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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-18

CITY RETAIL PRICES:

8 lbs. and less than 10 lbs. at one time
Goo. per 100 lbs.
10 lbs. and less than % lbs. at one
time, soc per 100 lbs.
% lbs. and less than 100 lbs, at one
time 40c. per 100 lbs.
100 lbs. and less than 1000 lbs. at one
time, 35c. per 100 lbs.
1000 lbs. and less than 1000 lbs, at
one time, soc. per 100 lbs.
1000 lbs. or more at one time, 25c.
per 100 lbs.
These are low prices.
We want to contribute to the COM
tort of everybody.
We want all our drivers Of wagons
to visit all houses in the city where ice
is taken regularly. To do this they can't
wait at any place to put ice away or
for change or a chat.
SO we request all to get tickets and
be ready to exchange ticket for ice
as soon as wagon arrives. If this re-
quest be complied with we will try to
give good service. Drivers have tickets
for sale for cash only and do not keep
accounts.
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r. f. Barham ct al. VS.. Tyrone Spiers,
j. II. Matthews, Sampson Rea and
VIM. j. Doyle.
To Victor Rea, Fannie G. McGaiTy
and VIM. II. McGarry, her husband,
FIRE. Rea, Mabel Norton and Alexander
A. Norton, her husband, Caroline Mott
and Theodore r. Molt, her husband,
Fred Molt and Margaret Mott heirs-at-
law of Sampson Rea, deceased:
You and each of you are hereby mott
fed that at the May term, 1898 of said
court the death of Sampson Rea, a de-
PENDANT in the abCve-entitled action, was
duly suggested and you and each of you
were duly made parties defendant to said
action. and you and each of you are here
by commanded to be and appear before
the Undersigned, clerk of said court, on
or before the first Monday in September,
1898, being the 9TH day of September,
1898, and answer or demur to the com
plant filed in said action.
The purpose of the action is to recover
tract of land situate in Hartford
county and State Of North Carolina ad
joining the lands of J. w. Barnes, II. Il.
PEBBLES. r. b. Calling and others and
containing about TOO acres
n. J. RIDDICK,
Clerk United States Circuit Court.
Raleigh June Sth. 1898
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LOcAL srOCR MARKKp.
GRAN AND PRODUCE.

Chicago, June 1.-THE opening Of
the curtain of rain charged clouds that
have for about three weeks over hung
the Western American skies, let in such
floods of sunshine to-day that values OF
wheat were withered July closed with
a loss Of 31a TO 39s, and September 21a
to 23s.
Corn left off at 13s to Y lower, and
oats are down re. The declines in pro-
visions were: Pork 121Ac; lard, 5 to 71ac
and ribs BE-
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NAVAL STOKES.

WILMINGTON. N. @. June I7--SpirIts turpen
l2B casks
Ros,p Arm 81 0cal.lh receints AZ barrels
Crude tnIp mine firm arI 81 CO. Sl.6U and
9l.70: receipts oarreis
Tar firm at 81 rs; receipts 81 barrels
CHARLEsToN, o., June l7.-lurpentine
firm at 24M
Rosin qui t.
SAvANHAH, Ga. June H.--Spirits enrpentin
firm at - ~ sales2 ZIG caRas receipts 2I79
Rosin firm AID uLcha ged; sales So g.
rece pts 1905
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RALEIGH COTTON.
RALEIGH. N. T.. June II.
NEW YORK MONEY.

NEW YORK, June I7--Money on Gall
steady at IKaIk per cent; last loan IA
csnt, closing at per cent. Prim'
mercantile paper cal per cent. Sterline
bankera' bins az 4S5kais44 for DE nand. al
4.8kai.e4 for sixty days. 2 at % cateS -
z. commercial hills 4.8sA. silver ce'
tifC ates a,W0 onnees at So, r, nge 5sae%' Bai
silver 65h Mexcan dollars AK G0~arT
ment bonds hr gula-. state bonds du
Railroad bonds sLro o
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Beginning Sunday two passenger
trains will be run daily on tie Atlantic
aud North Carolina Railroad The new
train viii leave Goldsboro at.5:20 p. m.
on the arrival of the afternoon train
from Raleigh. Returning it will leave
Morehead ut 3:25 Il. m, reach Colds
boro at 7:05 a. m, and CONNECT with the
train reaching Raleigh at Ssl5 a. IN.
The new cotton mill being built nj
Concord by Shealy and lippard will
cotton yarn.
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Oats. spot, dull No. 2, 30; options, July
Beef easy family Ns Olals5 50. beef hams
Hay easy: shipping 30a36: good TO choice
Cut meats uuiL pickleO DelDn~ - :
90. piekled shoulders AZ: do, hams 7X8S,
Lard ease; western steamed So 06 ctr 6.2ba
up Pore dull; mess s1C9saI.lCO; short clear
az 2jal4 90: FAMILY Sl3 5Cal9lO.
Butter steady: western creamery 13A a u; 40
factory 1Egr2&: AlEtnB l6A; imitation
I9e14ks State dairy t2kalG
Cheese firm: large white, 6%G6k.
EUra steady state Ann Peangv' vania
lg. @estern fresh II4al2; Southern lOKsil:
Potatoes steUdg; New YORK S2.9taj. o; new
=-faliow steady; city ss per packase' u;
Cotton seeo oil stea' y; prime crude S9H
no rtral; do. yellow 20; butter oil 28a29.
Petroleum Gull; United -; renued N6W
Fork SOL: philadelphia ard baltimore sElu
Pnsir steady; srraIuvd, comHlou 70 Ro95u
Turpentine steady at 27kas7K. -
hIee steady; domestic, Iair 90 extra 5S@
Rolasses steady; New Orleans, open AettIe
9O0G 49, nO'n" &a1'
tlahS~Ve steady: S0uthern NAls25
Freight duil.
CON o-Options opaned ste dy at unchsng
ed prices: ruled inactive nd &c erallX
IurtIess, in the absei CO Of De- ulatiVeInU3f
est; caotts summed up as uearlEh. tut ~ ~
tr teave deli cries from war HOUSES ana
- respects of cont II ed failing off in metl
can stble ouset This factor; clio ed STEAD >
L nchanged TO tive Joints ne iOV eE. sAles
5 TOO D4ss incmding July O. IS; March GO
tpot II o dull anu Il N nal; mid sEd lnsc
tive
sugar, raw qui It brit steady; fair refining
~ =. n,rlluRs. YG-test 10; refined steady
3-S,
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srnCKs ANn RoNnS.

New York, June 1.-THE unsettled
and waiting temper of speculation was
shown no less today by the stagnation in
railroad stocks than by the disposition to
take up different members of the group
known rs specialties.
Dealings in the railroad list were few
and far between and the only movement
of prices was the sagging tendency al
most inevitable in lifeless market.
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CHICAGO. june H.
Opening. LlOaing.

abH 4uO JhJIUH '9Wbfo a. tUFIUWb.
-Four dull ard caE: wheat, No. 2 anrinR
.0S1SS; no. s spring 7TGS; 40. red, $3.50
m No. 2, 80. Data, a.. 25k; No. wnI,e
!SA GA No. > wnHs 2tG2i. Rye. No. 2 40.
,arley, No. 2, san: No. 3, -: no. 4, -.
I ElNE seed No. !, Il6 kflne Timothy
iced 89.Tha281. Mess pork, per BIOL, So 65a9 70
& Ard per 100 lbs 10 a. 20. snort rib sides
q $50 IS 6Eal.8j. Dry aalted shoulders CboxsnJ
6a5k Short clear Gi&es (boIe6l $50 at to.
Nhiskey. distilIers' finished goodg. peR Ral-
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A L|FELESS MARKET
Cotton Closed Quiet With
Prices Unchanged.
JULY WHEAT is DOWN
AND SEPTEMBER ALSO IS On
THE SLIDE.
CORN, OATS, PORK AND LARD LOWER
Railroad Bonds and Stocks Were Very Dull
The Dry Goods Market Showed Gen.
eraIly Good Results.

New York, June 1.-THE dry goods
market showed generally good results.
There has been widening of the lie
mand for bleached cotton since the re-
auctions of the early part of the week,
and in some quarters, stocks have been
very materially reduced. The reductions
in Washington clays seemed to point to-
ward Il lower level on worsted goods
The new prices are said to be prohibitive
of English goods. Staple cottons, aside
from bleached goods are unchanged
Print cloths are quiet. Prints are active
in all lines. which have been reduced,
and in all fancies
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NEW YORK.

HNEW YORK, June IL Flour market
eeak and l6asi cen lower.
NJ nneaota paten 2daab
Winter patents a'3l
tys aol + dul 3.0a5I0
CLIn neaI du,i: yellow western " ely
~; BtandyWlne 81 O5a2siO.
Rye du / No. wssLern %.
"arley dn wesrorn reeding 354a3t
ba ley malt dull.
,Thegt. spoi, weak M 2 red 50
roS red: July clos d ls&; Sepemb r1K.
December closed 7T.
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NJ. l.. Yocum, Cameron, Pa, says: 81
was sufferer for ten years, trying most
all kinds OF pile remedies, but without
success. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye
was recommended so me. / used one
box. 1t has effected. permanent cure"
As a permanent cure for piles DEWITT
Witch Hazel Salve has no equal. Heart
Il Heart.
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A torpid liver robs yon of ambition and
ruins your health. .DeWitt's Little
Eeaht gfarm orm romaSm Oraohraohraha
Early Risars cleanse the liver, cure COLI
stipation and all stomach and liver
troubles. Heart & Heartt.
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Thirty-fye years make generation.
That is how long Adolph Fisher, OF
GAINESVILLE, o., suffered from piles. He
was cured by using three boxes or De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. Heart ID
Heart.
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Children ike it, 1t saves their lives
We mean One Minute Cough Cure, the
infallible remedy for coughs, colds.
colds, Group, bronchitis, grippe, and all
throat and lung troubles. Heartt a.
Heartt.
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NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS y, Z La, June z Cotton futures
OTHER MARKETS.

Galveston. steady. 6, rs bales
Norfolk. steady. q. s3t bales.
Baltimore. nominal, 6z, A88 balef.
BOEEon, ets ady. 6 8 t-6, 873 nales
Wilmington, STEADY OK. 7S nales.
Philadelphia. firm. IL. &C. 3s6 bales.
Savannah, quiet, g. Is 0s,es
New Orleans. gu ct. 6 l-I8, 78i bales
Mobile. easy. v. 10 Da5ea.
Memphis, steady, 6. l22 bRles
Augusta. steady, q l6 I47 bales.
Charleston. steady. 6, lG0 bales.
Cincinnati, quier, q, 3OJ balee.
Louisville, stea y, 6&, - bales.
st. Louis, quiet, q. 20 bale.
Houston. quiet. 8 l5l6, 66 bales.
pAT EIGH COTTON
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Big Money Made.
goo to 400 Per Cent.
In Grain and Stocks

$4,000 invested In Grain or Stocks
by our SAFETY METHOD, will pay
100000 in the next NINETY DAYS,
never was there such an opportunity
offered in speculation, to make large
profits In GRAIN and STOCKS, and
with our SAFETY METHOD you are
compelled to win and make a handsome
profit, as wheat will be selling before
MAY at S1.25, and stocks will advance.
Write for particulars and take adVan-
take of good chance to make money.
Our SAFETY METHOD is a sure win
ner.
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| have always beer quarter of an
hour before my time and ii has made 4
man Of NICHOLSON.
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RECRUITS WANTED!

Able bodied men wanted to join the 1st
N. c. Volunteers in camp at Jacksonville, Fla.
BY applying at once you will be sent to the
front IN few hours. Subsistence and trans
portation furnished by the government. Re
cruiting office I'd floor Democratic headquarters.
T. B. CHRISTIAN,
1t, 1st N. c. Vol. Recruiting Officer.
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BE whole man at everything; whole
man at study, in work.: in play.-Joseph
Quincy.
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Definite information as the conditions OF
coming crops is what spectators would
most like to have The markets were
full of rumors today of damage and de-
terioration to the crops Money also
showed a slowly hardening tendency and
sterling exchange advanced on demand
for remittance of dividends and interest
due to foreign holders on July /. The
violent movement Of several of the
specialties reflected no general condition
and was without effect on the market
beyond the stock Immediately dealt in.
Dealings in tobacco Were ON an enormous
scale.
Railway bonds were very dun in SYM
pathy with stocks, but prices were bet
ter held. Total sales $2,090.000.
United States new As. regular, de-
clined n. ditto coupon and the old As
regular, X, the old As coupon II in the
bid price. The new As. regular, and the
old As. regular, rose 81 and ~. re-
spectively on sales over the previous
sale.
TOTAL BANK CLEARINGS.
New York, June 1.-THE total bank
clearings in the United States for the
week, We're 81 ,269, CSC. 4S0: per cent. in
crease. 20.4. Exclusive of New York,
%515, l930GS; per cent, increase, 1914,
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What we are is much more to us than
what we do George Herbert.
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Economy is half the battle of life; it
is not so hard TO earn money as to spend
it well. Spurgeon.
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BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, Md, June l7.-FloAr quiet,
western superhne " g0a.3l5: 10. extra 44.B
40 10 family SD.SpAa IS.
VIII AT weak; exports AMI montl 6ea8SA
JDly S3aS5S; August 71&a19i SOUTHERN Wh1 al
sample S6aH
Corn MINER spot and June S6a9 X: July
36A a3j&; August s6& a5I, sepleAbe. B. Aa6oA
sourhe' white corn 80: az wells " 40A-
Oats easier, ~ weRtern SIS aSd.
Rye steady; 2. nearby 40 sa es=
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LIVERPOOL June lT-4 T.. M.--Epot cotton
quiet: rlaee fav Dryers
Amer lean middlipg fair Cd good mid
ding 81 "a: lew middling T. o. God c Il
t day were BUD aIs which stiws ~ for
specu att snd ex 9utt, ikcIndlng Ia
American: rec ipts t,t0J naes. incluai
TOO Amer ican
Futures opened quiet with p9or DENT nd
and closed quiet.
american middling. low mic ding clause:
June ana Observation-Disclosures. -. s0@1 81
July and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81
August and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81
September and October ..........,.. 20
October and November ............. 3 50
November and observation-disclosures 10
December and January ....,..s...... 2Sa3 ~
Januarv and February .......... 3 sea3 20
February and March ~ 2ea ~
March aud April ....,.... 2ta3 aU
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NEW YoRK; j June FIXTURES opt ned
j It; tales SO, 500 bales.
LIVERPOOL.

spot cotton closed dull; middIing up
lands 69-l6. middling gulf lid. safes 7u6
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1t Is great leap from the old fash.
Toned doses Of blGe-mass and nauseous
physics to the pleasant little pills known
as DeWitts Little Early Risers. They
cure constipation, sick headache and bill
iousness. Heartt & Heart.
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SUMNER Lawn TEXTURES

gqtb Summer I1ILII Of IIttEI d - - 'nroyed
especially profitable to beginners; to candidates
I9r dass,on 70 the bar to young praettiOnsrs
titionars ydssre instruction. and to older IN
feptew OF principles For catalogue 90
uFeSs " " MlNok, Secretary, CharlottesVllie' 20
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Goose Grease Liniment sold and
guaranteed by ali druggists.
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It is as easy to call back a stone
thrown from the hand to call back the
word that is spoken.
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COTTON.

New York, June 1.-THE professional
elements were in control of the situation
again today, but showed u general in
disposition to operate extensively either
one way or the other. From the start
fluctuations were extremely narrow.
Shorts found quite number of buying
orders in evidence Mt each point of IA
decline. however. and soon gave up their
efforts to depress prices. A few orders
were received from the South and
abroad. these being chiefly for the pur-
chase o. August contracts to cover short
accounts. The market closed quiet and
steady with prices unchanged to / point
lower. Sales 42.300 bales.
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Zachery & Zachery.
BUILDING MATERIAL.
The best Of pine and hard wood Luna
Der that our teeming forests afford.
Estimates furnished on application.
NOTICE TO HEIRS-AT-LAW OF
SAMPSON REA, DECEASED.

United States Circuit Court Fourth Cir
cult, Eastern District Of North
Carolina.
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No Risk to Run.

J. 2. HATCHER q CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,
Baltimore, Md.
Reliable Agents wanted to represent Us.
tin answering mention that you saw
this advertisement in the News and OBJ
server.)
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TOTAL NET RECEIPTS.

New York, June II. The following
are the net receipts of cotton at all ports
since September /, 1897:
Galveston 1901. POI: New ~ieans >,
645,0O4; Mobile 361, 546 Savannah L..
49,. 11S: Charleston 4G9.61S: Whining
ton 321 PSI; Norfolk 56S, 595; Baltimore
71.644: New York 153. 596; Boston 21S,-
994; Newport News 1861; Philadelphia
1903: West Point, Va, none: Bruins
wick pa. 3S2: Port Arthur 65.972; Pen
sacola ILL., col; Port Royal 65,972 Total
S,424, 632
NEW YORK. June Futures opt ned
steady: sales 100 bateg
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r. f. Barham ct al. VS.. Tyrone Spiers,
]. II. Matthews, Sampson Rea and
VIM. j. Doyle.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-15
HOW JAMIE PASSED.
Ne Plays Tricks on Ills School PFtn-
cipaI While That Parsonage
IL Calling on HIS Sister.

Jsmie has big sister-a blooming, bound.
ing destroyer Of hearts, and the principal OF
JAMES school used to call on her. lie came
one evening, Just before the close of the last
term, and wore rubber overshOes lie al
ways was afraid of catching cold. He left
these shoe protectors in the hall. JAIME, by
no means sure Of passing from seventh INTO
eighth grade, was coming his geography
from necessity, not choice, and he saw those
goloshes.
So he got the tack hammer and two tacks
and nailed through the rubber soles INTO the
floor. When Mr.. Principal departed an hour
later Jamie was watching him. Mr. Prlncl,
pal still smiling on the big sister, inserted
bis feet in his understand then he braided
himself up in the most amazing tall that
ever an educated man accomplished, Inc
big girl picked him up and extracted him
from his stationary footwear, but she was
shaking with laughter.
Next day Jamie, sweet seraph, drllted past
the principals desk with a look OF angelic
innocence on his chubby face.
He paused a moment.
'Who called you" asked the petulant
principal
"The kids called me. They called me
'rubbersn Say, Mr.. Soandson, do Ipass!'
And the eyes Of the two met for one tense
moment. Then the principal surrendered.
"Yes-you pass!" he snapped.
If he had said mo he would have lodged
to the end Of his days every time he heard a
boy cry "rubbers!"
And Jamie was honest about it. He told
no one-not even when his big sister padded
Aim.-Chicago Chronicle.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-15
TILTING THE GUNS.
How the Dig DcstrOyeFs Were
Trained to Fire Over the
Hills at Santiago.

Memory is sometimes a treacherous
informant. We're it not for recollec-
tions of old sea stories read in boy
hood several of the correspondents in
Cuba would not have reported that,
when engaged in long-distance can
nonading of Santiago, the American
commanders listed their ships and so
secured a greater elevation for the
guns in use by running OUT the guns
on the side away from land. Similar
ly if the artists on the papers that es-
teen enterprise above accuracy had
not recalled the pictures in those old
books they would not have made draw
ings of war vessels tipped half over by
guns projecting ludicrously far out
over the water. Asa matter of fact, Of
course, it has been many and many a
year since it was possible to run out"
a cannon even so much as an eighth
of an inch. Breechloaders are not
built that way. They swing from side
TO side on a fixed pivot, and can be
raised or depressed within certain mar
row limits but there has been no run
ming in or out since men discovered
that a gun has two endB-a discovery
which it took them several centuries
TO make. 1t is true, however, that the
ships were listed, but the extent to
which this was done had to be wildly
exaggerated to render a portrayal Of
the operation at all sensational. 1t is
also true that manipulation of turget
may have had some slight part in pro-
ducing the list, but they were swung
around, not run out" and unless the
firing was straight over bow or stern
this would not balance the weight of
the other guns swung around the 9TH
or way. Chief reliance for inclining
the vessels was doubtless placed in
the shifting of coal and ammunition,
the emptying Of the tanks and boilers
on one side and the suspension of boats
and launches from cranes and davits
on the opposite side. BY these expe-
dents the few degrees of extra ele-
vation that were needed could be Sc
cured, and by the combination of
some or all of them doubtless our iron
arguments were brought to the Span
ish generals deeply interested atten-
ton. But no vessels were put on their
beam ends, and no guns were "run
out" That's sure.-N. Y. Times.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-15
PUERTO RICO DOGS.
Descendants Of the Pets Of the Ma
lives Found by the SPAN
ish DiscOyerers.

81 prophesy that this war will be the
means of bringing Puerto Rico dogs
into this country" said New York
merchant whose business is chiefly
with the West Indies. you don't know
what a Puerto Rico dog is, do you? /
suppose not. have only seen. two Of
them in New York. Puerto Rico dogs
are not Spanish at all, but aboriginal.
have been told that they are much
the same as the long-haired alec of
Mexico, and l believe the breed is still
found in Santo Domingo. They are
tiny little creatures with silky white
hair, all except a tan patch on the ear
at least, all ! have seen have been
marked that way; and what makes
them particularly interesting is that,
according TO the learned, they are the
descendants of the pet dogs of the
Greater Antilles. 1t seems strange
that the race of aborigines should have
been so completely wiped out and their
pet dogs should survive. But I have
been told that when the Spanish first
landed on Santo Domingo they used to
see the natives going about with these
little alcos on their shoulders or in
their bosoms.
"If the human beings that kept them
were anything Ike their pets, as is
generally the case, they must have
been a kindly, afrectionate people. ]
have heard of one of these Puerto Rico
dogs that was given to little girl in
Jamaica. The child sickened of fever
and the dog would come and lick her
face and hands at regular intervals
during the day. When the child diet
the dog lay for II long time with its
muzzle close up to the little dead hand
and whined piteously when the body
was taken away for burial. They tel
me that true Puerto Rico dog will
not let itself be made the pet of &
whole family, but will attach itsel
to one person always and will not al
low that one person to have any othel
pet.
"By next winter our sailors will hav,
brought back a goodly number o
Puerto Rico dogs as presents for their
sweethearts, I expect, and then ever,
other girl you meet will have one TO
a pet, just as now every other girl ha
a navy hat ribbon or a lot of Unitet
States buttons. Then the pugs will b.
deposed."-N. Y. Sun.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-15
Petroleum Briquettcs.

A German inventor has devised a
process for making petroleum bril-
Quettes, by which petroleum refuse is
worked up in such a manner as to as
sumo the form of a solid substance,
easily handled and constituting a
cheap and convenient fuel. About ten
per cent. Of soda I've, with ten per
cent. of any other kind Of fatty mat
ter-tallow for instances heated in
troleum refuse is added to the heated
mass to make up $50 parts. The mix
ture is then heated, under constant
stirring for about an hour, and ac-
quires the property OF taking up large
quantities Of fluid rock oil. The mix
ture is run into molds and allowed 10
cool, when it may be cut into pieces Of
eny desired form. Coal dust. sawdust
or other refuse may be added during
the process, IL needed-St. Louis
Glohe-DemCcrat