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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-05-24
Boston Produce Market.

| FLoUR-The market on wheat is greatly ex-
| cited on crop reports and other bull points.
| Flour is very firm, with many agents with
drawn as to gu ,tations. The market is per
| picking one. Agents say that they hardly dare
to sell at any price, their limits are being put
| up so rapidly. Quotations are firmer at Elk
tras and seconds, 500 So spring wheat, clear
| and straight, $3 % IA 50; winter wheat, clear
and straight, s3 @l As; winter pat, saga Gu;
spring pat, 81 80 IA S.
BEEs-Beef is tirmer and higher. Prices have
advanced about 12c, under a market well
cleaned up, and a better demand Choice to
fancy steers, 913(0l0c; good steers, 9g9lac
lZ14c: good birds, 1l16@l2c; light hinds. 100
l114c; heavy fores @719c: light fores, 60D7c;
lacks, 100c; rattles, 512 d615c chucks, 6(17c
short ribs l2al4c; rounds, &@loc; r,,mps, 12(@
lac: rumps and Ions l3Gl6c loins, 14g18c.
MEAL-The cornmeal market is again firmer,
on Une further advance in corn. The quota
tions are stronger at: Kiln-dried cornmeal for
expo t, 50 f0a2 65 y Dbl; bag meal, 81 2JaO1 %
yellow granulated, 50 G3 IS; ground aud rolled
Dbl; graham meal, Sc ood4 10 % Dbl; rye flour,
s3 SOG4 q bol; rye 81 9S5c e bushel
sh1w the adv sncs that has taken place in corn
and wheat. No. clipped, to arrive, are quoted
at h, to sa e No siPpisd, 70 'aoc No
s,7sc. The spst market j. firper at e; Ne |
WSte s sg No mixed tos Ne s bc
LAMBS AsD Mgrross-Mnttos,s and lambs
lO1a@l21ac;. good to choice eastern. s@1sc
I mItion. sag on eho ce to heavy Brirhtons 81
CD9lsc: choice eastern veal, . Dl015c; common
to COOP, 507c; Briyhtons and fancy, a0llc.
bUlInR--BlCt, is selling rather better at
Best FIRE cream ry, small lots, 19(92Oc; west
ern or amer1eS ia, H1.gl3c; first. l40l3c:
imitation creamery, extra, l2g1ic; factory, SO
lie nurl hern dairy i4gl5c; n prthern cream
cry lS1lS1@c; eastern creamery, extra, lIt0
lSc TIL Sc prices are for round lots.
CoRN-Options on corn were excited and
higher. Corn to arrive is also advanc I'd TO $50
f3L5c FIR No. We lov and at CSC for No. yell
low. The spot market is also firmer at: Track
steam II yellow, 6512 lG64c; No. ye low, 64c |;
steamer mixed, 6218@63c; no grade, ol(963c, as
to quality.
Sage 1lp12c: northern full creams and twins,
lOISgll13e; jobbing lots, 1l130l2c fair to
good, &G91ac; western choice. SOLE; fair to
good, 7QDSc. Liverpool is quoted at 43s for
white and AS TO colored.
PoTAToEs-Potatoes are little frmer on
some grades Houlton hebrons, 53(055c; white
stock, so a55c; Dakota reds, 45c; Cnenangoes,
Soc sweets, 81: Jersey double heads, 81 500
Prs: new Eermut potatoes $i95 30 y BIB. ;
new Floridas, 5000 Oh
EGGs-Eggs are tirmer, with quotations at:
Fresh western, 14nl4Iec: Michigan, l5c; south
ern lsdni4c; fresh ga It I'll, l412(9l5c; fancy
fresh and nearby, 15Gl5c.
hAY-hay Is sIedIy, without changes in
prices. Bran is 6rmer Straw is firm.
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1t cannot be reasonably doubted that
one of the most interesting features CON
nected with the natural history of spi-
ders is their habit of gaining livelihood
by spreading nets for the capture of prey.
1t may be that the large share of the
attention of naturalists that this habit
has attracted is to be attributed to the
fact that it appears to be confined in the
animal world to spiders and men.
This circumstance is of itself suffi
GENTLY remarkable to call for special
comment, but it's interest is not little
enhanced by the reflection that, since
spiders made their appearance in the
history of animal life, vast ages before
man came upon the scene. none of us
can justly claim that any member of our
own kind was the first in the field in
the invention of the art of netting. Pos
sibly, indeed the oft repeated and I'M
avoidable observation of the efficacy of
a SPIDERS web for the purpose of catch
ing otherwise unobtainable prey may
have reused in the brain of some intel
hgent hunter among our ancestors the
idea of the practical utility of similar
instrument for the capture of fish or
other eatable forms of life.
But if this be so, civilized man has
long forgotten the debt of gratitude he
owes to spiders For to the average in
dividual among us spider is thing
to be looked upon and spoken of with
fear and dislike amounting to loathing,
and to be ruthlessly destroyed when
safe chance Of destruction is Afforded
Nature
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A NEW TEST FOR GEMS.
Diamonds, Rubies and Sapphires Are Float
ed to Prove Their Genuineness.

Diamonds, Rubies and sapphires Are Float
ed to Prove Their Genuineness.
An accurate scientific method has at
last been discovered whereby precious
stones may be distinguished from the
fraudulent gems which are now SO nu-
merously manufactured in the labora-
tories of Paris and other continental
cities. This is by testing them for their
specific gravity, but not by the scales
occasionally used for large stones and
which, however delicate, are unreliable
The new means of detection of bogus
gems is simple and ingenious and is
likely to be widely adopted in the jew
elry trade 1t is the chemist who has
added this knowledge to the lapidary's
art Several liquids have been discover
ed which are more than 80 times as
dense as water, and in which therefore
the amethyst, the beryl and other light
stones will actually float.
The most useful of these liquids is
methylene iodide, which has a specific
gravity of 3.3, and in which the tour
maline readily floats Moreover, it is
not corrosive or in any way dangerous.
1t being impossible for the lapidary to
prepare number of liquids each hav-
ing the specific gravity of different
gem stone, the methylene iodide is cas-
lily diluted by adding benzine to it.
Each drop of benzine added makes the
liquid less dense, and so it may be used
to separate the tourmaline and all the
lighter gem stones from each other
If it is doubtful whether a certain
gem be an aquamarine or a chrysoberyl,
all that is necessary is to place it in
tube of the liquid together with small
fragment of true aquamarine to serve as
an index. If it be chrysoberyl, which
has specific gravity of 3. g, it will sink
like lead. If it be an aquamarine, which
has a specific gravity of 81, it will
float. If the liquid be then stirred and
diluted until the index fragment is ex-
actly suspended, the gem also will
neither float nor sink, but will remain
poised beside it, This method may be
adopted with all of the lighter stones.
But for heavier gems like the car
buncle, the jargoon, the sapphire, the
ruby, the spinal, the topaz and the dia-
mond a different liquid is necessary
This has lately been discovered by the
Dutch mineralogist Retgers He has
found a colorless solid compound which
melts at temperature far below that
of boiling water to a clear liquid five
times as dense as water and therefore
sufficiently dense to float any known
precious stone. This compound is the
double nitrate of silver and thallium.
Its most remarkable properly is that
it will mix i'll any desired proportion
with warm water, so that by dilution
the specific gravity may be easily re-
duced. This fused mass may be reduced
in density by adding water drop by drop
SO as to suspend in succession carbuncle,
sapphire, ruby and diamond.
These tests of precious stones may be
made in few minutes and are abso-
lutely reliable, as all stones of the same
nature have the same specific gravity.
None of the bogus rubies or diamonds
have the same weight as those they are
made to initiate. New York World.
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Changing Diseases.

In that delightful book, "Rider
! Grange" the husband of Pomona
gives as his reasons for not renov-
ing from malarial neighborhood
that 1t don't Go for man at his
time OF life to 90 about changing
his diseases and adding. that there
are diseases incident to almost
every locality. and he likes dis
ease he is used to.
Now. in case of maIarial dis
heases, aside from the unwilling
ness of patients to "change dis
eases,"it is generally not conven-
lent to change their residence. If
this were done in every case, some
of our most thriving communities
would be depopulated.
Nothing is left to do therefore
but to fortify oneself against mala-
rial influences. For this purpose
Drs, Starkey & Palen's Compound
Oxygen has proved itself in the
past % years the most efficient
thing in the world.
ANY person desiring to change
diseases for health should write us
a plain statement of the case, when
if possible, the way will be point
ed out. The consultation is with
out charge. Address Drs. Stark
ely d Palen, 1929 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, or San Francisco,
New York, and Toronto, Ont.
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FATHER DUCEY.

"You cam" he said ~.lamn the Presi-
dent of the United States; if a Republican,
you can damn Cleveland, and if you are a
Democrat you can damn Harrison and be
all right, but if you damn a railroad presi-
dent you are an anarchist.
keep together" concluded Father
Ducey; flight with law and order and you
can kill all the lobbying at Albany and
the extortion Of the Standard Oil company,
the Sugar trust and the Beef trust, those
Infamous organizations that use hard
times to squeeze millions of the poor
DeODlp >,
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Crew All Accounted For.

BosToN, May 90 = Fishing schooner
Mary G. Powers, from South Channel. had
on board the Ii fi4hermen who went
astray from the missing schooner Rnth NJ.
Martin over Week u o. Captain Powers
reported that he p c.led up the men last
Monday in an exhaaS ci condition 300
miles east by south OF Boston light. The
men had been adrift "a hours and suffered
much from exposure. All the men miss
ing from the Martin are now accounted
for, two having been rescued by the Nellie
q. Adams and the renla ming two by the
Herald of the Morning of Gloucester.
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Boston Wool Market.

BOSTON, May 2-rhe wool market is prac
tically dormant. No changes in prices are
west are reported t. BE- strong. The following
are tn selling pIices %. lea ing descriptions
Ohio and p N nsylvan a heeces, Xxx and above
k8Gl6 &c. Y anu alb we, Is dl5lsc.; \ o. comb
ing zOc.; Y Mich gan, l4dlsbS..; No. Michi
gan, l75S elsc-; Y New York, New Hamp
shire and Vermont, lsc-; NJ. | New York
New Hampshire and Vermont, l. fl11zc.;
Kentucky and Maine, 14-blo d cOmbing, ie1 "a
lie. Indiana and Missouri. As-blnod comhing, "a
ale: Texas me u a. spring, IlGl2c- secured,
ead2Sc Montana me, me1lum and rne, ga
lie; secured. 5Jd.2.. Wyoming and Utah
fine, medium and Tn ale: secured. 3tG
Sic; Australian comb &. ,gperfine, a d92c.
Australian comb NJ. 20 o. b sc. AUST allan
cros.-br,-ls. =, b ood. -5Szsc. No Limos wool
on the market
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O,Brien Met His Match.

BOSTON, Nav 2l.-A stubbornly fought
25-round contest took place mere last n ght
between Dick OBr.el OF Lewiston and
Kid Mccoy of Boston, which according
20 the rules of the fight Referee DAILY de-
tided a draw. O'Brien was the fay orite at
odds of 800 to $50, but at the close of the
a5th round Mccoy was whistling and
making game of O'Brien. O'Brien did
most OF the tighulng, but Mccoy did some
=, lc,ft,
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29,OlG

Prices of market beef-A few choice s. @ go
extra, S55065.75: first quality, s5g5 20; sec
ond quality, S404.75 third quality, SJtg375.
Prices Of store cattle-Working oxen, p
pair. S6O(0l46 farrow cows, sluG29; fancy
cows, s5O67O: mich cows and calves, $2Jt94S;
yeariings, ssIele; 2-year-olds, sla922; Swear
olds, s20G32.
Western fat swine-L.ve. 59514c; northern
dressed hogs, &c q ID.
Pr ces for sheep and lambs-In lots, 81, 81. 81
,a3 each; extra, IS 5J(1I 80, or 2Gi16c q ID;
lambs, 4151Sc; veal calves, 2lSG515c.
Prices for h ldes, tallow and skilS-Brighton
hides, 513(07c q ID; Brighton tallow. 39ic
p n; country hides, 5G515c q lbi country
sallow. 2G215c p III; wool pelts. 50gS5c each
calf skins, 6JeGSl.l0 each; sheared skins, loo
zoe; lamb skins, 25c; dai sldhs, 3JGSOc each.
Northern and easgeIn beef clttle-The quail
lty showed marked Improvement n ii the de-
mand was active, WI prizes quoted &c 10
higher than u .ose Of last week.
Mich cows and springers-The supply was
fair and demand active. Prices ranged from
s30t075 head, and there was fair demand by
Spectators and jobbers.
Veal calves-The SunDly was fair and de
mand active and price, We're &c 10 higher than
tho-e of a week ago. The quality of the offer
ings was COOL
Swine--A reduction of &c III is noted in
swine, the ruling price being $50 ID, dressed
weight
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Good Times at Westerly.

WESTERLY, r. l., May 2l.-There is con-
siderable ACTIVITY III manufacturing circles
here. The Crefe.d cotton mus are beng
doubled in cal aclty, by II large addition.
A new picker mouse and weaveshed are be-
ing built by the Ashway Wooden company.
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Naphtlla Exploded.

LYNN, May 1S.-The residence of Ed
ward d. Dearborn, % EN- street, was
completely wrecked by an explosion OF
two-gallon can of naphtha. Mrs. Dear
born and her mother We're at home when
the explosion occurred, but escaped seri-
Gus injury
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-05-24

LEWISTON, May 1o.-Fire broke out in
the basement of Holel Normandie early
this morning and spread with marvellous
rapidly, owing 10 system of oil lamps,
and before all the GLesrs were rescued al
most the entire building was burning.
The fire soon destroyed the hotel and At
woods market. Crossey's block was badly
Iamatra6
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Old Manufacturer Goes Under.

PROVIDENCE, May 1S.-P. S Peckham,
manufacturer of wooden yarns and one of
the oldest mill owners in the state, as
signed yesterday. The mill is located at
Silver Lake, Coventry The cause of the
failure was the inability of Mr.. Peckham
to weather the business depression.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-05-24

BOSTON, May 22.-Sidncy w. Sprague,
tx-cashier of the ciothing house of Free
and, Looms & Co, who pleaded guilty
20 embczz!ing S33, go Of The firms funds,
was sentenced TO tie years in til state
prison.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-05-24

LOWELL, MAY 2. Duang fight he
tween a party of Frencn-Canadians and
Greeks, in the DISTRICT -ocglly known as
the Acre, last night, Joseph f. Therien
was stabbed in the alb iom.n by a Greek
named Danian Caragan, who is now un-
der a.rnSt
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-05-24
BujIding Caved In.

PROVIDENCE, May IS. A tenement
house at the village of Jericho, in Coven-
try, fell over into the street yesterday
afternoon while workmen were placing
new foundation under it. Three persons
were crushed TO death and IL were injured.
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Fell Into a Cellar.

WESTERLY, R. l., May 81. = Francis
Hughes, aged years, was found in the
cellar of an unfinished house, and died
soon afterward from internal injuries. He
is supposed to have fallen from a second
story while at play.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-05-24
Il Mlyoo As Mi:a for You.

Mr.. Fred Miller of Irving, ILL.,. writes that
he had severe Kidney trouble for many
years. with severe pains 10 his back, and
also that hls bladder was affected. lie tried
many sO-called Kidney cures but without
any good result. About year ago he be-
gan the use Electric Bitters aud found re-
lief az once. Electric Bitters is especially
adapted tn cure all Kidney and Liver
troubles and often gives almost instant re-
lief. One trial will prove our stltement.
Price only SOC. for large bottle. At
A. L. CLARKE's Drug Store.
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4 a5;3%;3{'aaiipss!@ ' %
sSsSsosssS5inss2g

The best $500 Mems Shoes on the
market
Made from tannery calfskin,. dongola
tons, all leather trimmed, solid leather
soles with Lewis Cork Filled Soles.
Unequaled for beauty, fine workman
ship. and wearing qualities. Your choice
of all the popular toes, lasts and fasten-
ings.
Every pair contains paid-up Acct
dent Insurance Policy for 500, good for
90 days.
Wear Lewis Accident Insurance
Shoes, and go insured free.
sold 10y o. C0rw1h-
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Live StOck Markets.
Sheep and
II 49,

BRIGHTON, Mass, May s2-Amount of live
stock ON the market at this place and at Water
town:
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CAPITALISTS AND TRUSTS
Vehemently Denounced In an Address by
Father Ducey at New York

NEW YORK, May 20.-Father Ducey,
pastor of St. Leos Roman Catholic church
of this city, made an extraordinary adj
dress to the Bakers International union
Saturday night. Father Ducey told his
audience that elections We're prostituted
m favor of capitalists and trusts.
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Japan refuses any modification In the
~asified treaty of peace with China
claus Spreckels confessed Judgment in
slander suit brought by his son-Corner-
.tone of the Maiden Y. NJ. G. A. building
'eid-Ne,v Jersey electrician invents an
's.andescent lamp without heat-Odd
Semi-weekly independent., 1895-12-21

a good part of Ben's watch below was
spent in making fancy lanyards and dol,
hammocks for his little sweetheart, or
sitting on the main hatch, telling her mar
yelOus tales of old ocean and the inhabit
ants thereof.
On this particular New Years after
noon of which | speak, the two were seat
ed at the foot of the manmast, his scant.
gray, unkemDt locks forming Il Sweetly
pretty foil to her golden curls, as, with
her sunny head nestled upon the shoulder
of his fresh. clean Crimean shirt, worn
only on state occasions, she listened with
rapt attention to Il stirring tale of beau
tiful lady taken prisoner by pirates, and
rescued by q man-of-war, with Ben as
commander, he having been notified of the
beautiful lady's captive condition by Il
friendly hying-fish that had come on
board in the dead of night for the express
purpose of telling Ben all about it. The
Captain had gone below for his usual
after-dinner nap, leaving the deck in
charge of the Mate, who was leaning
against thewea her mizzen rigging, lost in
dreams. probably of home and New Years
of his boyhood days. Overhead the sky
was clear as bell, not cloud in sight
from horizon to horizon. and the entire
contagion. the air of lethargy that pre-
vailed on all sides. l had snugly en-
sconced myself, unknown to Ben and the
baby, behind the mainmast and fallen in
to doZe.
How long | slept l know not, but sud
denly | was startled from my slumbers by
the ships heeling over and the mates
hoarse voice issuing orders to call out the
watch to shorten sail. In five minutes
the sky. so lately clear and smiling. was
black rs night. Forerunners of what was
10 follow come in short, quick puffs of
wind and spits of rain. Light halyards
were let go and the yards came Gathering
down by the run. No time to furl. If
we could get the sails clewed up we would
do we'll The squall was now almost on
us. and unless we could msnage to get the
ships head off before ii. we knew that we
would soon be in a tight place.
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men al of them, whose whole lives had
been srnnt facing danger and peril, any
one ON would have gladly risked his
life 10 b, baby, but they were helpless
Betwe, de ship and Ben lay q network
of ropes 1ud spars grinding against each
other. thr9 IN which it had been fool
hardiness : any man TO try TO pass. The
ropes about the deck were hopelessly
mixed up, as they washed about the flood
ed deck.
The lightning flashes now had become
so frequent as TO be almost continuous.
The Captain was frantic. All thought for
the safety of the ship had passed from our
minds: our one object now was TO rescue
Ben and the baby. Something washing
about the deck struck my leg and l
stopped TO east it clear of me- 1t was the
log reel, torn loose doubt from its rack
on the nainmast, when the squall first
struck us. AS | saw it thought struck
me. Grasping the end of the log line i'll
one hand, with the other | threw the reel
clear of the wreck, at the same time
shouting 10 Ben TO grasp il. And even
as l shouted another thought passed
across my mind. That slender. half rot
ten line would never bear the strain of
two bodies being hauled through those an
CRY waters. | was ashamed to warn
Ben of this. but he needed no warning.
By the next fash we could see Ben cast
ing a bow-line about Marie's shoulders.
Then came a faint cry from to leeward,
nearly drowned by the rushing of waters
and crunching of timber
Lay afs men, and haul in
Twenty hands had the line in as many
seconds. and carrying it aft whore it
would be clear of the wreckage. we haul
ed in. Poor wee Marie, white as spirit,
save for crimson stain upon her marble
forehead where some cruel spar had
struck our baby a severe blow. her eyes
closed, and her poor bruised fingers
clutching the line with a grip; when we
lifted her over the rail we scarcely dared
hope that it was not too late that aid had
come. The Captain. clasping the tiny.
inanimate form to his breast, bore her To
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the cabin.
Again the log reel was cast to leeward,
this time by the strong arm of the boats
vain, and even as it struck the water i
vivid glare lit up the scene, followed al
most instantly by an appalling clap OF
thunder Every eye was cast toward the
spot where Ben had last been seen, but
he was gone.
Next morning when the sea had gone
down and the sun once more shot forth its
dazzling rays, we found him. Entangled
in the network of rigging, battered into
an almost shapeless mass, there the body
floated, rising and falling gently with the
swell. Reverently we cut loose the ropes
that bound him and carried him on board.
Work was stopped while Il canvas shroud
was made, with some coal sewed at the
foot, and we stood with barred heads about
the gangway and the Captain, in a voice
shaking with emotion, read the service
for the burial of the dead. The body was
placed upon the rail, the signal was given,
there was gentle splash, and what had
been the earthly tenement of n noble,
manly soul passed beneath the clear, blue
waters from our sight Homeless. old
and poor his inglorious life had gone out
i'm blaze of glory. not less bright than
that surrounding the greatest soldiers of
history.
Marie recovered from n long Illness.
She is woman now, and when persons
ask the cause of the scar upon her fore
head she sometimes relates this story
very much as l have told it to you.