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''That is very nice statement for you
o0 make, dear sir, but how are you going
TO prove 1t In any way2"
'Ha! devil, schemer, there moro OF
your cunning crops out. The papers that
would exonerate me you have stolen and
hold over my head. To save them from
being destroyed and myself from future
trouble, have been buying your silence
and consideration In the past, but now
your demands are growing preposterous.
For the last time ask for your mercy,
your forbearance. l would not have your
blood upon my hands for great deal, but
feel like a man hunted by human
bloodhound, and who must, unless tho
dog gives up the chase, either fall him
self or destroy the hound. Plainly, Capt.
Grant, is 1t your life or miner"
Then hear mo, old man; utterly re-
fuse all compromise. have no other
means OF living at present except on you,
and as, for reasons Of my own, expect
to make America my homo in the future,
may as we'll provide against a rainy
day. You have too much I too little.
1t is but fair, then, that there should be
an equitable division; SO make up your
mind to that"
Lawrence Richmond knew, then, that
this man possessed heart Of adamant,
and that words would not leave the
faintest impression upon it.
His own face whitened, and the skin
seemed drawn like parchment over his
bones. His teeth were clenched as If set
In agony, and the wild CLEAN deepened
In his eyes.
upon peculiar nail In the wainscoting, q
bFass-headed nail which would not have
even attracted passing notice. AS his
fingers pressed against this, q portion Of
the oiled floor of the library suddenly
yawned open, leaving an aperture OF
perhaps width Of four feet, down which
the captain would have been hurled like
o cannon-ball. but for the fact that he
gave On agile spring just as the trap fell,
that landed him beyond tho danger line.
The trap was an old relic of revolution
ary days, and possessed quite q thrilling
history, but 1t has nothing to do with our
story.
Quickly the captain whipped out o lit
tie, silver-mounted revolver.
"Foilod again, old man! You see 1t is
useless to fight against fate, for your
limbs are tied. am ready for any such
emergency. Better luck next time" and
turning, he left the room.
Courses on him. muttered tho old
man, deeply moved; che bears charmed
life. Satan protects his own; but 1 will
yet burst asunder the bonds OF fate, and
then let him bewarer'
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the time being she lost herself to that
man.
He had done much for her In the past,
and yet It seemed as though she was
fated to be the curse Of his life. Unin-
tentionally she had up to this time been
the cause Of much trouble to him, and
terrible blow.
Her mother, the old gipsy queen,
believing him to be the Roger
Darrell who had robbed her OF her child,
had cursed him and his forever. and It
was to this legacy OF hatethat the young
man referred when he spoke about Bar
bara Merriles and the past, at the time
Carol told him what she had discovered.
For quite time tho black-eyed gypsy
girl ran like a deer through the woods,
and at length, finding herself far away
from the spot where she had left the
other, she came to pause.
In her excitement, howe0eE, she
seemed to forget that she had ruined
the happiness Of Carol Richmond and the
man che loved. by TIE story she had
poured into the girls ear, believing, as
she did ut that time. that the master OF
Darrell Chace was tho man whom she had
known to her cost iE the past.
If she did thinlq Of IT, tho idea was
pushed aside. for ittwas 80 easy TO believe
that those two would come together
again, as lovors generally do, by mutual
attraction.
Thoughts rushed into her brain, and
she saw things she had not compre-
hended before, but which wcre now be-
coming very plain.
Tho evidence against Roger Darrell was
very damaging, and yet there were
strange things that would have to be ex.
planned before he could be either proven
guilty or innocent.
While she stood there, calming her
heart which beat like trip-hammer un-
der the intense excitement that filled It,
she heard approaching voices, and. with
no definite purpose In view, save to hide
herself from observation, she crouched
down at the base Of monster oak.
Nearer camo thespeakeg.
The voice of one was unfamiliar, and
evidently that of an old man, as her keen
ears told her, but the other-something
about 1t sent a shiver over her.
She looked up.
What she expected to see she could not
have told herself, and hencc she was not
terribly disappointed when sho saw that
the owner of the voice was evidently a
a stranger to her.
LET US part here. Capt. Grant" said
the old man, land before doing so, I
wish to fully understand your plans"
They are simple enough, Mr.. Rich
mond. Knowing what DO, and possess
ing a paper that is worth to you oven
more than all, your wealth, you do not
dare TO refuse me. You thought TO be
rid Of me by means of that trap In the
floor, but I was too cunning for you
Now we Will square accounts. Ono week
from today will be on hand with minls-
ter, who will como prepared to unite me
to your daughter. no matter whether you
are willing or not. Do you understand,
old MANI"
"Too well, alasl You are iiend ln-
carnate, Capt. Grant, and would that
l could open the fiood-gates of Heaven
and let down upon your head all the
wrath that has been accpmulatlng there
against you. l belIve would rather see
my child lying dead before mo than your
wife; but am IN the meshes OF fate.
and, fettered hand and foot must give In.
Have your way. devil IN human shape,
but should the fde ever change, do not
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

expect any mercy from me. My God I
think 1 could tear your poor, palpitating
heart out Of your breast with pleasure"
and the fiery old man shut his tooth to-
gether and breathed hard, as though
laboring under great excitement.
II tell you 1t Is useless to fight against
Jour fate, old man. When 1 first came
here to see you on business, and on ac-
count OF our distant relationship was in
vited to remain for a time, felt nv
power over your mind, and resolved to
exercise it, believing that somo day it
could be brought to the proper service.
In this was right, and, finding that
paper later, have planned and executed
just es you SEQ.
TO be continaed.)
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Indefinite.

Mr.. Frederick Law Olmsted was
travelling through Virginia and lost
his way. Coming to q log cabin he
drove up to make Inquiries. A negro
shortly made his appearanco-it was
in the days Of slavery-wearing a bat
tered hat a red cravat and an old
dress coat, ragged and threadbare, but
adorned with new brass buttons.
He knew Mr.. Thomas W., certainly
he did, and he reckoned had como
about four miles out Of my way. But
no matter, he could show me straight
road-a short cut.
How far is it from herea'
"Oh, faint far, sar."
"'How far do you think3"
"Well, massa, I spec-I spec" -
looking at my horse-3T spec, massa.
ef you goes de way, sar, dat I shows
you, sar, ! reckon itll take you"-
"How far is it-how many miles3"
''How many miles, sahi Hal massa,
/ don't zackly reckon I ken tell you
not 'cisely, sar, how many miles it Is,
not zackly, 'cisely, sar."
"How Is that-you don't whatf"
II don't zackly reckon ! ken give
you directions excise about do miles,
sar."
''Oh, but how many miles do you
think 1t ISL Is it two milesf'
YES sar; as the road is new.
tink it Is just about two miles. DeyS
long ones, dough, ! reckon"
Long onesf Then it's moro than
two miles"
"Yes, sar, reckon it's four or five
miles"
-Four or flvel four or flve long ones
or short ones, do you meant"
Il don zackly know, sar, wedder
dey is short ones or long ones, sar, but
! reckon you'll find 'em middlin'
long; / spec you'll be about two hours
foe you be done gone all do way TO
Massa w. s."
Mr.. Olmstcd followed the indefinite
darky's directions, and, naturally
enough, soon found himself bewilder-
ed worse than before-Youths COM
uanion. ,.. -. -
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parent, else he would never have acted
toward her in the way he did.
She was wretohed as any girl could be.
Tho days went by without any light
coming to her, and yet TO her there was
little or no difference In them, for when
hope and anticipation have utterly fled
out Of the heart, 1t makes no difference
whether the sun rises or sots, for the
same dreary future lies beyond, which
cannot be lightened by any earthly means.
In spite Of all that had come to her. she
loved Roger still.
To her, he had come as knight in the
olden days OF chivalry, and he had wooed
and won her 30 gently, that when he had
gained her love 1t was forever.
She believed in him 30 thoroughly that.
although he was now apparently lost to
her forever, she would hold him In rever-
ence until the day Of her death.
Such love as that was beyond all
price, and there are few men In this world
to whom is granted the privilege Of pos
sessing heart that nothing can allen
ate.
That deeper sorrow and distress were
In store for her. Carol had never imag-
ined, and yet such was indeed the case.
Although she believed that Roger had
mad wife confined in lunatlc asylum,
1t had never entered her head that he
meant her wrong when he won her love-
She knew that he had fought against
It, and was sure that he would have told
her Of Nora Warner ut some day before
the end came. In his soul, she had
recognized true nobility, and 1t could not
be that this man would ever commit O
crime.
When she thought 1t all over In the
lonely days that came and went, without
bringing light to her soul, she compre-
hended that Roger must look upon 1t all
in different light, and that his ideas
had become strange and misanthropical
was little wonder when his lonely life
was taken into consideration.
Perhaps he did not look upon this
woman as his wife, knowing that at any
time he could get divorce from hor, and
had been hoping that all would yet turn
out well, while he allowed himself to be
carried along by the resistless current Of
fate until tho climax had come.
Carol looked at the matter in far dlf-
fercnt light.
To her, divorce was something that she
thought OF with horror, and yet she knew
that tho act was sanctioned in the olden
timos by God, but oil her life she had be-
heved that 1t was not right for either
party to marry again during the lifetime
Of the other.
With such a bleak future stretching
out before her, 1t is not to be wondered
at that Carol paid but little heed to
affairs passing around her.
Sho saw that the captain came home
wounded, and 1t instantly entered her
mind that he had been engaged In duel
with her lover. Tho thought filed her
with alarm, and she could not rest until
she had seen Roger riding on his horse,
and evidently unhurt.
This was witnessed from the shelter OF
the trees for she would not have let him
sec her for the world, aftor what had
passed between them.
When he had gone from hor sight. she
wandered on, almost unconscious Of the
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CHAPTER VIII.
"YOU ARE THE MAN.

HEN the gypsy
girl, Bar haro
Merriles, rushed
away from tho
spot where stood
the young master
OF Darrell Chace.
che had no idea
W hither she
went. so that for
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APTAIN GRANT
was an honorod
guest at Rich
m ond Terrace,
a n d his word
seemed to be law.
The servants all
h a d their orders
to obey him as
promptly as they
did their mastor,
and between the
fiery old man and
thoy were kept
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CHAPTER VII.
LIKB A WOMAN, SHE wEpT.

A r OIL RICH
MOND knew not
the deadly war;
fare existing be-
tween her father
and the man who
wore that mys-
terious bl k
glove, but she was
we'll aware Of the
fact that the cap
tain held some
power over her
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CHAPTER vi.

u Will YET BURST AsUNpEa THp
BONDS OF FATE
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DISEASES OF MEN oNLY

Poison Diseases Bladder and otheror
gans, Weaknesses. Nervous DoDility Lost Manhood
cured Con and treatise tsealed free by mail
Address DIR. GR1NDLE, I'll w. 18th ST., New York
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UWe keep on hand a full line Of
Magistrates Blanks. Orders by mail
filled at short notice from the MID
LAND office.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-26

ID; whole deer, SAGE per ID; opossum, 100
40c; dressed COON l0@35c.
Recommendations, Sl.75 per bril- cab
bage, loose, brl, 500; New Orleans, crate,
81 50@200 kraut, per brl, $3.50; half brl,
81 90 garlic, soc per 1907 carrots, S3OO@3OO
per brl; beets ~ 6O6g300 per brl: parsnips,
$3.50 per brl; horsendish, S4.6O@5'OO per
brl.
BUrTER-Butterinc, 15c; creamery ESQ
SOC, dairy. lsGg2Ic; country butter, lO@2Oc.
CIDER-Oark, $3.50 per brl and $500 per
half brl.
VINEGAR--Per gal 12@13c.
EGGs-Quet. Boxes, 0c cases, lOc.
RAIsINs-London layers $780, California,
1926 per box.
PIcKLEs-Brls, So so half brls, $500.
pOUITRY-ChiCkcns, young, S2.0Og3.0O;
mixed, S250tJ300; hens S3.OO@3.25 Tur-
keys, young, $G.00MS.0O old, SS.00GJl2 90;
geese S3j0di.50 ducks, S2.0003.50; dressed
turkeys, l2ml2i1c per pound; hens $1,000
S3.3j; chickens, Sl.5092OO geese, $4,000
800.
PorAroH- Firm; $1.5O@2.OO per brl; sacks,
Goa7Oc; Utah, sO@0Jc per bui sweet $1,000
22j per bril-
Nurs-Coconnuts, $500 per 100; peanuts,
Virginia, sc Tennessee farmers stock, 4Ja@
&c; roasted l6ll 20 higher; shollcd, red, Sc;
white, ne; Spanish Zoe; pccans, Texas old,
7@l2c Arkansas, 3@jc; Italian chestnuts,
lOMl2kc.
FnlsI FIsH-Bunalo, l6t2c per III; cat &c
per ID, Gamc-Perch, trout, etc, 5gSc per
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CHicAGo ILL.,, Feb. 2j-Thc D,orcrf Journal
reports: Cattlc-Rcccipts, 1900, shipments,
450O; market steady. bgcycs, $iOO@4 20.
steers, $3OO@30U stockcrs and feeders, -. ~
@3i0 cows, bulls and mixed Sl.55@3.3j.
llogs-RccoiDis 1900 shipments, 5000.
market strong and Toe higher. mixed. 45U
@LsG heavy, I5jML72jG light, SiO0@
Is7ls: skips. SLj05tiu5.
shccp-llcceipts, 10000 shipments, 900.
market n shade lower on heavy; natives
S3.5OMi25; westerns, comf,d, SlJOaIsO
lambs. SL75@G2j.
The DfOruS Journal cablcgrnm from Lon.
don quotes heavy supplies of home bred cat.
tie; the supply Of Americans moderate and
values lsc higher than one week ago top
American siccn 1880 per No. estimated dead
weight
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THE MEMPHIS APPEAL: TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 90 1880

bushels; rye, 1,07s, decrease, "a. 200 bush.
e,si barley, 2O05,i59, decrease, 1000 bush.
@, KANSAS Cry, Mo-, Feb. 25.-Wheat-
steady; No. red cash, 93Izc asked; May,
vac Did, 96c asked; No. soft cash, no bids
nor offerings; Nay, Ole bid.
Corn---Steady; No. . cash, 23Ic bid, 231Ec
asked; May, 25Ho bid, 25Ac asked; No. 9
asked.
bid, 231sc asked.
LrvERPooI, Feb. 25, $3.50 p.m.-Close.
Wheat is in poor demand; new 2 winter
Is I'D, steady; do. spring, rs lid. steady
Flour Is In fair demand lis Sd, steady
Corn Is in fair demand; spot and February,
rs "a, steady; March, As 0l4d steady; April,
As, steady.
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GrnIn md PrnYI.inna.

CIucAGo Ill., Feb GA moderate business
was transacted Ia wheat, and the feeling was
weaker, with prices averaging somewhat
lower all round. The opening was I,mgzc
lower than Saturdays closing declined &c
more, then rallied ic, declined &c, aud
closed about sc lower than saturday Doe
nestle markets were all weaker. aud Min
ncapOls, which has been 5Ct7C over Chicago,
u now selling on par with Chicago prices.
Reports were also received Of rain In Cali
fornia, and that the wintcrwhcat crop In the
South and Southwest was looking well
Corn was quiet and steady all day, trading
being rather light and almost entirely local.
There was nothing new OF importance dcvcl.
opcd, and fluctuations did not show much
change from those 81 saturday.
In oats during the first par, Of the session
q fair business trnnspifcd, one buyer taking
all the May offered. Prices advanced a frac.
ton. After early buyors had been filled up
dullnc-s prevailed. Offerings became larger
and prices rccedcd h@H, and the market
closed quiet and easy. A little more life
was manifested Ia hog products aud the
market was strong In general way.
fairly active trade was reported iu mes.
pork but almost exclusively in contracts for
general delivery Early the market was
stronger ard prices ruled 7lsCllOc higher.
but gradually settled back again i5Ml7iyc
and closed quiet A moderate trade was r..
ported IN the lard market aud the feeling
was stcndlcr. Prices were advanced 2iyCthc
early. but rccCdCd again and closed quict
Less interest was manifested IN ribs and
trading was lighter. Early sales wcrc made
nt 2lsctic advance, but prices were not sup.
ported 10 the close.
The leading futures ranged as follows
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aENER AL TR AIDE.

No changes today In the Merchants FIX.
change quotation lists. Amount Of grain in
store at the elevators Corn, SO,f52 bushels,
oat, 90 500 bushels, wheat, i33 bushels.
At the New Orleans sugar market the de.
mand is sufficient to absorb all offerings,
with prices well maintained. Mola,scs, un-
changed. rice, quite active with a tendency
toward hirho, prices.
The London Hrk Lns E,yrsu, Of the 25lh,
IN iis weekly review OF the British grain
trade. says Last wccl, In London the nv.
crlgc price Of English wheat fell to 3ls
owing 10 the iart that the greater portion oi
the wheat rendered by farmers was Of pusr
quality The deliveries 10 not impuSc
Tho sales Of English wheat for the week
were o. 7G2 quarter, nt % 5d, against 81, $50
quarters ut 3Os ~ for the corresponding
week last year. Foreign wheat was hrmcr,
with slight increase of busiucis. Corn
shows tendency toward weakness. The
inquiry for oats improved, aud there was ana
occasional advance oi 3D. Today cold
weather aud moderate supplies improved
the tone of the market English wheat. be-
ing much ont Of condition. sold slowly nt
previous prices. Flour Wa firm Mailing
barley aud ,melf steady. Grinding barley
and beans wcro steady Peas were I'd
cheaper New American corn was 30 lower.
old was steady, closing weak. Oats were In
fair request
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Cash quotations were ~ follows
Flour finn aud unrhanged

AuHN quotations Mfif ~ iolluNHs
flour-firm aud unchanged.
No. spring wheat. sl.Oiy. No. 3 spring
wheat. ssasnc, No. , rod, SiOtaf. SO. =
corn. 81 s@Nitc. No. oats, 2jatc. No 2
rye. i3Ac. No. barley, nominal. No. lax.
seed sihi. Timothy seed. a i2Mi.iJ. Mess
pork, per hrl. siOOjdiO.iO. lard. per 100 lbs.
"a 73HG17's short rib sides loose, 50 Sim
Gu5. dry .lltcd shoulders. boxed. 50 2in
ash, short clear sides, boxed, sGl2i.6t
G25
Receipts Flour 1900 brls wheat $1,000
bu. corn. iii uJO bu; oats. 5000 bu. rye.
pupp bu. barley, 3l.Ou bu.
shipments Flour 100 hrls. wheat, 2 Opl
hu. corn. l55,plD oats, siOJJ boo. rye. 1900
bu. barley. p go bu.
ST. lorIs. Mo. Fob. 25.-Flour quiet and
unchanged. Wheat lower. Tho market
opened lower and declined owing tn weak
markets elsewhere and snow. then held QUIZ
aud hrm, but late went IN uguin, aud at the
close May wns 3 iscnnd july o. below Saiur.
dlv NJ. rnd. cash, 1870. nominal. Nav.
u-' nHr' .UiDif0, closed uui, btuN'sc bid.
july p1 ,mNe, closed 90 g bid. iuly. siss
0siisc. closed silic bid August sU,c.
tom=Quict but unsettled. No gmiNcd.
cash, ~ i,m1, sc March, Z. sm3, i.r. closed
g5f.c bid May. 3Dis1au @nf.c. closed
Ju BE- bid June. size july "aae
o1ls- Fimcy No. ., csh, 2l.c, May
closed %, be- bid
EyeaNu ., iic.
BiT'cy-Quici. Iowa. ~. Minnesota. Glc.
lay-Duil except lur very hD.t GRADES.
prairie tiuGaO. timothy, spHutl25p.
Buu-H STEADY and dculIn'uF ,JrJlc.
Flax seed =Quothhlc at 1u
Lead Demand improved Currndln-. s34j
01tr chemical hard, tAD2a
Buttgr=Qui,t and steady. creamery ga
nis dairy .pf &c.
Guaranteed stock NE.
tuumlai 81 sjmijo
whisky Steady tiW.
Provisions firmcr generally with de.
maud iair
luTkHsit1S
tud=prime steam. nom nall iBUi
nIy Salt Mcats-lloNvl shoulders. s512ig
Oh2i longs aud ribs, sjs' 'lIGl2is short
clear CO. 2OttG2i
BACON -BoAca houldrrs sG2f longs and
ribs 81 soCtHnO short clear 55Vo9lO,.
llUms-iu@ re.
Rctc.pis-Flour. 400 bril-. wheat 10000
hu. corn. $4,000 bW oats il,OVl hu. rye.
uunr barley. 1900 bu.
shipments -IiouL 1900 hrls wheat, H..
uOl hu. corn. NJ. O0o bu oats. 1900 bu: rye.
I .UJp bu. barley, 2l0O0bu
NV YogK. Feb 25.--FoIlovInr ~ state.
mont of the visible supply NJ grain. aHnat
and in store. on saturday February g3. a,
compIlcl at the New York prnducc IA.
change. Wheat 80 5io, tun, DECREASE. Ga5 O5,
hushrlu corn. 10. co.. 70i increase. s7t ap,
bushels oats. Soc, i3i, decrease. STp5a
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nnMrsrIc rXCmANaE.

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DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.
Buying--New York aud Eastern points, de-
mand, 40 discount Eastern points sight
is discount Cincinnati, ST, Louis Louis
willie and Chicago, l-lO discount New Or
leans = discount.
Sclling-Ncw York and Eastern points
$3.50 premium; Cincinnati, ST. Louis, Louis
willie and Chicago, 40 Premium New Or
leans par
The Secretary Of the Treasury this after
noon accepted $4,000 "a per cents. coupons
at 1885,, and S25, 600 a. per cents, registered
ut 1905 Local securities are improved IN
tone aud advancing in quotations In cot
ton the local market closed steady, middlng
and high grades advancing l-lGc; low grades
unchanged. Sales g. POO bales Of which 2 800
20 exporters and 200 To spinncrs. The Mem.
phs receipts to date are 3l5 greater than the
entire gros. receipts Of last season. II Is
now estimated that the receipts will be from
100000 a. 10000 bales. A New Orleans
spots closed very firm with futures steady
nj an advance OF / 10 , points. Liverpool
closed steady. Demand fair. Futures
steady and up 10 points on near months
Late months unchanged. The New York
spot market Is steady aud futures quiet
and steady at an advance Of , 10 . points.
According 10 Bradsircd, dry goods for
spring and summer are in fairly active job
hing distribution at New York and Boston.
Agents note only a moderate demand, with
fair movement reported on previous orders,
and export cottons notably active. Print
cloths are quoted i-lGc lower ON slight accu
mutation OF stock, but manufacturers are
slow TO sell. Cutting Of prices by jobbor al
New York continues to bee noted. Boston
jobbcr arc not ~ much Interested In this
direction as those of New York. Wholesale
clothior report trade active, but the alggrc.
gate demand is limited by small individual
orders. Price concessions are being made
10 move accumulation-. Foreign goods are
fairly active with silks moving IN largest
relative volume. Light ,tocKs Of raw wool
aud strong foreign udyiccs keep values firm.
The actual demand b, light. Raw cotton is
1sc higher ON the statistical position, manip.
ulaiion u March delivery and good de-
mand."