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Tho Jobbing Trade.
COAL AND Xxi

Block, So. Is y tom; Minshali. SO. 5 y ton; Jack.
son, 1915 p tons Pittsbure, 81 y ton; Raymond
city. 50 p ton; winifrede. 81 y ton; Campbell crsk,
ton: nut. S2.75 y ton; Highland. 49, rs p ton: Dug
gar (Peacock) lump, So p ton; nut, So p ton; chest
nut. No. 4 and stove anthracite. 81 ~ tom; egg and
CRATE anthracite, 1878 y ton; gas coke, 13c y bu;
crushed coke. lac y bu. All soft coal, nut size, SOC
y ton less than the above prices on the same quality
CANNED GOODS
Peaches-Standard. 3.pound. 81. 2502.50; 3.pound
seconds $2.0O02. %. Observation-Disclosures,
2-pound, 90c 81 co.; raspberries, 2-pound, $1.150
l.so; pineapple s sta 2pound, $L60o2.5o;
full weight, 95c0$1; light, 6507Oe; 2-pound. full,
$1.7001.80 light. 90ca$1; string beans. S5ca$l;
Lima beans, $1.2001.3O; peas, marrowfat. $1,000
lao; small, $1.5O01.75; Holsters, ~$1.S502; red
cherries, $1.0001.10; strawberries, $l.30ol.50;
salmon (fbsl $2o2.75.
Alcohol. $2.2202.30 asafatida, 15020c; alum, 4
05c; canphor, 30032c; cochineal, 50055c; chloro-
form, $4,000; copperas, brls, $50 8. 90; cream tar
tar, pure, 40042c; indigo. 800S1c; licorice, Cala5,
morphine. P. s. w. y OF, $3.50; madden, 120
lac; oil. castor, y gal, 81. 250 80; oil, ~bergamot, y
n, 1898 25: opium, Is; quinine, p. & w..
y OF, 50055c balsam copabia, 60065c; soap,
CASTLE, Fr., 12016c; soda, bicarb, 4la06c; salts,
zoe; turpentine. 40o42c; glyoerine, 25o SOC; iodids
potass.. $303.2 20. bromide potass. 40142c: cnlor-
ate potash, Csc; borsx. 1o0l2c; cinchonidia, ia
15c, carbolic acid. 45050c.
oILs-Iinseed oil, raw. 47e p gaI boiled. soc:
45c; Labrador, zoe; West Virginia. iubrieatine, goa
Soc; miners. Csc. Lard Ois-So. 1, 50055c; do,
extra, 65D70c.
WHITE LEAD-Purs. 6%ss lower grades, 5lSo6o
DRF GOODS.
Misunderstanding AGA. l3es Consstoga BIZ
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Elsewhere.

Elsewhere.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. Observation-Disclosures, 400;
shipments /, 600. Market stronger. Choice heavy
native steers, $505.6O; fair to good native steers,
Si.4O a5.15; butchers steers, medium to choice,
40S4 90; stockers and feeders Ss ;o fair et to good
Hogs-Recsipts. 600; shipments. 600. Market
s $3.50 Ss'' packing may medium siS '1 70 prime, $500;
6.35; light grades. ordinary to best. Sc. 1O06.25.
sheep7Receipts, 500; Shipments, 5000. Market
Horses-Receipts, 100; shipments, 100. Texans
and Indians. IA carloads. $20034.
KANSAS CITY. Aug. 18.-The Live Stock Indicator
reports: Cattle-Receipts. 1.112; shipments. none.
choice c~orn-fed, SIS 5 common to medium, 1925
04.75; grass range steers, $l.SOd3.25 stockers and
feeding steers, $1.5003.65; cows, $l.2502.s0.
Hogs--Receipts, l,227; shipments. none. Market
active. and Zoe higher; good to choice. S6.1O06.2O;
as.
Shesp-Receipts. Ala; shipments, mono. Market
steady; good to choice muttons. $3.5oG4; common
to medium, $l.5003.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1s.-The Drovers' Journal re-
SGsts; o.sssiSrs .ssslp s5 sasSeE =.5ip .esoss,, 2 sSS
feeders. $203.30: cows. bulls and mixed. Sl.3503;
TS1as cattle, SI.7503.5o.
ket strong. and 5oIOc higher; mixed. $5.sO06.35;
heavy. $5.9o06.6o' light, S5.so06.5o' skips' $40
Sheep aud Lambs-Receipts, $500; shipments,
1000. Market slow; natives. $~2.7504.25; West
ern. $303.s0; Texans. $2.7503.6O; lambs, $500
at.
BUFFALO, Aug. 1S.-Cattle--Receipts, $500
head through; $50 head for sale. Market firm:
good 1,lOOlfb and upwards. $4-eO06. 10; stockers
and feeders. $2.7503.25.
Sheep and Lambs--Receipts. $500 head through;
2, 200 head for sale. Sheep steady; good so TO 100
fbs, $404.75; lambs weak; Canada, $~6.2506.50;
Western, $606.25.
Hogs-Receipts. 5000 head through; 700 head
for sale. Market strong and 5010c higher: medium,
$500; Workers. $6o6.50; pigs, 3 .2505.60 roughs
unchanged.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, Aug. 1s.-Cattle-Receipts,
969; shipments. S36. Nothing doing; all through
consignraents, Thirty-fve cars of cattle shipped to
New York to-day.
Hogs-Receipts. 1900: shipments. 1000. Mar.
ket fair. Philadelphias, $6.45 06. So; mixed, S6.4O
06.45; Workers, So. 2006.35; commo to fair. So
&C. Is; pigs, $5.75Q6. Eight cars of hogs shipped
to New York to-day.
sheep-Receipts. Zoo; shipments. 2,400. Mar
ket dull at unchanged prices.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 1s.-Catts-Receipts. 21s;
shipments, III. Market quiet.
Sheep and L-ambs--Receipts. $50; shipments. l.
ESQ. Market steady. Lambs quiet and easy az $50
$40.
Hogs-Market frmer; common and light, $506.25;
packing and butchers, $5.9006.40. Receipts, 2l3;
shipments. none.
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CONDITION OF THE MARKETS
AChangein the Tone of Speculation, Ac-
companied by a Decline in Prices,
Which Affects Both Wheat and C%orn-0ats
Firm and a Fraction Higher-PrOvisions,
However, Continue to Show Strength.
MONEY. BONDS AND STOCKS.
A Dull, Unsettled, Feverish and Generally
Weak Market In New York.

A Dull. Unsettled. Feverish and Generally
Weak Market In New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-Money on call was easy
at 1lao2 per cent. the last loan being made at 2, clos
ing offered at 1; Prime mercantile paper. 4d6ts per
cent.
Sterling exchange steady at s4.s4is for sixty-day
bills, and S4.s7 for demand
The total sales of stocks to-day were 80, 514;
shares, including the following: Delaware. Lacka-
wann. & Western, 7.340; Erie, 4,216; Kansas s.
Texas, 1850; Lake Shore, $3.50; Louisville & Nash
vile. 1876; Missouri Pacific, 5000; Northwest
ern, 4.045; New Jersey Central. 1.700; Northern
Pacific perferred 1880; Reading. 10, Ito; st. Paul.
IA. 500; Western Union, 9,5s2.
The stock market was dull to-day, and. while some
what unsettled and feverish, was generally weak, and
most Of the list closed lower this evening than the last
previous sales. There was 9 more hopeful feeling on
the street at the opening, and first sales were made
at advances over last evenings closing figures of from
ls0Ss per cent. which. advantage was further in
creased by small fractions in the early trading. The
business done was small and unimportant. how
ever. and when the first demand slacke
off the bears renewed their pressure against
the list, and everything weakened. The grangers
led of. with Northwestern IN the lead. but the Gould
stocks became most prominent shortly, and Missouri
Pacific rapidly declined over i per cent. the bulls
in these stocks being very timid and the feeling upon
them very unsettled. New England was the next
point of attack, sud retired a fraction, though the
general list was somewhat stronger and recovered
partially from the lowest prices reached. The move
msnt lacked vim, however, and the tone of the mar
ket at the close was rather heavy and unsettled. The
final changes, while IN some cases for more than
fractional amounts, were almost invariably in the d.
rection of lower figures.
The railroad bond market was unusually narrow,
and the changes in quotations extremely small, there
being no marked movement anywhere IN the list.
As in the share list, dullness was the most conspicu-
Gus feature. but the activity IN the heading issues
brought up the total sales TO Q fairly respectable
amount.
Tie full sales reached 1926. 600, of which the
Reading frsts incomes contributed SO 900, but
the dealings were utterly devoid Of any other feature.
Government bonds dull and steady.
state bonds were entirely neglected. Closing quo
fafiona uunra.
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NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
Yesterdays Quotations ON Produce at q.
Two Great Commercial Centers.

- Eks0
Two Great Commercial Centers.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-F7our-Recsipts, Is, 1872
packages; exports, 1,121 brls and 500 sacks.
Generally unchanged; trading was slow; exporters
bought 500 packages. Sales. Is. 900 brls-
wh~eat-Receipts, 128. 800 bu: exports, none;
sales, 1884. 600 bu futures, "a. 600 bu spot; $40
lie lower; freer offerings; less demand from shippers
and millsrs, closing dull; No. 2 red. 940944e sls-
vator. e74097Ac sfoat, s6sse74ef f. o. b., store
and aAoat; No. 3 red, SAC; No. 4 red. SIC; ungradsd
red. s0096@c; No. L hard. spring. 99e nominal;
No. 2 Chicago. 949944o nominal Options less
active. weak and easier on advices from abroad Cont
nent shippers were buyers. while EngIish shippers
were t~ellers. No. 2 red. August, 94d944c. closing
At 94lsc; September, 937s094iec; closing at 80 7sc;
October. S440 closing az 94ac. November.
92Ss096c. closing at 955sc; December. 96ls0
pc, closing az 96lsc; May, $1.o0%0l.Ollsc.
closing at Sl.004c.
Corn-Receipts. 50. 500 bu; exports, %, O59 bu;
sales. $1,000 bu futures. 1900 bu spot; Ac
lower and nominal. Ungraded mixed. 49053c; No. 2,
SzGoSe Anoat; No. 2 elevator quoted at 5S% a Sac.
Options slower, closing steady. No. 2, August, 53zec,
closing at oS7sei September. 53is closing &C
53nsc: Octo3sr. 5340537sc, closing At s. 7sc: Novem-
Der. 53as053ssc. closing at 53lac; December' 5Osa
05O4c, closing at 50lac.
Cats-kecsipts, 81. ZOO bu; exports. none: sales.
10000 bu futures, 4l.0o0 bu spot steady and very
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NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 1s.-Cotton duh and NOM
inal. Middiing. 10lsc; low middling. 94cs good ordi.
nary, s4c; net receipts, 577 bales gross receipts.
COZ ba.es; sales, 50 bales; stock, II, 619 bales.
Aug. ~1S.-Cotton fiat. Middling
5000 bales. including 500 bales for speculation and
EXPORT. and $500 bales American.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, Aug. ~ls.-Cotton steady; GOOD
middline, io-5sc; middlins. lose; low ~middling.
1Uisc; good ordinary, 10iec.
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour firm and
unchanged; No. 2 spring wheat. S3A0s36sc; No. 8
spring wheat, 100 79e; No. 2 red. s5la0S5ac; No. 2
2 barley. nominal; No. 1 haxseed. ~$1.1S01.19;
prime timothy.see S2.1502.2 20; mess pork, per bril-,
$1,000 1885,; lard, per pound, S.950s.97lsc
whisky, d1tillers'' finished goods. per gallon. $1.2O.
On the Produce Exchange. to-day, the butter mar
ket was steady and unchanged.
Receipts-Flour. 1880 brls; wheat. 90. $50 Blu:
corn, 222. 766 bu; oats, 13l COS bu; rye, 1887
bu; barley, 3.125 bu. Shipments-Flour. II. 262 bu:
wheat, 17s,676 bu; corn, 47S,416 bu; oats. 143. 225
bu; rye, 1868 bu; barley. 772 bu.
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Instruments filed for record in the recorders Office
of Marion county, Indiana, for the tweuty.four hours
ending at 5 P. NJ, Aug. Is. 1888, as furnished by
Elliott g Butler, abst-acters Of titles, Room %, Etna
Building:
Frank @. Iske to Henry Beermann, part
of lot Al in Beatty commissioners SUBJ
division Of part of outlot 100.--------. 81 $4,000
Dora Miller to VIM. Loesdon, part of
block II in A. G. Harris, executors,
south addition to Mount Jackson...- 400.O0
John S. Spann ct al. to Geo. w. Ryan,
lawn addition. 10000
VIM. s. CARRIER to Mary K. Webb, lot 3
in VIM. II. Talbotts addition .---.-.--. 100000
Jonas Huffman to Henry 9. Berry, part
of south half of east half of southeast
quarter of section IA, in township II
north, of range 2 east, containing 10
acres 10000
David King, administrator, to Indiana
King, part Of lot SO in Young's subdi.
vision of part of outlot 1e1.------- 933 90
Alfred z. Potts to Mary @. Allen, lot 43
in woodruff Place 100000
Conveyanees, 2; oonsideration-....-. $7,7s3.O0
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Dry Gond,
Cotton.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-Thsre was q very quiet
market in al departments Of the trade.
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American. $16019.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 1s.-Lead firm; 4.30c for re-
fined.
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BOSTON Aug. 19.-The following table, COM
piled from dispatches 70 the Post from the managers
of the leading clearinghouse of the United States,
shows the gross exchanges for the week ended Aug.
Is. 1888. together with rates per cent of increase
or decrease, as compared with the amounts for the
corresponding week In 1897.
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Oil.

NEW YORK. Aug. 1S.-Petrolsum market opened
strong at SEC and advanced to S6lsc, when a reaction
slight recovery followed and the market closed firm
at Sec. New York Consolidated Exchange opening,
Soc; highest. S6l9c; lowest, S54c; closing, Soc.
New York Stock Exchange opening. 857sc; highest,
s6ssc; lowest. S5&c; closing. s6isc. Total sales.
both exchanges. 100000 brIs. Turpentine firm and
quiet at &c.
OIL CITY, Pa, Aug. Sensational Transit certif-
Gates opened at S6lsc; highest, S6l2c; lowest, IS sac:
closing. s6iec; sales, 793, 600 brls; elearances, s..
TIC. 900 brls; charters, II, s17 brls; shipments III.
500 brls; runs. 81, $50 brls.
P~TTTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 18.-Petroleum irregular;
closed firm. National Transit certificates opened at
wi TINGTo n. o.. Aug. iS.ETurpentjius firm
at Sake.
CHARLESTON, S. O., Aug. 1s.-Turpentine firm
at Sac.
SAVANNAH, Ga. Aug. 1s.-Turpentine dull at
34l2c.
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FIELD SEEDS

Wholesale and Retail at F.. c. HUNTINGTON s. co. g,
successors to Huntington s. Hoss, 7S and 80 E.. Mar
kst ST.. Indianapolis. Samples and prices on application.
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Business Of the CIs.,ine-Hou..s

YORK. Aug. 1s.-Bar silver, eIac.
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Famed by a Punkah.

The punkah Of India is a long, narrow
fan, suspended by cords from the ceiling;
attached to it is another cord which finds
its way outside through convenient hole
in the wall or window frame. For the
magnificent sum of three annas six cents
the hopeful punkah-wallah sits outside
and fills the room with soothing, sleep
producing breezes for the space Of q day
or night by constant see-sawing motion
of the string.
Few Europeans are able to sleep at
night or exist during the day without the
punkah- wallah's services for at least nine
months in the year The slightest negli-
gence on his part at night is sufficient to
summon the sleeper instanter from the
land Of dreams to the stern reality that
the dusky imp outside has himself dropped
off to sleep. A pardonable imprecation,
delivered in loud threatening tones; or in
the case of person vengefully inclined,
or once too often made victim, stealthy
visit to the open door, well aimed boot,
and the pendulous punkah again swings
to and fro, banishing the newly awakened
prickly heat and tanning the recumbent
figure on the charpoy with grateful
breezes that quickly send him off to sleep
again.-Thomas Stevens in Outing.
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A Story of Phil Sheridan.

Gen. Sheridan is q conspicuous figure
anywhere. He would attract attention in
any company. 1t is not surprising that
he is a favorite guest at all social distin-
guished gatherings at the capital. There
is hardly great dinner given at which he
is not present to- lend the glitter of his
successful name to the company. Gen.
Vandever Of California, who was a dis
tinguished soldier in the western army,
once had an encounter with Sheridan,
before the latter had achieved fame, which
is worth relating. 1t was In the early
days of the war Sheridan was then q
captain and chief quartermaster in Gen.
Curtis army, in Missouri. Sheridan was
disguised with his position, and was
known as q great fault finder and re-
calcitrant generally. Vandever was COM
mander of a regiment and had been in
structed by Curtis to move forward at
daylight He sent messenger TO Sheridan
asking him for wagons to be used to carry
the baggage ON the march. Sheridan sent
back word that he had no wagons to spare,
and Vandever replied that If he did not
send the wagons at once he. would go and
take them. Sheridan said, laughingly:
"Well, there is no telling what these
volunteer fellows won't do, so guess
will send Vandever the wagons"
Sheridan did not look much like hero
in those days; he went about in an old
buggy, drawn by mule unnoticed ind
unsupported Of possessing military quail.
ties of the very highest order. His rela-
tons with Gen. Curtis were unpleasant,
and he finally resigned, and was
afterward assigned to recruit duty.
While thus engaged he was sent to
Detroit, where he was given command
of regiment Of cavalry, which was soon
sent to the front, and that gave him the
opportunity to display his wonderful fac
ulty for rapidity Of action, skill in combi-
nation, and the power of making his men
move as one man, inspired by enthusiasm
to the highest degree Of reckless bravery
and daring Washington Cor. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
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Hereditary Tradesmen in japan,

The boys seen in nearly all the places
of skilled labor suggests what is the fact,
that apprentices begin to learn their
trades usually much earlier than in our
country, so that when majority Is at.
tanned the mastery Of the crafts is
thorough. Another striking feature Of
the Japanese system is that Of heredity
Skill runs in family lines. Not few Of
the famous artisans OF the present decade
are descendants in the ninth, tenth and
even twentieth generation Of the founder
Of the establishment. l once employed q
carpenter in Fukui, who was proud Of his
ancestry of wood workers through twenty
seven generations; and the temple records
show such boasting to be true, though
often adoption interrupts the actual blood
line. At a papermaIer's establishment
In Awotabi in Echizen, dined with the
proprietor, whose fathers first established
the industry a millennium ago, the ma
tional history showing also that the Co.
reans, before the Ninth century Of our era,
visited the place.-Scribner' Magazine
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That modern tendency 70 ieonoclssn,
which has already DESTROYED the story Of
William Tell dud the apple, and has vul'
CARRIED 10 many touching and pathetic
legends Of our childhood's days, Is dis
posed to lay violent hands on Whittier q
heroine, Barbara Fretchie and to ques.
ton not only the reality Of the incident
upon which the poem is founded, but the
very existence OF such person as Bar
bara Frietchie.
Protesting that poet Is not bOund by
the same rules Of veracity which circum'
scribe historian, and that it would have
been entirely legitimate for Whittier to
have invented both his incident end his
heroine, had he seen tit, it must be con-
ceded that the weight OF evidence Is still
In favor of the story as the poet told 1t.
Last June The Chronicle contained O let
ter in reference to the matter, and por-
trait of the genuine Barbara F'rietchie.
but the author of that letter was skeptical
on the subject Of the flag incident, for the
reason that the old woman lived two or
three blocks away from the main street OF
Frederick, and out Of the direct line Of
march Of Jackson's army. Our corre-
spondent at that time gave some incidents
in the life OF Barbara Frietchie, which
showed that the waving Of an American
flag in the faces Of Stonewall Jackson
and his troops might well have been ex-
pectcd from her, and that the only ap-
parent difficulty was her not residing on
the main street Of Frederick.
But now comes Judge Jordan Of Indian
apolis and says that Barbara Frietchie
did live on the main street in Frederick,
the street through which Gen. Jackson
must have passed with his army; and
further, that he had been told that rebel
soldier who now lives in Maryland had
said that the incident made memorable by
the poem did occur, and that he was a
witness to it.
If it were worth while, there could
doubtless be found many OF Jackson's
men who were on the march through
Frederick, aud who could verify Whit
tiers account in the main. Such an Incl
dent would not be easily or quickly for
gotten, and is certainly susceptible Of
verifcation, even at this late day.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
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Tobacco Market.
RICHMOND, Va, January

RICHMOND, Va, January %.
Our to-day's mail eis showed contin-
ued strength, particularly for low and
medium grades of filters, while there was
more or less inquiry for all kinds, with
some good trading but no reported
large transactions. Auction sales were
of miscellaneous stock, but showing a
very much better market by virtue OF
sales and bids that could not have been
obtained week back. Receipts are
light, and there is lessening pressure to
SELL Spectators who have bought are
generally the stronger men Of the trade,
and will, no doubt, be able to carry their
stock easily for much better market
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A Far Sighted Boy.

A 4year-old boy was taken to the window
few mornings since and shown the bright
planet of the morning sky, which was shin
ing with remarkable brightness through an
exceptionally clear atmosphere. He was
told that it was Venus, and admired it
greatly. At tho breakfast table be related
the experience with great animation.
81 saw big STAR" he said; tits name was
Peanuts, and it was pointed at both ends"
AS the form Of the planet is that Of sharp
pointed crescent it is evident that that boys
ewes are much better to be trusted than his
cars. Boston Transcript
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A Reflection Upon the Teacher.

A little boy and his sister came home from
tho closing exercises Of one of the public
schools the other day. Tho certificates for
regular attendance and good conduct had
been distributed, and tho girl was the proud
recipient of one of them, but her brother had
failed TO qualify. Didn't you get certifi-
cate, Tommyp their mother asked NOM"
was the reply, "but / would have got one if
there had been enough to 60 round. 80
ronto Globe.
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Another Fraud Exposed.

Waiter Girl-You better get your board in
advance from that man what says he's Il
United States detective.
Landlady-He looks honest.
"He's no detective; he'd never suspect any.
body of anything. He ate his mince pie
without once looking under the crust."-
Omaha World.
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Tho Soul Of Candor.

A Sunday school teacher began his ques-
tioning at the end Of the old year with the
query: "Aro you better than you were last
year," A good many Of the little fellows
had replied "Ycs, sir" but croupy boy on
the bacl; seat had the courage OF his convic-
tons. II hain't no better nor ever wuz, he
said, 'but," he added, by way Of softening
the harsh statement, II got o sorest froat OF
anybody in this clsss-I-I-I-moft got
dipferia. "-Youth's Companion.
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A Dear Little Fellow.

Mrs. Hendricks to husband)-Bobby asked
me last night if God sent tho rain, and on my
telling him yes, said he supposed he must
pour it down through the Stars Dear little
fellow.
Mr. Hendricks-Yes; Bobby is a nice lit
tie Now, who the mischief filled my
shoe full of banana skinsi
Mrs Hendricks-Oh, I suppose it was
Bobby.-New York Sun.
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A Slight Mistake.

First Scientist-Eh? What did you sayl
Second Scientist-I said nothing. A couple
Of horses attached to a big wagon loaded with
stone just ran away and dashed into that
stono quarry up there.
"Oh, that was it. ! thought you spoke to
me in volapuk Omaha World.
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Circumstances Against Her.

Wife lat breakfast)-Oh, dear, have 30
much to do, and the children and servants
try me sol
Husband-And you don't look well, either,
my dear.
Wife-No; but when there lie nothing but
turmoil and confusion, and one is expected to
look after everything, what possible pleasure
is there in being sickl-New York Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24
What He Had Found.

heard a good story the other day on a
freshman in one Of our New England col
leges. On being asked by his professor by
whom and on what occasion the term "Eu-
reka" was first used, hc replied: by Demos
themes, when he sat down on the pin for
which he was hunting. boston Record