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FRurT-Quiet Oranges, $3.50 per brl, $500
per box Lemons, $300@iOO per box. Ba-
nanas, $l0O@22j per bunch. California
pears, 1925 per box. GraPes-Concord, AUG
per basket; Catawba, 45c per basket,
APPLEs-$l. 1902 90 per brl. Dried apples
31SGI4c per h. from store. Dried peaches'
4d5c, from store.
EGGs-Easy Boxes, l6c cases lie.
RAIsrNs- London layers, 1925; California,
g. 70 per box.
GAME-Quail, $3.50 per dozen; squirrels,
0OcMSl Oper dozen; rabbits, $.2j@l5O per
dozen; wild turkeys, SOC To Zoe each; wood
duck, 500 per dozen; teal, S2.2j@2.60 per
dozen; mallard, $2.50Ct2,75 per dozen. Vent
son saddles, SGtloc lbi whole deer, i@5c lb
COMMUNICATIONS, $lGj@lI5 per bril-
Cabbage Loose, 5@7c. Krnut-Per bril-
$500, half brl, $3.50 Garlic, SOC per 100
BurrER-Buttcrinc, l5C; creamery, 2lc;
dairy, lsc; country butter l2lGCtl5c
ClpER-Oark, $3.50 per brl, and $3.50 per
half brl.
NINEGAR--per gal, l0Ml2c,
PoULrY-Chickcns, young, Sl2j@L10;
mixed, $l5O@2OO, hens, $275W3OO.
PicELEs-Brls $3.50; half brs, 500
PurATuEs--firm $i.750t2 - per brl; sacks,
GOGI7jci Utah, uc per bushcli sweet $1,000
lbs per brl.
Nrrs-Cocoanuts, 800 per 100. Peanuts,
Virginia, 4aMGc; Tennessee, farmers stock,
3l.C,lc, roasted, 2lsc higher; shelled, Gg7c.
fCCans, Texas, OCgl2c.
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noMEsTIc rNcmANNE.

DOMESTIC EXCHANGE
New York and eastern demand, - dis
count buying, sight - discount buying,
par selling New Orleans, 80 discount
buying par selling. Cincinnati, st. Louis
and Louisville, demand - buying par sell
ing.
Tho clearing house report for october
shows an increase of clearings amounting TO
$i,0l333LOi over the clcarings for October
1887
The local cotton market closed steady
sales, 1900 bales, or $500 to exporters and
500 10 spinners.
At New Orleans spots closed easy, with
futures steady. November advanced D points
and later months points. Liverpool closed
quiet with moderate inquiry with futures
barely steady at a decline Of points.
Beginning today, the Liverpool exchange
will discontinue quoting Orleans, Texas aud
upland grades Of cotton separately Quota
tions will represent American cottons.
The New York market closed quiet, aud
future steady at decline of 1 to points
Hubbard Price & Co. say: "rhc nglori.
Gus ending of the threatened corner In lAy.
orpool today created n somewhat weaker
feeling thcrc In the near deliveries but
prices here failed To respond To those local
disturbances The market opening was
idcntically last nights figures and closing
points lower. Receipts continue moderate
In volume. There was some buying today
ON reports that the members Of the alliance
had decided not Ia market any more cotton
for three weeks"
The Manchester Guardian, Of tho 3ist, In It's
commercial article says: "Thc market 3
lcthargic. The opinion prevails that the
distributing markets, which have long been
fighting strcnuuusly against the slightest nd.
vance aud buying with extreme caution,
must have greatly reduced their available
supply II Is believed ON the whole that the
markets Of the world which are usually fed
frum Manchester have been f1r some time
holding their supplies The inference
Il that way Is preparing Tor 10.
Moved general demand sunn. Producers,
therefore, arr not willing to entertain
proposals Tor forward contracts at the low
rates Offered although they readily
accept the best prices obtninahlc for goods
for immediate aud early delivery. The dc.
m1nd Tor cNp, RI yarns Is extremely poor
sPinucr whose orders previously taken arc
now iast approaching completion, are aux.
iously considering the prospect The In.
quiry la the cloth departments j. scanty
Sellers now here did Tuesday average bust.
ness. Few India orders arr coming forward
There arr some China orders in the market.
but mcrchonts arr not Inclined or are unable
10 pay current rates Tor goods la quantity.
The amc conditions apply to thc shippers
10 the smaller foreign markets Homo
houses ars buying litlc."
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New YoRK, Oct. 81. - Coffee - Options
steady; moderate business; sales 80, 800 bags,
including November, Sl30O@l3. 25; Decem-
per, $l27b@l3.05; January, $l2856l2. IS;
February, $40 .7SG1 2 90; March, $l2 GOA 2. 80;
April, I2,60@1290 May, $l2.6OdI2. 80;
June, $780, July, $12.65; September, So. S.;
spot Riodull; fair cargoes, Si525.
Sugar-lsaw, steady; fair refining, 4 15-16c;
centrifugals, 800 test, &c; sales centrifugals,
~ test, choice, SIC; refined lower and quiet;
U, 0Sc; extra G, 6Xc white extra O, exc;
yellow 6h@61c; off A, 6H@6Ec; mould A,
nc; standard A, 7c confectioners' A, nc;
INC.
Molasses-Nominal.
Rice-Strong and quiet.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. 3l.-NTolasses,
easier; open kettle, strictly prime, 3O@IOc;
good prime, 34@35c; prime, 3O@32c; fair to
good fair 25@2Sc; common TO good common,
2O@25c; centrifugal, strictly prime, 266927c;
good common to good fair, 1S@2Oc syrup, "A
@33c. Other markets unchanged
CHICAGO, Oct. 3l.-0n the Produce ex-
change, today, the butter market was firm.
Elgin creamery, 2616@27 NC; choice western,
23@25I5c; choice dairy, 20@22c. Common
to fair, I4@l7c Eggs-Steady at 1s@l9Kc.
CINCINNATI, O., Oct .-Whisky-Firm;
sales, 1902 barrels; finished goods on Il basi.
OF $l.14. Butter-Quiet Sugar-Dull.
Eggs-Steady at l7@l7Kc. Cheese-Steady
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ding. 013-lGc; good middling 1880 mid
ding fair, l0Nc fair, l19sc,
Futures opened quiet and closed steady, as
follows November, 9iO@0,il; December,
05l@G52; January 963@96i February,
0.73@0.7l March, o. s3@0si; April, 002@
093 May, lOO9@l0O3; June, iO.lO@lOlli
July, l0.1s@iOiG August lO25@lO4'
Sales $500 bales.
NEW ORLEANS.
The spot market opened quiet and closed
cnsy middling 05-16c. Sales, GOO bales.
Quotations are as follows; Ordinary, 1-l6c;
good ordinary, Slice; low middling sl3-l0c'
middlng, 05-lGc. good middling, 0l3-lGc
Futures opened quiet and steady and
closed stcady,as follows November, 0.O1
@0O0; December 9O0@oi0; January, 0.l0
@02O; February, $50; March, $4,000 II;
April, 0.5O@0.5l; May 0do@06li June,
07O@079; July, 070@sol. Sales, 1880
bales.
DAILY FORT AND INTERIOR MOVEMENT
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ltotuH From sturC, common, f3GndA7O
family tiVH 90, chuicc, ti5Oai>,. fancy
~ i'h,A.i 3D. extra fancy, sb.Sitp1 "a, patent,
fN2st,Nln, quiet
CuuN Mr,t-r,nrl, tJ5O, roller, t25,@
2. o. quiet
blNNs Am rr,s-Nayy beans s225. me.
diuu s9Uu
oar MrU-ln half hrls $500 from store.
tuNtkrUs=Spdi. eNim. tc. treble extra,
&c. rinrvr sulIs. N'sHtrH assorted Jun.
hlvf lutti2s rrpm crackers. 81 riur
tuN,Ktp MuIu-lu hall brls sL5u from
storr
HoNiNN ANp GHus-Frum store s32j.
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LONDON, Oct. 81, A p. m.--Consols closed at
OF ll-l6 for both money and the account.
The amount Of bullion gone into the Bank
OF England on balance today is fl5,000.
PARIS, Oct. 3l.--Thrce per cent. rentes S2f
FAC for the account.
BANK CLEARINGs.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 3l-Clearings, $780,
600.
New ORLEANS La, Oct 3l.-Bank clear
ings, 81, iO3, l12.
NEW YoRK, Oct 3l.-Clcarings, $10s, 1913,
$50; balances, $500, 52G.
BALTIMORE Md, Oct. 3l.-Clearings today,
81, G52, 5i3; balances, S27l ,jl5.
PHLADELrHIA, Pa, oct 3l.-Clcarings,
81, 3Os,6i9; balances, 81, 5IS, 40.
BOsTOS, Mass, Oct. Chickering's So
1893, 800; balances; 81, 4s0,7l2. For the month
-Cleariugs, 472, ,7i0, balances, so, $685.
900. For the same month in lsS7-Clearings,
1857, IA, iSS; balances, $i2 $50, 1888.
ST. LouIs, Mo-, Oct. 81 .-Clearings today,
81 G3G,G9); balances, S2l3,223, For this
Misunderstanding 1880 3l7; balances, $40,
81, 1873. For October, lSS7-Clearings, s7i,-
s55, O20; balances, 81, 1893, no which is an in
crease for this year Of $3.50, $50, or la per
cent
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rroststons.

Tru M,rkcrcl, hall hrls. No. !, $50 No
. $50 iu.lb. NJ, No. I, ii.Jn, NJ. 2. 81 ~.
box W roe herring. hall hrl, $3.50.
Hoo ruuru,rsH Steady. mess pork. ftA IS
wiGu sugar rur,d hams. h,ml2ac. break.
inst BACON. iu' Wi2',r. clear rih sides, bacon.
WsD shoulders, Sfr. bulk pork clear
sides So, clear m sides, si.c. long clear.
So, shoulder. sc
Ian. e.. sfsD hnlf hrls. SIC. Kegs. SIC.
,hHi,r Kettle rAHiOh,c. steady
Poe. fru=htls, sDH hall bfls, a %
krrs IN 49,
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Miscellaneous.

BAGOtNG-ll 1Gri3c.
TrEs-Sl ljMl25.
Suor--Drop, Sl.lj buck, $40.
LEAD-GC.
TALLOw--3Or ic
TouAcco-C Common, 25@35c; other grades,
3j6tS5c.
SNuFr-Garrctts SlO.s5, Rnlphs, $l02j,
Railroad 1925, Gail a AXIS, $500.
PowDER-kes 500, half kegs, S2I5;
quarter kegs, tl7j.
Coal Oub-primc white, wholesale lot, Toe
per gal.
Woodbury., grease wool, unwNshcd, 10
@l3c; clear grease wool, 2Ota25c; bury,
washed 2OGtJOc; tub washed 3O@3lc.
BrEswAX -lSM2Dc.
NMLs-Irun. 500; steel, S2i5.
HlDEs-Dry lnt, No. 1, lie, No. 2, Sc; dry
saltcd, Sc; No. 2 TIC; green sailed, No. 1,
Gisy, No. 2, Nc green, I'd5c, decrskins,
3OtlJ5c shccpskins, ljcd4lOG firm.
WmskY-Stm.ght Kentucky Bourbon,
81. JO@GOO Robinson aud Lincoln counties
Tenn, firm, Sl.5j a. $500 sharp advance on
October, eastern rycs, Sl.SjCtG.OO, according
to the age aud make, common whisky, $40.
Gl30 according to proof; nothing under Il
pcr cent quoted.
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ToHN-frum store white. 6jc mixed. h9c
from icycc ur dcppL white In bulk. Is in
sacks. ole, mixed, in hulk. t5c. In sacks. tUc
buNN-frum rturv, ~. irlm lcycc or de.
pot. sibun
HN HChoicc, from store, on. car load
from lcycc ur depot sih.1GCJiUu1 prime
irum STORE, sutt,'r. cit load. irum lcyrc or
depot sii IN prairie. iupm store. tittUhc, car
luld. ifnm lcNvc ur depot. 90 lnbtiiW
uArs fum store, white. HiC, mixed. I1c.
frim lryvr ~ depot, white boa bulk. 21c. in
siyks. SlD. mixed Ice bulk. IA, in sacks. sic
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Live Stock.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 3l.-The Drorers Jour
nal reports: Cattle-Roceipts, l4,0OO; ship.
ments, 1000. Market dull and l0c lower;
becvcs, IS. 201590, steers, $30O@52 5; stock
ers and feeders, Si.75@3.3O; cows, bulls and
mixed sl.25@2.75; Texas cattle, sl.40@
800; Western rangers, 81. 25@3.SO.
Hogs-Receipts, 1900; shipments, 1900.
Market steady mixed 5o sS % heavy .Uy
$40.
Shecp-Receipts 1000 shipments, 5000.
Market steady natives. S2.50@3.75; western,
$3,0o@3.50; Texans, $2.50@3i5; lambs, 400
LI1 IA
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NEW YoRK, Oct. 3l.-Therc was an un-
even demand for quantities for seasonable
specialt!es, also good quote Of orders for
spring fabrics Of like character. The vol
umc Of business completed was Of good pro-
portions, though reached largely through
deliveries Of old engagements.
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AZ noon; Sputs-Quict with moderate
inquiry. Sales, 10000 bales Of which
American y 100 bales. Receipts 1900 bales,
Of which American II, 100 bales Closing
quotations were rs follows middling, SD.
Futures opened quiet at decline and closed
barely steady.
['fhcsc prices are given In pence and Giths,
thus; iG3 means i63.Gid, aud j.0l means
o i-Old.l
Atl pms November. b.2s sellers No
ycmhcrpcccmhcr, b.22 buyers December
January h.2l sellers. January. February q. u
sellers February March, 52i buyers March
April, 623 sellers; April May 62i value,
May.Junc. . 20 value. June July, 5.2S sellers.
BuY aud sell stock, nnl bonds through r.
NJ. Galbrcnth, No. 10 Madison 1trcct
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NisITiIANrDUs uuNrs.
COTTON MARKETS

The local cotton market op,uod steady
and closed steady middi.ur p'.c. Sales.
900 bales including Uo bale, last evening.
Of whi'h1so1 bales To cap,r,gr, aud ,UJ
bales TO spinner.
honANoE QvorAtioNs.
Ordinary, nominal good ordinary. nom.
inhl. low middlinF sialcs miIiInr ut,,.
good middliug, v,lc,, millliug hir o'.r.
fair. nominal.
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DAILY V0TTON fTATTuINT-

lmInfis- NJ sc u EtagW. = III 1
l.. A N. hh % NAL o. o.. o. ~ o.. h. 90 a
7 u ", 30. X. e., r. An D. o., 49, \ g.. "
D. u r.. 90, J. 81. a. D., sie. T,un MI o. q
To- Hcimi n. i.lil wagons 90 total. aal ia.rs
Etpoft...M Sc a. g.. iDig MAIN d.
/. ana o.. sls. C,o& WRRiiE. L.N
o. a 7. d. R. &c. Tenn. MID. a,i. steamer south
; total. Lap iaioE
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Live stock.

LANns-Choice, DC, common TO good, per
head, S2j1m30l.
iiuos-Choicc light G9Giic; good. 5jS9Cc;
common, hm5'iC.
CArrlr-Choicc, 3h@33lc, good 2R@3c;
scalluwagL lhM21c.
SnEw Choice, &c; medium 3Cg3,ici com.
runn Al UlGt 40
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,nl,nn scch rro,lnc,-.

PRuE CRupE Ou.-loc. prime summer yell
low. 5nc summer white b3r choice cook
ing summer yellow, hjc; cotton seed meal,
$500. less than ear load. ,21.iO.
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
MONEY PER CENT, NEW YORK
EXCHANGE PAR SELLING.

Cotton Steady-Middling Cotton. o Lac
Sales Today, 1900 Bales 90 Tho
General Market is steady-Meats
Steady.
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Wool.


ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 3l.-Wool strong,
but in demand, at unchanged prices.
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OIL and Turpentine.

CLEVELAND, o., Oct. 3l.-Pctroleum
steady; $. W. ii00, TIC.
WILMINGTON, N. c., Oct Sl.-Turpentine
firm at Al &c.
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centrifugals, common TO fair, 20G30ci prime
To choice 3On3bc. sYrup. 20Mi6ci quiet.
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mr. JOHNSON 4 acknowledged by all parilcsin
~ tercsted a. by far the most successful phyxi.
can in the treatment OF private secret discAses
Quick, permanent cures guaranteed In every casa,
male OF female. Recent oaBes OF Gon0rrhea aud
syphilis curcd In lev DAYS without the use Of
aervury, change Of diet. Or hindmncc from bust.
Gated without the use of msncury. Involuntary
los Of uemen stopped in q short time. Sufferers
lnnfn trnpotenry los Of sexual powers restored 10
Inc vir0r In lew weeks. Victims II sell hbuss
and excessive venery, suffering from speunaiouh-a
snd loss Of physical aud meutal power speedily
aud permanently cured Particular attention paid
b. the Diseases Of Women, aud cures Kuamnteed
Piles and old cured without the use OF causto
ur the knife. All consultations strictly coutden.
ual. Medicines sent BY expires " AL paris ol tho
country.
ss- worklngrnen curci At half the usual IstoS
Once houn IRON O'Clock m. 10 y o clock ,. N
u. y JOHNSON. ND
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Spots opened easy and clo.,d quiet mid.
ding pi3i'c halc', 2sihslc-. Quotations
are a. follows. Ordinary, 0ii.ioc good
ordinary. sac low mijdlnE. ojiea, mid
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MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER l. 1885.
Groceries.

2ossc, asked; December, 2l1<c bid; 215sc
asked; May, 2i94c bid, 241sc asked.
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N-ArrEAL orrrcF,

WEDNESDAY EyESING, oct a. 1855,
Money is in good demand, but the suppl,
appears to be ample to meet it, Rates are
firm ut s per cent.
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Dcrrcnsc Do TcccIrls lhls ycaT......... -
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT

Receipts In port this day lsSS...... .........aG'i
Receipts In pori this day, lS-1..,.., ..-....J $50
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NOVEL COLLECTION.
CounterfcIt Presentments nj All the Coz
Ever WOrahtped.

Countcrfclt Presentments nj ALI the Gode
Ever W0rshiped.
A Partisan genius is getting up a
museum in that city which will con-
tain probably the most unique collec-
ton Of curiOsities ever gathered under
a single roof. His object is to obtain
counterfeit prcsentmcnts Of all the
supposed supernatural beings that man
has ever worshiped. There will be in
this museum reproductions Of the South
Sea Islanders. the images Of the Japan
ese and Egyptian gods. the wooden
divinities of Africa and Oceanica, the
deities of China and India. of Greece,
Italy and Gaul. the stone and craven
monsters of Mexico and Peru, the
gogsle-eycd gods Of the Pacific. the
amulets of the North American Indian.
and. in fact, every species of divinity
that art can possibly represent. Thus
far his task will be comparatively
easy onr. but when he comes to the
American part of his collection and
tries to obtain representations OF the
gods worshiped here at present his
work will be much more difficult He
will have TO get the steam yacht. the
race-horsc. the seat in the United
States Senate. the bank account, and
many other 1t our most powerful
divinities, solle Of which would be
difficult. to obtain and impossible to re-
move to this Parisian collection. Per.
liaps. on the whole. y gold dollar.
suitably displayed in glass case.
would be the most appropriate symbo:
to represent tho American part Ut :his
uovel exhibit.-PAilsdslphio 2Sw,ss.
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ON THE ROAD.

Vsss ev is white. the way 10 stern and sore
- oa'nding wastes behind us ana before:
We soon shall see stiller shore
Tho road is long.
s.0nt grey wolves arc famished for thei.
We are bound, and hungrier than they:
iIuls VIII fall when We ourselves are
The road is long.
ieave strong hands to cleanse away the
stain,
We plod on along the shudderinR plain
~ "afching-music OF the crcakinR chain
The road is long
.e .anos OF Tyranny are slow 70 run,
ans That this and many . morrow's sun
sec the goal ungainci. the work IN
The road is long.
Ouf ifves were laddc--run1s: the Cause moves
on:
ne light shines fair as ever II has shone:
Asl oiaxe ful bright ere many years DO
gone
The road is long.
We are but bubbles breaking in the sea-
ase stronG. SLOW tide that one day will be free:
we snail not know it-yea, but il Will be.
The road 10 long,
-'roA0M Il. 7omso1. in " T. lnifpsndens.
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EMPEROR WILLIAMS AGE.

Ne laopsreh Known Who Reached the
Number Of His Years.
Long reigns arc rare in history
long royal lives much rarer still.
Princes occupy one of tho lowest levels
in tho whole range Of longevity. The
air Of courts is destructive Of health.
nerve aud vigor. Lives which early
corruption. luxurious and eheminate
habits unchecked passions and un-
ceasing excitement do not undermine
arc frequently shortened by consum-
ing ambition or care. warlike toll and
peril or the murderous hand Of con-
spiracy. Among the rkably long
reigns in history are those Of Uzziah
Of Judah (fifty-two years). Mithridates
Of POntus (ifty-seven). Sapor IL q
Persia (scventy-one). Alfonso 1 Of
Portugal (seventy-three). Frederick
I'LL Of Germany (ifty-three). Chris
tian Nv. Of Denmark (sixty).
Louis XIV. Of France (seventy.
two), George I'LL Of England
(6fty.nine). Ferdinand w. Of Naples
(sixty y-five). and Pedro IL of Brazil
(fifty.seven). Bat Uzziah was =
youth when he was placed ON tho
throne. Mithridatcs . boy. Sapor a
newborn babe. Alfonso an infant.
Christian eleven years old. Louis four.
Ferdinand nine. and Pedro five. and
Of all tho mon archs mentioned only
George I'LL reached tho ago Of four
score. Poland had one King who
lived to the age Of eishty-eight
Stanlslas Lcszczynsk ski; but he reigned
only five years and survived his
throne fifty-six years. living in quiet
retirement. We must go back to the
days of antiquity to find Emperor
Williams royal peers in age. and the
only ones we discover are Hero II. Of
Syracuse AMI Masinissa OF Numidia
both Of whom ended their reign at tho
age Of about ninety. The reign oi
Rameses H.. Pharaoh Of Egypt-ths
Sesostris Of the Grceks-is believed by
some Egyptologists to have lasted
about sixty-seven years and his life
about one hundred. but others reduce
both his reign and hi. days to normal
proportions Thus 10 Emperor known
to history. no reigning King ir
Christendom. ever reached the aga d
William. Chicago TTibwSs.
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EXIT THE BRIDESMAID.

An Exps.sIvs Fashion which L. Said -
He Gradually Disappesring.
Ono Of The notable features of fash
ION this year will be the gradual dis
appearance Of bridesmaids from we'd
dings Nothing can DO prcttier. in
theory always and occasionally IN
reality than group Of whitehall
ma:dens attending their friend TO tho
altar and Illuminating the scene with
their decorative presence. but under
existing arrangements bridesmaids
are a very expensive luxury The
bridegroom has not only to give each
one of them daintily-costly present.
but he is expected 10 furnish them
with bouquets a well.
There has Of late been q tendency
toward very tiny bridesmaids. whose
tender age would naturally reduce the
expense Of the parents in proportion
to their years But even these arc
disappearing in favor Of small %.
called pages. who know 50 little Of .
pages duties that they alternately
tread on the brides train and trot aft
er il but who do not expect either
jewelry or bouquets
The fact 10 that bridesmaids have.
20 to speak. raised their terms to such
an exalted height that humsn nature.
in the shape Of cxaspera.ed bride.
grooms. has begun 10 ask il they can
not be dispensed with. And his Will
certainly come about Gnlcss. ~ In
..Ruddigore." there should be esiah.
lished an organized brigade OF bride y
maids ready with their services on
every occasion and anxious 10 ''haii
lhs ridegroom' in consideration af n
sery uidiag Zee. London Telegraph,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-05-26
FACES IN CHICAGO.


What an Observer May Sec In the Garden
City's Busy SsreetA
Walk up State street. ride on a
street car. stand around suburban
depot-how many daffotlils do you
see? How many faces that bear evi.
dence of sunshiny hearts? How many
eyes that tighten with pure and kindly
inner fires? You will see hosts of
hard-featurcd men and women scut.
iling along in their various callinSs.
pursuing vocatiOns where their aim is
not SO much to serve worthily as to
maintain their so-callcd rights. Yoa
will see tobacco.impregnated men
expcctoratinS on stair-cases where
women are forced to trail their skirts;
you will see cadavcrous faces where the
abuse of hygcnic laws has left its
death-likc mark; you will see untidy
people. who ought to be corralled like
wolves and kept from blightinS the
pure air with their noisomc presence;
YOU will see lazy eyes and suspicious.
hawk. like brows. and sensual lips anil
cruel mouths, anl idioiic chins. and
rinchcd and mincing gaits. and pow
dered and painted cheeks. and arti-
fetal hangs and frizzes; but tell me.
oh, tell me. for the love of sweet
Heaven. where will you see any thing
better than this sad category? How
often will you encounter facs that
you will take on trust? or an eye that
Won know borrows its light from
Heaven? or = manner that is sweet
and cordial as tho breath Df a rose in
tho dew? Number them on your
fingers. my dear. and only uss one
hand in a days travelling; Chicago
Journal