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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24

SIC; thin. 4@411ae; mutton. 5000; lambs,
pelts Oh, Y(Ul0c.
Pork, Beef, Hams. Hides. Etc.-Hides.
steer, green. per Id, Sc; hides, cow,
green. per ID. &c; hides. calf. green. per
lb,7c; hides. steer, salt, 415c; hides. COW,
salt, per Id. SIC; peits, 150T5c; wool,
washed, 14@15t; wool, unwashed. S1z@g
10c: tallOw, 4g415c; pork, mess, 1920
1880; beef, mess. SS@S. so; bacon, SllM
ll.50; hams, 9l4W1Oc; hams. picnic, IA
@sc; dried beef, 91a@l1c: lard, sS@S.50;
hops. 24@e25c.
Oranges California navels. $500
3.75; seedlings. mountain. 5000. 35; seed
lings. Riverside, S2(12.5O; seedlings.
$4@4.50; Florida lussets. S3.75QQ4.
Lemons-Extra fancy. IS. 5O(04; fancy,
s3.25@3.5u; better stock, 81. 5O@a. rs; Cal
ifornias, 1902 .25.
Bananas - Port; Limons. 5000 so;
Bluefeld. sl.75@2; Honduras No. l,
$l.75W2; Honduras No. 2. Sl.25(01 so;
cocoanuts, per 100, S3.50@4; pineapples,
per doZ, sl.75@2.
California Fruits-Cherries, 1O-lb box,
s1.75@3.
Apples nominal. Fancy
stand, s7.5OMS; fancy, bbi. s6.50@7;
standard. $5.5O@6; fair. s3.25@4; com
mon, S3@3.5O; California, bu box, s2.25
@2.50; Oregon. bu box. s2C02.25.
Potatoes = Mixed, per bu, 65@7oc;
assorted. 75@S5c; potatoes. Southern, bu,
81; sweet Jerseys, per bbl, s4@4.25;
sweet Illinois, per Dbl. S3.5o@3.75.
Dried Fruit-Apples. per ID. 11I@
13c; peaches, peeled, 15@1Sc; peaches.
unpeele1. ll@l4c: peals. S@10c; april
cots, l6@l7c, raspberries, 22@23c
blackberrits. 7@71ac; prunes. California
| French. 6@9c.
Observation-Disclosures. blu. S2.2502. 50:
| cranberries, b. and c.. hbl. 5000. so; GRAIL
| berries, Cape Cod, $797.50; crahberries,
b. and b., 7@7.50; cranberries, Jersey,
| S6.5O(97; Strawberries, 24-qt cases, 81. %
| @2.5U; Illinois, ELIOT cases, 50. 1903.
Game and Fish-BIack bass, SQl9c
pike. SC; pickereI, Sc; croppies. Si04c.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
NEW FAST TRAINS
To Be Put On Between Chicago
and New York.

Beginning with Sunday next the
Pennsylvania Railway company will
put OH ii train leaving Chicago at $50 D.
H.. to arrive in New York the following
day at $3.50 y. H.. Eastern time, or max
ing twenty-four-hour run from Chi
cago. The Lake Shore 81 Michigan
Southern, in connection with the New
York Central & Hudson River road,
will also have a twenty -four-h hour train,
commencing the same date, and using
the same time card as the Pennsylvania
.mpany. The Michigan Central, in
connection with the New York Central
u Hudson River road, will likewise
iiave ii twenty-four-hour train. leaving
Chicago at ga. H.. arriving at New
York at 10 a. M, Eastern time, the fol
lowing day.
I lie extra fare charged for these fast
runs, will be put s.. The regular fare
is so and the regular time is twenty
six hours. The Chicago Great Western
has received the foregoing advices by
wire from +. II. Lord. general passen-
ger agent, Chicago.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
C.ERNST &CO
Investment Bankers.
Dealers in First-CIass
bonds, RSank Stocks and
Commercial Papers.
Honey to loan in Large Amounts.
-oFFICEs-
Germania Bank Bldg. and Temple Courts,
ST. Paul. Minneapolis.
FINANCIAL.
New York.

NEW YORK. May 3d. The share specu-
lat,on today was generally strong and
decidedly active. Reactions, due mainly
to realizations of profits, took place
at Intervals, and there was an occasional
bear drive which sent prices down tenn
porarily, but there were buyers for all
the stock offered. ard after decline
came a rally which established higher
range Of values. Exceptions to this
rale were found in some of the special
ties, which moved erratically, and in a
few cases recorded declines on the
day. London was purchaser in round
amounts nf the arbitrage stock. chiefly
of st. Paul. Louisville & Nashville,
Union Pauific and Atchison.
Chicago was also a heavy buyer
OF st. Paul. supposedly for the account
of prominent railway men in that city
WIN anticipate good results from the
meeting OF railway managers to be held
in that city tomorrow. The general
market was helped upward by the eX-
question for some tine TO come by this
conference. and the bulls used the meet
ing for all there was in it, and perhaps
more. Sugar was again taken i'll hand
by the Clique, and was moved upward
Oh reports from Washiv gton that the
senate would very shortly pass the
tariH Bill with the clause protecting the
refining interest, and that the house
would accept tine senate amendments.
Rumors that the coal strike was ap-
preaching settlement affected the
shares of anthracite roads favorably.
Chicago Gas was bought by Insiders
on the belief that there would Se no
further effort to interfere with the pay
nent of the dividend. The CGrdage
shares were in request OIL statements to
the effect that arrangements had been
effected with manufacturers outside the
trusts 10 maintain prices. All the influ-
ences affecting the market were read in
a favorable light by the traders, and
hence the trend of prices was upward.
! During the afternoon the buying was
at times very stroug. but in the final
| dealings Ieaiizlng sales caused gen.
eral reaction. and the market closed
easier at a decllne~>of 4@I from the
best prices of the day. New York Cen
/ trail. Erie preferred. Cordage, c.. c., G.
Il St. Louis. Louisville d Nashville and
| Iowa Central preferred showing the
| heaviest losses. Compared with ,ester-
| days closing figures, the final sales of
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UNSETTLED ANO NERVOUS.
WHEAT CLOSES LOWER ON ACCOUNT
or F3Es OFFERINGS.
ACTIVE STOCK SPECULATION.
Several Bear Raids Send Prices
Down, bat Buyers We're Numer-
GUS, and Absorbed All stack
That Was Offerel-The Close
Was at a Small Decline on the
Days Best Prices.

GUS, and Absorbed All stock
That Was Offerel-The Close
Was at Small Decline on the
Days Best Prices.
CHICAGO. May 2S.-Wheat was un-
settled and nervous. within &c range
today. and closed sc lower. The east
hess was due to a favorable crop report.
free offerings and lower official cables.
and overcame a temporary advance
caused by encouraging private cable
advices. Corn closed &c higher, oats
&c higher and provisions slightly higher
all around.
In wheat the opening trades showed
$sc less. and the market sold down
traction more, rallied 5sQo34c, worked
back 1s@5Sc. rallied a little and closed
easy. The easiness at the start was due
to the various state bulletins being
more favorable than expected. Early
Liverpool cables were dull and lower,
and this added weakness to the situa-
ton. Outside markets all opened
lower, and offerings from the start were
heavy, while the inquiry was rather
limited. The demand picked up later,
and the top prices of the day were
scored on private cables. which reported
the German government As having
issued report which made the crop
there unfavorable, and the damage by
frosts serious and prices advanced. "A
reaction set in. and prices were not
maintained when the official cables we re
posted. which showed Berlin off 56@
15c. Closing prices were near the bot
tom.
Corn was generally firm all day. The
strength was chiefly on the theory that
the movement is liable to fall off in the
Immediate future, influenced by the
prospective advance iii rates from Kan
sas and Nebraska points. an Il alsoby the
1ear OF damage by drought to liz re-
Gently planted crop in parts of Iowa and
Nebraska. The bulletins also Indicated
some damage to corn by the late freeze.
he market opened with a fractional
loss, but almost immediately recovered
and sold up 3Sr. eaSed Off a lille, ad-
vanced &c. and closed at the top.
oats were firm at the opening, ad-
vanclng 4(gs6c, but later react.ng on
Increased offerings.
Lower prices for live hogs caused a
moderate decline in provisions at the
opening. This was followed by ii fur
tler decline in sympathy with the weak
ness III wheat. followed by reaction on
the report that the coal strike had been
declared off. Attempted covering by
those VINO had sold early created
l. strength later, the market closing at the
OUTSIDE prices OF the day and rather act
i've.
Compared with last night, July pork
is l0c; July lard, sc. and July ribs, Zoe
higher.
Vessel rates were steady at 11Sc for
wheat and l4c for coru to Buffalo. De.
mand only lar.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24

little doing in cash. The mills were
bidding l1sc premium for wheat to ar
rive. but there were no offerings. Sew
oral trades were made in September at
sc below yesterday.
Following were the closing prices ::
No. l hard. Cash, 594e; May, 591ac;
July, 59Ac; No. northern. cash, 59c;
May, 5S4c; Jlly. 5s15c; September.
$3.50: No. 2 northern, cash. 55119c: No.
?, 4slSc; rejected, 4s4e. On track, No.
! northern mort si to arrive, e9c; rye 45c; No.
q Keeei H' Here ere AND %'e at q''s Su Hse
Wheat, 1l.133 bu; rye, 500 bu. Ship
ments-Wheat. 7,l6l bu. Cars inspected
today-Wheat, SO: oats. s.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
Shortening the Time Between
Chicago and the East.

Under the new schedule, to take eff
feet on the Pennsylvania Lines MAY
27th. the famous Pennsylvania Limited
will leave Chicago at $50 p. H., arrive
Pittsburg E a. m, New York $3.50 p. M.
The train will DC made up of hew Lii
brary, Smoking. Dining and Sleeping
Cars. all lighted by electricity. This is
the most complete train running, and
carries a barber, stenographer and
typewriter, and a waiting maid for
ladies' and children. A bath room for
ladies and a bath room for gentlemen
arc included in the conveniences. Horse
Shoe Curve and the magnificent mount
ain scenery of the Alleghenies are
passed by daylight. and may be enjoyed
from the well-arranged Observation
Car. For any desired information OH
the subject. address Ii. II. Derlng, AS
slstant General Passenger Agent. PAS
Clark street, Chicago.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
RATES TO b.: RESTORED.
Satisfactory Meeting of the Pres.
idents OF Ereig L Lines.


CHICAGO. May 23.-rhere is now a
strong probability that the troubles OF
the Wes.er4 .s---ostg association over
the emigrant tr.l.i- ii e settled With
in the next few days. President Rein
hart, of the Atchison road, sent a teie-
gram to President Clark. of the Union
Pacific, reminding him that when they
had meeting in relation to the settle
ment of the differences between the two
lines the proposed agreement which
was accepted by both liAes distinctly
provided that East-bound California
business was to be included, as well as
that West-bound. This was apparently
Mr.. Clark's understanding of the mat
ter, for he at once sent back to Chicago
General Passenger Agent LomaX, OF
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
st. Paul Produce.

Bitter - Fancy separator. 16@17c;
extra creamery, 15@0I5Hc; first cream
cry. l4@l41ac; second creamery, 100
BE; fancy dairy. l6@i7c; first dairy, IA
GQl415c; second dairy. 10@l1c; com
mon roll and print, rose; packing stock,
6@51ac; grease. 40e5c.
- Gheese--Full cream, 12@Ql21Sc ;prlInost,
536@6c; brick cheese, 103l2c;< Linn
burger cheese. 955@l1c; Young Amer
ieas42@l21ac; SWISS, 131al@l5c; skins,
s97c.
Eggs-Fresll, cases included, 91Sc;
fresh. cases returned, &c; seconds, cases
returned. rose.
Il Poultry = Turkeys. toms, 6@61%c;
turkeys, hens. S@S1ac ;;chickens. 9lQ9l9c
hens, S9Slsc; mixed. TQ071sc; cox. 6t@
Seq ducks. Sc; geese, &c.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., per bu, 70(G75c
onions, green. per doz, rose; onions.
Southern, $3.50; radishes, per doz. zoe !;
cabbage, New Orleans, crate, S3.5o(04;
cabbage, crate. S2t@2.25; beets. per
bu. sl.25; parsnlps. per blu, 60c;
lettuce, per doz, 15(92)c; rutabagas, per
Du. soc; carrots. per bu, soc; cucum-
bers. doz, 75c@ 81 spinach, per bu. 40@50c
pie plant, rerlb, lc: asparagus, per doz,
! 25@30c; wax beans, per bu, 81;
strins beans. bu. Si.7592; tomatoes
crate. 1898 %; tomatoes. homegrown,
per lib. 2h921c; peas. Der bu. 50.
Veal Fancy, 51@@5c; medium. 5@
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
NEW SECURITIES
Listed on the New York Stock
Exchange.

luSt gu Oh tlle new Ofh STOCK
Exchange.
NEW YORK. May 2S.-The governing
committee of the stock exchange has
placed the following securities on the
stock list: Engraved certificates of
deposit of the Manhattan Trust com
pany for deposits of the New York &
New England coml..on stock; Norfolk
& Western. S2.000.000 additional pre-
ferred stock, making total listed $50
100000; New York Security and Trust
company, engraved certificates of de-
post for the Spokane & PaIouse Rail-
road company first mortgage bonds to
amount of $1.O72.0 G0; Louisville & Nash
vile Si7S,0G0 additional united fifty
year 4 per cent gold bonds; Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago d st. Louis, s3.417,-
600 additional first collateral trust ppr
cent gold bonds; New Orleans & North
eastern Railway, s60.000 prior lien 6 per
cent gold bonds; Harvey Fisk u Sons,
engraved certificates of deposit of the
Evansville Il Richmond Railroad com.
pany.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
Net cost per bushel in Lon
Profit ON transaction
Duluth w Wheat.

DULUTH, Mimi. May 81 - There
was not very active market here today,
business being light. There was little
trading in July. which opened at &c
below yesterday and held steady tor
about half an hour, WHEN it advanced.
gaining &c by 10 O'clock. The market
was fairly steady at the advance up to
noon. and then became easy, and. with
out trading. easedat the cluse. There was
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour unchanged; winter straights. 81. 40
@2:75; winter patents. So. 1O@3.50; bak-
trs' ,s1.7O@2. Wheat-No. 2 spring,
55ss4c: No spring. nominal; No. 2 red,
55$4c. Corn-No. 2, 37slc. Oats-No. 2,
34c; No 2white. 1864 c@3714; No. 3whlte.
SS554@37c. Rye-No. 2. 45}5c. Barley
No nominal; No. 3. 52(a54c; No. 4.
50@52c. Flaxseed-No. l, S1.3l. Timp'
thy Seed-Prlme, $500. Mess Pork.
per bbl. sll.so@lL.s2k. Lard-Per 100
lbs. s6.921s@6 95. Snort Ribs Sides
Qoose), s6.25@6.2715; Shoulders-Dry
sailed (boxed), S5.75i@6. Sides-Short
clear sides (bOXedi. 62%007.l215.
W hisky-Distillers finished goods. per
gal. s1.15. Sugars unchanged. Re
ceipts-Flour, $1,000 bbls; wheat, 3d.
600 bu; corn, S39,0O0 bu; oats, 3O9, 900
bu: rye. 5000 bu; barley, 1000 bu.
Shipmenis-Flour. 1000 bbls; wheat.
$1,000 blu; corn. 2S3,O0O blu; oats, 227. 900
bu; rye, 5000 bu; barley, 5000 bu. On
the produce exchange today the butter
market was firm, creamery. 14@l61@c,
dairy S@13c; Eggs steady; strictly fresh
1Oc.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24

Cattle--S;eady but quiet. Quality Of
the offerings not SO good as yesterday,
and buyers were not anxious for them.
Good cattle sold steady. and were in
good demand.
Quotations steers. s325(03. SO;
good steers, S3@3.35; prime cows, $3.50
@2.75; good COWS. SO. 25@2. 60; com mon To
fair cows, S1.75@2.25; ligh veal calves.
s3@3.75 heavy calves, 1908; stockers,
sl.75@0250; feeders. s2.5o93; bulls,
81 5f,(l0o IL
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
representative Sales

Sheep = kat muttons and lambs
steady and active, common dull.
Quotations MUttons, S2.50(Q3. rs;
lambs. 50. 75@3.9o; common, sl.50v02 rs
Representative Sales -
No. Weight. PriceI No. Weight Price
80 muttons. .lUu s. IS % tailings. ...62 ST. so
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
CITY MORTGAGES
Negotiated on improved Real
Estate, at Lowest Rates.
E. w. PEET & SON,
Manhattan 3kuyldinr,
New York Money,

NC" 1VrR AvHVHFye
NEW York. May 23-Moncy on call
today easy at per cent: last loan. l;
closed at l per cent. Prime mercantile
paper. 2494119 per cent. Sterling ex-
change steady, with actual business in
bankers bills at s4.SS3s@4.so for de-
mand. and at S4.S714@4.S734 for sixty
days. Posted rates, S4.SS12@94. com
mercial bills. $4,000 1859. Silver
certificates, G4Ug65c.
GcndS
New YORK. May 90. = Government
bonds steady; state bonds dull.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
FITCH BROS. & co.
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION,
South st. Pau,
Reference: Union Stock Yards Bank
LIVE STOCK.
Union SSoci1yaras.

UniON SSOCAyIrHS.
Receipts-1,920 hogs. 245 cattle, "a
calves, 100 sheep.
Hogs-5@10c lower than yesterday.
Quality not SO good as yesterday. Mar
ket opened slow, with liberal receipts.
Representative Sales
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
Butter and Eggs.

creamery. H@l6hc; dairy. e@l3c. Eggs
steady; strictly fresh. loo:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
Building Permits

The following building permits were
issued yesterday:
Edward Feldhauser. three story
block of fats, ST. Peter street.
between Central avenue and Til.
ton street. $50 OOO
Six minor permits. ......... $50
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
PROFIT OF in.taE CENTS
In Wheat Sent E'rum Duluth to
Liverpool.

In Wheat Sent From Duluth to
Liverpool.
Statement showing the market value
of No. l hard wheat at Duluth,
as compared with same at London upon
an actual sale of 1000 quarters 5000
bushels), made at Liverpool April 26,
1894, shipment of same to be made first
haIfof May. Furnished by the railroad
and warehouse commission:
Cents
May 15.-Price at Duluth. .6U. so
Duluth elevator charges, weighing
and inspection ...............0 OF. 80
Lake freight and insurance from
Duluth to Buffalo. .02. 80
Buffalo elevator charges, commits
aioii. etC. 1000. JULIO
Canal freight and insurance from
Buffalo to New York .......... .04. so
New York elevator charges, viz,
weighing. transferring, demur.
rage. towing. trimming. etc. .01.50
Ocean freight and Insurance from
New York to London. .O3. %
Loss in weight, Duluth to London. 90. 50
Net cost per bushel in Lon
don &c. |. f.). ..................75 rs. 10
April ~. i ,00OQuarters 5000 BUSH
els) sold in Liverpool for London
delivery shipment first half of
May, at rs shlllings 11% pence
per quarter (or 1875 cents per
busheD observation-disclosures. rs. 50
Profit on transaction. ......... O3. %
&c. |. F.' means cost. freight and
insurance." or "del,verery at the dock"
in London, purchaser paying all future
charges.
Above statement is made based upon
lowest price for wheat in Duluth during
first half of May. If made based upon
the highest price in Duluth during
same period 0i2]a cents), the gain would
have been Ol.53. or little over ~
cents per bushel.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24
MICHAEL DoRAN JAMES DORIAN
M. DORIAN & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,
3Il Jackson St., St. Paul, MINI.
Stocks-CIosanr,

htch1sOn. ........ ~
Adams Express. .149
Alton & Terrell. 80
do pfd. ........15J
Am can Express. Iii
Baltimore d. Ohio rs
: Canadian Pacific 6aa
Canada Southern 49L
Central Pacific. :. u
Ches. il Ohio %. IN
Chicago d Alton. 139
C.. b. 4 @ ....... III
Chi ago Gas.. Z s
Consolidated G. .134t
C.. G.. c. d. st. L 81
Colorado z. q 1. 8
Cotton Oil Certs 27
Del. u Hudson. .139
Del, Lack. u W 1898.
b. & y. e. pfd. 81
Dis. d c. F. Co. :. 23S.
East Tennessee :. 5l
Erie 80. .......... lis
DIN MD Oh
Fort Wayne. -. 152
CT. North. pfd. I02
c. e. L. 1. pfd. %. 02
Hooking Valley. III
Illinois Central. Wl
st. Paul & d. -. 2.!t
: Kan. 4 Tex. pfd.. %
Lake Erie q West 147
do pfd. 80. %. 66H
Lake Shore. .13l
Lead Trust. 80. 6iH
tLOhiS- " NasIl... 40
Louisville IL y. A. "a
Manhattan Con. lis
Mem. d Charles'n S
Michigan Cent. :. IS
Missouri Pacific. 20
Mobile & Ohio iSY
Nash. & CHAT. 20
4 Matt Cordage. -. 90
oospfd 1900. A.
N. j. Central. .109l
N. " W. pfd ..... aOl
North Am. Co. :. 81
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The way the benefits and pleasures of this
6cent tour bring 10 coupon
GLOBE Office and get copy of No. of that marvelously
beautiful and entrancngly interesting WORK.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-24

And it contains the above list of ROYAL PURPLE PHOTO
GRAPHIC VIEWS with Contnuou Graphic and Eloquent
descriptions Everybody says these grand photographs and
accompanying descriptions better than personal visit
scenes, and they vastly cheaper Observe the thor
oughes and systematic order with which every
ner of OUR COUNTRY is pictured and described
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Ia COTruLtNk IL Nol1oLEHk q torroLAKs q
~ NCoTrOLENE CorToLENE SoTToLENR
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Total. seven permits. -. ..sso, $50
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-08
POINTS.

The bed room in the old colonial
house in Philadelphia in which Joseph
Jefferson was born is now a store house
for plaster casts, and the parlor OF the
house a salesroom for such articles OF
plebeian art But the house still re-
tains a great deal of interest for old resi-
dents OF the Quaker City. It isLearly
sixtv-fve years since Jefferson first saw
the light OF day there.
Julian Hawthorne has zone to the
West Indian island of Jamaica, where
he will make his home for the future.
He arrived in Kingston u week or SO
since with his whole family, and says
he is going to settle in some sylvan re-
treat: in the island and engage in farm
ing, incidentally with novel writing.
According to the London Star the yell
low contents of the mysterious pomade
bottles that Mr.. Gladstone carries into
the House Of Commons to fortify him
self for an important speech are q COM
pound of sherry and eggs, with certain
other indictments calculated to
strengthen the vocal organs.
Another of Dickens characters, or,
rather, a man who was supposed to
have been the original OF one, Barnaby
Ridge, died recently at Chatham, Eng.
His name was Walter de Brisac, and he
was by occupation a packman, educated
far in advance OF his class.
Gen. Neal Dow, whose ninetieth
birthday in March next is to be cele-
brated by Prohibitionists in various
parts of the coutry, still rises daily at S
a. M. and takes a three-mile walk YER
morning" to keep the bloom of youth
on his cheeks"
Adolf Menzol, the famous German
painter, celebrated the seventy-eighth
anniversary Of his birth q few days ago
at his home in Berlin. Despite his ad-
vanced age, he is still hale and hearty,
and works many hours each day in his
studio
Women writer's seem to have q fond
ness for George" as a nom de plume.
George Sand, George Eliot and George
Fleming have been succeeded by George
Egerton, or Mrs. Clairmont and George
.Edbert Craddock, or Miss Murphree.
Mrs. E. d. E. N. Southworth, whose
books the girls of the last generation
thought were just too lovely for any
thing, celebrated her seventy-fourth
birthday on Christmas in better health
than she has enjoyed for years.