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DEATH ENDS LONG SLEEP.
Remarkable Case Of Elida Wilbur.
Of San Francisco, Cal.
Girl Was In . Trance For Moro Than
Two Years and Could Not be Re-
stored to Consciousness.

SAN FRANoIsoo, Gal. Especially. -Elida
Wilbur, a beautiful girl, who had been In q
trance for more than two years, died here
Tuesday morning. Her relatives had hoped
because OF signs of returning conscious
ness that in 8 day or two she would re.
cover.
The case has been a mystery to the med
ical profession, but 1t Is believed the girl
suffered from a rare form OF hysteria. She
went to sleep In February, 1898, and never
really awakened. Her mother found her
lying on a lounge in her room with one
hand extended as IL she had Just dropped
a novel which was lying on the floor. The
thought that she had attempted to commit
suicide. It looked as II, oyertired, she had
fallen asleep.
James Dunphy, o young man who had
paid court to her, called up the Wilbur
house on the telephone ut seven O'Clock
that morning, and insisted that he must
speak with the girl. Mrs. Wilbur, annoyed
at SO early a call, and at Dunphy's persist
ence, consented to go to her room n see
II she was awake, n found her In the
trance. Her eyes were open n staring.
Physicians were summoned, and from that
time on every possible effort was made to
awaken her.
Electrlctty n all means known TO pny-
siciaDs were tried without effect. Then
they tried hypnotism and osteopathy, but
these methods also failed. The young
woman lost flesh to some extent, but was
not emaciated. No one could tell what the
matter was.
Miss Wilbur spoke about six weeks ago
as II In a dream, saying, "Nobody loves
me-" and then relapsed into silence again.
For the last few days the girl has been
sinking. Her constitution had given way
under the long strain.
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WEDDING GIFTS GALORE.
Philadelphia Politicians Lavish Pres
ents on the Mayors Daughter.
Detail From Police and Detective Depart-
partments Necessary to Guard the
Collection, Valued At $4,000.

PHILADELPHIA (Special). ~ Never was
there such q wedding as that Of Miss Kar-
lene Theresa ~Ashbridge, stepdaughter Of
Mayor Samuel H. Ashbridge, to Schuyler
Armstrong. n OF the prominent young
undertakers In Philadelphia.
1t was a purely political wedding. To
it was hidden every mar in Philadelphia
who had, has or hopes to have political in
~luence, and an invitation was equivalent
to a present: There were $50, 900 worth Of
presents. No fewer than 5000 people at
tended the ceremony in Grace Temple.
The bride received enough presents to
enable her to set up half q dozen house,
keeping establishments, and the streets
about the house were blocked for hours
with wagons trying to deliver the gifts in
time for exhibition after the ceremony.
Presents began pouring In in floods upon
the residence OF the Mayor early In the
day, and It was not possible to find room
for the gifts. Cases OF jewelry, piano
boxes. boxes OF silver plate, boxes con.
tanning oil paintings that should show to
the appreciative bride and her stepfather
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when Commissions Were Bouxht.

The purchasfof commissions in the
British Army WI s abolished by royal
warrant in 1871 BY purchase" was
not meant that anybody couli buy n
commission he wanted, provided he
had the money; bvery commission had
q fixed regulation price, but q person
had to enter dt the lowest grade.
Some commissio1s were given without
purchase, and when q senior officer
died the promotion caused by his death
was not p~urchasable. There have al
ways been PROMOTIONS from the ranks
in the British 4 rmy, though most of
these were to MISUNDERSTANDING and
quartermastersNps. But between
1871 and 1895, 967 men were promot-
ed; Of these, 622 were to the grades
named, and 335 to lieutenancies in the
line, foot-guards, artillery, engineers.
cavalry and hoFse-guards. General
MacBean, q holder of the Victoria
Cross, rose from the ranks; and Gem
eral Hector Macdonald, Aide-de-C Camp
to the Queen, now commanding the
Highland Brigade in South Africa,
enlisted not quite twenty years ago as
n private.
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Prominent People.

DR.. Couden, the blind chaplain Of the
United States House Of Representatives,
shaves himself.
Though bitter political opponents. John
Morley and Joseph Chamberlain are per.
sonally bosom friends.
Brigadier-G General Theodore Schwan, who
is distinguishing himself In the Phil ppines,
Is a graduate OF the ranks.
Secretary OF the Navy Long is known az
the green-bag member OF b cabinet This
comes from q habit acquired when q Mass
achusetts lawyer. He always carried his
legal papers to court In Il green bag, the
shape OF q woman's shopping bag, with a
tuck-string in h opening
By the way, General Cronje comes pretty
we'll up to the specifications OF a hero.
General Lew Wallace takes q deep inter-
est In college fraternIties, and Is National
President ofthe PHI Gamma Delta.
Senator Hale, OF Haine, Is something OF
an athlete and is particularly fond OF fenc-
lag, ct which be Waaonce an expert,
Speaker Henderson, says IN 4 Washing
ton. interview that hii new duties are pleas
ant Except that they interfere With HE
reading. onesaf his enest pleasures. but
!! always 2 4 me anewspaper 0Etwo."
Seor4tary r. pot he's Invited ri. 4.
AsHo1tan4s SpeoS ~ JOHNS
Hopktne Untxe9s ~9it Porto Rico as
9 speota1 com b { Tor tho purpose Of
revist1g H. at Inland reiating tf
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Beat Frenchman at His own Feat.

W DChk a. III N
Basic, Switzerland, was visited last
year by an adventurous Frenchman,
whose ruling passion is the ascent of
mountains summed by most other
tourists who value at least their
soundness of limb. He tried strenu-
ously to scale the Gopaltenborn, for
the sake Of carving his name upon the
peak; but all his efforts were in vain.
This year he returned to the attack,
and eventually, by taking many pre-
cautions, arrived at the summit. On
his next appearance at the table
d'hote he recounted his exploit to the
company, and informed them that he
planted on the spot a blue silk flag
containing his name embroidered in
large characters.
An Englis hman, who had listened
silently, rose from the table and
anu marched out of the hotel. Two
days afterwards a parcel was delivered
to the ad~vsnturous Gaul. He opened
it, and found inside his blue silk flag,
which his English neighbor at the
table d'hote had wo9 from the peak
by his own pluck and aring.-Week-
ly Telegraph.
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The Labor World.

The steel casting plant at Lima. Ohio,
which has been idle for a number Of years,
Is being repaired and equipped for early
resumption.
Because recognition OF their union was
refused 800 machfnists of the works of
Frazer & Chalmers and OF Crosby b Co., at
Chicago, ILL.,, went on strike.
The two hundred watch case engrayers
who are on strike against the Watch Case
Trust In Sag Harbor and Philadelphia are
leaving for other cities.
All the cabmen OF Naples. Italy-number-
Ing not far from ten thousand-struck In
an endeavor to prevent the Introduction
OF automobile cabs, as proposed by their
employers.
A miners lamp, using acetylene gas, has
been introduced into the Selbeck mines OF
Germany.
At Springfield, ILL.,, the electric workers
have gained an increase OF wages from
$3.50 and $2.75 per day to % per day, and
thetc0al handlers from 80 per week to
80 for single and &11for double teams per
week.
The International Union OF Bakers and
Confectfoners has sent out q circular letter
addressed to af1lIAted local unions, calling
8fpon them to c0ntKibute to 4 fund for the
70, 900 miners who are on strike In Austria.
Ten thousand carpenters In tho various
boroughs Of New York City will engage III
strikes ngatnst n~on-uniOn made trim this
spring. The trim objected TO Is manu-
faetnfed in small towns n tho vicinity of
the city. -
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Finance. Trade and Industry.

Several bales of long staple cotton were
sold ut Norfolk, Va, ut 12ls cents a pound
Three hundred thousand bushels Of pota
toes will be ground In Wisconsin starch
factories this season.
Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, 1t is said
will not raise over half a crop OF wheat
owing to rayages by Hessian ly.
Foreign paper are making
contracts In the United States for paper, u
many cases extending over a year at higne
prices b a the prevailing prices.
Shippers OF bituminous coal agreed in
Philadelphia on April 1st to advance the
cents q ton above current prices.
The winter herring fishery In Newfound
land waters has been . complete failure.
The farmers OF Cecil County, Nd, wan.
81 per ton for tom atoes aud IS for corn
The Gamers offered fifty cents less In boti
cases, but no contracts were made.
The German seaport towns are making
their influence felt against the Reichstag,t
meat inspection bill introduced In the
agrarian interest and they may defeat 1t.
Heavy rains In Central Ohio and Missis
sippi Valley have taken on the snow cover
ing OF wheat and left It exposed TO the
k1eather again, with colder wave following
Hoods.
The shipment OF another cargo OF cotton
2.600 bales, direct 20 Kobe, Japan, Is one
ofthe striking features OF the commercial
year Ia New Orleans. The American cot
ton \ used ri place q Indian cotton.
Tho fuasr Tx11t ~ Ont the pxiao of ~
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SMALLPOX KILLS MANY.

One hundred Deaths In Six Weeks in .
Mississippi County.
JACKSON, Miss. (Specian.-An official re-
port made to the Kinds County Board OF
Supervisors reveals an appalling state Of
affairs in the JonesviIle ~neighborhood in
the southern part Of the county.
The community Is literally honeycombed
with smallpox of the most virulent and
loathsome form, AID during the past six
weeks nearly 100 deaths have occurred.
On some days the death rate has been so
large that it was Impossible to secure cot
fms, and rude caskets were made from rails.
Whole families have been wiped out Of OK
i~stence, and OF several large families only
one or two children are left.
The Board OF Supervisors will make an
effort to check further spread, and carte
blanche was given to the physicians to
purchase supplies and medicines. A bill
for forty-three collins used within the past
two weeks vas allowed.
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Boer.Brftish War Notes.

An Immense quantity of supplies OF all
kinds has been sent to Ladysmith.
Lord Roberts and General Kitchener yis-
tied Kimberley a few days ago as guests Of
Cecil Rhodes.
One OF President Kruger's grandsons is
among the killed in the stubborn fight that
occurred in Natal.
Henri Rochefort has started q fund In
Paris to present a sword of honor to GEN.
eral CroDje for his heroism ut Koodoes-
Rad.
To mobolize the entire force OF the Boer
Army when war was declared took but
seventeen kilograms from General Jou-
pert.
The Boer prisoners captured at Koo-
ioesraad, Orange Free State, by Lord
Roberts, numbered 1860 mon.
In both France and Germany semi-ofa.
,ial warnings have been uttered against
abuse OF theB British by press and public.
The Beers drink great quantities of d.
luted vinegar to overcome the lassitude
produced by the fumes Of the British lyd-
lite shells.
The rides captured by the British from
the Beers have, In many cases, 6cripturaI
exits engraved upon them, for example:
Lord. Strengthen This Arm"
Sir William MAcOorndas. President 81 fbe
Royal College Of 6urgeons, Who has been
setting AZ VOLUNTEER Surgeon With the Brit.
ish Army ~ South Africa sailed for Eng.
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A Halt]a Explanation.

They were Jalking north when n
of the lumberi Fifth avenue coaches
passed them. he girl looked with
interest at the f-jointed horses that
were the mot power, and asked:
"Why are the bodies of those horses
clipped and not their legs?"
The man looked at the horses and
pondered. He had not noticed the
curious pheno demon before; but he
was supposed know about horses,
and felt that al explanation was de-
handed Of him.
"Er-haven't you noticed that a
good many equipages have clipped
horses?" he answered, vaguely.
"Yes, but they're clipped all over"
she protested. "They don'tleave the
legs as shaggy rs ever"
"That's So he assented. "Idon't
suppose it's because if they can't be
swagger, they want to be as swagger
As they can" he ventured. ssNo. of
course not; for in that case they'd be-
gin at the bottom and work gradually
up, wouldn't they-clip the legs first.
ma cage up 3Ward the ears as they
,ould aford He looked hope
fully at the /.
"Ye-e-s,"% assented doubtfully.
''thongh it seems funny. But why do
you suppose they do it?"
"H'ml'' he, reflected, tackling the
question again. ssIt can't be eccen-
tricity-they'se eccentric enough al
ready. I tell you what! It must be
because they're trying to join the new
less moveme1t-like wireless tele-
graphy, horsel4ss carriages, t~ailless
kites and SO forth. They hope to
produce the feedless horse-save on
oats and hay, AID clip his coat SO that
he will still havb to move swiftly along
in front Of their coaches in order tc
keep warm"
"Oh!" she said, in a puzzled tone.
cit seems cruel. though, doesn't it?''
New York Commercial Advertiser.
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Soldiers Fare in South Africa.


Color-Sergeant Thompson, now
with the Second Battalion, Royal
Canadian Regiment, in South Africa,
writes home:
"We killed an ostrich the other day
and had him for dinner. He went
Gown fine; also a swarm Of locusts, Of
which we eat some. They are all
right, too. You see, we don't live
badly. There is not a tree to be seen
ALI sand and rocks-any amount o.
snakes, centipedes, scorpions, lizards
and big black ants. These ants gel
inside the boys clothes and make
them dance and swear. Tomorrow
will be Christmas, and we are to have
q big ostrich roated for dinner, will
Tots of go ats milk to drink. TO
ronto Globe.
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LAst rrihe.

A correspondent who signs himself
"Miles," writesl the following letter
to the New York Sun: During the
Crimean Wal the British raiseda Ger
man legion. They never got nearer the
front than Malta and when peace was
declared all who wished-a large ma
io~rity--were sent to the Cape of Good
Hope as a sort Of Cossack colony ON
the frontiers, getting instead of forty
acres and q mute, all the land they
wanted and some stock and agricul-
tural implements to start with, on inc
understandine1s.ct they were to stand
Off Zulus or osner Objectionable peo-
pie when requireR.
What has become of the descendants
Of these men? Have they become
Beers, or are they loyal Afrikanders?
In al this South African talk, I have
MT een q syllablh about this tribe of
the last Of the Hessians. Is it q lost
tribe?
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FARM STOCKS OF GRAIN.
Twenty-nine Per Cent. Of whea and 8
Per Cent. ri earn IN March

Twenty-nine Per Cent. Of Wheat and 80
Per Cent. Of Corn on March I.
NEw YoRK CRY (Special).-The con-
solidation OF local returns to the American
Agriculturist makes it appear that the
amount OF wheat still remaining on farms
in the United States March / equals twenty
nine per cent. OF the crop OF 1899, or an
aggregate OF 1874 ,000, 900 bushels, compared
with 204, BOO. 000 bushels similarly reported
last year. The present available supply OF
wheat for all purposes, according to the
authority named, is 264, 900 900 bushels,
compared with 269, 000, 600 bushels in 1898.
These totals include the farm stocks first
named and commercial stocks in ware
houses, etc.
Some thfrty-nine per cent. OF last years
great corn crop still remains on the farm,
according to the March / report Of the
American Agrfculturist. and this farm re-
serve Is placed at 862. 000, 600 bushels. The
consumptive demand for corn during the
past twelve months has been heavy, the
report showing that during this period,
for the first time, the d~istributive demand
exceeds two billion bushes per annum, In
Guiding domestic consumption and ex-
ports.
Tine March / farm stocks OF oats, follow
ing the excellent crop OF 1899, are the
largest ever reported, except in 1896, but
the excess over the stocks thus held last
year is only about ten per cent. These
farm reserves are estimated at 332, 00O, 600
bushels, or thirty-seven per cent. OF tho
crop.
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somethlng For NothinH.

What will the inventive brain Of man dc
next2 J. @. Hubinger, 'The Starch
King" is now introducing by his new and
original method, the Endless Chain Starch
book, which enables you to get from your
grocer one large l0c. package Of Fred
Cross" starch. one large 10c. package OF
"Hubinger's Best" starch. with the pre-
miums, two Shakespeare panels, printed in
twelve beautiful colors, or one Twentieth
Century Girl calendar, embossed In gold,
all for Sc. Ask your grocer.
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CONGRESSMAN HARMER DEAD.
Father of the House" Expires at HI
Home In Germantown.

Father of the House, Expires at His
Home In Germantown.
PHILADEnpHIA Especially. - Congressman
Alfred O. Harmer, Of the Fifth Pennsylvania
District. and the Father Of the House,,
lied at his home In Germantown, a suburb
81 this city.
Hr. Iarmer had beer Ill since last No
vember when he was stricken with a severe
attack of kidney trouble. He recovered
sufficiently to attend the opening OF Con-
gress in December, but later was again
confined to his bed.
A few days ago he suffered a relapse and
speedily failed, until Monday evening, when
he died, surrounded by his wife, three sol
and two daughters.
Alfred G. Harmer was born in German
town on August 8, 1925. BE was elected to
Congress in 1876. and reelected to every
subsequent Congress with the exception Of
the Forty-fourth.
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HELPED BY COTTON BOOM.

Business Throughout the Country II
Stimulated by the Advance In Prices.
New YORK. CRY (Speciai) The rise Of
cotton to nine and one-half cents, the
highest point since January, 1885, has done
much to stimulate business. drawing from
Southern plantations and country towns
more than double the quantity marketed
last year, distributing millions to the pro-
ducers, whose purchases of supplies are
thus increased, and swelling beyond all
expectation tho purchases for export.
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|BOER FORCES RETREAT.
General French's Cavalry Turns the
Burghers' Left Flank.
DUTCH RISE IN CAPE COLONY.

General Roberts Wins q Victory by
strategy-Drives Beers Out OF
Well-Made enc at Osfontein
with Little Loss-Rebellion Of the
Dutch Spreads In Cape Colony.
LONDON (By Cable)-General Roberts's
cavalry under General French have re-
peated the tactics which drove General
Jronje from Magersfontein. compel
ing C~ommandants De Wet and. Delarey
20 withdraw the Boer army which had in
trenched itself opposite the British at Os-
fontein.
The War Office has received the follow
ng dispatches from Lord Roberts:
POPLAR GROVE, Wednesday. I'VE had q
very successful day and have completely
routed the enemy, who are in full retreat.
The position which they occupied is ex-
tremely strong and %cunninglY arranged
with a second line of intrenchments, which
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WORKING
Women

are Invited 70 write 10
Mrs. Pknkhans for free
advice about kksoLr health.
Mrs. Plnklhas5s Is a W0-
n1ans
II YOU have painful
periods, ~hackaches or
any Of the more serious
Ills Of women, write to
Mrs. PinAkhass,s sho has
helped s7fulfSfUaes. Your.
Leffos' will be saoredyy
confidential
Lydia e.
Vegetable Compound Is
known wherever the Eng
Nsh language Is spoken.
Nothing else can p0ssE-
bly, be So sure to help suf-
fesinO women. No other
nsedfOxn0 has helped 50
many
Remember this when
something else is sug-
0esfed.
Mrs.. Plnkham's ad-
dress iS LYNN Mass
Her helping hand IS
always 0ufsfrefched to
8ufforlIN women.
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CURRENCY BILL APPROVED.

h Senets Adopts the Conferences Report
BY . Vote of ~ to 26.
WAsH1NeroN, d. C. (SpeciaD.-The Sem
ate passed the currency and bond confer
snce report by a vote Of A to 26. The vote
on the passage OF the Currency bill itself
On February 10 was 46 to 20, so that this
vote shows an apparent gain OF n for
Mr.. Chandler was the only Republican to
oppose his party's efforts to make good
one of the vital pledges Of its most recent
National platform. Messrs. Caffey, of
Louisiana, and Lindsay, of Kentucky, the
Two Gold Democrats left In the Senate,
voted for the report, as they did on Febru-
ary Is for the bill itself. Mr.. Kyle. OF South
Dakota, now classified as a Republican,
was again absent without q pair.
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$4,000 MEN IDLE IN CHICAGO.
Building Material Firms Close Their
Plants on Account of the Strike.

Building Material Firms Close Their
Plants on Account of the Strike.
CHICAGO Especially. - Building material
firms which supply the Chicago market
voted to close their plants until conditions
In the building industry Of the city shall
have changed for the better.
The reason given for this move was that
because Of the paralysis in building opera
lions brought on by labor troubles they
nave been conducting their business at q
.oss since last October.
By the closing 5000 men employed In
The stone uarrles, brickyards, n plants
where lime, cement, rubble stone. coping,
rushed stone and other materials are
handled are made idle.
Added to the 80, 900 idle In the building
industry, the 1000 striking machinists, and
;he 5000 on strike In other lines, 1t makes
:he total number Of unemployed in the
gftv fnllv 70 one.
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Dr.. RAILWAY 4 Co., New York:

DR.. RAILWAY & Co., New York:
Dear Sfrs-I have been sick for nearly
two years, and have been doctoring with
some of the most expert doctors OF the
United States. ! lave been bathing In and
drinking hot water at the Hot Springs.
Ark, but 1t seemed everything failed to do
me good. After I saw your advertisement
l thought I would try you pills, and have
nearly used two boxes; been taking two at
bedtime and one after breakfast, and they
have done me more good b anything
else / have used. My trouble has been
with the liver. My skin and eyes were all
yellow; had sleepy. drowsy feelings; felt
like q drunken man; pain right above the
navel, like as II it was bile on top of the
stomach. My bowels were very costive.
My mouth and tongue sore most OF the
time. Appetite fair, but food would not
digest, but settle heavy on my stomach.
and some few mouthfuls of food come up
again. I could only eat light food that
digests easily. Please send ssBook of Ad.
vice" Respectfully. BEN ZAUGG,
Hot Springs. ARK.
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Boers wilI Fipht to the Da.,n

LONDON (By Cable).-A correspondent OF
the Daily News, who was captured by the
Beers. but who is now at Sterkstroom,
having been released at Bioemfontein by
his captors, cables that while at the capital
Of the Orange Free State he had an inter-
view with President Steyn, who said that
the Beers would fight to the last man. He
admitted the possibility Of Pretoria capit-
ulating. but said 1t would be preceded by
events that would astonish Europe. He
added hat the struggle In the Free State
would be child's play compared with what
would follow In the Transvaal.
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BRoMo-sELTzER For MoLlNEux.

BRoMo-sELTzER FOR MoLlNEux.
A Bottle Of the Drug Sent to the Prison
For Him.
SING SING, N. Y. Mpscfafl.-In the mail
that came to the state, prison a few days
ago was a bottle Of bromo-seltzer addressed
to Roland B. Monneux, in care Of Warden
johnson. Besides the address, the pack
age bore the sentences: "dfve 1t to Moii-
neux and tell him to brace up"
The bottle was an original package OF
bromo-seltzer, and had apparently never
been opened. Warden johnson turned 1t
over to DR.. Irvine, the prison physician,
who after a casual examination said that
he could not tell whether the package con-
tanned anything of a poisonous or harmful
nature. Molineux was not told OF the re-
ceIpt Of the package.
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TOBACCO.

Western Ieaf has remained very steady
In price, but the total dealings did not ex-
ceeds 200 hhds the past few days. Domes-
tic cigar leaf has been only moderately
actively the past few days. Holders nave
shown no anxiety to realize, however, and
prices remain steady for everything in the
way of desirable leaf. Foreign leaf has
continued in good demand aud the market
retains a very firm tone.