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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-07

common fine salt, 1O0-pound burIap sacks.
S6c. Same in cotton sacks, &c higher.
Hides. Wool Etc.-Hides-The market
firm; dry flint, 15c; dry salt, 13c, green
sailed TIC. Wool nominal; prime Geor-
gia, free of sand, burrs and black wool,
Ice; blacks, l4c; bury. 8d10c. Wax, 25c
tallow, &c. Deer skins, l5c.
Oil-Market steady; demand fair; signal.
45Q50c. West Virginia black, SQ12c lard
5sc. Neatsfoot. 6OQ75c; machinery, 16a25c
lnseed raw, 47c; boiled SOC; kerosene.
prime white, 1Oc; water white. lie; Pratt's
astral. 12c; deodorized stove gasoline, bar
rels. 1870; in drums, 11hc.
Gun Powder-Per keg, 800; half key,
1925; quarter keg, H.25; Champion duck
ing quarter keg. $2.25; Austin, Dupont,
and Hazard smokeless, half kegs. 81 Is;
quarter kegs, S. 10; 1-pound canlsters, 400:
less % per cent.
shot-Drop, sl5O; B B. and large, SITS;
chilled, $155
Iron-Market very steady; Swede, 41kc
refined, $40 base.
Cotton Ties-Standard Arrow Steel q
pounds. large lots, soc; small lot, SOC.
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PAINE, MURPHY & co.
BROKERS
Orders Executed Over Our Private Wires
NOTTON ,STOCKS.GRAIN & PROVISIONS
For Cash or on Margins
Local Securities bought and sold
Telephone $50
toard OF Trade Building jackson pnildino
SHNahnah, Ga Atlanta Ga

New York. April 6. noon.-Cotton fu-
lures opened firm; April, 576c; May, 5.Slc;
June, 5.S7c; July. 592c; August, 59Sc; Sep
TENDER, 5.91c; October and November. 5 CSC
December, $3.50; January, 6.02e; February
6.05c; March, 6OSc
p. m.-Futures closed steady: April
579c; May, 5.S4c June, $500; July and
August, 5.95c; September, $500; October
ana November, $3.50; December $3.50;
January. 6-0Sc; February, 6.O5c.
New York, April Hubbard Bros. & Co.
say of cotton. The feature of the day has
been the continued liquidation on the part
OF the arbitrage houses who appeared to
be the only buyers, and who are trans
fering their interest to Liverpool This de-
mand has been met by the outside selling
on the part of the holders, who are disap-
pointed at the absence of any demand in
the South, and the accumulation of cot
ton at the interior towns. There is no dis
position on the part of the trade to be
short of the market or TO expect any ma
terial decline, though everyone is looking
to the weather for the factors, which viii
control prices
Advices from Texas shows the drought
IS broken. and it is probable that season.
able weather will now follow. Receipts at
Houston show reduction from the move
ment of the past few days. Influenced by
the buying, the market closed steady with
the trade looking for better foreign ad-
vices tomorrow"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

The following are the Savannah Board
of Trade quotations:
Bacon-Market is steady; smoked clear
sides, csc; dry sailed clear sides, SIC; bel
lies, &c; sugar-cured hams, 91291Oc.
Lard-Market firm; pure, in tierces, 65sc;
50-pound tins, 6sc compound, In tierces,
SIC; 5O-pound tins, sac.
Butter-Fancy fresh Elgins, 23c; fancy
June, No l, Elgin, zoe; limitations, 1sc;
dairy, Ice.
Cheese-Market frm fancy, full-cream
cheese, 13lkc; 2O-pound average, lac.
Flour-Market steady; patent, $3.50;
straight, SAILS; fancy $3.50; family $685.
Corn-Market steady; white job lots,
Sc; carload lots, SC; mixed corn, job lots,
SOC; carload lots, SEC.
Oats-Carload lots, 42c; Job lots, 44c.
Texas rust proof oats, job lots, 4Sc.
Southern seed rye, $l.10
Bran-Job lots, S715c; carload lots, S2i5c.
Hay-Market steady; Western, job lots,
soc: carload lots, Use; Eastern. 75c; job
lots Toe
Meal-Pearl, per barrel $2.55; per sack,
$115 city meal, per sack, boiled, $l05;
water ground, $40; pearl grits. per bar
rel, 1855; per sack. a22A.
Sugar-Equalty Prices-Savannah quo
tations: Powdered 5.43c; standard gran
ulated, 5.SOc; cubes. 543c; confectioners' A,
518c; white extra c, 474c; extra c, 462c
golden c, 4.43c; yellow, 4.36c.
Coffee-Dull; Mocha, 26c; Java, 26lkc;
Peaberry, 121Ac; standard No. !, 1Olkc; No.
2, 1OAc; No. 3, 1Oc; No. 4, 9hc; No. 5, &c;
No. g. SEC No. 7, Sc.
Cabbage-Northern, %.5Od5OO; barrel,
Onions-S2.75 barrel
Potatoes, Irish-Sacks, $3.50.
demonstrated steady; $500 box.
Apples-$4. 25G55O.
TurnfDe- NOTthern 81 90
Dried Fruits-Appes, evaporated, &C.,
common, 5051zc.
Oranges-Florida, sSOO@S.5O; California
navals $3.50.
Nuts-Amonds. Terragona. 13c; Ivicas.
12c; walnuts, French, Toe; Naples, 1lc Pc
cans. Sc; Brazils, 7c; hlberts, 1Oc; assort-
ed nuts, 5O-pound and S-pound boxes, IOc
Raislns-L. L., $1.65; Y box. $1.OO loose,
6O-pound boxes. SIC per pound.
Peanuts-Ample stock, fair demand /;
market steady; fancy hand-picked Vir-
ginia. per pound, 4Ac; hand-picked, per
pound 3%c.
Eggs-Market quiet fair supply; quota
lions, 1301ic.
Poultry-steady; in fair demand; half
grown, SOd4Oc per pair; three-quarters
grown, 40Q50c per pair; fuii-grown fowls
50Gf60c per pair.
Fish-Mackerel. half-barrel. No I ss5o.
No. 2. 500; No. 3. $500; kits, No /, s125:
No. 2. $l00; No. 3, SOC. Goldfish 1-pound
bricks. 6lc; 2-pound bricks. &c. Smoked
herring. per box, l7c Dutch herring, in
kegs. $1.1O. new mullet. half-barrei. $3.50
Syrup-Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup buying AT l3Qi5c; selling at
17d2Oc; sugar house at l9N22c; Cuba
straight goods. 23Q3oc; sugar house mo-
lasses. i5d2Oc.
salt-Demand is fair and the market
steady; carload lots T. o. b., Liverpool. 20O-
pound sacks. CSC; DO Job lots. 75Q9Oc: com
mon fine salt. l2j-pound. IN buriap sacks
carload lots l4iAc: common fine salt, 10
pound burlaD sacks, carload lots, 3s3c;
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FINANCIAL.

Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange-Market Is steady.
The following are the Savannah quo
tations: Commercial demand, $4S5; sixty
days, $4.S21s; ninety days, $4.S05s; francs.
Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5,225s; Swiss
sixty days, 5267s; marks, sixty days,
"a 3-16
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at par and selling as follows,
Amounts up to s25, 10 cents; $25 to $50, IS
cents; $50 to 500, 20 cents; 5000 to $500 Is
per cent premium; $500 to s., 900, at "A per
cent premium; 81 900 and over, 81 per ST.
000
securities-The market is inactive and
dull.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-GeorgIa
49, per cent. bonds of 1880, 113 bid, 116 ask
ed; Georgia, 31A per cent, due 1915. 112
bid. 113 asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds
1915. 122la bid, 1913 asked; Georgia per
cent. due 1920. 100 bid, 121 asked; South
Carolina 41ks, III bid, 11S asked
City Bonds-Atlanta AZ per cent, 1928
1O6 bid asked: Augusta 31as, 1928, 101A
bid. 1O2 asked; Augusta 415s, 1925 107 bid
1OS asked; Augusta per cent, III bid, 112
asked; Augusta 6 per cent. Ill bid, 113
asked; Columbus per cent. 107 bid, 10S
asked Macon per cent, 116 bid, 100 asked
Macon 4l3s, 1926. 105 bid, asked; Savan-
ia bid, - asked; Savannah 8 per cent,
quarterly May coupons, ia bid, ask
ed; Charleston As, 1861 bid 1861 asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. interest coupons, 125 bid, 127
asked: Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent gold bonds due
1924 113 bid, lis asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collateral IS, 96
a. af d
first mortgage IS, 5O-year gold bonds, 117It
bid. 1857 asked; Central of Georgia Rail
wav first consolidated mortgage SIS 96
bid 81 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first preferred incomes, 40 bid Al asked:
Central of Georgia Railway second pre-
ferred incomes. 1872 bid 1872 asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway third preferred
incomes, bid s asked; Georgia Rail
road IS. 1910 1l5ta bid, III asked; Charlotte
Columbia and Augusta first 5s, Jos bid, 100
asked: Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage rs. 122 bid. 1926 asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new SIS, 1921
hid 40 asked; South Georgia and Flor
ida second mortgage Is, 100 bid, 101 asked;
ocean Steamship 5 per cent bonds. 1926
1o5 bid. 107 asked; City and Suburban
Railroad first mortgage z per cent bonds.
1Ol bid. 102 asked; Alabama Midland per
cent Endorsed 1912 bid 1902 asked Bruins
ur,cls and Western As. so bid, SO asked;
south Bound Railway S. 99la bid l00l5 ask
al ex-int.; Georgia and Alabama first pre-
ferred IS. 1O7% bid, lOSi5 asked; Georgia
ard Alabama consolidated IS 102 bid. iO3
asked; Eatonton Branch. 100 bid, lOl
oqked. Central OF Georgia Middle Georgia
ana Atlantic division 5s 1914 bid, 1O0h ask
railroad stocks-Augusta and savan-
rah fi0iS bid. asked Southwestern, llOis
hid - asked; Atlanta ana West Point
stock. i2i bid asked; Atlanta and
yvest Point G per cent. certificates, 1903 BID,
1ol asked; Georgia common. 2Q5 bid,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-07
Central Of Georgia Railway.

Schedules Effective March &c, 1850
9Oth Meridian Time.
DEPARTURES
Nv. Savannah
No. daily for Augusta, Macon
and Atlanta ............... 845 A. NJ.
No. daily for Augusta, Macon,
Atlanta, Athens. Column
bus and Birmingham. .... 900 p. M.
No. ex. Sunday for Dover and
intermediate points ...... 500 p. NJ.
No. ex. Sunday for Guyton and
intermediate points ....... 200 u. NJ
ARRIVALS
Ar. Savannah
No Q daily from Augusta, Ma
con and Atlanta........... 600 p. N.
No. daily from Augusta, Ma
con- Atlanta, Athens, Co
lumbus and Birmingham 600 A. NJ.
No. ex. Sunday from Dover
and intermediate points. 7.4S A. NJ.
No. 10 ex. Sunday from Guyton
and intermediate points,. $50 p. NJ.
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND TYBEB.
18th meridian or Savannah city time.
Monday and Thursday-Leav Savannah
$40 a. m. and $3.50 p. m. Leave Tybee $40
@. m. and p. m.
Sundays Tuesdays, Wednesdays, FRI
days and saturdays-Leave Savannah $3.50
a. IN. and $3.50 p. m. Leave Tybee 1870 a.
m and p. m.
Connections made al terminal points with
all trains Northwest, West and Southwest.
Sleeping cars on all night trains Par
lor cars on day trains between Savannah
and Atlanta
For further Information and for sched-
ules 10 all points beyond our line. apply to
w. G.. BREW Err. City Ticket and Pass
enger Agent. l0 Bull street.
j. c. HALLE. General Passenger Agent.
Savannah, Ga.
JOHN M. EGAN. Vice President.
TIEO. d. KLINE, Gen. Superintendent
Il. "A. HINTON. Traffic Manager.
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GRAN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, April 6-Flour, more active
on winter straights and generally firm.
Rye flour dull. Cornmeal quiet Barley
nominal. Barley malt dull
Wheat, spot. easy; No. 2 red, 823sc; oD-
tons opened firm and sustained an irreg-
ular advance on bad crop news and for
eign buying In the afternoon bear trad
ers, gaining courage through small clear
ances and export interest, attacked the
market with success. It broke a cent
from the top and closed easy at a partial
sc net advance; May closed 77asc July
closed 765sc; September closed 745sc
Corn. spot dull; No 2, 421a9433sc; op-
lions opened steady, with wheat. but had
a small movement all day, easing off late
under long sales; closed easy and un-
changed; May closed S97sc; July closed
40Ac
Oats, spot, firm: No. 2, 33Q38hc; options
dull.
Beef steady. Cut meats dull Lard easy;
Western steamed, $5.55; April, IS 52 noni-
nal; refined quiet. Pork firm Butter
steady Western creamery, 16G21hc; do
factory 12hG141zc; Eigins, 2lhc; imita-
ton creamery. 131zg1S1zc; state dairy 140
20c. Cheese steady; large white. 12al4c.
Eggs steady; Pennsylvania, 13c: Western
fresh, 121z@13c; Southern 120l2Jkc. Pota-
toes quiet; New York. $1.5Oa2.5O; Long ISL
anu ]1sVtHG-JV, jersey sweets, 3E.JJIJ3.sO.
Rice firm. Cabbage quiet; domestic. S4O0
010OO per 100 Cotton seed oil, prime
crude, 22d221zc. Coffee options opened
steady, with prices unchanged to points
higher; ruled active. with firm undertone
on moderate receipts, expanding ware
house movement better feeling in spot de.
partment and encouraging news from Bra
lillian markets; short principal buyers;
closed steady; unchanged to points high
or; sales, 10000 bags including May, 5.05c;
June, 5.lOc; spot Rio steady; No 7. in
voice, 61sc No. 7, jobbing s5sc; mild
steady and fairly active Cordova. Sale.
Sugar. raw. strong and active; fair refin-
ing, &c; centrifugal, 96-test. 41zc; molasses
sugar, 35sc; fairly active; refined strong.
Chicago. April 6.--The liquidation in
wheat by longs to-day on all the hard
spots was too much for the buyers, who
came forward on account OF crop damage
reports. May. after an advance of 1c
left off with net decline Of &c July
closed unchanged Corn lost nc. oats
gained &c. Pork closed unchanged. Lard
and ribs declined 2izc each.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
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DRY GOODS.

New York April 6--With a good attend
ance of buyers there has been more bust
ness doing on the spot in the cotton goods
to-day. Staples for quick delivery have
been an better demand and orders for sea
sonabIe prints and ginghams have picked
up somewhat The demand for fail lines
OF cotton dress fabrics continues good and
wooden and worsted dress goods also sell
readily. Prices are steady throughout the
market. Print cloths are steady but the
demand is Indifferent Jobbing trade shows
some Improvement with finer weather
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-07
DECLINE ON COTTON.
rRE LOCAL MARKET DROPPED 1-16
CENT ON ALL GRADES.

Good Demand for Cotton at the
UecIine-Spirfts Tuspentine at an
ADVANCE of p Cent-ROsin Firm
with Large sales Representatives,
Markets steady
savannah, April 6.-The reported trans
,.,ions in the leading markets to-day were
,,raer than on any day for several weeks.
There was a decline on cotton of Lie,
Init the demand was good and fairly large
ssies we're made Spirits turpentine was
in strong demand and advanced to S912c.
The rosin market was unchanged, and me
sales were large. The wholesale markets
we're fairly active and steady. The fol-
lowing resume of the different markets
uIl show the tone and the quotations at
the close to-day:
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Charleston, S. c., April 6.-Spirits tur-
pentine market firm, 39c; sales, none.
Resin steady and unchanged; sales, none.
Wilmington, April 6-Spirits turpentine,
steady al 3S1a@39c; receipts. 10 casks.
Rosin, firm at CSC and $1.OO; receipts, 161.
Crude turpentine, firm at S1.95 and $40;
receipts, 3. Tar, firm al $1.OO; receipts, 2SS.
New York, April 6.-Rosin firm; $40.
Turpentne steady; 43c.
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-The market took a
Little rise to-day. There was good de-
mand Tor the offerings, which were light
AT the first call the market opened at S9c,
with sales of 4S9 casks At the last call il
closed a. 5915c. with sales of 1876 casks, the
market being firm.
Rosin-There was a good demand to-day,
and the sales were about three times the
amount of the receipts. At the Board of
Trade, at the first call, the market was
bulietined firm and unchanged with re-
ported sales of 2,457 barrels At the last
call the market closed firm and unchanged
with further sales of 10Y barrels The
following were the limitations.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-07


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Cash qu0tatIons were as foII0W5: Flour,
duh and unchanged; No 2 spring wheat.
71d72k0; No. spring wheat 65Gt71c; No.
2 red, 74G76c; No. 2 corn, 34he; No 2 vel
low corn, 350351kc; No. 2 oats. 271ln271kc;
No. 2 white. 3Oa901kc; No. 3 white, 29a30c:
No. 2 rye 521z053c; No. 2 barley, 39di1c:
No. fax seed, $l2O; N. w, $1.22lk; prime
timothy seed, $3.50; mess pork, per barrel,
49, 5000; lard. per 100 lbs, $5.22@15t5;
short ribs sides Qoose). sf.50nf90: dry salt
ed shoulders, Cboxed), 47s0liac; short clear
sides, (boxed) s5OQ5.1O; whisky. disillers'
finished goods, per gallon, $1.26; clover
contract grade, 1856
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-07

Lv. Savannah 7:30 D.
m., carrying through
Pullman sleeper. Sa-
vannah 10 Atlanta
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-07
Plant System.
READ UP

aed by sh Meridian Timeone Slower Than City Time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-07

Leaves Savannah Gtl
z ID a. M. carrying |
magnificent buffet
Parlor Car.
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COTTON.

decline of 1-16c on all grades was re-
.,,ded in the local market to-day. There
n.s fair demand, and the total sales
amounted to ,352 bales. At the Cotton
exchange, at the first call, the market
-, h,IiIetined easy and unchanged, with
- of / 29S bales. At the second call
si,,ra was decline of Lie, with sales OF
:, b,,es and the tone quiet At the last
w The market closed quiet and I'M
chauged. with no sales reported:
me- following were the official spot quo
..t4-ns ar the close of the market, at the
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-05
Beware Of Too Pure water.

Distilled water is known to be dam
gerous, as it withdraws the salts from
the tissues and produces all kinds Of
i'll effects, but it is little startling
to be told that chemically pure water
is poisonous and that it sometimes
occurs in state Of nature. Professor
Koeppe, German doctor, has made
this Interesting discovery and in
stances the water produced by clear
natural ice, which causes gastric ca
tarrh if sucked, the reason being it's
excessive purity. incidentally, Profess
sor Koeppe has cleared up pretty lit
tie mystery which attached to a spring
at Gastein, in Germany-known for
many centuries as "The Poisoned
Fountain" Yet no poison has ever
been found in it. The explanation is
that the water was absolutely pure
and hence had the same injurious eff.
fects as distilled water. In future,
therefore, it would be well to make
sure before drinking glass Of water
that it contains the necessary amount
of mineral or organic matter to pre-
vent it's being injurious to health.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-05
$4,000 FOR A DISCOVERY.
Remunerative Information Which
Two Englishmen Extracted.

Remunerative Information Which
Two Engliahmen Extracted.
Much public interest was aroused
during August, 1895, by the announce
ment Of the award by the Smithsonian
institution of the Hodgkins prize Of
$1,000 to Lord Rayleigh and Professor
William Ramsay for their remarkable
discovery of new element-argon-in
the atmosphere. From time to time
requests have been made for the insti-
tuition, but for the most part these have
been comparatively small. In 1891,
however, Thomas G. Hodgkins Of Sc
tauket, N. Y, expressed his desire to
donate 100000 to the Smithsonian
fund. The regents accepted the sum,
with the single condition made by the
donor "that the income of 100000 Of
the gift shall be used, under this gen.
eral purpose, for the especial one Of
the increase and diffusion Of knowl-
edge by investigating and spreading
knowledge concerning all the phe-
nomena Of atmospheric air"
In accordance with this provision
early in 1894 circular was issued Of
fering ga prize of $4,000 for a
treatise embodying some new and i'm
portant discovery in regard to the ma
ture or properties of atmospheric air"
The first award of this prize was made
as mentioned above. Two grants of
money We're previously made from this
fund to aid in the prosecution of spe-
cial investigations on air, one of which
is being carried on in Germany and
the other in the United States.
Meanwhile, in November, 1892, Mr..
Hodgkins died at the advanced age of
SO years and made the Smithsonian
institution his residuary legatee. In
consequence further sum of money
was added to the Smithsonian fund,
and the total amount of the permanent
fund now on deposit in the United
States treasury is SOL 900, on which
sum an annual interest Of per cent
is paid to the institution for the carry
ing out Of it's special aims. 1t is curl
Gus to note that Hodgkins, like Smith
son, was an Englishman, and. ag4i
like Smithson, he was student OF sci
ence.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-05
Why the Sky Is Blue.

The explanation of the blue color of
the sky, as given by A. 81. Thiessen. is
that as the observer looks into space
his line is intercepted by multitude
Of particles Of dust floating in the air.
The reason these particles appear to
be blue is that they reflect to the eye
the blue rays against which they form
an effective barrier, while the red or
coarser waved rays pass on. That the
dust reflects back only the blue rays is
due to their microscopic size. The finer
the dust the purer is the blue which is
reflected or scattered. The bluest
skies, therefore are seen in places
where the dust particles are smallest.
The blue of the sky, as viewed from
the tops of mountains, is deeper and
purer than that seen from lower al
titude. This is due to the fact that
the air is very rare at great heights
and can only sustain the finer particles
Of dust, while the coarser particles
abound in the lower levels. The in
tensity Of the blue sky for which Italy
is noted is not owing to the existence
of finer dust than in northern coun-
tries, but to the fact that in the north
ern ATTITUDES, in consequence of the
greater GOODNESS Of the air, the vapor
more readily condenses upon the dust
particles. These particles thus be-
come larger and less effective in turn
ing back the blue rays alone. 1t fol-
lows that other rays are reflected, and
grayish effect is produced. When
the sky forms background for white
cumulus clouds, it appears to be bluer
by the contrast than it otherwise
would, and after a shower, when the
lower stratum of air is washed Of its
coarse dust particles. the result is a
deeper and purer blue. The reason the
reds are prominent at sunset is that
then the dust particles are between
the sun and the observer, and the
blues are reflected away from him,
while the reds pass unobstructed to
his eye.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-05
Poor Teeth of the Young.

a rapid tendency to decay, hitherto
unknown in extent, is taking place in
the teeth Of the children and youth of
the present generation. That the dis
ease is assuming alarming proportions
is painfully evident. A few years ago
a school committee was appointed by
the British Dental association to ac-
luire more knowledge Of the condition
Of children's teeth at various ages. OF
the children Of large number Of paro-
ahial, industrial and other schools over
10000 mouths were examined, and the
condition Of each tooth was marked
upon chart. Less than 15 per cent Of
such boys and girls of an average age
of y years did not require son,e treat
ment for decayed teeth. The very large
majority, therefore, of over IS per cent
demanded skilled attention. - Nine
teenth Century.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-05
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Rosa Bonheur's Costumes.

There is widespread impression
that the late Rosa Bonheur was in the
habit of wearing mems attire This is
only partially true. She dressed as a
man while at work in her studio be-
cause this gave her greater freedom of
action while working on her canvases,
which were often of large size. In
pursuit of her studies for horses, her
favorite subject, she also found this
costume convenient. At home, on the
street, and in the usual walks of life
she wore a plain black dress without
display of any sort. When going out
she donned plain black bonnet and
became simply rather large woman,
noticeable only for the strength of her
features and the keen penetration of
her dark eyes. She was very fond of
wearing the ribbon of the Legion o.:
Honor.