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The Progress., 1893-09-09
Coffee and Tea.

CoGec-Steady; fair, IsjEc, medium
grade l9j3c; better, PIE.
Tea-Good stock OF hand, fair demand.
We quote fair at i0c; good, j0@G0C; fine
150Sj cents; finest, II 0O@l p per pound
bv the chest.
The Progress., 1893-09-09
BreadstIfs.

Flour-Steady; family, $40; extra
fancy, $500; patents, 5i.0O; sacks lOc eT
Dbl. less.
g steady, 500; sacks 5c per
obi. less.
The Progress., 1893-09-09
Provisions.

Bacon easy at ll"tc
Dry salt Meats steady at 1910.
Breakfast BacOu-ljc. by the box.
Hams Choice cauvasscd sugar cured,
~ Sc.
Lard-Scff; Pure, 1OcH.
The Progress., 1893-09-09
Sugar and Molasses.

Sugar-Firm; O. X. prime, none; choice
seconds "a; yellow clarified, 5j5c; granu-
late Gifc; white clarified, 5$Zc.
Molasscs-COmmOn, 20c; prime open
kettle. none: choice reboiled, 35@3Sc;
syrup de batterie. none.
The Progress., 1893-09-09

Advertise in The PRoGREss if you want
family trade.
The Progress., 1893-09-09
Esculents.

Onions-s3.15 per bbl.
Beans Navy, Sc per lb.
PotatOes-E Eating, 80 per bushel.
The Progress., 1893-09-09
Cotton Market.

L0S AL NJ AT III L
The Progress., 1893-09-09

Cotton Market.
ITh,s report - carefully corrected on
Friday evening Of each week, from the
most reliable sources
SsREvEPoRT. La, Septembe~ 5. Mar
~ ..L..--.L .Ll.- = ~ I'm In. A-LL-
The Progress., 1893-09-09
Bagglng and Ties.

Bagging-2 lbs, GlIc; ia lbs, &c.
Twine-FOr baling purposes, 1Oc per
lb. by the bale.
Iron Ties-Sl.lJ
The Progress., 1893-09-09
Grain and Feeastufs.

Iron Ties-Sl.lJ
Grain and Fee1stuffs.
Corn--Steady; white, seed none; mixed
sacked, J2c per bu.
Hay-Timothy. 517.50; prairie, sl0.5O.
Oats-Firm; Texas, Sic; Western,
none.
Rve-51.10.
Barley-S1.00.
Bran-J5C.
Chopped Corn-sl.l0 per 100 lbs
Wheat-Sl.l0.
Milet Seed 81 per bushel.
Fruits and Nuts.
Apples "a 0 al 80 per barrel.
Almonds-lS020c per lib.
Brazil Nuts --l2c per To.
Dried Fru.t--Apples, S&l0c; eyapOrated
ll&l21I per pound.
Filberts-l2c per lb.
Lemons-S3. 75Gl.00 per box.
-Hand-picked, red, raw, Gl5@S;
white. 5@6c; roasted, lc higher on all
grades
Pecans-GGl2c per lb.
Walnuts-l5c per IT.
Raisins-New stock. S2.23 per box.
Orauges-Louisiana S350G3.75 per box;
Florida, none.
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Profitable HoeinC.
From the Woodland Democrat.

From the woodland Democrat.
The other morning ]. M. Cook, formerly
Of Woodland, but who is now farming on the
ranch OF W. NJ. Griff. about one mile below
knights Landing, was engaged in hoeing po-
tatoes. he unearthed a half dollar, and after a
short while he uncovered another coin Of like
denomination. Believing that there might
be more in the vicinity he abandoned all
thought OF potatoes and turned his attention
to a search for more coin. BY digging to a
depth of about two feet he was rewarded by
his hoe striking some metallic substance, and
upon seeking the cause he found a veritable
gold mine. for in almost compact BODY
there lay before him eco gold pieces, one
el0 piece and "a. so in silver, making the total
amount Of mis- find eos. so. Mr.. Cook imme.
diately declared the remainder OF the day q
holiday and came to this city, feeling quite
elated over his fortunate discovery. He in
formed reporter that the entire ground or
which the money was found was less than sis
feet in extent and that none of the coins were
Of later date than 1870. He also announced
his intention of resuming the search upon his
arrival'at home. The mystery is, how came the
coins there?
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Amateur Photography.

From the London Daily News.
A good notion of the extent to which pho
Biography is studied in an amateur way may be
gathered from the little volume devoted to this
subject, entitled The Blue Book walter
Sprange). The references guide comprise some
$50 towns from Aberdeen to Cork, and from
Oban to Penzance, all of which have one or
more amateur societies. Details of these So
cieties, with lists of members. are furnished,
together with rules and regulations Many
have a dark room open to visitors on applica-
ton" One has for its object to make "a COM
plete survey to Devon" A large number have
weekly meetings and enjoy Outings" during
the season. The Boys Own Postal Photo
graphic Club at Weymouth is established for
the circulation of prints and criticisms thereon -
Many hold periodical conversaziones and ex-
hibitions, while ''the Helios Postal Photographic
Club" in the sunny town of Hastings circulates
a case among its members for the insertion OF
photographs and the mutual criticisms OF each
others work in a note book which accompanies
the case.
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FOUND A PETRIFIED BODY.
A Prospector's Search in the Gulch Reveal
CuriOsity.

Prospector's Search in the Gulch Reveals
aCuriOsity.
From the Glenwood. Col. Avalanche.
Thomas Harkins, who has prospected the
mountains, hills and valleys in this vicinity for
the past four years, rushed into the Araldnche
office yesterday afternoon in a state Of excite
ment. He had in his hands q small package,
which the reporter thought to contain speci-
mems Of gold or silver, but. to his surprise,
the perfect petrifed hand and arm Of human
form was revealed.
Mr. Harkins stated that while prospecting in
the dry gulch just beyond the lime kiln. about
two and one-half miles from this city, he acct
dentaly discovered upon the surface Of the
ground the hand in his possession. Thinking
to perhaps find the entire BODY beneath the
surface he at once began to use his pick and
shovel In few moments his search was re-
warded. His pick came in contact with some
solid substance, which proved to be the arm
from which the hand had in the past become
extracted. The lonely prospector became in
tensely excited at the exposition of a petrifed
male form rs his work progressed
Mr. Harkins extended an invitation to J. J.
Reilly of New York city. who is visiting Glen
wood and two representatives of the 4 rddnche to
accompany him to the scene. In thirty min
utes the party was safely landed and again the
ghoulish proceedings began.
1t was nearly O'Clock when the marty
reached the city, with the wonder OF wonders
partly exposed in the rear Of the wagon.
A majority OF the persons who examined the
form decided that from the features, SO promi-
nenty displayed, it was an Indian. while many
insisted that from the broad. fiat nose and
shape of the head it was negro. Others
thought cliff dweller. perhaps, and died from
natural causes, for age was most certainly de-
picted, and was now to become one Of the mys-
teries OF the present day.
The man had certainly been in life dwarf
as the height, upon measurement, proved to be
but three feet and two inches. allowing four
inches for the feet, they not being found, and
being certain that the disocation was at or very
near the ankles. measurement of the form
gives the following: Height, three feet two
inches; from hip bone to feet, thirteen inches:
length of arm. eleven inches: head. around
forehead, twenty-four inches: face, from top OF
head to chin. seven inches; width of face on
cheek bone, four inches; chest. thirty three
inches; hips thirty-one inches; hips to shoulder,
seventeen inches.
1t will readily be seen by the above measure
ments that it does not imply that of SYM
metrical form. The legs and arms are very
slender. while the head and body are very large.
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you can pass to the arm movement. Place
yourself in the same leaning position and use
the leg stroke. Then before the force OF the
stroke is expended turn the hands Of the
outstretched arms q little outward and sweep
them through the water to the hips. This
movement will not only add to the force of the
stroke, but will also support the body. As
your hands reach the hips draw up the legs
and propel them as before. and as they cleave
the water reach out your arms for another
stroke down to the hips, and so on, alternating
the two. Assiduous practice will bring as
tonishing results in q week.
But don't try to learn too quick Practice
just one stroke until YOU have the movement
Then practice two strokes, then three, and so
on. When you can 60 half a dozen strokes
without trouble you are a swimmer, for then it
Is just As easy to 90 ten times the number il
you do not hurry and distress yourself.
these are the first rudiments of swimming.
The side stroke, hand-over-hand stroke, the
racing stroke, jumping, diving and the many
tricks OF swimming will come In time when you
are at ease in the water. These actions will be
treated in another article.
Here are a few points which YOU will do well
to observe:
Remember that the less there lie Of you above
the surface Of the water the easier you will
noat You might as well put q fve-pound
weight around your neck as raise your head
and shoulders out of the water
=. 81" weary Willie swimming on YOUR
breast Just turn over and float or paddle on
your back until YOU are rested.
Don try to become tracer" right off, Go
SLOW and steadily and do not exhaust yourself
Always breathe through your nostrils and
exPel the air when you making the stroke.
You can practice the swimming stroke at
home The arm movements can be done stand
Ing up and the arm and leg strokes lying on a
chair In front of a mirror
Danish all fear going into the water. Conf
dence is everything
Don't battle before breakfast; and wait a.
least two hours after it before going into the
water. Between 10 am. and SPIN. are the
best hours for bathing.
Never go into the water after eating heartily.
Don't wait to cool off after you undress il
you are hot and perspiring. Plunge right in.
Don't wade slowly into the water or throw it
over yourself to get accustomed to the temper
AZURE. Fall right in.
And above all don't attempt to swim in deep
water until you are thoroughly proficient
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
OLD-TIME SMUGGLING.

Romance and an Incentive to 1t That Are
Now Entirely Gone.
From London Society.
Instead Of run by night in an open boat,
frc m the French coast to the shores Of Hamp-
shire. Sussex, Essex or Kent, we have to con-
tent ourselves in these prosaic times with petty
attempts to cheat the revenue, for which women
are more frequently responsible than men.
Such an incident once happened at Belfast,
where an Irish woman named Mary MacMahon,
was brought to the police court, charged with
keeping whisky on premises which were I'M
licensed. SerRt. Jones deposed that he went
into the defendants house and found q woman
named Granton, who was seated before the
fire. Upon searching her the sergeant came
upon thirty-six bottles of porter and two
bottles Of whisky, slowed away in her
petticoats To the inexpressible amuse,
ment Of the spectators the sergeant produced
the peccant garments in court. Each petit
coat was made Of coarse sacking and was grit
with innumerable pockets. all Of them lined
with soft materials, SO as to keep the bottles
from clinking and possibly breaking each
other. Unhappily for poor Mary MacMahon,
the petticoats, whisky and porter were con-
fscated by the relentless police magistrate
and the chief delinquent was sent to Jail for
three months. l entertain no doubt that the
hearty sympathies Of nine-tenths Of those
present in court went with Mary MacNahon
to limbo. There has, we fear never been q
time in Scotland and Ireland when surreptitious
potheen and mountain dew which never paid
a bawbee to the state exchequer did not. like
stolen kisses. taste the sweeter because Of their
clandestine birth.
He, however, who would fain find amusing
stories about running the blockade and SNUG
Cling contraband Of war through an enemy 3
lines may turn with advantage to many trans
atlantic magazines which TEEN with articles re-
vealing the illicit trade carried on during the
American civil war. Ladies Of the Belle Boyd
and Mrs. Greenhow type were caught trying to
boxes Of copper caps and packages Of quinine
better known under his real name, Hobart
Pashs, tells us that he struggled great quanti-
ties Of Cookies pills into Secessia, but that the
southerners, differing in taste from the
lamented Col. Fred Burnaby, would have
none Of them. A certain young lady,
who appeared to be in delicate health,
took ship at New York for Havana, whence
she hoped to run the blockade into Mobile.
Overpowered by seasickness during the voyage,
she could not prevent the stewardness from
discovering that she was grit round about with
linen bandages. among which many costly drugs
were slowed. Such is the complexion to which
modern smuggling has come at last. Our coast
guards have no preventive duties to perform,
and their only raison d'etre is to watch that no
foreign foe makes a descent on our coasts.
The Dirk Hatteraicks Of the past are as dead az
the pirates of the Capt. Cleveland order. and In
their stead petty larceny revenue cheaters like
Mary MacMahon have sprung into existence.
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this you will probably feel your head sinking
and the water will come over your mouth.
Don't get alarmed and struggle to get to your
feet. Keep your mouth closed and in second
your mouth and nostris will appear above the
surface. The legs must now be stifened and
separated slightly. and you will find them grad
ually rising until the tips Of your fingers toee
and knees, as well as your face and breast, will
be clear Of the water. Keep the head well
thrown back to elevate the mouth and chin.
Spread your legs further apart now and lie
motionless like the boy in the third cut
Breathe through your nostrils. and il the water
Is calm you can lie in that position as long as
you wish. OF course, it is not said YOU will
float successfully the very first time because
your nervousness will probably spoil the thing
time and again, but stick to it. little perse-
verance will make you comparatively expert.
Having learned to float you can now take the
first lesson in swimming. Take the same posi-
lion on your back, but place your hands at your
ide. Lie there quietly, and then very gently
use the hands as paddles sending the water to-
" lard your feet. The hands must be kept below
the surface. By keeping up this gentle pad
ding you will find yourself moving SLOWLY
ahead. Don't raise your head to see where YOU
are going, for then the water no longer supports
it and its heavy weight is thrown on the body,
and down you go.
When you have learned to propel yourself
head forward Just reverse the action OF your
hands and YOU will go feet forward You can
steer yourself by using one hand more forcibly
than the other. Having mastered the hand
padding you can begin to use your feet. Just
strike out your feet with the legs apart, and
then bring them together again. bringing them
up and repeating the stroke. The feet should
be kept about a foot beneath the surface This
leg work is quickly learned, and combination
OF padding and kicking will come easily to you
Steering is easily done by keeping one leg in
active, according to which direction you wish
to turn.
When you can float and propel yourself on
your back You can take hold of breast SWIM
ming, which is the most common form and the
easiest Wade out to your armpits again and
then turn to the landing place. Join your hands
In front OF the chest. palms inward, fingers and
thumbs together. Lean forward in the water,
pushing your hands out slowly until the arms
are quite straight. and let your feet leave the
bottom with a little push forward. You will
propel yourself foot or two toward the land
Try how long you can float and then gently
drop the feet to the bottom. Be careful to keep
the head well back. Keep repeating this until
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extremity Of which is tied to q stake driven into
the frozen soil. The stick Is covered with q
piece Of blubber, the string being carefully
covered. When the gull swallows the blubber
he 10 caught
Important accessories to hunting are wooden
goggles, worn to protect the eyes from snow
blindness. They are simply q wooden cover
for the eyes, admitting the light by narrow
horizontal Sits, which allow only a small
amount Of light to reach the eyes and at the
same time give sufficient range Of vision. Such
goggles are universally employed by the Eskimo
everywhere except in Siberia, where a simple
shade IL used. To mark the place where they
have buried meat in the snow hunters COM
monty employ little ivory rods, each with .
bunch Of feathers tied to one end.
Few plants that are Of any service to man
grow In the region Of Point Barrow The will
lows near the coast are nothing but creeping
vines, sometimes used for fuel Catkins are
utilized for tinder and moss furnishes wicks
for the lamps. All the wood available comes
from the drift along the beach. Most of that
thrown up on the beach west of Point Barrow
seems to come from the southwest and may be
derived from the large rivers flowing into
Kotzebue sound The driftwood which is
abundant east Of Point Barrow, probably comes
from the great rivers emptying into the Arctic
ocean. This wood is sufficiently abundant to
furnish the natives with all they need for fuel
and other purposes. and consists chiefly Of
form Of water-worn logs. often Of large size. OF
late years much wood has drifted ashore from
wrecks.
VERY FEW CIVILIZED HABITS.
These natives have adopted very few civilized
habits, though they have had a good deal Of in
tercourse with white men. They have acquired
taste for civilized food, especially hard bread
and -four, but these they are unable to obtain
for ten months Of the year. The greatest evil
which has come from their acquaintance with
the whites ia liquor, of which they are very
fond. To get 1t they will barter away valuable
articles which should have served to secure
ammunition or other things OF real use. How
ever. the whisky traffic is kept down by the
influence Of the revenue cutters. The morals
OF the people are very lax, but this condition
OF affairs does not appear to have been intro
duced by the whites. They have learned very
little English, their knowledge OF the language
consisting chiefly of few oaths, EXPLANATIONS
like ''Get out Of herer' and the words of such
songs As Little Brown Jug and ''Shoo, Fly"
curiously distorted.
Diseases Of the lungs and stomach are the
most frequent ailments from which they suffer.
The former are due to the practice of sleeping
on damp ground and to extreme carelessness in
exposure to draughts when overheated Nearly
every one suffers from coughs and colds in the
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to see all that had to die that year in our parish
and saw her own apparition."
WHAT WIZARDS COULD DO.

70 see all tnat mad To die that year In our parish
and saw her own apparition."
WHAT WIZARDS COULD DO.
An old wizard boasts in the most tremendous
way Of the things he can do, but retains the
useful knowledge Of how he does it. ION mid
summer l teach the VOLTS paternoster to shep-
herds, teach cunning men how to turn. teach
fairies to dance by moonlight, gamesters to
look under gallows for four Of clubs, teach
sheeted ghosts at midnight to demand Of
heirs the performances OF those VOWS they
did promise, give flying money that returns
after II Is spent, &c.
Until recent years a quaint old custom was
continued at Magdalen College, Oxford.
A sermon was preached every st. Johns day
from stone pulpit in one corner Of an open
court the entire court EMPOWERED in green to
typify st. John in the wilderness. In old times
great branches Of trees were used in decorating
houses to make this festival more joyful.
As late as the time Of Henry VIII citizens Of
London kept vigil in great crowds, carrying
out their rejoicing with all manner Of good
cheer on tables spread in the heart Of the city.
The men themselves were nobly decorated
with ribbons, jewelry and flowers, and carried
huge cressets or torches to illumine their watch.
Occasional bonfres blaze on St Johns eve
on the coasts of Penzance and in Spain, but the
magic solemnity Of midsummer is entirely rel
egated to Queen Titania and her court, who
keep up mystic revelry even in this skeptical
nineteenth century. NJ. X.
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"nat u Lesson between 1heee Lines.
From the Lancaster Examiner
As a rule. man is bored by the little things
which make women happy. II he makes a So
cial call upon a friend Of his sex he talks a few
minutes and is anxious TO get away. small
kindness rarely leaves a lingering impression
upon him. and he holds a compliment in light
esteem, unless it comes from lady for whom
he has deep regard, or it appeals to his vanity
and conceit Almost every boy is taught at
school and home to be aspiring He grows up
with the feeling firmly fastened upon him that
nothing in the medium walks OF life lie good
enough. he must become distinguished. or his
life 10 a failure. He goes out into life with the
chances several Thousand to one against his
having the ability to achieve the great end Of
his ambition. Here and there one starts out
with sufficient ability TO accomplish his aim,
but lacks the stamina to plod ane wait for re-
suits. SO he falls INTO dissipation. or all the
young men who aspire to great things not one
in many thousands reaches his goal The great
majority of those who fail are tortured with the
feeling that life is failure. 1t is little wonder
that SO many men commit suicide from this
cause. Prosperous business men sometimes
commit suicide because they had aspired to
what they considered much greater than a bust
ness life.
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dogs to bring him to bay. Wolves are not
regularly hunted, but they are often seen and
occasionally shot by deer hunters, their fur
being used for trimming hoods and other such
purposes.
Before the introduction of steel traps, which
they now obtain by trade, these Eskimo used Q
peculiar continuance for catching the wolf. Il
was merely q stout stick Of whalebone one foot
long and half an inch broad with q sharp point
al each end. One Of these was folded length
wise into the shape Of the letter 2, wrapped in
blubber. and frozen solid. II WAS then thrown
out on the snow, where the animal could fnd