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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11
(For Marine Intelligence See 18th Pags)
ILLUSTRATIVE BIT or THIEVES,
SLANG.
Letter written by n Chicago Crook
10 One of His Pals.


Full-dress suits and patent leather shoes
do not always carry with them the ability
to write fine letters. This was proved by
a missive from the pen of William Swift,
a burglar who broke into DR.. John C.
McPhersons house Saturday, and after
taking a bath stole a dress suit. patent
leather shoes, silk hat, $40 and othor
things
When arrested Swift gave fellow prls-
oner letter, which he asked him TO mail.
The police got possession Of the letter,
and now are almost certain Swift is a
member of a gang Of thieves who have
been robbing houses on the south side.
The letter shows that Swift has a splen-
did vocabulary of thieves slang. Follow
ing is a COPY Of the note as he wrote II:
Chicago, July %, 1895.-Dear Billy: l hops
this letter will find you in health. tell
dempsey the west is snyde. say billy /
think am ditched this time. think am
good for a I'VE spot, but may get tip
yet If PIP and b / come to the front. tell
edwards not spend any doe as / don't
think a mouthpiece will do me any good
this time you see the croclSer's reams lid
not tit me and the bull tumbled to the
man. tell dempsey to be careful how ne
scribes. address your stiff as william
swift, care of the county jail yours
shorty.
When Swift wrote II think am ditched
this time, Il think am good for nve
spot" he meant he thought the police hal
conclusive evidence to convict him and 10
would get a five years sentence.
j PIP and b 1 are two bondsmen.
Swift has not a good opinion OF the
west and calls 1t snyde. Doe" is money.
"Mouthpiece" is meant for lawyer, and
the prisoner thinks one would be OF no
assistance to him.
The "crocker" is the victim, and by
"reams" is meant clothing, which swift
says the policeman who arrested him, and
whom he calls the bull" saw did not ne
him. Stiff" is short for companion
Swift is an ex-convict, and fears to De
sentenced under the habitual criminal
act.
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from the tobacco fields q virginia, plant
Ell twenty acres more The crop has been
al that could De desired up 20 the pres
ent. ON the plantation there are SIX lays
new barns, each fitted up Win steam
heating apparatus sufficiently 10 cure a
barn fan Of the weed IN about three days
They had just commenced gathering the
crop and all the barns were doing ser
vice. The superintendent had Just LETT
the one which burned and gone dow
the line 10 see how the others We're Bel
ting along. he says that he could not
have been gone more tnan utteel or
twenty minutes when he looked back and
found 90 almost envelOped in flames II
is supposed a defective hue did the work
Citizen. c. Il. Wagner was arrested
by Constable Frank Land at Jackson
vile Thursday on a warrant sworn out
by J. r. Johnson. charging him with en-
hezEiinE 81 from the Industrial Bank
ing and Insurance Company, OF which in
stitution Johnson Is sccret ary. lie viii
be given a hearing before Justice Willard
al once.
At Gainesville on Aug. Register Bar
co and Receiver wainwright OF the United
States land office, received a very impor-
tant decision in the case OF the nav al
reserve lands. which have been the sub
ject OF much INVESTIGATION Of late. The
order throws open for entry 4t.259 acres
Of lands situated in Alachua, Levy La
Fayette, 81 Johns, Suwanee ana Santa
Rosa counties.
TaIlahassean: The new faculty OF the
West Florida Seminary for the term 1885,
% A. - A0AAHfN1- - + - l1H ~ ~ lAN'
ideut, professor in history, political
science and philosophy; Miss Elizabeth
Bangs. A. b. instructor in Latin ar
French; J. r. knight, A. b.. instructor in
grammar and the preparatory depart
ment; J. a. ATbuckle, a. b., Instructor
in natural science and commercial
branches: A. A. Murphree, a. B.. instruc-
tor in Greek and mathematics; Miss Nal
lie Dyer, instructor in English and elocu-
ton.
Citizen: Newman Holmes. a negro well
known around Jacksonville, came very
near having mis- body Tiddled with bullets
yesterday morning Holmes and Tub
by Dixon, another negro. had a dispute
about a woman. Dixon went 10 see
Holmes in regard TO the matter, Holmes
having sent word that ne intended to kill
him. The two men met, and after a few
words, Dixon pulled revolver from his
pocket and shot several times at Holmes,
who was running away as fast as he
could possibly move.
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OCEAN FREIGHTs.

COtton-Market quiet Rates quoted are
per 100 pounds. Direet-Boston, per bale,
Sl.25; New York, per baIe, $10O; PhiladeI-
phia, per bale, Sl.O0; Baltimore, per bale,
$1O0
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are steady at
ruling rates. Foreign business is more or
less nominal The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at A250
$50 for a range including Baltimore and
Portland Me. Railroad ties, base A feec,
loo. Timber rates, 50cdS100 higher than
lumber rates. To the West Indies and
Windward nominal; to Rosario, S120O1
1900; Buenos Ayres and Montevideo. 5000
Qn.O0; to Rio Janiero S1400; 10 Spanish
and Mediterranean ports, Sl1.30Gn.50 -
United Kingdom fer orders, nominal for
lumber, 4-pOund, IS standard.
BY Steam-To New York. $780, to Phil
adelphia, 500; to Boston, $500; to Balu-
more $500.
Naval stores-By Sail-The market is
quiet. Large sized, Cork for orders are
IS Cd; Genoa, Is 3dd3s Cd; Adriatic, 2s 6d0p
IS I'd: South America, rosin, CSC per barrel
of $50 pounds. Oastwise-Steam-To Bos-
ton, lie per 100 pounds on rosin, Soc on
spirits; to New York, rosin, SIC per 100
pounds; spirits, SIC; to Philadelphia, rosin,
TIC per 100 pounds; spirits. soc; to Balu-
more, rosin, nc per 100 pounds, spirits,
Tic
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II. Il. SPERRY 81 CO.,
-DEALERs ~
Southern Securities,
ESQ r. GERMAN ST, BALTIMORE, ND.
made on marketable cOIlateraIs.

port, says: cotton advanced Is 10 II
points with sales Of lz1,BD bales. closing
nrrn Liverpool advanced = 10 / point
closing very steady with sales Of l.y0
bales at unchanged prices. Rainfall In
texas Included ll inch IN Orage. -35 or
an men Al IuAngf ID at Dallas; 10 al
sherman; g7 az Houston and % al Paris.
\ hight Precipitation elsewhere IN the cot
ton belt Spot cotton here advanced Is to
i1sc Tor middhng uplan4s with sales OF
al Tor spinning TO-Qay's features. Bears
had a sIlnstroke: Il was a veritable coup
a sOleils ii came in the shape of the bu-
testu report. Perhaps they were as much
lhunurestruck sunstruck- However
mat may be- the advance was enough 10
take their breath away. The bureau stat
gu me condition, not at 81 10 - as some
nad supposed 10 might, could, or would
90, put al rs. the lowest condition ever
reported in August II was y per cent.
loWer even than IN August, les3. Texas
ARKANSAS 80 Alabama, 81, ana Misslssip-
pl, $. Drought. moisture, rust, light,
grass, worms and insects have all com
Dined 70 injure the crop. Liverpool. more
over, was stronger spot cotton here was
hlSner, cotton goods are active and strong
ana general trade is in a promising con-
dition- The bulls naturally felt encour-
AGED. II prices 80 up further the out
side public is likely 20 come in again
new York, Aug. lu.-ttiCruan e Co. say
Of cotton TO-DAY: Those VINO expected
that there would be a lively time in the
cotton market to-day, after the bureau re-
port, were not disappointed. During the
hdsk HDNf OF trdQtuS TINS morning, there
was little change in prices as compared
with yesterdays closing; but when at II
O'Clock. the bureau announced the con-
clifton OF the crop To be only rs. as
againts 9lS ar this time last season, the
market quickly responded with an up
ward bound. October. which HAD not sold
above 40, jumped ten points in a very
Few minutes. and from that time prices
steadily hardened until noon. when the
market closed very firm at about the best
prices Of the day, October selling at Use
TO l.26c. After the close, bidders were Of
rering still higher prices The bureau re-
port Is the worst August showing for cot
ton ever made, and confirms the opinion
We have heretofore expressed. that the
crop Is too badly hurt, for favorable con-
ditions during the remainder OF the sea-
son, to more than partially repair the
great damage. The course OF the market
in the immediate future will largely de-
pend upon how Liverpool, on Monday,
shall view the bureau report, but what
ever Liverpool may do. we believe that
We are going TO have higher prices this
fall, and the longer the advance is delay
ed the sharper we think II is likely to
be. We renew our advice TO our friends
to buy cotton upon all reactions in the
prices"
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Bacon-The market is steady. Smoked
clear sides, TIC; dry salted clear rib sides,
7c; long clear none; bellies, 1885, sugar
cured hams, n1zGlls4c.
I.ard-AIarket firm; pure in tierces, 7ssc;
50-pound tins. 79sc; compound in tlerces,
53sc; IN 50-pGGnd tins, 55sc.
Butter-Market steady; fair demand;
Goshen; loo; gilt edge, lse; creamery, zoe;
CheeseENarket dull; SlaI11c: fancy. full
cream cheese, 10Ql2c; 20-pound average.
Fish-Ma ckerel-Hai barrel, No. l. IS 30:
No. 2, $3.50; No. 3, $500; kits, No. l. Sl25;
No. 2, 800; No. g. CSC. Goldfish, 1-pound
bricks, Gl4c; 2-pound bricks, &C. Smoked
behring's, per box, 20c. Dutch herring. in
kegs, $l.o0. New mullet half barrels, So. 50.
Salt-Demand IS fair and the market
2O0-pound sacks, 49e; Virginia l25-pound
burlap sacks. &c., ditto f25-pound cotton
sacks, 36c; smaller lots, higher.
Syrup-Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup, buying at 2Sc and selling at 23G
Csc; sugar house at 1Sq32c; Cuba straight
goods, 23Q30c; sugar house molasses, 15a
Tobacco-Market quiet and steady;
smoking domestic, Z2Q60c; chewing, COM
mon. sound, 24Q27c; fair, 2SaS5c; good, SO
ira fine, $1.O0q115; bright navies, 25d45c.
straight, $3.50; fancy. asO; family. 500 S5i'O
lots, soc; ear load lots, SIC; mixed corn,
job lots, sec; car load lots, SIC; cracked
corn, job lots. s1.20 sack.
Oats-Car load, BIC; job lots, CSC.
Bran--Jo OBJ lots, Sc; car load lots 9Oc
Hay-Market strong and advancing.
western job lots, S1.00; car load lots. 95c.
Meal-Pearl, per barrel, $3.50; per sack
Sl.25; city meal, per sack SI15; peari
grits, per barrel, $500; per sack 81 81.
city grits, per sack. $l.25
Coffee-Market firm; Mocha, 29i5c. Ia
va, 29c; peaberry, 22lzc; fancy or standard.
No l, &c; choice or standard, No p aiSc:
prime or standard. No. 3, zoe: good. or
standard, No. 4, l9c; fair, or standard. No.
s. 1Sc; ordinary, or standard, No. g. lie:
common. or standard No Z, Ice.
Sugars Market firm; cut loaf $50.
crushed, Csc; powdered, 5lsc; xXXx DOW,
dered, sac; standard graduated, 45lc.
cubes, &c: mould A, SIC; diamond a. 4%c.
cOnfeciiOners 49sc; white extra 4Isc. ex
ira {, 44sc; golden G, 4he; yellow, 4c
Wines-Domestic, port. sherry catawba
low grades, 6JQs5c; tine grades, SlOOGif b0.
California light museatel and angelica,
Si.35ql.75.
Liquors-M Market firm. High wine basis
VIZ; whisky, per gallon. rcctined, 100
proof, H-55Hl15; choice grades 81 5Oli2 90.
straight, N.45N350; blended 2OJlI 90.
lower proofs IN proportion. Gins lc per
gallon higher. RUNS 2c higher
Lemons-Market quiet; per box, ss.75a
Dried F'ruit-Apples. evaporated. ssa
Zoe; common 7QSc
oils-Market steady; demand fair: Sig
nal, $50 %, West Virginia. black. sMl2c:
lard, bynlOes neaiefoot. 6.6fs5e; machin.
cry, W. Zoe; hnseed, raw, Ggc; boiled, Gsc.
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kerosene, Georgia test. Sc; water white,
lpc; rre proof lie: guardian ucs deO-
dorized stove gasoline. lie
Lime. Caicined Plaster and Cement
Alabama and Georgia lime in fair demand
and selling 81 CSC per barrel. bulk and car
load lots special; calcined plaster, Sl6O
Sl-Sfl 40; car load lots special Portland
cement. retail, so; car load lots, Sz-lg
Nuts-Almonds TarragOna, loe; Ivacas,
l4c; Walnuts, French, lie, Naples lz5ze
pecans. l0c; Brazils. &c; flberts. Zoe; as
sorted nuts. 5o-pound and S-pound, lVglzc
per pound.
Peanuts-AmpIe stock, fair demand
market steady; fancy hand picked Viz
ginia. per pound, Sc; hand picked, per
pound ii4c; small hand picked. per pound
DEMONSTRATES. sl.15: barrels. s275.
POtatOes-Irish, barrels, s2-2HZ51-
Nails-Marlzet firm; steel, 1od to God in
to 81. $50; "a. 2.55. Finishing. lOd TO I'D.
81 80; 81, $50 Sd, S3.05: Sd, SIS; I'd, $40
ID, fine, S5.75: all spikes. s2.65: wire nails,
I'D 70 Sd, S2s- 3D. 1855. Finishing, l0d 70
2ed, $50; I'd. $50; Cd, SS-S5; Sd, S-55; 4d'
shot-Firm; drop to B. $50; B and larg-
iroD-SIarket very steady; Swede, 41sG
&c; refined, $50 base.
Gun Powder-Per keg, SIS.
Lumber-Demand both foreign and do
nestle. is firm. Ordinary sizes. Sll.OtQ Zoo;
difficult sizes, sl3.O0dlS.00; flooring boards,
$1,000 100; ship stuffs. sl6.50u 300; sawn
ties, 5000.
Hides, Wool, Ete.-Hidcs-The market is
active. good demand; receipts, scant; dry
flint, lzlsc; dry salt, 1Olzc; dry butcher. &c
green sailed, &c. Wool-Quiet; prime
Georgia, free OF sand, burrs and black
wool, l5ikc; blacks, PIE; bury, Sql0ci
wax, 25ci tallow. &c. Deer skins hne' zOc
sailed, 15c.
Pouitry-Market firm; grown fowls,
per pair, 50160c; s4-grOwn, S5d45c; half
grown, 1od30c.
Eggs-Market steadier; candIed, per doz-
en-. l2Gl5c.
Bagging and Ties-The market is firm
jute bagging, 2h-pOund, 6hc; 2-pound,
594ci l34-pounds, SIC; quotations are for
job lots; small lots higher; sea island bag
ging, SIC. Iron ties, large lots, SoQS5c
smaller lots soc
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THE DAILY MARKETS.
THE LEADING DEPARTMENTS
QUIET, BUT PRICES FIRM.

Offerings Light in ROsin at n slight
Decline ON Medium Grades-spir-
its Turpentine in Good Demand at
23Ae-COttOn steady With the bet
ter Grades i'm strong Demand-The
Wholesale Markets steady.
Savannah. Aug. 1O.-The usual Satur-
days dun business prevailed in all Of the
leading departments to-day. Spirits tur-
pentine was the most active market with
a strong demand at 25A cents. There
was but little rosin Offering. Cotton was
steady with strong demand for the firm
grades and an advance on good middlins.
There was report OF a new bale of this
seasons cotton being shipped TO this port.
The wholesale markets were fairly active
with prices lower in corn and corn pro-
ducts. There was an advance ON hay.
The following resume of the different
markets will show the tone and the quo
tations at the close to-day;
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s s: g. !: e !; e. 81

} 2ss -. -: 5s sS s@4s e.
The cash quotations were as foIIoT.
FlOur-Ihere was fair foreign dem
but nothing doing IN a local way ~
feeling was easy. No spring wheat -
6lt4cs No. red. 67N67s.c: No. corn. 49,
No. oats, 20i. q3jlsc: mess pork e -
SO: lard, 6.l5; salt ribs. S5.75d5-s0. ~
saited shoulders S5-o1Q5-75; short clg1t
s6-371zQ650; whisky. 81 -'
Cincinnati. Aug. l0-FIour more -
tive, winter patents, S3-7ofr3 3. fan
s5-sysI5.55s family. S3.V1ff3. p. Wheat w.
ket quiet; No 2. red track, o91z1TBc. O.
quiet: No. ?, white, &c; No. , univ+
track, SIC. oats steady; No. 9 mix
Old track, IA atZ3c; ~ TO- mixed. new tra -
&c. Pork firm; mess. 5000. Lard firm
frm; $50. Bacon firm; loose Shout 80
&c short rib sides, &c; short eIss.
sides, 6A8c; box meats re more. pries
salted meats firm and active: loose shCu-
acrs, 54c; short ribs. Sc. short clea,
sides, &c; boxed meats &c more. WINS.
Ky easy at Sl.22
81. Louis, Aug. 10.-FlOur quiet. STEADY.
patents, S3.4Oet3J0: fancy. s. 49, =.
choice. sZ75Q2-S0 Wheat lower: Aue1is-'
DC; September, 6SAc- Corn lower. So
zlAc; May, SIC. Pork, standard mess'
Sl0vl Lards prime steam. choice eis'
Bacon shoulders, 6izc; longs. CSC. cIe..
ribs. &c; short clear. csc. Dried saltsi
meats, shoulders, 51zc; longs, 6zsc: cies..
ribs. 6i1e short clear. csc. High Wines
Baltimore. Aug. iO-FIour quiet whes,
quiet; No. spot red and August. 60, /
69Ssc; September, 701aT70ssc; Decern bs5
73izd73ssc; southern By sample. 76f.72e. a.
on grade, eSU7ic. Corn dull; mixed snor
i6+4c bid; August. 45c bid; September as
G46i4c; southern white, 49c; do yellow 81
d49c. Oats quiet, steady; No. western
Zs1zGg29c; No mixed do 26H36iac Rva
firm; No. ?, soc; Hay quiet, steady. SlG0
pork. Sl3.O0; clear sides, nc. Coffee quiet
l6AQl6i2. Other articles unchanged
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New York, Aug 1O.-Southern fresh
fruits and egetables-There Is the lsnsi
Saturdays slow trade with prices not as
turbed TO any evtent.
81 O0SjI 2s. fair choice 81 50SS9 ~ - 10
cy; pears, home grown. Bartlett 81 IN
200; other kinds, 75c4$l.59 per barrel as IN
quality: wild goose plums, 75cGf 10.
muskmeIOns, fancy, 306J75c per crate. 75c5
SIS per barrel; home grown. s40t44 81
per barrel; watermelons, S7.O0dl00o for
fair and S1S-OOa20.00 per 100 for fancy.
$75.O0d125.00 per car load
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The market is quiet The following quo
tations are posted at the Board of Trade:
Clean-Per pound, fair, 3Q3i4c; good, 81
45Ac; prime, 4Aq41sc; head, SC; job lots,
1sGpAc higher
Reugh-45c0$12 per bushel.
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-There was a good
demand at the current prices and all Of
the Offering stock was freely taken at the
quotation. At the board of trade the
market was bulletined firm at 25ltc with
sales of $50 casks At the last call it was
bulletined firm and unchanged with sales
of 300 casks.
Rosin-The factors had but little to offer
and their was good demand at a decline
Of DC on +. e., and II grades. The mar
ket az the opening was bulletined firm
as above stated, with sales of 3I23 bar
rels. At the close il was unchanged, with
no sales reported. The following were
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Charleston. Aug lO.-Spirits turpentine
at 24lac; receipts. 81 casks. Resin, good
S73 barrels
Wilmington. Aug. lO.-Rosin. firm.
strained, N.15; good strained, 500 Spir-
its turpentine steady; machine, 2lskc: ir-
regular, use; tar firm at $l.35. Crude tur-
pentine firm; hard, S1.10; soft, SLIGO; virgin.
$3.50.
New York. Aug. I0.-Rosn dull. stea5y.
strained, common TO good, 81 .52l5Gll 57iS'
Turpentine quiet, steady; 2T54Q27Ac.
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FLORIDA.

Jacksonville is wrestling with the prob
lem of a suitable dog ordinance for the
dog days.
At Key West the election held to bond
Monroe county passed off very quietly,
Notwithstanding the fact that over 900
votes Were pOlled. of this number only
one voted against bonds.
At Crows Bluff on Aug the steamer
Flora Temple, Capt McCotter went to
Jacksonville with raft of logs for the
Jacksonville mills. The raft belongs 10
the Wilson Bros. II contained about 500
logs, and they ran from 300 to 1850 feet
to the log.
A letter received in Jacksonville Thurs
day from New Smyrna states that many
tarpon are being caught daily at that
place. More than dozen large ones We're
caught the past week. In the letter, an
order for more fishing lines and hooks
was received.
Citizen: Some talk is heard Of locating
a soldiers colony along the east coast Of
ed in this matter, and viii look over the
land of this section. This is the colony
that was to have been established in
Georgia
Pensacola executes her tramp dogs by
electricity and eleven were electrocuted
{ the city pound on Wednesday evening
The electrical apparatus had been i'm
proved, and with the new arrangement
the dogs were quickly and apparently
painlessly killed
The county commissioners of Orange
county have been in session for several
days equalizing tax assessment. They
have also ordered the open season for
deer shooting 10 be the same months as
was agreed upon at the Tampa conven-
ton. viz: October, November, December
and January.
TalIahassean: Last Friday one Of
George ". SaXOns large tobacco barns
out in the country. together with a thou
sand pounds or more OF tobacco. when
was going through the curing process,
was destroyed by fire. Mr.. Saxon went in
to growing chewing tobacco as an expert
ment, after becoming thoroughly conNinc-
ed IN his own mind that Il could be
raised here as successfully as in North
Carolina or Virginia. He planted twenty
acres Tor himself, and his expert tenant
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There was animation enough in the To-
cal market to-day 10 make change in
some Of the grades of cotton. Middling
fair advanced 1-l6c, and good ordinary
declined l-l6c, while all other grades
at the regular call the market was bulle-
tined as stated above. The sales were AZ
bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close Of the market at the
80 ~ IL. .r.- IL.
The Portland daily press., 1895-07-22
TENSION HAS RELAXED.
Affairs in Sweden Have Assumed q Less
Threatening Aspect.

Berlin, July 21.-Whether the friend
ship of Emperor William for King Oscar
had the effect of impressing the majority
in the Swedish Storthing with the
necessity Of proceeding with caution, it
is u fact the tension between the King
and the Storthing is greatly relaxed and
an effort is being made to form coali-
tion ministry, composed chiefly of moder-
ates. The King is greatly gratified at
finding his opponents conceded the royal
grants in the shape he demanded, and
the only disturbing rumor now abroad is
that the committee of Radicals have
privately ..agreed to make application in
the Storthing for extraordinary credit of
II, 500, 600 kroner for the purpose Of buy
boats, quantity of new rifles and ammu-
milton, and the construction of fortified
posts at Christiana, Bergen and Dron-
THEM. In the meantime the Radicals are
keeping very quiet and abiding events
The Portland daily press., 1895-07-22
Electricity In Wool.

Almost any one who has the habit of
observation has noticed that woolen gar
ments will sometimes crackle and appear to
be attracted by the warmth of the hand.
This varies greatly in different tempera-
ments, some people being SO charged with
electricity that 1t literally emanates from
all of their wearing apparel. A number of
instances are recorded where women have
worn as inner wraps what are known as
Grape shawls these being made of oriental
silk heavily wrought with embroidery and
with long, thick fringe. After rapid walk
ing, especially In the cold, if the woolen
outside garment Is suddenly dropped off,
the fringe of the silk instantly rises in a
horizontal line and stands out like rays all
around the body. One lady has the power
OF creating this condition at will simply
by throwing woolen wrap over the silk
one and walking smartly about the room
for five minutes.
Ihls electric popularity is much more
observable In silk than in wool although
III the latter material it is sufficiently
abundant to cause no little annoyance in
factories where the raw staple is worked
up. The electric annoyance, however, is
almost always coincident with the extreme
cleanliness OF the WOOL If it is slightly
wet and saturated with oil, there is very
little trouble, and it may be so heavily
weighted in this way that all inconven-
lence disappears. In olden times when
women spun their own yarn, it was often
1ound necessary to use very pure and warm
lard in order that the threads might run
more smoothly; otherwise the fibers seemed
to crinkle and kink, and the thread would
De rough and of inferior quality
York Ledger.