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New York pFy i. :

New York. Decempsi .,,.s ~
ket is still quiet. spot ~, Ds. \ IN.
slow. mail orders o. -, I'M ~.
sicn.. Buyers. howsysst No n1s
ali ali tie goods they VAN Inrdays a4s.1
in prizes today. YssssnI Sc 'nacl
but but probably VIII 30 iiinsss =
demand at full prices
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DRIED FRUITS AND NUTS.


APPLEs-Fancy evnporated. 5o-lb boxes,
&c; lib cartons shc; choice evaporated -
APRIcoTs--Per lb. loose ichc.
CtTRcN--In 1o-lb boxes l2c,
cURRANTs--In bbls. So; 25-lb boxes. clean
ed. bulk TIC; lib cartons s1shc.
DATES-1-lb packages. 1oc, Oc.lb boxes, &C.
Ffcs-coiifornia Pic. imported l59isc.
PEkCHES-Choice new stock &c; standard
RA1sINs-caii,ornia. s-crown. L. l.. boxes.
1925; M-box L. L. raisns s5175e; 2-crown
l. NJ raisins, 5o-lb boxes. '7%c; s-crown l..
n raisins, 5o.ib boxes SIC,
PRUNES--California, 50-60s, TIC; 6o-10s. 7c:
,o.sos. Sc; so-eos. SIC; so-1oCs,. Sc
nuts Brazil. 1oc per ID; flberts. Sicily.
13c Naples, l2kc. walnuts, l4qlSc' peanuts
fancy hand picked SC; No. 3; Sho; almonds IDS
screened. sisd7c; better grades. 7isGloc;
Italian chestnuts. 10c-
GRAIN AND HAY.
Carload lots, T. G. b. cars from miiiers;
dealers charge from store 5Gloc more per 100
10 on bran, 29Sc per bushel on oats and
BRAN--Per 100 lbs, 7ed7Sia
WHEAT-No grade 52iadS7lao.
PURE CORN CHoPs-Per 100 Lbs. 73ik3
oATs-Good No Texas. SoGSSe; off or nc
grades, 2512SIsc. Kansas white No. ?, 35isG
$3.50. No 3 white S3is1Siisc; slightly stained
WHEAT sHoRrs-Per 100 lbs ssse5c.
HAY-Alfalfa, 81. 2SeIls IS ser ton, timothy
slS 50d1i 90; South Texas prairie hay IS 26l
rs. North Texas and Territory IS Sode 90.
DRUGS.
ounine. 37G4oc per ounce, in bottle; NOR
phine, 81 10 per ounce, cocaine. S62o per
ounce; borax, SAC per pound in loo-pound
packages; copperas, 81 40 per pound in bar
rels; castor oil. 100 per gallon in 5-gallon
packages; epson salts 81 80 per hundred ip
barrels; alcohol go per gallon. sulphur.
50 .65 per hundred in barrels; alum, PFC per
pound in barrels: saltpetre. &c per pound in
CANNED GOODS
| CANNED FRUITS-Fineapples 2-lb. eye
less and coreless si.So@200; 2-lb extra grated
GLIB standard e0c; peaches. 2-!b standard s. 30
Gl.S5; standard 81 25@l so: 2-io seconds 81 lC
Gll5; alb standard $3.50; 2-lb pie Ell 001l 10:
Bib pie Sl.l5Ql. 90
fun weight s5@9oc; 2-lb full weight 65TR70c;
okra and tomatoes. lib soc: Lima beans. a-lh
full weight &C. string beans. 2-lo lull weight
15c. A No. ! strirsless beans. 2-ib fun weight
marrow fat peas. 2-lb full weight 81. l01l %;
early June peas fancy, GLIB full weight 81. so
American petit pos peas. fancy. lib ~!
weight Sl65Gl,75; asparagus. California 2.s-
III s. 90: corn, Auburn cream, 2-lb full weight
g.. 1901 is; A No. ! 2-lb full weight 81 oj1 10:
Biue Ridge, 2-lb s0ds5c.
CALIFORNIA FRUlT-Extra standard ga
! ID peaches, lemon cling $1,000? 90; yellow
white cherries 81 l0q2 10; apricots. $.754
cd 81 6061 Go; strawberries sl.S5; plums 81 Sd
CLIO: grapes sl.S5Gl 40; seconds I've per
dozen less than extra standard prices.
2-lbs. S2.55. Potted ham, quarters, soc; halves
Soc. Lunch tongue, lib. $3.50. Vienna sau
sage, i5-lb, Csc.
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COTTON SEED rRop''

r. o. 3. mill. Texas 'nS
cording TO Locations m
p,,,. ,r,de nj, looso ....s.''
prime summer yellow oil ..'',' Nl,
Inter. per pouna .;;vsred at oils,,
Cake and meal deiSe'
Prime cotton seed meal 'bS I
Prime cotton seed csnr .nr 30
Houston mills are parssrior or
cotton seed I. o. D.
New York. Decemseee' wine ytllss z
steady; prime crude :,
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HOUSTON BANK cLEARINGs.
roiiowing are the clearances of the Houston
iHa we week thus far and for the cor.
Increase Of decrease, ss'ue' VILE tne
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London Financial cables.s

New York. December o., nsSlsslsa .
Advertiser London nnanc's, sr. lStSl
The markets here To-Day ns srd VI
dull, Influenced by tisht NOW Imsr,,i
sence OF Transvaal news, .,ccr va !
Arm at a parity tili ar .sat.
gradually dropped. finishing
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expected and proportionate increase Is look
ed for at the thirty interior towns tomor-
row. Weekly into sight on Its face was
n bullish feature but when we consider that
the movement for the week is $4,000 In eS-
cess of the same week in 1896, the encct Is
lost Mr. Hester's figures were o53 agains
los 5es last year, and 2ss, 500 in 1896: We are
now 10000 behind last year. The large
long interest which exists In January COZ,
ton Ia responsible to a great extent 70 the
weakness the market has displayed at Tin es
the past few days. There was some talk OF
a prospective squeeze in January, but the
ridenipg OF December under January. aud
january under March. and the ughtness 3, !. OF y
money in Now York precludes the prooaoln,ty
~ any such action We strongly advise sell :
ing Of long January, and buying oil ethsr
March or May, as much wider differences are
probable before notice day. The governfin,e me-,
bureau report will be issued at II o'clock Mon-
Say next II IL is bull.sh document we
doubt It's having any permanent eject. as !,
s.ii, no ridiculed We advise selling on all
advances. Liverpool should be to down
tomorrow.
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FINANCIAL BRIEF

Paris. December s.-Thres ssiys n q
1907 s2ikc for the account
don 25f BIC for checks -clu,i5p
New York. December
0s0 I5T: balances s7,7li,0sS.
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ed; bid. v value. seller, nominal
United states Exports.


Stock this Observation-Disclosures. 1000 J-
stock this day last week .......... 9i1 3uj
Stock this day last year......... 1902 0Ii
Deficit this esasou. .................. 2i69s5
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New orlcunr Futures.


Following are the closing quotations:
December.....4.lls May-June .,...- 4 ol-o2
Dec 0S-0s June-July ... 10000
ean-Feb. ......4.07h July Aug q. 3 60 i.UU
Feb March .4.05-06 Aug-sept .......3. 60D
March April. ...4.Ois Septoct ........3. 53b
April May. 4.03s
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Comparative Cotton statement.

New York. December s The following is
the comparative cotton statement for the
week ending today;
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London. December S.-co ,sss 81
| 1o2; consols for account , im 4 a
steady. 27%d per ounce. A ,narks vi
Rate discount In the open ~ 81 ~
ana three months bills 6%gos
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LIVE STOCK.
HOUSTON

The following nre inc quotations for tnr.
market as furnished by the Box Bell-SauDders
4 nr1ieg
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Decrease.

NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
Reichsmarks. comm., sesteldsy.
elal. 80 days -. s3z ssu-,s-,s
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Cargill a Richardson say OF cotton:
III Indications early this morning pointed
% further Improvement in the cotton markets.
Liverpool was 2-sad up spots 1-S2d higher,
With sales OF 10000, II was reported. how.
ever. that the demand from spinners was linn.
tied The Improvement abroad gave our
mArkets 9 arm and higher opening, but large
msrkefS declining under pressure OF long
cot1on, and little forcing by the bears who
arc n SVl6epce whenever the buying ceases.
~ nSfSmept Vas somewhat heavier than
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WALTER BESANI'S OPINION II ..
OF D00N6DAY PROPHETS

surprising kind 1t is
the o a a
a AT
Little Horn
Napo-
lS
he would
the endo millennium
1866 which these coming
forthwith still remember
Of flock
of
others
is foretelers
possibly be
he so n
Verysm The
perfect, in
world all
of world So that to
tasman?
seventh? should the
o explain
will begin But why after 5000
below the a
fanatical
All toles
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LAS a pertinent illustration of this
general subject under discussion, l will
cite modern phase of medical practice,
namely, the homeopathic system, to
which the old school has become recon-
ciled. Here 1 speak from experience.
In homeopathy the highest attenua-
tons of medicine have not an iota of
the drug left in them, and the lower
attenuations have SO little that vial
full of the pellets are swallowed with
out harm and without appreciate eff
feet, whereas the homeopathist adj
ministers half a dozen or less of these
same globules, and tells you, and you
will believe him, that Herewith he
heals the sick This, however, does not
disprove the efficacy of the system. 1t
enhances it, for it Identifies it with
mind, not matter, in the grooves of
God, in the hands of Omnipotence And
say, Q petty scorner of the Inf1nite
canst thou mock His miracles or scat
ter His shade who 'abideth under the
shadow of the Almighty?
The homeopathist handles in his
practice, and is supposed to heal, the
most violent stages of organic inflam-
matory disease, to stop decomposition,
to remove enteritis, gastritis, gastral-
gia, hyperemia, pneumonia, diphtheria
and osSification-the effects of calcare-
Gus salts formed by carbonate and sui
pndIe OIL lime, anu the homeopathic
physician succeeds in healing his cases
without drugs equally with the allo-
path, who depends upon drugs Then, is
mind or matter the intelligent factor
in pathology? If matter, 1 challenge
matter to act apart from mind; and if
mind, have proved beyond cavil that
the action of mind is curative and po-
tent in proportion as it acts untram-
meled by matter. Hence our Masters
saying, The flesh profiteth nothing.
The difference between metaphysics in
homeopathy and metaphysics in Chris
tan Science consists in this forcible
fact: The former enlists faith in the
pharmacy of the human mind, and the
latter couples faith with understanding,
and is based on the Divine mind, know
ing that this mind is omnipotent, is in
finite, is all-hence it is the sovereign
appeal, and there is nothing therein to
alternate. The more Of this mind the
better for both physician and patient.
Ignorance, slang and malice touch
not the hem of the garment of Chris
tan Scientists, for once touching 1t
they would be destroyed"
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were the graduations of his ruin, but
finally as the unhappy man began to
sacrifice his beautiful estates In an Ell
fort to avoid financial collapse much
Wonderment enSued.
Five years later an assignment was
made. Nothing remained of that CO.
lossal fortune but palace on the Jae-
gerzeile in Vienna, and lew scat
tered estates. The news of this event
went worldwide. Much sympathy was
accorded the chevalier, ana II must
have caused a curious smile to rise on
his care worn face when his secretaries
road TO him from the daily journals the
columns touching on his financial dis
tress. where, above all, his sterling hon
esty was roundly praised.
MANY of the following years were
spent in poverty, all the more dire be-
cause a certain nobility of action had
70 be maintained The last form of
his wife's fortune was about consumed
when. owing to the treatment that had
been recommended to him, his remain
ing eye recovered to such degree as
to permit him to try counterfeiting
again.
In a very brief time the chevalier re-
former DAYS was resumed, much to the
amaZement of all who knew him. 1t
was supposed at the time that Emperor
Franz Josef, out of commiseratiOn
for him, for his misfortunes had &C
corded him some practical assistance.
No one suspected the truth, but the
denouement was not far distant
In 1880 the officials of the
Vienna First Savings Bank be-
came cognizant of the fact that
counterfeit bank notes in the sums
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physics, He is a stirrer up of seditions,
and because they could find no fault
in him they vented their hatred of him
in opprobrious epithets; but what
would be thought to-day of a man that
should call st. Paul 'pestilent,' and
what will be thought tomorrow of him
who shall call Christian Scientists
pests? Again, what, indeed shall be
said of him who saith the Savior of
men, the healer of men, the Christ, the
truth, is a stirrer-up of seditions?
What most concerns the world in all
ages is, that men suspend judgment
and sentence on the pioneers of Chris
tianity until they know of what and of
whom they speak. A persons ignor-
ance of Christian Science is sufficient
reason for his silence on the subject;
but what can atone for the vulgar de-
nunciation of what a man knows alb
solutely nothing about?
Il challenge the world to disprove
what / hereby declare. After my dis
covery of Christian Science 1 healed
consumption in it's last stages that the
M.Ds., by verdict of the stethoscope
and the schools, declared incurable the
lungs being mostly consumed. | healed
malignant tubercular diphtheria and
carious bones that could be dented by
the finger, saving them when the sur
geon'S instruments were lying on the
L
have healed at one visit a cancer that
had SO eaten the flesh of the neck as
to expose the jugular vein so that it
stood out like cord.
In what sense is the Christian Sci
enlist pest? Is it because he minds
his own business more than the aver
age man, is not a braWler, an alcohol
drinker, a tobacco-user, a profane
sWearer, an adulterer, a fornicator, nor
dishonest politician or business man?
Or is it because he is the very antipode
of all these? In what sense is the Chris
tian Scientist a charlatan? Is it be-
cause he heals the sick without drugs :?
Well, our best examplar, the Nazarene
prophet, healed through mind, and
commanded his followers to do likewise
The prophets and apostles and Chris
tians in the first centuries healed the
sick as a token of their Christianity.
Has Christianity improved upon its
earlier records, or has it refrigerated?
Compare the lives of its present profess
sors with those of it's followers at the
beginning of the Christian era and you
have the correct answer
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TRIAL OF a
GYPSY EMPEROR

The Assize Court of Coepenich. a
suburb of Berlin. has just had before it
a somewhat original case in which two
bands of gypsies were concerned.
Some time ago these two bands were
encamped at Neu Weisensee. At the
head of one was a chief named Trutt-
mann. The other owed obedience to a
leader named Wotasch. who assumed
the title Of Emperor of the Gypsies."
AS a sign of his rank he always wore
a silver sword.
His daughter, Margaret Wotasch. a
celebrated Romany beauty. fell in love
with the son of Truttmann. The faith
ers Of the happy pair were not averse
to the match. WOtasch, however. was
not blind to the weaknesses of his fu-
ture son-in-law, and entered into a
contract with the latter's father. in
which it was laid down that if Trutt-
mann Jr. should swindle or rob him, he
would be entitled to take his daughter
back and receive an indemnity for the
costs of the marriage.
In this the Gypsy Emperor proved his
wisdom. Three weeks after the mar
riage his ungrateful son-in-law relieved
him of six horses, which he sold at the
nearest horse fair, and followed up this
crime by further indelicacies of a like
nature. Wotasch called together a
gypsy court, which met in the forest
near Weissensee, and debated the af-
fair. After much discussion the err
ing son-in-law was ordered to restore
his wife to his indignant father-in-law
and to pay the expenses of the mar
riage. AS these amounted to $500
marks, it is clear the Gypsy Emperor
did things in fine style. The festivities
it was stated, had lasted full week.
and were conducted on a scale of lavish
hospitality.
In how far the decision of the gypsy
tribunal was given impartially is the
question that has occupied the more
regular tribunals of the German EN-
peror. The husband pretends that the
silver saber of his father-in-law, aided
by the sturdy fists of his followers. had
had an unfortunate effect on the sense
of justice of the gypsy judges. One
thing is certain, and that is that the
followers of both chiefs since the iudg-
ment was given have been on a war
footing.
The Emperor" Wotasch and his
War Minister appeared before the
court in gorgeous costume. with golden
spurs and an abundance of lace en-
broidery on their garments. Wotasch
was put upon oath, and raised his right
hand to swear when by some accident,
as he averred, it came in violent con-
tact with the head of his enemy. who
promptly measured his length on the
floor of the court.
Fortunately for him this last exploit
was the only one that could be proved
against him, and he and his Minister
of War" escaped with a small fine
Lokal Anzeiger.
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of 10 and 100 gulden were being f1oated
by some unknown but mastery hand.
They secretly notified Chief of Detec-
tives Felsenthal The case presented
many difficulties, which were of novel
character to the Vienna detective, but
with the instinct of his kind he set him.
self to work and did not relinquish his
efforts until he had his prisoner behind
the prison walls.
A theory which at first seemed very
plausible to Felsenthal was that the
spurious currency had its origin outside
of the Austrian empire. This theory
soon proved untenable. The next step
was to order a close watch on all the
tirst-class engravers in Vienna. The
utility Of this was shown by the fact
that the work on the greenbacks could
have been executed only by a man who
was an adent of the highest order De-
spite the keenest vigilance, the nefar-
ious work still went on.
1nformations were then sent to the
business men of the, city as to the
method of detecting the true from the
counterfeit bills There was but one
mar which the half-blind knight had
overlooked in his handiwork To the
expert eye an irregularity in the water
marks was plainly perceptible Being
apprised of this fact, the shopkeepers
were also instructed to bring to police
headquarters any one, no matter what
his station or degree in life. who passed
one of the counterfeits.
One day after this step an elderly
gentleman of very dignified aspect was
caught paying for watchchain with a
note of the spurious kind. Upon exami-
nation he very readily explained how he
came into the possession of it and was
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liberated without being requested to
leave his name. This man was Won
Boor Many other shoppers were
brought in to the police, but their hon
esty was easily proven. Among the
many Madame Won Boor was detected
paying a bill with the worthless paper.
Her replies were, however, very salts
factory.
These several arrests of the Won
Doors prompted Felsenthal to take a
trip of investigation to their villa at
Meidling. The detectives clever prob
ing elected some suspicious and facts
which were the foundation of Doors ar
rest.
Felsenthal returned to Vienna with
the firm conviction that the chevalier
was at least one of the distributors Of
the notes.
The report which the detective hand
ed in to the authorities met with de-
rision. A few days later, however the
new cook at the villa informed the po-
lice that her employer showed all the
indications of insanity. He would Sc
clude himself in a certain barred room
for days at a time, neither eating nor
sleeping, and had followed this custom
for many months.
Upon receipt of this report the Min
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lister of Justice, Count Sedlnitzky, or
oered the villa to be searched. En-
graver's tools, magnifying glasses, inks
ana brushes were discovered in abund-
ance The aged knight and his wife
were arrested forthwith
A few days after their imprisonment
a confession was wrung from the man
While his wife acknowledged her com
pl1city. On March 10, 1894, Judgment
was passed. The cuIprits were con-
demned to loss of nobility and to life
Imprisonment. The clemency of EN-
peror Franz Josef prevented the lat
ter part of the sentence by committing
1T to eight years Imprisonment for Boor
and two years for his wife.
AS the jailer was taking his prisoner
to his future home Won Boor heard a
shrill cry of agony. He turned and he
saw his wife pass him robed in the con-
Wet garb. That heart broken cry was
the last sound the nobleman ever heard
of the outside world. On December 2
Of this year death committed his term
1t is surmised that this genius coun-
terfeited notes to the amount of nine
or ten millions of gulden, although he
confessed to a much smaller amount
Only his last issues were discovered,
for his first work was so perfect as to
be undistinguishabl from the genuine.
For the criminologist this talented
nobleman is subject almost without
a peer. Charitable he was and honest
in everything but the one that caused
his downfall.
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KING OF COUNTERFEITERS

mense quantities at his country cha
teau so that the amount in circulation
might not be diminished.
The Emperor himself did not disdain
to be found as a guest at Castle Kalten-
brunn,> nor was his Majesty sparing in
his encomiums on the wealth of his
host, the beauty of his wife and other
kindred subjects. Little, however, did
the Emperor suspect the secret of Won
Doors good luck.
In the year of 1879 the chevalier's
star began it's descent. The old oph-
thalmic disease returned. An oculist of
much renown, Professor Rosas, per-
formed an operation on his eyes and
succeeded in saving one from blindness.
But this remaining eye was so weak
that the unfortunate counterfeiter was
forced to forego labor of every kind
that necessitated the use of sight
Lacking his master hand Won Doors
business interests began to suffer ma
terially Owing to the lack of funds
which he could no more manufacture
loss upon loss followed. At first public
attention was not attracted, so slow