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BREADSTUFFS.


Corn remains quiet, with no quotable
change in prices. Hay, bran and oats quiet.
Cornmeal in better demand and firm. Flour
continues dull.
CoRN-white, sO@sle; choice mixed, &c.
o oats Nike 55@56c; black, SIC
nAY-Timoth1y, :sl5e2o so; mixed, sl7a1S Is;
s. e g So se st 5 t1e9 20 sz5s
" 4S5 CO. fancy patents 8 esS 70 ros, lower
WHITE BEANs-New, s. 5o@s co; navy, Sc 90
RICE-Louisiana, common, 61z97c; prime. IKE;
BY Telegraph.
New YORK, February 20-FIour quiet;
superfine Western and State, s494 40. Wheat q
2Jlc higher, feverish, excited and unsettled; I'M
graded red, 81 16@1 So. Rice quiet but firm.
TOLEDO, February 20.-Wheat dull; cash
February 81 % bid; March, 81 Is; April or May,
81 29k June. 81 %; July. 81 ICY; August, 81 1917
asked the year, 81 H. Corn dull No. 2, cash, Gle
asked March, 6019c asked
CINCINNATI, February Colour frm 4;
family, IS 1895 20; fancy, &c 6O97 Is. Wheat
stronger; No. 2 red winter 81 81 Corn strong;
frmer, 9i995e. Barley dull, CSC
LOUISVILLE, February 20.-Flour quiet;
patent. ss@s So: good to fancy family grades,
81 25@7 70; extra family, 1906 so; buekwhest, s7@
g. %; amber Western. 81 80. CornaNo white.
sc; No. mixed, 61asc. oats-No. white, I6I3c;
New ORLEANS, February 20-Flour quiet
but steady; superfine nominal; double extra IS p
as 80; treble extra s66I6 25 higher grades 81 25G
! So Corn duh and lower; mixed, 74975c; white,
S49s5e. Oats in fair demand; seedy, 5Jc; prime,
sic; choice, soc. Cormeal-demand active. 81 -.
Hay dull; common quoted at $500; prime, s22;
choice, SA Rice active and firm; Louisiana, ordi-
nary to choice, 514961sc.
BALTIMORE, February 20.-Flour quiet;
Western superfne, So 1901 %; extra, $500 s.;
family, Sc 20@7 %. Wheat strong and higher; No.
western winter red, spot, 81 2S12@s1 So February
81 % bid; March. 81 SO9l SQ1a; April. 81 SS13@
July, 81 2i9i 2IL. Corn inactive but steady;
western mixed, spot, 66@6619e; February. e6Kc
695z170c; steamer. 64c asked. Oats easier; western
white, 47949c; mixed, 46c Rye duh, Csc.
ST. LOUIS, February 20.-Flour-treble
extra, s. 5o@5 As; family; s. 75s95 90; choice TO
ruary, higher for futures, but unsold closing low
81 81 February II so March, ST g April Apr and
sales were made at 81 81 al February, 81 28@
231S March, 81 25j4G1 26t4 April, 81 255sQ1 2654
Ms q @i 1 Jgne a Corr higseF %S T
ssc y oat ss dull G cash. Nay Rye Rye
ley quiet; medium TO fancy, 75c@sl 10.
CHICAGO, February 20.-Flour dull. Wheat
strong, higher and active: No. Chicago spring,
81 2ial pa cash, 81 2414 February, 81 2i54 March,
June Corn higher and fairiy active; ~ s57e
cash. SIZE February, 571zo March. 625s@65c May
and June. Oats quiet but steady; i2c cash, 4o}@e
4ssSc june Rye quiet but firm M Sc. Barley Iy
quiet but irm and higher 81 "a.
Can.-wheat niger; 81 25ss91 "a March, 81 271S
81 05 the year Corn fairly active and a shade
HIGHER: 571zc asked February, 575se March. $50
July. Oats quiet; i01sc asked March, 4i94l1sc
April, 4lc May, 14g431%c June.
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Two Freights In Collision.

ATLANTA, GA, February 2O.-The south
bound freight on the Atlanta and Charlotte
Airline came in collision with anot her
train on a trestle south of Gainesville. The
trains were wrecked, four cars burned, and
two fremen and an engineer injured by leap
ing to the ground,
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HORSES AND MIL Es-

Fair supply on the market, and prices I'M
changed.
MULES-No. dray mules, 16 to 1917 sI75@225;
151s 10 To- sl509i75; 10 TO l5Iz S1259l50; ~ to
Is, e100Gl25.
HoRsES-Good driving, sl25@2oo; heavy draft,
none on the market; saddle horses, SI109225;
pluPs si0mz5
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GROCERIES.

Business quiet in all departments of this
branch of trade.
CoFFEE-ordinary, n@l2c: prime, 121zc; fair,
131<c; choice, 1i@141ac.
SUGAR-Louisialis open kettle, 71z@S14c; yell
low clarified ,9149919c off white clarified, 91aG9s4c;
pure white, 9s4ql0c; cut loaf, 1l1ze; granulAted,
l01%c: powdered, 11c
MOLASSES-Louisiana, common to fair 50t95Sc:
good to prime 60@65c; strictly prime to choice, Is
d70c: fancy, 75c; Syrups, 45@55c as In quality.
CANNED GOODS, ETC.-Prices per dozen:
Peaches, lbs, standard. a. seconds, 81 IS; toma-
toes, lbs 81 25 lbs. 81 50 strawberries, 81 so:
raspberries 81 Co. blackberries, 81 50 green cages,
81 S5a1 90; plums, 81 50; pears. 81 509l ISL extra
Oyster Bay asparagus, 81 IS; green corn, 81 2592,
to quality green peas, 81 5092 5; cove oysters.
No. 2, 81 25; condensed milk Crown, Sc 40; Eagle.
SIS Is; pine apple, 81 1892 75.
SALT-Per carload, 81 co; from store, 81 esq
20 per barrel; coarse, per sack, 81 so; fine 81 65.
SOAP-S%96%c per pound.
BY Telegraph.
BALTIMORE, February 20-Coffee firm;
steady; A SOFT S1sc-
New YORK, February 20.-Coffee firm and
fairly active; Rio. cargoes, quoted at SA@lec.
Sugar quiet; fair to good refining, 1926. Mo-
lasses steady, with a fair demand Porto Rico, 40
9G0c
New ORLEANS February 20.-Cofee dull;
Rio, cargoes ordinary to prime, SA9llc. Sugar
quiet but firm; common TO good common. 6@6tsc;
fair TO fully faif, 65s9I1sc; prime to choice, 20
sc; yellow clarified, S149S5sc. Molasses strong;
fermenting, 55G60c; centrifugal, 40a60c Hair, 40G
6Oci prime TO choice, 56@72c.
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Minimum temperature. 80.
Rainfall, o IS
BY TELEGRAPH.
CINCINNATI, February 2O-Noon-Riyer So feet
and rising. Weather rainy and mild.
PITTSBURG. February 20-Noon-Riverl4 feet
on the gauge. and rising. Weather rainy and mild
ST. LOUIS, February 20.-Noon-River rising
rapidly. Weather-it has rained almost eontinu-
ously since Saturday. Arrived: City of Provi-
dence, Vicksburg.
LOUISVILLE, February O-Noon-River rising
at the rate OF 2 inches per hour, with 81 feet c
inches on the falls Arrived and departed: Mary
Houston, Cincinnati to New Orleans. Night
River rising at the rate of inches per hour with
30 feet inches in the canal. Business suspended
In consequence OF the flood. Weatheg-rained
all day.
NEW ORLEANS, February 2O.-weather partly
cloudy, warm and windy; thermometer, 500: Ar
and Joseph Henry, st. Louis. Departed: Future
City and oarges St. Louis All of the arrivals had
their cabins full of visitors 10 the city. The Charles
P. Chouteau. from Memphis, is due tomorrow,
with Major General W. S. Hancock on board.
CAIRO, February 20.-Noon-weather cloudy
damp and warm. Arrived: City of Vicksburg,
st. Louis. IL pm. Departed City of Vicksburg,
m; Port Eads, New Orleans, am. Night-River
10 feet, and rising, weather-Heavy rains since
noon; thermometer, COZ. Arrived: John B. Maude
Memphis, pm Departed: John B. Maude, ST.
Louis pm.
EVANSVILLE, February 20.-Noon-River ris-
ing steadily with a 210 feet the gauge. Weather
rainy. Arrived: Guiding Star, am. Departed ::
Guiding Star, Am. Night-River rising steadily,
with 50 feet inches on the gauge. Weather
cloudy, with the heaviest rain OF the season this
evening; thermometer, GO. Arrived: Vint Shinkle,
Memphis, pm. Departed: Vint shinkle, Gin
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DAILY REPORT.
The local market ope ned and closed quiet
and firm, with moderate demand, at quota
tons Sales, 1900 bales, including 1900 bales
Saturday evening-600 to spinners and 1900
to exporters.
,rr,nrnrrr. I,rr.,.r-, n-rI,,-c,
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MOVEMENTS Ar The LEYEE.

AyTiuals.-City of Baton Rouge, New Or.
leans; Charles Morgan, New Orleans; Com
monwealth, St. Louis; D. K. Powell, st.
Louis; City of New Orleans, St. Louis; City
natl; Mark Twain, Dyersburg; Gold Dust,
Vicksburg; Dean Adams, Arkansas City
james Lee, Friars Point; Rene Macready,
ST. Francis river; Katie Hooper, st. Francis
river; City of Nicksburg, St. Louis; City of
Greenville, Vicksburg.
Departures.--C City of Baton Rouge, st. Louis
Gold Dust, St. Louis; City Of Helena, St.
Powell, New Orleans; City of New Orleans,
New Orleans; Commonwealth, Vicksburg
Dean Adams, Arkansas City; Coahoma, Fri
airs Point; Rene Macready, Madison; Marx
Twain, Dyersburg.
Boats IN Pon-Andy Baum, James Lee
Tiger, Katie Hooper, City of Greenville and
City of Vicksburg
Boats Due Doun.-U. P. Schenck.
Boats Due Up.-Hard Cash.
Receipts Yesterday.
Coahoma-35 bales cotton.
Gold Dust bales cotton.
Commonweath-100b bales cotton.
James Lee-4S bales cotton and lot SUM-
dries.
City of Baton Rouge-l5O cases cider and
so pkgs sundries.
Charles Morgan-2S0 bales potatoes, 26S
SKIS oats and lot plumber.
Mark Twain-42 bales cotton, 145 empty
brls and % pkgs sundries.
Dean Adams-25 bales cotton, 40 SKIS grain,
10 nd stock and lot sundries.
Andy Baum-l93 SKIS corn, los SKIS oats,
6S brls flour, Sc brls onions, 375 kgs nails,
707 empty brls, 46S plows and 975 pkgs sun
dries.
City of Helena-935 brls flour, 20 brls
meal, 800 brls potatoes, 400 SKIS bran, 594
SKIS corn, SKIS seed, 121 half bales hay, Is ties
hams, 2 ties meat, rs head stick and 1160
pkgs sundries.
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Liverpool.

l4fNeFPOOi.
The Liverpool kilograms of yesterday re-
ported the spot market steady
Sales, 10000 bales, of which 1900 were
American. Receipts, 16, 500 bales, of which
1920 were American.
At 1870: Uplands, 64d; Orleans, 6 11-16d.
The Liverpool market for futures at
noon was quiet; February, February-Marcb,
6 23-64d; March-April, 6 35-64d; April
May, 39-64d; May-June, 6 11-16, 6 43-64d;
June-July, 47-64d; July-August, 51-64,
6 % 32d; August-September, 6 5564,
27-32d.
At 4: March.April, 17-32d.
At 4:30: April-May. 6 1924; May June,
2I-32d; June-July, 6 23-32d.
At 5: Futures closed dull, with current
deliveries advanced 1-64d, and other months
off 1-64 to l SD.
February 18th the worlds visible supply
was 3,127,706 bales, against 2,S52,371 the
same time last year, an increase OF cotton in
sight of 275 ,335 bales over the same time
last year, 52S,077 bales over the same time
in 1880, and of 562,765 bales as compared
with the visible supply in 1879.
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WHISKY, ETC.

No change to report in prices, and business
is quiet.
wHIsKY-Redistilled, sOc@sl 50; straight, 81 so
a l. according to age.
wINEs-Imported Port 81 5o94: sherry, 81 so
al; hampsgne-American extra dry, $79S; Pr
per Heidsck, s2S925; Mumm's extra dry. s25eS27:
caret s. 1907 per box CatSwba, cases, 81 50616.
BRANDIES-Cognac, s5@lO; peach, s. 5s@3 so;
apple, s2@S so.
by Telegraph.
LOUISVILLE, February 20.-Whisky. 81 16
BALTIMORE, February 20.-Whisky quiet,
81 10.
ST. LOUIS, February 20.-Whisky lower,
si17
CHICAGO, February 20.-Whisky inactive,
Sis.
New ORLEANS, February 20 Whisky
firm; Western rectiied, s191 10
CINCINNATI, February 20.-Whisky dull;
81 16; combination sales of finished goods, 425
barrels, a basis of 81 II.
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RIVERS AND WEATHER.

OFFICE SIGNAL SERVICE, L. S. A, /
MEMPHIS, Tenn. February 20, 1852.
The following observations are taken at
the same moment of time tl:0s PM at all the
stations named:
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New Orleans futures opened quiet and firm;
at IL, steady; at IL, quiet; at 1 80, dull; at
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New York futures opened steady at de-
cline; at 1920, steady; at 80. quiet and
steady; at 1890, quiet and firm; at 1:30,
quiet and steady; at 2:30, steady; at $50,
firm, the market closing with advances rang
ing from 9 to points Sales, 101 900 bales
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shin News.

HAMBURG, February 20.-Arrived: Wieland
New York
NEW ORLEANS, February 2O-Arriyed: City
of Dallas. Belize.
LONDON. February 2o.-Arrived out: Holland
and Italy, New York.
NEW YORK February 20.-Arrived: State oil
Alabama, Glasgow; Australia, Hamburg; Brit
tanic and City of Montreal, LIVERPOOL.
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PORT OF MEMPHIS.
STEAMERS LEAVING.

THIS DAY.
stFrancis River.TIGER. Joplin pm.
Nicksburg CRY OF VIcKsBURG, Riley, 10 q. m.
st. Louis--.....---.C CITY GREESvIILE Bryan, pm.
Madison KATIE HOOPER, Rowland, p.ua-
"WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
Osceola- Wednesday, u m
New Orleans.. Ju.IS A. ScUDDER. Wednes.. 10 am.
White River. HARD CASH. Wednesday, 5 pm.
Cincinnati ANDY BAUM. Wednesday, } pm.
Arkansas C1ty...DEAS ADAMS, Thursday, N.
Friars Point.....CoAHoNA. Thursday, pm.
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VEGETABLES. GAME. EGGS ETC.

Eggs scarce and quiet. Chickens and tur-
keys scarce and very quiet. Potatoes steady;
prices unchanged. Apples quiet. Onions in
fair demand and steady at quotations from
store. Game plentiful and very dull.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. peachblows, 81 l50S
20 New York rose. So T5GI. Onions 81 2jg5 80.
Garlic, 81 per hundred. Turnips. 81 l5dI - per
az per hundred by the crate New braut-large
barrels, SlS914; medium, S99lO; half-barrels,
S596
FRUITs-Oranges-P 81 5O93 per box:
Messina, s343 so per box. Lemons, 81 2j@i so
per box. CoeOanuts, IS so per hundred. Ba-
nanas. 81 50d2 80 per bunch. Peanuts-Nirginia
nc; roasted, 29Ic higher: sheIled 10c. Almonds,
zoe Texas Iecans, l09lie: Arkansas, loo. Eng
lish walnuts, i5@lsc Filberts. l2@l3c Brazil
S. SO; Imperial, S. 50; Asstic. "a 80. Figs linen
bags. 15e per pound; layers Ice Date,-African
714@se per pound; golden, s9loc. Brandy cher
APPLES. ETC-Choice, s4a4 50 from levee; in
store, medium, 81 5005 by the barrel; good 10
fancy. S5@6 50. Michigan dried apples, 6a71zc per
pound. Dried peaches, 597c per pound. Mince
in pails. New jellies. 1091lc in pals New
pickles-medium barrels, $500 .; halfbarrels,
So so as 70.
CIDER Missouri. SIS 50 per barrel. and 81 20 for
EGGs-24a26c
pound Ducks. sla1 50 per dozen; squirrels sl9
SO per dozen. Rabbits 81 per dozen. Quails 81 %
l 50 per dozen.
FISH acker-l-12Ib kits, No. !, 9Oc@sl: No.
half barrels, SOlbs No: l. 81 5O No. So 10 White
fish, No. l, per halfbarrel. So 5096 IS; family,
81 25gi So per kit, nominally, 81 %. Dried her
rings, per box. 2593oc; North Carolina roe her.
PoULTRY-Hens s393 Is; mixed, 50 5O@3. Tur-
keys-s99I2 per dozen. Geese. s.. Ducks, g. 5OG3
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New York.
The New York spot market opened quiet;
at 1890, firm; at 2:30, quiet; at 3, quiet;
closing without change in quotations, and
sales reported of 20l6 bales; contracts, 500
bales
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eEuTRIEs. HIDES AND LEATHER.
The market continues weak, and sal
hard to accomplish at quotations.

The market continues weak, and sales
hard to accomplish at quotations.
PELTRY-Hunter raccoon-No. l, 55c; No. q
40c; No 8, 20e; No. T. l0c; country rac0oon. 10 to
i0c cased mink. 10 to SIC: otter SOC TO 81; beaver
SOC to 81: muskrat, 5 to Toe; wild cat, 10 TO 25c
house cat, Toe; opossum. 10c; skunks 10 to S5c;
wolfskin soc 10 81 so; fox 40 to 6oc bearskin soc
50; sheepskin, p to 75s; dry deerskin, per 10,
20 to SOC. decline of l5c per pound.
HIDES, ETC.-No. dry flint hides. 15@I6c: No.
2 dry hides, 12@13c: dry salt hides, logic; No. l
green salt hides, nc; No. green salt hides, &c;
green hi des. 41sg6c; becswax-prime yellow, ISc;
taIlow, 61ze; ginseng, per pound, 81 soy prime
feathers, 40c.
LEATHER-Oak sole, S7940c; hemlOck, 2T@30c
per pound; harness, sea l0c; skirting. STdl0c:
French calf, s4O@Go per dozen; domestic calf $50
e5i5 per dozen.
wooL-Tubwashed. 25ss5c; unwashed. 1sS2sc;
I'm
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"Below high water mark OF 1874.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Time. Bar. Their Wind. Weather.
SOS a m. 1926 &c Sc. Light Rain.
2:0S p. m. 2964S % 5. lGloudy.
1O:0S pm. 29,7S Sc W. CLOUDY.
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PETROLEUM MARKETS.

COAL OIL-wholesale lots at Toe per gallon.
BY Telegraph.
CLEVELAND, February 20. - Petroleum
firm; s.w. no, &c.
BRADFORD, Pa, February 2O.-Markat
moderately active but heavy and lower; opened at
sac, declined TO SS55sc, advanced to SIC de-
elined to SS1zc, and closed at S31sc bid.
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eRooMs AND sRooM-coRN.

Brooms of home manufacture and broom
corn continue in good demand.
BRooM-CoRN-Per ton, Sl5O922O according to
grade.
BROoMS-Per dozen in wholesale lots. 81 75C94
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SEEDS.

The following list of prices covers the
principal articles, for which there is at pres
ent daily increasing demand.
CLOVER-t6 D per bushel.
GRASS-Red top, or herd, 81 10 per bushel; or
chard, 81 90: extra clean blue 81 %: timothy, S.
(93 25: German millet, 81; Hungarian, 81 d
OATS-Red rust proof. S599oc; black, 6o915c.
ONIONS-Sets, 81 50dS
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New Orleans
New Orleans spots opened steady; at II 80,
quiet and firm; at ! 80, firm; at ,, firm; the
market closing without change in quotations,
and sales of 1000 bales.
Yesterday saturday
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HousE-su,LpINe MATERIALS

HOUSE-BUiLDING MATERIALS.
Bricks, lime aud cement are quiet at for
mer prices.
NAILS-sS IS rates per keg.
BRICKS-Hard, $40 80: soft, 50 a thousand; fire.
brick, SIg4 so Il hundred
LIME AND CONGRATULATIONS line 3-bushel
barrel, 95c@si barrel Tennessee ~ bushel bar
rel, Sld90c Louisville cement, 81 709t IS Darrell
Rosedale cement, 81 30 a barrel; Portland, S.
aSfa rnfP
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Above low Changes.
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Corn remains quiet, with no quotable
change in prices. Hay, bran and oats quiet.
Cornmeal in better demand and firm. Flour
continues dull.
CoRN-white, so@slc; choice mixed, &c.
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HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
Continued from First Page
A Mean Trick


BosroN, April 7,--Charles Francis Adj
ans, ST., has fallen victim to the bunko
men. lie is &c years old, is in feeble health
and his memory impaired He was picked
up on street by plausible man and
placed in bunko house, where
he .sgned and endorsed in blank
three checks to bearer, which the swindlers
filled up with amounts aggregatng $4,000
These checks were given - reputable
lawyer for collection who deposited them
in his own bank. He was suspicious of the
checks from their amount, and the fact that
they were drawn to bearer, but concluded
to take them and make no return
to his client until time had been
given for the checks to reach
Adams accountant on the first
the month. The plan was successful.
Adams accountant discovered that his
bank account was overdrawn, and this led
to the discovery. The swindlers were ar
rested. They confessed, and said they
counted on Adams Willingness to stand it
rather than risk publicity. Seventeen
thousand five hundred dollars of the
money has been refunded to Adams by Mr..
Fermold, the lawyer before mentioned.
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Lieutenant Melville's Report

1t has always seemed to us that it was
the heighth of folly to send expeditions to
the Arctic seas; that the greatest possible
advantage to be gained could not compen-
safe for the sufierings inflicted upon brave
men, for the keener suflerings ofloved ones
left.at home, to whom the glory achieved
was but poor compensation for heartaches
made. Still, as we read such story as
that Of Lieutenant Melville, telegraphed
yesterday, another thought comes. When
such stories from time to time through the
years are inscribed upon nations history
that nation at length takes on majesty
which makes it difficult for any citizens of
it to fail when courage or selfsacrice is
required which makes other nations re-
spectiul When the charge Of the Light
Brigade was made a distinguished soldier
who watched the whirlwind exclaimed
at is magnificent, but it is not war" And
yet what Englishman would, il he could,
recall that blunder and wipe out that page
lives at the time, but who knows how
MANY livesi it has saved since? There is no
European sovereign or soldier who ever
contemplates making war upon Great
Britain who does not, while weighing the
obstacles in his way, think that war in
that quarter would mean the calling up of
a power whose soldiers only wait for orders,
regardless of what foe there may be in
front or what perils may surround them.
Lately, little inferior power down under
the Southern Cross, WHOSE people are
mongrel race, has by caricatures and lam
booming, sought to cast ricicule upon the
American navy. Such q story as the re.
port of Lieutenant Melville cures all that.
A NAVY ran hn huilt whpneypr a rich papnla
determine that ono is necessary; but the
fortitude which falters not when ships are
ground to atoms in glacier locked-seas,
when famine and frost stand the sentinels
guarding frozen coast-that does not
attach to mongrel races. When the world
at large shall read this report OF the ex-
plorer, the thought that everywhere will
be uppermost will be:-"Those men are OF
the invincible races; nothing but annihila-
lation can conquer such men," And if our
nation continues, dwelling in power with
the advancing years. as other, American
ships are tossed on ship marring seas, or as
they draw under the canopy OF battle, the
hearts upon their troubled decks will be
fortified with the thought that it will not
do to fater 80 long as in American history
there remain the pages which tell how the
Cumberland was fought or how the men OF
the Jeanette met disaster. Science may
not be much benefited by the sacrifices OF
those who have sought to pierce the secrets
up whore the glaciers creep or where the
iccbcrgs have their birth, but American
manhood has been exalted by those eXpe-
ditions, and, because of them, it is more
and more necessity for Americans to fol.
| low duty, whether it leads upward to light
| and ioy, or downward to darkness and
sorrow-[Sa Lake Tribune.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-08
The Influence of AN Able senator

The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Star, writing from the in
trenched camp of the stalwart wing of Re-
publcanism, at the national capital, men
tons, in recent letter, the appointment OF
q near member of senator Cameron's fam
lily, Mr.. j, &C. Muhlenberg, to paymaster-
ship in the army. Such q place, it seems,
is accounted one of the most desirable in
the public service-a prize of solid gold,
and not an inch Of gliding. A regiment OF
applicants wanted this one, for such a
vacancy rarely falls in, and among them
were number of distinguished eXsoldiers,
Captain Newbold, of Philadelphia, and Col
onel Webster of Washington, being in
cluded. The latter had served ON General
Grants staff and the General, the cores
pondent asserts, strongly backed" him,
but ex-senator Simon Cameron pressed the
president hard, and said that it was the
only thing he would ask the administra-
ton so the administration yielded. This
is noticeable affair on several accounts
The soldiers il seems, were stood aside for
u civilian, when it better suited Senatorand
ex-senator Cameron. The soldiers were
stood aside for civilian, Notwithstanding
the place to be filled was one In the army.
General Grant, il also appears, does not
get all he asks for at the White House.
i Philadelphia American.