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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-25

s5sc. closing at S5Mc: June, Sd 11-I6@S5,
closing at S47sc; July, SO 1l-16@S37sc clos
l ING at s3$4c; August sa@s3Ac. closing at
S34c; December. s5A0557sc. closing at
eo@. Rye steady western, 54@56e. Stocks
OF grain, store and afioat, February %:
wheat 4; l34 s53 bu; corn, 4;341,7 6l bu;
eats, ,535, 064 bu; rye, 275 1913 bu; barley,
4, s34 bu. Barley quiet. Barley malt steady
Corn-Receipts 10000 bu; exports, 10
4o2 bu; sales l. SO, 1000 blu futures, 2l2, 900
spot Spot market lower. fairly active; No
graded mixed, 24@36lac; steamer mixed.
3434Gp357sc No. 2 hite, 8 C; No. 3, 33I2
@33sSc; options moderately active, I'M
changed TO Ac down. steady: February, 3oc:
@3bc, closing at soc: May, Sc 9-16@ 36a4c,
closing at 36s4e; June. 367s@37e. closing
at 367se; July, 81 10 6@31 Is Ice, closing
at $3.50 Oats--Receipts, 10000 bu; ex-
l22 600 bu spot. Spot market quiet, steady.
Opuons dull lower; February, 26S4c; March,
'26s4c; May, 25a4626c, closing at 26c. spot
white, 2Sc: mixed western, 25l2@29c;
white Weste western; 2ss493lc; No. chi
oose ops nsS s sssS gss @5
points up; closed steady, unchanged, to 20
points up. Sales, 1880 bags, including
February at Is. 60@16.7ae; March, 1880
iIe.eoc;; June, 16.5o@f655es July. 1850
I6. 5oc; August, 16.35@16.35c; September,
1913 @l6.36; October, Is. ESQ 6. 3Hi
Noyember,I 6 1901 6. See; December, I6. I5c
@l6.25c; spot Rio higher, fairly active; fair
eargoes, zoe; No. z, lsAc, fiat lean. Sugar
Raw quite steady; refined steady; fair de-
mand. Molasses-FOreign firm; 5U-test,
22l2c; cargo of Cardenas for Philadelphia
sold for 22lsc: New Orleans firm; common
10 fancy, 31144c. Rice firm, good demand;
domestic, 4l26Do14c: Japan, 1895 c. Petro-
leum easy and quiet; crude in bulls, Parker's.
5.7oc: United closed at S1.u51s for March.
Cottonseed oil steady; yellow, $500
34c. Tallow firm. Rosin quiet. Tur-
pentine was duh at 44@44Ac.
Eggs easier; western, l5M@16c; rcceipts,
1901 pkgs. Pork firm; quiet; mess, old,
Slu@1o.5O; mess, new, SlO.75@11.25;
extra prime, 50. 25@9. rs. Cut meats quiet.
Lard stronger; quiet; western steam, S6.15;
options, sales $500 tierces; March, S6.00.
closing at S6.OS bid; April, Sc. II, closing at
S6.l4 bid; May. $50; June, Sc. 25; July,
S6,2!@6 81. closing at ST. 81; october. Sc. 4s.
Butter quiet; freely offered; Elgih. 1892 'l2c;
western dairy, e@lIc; western creamery,
l2@A7e; western held at e@l5c. Cheese
firm, fair demand; western at zoe. Pig iron
steady. Copper lifeless: lake, February,
SLID. Lead steady; domestic, $3.50. Tin
firm: straits 3d.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-25
HER PARROT,

One day friend presented Nine.
Aubain with parrot. Felicite regarded
the bird with interest. 1t came from
America, where heg dear nephew Vic
tor had died.
The parrot was named Loulou. His
body was green. the tips Of his wings
rose, his top-knOt blue and his throat
gold.
He had mania for biting his perch;
he tore out his feathers, was uncleaD in
his habits and scattered the water of
his bath in every direction. The mis-
tress. ennuied, gave him to the servant
for her own.
Much delighted, Felicite undertook
his education, and shortly afterwards he
could say, Pretty boy" Your servant,
sir" and II salute YOU"
This bird had various adventures.
The neighbors and visitors leased him;
one pOked him with his umbrella, ant ther
blew cigar smoke in his face: he fell ill,
had the pip. nearly lost his life. One
day he was missing-Felciter ran through
the town like one deprived of reason.
The bird was found, but the poor woman
had caught a frightful cold, and as a re-
suit had rheumatism ami finally lost OF
nearly lost her hearing.
Time passed. Felicite was growing
old.
'How stupid you are gettlng," said
her mistress.
Eyes, madame" answered the ser
want, gazing vacantly about her.
One terribly cold morning Loulou was
found to all appearance dead. Tears,
idle tears, uuceasing flowed from the
eyes of its owner.
She put him in basket and walked
many miles to distant town to a taxi
dermist to get him embalmed. On ar
rival he gave signs of life, and shortly
was as well as ever.
This precious pet was made a close
prisoner in her chamber-a curious
room having something of the air of a
chapel and something the air of bazaar,
containing, as it did, SD many herto-
geneOus Objects-medals, cocoanuts, toy
balloons and images of the Virgin jostled
each other.
Loulou was installed on the mantel.
Morning after morning. at the gray
daw, he was the first object the awaken
ing eyes of Eclectic perceived. He was
her friend, her mate, her confdante:
but for him she lived in the torpOr of a
somnambulist.
At church she still contemplated the
stained-glass window, with its dove. be-
tween which and Loulou she detected
mystic dove was still more manifest in
one of small images for sale at the shops
representing the baptism. The dove
here was in green, and indeed seemed
almost portrait Of LOulou. Felicite
bought it and hung it near the parrot.
Often, in saying her prayers. she would
turn her eyes from the image to the
parrot. Her treasure seemed to her
sanctified, as it were, by its resemblance
to the dove.
Paul married. Madame caught pneu-
mOnia and died. Felicite was beside
herself insane with grief.
The house was not sold; no one hired
it. Felicite lived here alone; she grew
grey. decripit, palsied, her eyesight
failed, she spit blood. A neighboring
woman nursed her.
The parrot, long since uncared for,
was filthy. devoured by vermin and had
one wing broken, but poor Felicite. blind.
deaf, dying, kissed his forehead and
held him pressed against her check.
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A SIMPLE SOUL.

FELICITE.

tEisitllBs
The good bourgeosie of the Point
rEveque for above half century had
envied Nine. Aubain her servant Fe-
ticite.
Well they might For hundred francs
year she was cook, chambermaid and
laundress. She took entire charge of
the house. She made butter, she knew
how to harness horse, how to fatten
poultry. and she remained faithful to
her mistress, who was notwithstanding
person by no means agreeable.
Felicite's little chamber on the second
floor looked out on the meadows. In
variably she rose at the dawn. so AS not
to miss the mass. She toiled till
evening without interruption. The
last to retire at night she covered the
fire. creptto her bed and slept with her
rosary in her hand.
No one could drive better bargains at
the market. the brightness of her pots
and pans were the despair of all other
servants; frugal, she ate slowly, gath
cred ND with her fingers the crumbs of
her bread-coarse, baked especially for
her once every twenty-0ne days.
The year round she wore a check
handkerchief over her shoulders. pinned
at the back. and another over her head,
gray stockings, red flannel petticoats,
and a large apron like the nurses in the
hospitals.
Her face was thin, her voice high. AT
twenty-five she would have passed for
forty; after fifty she seemed no longer
OF any particular age. She was always
silent, straight as a pillar, with meas
ared gestures; wooden woman, per-
forming her functions automatically.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-25
Ill.
HER RELIGION.

The cathedral was Felicite's wonder
land. She walked down the lofty nave.
The boys to the right, girls to the left
filled the stalls of the choir. In the
stained glass window Of the chancel the
figure of the Holy Spirit dominated that
of the Virgin. Another showed that of
the Virgin on her knees before the in
liant Christ. A third group represented
st. Michael staying the dragon.
The priest gave an abridgment of Sa-
cred history. Feliclte saw paradise, the
deluge, the tower of Babel, cities in
flame, people killed, idols overthrown-
she conceived profound respect for
the Most High and great fear of His
wrath.
She wept at the story of the passion.
Why had they crucified Him, who loved
the children, fed the multitudes, cured
the sick, and from every humility was
born in Il stable2
All the images of the New Testament
were familiar to her. She loved lambs
now from thiaking of the Lamb OF God,
and doves more tenderly from her know
ing of the Holy Spirit.
Undetermined, it was this Third
person" that attracted her. She could
hardly form a conception of it, for it
was not only like dove, but fire, a
breath. Perhaps it was the light of this
spirit that showed itself in the light
ming, that by its breath drove the
clouds, by its voice made the harmony
Of the bell chimes.
When Virginia went to her first com
munion, Felicite, with that Imagination
which gives true tenderness. seemed TO
put herself in the very place of the.
beautiful girl. Her heart beat irregu-
larry; she nearly faiuted.
Virginia was sent to convent to COM
pletc her education. Felicite was in
consolable. She visited the empty
chamber. No longer could she comb
the girls hair or button her little boots;
NO more see her graceful figure; no
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-25
MARRIAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Interesting Statistics of Youths
and Maidens Fair.

Thirteen per cent of all the men mar
ried in Pennsylvania last year married
women older than themselves, gays the
Philadelphia Record. Seven per cent
took wives of their own ages and the
remaining so per cent married women
younger than themselves. The average
age of the men was twenty-seven
years and of the women twenty
three years. These interesting facts
are found in the annual report
Affairs Thomas j. Stewart, which COLI
tains much other curious information
about the matrimonial propensities of
Pennsylvanians. Thus it appears that
more men are married at the age of
twenty-three than at any other, and that
among women tWenty-One is the favor
tie age. The youngest wife of 1883 was
only thirteen years old, and the oldest
was aged seventy-one. Two boys of
sixteen were married and two old gray
boards of eighty-six ventured into mat
rimony, probably not for the first
time. OF 14,726 women married, and
whose ages were given, 4.O65, Or27.5 per
cent, were less than 20 years old.
Among the men there were only 493
who were so young. There were only
"a girls of IA years married, los OF Is,
353 of 16, SIG of II, 1883 of Is, 1,434 of
10, 1922 of 20, 2.041 of 81, 1,517 of % and
LAO of %. After the latter age the
numbers of those who found husbands
rapidly decline. These figures show
that If a Pennsylvania girl is not
married by the time she is twenty three
years old the chances are that she will
become an old maid.
Men proceed more leisurely about
matrimony. Besides the two sixteen
year-old husbands in 1888 there were
IS aged II, 12S Is years old and 1926 10
years old. The figures then take Jump
to $50 at 20, and reach the maximum in
1865 at %. They decrease slowly after
that. There were 437 men married
after they were so years old, but only
I'll women.
There was remarkable disparity in
the ages of some of the couples. A
woman of SO years married man of 81,
and an old man of "a welded maiden
of "a. The youngest couple were
a 17-year-old husband and Is
teen-year-old wife. The girl of thirteen
welded man nineteenyea older than
herself. A man of fifty-four married
girl of eighteen, his age being just three
times hers, and a man of fortyeeight did
nearly as well. taking seventeen-year-
old wife.
In the marriages where the women
were older than the men, the differences
in ages rarely exceeded five years.
There were eighty-three. marriages
where one of the parties had been pre-
viously divorced.
1t is estimated that there were 5000
marriages of couples from this state in
Camden, n. j., alone, and. of course,
there must have been very many more
in cities and towns in other states bor-
derIng on Pennsylvania.
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more take her white, soft hand to go

more take her white, soft hand to go
for walk
But she had new call upon her af-
teciions, no less person than Victor,
her nephew. now become sailor boy.
He made short VOYAGES, and on each re-
turn brought her present. The first
time box of shells, the SECOND time a
teacup, the third a man made of ginger
bread. She preserved these Sacredly,
Victor went Oh long voyage finally.
No news for months.
Virginia at the convent had not writ
ten for four days. and mother at home
was wringing her hands. No news
for four whole days"
Feiiclte ventured sympathy. 1T is
SIX months since l have heard from Vic
tor"
The mistress shrugged her patrician
shoulders. The tender heart of the
servant was hurt.
News from over the sea. Victor had
died OF yellow fever at Havana.
The poor. loving Felicite tried during
the day 10 restrain herself, going on au-
tOmatically with her work, but at night
she threw herself face down on the
mattress, head buried in the pillow,
which she pressed against her temples.
Virginia at school is reported as .'del-
lcate." She must give up her piano.
She is not strong enough.
She is not we'll; she coughs; she has
continual fever.
She seems to be very sick.
''PneumOniar'
Yes
Dead"
During the night Felieite never left
the corpse, repeating over and over the
same prayer, 'sprinkIing the holy water,
contemplating the dead face. She re-
marked that it had grown yellow. the
lips blue, the nose pincbed. the eyes
deep-Sunken. She kissed them again
and again. She would not have been
overwhelmed with surprise if Virginia
had opened them. To such primitive
minds the supernatural is very simple
matter.
Every day, day after day, Felicite
went to the country. Sometimes Nine.
Aubain went with her. One afternoon
they were together. looking over the
clothes which had belonged to Virginia.
Their eyes met; both were fearful. The
mistress opened her arms; the servant
threw herself upon her breast. They
kissed each other. In that kiss for one
moment they were equaliZed.
1t was the first and only time. Felicite
from thenceforth cherished her mis-
tress with dumb, animal devotion and
a generation that was religious.
The goodness of her heart developed
daily.
When the soldiers went by she gave
them cider; she nursed the sick; she
gave shelter to the wandering Poles.
One of these Polish refugees wanted to
marry her, but she rejected him.
The next to receive her protection
was an old unfortunate with very white
hair, catarrh, sore eyes and tumor of
m0nstronS size on his shoulder.
When the cancer broke she brought
cloths and dressed it. When the old
man died she said prayers for the re-
pose of his soul.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-25
DOWN TOWARD BEDROCK.
A Dull and Somewhat Easy Feeling Pre-
walls in the Wheat
Market.
Prices Fluctuate Fractionally, the Close
Being Lower Than on Fri
day.
Financial Operations Of the Money
Kiugs---The General Quota
tons.

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-The action Of the
Wheat market was very uncertain most
of the session. There was a general
disposition to ignore weather news
| after the experiences of last week.
During the day dispatches reporting
| continued rains in California, and
another cold wave in the Northwest,
were not needed. There was no out
| side piece of news OF any sort to ma
| terially affect values. The visible sup
! ply decrease was $4,000, or little less
than expected. Export clearances from
| three Atlantic ports were about 100000
bu. The market opened about steady
for May at 771Sc, but went off at once to
777Sc, rallied to 771lc, then dropped to
nc and at l o'clock was up to 775sc,
with the pit dull. The bottom for June
was 771sc, and for July 755Sc. The
feature of the day was the covering of
wheat early by Partridge. His
brokers bought great quantity
the first hour. At the same time Hutch
irson, Cudahy and Mccormick & Co.
were free sellers. There was some buy
ing by the Northwest. and later some
New York buying orders. There was
considerable long wheat sold when the
price of May went to nc. The wheat
market was dull and steady at the close.
Receipts were: Winter wheat, 90 cars;
spring, 10 ears: corn, 600 cars, ana oats,
29S cars Withdrawals from store were
1,2l5 bu spring wheat, 5,67S bu corn and
GALL bu oats. Corn was depressed
about &c for all futures at one time to-
day by the large receipts, the still
larger estimate for tomorrow and the
large increase in the visible supply.
The weather being generally warm and
damp, had depressing effect also.
There was little firmer feeling in hog
products, but aside from this the mar
ket was featureless. Lard and mess
pork sold but 21Sc higher, while short
ribs gained sc, but later lost half the
advance, making all products but a
trifle up. May sales were: Short ribs,
$3.50 to s4.S219 to $3.50; lard, s5.s719;
March, S5.751a@5.75; May pork, s9.95@
9.971S.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-25
FINANCIAL,
New York.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Bank clearings
to-day, Sl42, 799. 1862; balances, 81, 426, $50.
Money on call easy, ranging fIom 215 to
AZ per cent; last loan 8; closed offered
at 5. Prime mercantile paper, 1906.
Sterling exchange quiet and weak at
4.S2L for sixty-day bills and s4.S64 for
demand. The stock market to-day was
moderately active. and displayed quite
strong tone in comparison with last
week. and prices this evening are gen.
orally fractionaliy better than at the
close on Friday. One of the most influ-
entail of the causes which acted to keep
prices down was the further drop in
Tennessee Coal and Iron, which
alton of the weakness in
Louisville q Nashville. Great recuper-
alive power was shown by Louisville &
Nashville in the afternoon, and almost
all of it's early decline was recovered.
During the decline ia Tennessee Coal
and Louisville the general market dis
played strength, although the improve
ment was devoid Of special movements
outside of the late leading weak stocks,
Rock Island 81 Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy. to which was added sharp
rise in Chicago, st. Louis 81 Pittsburg
preferred among the specialties. Con-
siderable irregularity existed in the
early dealings, but fractional advance
was followed by reaction. which
reached only small fractions. except in
the coal stocks, in which the bears tried
to take advantage of the weakness of
Tennessee Coal to depress. The effort
was without conspicuous success and
prices again rallied, while the Graugers
were specially strong, with the rest of
the list following: Tennessee Coal
dropped from 691a to SO, and
later to 81. though in the
final trading recovery TO SO was
accomplished, the stock for the first
time since the drop began to receive
some support. Colorado Coal sympa-
thized with the decline in Tennessee to
a limited extent. and it also recovered
almost the whole of its loss in the rally
of the last hour. The market was quiet
but firm at the close, with most of the
list at or near the best prices of the day.
The final changes show large ma
jority of fractional advances, and Chi
cage, st. Louis d Pittsburg preferred is
up 30; Burlington & Quincy tx. and
Rock Island rs. Railroad bonds were
dull to-day, and the dealings in all is
sues reached the total of only S572, 0O0
Government bonds have been dull and
steady. State bonds have been dull
and featurelesS. The total sales of
stocks to-day were 2S7.015 shares, in
Gliding Delaware, Lackawanna 81 w est
ern. 20,354; Louisville 81 Nashville. 81
$50; Reading, 37,s45; st. Paul, $4,000.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-25

r. M. NEWPORT & SON
Investment Bankers.
l62, IFS, l5s Drake Block. Loan Money
on Improved Real Estate Security.
Ate. 81, 7,71s and 8 per cent.
On Shortest Notice for anv amount
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-25
HER VISION.

Spring came, still she lingered-sum-
mer odors, the hum of bees. The end
is now approaching: cold sweat is
upon Felicite's brow: there is rattle
in the throat-It is the death agony.
The priest appears with the censor;
the singers, band of children. They
kneel in silence.
Now from the swinging censor an
azure vapor fills Felicite's chamber.
The nostrils of the dying woman take
it in; she closes her eyellds; smile
parts her lips. The movement of her
heart grows slower. like a fountain ex-
hausted, like an echo-ever fainter.
With her last breath comes strange
hallucination. She sees that which she
has most loved, and has had most i'm
pressed upon the cells of her brain.
The heavens are opened. and she sees a
parrot, symbolic, mystic, glorified,
mounting slowly upward, leading the
way.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-25
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SEASON.
Medical Jo,lrual1

Medical Journal
Be sDecially careful of draughts and sudden
changes.
Do not overwork. OF what use is wealth
without health?
Keep your feet dry, but do not wear over
shoes all the time.
Remember that the pores of your skin,
when in health. are always open, and that
closing them causes sickness.
Dress warmly, but not heavily. Wooden
clothing that permits the exhalations of the
body to escape is best.
Eat strengthening and hearty, but not too
pose that fat food contains the most vitality.
If YOU feel chilly ut any time, take drink
OF pure whisky at once. Duify's Pure Malt is
the purest and best and has the highest rec
concentrations.
Do not call the doctor for every slight afl-
ment If you have cold, feel depressed and
lack appetite and vigor. you need something
to tone and build I'D the system. Nothing
viii do this so readily as the pure article we
have mentioned.
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A Christmas Echo.
Life.


Judge Ito prisoner)-You were seen by
the officer, sir, lodging about the back
streets and evidently trying to avoid
meeting any one. You were therefore
arrested by said officer on the charge of
being a suspicious character. But, be
that as it may. as you appear to be re-
spectacle person, | will discharge you
from the custody of the court if you can
give satisfactory reason for your sus-
picious actions when arrested.
Prisoner Observation-Disclosures wear
ing, your honor, for the first time. a
hectic, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
my wife. and l was afraid to m-meet
any
Judge promptly and decisively, but
visibly affected 1.-The prisoner has the
sincere sympathy of the court, and is
honorably discharged.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-25
Rritish GRAIN Trade.

LONDON, Feb. 24.-The Mark Lane
Express, in its weekly review of the
British grain trade, says English wheats
are rather firmer. The sales of English
wheats during the past week were
1921 quarters at 27s sd, against 1912
quarters at 29s Sd during the CORE
spending week last year. Flour is
steady, though the demand is small.
Foreign wheats are firm at general
fractional advance. Corn is falling un-
der continued heavy shipments from
America. The average decline Is Cd.
Barley is Cd higher. Oats are Sd higher.
Beans have dropped Sd. At to-day's
market English wheats were held;
Russian and Indian was in sellers
favor. Californian ON the spot was
firm. Flour was slow. American corn
was weak. Barley and oats we're steady.
RaDe seed declined Cd
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Oil y5arlxatS

OIL City, Pa. Feb. "a. National Transit
certificates opened at S1.047B; highest
81: y lowest, ST.. OBS, closing at SIO47s.
Sales, 2u4, 100 bbls; charters, -, 957 bbls;
shipments 12l,944 bbls; runs, Ia. 794
bbls.
PrTTsBURe, Pa, Feb. 24-Petroleum duh
and heavy; National Transit certincates
opened at 81. 05; closed at Sl.U48; highest
ST. 514; lowest S1.O4Ss.
BRADFORD, Pa, Feb. 24.-National Transit
certificates. opened at $l.O5; closed at
clearances $500 o bbls.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Petroleum opened
steady for spot at ST. 484. The market ruled
dull and featureless all day, and closed dun
at Sl.047s. March option opened steady at
Sl.0o4, fell to 81 04l2 on very light trading,
then recovered most of this loss, and closed
dull at 81 Obs. Stock exchange opening,
O4s4; highest. Sl.O47s: lowest, 81. Az,
closing at $40 Is. Consolidated exchange
opening, 81 u5 u: highest, 81 .O54 lowest.
$I,O4l2, closing at Sl.051s. Total sales. 14O..
600 bills