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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-22
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
New York stock Market.
Reported by G. ". Branch 4 Co., bankers
aud brokers, No. iii Main street.

NEW YORK. January sl.-We had an
ether dull day, with the market generally
strong, but there were no special advances
except the Sugar Trust and Chicago, Bur
hngton and Quincy. The list was firm, with
bears the buyers. I'm the last hour prices
eased of some. except for sugar Trusts. The
news was mixed, but as a rule, was fairly
good. The talk about the Bank Of England
changing its policy in regard to silver seems
10 be unwarranted. At least all the London
cables say silver notes are almost certain
not 10 be issued. The fact that the Treasury
will not buy any more per cent. bonds for
some time Is not bull argument, although
the current rates for money are 30. We
see nothing to change our views.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-22
.om. Facts About "Iselics."

Charley Howard was talking TO Burke
the old book store, man a few evenings
AGO. when a stranger fresh from New
Orleans slipped up, saying to Mr.. Burke;
"What will you give for big lock Of
jefferson Davis hairy
"Ahl | have plenty Of it," answered
Mr. Burke. "Quite a quantity"
Then as the stranger walked away
surprised that any one should have the
treasure he thought so valuable MI
Burke said; -
"The truth is have everything a reno
hunter wants. | have hair from the
head Of many distinguished men dead OF
alive. Maybe you wouldn't believe H.
but one-quarter the money put into my
mousse came from the sale OF hair OH
George Washington's head.
..Do You know" Mr.. Burke went on,
.tbat the relic hunter is the biggest fool
ON earth. Any relic he may want mas
mo value. 1t is simply question OF how
much he is able to pay. can Always
size n man up as he comes in and am
therefore able 20 hit him just right
Take a battlefield relic, said MI
purle after a pause. IL 20 home, say
and get my wife TO mark a hair g. do1eI
n;oces If ribbon as want it. Then
ponnd two bullets together and fasten K
,ho ribbon. They are bullets, you know
~h;ch met in mid air on the kenesaw
Geld. l put one in the showcase wit.
,he card and the others in drawer
relic hunter buys the only one but a
soon as he is gone the drawer IS opened
and another takes its place. They cos
ahout = dime and bring in a five. AT
l,-0ta Constitution.
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Lumber. slaves

THF prohibition Of the use Of the German
Language in the courts Of the Baltic ITO
yinces by the Russian Government ma, ma
created great confusion OF tongues. Inc
majority OF the population on the hussian
side of the Baltic knows little or no RUSSIAN
AT AN. and the scenes in the courts, where
the peasants seeking justice and the lawyers
pleading their clients cases are unaDle l9
communicate their grievances TOT the leafneu
Judge who knows no German, are anything
but pleasing FOR those concerned Vi'o IA
rister on being required 10 sign an oath,
demanded that might be allowed To- study
fhe document with the aid Of dictionary
before he put his name 10 it. This, request
however. was denied as unsecmly ana I'M
pudent." The Judges themselves are IN al, I'm
awkward plight, being ordered 20 go 10 the
Raltic Provinces from their posts IN othei
parts Of Russia, sometimes at only mo
ment's notice, and there seems 10 DC a.
complete state Of chaos as possible.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-22
A Possibility.

Mrs. Smitem-Bobby, you bad boy,
have you been fighting with Tommy
Slimson again? Dear, dear! shall have
to get you a new suit.
Bobby-That's nothing, ma. You
ought to see Tommy Slimson. His ma
NAV have to get her new boy.-ClothieI
and Furnisher.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-22

NI IETTEIuTIsT
INV YORK. January 2i.-flour weak and
lower: winter fine grades. s2@2.35i south
ern flour closed steady; unchanged.
Wheat closed weak, spot sales, No.2 red,
winter. s5slms6c.; No. , red, winter, Janu-
arv. Sc. Corn closed steady; spot sales,
No. .. mixed, 3Itsc: steamer, mixed,
57iL03Iszc. Oats closed steady; spot sales,
No white. &c.; No. ,, do, jOEM3OIc.
PORK dun. but firm; new mess, SlO.loq
If25. Lard dull and featureless; Feb
ruary. 1924 bid. Sugar steady; unchanged
refined. dull; cut loaf and crushed, Ne;
nowdered and cubes, 6Ac.; graduated.
6lxc.: mould A. CSC. Conee-spot lois
closed firm: fair Rio cargOes. l95sc.
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MARKETS ~ TELEGRAPH.
Baltimore Market.

BALTIMORE, MD. January 1l.-SotteH
quiet: mlddling 1870 lOHc. Flour steady
Wheat-Southern iirmer; Fultz, li@efc.;
LOngberry, 7JaSjc.; steamer, nc; western
quiet: No. ? winter red, spot, ana January,
sue. Corn-Southern dull, white, $50
30: yellow. 3O03Sc.; Western easy; mixed
spot. and January, 36L@&1c. Oats fairly
steady. Rye quiet; prime 10 choice, 003
5Sc.; Provisions unchanged. Mess pork,
slI.jO Bulk meats, loose shoulders, oHc.;
long. clear and clear rib sides. &C.; sugar
picked shoulders, 511c.; sugar cured
smoked shoulders, 6i5c.; hams, llA@l21sc.
Lard-Redned. nc. Coffee firm; Rio car
gocs fair.1slc. Sugar strong, A son, &c.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-22

A FRIEND Of the lazy in Bangor, Me-, mas
invented device by means of when man
can catch fish without fishing. lie AZ
taches a small sleigh-bell 10 piece 81 par
rel-hoop. one end Of which he inserts mo u. a
crack In the dock After beating Ms llne
and throwing it overheard he fastens IL 70
the hook, put his hands IN MS pocAe,s' ann,i
awaits developments. AS soon az w !, 80 -
Is iingled by a jerkon the line be hauls II IN
and lands the fish.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-22

The late Mr.. McGinty is, says the New
York sun. responsible for the success Oh
new device in the toy line. A good many
Young men are scattered over the prlnclpai
streets nowadays greeting passers-Dy WIN
the line. Down went McGinty 10 me Dy.,
tom Of the sea-" and a. they sing lhei ny hu
aloft a glass tube filed with wafer III W.,
water IL a comical-l00king figure that re-
mains al the top Of the tube when us
buoyancv Is undisturbed. BY pressing the
thumb on the top OF the tube the figure y
caused 10 sink slowly 10 the bottom, whence
the appropriateness Of the song. Inc ue-
vice has many patrons.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-22

THE newspaper men OF New York are 10
have a ball. IL will be given az the Metro
nolitan opera-hOuse early in April, under
Inc auspices OF the Press Club, but W ara
NcAllister has consented TO assume the
general direction. and Chauncey NJ. Depew,
n. p. Flower and other prominent people
will be among the patrons.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-22

EVERYBODY in Portugal Is Dusily en-
raged i'm denouncing the English ultima
um. I'm the chamber Of peers ana IN lle
chamber of deputies IL has been deno,lh. ~.
aud the declaration flung TO the Dfee@e t' si'
p1rtu0al would "pr0tect her interests as Tar
- nossible and maintain her dignity abso-
mtelvr This is brave talk, but now Is
Portugal to maintain her dignity absolutely
when fleet Of British men-oi-war comes
along and blows her over into Asiaf III
sfautaneous views Of Portugal, as she APP
reared maintaining her dignity under sucn i
circumstances would be very fetching, ana
have a quick sale.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-22

He-I like parlor matches better than
the ordinary kind.
She nearly 3O)-I like all kinds Of
matches, whether they are made IN the
parlor or nOt.-Yankec Blade.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-22
NOTICE.
RICHMOND. Va. January q, 1851
....r.snEr eFFVFTNFI

RICHMOND. VA. January 9, 1881
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
4 general meeting OF the stockholders III
THE EUROPEAN RAILWAY SIGNAL %.
Is called 10 be held at 1914 EAST MAIN
STREET, Richmond. Va. at r. ~,
FEBRUARY 18Th, 1890.
Special Notices and Blank Proxies VIII DC
mailed.
By order OF Board Of Directors.
j. JOHNSON,
II troo,,rp President.
Secy and Treas. Jh1-tu
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PRE- STsON 3 Ell v i N,
new IMPORTATION OF ART FURNITURE Fuk Inc huLlDASS
No. 18 Governor Street.

l5c.; store packed, common 10 fair, . TO loc'
Cdb5age-Per 100, 81 10 -.
E0gs-In crates (fresh), Is 10 lvc.; In
boxes and barrels. IL b &c.
Lire Poultry Hens, y to SCI nlAeu
coons. y 10 21c. Chickens, spring, large,
rs 10 &c: small, 10 10 re. Ducks, 20 TO VOc.
TURKEYS. . 10 10c. per pound.
Dressed Poultf,v--Turkeys, ii to l5c.
Ducks. 10 10 13c. Chickens . to lie.
Dried Fruit Peaches, peeled, 70 C.;
unpeeled, halves, , TO &c. Apples, sliced, .
to sJ<c.; quarters. "a 10 &c. cherries, pl-
ted. 10 SC. Blackberries. 3 to &c. Nnor
tleberries, 20 &c ,o.. a.. 80.
pound: mixed, - 10 &c.
Cyn0,e-PartridEes, 10 10 l2c.; rabbits,
10 10 i5c.: pheasants, - 10 3Oc.; Nenison'
l4c. o
F1ayseed-Per busheL 81 to Sl.lO.
Hogs-Dressed. TO 5lsc.
VjfeS-Dry nints. light weights. to &c.
per pound; heavy weights, 514c. per pound
dry sailed, 5hc. (weD saitei, S'sc'; green'
Lard-Prlme country, ~ to Sc. per
pound. .or-.
Ordnqes-S2.00 10 SD.
Lem. ns-S2.OO TO $2.5o.
Pcdnuf5-fh ncy oeoNh pSi p'"""' " w.
medium, 10 &c. o.
Pofafoes-Per bushel, 40 10 5Oc.; per
barrel, $3.50 10 $l.75. os.
Roois-Ginseng, per pound, $3.50; Seneca,
per pound, 30 10 55c. a.,
lSeeds-Cloyer, per pound, 81 to &c.
Timothy, per bushel, sl.40to si.9oi orchard
grass. 20 10 90c.; Herds grass, Az 70 oVc''
German millet, 10 20 soc.
Supdc-Per 100 pounds, Toe. to ~.
l-Tub-washed, 30 70 32c. per pound
anwashed, 23c. per pound.
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Grain and Cotton Exchange.
RICHMOND, VA, January q, 1850.
OTTEKINGs.

OFFERINGS.
wheat. sos bushels.
Corn-2,jOO bushels.
Oats--600 bushels.
sALEs sEroKrKD TO SECRETARY.
heat-Iongbcrry, ~ bushels prime AZ
SIC: ~ bushels good at SC Mixed, ~"
bushels very good on private terms iotai
sales Of wheat, I0s bushels.
Corn-White, 600 bushels very sood on
private terms.
COTTON snFoET.
Market firm.
Qaofations. -Middling, 1876; lew mid
ding, eye; COED ordinary, SIC.
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RIcuMoND. Va. January 81, 1890.

Reported by John l.. Williams a Son
bankers and brokers. No I'LL Main street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-22
DYSPEPSIA CURED
BY TIE USE OF
CHASE CITY
MINERAL WATER,
rs CENTS PER GALLON,
OWENS & MINOR DRUG CO.
RoacI! RoacI: Road

.N|. N. n fNINIf NNNf" Nt'"f . tf'
ulsvith great pleasure that 4 certify tnat
lt fhe use Of Chase city Mineral water my
l..f. ,eH. relieved OF the worst case OF oyspep-
al ever saw. Tho improve ment scented NJ
most miraculous the trouble, originating ~
IfIIf from chronic cIfarrn gastritis. Through
neautirc fh0lth 0i January and nearly ny
Uf IDHruafv. lne present year, the patent
aff nn food except small quantities OF skill
mod milk. any and att medicines--lhe
simplest and Ilqudest--1cted az lrfltahte
whenever faEru Bi.muth and lacio-pepelh
were .snIfup very soon alter being hWai-
lowed. From tle rrst part or feDfuhly 20 Wy
fnt 0l july hDr food consisted only on Iiiii ~,
nUI fnu.n. with OCCASIONALLY the yolks OF
I.II boiled eggs Nutycr more than TWO M
lml. She was reduced from 100 POUNDS 70
II-U.unIs Iu weight. She went % the Min
trlI H0fDI HI Chase city July oth. IN one
WNH. Improvement was ucfceplplc. Al the
fUI Ul N.rNif. WD0 k she came nome. apptI-
t.iI Transformed info uuutner being Sie
U'U.i 0.I almost nny of the ordinary aIDcits
of I.f -.. aaI gained in that short tiine ~
IIuuIt. ..-N. eu ns from us 70 40 p,Hiiuh-
ll's improvement has continued and he,
health would no doubt now be perfect, hau
mot a liver irUu.I. OF recent origin teIhlv
rHIif retarded IDr recovery. Whenever any
afi0.rUf Ii.f I.ngrccs with her she runs 10y
Ilr bottle Uf HInase CITY Mineral WATER
and II seldom fails % relieve.
NF experience with yuur water IN qute
number uf cases tends t0 confirm me IN ny
opinion Iuaf D. wIll cure almost any CUE. On
lrI dyspepsia. chat is 10 say. Wheie Wy
cause 0l trouble ls fermentation in lne $40
mach. lu ulh.r words. where there ~ no h'f-
lenant disease. aud The stomach is the mann
Very respectfully and gratefully yours.
IS. ID. BOOTH, NJ. ID.
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low Thankful Iyo should he.

II furnace fires would not 60 out
How thankful we should be.
If living high would not give govt,
How thankful we should be
If messenger boys were only quick,
If all our kids were never sick,
II postage stamps we need not Hex,
How thankful we should be
II taxes were net quite so steep
How thankful we should be
II one could 20 20 bed and sleep.
How thankful We should be.
II monthly bills would not fan due,
II friends would stick az well as glue,
If half our plans We could get through
How thankful We should be-
II toothache was an unknown pain,
How thankful we should be.
II drunken men would not raise Cam,
How thankful we should be.
II water pipes would never leak,
II all the deaf and dumb could speak,
II servant girls had much less cheek,
How thankful we should be.
II fresh laid eggs were never staie'
How thankful we should be.
II ships would weather every gale
How thankful we should be-
II lnkstanis did not get upset.
II money ras not hard 70 get,
II we could sometimes win BET
How thankful We should be.
F. Il. Nelles in New York Iribuna
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IN REAL ESTATE

ID
MINING PROPERTIES, FOR SALE, OR
LEASE.
The BE 81 prospects forMlCA ana FIELD
SPAR la the country. ..,.
LOIS FOR SALE. HOUSES FOR SALE OR
KENT.
Special attention given 20 renting and col
Getting rents.
Correspondence anda share OF the publ
% ,tronage resp cctluliy solicited.
mos. RUIHERfOOkD,
80. Z Norih Tenth -
al, lur..f..
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MIL Feed.

shipstuf, per ton, sl4.
Brownstun, per ton, $3.50.
Bran, per ton. $500 10 Si2.oO.
Iron. Steel Nails, Etc.
Trou-America refined. Old Dominion
bar nor Mound for standard sizes, , l-lOc.;
Fn6lish and American sheet, 81 10 5Ac.;
Swedes hammered. TO &C.; hoop, to &c.
Nails-Old Dominion, standard size,
s.. %; steel, S2.35.
Walker horse-shoes, 81; mules, 50.
Lumber, slaves, Etc.
lumber White oak. per 900, $40 TO SIS,
yellow pine, framing timber " 10 CIV w.
/ 600: boards. s. 10 $40; poplar, West VIZ
ginia. No. /, $50; No. ,, SIS; No. 3, $40.
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From John or. Isq.. Secretary Ct the
ufHem Ierfl|z|ng Company; .o,o
RICHMOND. Va, april p, ioSo.
~. w. r. Hardy. chase ON, Va.
Mf Dear ~lr-i have used with speclhi
benefit for reNCfo of the kidneys Of an excess
ed. unr acid. and other equity indlcailohst hnu
D.. h preventative of indigestion, the Chase
ClY Mineral Water. and commend u MiV-
oui hesitation. Tie water at the same nsne
Il. lrlsntfni ID thc taste. JOHN OFT.
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A perfec, cure Of Dyspepsia:

a perfect cure Of dyspepsia
RICHMOND. VA, April 80, 1886.
w. 81 ~ Hqrdr
Dear Sire have been afflicted win dys-
UfIsn Tor many years. and treated ny IN
ieINeeut physicians who prescribed Nafionss,
remedies. bat experienced no renei uhtii
i used your lhafc city Mineral wafer. !,
combined ] n0 not now euiicf the least
from dyspepsia. ] have been using yoni
water Tor nearly a year. and in my ease u
uas made perfect cure.
Very respectfully.
W.B LYONS, Barber
81. Charles HOTEL Richmond, Va
, 1890-01-10

The negroes living on Ciaig's Branch,
just south Of Tallahassee, Fla, says The
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, are very
much exercised over the appearance Of
a ghost in that neighborhood. 1t is de-
scribed as a tall, headless man, dressed
in flowing white robes, and has been
seen by several of the negroes walking
alongside the branch, az though in
search of some lost object, evidently his
head.
An aged negro man, who has lived
there many years, says that about sixty
years ago a beautiful young lady, daugh-
ter OF a wealthy citizen of Tallahassee,
went out n bright Sabbath, accompa-
MED by her Newfoundland dog, for a
walk to Craig's Branch, plucking wild
flowers along the wayside. Just before
reaching the branch her dog became
very much excited, and tugged and
pulled at her skirts as though attempt
ing to make her urn back. She paid no
attention to his antics for some time, and
he finally caught her skirt in his teeth
n refused to bulge another inch. She
turned and saw her lover coming toward
her. When within several feet of her
several Indians sprang from cover, firing
their guns as they rose, and the young
man fell at her feet a corpse. She ran
and reached the city in safety. A party
from Tallahassee went out and brought
in the body, its head being completely
ridlled with buckshot. This old negro
says he has seen the ghost on several &C.
CasiDns,
, 1890-01-10

THIS is the way Hackett, the most
noted Of modern Falstaffs, had q bad
JOKE played on him in an Edinburgh
thentre. On this particular occasion, in
one Of his great scenes, Hackett found
that his stomach began t. collapse. He
wore, as all Falstaffs do, an immense
paunch, which, in Hackett's case, was
made of a wind bag. 1t was found thai
a stuffed stomach" in hot weather was
a terrific burden to an actor, and at last
some ostumer invented one which fitted
the dress to perfection, but was filled
with air. The wearer blew it up, screw
ed on the top and then it was all right.
One of Hackett's enemies this evening
had pricked a hole in his false abdomen,
not large enough to make it collapse all
at once, but by degrees, and Hackett
found at the end of one scene that he
was not quite as stout US he was before,
and said to his dressing man: "This is
not all right; 1 feel a looseness; see il
this screw IL not unfastened." Every
thing was apparently in order, and he
went on again. He continued to decrease
in size, till Mt last there came a rush of
win1 and the stomach disappeared alto
gether, the actor finishing the scene as
best he could and the audience convulsed
with laughter. philadelphia Press.
, 1890-01-10

Ore sometimes hears of the wonderful
productivenos Of the golden lily-Lilium
Auretum, Lindley. Some years ago an
instance was recorded of one stalk, I'M
der cultivation, bearing no less thar
thirt--five flowers. This happened at
Pitlour, in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1886.
Thu record is quite beaten by a plant in
the garden of a foreign resident at Ka-
ruizawa, which is now bearing no fewer
h f~ifty-seven flowers on one stalk.
The stalk itself is six feet high, and
toward the upper end it hattens out, the
buds hanging like keys on a board. The
upper e1 trcniity is cleft. Room is thus al
lowed TO- the remarkable lu%xuriance of
Towering just described. In The Far
East of Sept. IS, 1872, it is stated: This
summer there grew in the garden Of Mr..
G. c. Pearson, on the Bluff (No. 111),
Yokohama, two stems from one bulb.
One was a fair specimen of the ordinary
towering of the plant, having eighteen
flowers upon it; but the other, upon a
broad, fat stem, about an inch and a
half in width, but thin as a lath, had no
less than sixty-three buds, of which
hfty-two were ia full flower at one
.time.-Japan Weekly Mail.
, 1890-01-10

A New York gentleman gave this
account Of his experience among the
blazing forests of Oregon: l have been
over Europe and Asia and have seer
most of the scenic wonders of my ma
tive land; but the trip l made one
night through the heart of the fam
ing mountains is immeasurably the
grandest sight / ever saw. We left
Astoria at 8 o'clock, and for a few
miles the steamer raj through Egypt
ian darkness. In the distant heaven
there was a rosy glare, but it served
only 10 intensity the blackness of our
surroundings. We were steaming
swiftly up the broad river, hugging
a precipitous mountain hat came
sheer into the stream Suddenly we
turned a sharp bend and were trans
ported to the heart of an inferno. The
mountains were aflame, and the high
wind swept through the forest with a
fierce roar that brought my heart to
my throat. AT brief intervals the
stricken giant of the wood came crash
ing TO to the earth, and the fountains
of sparks leaped through the night air.
The wide, swift river vas a rosy sea of
liquid fire, rejecting each flaming
crag. Hot blasts swept over the river.
N air was IuIl OF sparks, ana the
light was dazzling to the eyes. An
other turn and blackness came again,
and thus it ran hour after hour, a be-
wildering succession of brilliancy
and darkness, with here and there u
lonely cabin, the occupants fighting
back the furious flames.
Any estimate of the losses that have
attended this sweeping destruction of
the forests of the northwest would be
nearly worthless. Fires have destroyed
the witness trees that marked the
boundary between Oregon and Cali
fornla by the survey made some fifteen
years ago, thus celebrating all record.
A party that recently took the contract
for surveying five townships in Curry
county was obliged to suspend opera
tions, as all the trees of the state line
had vanished. Exchange.
, 1890-01-10

Sir Edwin Chadwick, known in Eng
land as ''the father of sanitary science
in a recent interview said: 81 do SO be.
lieve in fresh air. My pet project, at
which q correspondent in the papers
laughed some time ago, is to build great
towers in our cities and pump down the
ozone from above; there is a wonderful
American machine for pumping which
actually makes 200 revolutions in a sec
ond. Well, that would o purify a
neighborhood. At the base of St. Paul's
there is no ozone; there is at the summit.
How often my government clerks have
asked leave to take home their work,
finding it impossible to do anything in
the poisoned air of the great public of
fees. This system, about which 1 have
consulted NJ. Eiffel himself, who thinks
very highly of the idea, would effect a
revolution in the health of our great
cities. On a very small scale it has been
tried and found to answer perfectly upon
some of the great liners at sea. Boston
Transcript.
, 1890-01-10

The influence of the English ladies'
who went into trade as milliners and
dressmakers afew years ago has shown
itself in some unexpected ways. The
newspapers, especially those devoted
to fashion and the society papers,
treating the advent of the titled ladies
as a matter of news, published so much
about them and their shops that the
regular advertisers Indignantly de-
manded that similar notices should be
given to them; and, in consequence,
even the best papers now show col
umshllcd with articles in which there
Is scarcely a scrap of real news, and
which the sensible reader soon discov-
ers are nothing than the frame in
which some advertisers name is dis
covered.
AS many of the shopkeepers sell
similar goods, repetitions are inevita-
BILE; and as it is impossible to make a
series of putfs really good reading,
the writing has fallen into hands far
less able than these formerly employ
ed, and the papers have greatly deteri-
GRATED. 1t is the old story, varying
only in detail, that the influence OF
the reduced lady" is invariably bad
IN any and every occupation. As for
the noble milliners and dressmakers,
more than IN of them is now going
through the second stage of the Helen
Hardness story, and finds, too late,
that friends betray, and now buy theii
bonnets of regular tradeswomen.--
Boston Transcript.