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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-21

Southern -four steady ar ~ 3d.
Rye -four dull; superfine $2.40a2 90; fancy
81. 60a2. II.
buckwheat quiet at 35H.
%: Brandywlne 81 IS.
Eye quiet; No western %; car lots, -.
Barley quiet Fr,tern feeding 2BAa27 malt
ing 3ba42: barley mat dull: western 45a53
Wheat, spot, quiet no Northern New
{, o. b afioat; options, No. 2 red March
closed 8, April closed -; A.ay sU%tG8l Is,
closed nos: June closed =; July 7skG79,
closed 1871; september 75%a7t, closed 75%.
Cora, spot, steady; No. z, 5Ojo IN elevator;
3l% ahoat yellow 5OK; options, Narch closed
Wh; May 3O&a3O%, closed 50s; July a3!h,
closed 3- September 33s a33A, closed 5oa
Oats, spot, quiet; NO. ,, 2 10 3, 81; No.
2 delivered %: No. 2 whi'. r.; No. 3 ,"n1oe
oGck mixed western @Io rack white
22a3. ptions, May c'osed 2l1; - closed -.
Hay quiet; shipping 5Oa55 q . choice
67ka,
Hons easy choice to comr'ou ...u2 Ka
5b, 1896 crop 6nl, Pacific coast, .up ga
5A:lS96 crop, BALI.
Hides steady Galveston 2Oa25 /. 49, rs
Ayres dry, aaA lbs, lS*alD TeXu- .. -.a
~ lbs, lUN, California. 2la:o lbs, 10
Leather firm; Hemlock sole Buenos Ayres
light to heavy weignIs, 3JI>l; acid, :0023
| Wool firm; domestic fleece, 1920; pulled
, l5a20.
Beef quiet; family Et2.9o42ll: extra mess
city extra lnGia foess SI3 50asl5.
Cut mGats firm; picked bellies 81 a5A ;,
! do. picked shoulders 5&; do. hams 9aD&
| Lard hrm. western steam $40; May s457,
n 9ominaI; ,etined a. steady: cont nent $3.50;
! Pork firm Old mess % UJas9 90, snort clear
/ S9.25alO. ,0; family $p.I5alU.50
6utter steady western creamery l3Gll9;
! do. factory TALLY; Elg1ns 10; imitation cream
! cry l0al5H; state dairy l2alS; do, creamery
| l3al8x.
| Cheese steady; large State acl2X; small
fancy 99l2A; part sAlms 5gT}s: full skins
Eggs steady: State and Pennsylvania lO4 a
| ii; western fresh I0& southern lOalO4.
| Tallow steady; city ~ per packagcj 81 a
J 3&: country packages free) o3ta3A, as 10
quality.
, CoUton seed oil steady; prime crude -0a2Oh;
| summer yellow 23K, off summer yellow IA
26x.
Petroleum dull: United cIoseG at bid;
| refined New York $3.50; Philadelphia amd
| baltimore so %; do. In bulk 1915.
| kosln quiet, Strained. Common - good
| $l65al.G1E.
Turpentine quiet at 2Ha29x.
Rice firm; domestic, tair 10 extra SIC
| Ga, Japan 4&04h.
| Molassc9 quiet: New Orleans, open Aettie
good TO choice, 2Ja30.
Pig iron weak; southern Sih Quail 81, nUrrn-
ern SlU tal2.5D; exchange -.
Copper quiet: brokers 81 81 exchange
| SlLSal2.G.
Lead quiet; brokers $780, exchange 50 424@
| 3.41A.
Spelter, steady; domestic s4 l2Hai1..
| Cotfre--Uptions, April So %; Aiay IS 20aS y;
June sS.2o; September So 50a5. Az; December
| sS.35a8 40; January 50 b. Spot, lilo easy; : o.
| I, invoice Sa: jobbing "a: mild dull; Cor
| dova l4k0l54.
| Sugar, raw, INN; fair refining l5- IL;
| cen.rifngni, @-tcst, 3 SIC; refined steady;
! 30. y, AZ: No. Z, No. ,. az; y. y,
| 3A No. 10, IS 9-l6, No. ii, 3A, No. IL, 3 I-ib:
| No. II, G7s; so. Ii, 34 Mould 4, ~, STANDARD
! A, ~: cCrfectiJntr3' A, "a, cut loaf 81,
crushed 5is, powdered "a; etr"ad ated a.
| nn0S Z,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-21

LIVERPOOL, March 20.-130 p. Moot
ton-Closing-spot, limited demand; prices
unchanged; American middling 4d.
Sales of the day were 1900 bales of which
300 were for speculation and export, and in
cluded $500 American: receipts 10000 bales,
all American.
Futures closed quiet at the decline.
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NAVAL STORES.

CHARLESTON =. c.. March z0.--Rosin firm
at Sl.45.
Turrentine firm at H6x.
NIYiS1toN. Y. C., March 2j.-kosin
firm. strained si.45. good sl.50; spirits steady
at Z6a ,6f
Tar firm at 81.
Turpentine quiet: hard si.3U: soft Sl.s0:
virgin S----.
S1vANNAa. Ga, March 20.-SpirItS firm at
25k. Sales 2j5.
Rosip firm; water white $50; window glass
SoK; n, s. -; ". SEQ: K. Sl,S5; l. $3.50; II, 81 So
G, Sl.,6: {, sl.67; E. Sl.55; u. e. b and a $40
sales az.
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NEW YORK MoNEY MARKET

NEW YORK, March U.-MOney on call
easy at lK@2 per cent; last loan - per
cent. closed at - per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 81 al per cent Sterling exchange
steady, with actual business in bankers bills
sixtv DAYS Posted rates 4.S8a4.86L and ASA
1855, commercial bills, 4Aha4.84x Mex
loan collars ASK Silver certificates -. Bar
silver 62x. Government bonds firm State
bonds dull. Railroad bonds firm.
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Az ELEGANT SUBURBAN RESIDENCE FOR SALE

Desiring to move to the city offer for
sale my place near Raleigh. It contains
about one hundred and sixty acres. on
which Is a small one-stnry dwelling house
etc., ana an elegant new two-stOry dwelling
house OF ten rooms, with water-closets and
other modern improvements. This Is the
In summer, comfortable In winter and with.
IN three miles of the Capitol over q maca-
tIniEeo road. Terms easy. Title perfect.
&PlER WHICAKER
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

New York, March 20.-The prevalsnt
tone of the dealings on the stock e1-
change to-day was one OF weakness and
uncertainty. There were NJ meta by weak
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RANK STATEMENT.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Chicago March 20.-All the grain and
provision markets were duh and uninter-
esting to-day and the small declines which
took place were more from lack Of support
than from any statistical news. Wheat
declined u cent; corn n and oats H@A.
Provisions closed 213010 cents lower.
CHICAGO, March 20.
OPENING. Closing.
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LIV ERPOOL.

Spot cotton closed quiet: middling uplan
Tx. middling gulf ~: sales 1872 bales.
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..ALTIAiIyl<E.

Baltimore, March 0 - jfnuF duh; TetIcrn
supcritne T-.Uu60--Aj. 10, extra a..laaS,75l ut5-
family At.l5,l4.4J; winter ~ heat patents &y.a0a
s.: spring 10. A.25a4.s0; sp-jIg ws''si.t
straiKhtS S. iU4G &,li.
y heat hrmer. spot SbA hid MAY 8l&aslA;
Sourhern wheat uy samp.e Na9l; co. on
grade 49,.
Corn steady; spot. March and April 2Sa281;
May *Sa8&2o2s: june 264 bid; July 294 a29b;
steamer hi >ed zUHa26%; southern white
corn 2S*; do. yellow g.
Oats firm; No. 2 white western 25a26; No.
mixed 2A a23.
Rye firIner; No. 2..near-by, Da40X; western
Al.
Hay quiet and steady: choice Timothy
9l3.5tsI l4.UU
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NEW YORK..

NEW YORK, March 20 Futures opened
barely steady: sales $500 bales
Futures closed steady: sales ~ 800 bales
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CHICAGO, March 20.
Opening. Closing.
WHEAT.

CaBh QuOtAtICns were as fOIIOWB: -,
Flour quiet. Wheat, No. Q spring 73xa74h y;
No. spring 73xa754: No. Q red S4h&s9h;
Corn, No. 2, "a. Oats, No. 2, 16xal64; No.
Rye, No. 2, 1914. Barley, No.2 nominal; No. .,
T o b 254@32; No. 4, 2tka25 Flax seed, NO, !,
78ha8lk. Prime Timothy seed $2.65a2 ~:
Mess pork per Dbl, So 75aSa0. Lard per lUO
lbs, &427kai.20. short rib sides Qoose) $i.o5a
495; dry salted shoulders boxed ~ a5;
short clear sides boxed 4Ha4H, Whlskey
distu'efe' finished goods per gallon SLIT.
NEW YORK.
NEW YoRK, March 20.-FlouF easier; cry
mill patents $4.S0a5.05; winter patents ~ ooa
4.85; do. clears $4.T0a4.S0 do. straights S4.zoa
ABB; Minnesota patents "a 2)a4 40: do W.ns se
extras &3.lbd93.55; Minnesota bakers $5'oa
400; winter low grades 81 a0a2to
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pexion is an all-round process, In which
care and expensive efforts fail IL some
Insignificant, undreamed of essential Is
sighted, Twenty-Five years ego, in the
renaissance Of toilet art, women took up
it's study with the belief that it was pIin-
cipally matter of daily baths and a clean
skin, this WAS great step toward the de-
sired end. hut not the only one. Girls
took cold tubs and hot scrubs, shower baths
and hoar-long full baths-feeiing vastly
letter for some of the experiments, bnt
they were still far from looking better
as they wished.
So they concluded that diet was the all
important thing; and girls and women hero
ieally left Off eating what their souls de
lighted In, candy, coffee, lnince pie, fruit
cake, fried potatoes and made dishes They
ateinstead huskybread, and porridge W hich
would be a prisoners $ punishment, and re-
called themselves on desserts of boiled rice
and baked apples But insipidity is not
virtuein the sight of the powers whichmake
women, ard the useless seif-denial did not
result in lucid tiroats and glowing cheeks.
Then it was asserted that fresh air was
tie indispensable and the girls walked,
walked, walked, hours each day in patient
tiulla ess for five or six months, still with
out finding beauty in their mirrors at the
close They felt better, it is true, but they
wanted the outward and visible sign OF
the inward well-being. Most OF these ar
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and in which each day seemed to bring
a fresh stock OF health and strength that
stayed with her through the year, as
the one last summer, when the whole
family Camped out in the most inexpensive
n.auEeI possible, and she, waited Jn by
her lawyer husband. did all the cooking.
To be sure, for years she had only di-
rcctnd these matters at home, but she had
"knack,' and, when need be, could al
ways perform with her hands what she
thought with her head.
There are healthfuI and available camp
ing grounds near our great cities, many of
which RAY be reached from the busiest
center in an houu- and may be bad b re-
sponSiSle parties for the asking. y little
searching will reveal high and dry places
where one may have d lovely view of
water, and yet he on the edge OF thickIy
wooded land all so quiet and peaceful
that one could fancy ones households the
cnly one within miles, and yet the farm
house, with its nominees aud ready help
in emergency may be seen around a GER
tain woody knoll, and is within call To be
far away for a while from everybody is
all very Well during bright sunny ,Iavs.
and in robust health, but at night or when
steady rain settles down, or at even the
thoughts of Illness Heighbors are invat-
liable.
For those contemplating camping out for
a week or two, fol the fiIst time, u hint
CT two gathered from actual experience
and recipes for the frying pan suitable fer
camp cookery viii not come amisS
In the first place the mistress OF cere-
monies must have a sort of basket trunk
on purpose to carry her pet cnoking
utensils and it must be filled, with the
fact in mind that on no account should
1t be Trusted to express wagon or bag
gage cal, but be as much a part of the
personal luggage and under the eye OF
its owner as her hand bag The camp
fire Is delight and rs often as practical
for cooking purposes as the most prosaic
range, but as it will not do 70 trust To
this. the hand oil stove should be E,sIllted
as one OF the must hayes,'' for even
when IL is not the principal. means for
cooking meal, 1t is an excellent supple
ment- Next in order are the cooking
utensils, which may be surprisingly few
d teakettle, of course, broad-bottomed and
os tim, large frying pan, but If Incon-
venient TO pack the needed long handle a
strong green stick may be spiiced on.
Pa- bTOiiing must be usually resorted 20.
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hair, and vice versa. Rene nher this when
you are advised to use preparations of olive
eil pr cocoa butter for the face.
It's TO be wished the business of special
toilet treatment might attract more worn-
en- of intelligence and good principle. We
an prefer to see women with the best com
plexions possible, but we distinctly prefer
tnat they should not submit themselves to
the hands of the Ignorant or half-taught
Toilet specializing pays well, and IT'S prof
its should attract Il better class OF pracu'
TONERS than many who ply the trade.
If you would Ike q little domestic art
to take the taste of all this oct Of your
mind, you can experiment with some
simple lotions which require just care
enough to be interesting. Wash care
fully two large lemons for you don't
know what dust is in their pores or what
hands they have gone through. Wash them
with q brush and cold water, and rinse
and wipe them before using for any pur
pose. Then cut them with silver knife
into thick slices without pairing, and boil
in filtered water in porcelain or stone
ware covered jar. Use two or three times
the water needed to cover the lemons, and
boil briskly for fifteen minutes. Without
unctlycring, leave it over night, strain
through linen OF cheesecioth, bring to a
boil three minutes, and use hot for face
wash, after bathing with warm water and
soan. The detection should be bottled and
ccrkeG, and cupful brought to the boiling
point every time it is wanted. Use hCt as
the face can bear, diluting with boiled fl
tered water if it is too strong. good
lotion should never make the face smart,
but soothe the skin.
This simple wash is antiseptic; it wh:tens
the skin and correctS huinors, beside s
having a tonic effect when left to dry on.
At night, sleep without washing it off;
during the day, sponge the face with it
balf dozen times, then leave it 10 dry,
and then wash in warm soapy water-or
rob with mild face pomade, not Of lard
or COCA butter. You should know that
the use Of cocoa butter by South American
women has much to do with the early
wrinkles and mustactes which too often
replace thu exquisite skin of girlhend.
One need not suffer to be beautiful we
have changed all that, but we must use
care.
But, my pretty neighbo,s, if you ask
specific for gaining that clsar complexion
which is the keynote Of beatty, the oracles
are dumb. The development of com
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AN ARTISTIC SCREEN.

The accompanying illustration shows a
very artistic screen and one easily made at
home, OF with panels to fit any frameonem may
buy. Soft pine wood panels of the desired
size are cut by carpenter and are then
covered by stretching velourS, denim or
any plain coloIaG, durable material tightly
across one side, tackled into place, and the
reverse side covered With any good lining
for The part of the screen not intended to
show.
The next step in the process is to cut
stiff brown paper panels the size of the
wooden ones, and on them dra W in charcoal
a simple outline, convent ional pattern.
If one is not original enough to do this
alone, ask some friend TO draw one, or
copy some good design from an art mag
aZipe. The center panel should be the
most prominent, while the side ones each
have the same design, reversed to suit the
branches of the screen and in its main fea-
lures harmoniZing with the center one
When this is done lay the paper on the
panel, tack it in place, and along each line
Of the pattern tack in gently upholstery
nails arranged carefully at equal dis
trbCts htS6 SitSUiu DG iHulCdOe1 Dy
pencil marks il one has not correct eye.
Several sizes Of nails may be used, but
only three show in the screen given here
The largest ones mark the main features
OF the outline and the smaller ones in-
dicate fine lines, or fill In between large
ones to give more solid effect, and each
fire line ends with large nail to accent
the various points in the design. When
this is done, the paper is torn out from
beneath the nails, consequently too tough
paper should not be used, and each nail
Is then carefully driven home with a
hammer until 1T sinks into the body OF
the material itself, giving a very rich
metallic effect for slight cost and a
little ingenuity This style of screen
is particularly well suited to dining rooms
or halls and may he made almost as effec-
tive without framework, using the plain
wooden panels hinged together after the
work on them is completed
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dent disciples of beauty soonfell ava from
their Spartan methods, and took 10 cold
cream and face powder and french rouge;
others went to the specialists and looked
pretty for awhile, but they did not stay
pretty. And In these days all women do
not feel Justified in spending the time and
money necessary to keep up a specialized
beauty. Suppose IMAM had TO pay fromSI
to So every time he was shaved.
The reasons for failure in attaining the
finest success are delicate aud apparently
difficult tC divine. Still, on going over the
ground carefully in detail, we are sure to
pick up the points overlook ked-some neg
lect of the subtle conditions which insure
good looks. The culture of beauty is
progressive art, like every other art, aud
yearly some new discovery overcomes the
causes which enervate and disfigure, and
adds to the stock of human vitality. W hat
was written on the subject as late as five
years ago needs TO be enlarged in scope
and filled out with the new intelligence.
Those who go furthest in the study fiud
that naIure is very kindin her healing and
renewing processes, and keeps a dozen
substitutes in reserve for relief and en-
bellishment where we fancy there is but
one
But as you want something practical,
here are two or three complexion hints
which Lave not found their way into print
before A Southern woman who has turned
the heads of more nlen than it is profitable
TO enumerate with her soft complexion,
lively eyes and wit an d clear brains owes
not little of these attractions to an old
fashioned medicine brought from Virgfn!an
domestic practice. Every spring she orders
quantity OF the finest russell cider, which
is her morning and nightly tTaught, TAX
ing a wine glassful, with teaspoonrul
OF Rochelle salts dissolved in it, at dose
Neither Vichy nor Marienbad clear the
blood any more effectively than this home
Iy specific.
The next recipe rs as simple and search
ing. woman who dotes on the fine COM
plexion OF her girls has a standing order for
new maple syrup, served hot by the saucer
ful for breakfast, eaten with stale home
made wheat bread, made light and delicate
by steaming Just as it is wanted. Very
few people know how delicate bread il
when steamed, or how perfectly it suits
digestion, and fewer yet know the virtues
OF hot, new maple syrup as spring med
feine, kind to the complexion and very easy
TO take I fancy that hotels and restau-
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THREE DELICIOUS RECIPES.

Peach fritters-eaSily male and delicious
enough to melt in the mouth-ara fntters
made either with fresh or canned fruit.
Lay the halves OF tender, ripe peaches OF.
flat dish, sprinkle with sugar and a
glass of sherry. and let stand for an hour.
turning once. Dip each piece separately
IN batter ami Ciok 70 a EoIfen brown In
deep, boiling fat The batter shogII be
mixed several hours before it is needed
1t is made hy sJirr.a- osrs-haR cup OF Geld
water into the ws.,-beatensd yoIks Of tvvo
eggs, add 60 this .-aduaHy an even eupr,1
OF sifted flour aad a tables pooafuI of
olive oil Beat vigorously for three min
uteS- Just before using add pinch OF salt
ana the whites OF the Eggs beaten 50 =
STIFF froth.
Ripe tart apples are excellent peeled
cut in thin slices and treated in the same
way. Serve with powdered sugar.
Fruit Popoyers tvery g0otD-Beat until
creamy Oue-haIf cup OF sugar and large
tablespoon CT butter, then aud the beaten
yoiks of two eggs and one-haIf cup of nil =;
into this stir cup OF chopped figs, apples,
stoned raisins, or dried cherries tthe latter
must be soaked over night and tlraiEeeyl
AT the last beat in enough flour To make
a soft dough tabout cupfuD Sifted with a
teaspo1nfUl OF baking powder and the
stiffened whites of the eggs. Steam for
an hour In buttered cups, three parts fun,
or bake half an hour. Eat with hard
sauce.
blackberry FlGmmery-SiGlmer together
pint of IiPe biackberries and a pint OF
water, dn not stir, the berries should bs.
! tender in ten minutes or less, then four
sfant tablespoons of coFnstareh, n.ixe,i
with little cold water. is to tie carefully
stirred in When thick cook for two
minutes, stirring carefully not to break
the fruit. remove: add half cup of sugar.
and when cool enough pour into q glass
dish Eaten hey cold, with sugar and
cream, this Is one OF the most refreshing
desserts possible for warm Weather.
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rants would find it attractive to add such
Il simple matter as steamed bread and hot
syrup 10 their fare These homebke
thiLgs are very acceptable in varying the
nonotouy of public tables.
Another mother ordains steamed whole
meal bread, with the best New Orleans
syrup, clarified and reboiled almost to
candy. eaten hot for breakfast and lunch.
The syrup IS Favored with ginger or sboeo-
late, as preferred, and il takes the place
of caramels with the young folks, who
fave not only marvellous compilations,
but a growth of hair and eyelashes very
taking % see. Every woman has her wool
TO spin. says Browning; andits rests mainly
with aerself whether il spins a fine, even
and purple thread, or a coarse strand for
clowns wearing. SHIRLEY DARE
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HOME ART FOR PRETTY FACES.
How to Enhance beauty by Safe
Methods.

How to Enhance beauty by Safe
Methods.
New York, July 16.-My pretty neigh
Dor is not aware that bi-chloride OF mer-
curry is the staple toilet lotion now before
the public, who are assured that though
IL is not good to leave around where chill
dren can reach it, still it is perfectly safe
for toilet use. Bi-ehloride lotion rubbed on
a scratch on the arm has been known 10
produce boils, and many a woman who
reads may learn the cause of her inflamed
and pimply face lies In her toilet bottle.
All face washes having grayish or dark
sediment contain this bi-chloride, SO risky
Id the one OIL two per Cent solution sed as
aBtiseptic i'll surgical cases that 1t Is the
constant effort Of surgeons to find a sub
stitute aus effective but less dangerous.
There is no necessity for making 1t the
specific for the complexion, when dozen
other drugs answer better. Possibly 1t re-
quifes more skill to name the one most suit
atIe for particular eases.
A question frequently asked by women
is. what makes the bangs turn gray 50
early when the rest OF the hair keeps its
color? One reason, undoubtedly, is the
use OF bi chloride lotions, W hich affect
the nerves reaching the roots OF this hair.
: What is good for the efaceis not good for the
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statues gazing at what we can neither
fathora nor comprehend"
On the 2Sth OF October, 1918, the end
came gently, as comes the close OF q quiet
summer day. vast concourse OF people
assembled to honor her memory. The pas
tor OF her church offered prayer an1 the
president of Harvard College delivered a
fitting address. As his words were brought
to close, and'h he decl5 ID that she WAS
fitted for better happiness than this
world can give the people who had as
senbled TO honor Abigail Adams because
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CAMPING OUT.

How TO Rest in Camp and Cook for
the Family.
Indolent people lose a great deal OF
pleasure because they fear they are
going to be $50 tired if they undertake
anything in the way OF recreation that
has any labor attached thereto. The
writer has the word of mother with
five children and all the cares of house
keeping at home that she has never spent
fortnight so full of rest and real pleasure,
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she had been the wife of one President
and the mother Of another turned slowly
away. realizing that it was meet that
she should be horored most OF all for what
she herself had been and done.