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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
PAUL JONES IN LUCK,
The Unknown Tramp in Good
Way to Win His Wager.

The Unknown Tramp in Good
Way to Win His Wager.
VANCOUVER, Jan. 17.-Paul Jones,
the "round-the- world tramp" who start.
ed without cent on wager that he
would return 10 Boston with $1,000
within twelve months, arrived by the
Empress of Japan with S4,700 of the
needed sum, and four weeks in which
10 complete his trip. He has gone OH to
Seattle, and from there will proceed to
San Francisco, where he intends to de
liver lectures. Mr.. Jones says his adj
ventures up to the time OF leaving New
York are well known. He proceeded
from New York to London directly. He
made a large stake by taking up
wager TO walk on Picadilly in his paper
suit and sell newspapers. The wager
ers said that he might do such thing
in America, but the London "bobbieS"
would 500 run him in. He took the
risk, and the "bobbies" were so
struck with CONSERVATION at his ef-
frontery that his time was up before
they could gather themselves together.
He then got all offer to go Oh the stage
Of the Galety theatre and to advertise
brand of French wine in merrie Paris.
lie mad TO fOrego DOth oilers, because OF
having entered into contract to go to
Rome with gentleman, as interpreter.
One of the minor helps toward the S.
600 is the sum paid him by a detective
of New York for carrying a revolver
around the world with him. This re-
voIver the detective desires to hang up
in his room. with the inscription: Car
ried around the world by Paul Jones'"
Mr.. Jones is fatalist. He says that if
it is Kismet he is to succeed, if not he
will not. His trip is a marvellous eX-
ample of how we'll man can get along
if he is willing to sink his pride and
give full sway to a desperate intention
to get there. He is in the best of health
and spirits.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
SALTWATER NEWS.
Events Of a Day in the City on the
st, Croix,


Judge Crosby and number Of attor-
neyS were engaged at the court house
yesterday afternoon hearing the de-
fendantS side of the action OF Joachim
SpaltI vs.. Fredolin Blumer ct al.
George Burger and Henry Knight
were received at the prison yesterday
from Brown county. Burger will serve
two years and nine months for grand
larceny in the second degree, and the
latter will serve one year and four
months for aiding prisoner to escape
from Jail.
Company KS armory was decorated
with flags and bunting last evening for
the military hop to be given this even :
ing. A large number Of members or
the guard from st. Paul and MInneap-
oils Will be present.
In the action of Isaac Staples VS..
The Schulenberg Boeckeler Lumber
Company the legality of the assignment
is to he tested in the district court next
Tuesday.
A stranger carrying number of
forged checks of $40 each was arrested
after endeavoring to pass one on John
O'Shaughnessy, the shoe dealer.
Mrs. c. j. Butler. an old resident of
this city. died last evening from stroke
Of paralysis. She was siXty-nine years
of age. Three grown children survive
her.
The funeral of Mrs. Otis Staples is to
be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
minneapolis Markets.

Wheat futures were slow. The mar
ket was narrow, with prices a shade
easier. Foreign markets were quoted
quiet to easier. Argentine advices to-
day were less favorable, with lower es-
Inmates on the wheat crop. Export
sales were $4,000 blu No. 2 red at &c
over May at New York, and $4,000 bu
No. red at other ports. London quoted
prices nominally unchanged.
Prices of wheat ranged as follows:
January-Closing, Soc.
May-Opening, SOC; highest, 59%c
lowest, 5915c; closing, 5915c.
July-Opening. 6O1@6p5lc; highest.
6036@60Mc; lowest, CO.'S @6O19c; closing,
6019c.
On Track - No. 1 hard, 6Osle; No. 1
northern, $3.50; No. northern, 5S14c.
Some Sample Sales-NO. northern,
$4,000 blu, to arrive, 604c; No. north
ern, 81 cars, to arrive. 6015c; No. l
northern, 62 cars. 6014c; No. l north.
erl, cars, 6012ci No. 2 northern, l
car, 5914c; No. 2 northern, 2 cars, SOC;
No. 2 northern. cars, 5S15c; rejected
wheat, car, IL lbs off, SIC; rejected
wheat, 8 cars, Id off, SOC; rejected
wheat. car. Id Oft, 1853; rejected
wheat, car, l ID off, 47c; No. corn.
l car, 46115c; No. 3 corn, 2 cars, 46c: No
3 oats. 2 cars, 1890; No. 8 oats, 1 car.
$3.50; No. oats,1 car, seedy, 291Ec; No.
white oats, car, 1890; No. white
3OIc; sample barley, car, 50 lbs, Acc !;
No. 4 barley, l car, 80 lbs, 4S15c.
Flour-There is 10 new feature to
report; the market is quiet and prices
are steady. One lot was sold at Liver
pool yesterday, and offers from Belfast
and London were refused. First pat
ents, in wood, are quoted at So. 30@3. 80;
second patents, S3.05@3.3 80; fancy eX-
port bakers, So 15(Q2.25: red dog, S1.65
@1.70. London quotations yesterday
Sacks, $50 lbs, first patents, 81 export
bakers, 16s@16s I'd. Shipments, IL, 2S3
bbls.
Bran and Shorts-Carload quotations
Bran i'll bulk. Sill; sacks, 200 lbs, Sl225
sacks. 100 lbs, STATS; shorts, common
in bulk, S1S; fancy. bulk, $3.50.
Hay and Straw-The market is steady
and firm; there is a scarcity of taney
upland, and moderate receipts woulC
sell promptly; receipts are light; quota
tons are as follows: Choice Iowa up
| land, $3.50; choice Minnesota upland
| SS(9S. 25; medium, s6@6.5O; coarse, $50
| $50; rye straw, $3.50; oat straw, 81.
| Oats lhedelEand yesterday was local
with receipts 10 cars. The market j:
steady and firm; No. white, SOC; No
8. 291a@295lc; receipts, 10 cars; ship
ments, 2 cars.
Corn-The market is steady and easy
receipts, 8 cars; No. 8 yellow is quote,
at 47c; No. 8. acc. Shipments, car.
Barlcy-The market is steady an
easy: receipts we're car and shipment
6 cars; fancy No. is selling at 4S(949t
Rye-The market is steady and firm
.. no receipts or shipments; No.
i quoted at 1910.
Flax-The market is firmer. based O
Chicago prices. There Wee no II
ceipts or shipments locally.
] Feed and Meal-Car lot quotations
Feed, S17@17.50; cornmeal, S1F0l7. sc
: granulated meal. S23. 50924: gran1atet
23.50@25.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18

inal. Wheat-Re ceipts. 700 blu; exports,
249.300 blu; sales. 1.135.000 blu futures,
10000 blu spot: spot weaker; No. red,
store and elevator, 60s4c; afioat, 6211c;
f. o. b., 621sc af1oat; No. l Northern,
70@708c, delivered options opened
firmer on better cables, but were very
inactive throughout the middle of the
day, and finally declined sharply under
talk of large European crop es Inmates
by the government, closing at X@4c
decline; foreigners bought freely at the
decline; clearances today were large;
No.2 red January closed 60Mc; February
closed DC; March, 81 1l-l6@62c, closed
61Tc; May. 624@623sc. closed 6211c;
June. 62sa @6219c, closed at 623sc; July,
62A962 15.l6c. closed az 625sc. Corn
sales, 100000 bu futures, 1000 blu spot !;
spot market dull. No. 2,5lAc elevator;
steamer mixed. 1850 Options opened
steady with wheat, but subsequently
eased off under more liberal estimates,
and closed heavy at 14@5sc net loss
January closed at size; February, 81 il
@514c, closed at Size; May. 5lI
@51 9-l6c, closed at size. Oats
Receipts, 11,600 bu; exports none; sales,
145, 900 bu; futures, 49, 900 bu spot. No. 2
3455Sc; No. 2 white, 37@374c; No. 3
white. 364c; track white. 37@41c; op-
tons inactive and easier with wheat.
closing 15@3sc net decline; January
closed at $500; February closed at
34Hc; March closed at 3435c; May,
34Ss@343s. closing at SIC. Hay steady
Hops dull and easy. Hides easy.
Leather steady. Wool quiet; Texas,
1870. Cat meats dull; picked hams,
9Ac. LAID steadier; Western steam
closed at sos; sales, 900 tierces
at S79L02; city at 636@65sc;
sales, 40 tlerces; January closed
81 nominal; May, $7.15 nominal; refined,
steady; continent, $3.50; s. A., $3.50;
compound, SIC. Pork steady. Butter
dull; Western dairy. 10@16c: creamery,
15@25c; do factory, 9@15c; Elgins,
25c; imitation creamery, 1201Sc; state
dairy, 100000; do creamery, 16@23c.
Cheese dull: part skins 5000; full do,
1@3c. Eggs steady; state aud Pennsyl-
vania, 23c; ice house, I7@l9c; w estern
fresh, 22c; Southern, 20@2l14c; receipts,
$3.50 Dkgs. Tallow weak and lower
CITY 4OD41c. country 43Lo
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
Duluth W heat.

DULUTH, Jan. I7.-Wheat ruled weak
and lower today, with fair amount of
trading in futures. May opened un.
changed, sold down &c, regained the
decline, lost sc and then sold up &c.
One trade of May No. hard at 635Sc
was reported. July sold sc below yes.
terday. Cash stuff was quiet, holders
not being disposed to sell at the low
prices prevailing. One lot to arrive
sold at 6l1sc, and few sales were made
at 6115@61$lc, but transactions were
limited. The close was sc lower than
yesterday for cash and May, &c lower
for July, and sc to &c lower for wheat
to arrive. TO-
Following were the closing prices:
No. hard, cash, 6l15c; January, 611sc;
May, 6535c; July, 6417sc; No. northern,
cash. $3.50; January, 5000: May, 621s C
July, 629c; No. 2 northern, cash.
565sc; No. 5, $3.50; rejected, 5O5Sc. Tic
arrive: No. l hard, 6l5sc; No. north.
ern, 601sc. Rye, Acc: No. oats, Sic;
NO. 3 oats. SO14c; barley, 45@47c. Re
ceipts Here and at Superior Wheat,
81, 954 bu; oats. 1880 bu; barley, 8, II;
blu. Shipments-Wheat, 6S7 bu; oats
3,l25 Blu. Car Inspection-Wh heat, 80
| corn, !; oats, /.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
DULL AND DECLINING,
Grain Markets Weak, With
Fractional Losses in
Quotations. 'SS5
IW
RAIDING OF THE MARKET
Resulted in Depression,
Though News Was in No
Sense Bearish.
STOCKS DECIDEDLY FIRMER,
But With Volume Of Business,
Light--London Mar insa'
kets Strong.

CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-The grain mar
kets were weak in the end after day
spent in struggling against the influence
or depression from lack of business.
The raiding of the oats market of the
day before was continued and was more
successful today, resulting as it did in
an established decline of &c. Wheat,
with every inducement to go higher. de-
clined &c, and corn without anything
bearish in the Immediate outlook, also
sold off sc. Provisions were indepen-
dent Of the course of grain and made
advances. Wheat opened quiet and
steady at about the closing price of the
previous day, and held within &c of Sc
per busheI all forenoon. Trade was of
the dullest kind. The primary market
receipts were little larger than on the
corresponding day of the week before,
but there was very little more than one
half of the quantity received on
the similar day of last year.
Chicago inspected into store so car
loads. as compared with the $50 cars
year ago. Minneapolis reported
receipts Of 1876 cars and Duluth so
cars, or l65 together, compared with
2C7 week ago and 2S4 on the corr
responding day last year. The clear
ances from the Atlantic ports in wheat
AID flour amounted to $4,000 bu. The
foreign markets were in the main firm.
The market finally turned weak during
the last hour, and May broke to 575S@
Nhn f,,t,
the market refused to advance discour-
aged holders and the liquidation cars
ried prices down. May closed at 57slc.
The corn market was rather firm for
short time near the opening, but be-
came heavy later, and quite weak about
fOrty-five minutes from the close. Re-
ceiptS were even smaller than the mod
crate estimates. Business was dull on
the average.
The oats market was the only appar
ent weakening factor. May opened at
475sc, sold as high as 475s(14Sc. dropped!
later to 4719c, and at the close was
471ac. -
The oats market was the whole thing
again today. The activity and slump in
price was even greater than Yesterday.
May sold from 3O7sc to 3O14c, and closed
at 303sc bid. Yesterday the market
closed at 30$@3OTc. Updyke, Bald
win-Farnum and lrwinGreen headed
the selling.
The provision market recovered some
what from yesterdays great run of hogs
today. Today, although hog receipts
were still heavy, numbering 47,000,sa s
against $4,000 estimated, the market
opened firm at little improvements
yesterdays closing prices. 1t was sup
posed that much of the days buying,
which occasioned the tirmer feeling
which prevailed, was due to the cover
ing of short lines for account Of West
higher. Lard and ribs at the top of the
days range, and each at nc improve.
ment for the day.
Theleadlng futures ranged as follows:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
TO CALIFORNIA WITHOUT
CHANGE
Via "The Milwaukee "

On every Saturday morning an ele-
CANT Pullman Tourist Sleeping Car
leaves Minneapolis and st. Paul, and
runs through to Los Angeles, California,
without change. Arrives Los Angeles
$3.50 p. m. following Wednesday. CAR
rive San Francisco Thursday, 1876
a. M
Via The Milwaukee's" famous he'd
rick Route" to Kansas City. thence via
the A.. T. d S. F. Railway through
Southern California.
The most delightful winter route to
the coast.
This car is personally conducted'-
in immediate charge of all official and
an attendant through to destination.
Rate per berth, Sc through from st.
Paul and Minneapolis.
Connections at San Francisco with
steamers for Hawaii, Land of Eternal
Spring"
For berths. complete information and
lowest rates, apply to "The Milwaukee"
agents, st. Paul OR Minneapolis. or ad-
dress j. L. CONLEY,
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
ST Paul Mimi.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
FOR MEDICINAL USE
NO EUSEL OIL

Life and strength In every drop.
Absolutely free from deleterious
matter. Assists digestion and drives
out cold. Particularly useful to
women Vyhc feel the need of per-
fectly pure stimulant. For
COUGHS. PNEUMONIA,
BRONCHITIS. GREP
and Othe T. winter maladies- People
recovering from long sickness are
surprised TO find how fast they lihis
prove with the help OF this income
parable Vghiskey. All druggists
and grocers. illustrated pamphlet
Will be sent by
DUFFY MALT yVIISkEY CO.,
ROCHESTER, nv.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
~
Is 1t for Better or Worse

LITTLE Rock, Ark. Jan. IA litiga-
ton that will be watched with great in
terestjs pending in the courts of this
city. 1t is the case of j. Young, who
sues Mrs. n. NJ. Kies and her husband,
J. K. Kies, as Joint defendants for debts
contracted by Mrs. Kies previous 10 her
last marriage. The question is whether
a man can be held liable for debts con-
tracted by his wife previous to their
marriage.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
Big Smash in Glass.

New ALBANY, Ind, Jan. 1.-THE
Fidelity Trust Company of Louisville
was today appointed receiver of the w.
G. Depauw company, makers of window
glass in Alexandria, Ind, and this city.
The plants are valued at S1.000,000,
three times the Indebtedness of the
company. This step was taken to the
Citizens bank Of Salem, Ind. levying
OH the works at Alexandria and stop
ping operations.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
Object to Insurance Trusts.

. ST. JOE. Mo-, Jan. IA petition
signed by all the wholesale and retail
men OF this city was sent to the repre-
sentatives from this county in the legis-
lature, asking that some law be enacted
to prohibit insurance companies from
combining to fix the price of insurance.
1t is claimed that all insurance in this
locality is controlled by combine
which compels the policy holder to pay
eXorbitant prices.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
Sheep-Steady at yesterday's decline
Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-Hogs-Receipts
$4,000; official yesterday, 56,s45; ship
ments, 5.237; left over. 1900; market
dull; light, s3.eO@4.20; mixed, $500
440; rough. s3.90@4.50. Cattle-Re.
ceipts, 1880 head; official yesterday,
1861 head; market slow and weak.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000 head; official
yesterday, 16, ia head; market weak to
1Oc lower. Estimated receipts hogs to-
morrow, sc, 900.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
Miss Steyenson Drine,

AsHEvILLE, N. c., Jan. Twice
President Stevenson's daughter, who is
i'll here, revived slightly this morning,
but her condition became worse again
this afternoon, and tonight she is near
the point of death. 1t is not believed
hat she can live through the night.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
New York Produce.

NEW YORK. Jan. 17.-Flour - Re-
ceipts, 6.7Oo bbls; exports, 10000 bbls:
sales, 1900 pkgs; market dull, but
steady. except on the poorer grades.
which might be shaded; Southern flour
dull. Rye -four steady; sales, 500 bbls.
Buckwheat -four quiet, S1.75@l.S0.
Buckwheat dull. 50@7oc. Corhmeal
quiet: sales, 200 bbls, 1880 sacks: vel.
low Western, s1.10@1.12. Rye nominal.
Barley nominal. Barley malt x0m-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
ROGERS & ROGERS,
Live Stock Commission.
Union Stock Yards. South st. Pau, MINI
LIVE STOCK.
Union StockyaPds.

Receipts - 1000 hogs, S45 cattle.
calves, PAT sheep.
Hogs-Market opened late, and not
much trading was done until after din
ner. Yards cleared to packers at about
1Oc decline, in sympathy with declines
at Eastern points.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Jan. II. = Flour
quiet. Wheat quiet and steady. No. 2
spring, 554c; No. 1 northern, 6414c;
May, 5S14c. Corn lower; No. 8, $3.50.
Oats steady; No. 2 white. 314e. No. 5
white, 3119c. Barley steady; No. 2, 54cs!
sample, 53@56c. Rye scarce and firm,
No. l, sic. Provisions steady; pork,
81 %: lard Sc 10 p =
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
VpSII-T IIRH- LOW
ARTICLES. ing. est. est.

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour-Stcady. Wheat-No. 2 spring,
5724@59Ac; No. spring, nominal; No.
red, Size. Corn-No. 2. 451c; No. 3
yellow. 41M@4l3sc. Oats-No. 2. 29c;
No. white, Sl374@92c; No: white, 81
@31%c. Rye-No. 2, 50Hc. Barley
No. 2. 55c; No. 3, SIC; No. 4, nominal.
FlaXseed l, Sl.43. Timothy Seed
Prime, $500. Mess Pork-Per Dbl, 81. 35
@1l.50. Lard-Per 100 lbs. ST. 1850
6.7j. Short Ribs-Sides Qoose), s.. roo
$40. Shoulders - Dry sailed (boxed),
434@47Sc. Sides-Short clear (boxed),
s5.95@6.05. Whlsky-Distillers' finished
goods, per gallon, S1.22. Sugars-Cut
loaf, unchanged. Receipts-Flour, 5000
bbls; wheat. $1,000 bu; corn. &c., 600 blu;
oats, $4,000 bu; rye, 5000 bu; barley,
$1,000 bu. Shipments - Flour, 5000
bbls; wheat, 5000 bu; corn, $4,000 bu;
oats. 1926 bu; rye. 1900 blu; barley,
10000 bu. On the produce exchange to-
day the butter market was dull; cream
cries, 12@24c; diaries, 11@20c. Eggs
13@1S13c.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
E.iYerDOOI.

LIVERPOOL. Jan. -Wheat-Spot
quiet. demand moderate; No. 2 red
winter, IS Cd; No. 2 red spring, 4s
sd: No. hard Manitoba, IS 41ad; No. l
California, IS 119d; futures opened
steady, with near and distant positions
l tarthing higher; closed steady. with
near positions 1@2 farthings higher, and
distant positions farthing higher; bus
uary, is 9d; February, is 9d4; March,
As 9%d; April. As 104; May, IS 10@d;
June, As 1O3sd. Corn-Spot steady.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18

Cattle-Steady on butcher stuff and
heavy feeders; others weak. The de-
mand is good, but liberal receipts Of
common stuff gave buyers an opportu-
nifty to buy it lower Heavy feeders are
in good demand, also fat cattle.
RpnraSantatiNn SalpS-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
100000
To Loan on St. Paul Real Els
St. Paul Title Insurance & Trust Co
New York Money.

tNC" Il OKh 1HOIIVys
New YORK, Jan. 17.-Money on call
easy at 1@1H. Last loan 1, closed 1
per cent. Prime mercantile paper
2A@41a per cent. Sterling exchange
strong, with actual business in bankers
bills "a. S9@4. S91a for demand. and S4.SS
4.SS14 for sixty days. Posted rates, 81 $50
@4o9. and S4.S919@4.9O. Commercial
bills. s4.S714(@4S71a. Silver certificates.
591I06O1[c
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18

St Paul & Duluth 20 IT, 9. E4pleaE :, AZ
Kan. q Tex. pfd. 222l Wabash st L.&P GA
LakeErie& West. 1G4 do pfd. 49,. 14N
do pfd. -. 1878 Wells-Fargo Elk .ln6
Lake Shore. -. 1894 Western Union. s74s
Lead Trust. 49,. 37ss Wheeling d l.. E. 97s
Louis. d Nash -. 554 do pfd. 39A
Louisville & Ma. Z NJ & ST. l.. 49,. 2S
Manhattan Con. 1071sID. 4 R. G. 1I4
Mem. d Charls'n. 10 General Electric 34Is
Michigan Cent. 96l2 National Lnseed IS
Missouri Pacific. 235s Col. Fuel & Iron 25l5
Mobile & Ohio.. 16Ia do pfd 70
Nash. " Chatt.. :. is FL. d T. Central. gig
Nat. Cordage. -. G1a Toll, A.A.&N. M. 19s
do pfd.... -. 0A T.. St. L. d K. c.
n. j. Central. GA do pfd. =. 80.
n. & w. pfd. $50. 1873 Southern r. r.. 1U4
North Am: Co... ga do pfd........ 3512
Northern Pacific. 3l2 Tobacco ......,. 90
do pfd ....... is do pfd - 1CSs4
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-18
DO NIH . .
Entitled to a Lien.

the covenant to pay rent was not bar
to this action. Order affirmed.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-06-13
The Confederate CONSERVATION.

There were really two of them, the
provisional" and tho permanent con-
stitutions of the southern Confederacy
After the burning of Richmond the orig
inal documents fell into the hands of the
Dc Fontaine family, in whose possession
they remained up to ten years ago, In the
spring of 1880 Mrs. f. G. do Fontaine,
then living in New York city, wrote to
the governors of tho ex Confederate states,
offering to sell the historic documents of
which she was at that time sole owner,
but failed to find q purchaser among
them. She then opened Communications
with the southern historical societies, but
only one of those institutions, that of
Maryland, took enough interest in the
matter to call d meeting to consider the
lady's proposition. They soon aseertained
that the finances of the society wero not
in condition to warrant the trustees in
making an offer" After these successive
failures Mrs. de Fontaine turned TO pri-
vate relic hunters. This was the proper
move, and within few days she had an
offer of 81, 600 for the original draft Of
the permanent constitution from Mrs w
j. de Renne of Savannah. The offer was
accepted, and some time later the decu-
ment was presented to the Georgia. State
library by Mrs. dc Renne. The draft of
the provisional constitution was purchased
by the late W. w. Corcoran, the we'll
known Washington banker, and by him
presented to the state of Virginia.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-06-13
IN. Msu:2 For Rlooa.hsd.

1t is perhaps no exaggeration to say
that the amount Of hard cash now reserv-
ed by the various governments in view Of
a possible outbreak Of waI exceeds rather
than falls short OF Rl50, 900. 600, which
would not u3der any circumstances be
parted with, even for the most temporary
object II does not require much investi-
cation TO prove that the outcome OF this
must be anything but beneficial.
The miser vino boards his gold Injuries
others as well as himself, just as q land
owner who deliberately permits his broad
acres TO lie waste is infiicting blow upon
the community which might live and
thrive upon the produce Of the soil. For
the greater part Of the last 20 years first
one nation and then another has played
the part Of the miser and laid greedy
hold upon treasure which should have
been allowed to circulate and increase
many fold the wealth of thUse through
whose hands It passed. Nor could this
have happened ut n more unfortunate
time, for while the output Of silver in
creased by leaps and bounds that Of gold
fell away rapidly.
The gigantic efforts made to convert
Europe into an arrived camp have impov-
erished the people, not merely by demand
ing their labor, which would have been
more profitably employed jn tilling the
ground and tending the mill or tho loom,
but by heaping upon them an almost un-
bearable burden of taxation, which they
are SO much the less able to meet. While
this state of things continues, and these
war chests are being added to, there can
be little hope Of any relief-Chanbers
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