Sales are somewhat off at present. Reports from the country indicating very conservative buying have been the added demand for leather, which will doubtless cause further advances. Tan and white canvas shoes, the 10% sellers in the season.

Notions. Business this past week has improved, although buying is still restricted. Due to high prices, hardware is still holding up well. The lumber trade is irregular, prices having advanced in the face of a dull market.

FRENCH PEASANTS SEE A JOAN OF ARC (Continued from First Page.) Archbishop of Paris, denounces the tactics of the church's enemies in making this mystery another occasion for attacking Catholicism. In republican military circles, a mere suggestion of the possibility that a patriotic female mystic should lead the French army is laughed to scorn. "People forget," it is said, "that Joan of Arc came forward in an age of darkness. Religious fanaticism was a valuable asset in the armies of those days but try it on German batteries and poison fumes, and see how far it will carry you."

Mile. Perchaud has written as follows to her parents. 