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GOOD FRUIT CROP EXPECTED.

NEW YORK, March 21.-The Journal of Com roerce savs: Trade here Is not prepared to accent reports of heavy damage to fruit in California by excessive frosts as conclusive They are beginning 10 look upon advices from California regarding frost Injury Tn much the same light as annual statements from Dela- ware and Southern Jersey regarding total fali- ure of peach crop of those sections from one cause or another. In other words they look for good crops unless 1t is positively proved that the trees have actually been injured by frost and are disposed to accept such reports as come forward as being inspired by interested nar
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FLOUR AND MILLSTUFFs.

FLOUR-Net cash prices are: Family extras, s4 55Q4 65; Bakers extras, s4 3O94 40 per barrel
 MILLSTUFFS-Pric in sacks are as fol- lows. usual discount to the trade Graham Flour, S3 per 100 lbs; Rye Flour, g 50 per 100; Rice Flour 8 75: Cornmeal, s2 25; extra cream Cornmeal, s3; Oatmeal. s 50; Oat Greats. Sl; Hominy, $3 10G2 30; Buckwheat Flour s4; Cracked Wheat, $3 50; Farnia, S4 50; Whole Wheat Flour, 8 25; Rolled Oats (barrels). s5 9 Ql5 65 in sacks, $5 05q5 45; Pearl Barley, s4;
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NORTHERN WHEAT MARKET.

PORTLAND, March 21-There Is no change In the local wheat market and some of the exporters are temporarily out of the market Those who are still buying do not seem anxious for business at quotations of 74Q75c for Walla Walla, with bluestem dragging at 77Q7Sc and no demand for valley at Tic.
 Cleared-Brtish bark Vinita, for Queens town with l01.179 bushels of wheat.
 TACOMA, March 2.-Wheat strong. with an upward tendency; No. l club, 75c; No. blue Sfa
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BUTTER. CHEESE AND EGGS.

The feeling in Butter, Cheese and Eggs Is steady, and the demand for all three is better than 1t has been.
 BUTTER onds 16G175c.
 Dairy - Choice to fancy. l6Q17c; second grades, 14d15c per ib.
 Eastern Standardization creamery, 16Q1615c; ladle-packed, 15D16c per ID.
 CHEESE-Choice mild new, 969iec; common to good, SQS12c: Cream Cheddar. 10Q1lc; Young America. 10q11c; Western, l1Q12c; Eastern EGGs-Ranch Eggs, 12@1s1sc per dozen; store Eggs, 11hGl2c
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POULTRY AND GAME.

car of Eastern went late yesterday afternoon and another car goes to-day.
 POULTRY-Live Turkeys, 9110c for Cob blers and 1Oal1c for Hens; dressed Turkeys. 12Q13c per ID; Geese per pair, sl 50q1 10: GcsIiugs s2 25Gl2 75 Ducks. $4q5 for old and SC 509S for young; Hens, s3q4; Boosters, young. S6 50G7 50: Boosters, old. SS 50Q3 75; Fryers. s6d6 30; Boilers, S596 for large s 500 50 for small; Pigeons, $2d2 9 per dozen for young and $1 2561 50 for old.
 AAJE-Non7ipaI
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COMMERCIAL WORLD.

caution in the buying of commercial paper Is also manifest.
 The bond market was on a corresponding scale of dullness, while stocks and prices were lower Total sales, $950. GOO. United States new As were F lower and the old As (registered) 4 lower. while the old As (coupon) and seconds were X higher bid.
 The total sales of stocks to-day were EOS. 100 shares. including: Burlington. 2S6s5; Louis vile and Nashville 5240 Manhattan, 7765; Metropolitan Street Railway, 1l.149: Northern Pacific preferred. s662; Rock Island, 4626; St Paul, g 600: Union Pacific, L,9S5; Tobacco. 46O0; Peoples Gas, 47Go; Sugar, 51, S44 Leather preferred 3023
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BEANS AND SEEDS.

There is no change. both Beans and Seeds continuing dull.
 BEANs-Bayos. s2 S062 90: Small Whites. s2 25a2 30: Reds, s2G2 25; Backeye, s2 4O92 50: /: Buffers, s1 4oq1 50; Limas, s2g2 i21a; Pea. s1 40 Q1 55; Red Kidneys $2 25dt2 50 per ctl.
 SEEDS-Brown Mustard, g 7513 per ctl; Yellow Mustard, s2q2 50: Flax, $2 S5: Canary Seed 2A@294c per ID; Alfalfa, 306c; Rape. 2I244c; Hemp, Sc; Timothy, 5l2c.
 DRIED PEAS-Niles. S1 4Og1 65; Green. s1 60 Gl 90 per ctl.
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IMPORTS OF SPECIE.

Imports of specie at this port during the first two months of the year were S4 4.017. 7S6 consisting of $67O 665 in gold bullion. sS,107 567 in gold coin, SlS1 96S in silver bullion and Sol, . 5Ss in silver goin. Of these imports S3.5S2. 404 came from Australia, Sl30,000 from the Ha- Waiian Islands and s295. .109 from Mexico.
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SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

Silver higher.
 Turpentine lower again. Wheat and Oats advanced. Sharp rise in Barley. Corn and Rye about the same. Another rise fin Hay. Bran and 8Ilddlings firm. Beans and Seeds dull. Asparagus lower and Rhubarb higher. Butter, Eggs and Cheese steady. Two cars of Eastern Poultry at hand. No change in fruits. Provisions as usual. Hides continue to decline. Hogs weak and dull. Sterling Exchange advanced.
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DEC1DUoUs AND CITRUS FRUITS.
There is no further change to report in an

There Is further change to report in any description. Citrus Fruits rule dull.
 DECIDUOUS FRUITS
 for good 10 choice and $1 25q1 40 for fancy.
 CITRUS FRUITS - Navel Oranges, S1 500 75; Seedlings 75c@S1 50 Mandarins. S1G1 9 for large and 50G75c for small boxes; Japanese Mandarins, $lql 50: Grape Fruit, sl 5Og5 @ per box; Lemons, 50G75c for common and $l41 90 for good to choice; Mexican Lines. s4 90; California Lines. in small boxes, 4OQ60c; Ba- nanas. sl 25Ql2 9 per bunch; Pineappies. sSQ4 yler
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Cash quotations follows: Flour. easy; No. spring wheat, s2Q96c; No. red, s1 01a4 No corn. 2sasc; No. oats, 254sc; No. white. f. 9. b., 2s1sa3o1sc; No, white. f. O. b., 2@29c No. rye, 49c; No. barley, f. O. b.. 34q4019c; No. l haxseed. sl r; prime timothy seed. s2 s5; mess pork per bbl. ss S59 S71a; lard per 100 lbs, s 0712G5 10; short ribs sides Qoose), s4 sOQ5 l5; dry salted shoulders Cboxed). s4 1905: short clear sides (boxed). $5 26@p5 70; whisky, distillers' finished goods, per gal. s1 l9lA
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NEW YORK, March 21.-The statement of the visible supply of grain in store and afloat Saturday, as compiled by the New York Prod uce Exchange, Is follows:
 Wheat, 31, All GOO bushels; decrease 99s 900 Corn, 43, 3SS. GOO bushels: increase, 736 0O0 Oats 12. .317 900 bushels: decrease. 549, GOO Rye 329l 900 bushels: decrease, 11S. .000 Barley 5l66 GOO bushels; decrease, IA, GOO.
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SALMON SHIPMENTS.

Exports of Salmon from this port during the first two months of the year were ,s94 cases and 266s packages. valued at Sl26. 7S4 against S1 54S cases and 3S7l packages, at SSS7 GOO. dur ing the same time in 1897.
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SWISS AMERICAN BANK
 Of Locarno, Switzerland and cAI HERNIA MORTGAGE & SAVINGS BANK,

cAL ALIF0RMIA MUR GAGE & SAVIRGS BANK, 524 Montgomery street. San Francisco. h Paid up capital and reserves. .S620. oN A General Savings and Commercial Banking business transacted.
 Interest paid on savings deposits. Loans on approved real estate security and on commercial paper.
 DIRECTORS:
 Ernst A. Denicke. A. Sbarboro J C. Rued E. Martinoni F. c. Siebe. A. .Tognazzini IT. BrInner, McD. R. Venabe. A G. Wieland F. Kronenberg. Chas. Martin. c. Gehret, P Tognazzini S. Grandi. G. Rottanzi.
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yASH IN THE TREAsURY

WASHINGTON, March 21.-To-day's state ment of the condition of the Treasury shows. Available cash balance. s223. T42 043; gold re- serve, $171 179, 797.
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COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 21.-cotton dull; mid ding, 65sc
 NEW ORLEANS. March 21.-Cotton easy; middling, 9-1sc
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of the session almost at a standstill. At the close May pork was Dc higher. May lard changed and May ribs PIG higher.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
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WEATHER REPORT.
u2oth Meridian-Pacihc Time.)

G2Oth Meridian-Pacifc Timel
 SAN FRANCISCO March 21. p. m. Following are the rainfal1s for the past twenty-four hours and seasonal rainfalls to date as compared with those of the same date last season:
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On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter market was steady; creameries, 13q1sc; dairies, 1012Q16c. Cheese quiet. sq8Ac. Eggs, easy; fresh. 9c.
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BOSTON.
LONDON MARKET.

BOSTON, March 21-Atchison, Il; Bell Telephone, 247; Burlington, 90as; Mexican Gen. tral SIS; Oregon Short Line, 29; San Diego. -.
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HIDES. TALLow. WOOL AND HOPS.

The Hide market continues to decline, as will be seen by the quotations
 HIDES AND SKINS-Culls and brands sell
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A specialist is doctor who can always find that a man has some form of a nar- ticular disease if he examines him long enough.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON. March 21-Consols. III 15-16; sl- yer, 25Md French rentes .103f S2lec
 LIVERPOOL, March 2i.-Wheat dull. No Standard California Wheat, 3Ss; cargoes Walia Wheat 36s Sd; cargoes off coast, quiet and steady; cargoes on passage. nominal, un- changed: English country markets, part Sd cheaper; wheat In Paris, quiet; flour in Paris. easy; quantity of wheat and flour on passage and flour on passage to Continent. 1,570.o0O.
 COTTON-Uplands. 11-32d.
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CORN-Futures steady: March, 3s 4d; May, 3s 2ssd; July, Ss Pad.
 Imports of wheat into Liverpool for the week: From Atlantic ports, 57. 500 quarters; from Pacific ports. 14 900 quarters; other ports, 55 GOO quarters. Imports of corn into Liverpool for the week: From Atlantic ports. 45, 1eO e1Iarters
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DRIED FRUITS, NUTS. RAIsINs. ETC.

The East receives with its usual incredulity the reports of damage to the California fruit crop by frost, and the market shows no re- sponse whatever.
 DRIED FRUITs-Prunes,. carload lots, $40 44c for 4O-50s, 3A@3Ac for 5o-60s, 2AQ3Ac for 6O-7o's. 2AG2%c for 7o-Sos. 1%@2Ac for SO- eO's. 1ha14c for s0-lOo,s; Peaches 2A@4c; fancy. 412q5c; peeled 1o@121ac; .Apricots 5@ec for Royals and 7@7lac for good to fancy Moor rarks; Evsporated Apples, 6&@aAc; sunzdried, 41k@4Nc for pitted and 1q11zc for unpitted; bleached Plums, 5@5Ac; Nectar Necttaarines 4a5c for and 3g5!ke for halves. according to color etc.
 RAISINS-1hG12c for two-crown, Sc for three crown, 31ac for four-crown. 412c for Seedless Sultanas. 22c for Seedless Muscatels and s1Q 10 for London layers; dried grapes, 2Rc.
 NUTS-Chestnuts quotabe at Sc per fb; Walnuts. 5GDsc for hardshell and 6G7c for softshel; Almonds 21zG31sc for hardshell. 5G6c for softshell and 7dSc for paper shell; Peanuts. 4a5l4c for Eastern and 41se for California; @ sqgc per ID: Cocoanuts. s4 5o@5 per 100.
 HONEY-Comb, S610c for bright and 5G7c for lower grades water-white extracted 4k@ &c., light amber extracted S%@4Ac per ID.
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EASTERN MARKETS.
MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK, March 21.-Money on call. hominally 12s61h per cent; last loan, 1& per rent; prime mercantile paper, 41hG51a per cent; tterling exchange, frmer, with actual business in bankers bills at S4 S4h for demand and at S4 S4ha4 8415 for sixty days; posted rates, S4 S2Gf S5la; commercial bills. $4 S0AG4 S0A ; silver certificates, 559s456c; bar silver, 559sc; Mexican dollars, 45c Government bonds, weak; State bonds, dull; railroad bonds, weak.
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PROVISIONS.

CURED MEATS-Bacon. 9Ac per ID for heavy. sac for light medium. 107.c for light. He for extra light and 12Hc for sugar cured; East ern sugar-cured Hams. 102Q1Ic; California Hams lOc; Mess Beef. g per bbl; extra mess do. $10; family do s11G12; Salt Pork. S9: extra prime Pork, s10; extra clear. SIS; mess, s16; Smoked Beef, I1l12c per ID.
 LARD-Eastern tierces quoted at SIG per lb for compound and 7c for pure pails, 7&c: California tierces. 51kc per ID for compound and 6lac for pure; half-barrels. GAG; 10-lb tins. 7kc; do 5-lb, Sc.
 CoTTOLENE-Tierces essGl6asc: packages. less than 300 lbs-1-lb pails. 50 in case, S7sc; 3-lb pais, 20 in a case SAc; 5-lb pails. 12 in a case. SAC; 10-lb pails, in case. Sisc: 50-lb tins. or in a case. 79sc: wooden buckets. 20 lbs net. 77sc: fancy tubs. so lbs net 1ssc; half bbls about no lbs. 7l3c per lb
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PORTLAND BUSINESS.
VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY.

PORTLAND. March 21-Exchanges. s25s. .344; IapcaS
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the United States Naval Observatory at Mare Island Cal. ,., .ho .,r,a hoI1 ras A g Io on tine or giving the error, if any, Is nnbfsbed the same day. by the afternoon papers and by the morning papers I69 IU.o" ing day. TT in charge
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THE CALL CALENDAR
THE TIME BALL.

THE TIME BALL.
 Branch Photographic Office, U. S. N, Mer- q, 1898. N The time ball on Telegraph Hill was dropped exactly al noon to-day-i e.. at noon of the 120th meridian or exactly s D. m Green wien time W. s. HUGHES,
 Lieutenant, U. S N in charge
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Canadian Pacific, S4&: Grand Trunk. 8: Bar Silver uncertain, 257sd per ounce; Money. 2
NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, March 21-FLOUR-Receipts. 24S47; exports 16.279. Neglected. but fairly steady.
 wHEAT-Receipts, 7s.775; exports. 5s.e92 Spot easy; No. 2 red. s1 O4A f. b.. afoat to arrive. Options opened steadier at &c advance over Saturdays late curb price, with shorts buying a cold-weather scare. renewed clique support and better cables than expected. Steadiness continued until the close. when. under realizing prices. eased off quite Saturdays curb. but 1sQ1%c below the off cial close; No red March, sl o3ql o412, HOPS-Quiet.
 PETROLEUM-Quiet.
 METAL. .S-The feeling in to-day's market was decidedly better. nearly all points showing firmness on more active inquiry. At the close the Metal Exchange called
 PIGIRON-Warrants quiet at s6 76 bid and s6 90 sl asked Sopprp o,,,o. CT, sz,L Ri, ana .,, TIN-Frmer at s14 30 bid and s14 40 asked. SPELTER-Firmer at s4 25 bid and A 35 LEAD-Firmer at ss 721A bid and s3 77h asked. The firm fixing the settling price for @i5srS ss 5e ana S'"eerS Ill the rest quotes 'eao COFFEE-o Options closed quiet, unchanged to points net lower. Sales. 10000 bags. includ- ing: May, s5 0595 10. Spot coffee-Rio. weak; No invoice. 59sc: No jobbing. 61sc: mild. quiet Cordova. SAG16c.
 SUGAR-Raw, barely steady; fair refining S1zc; & centrifugal, 96 test 1-l6c; refined quiet e & 91' ,tSsia iaia 1o EGGs- Receipts. 14,os5 packages Market firm; State and Pennsylvania, 10&Ql1c; West ern, 1OAc.
 DRIED FRUIT
 NEW YORK. March A-California Dried EVAPoRATED APPLES Common. 5aSc; prime wire tray, s1k9Stsc: wood-dried, prime S3k@ssc; choice. sA9sc; fancy. s1A@lOc.
 PRICoTs-Royal. 5K@7c; Moorpark. s1h@
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NEW YORK. March 21.-The Evening Post S London financial cablegram says: The stock markets here were lifeless and featureless to- day. Americans were stagnant and dull. pend ing the report of the Maine disaster and the disclosure of President McKinleys plans garding Cuba Arbitrage houses took stock when 1t was offered with fair margins. but otherwise there no support for Americans Spanish 4s were weak. Brazils were fiat. the exchange being the lowest record. The In dian budget was better than anticipated, pro viding, 1t does. for net increase of only 23, GOO 600 to the debt. Silver has risen sharp ly because of the absence of any allusion to the budget to an increased port duty. The de- cline in French exchange Is believed to be partly due to sympathy with the fall of money sales here, and partly to the fact that the Bank of France is parting more freely with gold
 CLOSE.
 Canadian Pacific. SAX: Grand Trunk. g.: Bar
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IN MOON AND TIDE.

SUN. MOON AND TIDE. ,. c.a+as Coast and Geodetic Survey. n1T Times and eghts of dtgance High and fo E9w san Waters at oFt p,bIisbed bv Official Au- tboritv of the Superintendent.
 NOTE-The high and low "a.erS s 0coa[ boat at twentv-fve tue minutes later than at Fort Point the height of tide Is the same az ooll P PlaCee-
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.

MONDAY. March 21-2 p. m.
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THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items Of local interest taken from the columns of The Press, thirty years ago.l
August IA, 1868.

Whortleberries are numerous now at eight cents per quart. New potatoes are selling for $1 .25, and fresh butter is scarce at 35 cents.
 Albert Fuller has nearly completed a new two-story house on South street.
 s. E. Fairfield is raising the frame of his new house, on East Main street, and w. Sibley has just completed his new house on the lot adjoining,
 Tie hills on East Main street are about graded as far as it is possible to grade them, and are much easier to climb, for either man or beast. The excavation in front of the residence of G. M. Ivesis faced by a handsame granite wall, very much improving the looks of the street and of MT. Ives, premises. The elevation of the grade of East Main street makes the neces- sity of raising the grade of South street more Imperative than before, and it will probably be done soon. Also the town will have to obviate in some way the in- conveniences and disadvantages caused Smith w. Page by the alteration of grade about his premises, where the ordered i'm provement compelled the filling in above the level of his land
 During the severe thunder shower at SOmers early Sunday morning, the barn of John Dewiere in the Hall Hill district, near the old Deacon Elija Billings place, was struck by lightning and burned to the xxvith oil fc hox ha barn was a good one and there was no in- surance on it. Also during the same storm the electric current visited the house and family of Lyman Durkee of Somers, and played some curious freaks. It came down the chimney and into the pantry, tearing down shelves and ceiling, taking one flat iron and carrying it half way up stairs and left it. Then it visited bed in which a widowed daughter of Mrs. Durkee slept, taking her out of bed and laying her on the floor on one side of the bed and her child the other, then to another bed and emptyed still another daughter out on to the floor. But the strangest thing about it is that it did not hurt nor even scratch any one.
 A man hunting in Eastford last week shot rattlesnake which sprang upon him. and fastened its fangs in his clothes. The snake was about five feet long and had eleven rattles
 The drying house connected with the Squires spool manufactory in Warren vile, Westford, was recently burned with contends invoIying a loss of $500 on which fhef was 10 insurance.
 BORN.
 Stafford Springs, August 13, 1868, a son to w M Crawford
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THE COLONEL'S STORY.

How Jim Adkins Went to War, Got Buried
 and Was Resurrected.
 "Talking about war times,'' said the old colonel, "did any of you ever hea, the story of Jim Adkins?"
 "No."
 "Wsll, I'm surprised. Everybody in the settlement knew it. Jim was a nc count sort of fellow, and the old man was anxious to get rid of him, so when the war broke out and they were look ing around for men the old man gave him away"
 "Gave him away?''
 "Yes. Jim was in the hayloft, and they were about to leave without him when the old man winked and pointed to the barn.
 That was enough, and they got him and marched him to the front.
 "The old man was sorry after Jim was gone and his conscience hurt him bad. But he hoped for the best, until one day he got a message that told him Jim had been killed and buried on the battlefield.
 "Then he packed his grip and started right off to bring Jim's body home, ii possible, for the grief stricken mother would have nothing else and made life miserable for him with her reproaches.
 "He went to Virginia, and was there informed that it would be impossible to remove the body. So he stood over the spot where it was buried and wept fol three days. Then he went sadly home.
 And, To and behold, the first man he met as he neared bis gate was Jim safe, sound and right side up with carei
 "It was some time before the old man could say word, but when he found it was really Jim-in flesh and blood-that they had got Jim mixed uI with some other Adkins, and he hadn't been killed at all, the old man was hoti He slowly divested himself of his coat, then rolled up his sleeves and made for him It was the iveliest scrap you ever saw-the old man on top, and the two of 'em wallowing in the dust
 "It took the old lady and the three girls and two stout darkies to pull the old man off.
 He never did explain why he did it, and Jim didn't ask any questions, but the next morning he told his mother that while his furlough wasn't-out still he knew his country needed him and he couldn't stand to stay at home under those circumstances, so he left his blessing for the old man and took the first train for the front. ''-Atlanta Con stitution -+t=t fs @--. a=+ =sf 2 .tE"
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A Snrcerer Elected.

M. Legitimus, the new Socialist dep- uty from Guadeloupe in the French par liament, is 8 negro. He dresses ill the latest fashion, wearing silk hat. patent leather shoes, white necktie and ire proachably cut frock coat He believes in ghosts, witches and devils and is 8 famous sorcerer in his own country. In fact, he owed his election to his success. full defeat of the devil by dancing and yelling for several hours in cemetery. His ability in this line convinced the free and independent electors of Guade- loupe that their interests would be safe in his hands
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Clever

Mrs Petter-Did you see that? Dixon seized that rocking chair and was into it before his wife had a chance to reach it. And on his wedding trip too.
 Mir. Petter-That's just it. There's where Dixon is smart Nobody will sus- pect that ne is on his wedding tour. don't you seer And besides. he gets the chair. Boston Transcript.
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Great occasions do not make heroes or towards. they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and impercep- tibly. as we wake or sleep, we grow and wax strong, we grow and wax weak, and at last some crisis shows us what we have become. Westcott
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Spanish Real Estate.

It is Mark Twain who observes, in one of his sketches of travel in foreign parts, that the reason there is compara- lively little arabic land in Spain is be- cause the great majority of the Spanish people are in the habit of squandering it on their persons, and when they die 1t is buried with them. Boston Herald.
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Only One More of Them.

The new rector gazes mildly at the small boy in the Sunday school and says My dear little fellow, have you read the Thirty nine Articles?' ?
 "No," rejoined the small boy, .'but I've read the Forty Thieves Lon don Figaro es
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BUoKLEN's ARNIoA SALvE.-The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and al
 skin eruptons, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25c per box. Sold by E. K. Taft.
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Shirt Waists.

When it comes to the end of the season, we know how to be liberal and make short work of our shirt waists. We simply ask you to ex- anime the quality we have yoked with the prices. Waists that have been priced
 5oc., 75c., $1.5o,
 are now
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HOW TO PLEASE.

Iris not SO difficult to please, As many men suppose Urba0ity will always charm, As every lady knows. "Companionship our natures seek. We all affection crave. Iris natural for us to love
 The gifted and the brave. eve turn kindly eye on each When first we chance to meet Till some unguarded, selfish act His arts to please defeat. A man refined, with nature kind, Makes friends where'er he goes. His gentle ways and gentle smile A grace around him throws. 'Who wishes truly to be loved Should be what he would seem. Good humor, honor, sympathy, Must in his features beam." Thus spoke my ladylove. "Ah, me, My hopes" said I, you freezei" "Fsrewelli" she whispered. "Go not thus, But stay. Do-as you pleasel''
 W. Fl. Morris in New York Ledger.
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29c', 5oc., 75c.

Fashions for August is now ready at the pattern counter. It is very interesting num- Der. Can be had for the ask ing.