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Show MILLIONS FAIL TO STOP DROP r I Exchange in New York Con- 'fill tinues Weak After Arrival ! K of Gold. i j in New York, Aug. 30. England's $45,- r! 000,000 shipment of gold and securl- 'FB tics, which reached here yesterday a'iil from Halifax, produced virtually no $ effect whatever today on foreign ex- ' (Jl change rates. Pounds sterling were . j gl quoted at $4.62 5-8, only one-eighth j ffi of a cent above tho lowest value ever If recorded here, which was reached last ; Saturday. t m Francs also were weaker, today's ' K' quotation of $5.99 1-2 being one cent ; lower than Saturday's cloae. Lires. , I'll however, were slightly stronger, being i i l quoted at $6.50 as against $6.52 on iBj Saturday. ft What is to be done with the $25.- !?. 000.000 of American securities which. i Qj formed part of the shipment, -was the j Kj subject of speculation. Beyond stat- ! Si Ing that the total of American securl- ! :, B ties sent here for Great Britain's ac- ! ! jt count in this and previous shipment f-W Was between $50,000,000 and $60,000,- jt 9 000. consignees of the shipment had i j . nothing to say. it had been popu- H, ! larly believed that these securities - ; h j would bo used as a basis -for the cs- ; tablishment of some sort of foreign ij credit here. . j! Adjustment of the situation, it was ; 1 1 said, awaits the arrival of British and ; i French financiers, sent hero from , : London and Paris. ' 3 oo '& St THE MOTHER INSTINCT. fi Sj At the close of lils talk before a Sun- f day school the bishop Invited questions. II A tiny boy, with a white, eager fac, &jjj at once held up his hand. JMr "Please, sir." said he, "why was Adam j8 never a baby?" )Pm The bishop coughed In doubt as to what jffl answer to give, but a little girl, the cid- f jg est of several brothers and slaters camft 'JI promptly to his aid. fjll "Please, sir," she added smartly, jft "there was nobody to nuss him." Lon" IJffl don Tit-Bits. !H OO fjffi "Whnt is a.food expert?" ! "Any man who can make his wages IWOj buy enough for the family table." JJ Life UJ J |