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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-03

We're made to break the market. The
news from the belt averaged up 3 In
favor OF shorts. The market closed
steady at q net decline Of 7@1S points.
New York, April 2.-Cotton.-Spot
closed quiet. at 1-16c. lower; middling
uplands, 9-16c.; middling Gulf, 9 1876.
Sales. 1885 bales.
Cotton futures opened steady at the
decline; April. 9.12; May, 9,1O; June,
9.06; July, s.0i; August, 500; September,
SIS; October. S.Q4; November 1884; De-
cember, 7.94; July. 1872; February, 1893.
Futures closed steady; April, sos;
June. SOS; July, SOS; August, SOL; Sep
TENDER, S.25; October 500; November,
7.SS; December, 7.S7; January, 7.S7; Feb
ruary, 7.S9; March. 100.
New York, April 2.-Cotton quiet;
middling, 9-16c.; net receipts 1892;
gross, 1871; sales. 1875; stock, 141,oi7.
Total To-Day-Net receipts, 4 IA, 400;
exports to Great Britain, -; to France,
-: to the Continent. $3.50; stock, Ill.,
Total Since, September met re-
ceipts, 5,953S04; exports to Great Brit
ain, 1861 GIG; to France, 63i, ZIG; to the
Continent. 2,12o,072.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.
New Orleans. April 2.-Cotton flu
lures quiet. April. S.SS@8.0O; May, 500
@S.91; June, S.SS@8.9O: July, S.s5@S.S6;
<tNSOot, o.oSVo.'V' 0SPlGHlpcI,
October. 7.75G67.T6; November, 7.64@165;
December, 7.6t@7.66; January, 7.64D765.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
Liverpool. April 2 a p. m.)-Cotton.-
Spot. moderate business; prices 3-32d
lower; American middling, 9-32d.
The sales of the day were II, 1000 bales,
OF which 500 were for speculation and
export and included $500 American
Receipts. $4,000 bales, including $500
American.
Futures opend quiet and closed ex-
cited and irregular, at the decline.
American middling: April, 0S-640
09-64d.. value; April and May,
o5-64@5 o6-64.. value; May and June
0S-64d.. sellers; June and July,.5 00-64
@5 o1-6id., value; July and August,
62-64d.. buyers; August and Septem-
Der, 54-6id.. sellers; September and
October, 3S-64d., sellers; October and
November, 4 27-646D4 2S-64d.. sellers;
November and December, 4 22-G4d. SELL
ers: December and January, 2Q-64d.,
sellers; January and February, 401S-64
Oh 19-64d., sellers.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-03
BOND MARKET.

Z New York. April ., 1909.
u S. 2's, rcfunding (whcn ssuctO -. 1eiH
United States 2s. registered ....., l0OH
United States 3,s, registered, ex-nt. l09X
United States new As, registered 80" LII
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-03
AUCTION SAL ID s.THI Day


Washington ST.. opposite CITY Market.
IL 1ND FT igS M2hs 8R gIB gi Sds
sc, AT AUCTlioN 81 I'D =
y We will sell for account Of a party leay-
T 1 she ASlt "a pa hs ~
mencing at 10 o'clock, Bedroom Suits,
Wardrobes, Extension Tables, Sideboards..
a piece: Elmo Mantle Mirrors. Fine ,s u tT D.
right Piano Pictures. CARPETS. Rugs,
Mating lo 3; Fine Decorated Toilet Sets. &c.
ap1-2t r. r. NORRIS. Manager.
erai Auctloneer. No. IS Bank ST. sSi'-
r AIDES, MISSES, CHILDRENs,
AND INFANTS GOODS AT AUCTION.
will sell on
TUESDAY. APRIL SD. 1900
at II o'clock. at No 81 CRANKY street, Co
lumba Building. the entire stock Of
LowENBERGs SPECIALITY STORE
LADIES'. MISSES, cHILDREN's AND
INFANTS WEAR.
consisting, In part. as follows:
LADIES' SUITS.
DRESS SKIRTS. <
JACKETS. f
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR
KNIT UNDERWEAR.
HOSIERY.
IIANDKERCIIEFS
SHIRT WAISTS.
PETTICOATS
WRAPPERS.
GOLF CAPES.
CHILDREN'S REEFERS.
CHILDREN'S DRESSES AND UN-
DERWEAR.
INFANTS SLIPS. DRESSES. CAPS
AND BONNETs.
BELTS. PocKErBooKs. SIDE SAT-
CHELs. SHOPPING BAGS.
NECKwEAR. &c. sc.
JOSEPH JONES.
mhSl-u Auctioncer.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-03

BY the Morris Auction-house, "a and II
Washing ton St., opposite City Market.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07
HOME LIFE ON THE WkNE.
English Hostesses Accused of being
Perpetual Gudnb0uts.

English Hostesses Accused of Dcing
Perpetual GudnboutE.
Slowly, but surely. the pride the
English hoStesses took in their homc
In their reputation for hospitality and
In their ability to plan pleasant little
entertainments for their friends is pass
Ing away. The smart young hostess no
longer cares to welcome her guests
among her I.ares and pcnates: it Is no
longer her earnest desire to display her
houSewifely genius; no longer her am.
bitIon to shine as "clevcr little WON
an who so thoroughly understands just
what every one likes"
There are too many irons In society,"
fire to look after nowadays for her t.
fritter away time in this fashion. More
over. people want inceSsant novelty:
they are bored with even good menus
they tire of certain surroundings. they
must have everything a little in ad-
vance, and as little as possible like any
thing that obtained a decade, to say
nothing of two decades, ago. Thus it
Is we rush with our friends in unhomc-
like fashion from restaurant to reStau-
rant, like bona tide travellers; thus it is
we inhospitably, one might almost ven
ture to say meanly, ask our friends to
share expenses with us in the little
pleasures we should once have offered
them. The commercial spirit is indeed
rampant in us in this advanced age.
One almost breads to think what next
must be sacrificed to 1t and what will
mother of the next generation. ladies
Pictorial
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07
When You Buy Dollics.

A father was commissioned by his
small daughter to buy dozen little
bisque dolls. Her instructions were SC
many and so detailed that the father
found himself hesitating to perform
the commission.
'See here, Ethel" he said at last
"rm afraid I'll make some awful mis-
take. Don't you think you'd better
wait until your cold is better. and then
you can go into town some day with
mamma and pick out the doll babies
for yourself?"
"Oh. no, papa" cried Ethel 81 do SC
want them right off. And, papa, III
tell you how to choose them. Just pick
each one up and look straight into its
eyes. and if it looks at you as if ii
really and truly loved you, why, you
buy it."-New York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07
THIS is A MANS METHOD.
His Way of Making n Carpet BAR
gain While His wife Was Away,

Il wnnt both my upper and lower
halls recarpeted," was the remark
Charles J. Jones of East Walnut Hills
made to well known carpet man.
And I'm going TO move out of the
house until you finish the work, I'll
leave the choice and color Ia you.
My wife is out of town, you see, and |
want to surprise her upon her return.
There is only one condition To this bar
gain-l must ask you, as We are old
friends, to give me II small figure in the
carpet"
"All right" said the carpet man.
And Charles Jones staid away from
home for two days, while the carpet
mans hirellngs banged away with their
hammers, and he hugged himself as he
thought Of the surprise that was in
store for his wife when she returned.
Last Thursday the carpet man called
Jones up by telephone and announced
that the carpet was laid.
ITS dark green.' said the carpet
man.
I'm glad of that answered Jones.
"And as small a figure as is consist
ent with the carpet!' roared the carpet
man.
I'm gladder than ever" said Jones.
That evening he visited his home and
was satisfied that the carpet was
peach. The next morning he met the
carpet man.
How much do owe you?" inquired
Jones.
at is S9S.G5." said the carpet dealer.
what" yelled Jones. "Whcrc'S
the small figure you and agreed on"
why, on the border of the carpet"
said the amazed dealer Its morning
glory vine with pink and~wAite flowers!
You've got a bargain at that tigure.'-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07
gahnnJ T,nnoh 90.

A lunch counter which has been es
tablished in the basement of the higl
school building in Sioux City by the
board of education for the use of the
pupils and for the purpose of saving
them the trip to their homes for lunch
con and the unhealthful necessity OF
gulping their food in hurry is prov
ing great success.
II was put in operation recently will
the following bill of fare: Beef soup
3 cents; with crackers, 8 cents; cold
meat, cent; baked beans, cents
ham sandwiches, 3 cents; cookies,
cent each. On the second day cold
hard boiled eggs and doughnuts were
added. Many Of the pupils brought
part of luncheon and bought bow
of soup to warm them and stimulate
their thinkers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07

Many n man has made a fortune
through judicious advertising. Take
two men starting in business at the
same time. One uses all the money
he makes in living well and sometimes
even extravagantly. The other invests
all the surplus cash that he can lay
his hands on in advertising here, there,
everywhere that he thinks will attract
public notice. What is the result!
The man who advertises has crowds
tiocking to his shop to see the beauties
of the advertised goods, and as the
public begins to run so will they con
tinue from sheer force of habit. The
first shopkeeper will in the meantime
be sitting. unthought Of and uncared
for. aghast at the crowds which daily
throng the counters Of his competitor
and bitterly bewailng the bad luck
which has followed his own venture
into trade. Yet he has no one to blame
but himself. f.-Chauncey NJ. Depew in
New York journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07
PUBLIC BATHS.
United States Lays Behind In This
Great Reform,

The foundation of general cleanliness
Is bodily cleanliness. Until a human
being appreciates the latter he will
not Insist on the former. Thus 1t is
filthy streets and houses are tolerated.
IL is idle to expect, however, that peo-
pie will observe habits of bodily clean
illness unless the facilities are provided,
says Goodwin Brown, author of the
New York law for free public baths.
folstoi has observed that the great bar
rier which separates the rich and poor
is the lack of bodily cleanliness. and
quotes approvingly the sentiment ex-
pressed by John Stuart Mill that there
ran be no real civilization until people
are taught the value of bodily cleanli-
ness-that when this Is fully accom-
plished IL will be possible, and only
possible, to make progress in other di-
rectiOns.
The United States is GO years be-
hind most other enlightened countries
in this great reform. In 1912 the first
public bath and washroom was erected
in England, and from that time to the
present great progress has been made
in the building of these most important
adjuncts of modern civilization. Mil
lions have been expended in England
and continental Europe in the erection
of public lighthouses, while their num-
Der reaches into the hundreds. Even
the public schools In Germany are
largely equipped with bathing facili.
ties. Without actual verification of the
fact, | think it is safe to assert that
public lighthouses in the countries re-
ferred to are as common, if not more,
as the public libraries in this country
and generally as imposing in appear.
ance, and. | might add from my own
standpoint, Of far more utillty-at least
the baths should have the first place
Ii is melancholy to think that Rome
at the height of its glory had over 5000
public baths, while New York, with
over 100000 people, has only three.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07

"If was baldheaded man | would
get me an office on one of the upper
floors Of the tallest skyscraper in
town." remarked an attorney. why
Because I'd never have to brush a fly
from my hairless pate. Flies stay near
the ground. seldom getting more than
you get in a skyscraper are the ones
that stray up through the interior of
the building, and they are mighty few
You will find them on the lower floors
but just keep your eyes open when you
are in high buildings, you'll see mighty
few Of the little pests above the third
or fourth floors. ."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT.
Road Building should Not BE Over
looked by the Local Society

hohu buiIuiuS sDOuiu NOT lie oNer-
looked by the Local Society.
Apparently the earliest of village i'm
provement societies was the Public
Green association of New Haven. This
was started about a century ago. Its
objects are still those of all its success
sors-"the removal of nulSauces, the
grading, making and draining of roads
and tie planting of trees"
While road construction may belong
to the civic authorities, the work of in.
spection may well be left to these asso-
Citations. At least one village improve
ment society has obtained the right to
appoint inspectors. These volunteers
divide the highways between them In
such a way that every yard of each is
thoroughly inspected once each week.
Each inspector has right to take with
him a workman paid by the town,
bearing the necessary tools to repair
the small damages which. if neglected,
might soon grow serious. If more eX.
tensive repairs are needed report Is
made and prompt action taken.
There Is no case in which the stitch
in time more emphatically saves nine.
In the instance mentioned the roads
had been first put into fair condition
by the town authorities. There was
still wide room for betterment in the
methods Of construction and repair,
but in that year they were really much
improved at about double the average
expenditure of the 20 preceding years
During the eight years since the in.
specton plan was adopted the yearly
average cost has been less than ever
before, and the roads have been much
better
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07
Hired by the Hour.

When Remenyi, the famous volinist
was n young man, he was engaged by
parvenu to play at dinner, TIL,
agreement stating that he was to fur
nish music from 8 o'clock to II. HI
began with an andante movement from
Mozart, composition which open.
very low and soft.
The host turned to his guests, 'That's
Just like those musicians" he said. 81
hired him by the hour, and see how
slow he plays."-Kansas City Inde
pendent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07

The cellar is concreted and is provided
with furnace and coal bins.
The first floor has four large rooms and
n reception hall. The second floor also
has four rooms and bath.
The woodwork throughout is of cypress
finished natural.
The plumbing fixtures are all set open
with nickel trimmings. The attic has
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07
The Kitchen Table.

The cooks table is usually misplaced
1t should be stood directly before th'
range so that the cook can turn from
range to table without taking single
step. The table should be zinc and have
a two barred rack in the center, runninl
its entire length, from which all small
cooking implements should be hung wei
within reach of the cooks hand. Th'
condiments should stand on the table il
distinctly different looking dredges.-
Philadelphia Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07
Care of nrlc-n-hrRC c.

Bric-a -brac ought to be kept in case,
and then it will not need ldusting. Only
china and articles which will, if neces.
sary. stand washing should be exposed
30 that dust can settle on them. Nothing
looks worse than piece of bric-a-brac
that Is too fragile to be washed and has
nevertheless been exposed to dust. Its
surface will be bright, but all the crew
ices will be filed with dirt and dust.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07
One Method of Saving Trees.

The most novel street sight ever wit
messed in Saratoga occurred this sum
mer when the forestry committee of
the village closed a five hours period
of worm buying.
Several sugar barrels Of the squirm.
ing forest tent caterpillars were pur'
chased at 20 cents a quart, and $25(
was paid out to several hundred worm
pickers. This method was adopted
as the most effective way of protecting
the beautiful foliage of Saratoga
against the rayaaas Of tho nnSts.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07
nfdu,t Work Well.

eve couldn't get along with two
Office boys"
"Not enough work."
''That wasn't it; each was afraid he'd
get here in the morning before the
other."-Cbicago Record.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07
PICTURESQUE COTTAGE.
nssign For a Comfortable Home to
Cost hut S2,ooo

Copyright. 1900. by George Hitchings. architect.
l0sO flatbush avenue. Brooklynl
This shows simple but picturesque
design for comfortable home. The un-
derpinning is of stone pointed up with ce-
ment and lsmpblack.
The superstructure Is covered with
sheathing paper and clapboards. The
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07

two finished rooms and an open attic for
storage.
Dimensions--front, 20 feet, not includ-
ing bay; side, "A feet, not including bay
or front; height of ceiings-cellar, I
feet; first story, 8 feet inches; second
story, 8 feet; attic, 8 feet. Cost to build
complete, $4,000.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-09-07
Old Friends.

Snarley-Old friends are the best.
Vow They are If they don't get rich
before you do.-Syracuse Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-22
REPLY TO SIACRUAI.

Statement That His Hail Was Opened
Discredited--No Unnecessary Delays.
Washington, Especial. while State De-
partment officials were averse to discussing
the published statement OF EN-Oonsul
Macrum, 1t was authoritatively stated that u
search OF the records failed to show that
MFR. Macrum had ever reported to the de-
partment that his official mail was being
regularly tampered with by the British au-
thorities,
1t was said that he did, In general way
report that both official and private mail
intended for American citizens did not reach
him punetually, and asked that protest be
made on account of this rather arbitrary
proceeding on the part OF the postal author
ities.
The department investigated the matter
and learned that no unnecessary delay
existed, and does not credit the statement
that any correspondence, official or other
wise, was opened, inspected and delayed by
British authorities.
Mr. Macrum stated that his yice-consul.
Mr. Van Ameringen, closed up his business,
took the oath OF allegiance to the republic
and went to tho front as u burgher The
records show that when Mr. Ameringen ap-
piled for appointment as vice-consul at Pre-
toria no stated that ho was born In Holland;
that his legal residence was at Pretoria, and
that he was n naturalized citizen OF the
South African Republic. This application
was dated Pretoria, November II, 1883.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-22
FELL FROM FOURTH STORY.
Death of Congressman Charles A. Chick
erinE at Now York.

Death of Congressman Charles A. Chick
ering at Now York.
New York, Especial. al.)-Congressman Chas.
A. Chickering, Of Copenhagen, N. Y, was
killed by falling or jumping from the fre-
escape on the fourth story OF the Grand
Union Hotel. this city. He was found dead
from a fractured skull ON the Forty-first
street side of the hotel, directly under the
window OF his room. The window was open.
There is no means OF ascertaining how ho got
over the four-foot railing OF the flre-escap pc.
He had suffered much from rheumatism. and
the pain of his sickness had effected his
mind.
Congressman Chickering arrived at the
hotel Sunday evening. He told the clerk he
was not well, and that he was suffering from
rheumatism; was on his way to Washington,
and had pass for himself and attendant
on the Pennsylvania Road. He remained
about the hotel lobbies all day Monday. and
at night ate n hearty supper and went to
bed at an early hour. milkman passing
the hotel about Ave o'clock A. NJ, saw the
body OF a man lying on the sidewalk. The
clothing was saturated with rain, and blood
had flowed in great quantity from terrible
break in the skull Mt the right temple.
The speculation abou, the manner OF death
led to the conjecture that the man may have
been seized by Mt OF temporary insanity
from the pain OF the rheumatism and have
Jumped out OF the window In the night or
that he had been somnambulis. and had
walked out OF the window and clambered
over the fire-escape.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-22
FROM WASHlNG GTON.

The body OF General Lawton was buried
in Arlington after imposing exercises, reig-
ious and military. Rev. DIR. Stryker deliy-
cred the eulogy. The President and his
Cabinet were present and all departments
OF the government were represented by their
highest officials.
At the Friday night session of the House
BIr. Talbert, OF South Carolina, created
scene by excitedly calling for recognition
after the chair refused to notice his presence
on the floor.
Rear Admiral McNair was given sick
leave, and Commander Richard Wainwright
was designated to succeed him AS superin-
tendent of the Naval Academy.
Bartlett Wooley, q star-route carrier be-
tween Dixon and Yancleve, Mo-, was arrested
on the charge of rifing the mails.
Capt. L. 4. Strong was ordered to the
command OF the Monadnock, on the Asiatic
Station.
Reports on various subjects were made to
the Woman's Suffrage Convention, in Wash
ington.
Senator Jones introduced free-siver
coinage substitute for the pending Coinage
bill
President Mckinley entertained the vener-
able Bishop Walden, of Cincinnati.
resolution expressing sympathy for the
Beers and urging mediation on the part OF
the United States was adopted in ut of
temporary alteration OF attention. MIR.
Allen consented to u reconsideration OF the
vote by which the resolution was passed.
Ex-Governor Wolcott, OF Massac husetts,
declined the appointment as member OF the
Philippine Commission.