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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-28
Domestic n arkers.
By TeIepraphl

NEW IChh-1u0 flour market - Iec6lptS
Is. 100 bbls; sales 1, 500 PACKAGES the market
is dull.
Flour quotations-clry mills patents at cog
25: winter patents 4 6b@4 SO: city mill clears
1894 80; winter straits 25@4 40; minnesota
patents 4 25a4 So: winter extras 60@3 10;
Minnesota bakers at 45@8 80; winter low
grades al 2 6092 60
2 6OG2 rs.
Wheat-receipts 100, $50 bush: sales ESQ,
900 bush: opened firm: closed lower; May;
Ry quiet No 2 Western SIC
Corn-receipts 1926 bush :sales $4,000 bu;
inactive: May-c: July &C; Sept 3oss @3o1s.
May =: track white July 2lNc.
Beef easy: family 5onl0 so; extra mess at
7@SS.
Pork market quiet: mess s 1890 90; family
at b0@1O 90; short clear 25G10 hO.
Lard quiet; prime Western steam s6@ 90.
butter-recelpts S.o37 packags; steady: State
dairy at 1o@141ac: do cream 11@l5c; Yves
tern cream 91a@12c; Elglns 1513c; factory71a
G1o1a INIT crm 1O4121ac.
Cheese-receipts 3.402 pkgs: quiet; state
large at s5s@sAc; small at 10c; part skins
5G71a.
Eggs IT Alp packgs; dull: State and Penn at
IL &c: Western lie. ss
c Sugar-raw is firm; fair refining at pa G;
Centrifugal96 test at 3A; refined firm; CRUSH
ed at sac; Powdered at 4Mc; Granulated at
Petroleum dull.
Coffee quiet; No at 7ssc.
d,
Molasses quiet; New Orleans 2322Sc s.
Rice quiet; domestic u @6c. 80
Freights dull.
. Rosin quiet.
Tall0w quiet.
CHICAGO-Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour easy; winter wheat patents at 4 cog
4 70; straits 4O14 so; spring specials cog
Spring patents 0O04 so.
Wheat-No2 spring 7OA @71A; No do at
6Sksc: No 3 Red at 8511(a86c. Corn-No2 at
23Mc. Oats-No at 171ac; No 2 white o b
21ha@21A: No white f o b at 191Aa2l Ac.
No Rye at SAC. No Barley nominal. No
Flaxseed at 761a@771ac. Prime Timothy seed
at 10. Mess pork o0gS o. Lard at 3 55;
short RIB sides 30@4 80. Dry sailed meats
4ssc.
Butter is firm: crm at 11a144ac; dairy at Ia
l2c. Cheese sweak at 7G7S4c. Eggs easier:
fresh &c.
nece,pts-Flopr. 5000 hbls: wheat 1000
rye 1000 bush barley. 25,ooo Dnsh-
ShipmenLs-Flour 6C00 sbs. wheat $1,000
bush: corn. $4,000 bush: oaIs 24s. 900 bush ;
rye CO. 1000 bush: barley 1000 bush.
ST. LOUIS-Flour sdull, weaker, unchanged
Wheat-s OF dull and lower; No2 cash eIev at
SAC bid; track at So Sec; July at 71ss@71h;
Corn-spot firmer; No cash 22hc bid; July
at 21s4 @2l rs Sept 23ss bid.
Oats Gull, lower-No2 cash zoe asked July at
.Cloverseed-prime cash =.
DETROIT-Wheat-No White s3c nominal.
No at Red at S3c; July 1914.
Corn-No 3 mixed 26c.
Oats-No white "a.
Rye-No 2. at 3oc.
TOLEDO-Wheat active, weak-No cash
and May 81; July 721s: Sept
Corn-No Mixed FAC.
Oats dull, stead,-No Mixed.at 10.
Rye-N Q at sec.
CINCINNATI-Flour easy, lower.
Wheat lower-No 2 Red $50
Corn Steady-NO mixed csc. s
Oats No mixed &c.
Lard 3 As.
July Toe; Sept 62ss @62s4c; NO hard 721ac;
No northern 71Nc.
MILWAUKEE-Whe weak-No Spring
72Ao; No 2 Northern 7611c; July 691sc.
Corn-No 2 at FAC.
OalS-No Whlte 21G21Ac.
DULUTH-Wheat-No hard 73ssc; May
73ssc; No Northern 72B; Sept at 667s bid;
No Northern 7OA.
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European Markets.

LONDON. May IT, 18s7.-Consels closed at
i13 TIC for money and 113 7-16for account. Z,
LIVERPOOL, May u. 1sS7.-Cotton market
unchanged, American middling at 41s sales
5000 bales, including 500 bales for speculation
eXport.
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RAILROADS.
Boston & Maine n. r.
In Effect October 4. 1896.


WESTERN DIVISION.
Trains leave Portland, Union Station, for
2, Scarboro Crossing, 1000 a. M, 5,15, 6.2o p.
~. scarboro beach, Pine Point, 100, 1000
s 8 H. 5,So, 5.l6, 6.20 2. m; Old Orchard,
S.So, b.I6, 6.20p. m. Kennebunk, TOO, $40
a; M. 12.45, $50, Bib, $50 p. M; Wells
Beach, 700, $40 a. M, $50, BIO p. M;
$50, 5.15 p. m,; Kennebunkport, somers-
worth, Dover, 700, $40 a, M, 1916, $50,
Q. 10 p. M. Rochester, Pennington, Alton
Bay, 8; 40 q, M, 12.45, sSop, M, oLakeport,
Wolfboro, $3.50 p. m.; Worcester, tvia SOM
ellsworth and Rochester,, 700 a. M; Man
chester, Concord, 100 a. NJ, $50 p. M;
renee, Lowell, z 90, $40 a. M, 12.45. $50
p. M; Exeter, Boston, u. 90, Il 90, 40 q.
m, $l2.45, $50 p m; Arr w IN Boston, 1925,
ton for Portland, 7,3o, $50 a. H., LOO, 4.15
p. m.
For Boston, express, <.o5, a. m. Boston
and way stations, 1855, 4.3O p. m. Arrive in
Boston 7 20 a. M, b.26, SAB p. m. Boston for
Portland, 3.46 Q. m.
EASTERN DIVISION.
From Union Station for Saco, Conw ay juno
rion, Wo1fboro. 900 a. M; Biddeford,
Portsmouth, A,nesbury, Newburyport, sa,
1900 p. m. Arrive in Boston, 5.58 a. M, IL. 81,
Ais, 9.2Op. m. Leave Boston, for Portland,
80, 800 a. M. 1890, TOO. 745 p. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
For Biddeford, Partsmouth, Newbury-
port, Salem, Lynn, Boston, 200 a. M, LOO
p m. Arrive in Boston, 5.58 a. M, 4.15p D, M.
Leave Boston for Portland, 1900 a. NJ, TOO
p. IN. rkstqs tf'
tDoes not run Mondays.
tConnects with Rail Lines for New York,
South and West.
SConlects with Sound Lines for New York.
*Western Division from No. Berwick Sundays
only.
Through tickets to all points in Florida, the
South and West, for sale at Ticket Office, Union
Station.
D. J. FLANDERS. G. P. ct. A.. Boston.
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Portland wha,esale Marks

PUKTLAND. May. II,
Flour continues dull, weak and in buyers ia
vor. Wheat to-day opened firm on covering, but
later weakened nder fine crop news and lower
cables. Tho Western speculative markets were
lower for Wheat and Corn, while Oats steadily
held. Refined Sugars unchanged with firm
feeling. Potatoes firm at zoe.
Thelolfowlng areso DAYS wholesale prices Of
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Quotations Of STAPLE Products in the
Leading Markets


New York Stock ana Money Market.
(By Telegraph,
NEW YORK, May 81.
Money on call easy lA@l1a: primo mer-
camille paper at 31sa GA per cent. Sterling Ex-
change was weak, with actual business In
bankers bills at S6sa "a 81 Tor demand. lana
485sa "a sc Tor 6o-day bills; posted rates at
s61a@ 8s1a: CONNER, ial bills IS. h
Government Bronds strong.
State bonds are dull.
Railroad bonds firm.
Bar Silver 90.
Mexican dollars 47N.
The aggregate sales of stocks to-day were
Sl,239, 900.
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CANADA.

Boston to Liverpool via Queenstown:
Saturday, May Goth, at 8 "A. m.
Satu day, July Sd, at IL m.
Saturday, Aug. 18th, at $50 p. m.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
First Cabin. $52. 90 and upwards. Return
500 and upwards according to Steamer and
accommodations.
Second Cabin. To Liverpool, London, Lon
donderry and Queenstown, $34 to $40 90.
Return, $66.75 30 SIC, according to Steamer
and accommodations.
Steerage. To Liverpool London. London
derry, Glasgow, Queenstown and Belfast,
$22. 30 to 49, according to Steamer.
Apply to j.. B. Heating. 81 liz Exchange
street, T. P. MCGOWAN, AIS Congress street, j.
w. Peterson, Exchange street, or David Tor
rance s. Co., general agents, Montreal
dee4 diff
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Railroad EeceiuJs.

PORTLAND. May 81.
Receipts by Maine Central r. R.-For Port
and. 1873 cars miscellaneous merchandise; for
connecting roads 122 cars.
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Retail Grecers sugar Rates.
Portland market-cut loaf z; confectioners at
81; pUlyerised Sc; powered, 7c; granulated
D.; GoIfee crushed 41ac; yellow A..
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MARINE NEWS
PORT OF PORTLAND.
THURSDAY, May 81.

THURSDAY. May 81.
Arrived.
n Steamer State of Maine. Colby, Boston, ior
Hastpoft and st John, NIB.
boro, NIB.
S gen E Railroad. Simmons. Friendship.
Sch Sch Ietn NNy,man, Rich, Prospect Harbor.
gen gen Ly y M Webster. Hooper, Port Clyde.
Scn = Norris, Simmons Friendship.
Bath. VIII Wv iAo0"' -
T zen o Eva Martin, Martin. Digby. Ms. with
Cleared.
B Coye. ee'
s Steamer Salacia; Oliver, Boothbay Harbor and
Wiscasset-Chas II Lewis
East Boothbay.
Sch Rosa Mueller, Littlejohn. somes Sound
and New York-Chase. Leavitt s. CO.
Sch Cumberland, Littlejohn. Kennebec and
New York-Chase, Leavitt & Co.
Sch Eva M Martin. Martin Dgby Ns-master
Sch Edith M Thompson, Burns, Iockport, Ms.
master.
SAILED-Schs Luis G Rabcl, and Charles E
Schmidt.
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MAINE COAST NAVIGATION co
For Ba In. BOoilibay Harbor and
WiscaSsett.
STEb M Err SALACIA.

COMMENCING MONDAY. Oct. 18th, until
- further notice, will leave Franklin Wharf
Portland, Tuesdays. Thursdays and Satur-
days at 7.30 a. m. Popham Beach 9.45 a. nj.
Bath 11.15 q. M Boothbay harbor 100 p. N.
Arriving at Wiscasset about 3 p. m.
Wednesdays and Fridays at a. m. Booth
bay Harbor $50 IN. Bath 10. 80 a. m. Pop
ham Beach 11.30 a. m. Arriving ut Portland
about p. m.
o. G. OLIVER, President.
CHAS. #. LEWIS. Treasurer. oct8dtf
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Chicago Live stock Market.

Chicago Live stock Market.
tBy Telegraph
CHICAGO, May ~. 1s97.-Hogs-recelpts
4O, 600: left over 5000: slow, &c lower; light at
8 bOD3 IS: mixed 3 45 03 so; heavy at 25@
60: rough 25@3 35.
Cattle-receipts $500; quiet, lower; beeves at
S 9o@5 10; cows and heiferS COCA 4O.Texas
steers 1904 35; stockers and feeders 6O@
go.
sheep-receipts 10 900; steady, strong.
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PORTLAND, Mt. Desert & Maehias Sfboat Co
STATE ST. WHARF

STATE ST. WHARF,
Commencing Friday April 2 the steamer
Frank Jones will leave Portland Tuesdays and
Fridays at IL p m. for Rockland. Bar Harbor
and Machiasport and intermediate landings
Returning Mondays and Thursdays, leaving
Machiasport at 4. co a. M. arriving in Portland
at IL p m. GEO. +. EVANS, Gen. Man.
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FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
SACO, May 27-Cld, schs James A Gray, Gar
land. Boston; Abbie Ingalls,, east.
BoOTHBAY HARBOR, May 27-Ar, sch La
dy Antrim, Boston.
Sid 9th, sch Twilight for Portland.
4ROCKPORT, May 27-A schs Hattie A
Marsh, Mehaffy. Boston to load for Annapolis.
SD 26th, schs Robt Byron, Hart Fall River;
Silas McLoon, Morrill,. Boston,
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Mining Stocks.
NRW YORK. MAY 81. 1897.-The following
ara 10 days closing 9uoiatlons OF mining STOCKS;
Col. coal. ..:.s ssss.sss.s.s.s....
Homestake, 36
OnCaIlos b
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Foreign Ports.

Sid fin Hong Kong May 1e. ship Mary L Cush-
ing, PendletOn, Honolulu.
At Yokohama May 8. ships John Mcdonald,
r ID Rice, Carver, for Hiogo and New York
Sid FIN Newcastle, NSW, May ~, ship Gov
ROBBIE, Nichols. Hong Kong.S
Ar at Barbados May 10. barque Dixon
Gilkey, Port Natal, and sailed 10Th for Turks
Island: l6Ih sch Independent, Case, Buenos
Ayres, (and sid 10th for Turks 1sland.)
|. Ar at Cienfnegos May "a. sch M V Chase
Eastman. Pascagoula..
Spoken.
March 10. lat % s. Ion CAV ship Commo-
dore. from Baltimore Dec ~ for San francisco.
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Boston. May 27-Sch N Fl Skinner. Mallows,
from Kennebec for New York. with a cargo ice,
Arrived here this morning leaking at the rate of
20 inches per hour. She will be locked for sur
vey and repairs.
Boston, May 27-Sch Agnes Grace. from
Port Morant. run into gale May g. lat "a, Ion
81 20, and lost foresaiI and spanker.
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Daily Line. sundays Excepted.
THE NEW AND PALATIAL STEAMERS
BAY STATE AND PORTLAND
alternately leave FRANKLIN WHARF, Portland,
every evening at o'clock, arriving in season
for connections with earliest trains for points
beyond.
Worcester, New York, etc.
Returning, leave INDIA WHARF. Boston,
every Evening at O'clock.
j, B. COYLE. Manager.
J.F. LIsCoMB, Gen. Agt
Oct l. 1895.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-07-30
N.RnxfHr II Pain ting.

Not only have the Roentgen rays been
employed with success to test the gem
uineness of jewels, and also. 1t is said,
to detect flaws in armor plate. but a
story comes from Germany that they
have proved the authenticity of paint
ing which was attributed to Albrecht
Duerer: 1t was head Of Christ painted
on the wood, and supposed to have been
executed in 1921. 1t is very dingy with
age. and has probably been restored
more or less. After several efforts a
photograph was successfully taken by
means of the Roentgen rays. which re-
vcaled much that the eye could not per
ceive. The features of the thorn
crowned Jesus. the drapery about the
shoulders. and the hands which grasped
the latter appeared much more distinct
~ than in the painting. But there also
came to light Latin inscription IN
quaint Gothic characters, the mono
gram of some grand duke (for whom,
perhaps. the picture was painted). the
artists initials. and the date "1524-
This date was accepted as the correct
one. The photograph reveals the gram
of the wood and the fiber of a silk hand
kerchief stretched on it.-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-07-30
PITH AND POINT.

Ruling Passion. 49, Sprockett -
"We've got q baby at our house." Ham
del Bars-"You don't say so! '96 or '97?''
Boston Transcript.
She Was Talker.-"That's speak
ing likeness of your first wife" 81 sup
pose the artist couldn't help it-and
had him paint it in the most quiet
colors, too."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"A Convincing Circumstance.-"He
is very poor judge of human nature,
remarked Miss Cayenne, thoughtfully.
''What leads you to that conclusion?' %
HE has such a good opinion of him
self."-Washington Star.
-A.-"Well, and how did you sleep
last night? Did you follow my advice
and begin counting?" B.-"Yes!
counted up to $4,000" A.-"And then
you fell asleep?" B.-"No; then it was
time to get up.''-Tit-Bits.
"A Come Down.-"Poor Nadge! Be
fore her husband failed she used to
have such an elegant turnout" Yes;
and now she has a bicycle and a bloomer
suit, and won't turn out for anything
less than trolley car.
Journal.
The Fond Mother-"Eve says
he is such a pretty baby! I'm sure the
poet was right when he said that
Heaven lies about US in our infancy.'' -
The Uncle OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES he
should have added: so does everybody
else' "-Life.
-"How do the children of the school
take to the idea of contributing their
pennies to send the teacher away?''
asked the superintendent "Oh, they
are enthusiastic over it. The farther
away the better, they say" replied the
tant.-Cincinnati Commercial Tri-
bune.
Her Clever Device.-"Flossie didn't
have to write much of graduating es-
say" "Why not?" THE title of it was
so long" what was it?' 1T was
whence Does the Human Soul Derive
the Remarkable Power of Investing En-
ternal Circumstances with the Lurid
Hue of Its Own Feelings?' "-Chicago
Record
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-07-30
WHEN STORING FURS.
Line a Dark Closet with Tar Paper
md mn Them N

and Put Them in 1t.
In storing furs the best plan is to
select dark closet, and have it papered
all over, top and bottom, with tar paper.
AS it's surface is sticky, it should be
covered with second coat of paper, to
prevent the clothing coming in direct
contact with the tar. For this second
coat l find newspaper as good a thing
as can be used. Perhaps the smell of
printers ink helps the tar to do it's
work, or it may be because newspaper
is porous and allows the tar odor to
come through more readily. Before
hanging in this closet all garments,
Doth fur and wool, should be carefully
beaten with slender cane. Here is the
great secret of keeping furs. 1t is in
cleaning them before they are put away.
If a moth or moth egg goes into the
,loset with them, the damage is only
partially prevented. While the egg will
batch, the moth only lives for a short
lime, and cannot increase, but during
that brief life have known these little
insects to spoil the beauty of an elegant
garment. So the greatest care should
oe taken to beat and comb furs clean
before storing them away. For this
purpose fur comb should be used, or a
slender, strong cane, that will reach the
skin itself. The safest plan is to re-
move the garments from the closet
about once a month, and give them a
thorough beating. Some persons hang
them in the sun on these occasions, be-
lieving that the sun destroys moths, and
moth eggs, while, as a matter of fact,
1t matches the eggs, and, like any other
heat, makes the moth thrive.
Where only Il chest or trunk or, as is
sometimes the case, only pasteboard
box, is to be had, then the management
is different. After the cleaning process,
which is always the same, it is best for
the chest, box or trunk to be lined with
tar paper, after the same manner as the
closet. But where this is not practicable
any Of the numerous moth preventives
may be used: though sold under diff
ferent names their ingredients are
about the same. They should be care
fully sewn in bags to prevent contact
with the furs, as they invariably leave
spots on dark-colored skins. The odor
can be overcome by thorough beating
and hanging for several hours in the
wind or open air. That is. where the
furs have been removed and beaten dur
ing the season, otherwise the odor is
hard to get rid Of.
Yes, some dealers use the fumes of
sulphur, to clean furs already attacked
by moths, but that should be last re-
sort. as it discolors the garment and
necessitates its being redyed. Many OF
the old-fashioned preventives have some
virtue in them. as sassafras, china root,
etc. and can be used to advantage by
people in the country where they are
easily obtained, but persons in the city
have better means in their reach.-St.
Louis Republic.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-07-30
RUNNING BIRDS.
DimInutive Home and Its Tiny Little
Eggs.

DimInutive Home and Its Tiny Little
Eggs.
Suddenly CLINT shot from the point
where my gaze was dreamily focused.
That was all; but suspicion and savage
instincts were aroused. For ten min
utes my eyes followed the contour of
each of the small boughs 20 feet above
me, mere twigs from a higher and
greater branch, which in turn declined
from mighty outstretched arm of the
giant. Presently suspicion centered
in an insignificant, lchen-covered wart
on the upper side of a branch as large,
perhaps, as a lady's wrist. 1t was like
a dozen others, yet not exactly like
them. The lichen seemed to me just a
shade grayer and more regular, and
the knob was a tri1e too round. I
feared to take my eyes away. lest it
were lost before l had proved it to be
only a natural excrcscence. The sud-
den CLINT again struck my eye, there
was strange, tuneful hum, and-Eu-
reka! Directly above the point l was
watching there lowered, with wings
vibrating themselves into a misty
point, an exquisite ruby-throat. Then
it settled on the diminutive cup of
lichen, and had found my first hum
ming birds nest. BY elm bing far up
above, and then crawling carefully
down on q separate limb, one could
look over the nest, scarcely yard
away, to admire the tiny white eggs
and even more fairy-like nest. marvel
ously woven inside with the finest and
softest fiber, and coated on the outer
periphery against the weather with
delicate lichen, which just turned the
rim, so as to shed any insistent rain
drop that might penetrate the mani
fold roof of leaves overhead. The
whole would have fitted in circle
made by joining the index finger and
hunb.-C. D. Lanier, in Scribner's.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-07-30
GAVE THE WAITER HIS FEE.
An Irascible Mans Ignorance of the
Law Costs Him u Liberal Tip.

An Irascible Mans Ignorance of the
Law Costs Him u Liberal Tip.
The globular and ford old gentleman, as
he sat down at the table, pulled dollar
bill out of his pocket, deliberately tore 1T
in two, handed one piece to the waiter, re-
placed the other in his pocket, and said:
hsf i var am sassed you get the
eyes, SIR replied the functionary, and
became as assiduous as a mother with her
first child.
But for some inexplicable reason the old
gentleman grew more and more dissatisfied
as his meal progressed, until, as he arose
from the table, he simply scowled angrily at
EXCUSE me, sir, but" the waiter in
simulated obsequously.
"Naw," snarled the old fellow in reply.
ooh, yes; think you WILL" observed the
waiter, his backbone visibly stiffening. ,,
advised the old fellow, threateningly., <,
Don't you be chump,' advised the
WHY. Why, wh-at?' screamed the old
gentleman, SWELLING like an enraged turkey
II don't think you WILL" retorted the
waiter, calmly and firmly. "Come, hand
over the other half of this bill. 1need dol
lar to 60 to the theater.'' :,
Explain yourself, you rascal demanded
the old fellow, great and poqrtentous calm al!
mean:'
cit means at this minute you are law
breaker, sir replied the waiter, suavely.
''Mutilating the currency is crime, and
you have mutilated a dollar bill. Therefore,
unless l get the dollar you'll be pinched.
As the waiter pocketed the dollar, he
smiled.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-07-30

surprise. He has never seen anything
like it l am sure. l want to get them
there asleep"
Hadn't we better stop the opening?'
said the officer, making a motion that
way.
Don't. don't!" exclaimed John, step
ping back. III get 'em there safe;
never fear' Inwardly he was wonder
ing how much longer the miracle Of
their uuietness would last. But the
cold had made them stupid.
The officer wondered, too, chiefly at
Johns behavior.
"Come on then,' he said, in a dissatis-
fled tone.
They had found nothing as yet but
this boy and his cumming birds, ana
whether any good would come OF that
seemed very doubtful. 1t would not
have been doubtful at all, it he had
known.
On the way to the sloop John went
through a deal of anxiety, with alterna-
lions of hope and fear. Luckily he
climbed the side in one of his Drawer
turns. and it held. He stood coolly
enough on one side, as hidden, While
his cantor made his report; and he
watched with rather more than interest
the Jove of this little world-his height
and portliness, and rather pompous dlg-
nitv. 1t was a pity, John thought. 10
spoil such fine figure OF man; put
WHY couldn't great English captains
stay at home and let other people alone?
Presently they brought the prisoner
nearer to be questioned; ana before
many words had passed, ne 1elt that
under all this pretentiousness there was
come hollowness. For in truth, here
was man with a queer twist IN ms
vanity: not content with what he really
knew. he was absurdly willing to put
forth counterfeit claims to science, OF
which he knew hardly anything.
"Ah." said he. "a young-a very
voung-American soldier. Ana SOME
thing of naturalist, too, they tell me.
Now I myself take an interest IN all
s,cb lines of investigation He turned
IA the nest with gravely interested
mir "Of what variety?" he asked.
Johns heart beat fast. Was 1T posi-
ble that the captain, too, could take
that thing for birds nest?
.cThe bald faces" replied John, with
the utmost effrontery.
AS he spoke there came into his mind
these little frontlets so burning a
memory of what portended that his lips
writhed in spite of him. Surely he must
he found out now. But the captain
was riding too high horse to see any
thing. Maybe his credit with all whom
he commanded was at stake.