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EXPLAINING HISTORY.
Bill Nye Enlightens an Indian Maid
Upon the Etruscans.
SHE Is SOMEWHAT DEPRESSED
By Her Forefathers Having Given Away
Whole Counties for Rum.
SOOTHING WORDS FOR A SAD SPIRIT
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsrATcH.l
SKYLAND, BUNCoMBE COUNTY, }
NoRTH CAROLYN .Ju1v II

NORTH CAROLINA, July II.
Miss Wanda Poppleton, of Paw Paw,
I. T., writes: "Could you give our lyceum
here any information regarding Etruria7
We have the subject for discussion now in a
few weeks and for one know almost moth
ing regarding it. am an Indian girl with
some white blood in my veins, though it
does not show much. I like to fool with
history, and often ask my parents about our
lineage to know if possible how high it was,
but they always look out the window and
gradually turn the conversation toward the
late war.
'T am quite sure that some Of my parents
were from Cape Cod, for cannot help feel
ing an interest in trade and bewailing most
bitterly the numberless instances in
which my people was done up
from business standpoint, swapping,
as they did on several occasions, a Con-
gressional district for bottle of spirits and
a red martingale ring. Oh, it is indeed
tough to think of now when one, for in
stance, goes out as far as Pullman and Cal
umet to find lots selling for far more than
we got for the whole State of Illinois. I
read your get offs, or gets of, rather, that
is printed in the papers, and though 1 am
rather depressed most of the time owing to
the wrongs of my people, I find that can
add to that feeling very much by reading
after you. Please tell me all you can in re-
CARDS to Etruria, or anything else that
seems to be fostering on your mind, and
oblige. How do you like my writing?"
He ventilstes His Erudition.
Etruria or Tuscia was an ancient country
of Italy, extending from the Tiber and the
Apprentices to the Mediterranean Sea. The
people who lived there were called Etruscans
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the Simoa Islands left NO point unvisited.
One after the other he made thorough search
on Madura, Bally, Lonbock and Sunbawa
Islands The Molly's Hope had great diff
Guilty at times to keep herself from being
caught in the violent currents flowing
through the different straits opening
into the Indian Ocean, currents so strong
that ship is carried along even in the teeth
of the monsoon. 1t will be readily under
stood that a sailing vessel would find it al
most impossible to escape from one of these
impetuous swirls to the southwark.
After leaving Flores Island Captain Will
lis continued to skirt along the chain of is
lands shutting in the Flores and Banda Seas
on the south, but no tidings of Captain
John and his companions, no trace of the
beautiful clipper ship rewarded their efforts.
Naturally the crew of the Molly's Hope
felt the depressing effect of this long and
fruitless cruise. But, however, it was too
soon to give up all hope, as the search was
really not vet completed. 1t was possible
that Captain John instead of entering Ma
CAESAR Strait after leaving Mindanao had
chosen the Molucca Passage and had en-
tered the Java Sea through the Banda and
Flores Seas.
But the time was running down and the
logbook of the Molly's Hope continued to
make no mention of any trace or tidings of
the lost vessel. Neither at Timor nor
among the three groups which make up the
Molucca Archipelago did Captain Willis
come upon any bit or shred of information
which might point to the fact that the i'll
fated clipper had been lost in these waters.
When the search steamer had reached the
island of Gillolo the circle was complete.
Captain Willis had made the rounds of the
Eastern Archipelago, he had ended the task
which had been assigned him.
Having taken on the necessary supplies
of provision and coal, the Molly's Hope on
January 9 was headed for home. Thus
ended the year 1881, the sixth since the
Dreadnaught had last been heard from. 1t
was not until January % that the steamer
was sighted at the signal station OF San
Diego.
The Malaysian campaign had lasted 19
months, and in spite of the prodigious
efforts of Captain Viii is, seconded by the
admirable devotion of his officers and crew,
the mystery of the Dreadnaught remained
as dark and deep as ever.
To Be Continued Neat &zsday.l
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bunkers, which would enable her to run
long distances without re-coaling. Rugged
like a Uhree-masted brig and carrying large
spread of canvas, her !. 200 horse power en-
Eines would easily enable her to attain a
speed of Is knots an hour. Under these
conditions of speed and tonnage the Molly's
Hope, which was good sailer and easily
handled answered all the requirements of
passage through confined seas, filed with
islands, islets and reefs.
1t need hardly be said that Mrs. Allaire
did not remain inactive while these prepar-
stions were making. She co-operated with
Captain Willis in working out every detail,
using her fortune with free hand, not be-
ing willing to neglect the smallest matter
which might contribute othe success of the
expedition.
BY July q the Molly's Hope was ready
10 put to sea Mrs. Allaire went on board
in the morning in order TO exact q last prom
ise from Captain Willis to do everything in
his power to discover traces of the lost
ship. She had no doubt in her own mind
that he would succeed. They would bring
5ohn, they would bring his crew hack with
them. In tone of such profound convic-
tiOn did she repeat these words that the
crew broke out in applause. Every man on
board was infected with her deep faith, as
were the friends and relatives who had come
TO see the MOLLY nope sail.
Turning to Mrs. Allaire and Andrew Hol-
lister, who stood by her side, Captain Willis
cried out:
'In your presence, madame, and in yours,
1Ir. Hollster, in the name of my officers
and NV crew make solemn oath not to be
discouraged by any danger or any fatigue in
my search for Captain John and the mon Of
the DreaGnaught. This vessel which you,
Madam. have fitted out bears the name of
the Molly's Hope. 1 shall take care that
Ehe deserves it. -
with the aid of God and of the devotion
of those who put their faith in Him!" ex-
claimed Mrs Allaire.
"Hurrahl hurrahl for John and Mollie
Allaire"
These cheers were taken up and repeated
by the vast assemblage gathered on the
wharf The lines were now cast off and the
MOlly's Hope, under the pressure of the
first revolutions of her screw, moved of away
from her moorings and headed for the mar
rows. She soon left the cape on the south
west, and steaming boldly out to sea disap-
Leared from the gaze of the thousands who
had collected to wish her Godspeec.
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ALWAYS WORE woMEN's CLoTHER
Remarkable Case of q French Cook Who Is
Now Quite an Old Man.

Now Quite an Old Man.
A man named Signol, " years old, en-
ployed as a cook, was taken to the Hospital
of Saint Antoine, Paris, suffering from gas
tritis. Mistaken, on account of his dress,
for a woman, he was taken to the ward re-
served for members of the weaker sex
When they found out the mistake he was
put into another ward.
The strangest thing about the whole case
is that Signol says that he never wore male
attire excepting on the day he was exam
ined by the conseil de revision in order to
determine whether he was fit for military
service. When he was II years old he went
as servant girl to a farm in Lin-sur-Mer. He
remained there II years. He learned to
cook at Caen and went to Paris, where he
was employed as cook for 40 years either in
private families or in boys schools
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EATING EGGS OF INSECTS.
The Siamese Plunder the Ants for One Of
Their Choicest Luxuries.

Their Choicest Luxuries.
Fashion in Siam prescribes a curry Of
ants eggs as necessary to every we'll
ordered banquet. They are not larger. the
eggs, than grains of pepper, and to an un-
accustomed palate have no particular favor.
Besides being curried, they are brought to
table rolled in green leaves mingled with
shreds of very fine slices of pork.
The Mexicans make a species of bread of
the eggs of insects which frequent the fresh
water of the lagoons. The natives cult
vate in the lagoon of Ohalco a sort of carex
called tonte on which the insects deposit
their eggs very freely. This carex is made
into bundles and is soon covered. The
eggs are disengaged, beaten, dried and
pounded into -four.
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THE OLD FEATHER BED.
In These Latter Days 1t Is a Luxury and
Rather Rare at That

haLner ftstr6 HL Inats
The day of the feather bed is almost gone.
Some years ago the bed that was in most
general demand was the feather bed. The
well-to-do country people, and those that
weren't so we'll to do, raised their own
geese and plucked their feathers to make
the bed In those days nobody was any
body to speak of unless he or she owned his
or her own feather bed.
Since then the plain hard mattress has
come into favor, and there are lots of people
that can't or won't sleep in feather bed.
Nevertheless there are lots of people that
can't or won't sleep in any kind of bed but
the old-fashioned feather. In these days
really good feather bed is genuine luxury,
and everybody can't own one.
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A Very Proud People.

And yet they were an old people, an old,
old family, and well brought up. Seven
hundred and ffty-two years before Christ
we find them Dragging over their ancestry,
and even later on, standing around in the
courtroom chewing straws and looking on
while PLATE was on the bench, and, though
saying little, yet seeking to throw con-
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roads in better repair, gone into diversified
farming, bathed more regularly, and consol-
idated or sort of boiled down their gods,
they would have been on deck to-day. As
it is, Wanda, where are they?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-19

WHY suffer with corns when you can per-
manently cure them with Daisy Corn Cure
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GEMS OF THE FORESTS.

Treasures the Birds Hide in Their Fragile
Homes in the Tree Tops-Curious Facts
About the Size and Markings of Eggs
A Popular Error.
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cargoes of iron and tin, but the marine
police have succeeded in destroying this
pest so that there was no reason to con-
clude that the Dreadnaught and her crew
had fallen victims to sea robbers at this
point.
Continuing her course toward the north
west, the steamer kept up her search among
the islands along the coast of Sumatra. On
June 20 the southerIy end of the Malay
peninsula was sighted and the Molly s
Hope shortly afterwards put in at the port
Of Singapore.
As the engines called for repairs, Cap
tain Willis was obliged to make stay of
two weeks in this port, which Is situated on
the southerly side of the small island of the
same name. This little island, however,
since the English first selected it as a naval
and commercial station in 1878, has steadily
increased in Importance, q fact due to its
admirable situation on the line of trade be-
tween America and the Indies.
1t will be remembered that it was at this
port that the Dreadnaught was to land a
portion of her cargo before proceeding to
Calcutta. 1t will also be remembered that
the American clipper ship never entered
this port. However, Captain Willis pro-
fted by his forced sojourn here to investi-
gate the circumstances of every wreck that
had been reported within late years.
From the very fact that the Dreadnaught
had been signaled off the port of Macassar
and that she had never reached Singapore it
became necessary to assume that she had
been wrecked somewhere between these two
points. True, there was another position to
take and it was that Captain John had left
the Java Sea and run out into the Indian
Ocean through the Strait of Lombock or
Strait of Sunda And yet why should he
have done this, inasmuch as he was bound
for Singapore? Such a supposition had
nothing to support it.
By August % the steamer was ready for
sea. and Captain Willis By coasting along
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
ANDRE SENEGAL HEARD FROM.
He Sends n Deposition From Buffalo Ten
ding to Exonerate Chapleau.

OTTAWA, Sept. 29.-At this mornings meet
ing of the Committee on Public Accounts of
the House of Commons, Secretary of State
Chapleau put in an affidavit from Mr.. Sene
cal, late Superintendent of the Government
Printing Bureau, which he said he had re
ceived from certain members of his family
this morning. He did not know before
where SENEGAL was, but as he had received
this sworn affidavit from Buffalo he thought
he should hand it to the chairman. 1t read
as follows:
United States of America, State of New York,
county of Erie:
Andre SENEGAL, ETC., deposes that for the
was Superintendent of the Printing Bureau
OF the Canadian Government; that at vari-
GUS times during his continuance in said
office he received presents in the way of Il
bonus from parties from whom he pur-
chased the Plant of the printing bureau, but
that he never directly or indirectly
gave any sum whatsoever out of
said presents to Hon. J. A. Chaplcau;
that although he sent ut various
times money to the Conservative Associa-
tion at Montreal this was never done at the
suggestion or request or with the knowledge
OF Hon. j. A. Cnapleau; that the letter sent
by the deponent to the President of the Pub
lie Accounts Committee was not inspired nor
j. a. Chapleau. The deponent further says
that he has made this affidavit without the
suggestion OF said Hon. j. A. Chapleau, with
the desire to correct certain rumors now in
circulation respecting that person, which
said rumors this deDonent verify believes to
be malicious and unIounded.
ANDRE SENEGAL.
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ACTIVE AND FIRM.
This Is the Condition Of the Local Money
Market.

This Is the Condition Of the Local Money
Market.
The financial situation continues subject
of active discussion. October remarks the
Financial Chronicle, is an important interest
period, and the natural disturbance Of loans
would offer opportunity for further artificial
action by the calling of loans. Among con-
servative bankers, however such views find
very little support or sympathy. The fact
that by October l at least S5 O00, 900 OF the
gold now in transit will have arrived is con-
sidered pretty effectual argument against
the success of any efforts to manipulate the
money market.
The moral effect of the movement Is even
greater than the actual influence of the
millions of specie which are now arriving
from Europe. The rumored attempts to
affect rates may be made, bnt are not likely
to succeed.
The local market yesterday was moderate
ly active and firm. There was fair call for
discounts, and a sufficient supply of funds
to meet it. and something over. Rates were
steady at 66l7 per cent. There was practi-
cally no difference between currency and
exchange. Bank clearings were 81 106,3iO O6
and balances S36l, ,s47 50.
At New York yesterday money on call was
easy, ranging from 4@6 per cedt, last loan D,
closed offered at g. Prime, merchantile
paper 5sz07 Sterling exchange active and
steady, 4Sl for 60-day bills and 1891 for de-
mand.
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WALL STREET REACTIONARY.
TRADERS IMPROVING AN OPPORTU-
NIFTY ON THE SHORT SIDE.

Missouri Pacific the Center OF fAttraction-A
Sharp Upward Turn Toward the Close
suddenly Checked-Nearly All Trans
actions Are Among the Leaders.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-The stock market was
again of q reactionary temper to-day, but
the declines, while they were material in
many stocks, were entirely the result of the
operations of the traders who are now
taking advantage of the absence of organ
lied support or heavy buying by the larger
operators to make q turn on the short side,
and to-day they were free sellers of stocks,
even while the Gould party again were
buyers.
The conditions are oil adverse to any
marked reaction in stocks. Missouri Pacific
was still the center of the efforts ut depres-
sion and 1t was knocked down to 62c and
closed at u small fraction above it's lowest.
The traders Tuidcd the entire list through
out the day ut different times and no reilc
tion of note was seen until tho last hour,
wnen n sharp upward turn was checked In
the last few minutes by u further raid,
which, however, was looked upon rs in.
tended To nffect the 33;;;;;;;iiiIr w ionuon TO-
morrow. Its suddenness was seen IN the
fact thst Missouri Pacific, whioh heI rallied
10 Jic, vas forced out to 62l5c.
The market gave evidence OF having lost
its breath, and the transactions were almost
all in the leaders-Atchison Missouri Pa
ciflc, st. Paul, Burlington, Rock Island and
Union Pacific. The rest OF the list was
quiet from opening to close, and the only
feature of the low-priced stocks was the
weakness In Hooking Valley and Sugar, in
which the losses equal to those in
the leaders were established London
houses were sellers Mt tho opening, but
bought stocks later in the day Mt the con-
cessIons mnde. Tho stocks which best re-
sisted the days pressure were Lake Shore,
Wheeling and Lake Eric preferred, Bur
lington and u few specialties.
The market closed active md uaok Mt tho
close to the lowest OF the day. The final
losses of note include: Missouri Pacific, "a;
Sugar, 2; Union Pacific and New England,
l34: Rock Island, ~; Atchison, l5SS; Bnrling-
ton and Northern Pacific pre- ferlei, "a, and
others smaller amounts.
Railroad bonds were less active than usual
Of late, bat the business was widely dis;
tributed and only Atchison incomes and
Chicago ana Northern Pacific s. showed
any particular animation. The market
sympathized to some degree with the weak
ness in the share list, and the more active
issues show losses from their lnst sales
MS rule. There were mnny advances.
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HOME SECURITIES.
THE MARKET EXHIBITS SEVERAL IN
TERESTING FEATURES.

fractions Still at the Front-Philadelphia
Gas Goes to tho Rear, but Only Tenn
porarily-Price Changes Few and Unin-
portant-The Situation.
While the market underwent no import
ant changes in conditions or prices yester-
day, it was in some respects interesting.
Business was restricted to the second and
third calls. The active properties were
Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction and
Luster.
The market was interesting from the fact
that the Tractions maintained their prom
inence and that Philadelphia Gas was in a
measure neglected, buyers appearing to be
supplied or waiting for a concession. Under
these circumstances the stock declined.
Central Traction and Switch and Signal
lost and Electric gained fraction. The un.
listed department was featureless.
II is nothing for stocks to advance when
the public is buying ravenously and there
hardly seems to be stocks enough to 20
around, but If prices are strongly held when
the heavy realizing sales come or when some
rude shock is given to the market this shows
q substantial backing and confidence in
holding for the future. This is about the sit
alton at this time. Sales:
First call-No sales.
Second call-40 Plttsburg Traction at 40,
46 Luster at l21s, 80 Birmingham Traction at
I6L.
Third call-IO5 Luster at 1216. 8 at IL.
Bids and asking prices at each call follow:
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BY Telegraph.

Chicago-Cattle - Receipts, 1000 head
shipments, $500 head; market steady; prime
Is; % others, ST y 75sSi Is; TeIans * % 81 ooSs "a TO- 60:
Ringers, 81 75@l4 50; butchers cows S2 100
2 80. Hogs-Receipts, 1900 head; shipments,
5000 head: market fairly active, steady;
rough and common, S3 9l64 40 mixed and
packers, 81 50@4 90 prime heavy and butch
ers' weights. IS O005 30; light, "a 25@4 70.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000 head; shipments, 5000
native ewes,s3 coal %: mixed and wethers
81 25G4 so: Westerns, 81 90; light Texans, S3 90:
lambs, So 5O@5 10.
Buffalo - Cattle - Receipts, Al loads
through l sale: shade easier for common
ceipts, IL loads through. 20 sale; market
steady; heavy grades corp-feh. s. l595 %;
medium weights, corn-fed: s. 15@5 20; York
ers. good to best corn-fed, 81 S5@l5 90. Sheep
and lambs-Receipts, none through, 8 sale:
weaker and prospects easier. Sheep, extra
fancy, 81 50G4 30; good to choice, s. OO94 40;
fair to good, 50 1901 90; Lambs, good to
choice natives, So 5O66 90; common to fair
Sc O0@6 20
New York - Beeves-Receipts, s79 head,
all for exportera and slaughterers; no trad
ing, feeling firm; dressed beef steady, 613@
row, 6165 quarters of beef. Calves-Receipts,
SS5 head; market steady; veals, 6@774c:
Western. 50 59@s 6511; SheepaReceipts, $500
s. 75@6 80; dressed mutton firm. 7@sHc;
dressed lambs steady, 7@91Ic. Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 5,3l9 head, all consigned direct;
nominally steady, 81 sO@5 So.
Cincinnati -Hogs-Quiet; common and
light, 50 7594 s.: packing and butchers,
81 1905 20; receipts, ], 400 head; shipments,
l,lOO. Cattle In better demand; fair to choice
butchers grades, 50 O014 90; prime to choice
ments, 100. Sheep in light demand, firm;
common TO choice, 81 00G04 30; extra fat year
lfngs, 81 55@5 90; receipts, 800; shipments, 200.
Lambs-Steady: common to choice, 81 OOl
so per 100 pounds.
st. -Cattle-Receipts 45OO head;
shipments. 1,lOO head; market active;
good to choice natives, 81 9065 30: fair to
good do, s. S014 90: Texan and Indian
steers, s. 4O@S 50: Gamers. 81 5O62 25 Hogs
Receipts, 5000 head; shipments, I,1O0
head; market steady: fair to fancy, "a 100
IS: mixed, "A 30@4 I0 light. fair to fancy,
81 1901 60. Sheep-Receipts, 500 head;
shiDments, none; market firm, fair to good,
81 50@4 Co.
ha-Cattle-Recefpts, 400 head: mar
ket dull: all but best cows sold &c lower;
active demand for good feeders; common to
fancy steers, 81 756l5 75: Western, So OO65 90;
Texans, So 2493 co. Hogs-Reccipts, 3,7CO
head; market active and strong on best
heavy, and firm on light and mixed stuff;
light. 81 60@4 75; heavy, 81 zoos co; mixed,
- 65@4 75. Sheep-Receipts, 537 head; mar
ket active and steady with demand good.
Kansas ty-Cattle-Receipts, 1920 head;
shipments, 2,200 head: market steady to
strong: steers, IS 25@5 75: cows, 81 2592 20:
ceipts, $50 head; shipments, 600 head: mar
ket steady and strong: bulk, 81 5564 65; all
grades, So 25d4 10. Sheep-Receipts, 800 head;
no shipments; market steady.