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PART II.

So Herbert Jcnnison was called;
Corinna followed him. Her father and
mother came also, with the vague idea
that this might be pleasing occasion,
the presentation to Aunt Drusila of
the youth who hoped to become her
granddaughter. Anything but a pleas
ing occasion! The old woman reared
her gaunt head, white-capped, and de-
I1anded to know If he was the grandson
Of Joel Jennison. He was. Had he
ever heard of the lawsuit, Broclsway
against Jennison, in 1897? lie had not.
The old woman was ready to burst with
venom; she scolded, screamed, Kissed;
she quoted Scripture in the line of dis.
nal prophecy and imprecation; Mt last
she snatched off her nightcap and
threw it at him. Holman Broclway
hustled the astounded lovers out Of the
room; Sarah tried to recompose the
aunt's cap and temper, while the bag
kept OH shrieling: "They shan't mar
ry, they shan't marry. I'll die and I'll
haunt them"
Corinna was terrified; she chung to
her lover, trembling and sobbng. He
told her that they ought not to mind
the half-crazy words of n poor old WON.
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The Advanced Woman,

She may stand upon the corner in her bloom.
ers If she chooses;
She can smoke cigarette in public, too;
bhe may think up shocking thoughts and ded-
icate them to the muses.
In fact, Go anything that's truly new.
But do not yet repine,
Oh, creatures masculine,
Nor think creation s altered T. its plan,
For she always wants to do
Things she's not expected to,
And she doesn't care to do them when she can
A foremost place in politics-sheIl have it If
she pleases
She'll worry over bargains in appropriation
bills
And decorate the gavel which untutored man
now seizes
With gilt and pretty ribbons till with joy the
eye it fills;
She may do 1t all in style
For a very little whilo,
But the ultimate result we calmly scan,
For she always wants to do
Things she's not expected to,
And she doesn't care to do them when she can.
Washington Star.
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PART III.

But from the day that Aunt Dru-
silla's picture was restored to it's old
place Corinna's pleasure. in the room
was subtly blighted. The next morn
ing when she entered it, singing, with
u duster in her hand, the first thing
which she saw was the photograph,
that lay face downward upon the floor
about three feet iIf-front of the fire.
place, as If it had leaped from it's sta
ton on the mantel shelf. Corinna took
1t up and replaced it, without thought.
But she felt a curious little shudder.
She went on singing in her clear and
pleasant Voice while she busted the
books, arranged in neat radiation
around the crocheted lamp mat on the
table IN the center OF the room. All
at once she saw the photograph stir,
then stand upright, totter and spring
toward her, falling to the floor. A SUI
perstitious terror seized Corinna; her
breath stopped and rhsr hands became
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-06
Dutch Bulb Gardens.

No ono seems to know how many lulbs
arc grown in Holland, but the extent Of
tho industry may DO gathered from the
fact that the Society of Persons Interested
In Bulb Growing has no fower than IA
branches. This organization retains ex-
perts in hyacinth diseases and the liferhis-
torJ Of tho narcissus lily. 1t also makes IFS
members sign declaration that thoy sill
not sell cut flowers "eithor into the coiip-
try or to foreign parts, except for sample
exhibitions and private rejoicings." The
cutting Of the flowers injuries the charac-
ter of tho next yeats crop.
OF course 1t Is many, many years since
the tulip mania, when roots actually
changed hands at 1900 to 9450. 1t is Just
because Of late years the price Of bulbs has
decreased so much that the trade has
grown so greatly. For a few shillings it
Is possible to get fair assortment direct
from the Dutch grower
The hyacinth is still the bulb grown in
thc biggest quantities, though, in all,
there arc Is, 900 different varieties of bulbs
cultivated in Holland.
1t goes without saying that the bulb
f. has his troubles. Tho English
weather is bad, but only such patient, long
suffering folk as tho Dutch could put up
with tho samples vouchsafcd in Hol-
land. Nor are the rain and cold the bulb
farmers only anxeties.
When you go over tho canal bridge,
watch till you sec Dutch rat. They are
big, healthy fellows, with pretty tasto
for bulbs, and from the evening of the day
on which the bulb farmer puts them into
the ground they begin to help themselves.
The rat, having dug up his treasure,
takes it home and scoops it out ut his lei
sure. Rattraps and an ingenious system
Of trenches serve tho farmer us best they
can but the Dutch rat still remains one
OF tho most appreciative iovc.s of tho
Dutch bulb -Pittsburg Dispatch.
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A Valuable Prescription.

Editor Morrison of Worthingtoh, Ind.
"Sun," writes: You have a valuable
prescription in Electric Bitters, and can
cheerfully recommend it for Constipation
and Sick Headache, and as general sys-
tenn tonic it has no equal" Mrs. Annie
Stehle, 1925 Cottage Grove Ave, Chica-
go. was all run down, could not eat nor
digest food, had a headache which never
left her and felt tired and weary, but six
bottles of Electric Bitters restored her
health ard renewed her strength. Prices
SOC and 800. Get = bottle at Churchill g.
st; Johns succSssors to Geo. L. La Foun-
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house, coll them i'll names, and always
contrive to make some dark allusion to
her threat that she, after death, would
haunt them. 1t was unbearable, but
what could be done? There was no dis
ciplining poor, half-crazed, helpless
creature like that. They came to take
her chidings like the buster and shrek
of the wind around the house.
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The GhOstly Manifestations
Of Aunt DruSilla.
by ELIZABETH FALLEN.
Author of The Man from Aidone.
copyright. 1896, by Bachelor, johnson and
Bacheller.l
PART l.

copyright. 1896, by Bachelor, johnson and
Bachellerl
PART J..
When, looking out into the darkness
| before the winter dawn, the woman
who lived nearest ncighbor to Miss Dru-
silla Brockway could see no light In the
window of the house on the hill, she
thought that something must have hap
pened. She told her husband so.
"Jotham, 1 wish't you'd step over an
| see that she amt dead or anything
che added.
SO Mr.. lothian Dunn clothed himself
lighted lantern, and went out of the
front door, which opened on the road
ut don't seem material, not to go out to
the barn, fust thing, to feed the crit.
ters," he observed, pulling on his blue
nittens. 81 don't see what you're sc
turrible worried about, Maria" But
he went, with the protesting tongue
and the prompt legs of man who has
q many-carcful wife.
At Miss Drusilla's everything was
dark and quiet. He waited a moment;
then he knocked. II expect Drusillyll
Gull me a fool for my palms." he NUT
tered.
The answer came in grooming voice
ooh, is that you, Mr.. Dunn?"
at is"
"Im dretful glad you've come. But
you'll hev to let yourself in. can't stir
without its KILN of me-
"Why, Miss Drusilly, how you talk
What's the matter with YEP"
"Oh dear me, I've fell an expect ]
shan't never get up again. You must
come right in
"How can I? Amt the house all
locked up?"
mo, it amt, and that's how-Wcll,
never mind. You go round to the shed
door, Mr.. Dunn"
Having entered by that way, he soon
heard about the misfortune. Miss
Drusilla's cat had not come back in due
season the evening before.
"Tommy, he knows when it rings
nine o'clock, an he generally puts for
home. But last night he staid out, an
then come to the shed door a-cryin',
an got up TO let him in. was kind
O dazed, wakin' up so sudden. an for.
got to bolt the door again. I'd just got
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Ais Hutton.

"Er-that Ia funny looking button you
are wearing" said the man with the ac-
count II never saw an N. c. button
before. Do you bolong to the Sons of
North Carolina, or whatg"
Sons Of nothing" replied the grocer.
"That means no credit"
The man walked out without swelling
the account.-Indianapo Journal.
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her one chicken.

Bring him in here; I want to see
him." said Aunt Drusila, grimly.
For in her unhappy old soul-a har-
Dor of all sorts of cranky and piratical
prejudices, with rowing commission
to board other peoples busincss-she
remembered that in remote years her
father had had quarrel with certain
Jennison, who might be grandfather
Of this young man. "And I'll let him
know that l amt forgot about that
matter" she decided.
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THE BURLINGTON PRESS THURSDAY FEBRUARY g. 1875

cold and moist as she stood, not daring
to remove her gaze from the object of
her fears. She could hear her mother
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children Cry for Pitchers Castorla.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Catoria.
When she was Child, she cried for CastoriA
When she became Miss, she chung to CastoriA
When she had childrsu. she gave them Castorla.
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Headaches should be cured. not relieved.
Neu-Rcl cureA
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08
MIscELLANEoUs MARKETS.

Bacon-The market is steady. Smoked
clear sides, SIC; dry sailed clear rib Sides
4ssci long clear, none; bellies. 4a4c; sugar,
Lard Market firm; pure, in tierces
4ibc; 50-pound tins, 4Ac; compound, in
tierces, 4Ac; in 50-pound tins, 4hc
Butter-Market steady; fair demand;
Goshen, 14Q15c; gilt edge. 17lA0lshc; best
Cheese1M Market dull; sk@11c; fancy, full
cream cheese, 1oGl2c; 2Q-pound average.
sh-Mackerel-Half-b barrel No. ], IS. 30;
No. 2, $50; No. 3, $500; kits, No. /, S1.25;
No. q $1.00; No. 3, Csc. Goldfish, 1-pound
bricks, SIC; 2-pound bricks, &c. Smoked
herring, per box, zoe; Dutch herring. in
kegs, $l6O. New mullet, half barrels,
'': sSlt-Demand is fair, and the market
steady: carload lots, o. B., L1diyerpool5
buriap sacks, &c; ditto, 125-pound cotton
sacks, 35c; smaller lots, higher.
Syrup-Market quiet; Georgia and Flori-
2Sa2Sc; sugar house at 1sqS2c: Cuba,
straight goods. 2SqSOc; sugar house mo-
lasses. 15Gl20c.
mon. sound, 24Q27c; fair, 2Sg35c good,
SCd4Sc; bright. eOd65c; fine fancy, 65d80c.
Sugar-Equality prfces-Savannah quo
tations; cut loaf, 5.68c; crushed, $3.50; now
dered 536c; xxx powdered, sac. stan
dard granulated, 5.05c; cubes, 6. 30c. rnouId
A b3Oc; diamond A, Bose; confectfons
A. 493c; white extra &, 4.68c; extra q
4.4sc golden c, 4.36c; yellows, A24c. Tone
Coffee-DuH and lower; Mocha. 2sihc Ia
va, 27lsc; Peaberry, 201zc; standard M
1sc: No. 2, 171zc; No. 3. tic; No. 4 1sc. ~ -
s. 15Ikc; No. 8, 151kc; No. T. 14c. w
Flour--Market weak; patents. a o..
straight, 1895; fancy, 1886; famiIv "a Wv
Corn-Market Is steady; white eor ,S''y p =
lots. 47c; carload lots, 44c; mixed - eo ~
lob lots, acc; carload lots, 43c. crscissS,
corn, lob lots, Soc sack.
Oats-Carload lots, CSC; Job lots sIc
Bran-Job lots, so; carload lots 7Oc
Hay-Market steady; western. ion tota
95c; carload lots. soc.
Meal-Pearl, per barrel, $3.50; per sack
81 90; city meal, per sack, SOC; pearl eTits
per barrel, $2.4Oi per sack, $1.05; city 9rits
per sack, Sl.W.
Wines-Domestic port, sherry cataw ba
low grades, 60GtS5c; fine grades, 81 O00gi ri.
California nght muscatel and angelica
Tiauors-Market firm; high wines. basis
SIP; whisky, per gallon, rectifed 101
proof s1.35Ql.75; choice grades, Sl.50a2. 90.
Straight Sl4563.50; blended, $20064 90:
low proofs IN proportion. Gins, 1c per eal,
Ion higher RUNS, &c higher.
Lemons-Market quiet; per box, $3.50
Dried Fruit-Apples. evaporated, s1kg1Oc;
common. 74Sc.
fContfruad On rrb{rd pa1aN
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over, and prices will probably adjust
themselves once more upon the basis Of
demand and prospective supply. TO-day's
break has not changed our opinion Crop
estimates, We think. must be materially
reduced, and We think that cotton bought
upon declines viii in the end prove a
profitable Investment"
New York, Aug. The sun says OF cot
Ton; Cotton opened s TO Is points higher.
but lost the Improvement and declined .
20 81 points, closing weak with sales OF
$4,000 bales
IO-day's features: II cotton declined
to-day A was not because reports OF dam
age 10 the crop were lacking; in fact. they
We're much in evidence, so much so. in
deed, that they caused a sharp rise at the
opening The reports were just as bad as
ever. The official weather report showed
tnat the total precipitation IN the entire
cotton belt for tWenty-four hours was only
20 OF an inch AT Little Rock the maxi
mum temperature was 1O4 degrees yester-
DAY, and at Memphis 1o2 But IL was
Gay OF liquidation The early advance
was soon effected, and prices broke sharp
~. II was only natural that operators
should want to realize the handsome
emoluments accruing from weeks spec
ulaton. marked with sharp upward hue
tuations. Bears hammered and stop orders
We're caught on the way down, accelerat-
ing the decline"
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NAVAL STORES.

spirits Observation-Disclosures slump was
nreveuted during the past week by DuylnS
orders from a large exporting house. For
a dsv or two IL looked as If the price
would 20 much lower. Another record
breaking price was established, however,
when. on one day there We're sales al
be- The market recovered, followed by
4 good demand al 221sc for regulars. Inc
business for the week was large, aggre-
eating the amount of the receipts. At the
close today the market advanced TO FAC,
with sales of 1850 casks reported.
Rosin-There was nothing out OF the
usual course of the market during the past
week, except that medium grades sus-
tanned a loss of ,252c. The common grades
were in strong demand, but otSars were
not sought after. The busine OF the
week was fair, and the mark It ruled
firm at the current prices.
Ouotations-At the close of the market
to-day the following quotations were Dull
letined at the Board of Trade:
Spirits turpentine, firm; 22Ac for regu-
lars.
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bales; Per Savannah river steamers. ?

? bales; per Savannah river steamers. 2
bales.
Note-The receipts above include 3 BAGS
sea island per various railroads.
ENports-Ihe exports for the past week
were 65I bales upland and 40 bags sea is
land. moving as follows: To Baltimore. III
bales upland, and 80 bags sea island: 20
New York, 400 bales upland. and 10 bags
sea island: 10 Boston 80 bales upland
StOcks-The stocks on hand and on ship
board to-day were 1, SIS bales upland and
2,l5S bags sea island. against a.242 bales up-
land ana Sos bags sea island at the cor
responding time last year.
Sea Island CottOn-The first bag Of sea
island cotton arrived last Tuesday. from
LOWndes county, and graded extra choice
GeOrgias. The receipts for the week were
bags. There were sales OF 10 bags made
during the week. No quotations have
been as yet put on the opening of the
seasons market The indications point to
an early movement of the crop, as the
dry weather IS causing the fruit to ma
ture rapidly. The quotations remain nom
inally unchanged as follows.
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0rwEW OF THE MARKETS.
-oxDITION OF THE GENERAL
D ~v.pE DURING LAST WEEK.

announcement in Business
"A a Better Feeling in All De-
.nts-The Wholesale Mar
Ru.v FiIIing orders for FAN
..-Cotton = Cents Higher
- Last Week-NavaI stores
-, With n Good Demand-he-
of other Markets.
-.---ab. Aug. THE general business
-sst week showed some improve
o. --1 orders BY mail disclosed an ex-
mem sfso There was substantial indi-
$50 that the supplementary demand
s-1 Goods would develop into busy
as buyers are growing more atten-
49,, che requirements Of staple goods
t-4sbter outlook in the cotton market
~ advance of prices, added TO the
--5.-cs of merchants in the country and
,.s-a more liberal in the placing OF
tture orders
- -re wholesale dry goods, groceries,
--.--,s.ons and hardware trade, there was
r-.ss.5v volume Of business. The spot cot
.-,,srxst advanced &c. Thursday and sc
.sl,-i,nal to-day. but transactions were
-,5r as there was but little offered and
~ t,,vers in the market. The naval stores
.,-sst was firm at the current quotations
n slthough there was downward ten
s.,cv and a decline on medium grades OF
e..,, and a loss of &c on spirits turpentine
s-a dav or two, there was a recovery ana
..sss,,,ent advance to 22Ac to-day. The
'-r,5sr trade continued active and I'M
,s,nged. Securities were quiet. The follow
inc resume of the different markets, both
heal and Geographic, viii show the tone
and the quotations at the close to-day;
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DRY GOODS.

New York. Aug. lin the dry goods
market cotton goods held quieter to-day
than yesterday: IN SO Iar as volume of
In bleached cottons by the manufacturing
trades and less in prints by jobbing
houses. with no compensating increas Sc
in demand for ether descriptions At the
same time the general tone has ruled
steady In the woollen goods division the
demand continues light throughout, anu
business is free from new feature of any
moment. Complaints of slow payments
are more numerous, and an increasing re-
serve IN credits is noticeable.
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Liverpool, Aug. Total sales of week
q. 600 bales: American, q 900; trade TAX
ings. including forwarded from ships side,
4OOOO Actual exports. 5000; total Import
% COO: American. $4,000. Total stock, 625. :
900. American. $4,000. Total afioat 24.OOO;
American, 10000. Spectators took 1900:
exporters took 800.
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COTTON.

HI. speculative cotton market had a
en- I' ely week. August contracts rose over
~ Polnts WITHIN few days. The sDot
markets fell in line with advances Of
aDout AQ2sc, but the TRANSACTIONS in snote
mSIe merely nominal, as the offerings
were night, and buyers had not RETURNED
IN ne markets. The cause of the spurt
nortn speculative markets was the re-
~. - u damage to the crop in the SOUTH
%SsI. PRIVATE cables said that Mannbes-
~. summers were anxious. being short Of
SS11IIoh' IN consequence of the serious CON
,,i1C5 oI the crop Great excitement IRE
C,,.ieu Ior rev days on the New York
luton Exchange. 1t has been wears since
oo'lon mas seen so steady and Iarga
an an advance within so short a time and
HaIia Is rs a growing contingent who be-
dore 'Tat the advance has been over
- Ihere was decline of about 40
po.Its from the opening to-day. The cron
ou.Iook IN the southwest, however con-
I'M ,.lu9s pad, and it is claimed that moth
ian crl soaking rains can pull the cot
~ Ciep through in any sort of shane
a.. . ne local market was steady througbf
IIul the Week. Spots advanced Xc biit
NY ing was nominal. The receipfs were
r. buyers nave not returned and
s.-eIe was but little interest taken IN tbs
spot market 'oeH III Ihe
"a ne ne Following were the official spot ouo-
n A. -t Ion at the regular call Of the market
c.. ne cotton Exchange to-day:
Niddlin@ -'''.'-.''-.-.............7 5-1s
Low middling ......as. ''''''''' -
GOOD ordinary ......... ''''''''--ets
ii ~. d1iiikeI-Steady; new cotton, nc: loves IN
81 p zen; Sales, 1sl; for the week. So -
I.eceipts-The receipts of cotton ar tbts
W. w. from rom all sources for the past week
lana s odz Daies upland and bags sea is
~ island last year. ~ Dass
foiiaats,.p PARTICULARS of the receipts were as
Sal,5m',ss. FER Central railroad, 2S7 bales per
l01 baiaoeil' Y florida and Western railroad
rai1roalSs per Charleston and Savannah
] bai odu, bales; per South Bound railroad
'''ie' per Georgia and Alabama railroad
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Money-Steae

Money-SteadY.
The bank clearings for the past week
we're 81 12S, 1855 10. against 81 ,398, 20s for the
same week last year.
Foreign Exchange-The market was
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CONTINUED on Third Page.
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STaIG Today ............... 29,153 ia 676
charleston, S. G., Aug. 7.-Turpentine
market mar 15rm, 012q211zc; sales none. Resin
Wilmington, N. c., Aug. 7.-Rosin firm.
strained Strtained' N.S212; good strained, s1.37Ib'
iHpIIts turpentine steady; machine. 2fsc:
4tIregular' 2O4c. Tar firm at 100. Crude
viri Peit ~ steady; hard, $l2O; soft, ST.
accepts turpentine, 1853 casks.
strainod 1ork, Aug. 7-Rosin steady;
f9 ',.Ieli, common to good, ST. 60. Spirits
turpentine steady; 241bc' Wv SPIN 'S
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bags, against no bags the same week last
year.
The exports for the week were 40 bags.
moving as follows: To Bremen, 100 bags;
to northern ports for domestic consump-
ton. 10 bags.
The total receipts from Sept to date
amount to Y. 1876 bags, against 64.26l bags
for the CORES Onding time last year.
The total exports from Sept. ! to date
amount to AL bags, moving as follows:
To Great Britain, 1O.473 bags; to France.
1856 bags; to the continent 40 bags;
cOastwise, 62,601 bags.
The total exports for the same period
last year were 1916 bags.
Stock on hand and on shipboard to-day
was 2l5S bags, against 36S bags this day
last year.
Charleston. S. c., Aug. Sea Island
Cotton Market-No quotations; receipts
for the week, none; exports, 10; sales,
none; stock 539
The total receipts since Sept. 1, 1896. have
been 1854 bags, against $500 bags for the
same time last year. The exports since
Sept l, 1895, have been 1865 bags, against
5,747 bags for the same time last year.
Savannah rRrpipfS and stocks
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sonviIs nd V change
York; trains
eonpsssng a. Win % western yestbuei limited
Jacksonville
L g m annsh. Ga
Trains efromC andIi bertvs
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-03

capital is going into the district for
investment. Many mines have been
stocked already for large amounts.
Representatives of the big mining men
of South Africa are there and are buy
ing property
Among those who are there, how
ever, are many INSCRIPTIONS persons,
swindlers, who are stocking unde-
veloped claims for large amounts and
taking them over to London and else
where in England to sell. l expect a
lot of people will be taken in by them.
know three or four men who passed
through San Francisco recently who
We're on the way to London to foist
just such property on the public. I
should not wonder if some money was
lost
Still there is any amount of gold
there and for men who understand the
business l think it is a good place.
Oakland is the capital of the province
1t has $4,000 people, 1t is, however, out
of the mining district.
Thames, the town in the heart of
the district, has 5000 people; Coroman-
del, on the other side, 1900. People
are strung all over the country and are
mining in many different places.
The climate is warm and pleasant
winter and summer, with the exception
that it rains a good deal in summer.
This insures water in abundance, how
ever. There is also an abundance of
fine timber, so that the country, IN
like CoOlgardie, is quite attractive"