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SPAIN IS VERY SLOW.
SPECULATION ASTO ; FORM OF
HER APOLOGY.
y K "Cuban P.ebels Sald to Be GaIninit-irnron
htrva's Insult May Lead to Trouble
with Italy- Secretary Uhl Is Uo
cagy.
1
Washington March 18.-In the event
of Spain's apologizing far the Allianca
affair , the question has arisen as to
what form the apology will take. In
a 'diplomatic usage an expression of re-
: grct is often accompanied by an offer
to salute the flag of the country to
which an international discourtesy has
been given. This was the course of the
y United States in saluting the French
flag in 1855 and saluting the Brazilian
ulag in 1566. In the former case the
French flag was saluted as a mark of
apology for the Indignity against the
French consul at San Francisco : Mr.
lllarey , the then secretary of state , first
offered to make the apology by saluting
the French flag on a French man-of-war
stopping at San Francisco. Count de
i artiges , the French minister at Washington -
ington , asked in addition that when
the consular flag at San Francisco was
Teloh ted it should receive a salute. This
was declined by Mr. Marcy. France
was not satisfied , but after some months
the French government agreed to accept
as sufficient satisfaction an expression
-of regret by the government of the
United States , coupled with the provision -
vision that "when a French national
sliili or squadron shall appear in the
harbor of San Francisco , the usual au-
thorftfes there , military or naval , will
salute the national flag borne by such
ship or squadron with a national salute ,
and the French ship or squadron whose
flag is thus saluted will return the salute -
lute gun for gun. " The salute to the flag
was thus given and with such an apology -
ogy the incident closed. In 1866 the
United States sent a man-of-war to Bra-
: ii for the express purpose of offering
nit apology by firing a salute to the Bra-
2ilian flag. The United States had
seized the confederate ship Florida at
Bahia , Brazil , thus violating the neutrality -
trality laws. Mr. Seward , then secretary -
tary of state , announced a purpose to
make full apology , including the dismissal -
missal of the United States consul at
Bahia , who advised thg attack , the
courtniartfal of the United States naval -
val commander who committed the offense -
fense , and a salute to the Brazilian flag.
The last feature of the apology was
executed with much ceremony on the
f very- spot where Brazilian neutrality
had been invaded. In the Virginus case
the United States demanded a salute of
our flag as a part of the apology from
Spain , but the salute was afterward
waived on its appearing that the papers
of the Virginus were based on a false
affidavit. The official salute of the
United States to foreigner's is made up
of as many shots as there are states in
the union. The salute to the president
in his fleet is a fixed number of twenty-
one guns. Should Spain salute our flag
it would probably be by firing twenty-
one guns.
FAVA'S ACT AN INSULT.
Diplomatic Washington Aghast at the
Ambassador's' Course.
16.-In extended -
Washington. March - an
of Italian subjects -
ed article on the lynching
jects in Colorado , the Post this morning
says : "The action of the representatives
governnfbnt here in relation -
of .tlteItahan
tion to the Colorado massacre has been
the subject of lively gossip in diplomatic
circles and at the Metropolitan club ,
i' where the diplomats and the army and
navy officers congregate. The cheeks
of some of the American officers have
listened to the
i burned as they have
I i ct iticisrrrs of the act of Assistant Secretary -
tary Unl in personally receiving the
d ltiardufs Imperials and entertaining his
verbal remonstrances. Trained diplomats -
stationed at van-
mats , who have been
ous capitals in Europe and in other
parts of the world , declare that the
{ method of verbal remonstrance in such
i cases is only practiced and only permitted -
mitted fn the case bf second rate or
half-civilized powers like those of North
Africa and Asia. There is no rule of
diplomatic etiquette better established
among civilized nations than that formal -
al complaints of this sort should be in
'writing. Assistant Secretary Uhl is said
to be much mortified , since the matter
was brought to his attention , that he received -
ceived the young Italian secretary of
legation for any such purpose. It does
not clearly appear , if a formal remonstrance -
strance had to be made , why it did not
come from Baron Fava , the minister of
the kingdom of Italy at Washington.
The statement is said to have been made
that the baron was ill on the day his
secretary called at the state department
liut he was not too ill to give a formal
dinner within a day or two thereafter ,
and there is no serious pretense anywhere -
where that he was not well enough to
.affix his official signature to a proper
remonstrance drawn up at the Italian
legation.
Kingston , Jamaica , March 17.-Au
c
i rJBELS GAIN GOOD POINTS.
c
It is Eaid They Are Rapidly Advancing
in Cuba.
thentic advices direct state that the rev-
' olutc n is progressing most favorably.
Exact information as to the various
movements cannot be readily obtained ,
owing to government censorship over
telegraphic communications. This was
foreseen and provided for. Each section
of the i.evolutionary party has been operating -
erating independently- far. Each
fights on his own account , thus distract-
in t1 ? Spanish forces and leasing them
metual doubt as to where and when
in l. c 1
1 the ne t blow will be struck. At every
point occupied the insurgents' first act
is to destroy the telegraph , so the government -
ernment shall be left in the dark as to
their rnovemerrts. It is supposed at
Havana and Santiago that Dr. Grille ,
the president of the autonomy party ,
Sanchez have fled before
and Urbanan
+
s , the Spaniards. Their movements , however -
ever , are strategic. Grille is here. Ho
came yesterday via Montego bay. Sanchez -
chez has gone to San Domingo. The
i arrival of Grille is but the carrying out
, one of the prir-ipal plans of the in-
! surgents. Fourteen other insurgents ac-
commanded him.
1.
1.f f Man and Wife Suffocated.
Indianapolis , Ind. , March 18.-Jacob
' ' Goldberg and his wife were suffocated
by gas early this morning at their
R home , 98 Eddy street-
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LIVED ON BLOOD.
Survivors of the British Ship Yeoman
Tell Their Story.
Portland , Ore March 18.-The followIng -
Ing dispatch comes from Marshfleld ,
Ore. : "Daniel Clark and Thomas Moore ,
supposed to be the only survivors of a
crew of thirty-one passengers from the
British ship Yeoman , arrived here last
night on the schooner Leeds. The Yeoman -
man sunk Feb. 23 in latitude 34 N. ,
longitude 45 W. She was bound from
Antwerp to Redondo. Clark related the
details as follows : 'While shortening
sail a sudden squall struck us and a
heavy , swell-like tidal wave capsized
the ship. As the seas swept the deck I
was carried overboard. A. lull followed
and the ship righted. I got on the ship
again to find no one on deck. The cook
was lying in the galley with his head
split open and hardly alive. Capt. Ferguson -
guson and the mate were drowned. As
the ship was sinking I decided to abandon -
don her , and cutting loose a lifeboat got
the cook Into it and pulled away. We
were fourteen days In the boat before
the schooner Leeds sighted us and
picked us up , during which time we
suffered more than language can ex-
press. We had to fare all the time on
sixteen biscuits , without a drop of fresh
water. We became so hungry that we
ate the uppers of our shoes and each
drank the other's blood. ' Here Mr.
Clark exhibited his leg , which showed
great red blotches , certifying the truthfulness -
fulness of his story. Continuing , he said :
'I have been around the horn nine times
but this was the roughest trip I ever
experienced. We lost four men overboard -
board in a gale off the horn , and Paul
Hessing fell from the topsail yard and
was killed. ' "
OUTRAGE AT FREELAND , PA.
Priest's House Broken Open by a Gang
of Fiends.
Cincinnati , Ohio , March 17.-A special
telegram from Hazleton , Pa. , says the
parochial residence of the Greek church
at Freeland was broken into last night
and the priest , the Rev. C. Galovitch ,
his housekeeper , Mrs. Lehatog , and her
assistant , Mrs. Zacharias , were murderously -
ously assaulted. It was midnight when
five masked men jumped from a wagon
before the house and with a battering
ram broke in the front door. Supposing -
ing the house was on fire , the inmates
rushed down stairs in their night
clothes. They were met at the foot of
the stairs by men holding drawn revolv-
ers. Mrs. Lehatog screamed , but was
knocked down with a club and beaten
into insensibility. Father Galovitch was
attacked by two ruffians. He fought
desperately and succeeded in locking
himself in. The doors were battered
down walls torn and windows shattered.
The study-room door was , perforated
with bulets and a piece of dynamite was
exploded on the safe. Mrs. Zacharlas ,
who remained upstairs , jumped from
the second-story window to escape , but
was captured by the bandits and carried
Into the house. She sustained serious
injuries by the fall. The townspeople
came to the rescue and the robbers fled
"GOV. " DYE'S WILL IS VALID.
Southern Tian Left 5100,000 to His
Colored Housekeeper.
Atlanta , Ga. , March 17.-The effort tc
break the will of the late George Wash
ington Dye of Elbert county failed it
the lower court. Dye left an estate
worth $100,000 to his negro housekeepet
and her six children whose father he
was. His relatives attempted to break
the will , but the jury have rendered a !
verdict sustaining it. This is in accordance -
cordance with the decisions of the state +
Supreme court. After Dye died , $40,001
in cash was found packed in an
trunk. He owned 7,000 acres of land in
one body , and was known in this county
as "Gov. " Dye.
STRIKE COVERS ALL ENGLAND
Two hundred Thousand Rootmakcrs
Idle-Employers May Use Machines.
London , March 18.-The bootmakers
strike has been extended throughout
the week until to-day there are 200,00 [
idle operatives in that branch of the
industry. The strike effects all the fac
tories in England except those in Stafford -
ford , Norwich , and Bristol. Some of the
London trades unions are granting 11
shillings a week to the strikers. The
employers are not in the least anxious
declaring that they have enormous
stocks yet unsold. Nevertheless they
are preparing to protect themselves by
the employment of American laborsaving -
saving machinery.
UTAH CONVENTION SHOWS LIFE
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Hears and Refers to Committee Several
Measures of Interest.
Salt Lalte City , Utah ; March 18.-h
the constitutional convention yesterday
there were introduced and referred tce
the proper committees bills providing
that no judicial opinions , shall be copy
righted ; requiring the justices of the
Supreme court to give legal opinions ,
when called for , to the governor or leg
islature ; making it unlawful to pay
female laborers less than male for the
same work ; prohibiting trades unions
from preventing workmen from acquiring -
quiring a knowledge of any trade. Several -
eral petitions favoring female suffrage
were introduced.
Helme's Estate Valued at 55,000,000
Chr-iottesville , ti a. , March 18.-The
will of George W. Helme , the founder of !
the town of Helmetta , has been made
public. The estate is valued at $8,000,000
With the exception of a few bequests
the entire estate was left to the widow ,
Margaret A. Helme , his daughter and
son. 1
Lyons is Found Guilty-
Colorado Springs , Colo. , March 18 -
The jury in the Lyons case has brought i
in a verdict. Lyons was found guilty fen f
on the first count of assault with intent
to murder Sam McDonald , Charles M ,
Robinson and J. M. Goodhue.
Goodman Set Free.
Cincinnati , Ohio , March 18.-A special
jury in the trial of Conductor Goodman ,
charged with the murder of Col. Parsons -
sons of Natural Bridge , Va. , brought in
a verdict of not guilty this morning.
LI Hung Chang Starts Out.
Tien Tsin , March 16.-Viceroy Li Hung
Chang , China's peace envoy to Japan ,
left Taku last evening for Japan. It is
reported here that the Japanese are rapidly -
idly repulsing the Chinese generals ,
Sung and Ju. , .
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WAS r D INSANE ?
Financial Worry and Physical Exertion
tion Not the Greatest Destroyer of
Human Life.
For Humanity's Sake , After Thirty-Six
Fears of Nerve-Creeping Slavery , lie
Tolls How He Was Set Free.
Caldwell , N. J. , March 18 , 1895.-Spe-
21a1.-Since one of our prominent citizens -
zens suffered so terribly from tobacco
tremens , has made known his frightful
experience in behalf of humanity , the
ladies here are making -tobacco-using
husbands' lives miserable with their entreaties -
treaties to at once quit tobacco.
The written statement of S. J. Gould is
attracting wide-spread attention. When
+ interviewed to night he said. I commenced -
menced using tobacco at thirteen ; I am
now forty-nine ; so , for thirty-six years I
chewed , smoked , snuffed and rubbed
snuff. In the morning I chewed before
I put my pants on , and for a long time
I used two ounces of chewing and eight
ounces of smoking a day. Sometimes I
had a chew in both cheeks and a pipe in
my nouth at once. Ten years ago I quit
drinking whisky. I tried to stop tobacco
time and again , but could not. My
nerves craved nicotine and I fed them
till my skin turned a tobacco brown ,
cold , sticky perspiration oozed from my
skin , and trickled down my back at the
least exertion or excitement. My nerve
vigor and my life were being slowly
sapped. I made up my mind that I had
to quit tobacco or die. On October 1 I
stopped , and for three days I suffered
the tortures of the damned. On the
third day I got so bad that my partner
accused me of being drunk. I said , 'No
I have quit tobacco. ' 'For God's sake ,
man , ' he said , offering me his tobacco
box , 'take a thew : you will go wild , '
and I was wild. Tobacco was forced
into me and I was taken home dazed.
I saw double and my memory was beyond -
yond control , but still knew how to
chew and smoke , which I did all day
until towards night , when my system
got tobacco-soaked again. The next
morning I looked and felt as though I
had been through a long spell of sick-
ness. I gave up in despair , as I thought
that I could not cure myself. Now , for
suffering humanity , I'll tell what saved
my life. Providence evidently answered
my good wife's prayers and brought to
her attention in our paper an article
which read : 'Don't Tobacco Spit and
Smoke Your Life Away ! '
"What a sermon and warning in these
words ! Just what I was doing. It told
about a guaranteed cure for the tobacco
habit , called No-To-Bac. I sent to Druggist -
gist Hasler for a box : Without a grain
of faith I spit out my tobacco cud , and
put into my mouth a little tablet upon
which was stamped No-To-Bac. I know
it sounds like a lie when I tell you that
I took eight tablets the first day , seven
the next , five the third day , and all the
nerve-creeping feeling , restlessness and
mental depression was gone. It was too
good to be true. It seemed like a dream.
That was a month ago. I used one box.
It cost me $1 , and it is worth a thousand.
I gained ten pounds in weight and lost
all desire for tobacco from the first
day. I sleep and eat well , and I have
been benefited in more ways than I can
tell. No , the cure was no exception in
my case. I know of ten people right here
in Caldwell who have
bought No-To-
Bac from Hasler , and they have been
cured. Now that I realize what No-To-
Bac has done for me and others , I know
why it is that the makers of this wonderful -
erful remedy , the Sterling Remedy Company -
pany , of New York and Chicago , say :
'We don't claim to cure every case.
That's Fraud's talk , a lie ; but we do
guarantee three boxes to cute the tobacco -
bacco habit , and in case of failure we
are perfectly willing to refund money , '
I would not give a public indorsement
If I were not certain of its reliability.
I know it is backed by men worth a ml-
lion. No-To-Bac has been a God-send
to me , and I firmly believe it will cure.
any case of tobacco-using if faithfully
tried , and there are thousands of tobacco -
bacco slaves who ought to know how
easy it is to get free. There's happiness
in No-To-Bac for the prematurely old
men , who think as I did that they are
old and worn out , when tobacco is the
thing that destroys their vitality and
manhood. "
The public should be warned , however ,
against thepurchaseof any of the many
imitations on the market , as the success
of No-To-Bac has brought forth a host
of counterfeiters and imitators. The
genuine No-To-Ba'i is sold under a
guarantee to cure , by all druggists ,
and every tablet has the word No-To-
Bac plainly stamped thereon , and you
run no physical or financial risk in pur-
hasing the genuine article
Ho Wasn't That.
He was an old fellow past 40 , and he
was trying to win a girl of 20 under
the direction of a lady who loved better
than life to make matches He hadn't
met with marked success , however ,
and the lady was taking him to task
about it.
"What the mischief , " she said "did
you insist upon telling her that you
were at the age you are , and furthermore -
more trying to impress it upon her
that that was very old ? You might
just as well have said you were the
Ancient Mariner and been done with
it. "
"That's it. That's it , " he said hope-
lessly. "It was the ancient marrying
her that knocked the whole business
; ky high.-Detroit Free Press.
Consumption Not Contagious.
CINCINNATI , March 1S.-Special.- ( )
The resolution to isolate consumtpives
at the pest house , came before the hos-
pital' trustees yesterday. Two hospital
doctors persisted that the comsump-
tives be sent to the smallpox pest
house. Mayor Caldwell and another
trustee opposed the removal. By unanimous -
imous consent the resolution was tabled -
bled indefinitely , never to be resurect-
ed Mayor Caldwell suggested the use
of Amick treatment at the hospital.
Defnite action was deferred. This victory -
tory won , Dr. Amick will battle for
consumptives everywhere. He is mailing -
ing free , copies of his victory and the
Amick consumptive records , to physicians -
cians and esnsumptives who write.
Remember that the most important duty
is the present ono.
If we improve our opportunities wo will
soon be improved by them.
Bend For It. It's Free.
Everyone who is dissatisfied with his
surroundings , who wants to better his
condition in life , who knows that he can do
so'if given half a chancoshouldwrite to J
Francis , Omaha , Neb. , for a copy of a little
bookrecently issued by the passenger department -
partment of thoBurlington Route.
It is entitled "A Now Empire" and contains -
tains 32 pages of information about Sheridan -
dan county and the Big Horn Basin. Wyoming -
oming , a veritable land of promise towards
which the eyes of thousands are now hopefully -
fully turned.
Look your difficulties in the face and they
will begin to run.
The man who does a good deed for pay
will do a bad one for a better price.
ll.lIiIlllIlii
RAIDED A LOTTERY DEN. .
Prominent Men Victimized by a Concern
at Wilkesbarrc , Pa.
WILKESBARPE , Pa. , March 15.-A
sensation was created in this city when
Chief of P1ice Briggs and a squad of
officers raided the "Commission brokerage -
age office of John Wursburger and the
inmates Wursburger is known all
over northeastern Pennsylvania as the
"lottery king of Luzene county , " his
brokerage business being merely aa
blind. For ten years past he has been
selling tickets openly and it is estimated -
mated that he did a business of over
5120,000 a year. Wursburger was taken
before Mayor Nichols , and after a
hearing was fined $50 and was-also
held under $500 bail for court. The
police , when the raid was made , found
several thousand dollars' worth of
tickets-of all lotteries doing business ,
and also lists of his .regular customers ,
showing that bankers , doctors , lawyers
and. prominent business men were
spending large sums monthly through
Wersburgers agency. The raid was
made at the instance of the Wilkesbar-
re Times , the editor of the paper appearing -
pearing as the prosecutor. The Times
tonight states that it has proof that
the late George A. Loheman put $1,100
in the lottery shortly before he committed -
mitted suicide and that ex-Banker
Roclcafellow , now in the eastern penitentiary -
tentiary , sunk thousands of dollars in
lottery tickets. Wursburger had agents
in surrounding towns and it is alleged
also used the Unite dStates mails extensively -
sively in conducting his business.
Wursburger's victims include all
classes of people , hundreds of ignorant
Polish and Hungarian miners spending
all their savings for tickets The arrest -
rest and confiscation of the list of customers -
tomers created much consternation and
the mayor was besieged by prominent
people , who pleaded with him to have
their names suppressed.
OFFICIAL CAREER ENDED.
Captain Sliepard , One of the Oldest Men
in the Revenne Marine , Passes Away.
.WAsnINGTON , March 15.-Captain I.
G. Shepard , chief of the revenue cutter
service of the treasury department ,
died here yesterday from pneumonia.
Captain Shepard was stricken with a
congestive chill while at work on the
5th instant and had been confined to
his bed ever since. His illness is attributed -
tributed to his efforts to secure legislation -
tion for the benfit of the superanuated
officers of the service. lie leaves a wife
and two children. Tile captain was
one of the oldest and mostefiicient officers -
cers in the revenue cutter service. A
native of Massachusetts , he was appointed -
pointed a third lieutenant in 1865 , was
promoted to second lieutenant in 1369 ,
a first lieutenant in 1870 and a captain
In 1873. In December , 1889 , Secretary
Windom detailed him as chief of the
revenue marine division , an office previously -
viously held by civilians only , and he
served there continuously ever since.
Captain Shepard saw much hard rec-
ord. Prior to his transfer to Washington -
ton he commanded the revenue cutter
Bear and made several valuable cruises
in Bering sea and northern Alaskan
waters to carry out the policy of the
government to prevent illicit sealing.
He was very well known and highly
esteemed.
Searching for Taylor.
PORT TAJIPA , Fla. , March 15.-One
of Pinkerton's detectives is in Havana
waiting the arrival of W. W Taylor ,
the defaulting state treasurer of South
Dakota , who was recently reported to
have been arrested in Vera Cruz , Mex-
ico. It is believed that Taylor , who
left this port on the steamer Mascotte
under the name of Mason with a traveling -
eling companion named Phelps , is returning -
turning with the detective voluntarily.
The regular steamer from Vera Cruz
had not reached Havana when the
Olivette sailed , but the fugitive is expected -
pected to arrive here on the steamer
Sunday.
Imports in Excess of the Exports.
WASIiINGTON , March 15.-The monthly -
ly report of the bureau of statistics
issued yesterday shows imports and exhorts -
horts of merchandise for the month of
February and for the last eight months
as follows : Exports due ing February ,
$56,308,543 ; imports during the same
period , $ S,2 ° 7,352 ; of the imports , merchandise -
chandise to the amount of $27,503,052
was free of duty. During February ,
1894 , the excess of exports over the imports -
ports was $11,812,190. For the eight
months ended February 28 , 1395 , the
excess of exports over imports was
$91,067,932 , as against $218,001,832 during -
ing the eight months ended February
; 28 , 1S94.
LIVE STOCK AND I'RODUCE MARKETS
Quotations from New York , Chicago , St.
Louis , Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA
Butter-Creamery separator. . 13 R1 ' 0
Mutter-air to good country. 11 @ 12
hogs-Fresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 BID 14
lloney-t er lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lU + 17
Chickens-Dressed , per ib.- 7
Lemons-Choice fdessinas. . . . . 3 50 ( f 4 25
Oranges-Floridas , per box. . . . 3 25 5 00
l'otatocs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gi ccL 70
Beans-Navy , hand-picked , bu 190 (4 2 00
Hay-Upland , per ton. . . . . . . . . . 9 00 ( q10 50
Onions-Per bbl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 75 C4 3 00
Carrots-Per bhl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 75 ft 2 CO
Parsnips-Per bbl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 75 C2 2 00
Beets-Per bbl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 (4 175
Cranberrries-Jerseys .1150 @ 120)
hogs-Mixed packing. . . . . . . . . . 3 5) ( p 4 3i
Hogs-Heavy weights. . . . . . . . . . 3 , 5 to 5 00
Beeves-Stockers and feeders. 2 00 (4 3 75
lleef bteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3(0 ( 0 490
Bulls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 75 (5I0
Strgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 40 ( > : : m OJ
Catves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1)0 I 0O
Steers Fair to good. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 30 ( n 4 50
Cows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 (4 3 6S
Heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 00 4 3 5. ;
\Vestcrns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 C5 ( C 4 00
Sheen-Lambs. . 2 75 4 75
sheep-Choice natives : . . . . . . . 2 75 r2 410
CHICAGO.
IVheat-No.2 , spring. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 G' 5631
Corn-Per bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 it 45ia
Uats-c er bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 .Ch ' 9 ! $
Pori : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113737'l1150
Lard. . . . . . 650 U52
hogs-Packers and mixed.-- . 05 4 10
Cattle-Com. steers to extra. . . 3 75 c 5 2.5
ieep-l.ambs. , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 50 .c 4 40
Sheep-Inferior to choice. . . . . . 2 :0 ® 4 65
NEW YORK.
Wheat , \o. 2 , red winter. . , . . . . 61 tl 61 %
Corn-\o. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 (4 51 %
Uats-\o.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 ' 31 .
1 orl : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1175 . ' - :5
Lard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U 90 { / 700
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat-No 2red , cash. . . . . . . . . 54 ' 541i
( crn-Perbu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42itt 42 ?
Uats-Per bu . . . . . . . . . . . 3Oyttim 31
hogs-Mixed packing. . . . . . . . . . 4 39 'd 4 45
Cattle-Native steers----------- 4 75 ® 550
- - - - - - - - - - - -
; : hcep-3Hxednatives. . . . . . 4 tO ( d 4 75
KANSAS OITY ,
Wheat-No. 2hard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 © bay
Corn-No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 41 " 6 41Y
Luts-No.2 29 t
Cattle-Stockers and feeders. . 2 50 J 4 40
Lugs-Nixed packers. , . . . . . , . . 410 c 4 37Si
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R BOYS A11 tGIRS
ONE HOUR AND-ITS THOUS.-
ANDS OF COUSINS. .
They Came Pouring in the Window to
Visit NeUio-Wero I the
- Sun-Engrav-
ing on Eggs-Johnny's Comppsltion-
Chocolate Candy.
"Sixty Minutes Make an Hour. "
"Sixty seconds make a minute-
sixty minutes make an hour , " sung
brown-haired Nellie , on the afternoon
of the very last day of. the year , as
she rocked to and fro inher small
rocking chair-a gift from Santa
Claus , beating her breast with her
little fist , as though to beat the lesson -
son so firmly in that it never could
get out again by any chance ( I think
it would have been far more sensible
to have pounded on her head for that
purpose-"sixtvseconds ) make a minute -
ute , sixty minut es make an hour , " "
over and over again , until the childish -
ish voice grew fainter and fainter ,
and the last ' 'hour" never got .far
ther than "on. "
Then Nellie ceased rocking , and
her head sunk back against the pretty -
ty scarlet and green "tidy" which
she had found on her Christmas tree-
and i the dark-brown curls fell over
the dark-brown eyes , and she ban
to think of nothing at all. And
while she was quietly thinking of
nothing at all she suddenly heard , to
her great amazement , a tiny -voice-
as clear and sweet as the tinkling of
the silver bell that hung from the
necklace of "Snow-anti-Cream "
- - , her-
favorite cat-repeat the words : "Six-
ty minutes make an hour ; " and-peep-
lug through the cloud of hair that
veiled her eyes , she saw a wee figure
standing before lrer.dressed in white ,
with a daisy in its bosom and a snowdrop -
drop clinging to its pale , gok en
curls.
It had a round , cheery , baby face ;
with a dimple inone rosy cheek and
another in the rosy chin , and its eyes
were as blue as the eyes of a kitten
when it is only a few weeks old.
Dancing in at a hole in one of the
window panes , and thence to the
floor , on a long , slanting sunbeam ,
came other diminutive- figures , followed -
lowed by still smaller ones , and the
sinaller ones followed again by comical -
cal mites no higher than.Nellie's new
silverthimble. .
"Oh , you darlings ! " ' cried Nellie ;
clapping her hands ; "How glad Lam ,
to see you ! Are you fairies ? "
"No , dear , " replied the 'baby-facedd '
one , with a bright smile. "We arc
hours , minutes and seconds , and we'
belong to . the year that is almost
gone. I do not suppose you can remember -
member , the minutes and seconds ,
your acquaintance with them was so.
very slight. They stay such a short
time that no one can become well acquainted -
quainted with them , sixty minutes
and 3000 seconds coming and going-
during the visit of one hour , but I
am sure you can remember me and
my sisters and , cousins-that is , some
of us. It would be impossible for your
to remember us-all , of course. "
" 11'hy , how , many sisters and
cousins have you , you cunning tot ? "
asked Nellie.
"Twenty-three sisters and x736
cousins , " answered , the tot.
"Good gracious ! " and "My stars ! "
exclaimed Nellie. "What an awful-
a very awful large family ! I neverr
heard of such. a. thing. . It stands to
reason"-Nellie borrowed this expression -
pression from her papa-"that I
couldn't remember-such a young
memory as I have-only six going on
seven-the half or quarter of so many-
hundreds and thousands , even if. I'd
met them all , which I do not believe
I have. "
"That's just what I was about to
.ay , " said the hour , shaking its light
curls softly. "We do not expect you
to remember very many of us , , and
you're- right in thinking you have not ,
known us all. In fact , but half of
our number'have been introduced to
you. The other half glided silently
by while you were sleeping , and some
of us were so much alike that you
couldn't tell us apart ; and a. few of
our relations have yet to visit your-
that is if you stay up long enough tor
receive them. The last will , fly away
as the clock strikes twelve and the
midnight bells ring merrily towel -
come the birth of the New Year. "
"Ohdear no. " said Nellie ; "I shah t
see that one. I go to bed zackly at
8 , 'less on par-tic-u-lar 'casions , anti
then 9 ; but I do not think this is a
par-tic-u-lar'casion for me. lint you
haven't told me who you are yet. "
"I am the hour that was with you
the morning , nearly a year ago , when
your baby brother broke the- beautiful -
ful wax doll Santa Claus had. brought ,
you , and you forced back the tears
when you saw Ms rosebud mouth begin -
gin to tremble , and , taking him in
your arms , told him , 'Baa , baa , black
sheep' until he fell asleep. "
-'r remember- , " said Nellie , her face
all aglow ; "and mamma kissed me as
she took baby Willie from me , and
called me her 'own brave little
daughter. ' "
"And I am the hour , " said a small ,
grave body in a gray dress that hadn't
even a bow of ribbon on it-with
marks of tears on its cheeks , and a
red tip to its dot of a nose"that
stayed with you when you were being -
ing punished for telling- "
"Do not mention it , please , " interrupted -
rupted a bright-faced , pleasant-look-
ing hour , in a sky-blue robe , with a
wreath of the tiniest chrysanthemums -
mums around its head. "What's tlta
use of talking about it ? It isn't a
cheerful subject , and I've no doubt
Nellie always told the truth alter
that. I heard her sobs of repentance
and her vows 'never-never-sever'
to do so again , and saw the smiles
come back and chase away the clouds ,
when all was joy and. peace once
more. "
"I danced with her in the meadow , "
F. . ,
. .
lw.
sang-agracefttl' elf'standhig-on , tho- , 4
tips of its toes ; and holding its. arms - 1 ,
above , its head , ' -though. . it wor _
about to fly "ono summer day-the
dayshegathered ditisies and 'dande-- l
lions-and sang a sweet and joyous .
song in answer to the bird that had a
nest in-the apple tree. In that nest ,
were four baby birds , and they _ i
peeped out and twittered when they - i'
t
heard Nellie sing. " .
"Yes , yes , indeed ! " cried Nellie.
"And what big mouths they had ! " r 1
"And I Nellie , dear , " said .a queer'- .
sprite-with a pointed cap , on the extreme - '
l
treme point of which was a jolly little
bell , "fell into the 'brook .with you , + '
one August afternoon , when you. i
-were 'trying tocatch a frog. User - ,
chunk ! How scared the -frog folks .
were when you tumbled in 'anion - '
them ! ' and the sprite laughed , and. , .
the jolly little bell laughed , and '
Nellie laughed loudest of.311. '
" . nd I,7 , cried another , -tossing its . F '
head and trying to pout , . "sat by your ,
side when . 'you were sent from the ; . ! ( - ,
-
l
supper table because you were.- ; 4 ;
naughty and wouldn't say please. " . '
"And I , lisped a rely poly , cunning , ,
little thing , "when .you.said 'please' 1 ,
-please-please , ' and grandma gave- =
you a slice of bread and butter , but
you couldn't , see the butter for the.
apple jelly. "
"I remember , I , remember , " said
Nellie. "I wish I had some now. " '
"I was with you'dear one , " murmured -
mured an hour , with kind , gentle-
eyes , and low , pitying' voice-"when. ' '
your poor head ached with laLterrible ,
pain , and between your moans your
made a prayer to .the-good , Gocl'for- j
'
help. "
L
. 1
" I ham the hour , ' " said a merry , ;
twinkling , bird-like sprite-with holly- _
'berries ' hanging all over it , "that t
looked on when -you played games. r
with your brother just before you , f
hung up your stocking on Christmas-
aye. " w
b
"And I saw you take down.the
next morning , filled almost to burst-
lag with good things to .eat , " said.an-
other , with a face like a doll's plrun. .
pudding and little black currants-for I
" t "
= .
ey es. f
"And I" But at that moment
Nellie's arithmetic fell from her lap.
with a bang , and away lied the see--
ends and minutes and hours up' the
long , slanting sunbeam' and out air.
the window.
And when Nellie ; ina great hurry ,
leaned out to look after thetn.she sate k
i
nothing but the snow , anti two.street.
sparrows picking up crumbs and ohut-
tering noisily to each.other.-Detroit.
Frce-Press. . '
Engraving on Eggs.
here is an experiment pretty-and
simple : Write upon. the eggshell ,
with wax or varnish- simply with
tallow , and then imluerse the ego in
some weak. acid , such , for example ;
as vinegar , dilute - by drochloric acid ; Y
on etching liquor. Wherever the-var-
nislr or wax has not , protectedi the
shell , the lime of the-latter is decomposed -
posed and dissolved in the acid , , and
the writing or drawing remains.inre-
lief.
lief.A
A few precaiitions.must be taken , in " . '
order to be successful at the first , et-
P eriment. In they first place , as the ! -t
eggs than arc to be engraved arc- usually -
ually previously blown , so that they
may be preserved without alteration ,
it : is necessary before immersing
them inthe acid to plug up the aperture -
ture in the extremities with , a bzt of
beeswax. .
As the eggs are very light they
mush be held at bite bottom of the
vessel full of acid by means of a
thread fixed to a : weight , or wound ,
round the extremity of a glass rod.
If the-acid is-much diluted ; the operation -
ation , tleouglt.it < takes a little longer ,
gives better' results. 'T'ina or three
minutes usually ; suffice to give charao-
tern that have suflicient relief.
1 : ors I the Sun.
Idahvays.shine on holidays ,
Wire I the sun
Om5Ieepy'heads I'd never raze.
But focus alt my morning rays
On busy folks of butlin ; ways.
Wore i the sun
I would. not melt a sleddiet , snow ,
.
Were I the sun.
Nor spoil the ice where-skaters go.
Nor heln'thase ueless weeds to grow ,
L-'ut hurry melon : on. you lnow.
Were I the sun.
iawarm The swimmin-pool just right ,
Were I the sun.
Onschoel-darts I would hide my light ,
The Fourth I'd always give you bright.
Norsetso soon on Christmas night ,
Were I the-sun.
I world no heed such paltry toys , '
Were I the sun-
Such srorl : as grewn up men employs :
But I would favor-solid joys-
In st ert , I'd run the- world for boys ,
Were Lt-hesun !
LthesunSt Nicjo rs.
Chocolate Candy.
Three cups of'granulated sugar ; , one
cup of grated chocolate , a picce of
butter the sh-of a walnut , a cup of
hot water , . teaspoonful o vanilla
and a pinch of salt. After begins
to boil allcasc-it to be on th-a fire for
ten minues. only. Stir eonstantIy.
The candy should become of the consistency -
sistency of ! thickened molasses Batter -
ter some tins and pour tine candy in ,
and stir-back and forth with a silver
knife iu ti1 it begins to sugar. Then
make c1 into squares and put away
to coc : . .
Stewart and the lfam.
St vart's mother was making sand-
wicb.es of deviled ham The little
fellow came along and , seeing the
car.i with the picture of the imp on it ,
regarded it earnestly for a while and
then said : "Mamma , what is that
stuff ? ' ' "This ? 0 , this is deviled
ham. " He .looked seriously at the i
mixture and in an awed voice
in-
wed : "Why , mother , have titer
I ' him-Boston Congren tionak i
i ist. '
3tadgo's Fib-
"I never- told a fib but once , " saia
little Madge , "and that was yester-
iay. " "What ? You tout a fib ? " "Yes.
fly teacher asked me what c-a-t .
spelled , and I sal ti. liQrc , Iiarppr
: Young People.
