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HAvRE MARKET.
Havrc, April S.--Market slightly hlGheI
lOpcnlClos.l Vest.
CHICAGO.

Chicago, April 29.-cattle--For tho first
time this week there was q GOOD supply.
cattle OF medium and light weights ~
Mondays advance, bu. heavy becvss ware
low and hard to sell IT Reductions q iQo
per 100 pounds Common 10 strictly cllnlce
steers were In demand At a4o0t,D, with
the bulk easter at 3.7h The range oe
prices was very marrow. CeoleA uteee
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mems &,5on:.'3: spring So 'sfia Is. turkeys
%.ooVnlgN, ducks. tS.0VN4.o 90; geese sieisl
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HIDES AND WOOL.
HOUSTON MARKET.

lIides-rfices paid by receivers
Dry fint. selected ................. 6l4T
Dry snit Observation-Disclosures. d 5,t
Wet sailed .........................-.S isW....
i'tF ShlitN ss,.....--..+..s..' Vs.'s
Wool Quotations strictly nominal
Twelve months medium. IisW
Twelve months. fine. ............... W..s
SIX months li2c less.
Talow--Prime .....'''..'., ss g.,
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v Nelne. b BID. . Sellers.
STOCKS LEADING MARKETS.
UNITED STATES EXPORTS.

COMPARATIVE SPOT MARKET
The following ARE tho closing quotations
for cotton on the spot today Mt the lead
Ing markets.. together WIN closing of md
Hing yesterday, with tOdhy's sales:
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PRODUCE.

BEANS Catalonia small white ia
Lima. imi5.c: Llaek-eyed peas, 3i1r.
table isc: fancy Elgn creamery, IN
IS; fresh Texas country. Sp2Vc' II IN soon
m'ui'Il'Triii:RINE-sollds. lie; prints l2e'
Eig.r dairy bricks Use.
CAB8AGE-TeAas, s2.ooa2.2l' In SACHS
Childish New York fun cream &c;
Wisconsin full cream l2iec, fancy tilltd
eheeae % loo; SWISS 2su.9r; Imitation Swiss
i7ulsc. brick cheese i5ci hamburger ioc'
EGGs-reSas. in cases. 7e
oNIONs-rer pound 2'4c.
PEppER-Chlle linl5 per Id.
pOTATOES-Ne York. Doc per bushei
sweet potatoes. 70al7bc. "a
PouiTRY-chiekens, per Dozen OLD
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

Port of Galveston, April %.
Sailed.
S. Concho, Risk. New York.
Str Pensacola simmons, Pensacola.
sch Estelie, babcock. fishing banks.
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Vessels In Por'

Vessels in Port
To J. Moller a. Co.'s Pauline. Ship
British Isle.
TO Fowler & Mcvtie-ss Avona. str
Pensacola
10 WIN. Parr & Co.'S Teutonia-
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THEY DIED TOO SOON.

George Washington was President and hon
ored in his day,
He was the father OF the land and all things
came his way;
He had O basketful of fun, q wagonload OF
fame
But he never was rooter at baseball
game.
Napoleon conquered half the world and had
crown of gold,
And in his time his cup was just as full as 1t
could hold.
1t looks from here as though he should have
had his share OF fun
But he never strained his vocals when the
home team won.
And also Alexander, he turned most every
trick,
And then shed tears because there were no
more worlds left to lick.
He climbed way up the ladder, as high as
people get
But he never pawnod his sceptre to pay O
baseball bet.
Chicago Record.
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Copyright 1861
A Bank C Jerks Revenge.

This is story about a girl and a
man. The girl lives over IN George
town, where she is distinctly the belle.
! don't know where the man lives but
during business hours he is to be
found in 8 bank not far from the
Fifteenth street cable transfer. he is
blonde, and is favorite in the ex-,
elusive set in which the Georgetown
girl moves. He and she had words,
once upon day. They had so many
words, in fact, that the girl, who is
said to have more than o bit of tenn
per, ordered him never to presume to
speak to her again as long as he lived.
She forbade him to recognize her,
even, and said that she would make it
point to forget that she had ever
met him. This was last winter. The
other day she went into the bank in
which he is employed, to have check
cashed. The blonde young man ap.
peared at tho window. He took The,
check and examined it carefully. It
was broiling hot day. The George
town girl was in hurry. She hadn't
an acquaintance within half an hours
walk. The blonde young man handed
the check back.
"Very sorry, madam" said he,
"but you'll have to get somebody to-
identify you before I can cash the
check" ~
And she had to do it.-Washington
Post. =,
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of this insect is dreaded later in the
Reflnements in Measurement.

Not the least marvel of science is
the degree of refinement to which its
measurements are now carried. Lens
curvatures of 1-15O, 900 of an inch,
according to 'Engineering Mechan-
ics," can be measured. In spectro'
scopic analysis of mere traces OF diff
ferent elements, fractional wave
lengths are read to 1880, 900 millionth
of an inch. Professor Dewar, in his
researches in liquid air, attained q
vacuum of 1.2500 millionth of an at
mosphere by filling vessel with m
curial vapor and exposing it to a very
low temperature; and Professor Boys,
with simple arrangement of quartz
fiber, torsion balance, and mirror,
claims to have been able to just detect
an attractive force of 1.20,0O OF a
grain. In angles, the Darwin pendu-
lum will indicate movement of 1900
OF second-about the angular meas
urement of penny piece at q distance
of 1000 mlles.-Trenton IN. ~
American.
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she Wants, I'll shoot you. NOW clear
.ouy, both Of you. You addle my bewil-
'0Sared brain

she Wants, I'll shoot you. NOW clear
.ouy, both Of you. You addle my bewil-
'Iered brain"
I An clear out they did, with alacrity.
|, During the days that followed Mar
garet and Alice saw a great deal OF each
other, but this constant companionship
was fraught more of pain than Of pleas
ure to Margaret, for the happy content
ment which filled Alice's heart Knocked
her with the knowledge Of something
wanting in her own life. The pain was
hidden in her own heart, but her doubts
and fears found outward expression in
nervous restlessness, lack Of definite
purpose and lowness Of spirits. Many
times did she reproach herself severely
for allowing such feelings to influence
her; but, do what she would, she could
not Danish the vague pain with which
she looked forward to the future. 1T is
not that am unhappy" she told her
self, but it is the possibility Of what
lies before me-"
One evening, during one Of Brian's
periodical visits to Elmwood, she went
with him to take dinner at The Cedars.
She found the evening thoroughly en-.
joyable, and for the time being she laid
aside her depression and was IN bril-
liant spirits. The Colonel, whose vein
was particularly happy, kept her by his
side and made himself especially en-
tertalning.
"You needn't be jealous" he said to
Brian, you'll enjoy all her sweetness
presently. No hope for US old fellows.
You young ones manage to shine us
down and the girls like your handsome
faces and forget your empty heads.
Brian joined in the laugh raised at his
expense, but when his eye met Margaret's
he was both surprised and perplexed at
it's peculiar expression.
During the ride home he found her gay
spirits had given way to a moody 81
lence, which he tried several times to
break without much success.
II was hoping for nice talk with
you," he said at last rather desperately,
but you seem determined not to crafty
me. You know that return to the city
tomorrow, too, and I won't see you
again until come to claim you for my
own. My darling, if you could realize
with what unspeakable joy look for
ward to that time. But you are so cold
I can't understand you, Margaret.
Sometimes begin to fear you regret.
Don't begin to think anything so de.
void Of sense. Brian. If can't believe
in disinterested affection it isn't my
fault. Some one stole my faith from
me-"
She settled back in her corner with
these words and wrapped her cloak
more closely about her.
Il am very cross, Brian" she added
after a moment Of self-reproach. Il
don't want to be cross to you. Please
remember that even when I forget it
am sorry ever had heart. .
Had, Margaret" he repeated, bright
ening at once at her gentle tones. 4Oh,
don't let US be do!eful, please. Talk OF
something else.
After this outburst Margaret settled
still further back in her corner, and
Brian tried in vain to catch glimpse
of her face in the f1ickering light OF the
two carriage lamps.
No further remark broke the silence,
which lasted until they reached home.
ITo BE CONTINUED.
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PERSPECTIVE VIEW.

more trouble than all of the other
features of house building and man.
agement put together; even the neal
neighborhood of running stream
into which the sewage may be dis
charged does not afford relief. Those
who dwell lower down on the stream
are likely to make complaint of the
contaminations, and they may ask re-
lief from the law. At the present
time the main reliance is upon cess.
pools, but they are always filthy con.
trivances, and serve as q constant
menace to health.
At recent meeting in New York,
Colonel George E. Waring and
Alexander Potter, both eminent
sanitary engineers, delivered brief
addresses on Country House Sew.
age," and the former gentleman
has written an article describing and
fully illustrating system for the dis.
posal of liquid wastes for isolated
houses in recent issue Of "Shoppell's
Modern Houses" published in New
York. Both of these gentlemen are
thoroughly opposed to the cesspool
system, and advocate the daily deliv-
cry of sewage onto the surface Of the
ground. At the first glance this seems
most repugnant to the uninitiated
who conceive Of sewage as the contents
Of the cesis5pool after It has purified.
But fresh sewage that is delivered
upon the surface is absolutely inodorus
and inofensive. According to the
Massachusetts standard it consists of
999 parts of water, one part of mineral
matter and only one part in a thou
sand OF organic matter. It furnishes
no menance to health when delivered
on the surface, but merely enriches
the ground and makes it more produc-
tive. It is not intended that it should
be constant flow over the same Sec
tion ofground, for in that case the soil
would soon become saturated and
offensive. Two sections of land are
made available, and the flow is
daily diverted from one to the
other, thus giving the soil a chance
to recuperate.
There are certain notifications OF
the system that make it more widely
applicable. It may be that in coun-
try estate there is no available section
of land that can be used for sewage
drainage without becoming too con-
spicuous. In that case the drainage
may be through porous agricultural
tile drains laid few inches below the
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Exterior Materials: Foundation,
stone; first and second story walls,
gables and roofs, shingles.
Interior Finish: Three coat plaster,
hard white finish. Plaster centres III
hall and principal rooms of first story.
Soft wood flooring and trim through
out. Ash staircase. Panel backs
under windows in hall and principal
rooms, first story. Kitchen and bath
room, wainscoted. Chair-railin dining
room. All interior woodwork grain
filed, stained to suit owner and
finished with hard oil varnish.
Co!ors: Shingling on walls, gables
and roofs, dipped in and brush-coated
with moss green stain. Trim, lnclud-
ing cornices, veranda posts, rail, out
side castings for doors and windows,
conductors, etc., dark green. Sashes,
blinds and outside doors. dark red.
Veranda floor and ceiling, oiled.
Accommodations The principal
rooms and their sizes, closets, ETC.,
are shown by the floor plans. Cellar
under the whole house. with inside
and outside entrance and concrete
floor. Laundry with two set.tubs IN
cellar. One servants room finished IN
attic. the remainder OF attic foered
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Curious Attachment to Tall Buildings.

Pedestrians in New street have their
attention attracted by a curious at.
tachment to the front of one of the
tall buildings that line that thorough
fnre. Extending from the second
story and projecting about four feet
over the sidewalk along the front Of
the edlfice in question is a very SUBJ
stantial balcony, composed of stout
wire netting, supported by iron. rods
dependent from the walls. At the
same time it is too light to serve as
support for any one, and at first view
the beholder is apt to wonder what its
purpose can be. The answer is that
the ornamentation of the building is
made of terra Gotta, and the recent
cold weather has split and Clipped it
to such IN extent that the falling
pieces, varying in the size from q pea
to a good.sized brick, became
danger to pedestrians in narrow
street below. Consequently, the
owners erected this screen to catch
the falling debris, and by small ex.
penditure have perhaps warded OF
some good.sized suits for damages
New York Advertiser.
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penter, and he had learned the art of
drawing plans for buildings, but be-
ing minus one hand and crippled in
tho other he could not do any work.
Mrs. Fosters father was also carpen-
ter, and in her younger days she had
spent many hours watching him in the
erection of buildings.
She was above tho average in intel
ligence, and had gained such thor
ough knowledge OF the general mech
anism of the trade that she concluded
she could build house that would
afford them a comfortable home in
which to spend the declining years of
life. They together formulated the
plans and ordered the material. Mrs.
Foster then staked off the ground and
went to wolk laying the brick founda-
ton. While this was new work for
her. her general knowledge of how
things ought to be served her well, and
sho hewed to the lines closely. When
the chips had all fallen she found that
she had foundation that would have
been credit to any mechanic. Then
with the little assistance her husband
could give her, such as holding tim
bers and lines, she erected the frame
work, nailed on the weather boarding,
and was soon interesting the passers-
by ip her work of mailing on the
shingle roof.
Mrs. Foster is very modest, and felt
somewhat embarrassed to have people
who happened to pass that way stop
and stand for several minutes watch.
ing her drive the nails, saw and plane,
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PITH AND POINT.

A married man has the same dread
of dry goods store that q farmer has
of lightning-rod agent.-Atchlson
Globe.
81 am reduced to great extremitles
again." sighed the funny man, as ne
tossed off another joke or two lnvolv-
ing the Chicago girl...-Chicago Trl'
bune.
"Don't you think that Charity is
queer title for your new book2" "Not
at all. Charity begins tome, you
know. ."-Philadelphia Chronicle-Dis-
patch.
Blenkington-"I wonder why
'churchyards yawn, as Shakspere
says?" Pemberton-"Probably the
epitaphs of deceased millionaires make
them tired" ."-Truth.
She-"What 1 object to in board
ing.house is the lack of tone" He
"Oh, hal You haven't heard the girl
in the next room singing, when sum-
mer comes again. '."-Judy.
Miss Borely-"I called on Miss De
We're to-day" Miss Cutting-"So did
l." Miss Borely-t'She was looking
very tired" Miss Cutting-"Yes;
she said you had just called. Tit
Bits.
Ferocious Visitor (entering office)-
"See here, boy, I've come to lick the
editor" Office Boy-"Guess you
won't like the job. He's just been
tarred and feathered. New York
World.
Domestic Laurels-"My wife beat
the record this week." elbow do you
know? Did she have a cyclometer on
her wheel?" "No; she wore o pedo.
meter while she was cleaning house. "
Chicago Record.
Visitor-'I see your tracks are not
depressed. Stakeholder of the Old
Squashville Railroad-"No, but the
stockholders are; the blamed old con-
Germ has just passed dividend. -
New York Tribune.
Doctor-"Don't be alarmed. Twas
slcker than you are year ago, ana
with the same trouble. To-day am
well and hearty" Patient (anxiously)
-"Oh, doctor, tell me who was your
physician. ."-Waterbury.
A Slip: Tom-''So the hciress re-
fused Jack?" Harry-"Yes; but he
has himself to blame. Ho was going
through the only girl formula, but
he forgot himself and told her she
was the richest girl he ever loved. -
Puck
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1000 Stolen Letters.

The English Postofice is universally
recognized as an institution of won
derful efficiency, but from reported
incident it would appear that few
thousand or more letters and things
60 astray.
George Twen, a postman, was
charged with stealing letters and par.
cells. The prisoner was arrested on
Wednesday, and when search was
made by the police of the stables in,
the George Inn yard where he keeps
his pony, 1000 letters and parcels were
found, addressed to all parts of the
United Kingdom. The parcels con-
tanned, among other things, butter,
funeral wreaths and clothing. The
stoppage of letters is supposed to have
been going on for some time, as some
of them are dated 1891, and mice had
built in the papers. The prisoner was
remanded.-New York Journal.
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surface of the ground. In case it be
impossible or unadvisable for any
reason to discharge the sewage as soon
as it is produced, aretaining tank may
be constructed. But in any case it
should be discharged within twenty
four hours before there is any chance
of putriication.
We illustrate this article with de-
sign of a house, attractive in appear
ance and suitable for erection in a
territory where the sewers have not
been laid, and where system OF
"surface disposal" could be adopted
to better advantage than the use OF q
cesspool.
General Dimensions: Width, in
cluding dining.room bay and tower
projection, A #. 4 ins. depth, includ.
ing veranda, 35 #. 2 ins.
Heights of Stories: Cellar, 6 it. 8
ins. first story, 9 #. second story, 8
#, 6 ins. attic, 8 #.
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Courage of the Lion and Tiger.

zone time in order to test the cour.
age of a Bengal tiger and lion," said
a well.known Snowman, eve placed
Chinese cracker in the respective
cages and fred the fuses. As soon as
the fuses began to burn they attracted
the attention of both animals, but in
q widely different manner.
"The lion drew into corner and
watched the proceedings with dis
trustful and uneasy eye. The tiger,
on the contrary, advanced to the burn
ing fuse with firm step and unfinch-
ing gaze.
'On reaching the cracker he began
to roll it over the floor with his paw,
and when it exploded beneath his nose
he did not finch, but continued his
examination until perfectly satisfied.
The lion betrayed great fear when he
heard the report OF the explosion, and
for quite time could not be coaxed
out of his den. New York Mercury.
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COTTON BOIL WEEYIL.
A Pest Which Recently Appeared In
the United States.

The Agricultural Department of the
United States Government considers
the cotton bell weevil, a picture of
which is here shown, to be ono OF the
most dangerous pests that has ever
made its appearance in the United
States. 1t has so far confined its oper'
ations to Northern Mexico and a lin
tied area in Texas. 1t has in some 10.
calities shown o tendency to spread
rapidly, while in others it is said to
have been at work for years in very
small areas, and shown little signs of
extending operations. Department
experts have been at work Investlgat-
ing his bugship for some months past
in the neighborhood of Brownsville on
tbs Rio Grande. So far no cure has
been discovered, and many acres of
cotton have been abandoned in conse-
quence.
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Trout Gain Four Pounds in q Year.

About year ago two boys were
fishing with hook and line in Lake
johnson, Bronson, Fla, and caught
two trout only few inches long, and
placed them in a small pond. A few
days ago they went to the pond where
the trout had been placed and caught
them. They weighed more than four
pounds each. The pond was nearly
dry, and, as these were the only fish
there, they must have been the same
ones. Trout and Dream are being
caught in large quantities in the lake.
Jacksonville Ella Citizen.
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for storage. Bathroom, with com-
plete plumbing, in second story. Sta
tionary wash-bowl in tower bedroom.
Brick-set range. Fireplaces in hall,
dining.room and library. Wide dou-
BILE folding doors connect hall and
parlor and hall and library.
Cost: $500, not including mantels,
range and heater. The estimate is
based on New York prices for ma,
terials and labor. In many sections OF
the country the cost should be less.
Feasible Notifications: General di-
mensions, materials and colors may be
changed. Cellar may be reduced in
size or wholly omitted. Laundry tubs
could be transferred from cellar to
kitchen. Two additional rooms may
be finished in the attic, or the attic
may be left entirely unfinished. Fire
place may be planned in parlor.
Verands may be increased in size.
Dining-room bay could be carried up
two stories, thus enlarging the bed
room over the dining.room.
f-IL
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Finest Church Organ,

What is said to be the finest church
organ in the country has just been set
up in the South Congregational
Church. of New Britain, Conn. It cost
$4,000, and includes every possible
modern improvement. Its bank OF
keys is movable, and electrically con-
nected with the organ, SO that the in
strument can be played from any part
of the church.
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A Boy Slaves Heavy Burden.

This illustration is from q photo
graph sent by the Rev. W. K. Fir
minger, of the Universities Mission,
Zanzibar, to the London Graphic. It
represents q sight not at all uncom.
mon in the streets of the native quar-
ters of Zanzibar, East Africa. Slaves
who have run away and are recaptured
are usually punished in the manner
depicted. The little boy in the illus
tration was about seven years old, and
had carried the log, weighing oyer
thirty-two pounds, and the heavy chain
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yet she says it is consoling to her to
know that when done she had house
and owed no mechanic for building it,
"and then, you know" she says,
"that when persons are working for
themselves they will do much better
work, and I think I have o better
house than any man would have built
for me-"
Mrs. Foster was born in Perry
County in 1S47. She moved to Ports
mouth in 1886, and was married to
Frank Foster shortly afterward.
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A Curious Lake.

A curious lake has been found in the
island of Kildine, in the North Sea.
1t is separated from the ocean by a
narrow strip of land, in which
sponaes, Goldfish and other marine an
imals flourish. The surface OF the
water, however, is perfectly fresh,
and supports daphnias and other fresh
water creatures.
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Two Thousand Earthquake Shocks.

The recent eruptions of Hawaiian
volcanoes recall the fact that during
the last eruption of Mauna Los, in
1868, there were over 1000 earthquake
shocks in twelve days. The steam
from the crater rose to height Of
about 20, ono feet. New York Post.
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An extraordinary thing about this
creature is that it will live in cotton
boil and nowhere else, and once secret
ed inside of these shells it is safe from
enemies and snug and comfortable in
bed of softest down. The appearance