of steel-framed spectacles. Nearly all were gray- headed, ruddy-cheeked, bright-eyed, and snowy-whiskered. Judging from his conversation, every man was either a school mate or a chum of George M. Dallas and James Buchanan. They talked not of the crops nor of the weather. They seemed to be far more

contacts would help almost anyone to recognize and analyze the broad issues of the day. Ten years of correspondence between James Buchanan and Harriet Lane, from 1847 to 1857, clearly indicate a mutual respect and admiration of each for the other. In such an atmosphere advice �is sought, given, and

Foltz, at the birth place of her uncle, Presi- dent Buchanan, and erecting a suitable monument to the memory of her distinguished relative." The Journalcontinued, "Owing to some difficulty as to acquiring title to the ground her laudable intention was, very unfortunately, never carried out." A letter

their planning by James Shand, another employee of the Hart- ford firm. Shand was a native of Lesmahagow, Scotland. At the age of fifteen he began a three-years' draper's apprenticeship with Wil- liam Tenant, a Lanark merchant. At the completion of his appren- ticeship, he became a clerk in a Glasgow

they thought the law could not reach. Joe Choynski and James J. Corbett (who later won the World Heavy- weight Championship from John L. Sullivan) grew up in San Francisco. As boys they started to box about the same time, and became bitter rivals. Several times the police were called to stop the