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TRADE MORE SATISFACTORY.
But the Outlook Does Not Favor Early
Revival of Business.

New York. July "a Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Telegraphic and mail advices from
commercial and industrial centres in
dictate more unsatisfactory state of
trade. Jobbers and retailers, however,
show still further caution in the mat
ter of securing supplies, buying for
actual needs to degree not hereto
fore reported. There is no out look
fayoring an early revival of trade while
the volume Of sales continues light and
prices low, with a further restriction
of credits. Unfavorable crop reports
from Nebraska have caused cancella-
ton of some orders and long contin-
ued rains in Tennessee have checked
business there. Louisiana reports the
new rice crop short and eastern Wash
ington and Oregon that the long con-
tinued dry season has had an unfavora-
BILE effect on the wheat crop.
The industrial situation is somewhat
more depressed, particularly in iron
and steel prices for most varieties, of
which notably southern pig iron are
shaded. The encouraging feature IN
iron and steel IS the extent to which
stacks have blown out.
Production is materially curtailed
among manufacturers Of wooden and
cotton, as heretofore, and in locomo-
tive, hardware, silver, jewelry and
lumber industries. Eastern wool deal
ers report no demand and some lead
ing houses refuse to increase stocks
either by purchase or consignment.
The principal activity in the dry goods
trade appears to consist of prepare
tons to show fall goods.
Exports of wheat (tiour included
from both coasts, of the United States
and from Montreal amount to 3,073,00Q
bushels this week, as compared with
2,963, 900 bushels last week, 1,265,000
bushels in the corresponding week in
1S95-3s38S, 900 bushels in the like week
in 1894, and with 4,363900 bushels in
the corresponding weeFof 1898.
Business failures for the week nuxQ-
Der $50 throughout the United States
against 255 last week, 239 i'll the week
a year ago, and 237 in the week two
years ago. There are 81 business fail
ures reported in Canada this week
against SO last week, % in the week a
year ago, 80 in the week two years ago.
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hiefs. This was continued for ten

chiefs. This was continued for ten
minutes.
Mr.. Baker, of California, then moved
that the convention proceed to the
nomination Of a Vice-president Mr..
Troup, of Connecticut, placed the name
of Arthur Sewall, of Maine, before the
convention. He made no speech. II. T..
Niles, of Ohio, seconded the nomina-
ton. He had known Mr.. Sewall for
years and his father before him and
there could be no filter man than he
for the place. 1t was then moved that
Mr.. Sewall be declared the nominee
for Vice-President by acclamation,
which was done and the band played
America" and the delegates sang.
Then they sang the DoNology.
When quiet was restored, Mr.. Baker
moved that each delegation select
member of the committee to notify
the nominees. The motion was agreed
to.
The roll-calI of States was begun but
before it was half finished two thirds
of the delegates had left the hall and
all the visitors went out.
Col. Pace, of Nebraska, offered a re-
solution declaring it to be the sense
of the convention that as the Demo
cratic party had arranged to notify
Bryan and Sewall in New York, the
Silver party notify them in Bryan's
home in Lincoln. The motion was a
greed to. Thereupon the convention
adjourned sine die.
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FIRE IN SAVANNAH.

Savannah, Ga, July 24.-Fire early
this morning destroyed over 100000
worth of property on the river front
IN this city. The fire, which reached
alarming proportions after one o'clock
was under control until after three
o'clock. BY that time it had destroy
ed the Planters Rice mill, it's grainery,
and wthe garle Duck worth ware
house, together with $4,000 bushels of
rough rice and about the same guam
titv of cleaned rice. The mill proper
ty was valued at $4,000, the rice at
$4,000 while the loss ON the Duck
worth warehouse and it's contents of
cement, salt, etc, belonging to c. NJ.
Gilbert d Co., is placed at fully 100000.
The burned property was largely Gov
cred by insurance.
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EVANS AID EARL FIGHT.

Columbia, s. G.. July 24.-At the
campaign meeting at Florence to-day
Judge Joseph II. Earl, candidate for
the United States Senate to succeed
j. L. NJ Irby, and Gov. John Gary
Evans, who is candidate for the same
office. came to blows, Earl struck
Evans first and Evans responded with
a blow under the eye. They were
quickly surrounded and separated by
reformers and conservatives. Several
men had their hands on their pistols,
but comparative quiet was restored
and GOV. Evans attempted to continue
his speech amid much disorder.
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THE IDEAL PANACEA.

James Francis. Alderman, Chi
cago, says: II regard DR.. Kings New
Discovery as an Ideal Panacea for
Coughs, Colds and Lung Complaints
having used it in my family for the
last five years, to the exclusion of ply
sician's prescriptions or other prepare
tons"
Rev. John Burgus, KeoIuk, Iowa
writes: Il have been a Minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church for 81
years or more. and have never found
anything so beneficial, or that gave
me such speedy relief as DIR. Kings
New Discovery" Try this Ideal Cough
Remedy now Trial Bottles Free at
John y MacRae's drug store.
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cINn. NrN M14s

DR. Pierce's Common Sense MEDICAL Adviser,
zoos mage doctor book, profusely illustrated OF
Which $50 coo have been sold at $I.so copy will
be sent FREE on receipt Of ~ cents to cover cove,
cost of mailing oniy. Worlds Dlspensary MeG
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who has not borne a child has never come
to the real fullness of womanhood. over
thirty years ago the needs Of women APP
pealed to DR.. Pierce, now chief consulting
physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surg
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of his study improved by thirty years OF
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Thousands of letters like this one from
Mrs w p. Cam of Clinton, Ailegheny Co., Pa,
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MY husband said try Dr. Pierce's medicine.
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several walls of his Pellets One year after
gave birth to fine baby girl ! got along SO
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Three Of my friends are taking your medicines,
and are improving. yours truly
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HOLLsNs SUBSTITUTE

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STILL ANOTHER REDUCTION.

Philadelphia, Pa, July 24.-The man
agement of Clyde's coastwise and West
India Steam Lines to-day announced
q sweeping reduction of rates to South
crn ports. This step is taken in view
of the generalization of rates from
Baltimore to the South. The company
states that it is its purpose to protect
the Merchants of Philadelphia and
therefore makes the reduction on rates
to the South and Southwest, beginning
August ] next.
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NEW Works. TAILOR STRIILE

New York, July 24.-The latest ac-
QUESTION to the ranks of striking tail
ors in this city are 1000 ''kneepants'
markers who are ordered at a meeting
last night to join the strikers. BY Sum
day morning the strikers in this city,
Brooklyn and Brownsville, embracing
all branches of the clothing industry
it is estimated will number in the ag-
gregate $4,000 men and women opera
tors.
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COLORADO STAGE HELD UP.

Cripple Creek, July 24.-The Cripple
Greek stage was held up near Grassy,
five miles east of here by three masked
men, who obtained twelve gold watches
and $500 in cash. The passengers in
Guided thirteen men and two or three
ladies. The latter were not molested
by the robbers. \ posse with blood
hounds is on the trail of the bandits,
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NOTICE OF COMPREHENSIVE.

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.312, Raleigh, n. c.
This July 18th, 1896.
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Bethel MILITARY ACAQEMY, VA.

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When a baby comes

When a baby comes
70 the house real hap
piness comes. Worry
and work and care and
anxiety count for moth
ing against the
S M o othly d ainty,
clinging touch of the
little hands and the
sound Of the little
voice. The highest
function given to hui
man beings is bring
ing healthy, b Apply
children into the
world. Nothing equals
that 49, nothing COM
pensates for the loss
of it. The woman
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-04
THE OLD FASHIONED WAY.
The Prince of Wales and the Mime.
Believe Alike.

Mime. de Fable, who has just been
acting the part of the fairy godmother
on the occasion of the marriage of her
beautiful granddaughter. Ida Forbes,
to Sir Archibald E~dmonstone, of Dunt-
reath castle, Stirling, is one of the most
notable and popular members of Eng
hsh society. OF plebeian birth-she was
a Miss Hawke-she married. when quite
young, the late Captain Dudley Ward, a
penniless cousin of the late Earl Dudley.
At his death she married the late MIR.
Gerard Lehigh, an wealthy
man, who, dying, left her all his money.
She then married as her third husband
Danish Minister at the court of st.
James.
Mime. de Fable is the only woman not
belonging to the royal household who
has ever succeeded in inning the mark
ed affection of the Princess of Wales.
two Ladies' agree SO we'll is owing to the
complete similarity of their views with
regard to the education of young girls.
TIL Princess and her friend believe in
the vigorously careful, and what may be
styled old-fashioned. way of bringing up
of the coming generation. The young
Princesses of Wales were never permit
ted to read Shakespeare or Milton in
THE rough. and no book was ever put in
their hands which had not been perused
either by their mother or Nine. de Fal-
be-. The same strict rules were pursued
with reference to their going to the the
arce rnless 1t had already been pro-
nounced quite free from anything that
cold shock or offend the most delicate
and prudish Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-04
PRoTYPE OF TRILRY.
said to BE Found in the Person of
Elise Duyal.

Trilby O'Ferrall. the model of the late
'fifties. and Elise Duval, the model of the
late seventies and early eighties, who
for all I knew may be exercising her
profession still. show a strange n
to me puzzling, p~hysiognomical likeness.
How are we to account for that? The
theory that Trilby had no existence save
in Mr.. DuMaurier's Imagination being
dismissed at once. there only remain two
others. The first. that long before Mr..
Du Maurier conceived the idea of writing
the life story Of Trilby O'Ferrall, he
Elise Duval in the flesh, or her counter
part on paper, and heard of her festive
exploits and notably of her hypnotic
trfbulatiops. La grande Lisette." as
she was Familiarity called, was "une
femme a beguins." which, in the popu-
things; she was APT. to take sudden and
frequent love fancies: she was never
prompted in those fancies by sordid mo-
tivesa In spite of MIR. Du Maurieras
laudable attempt to tone down his hero
ines s'peculiarities" to obtain the suf-
rom and the Young Person.''i is very
known under the Second Empire, and
whom the world now knows as Trllby
O'Ferrall, was similarly constituted. A
score years had passed since Mr.. Du
rows, for 1 still maintain that she was
prfsing. then, that he should have en-
lowed Trilby with Elise Duval's physi-
economical traits irrespective of the
truth of UGH a resemblance? Nay. the.
started the idea of writing the story
stEorum -
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ECONOMY IN DRESS
How to Present a Suitable
Appearance on a Linz
tied Income.
OLD FASHIONED WAY
The Princess Of Wales as a Fairy
Godmother-The Word "Nice"
Hints on Neckwear.

II isn't in the power of every woman
10 create a handsome and comprehen-
slve wardrobe out of two costumes and
a rev inexpensive accessories, but she
can do a great deal toward it if she stu
dies her W points and is willing to do
q little hard work and harder thinking
to accomplish this end.
one OF her first necessities is the abil-
ity to use her needle with taste and neat
ness, and to possess the faculty of put
ting materials together without incon-
gruousness. The woman of limited
means must wear a great deal of black
as a foundation fabric, says the New
York LEDGER" If her regulation cos
tune is blue. her dear 500 friends or foes,
as the case may be, always know her by
that dress.
If there isn't Mrs. A. in that everlast-
ing blu satin Dress said one woman to
another. She has WORN that dress for
three seasons, and on every great occas-
ion it hobs up serenely with new trim
mings on it,
OF course, one might make the same
criticism on a black dress. but it is not
SO conspicuous. A woman of alterna-
tfves has a dress that answer various
purposes, and as she has the reputation
of buying a new black satin dress every
season, she gets the credit for haing half
a dozen costumes when. in reality, she
has but two. Her latest achievement is
a satin skirt in which are adjustable side
panels. The waist, which is round, and
fits her perfectly, is made with removal
Bile sleeves. These button in under
rufle-shaped epaulets that conceal the
point of union.
The waist is cut with low corsage,
bands on either side. When she de-
sires to be exceptionally dressy she re-
moves her sleeves, dons a guimpe-
shaped waist of chiffron, with very full
elbow sleeves, settles the shoulder
straps trinity over the d%iaphanous fab
ric. laces in panels of puffed chiffron,
with a handsome belt with sash ends,
and is ready for the most ceremonious
occasion She is invited to a somewhat
informal dinner. and an almost entirely
Sleeves of satin brocaded with bright
figures are set in, panels of the same
i are arrs WEE a N thi She i Thirt; h IS faa 3 ned
over the shoulders. This makes cos
Does she desire to appear decollete,
the waist with double straps is worn,
with merely a narrow puffing of tulle
around the neck, and the satin puffs
and panels matching the dress are fit
ted In. For this one dress there are
half a dozen changes in color and ma
terial.
Another dress of satin is made in
strictly walking style, and requires no
change except in collar and belt. With
out, ingenuity. patience and the skill to
make ones w accessories. economy in
dress is a labored n unsatisfactory
business. Where one must buy outright
all the pretty little trinkets and fur
bellows in which the feminine heart. de-
lights, there is really very little left in
the slender purse for good dress mater
ial. It is, therefore, as before. stated,
to the black six and satin that the
economical woman must turn for her
best and Secnnd-hest dresses
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His Riding Startles the Natives of
the An4fpOGes.

Zimmerman'S trip to Australia has
not proved to be the gold mine affair
he expected, but he is at all events do
ing fairly well. A letter from Austria
liza says:-"Zimmerman raced first at
Adelaide, then at Brisbane n later at
Sydney. That is all he has done SO far.
Parsons beat him at Adelaide in a five
mile scratch race. but Zim was sick.
Since then he has recovered and every
body knows it. The champion has been
poorly handled by his managers, Wal
ford and Justin. They evidently think
that they have a little gold mine in
zim, and they won't let him out to
sports promoters unless they can rake
in f100 or so. They tried the game on
with the Melbourne Bicycle Club, but
not a penny would the club give. It
raised the prizes in scratch events, but
although Justin entered Zimmerman the
e eoGrss the @ e0try l Mp : r.. Ai RSla ana not Ct
c carlng tS See N. ] L : f g n MaafoTd a ana hiS
at the way it has been treated. The
American, all over Australia, is looked
4 he0h IS as y e Mn't too miin n the Ra'' hands nswss'o IF rs
managers, who, it is understood, have
slIblet him to a Melbourne race meet.
he Should have come as a simple sports
man to run ait all race meetings when
the scratch races were good. He is
morally certain of all he starts in and
could have made good money. At the
Sydney meet all that has been said of
the American champion was proved
true: the world has never seen his | Ike
before. He made common hacks of all
the best men here; To see him win TIE
to be Remembered. The final heat saw
Parsons, .Iredale. zim and Lewis. All
went well for a lap. Parsons was lead
ing. Lewis next, then Iredale and final
sible for him to get out in time for the
run. Parsons and Lewis were knuckl-
ing down to a squirt, coming UP the
course like a house afire. and the people
We're hurnIningg, with suppressed excife-
zim,s beaten: he can't get up now 80
words scarcely were uttered when the
American. commenced to move. With
an electric shove he dashed past the
field in the twinkle e IN eye and. fed
up to the post forty yards ahead of all.
He will never forget tine ovation that
crowd OF $1,000 people gave him. The
Sportsman and they gave it to zim all
I ght. Every one could see that he was
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MODERN LITERARY KING.
He Cannot Pause i'm His Labors But
Must Work Continually.

The successful wri.t1. of the present.
once he has secured The eve C the PUB
lie. feels that he must keep himself and
h.s work before the eye oil that public.
he must produce and go on producing
whether impulse or inspiration comes to
him or not. Tie must. he feels. pro-
drce just so much work. He is sim
cere and conscientious in the hope that
he does will be good work. But
if it happens to be otherwise. which is
more thai likely, he feels that he is not
be produced. It is not a case of can; it
is simply one of must. He is in a fever
i / h race : s ne he nee needs ssa keep p IN r the : p procession osn len
is driven by a force he neither under
stands nor stops to a~nalyze. He must
les les the the root aa5 OFF Of tie O evil H. Not Not only does
his present belong to another. but his
future. is m~ortgaged. He contracts to
two. three IF I'VE years. quite ungpiIdful
Of the question whether there will be a
book in him te write, Or a story In hin
CONTRACT: his time. his, brain. his mind
is m~ortgaged. For each novel he is Of
f bis fast 8 la ans p sSm th Is fn nf T aathor wh hSr
when a publisher. comes to him in these
days, can say;-"My dear fellow, I can't
thing / do for the next five years is sold.
Ny 1897 novel goes to So-and-so, my 1888
stories are sold to IS Magazine
while all I do in 1900 I nave contracted
ann ixed.,. And if you ask him what
his 1897 novel will consist of. he has no
more idea of its plot ori context than has
his valet or his cook. Nor IS this in any
sense an exaggerated picture of the con-
dition of the modern snfhor With one
can be counted upon the fingers Of a sim
gle hand, with fingers to spare-the sue
cessful authors of the day are under
tho fhra1dnm Of the modern 1fefra rV
king-the almighty dollar.-November
aEorI1mn
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-04
A RAILROAD VETERAN.
Capt. Fraxce Complctes sixty Years
of Active Service.

Mr.. Charles B. Thurston. of this city,
has received a very interesting letter
from Captain Lawrence Frazee, Of the
Port Richmond and Bergen Point Ferry
who has just completed sixty years of
service with the Camden and Amboy
Railroad m its successor the Pennsyl-
wanna Railroad Company, in whose em-
ploy he is at present.
Captain Frazee recalls to Mr.. Thurs
ton that he took service with the Cam
den and Amboy Company on Decem-
Der 81. 1875, as agent of the steamer
Napoleon. He had also charge of the
locks in the canal at Camden. The Ma
poleon. he says. had been hauled out to
be heightened during the severest win
ter the captain has ever experienced IN
his sixty vars of service.
1T was shovel. shovel, how snow
all the blessed time adds the captain,
Notwithstanding his age is SIN an
efficient employe of a corporation which
is nIit Indifferent. to faithful services
performed in its behalf.
1t is rare in the history of any cor
That a man serves sixty con-
tinuous years in active discharge of his
Grties. Captain Frazee is well known in
Jersey City, and his friends will learn
with pleasure that he is in excellent
health.
"a two-year-old, my boy" he persists
in styling himself.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-04
THE HEROINE OF ANNIE LAURIE,

Most people suppose Annie Laurie" to
be a creation of the songwriter's fancy,
or perhaps some Scotch peasant girl, like
Highland Mary and most of the h~eroines
of Robert Burns. In either case they
are mistaken
Annie Laurie was .fborn in the purple,
so to speak, at Maxwelton House. in the
beautiful glen of the Cairn-Glencairn.
Her home was in the heart Of the most
pastorally lovely of Scottish shires-that
of Dunlfries. Her birth IS thus set down
by her father, IN what is called the Ear
jorg MS:
AT the pleasure of the Almighty God,
my daughter Anna Laurie was borne
upon the 18th day. Of December, 1852
years, about six o'clock in the morning.
and was baptized by Mr.. George --
minister of Glencairn."
Her father was Sir Robert Laurie, first
baronet, and her mother was Jean Rid
dell.
Maxwelton House was originally the
castle of he earls Of Glencairn. It was
founder of the Laurie family. Stephen
was a Dumfries merchant. The castle
was a turreted building. In it Annie
Laurie was born.-McClure's Magazine.