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Fruit and Nuts.

RA1sINs-London layer, new, per box, So 65;
layer 81 90@3 90.
BANANAs-Per bunch, 80 5O@5.
GREEN APPLEs-S5@6 per barrel.
CURRANTS-9c.
PEACHEs-None in market
CALIFORNIA PEARs-s5@S6 per box.
PECANs-None in the market
ORANGEs-Sicily, IS per box.
LEMoNs--Sicily, per box ~,
NUTs-Almonds, 2ic per pound; Brazil, 10@l2
filberts .15c; English walnuts, none chestnuts,
imported none Italian, none: peanuts, Tennes-
see red, &c; choice white, 1Oc: cocoanuts, " per
100.
F1Gs-None in the market
DATEs-In trails S@9c per lb.'
Iron, Nails, Wire, ETC..
IRoN-We quote merchant bar DC rates; Nor
way and Sweden, 1Oc.
WIRE-Smooth wire, No. o. 51Sc; Nos 10 and H.
&c; No. ~ &c; jappaned, barbed wire, &c; gal
yanized barbed, loo.
HORSE SHoEs-Per keg, IS So
HORSE SHOE NAILs-Per box, Is lbs, No. T.
Sc so; No. s. 5 Is; No 6, &C.:
NAILs--From 1Od to cd. S4.25 rates.
TINNERs SToCK-Block tin per ID. SOc tin
Si 50; zinc i2c per pound, solder. 15c per Id;
AxEsNPer box, IS 5O@1o 60.
Dry Goods.
PRINrs-Freeman's 5KAnconia, 61S Glouster,
6H; Bristol 6; Greenwich, 6; Peabody, solid, o.;
Lodi fancy, 51s Harmony, 5H; Sprague, 6; Ham
ilton, 81; Cochero, 81; Allen, g.
Z; Busy Bee, 7; Continental, 8; Pocahontas, q
Cedar Falls. 71S; Greenbrier, .sh; Atlantic, So;
Rockingham, 81; New Hartford =, q; Hamlet
Mill ~; Boston, 90, s; Linnwood, 9A:
BIEAcHED oMEsTIcs-Barnsey, 6; Dover, 8;
Commonwealth, o, 81; Morning Star. IL; Fruit
Loom, 1917 Standard, 10; Chapman x, "a; Al
toona, ga; Elnrdale ca; Sonora, 6; Signal K. 5;
Just Out 5h; Paramount A, go
HEAVY Brown DoMEsTIcs-Pittsheld, ~; Au-
gusta, s; Rocky Mountain, tx; Old Dominion,
| 81; Agawan +, So: Collingwood, III; Star OF
Park A 6; Buckeve, So; Cabot W, ~; Lyman, I,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 1O-H 21c;. Monadnock,
10-A, %; Androscoggn pa, Zei AndroScog'
ell, 10. 4 bleached rs; Sullivan, l0-A bleached
32 Monadnock;' o., 2l1s Monadnock, lO-A, p
COTTON FLANSELs-Amoskeag AAA, lIc; &c
BIB bleached l5 Hugenot s. 8; 40 bieaehed, i, =
Lawrence, F F, brown, 0; Fremont l., 7h
HicKoRY-Ron 1l,i; Easton, 10; West
ern States 81; American, 3X3, ga; DO 6x6 III
Sheridan 8xS, 81 Mechanic 3x3, s.
DRILLs-Boot 5; Suffolk Sh; Adriatic, 9h
Laurel, 9; Rock Head, TX. 49,
TlcKING-Arkwrght IL Amoskeag aga, II5s
CITY, 9IS; Metham AA, 16; York, 1416; Clark
Stand l2K; Cords AAA, l6h
PLAID OsNABURes-Ottawa,s "a georgia; ~
8; Hurricane, 10.
CHEvIoTs-Berkshire IA, II; Monitor, o. Bon
bay, TX; Langley, 10; Longs best ID; Bristol, s7s
Bunker Hill, 10
Cor TON DUcK-Arkwright fancy. 16; star
gray l41S; Bear Duck Soz, 23H Polhemas NH
lOh: Montauk IA, 10; Kirkwood, 10.
KENTUCKY JEASs-Irving Doe, AN LeaInlng
ton, 32; Montgomery, 90; Glen Lock, 26ls: Wood
land, 221l; Norwalls, 20; sandusky, F1s, May
brook IL; Deerwood, 16.
| REPFLLANTs-Clinton, 20 Rival, 65; Cumboi
land, 81 10; Foxcraft IS; Farnsworth, 80
LISINGs-Ashland, 1917; Greatrock q l5' W
atty, ~; Blue Rock. 121E; Andalusa y, Is.
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sPoKEs-From 2 to 2ss inch, per set, ky
lect So; Xxx, s. rs.
SAWED FELLoEs-lx to az, 81 70 per se1
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was quiet md
II change. Mid
steady; middllngs
nc 1850 bales, ship
1all the ports for four
6inst 1200l0 for the same
kports TO Great Britain
6, continent 43,4S0, chan
Stock on hand G5i, 531
he same time last year.
spots were irregular and
d for both middlings and Or
Hlings went off sixteenth, and
ht 3-S, while Orleaps advanced
l. and are reported at IL. I'M
100; sales of American $3.50;
Seems to be a quoting down all
Re country as regards the cotton crop
south. The hue and cry that was
q a short time ago about the crop be-
q failure and that the consumptiye de-
and ofthe world could not be supplied,
las dwindled down to almost insignifcance.
lit is true there are few papers in the
Aouth, like the New Orleans Democrat, that
IN endeavor through their correspondents
essen the actual yield for the year, but
lelligent wellinformed persons who are
hterested and are really the purchasers
pay no attention to these idle vaporings.
4 The Democrats correspondent from Dall9s.
says the crop here will only be half that OF
last year. and that worms have destroyed
the balls brought out by late rains, and
khat much injury has been done, and fifty
ar cent of the crop has been marketed,
d that seven-eights of the crop has been
Wed. Now all we can say about this is
1t cur information is so very different
om these statements that it needs no cor.
in this city but it n might Tec %iseaa
much cotton as last year, but the deficit
1 will not be very great. We have
been unable to learn of single
worm IN Dallas county preying upon the
cotton. The rains have as yet done no
damage, and the top crop isyet in abey-
ance. If the other reports of the Democrat
are equally correct with the one from Dali
las, they are nil. The report of short crops
have induced many, planters to, hold
their crop over for higher prices. but they
may probably soon be undeceived. AT
every receiving point the stocks of cotton
on hand are larger than last year, and in
the interior towns, like Dallas, the number
of bales in store are nearly twice as large as
at this time last year. In st. Louis the
stock on hand is A ,O4o bales against 26,36io
at the same time last year. The same is
true of Louisville, Memphis, Nashville and
all the important points in the interior.
correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
writing from Chattanooga, says the scare
has pretty well exhausted itself, as the
feecy commodity still pours upon the
market, and the picking goes on, an eyi-
dence that September did not exhaust the
crop. The second crop produced by the fall
of rains is now showing aresult far beyond
the most sanguine expectation. A refer
ence to the cotton movement in the United
States shows that larger number of bales
were handled in the United States up to
the end OF the week just past than ever be-
fore came into the market in the cores
y papdipg period of any other year.
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ava l. INV viz SOAioioN
he branch of the East
Georgia railroad be-
ANITA, and learned that
for the north to get
Jrmedme that they had
from Chattanooga to
Il every available man
lids, and would be until
ember. Other railroad
Ing from the same cause.
FtiOn in the United States
ated by the most candid,
5 whom l met at the At
will not be less than five
While in many instances
be in quality per acre, the
larger in the south than it
id the total of the crop then
n bales. these estimates
eports from every cotton
y in the south. |
Republican says that q cot.
Now Orleans had heard Cbi
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ION of work on many properties IN
(which were abandoned some time
&c in consequence OF the low grade of the
ores. -.-
The Milwaukee gaslight company adver-
tises that after January next the price will
be reduced TO so net per 1000 feet.
In come portions of Arkansas fruit trees
blossomed after the rains fell late in the
summer, and are now full of apples the
size Of hazle7hut or larger.
Mr.. Hoganfof Bentonville, Arkansas, has
raised two good crops Of tobacco this sea-
son from the same piece of land.
The following is a statistical position o
sugar Mt date, October 20, 1881:
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lzie e. Sons, of
lie arrangements,
of potatoes via
The potatoes were
about fifteen cents
the cost of hand
| it is believed they
" York market at
bushel. The ship
m an experiment,
lion of the Ameri-
|Hinzie d Sons are
b1g produce mer-
uisiana possesses
Ihich %, 600, 600, or
|vable land, fully
WIDER cultivation.
100000 acres,
IN 0O0 pf praxiupfc
! isRnd enough
o&oduce annual
! experimental
South Carolina,
Atlanta exposi-
Average height of
were selected as a
y about nineteen
u by and hardy.
I, rmed in Detroit,
so pack frozen
AeU.
( lead has caused a
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Tue to be light,
me wool of this
a higher price in

HWa Otner portions
The sales of wool in
(is year are 10000, 900
for the same period of
have fallen off 1000
S are sold far ahead of
though very firm, are
hles Of wool this week,
Domestic, and 236, 900
crops Of Louisiana for
bteNber l, 1881, shows
k56,02 gallons of
\lS of clean rice.
SIl car and
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October 20, 1ssI.-Decrease in stock com
1881. 1850 1879. 1875.
r.ea t,-u Q9Eof2 15fUf S51.zl7 z75.39f
',,-ss-,5 -. 5150Sl 23s1f2 as 81 1f053I
strr'fs - 29571 S7.zs2 Sl.ld fs.52
Total exports from both ports from LIST Of
January 70 date compare thus;
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-11-18
Swimming I'm IcarCeld Water.

It has been considered impossible for
a human being to swim across Grand
Lake, Middle Park, Colorado. The
water is cold as ice the year around, and
all who attempted to swim from shore to
shore were said to have persisted. But
the feat has recently been accomplished
While the Messrs. Slower, Sheldon,
Love and Hotel were at the lake during
their recent pleasure trip, French Ca
madam bet $50 that he could swim across
the lake. The bet was readily taken.
The Frenchman prepared for the under-
taking by removing his clothing and
dipping in the lake anti he became ac-
customed to the temperature of the
water, and then dashed in and swan
across without any apparent difficulty
He declared that he could swim back
again. The feat caused great excitement
among old-timers, who lost heavily
Fort Collins E.rprees
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An Austrian engineer named Lauei
has discovered q new method of disin.
tegrating rock. The chief feature of his
system is to employ hollow cylinder
ike a gas pipe, and to place the dyn-
amite cartridge, not as hitherto In hole
bored in rock to be blasted, but in the
cylinder in question. The cartridge
only touches the surface of the rock
which it is desired to shatter. The ex-
plosion of the dynamite is effected by
means OF electricity, and the effect is
said to be greater than with the usual
cartridge in n hole bored in the rock.
The rock is shattered into fragments SO
small that fsir stream is able to wash
them away without help, whereas in the
case of gunpowder the rock is only split
up into small blocks more or less large
and troublesome to remove. The Lauer
system is calculated to effect saving of
fully 40 per cent as compared with the
old system
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-11-18
One of Those "Mash Letters.

When Horace Weston, the colored
banjo player of the Plantation troupe,
was travelling in Europe with the Jarrett
& Palmer Uncle Tom Combination, he
received large mail daily. One day he
was showing his letters to Mr.. jarrett,
who was reading them to him, as he had
never learned to read. Suddenly Mr.
Jarrett was overcome with emotion.
"Where did you get that letter." he
asked, holding out one with the royal
insignia printed on the corner, and
signed by court official.
dat one? Why, I've carried dat i'll
my pocket week"
"Why, you IDIOT p shouted jarrett,
that is command to appear before
the Queen, and is worth $1,000 30 the
company for an advertisement
SIS dat SOP" replied Weston,
thought it was one OF dem mash letters. "
--NeaO York SS1p.
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Old Time RefOrmers.

1t is the general opinion of the reform
ers of our day that they, or at most their
immediate predecessors, were first in the
field, and that all was darkness before.
AS far as suffrage is concerned, the fact
that women could vote in New Jersey
seventy or eighty years ago throws some
doubt upon this claim. The suspicion
is strengthened into conviction by an
appeal to history. A Massachusetts,
woman has discovered that Abigail
Adams, wife of John Adams, and gener-
ally his wisest counselor, as far back as
IVA wrote to him In behalf of woman s
citizenship. He was at the time in at
tendance on the first Constitutional Con-
gress at Philadelphia. She specially
asked him to remember the ladies in the
new code of laws and to treat them bet
ter than his ancestors had done. Mercy
Otis, sister of James Otis, about the
same time hit upon the since much used
phrase of inherent rights" declaring
that they belonged to all mankind, and
had all been conferred on all by the God
of nations. These are old authorizes
according to the American standard OF
antiquity, but we think Semiramis and
Zenobir, saying nothing of other ancient
women OF note, must have held very
much the same idea of the equality of
the sexes. If no utterances of theirs to
this effect are extaDt, their careers can
still be studied, and factions speak
louder than words"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-11-18

The most unsatisfactory thing IN life
is success. 1t sounds paradoxical to say
so, but 1t is profoundly true. The only
thing about it that is worth the having
is the struggle for il, and when it is at
tanned the predominant feeling is a
question as to whether it is worth the
effort. Nine successful men out of ten,
if they told the truth, would say that it
was not, still if they had to live their
lives over again they would struggle
every bit as hard, because twas in them
to do it and the struggle was the only
part of the game worth having. 1t
kept them alive, and once so successful
that nothing lay ahead, they become
morbid, dissatisfied and re- I'll IS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-11-18

An interesting account of the progress
of the Wholesale COOPERATIVE Society
has been published by the Manchester
Guardian, and some of its particulars
are worth reproducing for the lesson
they convey. The society WAS es-
tablished in 1868, and is "a federation Of
retail cooperative societies carrying on
business all over England and Wales.
At its start it had capital OF only 1888,
and did business in its first year to the
extent of but e5, 962. Only forty socie-
ties were embraced in it, with AIN aggre-
gate membership of 17,545. According
to its balance. sheet, made up at the
Goth of June last, 6lS different societies
have now got shares ia 1t, and us pur-
chase their goods through il. Its capt.
tai. share, loan and reserve, Is now
G563. 907, and the last quarters sales
amounted ID GS62, 600, those for the
whole year being Is, $4,000. During
the seventeen years OF its existence this
society has done business of nearly
G26, 900, 900 at cost OF only E362, 1856,
or 81 IS. 1d.sper cent, its net profits Id
the same period averaging II Is. "a.
per cent, which was enough to pay the
per cent. fixed interest on the capital
ana an average dividend OF 81 per cent.
in addition. The society has buyers in
Ireland, Rouen and New York, and lat
terry Copenhagen; it possesses two man-
ufactories of boots and shoes-one III
Leicester and one in Heckmondwicke,
but these have caused some disputes as
to the ALLEGATION of profits, the workmen
declaring that the profits of labor ought
not to be divided on the same basis as
the profits of the distributing trade.
The society, however, is evidently in
fourishing condition, although 1t has
departed III some measure from its strict
ly cash payment principle in lending
money to subsidiary retail societies. 1t
is the banker OF 100 OF these retail stores
as we'll Us their source of supply, and
has advanced the money gathered from
its richer adherents in that capacity to
the poorer. In this there must be con-
siderable risk, but. apart from danger of
this kind, the great business thus
founded appears to offer favorable eX-
ample OF what may be done by co-opera.
tion.-PaU Mall Gazette.
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Monkeys.

Some sailors belonging 10 vessel an
chored near Columboo, while ashore,
tried to capture a monkey. As soon as
they put hands on him he gave series
Of yells, when, as if by magic, every
tree swarmed with indignant monkeys.
An order to make for the boat was
promptly obeyed. When the monkeys
saw their enemy on full retreat they
formed in solid body and followed hur-
riedly in their wake. Sticks, stones,
and every available missile was hurled
furiously at the heads of the flying sail
ors. In vain did they drop their prize,
hoping that it might paclfy their en-
ragged pursuers. IL was not so; only one
dropped out OF the ranks to gather in
its hairy embrace the unoffending object
of the fray; while the others rushed on
more frantically than ever. Reaching
the boat, they had not time to jump in,
but showed her off from the gunwales,
and crawling in only when some distance
had been placed between them and their
implacable foe. When they had arrived
at safe place to lie, they rested on their
oars aud curiously scanned the infuri-
ated army on the beach. There APP
peared TO he thousands of them, run
ming up and down in wild confusion, and
hurting stones far out into the water in
the direction of the boat.
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Prices In Paris.

Prentice Milford in San Francisco Chronicle. ]
Brandy is cheap; sixty cents buys a
quart of good article. Thirty cents
buys bottle of good wine. Can also
buy bottle for six cents; not SO good.
Half poor wine, half pump. Wine at
cabarets or common rum-shops, niser-
able; Fuckers tongue and upsets stomach.
Gin quite unknown; gin myth. Settler
water by the bottle three cents. New
potatoes, six cents kilo, which is short
for kilogramme. Fluids sold by the
litre; kilo is little over a pound: a
litre is something over quart; metre
is French yard. Official yard seen
marked in black paint in public places.
Strawberries ten cents pound; have
weighed them here, thirty to the pound.
Green beans, eight cents per quart,
shelled. Butter never sailed; best var
iety twenty and twenty-five cents per
pound; price rednced as it increases its
age and strength. Fresh eggs three
cents each. Radishes in punches as
large as baby's head; one cent. Milk
four cents per quart; usually with much
water; generally boiled in summer.
Cream almost unobtainable; fresh, un-
SKINNED milk passes here for cream.
Alta creamerie they will tell you they get
cream from the country fresh twice o
week
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A Mistake.

1t happened in rough mining town
in Colorado. There was grand ball at
the ranch of Whisky Jack, a well-known
character in the diggings," and the
"elite of the district responded to the
call in full force. The party was held in
rickety old barn belonging to the host,
and with few red strips Of flannel
grotesque accumulation of mountain
roses, and row of dripping candles,
the appointment of the place were per-
feet My first partner in the giddy
dance was the wife of the man who killed
the village postmaster because he re-
fused him letter she was fat, fair and
forty, and danced with the grace of a
COW. My next partner was the daugh.
ter of this charming pair, young girl
just bursting into the loneliness of wo-
manhood she was badly freck'ed. and
sported wart ON her nose My next
partner was blooming grass widow, a
fresh arrival and then | rested | be-
gan 10 comment on new faces in the
room. My companion in this pleasant
pastime was heavy bearded miner, un-
couth, roughly dressed, tobacco slob-
bered, and very profane. This was our
first meeting, and l hoped it would be
the last.
There goes a hard looking case" |
whispered, as the wife of the man who
killed the postmaster sailed by. "She's
bad 'un."
Vas" replied the man, "I'd hate to
have the critter step on me. What an
elegant target she would make for poor
marksman p
Yes" said, and turned nv eyes on
tall, raw-boned creature sailing to-
wards us supported by little man with
sandy whiskers and red-top boots.
Here comes the boss"
"How ?"
The boss, 1 say; amt she a lovely
chimpanzee ?"
"a what?"
"Chimpanzee |"
lie glared at me moment and then
reached for his revolver.
What Is a chimpanzee ?" he growled
fiercely, his red eyes growing large.
| saw that had made some mistake,
and FASTENED to explain.
Why-why," l stammered, backing
off, a chimpanzee is lovely creature
found In Africa-nothing SO gorgeously
beautiful as chimpanzee. That is the
highest compliment lady can receive. :"
80 y and the man looked relieved
" Vas, think so, myself, stranger; she
is lovely champanzee she's my
wife -
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What the Director said.

A Boston reporter, while in the Office of
the New York and Boston Dispatch Express
Company. had conversation with Mr.. B.
+. Larabee one of the Directors of the
company, who gave the following personal
experience: "A little over year ago vas
taken sick. L did not know what the trouble
was but / continued to grow worse, and my
complaint baffled the skill of my doctors.
AZ last my symptoms developed into that terri
bic complaint, Bright's Disease, which has been
pronounced lncurable by all physicians. My
sufferings at that time were unspeakable. l
was bloated from head to foot; my heart PANIED
me; my pulse was irregular, and 1 was unable
TO breathe except in short convulsive gasps.
While suffering thus L learned of Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure; and, although had
been given up to die by the prominent physi-
clans Of Boston, and they had told my friends
L could not live week, L resolved to try this
remedy as last resort. l am rejoiced to say it
has effected perfect cure in my case, and with
many Of my friends, who have been afflicted
with kidney troubles, either of long standing or
acute forms, and who, under my advice, have
used this most wonderful remedy"
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The Reindeer.

The reindeer, which in one way or
another manages TO be almost the entire
support of the Lapps who have herds,
is a large, heavy animal, with rcmarka-
BILE independence of character. He will
not accept shelter under cover, no mat
ter how inclement the weather ney be.
Neither will he eat any food that is of
fered him; he prefers TO seek his own
sus.enance, which consists principally
of a peculiar moss, and as this grows
very slowly, requiring about seven years
i'm which to reach maturity, the Lapp
must shift his home from time to tine
10 meet the necessities of his herd. In
midwinter the moss may be covered by
several feet of snow, but the deer digs a
hole with his feet, and disappears from
the surface, burrowing his way through
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-11-18

AT THE National Industrial Exhibition
in Milan was exhibited an electrical
voting apparatus, designed by Signor
Roncelli, member of the italian Par
lament. The idea is simply rs follows
Each member of the house has in front
OF him n metal plate bearing his name.
The plate is furnished with three metal
buttons, marked respectfully, "Aye,"
"No" and "Abstain T" This plate Is in
connection with central printing APP
paratas, which prints in three separate
columns the yeas, noes and abstainers,
according IA the members depress their
respective buttons. A fourth column
marks the absentees. At the moment Of
recording each vote, a number CORES
ponding with the number of the vote
appears, SO that the total may be seen
at a glance. BY this system, members
can vote and keep their seats, great
saving of time being thus affected.
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How 10 Get Well.
A King In America.

A railroad lawyer said to a cores
pendent of the N. Y. Tribune:
"The nearest approach to royal power
to which any man can attain in this
country, is to possess great railroads.
His dominion is thus as great as that of
almost amy king on the globe. His sub
jects more docile and fully as dependent
He is conveyed from one part of the
country to another in regal splendor,
and receives the reverence from his de-
pendent subjects that no king in this
century ever received from civilized
people.