
Dated Dec. II, 1915.
BY the Court,
p. H. Aspinwan,
3-8 County Judge
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
HOLLANDS SUBMARINE.
The Motive rhaR Is Said 10 Have In
spired the inventor.

The Motive Thai Is Said TO Have In
spired the inventor.
John r. Holland, the inventor of the
modern submarine. was an ardent ad-
yocate OF freedom for Ireland, says a
writer In Worlds Work. With this end
ia view. he allied himself with the
Fenian movement In America and de-
signed for 1t a type OF vessel with
which he hoped to destroy England's
feet. The Fenians financed the scheme,
and Holland designed boat which for
several months entertained the people
ON the waters around New York.
The Fauians had done everything
they could to keep the thing a secret
though rumors of the usual british
spies" were numerous. Occasionally
an excursion boat or a tug would be
amazed to see a peculiar contrivance
suddenly stick its head out Of the wa
ters- There were stories that 1t was a
sea serpent, or a whale, or d derelict.
When the coming tower opened, how
ever. and Hollands good natured Irish
face suddenly peered out on the outside
world the mystery vas explained.
The inventor had no difficulty In OPP
Grating In ali the waters about New
York His boat handled easily. deity
and safely. the only trouble being. as
always. with the engine. The newspa-
pers, which devoted columns 10 his I'M
der water voyages, dubbed the vessel
the Fenian Ram. name more pic
turesque than descriptive. rs 1t was
not ram at all. but a torpedo boat.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
WHEN HER BACK ACHES.
A Woman Finds All Her Energy and
Ambition Slipping Awau.

Hurley women know how the aches
and pains that often come when the kid
1eys fail make life burden. Backache,
hip pains, headaches, dizzy spells, dis
tressing urinary troubles, are frequent
indications Of weak kidneys and should
be checked in time. Doan's Kidney Pills
are for the kidneys only. They attack
kidney diseases by striking at the cause.
Can Hurley sufferers desire stronger
proof than this Park Falls woman S
word?
Mrs. Leroy Whitney. Riverview, Park
Falls, Wis.,. says: 81 was suffering from
misery in my back. When got tired my
back bothered me the most. Tbs doctor
said the trouble was due to rheumatism,
but was OF cne opinion that it came
from disordered kidneys Doan's Kid
ney Pills certainly helped me. They re-
lieved that misery IN my back and made
my kidneys normal Ano her of my
family has used poan's Kidney Pills
with just as much benefit
Price Soc, at all dealers. Don t MP
y ask for a k dney reri edy- ct Doau s
Kidney Pills-tht same that Mrs. Whit
ney had. Foster Nh, burn Co..
Props, Buffalo, N Y. Adv
We recommend the South Bend
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
DIET FOR STOUT FOLKS.
Foods That Nourish, but That Do Not
Produce Fat.

Foods That Nourish, but That Do Not
Produce Fat.
Many foods are very nourishing, but
do not produce fat. The two kinds
which create fatty tissues are fats Of
all kinds like butter, lard, drippings
group of foods classed as starches. II
eaten I'm excess starch will be laid up
In the Lody as supertluous or stored
fat.
Following Is list OF nourishing
foods which will not produce excess
fat:
Light meats, like chicken, white fish,
lean beef all vegetables except po-
tatoes, parsnips and other starchy
kinds; fruits Of all kinds except ba-
nanas; grains or cereals except oat-
meal and rice; beans and cheese: milk
lin small quantity); eggs.
Beer and all malt drinks increase
fatty tendency. The diet of milk and
eggs win fatten unless exercise is
taken or the body is In a very run
down condition. Cocoa Is a fattening
drink also.
Exercise, plenty Of water between
meals and a diet OF lean meats and
many vegetables and fruits prevent
fat. A cold pastries, cake, fried foods,
gravies and sauces. Do not eat be-
tween meals. Live In the open air and
be active. II possible, persplre freely
some time each day.-Sau Francisco
Chronicle.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
What He Would Give.

81 understand you have great many
friends in this city"
Yes" replied the man. as modestly
ms he could.
Gould you give me the names OF
some of them to whom might so with
my proposltionY'
II could. but won't" replied the
man.
why not? 1t is generally done"
Perhaps 1t is" replied the man slow
~. but, you see, wish TO keep all my
friends. Would you like the names OF
a few of my enemies ?"-Detroit Free
Press.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
In Municipal Court.
STATE OF WISCONSIN

COUNTY OF IRON
70 Theodore Durocher:
You are hereby notified that sum.
mons and garnishee has been issued
against you, and your property gar
nished to satisfy the demand of Joseph
Raineri, amounting to S25. 81; now
unless you shall appear before j. G.
Flanagan, Judge of the Municipal
Court in and for said county, at his
office in the town of Vaughn, in said
county, on the 18th day of February
1916, at 8 O'Clock in the forenoon,
judgment will be rendered against
you, and your property sold to pay
the debt.
Dated this End day of February, 1915.
Joseph Raineri,
6-S Plaintiff.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Spiritual Victory

II after victory on the 6s,ld If battle
we fail 10 wiz spiGtual victory and 10
place ideals where they truly should be
dopo no more than postpone our own
catastrophe for few years, M. Paul
Sabafier.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05

Duty makes us do things well, but
love makes us do Them beautifully
Philips Brooks.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
Bear This I'm Mind.

II consider Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy by far the best medicine in
the market for colds and Group" SAYS
Mrs. Albert Blosser, Lima, Ohio.
Many others are of the same opinion.
Obtajnable everywhere.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05
SAXON
School Notes.

Miss Della Emunson, County Supt.
of Schools, visited the Saxon schools
last Tuesday.
Miss Agnes Boyington, County Super
visor of schools, visited the Saxon
schools Jan. 28th.
The pupils of the Saxon high school
will present three comedies on Feb.5.
That Rascal Pat, The Pull Back and
Timothy Hay. The entertainment to
be given at the high school auditor
ium at $3.50 p NJ.
The high school literary society
rendered the following program, Jan.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-05

We recommend the South Bend
watch for accurate time. Look for
the purple band. Triplett, Ironwood.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-15
BREAKFAST FOODS.

JEWISH BREAD.@Three eggs, beat
well with three-quarters cupful OF
sugar, add II cupful of chopped
walnuts. one pound of chopped dates,
one t%easpoonful vanilla, one teaspoon
full of baking powder, five tablespoon
fuls flour; bake in a moderate oven,
cut in small squares and shake a little
confectioners sugar over the top.
Boston Brown Bread.-One cupful of
cornmeal, II cupful OF rye meal, two
cupfuls of graham flour, one cupful of
soul milk. one teaspoOnful of salt, two
tab~lespoonfuls of brown sugar, one
half cupful of molasses and one level
teaspoonful of soda. Mix the cornmeal.
rye meal and graham flour, add the
salt and sugar, mix the molasses and
milk and add the soda; combine the
two mixtures. Fill buttered molds half
full, cover and steam two hours. I'm
cover and bake fifteen minutes. A few
raisins can be added if desired.
Muffins.-Mix together and sift one
pint of -four, two ~teaspoOnfuls of bak-
ing powder, one-half t~easpoonful of
Sdll, wv CdSpool1uio VI ouSoA. mCiI
three ta~blespoonfuls of butter, beat
two eggs light and add a generous half
pint of milk. Add this mixture to the
dry ingredients and stir in the melted
butter. Beat the batter vigorously for
a few seconds and then put In but
tered muffin pans and bake about TWEEN
ty minutes in a quick oven.
Boiled Hominy.-Pick over, wash and
throw one-half cupful of big hominy
into four cupfuls of boiling water in a
double boiler or a ~fireless cooker ket-
tie. If in a double boiler, put over the
under kettle and let cook six hours,
then drain, saving carefully the liquid,
which will jelly and is most useful.
Put over one stone in fireless cooker,
if it is a cooker that is used, using the
same amount of water. Unless the
stone is too hot it will cook tender
without absorbing all the water. In
the double boiler there ought to be two
cupfuls. or nearly that, at the end Of
six hours.
Bran Mullins Made With Sour Milk.
Mix together one-third of a cupful of
molasses, one cupful of Soul milk, one
cupful of bran and one of whole wheat
-four, one teaspoonful each of soda and
salt. Bake in muffin rings in a moder-
ate oven.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-15
ROSTER OF OFFICERS OF THE
CITY OF PLEASANTVILLE.

~ - oCii
Clerk-Nehemiah Andrews.
Assessors-First Ward, Reuben E.
Adams; Second Ward, George NJ.
Bates.
Collector and Treasurer - Webster
Price.
Engineer-Samuel j. Clark.
Solicitor-Elwood C. Weeks.
Chief of Police-Clarence Krewson.
Building Inspector-Arthur H. Stiles
Plumbing Inspector-Walter Martin
Overseer of the Poor = Daniel s.
Edwards.
Janitor of Fire House and City Hall
Mark Fritsch.
Street Supervisor-Samuel Price.
Chief Fire Dept.-Paul Wootton.
Fire Warden,James A. Gilkey.
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Mayor Charles J. Adams, Webster
Price, and Franklin E. Smith.
Members Atlantic County Board of
Freeholders-Lewis R. Smith, First
Ward; John P. Ashmead, Second Ward
Councilmen-At large, Archie Viii
lis; First Ward, Frank Blackman.
Charles w. Schmidt, ST., Wilbur Ad-
ans; Second Ward, Jacob Derr, Viii
liam H. Sapp, Walter J. Anderson.
Council Committees
Finance-Blackman, Adams, Derr.
Street-Blackman, Sapp, Schmidt.
Public Property-Schmidt, Ander-
son, Adams.
Lights-Derr, Adams, Sapp.
Police-Sapp, Schmidt, Derr.
License-Blackman Anderson, Sapp.
Ordinance = Anderson, Adams,
Schmidt.
Council meets on first and third
Monday evenings of each month. s
o'clock in June, July, August and
September; 7.30 o'clock all other
months.
Board of Health.
H. C. Thomas, President; Thos. F.
Crawford, Secretary; DR.. H. L. Har-
ley, Inspector; VIM. L. Anderson,
Wilbur W. Adams, Chas. M. Shewell
Frank Reinar.
Meetings are held on second Thurs
day evening of each month at 7.3O
o'clock in Council Chamber.
! Board of Education.
President-Torrence H. Smith.
Observation-Disclosures Stebbins.
Secretary-Mervyn Wilson.
0uSlOdIoh 0NAOO4 1 ulu-N CDSLSI
Price.
Medical Inspector-Dr. J. H. North.
City Superintendent of Schools
Prof. H. W. Sinner.
Truant Officer-Fred l.. Winch.
Members-Torrence H. Smith. Chas
Stebbins. Edwin Woolbert. Charles D.
Thompson, Mervyn Wilson.
Committees
Finance-Stehbins, Thompson and
Woolbert.
Building and Repairs = Thompson
Woolbert and Stebbins.
Teachers = Woolbert, Wilson and
| Stebbins.
Books and Supplies = Wilson
Thompson and Stebbins.
Truancy = Stebbins, Woolbert and
Thompson.
Grievance : Woolbert, Wilson and
Stebbins.
Property-Thompson. Stebbins and
| Woolbert.
Regular meetings first Tuesday OF
| each month.
Board of School Estimates.
Charles j. Adams, Mayor; Frank
Blackman and Jacob Derr, Council
men; Charles D. Thompson and Mer-
vyn Wilson, members Board of Educa-
ton.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-15
BREWTIES
OF NEW JERSEY
Interesting Happenings In the
State Carefully Condensed.
Events of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points In the State and So
Reduced In Size That They Will APP
peal to All Glasses of Readers.

Twelve inch ice has been harvested
from Crystal lake, near Chester.
Mice, it is believed, caused a small
fire in the residence of James w. De
Caney at Jersey City.
Elective commission government was
adopted in Allenhurst recently at a
| special election in which the vote was
81 to 50.
Five dwellings and stores in Ba-
yonne were visited by burglars, and
goods valued at more than $1,000 were
stolen.
More than 1900 schoolchildren will
parade in Newark in the two hundred
and fiftieth anniversary celebration
next May.
The features of Mrs. Reba Porter of
Island Heights will appear on a new
series of coins to be minted by the
Canadian government.
Operations were resummed at the
mine in Wharton of the Hoff Mining,
Realty and Improvement company fol-
lowing a close down of nearly two
years.
Lambert L. Jackson vas appointed
assistant superintendent of schools
and secretary to the Montclair board
of education at a special meeting of
the board.
Frank Krinsvak and his family had
a narrow escape from suffocation when
a fire caused by the explosion of a
kitchen stove destroyed their home in
Linden.
Eight-year-old Nellie Brelin Of Cam
den died on her way to the Cooper
hospital after a piece of meat she was
trying to swallow became lodged In
her throat.
Over a hundred were thrown out of
work as a result of a fire at the Belle
Mead Sweets company plant in Tren-
ton. The loss Is estimated at more
than 100000.
The application of the Pennsylvania
and New Jersey railroad for permits
sion to issue $4,000 of its capital stock
was approved by the board of public
utility commissioners.
Mrs. Horace E. Larsen testified in a
Newark divorce suit that her husband.
Harry, frequently used a stomach
pump on himself when food he ate
did not suit his taste.
Daniel Meurer, Jr., ten years old. of
Paterson fell from the step of a milk
wagon driven by his father when the
wagon turned we and died soon after
from a crushed skull.
Beau, a hackney horse owned by Ed
ward Feakes of Sussex, is dead. The
horse was thirty-three years old and
had won eighteen first prizes in his
class at horse shows.
Gambling by men on a woodshed
roof and even under umbrellas when
weather conditions make it necessary
was reported to Safety Commissioner
Hague in Jersey City.
Thirteen men women and children
were burned or otherwise injured dur
ing a fire which wrecked a three story
frame apartment house at Union Hill.
The damage was $4,000
In the same house in which they
were married fifty years G Mr.. and
Mrs. Sanford Clark of Roselle cele-
brated their golden wedding anniver-
sary by giving a dinner.
Forty portable gasoline arc lights
light Newton in place of the electric
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-15
M<f~~/
COUGHS AND COLDS
ARE DANGEROUS.

Few of US realize the danger of
Coughs and Colds. We consider them
common and harmless ailments. How
ever statistics tell US every third per-
son dies of lung ailment. Dangerous
Bronchial and Lung diseases follow
a neglected cold. AS your body strug-
giles against cold germs, no better aid
can be had than DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. It's merit has been tested by
old and young. In use over As years.
Get a bottle today. Avoid the risk of
serious Lung ailments. Druggists
adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-15

ed the company to give persons board
ing at Edgewater the westbound cars
on the Hudson river line transfers to
southbound cars on the Palisades line.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-15
NOTICE.

NOIIOLs
All persons are warned not to dump
Rubbish in Egg Harbor Township.
Violations will be vigorously prose
cuted.
R. H. SHEELE, Prest.
VIM. HAUENSTEIN, Sec.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-15

Charles ]. Adams, Mayor; Frank
Blackman and Jacob Derr, Council
men; Charles D. Thompson and Mer-
vyn Wilson. members Board of Educa-
ton.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-10-13
~PROHIBITIONb
Only Effective Way of Suppress
e-s sing Liquor Traffic ~ Is =.

There never was a more opportdhe'
time for the sheep of the fold, ~ the
Christian Church, to refuse to be long,
er herded together in the same political
parties with the goats of the brewery.
and distillery. Any issues there may be
between the two greater parties are as
small dust of the balance compared with
the Prohibition issue, even if measured
by dollar signs; to say nothing about
its social. moral or spiritual significance.
Oh, may the Church be- recognized as a
mighty force in her fight for righteous
ness in public life.
The Church may have wealth without
limit. She may build cathedrals until
her domes and spires crown all the land
scapes. She may have the favor of men
till all men speak well of her. Her
votes may be sought by the politicians,
which is true, but if she lets go of
righteousness her purity is gone, her
light is put out, her doom is sealed. Di-
vine axioms are not more sure.
A generation ago the Church declar-
ed her attitude towards the political
parties, whose policy is to license the
sale of strong drink. She declared her
attitude in these words: "No political
party has a right to expect, nor right to
receive the votes of a Christian man so
long as it is committed to the license
policy, or refuse to put itself in an at
titude of compromising hostility to the
liquor traffic" The supreme need of the
hour is a Church consecrated to the des-
t%ruction of the liquor traffic. True the
official voice of the Church still pro-
claims hostilities to the saloon, but a
hostility that exhausts itself in local
option fights and gives many campaigns
that mean nothing and accomplish moth
ing, while they cost everything and leave
the liquor power to undisturbedl growth,
The organs of the mt i-Saloon League
tells us that so per cent of the terri
tory in the United States is dry. This
is deceptive. In reality there. is moi
n part of the United States dry
while the interstate law permits ship
ping of liquors.
have a monthly report of the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue. II
shows the consumption of liquors in
May, 1916. as compared with May, 1915