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POULTRY AND GAME.

A car of Eastern sold at s6G6 so for Hens and
s. so for old BOOSTERS. Local stock was nomi-
nal, as none of any consequence came in.
POULTRY-Live Turkeys, l3Q14c for Cob
blers and 13G14c for Hens; Geese per pair
81 5oa1 rs; Gosings, 81 75@2; Ducks. s5@6 for
old and s6G8 for young; Hens s465; young
Roosters s7@S so; old BOOSTERS. 81 25q5 Fryers
for small; Pigeons 81 1902 per dozen for old
and S2Q2 % for Squads.
GAME-Hare 81; Rabbits. 81 % for Cotton
tails and 81 for small.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

SAN FRANCISCO LIGHT VESSEL NO. TO-
CALIFORNIA.
Notice is hereby given that on May II. 1892
San Francisco Light Vessel No. TO- stationed
outside the bar off the entrance to San Fran
cisco Harbor. California, parted her mornings
and Is now in San Francisco Harbor. She will
be replaced in her position soon as practical
BILE when due notice will be given.
This notice affects the Lists of Lights and
Fog Signals Pacific Coast. 1899, page - and
the List of Beacons and Buoys. Pacific Coast,
1898, page IT,
BY order of the Lighthouse Board
u SEBREE Commander, u S. N
Inspector Twelfth Lighthouse District
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PROVISIONS.

Previous prices rule for all descriptions.
Hams continue firm.
CURED MEATS-Bacon. &c per lb for heavy
S1aQ9c for light medium, 10leGI11c for light 12c
for extra light and 1214@13c for sugar cured
Eastern Sugar-cured Hams. 11@111Ac; California
Hams 1OQ10hc; Mess Beef s13 per bbl extra
Mess Beef, Sl4: Family Beef. s15G15 so; extra
prime Pork. s12; extra clear, SIS; mess, SIG;
Smoked Beef lie per ID.
LARD-Tierces quoted at 51hG5Ac per ID for
compound and 7h97%c for pure; half barrels,
pure Sc; 1O-lb tins. SIC; 5-lb tins, sac.
COTTOLENE-Tierces, 69s66hc: packages
less than 300 lbs. lib pals. 60 in case. slsc;
a-lb pals, 20 in case. SAc; BIB pals, Il in a
case SIC; 10-lb pals in a case, S%c: 50-lb
tins or { in a case. 77sc: wooden buckets 20
lbs net size; fancy tubs. so lbs net. 77sc: half
barrels. about ITO lbs. TIC.
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LONDON WOOL SALES.

LONDON, May 15.-The attendance at the
wool auction sales to-day was good and the
number of bales offered was .367 Me-
rnos were well represented and realized fully
the highest rates of the series, especially
greasy the bulk Of which was taken by for
eign buyers. Secured briskly competed
for. the majority going to the home trade.
The home buyers also purchased cross breds at
full advance. The total Withdrawals to
date number $4,000 bales. The general tone
was firm.
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2s 81: June S. and every fifth day thereafter:
change at Seattle to this companys steamers
Ry; ar Vancouver to c. P. Ry.
For Eureka (Humboldt Bay, p. m: May !.
9. IA. 1s. "a. %; June 3. and every nth day
thereafter.
For Santa Cruz. Monterey, San Simeon.
Cayucos. Port Hartford (San Luis Obispo).
Gaviota. Santa Barbara. Ventura. Huenene;
San PEDRO. East San Pedro Q,os Angelesl and
Newport. a. m. May 1. s. IL. 16. 20. "a. 70:
June /: and every fourth day thereafter.
For San Diego. stopping only at Port Har-
ford (San Luis Obispo) Santa Barbara, Port
Los Angeles and Redondo Clos Angeles). IL q;
m. May g 6. 10 "A, Is. %. rs. 30: June 3. ana
every fourth day thereafter.
For Ensenada. Magdalena Bay San Jose del
Cabo, Mazatan, Altata, La Paz. Santa Rosalia
and Guaymas Mex, 10 a. m. 7th OF each
month
For further information obtain folder.
The company reserves the right to change
without previous notice steamers. sailing dates
ard hours If sailing
TICKET OFFICE a New Montgomery
street palace HoteD.
GOODALL PERKINS q CO.. Gen Agts..
10 Market St. San francisco
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HIDES. TALLow, WOOL AND HOPS.

HIDES AND SKINS-Culls and brands sell
about 1c under the quotations. Heavy sailed
steers, 1Oc: medium, 9G9hc: light. S1sc; Cow
hides, &c; Stays, 6G6hc; Sailed Kip, &c. Calf,
ioc: dry Hides sound, Ice; culls and brands
1sc dry Kip and Veal 15a151ac dry Calf, 17c:
Sheepskins shearlngs. 10@D30c each; short
Wool $4,000 each; medium. 7o@soc: long Wool.
large and 81 for small Colts, Soc
TALLow-No / rendered 4q4Ac Per Id;
No. 2. S4@3%c; refined. .; grease. &C.
Southern I months, 7asc; years staple. SQSc;
Foothill and Northern free. 10Q12c; Foothill
and Northern defective SG10c; Nevada, 9112c;
Humboldt and Mendocino, 1lq12c.
Fall Woods
Northern Mountain. .....---...-.---.-..... GSc
southern on Va &c
Plains :oc IL 90 goo
12Q121kc for good and 1SQ15c for choice to
fancy from first hands.
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BEANS AND SEEDS.
There is no further change In quot

There is no further change in quotations
BEANS-Bayos, 81 4OG1 50 Small White 81 on
az 10; Large Whites. 81 50Q1 60; Pinks, 81 7o9
50; Reds, 50 50; Backeye. $4@4 TO- Buffers
nominal; Limas, S4g4 10; Pea, 81 25Q2 40; Red
Kidneys 81 2tll2 40 per ctl
SEEDS-Brown Mustard. nominal: Yellow
Mustard, 2s4q3c; Flax, $2G2 10; Canary Seed
PIC per Id; Alfalfa, SAQ9l4c; Rape, 3Q3I1c:
Hemp, 4Q4Ac; Timothy, 42.Q5Ac.
DRIED PEAS-Niles. 81 1872 Green, 50 1OR
80 per ctl.
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OREGON.

OREGON.
PORTLAND, May 15-Wheat is very quiet
There was a slight improvement in the East
but it met with no response abroad and as If
is almost impossible to secure tonnage at a
rate that will admit of business at Portland
dealers are all holding off. Walla NaIla is
easy at SIC, valley at 5S19c and bluestem at 60c.
WASHINGTON.
TACOMA. May 15-The week opens with
wheat showing no Improvement. Club is quoted
at SIC bluestem Coo
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TIME BALL.

Branch photographic Office, u S. N, Mer-
chants Exchange. San Francisco, CAL
May Is, 1899
The time ball was dropped about three ca
seconds too early to-day, on account of a
fault of the signals. c. G. CALKINS.
Lieutenant. Q. S. N. in charge
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SAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET.

The only change in quotations is decline
in Veal Hogs are firm ever, and in
small supply.
Wholesale rates from slaughterers to dealers:
BEEF-711asAc per Id for Steers and sQs1ac
for Cows.
VE2AI-9691kc per lb,
MTJTTON-Wethers. 707hc; Ewes 7c per ID.
JAMB-Spring S1aG9c per Id.
PORK-Live Hogs, 513@524c for small. $50
&c for medium and 5@51kc for large: stock
Hogs and Feeders. 4A95c; dressed Hogs,
61SI5c
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COMMERCIAL WORLD.
SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

Silver q fraction firmer.
Grain market very dull
Fran and Mlddlings advanced.
Hay still in the dumps.
Beans and Seeds unchanged.
New Potatoes firm. Onions unchanged.
a car of Eastern Poultry sold.
Butter and Cheese weak. Eggs steady.
rCurrants appeared.
Cherries selling higher.
Mexican Lines lower.
Dried Fruits unchanged.
Provisions rule firm.
Veal lower Other Meats unchanged.
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TUESDAY, MAY 1e.


NOTE-In the above exposition of the tides
the early morning tides are given in the left
hand column and the successive tides of the
day in the order of occurrence to time. The
second time column gives the second tide of
the day. the third time column the third tide
and the last right hand column gives the
last tide of the day. except when there are but
three tides as sometimes occur. The heights
given soundings to the soundtngs on the
United States Coast Survey charts. except
when a minus sign g precedes the height.
and then the number given is subtracted from
the depth given by the charts. The plane Of
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Saturday. May 49, as compiled by the New
York Produce Exchange, is as follows: Wheat,
&c, OPS 600 bushels. decrease LASS, goo bushels;
corn 10 1850 COO bushels, decrease 2 2S5. 600 BUSH
els oats 4 1888 600 bushels decrease 217 900 BUSH
els rye S27 600 bushels. decrease 1879 900 bushels;
barley J. 1851 900 bushels, decrease $1,000 bushels.
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Dairy-Fancy. 15c; good to choice. 13q141zc;
store. n@12c per Id.
CHEESE-Choice mild new 91zd10c: old. &C.;
Young America. 1O411c; Eastern 141kG15c.
EGGS-Quoted at 15q16c for store and 17g1Sc
per dozen for ranch; Eastern, 16b@17c.
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Cash quotations were as follows:

Flour, quiet and steady; No. spring wheat,
69G70c; No. spring wheat, 66069c; No 2 red
72474c; No. 2 corn, 33Ac; No 2 oats, 26Ih634c:
No 2 white 291k930c; No. white, 2S94 62s1&c;
No rye 60c No. barley. 35d4Oc: No / flax
seed, 81 DC; Northwest, 81 OS; prime timothy
seed. g 3d. mess pork, per barrel. IS 3oqS 35
boxed. 414@419c; short clear sides, boxed, 81 9OG
s. whisky, distillers' finished goods, per gallon,
81 2e
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Getting Even.

"Why should 1 marry you?" she asked,
coldly
"Wen. of course he replied, viciousiy
won can be an old maid If you wish. =
Philadelphia North American.
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SUN, MOON AND TIDE.

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Times and Heights OF High and Low
Waters at Fort Point. entrance to San
Francisco Bay. Published by official au-
thority OF the Superintendent
NOTE-The high and low waters occur at
the city front (Misson-street WHARF about
twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point;
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-16
THE BUTTER MARKET.

ELGIN. Ill, May 15.-BUTTER-Firm Of
ferings, 223 tubs. Holders refusing bids of 1S1kc
on all lots. Official price, 1Sc.
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BUTTER. CHEESE AND EGGS.

Butter and Cheese are weak at the quota
lions. with liberal supplies. Eggs are steady
and unchanged.
BUTTER-
Creamery-Fancy Creamery. 1sk917c; Sec
onds. Ice.
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On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter
market was steady; creameries, 13617hc dair-
les l0d15c. Eggs, steady; fresh, 11HG11Ihc
Cheese, weak; creams, 9010kc.
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DIRECT LINE to HAVRE-PARIS. s1.~
Sailing every Saturday at 10 a. m. &IffN
from Pier AZ. North River. foot Of '~aSrzA-ase
Morton st. LA BRETAGNE, May 20; LA
TOURAINE. May q. LA GASCOGNE, June g.;
LA CHAMPAGNE, June 10; LA BRETAGNE,
June II. First class to Havre, s65 and upward.
per cent reduction on round trip. Second class
TO Havre. $40. 10 per cent reduction on round
STATES AND CANADA, 3 Bowling Green,
New York. ]. f. FUGAZI & CO., Pacific Coast
Agents Montgomery ave. San Francisco
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WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
FORECAST.
The pressure has risen over Utah and the de-
preston central there on Monday has moved
eastward out Of the limits OF observation Inc
temperature has fallen about TO degrees at SAT-
Lake City but will rise tomorrow. over the
Sacramento Valley there has been rise Oh
from 10 u degrees but the temperatures are
still from TO 6 degrees below the normal.
Snow turning TO rain reported over the
northern portion OF Nevada Rain is railing
along the extreme northern coast. A maximum
wind velocity of thirty miles per hour from the
forth is reported at Eureka.
Forecast made for the thirty hours enclnS
midnight May Is. 1899:
Northern California-Fair Tuesday; warmer;
light, nOrtherly Winds.
Nevada-Fair Tuesday; warmer.
Automatically Tuesday.
Utah-Showers; warmer Tuesday night.
san Francisco and vicinity-Fair Tuesday:
warmer in forenoon; north changing to fresh
west winds ALEXANDER Meade
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VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLY.

NEW YORK, May 15.-The statement of the
visible supply Of grain in store and ahoat, on
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The 0. R. & N. co,

DISFAItN FAST STEAMERS w
= r I'll A NJ
E-orn Spaar-street Wharf at 10 a. m.
FADE S12 First Class Including Berths
ALL So Second Class and Meals.
Columbia sails April %: May g. Il, %.
State OF California sails April %: May 8.
1s %.
Short line to waIls wala, Spokane, Butts.
Helena and all points IN the Northwest
Through tickets TO all points East
Il. c. WARD, General Agent.
$50 Market street.
GooDAhhA PERKINS CO.
Superintendent
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WEATHER REPORT.

dQ0th Merdian-Pacihc Tire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, May -15-5 p. m.
The following are the seasonal rainfalls to
Sate as compared with those Of same date
last season, and rainfall in last twenty-four
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HAMRuRG-AMERICAN

TWIN-sCREW EXPRESS LINE.
NEW -LONDON-HAMBURG.
TWIN-SCREW PASSENGER SERVICE.
NEW YORK-LONDON-PARI
Also NEW YORK-HAMBURG Direct.
For sailings. etc.. apply to HAMBURG
HERZOG & CO., Gen. Agents Pacific Coast,
4o1 CALIFORNIA ST. cor. Sansome, and
lis Montgomery St, San Francisco.
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CLOSING

LONDON. May 15.-Canadian Pacific. 1918
Northern Pacific preferred. 7S7s; Union Pacific elf
preferred, 77Ss; Atchison, 1875; Anacondas, 121s
Grand Trunk, rs; bar silver. steady 2Slsd per
ounce; money, 1A91l2 per cent.
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OCEAN TRAVEL.
Pacific Coast Steamship Go,

Steamers leave Broadway
wharf. San Francisco:
For Alaskan ports, 10 a m.
May 1, 6, II, Is. q. 70. "a;
June 5; change at Seattle.
For Victoria, Vancouver (S-
c., Port Townsend. Seattle.
Tacoma, Everett. Anacortes
and New Whatcom Wash. }.
II 1R l.
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PORTLAND'S BUSINESS.
NORTHERN WHEAT MARKET.

haI
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AMERICAN LINE.
NEW YORK, SOUTHAMPTON. LONDON. PARIS
Stopping at Cherbourg. westbound.
From New York Everv Wednesday. 10 a n.
St Louis. ........ May sIFt. Lows. May "a
Paris ........... May IN Paris May 81
st. Paul. May II st. Paul.........June
RED STAR LINE
New York and Antwerp.
Frorr New York Every Wednesday. Il noon
Noordla1d ......M May 3Westernland MAY -
Friesland MAY 10 Kensington May 81
Southwark May 17Noordland June
EMPIRE LINE
Seattle. St. Michael. Dawson City.
For full information regarding freight and pas
sage apply to
INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION COMPANY.
80 Montgomery St. any Of its agencies.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-25

The name "tarant,lla" is applied
chiefly to tie big spiders that build
i.ouses vita tray doors that are set on
6. spr.ng, 50 as to o.cse automatically.
Belonging &c the same group OF ami
mails with tie spiders are the scor-
pions, which are likewise archnids.
At the end of its tail the scorpion has
C horny point which is called sting,
and this sting, when it penetrates the
skin, conveys poison through two
oritices connected with small gland
that secretes the venom. Frightful
results have been attributed in story
to the poison of the scorpion, but the
fact seems to be that it is no more
dangerous than that of the honey
bee. This remark applies to the
scorpions OF the United States, which
in Arizona and elsewhere in the
Southwest are sufficiently numerous
and formidable. In tropical regions,
however, larger species of scorpion
occur, and these, having poison glands,
are more dangerous. Sometimes, as
is the case also with tarantulas, they
are brought to the Northern States in
punches of bananas, and are apt under
such circumstances to create surprises.
But, though the sting of a scorpion
causes much swelling and pain, there
is no authentic case of death result
ing therefrom. Louis Republic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-25
C.S Hay CROP.
with One Exception the Richest source
Oi NATIONAL Wealth.

with One E''rption the Richest source
oi National Wealth.
The introduction of electric motor
power does not seem to affect either
the volume or value of the hay crop.
In 1897 it was worth S40l 800, 12S. In
1898 the acreage was larger and the
yield was better, although prices were
not so high, and the total value was
$39s, O6O, 641. The people realize that
tue hay field, with one exception, is
the richest source of our national
wealth, richer than the coal or iron
mines or the lumber forests or any
other product of the soil or the fac
tory with the exception of corn. The
value of the wheat crop in 1898 was
S}92, 710,31O, and the value of the
corn crop was 1852. OBJ, 42s. Last
years hay crop of the United States
was worth one third more than all the
gold the world produced and twice rs
much as the silver.
During the last fiscal year we i'm
ported about $4,000 worth of hay
from Canada. There would have
been more but for the high tariff i'm
posed by the Dingley law. We ex-
ported more than $1,000, 900 worth,
chiefly to Mexico, South America and
the West Indies. The exports will be
much larger next year because we are
sending quantity to Cuba and Porto
Rico to feed the horses of the army.
which have not vet become accustomed
to the alfalfa and sugar cane that con-
stitute the fodder of the tropics. No
hay is grown in the hot countries;
grass will not stand the hot rays of
the sun. The chief food for animals
IL alfalfa. II kind of clover which is
juicy and nutritious, and grows the
whole year round. 1t is never cured,
but is cut fresh every morning and
pedlled through the streets on the
backs of donkeys to those who are
fortunate enough to have cattle or
horses.
New York is the best h " market in
the United States. The average con.
sumption of that city is 1900 tons a
day, or nearly 400, 900 tons a year.
The consumption of hay has not fallen
off with the abandonment OF horse
cars. On the contrary, it has in
creased, which is said to be due TO
improved trade conditions, the increase
of trucking and larger shipments of
live stock.
New York state used to produce the
finest hay known, but the best quality
now comes from Michigan AMI lndi-
ana
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-25

When person gets sick ahed with fever.
he invariably sends Tor the family physician.
hut the average lerSon who |. afflicted with
some nervous. chronic or lingering affection,
knows that his family doctor does not make
specially of treating such eases, does not
know how to cure them. in fact. and II j.
therefore true that not one in u hundred per
sons thus afflicted knows what to do or to
what doctor to apply for treatment and cure.
They do not want TO continue TO suffer, in
deed. they urgently desire to get back their
health; but they cannot afford to pay the big
fees charged 10y eminent specialists. and So
they remain uncertain what to do. To such
the offer of the famous specialist. DR.. Greene,
~ Temple Place. Boston, Mass, who has the
largest practice and most successful treat
ment for diseases the world has ever known
through his system OF cure by harmless veg
etable remedies, to give consultation and nd
vice to all without fee and absolutely free Of
charges. places Il sure cure within reach OF
everybody and should be taken advantage
OF nj once by sufferers. whatever their COM
plants One If Or. Grrcnr's marvellous med
zeal discoveries. DR.. Grecues Nervurn blood
and nerve remedy. has made his name IA
nous all over the world. and his inyestiga
tons and vast experience have Il vcloped
curative medicines for every phase of dis
ease. II you do not know what to do. or il
You have failed to be cured. consult Dr.
Greene at once. Ii you cannot call. write To
him freely and fully about your ease. lie
VIII give your case every consideration,
write you explaining Your exact condition
and give yon advice Just what to do to be
cured. All this costs You nothing. and we
advise you to write him Immediately.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-25
The Music She plays.

Here is what Philistine has to say
in an English weekly concerning
"The Music She Plays" 1t is given
for what it is worth:
'There are worse ways of choosing
wife than by the music she plays,
and the way she plays it.
'Ifa girl manifest prediction for
Strauss, she is frivolous; for Beethov-
en-, she is impractical; for List, she
is too ambitious; for Verdi, she is SEN
timental; for Offenbach, she is giddy;
for Gounod, she is lackadaisical; for
Gottschalk, she is superficial; for
Mozart, she is prudish; for Flotow,
she is commonplace; for Wagner, she
is idiotic.
The girl who hammers away at
'Maiden's Prayer Anvil Chorus, and
'Silvery Waves may be depended upon
as , good cook and healthful; and if
she Includes Battle of Prague and the
White Cockade' in her partoire you
ought to know that she \, been re
ligiously and strictly nurtured.
''But, last of all, pin thy faith upon
the calico dress of the girl who can
play Home. Sweet Home.'"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-25
THE BUBBLES OF LIFE,

A boy and girl upon the yellow beach
BLEW shining bubbles In the summer air,
And IA they fioa,ed off they named them,
each
Choosing what seemed to him or her
most fair.
II name mine Wealth exclaimed the care
less boy;
$50 may never have to count the cost,
But ships and houses own, rs now toy
But Wealth was driven far out to sea and
lost.
II name mine Beauty" said the pretty
girl;
$50 women all shall envy my fair face.
And men shall kneel and beg me for curl"
But Beauty vanished quickly into space.
II name this Fame" essayed the boy
again;
$50 may hear my praises every hour
As orator or soldier sung by men"
But Fame was wrecked against the bea-
con tower.
"Thls is Long Life" returned the little
maid:
$50 may happy he for many year,
Nor be till late Of ugly death afraid"
But Long Life broke within graveyard
near.
At last twin globules they together blew,
And named them Love-" as slow they
rose on high.
The sun shone through them with prsma-
tic hue,
Till Love was lost within the glowing
sky.
Irving Browne, in Troy Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-25


Before the village Of st. Louis was
incorporated DR.. Saugrain acted as the
first postmaster. He tied the mail up
in a blue silk handkerchief and left it
on the doorstep or windowsill. Any
one passing unfolded the handkerchief
and took out his mail. Letters were
then paid for when received and not
when forwarded. But little currency"
was afoat, and postage and even
larger debts were paid for in pieces of
the skins of raccoon and other wild
animals.
The first lucifer matches ever made
in this country were made by DIR. Sat-
grain. The small wooden sticks were
dipped, enc at time, in bottle of
combustible substance and were ig-
nited by friction the same rs today.
The doctor also made the first Their
mometers used in st. Louis or the
west. He was the first surgeon in st.
Louis and afterward served the govern
ment as army surgeon at one of the
forts opposite Louisville, Ky. Dir.
Saugrain died in 1920. st. Louis
Globe. Democrat
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-25
The Extensive Use of Ivory,

The worlds annual consumption of
ivory is estimated at something like
1900, 90 pounds, valued at 81. 500, 600,
and to supply this amount 10, 600 ele-
plants must be killed. The consump-
ton in Sheffield aloe requires the an
nual slaughter OF $4,000 animals
Africa supplies the great bulk of ivory,
the Indian wild elephant having be-
come so scarce of late years that India
is now obliged to import a considerable
quantity of ivory. \ vast amount of
fossil ivory is also exported from East
ern Siberia to various countries, chief
ly to the Continent, where it is more
highly esteemed than in England.