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MIGHTY HAUL OF MILLIONS
Career of the Man Vbo Sequestered the
Fortune of A. T. Stewart
SMOOTH WORK OF CONFIDENTIAL ADVISER
TJi'e Petted Protege of tlie Mcrcliunt
Prince as Legatee , SiieccHMor , Ho
and Tyrant How tlie Entitle
\Viin Handled.
Few men precipitated Into the business
world of Now Yo'rk achieved such unenviable i
notoriety In a few years na did ex-Judge
Henry Hilton , whoso death at Saratoga la
announced. Trained for the law , a Judge ,
tor a term , confidential adviser of A. T. '
Stewart , the legatee and business successor
of the merchant prince , his career combines
the elements of romance and tragedy.
Henry Hilton was born In Newburg , N.
T. , October , 1824. Ills father moved to
Now York City when ho was a child. Ho
was th youngest of four sons , all of whom
entered professional life. The eldest son , I
James , was for many years a Judge In Iowa , I
iind Is still living , at an advanced ago , at
Hilton , Monroe county , Iowa. The second
son , Joseph , bocaino a physician , and was
000 , He bought mills , ho sold to mill owners
at one tlmo coroner In Now York. The third
eon. Archibald , was a lawyer In New York
city ; ho died whllo comparatively young , t
Annocliited with StiMVurt. '
The chief feature of Hilton's career was
bis nesoclation with A. T. Stewart , the mer
chant prlnco of Now York. Doth were sons
of Irish parents , the latter born In Ireland.
Hilton married a cousin of Stewart's wife ,
and tbl relationship brought him Into cloee
contact with the merchant. His advice was
frequently sought and proved profitable. It' 1
was at Hilton's suggestion tlmt Stewart
built the great white marble structure at
Ilroadway and Chambers street. It was
begun In 1848 , nnd two years later Hilton
was Installed as Stewart's private secretary.
The now store woa the wonder of the period ,
and Stewart's business kept on growing.
In fourteen years It had become too large
for the one store , so the merchant built the
great store on Uroadway between Ninth and
Tenth Btrooto , at a cost of nearly $3,000,000 , 1
In this great ehop an army of 2,000 employes
tolled dally , swelling his fortune at smalf
coat to htmsoU With running expenses of
13,000,000 Stewart's sales In three years
amounted to $203,000,000 , and his net prollts
for the fourth year were more than $4,000-
und took tholr property In payment. He
This is no Boy's Play.
"Hilt Is a Serious Matter to .Many of
Our Hest CltlzciiH.
The more on * hears of Gloria Tonlo tn
die oura of rheumatism , tlie more convinc
ing1 become * the foot , Unit here ait least U
the ono cure for the disease , the one great
ejMtolflc tlia-t hundreds ntid thousands of
< holpe ) , crippled and bedridden rheumatics
ure awaiting m-fth feverish anxiety. The
intrK of this wonderful remedy has oven
rireaa among physicians who are not particularly
ticularly- favorable to now remedies , that
euro without the doctor's assistance.
Hon. Jacob Sexouer a very reliable and
prominent g ntl nmn of Fountlan City ,
Wi , although TO years of ae , cured him
self of a cans of rheuinatlain of S3 years
ut&ndmc , Savn physicians had tried their
wkttl in vain and when his church pap rl
told tilm of the marvelous txollng power
of Gloria Tonto tie used It and was com
pletely cured. Try < thls marv&loue r m dy
and ycu will soon see why it became 10
famous. I'rlce tl CO a package or live paolc
S s , a two month's treatment and usually
average our * JS.fO. Sold by Kuhn &
16th and Douglas , Omaha. Neb ,
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established agencies at Manchester , Olas-1
gow. Berlin , Lyons and Paris. Even In
Peru , Hong Kong and far away Thibet the
name of Stewart was weir known , for in
these places ho had established bureaus ,
and was fast running away from competi
tion.
tion.His
His real cstato holdings became enormous.
Ho bought a desert on. Long Island and
made a fairyland out of It. Ho forced the
Lolands out of the ownership of the Grand
Union hotel at Saratoga nnd bought the |
Metropolitan hotel In New York. Then ho
built the Windsor. In 1870 the value of
his real cstato In New York city alone ag
gregated $5,450,000.
A. T. Stewart was not a man of wcrds or
grace of manner nnd was absolutely lacking
In those qualities which would enable him
to glvo proper reception to his guests on
ceremonial occasions. This deficiency Judge
Hilton supplied , and at all social gatherings
fie stood by his patron's aide , and quietly
coached him. They traveled through Eu
rope together , nnd , In faut , when Stewart
played th host , Henry Hilton actually sat
at tlio head of the table and spoke and
acted In the rich man's behalf. This pecu
liar form of assistance gave the judge a con
trolling Influence qvor Stewart , which could
have been gained In no other way.
( iniiit l"II-i- ( o Illliini.
The fact that Stewart depended upon Hil
ton for aid In everything outside of hla
regular business affairs woe never better
demonstrated than when the dry goods man
> vas nominated for secretary of the treas
ury by President Grant. Stewart selected
Henry Hilton as his assistant. Charles
Sumner , however , as will be remembered ,
discovered an old law by which any im
porter was disqualified for the position of
secretary of the treasury or that of a collector -
lector of a port. When this revelation was
made , nt Hilton's suggestion , Mr. Stewart ,
when ha found that It was Impossible to
have a qualifying act passed in his favor ,
decided to put hie business in the bands of
trustees. Ho offered to devote every penny
of his Income for four years to charity.
General Grant , however , felt that ho had
done sufficient to show his gratitude and
iccordlngly withdrew the name of the am-
bltloiu Irishman. Stewart's bitterness on
account of this -was most Intense and to
the day of his death ho never forgave the
warrior preoldent. It is generally under
stood that Grant believed that Judge Hll-
jin did all in his power to Increase the cool-
BOM between himself and Mr. Stewart , and
for that rcaron , when Hilton called upon
the dying soldier at Mount McGregor cot
tage , he was denied admission to the tick
man's chamber.
! Stewart then planned the hotel for work
ing women at Fourth avenue and Thirty-
fourth street and epent more than a mil
lion dollars upon the undertaking before
his death. Yet , with all the practical chari
ty that Stewart Intended by the erection of
this building , ho retained Just as much of
the selfishness that characterized him as
before. Ho was educated , and a great lover
of the beautiful , Ho would build a palace
for himself and collect therein ' all the
treasures of art and nklll , and keep fhem
there for himself and his wife to admire all
to themselves. So soon there sprang up
the palace at Fifth avenue and Thirty-
fourth struct. The moat costly of marbles ,
the richest of tapestries , the most famous
of paintings of ancient and modern times
went to adorn the in&ldo of the beautiful
structure , and the old merchant and his
wife , both chilled and dry from the lack
of a human sentiment , lived till the end
of things ctino for him ,
Hilton lu HteiTBrt'n Hhoe * .
One night early in April , 1876 , there > - asa
a dinner at the great Fifth avenue house.
Just a email , Informal dinner U was , but
served on the name business principles that
oharacterlied all dinner * at the Stewart
man/ilon , The eoup was brought In at 6
by the clock , end the finger bowli were
done with Just 9. When the function
was over the guests , with the host and
hostess , repaired to the galleries , Just as
uuual , but on this particular night Stewart
caught cold. Two doctors were called In
and were assiduous In their attentions.
Hardly anybody know that ho was ill , or
If they did the merchant was such a
strong , robust man that not a second
thought was given to the matter.
A week passed. On the 10th of April the
crowd who thronged Broadway were startled
by the cry of the extra editions of the
newspapers and the news that Stewart was
dead. In bin great marble palace with
everything about to please the eye and
charm the sense. In Bplte of every aid that
medical oklll could offer , Just at
the height of his money-getting ,
the merchant prince had been brought lower
than the meanest of his employes by the
hand of death.
The great stores were closed. The nu
merous mills shut down. The bureaus in
the great cities stopped business and ev
erybody wondered what would happen.
Thousands of employes deprived of a means
of livelihood , great business Interests looking - I |
ing to him as the fountain head , everything '
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a mass of confusion and no way to turn. | |
The millionaire's will was dated seven j I
yoara prior to hla death and that ho had I
been careless In giving it amendments ,
which he certainly must have intended , is
Indicated by the fact that It contained be
quests to the amount of $30,000 to omploycs
who had boon dismissed for embezzlements
at least two years before. By that docu
ment Henry Hilton wns made an executor
of the estate and given $1,000,000 , and Mr.
Stewart left a letter to his widow requestIng -
Ing her if nho deemed It advisable to con
tinue the business which bore his name and
to make Mr. Hilton her adviser.
Heir He Overawed Her.
The Stewart estate amounted to several
millions ; estimates ran from $20,000,000 to
$50,000,000. Hilton was not satisfied with
his enaro. Mrs. Stewart was not a woman
of great strengUi of will and ifho could not
resist the domination of her husband's
friend. She had no children and she feared
to consult her relatives. One of tbo Stew
art clerks testified in court that she had
said to him when ho advised her to consult
with others : "I dassent do that on account
of ths Judgo. " In Now York the Judge used
to rldo up to bar house dally , at drat in
her carriage , and , the evidence showed , took
It on himself to give orders about the
IIOUHO. Ho told the servants what to do
and what not about admitting visitors to
Mrs. Stewart. The architects and builders
of the Stewart cathedral at Garden City
told how , when she came thuro to see the
work , Hilton was always close at her side
and she never had aught to say , The only
thing Architect Harrison board her say
during the construction woa : "Mr. Harri
son , you'll take lunch with us. " As for
the cathedral plans , ulio never now thorn.
There were many tales of the ceaseless
surveillance under which Judge Hilton kept
the poor llttlo widow. It was said her
servants spied upon her and Etood near'
whenever in her ridings abroad she stopped
to talk with anyone. Her tongue , and her
goings to and fro , as well as her ducats ,
wore In somebody's custody. People mar
veled at It During her latter years , when
the burden of her losses welched heavy on
her mind , she would try , now and then ,
in the Judge's absence , to talk about her
troubles to those whom she thought might
bo trusted and would lend her their sym
pathy. U was of no avail. When the Judge
was present eho was almost like one tongue-
tied dumb , In his absence bar lackeys wore
there. It was ho whom the servants minded ,
though she paid their hire. The judge's
orders In the Stewart household seem to
have been final law , to mistress and maid
alike.
A man , well enough known In Now York ,
told of Mrs. Stewart's stopping him one
afternoon In Fifth avenue and calling him
to tie step of the carriage , A * they talked
the footman stationed hlraeeU at the man's
elbow , where ho might pay strict heed to
every word spoken. When the conversation
turned Into the sphere of Mrs. Stewart's
private affairs , her "troubles , " as she was
wont to call ttaem , the flunkey put a stop to
It , telling the widow she could not wait any
longer or ehe would ho late. As for the
man , he was elbowed away from the door.
She succumbed meekly , and was driven
away.
In RxcUnnjje for a Million.
Hilton found a ready acquiescence when
ho proposed to Mra. Stewart that , in place
of the $1.000,000 loft him by the will , ho
should take charge of the business of A. T.
Stewart & Co. In return for this $1,000,000
she gave him all the estate. It is stated by
people who were very close to the mll-
llonalro that on the day of his death , when
ho was lying on a couch moaning and callIng -
Ing for "tho Judce , " the latter remained
all day In the ofllco of the big dry goods
firm , and when the news was brought to
him that Stewart was dead ho at once went
to Hopkins , chief bookkeeper , and , announcing -
nouncing that he was the executer of the
estate , demanded to bo shown the dead
mans' private ledger , to which no one was
given access.
Included In the business credits , It Is said ,
were thirteen woolen mills and the lease
hold of the big store at Broadway and Tenth ,
and of these Henry Hilton took possession.
Ho Issued an edict forbidding Hebrews en
trance to the Grand Union hotel. Saratoga ,
which was part of the Stewart estate , nnd
' the larger portion of the trade of the dry
i goods establishment was quietly withdrawn ,
' and as a result the thirteen woolen mills
wont to ruin and 0,000 people wore thrown
out of employment.
Mrs. Stewart died In 1886. Ilor will had
boon drawn by Hilton nnd ho was loft a
large share of her estate , as well as ex
traordinary powers In dealing with the re
mainder. Her heirs and people claiming to
j bo heirs of her husband began to put In
claims to the catato and the vast property
hno hardly been free from litigation. In the
contest to break the wldowa will , twelve
years ago , the most eminent counsel In
New York appeared. Among them were
1 Joseph H. Ohoate , now ambassador to Eng-
I land , for the contestants , Roscoe Conkllng
I and Ellhu Root for the defense. Choato
i claimed Hilton hod unduly influenced Mrs.
I Stewart. Hilton replied ho was her dourest
friend. The contest was closed and the
case was in the surrogate's hands for de
cision when the announcement was made
that there had been a compromise. Judge
Hilton had arranged to distribute the prop
erty loft to him in trust In a way that was
satisfactory to all concerned , This trust
fund was assessed at $2,990,070.65 ; the value
placed on the entire cstato was $ # ,003,424.96.
The business at the Ninth street store
shrank. From $13,000,000 It sank to $3,000-
000 a year. On August 26 , 1896 , the firm
of Hilton , Hughes & . Co. failed , with lia
bilities of $2,592,000. Previous to the failure
Hilton hod loot about $5,000,000 in the busi
ness. Ho had mortgaged the downtown
store to keep the business going. The suits
in court bad cost him Immense suma of
money , though ho won every case.
Tlio Theft of Stewart' * Iloily.
One of the mysteries in connection with
Hilton's relations with the Stewart estate
was the theft of the body of A. T. Stewart
from the vault at St. Mark's church , in
November , 1878. St. Mark's churchyard IB
the center of a densely populated district.
The Stewart monument and vault was the
most conspicuous object. It was guarded
and circled with every conceivable precau
tion. Yet the robbers had done their work
and mode away with their booty before
their depredations had been discovered.
A most curious fact was that an attempt
had been made to rob the vault but ono
month before and that precautions had been
doubled to protect the place. Hilton had
caused a special watchman to bo employed.
Tbe momorlol stone which had marked the
vault had been removed to a spot at which
there was no vault. These precautions
worked so well that at the end of November
the vault was considered to bo safe and the
watchman was withdrawn.
The motive of the crime was unquestion
ably blackmail. In this It was a failure.
Hilton at once announced that he would
give $100,000 for the detection and punish
ment of the outlaws , but not ono cent for
the return by them of what they had taken.
Mrs. Stewart offered n reward of $25,000 for
the return of the body. A body was re
turned , but It Is believed that It was not
the body of Olr. Stowart.
Henry Hilton was a great lover of art and
left a collection of about 200 pictures , said
to be ono of the finest private collections in
this country. In the collection nro several
by Molssonler , Including a portrait of the
artist by himself , ono or two by Munkaczy
and other famous artists. Mr. Hilton choao
all his own pictures , as well as most of
these In the collection loft by Mr. Stewart.
It was said of him that he could walk
through a strange gallery , taking only a
casual glance at the pictures , and , on leav
ing It , could toll the narao of the artist who
painted it. From the Stewart collection ho
purchased for $70,000 Mclssonler's "Friod-
land , 1807 , " and the "Defense of Charn-
plgny , " by Dotalllo , for about $50,000 and
gave them to the Metropolitan Museum of
Art. The Molesonlor cost Mr , Stewart $50-
000 nnd on the back the artist posted an
autograph note to Stewart , In which ho
stated that ho considered the picture bis
masterpiece. Mr , Hilton also purchased Mr.
Stewart's collection of statuary. This col
lection , with the exception of a few pieces
which ho retained for his New York and
Saratoga houses , he lent to the museum
about three yearn ago and It Is there now.
TUB JIALIGM5I ) AIIMY 3ITUM3.
Tribute to n Patient , Indimtrlous nnd
Mlicli-Alllinrd Jlpiixt.
I have often promised myself the pleas
ure of paying an appropriate tribute to that
much ridiculed but Indispensable animal ,
the frontier mule , says a writer In the Chicago
cage Heoord. His usefulness to civilization
has been exceeded only by the pioneer
representatives of the human race , whose
endurance he has shared and whose pi-
tlenco and enterprise ho hns surpassed. His
character is complex and comprehensive ,
and ho who aspires to analyze the psychol
ogy of the mule and search the motives that
actuate him undertakes a problem that no
man has yet solved. I Imvo often heard his
! character and peculiarities discussed by
i army teamsters nnd others ' who are accustomed -
| tomod to handling him , but it requires a
special vocabulary.
' The amount of fatigue , exposure and ab-
| stlnonco that a mule will endure Is marvel
ous. Making long marches across dusty and
shadeless plains , going for days with Il'tlo
water and less food , pulling heavy loids
over rocky hills and through heavy slough1) ,
subject to cruel treatment and neglect , it
is no wonder that his soul Is soured. Ho is
worked until he Is worn out , and then he Is
turned in with a herd of broken-down ani
mals that furnish as melancholy a sight as
ono can see among animated things. Gaunt
and lean , with drooping ears , disconsolate
tall , and a woebegone vlsago that would
frighten an inexperienced ghost , the abandoned -
donod mule Is an Ideal of desolation.
There is a popular tradition that no mule
ever died a natural death. On the mountain
Bides , burdened with a heavy pack or bearIng -
Ing a trustful rider , his foothold Is firm and
sure ; but when the earth gives way , and
the mule gocj rolling over and over down
the preclploce , he has lives enough Itft to
secure him a ripe old age. I hava seen a
mule fall in the mud and become burled
under a heavily loaded wagon , yet when the
wreck was removed he got up , shnok him-
eelf , and began to nibble the gran as un
concernedly aa if nothing bad happened.
The ordinary army team , which Is imi
tated by all the transportation "outfits" la
the west , Is usually composed of six mules
driven by a single line and a long snake
whip , especially the whip. The line Is at
tached to the left bit or the "night reader , "
which may bo considered the rudder of the
team. The driver , or helmsman , sits astride
of the "nigh wheeler , " and if ho wonts to
"gee" he Jerks the line savagely. It is a
moral certainty that the "nigh lender" will
turn his head away from It and take the
rest of the team with him. If the helms
man wants to "haw" he pulls gently on the
line , drawing the "nigh leader's" head
around and ho goes "haw. " There Is noth
ing cosier or more natural in all the phi
losophy of the sages.
The position of "mule skinners" In an
army train or a caravan of "learners" is
conspicuous. His chief requirements are to
crack a hlackanake whip and swear , and
such swearing is never heard under other
circumstances. On an ordinary troll the
mule team joga along quietly and sedately
while the driver snoozes In his saddle , but
somehow or other ho awakens whenever
anything goes wrong , or when a bad piece
of road Is reached. Then ho "haws" and
"goes" nnd yells and cracks his whip , nnd
Jerks the line , nnd digs his spurs Into the
poor animal ho Is riding until ho gets his
team into position ; then with a few Jumps
and a few tugs , under a frightfur torrent of
] oaths nnd a crackling of the whip like the
rattle of musketry , the other side Is
! reached , nnd with a sigh of relief the team
resumes its patient pulling , Just as meek
people do when they have passed through
great trials and come out purified.
I do not know of any living creature
whose destiny Is BO absolutely terrible as
an "off-wheeler" In a mule train on the
Arizona desert. If fifty * whacks are given
n team of mules In crossing a bad piece of
road or creek , the "off-wheeler" gets forty ,
or when the "cooly" Is full of soft mire
the ordinary "mulo skinner" who rides the
"nigh-wheeler" la assisted by a half-dozen
gentlemen of the same profession , who dis
mount from their teams to encourage the
crossing. They , too , have long , black
whips , and they have a better purchase for
their feet than saddle stirrups , so they
can whack back harder and moro frequently
, than he , and the majority of tholr blows ,
of course , fall on the "off-wheeler. " These
deputies , as you might call them , stand in
the middle of tbo gulch or "coory. " The
wagons go down so quickly that the leadIng -
Ing mules run under while their whips are
In the air , but the "off-wheeler" comes
along Just In time to catch the downward
stroke , and the tug of pulling the wagon up
the other Bldo Is so hard and slow that they
have tlmo to whack him again before ho Is
out of trouble.
While the caravan of tenms Is waiting at
n bed croBslng. waiting for their turn to
crons , you can always hear on occasional
bray about one-Blxth as many brays as
there wo mulcn on the pay roll. It eomcs
from the "off-wheelers" and Is a subdued
protest agalnnt fate.
The mule Is not tlie stupid animal he Is
often represented to bo. His powers of ob- ,
servatlon and memory are remarkable. Old
teamsters will tell you that a mule nlwayo
remembers a man who bos fed him once or
has done him an injury , and he knowoth
his master's crib. For example , take a train
of 200 wagons , which la the usual number
necessary to carry tlio food and forage of H
regiment of troops upon a march , and there
will bo 1,200 mulfu. The wagons nre exactly
alike. When the train gets into camp the
mules are uubarne&sed and turned out to
graze. They are sometimes driven a mile or
two away. When night cornea and It Is tlmo
to give them tholr corn they lire herded
back to the train , and every animal will gt
straight to his own wagon , I have heard
old teamsters say that they never knew on
to make a mistake.
When a mule Is depraved be finds a thou
sand opportunities to ahow his depravity.
It 1 that whloh Isada him to BUmd still
When others desire him to move. A vet
eran "teamer" will tell you that th ordi
nary mule will Invariably visit upon others
the Inflictions ho suffers himself. That is.
If there are twenty mulco In a line and
you kick Uie first ono , Instead of retaliating
upon you he will kick the mule behind him.
The eccond mule will pass the kick along
to the third , and the third to the fourth ,
nnd so on until the end of the Hno la
reached , leaving tha last mule unjustified
fox the time being , but you may be sure that
sooner or later ho will find an opportunity
to enjoy his vengeance.
TJio pack mule Is qulto OB much on Inotl-
tut Ion as the team mule , and la absolutely
Indispensable In the mountains. Mule paoli-
Ing Is o flno art , and with a well trained
animal and n skillful packer you can aofely
transport anything , from a piano to a. bog
of oats. When the packer has finished hla
Job In an artistic manner the animal may
buck or back , kick or rear , or roll , but ho
cannot rid himself of hla burden , and he
finally gives It up In despair. After two or
three experiences he will submit to his
destiny and fall Into line with the reot of
the train every morning to receive his load
from the packer. A well broken pock mule
la always proud of hla load , nnd if by any
means It gets loose he will step o iletly out
of line and wait until the packmanter comes
along to tighten it ,
The most serious objection to the mule ,
which you sometimes find la human beings )
also , Is the delusion tlhat ho can sing. Like
everything else about a mule , his song la
strictly original. It belongs to no other
animal. No ono can describe and no ono
can Imitate It.
PHIOKS FOH
Imtort Qtintntlonn on Bonm from tb
Kiironeiin BInrkrt.
Pauper Europe has caused on outcry from
a now line of American Industry , reports the
Philadelphia Times , American artioulstors
of skeletons are up In arms against the im
portation of the pauper skeletons of Europe.
Native bones , In consoquanco of rooent Im
portations , are quiet and depreeaod , while
the demand is for the products of the French
nnd German markets. Flret-olass American
skeletons are a drug in tlio market a/t / $8.00 ®
12,50 , while the Gallic or Teutonic article ,
not ono whit more serviceable , bringa a
fancy price.
A rocunt Frenchman , who happened to de
part this Ufa with a full set of teeth , Is
offered at $35 , ordinarily Imported skeletons
going at from $20 to $27.EO , according to the
number of teeth ( hey were shy. Purchas-
urs cannot bo fooled by fulso teeth. The
only superiority In the foreign article Is in
the matter of complexion. Frenchmen and
Germans who have shexl all of thomaolves
except tholr bones , bleach bettor , or their
survivors are bloto bleach them hotter. In
the matter of articulation the American
workman Is perhaps the superior of the
European artist , hut ho cannot get fn the
tints nnd the refreshing shades of com
plexion BO muoh admired by skeleton ex
perts , or those who desire such articles for
household ornamentation.
Skulls ore $2.BO@3.25. varying according to
alzo and the skill displayed In preparation. A
skull that was prepared for the tnarkot with
a brick li not In as much favor BJI one that
found its way In by the natural channels ,
The demand for polvlaos Is light , at $1.40Q >
2.05 ; tibia , In slight call at 45@EKc. Feet
articulated are quoted- Lofts , $2.00i8 > 2.75 ;
rights , $2.10@2.86 ; weet sides ( by weight
only ) , $4.30 : Hands are slow and generally
unsatisfactory at $1.00@4.BO , although * \
r
fancy price , $88.40 , waa putd for one r * M
cently. *
Wooden lofTB are heavy and alow , but con
tinue moving up end down a peg ,
In teeth it Is the same old grind. Full
sots are moving up and down at $3.00125i
bicuspids , by the brace , ore steady at $2.00 ®
2.76 ; molare , dull , at 76o@fl.OO. Wisdom
are dear ,
