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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-12-02

=, A CURIOUS man was Magliabechi, who
lived in Florence in the seventeenth cen
tury. He was famous for having read allthe
books that he had bought; and his library
consisted of 100000 printed volumes and
some 10000 MSS He was also renowned
for remembering all he read. Anecdotes
are still told illustrative of his remarkable
power of memory 1t is asserted that he
would atwiH cite sentence from any one
of his books at random, and give the chap
ter. and paragraph from which it was
taken, with the date of the publication of
the book, the name of the place where it
was published, the name of the printer and
its publisher, and the number OF editions
that had been published. On a certain
day, when Cosmo de Medici asked him
for copy of very scarce and costly book
he answered: 80 OF this work there is but
one copy in existence, and that is inthe
Sultan's Library at Constantinople, It is
the eleventh volume in the second row, on
the right side as you enter"
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
Markets by Telegraph.

LONDON, March 14-Noon.-Consois sz>s' oonu'
soH. $500. ,,u.
LIVERPOOL, March 14-Noon.-Cotton steady'
uplands 1ozd; orleans nHal2hd; sales lo'ooo
bales. Beef las 3D. Lard 5s I'd.
Eyening.@ootton steady. Sales 1900 bales;
for speculation and export 1000 bales. Bread
stufrs nrm. Naval stores frmer.
HAvRE. March l4.-Cotton opens frmer. Anoat
II 2sc.
PARIS, March 14.-Bourse opened hrrn' fentes
74f &C.
DOMESTIC.
Nrw YORK, March IA Noon Stocks frm.
sterling, long 81; short, s7s. Gold l2A. Sixty
tvo,s 1lx. Money easy at 5a6 per cent. Ten
nessee skies. ex-coupons, cox; new 4sH; Fir'
e,,nia siyes, ex:coupons, Il; new, 70; Missouri
stxes ex-coupons, s21z; Louisiana skies, osd' IT'
now 70. ,evees, SKIES, Tx; eights s3; Alabama
eichts, OF; fves, 7oh; Georgia sixes' "a; seVens
SO; North Carolinas, Old, 461s; new' - oou'n
Carolina, old, S71z; new, So. Flour duii' "hea'
duh and dropping. Corn quiet. forA qu'o'
mess S25 e5a26 Lard firm at 14Hal4hc. Cotton
nrmer at 2lKc. Turpentinc quiet at 44Aa4ac.
Rostn dull at So o3as2 10 for strained. Frelghts
quiet.
Eyenng-Cotton frmer, closing quiet; sales
5000 bales at &c. Flour rather favors puyers'
prices unchanged. Wheat dull at about 1c lowers
winter red and amber Western So o5a2 os. Corn
heavy, 1c lower. Pork heavy at s26. Lard closeo
heavy at 14al5c. Whlskey unchanged. Groce-
r;es dull, but quier. Naval stores dull. Freights
uniet Money cosy, more demand at Sao. s'et-
ling weak at s2l. Gold closed unsettled, II DID,
Governments closed steady and firm; Southerns
unchanged.
R.1rinoRE, March l4.-Cottcl firm at q cents.
E1our lull. low grades drm, and prices unchanged.
wheat dull; Pennsylvania 81 23al 25. Corn firm at
eoae4c: yellow sla92c. Oats 63a55c. Provisions
hrm. shoulders 12a12tIc. Lard 15a16c. "hskey
. nominal
. CINCINNATI, March 14.-Corn steady; mixed 75a
7sc: white and yellow ,oasoc. Whiskey 90. Pro-
visions firm Pork s2s 25aoe so. Bacon quiet
shoulders lie; sides l5sl51a. Lard held higher;
Kettle l4c.
LOUISVILLE March 14-Corn unchanged. Pro
visions heavy; no sales Lard, prime, uerces l5c
Whiskey e1ae2c.
sAyAnNAH, March 14.-Cotton in good demand;
middling 2o%a2lc; receipts 1910; exports to Great
Britain 2s7o; continent 1000; coastwise 6s4; sales
400; stock 66.oSs.
NORFOLK, March li-cotton, quotations nomi'
nally unchanged; low middlings 1saalsc; re-
celpts 600 bales; exports, coastwise 7S6 bales no
sales; stock o72o bales
MOBILE, March 14.-Cotton firm; middling 2lc:
receipts 2e5 bales; sales 1000 bales; stock 1888
bales.
NEW ORLEANS, March 14.-Cotton in active de-
mand at full prices; middling q asa2lAc; net re-
ceipts $685. coastwise 459; total 1885; exports to
continent 2o4l; coastwlse $40; sales $500; stock
09s sio
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
MEMORANDA.

Consgnees per steamship Zodiac from Phila,
tlelphia, expecte2 to-day-Jno Theo GeLty,
Railroad Ageht, Kinsman Howell. Elias. d
Klatte & c3, j Cosgrove, O'Neilk cater,
T Pcaks, Fl Hayden, II Baker co, Claclus q Y
Wit.e, L Kornahrens, Dowie, Noise y Davis,
Cpdebeecf. j Il Vollers, Cameron, BarEley q co, j
ca Claussen, Goodrich, Wineman d co. Douglass
& Miller, W Bliss, W S Gorwin d co, Johnsea
8 CO. KlincS, Wickenberg & co, D Paul co, A
ANIME, J Hurkamp i CO. N E Railroad Agen.,
Aiken 4 co, Claghorn, Herring co, Conen, G
w Williams l. CO. w Brookbanks. Knee,
jackson, A Duncan & Son, Won Santen, Macd1d
Cohen, NJ Caldwell Il Son. P Wnring, h Gerdts
CO, N Nathan, Fogartle's Book Store, Mel,
chers, B Rhett i Son, NJ Greer, " Gurney, w
Marscher, H Bischofr i co, Muller, Nimitz & co,
Russell, Mantoue Il co, Werner Duckes, BOIL
Ranu Bros, Eenneker, " c Bee co, ienorus
G. co, Budd & Blake, DR. Baer. G Lusn, Sayan'
nah and Charleston Railroad Company, BOT
ner, ] SteibeT, Walker, Evans Co9swell. Bui,
wlnkle co, ] Abrahams, W Ferguson, j M
Wohltmann, and 8 Fairly & CO.
The sctr Allen Middleton, Jr, Ames, from
Georgetown, S c. for New Haven, arrived at Mas
snu, P, February olst. In distress, with loss o.
jibboom apd other damage. This vessel was sup
posed &C have been lost.
The schr John DAILY, WALL from Georgetown
| c. arrived at New York March II.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
Receipts by Railroad. March IA.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.

226 bales cotton, Go bales dOmcsics, lGo casks
clay, "a bbs naval stores, 3 cars lumber" !" cars
stock To Railroad Agent. Graeser Smith, Il ID
DeSaussure, Wardlaw < Carcw. w X Ryan, Bro
die & CO, Reeder & Davis, bowling d co, Pei."f'
Rodgers l. CO, W Whldcn & Gu, MOwry & S"ll.
Clarhorn, Herring 4 co, Watson & HILL II Mure d
co, w Roach, Goldsmith Son, and Armstrong
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15

Strict mlQQunE .'''-''''' -
RicE.-rhe inquiry FOR this grail. was limited
ono transactions tight. Sales 81 tierces OF clean
Carolina saw is tlerces at 6s.l6; IS at e%c p ID.
We onote common to fair clean Carolina at 6(9
sX; good 5X@sc . fb. .,,o.,
NAyAL sroREs.-There was moderate business
doing. Sales l7s bbls low No rosih at 81 y DOL
and 30 bbls spirits turpentine at 4oc a gallon
FRE,ears.-To Liverpool, oy steam, engage,
ments are making at IA q b on uplands ana
1xd on sea islands; by sail, we quote "a " 10
on upland cotton, and sd p on sea
,s,and cotton. To Havre, by steam' noni-
nal. by sail, nominal at &c on upiands
ond 7xc on sea islands. CoastWise 10
New York, by steam, &c q ID on uplands
and nc on sea islands; by sail, &c . tb on up
lands. To Boston, by steam, nominal; BY ssil' u
0xc q fb on uplauds. To philadelphia, by steam
20 q tt on uplands; by sail, somewhat nom'
inal. To Baltimore, by steam, h@Sc g 10 on
uplands; by sail somewhat nominal.
Misunderstanding so days bills 2osS2os-
DOMESTIC ExcHANGB.-The banks purchase
eight checks at par, and sell at x premium.
On,stde, they purchase OF par to Is discount
and sell at par to 4 per cent premium.
= eoLs.-The brokers were buying as l1al2 snu
selling at 1904
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
Havana Market.

HAVANA, March 5.--SUGAR.-The sugar mar
ket has been quiet during the week, owing 70 our
local 1easts TO begin Wild ana the aaiarofaSIe Te
give the quotations authorized by the board OF
brokers, and as reported nv Spencer: For whites
through OF s5Aa7A 2 100 fts: yellows do. Nos II
a4H do; Cncurnchos, Nos Z to 10, at S3ta3X do;
Muscovadoes at S3&a3X do; centrifugal at AKA
AZ: grocery sugars OF muscevadoeS have been
do' Shipned during the week hence and froin
Matanzas So 200 boxes, SOl7 hhds OF which to the
United States aud Canada II 921 boxes, 2S6S hhds,
and balance to European ports, ncluaing ~
two ports equal to 3l5.363 boxes and q 2Si5 hhds,
against for the same period OF 1869 Of 7s5 box
eS and 0201 hhdS.
Seg for q small cargo to be loaded here. Honey
at 56Lc per gallon and sales.
WAX.-Steadv demand; yellow SoS to $34 per
100 lbs, and $40 to $50 do. - o -
$ll for white, and refined at sS1 TO SS2 do; In
leaf tobacco and cigars values continue as long
advised, and factories are fully occupied with all
the hands procurable ut this time.
ExCHANGE.-Tutal OF the week-London t14o,-
O0e; Paris $50, 600 francs: United States currency
S3642 300 aud gold payable Sl22 600; closing to-day
at IL M-for London at l0I to 10A premium;
10 ~ IA 10 l3h discount; do short lSh TO 1lA dis
cunt; do pay yable In gold, long, par to premi-
um: do do short to 2H premium.
ER6IGaTS-M0tuuZaS, tdhcu NdrCh l-dlllcTl-
can bark Arizona 800 hhds sugars for New York
at s51s each; British brig Rosetta, $50 do molas-
ses, for do, at Ssh per ITO gals, &c 10 10 Cath
crime John, 500 boxes and 200 hhds do at 81 35
boxes, and s5H for hhds; British bark Norma, 900
hhds and 200 boxes sugars and 200 h!!is syrup for
do at s6 per hid and SIX per box sugars and
SAX per each hid Of syrup; do do Louisa Cook,
900 boxes and 200 hhls sugars at SIX and S5i<
each; do do Maurtius, 100 boxes and 4l2 hhds su.
gars for 10 at 5; d and s5H each. 81, brig A. II.
Curtis, hhds and boxes Of sugars for Boston
at $5k and SIX each; Norwegian bark Bril-.
liant 5000 boxes Falmouth aud orders at
fa Is Cd ; do do Asia, Zoo do for do. same
rate; Russian do $500 do do do at e.. Taken al
Matanlas. schooner Joseph Segar $50 lhIs ana
40 bbls molasscs for Philadelphia at So per ITO gal
Ions, &C.. ansl hbls on deck ut 81 each, do; do II.
A. Holt, $40 hhds do do at SS 25 per do, &c. 4th
brig Frontier, 400 hHds molasses, Sierra Morena
and north Hatteras. ut 81 25 per ITO gallons.
O c: do George Burnham, 600 do direct north Ha:-
feras at So Is per do do; brig C. T. Tonpkins tr)
$50 hhds sugar OF G. syrup, Csioarlen for New
York. at Sc caclI Taken at Ma1anzas, Sd, schr.
Abbott Deyereux tAm COO 90 hnGs an1;o,5 molasses,
This business win improve in rates for the united
States and European PORTS.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
5bippina.

EOR PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON.
The Steamship ZODIAC, Captain +EEFEs,
Hines will leave North Atlantic Wharf, sSSAlSEs44S SSAlSEs4S
on THURSDAY, March nth, at = o'clock.
For Freight or Passage apply to
JOHN TAEO. GETTY,
mchl4 North Atlantic Wharf
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
The Charleston Cotton. Rice and Naval
Stores Market.
OFFICE CHARLESTON NEWS,

OFFICE CHARLESTON NEWS,
MONDAY EVENING, March IA, lS7o.)
CoTroN.-The staple showed no material altera-
tion, the demand being in a moderate way at un-
changed figures. Sales about $50 bales, say: s at
16; 16 at 161; IL at IT; 10 at TX; "a at Is; az
1sH; at 49, "a at 20; 10 at COX; eS at 2os; 20 at
COX; 81 at q. We quote:
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Imports.

L1vEnPcoL-Per ship A B Bwyman-e5S4 sacks
salt, to NJ FredSberg. m ,,,s
MATASzAS-Per schr Il NJ Broohlue-ss nIos Ios
molasses 100 bbls molasses, 125 boxes sugar, LII
hhds sugar, 24,0 600 oranges.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
SAILED YESTERDAY.
Schr Governor Burton, Steelman, Jacksonville.
Schf Lugano, johnson, Fernandina.


Schr Governor Burton, Steelman, Jacksonville
Schf Lugano, johnson, Fernandina.
FROM THIS PORT.
Steamship Tennessee. Chichester, New York,
March Is.
Steamship Charleston, Berry. New York, March
T.
steamship Falcon, Horscy, Baltimore. March
IL.
DssAF D.:s Larrabee Wordsworth, Wilmington,
March II.
Brig Croton, Bickmore Cardenas, March !.
Schr Nicanor, Hannah, Wilmington, N c, Marca
II.
schr Abbott Devereux, RlcL, Matanzas, Febru-
ary Is.
Schr Norah, Hawes, Matanzas February 26.
Schr Emily Curtis, Haskell, Matanzas, March 2.
UP FOR THIS PORT.
Schr Jeddie, Trott at Philadelphia March II.
Schr Mary Limeourner. Lansil, at Havana,
March S.
Schr Carlton Jayne, Brown, at Baltimore, March
u.
schr q G Bird, Drinkwater, at Baltimore, March
II.
CLEARED FOR THIS PORT.
Spanish ibrig Gabrielle, Pages, at Havana,
Mnrch2,
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
Murray, Ferris & Co.'s Naval Stores
Circular.

Circular.
NEW YORK, March 12.-SPIRITs TuRPENT1NE-
Has ruled quiet, but steady at 44,sa45c for mer. M
chantable, and 45kc shipping; with sales q cow
bbls, Of which 900 are for export. The Improve:
ment in gold will probably allow the execution OF
further export orders and consequent reduction
OF stock, but the temper OF the market is adverse
to any large Speculative movement. Receipts
259 bbls. Exports 6Os bbls.
bbs, (lr,0 600 are low grades,) much OF which we
believe fictitious, at So o5a2 l215 for common to
good strained; 81 2Oa2 62A for No. @ So za4 for
No l. and 81 5oa7 for pale. The scarcity offreight
room and high rates demanded AFFECT strained
rosin unfavorably, but the light stock admits OF
prices being maintained. All other grades aver
age 25a56c lower than few weeks since, and the
market Is extremely dull. Wei quote good strained
81 05. Receipts S751 bbls; exports a. ,673 bble,
TAR.-The market is very dull, with sI75 for
Wilmington, and s2 3oa2 50 for Nc".,t6 County, as
extreme range.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
Exports.

L1yERPooL-Per ship Missouri-l1S bales sea
isianti cotton, 34so bales upland cotton.
PHILApELPHIA-Per steamship Prometheus-a3
tierces rice. los bales cotton, 164 bbls rosin, IS
bales yarn, liz casks clay, A3 boxes dried 1rult,
and sundries. -,
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
Es.ton l. Co.'s Cotton Report, Tor the
, week ending March IL, ls70'

NEW YORK. March 12-In our last report the
market closed dull at 22Hc for Iniddlngs. Satur-
tiay. the market was dull and prices snaae
easier The demand was light ard mainly LOT Ine
Monday. the market was aGll and lower, tne 9i
Terincs were moderate, bat sufficient to meet Tue
demand. safes 252e> Middlings 22hc. dsol Iassusy,
fhe market was active, but at q 1urtner reaustton
in prices mainly owing to the deciine III eoiu.
The offerings were hberal-lresn haes Delng
thrown upon the market. Sales 1891 Mluonngs
nXc. wednesday, there was good business sSs
doing at easier prices, the offerings were falr
Win iess disposition on the part OF holders to re-
alize. Sales 54ss. Hiddlings 2lc. THURSDAY, the
ofIerincs were very small and insufficient 10 meet
the demand There was better tone 70 Ine nial-
ket during rhe day, and closed 6rm az 1oIS LOT
middling Sales 1898. Yesterday, the marRet
opened active and higher under the advance IN
gold, but subsequently became qulc,er. S'Ies
So16 Closing at 81 Nc for middllng uplands.
Tho market this week declined 1hc under the
fall in gold TO 10H, and the continued large re-
ceipts. Yesterday, when gold advanced TO ta;
| there was q better feeling, and good demand
+ favorable Liverpool news depressed the market,
which closed heavily at 21Ac for mlddlihe. "A
/ large part of the business OF tile week has been IN
contracts which sold as low as Ice In some cases,
| closing at 1e%c for April, May and June. buyers
| nave had much difficulty in filling orders for cot.
| ton for immediate shipment. Ii Is matter ol
surprise to the trade that, with over 90 600 bales
stock IL should be SO difficult to buy ready COTTON:
| LIVERPOOL has declined I'd on uplands, ana l-iou
| on Orleans The east wind Still prevents arrivals,
and there are now 3l3, coo bales OF American COL
| ton at sea. :,
BoMBAY.-Exports arst four days OF March L.:
600 bales to Great Britain, and $3.50 TO the Cont-
| nent. Total, from lst January 10 am March IN,
elusive are this year so, 600 TO Great Biltaln anu
o,0Oo to the Continent, against 1921 ana 81
Il Al. 14rS
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15

OF IS tierces Carolina, at ea7o for common to
choice.
prices. Carolina at SIS 25a6 IS, currency; RangooD,
in bond, So s71sa3 25, gold, pc leo pounds.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
Passengers.

Per steamship South Carolina. from New York
III Simmons, K J Allen, W Fullgrar, II Brown.
Mrs Fl Brown. Mrs Green and two children aiisS
C A Nichols, G Nichols, w Miller, NicEerSon;
Rev A Ford, W II Pierce and wife, Mrs General
Hayne, C Palmer, Miss c Palmer, A G Child.
Rurheimer, A n Donald. and 0dcll.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
New York Rice Market.

The Journal OF Commerce, OF the 18th instant
says: Domestic Is qul t. Holders are not oner-
ing much stock, but It present there IS very ut,
tie demand. We quote INVOICES ot 5}aa6ac, and
small lots OF selected at Aa7Kc.
The World, OF the same date, says: The market
Il steady, and q fair Juu, ng traI uV,.o. sales
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
TOR NEW YoRK-THURSDAY.
THE All sIDE.WHEEL STEAMSHIP
o. SOUTH CAROLINA.

Adkins, Commander, will sail for 4FExs.
New York on THURSDAY, March lIlh, ,SsSeaasss.
Union Wharves, connecting with day Passenger
Trains from Columbia and Augusta, arriving ut
P. Al.
Through Bills Lading viii be issued for cotton
England Manufacturing Cities.
Freight on Sea Island Cotton, &c; Upland, NC;
Rice, 81 90 per cask.
Insurance by the Steamers OF this line 1s PEI
cent.
For Freight engagements, or passage, having
very superior stateroom accommOdations,a all new
lv FURNISHED, apply to WAGNER, uUGER& CO. No
26 Broad street. or to WIN. A. CoukLEnAi
No. Union Wharves. mcnlf
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-15
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.

40 bales cotton, 1os Jbls naval stores, bags cot
ton seed, boxes tobacco. bags pinhers. cars luin-
ber mdse, &c. To II BIschor & co, kinsn nn \
Howell T Samuels W Ryan. Miss Sanders, W
Dillon, Reeder & Davis. Smith & Chapcau. Ken.
dali & Dockery, C w Williams & CO. Frost x Adj
ger, Clacius wltte, G FollIu, C GraveleJ, anu
Order.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-01-26

great smells as they passed IN curves OF
tlame through the thickening smoke
and then. these greater dangers avoided
our pledding along the country ronds,
choked up by overthrown carriages, aud
scattered goods Of every description,
with horses escaped from their owners,
galopiDg madly among the debris of many
ruined homestead-ca ever forget
It all-evcr erase from memory the
frightfulpicturcs Of that time?
At last we reached farm house, the
people Of which were our friends My
mother, with exclamations ofamazement
from the whole family, was taken at
once to bed, but strange to say, she did
not seem at all fatigued
This delicate woman, who had not
lett her chamber, scarcely her couch,
for years, had braved the horrors of a
bomhardmcnt in tho open streets ridden
on ncgro's back Tor three or four mics
aud yet had not succumbed And, what
is more, from that night my mothers
health improved, until now, five years
after, have satisfaction Of seeing her
seated comfortably near me, and engag.
ed upon some delicate sewing-work, in
the very chair Which formed SO impor.
tant part Of the rescue Of December,
1862
Her comparative recovery has puzzled
the faculty. excepting one physician Of
acknowledged genius who declares
it was the most natural thing in the
world.
"Did you ever read Little Dorrit,'
Miss Martha he asked me yesterday
| replied that I had. "Well, then, re.
call that scene whicE represents Arthur
Clcnnam's mother under tho influence
of great mental shock, throwing off
the paralysis of twenty years, aud rushing
through the town to find little Dorrit
and intreat his mercy!
"Ignorant critics langhcd at Dickens
for Introducing what they called tour
tle .torcc, but Dickens, us usual, knew
what lie was about. Such shocks, es-
pccially in nervous diseases, act often
with The subtle forcc Of galvanism, and
he eases arc numerous where what
you would have sworn must kill the pa
ticnt outright, results in a temporary,
and even in some cases (look at your
mother) permanent cure"
What meanwhile of old Robin Hc
still lives with "thc family and in his
hale old age delights to repeat to his
crouies the minutcst particulars Of the
event Of which he was the unquestiona
bic hero.
Every week he gets more garrulous
concerning it, SO that, in due time, the
flight from fredericksburg promises, un.
der his creative fancy, to devclope into
quite an '1liad OF adventures
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-01-26
LADIES AND LAUDANUsr.

~ New York correspondent writes the
follow wng: Happening into drug store,
woman stood ut the counter waiting
while the druggist weighed a portion of /,
dark mass for her IL was. opium
Seeing our attention attracted to it, the
woman, who was evidently ono Of the
laboring class, paid her money has'ily,
with "don't wrap it up" seized it, and
hurried out Of the store.
In conversation with the druggist, he
informed US she was confirmed opium
eater; that nightly she spent twenty five
ccnts ut his store for opium. lie had ut
least twenty regular customers who ate
opium, and all Of them belonged to the
middle or laboring classcs that nine
tcntEs ofal opium eaters he knew were
women, and onc-third of them were
coIorcd women.
Some old colored women were invctor-
ate takers Of Iaudanum, and he cited one
who regularly cumc every three days aud
purchased dollars worth Of lau,lanutn
with money made by washing. Another
of his customers, u white woman, drank
habitually four ounces Of laudanum a
day.
On her first coming to his store she
asked Tor two ounces. aud on receiving
it. greatly to his alarm, had put the bot
tie to her mouth and qnatfed it at a
draught. AS they became more con-
frmcI in the habit, they preferred, he
said, morphine, because Of its greater
strength.
lie accounted for the use of the drug
by this class OF persons by the fact that
they wcrc often exposed aud contracted
neuralgia, when opium and Iaudannm
were administered by physicians to allay
pain or grant sleep, hence they rcsortcd
TO it as relief, and eventually become
confirmed slaves to the poison.