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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
Country Produce.

OOuIIUIV IONHttOO'
Cabbage-Southern green, PFC.
Apples-Fancy stand, $3.75; cooking $S0O
Onions-Per pound, INC.
Irish potatoes-Fancy northern. soc; Hoo
siers, 40c; seed potatoes, New York stock,
$1.75 per barrel.
Sweet potatoes, 6Oc per bushel.
Peas-Lady, $1.25 per bushel; white crowd
er, 81. 90; mixed, Soc per bushel.
Dried apples-Peeled, &c per pound
evaporated, So to &c per pound.
Peaches-Evaporated California, unpeel-
ed. to S1ac per pound; peeled, Is to zoe per
pound
Vinegar-Apple. 10 to 12c per gallon.
Butter-Country, 121a to loo per pound
Jersey, 20 to 25c.
Eggs, SC per Dozen
Poultry-Large friers, II to 1Sc; spring
broilers, 20 to 25c; cocks lie; hens, 25c
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
Chicago Cattle Market.

Union Stock Yards. ILL.,, March f.-Cattie--
Receipts 700; market steady; common TO
extra steers, $3.sudd4.6 IS; stockers and feeders
81 7503.75; cows and bulls, $l.5Oa35O; calves,
81. 1906. 25; Texans, $2.956f4Io.
Hogs-Receipts Il, 900: market firn~and
21505c higher; heavy packing and shipping
lots, So. 9094. 49, common to choice mixed,
81. 90Q420; pigs, $3.106D41 TO-
Sheep-Receipts 1900; market steady;
inferior to choice, $2.6OQ3.65; lambs, $3.50
0470.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
THE MARKETS.
WHOLESALE PRICES.

PrOVisiOnS.
State Herald Office, March Z, 1896.
Bacon strips, 500.
Bacon, $6.17h.
Bulk meats, $751;.
Hams, 14-pound average, 92 to 1Ol2c.
Grits, per sack, $1.00.
Cheese, S1R to 111ac.
Corn, white milling, 3Sc.
Flour-Best patent, $435; straight grade,
$500.
Corn meal-Cream, 75c per sack; straight
Csc per sack.
Salt-15O pounds, Virginia. white sacks
zoe; jute sacks, Csc.
SyrupzFancy, new crop, S0c: other grades
Is to &c.
Lard-Fancy leaf, 61sc; refined terces
.47sc; smaller packages the usual differences.
Sugar-Granulated, 5.321sc; cut-loaf, DC;
fancy yellow clarified, AZ TO &c.
Green coffee, 16 to 19c; roasted, 19.1Oc.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08

Lard was quiet; steam leaf, s5,75; kettle,
S575, prime steam. S. 20d5.25.
Is Bacon was quiet-Loose shoulders, $3.50;
short rib sides, $5.37l2; short clear Sides
$562h.
Dry sailed meats were easy and less ac-
tive-Shoulders and short rib sides, 5000;
short clear sides, 1925; box meats were Ac
more. .
Whisky was quiet and steady at sl.22.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
The worlds Visible Supply.

New York, March 1.-THE total visible sup
of which 3. 232 1924 bales are American. against
4754, 800 bales and 4,413,709 bales respectively
last year. Receipts of cotton this week at
all interior towns, 42,593 bales. Receipts
from the plantations, 5s,571 bales. Crop in
sight, 6,099, 5S7 bales.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
New York.

New DIX.
New York, March 7.-Flour was dull, easy
Wheat--Spot market was dull and lower
No. 2 red, in store and elevator, S0hc'
five and weak. under free offerings based
on the weakness abroad and liberal ship.
ments from the Argentine, closed weak at
73c; May, 71%c; June, 71ssc July, 71ssc.
Corn-Spots was Inactive and scarce; No.
2, S9lse4Oc in elevator; 4012941c afoat OPP
tions were dull and 1sc lower, with wheat
May, &c., July, 36a4c.
were dull and nominally easier; March,
No. white, 27lac mixed western, 264Ae
Hay was quiet; shippine, 771hc'' good to
ch %oei W SSss9 Tm quiet and unchanged
Beef hams were inactive at $14.5oa16oO
Tierced beef was dull; city extra India
C,,f meats were weak; picked bellies,
s4.75; picked shoulders, s45o picked hams
Lar Lard was quiet and easy; western steam,
quiet continent, $500; South American,
Pork was dull and easy; mess, $4,000
Butter was in moderate demand and I'M
Cotton seed oil was dull and easy crude,
21c; yellow prime, 25A@25lsc; yellow prime
off grade, 25a25Ac.
Rosin was dull and STEADY; strained, com-
mon to good, $1.70d1.75. oo,,
Turpentine was quiet and steady at 2sA
Rice was steady and unchanged.
Molasses was steady and unchanged.
Peanuts were quiet; fancy hand-picked,
4Ac. .,. a 80,
changed to points up: March. s12.S5; June,
II az. September, 81. O50111.15. Spot Rio was
dull and firm; No. 4. 131k@13Ssc.
Sugar-Raw was dull and firm; FAIR rehn !,
ing Mc: centrifugal, So test, 4Ac Refined
was quiet, steady and unchanged.
Freights to Liverpool were quiet ana
steady; cotton by steam. 3-32d; grain by
steam, I'D.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
FINANCIAL.
100000

FOR RENT.
Residence. 1907 Sth avenue, North, rooms
Residence. 1911 Avenue X. rooms.
Brick store. 1727-29 LIST avenue
Brick store. 2O9-11 North 22nd street.
FOR SALE.
50x190-7th avenue, North, $6500
50x240-8th avenue. North, $1,000.
50x140-3rd avenue, North, $275O
Brick store, End avenue. S12, 800
50x140-5th avenue, North $780,
2514 9th avenue. North, S4750.
Residence. 18th street, South, $4,000
Residence, 2lst street, South $500.
Residence, 18th street, South, SS000
Residence, nth street. South, $4,000
w. b. LEEDY & CO.,
Telephone No. ~. 114lk North 2ist St.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
LOANS.

-~--~->-~~---~-~- ~-~-~-~~~-~-~-~-~~--~
-MONEL LOANED on diamonds, watches.
eral, confidential and responsible Old
gold and silver bought. Standard Loan
Co., 2010 list avenue. 11-20-tf
MONEY TO LOAN-On furniture, without
street. between LIST and I'd avenues.
my2-3m
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
Feed Stuff.

Bran-Per ton, 1920 to $1,000.
Cotton seed hulls-Per ton, baled, 45o
loose, $3.50.
Cotton seed meal $500 per ton.
Oats-Western feed, 29c; Texas seed, 3Oe
white No. 2, 81 to &c.
Hay-Burmuda, $1,000 per ton; johnson
grass. 1920 per ton; No ! Timothy, sl75C
per ton; No. Timothy, $3.50 per ton.
Corn harts, $14.00 per ton; chops, $500 per
ton.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
Weekly Bank Statement.
CHEAP COLUMN.
Free to Those Wanting Situations.

The State Herald, always friendly to the
needy, will publish free of charge in It's
Want Columns advertisements for situa-
tons wanted of twenty-five words or less
three times.
The charge for other Wants Is
Cent Per Word Each Insertion,
almost nominal; and If you want anything
an ''ad'' in the State Herald Cheap Column
will bring it.. Especially is such the case In
ROOMS FOR RENT.
BOARDING. - -
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. lE
SPECIAL NOTICES
BUSINESS CHANCES.
PERSONALS.
STOLEN, STRAYED.
LOST, FOUND.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
WANTED TO TRADE.
BIDS AND PROPOSALS.
PROFESSIONAL.
BARGAINS.
PARTNERS WANTED.
WANTED TO RENT.
WANTED BIDS.
WANTED TOBUY
WANTED TO SELL
. INFORMATION WANTED.
HELP WANTED.
No advertisement taken for less than ~
cents. &C.,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
NEW Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, March 7.-Cotton futures
were steady: sales. $1,000 bales; April, 10;
May, 1928; June, 7.31; July 1873: August,
7.N; September, 700; October, ga; Novem-
Der, 6.92; December, 6.94.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
Legal Notice.

State of Alabama, Jefferson County-Pro.
bate Court, 9Th day OF March. 1896.
Estate of WIN Reid Deceased.
This day came Washington Reid admin
istrator of the estate of VIII Reid, de-
ceased, and filed his account, vouchers,
evidences and statement for a final settle.
ment of his said administration.
1t is ordered that the 3lst day of March.
1896, be appointed day for making such
settlement, at which time all parties in in
terest can appear and contest the same IL
they think proper.
NJ. T. PORTER. Judge of Probate.
2-S-sun-af
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
FOR SALE

s13OO-5-room cottage and lot on 4th avenue,
between oath and 18th streets, north
Terms easy. Call for particulars. Smith a
Stillman, 120lz 18th street.
s2300-An elegant lot. 5Oxi50 feet, with nice
5-room cottage, corner 10Th street and
Avenue H, south. Call for further in
formation. Smith & Stillman. t20Is 18th
street.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE for property
In or near Birmingham, 400 acres Of land
on St. Marys river, Florida. Call on or
address the owner, John Mackenzie. 1913
LIST avenue. 3-8-tf
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
Horse and Mule Market.
Cattle Market.

Horses-The prices range from SIS to SIS
Mules-The prices range from $50 to 800.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08

Hogs-The market good; corn fed
hogs, $500; shoats So. 80 to 1878.
Sheep-market good; inferior to choice,
$1.00 to $3.50.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08

1895 TO 715s, and near the close on efforts to
cover short contracts there was rally to
1858, at which the final transactions were
effected The early break was the result
of rumors that the company had not earn
ed its interest and dividend requirements
for the year. This was semi-officially de-
MED and the securities of the company
closed comparatively steady. General Elec-
trio was exceptionally strong and rose
from 1925 to 34as on rumors that the COM
pany had made several important con-
tracts. There was very little to the railway
list, and there is not likely to be until
the street has a etter understanding of
the Cuban question. At present the aver
age trader and operator is in the dark and
is disposed to go slow. Baltimore and Ohio
and Denver and Rio Grande preferred were
heavy in the early trading. Baltimore and
Ohio declined u per cent, to 1873, and rallied
to 147s There were no new developments
in regard to the property, although 1t is
generally understood that the New York
bankers will endeavor to bring about re-
Mobilization of the property without fore
closure An official statement of the exact
condition of the road is anXiously awaited.
Denver and Rio Grande preferred fell rs,
to 47ss, on light trading Speculation closed
quiet, but firm In tone. Net changes show
gains OF Is to r per cent. sugar nos, iosI &
Lead 1, Cotton Oil "a and Cotton Oil pre-
ferred per cent
Bonds were duh and lower; the sales ag-
New York, March money on call was
nominally at $685. per cent prime mercan-
tile paper, 51aa6 per cent
Sterling exchange was steady with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.@@4S7A for
sixty days and $4.Ss6I4 8S4 for demand;
posted rates, $4S719@4S9; commercial bills,
"a. S6M4 S61a.
Bar silver, 6S3sc.
Government bonds were strong.
State bonds were dull.
Railroad bonds were lower.
Silver at the board was neglected.
Treasury balances-Coin, $12459 $685. cur
rency, $S776O,9iS.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
Hides Wool Etc

Hides-Green sailed. 5Q6c.
Hides-Dry flint, 7Qgc.
Hides-Dry sailed, 6@Sc.
Beeswax-15Q24c per pound.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
New Orleans.


New Orleans La, March 7-Sugar-Open
kettle was quiet; according to grade, Z44
q 1I-Mc Centrifugal was dull; granulateo,
4 g-l6M45sc; white, 5-16q4 9-1Gc; yellow,
37sdp4Nc; Seconds. 2ie@3%c. ~
Molasses was quiet-Centrifugal, accord-
Refined sugar-Powdered and cut-loaf.
7-isc; standard graduated, Be-; confec-
toners A, 47sc. noun, q.
Rice was steady; prime, 4AQ41sc; fair, IA
@I gAo;r coP%on, i%ae o5a41o; extra fancy
'' corn.No. 2 mixed and No. white. sack
ed 36c. yellow, 39c. o.
oasts-No. 3 western, &c; choice. 27sc. 'sI.
H Hsan P1i1n slsoogB.oo: choice. $4,000
Pork, $1o.s7i4@1o.6O.
brv sailed meats-Shouiders, $5.0O95. l21a;
long clear, short clear and short rib sides,
s' Risacon1Shoulders s5.75; long clear, short
clear and short rib sides, g. l2isQ6.2o.
Lard-Compound, $4.5oQ4e2Rs; pure, 1910
Hams. s9000l1O.00.
Coffee-Rio. fair, 1sNc; good ordinary.
14Nc: common, 1s%qlSc; Mexican prime'
is cot talr' ses sf' ostrictly prime crude in
1 SSik' ,s asssass' T refinea. E@s5c.
s Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI. O., March 7.--Flour dull; win
ter patents, ss.65Qs.so; spring patents, $3.50
@SW II, was easy: No. red. 74c asked.
Corn was fairly active; No. yellow, BIG
s11kc; No. mixed, 30c; yellow, ear, 32c
OATS were quiet; No. mixed and No. 3,
22c: No. white. 25Q23Ac.
pork was quiet and easy; mess. @75;
clear mess. 5000; family. ti0.5o.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08

FOR RENT.
No. $40 18th street rooms bath and SER
wants room, in good fix; $40.
No 731 18th street, south,5 rooms upstairs,
splendid fix. S..
No. 1707 Sth avenue, rooms: bath, hot and
cold; gas and servants room; cheap.
FOR SALE.
S4O0-Three- room house and lot 50x190 on
Birmingham and Bessemer dummy line
near Hospital station. Terms easy, with
small cash payment
$750-Five-room house and nice lot on cleo
trio car line; $3.50 cash. balance SIS per
month.
Four houses in Jonesville, on electric car
line, now occupied by good tenants; will
sell very cheap and on the installment plan
Nice homes, either one of them.
Two houses at Lakeview, on easy terms,
and at your own figures almost. Come and
let me surprise you for once with a low
price.
2 acres on Enon Ridge; will sell at a very
great bargain and extra easy terms; small
cash payment. In fifty feet of splendid
spring Make me an Offer
$275-Six-room house at Lakeview, house
cost $675 alone.
L. G. PETTYJOHN,
1891 Third avenue
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08

islky was quiet and steady at $l.22.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08

WE DESIRE to negotiate with travelling
and local statesmen to handle our brands
of fine case goods, "Old Bapkie," Oscar
Pepper" etc.; also our line of fine Ken
mission or salary and expenses il pre-
ferred: references required. d. II.
Foushee, Lexington, Ky.
feb27 mch 1-4-S-11-15-1S-22
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
III. CHAIRSELL,

1913 and 1915 First Avenue.
auR19-eod-tf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30

work. Ia . woman. then. to milk the
cows before daylight and in thu biting
cold and gloom of winter eveningsl L.
she to dig paths in the snow to fodder
the critters?' Is she to hoe corn and
plant potatoes and hill beans? Is she to
reap and NOW and harvest? Or is she
to hire all this and a million other
''chores" done for her? And, in the
latter case. where goes her "small but
sure" profit?
1t is crying shame that SO many Of
these SO called practical" hints for wo-
mems help are written exactly after
the fashion immortalized in "Rudder
Grange" Euphemia and her husband
concocted a book in which it was dem
onstrated that house could be furnish
ed for an absurdly small sum. When the
wife was called to account for some es-
pecially false item. she ingenuously re-
piled, Eyes, we had to make that go
cheap in order to stick to our assertion
that the whole house could be supplied
within the limit which we had set. -
Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
Rights Of Minister'S Wives.

A woman sends the following letter
to the Boston Transcript:
To the Editor:
Will you kindly give me space in your valu.
able paper for few words in regard to q re-
cent article in the Boston Herald, which states
that the beauty, accomplishments and wealth
Of the wife Of the Rev. George F. Kenngott are
the causes of opposition to him in the First
Congregational church of Lowell.
Docs the church hire a minister's wife and
pay her a salaryP When O bargain is made
with a minister, are the services of his wife in
cluded?
Can such bargain be made in this day of
freedom?
We're not the slaves liberated long ago BY an
act Of Abraham Lincoln?
Has corporation that hires men any claim
upon or any right to talk about the wives of
their men because they are good looking, &C.
complished, dress well and attend the opera
and theater2
No: neither has the church any right. and
the sooner the officers and members Of every
church in the land awaken to this fact it will
be better for the churches.
minister's wife is a free citizen, free to
come, free to so and free to dress rs she chooses
yes, and free to attend the opera and theater
also. where she has the very best opportunity
to study human nature and learn to sift the
gold from the dross and be able to Judge far
more leniently of people and things than her
more ex2cting brothers and sisters. 1t is q
crying shame in this enlightened age that such
state Of affairs should exist, that minister's
wife must be accountable to the members OF
the church where her husband breaches for
her individual taste in the matter of dress and
accomplishments. We are living in the last
years OF the nineteenth century. and it is time
such relics OF barbarism should be buried, and
all humanity should rejoice to attend the flu.
neral and see to it that they are buried so deer
| they can never be exhumed
KATE c. PHEIps
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
A Modern ..NIarchioness.s


The Mattresses of London want their
champion. A very bitter cry has been
raised by them, and for them, in many
quarters of late, and never more pathet-
ically than in the Shoreditch county
SQUIRT recently.
Here a girl of 10. who may be de-
scribed as the "marchioness" Of a coffee
tavern. sued her employer for two
months wages, one for work done. the
other for notice due ON summary dis
missal She had been discharged for
coming down late in the morning-that
is to say, at o'clock instead of 80.
1t turned ont that she never got to bed
till IL AS q. M, and for these twenty
odd hours of labor a day-minus two
hours for rest in the afternoon-she re-
ceived just IL shillings month. Her
interesting employer represented that
on the morning in question "she was
crawling about and could not do any
thing" II don't WONDER" was the sim
pie and sufficient comment of the Judge.
The unhappy girl was SO poor that she
actually could not pay the hearing fee
until some unnamed benefactor in court
handed her the money.
Of course she won her case, with
costs and with an additional shillings
for her attendance. Twice 10 is "a, and
4 are 2S-the poor "marchioness" has
probable more capital than ever she own
ed in her life. She will be sorely tempt
ed to spend the whole of it in a good
fortnight's sleep. A sleeping match of
coffee tavern mattresses might be no bad
idea for the next competition at the
AQuarium.-London News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30

MISS JULIE NJ La WALL.
dents. They will be graduated in the
spring, with as good an average rank,
perhaps, as the young men. In section
is Miss Eleanor NJ. Aschenbach, and in
section 2 are Miss Julie NJ. La Wall and
Miss Madge O'Connor. They are bright,
pretty girls and are held in high esteem
by the faculty and their fellow students.
Miss Aschenbach is not certain just now
what course she will pursue when she is
graduated. Miss La Wall and Miss
O'Connor each expects to have a phar-
macy. Miss La Wall has already had
some practical experience in assisting
her father
There are more young women students
in the junior than in the senior class,
and it is expected that in another year
the number will be even greater.
The young women have pleasant
dressing room at their disposal out Of
class hours. In the regular work they
pursue their studies under the same con-
ditions as the young men. They take a
lively interest in the general welfare Of
the college and their own classes. New
York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30

Zenah Ttheena Azeez, tho young Sy.
rian lady who is studying medicine in
this country. has engaged apartments at
the Normandie. and if the climate suits
her she may resume her studies here in
stead of returning to Boston. She is de-
lighted with Washington, as far as she
has seen it. and thinks it beautiful
city.
Looking out Of the parlor window at
bicyclist with boomers on, Miss Azeez
said: Isn't it queer how we always like
foreign things? At my home the ladies
like American and Partisan dresses, and
usually wear the native costume only in
the house. Here the ladies like the
gorgeous silks, satins and embroideriee
of the orient. 1t is not the fashion.for
our ladies to wear boomers any more.
In fact, if young man were to go to O
mother and ask for her daughter in mar
riage, the mother might say, No, you
cannot have my daughter, your mothe,
still wears boomers OF course, that
would mean that tho man was not in the
young lady's social set. "-Washington
Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30

The empress of Russia, says the Lon
don Gentlewoman, is very much delight
ed with her baby daughter. Together
mother and child make pretty picture
in the boudoir. where the empress passes
her mornings. This room, apropos, is
fitted up after her own taste with pale
colored carpets and velvet hangings and
satinwood furniture. A wooden dado
runs all round the room, upon which
repose books. English, French, German,
Russian, without number. The empress
speaks Russian we'll and charms her
husband by singing his favorite national
airs. As for the flowers in pots and vases
which adorn her rooms, the scent OF
them is overpowering, for the empress
positively loves flowers and crowds ev.
cry corner with roses, camellias and
branches of greenery. No one is allowed
to arrange the precious blossoms but her.
self.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
Progressive Berlin Maidens.

Our new" girls and revolving daugh-
tiers are evidently being quite outdone by
the maidens of Berlin. The Gretchens
and Annas Of the German capital have
taken leaf out of the amusement book
OF the lively Teutonic university stu
dents, who regard it almost as their
bounden duty to regularly meet together
to drink beer unstintingly and sing songs
at the tops Of their voices, SO long as
these remain unto them. The "sweet
girl graduates" of Berlin have instituted
similar festivities among themselves.
But they have drawn the line at the
bier halle. 1t is in their favorite bun
shops that they meet, and here, as they
quaff chocolate. they sing their songs
and make merry. more or less after the
fashion of Carl and Heinrich. Our Vas
ear and Radcliffe girls will after this be
regarded as simple little schoolgirls.
They certainly have not gone SO far at
present, but that is no reason why they
should not emulate the example of Of
toline and Katrina, who will doubtless
be quite as sedate and satisfactory haus
frauen when their wanderjahr is over,
as II they bad never sung sentimental
German ballads and shouted studenten
heder in confectioners' shops to the rat
tie OF chocolate cups NJenness Miller
Monthly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30
No More Birds of Paradise.

The bird of paradise most used in
millinery is that obtained in the Papuan
islands and New Guinea. Mr.. Wallace,
in describing the Paradisea apoda, says:
From each side Of the body, beneath
the wings, springs dense tuft of long
and delicate plumes, sometimes two feet
in length, of the most intense golden
orange color and very glossy, but chang
ing toward the tips into pale brown
This tuft of plumes can be elevated and
spread out at pleasure, so as almost to
conceal the body of the bird" In his
"Oiseaux dams II Mode" of Oct. 20,
1894, NJ. Jules Forest bitterly deplores
the destruction which has been going ON
during the last decade. He emphasizes
tho fact that it is no longer possible to
procure such perfect specimens as were
common ten years ago, since the unfor-
tunate birds are SO hunted that none of
them is allowed to live long enough to
reach full maturity, the full plumage of
tho male bird requiring several years for
its development. He further states that
1.-THE birds which now flood the Paris
market are for the most part young ones.
still clothed i'll their first plumage, which
lacks the brilliancy displayed in the
older bird, and are consequently Of small
commercial value" Since Jan. /, 1892.
strict regulations for the preservation of
the bird of paradise have been in force
in German New Guinea, and NJ. Forest
appeals to the English and Dutch gov
ernments to follow their good example
The common sense of every thought
full woman must at once tell her that no
comparatively rare tropical species, such
as the bird Of paradise. can long with
stand this drain upon it. and that this
ruthless destruction, merely to pander to
the caprice Of passing fashion. will
soon place one Of the most beautiful
denizens Of our earth in the same cate
CORY as the great aux and the dodot-
Nature.