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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-01-21
MARKET NOTES.
Nrxy ynpH NfAPHET


The Wholesale New York market quotations
show:
BEANS Prime. s32O@s--; fair to good,
53.00@S3. i per bushel.
BUTTER New York sold at 34@36c. for
choice in pals, and 20GD34c. common to good
Western sold at 40@4lc.. and the common
Western at 1s@,2Oc.
CHEEsE-Factory fancy, 1910. O.; do.
fair to good. 10l50ll5lc.
EGGs-Q Quotations ranged from 21c. for or
binary, TO 3lc. for New York. New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
FLoun -Superfine, s4oO@s4.75; Western,
S5000SiO0; extra New York, Si90@S5 80.
HAY-ShipplEg, 65@ &C.; clover, 709SOc.;
salt 65c.; straw, i0Gi5c.
HoPs New York, 26@2Sc.; Eastern, l6@
25c.; yearliDgs, 10000; ODDS, 7@15c.
PETROLEUM Refined 65sc.; crude, GO
nc. in bulk in barrels 71ic.; naphtha, n &c.
in shipping order, and ll1s@l2slc. in cases.
Pork New mess, Sl6.75}a@sl7.75; dressed
hogs. Sc. aS3sc.
Wheat Spring No. 3, Sl.2lA@1.23; Mil
waukec. No. 2, sl.36; amber, Sl.32aSl. 40
white, 81. 4014 @Sl4i3l.
RYE State. 9S@96c.
wooL-Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia,
XxX. 43@ ioc;; Xxx, a2@i6c.; X. 429ise.; No.
|. Asa i7c.; No. 2. 3sQilc. common. 33035c.;
New York and Western XXX and Y, 39@ilc.;
No. ], 4iCGl5c.
PHILADELPHIA MARKET.
FLOUR State family, I56:6.50: rye
-four, s4.62I 50S5.00 wheat, State, Sl.40@
Sl.i3; amber. Sl.iS; corn, yellow, 72c..
mixed State, 67067i sc.
PETROLEUM Refined, 6;sc. crude. exc.
W,oI. State and Western Xxx, 1905 c.; X,
47@isc.; medium. 50@5lc.; coarse, 45c.
BOSTON MARKET.
FLOUR From s4.OO@s5 so for low and
medium TO 50 OOGS7 90 for choice Minnesota.
Corn, 73074i5c. for mixed and yellow.
BUTTER Common, IS @25c. Vermont
dairy. 2s633c.; choice creamery, 359i0c.
CHEESE 7@131fc.
BEANS 81. 75taSS.40.
HAY-Choice. S200S2l.
CATTLE MARKETS.
BUFFALO - Cattle, good quality, $500
s6.75; hogs, fair to good, S6.45@S6.50; best,
S675.
EAST LIBERTY. PENN. Best cattle, S6.25@
1915 ;medium to good. SIS. 25a 100; common
to fair. S4.25@S5.00; Hogs, Workers, $1,000
500; Philadelphias, S6.20@S6.S0 Sheep,
$40 @s550.
WATERTowN, MAss.-C'attle choice, 50. 100
1925; extra, 50 O0taSS $50; first quality,
S70OC9S7.5O second quality. S5.00@S6.50 /;
third quality, S4.O0@S4.75. Sheep and lambs
wool sheep, S2.50@S5.00; extra, $5. 00@
81. %; spring lamb. 41<@6]ac. Veal calves,
&C Csc.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-01-21

AN ExPERIMENT.-An Ogdensburg.
n. Y, farmer, according to the Journal
of that town, husked and shelled his
corn by one passage through thresh-
ing machine, taking up at the rate OF
forty five shelled bushels per acre. and
leaving the stalks in a fine-cut state !"
for feeding. The experiment was so
satisfactory that he declares he mas got
through with the tedious old-fashioned
way OF caring for this crop.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-01-21
FLOWER fans are the latest novelty.

For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, Depression Of
Spirits and General Debility, in the various
forms also as preventive against Fever and
Ague and other Intermittent Fevers, the I" FER
RIO PHosPHoRATED ELIXIR OF CALIsAyA," made
by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York and sold
by all druggists, is the best tonic and for pa
tients recovering from Fever or other sickness
it has no equal.
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DREcroIRE ereatcoa.s with capes COM
plete cloth costumes.
Nrw RIoo,rrIE1n Miss. Jan. Q. n

New BLOOMFIELD. Miss, Jan. 2, 1880.
WISH to say to you that I have been suffer
ing for the last years with severe itching all
over. have heard Of Hop Bitters and have
tried it, have used up four bottles, and it
has done me moro good than all the doctors
and medicines that they could use on or with
me- am old and poor but feel to bless you for
such a relief by your medcioe and from tor
ment of the doctors. have had fifteen doc
tors at me. One gave me seven ounces Of So
luton of arsenic another took four quarts of
blood from me. All they could tell was that
it was skin sickness. Now. after these four bot
ties of your medicine, my skin is WELL clean
and smooth as ever. HENRY KSocHE.
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KID arabesques sewed with gold thread
on plush ornament skirts of Paris suits.

SYDNEY SMITH being i'll, his physician advised
upon whose 2" ask ed Sydney. Still better
steps TO take would be the purchase of DIR. r.
v. Pierce's 80 Golden Medical Discovery" and
pheasant Purgative Pellets" which are es-
recially valuable to those who are obliged to
lead sedentary lives, or are afflicted with any
chronic disease Of the stomach or bowels. By
druggists.
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Gen. Logan,

or Illinois. U. S. Senator, says of Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy: q am thoroughly salts
fed have been cured by its use and do I
hesitate to recommend it John Cessna, ex-
Member of Congress from Pennsylvania, writes
q | took three doses OF Durang's Remedy and
my rheumatism was gone" Mrs. Gen. Sher-
man says 81 have frequently purchased
Durangs Rheumatic Remedy for friends suffer-
ins with rheumatism and in every instance it
worked like magic" Sold at all ug stores
Send for free pamphlet to II. X. H,lpenstine
Wa ,hington, ID. c.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-01-21

Moses How, ESQ of Haverhill. Mass,
strongly indorses st. Jacobs Oil for
rheumatism, ETC., from the observation
of its effects in his factory as also in his
own family-so we see from one of our
Massachusetts exchanges. bridgeport
(('Oyl7l ! Standard
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or those with weak lnngs, splitting of blood.
bronchitis. or kindred affections of throat or
lungs send two stamps for DR.. r. v Pierce's
'resti e on these maladics. Address the doctor.
Buffalo, n Y.
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Time Testers and Burden Bearers.

From timc immcmorial the horse has teen
mans best friend But a few years back we can
all remember the comparatively little attention
paid 10 this most Indispensable of animals We
say comparatively little attention, for the horse
now; and ut those great neutrality-suspicious.
shows-you would SEQ the pride of the county
and State stables and farms assembled. But
there was n conspicuous want of noble draiSht
horses, and as for spcclcrs-wcii, 2i0 was tho
great ultimate limit that owners in those days
desired 10 strive for. Dut now 80 animal Is
esteemed a fair roadster, and fire animals only
deserve the name when they can shade the first
quarter of the third minute. There have been i'm.
nense strides orwars, in the ishg Gcycl op;ncntoi
rs shown by the timc-rccofds of the racers and
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-01-21

CoMposlToRs are almost always intel
ligent men. They are men of letters
who literally pick up their knowledge
as they go along. Boston Courier.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-01-21

HUMAN feeling is like the mighty
rivers that bless the earth it does not
want for beauty-it flows with resistless
force and brings beauty with it.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-01-21
MUSLIN petticoat breadths are sewed
in the back of evening dresses.

No PREPARATION ever discovered except Car
BoLINE, deodorized extract of petroleum. will
really produce new hair on bald heads. II will
be a happy day when the great army Of bald
heads fully understand this.
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draught capacity ofthc huirhlcr. b'lt really moro
useful work horse. Many thing have cpISr!rrl
TO effect this desirable md. Chief HinOuS vhtt I
have been the INTEL cent care and confederation
bestowed upon the animal in his every relation
i'm n word, upon the breeding. AID this hat
not failed TO include very criouS modification
of the old methods of treatment deiu% awsy, i,
many cases, with the inhliman and really ave;;.s
plans pursued in the eradication Ct even si:nr!r
disorders and ailments, and substituting RAJ io:E,t
measures of relief instead. \ p-oElinta 1T factor
of this reform, and one Endorsed by owners,
breeders farmers and stockrlcn the co,;n;ry over,
Is ST. JACOBS OIL, recognized ly all WHO havo
used il rs an exceptionally good remedy f0- tic
ailments of the horse nn1 stock generally. meet
ing more indications fer its Use and cfcc,.ug far
better results than any article cf curative or
remedial nature ever introduced such breeders
and horscmcn ms ArisiidcS Wc!c!l. Esq. cf Erecu-
helm, near Philadelphia: Mike Gocd!n, EeI..
Belmont Park. Pa: Calvin " Priest, formerly in
charge of Mr.. Robert BcnTcr's stock. New York:
and thousands Of others throuci5eug the County,
who could be named, on tie list cC ilnat:Gli
fed endorScrs OF The efficacy OFF,. J ors or.
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ANSWER THIs.-Is there person living who
ever saw a case of ague, biiousncss. nervous
ness, or neuralgia. or any dis. ase Of the
stomach, liver, or kidneys that Hop Btters
will not cure?
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-01-21

The little ones love il. and often cry for moro
what? "Dr. Sellers Cough Syrup" which
cures them of coughs, colds and hopping cough.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-01-21

Osmuu'- Prepsved Ced Liver OH and Limo.
The beat medicine for the Lungs. Sold b. all Drug
fists. Depot. IL 9Th ave-. Nss York.
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TULLE is the material for ball dresse


No. 1872 Euta,c Street Baltimore, Maryland.
DIR. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y: Dear Sir
My wife was hopeless invalid for nearly
twenty years. Your 'Favorite Prescription :"
has cured her. Gratefully, r. T. MoCAY.
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To t,nnsiilnniiyes.

RosETrEs WILL be worn again in the
instep of. dancing Shoes.
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SIMPLICITY at last prevails in young
ladies' evening toilets.
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HENRY,s CARBOLIC sALyE

MARVELLOUS embroideries at $75 yard
are used for the tabliers of velvet dresses.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-01-21
NEWS OF THE DAY
GENERAL ITEMS.

An accident took place on the Chi
cago and st. Paul Railroad, on Monday.
at New Albin, Iowa, by which one child
was killed and twenty passengers badly
injured.
Sicts were drowned by the upsetting OF
boat in which they were being taken
across the river.
The mails for New York, Boston,
Philadelphia and other far eastern
points, which left Denver, Col, or
December 90, have been lost.
Fifteen Brooklyn Aldermen were
fined $3.50 eech and imprisoned in the
Raymond Street Jail for terms of from
ten to thirty days each for contempt OF
court. Two other Aldermen were in
dicted, brit their sentences have been
suspended. Subsequently Judge Pratt
gave stay of proceedings and the Al
defmen were released.
There were eight people killed by
the accident at Spuyten Duyvil on Fri
day evening, whose bodies have all been
recovered. 1t is alleged that the acct
dent was caused by the brakeman
Melius, on the last cor of the Chicago
express, giving wrong signals to the
approaching Tarrytown special. He
was arrested.
Mrs. Caroline Richings-Bernard,
the once famous prima donna, and re.
Gently musical instructress and leader
of the Mozart Association in Richmond,
Va, who has been iii of smallpox for
some time, died Saturday.
The Reading Railroad election end
ed in victory for the Gowen ticket.
The vote as counted by the judges,
stood: Gowen, 270, 9S4; Bond, 222, GIT.
Governs majority, as. 367.
--1ricket, the carsman, will go to
England and row Hanlan after the lat
ter's race with Boyd.
The President has ordered the es-
Enlistment Of pension agency at
Augusta, Me-, Cor all Maine pensioners.
| The Concord, n. H.. agency will here
after only include New Hampshire and
Vermont.
Snow has fallen in the southern
counties of California-an almost unpre-
cedented occurrence. The prospects in
tnaI SSctIou Oh IAe Ctate axe b'tu uHieSc
rain follows.
Scarlet fever is very prevalent in
Buffalo, nine deaths having occurred in
one scooo], while fifty other scholars are
down with it.
George FroelIch. who was in the
disaster at Shanesville, Ohio, died on
Tuesday night. Frederick Weimar and
Miss Louisa Ballman, two other vic.
Tins, are thought TO be dying. They
belong in Shanesville.
The captain, crew and two lady
passengers of the bark Mary Rldeout,
abandoned at sea, were rescued by the
bark Mediator.
The Western Nail Association has
advanced the card rate from 1926 to
$40 per key.
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RQlEHT EYEcv DR.. Kennedy. in Auburn, NY.
oNiout .tESs who restores sight to the blind.
viii send Won for 81 lis ha rmless liquid that making
actresses and city bellies look lovely II sharpens the
sigtand make the eyes SpIrks nth diamond beauty
"a DEM $50 De.sware Fruit and Or n r rms chear.
i httIiD Catalogue free A. r. Griffith smyrna Del
5anted-Active men everywhere 10 4 il -ht. pay
~ n, work in t.i-t- neiyhborlood Address, " tn
s.. stamp. IL. <. BAKER Hos Fulton st. Brook yt
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Is the BEST SALvE for Cuts Bruises. Sores. Ulcers,
Salt Rheum. letter. Chapped Hands. Chilblains.
Corns and all kinds of Skin Eruptons Freckles and
Pimples. Get HENRY'S CARBoLIC SALVE. as all
others are counterfeits. Price IS cents.
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A MOST righteous Judgment awarded DR..
Lindsey for the wonderful cures performed by
his Blood Searcher."
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DIR. GREENS OXYGENATED BITTERS
Is the best Remedy for Dyspepsia Biliousness. Ma
laria Indigestion and Diseases of the Blood. Kid
neys Liver, Skin. etc.
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If afflicted with sore eyes, use DR. Isaac Thompson's
EYE WATER. Druggists sen It; 25c. bottle
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BLACK satin shoes with Rhine crystal
buckles are chosen for the house.
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0cc week ia your own town. lie. ms and s. out.i
WUU free, Address Il II .LLErr Pcstlan Maine
Free: Catalogues of Cheap Music G. Brehm. Er!e.p,.
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The captain, crew and two lady
passengers of the bark Mary RIdeout,
abandoned at sea, were rescued by the
bark Mediator.
The Western Nail Association has
advanced the card rate from 1926 to
81. 40 per keg.
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VOCAL ECHOES.

lsI COZ. A new collection Of thrce-Eart SONGS for
Female Voices. by " q. PERKINS,. New and fine
music la octave pages Piano accompaninient.
Valuable book for Summaries and Female COLLEGES.
others.
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--1ricket, the oarsman, will go t
England and row Hanlan after the lat
ter's race with Boyd.
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II is the Durable. Simple and
Light-RGpDing Machine SO much
advertised.
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Ireland

masses untsusht; the rents
the population erpat:in.edi
Coercion ntil. and the Land
Coasainss2 flii-pasc llissir
copy. AGENTS WAN
addreye
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tits the great Seli-settinc Nee
Ole Machine so much advertised.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-27

,unSs! Report OF the Superintendent
>tapi-Pip- or Wnter-rower for Church
Eu,l-Condition OF the New Pump-HoSse.
Reservoirs, and Other Property.
The following is the annual report Of SUI
reriutendcnt James l.. Davis:
OFFICE CITY WATER WoRKs,
February ], 1882.
hon. ". c. Caringtop, Mayor Of the City
cf Richmond;
7 respectfuIly submit this the forty-ninth
sunual report Of the water department OF
,Sis CITY. commencing February l, 1891,
snd ending February |. 1882, a summary OF
which i, a. follows:
RECEIPTS.
go, ,,rt,...... ......... 3S2,7et 80
Eo,oidiron sol sl57 lS
ior old binding
al new rc-er- 1900
soir ........ 1O2 50
vor boat hire. 2Sf3
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WEATHER REPORT.

INDICATIONS FOR To-DAy.--For the Mid
die Atlantic States. lower and warmer
southeast and southwest winds, increasing
cloudiness and rain, and slight rise in tenn
peraturc on the coast.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-27

A WAIr.-A colcred infant was found
Yesterday morning near the corner oi
Leigh and Foushee streets. II was taken
to the almshouse, where II died during the
day
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-27

BABY N A BASKET Last night about 10:
O'Clock white male infant wa, found on
Twenty-sixth street, and II WAS taken 10
the police station, ano from thence -cnt io
the ulmshOuse for future care.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-27

The members OF Hines Lodge No. t..
X. of y. viii attend called meeting thi,
evening st 4 o'clock. See notice.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-27

sen;ed the appearance Of brilliantly
lighted avenue, and while the thousands
who gazed upon the sight fully apprc-
cated the great loss which bad been sus-
taincd, yet were not insepsible to the
grandeur Of the scene.
Tho Insurance.
The following is as full and ~ accurate a
list OF the assurances rs could be obtained
last evening. II being Sunday, the In
surance Offices were not open and the insu-
rance men were hard to fId. II II, how
ever. in the main correct:
T. &. Williams & Co. On stock.,..........e $4,000
Il. G.. Williams 4 Co. on fixtures. 5000
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-27

CHANGE ~ DrPor.-0Wing 10 the burn.
ing OF the JGmes-River bridge The freight
depot Of the Richmond and Petersburg rail-
road has been established at the Manches-
ter crossing, where all freight viii bc ~
ceiyed and delivered.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-27

Burnt 10 DgArH.--Diana Jefferson. CO.
lorcd woman, sixty years OF age. living
with her husband at 900 Nicholson street,
Rockets, was burnt 10 death yesterday
morning. Her husband went from home
leaving her in bed, and upon his return
found her on the floor burnt 10 death. The
Coroner viewed the body.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-27

LARCENY or MONEY. Y.--Thc police d IL
Third district arrested yesterday small
colored boy named Albert Thompson or
the charge OF stealing Sl2J. the property of
Mr. T.. =. Odell. residing on Catherine
street. The funds were al stracted from e
cabinet drawer. Thompson. who Wa
locked up, will be before the Police Justice
this morning for examination.
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Two Men Reported Lost.

An officer Of the Fire Department said
last night that he had good reason to be-
lieye thai two men were buried In the
ruins Of Patterson's factory. Whether
thew were firemen or citizens he could not
say. 1t Is known that scverai persons were
IN the building lew TSsnts ,%sn @S,a. ueaore the
walls collapsed, among then Chief Taylor.
who escaped from the second-story by
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-27

bridge open for vehicles. one span o;
Mayo's having lately broken iu while 4
sage was crossing 1t.
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The situation Mt Midnight.

At midnight last night, with the excep-
ton of the burning dsbris in the larger
buildings, the fire had been completely eX-
tinguished. Several streams from the en-
gines were still going, and by the time
this reaches our readers even this rem
nant OF the most disastrous fire that
Richmond has known since the memo
rable Sd Of April, 1865, viii be extinct:
The remnant OF timbers on the piers OF
the bridge were still burning, and pre-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-27

ntreSi ~ tho ros;-oifce at Richmond. Va, as
Sccond-ciaSs matter.i
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ANore Plausible Statements.

Quite another statement is made by Mr.
Carter Minor, an employe of the company.
He was at the depot, and his attention was
called to fire upon the bridge. lie at once
seized n bucket of water, and started for
the bridge to eytinguish, az he thought,
"A triiling fire from engine sparks.
AZ he approached the fire nearer he discOy-
cred strong ilames suddenly bursting out
along the bridge. Seeing the danger, he
rushed off and gave the alarm which was
soon after turned in. He was convinced
that the fire was accidental.
, 1882-05-26

olateness and neglect that is unique
in the neighborhood of Paris ones
first impression on alighting at the
station is that the place is ownerless
Surambling along the muddy truck
that did service for pathway from
the station, struck the road in which
was the house of the champignonist'
to whom l had been directed, Be
hind the neatlyrkept house and gar
den was a yard, with some heaps OF
hot manure being turned over by
several men, one of whom was the
proprietor On reading my introduc-
ton he politely expressed his willing
ness to help me, and explained the
mode of preparing the manure (the
same as with us); he then led me to
a door in the middle of the yard that
apparently opened into nothing, and
forcibly reminded me of the Arabian
Nights When this door was opened
there came out a rush of confined
air, laden with the musty smell of
mushroom spawn, bringing the con
viction that a stay below to be pleas
ant must be short. On a shelf just
inside were some small spirit lamps,
fixed to straight wooden handles
about one foot long, two of which
Monsieur lighted taking one for
himself and giving one to me, he
bade me follow him down steep in
cline, damp and slippery, from the
water tricklng down the walls on
both sides. At the bottom of the in
cline, which terminated in some steps,
was a chamber about ten feet square,
from which. branched off galleries
about six feet wide, to all appearance
winding like a maze in all directions.
In each gallery there were three beds,
one against each wall and one in the
middle, Of the usual conical form,
though only about eighteen inches or
two feet high, cased with the white
dust of the pulverized stone, which l
concluded, together with the perfect
darkness and the absence of any
covering over them, serves to give
the Paris mushrooms the beautiful
white skins for which they are so re-
markable., Never before have seen
mushrooms growing so thickly they
were literally ON the top of one an
other, making it difficult perform
ance to step between the beds without
knocking some off. 1 do not know
how far the galleries belonging to my
guide extended, a few moments in
the close atmosphere of the caverns
being enough for me-" f..@