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Evening star., 1897-03-08
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The following are the opening, the highest
and the lowest and the closing prices of the
New York stock market today. reported
by Corson Mccartney. members New
York stock exchange. Correspondents.
Messrs Moore & Schiey. No. 50 Broadway.
Evening star., 1897-03-08
Big California Hotel Burned.

PINOLE, Cal, March S.-The big hotel
at Rodeo was burned to the ground last
night. 1t was uncccupied and cost $J00OO
a few years ago. when the stockyards at
Rodeo We're started.
Evening star., 1897-03-08
NaYal Movements.

The Monocacy has left Tientsin for Chez
foo. The Marblehead is on her way to
Pensacola from Apalachicola. The New
York and Indiana have arrived at Tomp-
kinsville. N. Y. and the Katahdin has left
there for Fort Monroe.
Evening star., 1897-03-08
Ocean Steamship. Arrived.

QUEENSTOWN. March S.-Arrived: Pa
vonia. Boston for Liverpool.
MOVILI.E. March 8-Arrlved: Monro-
liam. Portland. via Halifax. for Liverpool.
NEW YORK. March G-Arrived: OIden-
burg, Bremen; Norwegian, Glasgow.
Evening star., 1897-03-08
Gen. Masee Dangerously Ill,

ELMIRA, n. Y, March S.-A cablegram
received here from Paris says that Gen.
George Magee. president of the Fall Brook
railway is dangerously i'll. His son, Col
John Magee, will sail for Paris Wednes-
day.
Evening star., 1897-03-08
Government Reoeipt..

National bank notes received today for
redemption. 1901. $50. Government receipts:
From internal revenue. 717.479; customs,
e4S1 ,3S2; miscellaneous, $S7,O31.
Evening star., 1897-03-08
For Divorce.

VIM. T. Newton today applied for divorce
from Olivia w. Newton. the papers in the
case being withheld from publication.
Evening star., 1897-03-08
In the Near Future,

From the Philadelphia Press.
Customer-"Have you Scribler's maga-
zine for this month";
Newsdealer-"Yes, madam. And won't
you have a copy Of next months too?
They're both out today.
Evening star., 1897-03-08
Government Honda.
Quotations reported by Corson & Macar.-
Grnin mud Cotton Markets.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs e. Co. bankers
and brokers. 14.1 r ST, members New York
stock exchange, corr espondents Messrs.
Ladenburg. Thalmann q Co. New York.
Evening star., 1897-03-08

An American Singer HOnOred.
PARIS. March S.-Marie Van Zandt, the
American opera singer, has been nomi-
mated by the government an officer of
the French Academy.
Evening star., 1897-03-08
She Saw One.



Old Soak-"Delirium tremens dates back
to the beginning of the world
Jaggs-"How do you make that oit?"
Old Scak-"Eve saw snakes, didn't she?''
Evening star., 1897-03-08

John W. Murphy. late receiver Of taxes
Of Burlington. N. J., who pleaded guilty,
to the endorsement of city funds, has
been sentenced to two yearS Imprisonment
at hard labor In the stste prison.
Evening star., 1897-03-08

Baltimore Markets.
BALTIMORE Nd, March R-Flour dull. un-
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
MARY sTUART's PITCHER.

10 her home in the east but II has
been in the Holman family, Mrs. Dabb's
ancestors, since the sixteenth century.
The Holmans IRE descendants of the
Plantagenets--the line of kings that
succeeded the Normans-and during
the middle ages the Holmans were quite
an illustrious house. Among some old
family papers which are still in ex-
igtence is one referring TO the tea set
of which this pitcher was part. This
says that the tea set was bought from
"a certain Mistress Kennedy" and that
i. had formerly belonged to her miss
tress, the queen Of Scots. Mrs. Ken-
nedy, IL will be remembered, was the
Queens faithful servant.
On the night preceding her execution
the queen, surrounded by her weeping
servants, supped in her apartments at
Fothcringay castle. "She supped SPAR
ibgly and soberly, as her manner was"
says one historian. When she saw her
servants weeping she cheered them and
then assigned TO each that portion OF
her personal belongings she wished
each to have.
After this little feast was over and
on the following day this pitcher, which
Is now in Chicago, with the other things
that were not given away, was doubt
less turned over to Mrs. Kennedy and
faithful old Melvil, for letter from
one of the officials connected with the
execution says that this disposition
was made of all the dead queens eff
fects except her papers.
Through all vicissitudes the Holmana
chung to this memorable set OF dishes,
hut in the course of centuries some have
been broken, others lost, until the little
blue-and-white pitcher that Mrs. Dabb
cherishes so fondly is the sole survivor
of its historic family.-Chicogo News.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
FRAGRANT PILLOWS.
They Bring to Mind Most Gratefully tho
Charms of Woodland.

They Bring to Mind Most Gratefully tho
Charms of Woodland.
Almost everyone is familiar with the
fragrant pillows of balsam spruce,
which came into use few years ago.
They were so agreeable and possessed
OF. such soothing powers that fashions
whims cannot drive them out of use.
Lavender linen has always been cred-
tied with the gift of inducing sweet
dreams. Now lounge pillows are per-
fumed in this way. There is also pill
low stuffed with rose petals and one OF
millsweed down, more fairylike in it's
softness than the down of the famed
eiderduck. One of the most delight
full fragrant pillows is one filled with
the dried leaves of the sweetfern. The
leaves should be thoroughly dried and
arranged as sachet at the back Of
down pillow or between two layers OF
down. No pillow brings to mind more
gratefully the balmy fragrance Of
woodland.
A useful pillow, valuable in the sick
room, is small pillow Of seasand.
Gather as much clean white seasand as
you will need for the purpose. Fill a
soft flannel bag about IL inches square
with this sand. 1t is good plan to-
have second cover over the bag, so ID
can be removed and washed occasional
ly. In case of earaches and various ills
requiring hot bag heat this bag Of
sand. 1t clings to the curves of the face
or form and is more flexible and agree.
able than the familiar bag Of hot water.
1t also retains the heat much longer
N. Y. Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
UnIucky to Find Gold.

In the gold mining districts Of this
country there is superstition that the
discoveries of great mines always come
to violent ends. 1t is said the belief is
founded on the fact that the finders OF
40 of the richest mines in the world
have died in this way, 10 being
shot, three ingulfed in their mines and
the rest unaccountably disappearing.
George II. Fryer, Of the FryeDlIill mine,
committed suicide. Two years before
his death he was worth a million, yet
the authorities buried him. The dis,
coverer Of the Standard mine in Cali
fornia was killed in an avalanche;
Col. Storey was killed by the In.
dians; William Fairweather of the AL.
der Gulch mines came to his death
through riotous living. The owner OF
the Homestake mine turned highway.
man. He was shot dead. John Horner,
of the Horner mine, finding himself
perniless, shot himself. "Doughnut
Bill" "Old Eureka" and "Mnemile
Clarke" were killed in barroom rows
and Montana Plummer, who found ore
of the richest mines in the world, died
on the gallows. "Dutch William" the
discoverer of gold in Cariboo, B. G..
after whom the famous William crecl,
was named, died pauper, and Mar.
shall, the discoyerer of gold in Califor-
MIA, was pensioner on the state some
time before his death.--San Francisco
Chroniclc
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
SET FIRE TO A BEAR.
Tom Clark Was freed and His Onl,
Weapon Was Kerosene.


Tom Clark, n well-known northern
Pennsylvania hunter, tells the following
experience that befell him recently
when hunting near Willamsport: My
horse was well loaded with -four, bacon
and other stuff for my hunting cabin,
and had my rifle lying across the flour
sack in front of me. Out of the brush
into our path walked great, big
bear.
'My horse gave q snort and wheeled,
and tried to throw me into the brush us
he departed from the trail. l had no
revolver, and my rifle was travelling
down the mountain.
my knowledge of bears was limited,
and ut that particular time was not
anxious for new acquisition in that line.
The bear seemed to regard me with u
friendly eye, for he boldly. adyanced,
while made for tree. The bear want
ed to keep me company, for he got to the
foot of the tree by the time had gained
limb about six feet from the ground.
The tree was just about small enough
for him to climb, and he tried his claws
on the bark as high as he could reach.
was in bad fix, and no way to help
myself.
81 had no knife, but luck and happy
thought helped me. had canteen Of
kerosene suspended around my neck,
which thought would make his eyes
smart. The oil had no effect, for the
brlte continued to look at me, and
seemed to grin.
"Thcn another idea occurred to me.
had fresh box of matches, and IL
I could set fire to the oil that poured
over the bears head the battle was won.
I made several attempts to drop burn.
ing matches on the oily head of the bear,
but the lucifers either went out OF
missed the mark.
II had no paper, but managed to
tear piece of lining out of my vest,
and, getting limb almost three feet
long, fastened the rag to it, set fire to
the rag, and with more satisfaction
than ever did anything else lowered
the turning rag az VIC Gnu VI the SUCK,
until within about three feet OF the
bears oil-soaked head, and let it drop.
"The oil instantly took fire. The
animal was surprised beyond the limit
of any bears imagination. One howl
of pain, then up went the paws to rub
the burning head, to get burned for
their trouble, followed by another howl;
then down with the nose into the dirt.
but no relief, when, with terrific howl,
the bear made rush through the
brush, up the mountain, out of sight
Special Cor. Philadelphia Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
NEW YORK RARE BEAUTIES.
Nothing In the Old World to Match tins
efa Charm OF the City. tlifG


ela Charm of the City. tfGf
do not think that, as a class, New
Workers. have taken a just pride In their
city in the past, and ! am sure they have
thereby lost something well worth hav.
ing. Perhaps, in measure, this fail
ure can be laid at the door of the official
corruption that has disgraced It; per-
haps in even larger sense the failure
is to blame for the corruption. Let that
pass. have seen some of the worlds
great cities, some OF them famed for
their beauty, and this know, that 1
have come back each time more inn
pressed with the conviction that there
is none of them that can compare with
New York in point of natural advan-
tages and real attractiveness.
When, two OF three years ago, had
returned from summer spent in north
ern Europe used to go every day for 4
month from my Office in Mulberry
street over to the coriier of Broadway
and Houston street, on purpose to look
up and down Broadway, and get the
view of that royal thoroughfare, 20
Grace church on the north, with every
detail of its beautiful gray spire stand
ing forth clear and distinct in the
sparkling October air, and south two
full miles to the tall buildings about
Rowling Green. did not tire Of admir-
Ing the brilliancy of the atmosphere,
which seemed little less than revela.
ton after the heavy sultriness Of Lon
don's streets, or Hamburgs, or Copen-
hagen's.
have never seen such sunsets on sea
or land us are to be had any fine sum-
mer evening from the rear end of an
East river ferry boat, with the towers
and roofs of the city, clear in outline
and color, without the smudge of Chi
cago or London or Cincinnati, against
background of orange and pink and
purple, blending in warm and changing
tints as the sun sinks deeper behind the
Palisades. And where is there view
like that of our matchless harbor, sail.
ing up through the Narrows on a bright
morning? The vaunted waterways OF
foreign ports become tame beside this
majestic stream, in which the navles OF
the world might lie at anchor, with ell
bow room and to spare. The picture
is not without its reverse, OF course
where is one that has none?-and II
may be that in our new eagerness to
render 1t tolerable we have not given
ourselves time sufficiently to admire
that which is really admirable. If so,
we have at least the knowledge to CON-
fort us that the effort has borne fruit
The Better New York is already cred
table and gratifying iact.--Jacob A.
| Riis, in Century.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
WOMAN AND HOME.
BUREAU DRAWERS.
Tho Tidy Woman OF To-Day Lines The
with Dainty Sachcts.

Tho Tidy Woman OF To-Day Lines Them
with Dainty sachcts.
The chest Of drawers is compare
lively modern piece of furniture. 1t IS
not likely that the Romans or any of
cur early English ancestors had any
such piece of furniture. As this name
implies, the bureau was of French ORR
gin, and made to hold the fipperies OF
fashion more common in frivolous
France. The English piece of furniture
was usually simply chest of drawers.
Those handed down from colonial times
were usually of cherry or oak, without
mirror. Some of those in use in the
eighteenth century
"Contrived n double debt to pay,
A bed by night, chest of drawers by day."
A plain high bureau, without n mir
for on top, is very useful piece of fur
niture, and one that is very popular
now under the name of chiffonier, or.
in plain English, n receptacle for rags.
Any refined woman of the present day
would resent such an imputation on her
neatness. Everyone understands, or
should understand, that bureau
drawers are for the reception Of neatly
mended whole clothes, properly folded,
not for the concealment of untidy rags.
The name OF the old bureau is an impu-
tation on the good housekeeping
of good old times" The tidy
woman OF modern times lines
her bureau with dainty sachets.
These may be made of mex
pensive cheesecloth and perfumed with
lavender buds or violet sachet powder.
An inexpensive powder is made of one
half French violet sachet and one half
orris. Lavender buds may be pur.
chased in the city streets near the great
markets in the autumn or at the drug
stores. Sufficient lavender to perfume
the pads of five or six bureau drawers
may be purchased for 25 cents.
Sprinkle the sachet powder or lavender
between two layers OF cotton wadding,
and cover II with cheesecloth tackled
down with daintily colored worsted
md buttonhole stitch on the edge
like n comfortable.-N. Y. Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
cABINET For BICYCLE.

and on each side of the mirror back.
All the ordinary requirements OF the
entrance hall are supplied, but natural
ly the interior required good deal
Of skillful arrangement to afford the
greatest amount of accommodation
with the least possible space. The flap
in the cabinet above the opening doors
is hinged, to throw back, so that the
bicycle can 60 in without any altera-
ton of the handle bars. Then the floor
is fitted with grooves and draws out
altogether, to be used as "home train
er," while in its proper place in the
cabinet it serves TO keep the bicycle in
position. There is plenty OF room in
side for all the bicycle belongings, as
well as the cleaning apparatus. The
style of the cabinet can be altered to
agree with other furniture, If strict
accordance be insisted upon.--Chicago
Chronicle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
PIrH AND POINT.

--Dobby-"Ma, you said that Iwaaht
10 eat that piece Of cake in the pantry
because ii would makeme sick" Moth
er--"Yes, Bobby" Bobby convincing
ly)-"But, ma, it hasn't made me sick"
Answers.
---Bacon-"Did you know there wers
over 735,013,550,6OO different whist
hands in pack of cards?" Egbcrt---
Eyes; my wife tells me about each one
nearly every time we play."-Yonkera
Statesman.
she-"Dear me. Why don't they
teach choruses to sing intclligibly? 1t
is so aggrayating to be unable to dis
tinguish the words" Hc-"You don't
know your luck. have read the libsct-
to."-Indianapolis Journal.
Harry, before we were married,
you begged me to go hand in hand with
you down life's pathway" $50 did"
sand now you get mad when ask You
where you go without me five nights in
the week. "-Chicago Record.
- not-SltSS iusociiSti. Nhut yOu
need is n warmer climate, Mr.. Grum-
pey," said the doctor in his most per-
suasive tone. Il guess you'll get me
there all right enough" was the UNI
gracious response.-Detroit Free Press.
Mr.. B. Reeder-"Tm told you'd like
to purchase stylish riding horse, Miss
Standish. Now have green hunter
I'd like to show YOU" Miss Standish--
"Oh, that would be lovely! He'd go so
well with my new billiard-cloth habit"
-Harper's Bazaar.
.-'If you want to be liked in a news
paper Office" said the man at the desk,
"you must be careful to write only on
one side of the paper" The youth with
bunch of manuscript looked at him
suspiciously and exclaimed: mo, you
don't! Imay look young, but / can see
through some things. You want me to
write my poetry on one side of the paper
so that you can turn it over and use the
other side for your long-winded articles
ebout finance. I'm not so foolish
Washington Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
CLEANING FURNITURE.
Eaplltha Must BIC Literally Poured On to
Be Effective.

EHpiltna MuSt DO LttcTiiiy Io"ou Oh w
BE Effective.
One reason why people. fail in clean
ing furniture coverings is that they
are too economical in the use Of
naphtha. 1t must be literally poured
on TO be effective. Standing in the
breeze it will evaporatc very quickly,
and will destroy every yestige of moths.
If the articles are to be left in the
house they may be wrapped in sheets
tightly pinned around them. This
keeps a certain amount of the odor in
furniture for a long time, and renders
1t doubly safe.
1t cannot be too strongly emphasized
that no light Of any kind must be taken
into the rooms while the naphtha-
cleaned articles, recently finished, are
there. The inflammable nature Of
naphtha vapor makes ii exceedingly
dangerous when brought near a fame.
Cushions, carpets and wool drapcries
may safely be cleaned in this way, and
all that is necessary Is to throw all
draperies over line in the yard, open
the windows, remove the wrapping
from the furniture. and let the breeze
have full sweep though the room for
day or two. Then there will be no
offensive smell, and the furniture may
be used with perfect safety so far as
danger from fire is concerned. Carpet
and Upholstery Trade Review.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29


tory. Intoxicated with his success, he
boldly cut loose from the Louisiana
company and set up a government of his
own. This was in the year 1714, and
It was the very first attempt to establish
nm independent government ever made
on the North American continent.
1t was curious kind Of a govern
ment. st. Denis was at the head Of 1t
under the modest title Of governor, and
by the provisions of the constitution,
which he drafted himself, he possessed
in his limited realm just about as much
power as the autocrat of all the Russias
Leaving trusted subaltern in com
mand, ST. Denis set out for the City Of
Mexico on mission that has never
been thoroughly understood. He either
hoped through his shrewd powers Of
diplomacy to get the Spanish viceroy
10 recognize his government or, failing
IN this, be exna&ted 10 tnrnevmythins
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
caro- Of Bamboo rurniture.

The pretty and inexpensive bamboo
furniture, SO much used now, requires
to be treated differently from the ordi-
nary wooden furniture. AS bamboo is
liable to crack and come apart, it must
be fed so as to counterfeit the Ill effects
of dryness in the room. The furniture
should be exposed to the air whenever
possible. Do no place too near fire,
and it should be rubbed regularly with
equal parts Of linseed oil and turpen-
tine applied with a flannel and them
rubbed inwitha soft cloth. An occasions
al wash in cold water, followed by q.
thorough drying, is good for bamboo
furniture.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
AN HISTORIC PITCHER.
Once Upon n limo 1t belonged to the I'll
Starred Mary Stuart.

Securely locked behind glass doors
and standing among lot of cups and
s.ucers of the modern pink-tea variety
there is in the apartments of Mrs.
Dabb, of the Leland hotel, at Chicago,
u cream pitcher that figured in the
historic supper which Mary Queen of
Scots took the night before her ex-
ccution.
This pitcher, now more than 300 years
old and originally owned by the Ill
fated Mary Stuart, In spite Of its ancient
name and fame, is a. very unpretcntious-
looking affair. II is OF thin, white
china. on which is traced very I'M
obtrusive design in blue and gold, and
does not look unlike the dclftware pop.
ular so or 60 years ago.
Mrs. Dabb has had the pitcher but
n short time, having received 1t from her
grandmother while on recent visit
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
CABINET FOR BICYCLE.
II Assumes tho Form OF Hall Table and
Hat Stand.

IL Assumes the form OF Hall Table and
Hat Stand.
Nowadays,when bicycles have become
q part and parcel of our household be-
longings, the difficulty of disposing of
them in town houses becomes quite n
serious matter. They are not tidy
addition to lobby, and yet they must
stand somewhere, so many people are
reduced to leaving them at one of the
wheeling clubs for want of proper
place at home.
An ingenious English woman has de-
signed cabinet for the bicycle in the
form of hall table and hatstand. This
cabinet can be made of any wood and
finished to suit any style Of color. The
surkcn panels are filled in with jap
Gnese leather paper, both in the doors
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
Uasp,s Sense of Humor.

"Hullo, what are you smiling abous
win anything?"
"Not a cent. That isn't it. l was out
to my country house to-day and going
up in the attic to see If the windows
were all closed, I noticed my wife's BIZ
cycle boomers hanging on nail. And
what do you think? A colony of wasps
had made nest in them! That's right.
And when l laughed they chased me
downstairs. Say, what kind of low
spirited creature is wasp, anyhow%
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
mixing Ingredients for Pastry,

In making pastry do not use tho
hands, as the heat Of the hands would
melt the butter and lard, and the cooler
.they can be kept the better. DO not
fink the shortening too thoroughly; It
should still be in rather large lamps
when turned out on the board for roll
ing. The less handling the paste re-
ceives the aakiey II win 30 wb~p AZ,
ished
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29

Hollow many voices are there in
that choir at your church?
She--About seven.
"Why, had an impression that 1t had
40 oil 70 members"
$50 It has, but you asked me low
many voices, -Iit'Rits,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
His Saving Grace,

i am not without my good points,
said the tramp.
What are they, ! should like to
know" asked the gruff citizen.
swell, for instance" replied Meander-
ing Mickey, II am the original piece OF
labor-saying machinery."--Pittsburgh
Chropicle-Telegraph,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29
Aerial pensltx and Expansiou.

Locke, the philosopher, said: IF a
well could be dug to the depth Of 40
miles, the density OF the air al the bot
tom would be as great as that of quick
silver. BY the same law n cubic inch
OF air taken 1000 miles above the earth's
surface would expand sufficiently to
fiji space not less than 2,0oO,000,0o
miles in diameterl"--chicago Inter
Ocean,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-01-29

II read of a man last spring " no was
hypnotized and buried for several
days"
Il don't doubt 1t. Some men win do
almost anything to get out Of house
cleaning,'--N. X, Truth