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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
KANSAS CITY MARKET.

KANSAS CITY MARKET.
KANSAS CITY, April 29.-The Live Stock
Indicator. reports: Cattie-keceipts. ;4a A.;
pounds, S5.4O to Sc. 15; stockers and feeders
Unchanged; cows, 1915 to $4.6O. Hogs
Receipts, 7,187; weaker and to 10 lower
lots, average 1876 to 200 pounds. 1915 to
S. 60; bulk at $685. to $5.45. Sheep-Re'
ceipts, 1902; quiet; native clipped, average
n pounds, sold at $326.
st. LOUIS MARKET.
ST. LOUIS, April Y.-Flour unchanged,
trading; No. 2 red, $1.lO to SLIP IL, cash!
81. 10 to 81. 10 IA, May: S1.08 Ia, June; 81
to 81 "a, closing, at 81 3.S, June; 90 1.S to
93 IS, closing at 81 Is. year; No. 8 red
nominal. Corn lower and unsettled; 55,
cash; 40 IL to 80 1-8, closing, 40 7-S
June, 80 ga to 81 3 4, closing 81 IA. Oats
lower and slow; "a IL, cash; "a 1-S to "a IA,
May; q IL, year: Rye slow; 80 1,2, bid.
Barley unchanged; 90 to ~. Lead dull;
So. 40 to $3.50, asked: Butter lower; dairy,
S5 o 2S t. g. Es FL 1oE ,%
meal quiet; $3.50. Whisky unchanged;
$1.11. Provisions easier and slow; only job
trade; pork, SIT. Bulk meats-Long clear,
$50 to $40; abort rib, $40 to $50; short
clear, $40 to 8.75. Bacon--Long clear,
9 1.s, short rip. 9 "A; short clear; IL.
Lard nominally So Rs ss o. Of ie %
600; rye, none; barley, 1000. Shipments
Flour, 5000; wheat, 1900; corn, $4,000;
oats, Il, 900; rye, none; barley, 200.
CHICAGO MARKET.
CHICAGO, April 29.-Visible supply OF
grain, April 18th: Wheat. 1882. 600; corn,
Is, 2s8 900; oats. 1896 600; rye, I695, 0OO bar,
lev, 10000. Grain.in store Chicago, April
2Sth: Wheat, 1.201, 600; corn, 6,000, 600; oats,
1905, 900; rye, COL 900; barley, 120 000-total,
II 900, 600; same time last year, 14,95S, 900.
Flour quiet and steady. Wheat,
Ss.nsS s's " o VERY
"a to 93 IA, closing 90 "a: May % to 90 1.2,
closing SO; June 9lI-S to 95 10, closing 95:
July 81 Ia to 95 ~; No. 2 red spring 90 IL
to 03. Corn Demand active; unsettled;
opened 10 to "a lower, fluctuated, closing
SO lower; June 6-8 higher that yesterday;
cash "a IA to IS, closing "a IL to "a 5-8;
April 50 "a to "a 1.8, closing "a 6-8 May "a
IA to 55 So, closing Sc "a to Sc 78; July
So to SO 3-8. Oats In fair demand, closing
steady; cash, 80 10; April, 80 IA to 80 IL;
Nay 80 II 70 80 "A, Clcsirg 80 81; Jgae
to 81. Rye dull. 81. Barley dull; 70 to 70.
Flax seed scarce; $l.6s. Pork unsettled:
opened 10 to Is lower and ruled irregular,
ciosing steady; cash, $17 to Sl7.12 IL; May,
SIC. rs TO 81. O2 IL, closing $169 IS TO tl75 80;
June, $3.50 to $17.20. closing I'll. ~ IL to
Sl7, l6: July. $17.10 to $l7.32 IL;
yea, Sl4. As to Sl4.6O. Lard In fair demand;
nominally unchanged; cash, 8.35 to 8, AZ IL;
NAY, B.85 to 8.47 1-2, closing 8 81 IL to 8 10
June. B46 to 85s. closing 67 1.2 10 $50;
July, s.66 10 s.67 IL. closing s.67 IL 70 $50.
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POULTRY, GAME, ETC.

A New York dispatch says. Ca plain Garrett
Simmons, of Por. Richmond, 3. l., caught 61s
1had in one haul on Tuesday afternoon. This
is considered the largest catch yet made OIL
North river shad. Old shadmen say the waters
ofthe harbor were never, so full Of the fish as
many Staten Islanders out Of employment are
running drift pets or helping the regular shad-
men. The helpers make IS rer day and the
owners Of the boats and nets from $40 TO $50 per
ssy Tss Sasa p sy as
price was s14 hundred Within the next two
weeks fine shsd will be selling on the city stands
at 25 cents each, or Less than 5 cents pound.
The low price will continue until the middle CT
May,
QUOTATIONS. TODAY.
GREEN APPLES-5 00c96 so per barrel.
NUTS-A1m0nds, zoe per pound; Brasil, 15@
16c; flberts, 15c; Naples wGlnuts, 18o per pound;
Dhestnuts imported, mono on the market pea.
nuts, Tennessee red, 1e@l1c; choice white, 14c
ORANGEs-Louisiana, per barrel, u 600
1900 peI case, So valencin.. per case Of 40
IEMoNs--sicily. 90 per box; Malaga
DATEs-In trails, 1o@12o
BANANAS-s 0094 90 per bunch.
GRAPES-Mslsga, 6 00(06 30 half barrel
SWEET POTATOES-On the str cots, red,
20 per bushel; yellow, o.
ONIONs-New. 0 90 per barrel.
POTATOES rhrallel, 100,
% Sa III hi wequote =. ooes 50 per do.en;
sgTIER Choice Ss western, aos2sc; cooking.
RAIsINs-London layer new per boz. oG
a{ SEtkS S' PskEAsGHrsuupce,ea. So peeled 10
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n IN nests rssdyl shouldefs, G1s, short
fihs, So shoft tlfsf, st1 nutief ess' efl
ofesmsfy, aiio a. dslfy. gioD1 rgss. ~.
WhsAy, siesdy ~ Hso tots NJ Nv,
lii00, re, SIo9 bsilsy, g t.g, sup
Ysl 40, aais' if.Goo rys. l6oG Is,sy,
1900 Cal shsat-saiss, $4,000 June
an JAY rose 4 Cofn-salss, 40 200 May
foss rs July i.ll rs. Osis-bslss, $500.
Nay fsll ii June, IL, Pofk--saiss, o 800,
. 90. june and Juiy rose 3. The Dfeysrs'
Journal repori,' HoEf-l,sosipis, 900,
shipments, . 900, market 10 lover; rough
packing, 1925 20 t5Is; packing and shin O.
S,H't - 's .slp 20 g 10 10 S sA'o .! ss
steady; exports, s6?5 10 50 20. good 10
choice shipping, $500 to 500; common 10
medium, $3.50 20 as 90 5heer--Rsceipts,
2, 500; shipments, so; brisk; is higher; in
ferior TO fair, "a 10 81 70; medium 70 good,
80 10 3d. choice TO extrs. 1913 TO 80 %.
OF. LOUIS MARKkr.
sr. LOUIS, April e0.-Call wheat lover;
81 co IS, bid May; OF 8, July: Corn lower;
40 So, May; 81 Ii, June; 90 : July.
Oats nominal. Catlle-Rseeipts, l,i0O; ship
ments, 100; heavy cattle weak; others
tirm: exporters, 80 rs TO 50 90; good to
choice shipping. $500 TO ~ 70; common TO
medium, IS to IS, 90: corn fed Texans, 50 %
10 500. Bheep-Receipts, 400; shipments,
none; clipped wanted, but none offered,
inferior to fair wooded, 1915 10 $50; me-.
dlum to coed, si,75 to $3.50: choice 10 ex'
ira, $500 to 50, Texans, 1913 " 50.
bottom WOOL MARKET.
Bosros, April 20.-wooi In moderate de-
mand; unchanged.
NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW York, April 20,-Beeves-Receipts
$50; market nominal; dressed beet steady;
0 To 10. city dressed. Sheep-Receipts,
l,700; dull and easier; $3.50 to 500, I'M
sh ORR sheep; IS to so, clipped; ~ TO 50, un.
shorn yearlinss. Hogs-Receipts, 1000;
nomlnally, 1925 70 %. Flour aqlet; re-
ceipts, 1900. Wheat-Cash, quiet; OPP
tons opened lower, closing high
or; receipts, 47,0c0; exports. $4,000.
No. 2.Chicago, 81. 03 to $l.03 LIZ; ungraded,
co TO 81. 10; No. 2 spring. sl.l3. May sales,
$50 600 at $l.09 8 4 10 Sill l'2; June sales,
2,0S8. 600 at Sl.l2 II to 81 IA IA. closing ut
Sl.l4; July $l.0S Ia to III % 7'S. Corn
lower; cash declined IL TO 9 1.2; receipts
CT 900; exporte 800; angraded, 81 TO 63 IA,
No; 3 9, 90 e 70 eli No \, r, e. 1 Gs ~ "a
TO ca Ii; closing Mt 63 7.S. Oats lower;
mixed western, 81 IL 10 SO, white, AZ l'2 to
45 l-2. Petroleum firm; united, Oh l'S.
Eggs easier; IA 81 TO 10 Pork firm. Lard
lower; SSG5 10 $50. Butter firm; % TO 20.
Lead quiet and unchanged.
COTTON STATEMENT.
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LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL
QUOTATIONS. TODAY,

5ToNE-At tho Dallas quaTries, 50 per uub.c
foot; lie for foundation; lBo for wall, and $50 FOL
LUMBER-Yollow Pine. rough, 2 90 per l0I
over "a feet 2 25 per l0G Dresd site finishing
clear, $50; common, 225 y ceiling, 20 OF; u cell.
Ing, 2 80 <x6 rough, 50 per 100; xx3 rough,
as per 100; hx3 dressed, 200 per 100. Siding,
rs per 100 Poplar dressed finishing, 5 90 per
100 SIDING, 2 30; y ceiling $50. y ceiling, 8 90.
White pine dressed finishing 6 so per 100 Y
calling LIST common, 8 90; End common, 2 rs;
siding, LIST common, 2 rs; 2nd common, 2 30.
Common doom, 80; Resh, 26@5 90 ~ TO also.
sHINGLE5-Yellow pirc. Q Coca So waits
pine. 4 51,s6 90: osprehs. No. / s co. No. 2.
PLASTER pARIS-Per barrel. 4 000l So
CEMENT FLUE5-6 inch, eIko; inch, lec;
lngh calling Joint. 90; 8 inch Cap, 800; inos
ceiling Joint / 25 Inch etp DO, COO.
DRAIN PIPES inch. 1Go per foot 4ipCi,. 202;
6 inch, ayHc. 2 tiina, 400; inoh, 6nc.
MIXED PAIEFS-Resdy for use and oil col.
ora, % per gal All the tested end stan.
aard makes arc On sale by Dallas deGlere.
WHITE LEAD-Stricsly pure, 6 1906 IS.
WINDOW GLASS--Sx10 TO 10x12 800 10x14
to 14x2l $50; 16x24 to 20x2S 70, less 40 per cent
LIME-Coopersd, Ausdn,2 90 peg barres bun,
Co Donson Car lots, Soc per ba.ral, L as
Hsiias. In lots 400 per burhoi lss.
HAIR-Per pound, S99ko.
POSTS-Oedar, IL go Bois d'src. Is
LATHS--4 60 per LOCO.
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Nessrs 'Theo. Brierre 4 Son furnish the fol-
Tct1 receipts 70 date, pS.2S6 hdt; 266 ,278 B
Evil i7l,27s B sugar sos ~ B mo. 49,
ed no new features n plantation goods
,pfime o K. - well - the better quail
rined, are becoming very scarce, While
'pnons are dull and draeglng; Gran
ssri6sd. . "a % s7.s: fair seconds,
llarih d. 6t-e 70 "a; choice,
on while CHARMED 6.l2 To
open keith. 8 IS choice
10 3 81, prime. open kettle,
sow clafI6ei IL 10 SIS;
To- on yellow clarified.
,sn &c TIA 80; choice
>pfn KITE. Bll
z moving o6 u
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WOOL, HIDES AND fELTRIEs.


wooI-xsxioon. hes Of bum hoi2,, Mez.
loan Improved, 160l6e coarse. 1ec; nne medium
2o02c me wool, according 70 dirt and CON.
di1on 1lq22r bury, 3oec Per pound lsea.
HIDE8EPrime plump nints, 20 lbs and up. 40
per b: eeconds plump ldInts, 20 lbs and mp, l4c
per h; prime light and lips, 1lc per p Cuns,
bulls and stash eaec per ID; dry selted, ee11kc,
RKLTkne-Deee akinA Oo22E antsacpa ~
l6G eeal lkin1 1BO16G sheep peltD, - 20 wool
3o6eeG sheaxfing1, 10016c
Prize ysllov. 10 DAD and adu'
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COTTON STATEMENT
New YORK, April 20-rhe following
Ihn A n lis nm, n rn iiua nniAnn sAalamGni.
COTTON.

sroT cotton declined 1.S at New York and New
Orleans, and 1.46d. at Liverpool to-day. The
general ruling at close was easy or dull AMI sales
are low. To-day, inclusive, Dallas has received
this city are bales. o. therefore, shipments to
date are 42,43l bales. On the til inst total
cotton in sight according 10 the Financial
Chronicle was 5497,232 bales against G. J97 55i
the previous year, 5,l2S626 in isSl-S1 and q,
las, 410 on the same date in lSs0-Sl. 1t will DC
seen by the above statement that the decrease
OF the present crop as compared to the last Is
SO is 1868 COG bales aud the decreaae from 1888
is 64S1S7 bales. o. tee same
date the total visible supply WAS 2,Sl9,902
bales: on the came date the year before 1t yas
sO72, $685. April 25th, 1882 the to,a visible sup-
ply was 9, S94,25l tales ana 1881 was 3O2 1,092.
The decrease above, OF this Cr,p compared to
pared to the year before Is Is, 65l bales and the
decrease again as compared to 1881 Is 2o2 100
bales.
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PROVISIONS.

QUOTATIONS TODAY,
BACON Short clear sides, 12o; Long
'' Dry SALT ~ Short clear sides. ike; Long
clear. k@k less; breakfast bacon, 14o.
HAMS-Canyasged and uncanvassed, 16c.
LARD - Tieroe, 11G half-barrel, Ike;
iO.pound cans. Ike: 5-pOund cans. Ike =
nNiind carl 11XGs
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QUOTATIONS TODAY.

QUOTATIONS TODAY.
BEEVE5-Cogn beeves, 4@4hc per ID; fair to
good grass beeves, 3x@Sxc per pound; medium
grass 6eeves, S03Xc per pound.
North Texan grades, 40 OO@5o co. common to
ait, IS O0a4O %. Stock cattle aroud, 100000 o.
BULLS AND STAGS-(For sausage manu-
l0116 90; iwo.year-olds, l2@18.
medium mutton 2x@2kc per pound; stool
ehee 20013 90.
GOATSS2 OO@2 IS per head.
HOQS-Corn fed. 4kAt5o
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LIQUOR.


ALCOHOLIC 80 per gal, as per high wines.
WHIBKY-Reo Gifted, COOL so. as per PROOF
sour mash, one year old, l So two yesrs old,
SS@a co. three years old, 25@2 SOL fancy, eI'
ira old whisky. 8 e0G5 90. as per age.
fly; Cstawbn, per gal, 0Oc@1 TO- Port, 0o@4 20
Sherry per gallon, COCA 90; MADEIRA, per gal
lon, COOS 90; white wine, In cases, 60@l6 90
CHAMPAGNE-Jules Mum & Co., % 0O@S2 90
Heid,ick, In basket, % 50932 30; Krug, In has
ket 90 60@s2 90 DON ssic champagne. Goa
BOTTLED BEERS Louis quarts u Q!
pints. IL 80 ;Sudweiser, own sise, u 90 pint
is so; Erlsnger bssr. quartz 90 pinta. iS 81
90 haay. z "a
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Seed Cotton--Ootton seed.
The Howard Oil Company will pay mar
ket prices for remnants Of Seed Cotton, and
viii also buy Cotton Seed at all times.
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To the Retail Trade in and
ChilIarine
Is Purely Vegetable, entirely
harmless, Dead Shot for Chills

Poland Chin Pigs.
/ have q few very fine Poland China pigs
for sale cheap. Stock bred for breeding
purposes. Reduced rates by express.
liam Simpson, Cato, Crawford county,
Kansas.
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Drane, Drane & johnson, Of Corsicana,
have one OF the fnest and best arranged
mill machinery depots in northern Texas,
and carry stock equal to any house in
their line In the state. Bee their card In
another column.
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While Q reporter Of the Sun, engaged on Q
3 fashionable nodists, be was struok by the
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bRuCEL|NE /!

The Greatest and only Perfect Hair Restorer
MI. Bruce having discovered this wonderful
Restorer offers 1t to the public after repeated
experiments, claiming for 1t qualities possessed
BY no other hair preparation ever manufactured
1t does not dye the hair, but causes . new
growth in its original color after two weeks ap-
plication, It matters not whether the hair Il Of
the deepest black or most delicate blonde.
II also entirely frees the head from dandruH,
and IL free from any poisonous drug.
The proprietor guarantees to give one hum
dred dollars tsl0o o9 70 any person who after .
satisfaction all that r. claimed for II.
Over Twenty Thousand 10000 testimonials
and letters Of approval could be furnished
For . dressing TO clean the head Of dandruh,
keep the hair from falling out OF turning gray
By its use IS dressing the hair win retain
soft and glossy appearance and VIII never
turn gray.
PRICE, ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE,
MATTHEW "A. BRUCE
20 SIXTH AVENUE, New York.
Money refunded In all cases where satisfsu-
ton u not giyou. Send for circusAxs with ref
ersnoes eWAGENT0 WAMTGDs
NJ
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eTooKe.
1920
Perfection in Artificial Limbs.


Perfection in Artificial Limbs.
There is in Plttsburg, Pennsylvania, O
manufacturing company, every member OF
which wears an artificial leg. Their limbs
are so perfectly made and SO near like the
natural member, that it is difficult to tell
that they are artificial. The company is
the Artificial Limb Manufacturing COM
pany, q corporation that has a national
reputation for the perfection of its work.
The limbs made at this mandatory are
the most perfect and satisfactory Of any
made in the United States. Hon. w, W.
Dudley, United State, commissioner of
pensions, has for years worn limb made
BY this company, and adds his testimonial
to hundreds of others. Send for descrip.
tive circular to 279 Penn avenue, Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania. See advertisement in
another column ofto-day's HERALD.
To the Retail Trade in and
Dallas.
We are glad to ann ounce to the trade that
we have opened large retail boot and shoe
store at 7i2 Elm street, where we carry q
large stock of our own make and eastern
goods.
We also take measures and make any
kind OF shoe or boot to order.
PUNISHABLE SHOE CoMfArx.
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ToNE-Opeued: Liverpool, dull and easie.;
New York. cosy: New Orleans, dull. Closed:
New York, dull; New Orleane, quiet Gal
CaysoIIDAfzr psgyrpTa.
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POETRY.
ART AT THE DOOR.

Mine be . cot for the hours of play.
vi the kind that Is built by Miss G reenawaY
Where the walls are low and the roofs are rcd.
And the birds are gay In the blue o'erhead;
And the dear little figures In frocks and irils,
Go roaming about nj their own sweet Wills
And play with the pups and reprove the calves,
And do naught in the world (but work. by halves
From Hunt the slipper" and "Riddle-mp-ree,
To watching the cat in the apple tree.
o. art Of the household Men may pirate
OF their ways intense" and Iiaianate-
Ihey may soar on their wings of sense and boat
10 the al deid and the dim remote
Iiii the last sun sink in the last lit west,
It's the art at the door that will please the best
TO the end OF time twill be still the same,
For the earth first laughed when the children came
-AusTIS DoBsoN.
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The collection ofcigar.ends, in order to
support an orphan house at Lahr, 10 the
Duchy of Baden, has been sedulously
going on for many years in Germany, and
even German settlers on the other side of
the Atlantic regularly sent their contri-
buttons in kind to the benevolent proprie.
tor of the Hinkende Bote, of Lahr, who
was the originator of the. scheme. His
example has been followed on a less am
bilious scale in other towns of his father
land, and every year a number of Door
children receive new suits of clothes or
other gifts at Christmas time, the results
OF the sale of the collected ciear-ends.
The saxdn Gewerbenercigh, in Dresden.
has started a somewhat similar scheme.
1t begs for out or disused steel pens.
and has whole organization of collectors
for making a big heap of these little arti.
cfes, who work on the principle that
every little makes a mickle.,, The
proceeds are expended upon the technical
eoncation of number of poor lads. The
steel used for pen making is SO good that
1t iinds ready sale and good price il it
can be collected in any quantity. The
organ of the Verein says that it is used
chiefly for springs, the finest
knives, and the fabrication of ink.
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The equipment Of the Penna Railroad
Company for removing wrecks and amel-
iorating the condition Of those injured by
such occurrences is the most complete
OF any railroad in the country. The New
York division may be particularly men
toned in this connection. There are four
wrecking masters along the line, located
at Jersey City, New Brunswick, Trenton
and Tullytown. Pa. Each of these has
wreckiDg train of two cars. which is
ready for service at moment $ notice.
The first ear contains an extra pair OF
trucks and wheels, frogs for getting the
cars on the tracks, hydraulic jacks, pull
leys, ropes, chains and buckets.
The other car has swinging cots, stretch
ers, blankets, bandages, and every appli-
ance to shelter and minister to the
wounded. There are cook stove. always
fired up, dining table, crockeryware,
provisions, .and many other articles neces-
sary for hospital purposes. At the time
of an accident at Plainsboro, recently,
the wrecking train was in motion eight
minutes after the accident occurred; and
although the wreck was serious one,
both engines being of the track, the
debris was cleared off aud travel resumed
in forty minutes
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MISCELLANY.
PREPARATIONS FOR LENT.


To-day being Ash Wednesday, the day
marked in the Church calendar as the be-
ginning of the penitential season of Lent,
its observance win be duly celebrated 10
the Roman Catholic, Protestant, Episco.
pal, and other churches which hold to the
usages Of fasting, meditation and prayer,
as necessary preliminsries and prepare
tions for partaking of the Holy Commu-
MON at the Easter festival, which occurs
this year on the 18th of April.
During this season many of the
festivities and enjoyments peculiar to
winter life in great cites are usually Civ
en- up for the time being, and their place
taken by assiduous attention TO religious
duties which have been partially neglec.
ted, or perhaps, entirely held In allegiance,
among which may be mentioned such
works of mercy as visiting the sick and
dying, comforting the afflicted, aud re-
lieving the necessities of the poor. Ash
"Wednesday is SO called in alusion to the
custom in the Roman Catholic Church o {
making the sign of the cross with ashes
on the foreheads OF the people, in remem-
brance of the sufferings of Christ, and to
recall the fact of The lowly origin and
common destiny of mortality. The Ger.
emony consists in the priest making the
sign of the cross upon the forehead of the
kneeling individuals composing the
successive lines of the people who range
themselves in front of the altar, at the
same time repeating in Latin the admon-
ition: Remember, man, thou art bu,
dust, and unto dust thou shall return
The days Immediately preceding Lent
beginning with the Sunday before Ash
Wednesday, are designated Shrovetide,
because on them, and especially ON thu
last day, OF Shrove Tuesday, Roman
Catholics are accustomed to confess theil
sins "as preparation for becomi ing
state of grace during Lent, preliminary
to the Easter communion In Older
times all adults were enjoined 10 present
themselves, in order that penitents
might be shrven. assigned day for re
ceiving communion, or be instructed as
to what they should further do ITO b.
reconciled at the Easter communion.
Shrovetide afterwards became an occa.
sion of feasting and merriment, especially
Shrove Tuesday, in view of the long sea
son of fasting and self denial close al
hand, and the desire to make all that was
possible out of the short period of gayety
intervening. This day whose anniversary
occurs, is called Mardi Gras, or "fat Tues
day." by the French, and is observed in
New Orleans and other Southern cities
with the peculiar festivities incident to
that section of the country including
tournaments, masked balls, masquerade
professions, &c. Shrove Tuesday is also
popularity designated as pancake Tues
day. in English speaking countries, from
the common practice of eating pancakes
ON that day, the use of eggs having been
formerly;forbidden during Lent.