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FLOUR AND MnLsTUFFs.

FLOUR-Net cash prices follows: Family
extras s3 75@3 S5 Bakers extras, $S 55@3 65;
superfne, 81 rs as q Dbl.
CORNMEAL, ETC. - Feed Corn, $2O@2O SO;
Cracked Corn, S2l q ton.
MILLsTUFFS-Price in lob sacks are fol-
lows, usual discount TO the trade: Graham Flour
23zc; Rye Flour, 314c; Rice Flour. 71oc; Corn
meal, 2s4@3c; extra cream do, S12c Oatmeal,
334 c; Oat Groats, 413c; Hominy, 4ld41sc: Buck
wheat Flour, 4c; Cracked Wheat, 31ac; Farina
412c; whole Wheat Flour, Sc; Rolled Oats, 41ac;
Pearl Barley, 412c; Split Peas, 4s4c; Green do,
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POULTRY AND GAME.

PoULTRY-Was dull yesterday, as usual on
Saturday.
Live Turkeys, l6@17c p ib for Gobblers. l6@l7c
p ID for Hens; Dressed Turkeys, 17@lSc Geese, p
pair. 81 75tI2: Ducks, $4 50@95 40 for old and
S7@S for young; Hens, $4 50@5 so q doz: BOOSTERS
young $7G17 so; do old. $4Ca4 so: Fryers $696 SO:
Broilers, $5 50@6 for large and So 51@4 SO for
small; Pigeons, 81 1892 for young and 81 25@
l 70 for OLD.
GAME-Hare 75c p dozen; Rabbits. 81 25 for
CottonIails and 75cG$I 6. doz TOR small.
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THE COMMERCIAL WORLD.
SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

SUMMARY or THE MARKETS.
silver q fraction firmer.
Bank elearngs lose 1S.S%.
All Cereals dull.
Hay ana Feedstuffs as before.
Beans very quiet.
some changes in Seeds.
! otatoes and Onions weak
Butter, Cheese and Eggs unchanged.
Asparagus advanced.
Receipts OF Strawberries increasing.
Oranges weak.
Some changes in R6isins-
Poultry nominal.
Bacon lower.
Hides and Wool dull.
Hops demoraIized.
Increased exports OF Wine.
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DECIDUoUs AND CITRUS FRUITS.

APPLES-We quote Sl@l 25 q box for good to
choice, 5O@s5c for common TO fair, and 81 5O@2
for fancy.
BERRIES-Strawberries sold at soc 2 drawer
for large and 75c@$l 25 for small berries. Arrivals
were u chests.
CITRUS FRCITS - Oranges are weak at 81
al so for Seedlings, 81 50@2 10 for Savels
and ST. 60@2 so for Malta Bloods; Lemons, Sl@
Mexican Lines So 50@6 p box; Bananas, 81 rs
az So q bunch Pineapples $2G5 q, Dozen
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BEANS AND SEEDS.

TRANSFORMING very quiet. Bavos are quot
able at 81 10@1 20 p ctl: small Whites, 81 25
Q1 40 e ctl; Pea 81 40@l so p ctl Large Whites,
81 lO@l liza q ctl: Pink, 9Oc@Sl 20: Reds
81 65@1 80; Blackeye nominal; Req Kidney
nominal; Limas, So 25@2 So Buffers, 81 4O@l So
SEEDS-The minor kinds show some change.
Brown Mustard is quotable at 81 50O2 rs p
ctI: Trieste. S2@2 so p ctl; Yellow Mustard
81 40@l SC; Flax 81 70dl so: Canary, ga = ID !:
31ac p h.
DRIED PEAs-s1 25@1 40 Q cu for Niles
and 81 25Gl as for Green.
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PRODUCE MARKET.
WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS.

WHEAT-Nothing going on. No. l, ST O71a;
choice, 81 0S$4@l 10 p ctl; lower grades, SIG
l O5; extra choice Tor milling. 81 1901 20.
CALI. BOARD SALES.
INFORMAL SEssIoN-1O o'clock-May-4OO tons.
81 0734. December-1S00, 81 0714.
REGULAR MORNING SESSION Decem ber-9OO o
tons. 81 0714; 800, 81 075S: 100. 81 07s4 800,
81 07$s: 800, 81 U712.
BARLEY-Brewing continues to sell well for
shipment. Feed, 6S$4@7114c q ctl; choice, 7212
@7o$4c q ctl; Brewing, SO@S5c.
CALL BOARD SALES.
INFORMAL SEssIoN-l0 o'clock-No sales
REGULAR MORNING SEssIoN-De ber-*O0
tons, 70S4c; 200, 7012c; 100, 70ssc. May-30O,
6912c; 100, 69ssc; 200 69L4c; loo, 691sc
OATS-Milling are quotable at 75@S214c p ctl;
fancy Feed S212GS5c q ctl: good 10 choice, 75@
soc; common 10 fair, 671a@7212c; Gray. 721a(0
soc: BED. nominal; Black, nominal; SURPRISE 9O@
95c 2 cLl
CoRN-OTerings are neglected and quotations
are easy. Large Yellow. 9Uc 2 ctl; Small Round
do, 81; White. SO@S5c 2 ctl.
RYE-7712@S0c = ctL
BUCKW HEAT-S5G5o = ctl.
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81 1901 77lB
TURPENTINE-ou Quiet: easy; 2s1sc.
POIATOES-Sweets, SI 50@4 80
3S4 @41ac
MoLAssEs-New Orleans open kettle, good to
choice, 27(037c.
COFFEE-Steady. Ten points up to 10 down.
March, 81 3 35@l3 40: April. $l2 rs: May, $12 40@
@12 40; June, $l1 90@11 95; July, $11 so; Sep
temher, $40 so; December, SO 30@l0 50. Spot
lflo dull. steady: No. z, 1890.
SoUAh-Raw more active; firm: fair refining
sac; centrifugals 96 test, 3l6c Refined
hPn, hPl, quiet; No. g. 41ac; No. T. 5-l6c: No. g.
43-16c; No. u, 41sc; No. i3, 1-iec OIL A, 9-16
@4 l3-l6c; mold a. 5ssc; standard A, 51sc
confecuoners A, &C. cut loaf, 534 c. crushed, 534c;
| powdered, 52sc; cubes 53sc; granulated, $3.50
5%c
Fruit and Produce.
CALIFORNIA FRUITS-Almonds- sott-shel,
712@Sc; do paper-shell. 1l@12c.
APRICOTS-Bags, 91s@ll l21ac.
fEACHES-Peeled. l314@l5c; unpeeled, 4@
PRUNEs-Four Sizes 5a51sc.
RAIsINS-Clusters ST. 25@n1 40; do London
layers, S0@90c; do three-crown loose Muscatel,
3Ss9312c: do four-crown, 4@5c
s12@1Oc.
HoPS-Qsiet steady. State common to choice.
dull, z0940s.
wOoL-Frm; domestic fleece. 16@22c; pulled,
lo033c; Texas, 9@12c.
Merchandise.
PIG 1RON-ouiet, weak; American, s11 10@
COPPER-Lake. SO rs.
IEAD-Barely steady; domestic. So 1912.
TIN-Dul; straits s1l 80; plates dull, weak.
SPElTER-Quet: domestic. S4 l0M4 15.
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SAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET.

Wholesale rates for dressed stock from slaugh-
terers are as follows:
BEEF-First quality. 51ac; second quality
41a@5c: third do, 31laQ14c p h.
VEAL-Large, 5@6c; small, 6@7c p 10.
MUTTON-W ethers, 60612c; Ewes, &c q h.
LAMB-Sprng Lamb, 7@Sc q ID.
PORK-Live Hogs, 4l4@4ssc = ID for large and
41a for small; dressed do, 4s4(961.c q b.
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BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.

BUTTER-No change yesterday.
CREAMERY-Fancy, 169l7c: seconds, l5@151sc
p ID.
DA1RY-Fancy. 14ba@15c p II; good to choice,
14c lower grades, 12129131ac.
EAsTERN-Nominal.
CHEESE-Fancy mild new, lie p ID: common 10
good, 9@10c: Cream Cheddar, 12@121ac: Young
America, 11@1112c; Western, 12@l21ac; Eastern,
13Gl4c
EGGS-There was further decline. Store
Eggs, 100l012c; ranch Eggs, 11@l2c; Duck Eggs,
! m
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A Footpad Put to Flight.

A generous offer-"Your money or your
life!" shouted the footpad, with more
brusauerie than is permitted in social
circles where real diamonds are worn.
Permit me, said the gentlemanly book
agent, opening his valise, Ito offer you, in
lieu Of insignificant existence. this calf
bound, gilt-edged, hand-tooled Life of
Napoleon in three volumes, payable on
the instaiment plan. Make your own
terms; we never disappoint subscriber,
and if"-
He found himself e.-Indianapolis
Journal.
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Dried Grapes, &c.
NUTS-Ches,nuts are quotabe at 6@Sc p b;
Wanuts SGNlOc for No. hard and 1OG1l &c for pa
per, iopbng lots; Almonds, 6@71ac for Languedoc
and S1a(110c for paper shell, iobbing: Peanuts, so
ory Nuts 5@6c Pecanss &c Tor rough and s. for pol
ished: lberts, s@9c; Brazil Nuts, 71a@Sc p ID
Cocoanuts. 81 50@5 T. 100.
HONEY-Com6 is quotable at 1O@l2c p ID for
bright and S@9c p b for lower grades; water
white extracted, 5@51ac p ID; light amber ex-
tracted, 414@4s4 c: dark am Der, 4c; dark, 293c
BEESWAX-24M27c % Is.
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Arrived.

Arrived.
SATURDAY. March %.
Stmr Corona, Hail. 601a hours from San Diego
and way ports: pass and mdse, to Goodall, Perkins
& Co.
Mic stmr Costa Rica, Mcintyre. "a hours from
Departure Bay; 1900 toas COAL to r Dunsmur d
Sons.
Stmr Australia. Houdlette, 6 days and IL hours
from Honolulu pass and mdse, TO ID Spreckels
Bros d Co.
Tug Barclay Golden, Hansen, So hours from San
Diego: ballast to Pacific Marine Supply Co.
Stmr Truckee, Thomas 80 hours from Tilla-
nook; lumber, to Truckee Lumber Co.
Shin Glory Of the Seas, days from Departure
Bay; 1927 tons coal, to Dunsmuir & Sons.
Ship Elwell, Ryder, 10 days from Nanaimo;
1924 tons coal, to John R0senfeld's Sons.
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IMPORTS OF GROCERIES.

Imports of staple Groceries at this port during
the first two months of the year were as follows,
compared with the previous year: Sugar, So, no.
72s lbs, against $685. 1875 MS Coffee 3,593, 800
lbs, against 4376 500; Rice, 900 lbs, against
Ia S91, 800; Tea, 426, las lbs, against 239, 400.
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SECURITIES
EXCHANGE AND BULLION.
BANK CLEARINGS.

Local bank clearings last week were $40 .S94 69S,
against 81 So7 ,5S9 for the same week in 1895,
a loss of 49, 81
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CALIFORNIA WINE EXPORTS.

The exports of California Wine from San Fran
cisco for the first two months of the year were
3,27S.00O gallons, against S29, SO gallons during
the same time in 1895.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.

WHEAT IN LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL ENG, March 2S.-The spot market
is steady at bs 3D. Cargoes dull at 27s sd arrived.
FUTURES
The Produce Exchange cable gives the followi ng
Liverpool quotations for \ %. Red Winter: March,
5s 412d: April. rs 4szd May. 5s 3D.; June, 5s
sd; July, IS 3D.
SECURITIES.
LONDON, Eng. March 2S.-Consols, 1O9A
silver, 311sd: French Rentes, 101f 371zac.
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NEW YORK STOCKS.

Bonds, Exchange, Money and Railroad
Shares.
Money on call was 81. Prime mercantile paper,
51o@6%. Bar silver 6s1sc Mexican dollars 5414c.
oteriIng exchange dull. with acrual business IN
BANKERS bills at 81 s71aG4 S7s4 for sixty days
ana 81 S1a(d4 S63z for demand Posted rates,
s4 SS1a@S4 S912 Commercial bills, Sd S6$4M
4 S7I4. Government bonds firm; state bonds dull
and ranroad ponds steady. Silver neglected.
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ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY.

CTEAMERS LEAVE ASPINWALL An
y foftnightIy for the West Indies and Esk
Southampton, calling route at Cer0ourghs
France, and Plymouth to land passengers
Through bills Of ladng, in connection with the
Pacific Mail 8. g. Co.. issued for freight and treas.
uye to direct ports in England and Germany
Through tickets from San Francisco to Plymouth,
dAsDt eo7 70 For further particulars apply TO
PARROTT & Co., Agents,
SO6 California q.
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MORNIN1 sEssTON.
Board so Hawaiian Commercial, 1914; 90 Pa
cfc Lighting Co, 443l 81 = Gaslight, S43A: So
do 81; 80 Water. 10O3s; $4,000 6%
Bonds, 119s4.
Street-2 FIreman's Fund ms l75.
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BOARD SALES.

Following were the sales in the San Francisco
Stock Board yesterday:
REGULAR MORNING SESSION COMMENCING 9 30.
$50 Benton 90 800 Crown Pt.44Il 80 S New. 66
800 Chollar ....43 100 .455U0 ........ 81
200 ..........44l1UU Occidti. 81 500 Union. "a
so CC&V .l.65l550 PotoH ....3sl0O Jackt...3s
500 G Imp. 1900 savage.
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STOCK. INlon. Irues W ID. .IThrs trI. Sal.

Following Are the Highest Prices During
the Past Week.
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GOLD MINING EXCHANGE.
STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.

SATURDAY, March % 1880 A. N.
United STATES BONDA
BID ASked.I Bid AsEed
o 4s coup. .10S12 s As reg -. l0S12
Do, new is. ll6M 1lS
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Per Aus,raa-Chinda & Flach; Chez Chong;
Chee Chung d Co; Chicago Brewery; Enterprise
Brewery; Eveleth & Nash Gould q Jaudin: Jones
& Co: 6 Hitler Allen; Garcia q Megglni: HYman
Bros; H Peterson: d Spreckes & Bros Co. c
Rued & Co: ] Ivancovich & Co; Nj Phillips & Co;
Parke: NJ Vanvalis; National Brewery: Man
Hop Yuen Kee: Neuberger, Reiss & Co; o Daniel
Pope Mfg Co; Qnoug Kee: Quong Ham WO; Roya
Eagle Distilery Co: Schweitzer & Co; San Fran
cisco Brewing Co.. T H Varney: The Butterck
Pub Co: Williams, Dimond & Co; WEIGH & Co;
Washburn & Mocn: Young Kee
Per Corona-Gray & Barbleri: w ood. Curtis & Co;
Wetmore Bros: Scatena d Co; Biagi & Co:
Ross; CampOdonicO d Malcolm: A Winsow;
Newmark d Edwards; Brigham, Hoppe & Co: Sun
set T and Co: Dairymen's Union; Office Speciality
Co: Hulse, Bradford & Co; General Electric Co:
Murray; E Allison & Co. G Hennger: White
Sewing Machine Co: J II Cain d Co; II McHugh;
Buckingham, Hecht q Co; Mipaker & Welbanka;
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-04

in half an hour. SEfeWd once sieni-
fed evil Or wicked. Thomas Fuller
used the expression "a shrewd fellow"
meaning a wicked man. The word
"hoyden," now applied exclusively to
a noisy young woman, formerly denot-
ed person Of like character, but Of
either sex. EGuivocation, a word now
applied to any evasion, was once un-
derstood to mean the calling Of diverse
things by the same name. Peck orig
tnally meant a basket or receptacle for
grain or other substances. The expres-
sion at first had no reference to. size,
TO starve was once to die any manner
Of death. Wyclife's sermons tell how
Christ starved on the cross for the
Of men" Bonbast o,co |
signided the cotton that was emploved !
% stuff garments, particularly the |
enormous trunk hose worn in the four.
eenth and fifteenth centuries. Acre
'ace meant any field. It Is still used
With this significance in allusion TO q
'urial ground.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-04
Smallest State in the World.

4 correspondent of The Standard
writes:
':Until the other day, I was always
of opinion that the miniature republic
of Moresnct-which is, perhaps, Not
altogether so little known as your
Paris correspondent seems to think
was the tiuiest state in the world. It
would seem, however, that Moresnet,
with its 1, 200 inhabitants, is almost a
giant as compared with the Lilliputian
republic to be mentioned. I read in
The Tablet:
"sDo you suppose that Monaco, Or
the republic Of Andorra, or even that
of San Marino is the smallest state
in the world? If so, you will be
surprised to hear-as We are that
a little island off the northeast cost
OF Sardinia, not fer from the Bay OF
Terrano7a, and Tsvolara by name, en-.
joys that proud distinction. It is
some three miles long,by about 8, 13O
feet in breadth, with population O
6fty-fve souls. From 1886 to 1886
Tavolara was tiny monarchy, but
upon tho death of Paolo l., (and
last,) and by express desire Of that
potentate, it beco me republican in
government, with a president elected
for six years, with the women voting
as we'll as the men. Italy, are told,
recognized the microscopic republic
IN 1897 -"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-04
They Sell q Horse a Minute.

The bicycle enthusiast who thinks
horses are going out Of fashion would
learn something to his advantage by
spending an hour in the auction ring
of the Kansas City Stock Yards Horse
and Mule Market. The boast is made
that in that ring horse changes
ownership every minute, and the boast
is made good four days week. as the
following figures prove. From 200 to
25O horses are sold in the ring be-
tween 10 q. N. and - N. and 1 p. m.
and 4 .. m. on these days. There are
800 minutes in the selling hours, but
some Of these are wasted OF the begin
ming of every session, 80 that it aver
ages q horse minute ell the year
around. This is said to be the busl-
est horse auction ring in America.
as rule, working and ordinary dri7-
ing horses are sold under the hammer,
but occasionally lot of ''blooded"
stock IS shown in the ring, compris-
ing saddlers and trotters. Kansas
City Star.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-04
Suing for Graveyard Grass.

A year or two ago, says London
Truth, the Rev. John Vallencey. e
Church Of England clergyman, sued o
young lady for damaging his ebay
crop" His <'hay" grew in the village
churchyard and the damage caused by
the young lady consisted in trimming
the grass on her sisters grave. VAL
lencey was non-suited, but he did not
profit by the experience, for he has
just brought another suit on the same
lines against one OF his church wardens
who cut down and removed the knee
deep grass that had been allowed tc
grow in the same cemetery Vsllen-
cey wants the value Of the crop. "l'
is not" says Truth, ''edifying, this
spectacle Of the village clergyman
seeking to gather crop Of hay from
the hallowed soil where the village
dead are buried and going to law te
recover the value of it,"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-04
Emerald Mining in the United States.

Emerald mining IN the United States
is OF recent development; at Stony
Point in Alexander county, North
Carolina, in 1880, beautiful light col
ored specimens were found, but not
in profitable quantities or OF good
quality. They occur in red g7a7e!ly
clay, and in the gneissoid rock of the
Blue Ridge; the former a decompo'
sition OF the latter. As crystals they
are magnificent, but they have little
gem value. All those obtained by the
Emerald and Hiddenite Mining Com
pany, in a dozen years of working al
these mines, have not exceeded 3d.
600 in value. Some fifty miles west
OF Stony Point, in Mitchell county,
q new locality was discovered in 1894.
but none of tie material afforded gems
Washington Star.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-04
Lava Caves Of the Azores.

TIE formation of caves in a lava
stream is a curious process, and one
~::.;:ocn the explorer will be interested
to realize as his Investigations pro-
ceed; and in these islands it has some
remarkable aud perfect illustrations.
It will be understood thai the stream
of molten matter proceeding ordinarily
from o volcano soon begins to cool ez-
teraally as it travels. But with a
great stream, say thirty or forty feet
thick, long time passes before it
becomes finally cooled and solid
to its centre. A large body OF melt
ed lava still remains liquid in its
interior, forming as it were a
huge conduit, or tube full OF
the white hot matter. AS this accu-
mulates by the continued supply from
above, the vast pressure of the liquid
on the lower end OF the stream IN
creases. The effect may be easily i'm
aglned. The solid crust at the front
Of the fow breaks out; the melted
interior rushes on again, and the great
tube is emptied of its contents 50 far
as they remain liqnid, leaving behind q
hollow cavern which may, and occa-
sionally does, extend for an unirter-
rupted length of several miles. In the
course Of centuries subsequent erup-
tons may deposit new beds Of cinder
or ash or new streams Of lava to any
extent above it but the cave SO formed
may remain intact.-Outing.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-04
Frozen Milk for England.

Mild and cream are now thus
shipped from Denmark and Sweden to
England in considerable quantities
and sold as fresh milk in London =
fortnight latter the fluid has been
drawn from the COW. This is handled
mostly in the winter months, the busi-
ness as one time exceeding $4,000
gallons monthly. The process Of
freezing the milk consists in placing
it in suitable receptacles and refriger~
ating it until 2 floating layer of frozen
milk has for ed on the surface. Thug
transpo ct it is delivered FROM
ship at London and taken to an inter.
ior point for distribution. Each day in
the week a seventh of the number OF
barrels are emptied, over each barrel
is placed a melting apparatus inte
which the frozen milk, then about
one-sixth of the whole bulk, is packed
and melted by means of hot water, so
that the milk when thawed runs down
into the barrel. It is then we'll stirred
before the tapping takes place. The
empty packages are returned to
Gothenburg, where they are cleaned
by hot lime water and also with steam.
During the past winter the business
fell away materially and it remains to
be seen whether it will amount to
much another season. American Agri-
cnlturist.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-04
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

The Prince of Wales ard the Duke Of Con
naught are the first knights Of the new Vic
torian Order.
Princess Helene. the Duchess Of SPARTA
baby, is Queen Yictoria's twenty.secont
STeat-sraldchild.
Rndyard KipNng is open to engagement a.
q war correspondent. This is SAID to be The
ambition Of his life
Physically Mr. Austin is the smallest Poe:
Laureate Great Britain ever had. He is
only little over four feet tall.
There is movement in Pittsburg to erect
monument to Stephen Collins Foster, the
song writer, who was born in that city.
Marie Corell, the novelist, plays we'll on
the mandolin. She is petite, the embodi-
ment OF gentieness and cultured to fault
The late Baron Eirsch received an average
OF 400 begging letters a: day. and never read
mem, though he gave away IN single year
rs much as s15,000,0O0.
It Is q curious circumstance that Queen
Victoria has never seen her faithful Com
mons in session. She is denied spectacle
that may be witnessed by the humblest of
her subjects.
E@-Presi5ent Cesimir-Perier, Of France.
has entered political life again, at the bot:
cilor Of the Commune Of Pont-sur-Seine. 4
where his estate is. j
Sardop. the French playwright, is now sixty
years old. but, though wrinkled and half
bald, in bis elastic step and brilliant eye he
lsas youthful as boy. His earnings from
his plays ;:2e estinatedat 81 1,000,0Oo. i
Captain Harry North, the elder son of the
Nitrate King is moi likely to play ducks;
and brakes with his fathers millions. He is
one OF the class known asH'steady," and has
1nbibed good deal Of his fathers shreTG-
ness IN business matters. 4
Mrs. Abigail Bush. of Oakland, CAL. who
was the first woman to preside oyer woman i
Suffrage convention in This country, held inI
1897, is now eiEhty-six years old. Notwith-
standing her great age she is. active and
Vigorous and intends to stump the State in
tho interests Of woman suffrage during the,
present campaign.
Its said that when Congressman ''Tom',,sb
2: u sstsa--es Ohio, Decannn- interested in
henry Georges gospel Of the single tax, he
I'D not have time to investigate, for himself
80 lie employed lawyer, in whose honesty.
acumen and learning he had confidence, to
explore the subject. Tie lawyer. after dill
,ent research, duly informed ,h1ssclient that ,
ne single tax was right and just. From that
lay to this '"Tom" Johnson has been one of !.
1eorge. :
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-04
CYCLING NOTES.

Longer cranks are becoming fashionable
especially with tall riders.
In France, where everybody and eye-y
thing are taxed, bicyclists pay 80 25;a wear
There is terror of the town in Eansa
SltY VINO reads his morning newspaper g!
he seorches through the streets.
Tanper with your machine as little a.
possible. Your tiokerins will do no goot
unless you are practical mechanic.
Most riders pedal more strongly with one
leg than the other. An uneven pedalliac
actlon IS prolific cause of side-slip spills.
Thera are probably more bicycles per
bead Of white population jn.Johannesburs,
eouth Africa, than anywhere else in the
world.
At a recent bicycle weddn, in Aurora. .
Ill: the bride was attired n dark green
boomers, trimmed With gold, to matcS her
wheel. A bicycle honeymoon :tip followed.
II collision with q dog seelas una7oida-
bic. grasp your handle bar very firmly close
to the steering pillar, and you will proba-
safely. N-'O1'
The cnain is vital part OF Hhe wheel and
has more to do with the easy running OF the
machine than any other one thing. See
that it is kept clean and have!it soaked in
OIL once month.
Brooklyn is far cnd away faaead in ad-
vance OF New York in the matter of GOOD
roads for cyclists, thanks to the energetic
efforts OF tho riders themselves. And the
good work still continues.
Bicycle saddles which haye become
stretched by use may be renovated to a GER |
tain extent by dampening the uuderside Of |
the leather. This will cause it to shrink and |
II the saddles not too badly out of shape. |
II Will, after treatment, be nearlytas eoodsas
new.
All sorts OF attempts have been. made to
convert Mrs. Cleveland to cycling. and if
she wanted to ride she could ride a golden
bicycle studded with precious stones. A
washington cycle agent, who used to be in
ne insurance business, said the other day.
u paid White House employee $3.50 once
or helping LIE toinsure Presinent GarfeJd's
lie, and would give twice that amount to
who will help me to get. Mrs Clere-
aud to ride one Of my wheels"
While gear cases are virtually unknown
ere. some experienced riders favor their
se. The chain is the cause Of great deal >
T trouble and inconvenience. If it were
roperly incased, so that no mud or dust
ould reach it, cycling would lose one Of its
h1ef sources Of annoyance. However. the
onsensus Of opinion here is so strongly
Salnst gear cases that their general adop-
on IS extremely unlikely. Wheels are not
Tilt here with proper clearances for them.