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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-19
,.uv rpmNE NOVEMBER ls9O-TWELVE PAGES

a,se. Dccembcr g2c: Nav o9,ac Corn quiet and
steady cash Ssfc Dssember 52sS May sS''c s 81;
December - 20 January, 81 30; March 81 40 Ne s
ceipts-wheat 6202 bush corn. 49s7S bush oats 3io,
bnsh re LOCO bush coyerseed, 38l Bags. Snlpments
Wheat 1851 bush: corn $3.50 bush cats. 1000 bush;
rye. 24S bush cloverseed. 200 bags.
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On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter mark
was unchanged. Eggs, 22a23c.


cncHpas N9y i sco light n, and ooS demand
sen Mnst ooS 6ush "C Corn ad S1 mixed D1
new oats quiet and lower; No . mixed 4sc. Rye
aai and Nd or5 50 ses5 aS'Sc.i. easier;
Gay s % sales ' 900 DS. IN 5ss ii a. butter stesy
and firm sugar easy Eggs stronger, Gle Cheese
Milwsukee Nov. Is.-Tlour rather easier. wheat
60 Sga.gSe on s1 s Sa SS s.as1 pc 2sceO
track sc. oats quiet; No white. Track, 45diOc
a sse No. = ret tG:S $50 quiet Rye eT Ys IN
81 ID. Lsrd-Jangsry. :, To- ReSGiP4-Flogr. - 100
mcnts-Flor 2o,1co bbls; wheat. 600 bush; barley,
phiiadclpha Nov 1s.--Flour-Tiade very dull. buyers
generally holding OF in view Of the unsettled condition Of
a. g i9e 80 Es 100 increase as 10 qoy 600 EoS s
cia circle influenced free speculative realizing n New
YORK and %SmaS &C. f a%c prizes % tSp' no 3
hgn sds eoGi gbt eare ana % held gqt
97a,; December, 911G0s+c: January, 99rcc$l 0oi
wSaE e mpakg wit the decline il other grain emit
Sgt nS @ % caOs Rs i%a nd Steadily hd
ID e. s b,ss %xS 90 and ySw tn IL rn $sS
&c 10. mixed November 6laG3e ecc1n6eF 5Ga57c;
sarlos dull VIA frs bss former future.
STsf /" sS VIZ So As Witt ord N at s E'd ~ go
white. 59ac 10. Whit N9yegee,. $50 Sole De.
5 ss.; ea$ fS5 E:
Il ros sS "d Hebron SewScs choice Soc d. DO fair
good sOaS5c Burbanks and stars. choice S5doOc Do
do cool 7jdsOc mammoth pearl choice 75uS0c
inferior and dseased 5000Oc Other articles unchanged
Recepts-FlOur /. 500 bbls wheat 400 bush corn,
900 % 900 bush. Shpme 1ts-Wheat 700
bush com, l. 900 bush oats, Is, 900 bush.
1T. Louis. Nov. lS.-Four-Little doing. Wharf.-The
market opened a.c lower December and lie for Nav
advanced slightly weakened and declined weak
ness became apparent and prices hammered
down sharply hut recovered slightly near the close
which d2c lower than vest riay's closing figures.
No. cash. s9i-as9sc December. SSac; May, 97l
asked July. Soc asked August SIC. Corn-Thc open
Ing So lower, ut the market Immediately warmed
up. Trading light however. aud fluctuations were
confined a small range. Later the market weakened
continued Ia the close No. cash. 52c Sovem-
her 40; December, 4sc bid May igtc. Oats quiet
and irregular; No. cash 4bs.c asked November and
December 46c asked May 417,c RYE quiet and cpsv
No . lie. Barley weak aud slow: Iowa. Zoe; Wscop.
sin, 1G9c. Hay STEADY, quiet. Bran quiet nomn ally
SEE Flaxseed declined iec, Butter steady. Eggs
quiet 2Oc Lead lower - 20 Offend without BUYERS.
Tagging 6ds, Iron cotton tics 81 3oEsl IS Corn
meal Easy 81 G5Gs2 20. Whiskey al II. Provisions
quiet easy small round lots -old direct order bur
demand In open market rates light Pork all. Lad.
IS 70. Dry salt meats-Rcvod shoulders IS 375 long.
and RIBS IS s72asG clear. 80 12ia. Bacon-iloNcd
shoulders So 37a longs and rib. 80 i2ds6 l25 clear
- - sugar cured hams. 105dl2ic. Receipts-Elour
81 600 ibis WHEAT 600 hush corn 1900 bush
| 1000 bbs: wheat 20 600 bush; corn, "a 900 busi
oats, 10000 bt sh rye. 1000 bush.
Toledo, Ohio Nov. 1s-wheat lower and active. cash
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POULTRY AND GAME.

Prices continued decline following last report.
and Friday te offerings hard TO place Sc for
fowls and chickens and 5a9c for turkeys Arrivals have
been lighter Chls and there has cen sub
stonal mprovement I'm all kinds Feeling firm at the
oio-e with outside quotations obtained on line stock.
Receipts dressed poultry have continued large and tho
mild weather and slow transportaon have combined To
much OF the supply To arrive or less out u
order Turkeys have made slight improvement under
demand for prime goods hold for next weeks holiday
trade strictly grades Of chickens have also
been doing trihe better Fowls are quit plenty aud
move slowly With outside quotations rather extreme
phs chickens quiet. but about steady. Spring
ducks In fair demand and firm. Dry packed poultry ~
fancy quality from by points is selling very wc
but the Western receipts very largely out OF cond
ton such go low The continued mid weather
indicates moderate supply Of tine stock Tor the Thanks
giving market and improvement In choice grades Is
expected
Quail very plenty. duh and cheap. cartridges have
ruled easier. scarce. and choice lots
firm. Prime Wild ducks wanted. Venison moro
plenty and arcy steady Choice rabbits in fair demand
poor lots neglected.
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ppuITs AND BERRIEs-DRIED.

Receipts FOR week. 81 $50 pkgs; exports, ISIS pkgs
Prices hold steady fancy and extra fancy SyapoFated
bprey steady sun-dred apples, both sneed and coarse
cut are selling well CHOPS stady. SofeS ana sAils
rr6anged but slow. Blackberres dull California fruits
9rneraly quiet and unpeeed peaches snd prunes are
weaker -. ,.,o,. atc
annies' cyaporatsd 1890 prime TO choice ...lI @la2
Anples eyaorated 1890, common az dlz2
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Ocean Steamers.

ANCHOR LINE. u. s. MAIL Steamships.
n NEW YORK and GLASGOW via LONDONDERRY.
Pier A. y. H.. 1907 Of Leroy-sI ~
AnchOria... Dec. 10, a. Crcassla. Jan. TO- a.
caOn. $50 and $g2 Second ess3 sS steerage 500
FAYAI. AZORES. GIBRALTAR, AND NAPLES.
SEw:YoRK TO cilBRALTAR AND NAPLES Direct
Ssg rates Cabin $50 to soo stesrsse $50 Rates
20 Azorss: Cabin, sos. steerage So
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Ocean Cleaners.

A TROPICAL TOUR $3.50.
~As Tourists can visit Jamaica and her GREAT Ex'
HIBIIION remain there II days including Board and
Residence at the CONSTANT SPRING HOTEL, a
Kingston or tour Of this beautiful island by the ATLAS
LINE STEAMERS for s160 with the option Of extaad'
ing their trip at the rate Of
FIVE DOLLARS A DAY
to Hayu and Colombia. Accommodations nrsscisss.
PIN, FORWOOD CO., Agents, "a State ST., NJ r
THOMAS COOK & SON. Tourist Agencies
ID ERMUDA ROYAL MAIL AND CABLE.
ID QUEBEC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
FROM COMPANY PIER &NEw q NORTH RIVER.
For ST. Crcix ST. Kits Antigua. Guadaloype, Domlnics.
IS. MURIEL............... November a. OF D. m
Fer ststsroorl and tickets apply %
4. 4. OUTERBRIDqE & Co.. Agents 80 Broadway.
THoS. COOK & SON. POI and 1.225 Broadway.
DACIFfC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S
i LINES TO CALIFORNIA. JAPAN, CHINA
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND MEXICO
From New. York. pier foot q Canal;sT; y
COLON sail, Thursday November 90 noon.
FOR JAPAN AND CHINA
CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO sails Tues. Nov. 70. p y
For freight. passage and genersl ntormssGs sOUh
II. J. BULLAY. GepaYal Superintendent
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STAINED.

Good Ordinary Ga Low Middling..
Strict Good Ordinary......7s Middlns" ....9 lilo
was renewed liquidation OF lonas," leading to brisk
business IN the early dealings prices ruled 2a4 points ants
lower but this followed by heavy selling, and nn
figures about the bottom showing net Losses o. 8
respecting the stok market served vas as
weaker and this coupled With the full port receipts added
io the fheayiness Sales, ia 200 bales.
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CHEESE.

Psipts for week. 2sG boxes Exports, % oS4 boxes
pusinos has been dull all this week Exporters pave haa
49, autionary adyces and with the rate OF Exchange
down to 81 72ds 10 6oday bills on London ana 1Se
at that there has been very eole
SSanositlon ~ orate few orders have come ai0hg
iaYe aeneiy been slightly lower figures which sellers
49, lad IN meet At close 9Ssd0'4c Is qu0teu Iof
strictly fancy September cheese but takes aooI.ey
the hest Of the October make going az 9c some very
nice lots al 9iac and fair to prime full creams az oayc
tons for large size with 1oc practically top fSr aey
snail cheeso Chenang0 County part Skins are ufaAEis
or lover urces exporters taking some lots OF poor 70
fair at 2a4ac and pay sc only for very good llrce.s
ri 10 choice lots 90 trade at 6d6s4c rarely &C.
Ranns,syanio skIms dull Liverpool cable colored Gus
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DEn "pv Line OF STEAMSHIPS.

DED "D" LINE OF STEAMSHIPS.
1eFOR LAGUAYKA. PUERTO CABELL0. CURACAO.
MARACAiBO AND CORO.
Pier So East River.
SIS. CARACAS. w ednesday. November 49, p.
SIS. PHILADELPHIA. Saturday November 20. 1 y. m.
SIS; VENEZUELA. "Wednesday. December 10. .. p.
These American steamships specially built for the trade,
have very superior accommodations for passengers.
BOULTON. BLISS 4 DALLETT,
Tiios. COOK & SON aSi Brcsdws, -
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pOTtTOEs AND VEGETABLES

,,os or. fairly steady on prime sound goods but a.
~, considerable stock The from Prince Ed-
ayd,s Island and Scotia and indicatons .nas I'M,
Uncertain OUTLOOK Sweet potatoes plenty and dull an, ,n
~ a"ali,y bnt stock largely inferior and such very
dull tabbsges firm Russia rrnips sg FaSsy eqe
apts bring good prices bu: receipts are largely oes
~ suc1 have no certain value. CucumDers STEADY
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+ In .dried, sliced, 1890. fancy to
HOPS.

Receipts for week. 7.172 bales; exports, 410 bales
Imports 2S7 bales The disturbance In financial matters
ro,ind With an unwilngness the part Of buyers to
take more than absolutely needed for current
use has given market unsettled and weak tone
some holders have been inclined rcazc such lots
"a made them profit and the offerings have been reer OF
iii grades excepting strictly choice shipping hops, which
- 'stsli held ain some conld,nce
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EGGS.

Receip,s for week. $40 bbls and "a, 032 cases The
MARKET made further advance OF 1c foil our c
rnot On the best grades gathered Toward the
close arrivals are Somewhat larger and the demahu Is
oIeer but prices held steady ON strictly iahcy -
~ eggs the supply OF these being n2ht OrunIy
qualities OF fresh gathered are very dun ana Oh hd
aiue h n there is movement IN prime sweet helo
,resh at quotations. LINED eggs are heid steauJ pu'
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HAVANA MARKET
Havana Nov. ls.-Sugar quiet Exchanges quiet.
Spanish gold 240oid2u.
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LINED Canadian ana western, print, pc. uUI ~ $780,
FRUITS AND BERRIES-FRESH.
Apples Larger supply and consist gD emery r o. ha a
held steady on top qualities, but are sustained only by
storing considerable part Of the supply Pears het.
,ane ~ ne quality are In fair demand, but poor stale
Goods are plenty aud very dull. Cra1beres have avGrd
In ssIler under fair demand and moderate receipts
florida oranges in good demand and firm; s -oa,, 70
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WarNhOuse deliveries Since NoYemDcf T., Io5V .Nt"-
York 1896 bags Baltimore 1917 bags @Neworeans,
Is 1927; total 1877 $40 bags ,,
COTTON On the spot was quiet but prices showed
p sscains So 34e bales against 053 bales this day
last week and GO 565 bales this day last year Crop
,noyement:
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SUNDRIES.


now offered from the South at SC, and new farm.
ora, at 3l2d4iac. New pecans quoted lodl2c per No..
Hickory selling mainly at 81 for choice sheback
ou nSS we quote Northern. % 4oaS3 90 per
~ and Southern s3ds3 3d. with extra large hgner as 70
ARFEswAX-Firm at 26a27c for good to choice South
HoNEY-Caorna extracted steady at with some
lots held higher Comb honey quiet at lIdloc FOR white
clover in I'm boxes 1jd0c for 2b boxes; buekwheas
quoted 12d14c.
MILK AND CREAM
The average daily receipts OF milk and cream at tne
different railroad distributing points In and near the Guy
for the week have follows Erie 1858 cans Oh
mix 20 cans Of milk and III cans Of cream
Sisauehanna 1926 cans OF milk ana 10 cans OF crea
PennsyIyana Poughkeepsie and Boston 40 cans OF H
Inckawauna 1l5 cans OF milk ana cans OF cre,a
Ncw-YorT Genital and Harlem 2olS cans OF @ ap
cans of condensed milk and cans OF cream; New
City Northern 1858 cans Of NIX KID Wssarp 10
cans of milk and "a cans Of cream West Shore, l040
cans OF milk and 35 Of cream; NewJersey
35 cans Of milk and 10 Of cream, ana Dy nlscei
ncous short routes 500 cans OF milk ana ~ cans o
cream The total daily supply has ben Io3io cans VI
milk 100 OF condensed milk and al cans OF Cream
The average price paid for the surplus OIL e Pau'i
has been ST So a OF 40 quarts
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Tor SALE.-Patent r. r. Device, wanted on ever
locomotive in United States chance 70 make fortune
c. II. ROGERS 81 Liberty-st., Room 80.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17
HOW FATE WAS ENTIRELY TOO STRONG FOR COLONEL
FREDERICK CHALMERS OF LITTLE
BELMINSTER.

Colonel Frederick Chalmers was not
marrying man. Society in. Little Belminster
had long ago given up all hopes Of him; and
his sisters. Miss Sophia and Miss Janet.
sighed deeply whenever the subject was
broached by their elderly maiden friends,
and, shaking their gray corkscrews, sadly,
replied that ''it was pity, certainly, but
poor dear Frederick had such very peculiar
ideas" ''Indian climate, you know" they
would add mysteriously, looking knowingly
at each other as they spoke. And their
elderly friends would try to look knowingly,
too, although not one of them quite under
stood how the climate of India had anything
to do with the Coloneps views on matri-
mony. The society of the severe-looking
spinsters with whom his sisters associated
did not tend to remove the ColonePs aver
sion to marriage or his dislike to the weaker
sex generally. If he detested all women,
his sisters excepted, he trebly detested his
sisters friends. ga parcel OF gossIping old
women" he said, contemptuously.
Report had it that one Miss Barbara
Pratt, maiden of 58, had once, kindly
ignoring her eight years seniority, contem-
plated taking the recreant Colonel in hand
and finally marrying him. But the Colonel
saw through her little scheme, and fled pre-
cipitately to Boulogne, where he remained
in hiding until he heard that the fair Bar
bara was safely married to the senior curate.
an anxious, careworn widower, with three
children and stipend of e200 year and
expectations. Colonel Chalmers had never
cared for the senior curate before, but, when
he heard of his marriage with Miss Pratt, he
positively loved him, although he expressed
contempt for q man who allowed himself to
be caught second time-"and by such
woman" he added mentally.
But alas, for the unfortunate Colonel's
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17

rock deeper cuts than any other in the United
States, many miles of heavy grading and fill
ing-between S. 900, 900 and Sc, 600, 900 worth
of construction, in fact, which you may see
from your DISPATCH wagon-but what il
all that TO the wealthy murderers OF the en-.
terprise, when they were bent on killing
competition?
1--WE can't even trade among ourselves
Two years ago was riding on the cars with
John DalZell and james Bailey, two mem.
bers of the Pittsburg syndicate which had
just then purchased the Bedford min.
, erai spring. They had been
telling me they were going to
change the custom OF selling the water all
over the world in barrels and were going to
bottle it for the market The train passed
place. 1t was then shut down, and 1 was
telling Messrs. Dalzell and Bailey the rea-
son. Yes, we know, they said, we had
thought of getting our bottles made at that
glasshouse because it was only eight miles
from Bedford Springs, but we can have the
bottles made on the Southside, Pitts
burg, shipped over the Pennsylvania
railroad to Huntingdoe and thence via the
Broad Top railroad to the springs, a dis
tance of over 200 miles, cheaper than we
can have them made and shipped from
Everett.
A Strange State of Affairs.
Remember, Everett is in Bedford county
and yet is unable to supply the Bedford
Springs Company, just eight miles away,
with home product. That glasshouse is
still shut down.
II said to prominent moneyed man in
Bedford town some time ago: 'Fof good
ness sake, exert yourself. Make at least
some show of enterprise. Let US have at
least one smokestack built here. Manu-
featuring solves all economic troubles. 1t
may compel the railroads to seek u.s. So he
got few men interested in factory which
he proposed to erect, and to sell the
articles of manufacture in the neighboring
interior townships and counties-get along
if you please with freight wagons independ-
ent of the railroads. But the scheme fell
through, 1t cost too much to bring the tools
and materials to Bedford by rail. If not
railroads, give us goou country roads and
pixies as reliefp'
My next letter will tell something about
these mountain pixies of Bedford county,
One Of the cuts in this article shows one of
the interesting landmarks of this historic
town. 1t is the Espy mansion, still stand
ing. Here President Washington stopped
when he came to Western Pennsylvania to
assist in putting an end to the "Whisky in
surrection." L. E. SToFIEL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-17

The DISPATCH party counted nearly
~ OF them to-dsy-if they can exc out
living by cleaning up this
country for the city OF Altoona which is
over 4O miles from here, why it is practical
Die for other wagons to make a living BY
running from here to Johnstown and Cum
berland which are equally near.
Roads First, Then Markets.
"Give them good solid roads again. and
see if our farmers don't soon have a market
on all sides for their produce. High rail-
road rates have led to a revival Of canal
schemes all over the world. Why shouldn't
We have a revival of Conestoga wagons,
State roads and cheap transportation? 1t
would bring about healthy reaction from
the speed at which we are living. Slower
and cheaper would be a motto that would
help farmers everywhere"
But how about the South Penn Railroad
project? If resurrected it will surely give
the farmers of Bedford, Fulton and Somer-
set counties relief"
"Alas, in spite of recent developments, l
am afraid our see-saw hopes are nearly
dead, because we are afraid that the Penn
sylvania Railroad will finally adopt some
means OF killing the route of the South
Penn scheme. Yes, it is true that you are
now in the heart Of mountainous country
that the money of DR.. Hostetter, an An
drew Carnegie and Ralph Bagaley laid
tribute to engineering skill. They literally
moved mountains out Of the way of their
surveyed tracks between Pittsburg and Har-
risburg.
An Enormous Undertaking.
''Seven miles of tunneling through solid
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5000 inhabitants? No market, with the
city of Cumberland, Nd, only short dis
tance from you?"
at is a fact, he replied. Enterprise is
almost dead here. Not q single smokestack
points heavenward from this mountain fast
ness But the real reason we have no mar
ket is this: We have no means Of sending
traffic direct to any CITY,"
why, a railroad passes through your
town and county," remarked.
Yes, but it is branch, or more properly,
a mere feeder to the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad. This road Huntington and
Broad Top) does us practically no good.
BY this overland pike we are some "a miles
from. Pittsburg. By rail We are trifc
over 200 miles from Pittsburg, our branch
railroad running north and south instead of
east and west. Yet even this great distance
to good marketing city like Pittsburg
would make no difference il Bedford people
were given just treatment by the railroad.
A Compelling Road Wanted.
"Our condition is deplorable. The pro-
jected South Penn Railroad would have
given us relief-would have reduced the
distance to Pittsburg for marketing farmers
more than 100 miles, and would have made
freight rates accessible to the poorest
granger. But that promised blessing was
strangled.
Here are some startling inside facts, e1-
how We came into this deplorable
condition. In 1859 a company of Philadel-
phia capitalists, beginning tn build a rail-
road from Huntingdon to Saxton and Hope
well, for the purpose of developing coal de-
posits, finished it to Everett, Bedford county,
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RAILROAD RETALIATION.
II Works Badly for the Drama Loving Pub
lie of a Suburb.

II "oFAs Dduiy Aor INC
lie of a Suburb.
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railway
Company and the borough of Coraopolis
have locked horns, and the mud is torn up
worse than at any previous time since the
era of fancy paving set in in that village,
and the onIy consolation obtainable is that
the festive portion of the population will be
saved the contamination of vice in the city
toward the sma' hours.
The people had petitioned for a theater
train and it is said the new Superintendent
of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie had decided
to grant the request. But just as this was
about to be done the borough Council passed
an ordinance which brings the company to
book in relation to running trains at high
rate of speed and also provides for the
diminution of the whistling nuisance. Now
the company has its ebenezer up and refuses
to put on the train asked for, and the beaux
and bellies of the village think the Council
men who voted for the restrictive ordinance
should be executed without benefit of
clergy.
Some of the more materially inclined peo-
pie in the town think it all for the best, as
they think it may promote the building of
an electric railway on Neville island and
:he connection Herewith of Coraopolis by
bridge, which can be built across the back
channel for 500, 900.
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day to pay a long-promised visit to her sis
ter, leaving Miss Grant in sole charge.
Her last injunction to the children was to be
very good, and certainly they looked very
demure as they bade her farewell at the gar.
den gate. Miss Grant, having something to
do in the town, went with her, and they
were left to their own devices.
1t was a cold day, but not snowy, and
Colonel Chalmers was taking a constitu-
tional up and down the gravel path, re-
fecting as he did so on the corrupted state
OF the army at that time, always q pet
grievance of his, and now doubly so, since
his young cousin, Geofrey Markham, was
always sending him accounts of how things
were done now," which made him boil with
rage.
The children could see the top of his hat
as he marched slowly up and down by the
dividing wall; but after whispered re-
mark that the ogre was cooling his Indian
temper again, they took no notice of what
was becoming a daily occurrence, and de-
voted all their attention to a new game of
ball, which Jack, the eldest boy, who was
home from school, had taught them. 1t was
not a noisy game, and though occasional
ripples and bursts of laughter were waited
over the wall, the Colonel found them rather
soothing than otherwise, so that so far every
thing seemed to go all right. But alasl this
state of things couldn't last long, and an
extra hard hit from Jacks racket sent their
only ball flying right into the center of the
ogre's lawn. The children looked at each
other In CONSERVATION. Here was a pleasant
state of things and no mistakeI At last
Molly said, in low tone: ''The ogre has
gone indoors; can't see his head any more.
We might get it if we climbed over"
Jack looked at her, and the others stood
round in anxious suspense to hear what he
would say; for 13-year-old Jack was con-
sldered an oracle by his six brothers and