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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19

brooks. Crenshaws, Meals, Planters
shockoe, Thornton's and Old dominion
tobacco Warehouses; report To-Day. re
ceipts. III packages; deliveries, % pack
ages.
United States internal revenue colec-
tons for the city OF Richmond, Va. to-
day. Cigars and cigarettes. SJ,s9I -; plug
tobaccos. s2.3l1:S. Total Ss.2l3Is. -,
be offered at SheIburne's tobacco ware
house tomorrow. sales commencing
promptly at 10 O'Clock. First sale at
this warehouse
A big break of fine tobaccos will be
offered at the 'Stonewall' tomorrow.
second sale at this warehouse
a large and attractive break at the
southern for tomorrow.
a good break OF brights and darks at
Davenport warehouse tomorrow.
Messrs Charles w. BONNER AZ 60. re-
pore the Iynchburg Na.) tobacco mar
ket for the week ending Saturday, Masch
Sales for week ending March y. 1885,
5216O pounds; sales Tor week ending
March 10 1885, 6Jl 800 pounds, Increase
week ending March III. 1870 l2.SO
pounds
SAFES from October /. 1894, 10 March
10 1875. 9341 80 pounds: sales from
October /. 1893, TO March 10. 1884. II ,j,s.-
100 pounds: decrease for ls9i-lsvJ, Ill.,
The weather throughout the week was
damp and well adapted for the stripping
and handling of tobacco. Large offer
ings are looked for next week. and the
possibility OF a gut In the market had
4 depressing effect upon prices during The
last few days. The adjudication of the
Italian contract advertised for the I'D
has not aroused much enthusiasm. ii
being looked upon as a foregone con-
clusion that 81 would be again awarded
to the successful bidders of last year.
Lugs were considerably weaker, owing
10 a large buyer OF this grade dropping
out. Medium grades were also some
what easier. Fine Austrian leaf was
scarce but sold fairly well. Ii is cs-
timated that our sales for this season
will not exceed twenty million pounds.
The Petersburg Record Of Saturday,
March 16 1895, says:
The tobacco market the past week mas
b,sn fairly active. We quote black
wrappers from lOc. TO lGc.. bright filters
from &c. TO Dc, bright wrappers from
re. to SOC.
The following Will show the movement
of tobacco during the past week at the
various warehouses: Farmers-Inspec-
tons 80; receipts. 1Sp loose. ~, 80
West Hill-Recepts, ca; loose, 4G,22o
ore's-Inspections. !: receipts. no.
loose 81 90. Centre-Receipts, %; loose,
6D.5T. Oaks-InspectOns. 40; receipts,
lOl: loose -. 800. neutrality-suspicious.,
10; receipts. Az; loose. AL 60
Total inspections from the LIST Of Oc-
tober. 1894, to March 10th, l,lS0; same
time last year. 1910.
No visitors registered at the Richmond
Tobacco Exchange to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
TEE CLOSING QUOTATIONS OF
MONEY.
Ohsriags and sales Ut the Rieknesd To-
baeeo Exchaage--Iatsrnal Revenue
Coileelioas-Fsrsign Advices.

NEW YORK, March lS--The bears OF
stock we've evidently thoroughly alarmed
during the early hours OF business anu
covered freely In every direction. Inc
fact that there was "A slightly better de-
mand from outside sources FOR all classes
of stocks added to the nervousness pre-
Vailing IN bearish circles. In addltloh,
tho market received better support from
I,onQon. tho recent rise ia, cotton naNlns
led 10 purchases OF Louisville ana Nasg-
vile, Southern Railway ana othet SUM
crn Issues. The announcement lndl VA
presidents Of anthracite coal roaus NO. 80
at last agreed 10 meet IN contefcppe W
act on the tonnage question also na" q,
stimulating influence. Inc heauliS, 40 10
IS understood, has modined JUS "et'ai' 80
feature OF the trading was me IN
creasSd activity on the low-priced ls-
sues. especially ia the Bitnmlno"9f ocg@c
ors, Kansas and Texas, texas TO-
Central Pacific, Colorado Ioai aIrtor.cd'
Terre Haute, -. and u. u pIsi ni
North Michigan and Wabash: lhesc
sues scored gains Of p 10 - ~ - 's'
sues ranged from i2g3s per f Geh,. S
sey Central leading. nc inV ,.h "a
were All higher. Sugar leadlng Win
rise OF per cent. b 70 I've. Jumped 10
u7i5 ON tho announcement That the butcn
Government had faNorabiy recoiI'iheDt,ssu 49,,
the taking off the export bounty oI w, w,
Du,cb eolonies sugar. being untaNorsDly
IA nrsg' market ran off in sympathy and
prices reccdcd l4n3s per cent Inc clos-
ne, 'ss,,,s Of l,G2Is per cent. Jersey
Central heading Sugar lost "a ana New
p.ngland D., per cent The bond market
a. on cail firm at 1iy02 to "a per
cent last loan at per cent, and clos
10 cef@rcd al per cent; prime mer-
camille paper. ii3aj per cent. Bar ST.
,,,st,oqs in bankers bills at4SfM
q4sS Tor siXtv days and 4S'a4SDA for de
y1apd. posted rates, 4SSlgn4D; CONNER
ciai bilis. 4S1d4S7l2 GoYernment bonos
6tgbcr state bonds dull. Railroad
i.onds active and stroEg. Silver at the
board WAS firm At S'1S.
crook QUOTATIONS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
RA1TINORT

BALTIMORE, MD, March 1s.-Flour
firm; western supertne. S2O0d2.lO; do.
extra, S2.20N2.JO; do. family. S2GQ2.h1;
winter wheat, patent S3.0Ou3.2i; spring
do. S3.GOa375 do. straight, $3.3JQj.J0.
TVHeat dun and easy; No. red spot
ana March, 6@sn6lc.; April, Gllsc.; May,
6l3AM6llac.: steamer No. > red, Jf3iHdSc.;
southern by sample. 6O462c.; do. OH
grade 5Si@mGii2c.
Corn steady; mixed spot and March,
49i ,6i495sc.; April, 49ls0i94c.; May 40Ac.
bid; steamer mixed, 4SAH4S4sc.: south
ern white, 500; do. yellow, 4JA0JOc.
oats firm; No white, western, 49,
d31c.; No. mixed, western, 34EQJ5c.
Rye quiet and steady No. ., jGa5Ic.
Hay firm; good 10 choice timothy Sl2.JO
6i3OO.
Grain freights quiet steamer to Liver
pool, nd, March; Cork for orders,
IS sd ats ND. March.
Provisions quiet mess pork, Sl3;50;
bulk shoulders. $G.2j; short rib sides,
clear sides and sugar-cured shoulders,
SI.2j; hams. small, 5000; large, SlO.21.
Lard-Refned, $500.
Butter firmer; fancy creamery, l9n2Oc.;
Iadle, 12Hl3c.; roll, l0g14c.; store-pacKed,
0dl0C
Eggs easier at 12ql2l2c.
Coffee firm; No T. Sl6.jOql662l2
Sugar quiet; graduated, S4.0.
Bonds-Batimore and Ohio, 5fysdA12;
Consolidated Gas stock, 6212dG23.: do.
bonds. 6s, l15l4@11G; do. IS, 1OGg lOG1l.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, ILL. March ls.-The dry
weather In the southwest was used 10
give the wheat market a life at the
opening to-day. but the weight that
was attached to the calamity cry was
not heavy enough TO balance the bear
arguments later from the statistical
position. and as the indefinite support
20 the early market was soon WITHDRAWN
prices took upward. Wheat showed
enough strength from its abundance.
therefore, TO cause recovery TO the
put price, but there was very little IN
dependent firmness TO the market. May
wheat opened from J6sc. to d5,sc:, sold
between J5IsGpJ7c. and 5JAc., closing AZ
5GNc.. lidasc under yesterday. tash
wheat was easy TO &c lower closing
steady.
Corn-This grain surprised everybody
with the strength II Unexpectedly ne-
veioped. Advices from Illinois points 10
the effect that IL is more prontabIe 20
ship corn East than into TINS market
was one of the reasons why the advance
occurred. The cash corn market mere
showed that New England buying orders
were numerous confirming me iniPics
sion produced by the other report. Dur
inc the morning the market dragged
and prices dropped. May corn opened
at f6c., sold between 451sc.. and l0Hco
closing at 4Gha4G5sc.. &c. nigher IMAM
Saturday. Cash corn closed 6tedier at
nc. higher on a good shipping demand.
Oats-The range was confined 10 limits
OF Lc. on oats within the marrow bound
aries inClininR to renect. tndL OF coiil.
Tho business was very light The visible
supply decreased 5000 bushels. May
closed ls@hc. higher than Saturday.
Casn sales were &c per bushel l.wer.
Provsions-Dro on all sides seems 10
have selling orders in product az the
.opening, the we'll founded presump-
ton being that the principal was a promi-
ncnt packer. During the last enort the
Inc early loss was regained The hog
market was irregular and did not have
much influence May pork closed NC.
lower than Saturday and May lard and
yjbs - lower I,iVerDOol WAS steady.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19

lures closed very steady; sales. lo2 90
bales; March. 5.d,; May, 90; June - -
July 81; August, 5.s2; September, oet'
October. $50; November, o.W' peceh-
Der, SW. - , =,
LIVERPOOL March ls.-12;D NJ
Cotton demand lair and prices barely
steady: American middling, 3t; sales,
1900 bales; American, IL 80 bales; spec
ulation and export, 1000 bales; receipts,
$500 bales, all American: Futures open,
ed easier and demand fair; Marcn and
April. 3 1864 April and May, . l3-ti@
3 i4-Si: May and June, 14-0fq3 l3-a
June and July, 3 l5-G4l3 1874: july and
August. & i6-tp4(t3 1854; August and Sep
tember' 3 iT-SfM3 1864: September and
Octoper, 3 3D-13m3 2l-64; October and
November. z 2D-3ia3 21Gi; November
and December 22-6iQ3 1854. Futures
steady at the decline. Tenders, 10
bales new dockets.
1P. M.-March 5 11-6fQ3 1864. buyers;
March and April, 8 1l-64n3 12-64. buy
crs; April and May. 3 l2-Gt. buyers; May
and June, 8 l3-6in3 1864, sellers; June
and uJly. l4-G4@3 15-6i, buyers: July
and August, . 1G-G4. sellers; August and
Septesiber, 1864, sellers September
and October 3 lS-6fn3 1864, sellers;
October and November, 3 19-6tn3 2o-64,
buyers; November and December. 3 2l-Gi,
sellers: December and January, 3 22-Gi,
buyers. Futures closed barely steady.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

UNION STOCK YARDS, ILL, March
1s.-Cattle-Receipts, 1900; market
steady: common to extra steers, S3.Mly
635; stockers and feeders. S2.GOaiO;
cows and bulls, Si.50qiJ0; calves, 800
QJ.J0.
Hogs-Receipts, $500: market iirm;
heavy, 81 4j6l4. 20; common 10 choice
mixed, 81 4O04.ti5: choice assorted, Si.G
az. IS: light. $4sOa4. 90; pigs. S3.759i35.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900; market steady;
inferior 10 choice, $2.7JQfI.1j; lambs,
81 1913 81
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
TOBACCO EXCHANGE.

KItHMOND, VA, MATCH Is, 1910.
No offerings OF tobaccos at auction on
Change to-day.
Private sales reported to the secretary
OF the Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day:
Wrappers \ hogsheads; nllers. 6l7; cut
tiers, /; smokers. 1: leaf (dark), ~; Tugs
dark. .. Total, GAL hogsheads.
The tobacco inspector reports to-day:
Inspections Bright. hogsheads: dark.
rs hogsheads. einspections-Bright, ii
hcgsheads; dark. 1 hogshead.
Myers, Allegheny, Davenport's, Sea-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
A Kindly Warning.

A little girl in this city. in saying her
nravers the other night, was told 10 pray
fo- her father and mother. who are both
very in. and for one OF the servants WAC
had lost her husband. She did as in
structed, and concluded her petition with
these words: And now. o. God, take
good care of yourself. because II anything
Should happen to you we would all go TO
pieces. men."-Chicago Records Wash
ington Letter.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
What Was Lacking.

Madge-"It took me two hours TO select
the right material for the corsase OF my
new ball room gown.
Madge's Father (who Is averse TO decoi-
lete styles)-"What's the natter Didn't
YOU have a microscope" -Chicago Re
oo.d.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
ST LOUIS.

scarce and prices firm: patent. S2S5q
500: fancy ;yI S2.30a2. 30; choice, S2.Ooa2 Is.
Wheat lower: March, DOC; May, 6jS
M55l4c: July. 55fr55lsc
Corn higher, March, 42iLac.; May 43ls
aA5lac; July, 1890.
OATS steady; March, 3O1sc; May, 30kc.
Pork-Standard mess. $l2l2E.
Lard-Prime steam, $500; choice. SEQ.
Bacon-Shoulders, 5000; longs, $500;
clear ribs, S6.621l; short clear $3.50.
Dry Sailed Meats-Shoulders, 500;
longs, $500; clear ribs, S6l2ls; short
clear. Sos.
High wines unchanged.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
Live sTOCK MARKET.

RICHMOND. va. March Is. 1895.
Cattie-keceipts 10; sales. 20. ..
Sheep-Rcce pts, 80 sales. 10.
Hogs Receipts. 30; sales. 30.
Prices. Cattlo-Best, nc TO DC. gross;
medium 10 good @i9c. to -Il4c. gross. COM
mon 20 far, 2i4c. TO &c. gross; bulls,
-. &C. 10 Sc. gross.
Sheep,ic. 10 &c. gross
Hogs NC. TO &C. net
Prospects fair Tor next week.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI o.. March 1S.-Flour
more. active and unchanged.
Wheat quiet and unchanged.
Corn steady; No. . mixed, track,
4Guc; No. yellow. 46l2c.
Pork more quiet and steady; mess,
$500.
leaf and Kettle, S7.2J; prime steam easy
at S6.1O
Dry sailed meats quiet; loose shoulders,
S41J; short ribs, 5000; short clear. So. -
Bacon steady; loose shoulders, $13t12;
short ribs. Sc gu short clears $662h.
Whisky firm and active at Sl.25.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
SAVANNAH.

SAVANNAH. GA. March ls.-Spirits
turpentine firm at 35c.; sales, loo casks
receipts, l41 casks.
Rosin market firm and unchanged
Quotations: A, b, and c. Sl.W; D, Sl19;
y, Sl.25, f., $3.50; G, $40; II. sl.W; J..
500: X, $40; NJ, S2-s5; n, $50; window
glass S}.35: water white, $40.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
New Sleeras Instead.

what has Mrs. De Style done with the
money her uncle left herr"
.aShe did intend to build a house. but
see she has come out with new sleeves
in two dresses instead. "-Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19

Cash Quotations: Flour quiet and 1rn
and holders not disposed TO make. any
concessions; wheat, 5Gka6l9sc.; No. :
No. . oats, 2S5ae.; pork, S11.SJdl2O0; lard,
81. 6Jd6 67la; ribs, Sj.7jdJsO; shoulders,
S5O065.l2l9; sides, 1928. whisky, SIG.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
,o>,DoN HAI, SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, March 1s.-Bar silver
- J-tCd. , .lr
cent. reutcs at 1n francs and u CEN
times for the account
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
CHARLESTON.

CHARLESTON, S. c., March lS.-Tur-
pentine firm at ;;3c. receipts, casks.
Rosin-Good strained, sl.l5ql.2V' re-
ceipts, 1872 barrels
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19

KFNEMBER THE WEEKLY TIMES is issued in parts;
six nooe each and is therefore, all but Semi Weekly
paper while price than paid for Weekly 1t has
established for itself the enwabe reputation OF being the keen-
tative Democratic Paper of the South
When an agent subscription under clubbing
ment wewiI allow any commission
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19

James Tyson. the richest man In Aus
traIia, began life as farm laborer, with
a salary OF $50 per annum.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
WILMINGTON.

WILMINGTON. n. G., March ls.-Rosin
firm; strained. Si.15; good strained, STU.
Spirits turpentine iirm at 5ic'
Tar firm at Sl,00. s,,o.
Crude turpentine firm; hard, Sdo;
soft, $1.J0: virgin. Sl.7O.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19

Sales OF listed stocks aggregated lSS,vU
shares: unlisted, 1000 shares.
Treasury Balances-Coin, SS6, 2i",oOo'
currency $50 152 900.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED.

Steamship Danville, Murphy. Baltimore,
passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Dorchester, Parker, Ralti-
more. passengers and general cargo.
steamship Guyandotte. Walker, New
York, passengers and general cargo
SAILED.
steamship DanVille. Murphy, Baltimore,
passengers and general cargo.
steamship Dorchester, Parker, Boston
via Norfolk. passengers ana general
cargo.
steamship Guyandotte, Walker, New
York via Newport News and Norfolk
passengers and general cargo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19

Dishes of gold and silver used In table
service i'm 800 Il. G.. were found al Troy
by DIR. Schliemann. One OF these was
about the size now employed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19

A few years ago he gave 10 the cor
respondent OF an American paper the
following account OF some Of the notable
costumes which he had created:
THE celebrated dress In which the
Comtesse de Castiglione. on one occasion,
appeared at a fancy ball. and which was
said 10 be so extremely indicate would
scarcely cause a remark II worr. at the
present day. Ii was robe ia black and
scarlet plush, and was made without
sleeves and with only narrow gold band
passing over each shoulder, a style that
Is universally adopted now, but which,
i'm the DAYS when evening dresses were
All made with short lace-trimmed sleeves
reaching half way TO the elbow. had a
rather startling effect This. of course.
was enhanced by the beauty of the
wearer. who was formed as perfectly as
a statue.
81 supplied the Empress with several
fancy costumes. one was that OF Juno
and another the splendid dress OF
Dogaressa, or wife of the Doge OF Venice.
For this last-named toilet she caused 10
be fashioned the necklace i'm diamond
network, with a great imitation pear
shaped pearl suspended In each interstice
of the network. which was sold among
the crown jewels. and the fact of the
pearls not being real created good deal
Of talk at the time Of the SALE She never
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-04
EARTHQUAKE WAVES.
Pulsations Travel at a Very High Rate OF
Speed.

Pulsations Travel at Very High Rate OF
Speed.
Some of our readers may remember,
says Youths Companion, that the
pulsatiOns of the great earthquake in
Greece last April were perceived in
England, and, it was believed, at the
Cape of Good Hope, by means of very
delicate Instruments contrived for the
purpose of registering any slight shak-
ing of the earth's crust. In like man
ner the shock of the ConstantinopIe
earthquake of July last was perceived
at various meteorological observatories
in Austria, Russia, Germany, Holland,
France and England.
By comparison of times, combined
with the distances from Constantinople
of the places where pulsations were
observed, a fairly accurate estimate of
the velocity with which the earthquake
waves travelled was obtained.
The average speed was about two
miles per second. This is almost ex
actly the same velocity as that which
was calculated for the pulsations of
the Greek earthquake in April. At
this rate, if it were continued without
dininution, the wave would pass com
pletely round the earth, along great
circle, in about three hours and a half.
One Of the English instruments which
registered these pulsations is at the
bottom of a deep mine near Newcastle
on-Tyne, and its delicacy may be
judged from the fact that it has record
ed the beating of the waves on the sea-
coast ten miles away.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-04

A STORY OF DR.. HOLMES.
His Appreciative Reader Who Did Not
Know Him.


Know Him.
One of the compensations of the poet
is that, now and then, he stumbles upon
surprises such as tickle his diaphragm
and ripple his face with smiles. One of
these surprises greeted genial DIR.
Holmes in the days when he went to
dinners. At certain dinner party
young Virginia girl, visiting Boston,
was seated next to a homely little old
gentleman, whose name she had not
caught. A correspondent of the Bos-
ton Transcript tells what resulted from
that failure:
The gentleman began to talk with
her, and asked her how she passed her
time in the country. ooh, we read, my
father and l." she said.
''What do you read?" asked the little
old man.
"Well, the 'Autocrat of the Break
fast Table for one thing" she an
swered.
81 should think you would not care
to read that more than once, remarked
the old man, in tone of slight dispar-
agement.
my father and may not be judges
of literature" said Miss Virginia, with
a faint accent of scorn, but when we
get to the end of the 'Autocrat,' we
generally turn back to the beginning
and read it over again"
The little old man smiled at this, and
was disposed to be friendly, but Miss
Virginia was so Disguised with his tone
concerning the "Autocrat" that she met
him with chilly Indifference.
AS soon as the guests went into the
drawing-room, her hostess whispered
reproachfully to her: "You didn't seem
to find DR.. Holmes as interesting as I
hoped
''Dr. Holmes!'' shrieked Miss Virginia
There was tableau and an explana-
ton
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-04
THIS MAY BE SPORT.
Mountaineering on the Golden ThroneN
of the Hima1ayas.

Mr.. William Martin Conway. the
vice president of the Alpine club, de,
scribed before an Edinburgh audience
the other evening how he and two
friends, with Swiss guide and some
Sepoys, assembled the Golden Thronea
peak in the Himalayas. They did not
quite conquer the throne, but assembled
to the respectable height of twenty
three thousand feet. The difficulties
in their way he illustrated by mention,
ing that they spent nine and a half
hours in cutting steps in hard blue ice
on the edge of ridge exposed to the
full blaze of the sun, and in an atmos-
phere SO rarefied that they were rem
dered sick and dizzy. The party were
rewarded, however, for their toll by
some magnificent views of the sur
rounding peaks in the light of the set
ting sun.
When they set off on the return
journey darkness had set in, and the
perils of the journey were thereby
greatly increased. They finally
reached a slope of ice, on which there
was nothing left for it but to sit down
and fly forward into the darkness at
headlong speed. Right in front of
them they knew there yawned a
crevasse more than a thousand feet
deep, and the only way to cross this
was to slide down the slope with
enough impetus to carry them over the
edge on to the other side. Their sensa-
ton, Mr.. Conway said, as they sudden
ly left the solid ice and found they had
nothing to sit upon but space was ex-
hilarating in the extreme.
Fortunately they landed safely on
the other side, and continued their de-
scent, literally keeping up the mo-
mentum they had gained until they
were carried within three or four yards
OF their tent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-09-04
AMERICAS ARMY OF TRAMPS.

An Army of People Who Cost the Coun-
try Millions of Dollars Annually.
An interesting lecture on 'The
Tramp" was given by Prof J. j. Nc
Cook, of Trinity college, the other
evening in Parker Memorial hall, Bos-
ton. In part he said:
''The army of tramps in this country
numbers about forty-six thousand male
persons, eleven-twelfths of them under
fifty years old, that is, in the prime of
life. Five -sixths of them are able
bodied, three-ffths have trades or oc-
cupatioEs requiring skill, and more
than nine-tenths of them can read and
write. The political economist marks
that this body OF adult males bears no
public burdens, while it costs the coun-
try, by the most careful and conserva-
tive computation, from eight to
ten million dollars; not SO very
much in a country like ours; but it is
one-half more than our Indian depart
ment costs us, nearly One-half the cost
of our navy and more than one-ffth
that of our army. These idle men
are withdrawn from family ties
and have a most demoralizing eff
feet upon the communities that
they infest. They are a source of the
spread of two contagious diseases,
which should be checked as far as pos
sible by the regulations of law. Only
nineteen of the forty-four states of the
union have tramp laws. There is not
a tramp law west of the first tier of
Mississippi states, nor in any
southern state except North Carolina,
Alabama and Mississippi. The penalty
for being a tramp ranges from three
days in jail to five years in states
prison, and there is an endless va
riety of fines. Opinions are divided as
to the acknowledgements of offering
lodgings to tramps at the public ex-
pense. In many Instance it has been
found practically impossible 20 get any
work out cf traE1ps As to the remedy
for the tramp evil opinions are di-
vided. The labor colony is certainly
one CT the foremost IN the opinion of
the authorities of many foreign coun-
tries. l would recommend q definite
decision whether we shall continue in
our present way. II we do, chen, for all
public lodgings given the tramp, re-
quire labor in return. Let the differ
ent counties and towns work together
a much as possible Call upon in
dividnal initiative and private be-
nevolence as far as possible"