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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-04

Cash quotations were as 1oiloWs
Flour, dull.
Wheat. No. , spring, 93G95c; No. 3
spring. 92m99c; No. red, 81 051aG a.
Corn. No. and No. 2 yellow, 299sc,
Oats. No. ,, 26Ac: No. white, f. Q.
b.. 2S4 @301ac; No. 8 white, 2S129 29c-
Rye, No. 2. SOC.
Barley, 321a@ soc.
Flaxseed, No. !, 81 2112; y. W.,
81 2512.
Prime timothy seed, 81 95G2 97l3.
Mess pork. per Dbl, $40 60M10 90.
Lard. per 100 lbs, s. 221205 Is.
Short ribs sides, loose, s. 1905 49,
Dry salted shoulders, boxed. 4AQae.
Short clear sides, boxed, S. 40Go az.
Whiskey, ST 1879.
On the Produce Exchange to-day .he
butter market was firm; creameries'
13m20c: dairies. 1101Se.
Cheese. quiet at SMS52c.
Eggs. steady; fresh. 12c.
Receipts Flour, $4,000 bbls; wheat
81. o00 bu: corn. $4,000 bu: oats, 2S0.ouO
bu: rye. 5000 bu; barley $4,000 bu
Shipments Flour, $1,000 Dds
wheat. 81 900 bu: corn, S05,0o0 bu; oats
ISL 900 bu; rye, GOO bu; barley 2I,ooo
bu.
New York. March 3.-Flour, receipts
1872 barrels; exports 6,462 barrels
market inactive. demand being cheek
ed by the high prices asked.
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LIVE STOCK.

Chicago. March 3.-The market for
cattle was steady for ordinary offer
ings and stronger to 10c higher for fat
cattle. Some choice 455-pound cattle
sold At SIS 0C. but these were not near
lv as good as the steers that went at
81 70d5 r last Monday. Fair num-
bers of fat cattle sold at S. 0005 45
and an occasional sale of very common
steers was made at So zoos 80, the
greater part Of the offerings going at
$4 35Gl5 10. Choice sorted lots OF
feeders went at 81 60@4 70. Canning
COWS chiefly 81 50@3 90, and fat heif-
ers brought high prices.
There was no change in bulls and
calves.
The market for hogs was strong and
Sc higher early. The strength was
short lived, however, and the early
advance was soon lost, late sales being
at yesterdays figures.
lambs were active and steady with
sales of ordinary to prime flocks at
81 60d5 so, and short lambs at 81 400
4 so. Sheep sold at SO 2004 60, ewes
going at Sc 5GG14 - and sheep sales
we're largely at 81 1904 i5A3ar
Receipts: Cattle, 5000 head hogs,
q 600 head: sheep, 1900 head.
East Liberty, Pa, March 3.-Cattle,
steady; prime $4.90@5.00; common,
S3.50@400; bulls, stays and cows,
$200@4.00.
Hogs, steady; prime weights and
heavy Workers 100 to 100 pounds aver
age S4200425; common to fair York
ers s4.050415; heavy hogs s4.1O@4.2O;
pigs S3.S0@390; good roughs S3.40@
3.65; common to fair s2.5003.25.
sheep, steady; choice $f-S505.oo;
common $3.5004,00: choice lambs
$5.74@5.S5; common TO good s4f5G
SO
Veal calves $6.506700.
East Buffalo. n. Y, March 3.-Cat-
tie. nothing doing
Hogs. Workers. good TO choice, 81 500
4 81: roughs, common to choice, 50 SO
as s.; pigs, common to choice, 81 GOO
4 10.
Lambs. choice to extra, S. zoos SCI;
culls To common S. COOS 25.
Sheen. choice TO selected wethers
81 60d4 Is; culls to common 50 $50
4 Co.,
Cincinnati. O.. March 3.-Hogs, ac-
tive at So 3504 1212.
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CAMERON.

Rev. A. B. Moore, presiding elder
Of this district, is in the city visiting
friends
w. NJ NOVEL;, Mayor w. r. McDon-
aid. Jerry Fitzgerald and John Craw-
ford were visitors to the city OF
Moundsyille yesterday.
Frank Stephenson was at Wheeling
On business yesterday.
The telephone company is working
hard getting things in shape for better
service here Nearly all the holes for
the poles have been dug and it will
only be a short time until the wires
will be strung. The Bell telephone
people viii have their exchange at the
Main hotel, and the Citizens VIII
make John Barnett's store theirs.
The Greed arrivals yesterday were:
/. d. Bowlin, w. w. Henderson ana
]. IT, Wallace, Wheeling; Minnie Kel-
sey Warrington; A. Hazen, +. n,
DoUgherty, Pittsburg; S. Levy, Phil
sdelphia A. L. Poole, st. Clairsvllle,
and s. Aykrath, Morristown.
George Huffner is making some ex-
tensive improvements to his general
store.
S. p Hooton. Z. S. postoffice inspect
Or was in the city on business yes
terday.
Tomorrow is election day in regard
TO the bond issue, and from present
indications the vote here will be very
much against the railroad. The peo-
Pie in this vicinity are of the opinion
that the road would not benefit this
end of the county and will vote against
il on these grounds.
Miss Mamie Howard has returned
from a visit to Moundsville friends.
Dennis +. Meighen, of Littleton,
was in town on business yesterday.
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CLARKSBURG REPUBLICANS.

Sreaia, to the Register.
Clarksburg, W. Va. March 3.-Last
niehC the Republicans held ward con-
FentiQns and selected fifty delegates
TO the municipal convention to be held
tomorrow night at the court house.
The councilmen nominated are as fol-
lows First ward, Silas Ash, j. NJ.
Chiiders; Second ward, F. B. Hay
maker Hugh Morrow; Third ward,
r. J. Ernst, J. P. Swager; Fourth ward,
W, l.. Cole. Len. Peck Fifth ward,
John Itedman, J n. David.
At the convention tomorrow night
it is c7nceda that Samuel Gordon will
get the nomination for Mayor. Char
Fey Moore and John Shone are candi-
dates for city clerk, but from talk with
delegates it seems that J. l. Alexander,
late sheriff of the county, will get the
nomination. As to other nominations
at this time il is not known who will
be chosen.
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wheat, receipts 1883 Dusneis, -
ports 32,105 bushels; spot steady; NO.
red in store and elevator 81 oeF4
1. o. b. afioat and to arrive; options
opened firm and Kobe higher, ana
closed ss@5sc net higher, although
somewhat off from the top; No. RED
March closed at 81 OF; May closed at
81 Ola
Corn, receipts 55,575 bushels; ex-
ports 1888 bushels; spot firm; NO. Z
373sc; options opened steady, closed
firm at &c net advance; May closed
at 3515c.
Oats, receipts $1,000 bushels; ex-
ports 475 bushels; spot stronger; No.
2 3112c; options firm; May closed at
307sc
Hay. steady.
Hops, quiet and firm.
Hides, firm.
Leather, firm.
Wool, dull.
Beef, firm
Cut meats, steady
| Lard, strong; western steamed
| S. 5212; refined firm.
Pork, frmer.
| TallOw, steady
Cottonseed oil, firm.
| Rosin, steady.
| Petroleum. nominal.
| Turpentine, firm.
! Rice, firm.
| Molasses, firm.
Coffee: options steady and 5 to 10
| points lower, closed quiet at net
/ loss Of 5 to 10 points. Sales Of $3.50
bags, including May. at S. S..
Sugar, raw and refined steady.
Baltimore, Md. March 3.-Flour, I'M
| changed; receipts, $50 barrels; ex-
ports 1879 barrels.
Wheat, frmer; spot and month s1.o2
| 01.02H May $102A 01021a; receipts,
| 1869 bushels; exports, none.
Corn, steady; spot 341s @34Ac:
month 3415c@34asc; receipts, 211,321
bushels; exports, 1880 bushels.
Oats. firm: No 2 white western
/ 341b@35c: No. 2 mixed do 32@321ac;
receipts, 90, 127 bushels.
Rye, steady; No 2 nearby 56c; NO,
2 western SIC; receipts, 5000 bushels.
Hay, steady to firm on the best
| grades: choice timothy $12.50Q 1921.
Grand freights quiet.
! Butter, firm and unchanged.
Eggs, quiet fresh 12c.
Cheese, steady and unchanged.
Philadelphia, Pa, March 3.-Wheat,
firm and 24c higher; contract grade,
! March ST 01%@1 OF; April, May and
| June nominal.
Corn, frmer; No mixed March
! 347k034c; April, May and June nom
| inal.
oats. firm and re higher; No. 2
white March 331ac April, May and
| June nominal.
Butter. firm; fancy western cream
| erv bic. do. PENNSYLVANIA and western
prints 22c
Eggs. nc lower; fresh nearby and
western 1215c.
| Cheese, unchanged
Cincinnati, O., March 3.-Flour, firm.
/ Wheat. No 2 red 9Sc.
! Corn No. 2 mixed 31h @31&c
Oats. No. 2 mixed 2S@2SAc.
Rye. firm: No. 2 SAC.
Lard, firmer at S. 10.
Bulk meats, firm at s. 10.
Bacon, firm at s. 80.
Whisky, steady at $12 80.
Butter. firm.
Sugar, steady.
| Eggs, steady at 101ac.
Cheese, steady.
Toledo. Ohio, March 3.-Wheat,
higher; No. ? cash s1.OO14; May s1.oo
bid.
Corn, active and easy; No mixed
311ac
oats, duh and steady; No. 2 mixed
2712c
Rye, higher and dull No. 2 cash
51l@c.
| Cloverseed, active and steady; prime
cash S3.071a.
oil 11nchanopd
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DRY GOODS.

New York. March 3.-The demand
for dry goods shows no feature Of mo.
ment. Print cloths are quiet. The
quotation on extras at Fall river l.
still 2 S-16c, but the best bids Offered
are for contracts at Csc. In prints
there is no feature Of moment Sta
pies are unchanged in any grade.
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Silver certificates. 551a@56Ac.
Bar silver, 54c.
Mexican dollars, 45c.

Government bond weak.
State bonds dull.
Railroad bonds firm.
Stocks-Some of tl4e bull traders
bid up prices Of stock specialties this
morning and carried the general list
with them in an effort to renew the
bun campaign. But there was no out
side interest and the efforts of the
leaders were not seconded. The mar
ket drifted listlessly for the rest of the
day, some times up and sometimes
down, and had some part of the early
gains remaining for most stocks at the
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FINANCE AND TRADE.

New York, March 3.-Evening Posts
London financial cablegram: The
stock markets here were stagnant to-
lay, except for Americans and Grand
Trunk. which We're dealt in specu-
latively. Americans closed at about
The best
New York, March 3.-Money on call
steady at 2@21@ per cent; last loan, 2
per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, S3sG4l2 per
cent
Sterling exchange easier, with ac-
tual business in bankers bills at
81 S415 for demand and at 81 $40 Is
for 60 days
Posted rates 81 SS9I s5l2.
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reflections. Even his political enc
mics concede that he has done a great
deal for Mexico, and has established
many good customs there which We're
Lol i'm vogue before his day.
10 appearance the President is a dis
Ingiished looking man, rather re-
minding one of President Mckinley
ID THE thoughtfulness OF his aspect. He
is yoluminous writer, and is said to
busy now upon the lectures which
ha viii deliver during his coming
Anfrican tnnr
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AMONG THE POSTMASTERS.

Special to the Register.
Washington, March 3.-M R. Post
has been appointed postmaster at
Jarvisville Harrison county, w. Va,
vice w T. Mowry, removed.
A new postoffice has been establish
cd at Wareheim, Preston county, with
Lewis II. Hamilton as postmaster.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-04
A VISIT FROM DIAZ.
,,e coming Lecture Tour of the President
of Mexico


There is much interest aroused in
.ba United States over the announced
,er.ure tour of President Porfirio Diaz.
~ Mexico, who is to visit all our prin-
cipal cities, lecturing upon Mexico's
laws. customs and history.
niaz is looked upon as Mexico's
ssest President. He was born in OAK
.-5. september Is, 1880. At reaching
manhood he studied law. and took
mil in the war of 1S47. He afterward
folght in the French war OF 1862. in
which he was taken prisoner and sent
~ prison in France, from where he
escaped.
In 1911 he headed the Mexican rebel
ron. overthrow the Mexican govern
ront, and was made President in 1876.
POSITION he has held ever since by
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Trains and 2 aaliy between Cleveland
aud Massition all other trains daily ex-
cent Sundays:
Passengers between WheeHng. Martins
Ferry Bellaire and Bridgeport, take Elec-
tric Hallway 81. @. CARREL.
g. r. a.. Cleveland o.
O. r. WOOD. T. z. A, Wheeling. W. Va.
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CLEVELAND, LORAIN AND
" WHEELING RAILROAD
Time schedule Ct Passenger Trains in ef
feet sunday, May 10Th. 1891
Cleveland Depot Foot South Water Street
ARRIVE.
/
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BUY your round corner. ivory finish. die
cur cards for business and nice social sf-
fairs al the Office of the WEST VIR-
GINA PRINTING CO., l2z5 Market st.
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STEAMBOATS,.

wharfhoat. foot q Twelfth street, as fol-
lows:
Steamer VIRGINIA" n S. Calhoun.
Master; Robert II. Kerr. Purser. Every
Sunday a. m.
Steamer KEYSTONE STATE" C. w.
Knox, Master, Dan Lacey, Purser. Every
Tuesday ) a. IA.
new Master, James Gardner, Purser
Every Thursday 5 a. m
For freight or passage telephone go.
CROCkARD & BOOTH
no23 49, Agents.
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WHEELING AND PITTSBURG DIV.
For Pittsburg. $40 and 7:30 a. m. and
$50 p m, daily, and / 10 D. m. daily ex-
Fot Pittsburg and the Feast, $40 a, m.
and $40 p. m, daily.
ARRIVE.
From Pittsburg, l0:2o a. m, $40 p. m,
daily, 1870 p. m, daily except Saturday
AS a. M, daily except Sunday and 2:St
a. m, Sunday only
Passenger and Ticket Agent, Wheeling,
w. Va.
w M. GREENE,
General Manager.
d. r. MARTIN.
Manager Passenger Traffic, Baltimore
Nd.
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RAILROADS.
WHEELING.ANDEL ELM GROVE
w RAILROAD

1Daily except Sunca-.
Sunday church train viii Ieave EN-
Grove at 9:43 a. m. and Wh9el,ns at Y u
p. m. ~r-,
General Manager.
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TRANS-OHIO DIVISION

TRANS-OHIO DIVI5ION
For Columbus and Chi2ago, 1885 a m
and $50 p. m, daily.
Columbus and Cincinnati Express, 1c:d
a. m, daily and 11:40 p. m. daily eXcep'
Saturday. and 2:40 a m, sunday only
ST. Clairsvile accommodating 1925 a.
m, and $50 p. m, daily except Sunday.
ARRIVE.
Chicago Express, lilo a. m. and ll:oo a.
CINCINNATI Express, sos a. m. and SIS p
m, daily.
Sandusky Mail. sis p. m. daily.
st. Clairsville accommodation u:50 8. N
and 5:15 p. M, daily except Sunday
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RAIL WAY TIME CARD.

Arrivals and departures of trains on ara
atter Nov. H. 1885, Explanation of Refer
ence Marks: SDaily, fSunday excepted;
MONDAY excepted; SATURDAY excepted:
fSunday only, saturday only: )Monday
only; T. except Saturday: [, except Sa.-
urday. Eastern Standard time, which il
one hour earlier than Central time.
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\ Georgian Kills HIS Son.

Macon, Ga, March PA
special to The Telegraph from
Columbus, Ga, says:
Charles Field shot and killed
his son Richard Mt | o'clock this
a,fternoon. The shooting took
lPlace at Fields residence and was
'6one with 3S calibre pistol.
@ield is G5 years of age and
claims ne shot his son in self de-
-Senso
Ait r killing his son he threw
rfhe body out in the yard and left
it there while he went to give
MIN -clt up to the sheriff.
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z eco Homes in Cincinnati Inun
dated.

Cincinnati, March 27.-In the
dow lands of Cincinnati nearly
Z 900 houses are flooded with
from one to four feet of water.
Some have been abandoned, which
is the case with one story cat
FEages. In two story houses fami-
'lies remain In the upper stories.
CDf the flood houses 500 are in and
about Cumminsville from back
water in Mill creeK, where the
s,uundation is more annoying than
,ae-iOuS. In and about Columbia
7the extreme river limit of the
e"itv. 500 houses are soaked with
FROM enc TO four feet of water
II Riverside, the extreme down
trenr limit of the city, 100
iou-rs are affected about as at
Columbia Tlosc driven out find
so diff ,uIty in securing shelter
vEitL their more fortunate neigh
MOOT, though some occupy tents
"on high land.
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CHECKS COTTON BUYING.
Ensurapce Refused--Will Ship only
in British Bottoms.

st Louis, March PA specia
No The Republic from Austin,
Hex, says: The cotton buyers
sznd brokers of the State are be-
coming alarmed at the situation in
Their business brought on by war
H'urs0rs They find it impossible
TO secure insurance on export cot
ron, either from Galveston or
Mex Orleans, as the insurance
weople will not accept the cotton
with the present war Cloud hover.
,GHg over the country. a Spanish
ship now in Galveston, in attempt
ing TO load cottoa for Liverpool,
has been refused insurance for
fear of seizure ON thr high seas.
Several foreign H~mS have wired
their S,atr 1uycro to snip ON
Nrjli~H bottoms only, as they are
considered the only safe means of
Etrm,portulioH IN case of war. At
lCuSt third OF the Texas cotton
D., crop is &C. he moved vet and the
3'rcs"m war scare is felt seriously
III the marketing Of the product.
fti"-ts ',"o being made looking to
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Following Are the Conditions Of The Contest.


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Money to HAOaM.

| IL @. VI DE arrangements with
b'"Her- N Nv Nurh CltN Through
hum an n"'p 80 I'Iace .OA'- -. ar,
"d hy first mortgage on imu.ovpd
COTTON i%Tll-, f.r -iN eats time '-s a..
hlr in iu-ttlu"I l. at the rA eur7 yer
cen; per aUuum The hrr.rfa.r snd
ia" "harg- '0r It's r,rt and INSPECTION
-" snlai and At the "xIeI,s.. Il the
tnrT"W'r X l. WIiIE,
Atty. nj Law.
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Inc State Press Association
will mect in Grccnyllle, July 81.
sEho aalu' address will be deliv
ssTel by President Cromer, of
Ne. Derry College. Mayor viii
Dan viii speak in behalf of the
pJy, and Cot ! A Hoyt for the
Bocal press, aud Col Jas l. Orr will
repre,ent the citizens aud business
Interests. IN excursion to Nj
ragara Falls will be arranged.
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20 3 40 Ly Lancaster AR 90 s 80
Train leaving Lancaster at Z % IN
connects ut Chester with Southern go.
ing south. G. x l. going north and G
C d y Vesti6ule aud local trains going
west.
Train leaving Lancaster at 3 40 p m.
connects at Lancaster with O r & {
from Camden, aud Chester with
southern going north and south md
with & Il IL north.
Train leaving Chester a. IL % NJ
connects mt Chester with Southern
rom Charlotte. at Lancaster with O
II ~ g TOR Camden Tues lay, Thursday
and saturday; also & d l. from north.
Train leaving Chester :: Is p M
fonuects with southern IIOm Colum
ola, q & u \ from Atlanta and G. & +
| ':rn IeUNj
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LANCASTER AND CHESTER
RAILWAY.

BETWEEN CHE>TER AND LANCASTER
Schedule in effect Daily except Sunda:
on and after July %, 1895.
WESTBOUND EASTBOUND.
Nos. 9 and IL. Nos. 0 ana IL.
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The silver lance., 1898-04-22
CERULEAN GARMENTS.

Men Invariably Succumb Before tho
Precious Blue Garments.
Manners" may make the man. but
clothes and manners make the woman.
Who will say that a charming manner
Is not made to seem more charming
when a woman is garbed daintily and
becomingly? There is many an old
beau of the yesterday who remembers
to-day the blue dress of the girl he
once-if not still-believed to be the
personification of all that was lowell
ness in womanhood, says a writer in
the st. Louis Republic. The gown,
somehow, as he remembers 1t, seemed
to be part of the dainty maid. At any
rate, he never fails to associate her
with 1t. Speaking of the blue dress,
somebody has said of it: "Of all the
arts and wiles which the ingenuity and
skill of woman have devised there is
probably nothing which SO enraptures
the animal man as does the latest freak
of fashion, the blue dress. The idea
was copied from the novelist, because
no well-regulated and eminently proper
heroine was ever known to swirl
through the pages of society novel
unless she was arrayed in garments of
heavenly blue. So far the scientists
have been unable to explain the chro-
matte influences, and laymen should
certainly hesitate to undertake an ex-
PLANTATION of so abstruse question, but
the fact remains that garments OF blue
exercise peculiar influence upon the
sterner SEX" | do not know how alto
gether true the last statement is. but
1t is fact-isnt it?-that the charm
ing blue gown is treasured in many
memory. l do not believe 1t is simply
because 1t was so dainty, so pure-look
ing and so generally becoming. II
girl thinks she can be attractive and
be dowd in dress, then let her see
romantic drama in which the ac-
tresses are dressed indifferently. Some
how one can never associate romance
with a gown that does not fit or is OF
a horribly unbecoming color. Next in
Importance after a sweet and refined
manner come becoming clothes. A
man may not know whether a gown is
after the latest and smartest mode, but
he does know in a minute whether its
color is becoming and its general air
dainty. And so to the good advice of
the wise matron to the girl who would
be charming, let me add this: II you
have lost your heart. and would win
another in return. wear just as pretty
frocks as your pocketbook can afford
II you have but one best dress" make
1t as attractive as you can with fresh
laces and ribbons, and know that a
woman, however naturally charming, is
only at her best when she is conscious
OF being becomingly dressed.
The silver lance., 1898-04-22
Oh, you mem!

Oh, you men!"
Dainty Dolly Paunce was singing the
lively ditty, Of which this is the re-
Train, in three parts of the metropolis
every evening, and four parts Of the
impressible youth of the city were
singing it after each meal and before
reads. Cards and flowers occupied
half her hanson each night as she rode
to her modest home uptown. She
threw the cards into the crate with
half-sighed prayer that men be born
with more sense and that engraving
were not SO cheap. The flowers she
allowed to die in her over-heated par
lor without a shadow of conjunction.
Dolly had been working long and
hard enough to be convinced that her
success would last just about so many
swift years, even with the best Of tend
! ance. So she scrupulously saved her
princely salary against the days of the
sere and yellow leaf, when, perhaps,
the same cards and flowers should be
flung nightly at the twinkling toes of
| another Dolly.
One dismal, raw night, being in mel
ancholy mood, Dolly read her batch
OF cards in a spell Of curiosity. She
had not done this since the early days,
now a good while past, when there
were only two or three. To her
amazement she found that three of
them bore the same name, Clarence
Lowderidge
THE goose must have followed me
from one place to the other" she
thought, with a fine curve of scorn on
her pretty mouth.
Again the next night-she tried to
tell herself it was force of habit-sne
read the cards of her admirers. Again
she found Clarence Lowderidge thrice
represented. On one of his cards she
read these penciled words:
Il have worshipped thee .or thirty
nights, thrice the night. 'Tis equiva-
lent to three months devotion. Is this
not religion? Thy adorer, C. L.
The impudence of the fellow. I'll
give him lesson in religion, and that
on next Sunday morning, il | live.'
she snapped out to the CONSERVATION
Of her Angora, stamping her little foot
in its satin slipper.
She sat down at her writing-table
and scribbled OFF a few words, which
were posted the next morning to the
address on the card
Sunday morning at II precisely,
Clarence Lowderidge appeared before
Dolly Paunce. He was tall, thin and
pale. His clothes were not too new
and his yellow hair needed trimming.
But when he stammered by way Of In