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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-15
RlannO County.
.pecial Correspondence of The Statesman.

Special Correspondence of The Statesman.
BLANoo, November l2.-FGll returns for
this county show the following vote: For
Cleveland electors, 613; Harrison electors,
156; Streeter electors, A; Fisk electors, 8.
For congress-Jos. d. Sayers, $50;
Augustus Beknap, III. For governor
L. S. Roas, 649; Marion Martin, 10. For
representative Erghty-n1nth district
VIM. Clemmens, GAS; j. Geisecke, 81. For
county judges. w. Wallis, 564; j. H.
Haley, 269. For attorney . hirty-third
distriot-W. W. Martin, 683. For sheriff
w. j. Jackson, 1917; A. w. Cox, 445. For
county ACKNOWLEDGING Jennings, 279;
Jno. r. Brown, 1873. For hide and animal
spector-Chas. JKlett, IT'S. For county
and district clerz-W. p. Lummy, 47S;
j. G. Baldwin, 354. For treasurer. B.
Maddox, 627; L. W. Haines, 800. For
assessor-H. &. Brown, 1872; A. G. Pury,
357; p. f. Appel, 4S5; f. E. Hoffman, 36l.
The county commissioners elected are
Chas. S. Martin, precinct No. /; W. D..
Felps, precinct No. 3; Alfred Davis, pre-
cinct No. 3; Ernest Haas, precinct No 4.
There is democratic gain over last
election in this county of 65 votes. Say
ers' majority is not as large as in 1886,
but exceeds that of 1884.
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Delicate Children, Nursing

Mothers, overworked men, AID for all diseases
where the tissues are wasting away from the in
ability to digest ordinary food, or from oYerwork
of the brain or body, all such should take SCOTS
Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophos-
phites. 81 used the Emulsion on lady who was
delicate and threatened with bronchitis. 1t put
her in such good health and flesh that must say It
8 the best emulsion ever used" L. P. Wsddell,
NJ. D.. Hugh's Mills, S. G.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-15

President Cleveland has signified his in
tention of attending with his entire cabi-
net the centennial celebration of George
town university, District of Columbia, to
be held February % next. The president
will deliver the honorary degrees to be
awarded on the occasion.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-15

For the English hunting season, which
has Just begun, 345 packs of various kinds
are advertised to take part. Fifteen packs
of staghounds are in England and Ire
land. OF foxhounds there are 1856 in Eng
land, In Scotland and Is in Ireland; of
barriers there are 90 in England, 8 in
Scotland and 30 in Ireland, and of beagles
there are 10 in England, Wales and Ireland
com bined.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-15

One of the results noted of building the
Canadian Pacific railroad across Maine is
the increased smuggling of liquor into
the state from Canada. 1t is alleged that
along the line the system of "pocket
peddling" has grown rapidly of late. On
the northwestern boundary of Maine there
are no less than thirty townships which
border on Canadian soil, and for all this
line, much over 100 miles in extent, there
are but two custom house officials and one
assistant. Hundreds of men and women
are engaged in this unlawful selling.
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Although there have been reports that
bull-fghting in SPAN showed tendency
of declining, the facts are that more new
rings have been built and more plazas re-
paired during the last twelve years than
in the preceding twenty. Seats bring
higher prices than formerly. The pay of
the espadas has risen. Frascuello and La
gartijo get SLIPS for each performance.
Out of this they pay their two picadores,
three bandileros and apuntillero, the man
who kills the bull with dagger in case he
refuses to rise and face the espada.
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REMEMBER Gsnt the P RssSTss,S q
and Early, who are in charge of the drawings, 10
guarantee of absolute fairness and integrity that
the chances are all equal, and that no one can
possibly divine what number will draw q prize.
Remember, also, that the payment of all Prizes
Ia ANTEED BY -FOUR NATION.
AL BANKS of New Orleans, and the Tickets
are signed by the President of an Institution,
whose chartered rights are recognized in The
highest Courts; therefore, beware OF all imita-
tons or anonymous schemes.
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COTTON MARKETS.

AUSTIN.
Aus IN, November 13.-The following were
local quotations. Low middling, S4c; mddling,
Sssc; good middIing, &c; middling fair, Csc.
GALVESTON.
GALVESTON, November 13.-[Specisll Cotton
Spot closed firm at sc advance; gross receipts,
6i9 bales; salea, 102 bales shipments coastwise,
500; stock, Il 0f bales. Ordinary, 1876: good
ordinary, S 1-l6c: low middling, 9Ac; middling,
1l.16c: good middling, 10 1-l6c; middling fair,
10 9-l6c.
NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, November 49, Especial. Cotton
Firm; middling, 9ssc; good ordinary, S7Sc; net
receipts, 23gT bales gross receipts, ., S55 bales;
exports to Great Britain, SELL bales; exports to
France, ,l21 balee exports to the continent, II,
463 bales; exports coastwise, 1882 bales; sales,
G,ijO bales; stock, 1856 1886 bales.
FUTURES.
Futures opened steady 3 to 4points higher, ruled
and closed steady at point of advance on yester-
days close. November, 9.33-35c; December, 9 81
35c; January, 94142c; February, 9.5l-52c; March,
s.6l-62c; April 9.71-72c; May, 9.Sl-s2c June,
sl;gsc; july 10 Oo-1002;; August, s97-99c; sales,
"A 900 bales.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, November Relationships
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LIVESTOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, November 13.- Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 10000; shipments, $500;
choice, 5.0e@5 So; steers, 3.00@4.0O;
stockers and feeders, 2O0@3.35; COWS,
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bulls and mixed, 1.35@3.1O; Texas cattle
2.60@3.25; western rangers, 4,5C@g4 65.
HOgs--Receipts, $4,000; shipments
5000; lower; mixed and light, 5 .25@5.50
heavy, 5.O005 60.
Sheep Receipts, 10000; shipments,
5000; steady; natives, 2+O@4.2O; west
ern, 8eo@8.6o; Texans, 2.5O@3.4Oi
lambs, 4.OO@57O.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CRY, November 13.-The Live
Stock Indicator reports:
Cattle - Receipts, 1884; shipments,
1888; active; good to choice cornfed,
4.95@5.25; common to medium, $3.50
4.60; stockers and feeding steers, 1909
$50; grass range steers, 1.50@3.00; COWS,
1.0O@2 so.
none; market lower; good to choice, 6.35
@6.421%; common to medium, 4.80@5. 30.
Sheep-Receipts, 1858; shipments 500;
market steady; good to choice muttons,
3.50@3.75; common to medium, 1.50@
800.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, November 13. Cattle Receipts
1900; shipments, 1900; steady; choice
heavy native steers, 5.OO@56O;e fair to
good native steers, 4.4O@5.OO; butchers,
3.40@4 .40i stockers and feeders, 2.10@
300; rangers, cornfed, 3.OO@4.10; grass
fed, 2.O0@3O0.
Hogs Receipts, 1900; shipments, 1000;
weak; choice heavy, 5.35@545; packing,
5.25@5.40; light grades, 5.1O@55O.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; shipments, 500;
firm: fair to choice, 3.OO@4.4O.
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quiet; mladllng 9plauds, IOo; DC oriesns, ic'sc;
sales to-day, 2i6 bales.
FUTURES
Futures cosed barely steady: sales, I'd, 100 nales
November, 9.u5c; December, 20; january, . S3c
February, e.g5c; March, 10 0Ic; April, l0l7c;
May 1926; June, l0.Sic; July, 10 slc; August
l0iGc
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, November I3.--Cotton-Quiet and
unchanged, sales, l0,O0O bales, of which 1900
bSes were Cor speculation and export, including
400 bales American
FUTURES
Liverpool futures opened quiet, at 1 to points
higher, ruled STEADY, closed firm at advance of 2
TO points over yesterdays close. October-No-
vember, 535d asked; November-D December 532d
asked; December-Jsnuary, 5.3Od asked; January
February, 5 BOD asked; February March, 8 BOD bid;
March-April, 5.S2d bid; April-May, 5 .33d asked; ;
May-June, 5.35d asked: June'July, 5.36d bid.
CLOSING PRICES IN LEADING MARKETS.
GALVESTON, November 13-[Speciall The leading
spot markets closed to-day, as follows: Liverpool
quiet and unchanged; sales, 10000 bales. New
York quiet at Lido advance sales, 3lS bales. New
Orleans firm at 1l6c advance; sales, $3.50 bales.
COTTON STATEMENT
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The United States has more than six
times as many miles of railroad as Great
Britain, but the cost of construction was
only twice as much as Great Britain's. In
1887 the gross earnings of the roads of
the United States, with six times the length
of road, were about three times those of
Great Britain.
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STOCKS AND BONDS.

New YoRK, November 13.-The stock
market was extremely active, excited,
weak and feverish in the first hour, but
recovered somewhat later in the day,while
becoming quiet and the noise settled.
Southern and southwestern stocks were
remarkably firm Throughout the weak spell
and their fluctuations were quite small
There was some let up to the decline to-
ward the end of the hour, but weakness
again appeared, although activity was
much reduced and lower prices were gen
orally reached before noon. The market
finally closed quiet but firm generally, at
a small fractions decline from opening
prices. few stocks show advances of q
small fraction, but the rest of the list are
merely lower. The railroad bond market
presented no feature of interest, but re-
manned quiet and generally steady
throughout the entire day, failing to
sympathize in any way with the extent in
the share list. Government bonds dull
and steady; state bonds dull but steady
to firm. The following were the closing
prices bid:
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The best and cheapest in the world.
Doctor Bulls Cough Syrup costs you
only 25 cents bottle.
Mr.. Charles Schreiner, foreman of q
large meat house in Baltimore, Nd, says:
salvation Oil acts like magic on a
sprained wrist" Price, 20 cents.
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FUTURES

Leading futures closed as follows:
Wheat-No. 2, November, 1.1212;
December, l1312; January, 1.1158; May,
Lag.
Corn-No. 2, November, 4O4c; Decem-
Der, $3.50; January, 3715c; May, $500.
Mess pork-Per barrel, November,
14.5719; December, 14.5715; January,
4.6719; May, 14.9712.
Lard-November, S.l719; December,
S.O719; January, 8.O715; May, S.2215.
Short ribs November, 7.45; January,
7.45.
CASH QUOTATIONS.
Flour-Dull, firm and unchanged.
No. 2, spring wheat, 1.12@1.1213;
No. red, 1.12@1.1215.
Corn No. 2, 4O4c.
Mess Pork 14.6215@14.75.
Lard-8.1715@S.2O.
Short Ribs-Sides Qoose) $50.
Dry Salted-Shoulders 7.75@S 90.
Short clear sides-Boxed, 8.25@8.373
NEW YORK.
New YORK, November 13.-Flour-
S teady.
Wheat-Higher. Spot, No. red,I Ito
@11112. Options closed: November,
Ito; December, Ill; January, 1.154;
May, 1855; June, 1.154.
Corn-Lower. Spot No. 3, 494@50l 10.
Options closed: December, SOC; Jan
uary, 49c; May, 49c.
Coffee--Options: Very steady; sales:
2O,75O bags, including November, 1860
1850; December, 10 45@13.5O; January,
133O@13.35; February, 10. 2O@13.30; spot
Rio foir oornoas 1R1/O
Sugar-Raw firm, quiet; fair refining,
sac; centrifugal, 96c; test refining, Ga %
81; refined, steady and quiet.
Rice-Quiet.
ST. LOUIS.
ST.. LOUIS, November 3.-Flour-Mar-
ket dull and lower.
Wheat-The opening was $8c lower on
dull and weak cables, rallied later and
closed 5000 above yesterday. Cash,
1.0615 bid; December closed 1911; May,
1.12B.
Confirm; cash, 800; November, 36c,
closed at $50, and nominal; December,
344c, asked; January, 3318c; May, 3O4c.
Cornmeal-Steady at 215@2,2O.
Whisky-Steady at LA.
Provisions-Quiet.
l. OIh-lO'OOs
Lard-Prime steam nominal at 9.00@
8.1219.
Dry salt meats-Shoulders, 500; longs
and ribs, 76O@78719; short clear, 8OO@
8,1215.
Bacon-Shoulders, 500; longs and ribs,
S.6212@8.75; short clear, 9.0O@912H.
Hams-11 .00@13. so.
Begging Steady; 119fb, 1115c; BIB,
1910.
Iron-Cotton ties, 1,20@1.25.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS Cry, November 13.-Wheat-
Steady; No. 2 red cash, SOC asked +;
December, SS19c bid; May, go.
Corn--Steady; No. 2 cash, 2812c bid;
December, 2624o bid; year, 2838c bid;
January, 2Sc bid; May, 304c.
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GRAIN AND PROVISION MARKETS
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, November 13.-Wheat was I'M
settled, the opening being 18@4o below
yesterday, and the close about 10 higher.
Corn ruled weak, closing 5000 below
yesterdays closing figures
A fairly active trade was reported in
PORK, with prices steady.
Lard ruled 212@5c lower. Trading in
short ribs was limited. ),
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we do hereby certify that wa ,ra.
wise the arrangements for all the M supe,-
anna seem semi-annnal Drawings OF the LOuj,I
manage and control the Drawings thensa,,apss fa q
tnst the same are conducted with honesty no
and In good faith toward all parties and W. sn,ss
re re the Company to use this Certificate , ~,,s
vertsements u' III lts a.
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MONEY.

New YORK, November 13.-Money on call
easy at 2@3 per cent; last lean, 2
per cent; closed offered at 2
PER cent; prime mercantile pa
per at 1905 per cent; Sterling ex-
change quiet but steady at 4.S419 for
sixty day bills and 1919 for demand.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-15

TDUR sALE-alU acraa Of well improved land,
y ioe orchard, lasd1g watsr, plenty of timber,
GOOD outlet harvester, sllkr, etc, Tor S2.oOO on
easy terms. -. r True, Bsrtram. Texas
4 Co, lul ". IN ,iinis q Arc street, or box
$50 austin. NegJdaies len note and loans from
95O1 70 S'h,ClJ az low rates, on improved lands.
This Is a home company with principal Office q
AuetlA.
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Wanted, Fen Sale, Etc.

Advertisements inherited In this column at the
cute VI - cents for four lines of seven words each
.u- less, aud 3 cents Tor each additional line each
insertion.
All notices appearing 10 hese columns must In
sfrisby be paid FOR IN advance. No Exception will
ll glade 20 this rule.
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FINANCIAL.
EXCHANGE.
COIN VALUES,
SECURITIES.

Boston, November 13.-Mexican AS
6412@65c common, 1318@14c; scrip
$3.50.
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ata Grand extraordinary drawings take NJ.
semi annually, Dune and Decemberl A 20 piace
Grsnd Single Number Drawings take n a1u its
each OF the other ten months in the wear pSe on
New Orleans, La. VI Music,
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. STOCK NOTES.
Gathered From the Newspapers
Published IN the Range
Country.
Shipment and Sale Of Cattle-The
ST. Louis Cattlemen Con-
yention-The Home
Market.

Cattle are in demand here n Aust
ouly by tbs butchers ana thsg 'e buying
some very fat stock Just now At $l2@S16
per head. Fat nations are rot so plenti-
full, and hogs can hardly be obtained.
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Louisiana State L otterv s,or,,.

'''''I''I 1'' H'''O0 IVIVsry COMPANY
.o Incorporated by ybs Legislature i 1868 ID, y =,
chise made part of the prese, Stsra S 10 ran
IIon in 1873, by an overwhelming popul4r yn,o
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Address registered letters TO NEW ORLEANS
NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, Ls.
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Mammoth Drawing.
At the Academy of Music New Orleans.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1855.
CAPITAL PRIZE, S60OOOO

100000 Tickets at Forty Dollars each. Haly,,
20; Quarters, $40; Eighths; So; Twentieths ss
Fortieths, 81. ~
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1888-12-07
Tho NnluC of Vaccination.

Zurich, according to The Lancet, is be-
ginning to suffer from the effects of
neglect of vaccination. Until 1888 a
compulsory vaccination law was in force,
but iii that year it was repealed; the sue
cess of the Observation-Disclosures depending,
it is said, upon tho fact that not q single
case of smallpox occurred in 1882. But
in 1888. in every / 200 deaths, two were
caused by smallpox; in 1884 thero were
three in every 1000; in 1885, seventeen,
and in the first quarter Of 1886 there
werc eighty-fvo deaths.
While Europe is exhibiting folly by
showing in some localities opposition to
vaccination, Japan is deriving benefits
from the recognition of its value. Naga-
saki possesses governor, named Kusaka,
who is bent upon ridding the town of the
diseases which formerly infested it. BY
means of q system of compulsory vaccin-
alton, vigorously enforced by the gov
ernor, smallpox, long familiar scourge
in tho old town, has been practically
stamped out. Germany, too, is showing
the effects Of revaccination, and hitherto
the freedom Of German towns from small
pox has contrasted in marked degree
with n larger prevalence of this disease
in other European towns where revaccin-
alton is not enforced. Probably the out
come Of the experience of the present
generation will be the enforcement of
revacclnation in tho majority of civilized
countries. Science.
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M
nsins imperturbab1e in the face Of the
most astounding transformations; if ami
mails, and even inanimate objects, become
gifted with speech, he is not surprised;
yet he is likely TO startled and terrified
by the most trifling things. If he dreams
Of being pursued, it is not by lion or
tiger, but, perhaps, let us say, by an in
distinct yellow blur, lowering near the
ground like will-o'-the-w e-wisp-unsneak-
ably sinister to his fancy-darting from
thickets, and gliding in and out among
the trees.
II is somewhat Disseminating to realize
that dyspepsia is one of the prime factors
in f1ream making. 1t matters little
wlzsther the conscience be clear, if the
dlgestion be not in equally good case.
Most people have experienced the excita-
tion, the supcrsensitiveness of every
faculty, brought about by febrile con
dition of the blood-the lghtness of head
and limb, extending, as one fancics,
even to the loss of gravity-the strange,
unfamiliar aspect assumed by well known
objects about the room; for fever, like
Indigestion, is fertile breeder of phan-
tasfns. New Orleans Times Democrat.
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Tho Petroleum produclnr strata.

Oil producing strata do not always be-
long to the same geological period. In
Kentucky and Tennessee the petroleum
is furnished by the lower silurian; that
is, by the most ancient stratified rocks.
In Upper Canada it is found in the lower
Devonian, and in Pennsylvania in the
upper EevoaiGn. The springsof .rveStcr:.
Virginia flow from the upper carbonifer-
GUS strata. In Connecticut and North
Carolina coal oil is found in the trias, in
Colorado and Utah in the lignites Of the
cretaceous formation, while the oil pro-
ducing regions Of California belong to
the tertiary period. 1t is q remarkable
fact that most of the deposits of the
ancient world exist in comparatively re-
cent tertiary formations, as for instance
those Of the oil impregnated sands OF
Alsace, Of the south of France, and Of
Abruzzia and Emilia in Italy. There
are numerous deposits In Galicia and the
Danubian provinces similarly placed,
while the strata that contain those Of
the Crimea, the Caucasus and the island
Of Taman are Of nearly the same geolog-
ical epoch. 1t is a fact to be noted that
the oils coming from the greatest depth
are Of the best quality, those produced
from nearer the surface Of the earth
seeming to have lost some Of their vola-
tile elements. San francisco Chronicle.
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AS Old as fhe Exo6ns.

n most interesting experiment culmi-
:."ted the other day in the raising Of some
wheat grown from seeds as old as the
Exodus The experimenter Is David
Drew, who last year received from n
friend in Alexandria, Egypt, some grains
of wheat taken from mummy exhumed
near the ruins of Memphis, and belong
Ing, it is believed, to the period of tho
Ninth Dynasty, which would make ir
grown about 5000 B. c., or be nearly
5000 years old. He planted the seed
early in the spring, and carefully nursed
it. 1t grew rapidly, and OF the time of
cutting measured from six and half to
seven feet high. The leaves alternate on
the stalk like common wheat, but tho
product Of tho plant is the most singular
part of it, for, instead Of growing In tho
ear like modern corn, there is O heavy
cluster of small twiss in place Of the
spindle which hangs downward from its
weight, and each twis is thickly studded
with kernels, each Of which Is In sepa-
rate husk. From wnat is threshed q
larger crop will be grown next year, as
tho result proves this ground to exceed
in quality anything that the modern
grain can grow.--Plymouth (Aiass.) Cor.
Cincinnati Enquire.
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Tribute Of Love.
ADSLLA @. JErER,

Inc following resolutions were ,oor.,
sunJ.r d. hslly. ely and adopted by Xeliy's Chan q
d,,n, whereas, it has pleased Almigb,v Co, a.,
smpw User or all things. to rcmoy. ~'U, sa' on'
trmo tmong us Adella c. Jeter, the fai,hSni IRON
Il thane friend and affectionate Daughter pug,,' Ra
Love '1!oea, lst That in the death Of o,r ,o
.uh",;e eu m..e sister, while we bow in bun pe p..
Stssion iSst h to the divine will, and r rso;ae G,e
and ,U aNine grace her end was peocsf'I oUI
ss triumphant, yet we can but feel rve,u, thot na
az ss oesn bereaved of q kind l;,,Ie ,nae fr;oy we
sIs SUNDAY School one ofits brigb,s.. '9ou'
bers. 0n' Oh us purest mem
f.mIIn nnd That ct we extend to the immedi.,.
tr;"y t;y OF our deceased fellow nnn;1 a,ats a
.ra.. our christian coincidence in ,ho;a auu
60 mar, as further token of opr rs.,o.
bsr Py oI 'hese resolutions be transmi,ta% %t'' -.
nnh,;sv h ,1;eresved family, and that tbsv o,aa 10
C5r;,s;na C5nea IN the Union TINES and Sov,s, oe
M. c. DEAvER, ~
Secty.
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The Rich Beggars of Thrace.

Perhaps the most curious of all guilds
in an Oriental town and one which -four
ishes exceedingly in Cavalla is the beg
gars guild. Like other guilds, they have
their own laws, their president and their
council; this council gives a diploma to
those who wish to beg, and without per-
mission no one burst seek aims at the
churches, mosques or street doors; all the
legitimate beggars would rise up in arms
against him and his life would not be
worth much. Friday is the recognized
beggars' day, on which day they go
round from door to door and get their
wallets filled with bread and beans; these
are divided by tho community; nothing
is private property; it Is against their
creed.
The beggars' brotherhood is rich; they
possess house property, the income of
which is spent for the benefit of the COM
munity, and once year-on the day Of
ST. John the Charitable-they have a
feast. They all go to church on this
day. 1t would be difficult to recognize
fhS tidily dressed members of this hon
orable community in their best clothes;
rags and tatters are only de rigueur for
them when they are on their rounds.
Beggary pays very well. If beggar's
iaughter marries she is lowered by the
fcbnamunity, the president sees to the be-
trotbal, and his consent is essential. AT
GBaionica Blind Demetrius is the presi-
dent; he is easily recognized as he pa
ndes the streets, singing his everlasting
<ail:
and night, day and night, I live in the dark.
1tch that ami Ihear the word, but cannot
see it.
rd though you know him to be a
man, that his wife is well dressed,
that his daughter will receive a
some dover, his plea for aims is
" irresistible. Magazine.