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Futures here declined D to 10 points early. but rallied
and closed steady with prices unchanged. The sales
were 4.750 bags. Havre declined IF. Hamburg was
unchanged to q pig. higher. Rio was quiet; with
stock. $4,000. Santos was quiet at 200 reis decline;
receipts, 22, 900; stock, Sl2, 900. Bearish cables and
continued liberal receipts caused o decline here at
the opening. bus before the close the loss was recov.
and Arbucklo Bros. made another cut OF l2c. to-day.
MErALs-Iron was dull. Spot. January and Feb.
rury, e8.80Se8.T5. Copper was quiet at lO.909l1c.
for spot and January. The exports for the week end.
2,45s tons. Lead was inactive. Spot, January and
February, 3.65@3. Zoe. Tin was quiet. Spot, Jan
uary and February, l3.75@13.S5c. Spelter was
quiet but steady at 8 90@4c. for spot and January.
33A@34l4c.; rosin was steady at S1.40@Sl.4o for
common to good strained.
PETRoLEUM-Crude certificates were unquoted hero
and in OH city. Refined was unchanged.
ss.o5; city. s4.bo@e4.75; refined for the Continent.
$500. Pork was dull. but stronger. Mess. scot %. 25.
Cut meats were inactive. Picked hams, &C.; do. bel.
lies. 5@54c.; do. shoulder. &c. Dressed Ihogs 4os@
$40. Tallow, 349+c. Butter.Creamery, West.
ern; extras: eco; nrsss, 2oSsle.; seconds: ~
frsts. 10@2Oc.; thirds, 15slsc. Cheese-State.
full cream. large, fancy, sio@sa4c; choice,
lt@sac.; fair to good. ,7P@sc.; small colored and
good. 7ia@sc. EERs-Pennsyivania fresh gathered
fancy. 28c.; Western do. hrsts. 22c.; fair TO good.
21@21i2c. Chicago. Jan. hog
receipts were about as expected. with that market
stronger. provisions ruled lower and closed gu ct at
the decline. There was considerable scattered real.
fzing. Packers supported the market around inside
prices; $4,000 hogs are estimated for tomorrow.
SUGAR-Raw was firm; So test, 824c.; 96' test.
4s-1ec. Sales $4,000 bags ccntrifugais. 90 test, at
4 $780,, and 2.100 bags molasses sugar. So test, at
39c. Refined was quiet. but firm.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-These were to-day's pricesi
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ooe;1O. Spring IN bbis.i Clears, e4.lbQet. y6,
strs,thss; 81 .Soaetyo Pstsnts: 2 iS; Mli
;sCts; sls .oSils.7S' 600 u.s. SiSasis.SO' winter
coTTost..spot cotton here was unchanged, with
sales OF 91b bales for spinning; 9U0 were delivered
on contracts. Middling uplanda, D 1910, against
1tc. last years New Orleans and Gulf. o S-ldc., against
Thoc. last year. The Southern spot markets wero gen.
orally nrm at unchanged quotations. Augusta do
cIined 1.l6c, New Orleans sold 5000, Mobile buO.
norfolk 4T9, Augusta, AIS. 81. Louis 300, and Snvan-
nah llp bales. Liverpool was unchanged on the spot,
with sales OF 10000 bales; futures there declined
q to point. In Manchester yarns were dun; cloths
IN moderate demand. The Bombay receipts for the
half week were 10000 bales, against 10000 In the
same time last year. Memphis received to-day $500
bales, against 8,2lS last week and 2,03S last year;
Houston 1919, against 8,628 last week aud $3.50
last year; Augusta $40, against $50 last week and
2s9 last year; st. Louis 6f7, aRainst g6b last woek
and 39t last year; Cincinnati 1880. against bs1 last
week and 1907 last year. Augusta shipped to-day
ZOE bales, Memphis 6.7iS, st. Louis 9,54S, Cincin.
natl l,42o, and Houston ll.0aS bales. Hous-
ton expects tomorrow 10000. against go.
BOG last week and 9,4i0 last year. New
Orleans expects $4,000 TO 10000, against AZ.
$50 last week and l4.86l last year, The port re.
ceipts were 1889 bales. against t5.764 last week
and 30.Ase last year; thus far this week 102.0oi,
against "a. lSl thus far lat week. The exports from
the ports were 11,277 bales. New Orleans declined l
TO 2 points. Futures here declined 3 to 4 points,
closing quiet but steady after sales OF 81, 500 bales.
The futrrQ frahInU - ms a fnllNurR,
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ReaI Estate Private Sales.

James Walsh has sold for John c. Clegg the four
story residence No. 1871 West Ninety-seventh street
l8x80xl00, for Sl7.5O0.
Stabler & Smith have sold for W. w. and T. N. Hal
to George X. Austen No. 205 West Ninety-thirds street
q four.and-o one half.story English basement brick and
stone dwelling. l7X60xl00, with extension.
Nathan L. ottinger has purchased from the Cock
roft estate the southwest corner OF Ninety-second
street and Madison avenue. 37xl00. The purchaser
Will improve the property.
Mayer S. Auerbach has sold No. SO East Eleventh
street TO Frank Brettell. who will erect an eight-story
nreproof business building on the plot.
& Smith have sold for W. L. Crow and
Taylor to a Mr.. Runkle No. seq West End avenue. a
four-story private dwelling lSx6sNl00.
Mrs. Frieua Hart has sold No. 332 Canal street and
No. 80 Lispenard street. and takes in part payment
II lots on the Southern Boulevard. near 16sth street,
Charles T. Barney has sold the vacant plot on the
south side OF Eighty.third street. 65xlO0. 100 feet
east OF West End avenud.
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The sales of mining stocks at tho New York
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange to-
COMMERCIAL

MONDAY, Jan. 10.-GRAIN-WHEAT-Spot wal
easier and dull. The sales were 80 5000 BUSH.
including 5000 No. 1 hard spring on private
terms; $4,000 No. 2 Northern spring at 97Ac.,
free on board afloat for export, and 1000 un.
graded red at 92c. in elevator. Free on board
afioat: No. 1 Northern spring New York, 1OO7sc.
do. Duluth. 1O1ssc.; No. 2 red, 1O0lsc.; No. 1
hard Duluth, 1O3asc. Minneapolis received to.
day 349.920 BUSH. against 223.7sO last year;
Duluth 46. $40. against 17,4ll; Chicago &C. 600,
against z. 100; Milwaukee 1880. against IA
300: st. Louis 49, GOO, against 21,974; Toledo
1881, against 1881; Detroit 10.431. against
Future sales 2.175.O 900 bush., as follows:
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Cotton was quiet ana easier to-day, The trading was
mainly local, but included ZONE selling for Liverpool
and Southern account. Prices declined slightly,
pool. Large receipts at the ports and the principal
interior towns and n heavy estimate for New Orleans
There was very little disposition to sell, however. and
the net loss for the day was .rining. The crop move
ment for the week 10 expected by most operators to
show q considerable increase over last weeks move
ment. and some express the fear that weak longs, dis
couraged by the continued liberal movement and the
protract,d dulness of the speculation, might liquidate
and cause q sharp break in a narrow market like the
present one. But the buying for some time past has
been Of q good character. and though prices may re.
movement. the bulls have unboun ed faith in an uiti-
mate revival Of speculation. attended by a sharp ad-
vance In prices. The spot markets at the South to-
day were firm, with q good demand from exporters.
Some advices from Now England were disquieting,
but they had no effect here.
CoFFEE-Rio on the spot was nominal; No. 2. 6s@
8ioc. Sales 1000 bags No. q on private terms. 300
bags No. o at UAc, 1900 bags Maracaibo and goo
bags savenilla on private terms. The future trading
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lcnraon raUsrrEs IA Z sALoox.
r4,.v prnuE einrer Ale. bat Ire Keeper wns
rneia fsr vteiatien sr the snnaay Raw.

rissy prnrk oinGer ale, bet TIE Keeper WIS
r1eia FER visistisn sr the Sunday nAw.
Michael Bencdict's explanation Of his alleged
violation Of tho Raines law. when no was ar.
ralsned yesterday In the Essex Market Court.
caused Magistrate Wentworth to pull out his
note book and make an entry rs he remarked:
II will add this to my already large list OF
novel defences put forth since tho Raines law
went into effect"
Detectives Sheridan and Long Of the Union
Market station testified that they looked
through a window leading to q room in the rear
OF Benediot's saloon at 912 East Fourth street
on Sunday and saw o crowd OF men sitting
around Stables drinking beer.
Judge" said Benedict, the policemen were
mistaken. Those men were all,drinking ginger
ain- They are the trustees OF q church and
meet pometimes In this room. There was not
ono IN the crowd who drinks beer"
Benedict was held for trial in 1900 ball.
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a. d. =. MEssENaERs BURGLARS.

two LADS mob . CiEar store Next e the once
whore They We're Employed.
william sheahan, 10 years old. Of 21% East
Ninetieth street, and Arthur Woodward, 10
years old, of s43 Columbus avenue. American
District Telegraph messengers, were arraigned
IN the West Fifty-fourth Street Court yes
terdny for breaking into tho fruit and cigar
store of John Castelano at 422 Columbus av-
enuc. next door to the Office whore they were
emnloyed. They stole twenty-one packages Of
siovies. thirty.nine packages of cigarettes,
siSty.avc cigars, fifty packages OF chewing gun.
srrestod. and were held BY Magistrate Simms in
$500 each for trial.
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Street Railway, Tennessee Coal and Iron, and
the shares Of the Ohio bituminous coal carrying
roads. The public IL apparently just beginning
to appreciate tho Importance of the effective
measures that havo been taken toward placing
tho bituminous coal industry, particularly in
Ohio, upon q satisfactory. that is, q profitable
basis. The Improvement in tho securities OF the
Ohio coal carrying roads which began last week
in Cleveland, Lorain, and Wheeling. extended
to-day TO Hooking Valley and Wheeling and
Lake Erie securities.
The Street was disturbed somewhat by reports
OF serious rate cutting in the Southwest. New
ertheless, Missouri Pacific closed fractionally
higher than on Saturday. and the shares OF the
other roads were comparatively
neglected at only slight recossions in prices. or
tho usually active stocks the Changers were
rather heavy. and 80 was Sugar Refining after
an carly advance. There were no new consider
ations affecting values except that In tho last
hour Chicago advised Wall Street that tho In
~terstate Commerce Commission is likely to sus-
pend the operations OF the long and short
haul clause Of the Interstate act.
so far as the moro northerly transcontinental
lines are concerned that they may compete on
equal terms with the Canadian Pacific for bust
ness to the Klondike and Kootenai mining re-
Rions. All the railway statements that m to
hand to-day were Of a most encouraging char
acter. They included important showings by
the Illinois Central and Louisville and Nashville
companies. For some reason or other London
was q fairly heavy seller all day. Its sales
through arbitraRe houses were estimated at up
ward Of 5000 shares. 1t does not follow that
this selling is actual liquidation by foreign hold
ers. for 1t should be understood that when this
market ranges higher than London arbitrage
houses buy in the last-named market and
soil hore, ana when the reverse is true
they buy here and sell In London, and in both
cases for q very slight profit. There was little.
II any, abatement Of tho demand for bonds.
Union Pacific purchase money certificates,
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf S., and Atchi-
son issues wero unusually active at advancing
prices. Colorado Fuel and Iron IS advanced q
point on the recently published statements re.
garding the condition of tho company's bust.
ness. Moreover, the bonds now carry nearly
six months interest. Tho closing was In the
main steady.
Final sales compare with those Of Saturday
as follows:
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0N y Cubn DblbDCB,
including gold reserve. sa4I. sbe.s49 ee41. sls.ess
The total transactions In various shares on the
Stock Exchange last week were 1,S2S, 273, an
increase of 1,116.646 shares as compared with
the corresponding week OF last year. The trans.
actions In State and railroad bonds aggregated
$17.l41, 100, an increase of $50 OBJ. 100.
Money in London 1a q cent. Rates of dis.
count In open market for both short and three
months bills, DISCIPLE " cent Amount OF bull
lion gone into the Bank of England on balance
at 103 francs 10 confines. Exchange on London.
25 francs % centimes. The weekly statement
OF. the Imperial Bank Of Germany shows the
following changes as compared with the pre-
100000 marks; Treasury notes increased .S40.-
600 marks: "other" securities decreased &c..
200. 900 marks; notes in circulation decreased
&c. 800, 900 marks.
Kessler Sc Co. offer at par $3.50, 900 of the 8 .
cent. preferred stock Of the Electric Vehicle
Company. The authorized capital stock of the
company consists of SIS 5000. 900 preferred stock
and an equal amount OF common. or the pre-
ferred stock only 100000 have already been
issued. The proceeds of the present offering.
which Is underw itten by q syndicate, is to DO
expended for. expanding the company's plant,
and no part OF 1t for patents or franchises. The
upon the preferred stock and the same upon the
common are to be divided between the two
classes outstanding, pro rata. Ono share OF full
paid, non-assessable common stock will, under
the terms of the present Offering, be given to
each subscriber to a share Of the preferred stock.
The subscription for the 81 500. 900 first mort.
gage 5 y cent. gold bonds of the st. Louis and
San Francisco Railroad Company, southwest.
ern division, offered by Redmond, Kerr s. Co. of
were opened at 10 o'clock and were closed i'm.
mediatcly. as the bonde were largely oversub-
scribed.
The sales OF mining stocks at tho New York
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange to-
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VALUE.
DUE.
ISSUE.
on.
First Mortgage
7s..... 1890.
First Mortgage
Sterling 6s..
jan, 1908
JAM. 1908

REMARKS:
Interest ar the rate Of 3a per cent. on money alus
calculated from these dates to time Of delivery toll b
paid IN addition.
The bonds must bear the current coupon
The new Three and one-Half Per Cent. Gold Bonds
will be delivered in payment at 1903 per cent, and
accrued interest to date Of delivery. Fractional
differences Will be adjusted in cash.
The existing bonded debt all natures on or prior to
June /. 1905. and the new mortgage provides tina,
none OF IL shall be extended beyond that date. Con.
sequently. on its retirement, the new bonds will boa
first mortgage on tho railroad property and real
estate Of tho New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad Company including its railroad. terminals,
Of extraordinary value at New York, Buffalo. and
other points. all the equipment of the Company
and also its leases and other property, all as Is more
fully specified in the mortgage.
Copies OF the mortgage securing the now bonds may
be obtained at our office.
j. p. MORGAN s. CO.,
PS WALL STREET. NEW YoR
j. s. MORGAN & CO.,
&c OLD RoA STREE LONDON.
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MONDAY, Jan. 10.
The course OF prices on the Stock Exchange
to-day was irregular. and there was also q fall
ing on in tho volume Of business as compared
with the last two or three days Of last week.
Prices at the close were in the main fraction
ally lower than on Saturday; still. there was no
pressure to sell. The declines resulted chiefly
from professional operations that were in
duced by the fact that the demand for
securities through commission houses was
not as large as had generally been expected in
view Of the active and fairly buoyant market
during the latter part Of last week. Excep-
tionally strong stocks were Northern Pacific
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Rea, Estate Auction Sale.

Pryor sold No. 1855 Second avenue, near Twelfth
street. q three-story stone.front dwelling, on lot
20xsO, leasehood. foreclosure. TO August Callie. plain.
till, for 90, 900.
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Government bonds steady at unchanged quota
tions. hallway and other bonds strong and
active. The features were American Tobacco
Terminal As; Colorado Coal 6, Colorado Fuel
Kansas City, Plttsbnrg and Gulf lists. Lexington
fxapHs and I'D N Psy So4t, F eSIsaG 1st and M 81, houis
p Pse laee e c amiRa1HeH oenso u.s. south s,n hh 6Psaro eHpan and
ccidse.. Denver and Gulf lists, |. r. wiifesbarre
New New t York. sa isas; { saalsS and N Westsrn ah So rshnas;
Pacific, st. Paul. Texas. Pacific, and Union Pa
were in American Tobacco Scrip, / y cent. to
go; Brooklyn Elevated lists t.. r. II. to ssh;
Gansda Sc Southern h IN ls ssi. =; ct to IL; CHS Chicago e. Ter r.
%Sii.S sSd Rio Gssn ads 81 Z j. {; 5S,t; h sSL;
! les. Valley I. 70 S'' 80, 49, X Kansas u; 80 a ana loT Tsr csH' rs!
!: to s7I; Kansas City, Pittsburr and
s Saa an nd'', ps "a to F se1s' 1s Lexington Z, to as;
Manhattan Railway As. q, to 96l4; n. Y,
susaueha Y "a an and \ Western GsEr.: eds, :, j 70 So; and e
49, Is $50: soaat HssEH Pac aRf Of caiiforn MA eons ! e. :: 10 10
Avs division on. 5 :. to f iIsss. and nd s S. and NJ 4. d aRd to w." q.
to o f aess. South. C n18a sbd and az GeoEgis lists, r.
t. to- r. 9c :. 10 Ss e.; Onion haho P saGfs " p. M Ea etfs.. ~ lsf to
i16is. and COS. t. r.. /, to lis; Union -Eie.
s eise. Dd asss; and al f. cult Ii t to SUI I. T., and i s c Union to g. s.:
Rapid Transit s.. s. . cent. to 947s; Union Pa.
Wilkesbarre and Eastern lists. u D cent, to OF.
In bank stocks z shares of West Side sold at
Commercial, price Of bar silver in New York.
Mexican silver dollars were quoted at 45Ac.
Exports to Europe tomorrow $50. 1000 ounces.
Money on call 3@3ia y cent. Time money is
Six months $685. ) cent. on good mixed STOCK
Exchange collateral. Commercial paper is
quoted: Prime Endorsed bills receivable at
and good names at 4l2 y cent.
Sterling exchange was quiet and firm; Con;
$4s$aa$f'ss sight Srsfts,' sl.sSi. aG1k o S,b
5.2IA@5.2oSs for long and 5.20@5. 1875 Tor short;
reichsmarks, 94i2984os for long and 95 1-l69
20 icns st and t 4oe se0 Tie f fOr ssGsii. 40 for
Domestic exchange on New York; Boston
5gio cents premium. Sharlest9nIBnying, par;
o osIiis ssilih n P psr. New 5S Pleans@bahH:y paE; c a,nS
mercial, e5 cents discount, San Francisco
Sight, 10 cents pTemiun; telegraph, lIia cents
Chicago-50 cents premium. Cincinnati-Be-
tween banks, 20 to so cents premium, and over
counter. 80 cents premium.
Glucose Sugar Refining common is quoted at
393s94O., and the preferred al 95l2@a6. Stand
ard OIL Trust certificates closed at 372@373;
at 74K@75a; STANDARD Gas common at 1890
l35. and The preferred a. l46Yd49; Mutual Gas
Gas at 2iiSS@2so; East River Gas at 75IsSS,
and Amsterdam Gas preferred at 72la@74.
The ail-rail eest-bound shipments of dead
freight from s Chicago last week were I4l,9as
vious year.
The weekly statement of averages of tho
In nkQ nf Nav Snrk pifv RrnnE1vn Iarcnu
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CIR SAVINGS BANK,
Glertions aud Meetinas.
OFFICE OF
THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND
AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, December Cd, 1897.
Especial meeting OF the stockholders OF Tho Chi
duly called by the Board of Directors. viii be held At
the General once OF the Company. No. LA Van
Buren, street. in the City OF Chicago. County of Cook.
and State or Illinois. on the Fifteenth Ibth) day OF
February. A. d. 1898. at 10 O'Clock A. M. for tho
purpose of considering, voting. and deciding whether
the stockholders OF the company Will consent 10 and
will authorize the creation Of q bonded debt by
the issue. at such times and In such amounts
as from time to time the Board of Directors may
determine, Of bonds, payable In Gold Coin OF
standard OF weight and nneness, aud not exceeding
the aggregate principal sum OF one hundred million
dollars (elOO, 900. OOOl. maturing January l. 1855.
and bearing q rate OF Interest not exceeding Ave psr
ccntum per annum. payable semi.aunually; and ths
execution OF q mortgage or deed OF trust to such
Board OF Directors. to be dated January /, A. 1895.
10 secure all such bonds, which are to be issued for
the. purpose OF refundiug. r~edeeming. or paying, at
or before maturity. outstanding obligations OF this
roads shall hereafter be acquired by consolidation or
purchase by The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railway Company and for the purpose OF the future
enlargement, Improvement or extension of the prop.
erty Of thi- Company and also whether the stOckhuli'
ers OF the Company will consent TO, and approve ~.
submitted TO the said meeting. ana will ratify tho
proceedings OF the Board OF Directors authorizing
such bonds and such mortgage or deed OF trust and
Indicating the property to DO covered thereby; aud
deciding whether A rticle VIII. OF the Articles Of Con.
solidation or this Company adopted tho End day ot
June. In the year A. ID. 1880, as the said Article was
amended at the annual meeting of the stockholders
OF this Company on the 9th day OF June, A. ID. 1859.
shall be further amended so as TO read: THE highest
amount OF funded debt to which the company shallbs
r.. r. CABLE. President
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Total sAles OF railway bonds Cpsr valued $3.50, 900.
RAILROAD n OTHER sHAREs.
Open. High Lou ~-CIOHH9-
Sales. ing. est. ear. Lid. asked
eAdS. ET,l6eh l6eh l69h l6o 8
$1,000 AmsR..lA3h l44t 1 l43S l43h
80 AnBRp.ll6 ll6 lac ll6 Il6
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ANNUAL MRRTIXG ar THE sTOCKHOLDERs
OF THE

NEVTUN vi bV1NETH VONPANE
Notice Is hereby given that the regular annual meet
Ing OF the stockholders OF the National surety Com
pany for tho election Of directors. and the transaction
Of any other business which may come before II, viii
be held at the principal Offices Of the Company In tho
New York Life Building. No. 3I8 broadway, in "a"
City OF New York. on Tuesday. the 25th day OF Jan
uary, 1898, at IL O'Clock 4 N.
CHAS. A. DEAN. President,
AtteIti MCCALL. Secretary.
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CONTINnNTAL TnusT .oMrANY

80 Broad Street. New York,
ian. q. 1895.
II ANNUAL MEETING FOR THE ELECTION OF
Trustees Of this Compan and Inspectors OF the neat
election and for the transaction Of any other busiursI
which may properly he brought before the meeting
will be held at this ofhce on Wednesday. January ~.
1893.
Polls open from II A. N tol2M.
GORDON M~ACDOSALD Secretary
WE ANNUAL MEETING OF the stockholders Of the
lJoRN MMON co. for the election OF trustee
for the ensuing year will be held at the ONCE OF tth
company, ITO Centre ST., New YORK. on Tuesday,
Jan. Is. at 1880 A. NJ.
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Barley was steady. New feeding, s44@344c, cost
ity. Rye-was easy. State. Dog so &c. Corn-spot
was lower. The sales were 10000 bush, including
as, 600 No. g mixed on private terms free on board
anoat for export. No. 2 mixed. 5000 at 331@332c.
in elevator, and 5000 do. at 3iis@844c. delivered.
follows:
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Just a woran's story.

Just wouan'S story.
Not strange because it happens every day,
not romantic or thrilling, but just a story Of
misery and suffering such as only women
know,
For eighteen years, Sara z. Bowen, Of
Peru, Indiana, carried a burden Of pain.
Night and day, without respite, she suf-
fered the most dreadful experience that ever
fell 10 the lot Of woman.
That she did not die is almost beyond
belief.
That she is well to-day is a miracle.
Mr.. SJwen's trouble requires no descrip-
ton beyond the symptom, which every
woman will instantly recognize.
In describing them Mrs. Bowen says;
"For eighteen years | suffered with
weakness peculiar TO my sex.
~ was a broken down piece of human
i,y; shadow Of a woman.
"My brain was tortured untl ! could re-
member but little. could not sleep or eat
and was reduced in weight to a mere skele-
ton. What little did eat could not be di-
gested in my weakened state, and caused
me untold misery.
"My skin was muddy, my eyes were
leavy. was dizzy a1l the time and to-
ally unfit for even ordinary housework.
doctors prescribed for me without avail.
Medicine was recommended and taken in
quantity but 1t did no good.
Time and time again | was at the brink