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The herald., 1898-03-11
CHICAGO MARKET
Prices and Prospects of the Trade in
Cereals

CHICAGO, March 10. Dizziness as marked
as at any time during the holiday seasons
marked the opening In wheat. There was
good deal OF uncertainty regarding the
figures on farm reserves In the forthcom-
Ing government crop and traders as q con-
sequence were unwilling to go deeper
either way than they were already. This
season, and the market at no time ex6ib-
tied any real degree Of activity
The start was easier Liverpool cables
were disappointing, showing about sd de-
cline. News from Washington regarding
the Spanish complications was also Of a
more disturbing character and another
Dig addition to the stocks OF contract
wheat at Chicago was reported. July
opened at 90A@90x and May Y lower at
IO4h. For nearly an hour prices kept With
In u radius. Then, helped by an Inn
provement IN corn which took place about
that time and also by. the predictions Of
west. prices improved a.trifie. It was but
temporary. Though nd selling pressure Of
consequence developed. May for some time
held fairly firm, traders being apparentlv
afraid to sell that delivery, but the weak
ness in July finally encouraged them and
offerings became free enough to cause a
drop to 1.04. July declined to 90K and
closed at 90M@90A. May wound up at 10l.
Corn was under the influence Of the gov
ernment crop report. May closed Nc
higher: There was only small scalping
Nc range. The dullness was due to. the
government report. May closed jxc lower.
Provisions were rather inquiet, but fairly
steady. At the close May pork was &c
lower, May lard q shade higher and Nav
ribs shade lower.
The herald., 1898-03-11
Suicide Said to BE pidemic

DIR. La Rue, the famous French author
ity on abnormal Phenomena, and profess
sor in Laval university, has, after ex-
haustive comparison of facts in France,
Belgium, England and the United States.
come to the conclusion the inclination to
suicide is mania. and is epidemic. There
seems to be strong corroboration of this in
our own country, where one suicide-par-
ticularly among young females-follows
another. No learned authority has as yet
discovered with exactitude whether ma
lara is epidemic or endemic, but 1t has
been matter of notoriety for nearly half
a century that the most reliable preven-
tive and curative of the various forms Of
malaria is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Restored patients have not only set the
seal of their appreciation upon it in malar-
ial cases, but commend 1t for rheumatism,
kidney and liver trouble nervousness,
dyspepsia and constipation. 1t improves
both appetite and sleep. and is a capital
mitigant of infirmity in advancing years.
The herald., 1898-03-11
The Bomb in jeff Davis's Desk

When the United States troops occupied
Richmond. Va, April 3, 1865, General Ed
ward H. Ripley of Vermont, who was ap-
pointed military governor of the city,
found in the desk of Jefferson Davis, in the
house occupied by the Confederate presi-
dent, cast iron bomb in the shape of a
lump of coal. 1t was evidently cast from
good sized piece of coal, was coated with
coal tar and coal dust, and could hardly
be distinguished when handled from a
lump of coal. 1t was hollow and would
hold powder enough to make heavy ex-
plosion. Army authorities have never
doubted that the otherwise unexplained
blowing up of a steam vessel loaded with
ammunition at City Point was the work of
a bomb of this kind which had been
dropped into pile of coal and shoveled
into the furnace of the steamer, and SIM
liar bombs probably occasioned similar
catastrophes during the war.-Burlington,
VT, Free Press.
The herald., 1898-03-11
FIGHTING EDITORS DUTIES
UNIQUE POSITION ON FRENCH
PAPERS FORTY YEARS AGO
The Fighting Editor in This Country
Usually Calls the
Police

A standing joke among the papers OF the
lighter vein Is the lighting editor" Heis
paraded as a warning to troublesome COR
respondents and has been standing dish
In the latter-day illustrated comics as
dealing out drubbings to spring poets and
other disturbers of the editorial peace.
This warlike Individual, however, was not
always thing of fiction The fighting
editor was an Indispensable institution in
France only forty years ago, and SO con-
tinued until the overthrow of the i'm
perial system.
In 1861 law was passed by the French
chamber enacting that all articles publish
ed In political newspapers should bear Sig
natures, and the effect of this law, intend
ed to make journalists cautious, was to call
into existence men who. by having their
names printed at the foot of the respective
newspapers they served accepted all re-
sponsibillty for its contents.
They were for the most part retired
army men of known grit and Getermina-
tion, who did much for the freedom of the
press by enabling editors to hold up a
man of straw to the buffets Of press CEN
sorship, and oppose professed duelist to
any bellicose Individual who might desire
TO pink or make a target Of any writer
on the staff.
Needless to say, these "gerants respon-
sables" were well paid and in some cases.
ridiculous as 1t may seem, they were una
BILE to do more than scrawi their own
Names If summoned before the correc-
tional tribunal for an Objectionable ar
ticle, the fighting editor had to un-
blushingiy accept all responsibility, and
later whatever form of Imprisonment
might be meted out to him. This was, in
fact, the most enjoyable part of his du-
ties, as during Incarceration he received
an additional five francs day, with three
good meals and supply of tobacco. Thus
good year. from the fighting edtor's''
point Of view meant the passing of the
greater part of 1t in jail, which, of course,
meant immunity from dues during tina.
time, in which there was always risk of
personal injury. When at the office it was
his duty to answer aggrieved individuals
with polite request for the names Of their
seconds. and a meeting in the Bots de Vim
cennes, whatever the result in damage to
his person, always brought "douceur" of
so much per fight.
One Of the last of these linen of letters
and as such he was described at his burial,
In retirement some fifteen years since, after
living In comfort on the proceeds of his
curious connection with the Epoque, the
Courier Franchise, the Diogene, the Main
Jaune and other Partisan journals. Ut
teriy iliterate, he had assumed the re-
sponsibility of some of the smartest writ
ing OF his time and without sympathy for
the principles he espoused, he succeeded
in extracting an income from journalism
that must have made struggling aspirants
in its legitimate branch green with envy.
With the overthrow of the imperial
regime and the repeal Of the old press laws,
the occupation of the fighting editor
was gone. but his whilom existence had its
advantages-London Mail.
The herald., 1898-03-11
Diphtheria serum's Efficacy

Many lives have been saved in Austria
and Germany alone by the serum cure:
statistics just published conclusively prove
this. They are official, SO they cannot be
disputed, though the story reads like the
panegyrics of quack. Heilserum was os-
tensibly a specific for diphtheria, and fore
warned by the failure of Koch's tubercu-
lin. the world treated with suspicion the
new weapon that was to tight the Wuergen-
gel Of the little ones. But Behring's dis
covery was gradually accepted, when 1t be-
came known that everywhere the death
rate from diphtheria had greatly been re-
duced.
SO at least run the reports Of the Ber-
lin Reichs Gesundheits Amt and the vi
emma 6tadphysikat. DR.. Kammerer states
that from 1885 to 1894 1Se.Oao people died
in German towns having Is 900 or more In
habitants. or 11,0e4 yearly, death rate OF
1919 per cent for every 10000 inhabitants.
Heilserum came Into use In 1886. The death
rate in that year was only 64 per cent.
The statistics for Vienna show that the
death rate down to 1854 was 1913 for every
1000 inhabitants. whereas the cases OF
diphtheria and Group ending fatail$ in 1S9t
end I'M were reduced to ~ per cent Il y
The herald., 1898-03-11

of your verdict. With the assistance Of
my learned junior, am able to PROFOUND,
as a solution of the problem, -2S IS. Sd. But
as my clients have throughout desired to
deal with the plaintiffs in more liberal
spirit than you will probably consider they
deserve, let us say in round figures 910.'
The judge was highly amused and briefly
intimated that the question was eminently
one for the jury, who promptly stated that
it accepted Mr.. Lockwood's figure of 210.'
This was, indeed, a perfectly just and
proper result; but there were many in
court who thought that the verdict would
undoubtedly have been for G25 or perhaps
even ESQ., had not figure been so ingeni-
ously suggested to the jury by the de-
fendant's advocate"
The herald., 1898-03-11

l.l60lso: milling, l. Lao@l. Is: surprise. LIMO
1.S5; black for seed, 1.S6Q0160; red, 1.2501. .4b.
Wheat-Shipping wheat, 1.l0@l4lh for
No. !. and 1.42M for choice; milling. lSb0
Receipts--Flour, quarter-sacks, sS@;
wheat, centals, 1866; barley, 1885; do. Ore
gon, $50; rye, centals, $50; potatoes, sacks.
l4o5; onions, sacks, Australia, 7S5; bran,
sacks. 1910; middlings, sacks. 619; hay. tons,
30; straw, tons, 8; wool, bales, II; hides,
Sl5; wine. gallons, g, 200:
Hay-Wheat, 16.00@19.00; wheat and oat,
lo.Oo@il.OO; clover. ii.6O9i2.OO; stock. 1000
1900
MilIstufss.Middlings ao.oo@as.so per tom;
Dry BeanswPink, 25o@2so; Lima. 21o
2.20; small white, 155Q165; large white.
Potatoes-Early Rose, 65975 per cental
River Burbanks, 60070c River Reds. 5OQ
6Oc; Oregon Burbanks, 70QS0c; Merced
sweets, 75Q85c.
vegetables-Onions, 24o@275 per Genital;
hothouse cucumbers 50cQ1.00; garlic, 31aQ0
&c; green peas, 3@3hc; string beans, E.kc
per lb.; asparagus, S@9c; egg plant, 1yp
zoe: green peppers, Csc; mushrooms, 4W9c.
Citrus Fruits-Naval oranges, 1.25q300;
Mexican lines, repack, 5.0Ol5.50; COM
mon California lemons, 75cQl.25; choice
1.50M2.00.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 1sc per ID. /;
do. seconds l61sQ17c; fancy dairy lS1sc; DO.
Eggs-store, ioM@1lc per dozen; fancy
ranch, 111ay12hc.
Pouitry-Tur1ay gobblers, 1O@l2c per Id. !;
old roosters, 4.0OQ450 per doz.; young roost-
ers. 7.00Qz50; small broilers, 35OQA50;
Large prSers s M SS9@S09 oid fTSe5s 49,
l25QIlo0 per pair old pigeons, LIS; young
pigeons, 1506t225
The herald., 1898-03-11
ON CHANGE
Conditions Shown by the Dealings on
Wall Street

NEW YORK, March 10.-Today's stock
market showed further contraction in the
to the trading which indicated the prevail
ing disposition to refrain from speculative
activity until conditions become settled
There Is continued uneasiness regarding
the Cuban situation which finds its refiec-
tion In large offerings of securities on any
substantial advance. 1t is the evident be.
lief also that the present conditions, so far
as they are known, do not warrant a
was strenuous attempt in the early deal
ings to try to mark up prices with the pur-
pose OF pinching small bear traders and
also for the purpose of realizing at the
higher level. This maneuver, which proved
so successful yesterday and Tuesday,
brought such abundant offerings that 1t
was soon abandoned and the bears re-
tanned control Of the field for the rest of
the day. A small amount Of arbitrage buy
Ing for London account aided in the early
resistance to the decline and the strength
OF special stocks to the same end.
The unsettled and uneasy tone on foreign
Spanish As in London and Paris, helped
materially to defeat the efforts to advance
prices The continued influx OF gold failed
to have any effect in sustaining the mark
et Neither did 1t save the foreign ex-
change market from falling an additional
traction. There was perceptible easier
tone IN the rates for call money and loans
az tne close were made at ~ per cent.
Lenders are still loath to make time loans
A large part of today's selling was attrib-
uted to Washington. Today's net declines
are about a point or over all through the
list and effectually wipe out the disturb
ance Of yesterday and the day before.
Bonds were weak throughout the day in
sympathy with stocks, the speculative
issues n M leading the decline. Total sales,
81 ,665, 900. u. 8. new As and As coupon ad.
vanced v and the 6's X cent.
Silver Bullion
NEW YORK. March 10.-Bar silver, 5lX:
Mexican dollars, 44Ac.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10-Bar sill
The herald., 1898-03-11
Adams Monument Is Coming

It was Mark Twain, If remember right
ly, who pointed out the ingratitude and
inconsistency Of the human race in neg
legcting. during all these years, to put up
a memorial to Adam, to whom (under prov
idence) the whole race practically owes its
existence, while erecting monuments to sc
many worthless of later date, whose serv-
ices to posterity are comparatively insig-
nificant. We are getting on in that direc-
ton, however King Alfred is to have a
commemoration, and Il take for granted)
a statue. Hengist and Horsa will no doubt
have their turn next. There is hope for
Adam yet. Everything comes to him who
can wait.-London Truth.
The herald., 1898-03-11
Rate Of : Crdcket's Chirp

The rate Of chirp Of the cricket, Prof
A. F. Dolbear notes ia the American
Naturalist, seems to be entirely deter.
mined by the temperature, and this to
such degree that one may easily COM
pute the temperature from the chirps pez
minute. Thus at 80 degrees Fahrenheit the
rate d eighty per minute. At 10 degrees
Fahrenheit the rate is Lao. . change Of -four
chirps per minute for each degree 81
change. Below . Temperature of 80 do
erees the cricket has no energy. to waste
~ music and there would be but forty
chirps per minute. q !
The herald., 1898-03-11

remarkable circumstance that the num-
ber of cases Of children attacked has d.
minished steadily since 1895.
The public, too, is no longer harassed
with the fears that were at first entertained
regarding the alleged danger attending the
administration of serum. 1t is considered
now to be as harmless as any other spe-
cific prescribed for dangerous maladies.-
Pail Mall Gazette.
The herald., 1898-03-11
Releases, $1,000 and Over

8. Rosenberger to M. A. and M. C.
Parmley. loe-1s5 ......................$ s 1900
e. A. Mann to g. A. Daniels. $685.. 4S46
G. G. Thompson to w. d. Hammell,
0Vd-OJ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. I,Wt
G. Jess to J. w. Springfield ct al,
ooS-zo0 ............... ................... ,bUV
]. Il. Crawford to l.. A. Lorbeer and
q. A. Carter ct al, 430-57. ........... $500
w. L. Wotkyns, trustee, to F. B.
Wetherby, 303-2 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1850
German-Amer. sav. bank to ]. M.
Quiggle ct al, 539-315 ....... 1000
G: A. Everett to st. Johns church,
ooU-4t .......................... 6,O0O
A. M. Joughin to N. G. Hertz, 45S-28;
227-97 .......................... 1000
W. McDermott to 8. d. Pallet, 204-164 $500
L. A. Saw bank to "A. 8. Potts, 397-37.. 1000
"a V. Dyas to A. B. Nash, 5S3-61...... 1900
w. Quay to G. A. Steele, 479-266...... $500
w. J. Webb to e. A. Jarvis. 429-26..... 1850
A; 8. Allen to r. Cohn. 4n-232. 5000
thirteen releases under $1,000. $500
Total ........................... .$46 DAG
The herald., 1898-03-11

QUEEN mass for the repose of the soul of
the late Very Rev. N. J. Meyers, c. NJ at
st. Vincents church, OH Saturday morn
ing, March 18th, at o'clock. Friends are
invited.
The herald., 1898-03-11
Mortgages, &1oOo and Over

Fl. b. Fasig ct al. to Equitable B. &
L. assn of U. Slot 3, blk. 10, r. l..
A., II yrs, 10 $40 per cent. t...........$ /, ,30t
N. j. Sanders ct al. to L. Lebus-Lot
8. Alcantara Grove trt.. yr., 10 per
ccHt ........................ S,VVS
j. A. Bone ct al. to M. A. Campbell,
gdn.-Lots 10 to 49, Dunham's SUBJ
division, yrs, 10 per cent. 2,50t
II. 8. and G. A. Fudickar to l. B.
Noble-Part lot 10, Feldhauser's
subdivision of blk. So, o. s., yr., g
per cent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2,OV
N. p. Conrey ct al. to August Krug-
Lot 4, blk. q, Glassells subdivision
OF lot 7, etc.. yr, 10 per cent. 1,50(
0. ]. Sutton ct al. to e. F. Russell
Part lot 10, blk. 10. E, l.. A., yrs,
II per cent. ....................... 1,00'
X. and G. Peters to u. Garms-Part
lots II and 10. Riverdale trt., yrs,
r. II. Chapman to H. A. Baldwin
Lots 3, and 8, blk. s, X. l.. A., l yr.,
lOt per cent Observation-Disclosures. 1,46s
9. Pomeroy ct al. to M. g. Russell
Lot 8, blk. "a, Pomona, yrs, per
cent ............s... ...................... 4,5Ot
Nine mortgages under $1o00.. ......... 2,3O
1Otal WI ,U6s
The herald., 1898-03-11
Kansas City Live Stock

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 10.-Cattle--
Receipts 4500 Market active and strong;
ordinary dressed beef steers, 380lp4.40;
choice shippers. 5.25@55O; bulk, 4.4595.10
native cows and heifers, 2.5O9450; western
fed steers, 4.00aD4.65; cows, 3.00Q3.S0; bulls,
3.0O1D4. 90: stockers and feeders. 4000p5.30.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000. Sheep, strong;
lambs. barely steady; fed western muttons
largely, 4.1094.40; western year1ings, 4.5O0
t55: fair western lambs 510lt5. 20.
The herald., 1898-03-11
Poaltry .nd Pss stock Assesiasisn

~ f0uAtry ana Ret Ht00k Ae1oO1Atl0n NJ,
At Santa Barbara. March I'll to 18th, in
elusive. Reduced rates In effect gcing, sth
to 18th, inclusive; good for return until
Tuesday, Marchs 18th. inclusive. Tickets.
>3.5o for round trip. Take eopth4fn Pacific
company Shore line. leaying Los Angolo1
The herald., 1898-03-11
TIE INVESTOR
cosDvcItD BY 6to. 4. oosIMsoM

World Mutual BENEFIT association OF
Wheeling, w. Va.
The amount OF fire Insurance written was
1894, ,24 ,126; premiums. N,767. .O19.8; losses,
&, ,637, III. The amount of marine insur-
ance written was $183 995. S25; premiums,
q, ,6s9, ,65s.74; losses, $1.S75. .s11.66.
The herald., 1898-03-11
SAN FRANCISCO MARKET
call Board Dealings and Prices q
Produce

BAN ERAN0IeCO, March 1o.--Wheat-
steady; December. 1.3lk; May. 1.411<
,.d5;l Barley Strong December. saM; May,
GqTn z:srse yellow, losQ1. .e7ssl.
y Harlsy Feed: gqo1 % choice. l.060tO0X
xe4cy. 1a291 "a brewing l1601.2o
ssss'ss;; G2s s Ei|; ss.s n Ei! &c s'.s' :
The herald., 1898-03-11
Imported Lemons Free

Those interested in lemon culture can
obtain some of the finest imported vari-
cites for seed, free of charge, at Woolla-
colts liquor store, 124 North Spring street.
The herald., 1898-03-11
Incorporation

! The Alhambra Theater company, San
Francisco, $500, 900, with so subscribed
| ing company, San Francisco, $3.50 900, with
| $50 subscribed,
The herald., 1898-03-11
Real Estate Transfers

ThurBday, MHrCH IU I656
University Bank Of Los Angeles to L. A.
Olive Growers assn and l.. A. Olive Grow
ers' assn to John w. Hilton-Lot l, blk. 1877,
4. A. Olive Growers assn trt; S2513.
w. T. and N. +: Myers to Mrs. A. e. Ling
Lot %, H. L. Flash's Main street subdi-
vision: lot is, A. G. Shafer's resubdivlsion;
$500.
d. f. and H. Donegan to L. D. Sale-Lots
10 and II, Yale Il Harvard trt.; lot 2, blk.
6. Highland trt., add. No. l; $1,000.
a. M. Pearson to Il. b. Pond and II. G.
Campbell, trustees-I4ot %, Z. ]. Baldwln's 8
subdivision, Ro. San FrancIsquito; $780,
SUMMARY
Deeds ........................ Is
Noxninol
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Dried Fruit Prices

NEW YORK, March 10.-California dried
fruits steady with a fair demand. Evapo-
rated apples, common, 508c; prime wire
tray, 81sQS7sc; wood-dried, prime, S1z@8%c;
choice, SIC; fancy, 912@10c.
Prunes-3@S1Ac
Apricots-Royal. 51s@7c; Moor Park,
S13@10c.
Peaches-Unpeeled, 5@9c: peeled, 120f9c
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Petroleum

OIL CITY, Pa, March 10.-Credit bal
ances, 70; certificates opened with regular
offered at 79 cash offered, 7S1A; first sales,
78H; lowest, 78l1; sales, A 900 barrels; ship
ments, 90,901; runs, 100,033
The herald., 1898-03-11

All prices OF wall paper greatly reduced.
A. A. Eckstrom. s2 South Spring street
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Wall paper, late styles. low prices, al
A. A. Eckstrom's. 324 South Spring street
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The channel that great minds run in Is
never overcrowded.
The herald., 1898-03-11

The thirtieth annual preliminary report
Of the insurance commissioner has been
submitted to the governor ana has been
printed BY Commissioner Clunie for lis
tributton. 1t is statistical In character ana
contains no comments on the compact
war II appears that sixteen companies Of
all classes were admitted to transact busi-
ness 10 California during 1897. These were
the American Credit Indemnity ana The
Merchants Life association of ST. Louis
the German Alliance Assurances cornpsnv =
Of America, National Standard. NiaGara
Fire and Bunkers' Life Insurance. cornna-
nv OF New York, Home Life Assurance of
Detroit Nippon Sea and Land Of Japan.
Yeutonia OF New Orleans, United states
Fidelity and Guaranty OF Baltimore
Knights Templar and Masons' Life Of chi.
cagc, Agricultural of Watertown, N. VI.
Quarantors' Finance of Philadelphja
4erchants Of Newark and American of
Boston. v n \ \ :. \ n
There were nine withdrawals during ths
same period, the companies being the Man
ufacturers' Lloydp, Mercantile Lloyds.
Mutual Lloyds and 8Faders' Fire Licyds
q New York. On Tai o3 HonSkone, Msisa-
rhusetts BENEFIT Life Association ana New
Eneisnd Burglnxy Of Bohton. National Life
Associations of Hartford, Security Mutual
Fsse eceslaftcn of Hfngh hsmtop' n. d. ead
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1T IL q great misfortune not to have
Enough wit to speak Well or not enough
Judgment to keep SILENT
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Silver Bullion

NEW YORK. March 10.-Bar silver. 54X
Mexican dollars, 44%c.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 10.-Bar sill.
yer, b4x; Mexican dollars, 451kQ46.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-29
SEEKING VETERANS.
Woman Who Trnp Old Soldiers for
Their Pensions.

woman Who Trnp Old Soldiers for
Their Pensions.
The large colony of women who have
gone to Hallowell and Gardner, Me-,
to prey upon the inmates of the soldiers
home at this place are in a state of
panic over the. recent suggestion of
Pension Commissioner Evans, who has
recommended to congress that no pen
sions be granted the widows of soldiers
who are married hereafter, says the
New York Sun.
Many veterans who live at the home
are trapped into marriage every year by
women who seek the $12 a month pen
sion which will come to- them on the
deuth of their husbands Most of these
women have had regulations and no
character. Having led gay lives in the
cities until their beauty is gone, they
seek marriage with the old soldiers for
the sole purpose of inheriting pensions
After capturing husbands most of the
women go back to the cities and cause
no more trouble until death carries off
the veterans and the widows pensions
may be obtained. j.,..s.. .,.,s
There are a dozen places near the
home, all Of which do a thriving busi-
ness by Turing the veterans inside and
filling them up with liquor until they
fall an easy prey TO the women who
are waiting for husbands. In case q
man refuses TO drink and shows resist
ance he is quieted with a club, or any
thing else that comes handy, Last
spring an inmate of the home was killed
in a free fight in ore of these dens.
" Commissioner Evans declaration
strikes at the root of the evil. and is
causing the women to redouble their
efforts. Unless they get husbands be-
fore congress meets, they fear their
prospects of pensions will fade. New
women are coming here from Boston
and New York, and the dives are wide
open. A man who wears a Grand Army
badge can stay drunk for north and
never spend cent. The local police are
making efforts to close the places, but
as fast as one is shut up others are
started, and the business goes on as
briskly as ever. ......r .....