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nna Railroad, 90 81; do, funding, 1900, 70 n
do, funding, 1863 20 rs; do, new, II 10; do,
specisl tax, n 10; Missouri sixes, % 94H do;
Hannibal and st. Joseph, cox . slx: South
carolina sixes 81 As; DO, new, January and July,
10 q 20; do, 90. Aprl ana october, y 81;
Arkansss sIxes, funded 50 AS; A.- ""s anu c-'.
Railroad, sterling, 81 do, interest eghts, :.
90; Mississippi Central Railroad first mortgage
sesens o, w. o. ..nu mortgage Fights, 81
es' Nv Orleans and Jackson FIRST mortgage w q
"a; do. second mortgage, SO q 90; Memphis ana
Charleston Railroad fist mortgage, 80 ass; do'
second mortgage, so b SO; C;reenville and Co..Im.
bia Railroad, guaranteed by South Carolina, IS a
60 Macon and Brunswick Railroad, guaranteed
by Georgia, "a a OF; Memphis city skies, so 90;
Savannah city sevens, "a q SO; New Orleans sevens,
So Ca
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
The government list was less anected by the ad-
vance in gold than might have been anticipated,
and Tor most OF the list was steady, the activity
money being the drawback. The ten-ferties were
at one time weak, and fell OF u a Y per cent, but
recovered toward the close. The new fyes also
declined quite sharply, but likewise recovered The
currency skies were lower and heavy at the decline
The following were the closing prices Saturday =
United States currency skies, 113x ia; do. do,
1851 registered, ll61s ll6A do do, coupon, 118x
allsH ;de. hve-twenties, registered, May and No
vember, il5H 1l5'< do. do 1852, coupon, do do,
l15h l5X; do. do, 1854, do. do, l15h l15X; do,
do 1865, do. do, ll64 11ex do. 1867 registered.
January and jury, ll4a a la4x; do. do, 1865,
coupon, de- do, nay l14H; do do, 1857, do do,
lT6h mex; DO. do, 1858, do do, 116H nay do.
ten-orties, registered, llo% ILL., do do, coupon,
lloX 1llk; do. fves Of 1881, registered,
1917 llax; dc. do, coupon, 1877 ll3s4.
COURSE OF THE GOLD MARKET.
The extreme fluctuations daily In the price OF
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PICKING POCKETS

Lady Robbed OF . Wallet Containing
$500 In q street Car-No Clue to the
Thief.
Robperics Of various kinds are becoming more
and more frequent throughout the city every day,
and the cry Of "Where are the police9" Is general.
A fortnight ago burgaries were In the ascendant;
then shoplifting was the rage, and now pocket
picking is having its turn In almost every case
report Is sent to the authorities, but there the
too adrot, or the sense OF duty OF the officers Is
or e Se appa Ssas az the emsns 1ns
but few arrests are made, while plumber goes
increasing. A great many OF the robberies that
have been reported during the past few days are
small in amount, but they are none the less annoy
ing and inconvenent to the robbed. There have
been several extensive affairs though, and they
have almost all been characterized with a boldness
OF execution that might well alarm the people for
s sns 'ssy cd OF in
the vehicle was in the vicinity Of Thrty-fourtS
ing up town in company with Mr.. Thurow Weed,
and the lazy was so much engaged by the CONVEX.
sation o. Mr. 0 Weed mat she was robbed Of purse
home. The thief went into the car, 1t is supposed.
In the neghborhood OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel and
became filed she managed TO edge nearer the
lady, until he or she felt satisfied the pocketbook
could be extracted without Immediate fear of
detection. Having secured the booty the thief cot
out, and that is the last that was seen Of her. The
police may be able to bring her to the surface
again, but 1t is not probable Mrs. Clark did not OF
course, see the woman we'll enough to give O
description OF her, and the general outline of her
appearance lett upon the lady's mind will scarcely
be sufncient ground for an officer to work upon
TO make an arrest Mrs. Wtnstead, who was
collecting collect money for charitable purpose was also
The thief succeeded in getting on with $3.50 be-
longing TO the poor. This lady was on her way
robbery took place. All the money she had In her
possession was contained in the parse, and she
was compelled TO borrow ten cents TO get back up
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m:wheat-The market trihe more active and firm.
ss Sqr @ fsS
S store sos 81 Hr s sp4S
siost and 81 s. for No. IN store To-day ss
S1
lor 'Ss 'Ss o
%ssslS %s ssa g. ws%ns % as
sse for old In store Atc on the track and 4sc aoat
IT,
FREIenrs--The quieness hitherto noticed in the mar
's
SsS a. sssss;
lid The only charter we heard Of Snusn
market was unchanged both in regard
g. az
CUBA CUBA n masseSvado refining "a &C. &c.
Porto %RHssosaao SOC Soc &C. Sc &c.
E kssios9 nles slands: &c. &c. 49,
a p Of Z. e
ES wa I WE but ays oa1 asss
# H. ana
the
q SslIys?sis MY :siss
Sc ~ lots ss snS ~ ~ sy
s sss Is
At OH City. The Philadelphia market remained IN
'he1ssa
:ss s: ss e. issss
ages; sIt ats 26C4 DO lard Ssos bills and tierces
sSS s as$s Y ?i;; g?!s
e Js ~
81 sssS
sss.s$ 5ssss
for P .I mess S Ss a ss s snd g Is
~ &c ssss'"sss
a De- 9s SSS . ss%i :SSsdsl.
heard
cseS 5%s rThs Tor
SIS: 4 e: ;s ):
stSaS fer Western and &C a7c for city heavy
good business ss .ss to-day both
q Sa saa 81 fsiS: q kins00n as
@
ha 80 nn we were
70 note sales Of 200 hhds of low grade CROP Cuba
SIC 10 hhds OF low grade do at &c., and 10 hhds.
keninS 70 Common isir to good isr
SIC sc good to prime, SIC SIC; grocery, fair to
gal, hhds and boxes. sMc s'sc nolasses hhds and
Dutch sta ndsrd Nos do i 70 To- ~ ss
s4S dS y 70 IS gsc ioc do S 70 Is i9Ne i0azc
Eco-Reining; common to prime, ne sac grocery,
To IL Tic slc Javo-Duch stand "a N NOS
$40. &C. -
sIEARISR remained quiet but the market was nrm at
DC. for tierces $500
WTsSEr Receipts $50 bills, and for the week ending
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DaBcu Cotton IN running IN
quality not more than half grade above or below the
grade quoted.
FLOUR ipts-Flsur 400 bbls wheat
1910 bushels; corn 1890 do; meal 4Ol bbs and
gs bags oats 24050 b4sheis and for the week ending
Flour, l866 bbls wheat st. $40 bushels l30US0
do neal $3.50 bbls: and 6409 bags; oats l94s75
bushels; barley The market ruled steady,
but the demand both for export local requirements
was light The sales were only about $50 bbls at prices
manned quiet but prices were nomnally the same. We
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been follows last evening after three nclo1
March, 100 at ~ 6l6c., 1900 at 1870 Imr gt6S .n9t
@"':ff ' s7a 90 S e. 70 it sac;
s 20 4 * j. Js ss ~ . T.
S st. 1885, Al iss :; April as at Ss: go at ID
iG Co. tsS2 at 2Sdisc j Nay l00ss 2o,.s 10
Ct s g s, 10 S e. ,ssS a e ~, % =
% iHlss, 76o at ole Total. HiCo bales; grand
Total $500 bales Rates cotton TO foreign ports
sail lc, compressed to Hamburg, by steam, "a com
pool BY steam lid ~ ''sS d sail I'd s6d The re-
Ssipts At the ports sum Hp Gslyesop bales
ton. LIS; WILMINGTON, 49,; Norfolk, l,lsl New York
s S Boston - Toa @ 9a1es cay nsos
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The following were the prevailing quotations at

In Philadelphia Reading was lower and steady
at 1857.
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The last sales Saturday were Mt 1853.
quotation closed 1151s q 115x.

quotation closed 1l5H 1867.
THE BANK STATEMENT.
The weekly statement OF the associated banks
shows no important variation In the relation be-
tween reserve and liabilities, but the change, such
as 1t Is Is favorable. further loss OF million and
quarter dollars In legal tenders, the result of
docking up" rather than of an outward move
ment OF currency, Is partially onset by gain Of
three quarters OF million in specie. AS the de-
posits are down about two and q half Millions the
gam in net reserve is about hundred thousand
dollars so that the deficiency has been reduced
to about two hundred thousand dollars. The state
ment, Awhen resolved into two parts, one con-
tanning the exhibit Of the national banks exclu-
sively, and the other that Of
THE STATE BANKS,
shows that the national banks really hold about
ST. 800 600 in excess of the legal reserve, the def
cheney being in the State institutions to the ex-
tent Of about 81, 100, o00 The statement compares
with its nrede ceasor M laet yvnek q folows.
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bilites 1929 ee7 400 1927 500 900 Dec So s57 500
rs per cent. 57,4I6,S5O 56,S27475 -
DehCiencyn
legalr'srve 800, $50 ,S75 Inc, llI475
STOCKS ON SATURDAY.
The following table shows the highest and lowest
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r1. AN ANALYSIS
OF the above figures shows that the banks now
hold within $2O4,s75 Of the reserve required by
lava gain for the week Of $l17,475. This result
Is seen in the following detailed comparison show
ing the relation between the total reserve and the
total liabilities this week and LAST
- March l. March 8. Changes.
Specie.. 500 ST., 149, 600 Inc. $779 100
Legal tenders. 4o.724OOO 39,473,OO0 Dec 1851, 600
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DO rye and 1900 do barley. shipments-aooo bills
flour a0W bushels wheat GOO do. corn, 1000 do oats
and 1900 do. barley. " 49,
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Nearly. ...n... n,....
1t will thus be seen that as compared with the
present gold ISSUE the gold coins dated previous
to 1884 are worth a premium of 6X per cent. AZ
compared with the new issue Of silver the former
date rate as follows Previous to 1853 6H per
cent premium; since that date 81 pieces ca per
cent. premium; smaller coins one half discount.
The trade dollar Is not included In the above cal
culations, but will sell at about nine per cent
above the small coin. The substitution Of the new
for the old coinage will afford work for the dealers
Tor twenty years to come.
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Tot reserve $67, 094 500 $50 622 600 Dec $47l 300
Circulatl0n... 27,60l, 800 27,8O1 400 Inc l99 900
Deposits 2o2, o6b 100 19e,5Os, 700 Dec 1867 400
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FINANCIAL.

A GU IT.. Or GALL GALL roR 100 SHARES OF STOCK FOR
SION THESE CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED NV a,
Frh. OK BROKERS AND ARE NEGOTIATEi1 Nv
fHRsEr' '"oAA"'' EXCHANGE
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The extreme fluctuations daily in the price Of
gold during the week were as follOws:-
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of these lines is not fixed, but increases
every year at regular rate, the lines
on the east mclining more to the west,
while those on the west incline more to
the east, as if the magnetic pole was
slowly moving to the south along the
line of no declination.
''In respect to the earth, the sun rises
i'm the east and warns the globe in its
passage to the west, inducing currents
of electricity to flow from west to east J;
and as the needle always stands at right
angles to the electric current, it follows
that the direction of the current must
hc changing at the same rate rs the de-
clination of the needle.
\ very slow third motion would ac-
count for this annual change In decli-
nation, the glacial period and the time
when the present terra .fIma was the
bed of the Sca-for the earth. being a
sphcroid, the high lands of the north in
their revolution hy Il third motion would
gradually be submerged as they ap-
preached the south, While the bottom
of the sen in the present south would rs
gradually rise as it was carried north
/ ward. Astronomy would show this
motion if we did not every four years
/ with certain eXceptiOnS) add one day.
which would appear to compensate for
a change in the inclination of the axis
of the earth due to a third motion.
'On every side in the Rocky Noun
tain region we have decided proof of the
actions of glaciers and mountain tor
rents that in past ages cut their way
through the solid rock, where now little
rain falls and the old water. courses are
ever dry. Coal, also, in the greatest
abundance exists throughout the terri
! tory of Wyoming. showing that at one
/ time dense forests covered fine soil now
bare of trees, proving that climates vast
/ " different have existed at various pc
riOdS.
assuming that America is slowly re,
volving To the north. and consequently
| rising ont of the ocean. we should eN'
! pcct to find that other portions of the
globe are revolving towards the south
and being as slowly Submerged-and
what do we find in England? That the
. climate of that country has greatly
changed since its discovery there can bt
little doubt. and as to its submersion
where are the large estates of the Ear
Of Goodwin? The wreck of many Il no
bic vessel and the blanching bones OF
thousands of brave marines answer
Here. at the bottom of the sea OH the
/ Goodwin Sands. "
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Two Sides Of One Canvas

One beautiful afternoon in August
there came to me the hcart-broken wife
of a state prison convict. We triCd to
plan for lis pardon and restoration to
home and the world. 1t was very sad
ease. He was the only surviving son
of a very noble man-one who lived only
to serve the poor, the tempted and the
criminal. All lie had, all j, was, he
gave unreScrvedly to help thieves and
drImkards. His house was their home.
His name their bail to save them from
prison. His reward their reformation.
1t was happy hour to hear him tell of
the hundreds he had shielded from the
contamination and evil examples of pris-
ons, and of the large proportion. he had
good reason to believe, permanently
saved Out of hundreds. he once told
me, only two left him to pay their bail.
forfeited by neglect to show themselves
i'll court according to agreement-only
two,
DItu ullutl SUCH ii ltol ll' sun Htdl u
ed in life with a generous heart, noble
dreams and high purposes. Ten years
of prosperity, fairly earned by energy,
industry and character, ended in hank
ruptcy, as is SO often the case in our
risky and changing trade; then came a
struggle for business, for bread-temp-
tation-despair r-intcmperance. He
could not safely pass the open doors
that tempted him to indulgence, for
getfulness and crime. How hard his
wife wrought and struggled to save him
from indulgence and then to shield him
from exposure, How long wife, sister
ard friends laboled to avert conviction
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Has the Earth moro than two
Motions ?

\ writer in the Boston Transcript
says:
THAT in times long past the present
land was the bed of the ocean, and that
in other ages there existed period. us
ually called the glacial period, when
the grim ice king held full sway and all
was ice and frost, has been clearly de-
monstratcd; and torCconcile these facts
with the theory that the earth has only
two motions. one on IFS own axis and
the other round the sun, appears absurd.
But suppose a third motion. slow, per
hallS only fraction of a mile yearly, has
taken place. and is still going on round
an axis AT right angles with what is
called the polar axis. and we can then
readily account for much of the phe-
nomena met with: and there appears to
be every reason to suppose that such a
motion does exist.
Commencing at point north OF
Hudson Bay. in latitude 70 5 north
and longitude SO Is west of Greenwich,
a line runs nearly south through the
United States on which the magnetic
needle has no declination or points di'
rectlv north and south, while at points
on either side of the line the needle
points nwards at angles depending upon
their distance east or west of the true
magnetic meridian. The declmatioI
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SITS A YEAR

and not one from Spring township i'll tie
last fifteen years.
Some years since l heard Judge CAL
breath say, in a charge tothe jury of our
County: This is this the fifth case of
murder since | have been on the bench
in this district, and every one of them
has been caused by Intoxicating liquors.
If there had been no liquor there would
have been no murder or crime commit
ted. Liquor has been the whole cause
of the quarrel in every case,
Spring township and borough are pay
ing about : 1900 annually in taxes on ac
count of license in Crawford county
in supporting the poor and prosecuting
crime caused by the use of liquor that
the Commonwealth licensed.
Some years since was one of the jury,
and at that court there were siXty-thrce
liquor suits from TituSville alone.
Yours truly, HOWELL POWELL.
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aflistfllanu.
From Harper's Bazar.l
Manners upon the Road.
OF TIE OTHER SEX.

OF TIE OTHER sen.
M Dcar Ger0d:-I hope that the
holidays are not 50 long passed that
may not wish you a happy New Year,
which do with all my heart, and with
a profound conviction that a certain
event. will be very sure to make my
wishes good. had the pleasure of call
ing upon her on the first day of the
year, and as | admired her simple man
nerS and her sPrightly grace, ! wondered
whether you-or, indeed. any Of us
were worthy. How much better they
are than we, my dear Gerald. How we
live in two different worlds while we
live in the samel | recall all kinds of
festivities-of stag feasts, as we call
them, of little parties and stories and
expeditions and conversational think
that you know what mean-and how
unspeakably low they make us seem
If our sisters should know what we do,
Above all, if she should hear the jokes
and the insinuations to which you, my
young friend, listen with feeble smile,
what would she think? But if we men
knew that she, and 1.-The likes" of her.
engaged in similar conversations. what
should trC think of them?
The other evening | stopped at Del
monico's-nO matter for what; probably
| wanted TO warm my hands-and as /
stood engaged in that harmless business
| overheard the talk of a group of YOU
young fellows. They were sons of gen
tlemen, as they are called but if had
daughter, and they came to my house
a-woolng, l would put them out with
the tongs. Gentlemen indeed! Honor.
Sir, purity, manliness, modestv. truth
these are the gentleman's Qualities
But the youth whom l heard talking
might have been Charles the Second and
Rochester in their cups. They had the
dress and the air and the name Of gen
tlemen? Was poor Nell Gwynne lady I?
Was the Duchess of Portsmouth lady?
1t was she that the French king sent
over to fascinate the English king and
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and the state prison. Il would spare
nm gladly, . wrote the prosecuting at
torhey' " II he would stop drinking.
lie snail never 60 to prison if he will he
sober man. But all this wretchcdness
and crime came from rum
MantuIly did the young man struggle
to resist the appetite Again and again
did he promise, and keep his promise
perhaps a month-then fall. He could
not walk the streets and earn his bread
Soberly while so many open doors
opened by men who sought to coin gold
out of their neighbor's vices-lured him
to Indulgence. SO rightfully the state
pressed in and he went to prison. An
/ honored name disgraced, Il loving home
/ broken up, a wide circle of kindred sore
/ ly panied, a worthy, well-meaning man
! wrecked: sorrow and crime, ''all comes
of rum, " says the keen-Sighted lawyer.
As parted from the sad wife on my
doorstep | looked beyond, and close Ey
the laughing sea stood 4 handsome cot
tagp. The grounds were laid ont cxpen-
sively and with great taste Over the
broad piazza hung laZily an eastern ham
mock, while all around were richlvpaint-
Ell chairs and lounges of every easy and
tempting form. Over head were quaint
vases Of beautiful flowers. and the deli
ciOus lawn was bordered with them.
On the lawn itself gaily dressed women
laughed merrily over croquct, and noisy
children played near. y span of superb
horses paved the earth impatiently at
the gate, While gay Salutations passed be-
tween the croquct players ami the fash
ionable equipages that rolled by. 1t was
a comfortable home as well aS luxurious
one. Nature, taste and wealth had done
their best. 1t was 4 scene Of beauty,
comfort, taste, luxury and wealth. All
came from rum. Silks and diamonds,
flowers and cquipage, stately roofs and
costly attendance, all came from rum
The owner was one who, in great city.
coined his gold out of the vices of his
J f4lloW men.
To me II was Il uiosul,it, vievv. !
lost sight Of the gay women, the frolic-
some children. the impatient horses and
the ocean rolling up upon the lawn. |
saw instead the pale convict in his cell.
twelve feet by nine, the sad wife going
from judge to attorney, from court to
governors council begging mercy for
her over-tempted husband. | heard
above the chilcren's noise. the croquet
laugh and the surf waves the lawyer
stern reason for exlrting the fun penal
| II of the law. All this comes from
rum.
'.Wo unto him tlat givcth his neigh
bor drink" "WOmto him that build
eth Lis house iy mightcousness and
his chambesr by wrong, for the stone
shall cry out of the wall, and the beam
of the timber shall llansweri it. .''-Natjoao1
Stutdrd.
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Temperance and Drinking in Craw,
ford County.
LITER FROM non II. POWELL

! SHATY HOWE. }
Spring Craw "ri Co., Pa. Jan ~, 1873.
I Hon. j. :. MANN.-Dcur sir: | will
take the liberty to state to you tie benc-
fit that our prohibitory liquor law is to
us. 1t works like a charm. We have
been without license for Spring town
ship for about fifteen years; several years
/ by asking the court not to grant any IL
cense for this township, and it worked
50 well that we asked the Legislature to
/ give lis a prohibitory liquor law. When
we were in the habit of using liquor and
1 had licenses, | was appointed to ascer-
tain the expense that liquor wasto Spring
| township. and with the assistance of
some of the most intelligent men of our
township | think we got very near the
! real value Of the liquor. At that time
our liquor cost us the value of our per-
sonal property in about three years, and
/ in little less than five years we used
! the value of our real estate 30 in about
eight years we used the value of our
whole township in Intoxicating liquors.
according to the value that the asSeSsors
put upon it-hoth real and personal pro
| perty. And at that time quarrcling
riots, assault and battery, and disorder
/ " conduct We're Of common occurrence,
and death from the use of Intoxicating
| liquors was frequent. We can point to
many graves that liquor las been the
means of filling; in some families but
one. in others two or three; and in Still
others as many as four have been taken
! to mtimely graves 10y the use of intoxi-
eating liquors.
/ Now. friend Mann. let me give YOU
/ the result of prohibition. We have be-
/ tween two and three thousand popula-
4 tion in Spring township and Borough,
and not a place where liquor can he
I bought as a beverage for the last fifteen
years. and in that time not one death
from the use Of liquor i'll our township
or borough.
The records of the court will show that
/ in that time not one suit for riot or dis
orderly conduct. or assault and battery,
or violation of the liquor laws; and but
one conviction for any crime from Spring
township for about fifteen years.
And our countyis paving about $4,000
/ to prosecute criminals and support them
I principally on account of the sale OF
liquor
( Crawford county is paying about
I $1,000 to support the poor. and not one
in the poor-house from Spring township.
SO you can see that if it was not for the
use OF liquor the courts Of Crawford
county would he almost without Grim
nlal and our poor-house without a pau
per.
Crawford county is losing in popula
ton, bv the estimate Of some. about ont
j hundred and fifty OF two hundred annu
ally by the use OF Intoxicating liquors