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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26
TTNION TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW. YORK.
30 BROADWAY, NEW.YORy.

Authorized to Executor Ad,II,trator Guardian
or and eai dcpusitJr,
mortgage. OF IN
cents he trunsfrr agency ana rvSstIJ Uf stOvk>
Tim" and Withdrawn ii,r daj notice viii Interest
.r The "A hole time they "ith COMPANY
rr the con vcnlencc OF dcpO,itor this COMPANY also
o,.ns current accounts sub'vt. accordance with IL,
XIII, 10 check sight. All allows i.rrst upon the
rcsu.na daily balances Such checks lass through Tie
sttands specially to tho MANAGEMENT or REAL
ret STE and t. the collection aud remittance Of I,,lt,
I'D IL makes au nj. provision In IT,
NEW nj: kGhAR AND EiRErRooF VAULTS
on which IT collects and remit IN one
" TRUSTEES
VIM whitewriRht. H. Van Rennsl'r Kennedy.
Henry 4. keEs yAme- H. ogilve.
r. L. Wilson, James T. Woodward,
Wm r. Russell. j. II. rockingham.
q. ID. Wood. George a. Jarvis,
Is y. Piatt {. Vanderbilt
VIM Alex. Ducr. 9. q. Williams
Charles H. Leland n q. Ecm.en. -
Edward King. tdNard shell.
:. D Wesley. kmasa J. Parker.
d. n. McAlpln, Samuel =: Bargen
tleerrs D. Carhah Geo. G. Magoun.
Chauncev N. prtcw w: Fr'lcn Roosevelt
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
VIM whitewrlxht o.. O.. Williams.
Edward schell L. b Wesy.
Zee. &, hagoun. T. ID. Wood
ID. G. Hays, 1880. James 7. woodward
JAMES II, OGILvIE. Second viee-PresldenS
0. noSA Ats " k sfisti.ft A..,..... s.,ss
WANTED. Loan of S., 900 or lc~s. Good
Hssry ~ r., S az s:mn.siaa VIII b sivsa ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26

The following shows the relation between the total re-
aud total deposits at The respective dates
Spacip - $50 3i.,sG0 s7s. 1888 80 Dec. I 9S ,,00C
LccaI-tenG, -O1o1,iOU -l-l-SUO ms i'o-oiot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26

In State issues Louisiana c0nsol 4s sold at o.
and South Carolina is, non-fundable. at 4 1-s
OF city bank stocks American Exchange sold (2O,
Mt I5s IL lmnortcrs and Traders (2J, at SIS and
Western National tIlOI at los -
The general bond market was fairly active
for n Saturday. and usually was firm at figures
Atchison As were of IA at SO -, but the
Income IS were firm at o6 kock Island IS rosc
10 wv o-4 Reference Is Ilauc O OH lull Tcport
OF bond sales.
Money nomnallv was quoted at 3 per cent
nv ny c"o irneuiS ""' ue''i w 'ne Oie
iiouet SfO%,-4V.
iNHa'.n GIN
Inc customs receipts reported AT washington
ceipts were $435,36S. The United States Treas
Tntinnol hont nntcs for reflen,ntion
IT, I-,;tnS S,otos 1'rco.nrI no,y bo1ds $40
90 lou Ohi'cu states. "olims ~ SECURE Nationai
Currency % .s7o 600
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26

WANTED. LOAN of S., 900 or lcss. Good
asoas kax 70. LILO ath.AvA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26
CtNIRAL RAILROAD or NEW JERSEY.
~ EUUI or LIB'RTY.Sf. NDRiI RIVER
Tne Table OF OttoA : o IS,G

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- f. l iS S%o J, A. s 1875 r A. &c. Pa
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TSr ia PAM. SS s15i,'sll5c o 'iISnTI 100.
Tor - Ton. i;.,"r a d n'r'.ss, as Is
Or A,sn,c cay. Yin la al ''r ds to-. a.4 asa m
M 10 S 60 o. Ss s. '' saa. SO % Ms
srrrr,L. <r,rntonr EyrrE>s w'a ley. Hun.
a,:h no, ~ y' ~ hr; ~ q nr,vns
Ut SS:",ni'% ..Tc NJ Y'rv 100 q 'n+r ns1s
FOR PulLAprrpTU,. BALTIMORE AND
WASHINGTON
ROYAL Blue LINE
: s sSe i; 10 4 & 70 +. ISL ia rs;
70: iatiHo aSa washlnr.on FATTY at 90 II 10 tss.
seit S"ndavI a. M. 90 20 90 u M; K rs nIrhi
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7son 4. y g',, .yecp, >aT,ay nlsh., have Gen.
g , "@s' ,. :, q. s,i ss, q
Ticket, snt rsr orcsr satNsan - y eoNd 8; .:9t
'esth-.t. ia Fs.' ietts New Yof, Cosr-s; go
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Tcw vort rran-fer Com any viii cal for ara check
AagRaac from hotnl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26
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lee Cream Is .sSs fri prrs srs. q;
Hesaursnts Churekes Festivals. &c, viii keep hard enc
hour Coynty sracts grcngcy hiiSd; x.e ~
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26
Railroads.

=
Forth ave. and 42d ST.. New tort.
PEE ONLY RAILROAD srsrIox ~ TIVE CtrA
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1850 a. N. eewSE:srEnN DAT ExpREss-AAuy sss''s
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risGE roESn nsJJ's Is Hr 70 e
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n's y5H fsPH NJ r r fsS,S 'a' afoecr IT. DANIELS
General Manager. Geai PASSENGER AGENT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26
felp Wante1

&0 IN To 1900 90 month paid 70 ladies' and gent
$500 uirn TO procure III mCers f9r ou Hniaiy We
Ton worth from loo 0vo pr ynsr aiyS cXgr;, ne
ana sna f.iercnees. NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION,
loS State-st, Chicago, Ill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26

~ ne BoOK, OF orES-Al I sroEIs o,ssyS 500
Ansrssa spen:sir Eaisa g. .siIins swim;
Ming Ssn s<synS' pwSlishsd bv RE rhsne Eew.Yssx
ns.,s llas sk& savsssauy eesplinsnss1 b. Ne ptcss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26
DEN n SYLVIA N | A
! RAILROAD.

on AND AZ AEis OCTOBER 90 1890
IS n tSiaa6us 80 :. mr. Chicago ssts 90
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1898 f. f%o.i ff SH&EfoK AND CHICAGO LIN
bi"!ps eoi seSne naIas s%SsS.
spSss5 .,nsoon; I?'@ , ;ss,
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$40 WsT n gss. sxrEEf Ess.s point;
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sAL TN; I' wxS-ill>Grpy tSD fnk -orr1L
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Fol- a%E 8; &c i%SSSsi '.s'S ~; T.,
$sSaay 2,5S 5:rS do not stop at AsbuTy
FOR HgnASTIr CRY 90 D. N; Through Day oo.eN
weekday; conn,c,: tor Cap. ssy: p,,,s,,,,,.
and Norfolk R,lroad 90 q. m. dsi'v "x"cp, sunday
and p M daily; via Baltimore ard Eay Line. 10
r M r1'''fF'0R PHILADELPHIA
EXPRESS Ira ms leave a. follows
02o. 20. s 90, 80. 10. Oh "a9o Limited. WITH
Din ns Ca. and 10 10 Washington Limited. ,d II %
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q M, 90. 200. 4 go. 90 go. 500 and o GO
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check baggage from hutcs aid RS d,acts through 70
destination.
For timetables Of local ira apply 20 ticket agent
Of tn CoIlany: -
CHAS. r. puGH. " r WoOD.
General Manager. GanrrIi rass'r Agent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26

4, HE ROCK. OF orEN,Ala stoEvs. ee.yA seo
American cpenair isls. 70. ."9s.Ss Ssin.
Ming ball playing shoosns har'y,SscA rdms fs:, ASe
Easestainng aud ssivessals eorplimenNd b. - -.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26
Oiriaeno N1!ircs

<<~- -
The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY,
- BROADWAY, v. y, Cctolrr 81, 1870
rNHE REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
Il OF rMO PER CENT. has tils day l.,rn declared on
preferred stock OF this CoApanr, plSlbi the rar
Loan and 1rus. Co., " William st Mes iorx o. IN,
1t OF EoN.lbrr 1890 10 he coolers Of lie preferred
stock CT record on ~. !$.h day Cc,Orr 1880. III"
transfr loohs tn" prefer .tocA WI! b. 'oSed on
c:ohyr Is 1890 O'Clock y. and reopen on NO
yeEber 4, 1890, at 10 O'clock n. ~.
wM. H. BUTLER Secret .rv.
vt'IE AMERICAN EACil\\GE NATIONAL
4 r\NE Hrul1aa". E,w-NofA. Get. -. l-:r.-
At a rrrt,ng OF u, ,.r! Of Dr:i bed ", day
diytd nd nf THREE AND ONh.-HALF tJ4J PER ;ENI
ON thu cap!t.i stuca declared. pSsablc Nov LIT
prONInO. -, --.. "a.
poAlE.O. RI" A''p ID i'N' ''H"' l.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26

~ PER CENT WARRANTS hearing this
" rate amount. Good Government Bonds.
Mention this paper. +. w. TROCNCE Box 1,j3. Seattle.
Wash.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-11
Ladies Tailor,
Of San Francisco,

proprietor OF the heUiern House, Mar
ket Street, under Palace Hotel),
Intends to remain in Honolulu for the
next three or four months for the benefit
of his health, during which time he has
concluded to open First-class Ladies
Tailoring and Dressmaking Estab-
lishment. Ladies wishing to have their
Fall and Winter Costumes made will do
we'll to call at once to secure their orders.
Riding Habits, Genuine Tailor made
Costumes, Travelling listers, Jackets,
all the Latest Designs in
PROMENADE AND EVENING COSTUMES
His universal reputation as a Great
Filter and Dressmaker is too well known
to need any further recommendation
He will guarantee perfect satisfaction.
Cor. Fort and Hotel SITS
Cover Temple of Fashion,.
97-1m 122
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-11
CORRESPONDENCE.
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the
statements made, or opinions expressed by on
Horner's thanking Biii.
NO. VIII.

horners thanking I'LL.
NO. VIII.
Mr.. EDITOR: Our present bank
now loans not their own money but
the money of others to the Govern
ment for an interest which must be
paid and in which the Government
cannot share, and from present in
dications the bank will continue to
loan and the Government to borrow
as long as the people continue
their deposits. But should this
fountain run dry, as it must some
time do, or should the depositors
demand return of their money,
which they surely will land perhaps
suddenly, if finance matters get
shaky, in either case the Govern
ment would come short of its ex-
pectations in realizing money from
that quarter, and if the people
should cease depositing and demand
return of their deposited money
at the same time, which is not an
unlikely thing to happen, as such
things have frequently taken place
in countries richer than this, the
bank would then be broken and the
Government credit impaired, two
things much to be regretted, it is
also to be regretted that such a
calamity is possible. This, being
not private but Government
bank, even should the worst hap.
pen, depositors would in time get
all their money with interest. Our
present bank was established pro-
fessedly for the benefit of small
depositors, and to enable the Gov
eminent to borrow home capital.
The poor have undoubtedly been
benefited, but whether the Gov
eminent has realized it's expecta-
tons is doubtful, and the bank is
believed to be a menace. in fact a
weakness, instead of q strong and
sound finance system, such as it
would be if it was organized in con-
formity with the bill introduced
into the House by me for it's reor-
ganization, and to be thereafter
known as the +" Bank of Hawaii"
If thus organized the poor, the
rich, the Government and the in
dustries would all feel it's fostering
influence. 1t would be financial
back bone to the whole nation.
This bank COULD NEVER BE
BROKEN. THE MORE MONEY DRAWN
FROM IT, THE RICHER 1T WOULD BE-
COME. which cannot be said of any
other bank known to history.
j. M. HORNER.
Ito be Contlnued)
, 1890-04-25

II is usually assumed that the sole
responsibility for the sensationalism
and vulgarity of a portion of the Amer
lean press rests upon its publishers
and conductors. Now, it is truism
TO say that there would be less criti-
cism of the actions of others if every
one felt a due responsibility for his
own actions. The purveyor of scan
dial and sensational news does not
merely offer TO satisfy an existing de
mand, but he stimulates and creates
an appetite by which he profits. He is
not indeed responsible for the taste Of
the world, but he is responsible for
any action of his that makes ii worse,
This desire for publicity has been cul-
tivated by the newspapers, but did
the; create it, Would the newspa.
pers continue to minister to it If the
public did not sustain themi We are
enraged at the journals for daily vio
lations of privacy that should be N
cred, but who buys the journalist
Whatever the newspapers are, is it mot
about time the public began to con
slider its responsibility in the easel
The fair conclusion Of the whole
matter seems to be that the American
people have the sort of newspapers
they prefer. An increasing number,
no doubt, prefer a clean and trust.
worthy newspaper. But in this coun-
try we are estimated by majorities.-
Charles Dudley Warner in Forum.
, 1890-04-25

don't want you to give me away, but
I never heard so much growing about
the style in silk hats as / have heard this
spring. OF course men, or some men,
are like women when it comes to styles.
They will buy and wear them no matter
how hideous they are. But there are
other zen who like ~ wear that which
is becoming, and most silk hats are be-
coming to the wearers. There are men
who can't wear a derby and some who
can't wear a soft hat. But l never saw
a man who couldn't wear a silk hat if it
had any shape TO it. The new style of
silk hat, the one just out, has no shape
that is artistic. 1t looks like a sawed of
funnel of a vessel. There used 70 be a
silk hat that had a sugar loaf shape. 1t
was very Frenchy. You see it occasion
ally on the stage in the French operas.
The hat this spring is an abominable in
timation of that hat. ! don't say imita-
ton, for it isn't anything OF the sort.
Our customers are buying them, but they
do so under protest. In view Of this J
expect you will see more derbys worn
this year than formerly. Interview in
Chicago Tribune.
, 1890-04-25

The April dividends payable in Boston
aggregated 1921. l56, divided as fol
lows: Banks, 81. 34s 300; interest ON city
and United States bonds, 81, l4l $40; in
terest ON railroad bonds, 81, 905 ,412; in
terest on miscellaneous bonds. S5l1, $50;
railroads, S799, 93j; miscellaneous, ST.
5I4,564. OF the sixty-one banks within
the limits OF Boston three pay @ per
cent. lone 3 per cent. quarterly, n 8
per cent, M ~ per cent, three 4 per
cent, three 81 per cent, nineteen 3 per
cent, ten 81 per cent thirteen 9 per
cent, six are undecided, and two banks,
new this year, have not becn in business
long enough to come into the dividend
list.-Bustun Commercial Bulletin.
, 1890-04-25

This recalls the story of the grey
hound, whose master was an expert BIZ
cyclist, and was accustomed to run down
hill, with his legs tucked up on the ma
chine. The greyhound. a speedy and
highly intelligent creature, always seem
ed to take extreme pleasure in this feat,
and N day, to his masters astonish-
ment, suddenly drew all his legs under
him and shot past the bicycle at an ele-
walton of some five feet from the ground.
Three times only, in the course of a long
descent, he just touched the ground with
his left hind foot, and met his master at
the foot of the hill with frisks and
bounds, having Travelled nearly three
hundred yards In the air. 1t is a curious
fact, but the chronicle asserts that, on
the death of this dog, elementary wings
were found on his shoulder blades, which
seems to indicate hat he had a natural
prediction for iying.-London Times.
, 1890-04-25

Rev. j. G. Wood, the naturalist, in
his new book on animals, says IAN.
other fact almost as astonishing as
this is that wild animals are complete
ly fascinated and a be tanned by per
fumes. There was a Mrs. Lee in
India who had a tame leopard that
played in the house with her children.
He was very inquisitive, as all of the
cat tribe are, and loved to stand on
his hind legs and with his fore paws
on the window sill look out at the
passers by. When the children want.
ed the place for themselves they
would all take hold OF his tail and pull
him down by that.
He was generally very amiable,
but sometimes, his claws being very
iharp, the children were scratched.
So Mrs. Lei taught Sal to keep his
claws sheathed by giving him when
he did so a little paper tray on which
lavender water had been dropped.
This would throw him into transports
of delight. He would tear the paper
into bits and roll over with them on
the floor" Mr.. Wood says that with
nothing but a bottle of lavender water
he himself has become the best Of
friends with a leopard, a tigress and a
honess in the menagerie.
, 1890-04-25

An exceedingly cheeky thief made his
appearance in Boston one day recently.
He was dressed i'll overalls. He went
into the office of a life insurance com
pany and, while whistling one of the
latest tunes, began to unscrew from the
wall of a toilet on the fourth floor
a mirror valued at about SEQ. Fully
twenty occupants of the building saw
the man at work, and everybody thought
he had been hired either to repair the
glass or clean it. They did not suspect
anything was wrong until after he left.
Then it was learned he was n thief. He
walked down the four flights of stairs
and left by means Of the front door,
Philadelphia Ledger.
, 1890-04-25

The curious custom at Queens col
lege, Oxford, Of presenting a needle
and thread to each of the guests at a
banquet is a pious memorial of the
founder, Robert Eaglesfield, on whose
name ''aiguille ct fills" forms a kind of
rebus. The story goes that Henry "
Whose son, afterwards Henry V, was
a somewhat riotous member Of the in
stitution), complained To the authori-
ties Of the expense and wastefulness of
the college, whereupon the youthful
prince made his next appearance be,
fore his royal father with needles
hanging from the eyelet holes of his
doublet in order to bear testimony to
his newly resolved thrift Montreal
Star
, 1890-04-25

1t seems rather strange that, while
skins and eggs of the great auk are Sc
highly valued, the public rarely hear OF
Pallas' cormorant, the extinction of
which in the North Pacific corresponds to
that of the great aux in the North Allan.
tic. Only four specimens of Pallas' cor,
morant are known to exist in museums;
no one possesses its eggs; and no bones
We're found or preserved until Mr.. Leon
hard Stejneger, of the Smithsonian iusti-
tuition, was so fortunate some years ago
as to rescue a few of them. Yet this Dir
was the largest and handsomest of its
tribe. New York Ledger.
, 1890-04-25

Undaunted by the fate of Camille
Douls, the young explorer who was mug.
dered in the Sahara, n NJ. Fernand Fou-
recu has now plunged boldly into the
country Of the Tonaregs. He was dis
suaded from his enterprise by his friends
and the government of Algeria, but all
to no purpose. The Geographical society,
as well rs the government, gives him
nothing but sympathy, and no one be
lieves that he will come alive out of the
mysterious desert where several Of his
intrepid fellow c%ountrymen have already
perished.-Paris Letter in London Tele-
graph.
, 1890-04-25
CHAOS IN THE ORCHESTRA
Inn. Devil with the Face of a saint
Wa. the Cause OF 1t All.

Wa the Cause OF 1t All.
The pretiest girl in a whole nest of
beauties that sat in a box at the comic
open the other night vas n of
those irrepressible creatures that fam
inc or death could not control. She
looked gentle aid good. Beside the
roseate flush that beamed ove her
cheeks there was a deviltry of manner
about her that could not have been alb
solutely innate. 1t so CHANGED that
the stout and bald gentleman playing
upon the base viol stood Immediately
beneath the box wherein the pretty
girl was sitting, 20 close to her, in
fact that the long handle of his viol
extended upward almost to her perfect
nose. For some moments after the
opera began the girl gazed interestedly
at the instrument without apparently
listening to the music that progressed
on the stage. Then, while no one
but herself was watching, she
leaned forward and, extending a
gloved hand, twirled one of the
KEYS out of place. There was, a
moment later a severe dlscord that
caused the leader Of the orchestra to
glance sharply round, and then the
prima donna was thrown out OF tune
by the false notes that continued 10
come from the big fiddle. The fat
PLAYER reached excitedly up TO the
KEYS of his instrument and placed it
into tune again, but no sooner had he
done so than the wicked girl in the
box reached forward and unscrewed
several OF the keys at once.
1t was an important point during a
solo. while the VOL was being utilized
as the principal accompaniment, and
the horrible discords that poured forth
were more than the audience could
bear. The prima donna stopped short
in her song, the orchestra conductor
banged his baton madly against his
music rack, and every player in the
band lost his head, the result being
chaos of the worst kind. And while
this insanity reigned the cause of it
all, the pretty girl in the box, sat
calmly back in her chair, making
faces of sorrow at the misfortune
that prevailed around her. When the
player of the bass viol got his instru-
ment back into condition again and
the opera was progressing smoothly
the mischievous beauty looked fully as
innocent as the best scholar in n con
rent school, and no one but she and /
was conscious that she was a little
devil with the face of a saint.-New
York Letter.
, 1890-04-25

The old method of ~''heaving the Lead
was a cumbrous and often unreliable
process, which occupied a considerable
time. and could only be performed when
the vessel was brought to or going at a
very moderate speed. With Sir William
Thomson's improved sounding machine
the depth can be accurately found with
little trouble and without altering the
speed Of the vessel. A line of soundings
can be taken with great ease and the
ships place be made known by compari-
son with the chart long before she comes
near to any dangerous position. For
steamships going at a great speed, and
especially when nearing land, the use of
this machine is absolutely Indispensable.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
, 1890-04-25

From the last report of the director
of public instruction in Bengal on the
vernacular of the Presidency during
the past year it appears that fiction
and poetry both flourish, and that
works in both are increasing largely
but it is doubtful whether the sub
stance or form Of Indian fiction has
been improved by our occupation of
the country. For instance, a great
change is said to have come over the
writer's in Bengal. The younger gen
Grafton of writer's of works OF fiction
is permeated with the melancholy idea
that a happy state of things is passing
away, under the Influence of western
civilization, never to return. The lead
ing work of the year is based on this
idea; it describes the fate of a family,
the young men of which begin to
doubt the wisdom of the head and to
think for themselves; disputes and
divisions follow; they lose their good
name, and finally, by an awful fate,
.he family dies out altogether. st,
James Gazette.