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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
The COTTON sIarketa.

LIVERPOOL, Aug. l9-Cotton quiet and
steady; middling upland StaSsd; middliDg
| Orleans S2aS5d. Sales IA 600 bales. Amer
ricsn 1900 bales; speculation and export
1900 bales.
New YORK, Aug. I9.-Cotton easier:
middling uplands l65alTIc; futures closed
steady with sales Of 2O,:30O bales. as follows:
Is 2.l-32a15 3I-S2c for August delivery; Is
20-j2al5 Is l5-I6c Tor September delivery;
- II-16ai5 2:b52c for October delivery;
IS l7-S2al5 Bloc for November delivery;
- g-l6sl5 l9-i2e for December delivery;
l5sal5 2l-32c for January delivery; Is
l3-l6al5 21-S2c for February deliver; I6a
10 Hide for March delivery; f6!al6 5-I6e
for April delivery. .
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. I9.-Cotton =
quie'; sales 26S bales; prices generally firm;
higher grades in request and sitter;
good ordinary 10 strict good ordinary
l4ial5!c; low middl'Og to strict low mid
ding l6al6sc; mIddlings to strict middling
165alIc; receipts $40 bales, including Z
new bales; exports coastwise $50 bales;
stock l5,Ol9 bales unsold last evening o.
800 bales.
MEMPHIS, Aug. I9.-COtton is firm;
middling 16Ic; receipts for the past day
- bales; shipments for the past twenty
four hours 14j bales; stock 6,435 bales.
Light stock restricts business.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 70. - Cotton quiet;
buyers offer quarter cent lOA eT; middling
1G.c; net receipts AZ bales; gross receipts
142 bales; sales IL bales.
GALVESTON, Aug. I9.-COtton nominal:
good ordinary 1896; net receipts GO bales.
MOBILE, Aug. l9.-COtton quiet and
unchanged; middling l6c; net receipts
bale; exports ooastwise $40 bales; sales 50
bales.
CHARLESTON, Aug. LECTION quiet;
middling l5.c; net receipts $50 bales; sales
100 bales.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 19.- Cotton quiet and
unchanged.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 19.-CottOn quiet aud
unchanged al Ice
CINCINNATI, Aug. 10-Cotton quiet and
unchanged at l6lc.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON, Aug. 10, 3 p. M.-ConsOls
for money 92!; for account 92S; United
States 5-20s of 80, 1OSs. 1867, 1891;
lO-40's 103t; new 5s, 104s; New York
Central, 92aa; Erie, 500; do. preferred
a.
LIVERPOOL, Aug, 10. - Breadstuffs are
quiet and unchanged.
PARJs. Auu. 1Q.-Rpntas 6Sf no
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clear rib nominally 121c. Bacon steady at
93c, l3c, 1S.e. Whisky steady at 97c.
IoufavfIra REarkaea
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BANKING.
Third National Bank,
BOARD OF D.aECroRs:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
VI. W. BERRY, CHAS. Z. HIILMAN,
JOHN KIRKMAN, EDGAR JONES,
DEMPSEY WEAVER.
HIRANSACTS A GENERAL EXCHANGE
Il Business and Deals in United States Bonds
and Gold. EDGAR JONES, Cashier.
W. W. BERRY, President.
JN0. KIRKMAN, Yice-President.
sep1 1y
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So 10000!
TO BE GIVEN AWAY.

A NEW FEATURE, TO-WIT: A Gift is guar
anteed TO one OF every ten eOnseeu-
tive numbers.
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TOBACCO.

Market nominal as follows
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Memphis Markets.

AEsFHIs, Aug. l9.-FIaur- demand
fair at full prices; family S4aS.OO. Corn
lower; yellow Soc Oats 56c. Mess pork
nominal. Lard tirm at l5ta16c. Bacon
steady at 0ialOc, lSaal3sc.
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CAPITAL, 100000.
TWENTY PER CENT PAID Up
DIRECTORS.

W. W. BERRY, Pres't. WH. A.WEBB. s..sv
EJNO. PORTERFIELD, Vioe-PrtsIdent.
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NASHVILLE MARKETS.
UNION AND AMERICAN OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, Aug. 10.
CnV-EnE

The market was lifeless, with no distur-
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14
The Child kidnapped ina PhiIa-
deIphia.
From the Philadelphia Ledger. July

From the Philadelphia Ledger. July III
1t is known everywhere that q little
four-year-Old boy, the son of Mr.. c. X
Ross, of Germantown, has been "kid,
Mapped" That occurred on last We'd
nesday two weeks ago. (July ~. The
little fellow was playing with a brother
a year or two older, on Washington
lane, Germantown, when two men, who
were driving in a wagon along the lane.
stopped to talk to the children and of
fered them some candy. The missing
child, understanding that he could get
a ride in the wagon, childlike, took adj
vantage of the opportunity. and with
his older brother, got into the wagon.
The men then drove off with both.
Some hours later, the wagon having in
the meantime been driven into the
northeastern part Of the city, the Older
and his younger brother on the pres
ence of buying some hre~crackers, and
when he returned the man and the wagon
and his brother were gone. This older
boy was 500 returned to his home, but
since that time the younger child has
not been seen by any friendly eye, and
his whereabouts are unknown to the
family and police authorities. There
was some delay in getting word to the
chief Of the detective police, but since
he first got information, we believe he
has worked earnestly, diligently and
faithfully to get upon the track of the
child and the thieves without intermis-
sion to the present time. Whether all
has been done with the best judgment
or under the best advice, it would be
premature to say at present. So the
matter rests, without result,
The declared object of the thieves,
or Of those for whom they are acting, is
to exttart a large sum of money by way
of ransom after the manner of the bru-
tai euttlroats called briganGs, III ITALY
and Greece. Herein they have commit
ted @ fatal blunder, as well as q most
atrociOus crime. This is not the city in
which such business can be carried on.
We have bad traffic made of a great
many extraordinary subjects, but an at
tempt to trade upon the heart-agonies
of the mothers of a whole community
will not do. There is but one way open
to the brigands, and that is to restore
the child with the least possible delay,
and then get away from Philadelphia
as far and fast as possible.
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MAKING THEM KICK GENTLY.-A cor
respondent of the Germantown (Pa.)
Telegraph believes in making COWS mind
their p's and as, and that without undue
severity. He says:
I do not wonder that many persons
boot at the idea of trying to prevent a
COW from kicking by simply buckling a
strap around her body; but when they
are nee induced to try it they are forced
to knock under and confess that a per-
son is Nneyer too old to learn"
Have the patient tied up then buckle
a strap round her body just forward of
hips and adder; then GO to milking and
let her " blaze away,"if she can.
Some heifers, especially large three
year olds, are hard to break on account
of their strength, When they do kick,
they kick with such force that it is use
less to try to ward off the blow. I have
sometimes succeeded in convincing such
heifers that it is best for them to kick
softly, if they must kick at all, by buck
ling a strap with Il ring on it around the
left hand leg. Just above the gambrel or
hock-jOint. Then from the right side
pass a small pole or fork handle in front
an assistant hold the end of the pole.
1t is impossible for the COW to kick and
two or three milkings this way will cure
the kicking, or as / said, get hertO kick
ing softly, so that the blow can he ward
ed off by the left arm of the mixer in
stead of the pole, and then the battle is
about over,
Allow no one to scold at, or strike, or
III any way brighten OF excite q heffer,
but rather be quiet and gentle with her,
and if any force must be used let it be
something like the above to prevent her
from kicking, not 10 punish her for
kicking.
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Dickens I~nfatuatiOn.


LoulOh " IL v l. [NASUSluhrJ
In the last American papers which
have come to hand | see that Wilkie
Collins drama.Of The Frozen Deep"
are perhaps aware that Collins has re-
Gently been engaged in turning this
play into q novel.
"The Frozen Deep" awakens many
reflections in my mind, as that piece was
indirectly the means of bringing about
much of Dickens domestic unhappiness.
The whole story of his separation from
his wife has never yet been properly
told, and in all probability never will be,
as his widow is resolved to maintain the
silence she has so long kept. But it is
generally known that the family is dis
satisfied with FOrster's book.
Your readers may have heard Of the
grand amateur performances given n
1859, at the Free Trade Hall, Manches-
ter, in aid of the Douglass Jerrold Fund.
Dickens, Collins, Shirley Brooks; Mark
Demon, and many other celebrated writ
ers took part. The ladies' characters
were interpreted by professional ac-
tresses. Among these was Miss Ellen
Ternan. She was then a fresh, pleasant
looking girl, not especially pretty, but
possessing a gOOdtigure and an extreme
" agreeable manner. If ever the Ger
man pOet'sdoctrine of elective attinitleS
| was proved to be true, twas when Dick
ems and Miss Ternan met.
1t was evident to nearly all OF us that
the two were mutually infatuated.
Dickens was constantly at her side,
through his manne was carefully guar
ded. Mrs. Dickens was with the party,
but she did not appear to notice the in
timacy. Very soon after these perfor-
mances, Miss Ternan, at Dickens wish,
left the stage. His affection for her was
said to have been purely PlatOnic, and
| have never met one who was disposed
to this belief. But, nevertheless,
it was this intimacy which vas the final
cause of the rupture between Dickens
and his wife.
For many years prior to 1859 their mu-
tual relations had been anything but
happy, although | dOnot think that Mrs.
Dickens had previously had any we'll
grounded cause for jealousy. A short
time after the party returned from Man
chester, Mrs. Dickens went into a fash
ionabIe jeweler'sat the West End, where
she was in the habit of dealing, and was
asked by n of the firm, who knew her
well, how she liked her new" bracelet.
She said that she did not understand
him, as she had not received any such
artlcI6. L lie genUIenldH GLeu oApIdIuc1
that it was one Mr.. Dickens had ordered
for his wife, with a likeness and some
hair in. This, of course, opened Mrs.
Dickens eyes, and a separation speedily
followed.
Since that time Mrs. Dickens had lived
very quietly in a pretty little house near
the Regents Park, where her children,
whose respect and affection she has al
ways enjoyed, have ever been frequent
visitors
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Chicago Quacks.
HORRIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF MEDICAL
MALPRACTICE.
From the Chicago Times july. u.

From the Chicago Times July, al
The Times has had occasion to call
frequent attention to the murderous
quackeries Of Amelia Phelps and her ac-
compllce, Shaw, who, within the past
few months, have tortured a dozen or
two Of victims to a horrible death by the
most cruel malpractice. Another Door
sufferer whose capacity for enduring
torture was at length exhausted, under
the influences of Mrs. Phelps cayenne
pepper plasters, died on Sunday night
from sheer incapacity to endure torture
any longer. Thename of the unfortunate
victim is Mrs. H. H. Chandler, who was
well known in the social and church
circles OF Galena as a estimable lady and
devoted Christian woman She leaves,
IN her old home, a husband and seven
children.
Some time ago Mrs. Chandler become
aware that she was q victim of that
dreadful and incurable sore called the
cancer. In casting about for some rem
edy to alleviate her suffering, it was
her misfortune to hear of Mrs. Phelps
and her trumped-up stories Of the Won
dertul cures OF cancer that had been
effected under her magic treatment. MI.
Chandler came to this city and had an
Interview with the cancer-killer, and,
"LtCI ICtLAluS III d FdSullU ~DSSClllOuu1S
which she produced by the bushel, show
ing the wonderful things she had wrought
he thought there was still hope for his
wife and he resolved to place the invalid
under the healing wing of Mrs. Phelps,
who consented to take the case in hand
for $3.50. Ten weeks ago Mrs. Chandler
wasremOvedt to the home Ofherhusband's
brother, No. 116 South Green street, in
this city, and since that time she has
been daily attended by Mrs. Phelps who,
as usual, applied her cruel plasters, and
cOmplacently waited the "killing of the
cancer" as her unfailing remedy slowly
ate through the %quivering flesh until the
ribs and lungs of the tortured victim
we're actually exposed to view. The
result of the use Of Mrs. Phelps cancer
cure was the same as in nine-tenths of
the cases where it has been applied.
The cancer was killed and so was the
patient. Mrs. Chandler expired in great
agony on Sunday evening, and Mrs Phelps
cOnsoled the grieving friends Of the muir
dered woman with the assurance that
she conId have saved the woman's life
if the cancer had not "settled on the
zone ;" she then demanded the unpaid
balance of her fee, which Mr.. Chandler,
very properly, refused to pay.
The body of this last victim of Drs.
Phelps and Shaw was sent to Galena
by the express train last evening.
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Electricity and Spiritualisna.
THE SECRETS OF THE BOWL.

A former Brooklyn saloon keeper, says
the New York Sun, who has been O
verified by the Quaker ladies, has printed
the recipes he used to keep secret. He
says Bourbon OF rye whisky is manufac-
tured from highwines, commonly called
f1lsil-oil whisky, made to-day and drank
gar, syrup, oil of Bourbon, French color
ing, bluestOne, and other poisonous
chemicals. 1t costs from 80 cents to 81 a
gallon, and retails for S. and Sc a gallon.
COgnac brandy is made from French
or Cologne spirits, burnt sugar, oil of
cognac, vinegar, bluestone, Jamaica
rum, honey, syrup, port wine, French
cOlOrlng, alum and aloes.
Irish or Scotch whisky is made from
Canada high-wines or new distilled
whisky n week old, saltpeter, fine salt,
essence of oil of Scotch or Irish whisky,
fusil oil, syrup, bluestone, st. Croix rum,
and some imported Irish or Scotch whis-
ky for flavor. 1t costs 81 so and retails
for Sc a gallon. =
What sells for the best old Holland
gin is made from French spirits, water,
oil Of juniper syrup, white wine vinegar.
b~luestOne, New England rum, peach
pips, with some imported gin. for flavor.
Old Tom gin is made from the same
ingredients, but double syrup is added
to make it sWeeter. 1t costs 81 25 a gal
lon, II retalIs for S.. 1t is also bottled
as a medicine and sold for the kidney
disease.
Jamaica and st. CrOix rum is made of
double refined high-wines, French col
Oring, oil of rum, fusil oil, vinegar, blue
stone, burnt sugar, mOlasses, syrup, with
some imported Jamaica, Cuba, or st,
Croix rum for flavor, alum, 'aloes and
prUne juice.
Stock ale or porter is diluted with oil
of vitriol, s~trychnine and aqua forts, to
make it keep. New ale is diluted with
oil of vitriOl and damaged molasses.
Lager beer contains a little malt, plenty
of water, some inferior hops, rOsin, tar,
saleratus, soda, with four different chem
iCals to make it keep after brewing.
An eX-liquOr dealer said yesterday
that fluids sold over two thirds of the
bars in New York and Brooklyn are
compounded as above.
Charles Meyers, who kept a saloon and
gambling house in Bridge street, Brook
Ign, but whose place was closed by the
crusaders, says the liquor dealers never
sell their liquor as they buy it, but al
ways water it %cOpiously. When his stock
was rebought by the wholesale dealers
they would not pay him more than one
half what he paid for it, because it. was
not proof" or unwatered. Meyers is
TO- in the Board of City Works.
Oliver COtter, who kept COtter's place,
near the City Hall, in Red Hook lane,
where the thirsty politicians in the ring
days drank, is preaching and practicing
temperance.
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A Boston dispatch states that after
the INQUEST into the murder of the child
Katie Curran by Jesse Pomeroy, three
physicians, thinking there must be some
cogent reason for his conduct, called
upon his mother, who was frank in her
answer to their questions. She said her
husband was butcher, and is now lugger
in the market, and that while she was
pregnant with Jesse she often went to the
slaughter-house to see the killing of the
animals, in which she had even assisted
her husband in his work. No sooner had
Jesse grown large enough tohave aknife
in his hands then he raj continually
using it, thrusting 1t into pieces of wood,
and when he was older, into pieces Of
meat. There seemed to be no doubt
that he was " marked just as other
children, though in a different way.
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PITTsBURG FLOoDINCIDENTs.-There
were some very affecting incidents.
One man, who was picking up bits OF
broken hardware, said he had lost moth
ing except his house and wife and two
children, and was trying to pick upsome-
thing to begin housekeeping with. He
was q stalwart man, but so demented
with his losses that hundreds of ladies
who heard him fell into hysterical weep
ing. .r.... g.. ... ,
Then there is another incident at
Woods Run that almost battles descrlp-
tion and staggers belief. Mr.J ohm Brady,
his wife and four children, lived in a
little shanty at the foot OF Il bluff that
WV sheer one hundred feet high. Over
this bluff ran q small gas pipe to sup,
rame nd struck their house, Mrs. Bra
DIV seized the babe at her breast, leaped
ont Of thc back window, and seizingthe
was nine. sailOr-Gke, dragged herself
and her infant to the top of the hill
above. Her husband and the other
three children were drowned, gu"
Alderman Bolster, of Allegheny, who
was submerged with his family~-lls wife
being on a sick bed-With q superhuman
effort gathered lip his wife and five chill
drensand started forum out of his house
that was being swept away. His little
boy Charley, who was perched on his
shoulder hearing the cry Of a little babe
who dwelt in the next house, and TO
which he was greatly attached, leaped
from his fathers shoulder, and this
morning was found with his little limbs
elasping his badly lovers crib, in which
it was dead and smiling. Vhe tears of
the ten thousand women who looked at
this pretty incident, was one OF the
sweetest tributes to heroism that was
ever witnessed. 7" ...- .'..s '''.
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On the Island of Borneo has been
found a certain race of wild creatures,
of which kindred varieties have been
discovered in the Philippine Island,
Terra del Fugo, and South America.
They walk usually, almost erect, on
two legs, and in that attitude measure
about four feet in height. They con-
struct no habitations, form no families,
scarcely associate together, sleep in caves,
feed on snakes and vermin, on ant eggs,
and on each other. They cannot be
tanned or forced, to any labor, and are
Hunted and shot among the trees like The
great gorilla, of which they are a staun-
ted cody. When captured alive one
finds with surprise that their uncouth
jabbering sounds are like artieulate Ian
guage. Theyssturn up a human face to
gaze at their captors, and females show
instincts of modesty. In fine these
wretched beings are men and wom-
en-, =5, -
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THE DEVIL WHIsKY.-Whisky is the
devil that makes the mischief wherever
it is tolerated, whether in America,
England, Ireland or Scotland. There
are 200, 100000 of people in Europe, out
side OF Great Britain and Russia, who
drink nothing stronger than wine or
beer; and, among all that vast mass,
0utnumbering the population Of the
United States five times, there is less
drunkenness, and fewer arrests made on
charges of drunk and disorderly, than
in the singl&c city of Chicago, which con-
tains not one five hundredth of their
population. This is an absolute fact-a
naked truth-which it would be well for
both liquor advocates and prohibition
lists to turn over in their minds, digest
we'll, and draw rational conclusions
therefrom. 4 crusade against whisky
as a beverage would be Q legitimate and
beneficent war, which, If crowned with
success by the extirpation of the accur,
sed fluid from the entire Union, would
be a most inestimable public blessing.
AS a temperance measure, tax on whisky
should he quatlrupled, while that on
light wine should be reduced to me
fourth of existing impOsts.
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Arab Horse MaxfHRnS.

Whose raiseth and traineth a horse
for the Lord is counted in the humbero OF
those who give aims day and night, in
private as we'll as in public. He will
find his reward. All his sins will be for.
given him, and never will any fear come
over him and dishonor his heart"
LET your colt be dOmesticated and
live with you from his tenderest age,
and when q horse, he will be simple, do
cile, faithful, and Injured to hardship
and fatigue"
eff you would have your horse to
serve you on the day of trial, if you de-
sire him then to be a horse of truth,
make him sober accustomed to hard
work, and inaccessible to fear." y
"DO not beat your horses, nor speak
be angry with them, but kindly reprove
their faults, they will do better there
after, for they understand the language
of man and it's meaning
eff you have a long days journey be-
fore you, spare your horse at the start
let him frequently walk, to recover his
wind. Continue this until he has sweat
ed apd dried three times, and you may
ask of him whatever you please, he will
not leave you in difficulty
use your horse as you do your leath-
ern bottle; If you open it gently and
gradually, you easily control the water
within, but if you open it suddenly, the
water escapes at once, and nothing re-
mains to quench your thirst, ..- ISL. ...
Never let your horse run up Or down
hill, if you can avoid it. On the con-
trary, slacken your pace. Which do you
prefer, was asked of a horse, the ascent
or descent? A curse be IN their point
of meeting! was the answer.
make your horse work and work
again. Inaction and fat are the great
peril of a horse, and the main cause of
all his vices and diseases q 3
Observe your horse when he is drink
ing at q brook. If, in bringing down
his head, he remain square, without
bending his limbs, he possesses sterling
qualities, and all parts of his body are
built symmetrically."4 r.. ..... : -
"Four things he must have broad,
front, chest, loins and limbs four things
long, neck, breast, forearm and Group ;
and four things short, pasterns, back,
ears and tail" .r... .... :.
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The Paris Figaro contains q sensational
mention of Mile, Croizette, who is per-
forming in the Sphinx at the Theater
trancais. In the enactment of her
character in the play she assumes to
poison herself, and dies upon the stage-a
persOnatiOn which she is said to perform
with such trUthfulness to nature as to
call forth long comments in the daily
press. One physician comes out in
a card, and declares over his own
signature that she does virtually poison
herself nightly, and that such reality
will sooner or later prove fatal if per-
sisted in