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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-17
lspecIal to The POST,

Especial to The Post)
New York, December l6.--S Mum. Son r.
Co. say of cotton:
The reverse to the British in South Africa
caused a drop of Ia TO points in Liverpool
and TO Q here. A part of the loss was re-
covered here at one time but still later there
was another recession which left the mar
lSet to points lower Tor the Gay with the
tono barely steady end the total sales on!Y
about 5000 bales The Liverpool spct SALES
were ,o00 bales al unchanged prices. midulins
being 42sd against SID q year age. The im
ports there were only 1000 bales oil Amer
can. Liverpool closed barely steady, spot rot
ton here was quiet. steady and UNCHANGED
with sales OF 2J6 bales the Houston est-
mate for Monday is $500 to 600, against $3.50
last Monday and 1855 last year. port re-
ceipts today are estimated 2i.241. or 5o0o less
than week ago, 1t.500 less than last year.
2s,00O less than in 1897 and $4,000 less than
S14f week ago and l2,S06 last year sayan-
nah STA against 554l O week ago and |131
last year. The movement of cotton OF late. it
goes without saving, has been smaller than
had been generally expected in the same
parts OF the Indian Territory and Texas re-
ceipts are larger than had been anticipated,
visible supply in the world is S,s22 elS against
3,oSSS92 a week ago and 4,sis,Ss2 last year.
Included IN the above are 3,606,6l American
against 1851, les week ago and 4,s2z.ot2 last
year The Chronicle makes the quantity in
SIGHT 5.2os.5S2 against 5,6s9,ol6 at this time
in 1895. This would indicate that we are
ft,@31 osles penlno tne year OF tus e,loe,-
900 crop. The Chronicle says that the next
Egyptian crop Is likely to be curta.led per
cent by reduced irrigation. The New Or
leans estimate for Monday is 1000 to 1900.
against 1l57 last Monday and 1887 last
year. The Chronicle reports general rains
in the cotton belt during the past week and
in some sections very heavy prec .pitat.o
v-cksburg received today 1923 against 5i3
week ago and 59G last year Augusta 81
against 9s7 last week, Memphis 26i5 against
800 week ago and SII2 last year, Atlanta
470 against sol a week ago and 2o7 last year.
2,27s9I4. against S54s,S5s for the same time
last year. The market acted tired aud there
was a dribbling OF long cotton, when may
notices are not very far off and the January
liquidation may bring about lower prices
Some Of the foreign houses report that 1T is
a little easier to get cotton at tho South.
AT heart, however, the majority OF traders
are bulllsh on the strong statistical position
and the large consumption.
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DRIED FRUITS AMP NUTS,

APPLES Fancy eynporated 6o-ib boxes
&c. lib oartcEs 9iee. cholct evaporated 81
APRICoTs-Per III. loose lche
ClTRQN--In l0,!h boxes 49,.
CuGRANTs--1n bbls &c, 26,lb boxes. clean
ed. bulk 1iac; lib cartons SUS2o.
A1Es-i.lb pnckagts, t1c q 10 boxes, &c,
WIGS California i2Hc; imported l5glSc.
PEACHES-Choice new stock Sc; standard
shc.
81 ,25; A-box i. J.. rasins 65975c: 2-crown
J.. NJ. raisins, 5o-lb boxes. 7Ao, a-crown l..
" pRUNEs@ 50 sos nc; eo.7os 7r:
7o.sOs, &c; S0-s0s. 5Hc: 9O-1Oos, SC.
NItTs-Brazil. 10c per ID hlbeIts, Sicily,
1sc, Naples. lpike walnuts, l4gl5c; peanuts,
Taragona, Ice per ID In sacks; pecans, un-
screened, eMG7c; better grades, Hsaloc;
Italian cbestnuts, 10c
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London Financial CabIcgram.

New York, December l6.The Commercial
Advertisers London financial cablegram says:
There was "A panieky feeling at the opening
here today on the news OF General Butler 4
report. Rand mines opened points down,
and fell point further on the slump. the
shares, commitments in Americans and else
where being small. After hours hone was
revived and general rally took place, &c
rompanied by a rumor that General Butler
had recovered his guns and that General
Ciery had crossed tine river There was no
confirmation of these rumors. Americans
opened 2ds points under parity. They raj.
10 sell lasted only half an hour. Paris was
fairly Arm There were two small failures
here, making ten. due TO recent declines IN
ahafy,
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SUGAR.

Kew York, December is.--s ,s,.,-.I *
hrm fair refining 1916 bid; cenafiag ssrs "a
s s,ssdy ~ mould A TIC: standard 1915;
SSonfsstloners' A 1916 cutloaf 9-ie;
crushed $40. powdered bh; granulatea
S Gans orieans December 16.-Susar strong;
omen zen" kettle centrifugal s7sGa ole: centril-
vpsp plantation granulatad BIG; WHITES.
4ssa4ss yelows sNa4ls; seconds z%aa so s,ie
Mola sses very strong; open ke''e "u'''
S mDI i2pSe; syrup 5000.
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creamery. 1905; dairy, is6s2 Cheese arm
at u%Gl24. Eggs firm at 20.
Kansas City, Mo-, December i6.--Eggs firm;
fresh Missouri and Kansas stock, frsts. IL
per dozen, cases returned.
New York December ls.--Esgs-- Receipts,
$3.50 packages; market steady; western un
sraded at mark, ieGaiM western, ai02A
loss Oft.
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a., a., s. statement for thirty one lead :
richardson Of Hou.to, saw q,

"'nard'on Of Houston say of
n M. = 70 Esd 10 Liverpool cotton
M. morning. reports that New
4 s. a' calling in loans. business
VI e., SsSsi'en. English reysrses in ,be
" n. 'ster bad bank statement
~ H.. Declines The inauenes 81
aitcs' = through ali the Commodity
.ssllrr seeiying more than itr snare,
= ,'asler, declining siowly All
IN fhVns being about the lowest
sss l feature. The ,n,erIor sss
e ''0fs freely with the demand
~ ~ ss having scalp,us m,,,,.,
"a mort 10 points Tor the nnst
u, I seout 40. enough new nuy.
HS 2 stop the declina ana ' .Sn
NJ sls buying vac not m evi-
bua H ,s :. .xtent today ana Tie
VI their talk Of huyins mower
M I 4, prices than we are Re- now no,
aard to bull any commodity
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more cold. foreign houses bought towards
the close and keen brokers were very heavy
liquidation Is over. banks are gaining in cur
reney. money may not become very much
easier yet awhile. but recent heavy liquida.
tion has cleared the atmosphere and moneyed
people are selling bonds aud putting money
into good stocks on the ground that these
are bargain times for standard railroad Sc
curities
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PRODUCE
PRODUCE.
BEANs-Nsvy sAQshs. Bayou sAs; En- En-.

BEANs-Navy SAQ3hc, Bayou sAe; En-
giish dried &c pinSs Skc: Lima SUoac'
black eyes be.
Star. 24c; Elgin. creamery, 2992USuc oleomar-
garine dairy bricks, lsc; Lincoln colds. NC
prints, iie; Special Blue star Use Me'
" Rolls lsG: special dairy 'c; i,h fancy
Texas country butter. l29l6r; Texas brielss
l1di .0c
pcf pound
CfiEEsE-New York full cream. l41i5ri
Badger state. l4hc; Wisconsin fun cream
Tolls ljc. Wisconsin full cream daisies loo
EGGs--Texas, per dozen, l99le&e; Kansas
ne and 200.
ONIONS-Per ID. fikTl%c.
PEPPER--Ch.le H0l5c per lb black sinsa-
pore lstc.
oTAToEs--Colorado s08s5o.
PoULTRY--Hens, 81 i542 55; cocks, large
old. 81 s5fF1 55 roasters, 50 2Sf2 so; flyers,
80 O0d2s 30; hrollers 81 25ai 90 Turkeys;
Hens, IS SOI65O, gohblers S7oOa10.o0 per
dozen. according to size and qualify; youns
turkeys 81 O0G5 % Ducks, large, So 4Op2 50.
Geese s. 0odb 7S full leathered Guinness,
81 .25d1.75
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FINANcIAL BRIEFS.

Paris. December 10 Exchange on Lon,
don, 2st Bic for checks
New York, December Is --clesrings $685.
bsS. $50; balances, SA6S6,i&.
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ANGEs-caifornia budded. 81: 75dS. Ooi
boee nayels, 50 25Gp3 50; fancy. fS.7o
WIRE AND NAILS.

WIRE-Gaivanized ehaoen s'.'''
gan si45. "a .asanc.. for common
over base: "a. zoe; 3D. isc; ID ana %; suS' 90;
40, less than car lots.
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New York, December l6-There has been
no material change in the cotton goods mar
ket today General demand made IN all de-
were we'll maintained, but in some directions
second hand holders show more disposition
Arm Cotton yarns strong and still tending
upward Worsted yarns also strong. Wooden
warns hrn
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GRAIN AND. HAY.

dealers charge tlom store 5gioc more per Jog
- on s SG neT PEI lbs on On
BRAN--Per 100 lbs. 7lGl72i%e.
RICE BRAN-per 100 lbs. DOC.
WHEAT--No grade 52IA457lac.
PURE CORN CHoPS-Per 100 lbs. 7sMV
'foRN-No. sacked. 3sassc.
grades 9ie 2SGg2slac; Kansas white No, 2. asa
Zee, No. 3 white 339Sic; slightly stained
MhEAT sHoRTs1Per, 100 lbs. ssas5c: :. :,
sI3. 75efl4. 25; South Texas prairie nay, 5.5oy
1850; North Texas and Territory, f9.Oo9l0 90
DRUGS.
Quinlpe, io942c per ounce, IN bottle; NOR
phine. $40 per ounce; cocaine. Se.2o per
ounce. borax. SIC per pound in 100, pound
.els. castor OIL q 90 per gallon In 5-galion
barrels; alcohol, 81 60 per gallon: sulphur.
81 Is per hundred in barrels; alum. 2izc per
pound in barrels. saltpetre. &c ner pound IN
barrels. eamphor. $4,000; wood alcohol. si,i5.
CANNED GOODS
CANNED FRUITS rineapples. Glib. eye.
less and corsless sl.sSg2.oo; 2-lb extra grated
ri ~ stanaesa si1s s .sps sS ps 81
al .ss. standard 81 250i 30; s.lb seconds 81 10
dis; s,ib standard $780, 2-lb pic 'i.ooalio'
Canned yEeErAgLEs1 rona.ess s:,, s;ie
okra and tomatoes, e,ib soc: Lima btans' z.le
full weight 75c, string beans. ZIP lu,i w.isas
75c: No. 1 stringless beans, 2-ib tuii wtight
81 50; red kidney beans, GLIB full weight sSe
marrow fat peas. 2.lb full weight 81 ,lo4i 'so
early June peas. fancy, 2-ib full wei2nt SLOW
American petit pois peas. feney. l,ip XVI
ge,ght 81 .65l1. rs, asparagus. California, 2n-
lb 81 90: corn Auburn cream. 2-ib fun weight
n i0Ql 10; A No. \ 2-Ib full weight N'o9giivi
Ilua Ridge 2-lb s04S5c.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT--Extra standard Sh-
lib beaches, lemon cling 81 so4s 90; yellow
Crawford 81 $50 30: black cherries " LOG ID;
white cherries So 10Q2. Is. sprlcots N.!og
ed ST .e00I 80, strawberries 81 .s5; plums N,So
al 70; grapes Il s59l 40. seconds, 100 per
Sozen less than extra standard prices.
CANNED MEATs.-corned beet lib; N.4S;
2-lbs. Sass Potted ham, quarters. soc; halves.
SOC. Lunch tongue lib. 1886. Vienna sau-
sage, h-ib. sSc
FRUITS.
APPLEs--Missouri stock, bbls. choice ys.I
al .0o; extra fancy standard. 81. eod5 .00t New
York stock, A.25; Virginia stock, S40o9is0.
Fancy Oregon In boxes. s1.60
BANANAs-Fanoy stock. per bunch. packed
= csRsSNiisSEaRRIEs-crates $780, barrels 81 90
'ccsocoANuTs-Per sack, s4.6pGb, 90.
ESTABLISHMENTS, $6.50GS 20 per barrel
LEMoNs-Fsncy Messina. sdos AsoogS.@;
le0a n O0d3 rs.
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with the financial center Of the United States
In a scmI-panicky condition. We can only
reiterate the advice we have been giving the
past nionth. Take profits ON long cotton on
the little advances that are being seen from
time 10 time. and buy only on the periods
Monday.
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lspeeIal to The Post

(, New orleans, December NV. II. Bach
'eller & Co., Ltd, say OF cotton
The ruling OF the cotton market today was
merely Il counterpart of wha; has transpired
Guiing the past week, with no Abatement IN
builisn sentiment, which is daily being
strengthened BY news IRON crop centers CON
iitming tue small yield, and the continued
stieng,h OF spot markets. However. tor the
moment there appears an utter lack OF out
side speculation, due entirely. We believe, TO
the strained conoition OF finances now ex-
istink which hampers the purchasing power
considerably. Our market acted In sym
pttthy With lower liverpool. and ilna prices
show decline OH the day. The Chronicles
summary for the week reported rains quite
general throughout the South. with precipi-
tution very heavy at some points, and the
temperature lower as the week closes. The
position OF spnntrs is daily becoming more
serious and 1t can only be a short while when
they viii be compelled to enter the market
TO secure their immediate as we'll as pros
DeCtiye requirements
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BUTTER AND EGGS.

81 Louis. Mo. December is--Egss steady
Chicago, ILL.,. December ls--Buttsr STEADY;
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New York Money.

New York, December 1s.-Money on call
easier at 4 per cent, prime mercantile paper
5iaG6 per cent: Sterling exchange steady, with
sTs. for demand and ,stMfi slal for sixty
days: posted rates s2h and 4.slis commer-
Gal bills 4.sf, SILVER certificates 5sjs Bar
silver 5e45sM Mexican dollars 47h State
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a asked: b bid value: seller: nominaI
United states ExporIs.
NEW YORK EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
Today. Yesterday
Reichsmarks CONNER
Bankers ..............4sl9s-A A'slR-A
Commercial. 60 Gays .4.S1H ASIA
SINNERS. 60 days ...i.so'a-A 4.soA-h
60 GO days ' ..........,.'5.2sA 'S.2a%
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HOUSTON wnoInsALn rRlcns.

Current Quotations ON Round Lots Of
staple Commodities.
These quotations are revised daily and their
correctness can be relied upop. Tho prices are
those ruling IN Houston Wholesale markets.
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| London. December 16.--consols for money
Iooss consols for the account looH har silver
cent. rate discount in the open market for
short and three months bills 81 per cent
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A PLAIN STATEMENT
No Cotton Is Being Held by the
Farmers.

Farmers.
Hilsboro, Texas, December 16--The fol-
lowing letter was mailed this morning TO
the New Orleans cotton exchange and ex-
plains itself:
Hillsboro, Texas, December flowing 10
the Oft repeated assertions seen in the imam
cial columns OF the daily press thar The
South was holding cotton, either in the HANDS
OF the merchaHp or farmers. we desire 10
correct the statement as lar as .hsd SEQ SEQ
we believe that like conditions exist else
where.
This town has received a little over 5000
baleA of cotton to date this year, as against
Il, coo at this date last year. and all sur
rounding towns report the like ratio the
receipts OF this town last year reached 2S;-
Cotton is virtually out of the hands OF the
farmers, and very little is In the hands or
the merchants, as is evidenced by the TACT
that our bank statements show $5i3, I53 on
deposit December 2, which is one-third more
than any previous years showing oil DC,
posts II the merchants or IA farmers ne ,. naa
What little the merchants or farmers nave
they Are amply able TO hold. as the banks
have plenty OF money and unlimited lash
er prices for the staple, and are Wiling 70
advance at fair rate of interest, enabling
merchants to hold until they can get what
they believe to be a fair price for their cot
our cotton is shorter than at first sap
posed, owing TO the reouctlon OF ao'ease
The Ave gins of this town have been
closed down for five weeks, except on Sat
urdays, when they. fired up to gin a few
struggling bales of late picking. Az TINS ;
time last year they were running on lui'
time.
We hope that the merchants Of Texas and
other cotton States will see the necessary
and Importance OF publishing statement oil
facts, settling beyond a doubt that the cot
ton crop OF 1893 is not being held by mer,
chants and farmers and VIII faii far snort
of the smallest bureau estimate.
r. G. Hawkins.
President Sturgis National Bank.
e. NJ. Turner.
President The Farmers National Bank.
George Carmichael
President The Citizens National Bank.
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weekly BANK statement.


gold and silver from this port to all coun-
tries for the week aggregated sI5o,eo5 in sill
yer bars and coin and si,7li0oo In gold. The
imports OF specie this week was st5e22 In
gold ard sie2 1858 in silver The imports OF
5ry goods and merchandise at the port Of
New York for this week were valued at
etn COZ
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New York Cotton.

New York, December 1.-THE cotton mar
ket opened steady with prices to points
lower and soon BECAME feversh under quite
active liquidation by Wall street commission $40.
Their decline of 3a5 points, after which the
market rallied O few points on profit taking
by shorts and a lull in long selling. Inc
decline was primarily. due TO sudden aown
turn in Liverpool under reported English re-
verses in South Africa. The unsettled con :
dition OF the worlds stock and money mar
ke,s added to the apprehension OF local mold
steady. with prices TO S points lower net,
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Especial to The Post)

New York. December is-s' NUM- son
Co. say OF the stock market
stocks we're very active and though nemor-
aliyed and TO S points lower in the early
trading owing to the British defeat 10 south
Africa and panicky market in Loncon mere
was sharp rally before the elos a, on ,,o ors
hanks and moueyed institutes London also
recovered on a report that General Butler had
rseaptured some Of his guns and that G sssass
tho hank Abatement showed the effects OF
r es tame q gold from Canada and q eur.
rency from various parts OF the country 70
New York. the surplus ressrye Increasing
sl66 800 The Boston bank failure WIZ not
affect New York banks and reported failure
there OF large arms company Is denied
Boston. however, seems 10 be feeling the
houses thers saw the worst has been seen.
The total gold exports here are 5000, 900.
and II LOOKS e though London would draw
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Houston Daily statemfur.
HpuptOn COMPARATIVE stnteneh'.

Houston Comparative stntenent.
GROSS receipts thus far this year.. e,ss2
cross rec ,lpta l05 days this year .,, LAs'i0e
Gross receipts 100 days in lses-se,.,. lses,iIS
Cess receipts JOG days in 1926 81 9S5.scs
Houston Railroad Receipts
Houston's gross receipts Of cation - the
ss,in,s,. tales.
,gn.s,a ana rs,as Central ....... 2l5s
I,,erneiional ana Great Northern .. 1910
galveston, Harrisburg and san Antonio ee
plssa's "a Nea, orleans .........t go
IIans,or Vast and west Texas ....... 1,746
nMu Talorado and Santa Fe ........ 1865
Ssn antonio and Arkansas Pass ...a... ls3
Arisso,,, Kansas and Texas .s......... 1870
/ in,ers neutrality-suspicious.. se4
ro,., .........,....,........ es43
Houston spot Quotations.
spots closed qust. prices l'lsc down Sales
Last
=, Today. Yesterday year
Low ordinary. SIS 7-N ~
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-10-21
CASH ONLY BOOKS CLOSED.
An X Ray Chorus Maiden
Strange Freak OF Nature i'm the Boston
Lyric Chorus.

There is a petite maiden with
tropical eyes, a luscious mouth, a
winsome way aud a rol!icking dis
position singing in the chorus
of the Boston Lyric Opera Com
pany recently discovered, acct.
IDENTITY, that she possessed most
remarkable physical phenomenon
She has y ray eyes. Her name is
Marion Affie Rae.
Outside clothing, underwear,
linen, human skin and flesh are
as nothing in her sight and the
bones of the subject stand out in
bold relief, and the interior srfan.
cement of the person upon whom
she may be looking is spread be-
fore her as though on chart.
Furthermore-the most i'm portsnt
OF all-Msrion Rae's miraculous
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Delicate Measuring.

Almost incredible as 1t may seem.
the largest weight which the govern
ment assayer employs In making an
analysis of gold bullion Is the infinites.
imal French half gram, or about seven
and three-fourths grains troy, and the
balances used in this work are so SEN
sitive that a weight of one-twentieth Of
a milligram, which is less than one.
thousandth part Of a single grain, VIII
cause the Indicator needle to defect
very appreclable distance from the 20
TO point on the graduated scale mark.
Rg the equilibrium. These minute bal:
ances are, Of course, inclosed In glass
cases provided with sliding windows to
exclude any draft of air. The beam Is
usually made of aluminium, and the
Knife edges rest on jewels. The weights
are made Of gold, silver and aluminium
and are graduated from the half gram,
which Is arbitrarily denomlnated zone
thousand" down to the ten. thousandth
degree. New York Sun.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-10-21
The Return of the Ration..

In the civil war our soldiers faced
privation and hunger. A little story in
Il. Clay Trumbull's book, "War Mem
cries Of Chaplain, tells Of the spirit
In which they sometimes did 1t.
While before Petersburg doing siege
work in the summer Of 1854, our men
had wormy hard tack served out to
them. 1t was severe trial to the men.
Breaking open the biscuits and finding
live worms in them. they would throw
the pieces in the trenches, although the
orders were to keep the trenches clean.
A brigade officer>of the day, seeing
some Of these scraps along cur front.
called out sharply to our men:
"Throw that hard tack out Of the
trenches" Then, as the men promptly
gathered 1t mp. he added, Don't you
know that you've no business to throw
hard tack In the trenchesf'
Out from the injured soldier heart
there came the reasonable explanation,
"We've thrown it out two or three
times. sir. but 1t crawls back"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-10-21
A. E. MURPHY s. CO.,
2O5 Hotel Street.


- ..Ns&g aSNi fAlNH.
when last in New York, Carnegie
b. ~ .i'tr. experience with messen-
gr boy, whose hardness in delivering
u hasiness message came near upsetting
q b,. Of great Importance. Referring
% his incident while at dinner with
fri nds that evening, he told of an Office
boy who worked for him many years
ago when he was of far less Importance
in the commercial world.
flames, said Mr.. Carnegie, "was a
willing boy, but his ability as slut
terer was simply wonderful, and | Of
ten found ii more convenient to attend
to little errands myself than to wait for
his explanations. One day neighbor
wanted to send nice note clear across
the city, and permitted James to carry
1t for him. The trip was aSlong one,
and James was gone quite three hours.
When he returned, asked him how
much he had charged for his services.
"'Fi-f-fi-f.fi-6-f.fiftee c-c.c.centsr
was the gasping reply.
"'Why didn't you make 1t quar-
terri l asked
az c-c-c.c-c-could-could -couldn't
s-s-s.s-say it, he replied. with tears as
well as hyphens in his voice.
Fright then / made up my mind
never to give any one my services with
ont first making sure that could recite
my price without suffering, and l
never have. Cincinnati Enquirer.