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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-08
The Trembling Tree.
MApLEMooD. N J. JI1ly

MAPIEwooD, N. j., July 9th.
DEAR JACK: We have very strange
plant, called sensitive plant, and it dis
likes to be touched. II you put your
finger on it, the fine little leaves shrink
away from you, and for moment look
decidedly wilted. But they soon bright
en- up.'i you let them alone. Having seen
this plant every day, was very much
interested when a girl who belongs to the
st. Nicholas Agassiz Association sent me
a printed account OF Il wonderful sensi-
tive plant which grows il Australia.
She had cut the piece out of a news.
paper. Will you please show it to the
boys and girls, and then if any OF them
have ever seen just such plant they
will let you know. do wonder If it is
true. It says the tree is kind of acac-
la, and ours is one Of that kind, too.
though it does not cut up so much.
The specimen, the account says, was
grown from seed brought from Aus
tralia, and already it has grown to be q
sapling eight feet in height.
Regularly, every evening, when the
chickens Ego to roost," the tree per.
forms very much the same duty. The
leaves fold together and the ends of the
tender twigs coil themselves up. After
one of the twigs has been stroked O,
handled, the leaves move uneasily and
are in a sort of wild connection for a
minute or more. Lately, the tree being
in comparatively small pot, which It
was fast outgrowing, it was deemed best
to give it one of much larger size, but,
when removed to its new quarters, it re-
scented the operation to the best of its
ability. When it had been fairly trans
planted it acted as if furiously enraged.
The leaves began to stand up in ali
directions, like the hair on the tail of an
angry cat, and soon the whole plant was
in feverish culver. This could have
been endured, but at the same time it
gave out al odor most sickening and
pungent-just such smell as is given
off. by rattlesnakes and many other kinds
of venomous serpents when disturbed.
The odor filed the house. It was fully
an hour before the plant Gained down
and folded its leaves In peace, and it ap
peared that it had given up the battle
only because the hour for it's peculiar
manner s'of retiring" had arrived. It is
probably needless to say, that the chill
dren, and in fact the whole household,
now stand in perfect awe of the strange
tree, as being thing vastly more rep
tile than vegetable. Many similar ex-
periences, and some even more remark
able, have been had with the different
forms Of highly sensitive plant-life.
Yours truly,
JENNIE G. r.
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Retail Market.

The following shows the prices for which the
articles FAMED sold the day before publication:
Messina oranges retail at 50c@75c per doz.
Lemons, 4Gc Per doz. Bananas, scarce, Use per
doz. New lettuce sellingat 75c per doz. Apples
S3.5094. Early Rose potatoes, 40c per bu;
Others, SOC. Onions, 7sc PER bu. Cab
bage 5@sc per head. Oysters per can,
Standards, SEC; selects Coo; Gems of the
Ocean 55c. Granulated sugar in rs lb.
packages, 1910; powdered, &c; cut loaf pc;
crushes., 12c; Ext. c., 10c; Yellow c., &c; brown
Sc; Minnesota, 10c. Best @. G. Java coffee,
Ss11zzc; best Mocha, 3s1zc; best Rio, 221Ic. Fest
teas, Eng. breakfast, 81 per ID; best Young
Hyson, 81 per ID; best Gun Powder. SEQ per
Ih.; best Japan, sOc; be.e Basket fired Japan,
75c. Sweet potatoes, lbs, Tor Csc. Orange Bios
som -four, $500 per ewt; Piilsbury's best, $500
per cwt.; Straight, 1926. Eggs, SOC per doz.;
fresh, 35c.
Meats-sisloin and porter house steak,
15c; rib roasts, 15c; cuck roasts, 1o@l2ac;
mutton chops, 15c; fore quarter, 121ac; round
steak, 121ac; shoulder, l219c; veal, 15@lSc; pork
chops, 12115c; pork roasts 12119Sc ham, II; bacon
and dry bacon, 18c; shoulders. l3c:
corn beef, s09c; sausage pork, 12%c
smoked sausage, i5c; lard IN jars, 1511zc; pei
single h.. l5c; in kegs, 121ac; dried beef, 1890
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HISTORY OF A LOST PIG.

What Caused One Of the Widest StampedeS
Erer Kno,vn at Alder G,etc1.
Helena Independent.
One of the widest stampedes that ever
took place from Alder gulch, said an old
time Alder gulcher yesterday, was caused
by the simplest thing one could imagine
1t was in '64. Everything was flush. II
was nearly 1900 miles to the nearest rail-
road and settlements in between were
scattering. Now, it is characteristic OF
human nature to sigh after the unattain-
able. There was plenty of bacon and
picked pork, but no fresh pork,
Cariboo Tim was the only one
in camp who ever owned a
pig. Tim was a very visionary sort of
cuss. who was not satisfied at working
along the gulch at SIS or $40 a day, but
was eternally searching through the noun
tains in that region for a place where he
could gather up gold by the shovelful.
One day Tim returned to camp to learn
that his pig had escaped from its pen un-
der his bunk. He did not tarry an hour
but, packing all his provisions, started on
the pigs trailup the mountains.
Straightway 200 or 300 men decided to
follow Tim, supposing that he had struck
it magniicently rich. The leader of the
stampede kept track of him-one man
keeping him in sight, second keeping the
first in sight, and SO on until the gang
stretched back for half mile; behind this
came the rabble. Tim seemed
to know where he was going.
and kept steadily on. This but
served to confirm his followers that he
had already made the rich find and was re-
turning to it. When night came Tim
camped. His followers did likewise, a
half dozen men detailed to take turns
standing guard, SO that he might not slip
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Beauty of the Telephone.

The way it all came about was this
Her husband keeps grocery store
down town, and, owing to the highly
inhammable temper of his wife, he don't
like to hnger much around the family
hearthstone, but while away the most OK
his time within the precincts of his
store. The recent introduction OF q
telephone, however, afforded his wife an
opportunity to air her peculiar views. or.a
various topics, and the effect On hcr
husband was most discouraging-
One day she called him up and openeE
out on him at long range in the follow
ing style:
rs that you?"
YES" answered her husband in a
hard, unnatural voice.
1T is, Ell? All right. I suppose YOU
know what kind of a condition Tn In
this morning. After you left me IN hys--
terlcs l broke all the breakfast dishes
and scalded both arms trying to drive
Smiths cat out of the house. Oh, YOU
old Beelzebub! IF [ could keep you
home long enough to give you piece ,
OF my mind. It's no use to twit me any
more Of being church member I
COAT care any more for church or
preacher than you do; SO now. I've got
pas that, and every time I see the
sinir!iing, hypocritical face Of the Rev
-- / feel just like knocking his head
AGAINST the wall And now if you for
s. . bring up some baking powder ana
coaoa this noon I'll make devil OF Il
lively time for YOU
When the dinner hour arrived, the
unfortunate man ambled homeward, and
his wife met him in the doorway.
Where's that baking powder and
coffee?" she Kissed, seeing that he was
eHl2tv-handed and his fine features
bathed in TN idiotic smile.
Baking powder and cofee?" he in
CURED, looking as blank as q board
fence, did you order some?"
why, yes; didn't [ telephone YOU
about 10 o'clock this morning?"
"Me?"
eyes, you, you old leather head; aes
least you said it was YOU"
why, at 10 o'clock I was around at
the bank to get some money for Rev.
You know you wanted Jna To-
pay him some on your subscription 10
the church, and left him in the offissa.
It can't be that you gave him the order
It's singular, too, he wasn't there when
I came back. Shouldn't think he'd rlua
away and leave his money"
"Why-why, you said" but it waSs
too much-much too much. The Rus
bands diplomatic strategy had got ia
its work. There was no backing or1e.
and the lady could only go around,
Juggling about horrible secret, which
she now believes is only in the keeping
of herself and pastor. And as we go 70
press there are no developments in this
domestic tragedy which warrant us IN
believing she will ever overcome her
antipathy for the telephone.-Cheek.
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Zephyrs.

one comes, she comes! with song and glee
She leads her train DER lawn and leal
anu Jar and free her wind blown tress,
ner mccoy scarf, her careless dress,
.,e' sweet girl voice, that bird-like sings,
Iler merry laugh, that tireless rings
iiigh Ger those booming sounds of sport
All hali! wild queen of madcap COURT
NO daisy chain will this gay girl
re weave to deck her dancing curl;
NO wreath entwine of bud or bell,
Ihough both, she wots, become her well
Not hers to guess of joy or grief
BY coming of holly leaf;
She tents not fortunes smile or frovyn
by puffs of dandelion down;
no necklace frames of rowan gems,
NOR fragrant flower wrought diademsl
NO poet she, to doze and dream
Long. lazy hours by haunted streaml
IL small the brook, she'll head her train
And leap it DER and back again;
Or if her boys will but away
she IL wade it, maybe-I can'tsay,
her boys-all boys-around her press
For love OF her sweet winsomeness.
And dogs that bark from very glee-
A harum scarum company.
ohe's DER the lea, she's won the wood,
This dainty bud of maidenhoodI
Those joyous peals trow, bespeak
The gay, glad mirth of hide and seek.
AS hazel dell and brackened glade
Her graceless band in turns invade:
Little she recks of rents or shreds,
But boldly breasts the bramble beds!
IT'S she has babe them rig the swing,
And wood for fires unhallowed bring:
"Iis she the torch Illicit waves,
And leads her troops through murky caves:
us she hath crossed the pine trunk thin.
That, rocking, bridges yon dark linn
With Joyous cheer and wild halloo
Hounds on her host to derring do!
TITS she has taught those nimble feet
10 scatter wide the windows sweet:
On fragrant hay-ricks led the foe,
And long hours work at once laid low:
Yet Farmer Swan, who from the stile
Had watched it all, ne'er ceased to smile
God bless her purity face! She be
A regular Tomboy, sartinlee''
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-08
ReceiDtS and ShinmentS.

The following are the receipts and ship
ments for the preceding twenty -four
hours:
Receipts-Wheat, Sc cars; corn, ID; oats,
6; barley, L; flax, 10; feed, 6; hay, s.,
hogs, 5; lumber, %; coal, 81; wood, So;
merchandise, 46; barrel stock, 1; cement,
3: stone, s; pig iron, 8; railroad iron and
rails 3; sundries. 46. Total. 343 cars.
Shipments-Wheat, Al cars; corn. 1;
oats, 4; barley, 1; fax, u; flour, Is; feed,
2;hay, 3; cattle, 6: horses and mules, l.;
hogs, I; lumber, Is; coal, 81: merchan-
disc, 101; barrel stock, 1; brick, 9; lime, 2;
stone, 4; pig iron, .; sundries, %.
Total, 2S4 cars.
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Morning Board Quotations.


Elves extended. .lO1% Threes 1924
~ do..........1 1875 Pacific Is of '95. .127
Fours coupons .1231s
EVENING REPORT.
Money 2@6 per cent, closing offered at per
cent. Prime mercantile paper 6@8 per cent.
Sterling exchange, bankers bills steady at
$3.50; do. ex. demand, $4.8415.
Governments a per cent. higher for threes
and extended fves; otherwise unchanged.
Bonds-Railroad bonds irregular; Texas Pa
cific land grants, Rio Grande division, dropped
to Tx from 80, recovered to 1871, and again
fell off n per cent
State Securities-Without feature except for
Tennessee mixed, which advanced per cent.
Stocks-Speculation on the Stock Exchange
to-day was dull and generally weak, prices in
consequence closing lower than yesterday. The
market opened a fraction above yesterdays
closing quotations, but Immediately after be-
came dull and weak and early in the afternoon
recovered, then declined, with only fractional
recoveries, 1S@2X per cent, Denver & Rio
Grande, Northern Pacific common and preferred,
Chicago Northwestern, Oregon Transcontinent-
al and New Jersey Central being most conspicu-
Gus in the downward movement. There was
then rally of 1s@lB per cent, led by North
ern Pacific preferred, but the market again be-
came depressed and shortly before the close fell
off A@1A per cent, Denver Rio Grande,
Northern Pacific preferred, Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul and Michigan Central being promi-
nent in the decline. The market closed firm at a
fractional rally. As compared with yesterdays
closing prices the list is 1s@3H per cent.
lower, Chicago & Northwestern, Denver d kio
Grande, Northern Pacific aad Chicago, Mlwau-
kee st. Paul being prominent in the decline.
MINING STOCKS.
Mining stocks very dull; Robinson sold at $50
Obs, Chrysolite 107@ll0, Consolidated Vir-
ginia 64@62, Horn Silver SIS, Bulwer 120@125,
Independence 67@7O, and Little Pittsburgh so.
Sales for the day G., 645 shares.
The transactions aggregated $4,000 shares;
1880 Canada Southern; 2,400 Central Pacific:
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A Literary Fancy In NAPKINS.

Shakspearean table napkins are the
latest union of trade and sentiment.
After the fashion of German housewives
of the sixteenth century, who not only
wrought their initials and family badge
on the table linen, but surrounded it
with texts, maxims and notices in cross
stitch, manufacturer sends out large
damask napkins with sentences from
Shakespeare, woven in red letters an
inch long, filing the four sides. One
may read on his unfolded napkin that
'ssman cheer and great welcome makes
merry feast" which sounds more like
the exhortation of a niggard housewife
who excuses her spare table with fine
words than like the courtesy which
would fain need no apology for its good
will or its providing. Boston Trans
cript.
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Financial and Stock Markets.
MORNING REPORT.


NEW YORK, Dec. z, IL a. m.-The stock
market opened irregular but generally 1s@1 per
cent. higher than yesterday, the latter for In
diana, Bloomington & Western. During the
past hour the market has been dull and some
what irregular but in the main weak. At IL
O'Clock prices recorded decline Of I@1 per
cent, Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, Northern
Pacific and Union Pacific being most prominent.
AFTERNOON REPORT.
Money 5@6 per cent. Prime mercantile paper
6@8 per cent. Bar silver, $1,000. Sterling
exchange steady; s4.8O4 long, S4.s4A sight.
Governments-Unchange
State Securities-Neglected.
Bonds-Railroad bonds dull.
Stocks-Since IL o'clock the market has been
dull and generally weak. At noon a decline of
SOL per cent. took place, Oregon Transconti-
mental, Chicago Northwestern, Michigan Cen
trail and Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific preferred
leading.
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A Milwaukee Girl Decides to go FARM
ing in Dakota.
milwaukee Sentinel.1

milwaukee SSnuuelsl
The land of the Dakotahs is not with
out its attractive features even for the
palefaces Of the gentle sex. and even at
this early day, in its written history
bids fair to rival the more popular re-
sorts as a place for summer1ng. OF
course, the independent-spirited, and,
it may be just q little strong minded
'tschool-marm," is the first to be taken
with the fever, the only panacea for
which is to. be found on the almost
boundless praires ofthe Occident There
is something enchanting to listen to the
story of broad, unbroken acres, level as
floor, with grasses green and nine
feet high. It assumes the beauties OF
musical cadence as it drops from the
lips of a pretty ''pedagoguess' who has
been there, knows the lay Of the land,
and has powers of rhetoric that enables
her to drape it with the prismatic hues
of the rainbow. Such a one has been
in Milwaukee in the person of Miss
Upper, some years ago teacher in
the Normal school at Whitewater. Her
father and his family removed to Miner
county, Dakota. and took up portion
of the public domain. In a short time
Mrs. Upper died, and the daughter
went to the new home to live, and be
came charmed with the country. Con
GLIDING to exchange the narrow and con-
tracted limits of the school room for the
boundless prairies of the West, she exer-
cised her prerogative as settler and
took unto herself $50 acres of fruitful
land, erecting her cabin and dwelling
therein for the allotted six months, when
she was enabled to secure title. at gov
erment rates. Miss Upper is an init
mate friend of Miss Eva Hanson, of this
city, and besides visiting her on several
occasions, and relating wondrous stories
of the land, sent her large bundle of
the various kind of grasses last week,
which charmed the recipient. A visitor
from Indiana, Miss Phillips, and Miss
Hanson have gone on visit to their
friend in Dakota, and should the region
'span out" to their satisfaction they will
take up quarter section of land each,
and also a tree claim. They propose
building their s'claim shanties," which
in this case will be transformed into villas
or cottages, and spend next summer out
there. Should their report be favorable
quite number OF other young ladies
and gentlemen will follow their example.
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MILWAUKEE. Dec. Flour quiet ar

MILWAUKEE. Dec. Flour quiet and
nominal; in fair demand. Wheat steady and
quiet; No. hard 1.01; No. 2, 9414c december
941lc January 81; February 95 &c; No. Tic.
No. 63c. Corn steady; No. 5514c; rejected 47c;
Oats dull and lower; No. 3519c; white 371sc
Rye quiet and unchanged; No. SIC; No. 2 SIC.
Barley lower; No. 2 72c; extra No. $3.50,
cash do. Provisions easier, mess pork 1855 cash
1855 December; l7.65 January Lard,
prime steam 1866 cash and December; 1910
January. Live hogs steady; 5.90@630. Butter
quiet. Cheese quiet.1z--Eggs steady. Receipts
1872 barrels of -four; 36,l75 bushels of wheat;
20,651 bushels of barley. Shipments, 1925
barrels of flour; 1875 bushels of wheat;
1880 bushels of barley.
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28,oO3 Delaware, .Ackawanna e. Western;
ts1,on p Tasr 10 Grande; 10000 Erie; 1000
hahsas N Ne1a 5000 Lake Shore; 5000 Louis
1000 Missor, ri Pacs:ic: 1000 Northwestern western
aS' O0O N 5. Central; 5000 New York Centra
To,Voo Northern Pacific; 400 Philadelphia
q Reading; 1920 Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul; $4,000 Chicago, st. Paul, Min
neapolis & Omaha; 5000 Texas Pacific; $4,000
Union Pacific; 1900 Western Union Telegraph;
1000 Oregon TranscOntinental.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-08

MACON county, Ga, has citizen who
has buried six wives and is now living
with the seventh. He has been kept so
busy getting married and attending
funerals that he only weighs ninety
eight pounds.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-08

The Yale Record discovers that laws
and customs have not changed much in
100 years, after all. In 1765 the En-
glish Parliament prevented the celebrat-
ing of marriages in America without
stamps. Now the laws Of society as eff
fectually prevent it.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-08

A party from Minnesota have enter
ed ,45O acres of land between Lakes
Mnnehaha and Minnecolo, Fla. and
expect to build town.
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Commission Dealers.

The following are the quotations of sales from
by commission men yesterday and ere subjec
to daily fi1cf,1atinna.
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JOHN w. RUMSEY & CO..
Commission Grain and Provisions

126 Washington ST., Rooms l6 and 10,
CHICAGO, ILLS.
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Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO, Dec. THE Drosers' Journal re;
orts: Hogs, receipts 41,GGO; shipments 1890;
slow. generally steady at closing rates Of Eednes-
day; mixed 7.5o@e.4o; heavy 6.25@e.so;. light,
s>f5@s.s5; skips 4.Oo@5.25. Cattle, receipts
$500; shipments $780, fair, generally steady;
Christmas cattle 6.25@6.75; good to choice
shipping 5.25@6.00; common to fair 400@4. 80;
butchers in moderate supply; fair demand;
common to fair 200@2.75; medium to good
3.00@4.0O; stockers and feeders 2.90@4.10.
Sheep, receipts 5000; shipments 800; weak,
good 3.40@4.O0; choice to extra 4I0@4.50.
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New York ProGfce Market


receipts 81. 1000 barrels; exports 27,O0C supertne
extra 3.sO@4.40; good to choice 4.5O@7 90;
@S.75; St. Louis 3.95@700; Minnesota patent
process 5.65@7.30. Wheat opened 15@Ic
lower, subsequently, recovered from decline: adj
vanced triHe, closing firm; receipts SO, 500
bushels; exports $1,000; No. 2 spring nominal;
ungraded red 90@1.12; steamer No. do SIC;
No. 8 red 1.05@1.O5A; steamer No. 2 red LOS d
@1.O6; No. red l.e81s@1 .08M certificates;
uugraded white 9S@1.13; No. 2 do 99c; steamer
do CSC; No. red December sales $4,000
bushels at 1.OS@lO815; closingl 1857 sJanuary
sales 900 bushels at 1.09%@1.1OL, closing
at 1.10Y; February sales 392, 900 bushels at
1.12B@1.12sl, closing at LIPS; March sales
$4,000 bushels at 1.14@1.141a; closing at
1.141s. Corn, opened H@%c lower subsequent
closing unsettled; receipts $4,000 bushels; ex-
ports $4,000; ungraded; 43@47c; No. 357B@
5S4c; steamer 70@71Zc; No. 2 7334@74I Ell
evator No. 2 white 7411ac: No. 2 January 65%
@665l; closing 661sc; February 645s@651Sc;
closing at CSC; April 64c; May 635sG643sc; clos
ing 6S%c. Oats 1000 higher; receipts IA, 400
ss@44c; white western 42@4Sc. Molasses quiet
but firm at 60c. Coffee dull and unchanged;
Rio cargoes quoted at 6@81zc. Sugar dull and
weak; fair to good refining quoted at
6I@7c. Molasses active and frmer; New
Orleans 100000. Rice in good demand. Petro-
leum dull and nominal; united l. 101S; crude IA
@SHc; refined 7X@8c. Tallow quiet but
steady; 715@75sc. Rosin quiet; 1.75@1.s5.
Turpentine stronger; 5111@52c. Eggs, western,
steady and firm; 29@294c. Pork quiet but
firm; new mess 1925. Beef quiet but steady.
Cut meats dull and nominal; long clear
middles 1000. Lard stronger; prime steam
11.45@11.50. Butter firm; 16@39c. Cheese
quiet but firm; western fat 5@l2Nc.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-08-09

Mrs. r. S. Miller, who, with her lit
tie children and invalid husband, re-
Gently was obliged to stop in this city
in destitute circumstances, en- route to
California, receiving substantial aid at
the hands of our large hearted citizens,
takes the following method of showing
her appreciation of the kind favor:
CHEYENNE, WYo. Aug. 8, 80.
Editor Cheyenne Leader:
SIR beg you will excuse my pre-
sumption in thus taxing your most
valuable time, for l feel as if it would
seem so u~ngrateful in me to leave this
beautiful city without making some
attempt to express the deep gratitude l
feel for the generous kindness shown
me, a most unfortunate stranger.
Words are inadequate to express my
full sentiments, yet such poor words as
are at my command l will use to try
and convey in part my gratitude for the
many acts of kindness all have be.
slowed on me and mine.
| feel assured a good and great God
will bless an. act so noble, to pity and
help a lady and little children in their
deep distress; and most noble have all
in this lovely city performed this duty.
May each and all know only the great
est prosperity. May nom eve be
forced by the tickle goddess, fortune, .
THAT smiles on us to-day, oh, how
darkly tomorrow to feel what she has
made me and mine feel-such deer
shame and humiliation by being
forced to beg the help of strangers.
With words of deepest thanks,
am respectfully, &C.,
Mrs. r. S. MILLER.