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Syrups. low grade, 30055c; prime, 1927; choice 10
fancy. 50D55c.
s~4hr-lLake, 90 car iOtss 1os15e more in quahti-
SALT FTsH-Mackerel, extra mes. 92s0So y bril-;
halyes, $l5s No. ! hhackerel, Sls92o. halves, $50
8 90; No. 2 naAclerel. Sl601S halves, 90;
80. 8 mackereL $6a7; halves. $3.50.
SUGARs-Hafds, 70S14c; eonfectioners' A, CISCO
6Ae standard A, 6as@6Ac; of A 6as06laG white
lows, 5l2@5@c tair yellows, 540osscs common vel
sTAacH-ReAned pearl, s14asAae p %, Eureka, S
pc; Champion gloss luIAps 607c; improved corn,
8lo07e.
sp!sEs-peppet l7S1sc, a~llspice, 1ool2c; cloves,
SHoT-$1.B001.65 " bag for drop.
LEADE51s@6l9e for pressed bar.
medium straw, 2Te; double crown straw. 3Be; heavy
weight straw, 24921e ~ b; crown rag, SOC y bun.
die, medium rag, 45c; double crown rag, 60c heavy
weight rag. 2A13c y B; Manina, No 1,Tie0ec, No.
z, 506c; print paper, Nod, 607c; book paper, No. 1,
2 O. l0@llS No. 2, s & g. sV9ci No. 3, S
FIcua sAcks-No. i drss, n srs sss p 1000, y
TwnR1Hemp, iTSfse 3 i nOS WOOL a11s soioc, fax,
20130e3 paper, isc; iuse, ia@i5c; cotton, Ieaa5c.
tubs s4.aSss.5ol "a ! s J ssss y " s Ss;Se No two :
double syashboards, $9.So02.75i COMMON wash,
WOODEN DrsHEs-Per hundred, 1 Is, 2Oc; 3 10,
Zoe; 3 ID, Doc; 5 II, 40c.
IRON N STEEL.
Bar iron frates1, 2s horseshoe bar $3.l533.4o,
Norway nail rod g; German steel plewslab, 4e;
American drill steel, lie; Sandersonss tool steel 15c;
tire steel, &c; spring steel, 6; horse shoes p key,
$400 mule shoes q keg, $500; horse nails p box,
3, $o cut nails lod and larger, $3.50 y kegs other
TIMERS suPPIaEs-Best brand charcoal tn-IC,
1o3I4 lax2o I2xl2, 1913; TX, 1ox1l, 14x2o,
IG 2ox2S, $125o@is; block tn, in ofesl Sc. in
bars, z7e. Iron--27 b iron, 3loG % Gifon, &c; gal
vanized, IS Rsent- discounts. Sheet eins. e. Cop.
per bottoms, 23c. Punished copper, Sec. Solder,
10 016c. Wire, SO p cent Of list.
LEATHER, HIDES AND TALLOW.
LEATHER-0ak sole, 33340e; hemlocR sole, 26S
Soc harness, 30336es skirting, 90 04oe; black
city hip, 60@S0c; French Rin, SSc@$I.e6; city
calfskins, 95eDl.25; French ~ealfskins. $L1581.90 q.
HJDEs-Green, 6l9c; heavy steer 7aeci green salt
salted, 10011c. Damaged, onethdad 81 Ne above
SHEEpsRIssAso135c.
TALLow-Prime, 6e.
GREAsE-Bromn. 4es white, 5@54oes
PRODUCE.
B~UTTER-Creamery fancy, 22025c; dairy, selected,
d5@1Tc; choice country. I00l2c; poor u fair, 60
Eees-sMppsFspa paying 12efO4 sanaasa; selling from
store at 12O13c.
FEATHERs-Primeeeesa 45c 4s naked duck. 200
HoNkYg9o122c in / ana IN cans.
MAPLE SYRrP AND S~UeAE-Syrup, 81 W gal;
PouLTRY-Sprink chickens, Sc p fb; hens Sc %
ibi roosteEs, 4 AZ 2 r. young ducks $3.50 " doz;
NORTHUMBERLAND, as85Se; unessasa, medfSm,
zoe; unwashed, common, tScy CotswoId. i7c; bury
and uhnnerchantable according TO their val5e.
PROVISIONS.
WHoLEsAIh P~RfeEsLPrin1e lard, 7lac short ribs,
JoBsTSd PRicEsTsmofed Meats Ianyassed or
Plain)-Sugar-cured hams 10 lbs average, 14lsc;
52l2 Ct to II lbs syersge, a sici 81 tos average, 14l2c
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MAnkETs nv rELEGRArH.
Prodnce Markets.

CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-Flosr. dull and. nominal.
Wheat dan. The market closed 1sc under the Gl6eing
prices on tho aftern0dn board yesterday. Ssiss
ranged; September. ~791467Safc, closed st A1Blsc;
October, .T9A@S0sSo, closed st SO@60iso; No95n,
.SBh@e3se. clasSa at S8ASc; May, yOG06ih, No. q
Chicago spri1R, 78hc; No, 81 Chicago sprifia. $40;
No, q red 81 1eef No 3 fred ztc. Corn was acfive,
6fm and higher, and eIosed Ee1l1 nc over HE 1fkest
hRdrss on the afJeFnoon board yestefdaV. sales
ranged: Cash lots, 550559c. cIoaedHt6 5 fhc: SAP
fetdber, 68aBQ54Aee, 'caegedsa D4Fsc, 0etob6s, bots
0624ac. closed at 52os November, 4504B31o, oltskd
at 48c; dl kde yaat. 411464I11e, closed a Hfss
Tt41 &c; May, NsBV42a4c, dose0' st 421sa141ttc.
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NARkETa.
UoAb Avn coKB.

rE . OOl6 ~ OhAG
Anthracite coal, $3.50 v ton: Pittsbursg coal, 1878
p ton; Raymond City coal, $3.75.R ton; block coal,
So ~ ton; Biossburg coal, SIS rs v ton; Jackson coal,
1926 y ton; crushed coke. l3e p bush; lump coke,
CAMEL GOODS.
Tomatoes1Two9oonndcans 806S5c; 3.pound. $l.O5
@1.I5. P~eaches-stanasrd 3pound, $l9002:00;
$1.4001.50. Corn-Polk's 2-pound cans, 81 Var
mouth, $1.30; Revere, $l.25;. McMurray, $l.250
l.3o. Black6err1esIIwo pound, eo9Sl.loi TasP-
2spound, $1.6002.50; second do. $I.25D1.3 80; cove
oysters, l,pound, fun weight &g50ll0; light, 55
100; string beans, s5990ci Lima beams 9Oc5Sls3o;
peas, marrowfat, S5c6$l.35; small, $~I.5o0l.60;
HOLSTERS, $1S601.B5; red cherries. 95c0$1.10;
eooseheEries, $l01.l0,
Alcohol, $2,2o02,30 30; asifetida 3oa35c; alum,
4@5c; camphor. 25030c; ceehineel. 60D65c;
chlorofogIn, $40 ao; soPperas, b5ls $s@3.5o;
cream tartar, pure, 3SDA0c; indigo, 80c0$1; hcorice,
Calabs genuine, 35040e; magaesia, earbs. 24oz,, 80
035c; morphine, p. & ". " ounce, $3.5003.7 5i
madden, l20l4c; oil, castor, " gal, $1.650l.7 20
q qi 2. 4 ~, y ounce, $TtI5Sf.56; baisami
copaiba, 60065e; soap CASTLE, FIR 120l6c soda,
biea1Tb, 4a206c; salts epson, 405ei sulphur -four,
glycerine, 2503oc; iodide potass., ~$1.350140;
bromide potass., 4O045e; ehlerate potash, 20022c;
borax, 16@18c; cinchonidia, 6Q065c.
58c; coal OH legged test, 11A4D15c; bank, 60D66c;
best straits, 65c; Labpador, Coo; West Virginia lubi
065c do. extra, 6SO72aee.
WHITE IEAD-Pure, 81 4esFer grades, 406e.
DRY GOODS.
PRfNFs-Albionz, solid ce1ors, 5A9c American
fancy, 51ec; Alfenas fancy 5aec; Aliens dark, 5A8eS
ALIENS pink, &C. Arnolds, &c; Berlin, solid solers,
Eddystone, &c; Gloucester, 5aaG Hartsl Sc Har-
mony, Sc; Hamilton, &c; Gpeenwich, 5a2c; Knieker-
booker, lsc; Mallory, PINK 6 Richmond; 6 = ~:
Agawam r, 5aac; Bedford r, Sc; Augusta, &c;
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AND COMMERCIAL
n AND STOCKS.

"A Day OF Great strength and High Prices In
the New York Market
ANEw York, Sept Mooney easy OF Il per
cont; offered at the close at l per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 5306a per cent.
Sterling exchange weaker sixty days, $4.S3;
sight, $A8a
Dry-gOods imports for the week, 1880 Q
Governments easier.
Railways firm.
State securities dull
Speculation at the Stock Exchange was char
aeterized by great strength to-day. At the
opening the market was irregular, and declined
to ] per cent, the latter for New York Central,
which fell off to 101s on reports that the direct
ors had reduced the dividend to IL per cent. for
the quarter. Later the market gathered strength
on favorable reports from the corn belt, and a
general advance in prices took place. Business
became more active, and leading shares were
taken in round amounts for out-oftown ac-
count The confidence with which buying was
conducted alarmed the bears, I who experienced
considerable d%iitfcufty in covering, as the float
ing supply OF. stocks continues light The ad-
advance ranged from to q per cent, Union Pa
chic making the greatest advance New Jersey
Central. however; was exceptionally weak, de-
Ginning from 572 to 56ss, but laterreturningto57
In the afternoon there was . disposition TO
realize profits, and prices ran off ! to 1 per cent,
but this was followed by a brisk buying move
imenti and at the close the market was buoyant
at the highest figures Of the day, with st. Paul
up to e6s; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy to 124;
Take Shore to 82as, Kansas q Texas to 19S, New
York Central to 1922; Northern Pacific preferred
to 49s, and Union Pacific to 81. The borrowing
demand for the active shares was brisk. Mich
gan Central, Lake Shore, Central Pacific ana
Northern Pacific preferred lent at 164; New
York Central at 1-32 and Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy at 81 per hundred Compared with
last night, the closing prices are to 81 per
dent. higher, except for Louisville e Nashville,
winch is ! per cent. lower.
Transactions. 315.000 shares, to-wft: $1,000
Lackawanna, $4,000 Lake Shore, $4,000 Missouri
Pacific, 80 LOCO Northeastern, 1000 st. Paul,
$4,000 Union Pacific, and 1900 Western Union.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Although the temperature
ranged In the ~niuetiee, the attendance of buyers at
result. Agents are ordering duplicates and new as
sentiments.
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NEW YORK. Sept. 5-Cofse-Spot lots dull and
weak; options active; sales, % SOC bags; September,
8 40 az SOC; October, 8.250e.30c; November, 3D.
0S.25; December. S.200S.2 5c, February, $500.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-cottoa quiet; futures
duh at I0.66c; October, 10.4Sc; November, lO.SSc;
December, 10.41e; January, 1o.5Ie; February,
10.63c; March, 10.75c, April, I0.8Tc; May, 1O.99c;
june, 11.10c.
MEMPHIS. Sept. 5.-co3ton steady; middling,
10a4c; receipts. 81 bales; shipments, SO bales; stock
on hand, 1876 bales; sales. SO bales.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 5.-Cotton quiet md un.
changed.
LOUISVILLE, Sept 5-GotsOn quiet and I'M.
changed,
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WON.

BOSTON, Sept. 5.-Wool steady and IN good iae-
mgnd, SaleB were made during the week Of 5000
900 pounds. Ohio and Penhsylvahia heeces, $50
$3.50 f6rextfa. and 35W36lac for dodDiessEIsAaIna
above. Michigan extra heeces in fh~irdeman1sat 400
311oc per pound; good average lots. Sic. The mar
net WAS thfm. SOonlbihs aadfd 6aines nm 1T $40
381ac, choicel0ls Of fine delaines vasutea. Dnwaehed
woods are in demand, and numerous sales Wefe1nade
1T 197B25e Galifornia ,pulled andacarpef Hfodisin6iat;
sales we're nadeC Of Adskaiah NJ 3f1e@5S74c.
P-HlfADEBrHIA. Sept s.ZWoof arm. Ohio,
Pelasylvanie and West Virginia 4aodble lsatfa and
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interesting feature; the buying and selling prog
ress appears 10 be Of a peffunctory character;
there is q lack Of snap and elasticity to ali kinds
OF business ventures, while there ls stu
wanting opportunities for the prohtable
investment Of fresh capital, and this
usually forms che basis for commercial
activity. In other words, the waiting period
still prevails, and those who have been over-san-
guine respecting the future are beginning to
realize that the overetrained condition of com
mercia and financial affairs for more than a
year cannot be overcome, even under the most
favorable conditions, SO readily as at one time
had been predicted, The crops of Great Britain
are fully up TO the standard Of those u the
United States. The London Times says: rms
Is q season to be remembered. We never had
such a harvest in respect to tine following com.
bination of favorable conditions: The cereal
crops exhibit a minimum Of fungoid disease and
insect depreciation; q continuance of almost UNI
interrupted sunshine, reaching to tropical tenn
perature, has enabled a major portion a. OF England
to secure its produce with a dispatch scarcely
eqNaled within memory, and, With the exception
of some local hunder storms, raiIifalf-sueh as
that of the last day or two-has benefited the
corn rather than otherwise The root crops are
equally good. Eggs are frf1er, Budd Il 70, adj
vancing candled eggs to l2c,
GRAIN.
An ofish Friday covers the local market. The
Board Of Trade Price Current says Of wheat:
Prices about the same with feeling continuing
duh, and receipts more liberal; but very little
improvement in grading. We quote:
No. 2 Mediterranean 81
No. 8 Mediterranean. 50
no. Z red 1S-3
No. 3 "
%
Corn-Prices nomiaally unchanged but buyers
are net very anxious to insure trading by adj
vaneine bids. New York at noon was &c higher
and Chicago for September was &c oH from yes
terday. We quote:
No. 2 white. So
H HGsS m S9tsS M. s.
High ~
ReJected. 70
Sound ear %
Oats-Centinue Arm at quotations and all
offerings find ready purchasers atfua Quotations
We quote:
R RaSast.a sMlt,z aa22las
Z0A2
Rye-No. 2, steady; Sic bid; no sellers.
Bran-Firm; $10.7 bid; held at $1,000.
GRAIN IN TORI
Wheat Corn. Oats. Rye,
Elevator A. 80, 600 13.9o0l $4,000 ...,.
Elevator b.. 24,600l 3,300} 5000 1900
W SaPssf El eIstos'' 5000 1000 5000 49,:
Total 1sa, 500 Il, zoo 48, 400 5000
'S last Year : ~ l22syooo 5s.ood so,oCOl 1900
RECEIPTS BY RA1L PAST rwESrY-FouR HOURS.
Wheat, bushels. 5000
Corn, bushels. 1000
Oats, 10000
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OH CITY, Sept 5.-5rhe vstro9e1in market opened
with National Transit Company certifcares at go aoc:
highest price, S88aes lowest price. S5gse, ana closea
atsS51ec. Sales today 'aggree&red 6,462.000 btls.
Clearauces, 113O8D,O00 brls. Runs. 65, 977 bf1s.
ShaEm6Ass, 8t,69S bis. CHARTERS, 1Ai246 bril-. Ol
Ciey on Exchahgs GtOck. S425 pershare bia; $500
asked.
Yesterday, E6;S61 6ffs, Tousa Shipments JB8j36S
bfls 0hSatsfs, 20 ,e46 bfls. Clexrsncss, 9;35o.0U0
brib. The market opened with National Transit Com.
pany certificates ut S714t. and closed at SEC; hith.
est price during the day, $3.50; lowest price, $3.50.
PITTSBURG. Sept. 5.-The petroleum market
was irregular; United pine line ,ceftiheatee opened
1t SIC, declined 70 86asc, rallied 10 98Asc, broke,
and closed at S6c.
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above. s4asec, extra. s3e; medium, 34035cs coarse.
2S0SO; New York, Michigan, Indiana and Western
Rne, 32233c; medium. 33D35c; coarse, 2S03oc;
washed comhing and delaine, 3i03Sc.
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1--we STOCK.
I-ndianapons Nrarket.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sep. 5.
cArTnE-Receipts, 1000; shipments, 700. The
local supply was very light and few good grades here.
Market slow and prices lo0 zoe lower on all except
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hui, how, yer, to be settled at last.
Adele threataIed that unless her court.
ship ceased to be mixed witk hatred she
would hav1 to ask the brothers to desist
from c,dig upon her. The brothers
met. They had parted from Adele, and
both conlr mt d each other in one of the
great vino shops of the Saint Denis
quarter, SO appropriately called by lola
:. Assom noir." They glared at each
other, and their friends saw at once that
mischief was brewing. They finally
lnotioned to each other to withdraw to
table. They spoke low, but excitedly,
smoked quickly, and the blue smoke Of
their pipes was hot.
"a duel Yes. q duel /" This was
distinctly heard, and then the brothers
beckoned to Jules Remi and Alfred
Poulier, friends Of theirs. They had
decided upon fighting a duel, but not
with swords or pistols. 1t was to be O
duel 10 the death.
Two bottles of rum were put upon the
table. Two tumblers were set by the
side OF the bottles, and then this con-
tract was made by the brothers in the
presence Of witnesses
1T is agreed between the brothers
luguste and Andre Berni to drink rum
until either is unable to drink any more.
The first who succumbs will consider
himself beaten, and surrender all claims
to Adele Vergeri."
The contract was signed, the bottles
tipped, and the tumblers filed. At first
the men drank slowly, but, as the liquor
began to excite their brains, they fairly
poured it down their Threats. At the
ninth glass, Auguste, the younger of the
brothers, gave yell of pain and fell
senselcss. Andre Derni then arose, and,
with smile on his face, turned to leave.
Hardly had no reached the door of the
cabaret when he threw up his hands and
fell sensclcss. He was quickly carried
to the hospital, but died shortly after
reaching it of conclusion of the brain
and paralysis OF the heart. Auguste
Berni, crazcd by the rum he had drunk,
recovered from his faint, ran madly
through the streets, until, reaching the
river Seine, he threw himself into the
water, and was drowned before assist
unco could reach him.
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ment, the meat is placed in the cans.
The first girl puts in roughly a suitable
selection of the several parts. The next
weighs it, and adds or subtracts enough
to complete the oxact amount desired
Zone or two pounds). The next forces
down the contents with stamp invent
ed especially for the purpose. The next
puts in tin cover with blows of little
hammer. Then tray is rapidly filed
with the cans, and they are carried to
the solderers, who seal them tight ex-
ccpt for minute openings in the covers,
and put them in another tray, which, by
means OF pulley tackle. is then plunged
in bath caldrons, in order that the cans
may he boiled till the dir is expelled
from their contents through the minute
openings. Then they are sealed up and
are boiled again for several hours, when
the process of cooking is complete"
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TIE LOBSTER BUSINESS.

From 1.-THE Lobster ct Home" an
illustrated article by W. H. Bishop, In
Sc'iJner, we quote the following:
"The factory opens OF one end on the
wharf, close to the water. Two men
bring in the squirting loads on a
stretcher and dump the mass into cop
pers for boiling. At intervals the COW
ers are hoisted by ropes and pulleys,
and dense clouds Of steam arise, through
which we catch vistas Of men, women
and children OF work. Two men APP
proach the coppers with stretcher and
scoop-nets, and they throw rapid scoop
fuls, done to scarlet, backward over
their shoulders. The scarlet hue is seen
in all quarters--on the steaming stretch
er, in the great heaps ON the tables, in
scattered individuals on the floor, in q
large pile of shells and refuse seen
through the open door, and in an OK
CARLOAD Of the same refuse, farther of,
which is being taken away for use as
fertilizer. The boiled lobster is sepa-
rated, on long tables, into his constitu-
emit parts. The meat of the many-joint-
ed tail is thrust out with q punch. A
functionary calleda cracker frees that
Of the claws by couple of def cuts
with cleaver, and the connecting arms
are passed on to be picked out with n
fork by the girls. In another depart
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WANT OF SLEEP.

Are you afflicted with insomnia? Per-
haps you have too much time for sleep.
Perhaps you depend too much on sleep
for rest and recuperation. For sleep is
not the sole rest Of used-up nerves. So
ciability, congeniality and the enjoyment
Of good company rest the body quite as
much as sleep. The dreary monotony
of life in many household involving
this tumbling into bed with the mechan-
ical regularity of machine at 8 or 10
o'clock in the evening does not always
rest weary bodies. early to bed and
early to rise" does notalways make man
healthy, wealthy or wise. Numbers of
organizations are only capable OF five or
six hours Of sleep OF a time. and their
early lying down to rest is often sue
ceeded by an early waking up hnd con-
sequent restless tossing for hours pre-
ceding daybreak. These practicers Of
punctuality are often surprised after
breaking their own cast-iron rules, and
passing two or three later hours Of mirth
and iollity past their usual bedtime, to
find themselves even more refreshed in
tho morning than usual. The relaxa-
ton of sociabihty has rested them more
than would sleep or an attempt to sleep.
But these are conditions not so easily
reached in the average family. In fash
ionable life we have formal, exhaust
ing and mechanical evening Of more or
less dissipation. On the other hand,
the evenings of great numbers of fami-
lies are generally Of monotonous hum
drum. They involve IN assemblage Of
the same people, the same surroundings,
the same pater familias yawning over
his paper, and the same querulous NAM
ma overladen with family cares. Fresh
people with fresh thought, fresh atmos-
phere, anything to stir up and agitate
the pool Of domestic stagnation are sadly
needed and sadly scarce. There needs
TO be also a constant succession Of such
fresh people to bring about these results.
The world is full OF men and women,
and in a better regulated life it would be
the business after the days work was
done m entertain each other and rive
each other fresh life. AS it is now, hun
dreds if not thousands Of our households
arc little better than cells for the incar-
Grafton of each family. Thousands are
thus worn out prematurely from the ut
ter lack of domestic recreation. There
might be written over the graves of
thousands, Bored 10 Death by the
Stagnation of Domestic Life. "--NeD
York Graphic.
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PREICnIyG TO LUyITrCs.

A Clergyman in Jacksonville, H., was
out OF field, and, hearing that there was
no preaching in tho asylum III that city,
sought the opportunity to dispense the
gospel there. At his first service he was
very much gratifed to observe the close
attention that one OF the patients gave
to his sermon, and lie went away and
told some Of his friends that he had
found very hopeful field of labor in
the asylum, which had been neglected
too long.
The next Sunday he noticed the same
intent expression on the face of this
hopeful listener. Again, the noxt Sun.
lay, the man gave eager attention. In
HE sermon the old story had been re-
lated about Hindoo women casting their
children inio the Ganges. The minister
sought an opportunity ut the close Of
lbs service for personal conversation
with his eager listener. The patti ent
grasped his hand warmly, and said', Il
couldn't help thinking while You were
telling that story that it wills great pity
gour mother didn't chuck you into the
river when you were baby. :"
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HE INTBRVIsWED THE FOOL.


An English merchant, who had
amassed considerable wealth in the In
dia trade, made an excursion into Scot
land, partly for his health, and partly to
see the country and study the people.
He had taken fancy that he would like
to be moral philosopher; and to that
end he must look understandingly into
the characters of the different classes Of
his fellows.
Arrived in Dundee our philosopher
was seized with the fancy that he would
like to interview the most consummate
fool, and the most wise and erudite man
of the inhabitants and he applied TO an
aforetime correspondent, who had been
born and reared in the town, to furnish
him the means of qualification.
Certainly" said the friend, II have
the two men in my mind-the acknowl-
edged fool of Dundee, and our best and
wisest man. I'll take you to the fool
first"
And he introduced the philosopher to
worn, and tattered, and drunken "cad-
dy," or street-po-ter-a man who did
the work of O mule-called dundee
Jock" informing the latter-named that
the gentleman wished to converse with
him.
eyes," said the Englishman, kindly,
and coaxingly; 81 wish to ask you
few Bible questions, and if you will an
swer them properly, will give you five
sllillings-fve silver shilliugs."
Jock bobbed his frowsy head, and
grinnej, and grinned, and babe the gen.
tleman go on.
"Well, Jock-now tell me-who
was David's father2 That is o Bible
question"
"Hech So it be. Aye-it wer' Jes-
sc, L ween."
"Ycs-you are right Now tell me-
who slew Goliath ?"
"Why-mon aleeve-who but David
hilnse' !"
And SO the philosopher went on, and
it was not in his power to PROFOUND q
Bible question which the fool could not
answer. The secret was, that from his
infancy Jock had pursued the Bible sto-
ny with an avidlty which nothing could
check. He could not himself read but
he got others to read to him.
In the end the gentleman was SO well
satisfied with Jocks answers that he
gave him, instead Of five shillings-ten
assuring him that he was worthy Of
them.
But poor Jock shook his head. he
did not feel that he had earned ten
shillings, and, hence, he was unwilling
to take them.
"But,' said he, "if you will answer
me question we can settle it. Twill
ask ye only ane, and it shall be as sim.
l'le as simple can be. If ye answer ii
I shall not take yer money; Lut if ye
Gamma answer it ye shall double it, and
gle me twanty shillin'."
The philosopher assented readily.
"Go on" he said. "Put your ques-
ton, and will answer"
"Well, sir-ye ask me who was
David's father, an 1 tell'd we. Moo,
tell NC Who ,OaS MY father ?"
Suffice it to say-the philosopher paid
tho twenty shillings and he did not in.
terview the wise man.