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preston Of something both
wounded and frustrated.
1T was not hard. Yet you
covered your tracks well. You
did not wish me to find you,
Fanchon?"
She answered, low,
mo. Perhaps not, Tony
I was hunted through the
streets by the very newsboys
calling out-Oh, you know
what they called! I wanted to
get away from it ALTO hide
somewhere. I thought I might
be found, taken back, queS-
toned forced to say what
I knew Of you"
You knew very little. I
took care of that. You would
not have given the police much
satisfaction. I wished to spare
you all I could, however. Was
it not that you were afraid for
yourself, rather than for me?"
he probed.
Afraid for Tony
II was afraid for your sake,
too," she whispered.
II would have believed that
once" he said, mot, perhaps
now. It doesn't matter, much"
There was a silence. What
had he meant. "It doesn't mat
ter much!
II did not" he went on,
"hear of the accident for some
time. I was hidden where I
heard nothing, saw no news
papers: Then much later I
came across a reference to it,
in connection with a rather
similar disaster. I went to the
libraries. I looked up the news
paper files. sent someone I
trusted out to Oakland to the
airport. was not then in
California. had word
authentic word from that
source that a Miss Smith had
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Your Ruling
Star
BY William Shwader
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Born
September 4

The coming year will mark .
period of unusual activity, so
that you will be able to further
your ambitions and succeed in
business. If you have any liter
ary ability this is the time TO
make all efforts to produce
something worth while. In turn
ing to literary work be careful to
avoid the inherent Virgo trend
of paying too much attention
to details. Advertising will be
found a most effective way Of
promoting business success dur
ing the coming year. Guard
your health from October 10 to
IA, January z to II, February
20 to March 2. April 6 to 10.
Avoid accidents, quarrelS, re-
frain from excesses Of all kinds
from october Is to IT, Novem-
ber II to IS, January 9 to is.
April 8 to IA, March 6 to II.
Favorable dates from September
4 to 7, December 8 to Is and 81
to January 3.
A child born today will have
much ambition and through his
practical determination should
make a success of his life. Yet
it will be we'll to teach him the
value of discretion and pru-
dence, as he will be inclined to
be quarrelsome and rash in his
actions.
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Your Health
and Diet
By DR.. Logan Clendening

By DR.. Logan Clendening
Before your child enters
school, I advise that preventive
vaccination against smallpox
and diphtheria be given. Ty-
phoid fever preventive inocula.
ton is not so important for
the school child, because ty-
phoid fever is not communi"
Gated from one infected per-
son to another uninfected per-
son.
Smallpox and diphtheria are
so communicated, and there
being a distinct danger Of
spread in this way from school
contacts, it is highly important
that the school child should be
protected against them by vac
cination before entering school.
Harmless And Certain
Typhoid fever prevention
should, however, be given to
every individual. It is true that
hygienic control of the water
supply has practically caused
typhoid fever to disappear from
the earth, but dependence on
that is not always certain, and
should be supplemented by in
dividual typhoid prophylaxis.
The method is harmless and
certain, If properly performed.
Children of five stand it bet
ter than adults.
Several years ago great hopes
were entertained that immunity
to scarlet fever would be given.
This may come soon, and would
be an enormous advantage, but
the method as originally planned
has not proved to be successful
and cannot be Fundamentally
recommended.
Does No Harm
If any parent wishes to try
1t, it may be said that the
scarlet fever preventive inocu-
lation does no harm, but it's re-
suits are too uncertain to allow
of strong recommendation. If
any immunity is conferred it is
of short duration.
In the presence of an actual
case of scarlet fever, however,
the use Of the antitoxin is ad-
ViSed,
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of her name. She had not
heard it for so long. Tony's
keen black eyes narrowed. He
went on smoothly.
"And I wanted to marry you.
But was afraid to tell you -.
So I planned instead to make
my pile, to turn my last trick,
to marry you then and take you
away somewhere and go straight
in some place where we could
live happily and no one would
ever be the wiser, least Of all
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Why Not Live

why ANOO AANC
1t is getting so that you have
to keep the shades pulled down
these days. to avoid seeing your
neighborS commit suicide.
Every morning, some woman
wakes up and discovers that
none of her hats is becoming, or
that the man she loves has gone
back to his wife, and-ping!-
another unsatiSfied soul goes
out into the geat beyond!
Or a young man wakes up and
faces the bitter fact that he will
have to go to work for a living,
or that all wOmen's kisses are
alike, or that the moths have
gotten into his favOrite golf
stockings, and-Bang!-it is all
over but the corners inquest!
We are all trying to get more
THRILLS out Of life than there
dI 4AN 4Us
You can't get more Juice out
of an orange. or more speed out
of a car, or more money out OF
a purse, than there is in it.
But we all seem to fancy that
we are magiCianS, who can pull
a pair of rabbits, q bolt of satin
and a bridal bouquet out OF a
silk hat.
We all seem to be going
through life with our feet on
the acclerator and no pressure
on the brakes or the steering
wheel. We are stepping on the
gas every minute and crying to
take all the hills on high.
Life is full of thrills! But they
are not continuous. Not every
day Is Christmas Day. There
are long, mOnOtOnOus level
spaces between the high spots
thank Heaven!
Take love, for instance. 1t Is
life's. carburator. But it Is not
one long, eternal thrill. There
must be moments between
kisses-and not even In every
kiss Is there a kick.
Romance, sentiment and pas
sion are the flowers Of love;
but they are as fragile and
ephemeral as morning glOrfes.
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Interesting and
Timely Facts

A portable X-ray outfit has
been designed to enable a ply
Sician to learn at once the ex-
tent of a patients injuries who
has been hurt in an accident.
The machine is carried to the
scene in the ambulance.
Monday is the Greek Sab
bath; Tuesday. the Persian;
Wednesday. the AsSyria a n:
Thursday, the Egyptian; Fri
day, the Turkish. and Satur-
day, the Jewish.
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died in the crash. And that a
Miss Howard had lived ="
He paused.
For that" he said, II don't
forgive you easily"
Tony Tells All
Fanchon said nothing. There
seemed nothing that she could
say.
After a moment he went on.
when 1 was able to, I went
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The ROOTS Of love are an abid-
ing affection and tenderness,
lasting, satisfying and heart
warming, but not exciting. Yet
most of us are vainly SDcering
at it, because it isn't all "cut
flowers"
And there is marriage. 1t IS
not one long honeymoon. Yet,
even after it has settled down
to a daily routine Of coffee
kisses, there is a wonderful
thrill in building a home, sue
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his gesture was South European.
A hand flung, palm up, shrug
of the broad shoulders under
the well fitting coat.
1T see. I had expected it.
When-when you found out. ..
about me?"
Il began" she said, trying to
be honest, Il began to stop car
ing then. lit was a shock to
me. You don't know. But. L
have always appreciated all you
did, all you tried to do. And. =.
for a little while" She heSi-
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to the place where the accident
had occurred. 1 wanted to talk
with the people. To talk to the
doctor. To-see the grave. 80"
He laughed shortly and Fan
chon's heart was sick within
her. He added, II suppose I
was sentimental. felt also
responsible. A murderer. Not"
he AIDED with smoothness, that
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"kick" is all the greater when
1t comes.
Don't 60 out and buy a bottle
Of pruSsic acid and a rope, just
because you happen to wake
up and find q dull morning
on your hands! You can't get
more thrills out of life, than
there are IN it! But, stick
around a while! Tomorrow may
be your Big Moment!
Copyright. 1891. by King Fea tureS
Syndicate. Incl
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NoW Continue

tated and stopped and was
amazed to find tears in her
eyes. He finished her sentence
for her.
Afraid to Tell
"For a little while-we were
happy. / see. I would have told
you-before. But 1 was afraid.
You see," he smiled ruefully,
rather charmingly, you see, I
was in love with you, Fanchon."
She started little at the use
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Household Hints

A strip of lemon peel boiled
with old potatoes will keep them
a good color.
4
If linen is slightly scorched
when ironing. the marks will
often disappear If sponged at
once with vinegar.
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CHAPTER XIX

CHAPTER nix
He placed a chair for her;
sat down himself on an Empire
sofa, battered, the upholstery
threadbare. He stated, graVely,
"You no longer care for me?"
He had explained nothing, as
yet, But it was all easier than
she had expected. She said, hon.
estly, openly.
mo. Tony"
He spoke without accent. But
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Fast-Movins Story Of Girl
Who Crared High Life
By FAITH BALDWIN
The Story Thus Far

Lovely FanchOn Meredith is wanted by the San Francisco
committed sweetheart
Tony FanchOn did not know he She escapes
by airpane Of Smith" Aboard Evelyn
Howard, FanchOn met a from Hawaii. Eve
going York to live with aunt the wealthy
FanchOn the only survivor To get from Tony and the
goes Carstars home Evelyn" strong
between Mrs Carstairs her niece
Collin first antagOnistic because Of his Cousins
escapadeS Serighteou attitude when his
FanchOn's sincerity his ObeC
tiOns fall in love- After happy summer at SOuthamp
tOn FanchOn makes her debut in New York Collin though
relationship barrier cannot resist protesting
acknowledge hers without revealing
days later threatening note from
Tony. visits him and repulses his advances
NoU Continue
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The Marry-Go-Round
BY Helen Rowland

cess, and permanent and
beautiful existence together.
Work, play, money, books, art,
travel-all have their thrills,
their dull moments-and their
PRICE! Sometimes It's a long
time between thrills, but the
MORE El
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What Do You
Know?
AnSDerS to TodGy'S Test

@AIVVUOO'V 10 Z OtD0S o wv
Questions On Editorial Page
/. 1000. 2. Devanagari. 3.
Andes. 4. Acrostic. 5. InteState.
s. Connecticut. Z. Georgia. 8.
New Hampshire. 9. MaSsachn-
sets. 10. Rhode Island. II.
False-United States. II. False
Belgium. 13. True. IA. True.
IS. False-English navigator in
Dutch employ.
Copyright. 1891. by King Features
Syndicate Incl
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comparison with $3,s55,54395, a
difference of $193, 3,295.96. Net op.
Grating revenues for the period
were $3,022, 1875 .02, compared with
$3,758,892.04, an improvement Of
$63, ,432.9S.
Miscellaneous income totaled
$202 2,363.20 in the nine months,
against $207, ,S51.42 a year ago, q
falling off Of $5,488.22. Total net
income after all deductions
amounted to $3,341, 07.82, against
1857, ,346.28. a decrease Of $15,-
638.47. -,
Maryland Phones
Revenues Of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company
of Baltimore city in September
amounted to $1,182,14S, the report
of operations Just filed with the
Maryland Public Service Commis-
sion shows. Expenses during this
period were $906,747, making net
telephone revenues $275,39S.
Telephone revenues for the
nine months ending September 80,
were $10,703,813, rs compared with
$10,561,2 ,252, for the same period
last year. Expenses during the
nine months ending September
80 were $8,229,778, as compared
with $8,329, ,O89 for a similar
period in 1880. Net telephone
revenues for the first nine months
Of this year were 50, 2,474, ,035.
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PUBLIC UTILITY.
ISSUES UNDER
PRESSURE
Railroad and Liberty Bonds
Steady as Rail Heads Seek
!. c. C. Rate Concessions
BY w. s. COUSINS

NEW YORK, Oct. 80 UNS).
AL sections Of the active list
moved into higher levels in the
early trading on the big board
today, but recessionS were gen.
eral after the first hour.
Continuance Of the regular divi.
dend on Bethlehem Steel in the
same week as the declaration Of
the regular U. 8. Steel Corpora
ton dividend was accepted as an
evidence Of confidence in the i'm.
mediate future Of the industry.
A good impression was also
created by he firmness Of rail-
road stocks, on the heels Of i'm
portant conferences at Washing.
ton between rail heads and the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
The public utility stocks tapered
off with Electric Power and Gen.
eral Electric under moderate pres.
sure. Electric Power lost Ia
points at 1917, and General Elec-
trio sold fractionally lower. Am.
erican Tel. and Tel. lost a gain
Of nearly 2 points at 134A.
The stock market was extremely
dull and featureless in this period,
with prices barely steady.
Railroad bonds made fair re-
coverieS and Liberty bonds sold o
shade higher.
Wheat rose half a cent a bushel
and cotton few points.
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|DROP IN FARM
MORTGAGES

DALLAS, Tex, Oct. 30.-A
slight decline in total farm mort
gage Indebtedness in the last
three years is shown, with Ameri'
can farms in the aggregate now
mortgaged approximately % per
cent Of their total value, accord.
ing to David l.. Wickens, Of the
Bureau of Agricultural Eco.
nomics, in a speech before the
Mortgage Bankers Association.
Because Of the fall in farm
values, however, the burden Of
Indebtedness has increased de-
spite the decline in total debt,
Mr.. Wickens said.
He stressed the need for con-
sidering present and prospective
farm earnings in addition to the
selling price of land in making
farm mortgage loans.
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CLOTH MARKET WEAK

NEW YORK, Oct. 80 U.N.S0 .
Activity in the coarse yarn cloths
market today continued at ap-
proximately the pace Of the past
few sessions, with buying inter
est developing in a few scattered
numbers, but with sales restricted
to a volume substantially smaller
than that Of the previous few
weeks. Weakness developed in
68x72 39-inch ATS yard print
cloths in some centers, with sales
for November being reported at
4 cents even money, although
January and forward sold in a
rather good way at 4h cents.
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rly Gains Are Quickly Lost in Dull and Irregular Trading
Power and Railway Firms
Tilt 9 Months Revenue

A decrease OF $2,611.4Z IN net
earnings for September was re-
ported to the Public Utilities Com
mission yesterday by the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Co.,
from $29,734.67 in September,
1880, to $26,917.25. AS has been
the case for several months, the
decrease in earnings is charged to
present cut-rate taxis.
The report submitted yesterday
gave the company's operating
revenue for September as $4O8,-
1874, compared with $445, 245.48
in September, 1880; operating ex-
penses and taxes totaled $685.
542.13, against 1882, 1929 Q year
ago, leaving an operating income
Of SIS, 5,641.61, in comparison with
$62, ,476.70 in the like n1ontnS IN
1880.
Nine.MOnth Revenues OH
The company, also, reported op'
Grating revenues for the nine
months of the year as $4,O0o,'
1874, against $4,091 ,416.2S in the
same period last year. Operating
expenses and taxes totaled $3,372,'
1886, compared with nearly
So, 500, 900 last year.
The company reported an oper'
ating income in the nine months
Of $685., ,42S.86, against 1894, ,488 .23.
Incorporating in come tota!eo
81, 1886, ,222 so, in comparison with
81 PTS, ,508.48 last year. After all
deductions the utility corporation
reported net income of 1895
1887, against $1,357,757.59, a
gain Of $168,556.78.
The report of the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company, which also
was made yesterday, showed op-
Grating revenues in September as
$876, ,O8O 90, compared with $685.
371 .O8 q year ago, an increase OF
$49,7O9.91. Revenue deductions
called for $455,351.37, compared
with $441.616.09 in September,
1880, an increase Of nearly $4,000.
Net operating revenues were $420.-
729. so, compared with 1884, ,754.o9,
a gain OF $35,974.63. After all
other deductions the company had
a net income Of 1856, 1929, COM
pared with $343,514.28, or an In
crease for the month Of SILL
588.95.
Power Revenues Gain
For the first nine months Of
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CURB UTILITIES
ARE HIGHER

The Curb market entered to-
days session in a much more
cheerful frame Of mind, and with
spectators temporarily switching
their allegiance from bear to bull
side, most of the trading favor
ties were able to record moder-
ate price improvement over pre-
vious closing levels.
The more volatile members OF
the Utility group were the pace
settlers in the upward swing Of
prices. Duke Power featured
with a run-up Of 4 points to 80.
Commonwealth Edison was up
23s points at 142Ts, American
Gas and Electric gained 1%
points at 43A, and gains Of
smaller proportions were the rule
in other utility leaders.
Oils were dull but firm. with
Standard Of Indiana actively
taken on a scale up. rising TO
202z for a net gain of ".
Investment trusts gave another
uninteresting account Of them
selves with generally unchanged
levels predominating.
Selected speciality favorites
were in good demand, with alumni
mum up 3A points at 1914;
Parker Rustproof up 2 at 50, and
Mead Johnson up / at IS. Singer
manufacturing ruled slightly
easier. with a decline Of q point
at I'll.
Curb bonds were generally
steady, with trading quiet.
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NEW POWER FIRM HEAD

w. N. Clark has been elected
president Of Southern Colorado
Power Co., according to an an
nouncemet by John J. O'Brien,
president of Standard Gas and
Electric Co. Mr.. Clark has been
vice president and general mana
ger of Southern Colorado Power
Company since 1924. Announce
ment also is made of the election
of E. F. Stone as vice president in
charge Of sales; M. G. Lord, vice
president in charge of operation,
and w. j. Benning vice president
and treasurer.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
TOWSON EDITS
MAGAZINE

Norman e. Towson, Of the
Washington Loan & Trust Co.,
who has established a national
reputation as an economic analyst,
was yesterday appointed editor
of Dollars and Sense, official
publication Of Washington Chap
ter, American Institute Of Bank
ing, by President Aubrey O..
Dooley. It is of interest to note
that Mr.. Towson was editor Of
the first issue Of the publication
some years ago.
Associated with Towson will be
Miss Catherine M. Krieg, Riggs
National Bank; Miss Mabel v.
Royce, Washington Loan & Trust
Co.; Stuart S. Ogilvie, Second
National Bank; o. Lehman,
Security Savings & Commercial
Bank, and Lloyd E. johnson,
Northeast Savings Bank.
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Melville Plans so
Additional Stores

Provided desirable locations can
be secured, the Melville Shoe Cor
poration will open IS new Thorn
Mean stores by January /, and
another IS by spring, it was an
nounced by Ward Melville, presi-
dent. The corporation operates
478 John Ward, Rival and Thom
Mean stores in 81 States.
The trio Of Melville chains re-
tailed in 1880 6,652,693 pairs Of
shoes, an all-time record for the
stores. Nevertheless the first nine
months Of 1881 witnessed a 2.6
gain in unit sales over the like
period Of 1880.
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HOrnbLOLUer e Weeks
See Corner Turned

That the British elections had
re-eStablished reason, marks the
beginning Of improved economic
and political stability everywhere,
is the view expressed in a special
letter just issued by Hornblower
and Weeks.
They believe that the result of
this election will lead to a broad
recovery in all investment secu.
rites. presently and primarily, to
be felt in prices of bonds and
other investment securities of
sound American corporations.
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Consolidated Light
Net Up in Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Oct. 3O.-Net
operating revenue Of the Consoli.
dated Gas Electric Light and
Power Company here, showed a
gain of $110,127 for the quarter
ended September 30, over the
similar period of 1880.
A decrease Of $67,381 in gas
operations was more than offset
by gains of $153,948 in electrical
and $13,659 in steam heating
operations.
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RAILS To ADOPT
|, {, C,PLAN

Unpleasant as the dosage may
be, especially to the eastern
roads, it is the opinion of Gage
P. Wright, New York business
counselor and head Of the Busi-
ness Economic Digest, that the
railroads will swallow the medi-
cine prescribed by the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and will
enter the pooling agreement pro-
posed by the commission as a
necessary antecedent to any raise
in rates. He says:
"The railroads have several
powerful incentives for accept
ing this plan. In the first
place, If the executives are
unwilling to cooperate in inn
proving the general status Of
the railroad system, they can
not look for cooperation from
labor in the matter Of wage
reductions.
Second, the plan would Inn
prove the credit position Of the
railroads. considered as .
whole, and so would provide .
better market for their secur.
tiles.
Third, the railroads would
be in q poor position to ask
for administrative and legisIa.
tive aid were they to show
themselves unwilling to make
some sacrifices on their own
part"
He finds the consensus Of
economic opinion to be that the
roads will yield in this matter
and that it will be well for
them tn dO So
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10000 To Get Jobs
Handling Xmas Mail

The Post Office Department
estimates that more than III, 900
temporary clerks, carriers and la
borers will be employed during
the Christmas rush period, a ma
jority Of them working 10 days,
starting December 13. The de-
partment has available $5,132, 1913
for this purpose.
It also will employ 5000 extra
railway mail clerks, 1000 addi-
tional helpers in the motor We
hicle service, 600 addition rural
carriers for short periods, and
about 335 auxiliary carriers.
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Peoples Drug Net
Off for 9 Months

Peoples Drug Stores, Inc, re-
ports for nine months ended Sep
tember 80, 1881, net profit Of
$338, ,447 after charges and Federal
taxes. equivalent after dividend
requirements on 61z per cent pre-
ferred stock, to $1.80 a share on
122,737 no-par shares Of common
stock. 5t-
This compares with $685. or
$2.06 share on 1884, common
shares in first nine months Of
1890,
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Markets in NeuU York
Close Tuesday
For Election

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 d.N.SJ.
The New York Stock Exchange
announced today that it would
not be open for business on
Tuesday, November 8.
Election day is a legal holi-
day in this State and the banks,
clearing house, cotton exchange
and all other security and COM
modify markets will remain
closed.
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
Department Store
Sales Up in MiduUest

CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-Mid. West
department stores sales in Septem.
ber showed seasonal increase of
,27z per cent over August, but were
1913 per cent below year ago.
Expansion Of sales over a
month previous was largely due to
an upturn of 56 per cent in De.
troit. September sales in Chicago
stores were only 21.5 per cent over
August and were 20.3 per cent be
low q year ago.
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GENERAL TANK CAR

Preliminary figures Of General
American Tank Car Corp. indi.
cate that net profit after charges
and taxes for nine months ended
September 30, 1891, we're in ex-
cess Of $3,500,000. This is more
than $1,000, 900 above dividend
requirements for the period.