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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-30

sos 7ss last week. 4.I47, $50 last year and
q o1a 3oa year before last or this the totai
Of American cotton is a.I7lsas5. against a., s.;
osf .756 last week, 1856. $50 last year ana
kinds Including Egypt. Brazil. India; Zoo e oSo
e57, 900. against 6l5. 600 last week. es2'ooo
last year and 667, 600 year before last. ,or.
shows an increase compared with last week
OF 1872 o3e bales. decrease compared WIZ
comnared with year before last Of PA. o9S
OF the worlds visible supply Of cotton as
above there is now ahoat and held IN S nea
against 2.os6, 900 last year and '7ss ooo
year before last in Egypt 2 201'o Tssr sefors
last in India. 2O3 900. against $4,000 last
year and o77 600 wear before last and IN d tns
tinted states 1856. 900. against ';IIe'ooo
last year and |, s2s 900 year before last
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Santa Claus Had Marrow Escape.

Evergreen, Dec. 2S. -(Special.)-At the
Baptist Orphanage the nearly one nun
dred children were treated to CHRIST
mas tree. with Dr. Marcellus McCreary
representing that time honored and white
whiskered gentleman. Santa Claus. The
doctor, however, had a narrow escape
when a lighted candle set fire to his cot
tom whiskers and but for his presence
of mind a panic might have followed
although his hair was scorched and face
blistered he carried out the program to
the end. A large number Of spectators
mostly neighboring people were present.
Frightening their intellect is a Biz
mingham England euphemism for vio-
lent assaults on the police.
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New Orleans Sugar.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 29.-susar-ouiet
open kettle. 2%q3 lie; open kettle csntrtfu'
gal. 3%9S Lilo; centrifugsl gTanuiatssd ~
3-I6G4k: whites, 4h04 Lie; yellowa 81
GaH; seconds. 2aG3 5-Ie.
Moiasses-Quiet: open kettle. 1885, cen
trifugal. 692l; syrup. 2l@24.
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Cincinnati Provisions

CINCINNATI, Dec 20.-FIour-Steady
fancy. So. 2593 80; family, So. COOS. 10.
Lard-Quiet at $40.
Bulk meats-Easy at 1928.
Bacon-Easy at 5000.
Whiskey-Firm at Sl.3l.
sugar-steady; hard refined. S.s7@5. AZ.
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81. Louis Provisions.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2e.-Flour-Dull; red Win:
ter patents, S3.3593.6o; extra fancy and
Whiskey-steady at Sl.32
Dry sailed meats-ouiet; boxed extra shorts
SO I2M; clear ribs So: short clears. SO. 30.
Bacon-Quiet; boxed extra shorts and clear
ribs, 6 O. 6O short clear, 81 l..
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Visible Supply Of Grain.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-The visible supply
Of grain Saturday. Dec. ~; as compiled BY
the New York Produce Exchange Is fol.
lows:
wheat 40. $4,000 bushels; increase. s62,
600 bushels
Corn, Z, III 2, 900 bushels: increase. 70. 900.
Oats, 5000, 900 bushels; decrease, e59. 900.
Rye, I,122, 900 bushels: decrease lac, 900.
Barley S.ll6.ooo bushels: decrease. 2e7,'
900 bushels.
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New York Dry Goods.

for dry goods has been less prominent than for
some days past and there has been no improve
ment for home buying. The market Is quiet.
but prices are maintained throughout. job
bers are doing a good business In clearance
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Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON. Dec 2e.-Treasury balances,
cal ST .98l: gOld si2o. e0S.e3a.
Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH. Dec 2e.-Turpentine-Ftrm at
Sc: receipts, Ga; sales. !. 2e; exports, %.
Rostn-Rseeipts, 3.3%7: sales. none; exports.
a. 400; A. B, c. D. el.46; z. Sl.so: F,
eISB; G, el.7o, H, 81; I. sass; K. 81 eS
n S. SS: n. ss.ss; window glass. $3.50:
water white, $40.
CHARLESTON. Dec. 2s.-Turpentine and
rosin--UnchAnged.
WILMINGTON. Dec 2s-Turpentins-Trm
at So; receipts, 20.
Rosin-F1rm at 81, 350i 40: receipts, SO.
Crude turpentine-F1rm at eI76@3: receipts,
50 casks
Tar-Firm at sI.eo; receipts. 2sl.
LOCAL wHoLEsALE PRICE LIST.
Provisions.
CORRECTED DEC. "a.
Bacon-Iohc.
Dry salted sideS-ohc.
Lard-Tisrces. leaf, Inc; compound. BIC.
Meal-66c per bushel.
Oats--white, 4Sc: mixed. 4Sc.
Corn White. $50; mixed. 600 per bushel.
salt-Liverpool. ESQ sack: Virginia. +7os
Michigan. gao pound barrels. Sl.0o.
Syrup-FAney. 4oc; rebolled, soc.
Flour~Patent. S4943S; straight $500
30 per Dbl
81 cents.
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New York Gotten Futures.
Local Cotton Market.

Quotations for spot cotton in the local cottor
Jacket yesterday were as follows
Strict middlfng .........................,S SIC
MldullnR ..... ........................S ITO
Strict low middling ........ ............7 Is !
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Cash quotations were an follows:
No. Spring wheat. 75G7e; No. 3. ee@74
M No. corn. Is: No. e yellow. ~.
Oats-No. white, 32@34.
Mess pork. per bbl.. SIT.
Lard, per 100 lbs. $40 400 TO- an
Short rib sides Qooee), g. so@e.75.
Dry sailed shoulders (boxed), So 25Qa so.
Short clear sides boxed, SS.s7h9s, 90.
Whiskey. basis Of high wines. $l.3l.
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Kansas CITY Live Stock.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 2o.-Cattle-Reoeipts:
a. POO natives, 900 Texans: calves, 800, all
natives; steady to loc lower.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-30

J. S. WILCOX. Manager. Montgomery. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-30

Total sales for the day. SSs.1oo shares.
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New York Coffee and Sugar.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2e-Coffee-spot Rio.
quiet; No. invoice. 81: mild. dull; Cordova.
7h0i2.
Coffee futures opened steady and unchanged
on all save December. which was points
higher on light covering by local shorts. Trad
less foreign news and general Indifference here
Receipts have q bearish influence, but primary
markets were steady. Close was quiet and
net unchanged Sales, 1890 bags. including
January . .,......,..,............... 1904 &C
March :. ............................. 6s64>6C
May :. ............................. 1894 81
June .........s..............'.s
september o. W
sugar-Raw, nominal; fair refining, 37-I6
centrifugal 90 test, 81; molasses sugar
3 3-I6; refined, quiet.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures.

NEW ORLEANS Dec. 2s.-cotton futures
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-07
ALMANAC OF CRIME.
Singular Publication of n Foreign
CriminoIogist md Its Inter-
esting Contents.

Very curious is the almanac which
has been published by a foreign
criminologist. 1t is entitled the al
manac of Crime" and its object is to
indicate those periods in each year
when the various crimes are most like
ly to be committed.
Here are some extracts:
"Murder-Many cases of this crime
occur in August, January and June;
few in February, November and De-
cember.
"Infanticide-Da periods are
February and May; very few cases oc-
cur in September and December.
"Poisonng-May is the favorite
month for criminals Of this type; dur
ing September as rule they remain
absolutely idle.
Threats of death Many such
threats are made in August and few
in February, May and November.
orgery-During April, October
and December forgers are most busy,
and also during the first days of every
quarter and the last days of every
year.
"Theft-More crimes of this kind are
committed in December and January
than during any other months of the
year"
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CHAPTER XXXIIL.
rHE FALL OF A CHIEFTAIN.

THE FALL. OF A CHIEFTAIN.
There never was such an overturn in
this world. Each of these six men was
Is though he had been struck. But
with Silver the blow passed almost In
stantly. Every thought of his soul
had been set full-stretch, like a racer,
on that money; well, he was brought up
in single second, dead; and he kept his
head, found his temper, and changed
his plan before the others had had time
to realize the disappointment.
"Jim," he whispered, take that, and
stand by for trouble"
And he passed me a doubled arreled
pistol.
At the same time he began quietly
moving northward, and in a few steps
had put the hollow between us two
and the other five. Then he looked a me
and nodded. as much as to say: Here
Is narrow corner" as, indeed,
thought 1T was. His looks were now
quite friendly; and l was so revolted
1T these constant changes that could
not forbear whispering: 80 you've
changed sides again"
There was no time left for him TO
answer in. The buccaneers, with oaths
md cries began to leap, one after an
other, into the pit, and to dig with
their fingers, throwing the boards aside
As they did so. Morgan found piece of
gold. lie helc@lt up with perfect
spout of oaths. 1t was two-guinea
piece, and it went from hand to hand
among them for a quarter Of a min
ute.
1.-TWO guineas!" roared Merry, shak,
ing 1t at Silver. That's your e7oO 900
is it? You're the man for bargains
mint you? You're him that never bun.
gled nothing, you wooden-headed Tub
ber!"
"Dig away, boys" said Silver, with
the coolest insolence; you'll find some
pig-nuts, and shouldn't wonder"
"Pig-nuts?" repeated Merry, In q
scream. mates, do you hear that?
tell you, now, that man there knew Il
all along. Look in the face Of him. and
you'll see 1t wrote there"
"Ah, Merry" remarked Silver, "stanh
ing for cap'n again? You're pushing
lad, TO be sure"
But this time everyone was entirely
In Merry's favor. They began to scram
BILE out of the excavation, darting fu
rious looks behind them. One thing
observed, which looked we'll for us
they all got out upon the opposite sid
from Silver.
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MADRID AN UNHEALTHY CITY.
High Mortality Rate Caused by Neg
lect of Sanitary Conditions and
Food Authorizations.

The unenviable distinction of being
in every way the most unhealthy cap
ital in Europe is enjoyed by Madrid.
According to statistics published by
the municipality there have been 70 ,374
deaths during the past five years
among a population only slightly ex-
ceeding half a million. In 1901, the
deaths numbered 17,242, and OF these
4,o64 were of children under 4 years
old. This gives rate of about 33 per
1000. In the five years period, con-
sumption carried off nearly 10000 in
habitants, and smallpox and mea sles
5000 more. The municipality is just be-
ginning to realize the bearing of these
figures, and various DEGREES have been
published for the better enforcement
of sanitation. Among other things,
it is to be a punishable offense 10 let
an apartment or dwelling be fore it ha S
been disinfected by the municipal
laboratory department. But two Of
the greatest evils in Madrid are food
adulteration, which is virtually I'M
checked, and overcrowding. The 52s,-
600 inhabitants are herded in 1900
houses, which gives an average Of 81
persons per house.
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Indiana Must Not Paint.

Close-cropped hair, faces destitute
of paint, and the abandonment of the
blanket" are the twentieth century
styles prescribed for the red men by
the commissioner of Indian affairs.
1t is believed that the order against
painting the faces is made because the
paint melts and runs into the eyes,
producing disease. Something, too,
may be said for the "boiled shirt" it
is hygienic if ugly. But why not leave
the way of wearing the hair % individ-
ual taste? To be sure. it may be sa id
in defense Of the order that the Indi-
ans themselves have made several at
tempts to set the fashion for short
hair-only 1t was designed for other
heads than their own, and has some
times been enforced by a process
which removed something more, than
the hair.
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The Order of Snccessinn.

"Of course" said the bachelor.
thoughtfully, there can be no such
thing as joint rule in family. Some
one must be the head
"True, but the scepter passes from
one to another"
"How?"
well, at the beginning Of married
life the husband holds it; then it gently
and unobtrusively passes to the wife,
and he never gets it back again"
"She keeps it forever"
"Oh, no; the baby gets it next
Chicago Post.
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gulf, and were Immediately surround
ed by shore boats full Of negroes, and
Mexican Indians, and half-bloods, sell
ing fruit and vegetables, and offering
to dive for bits of money The sight OF
SO many good-humored faces especial
ly the blacks), the taste OF the tropical
fruits, and above all, the lights that be-
gan to shine in the town, made most
charming contrast 70 our dark ana
bloody sojourn on the island; and the
doctor and the squire, taking me along
with them, went ashore TO pass the
early part of the night. Here they met
the captain OF an English man-of-war,
fell in talk with him, went on board
his ship, and, in short, had so agreeable
a time that day was breaking when we
came alongside the "liispaniola.'
Ben Gum was on deck alone, and, as
soon as we came on board, he began,
with wonderful contortons, to make us
confession. Silver was gone. The
maroon and connived at his escape in
q shore boat some hours ago, and he now
assured us he had only done so to pre-
serve our lives, which would certainly
have been forfeited IL that man with
the one leg had stayed aboard" But this
WAS not all. The sea cook had not gone
empty-handed. He had cut through q
bulkhead unobserved, and had removed
one Of the sacks Of coin, worth, per-
haps, three or four hundred guineas,
to help him on his further wanderings.
think we were all pleased to be so
cheaply quit Of him.
Well, to make a long story short, we
got few hands on board, made n good
cruise home, and the "Hispaniola"
reached Bristol Just as Mr., Blandly was
beginning TO think of fitting out her
consort. Five men only OF those who
had sailed returned with her. Drink
and the devil had done for the rest"
with vengeance; although, to be sure,
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
AND LAST.

The next morning we fell early to
work, for the transportation of this
great mass Of gold near a mile by land
to the beach, md thence three miles by
boat to the "Hispaniola," was consider
able task for SO small number Of
workmen. The three fellows still
abroad upon the island did not greatly
trouble us; single sentry on the shout
der OF the hill was sufficient to insure
us against any sudden onslaught, and
we thought, besides, they had had more
than enough of fighting.
Therefore the work was pushed on
brisl1ly. Gray and Ben Gum came and
went with the boat, while the rest dur
Ing their absence piled treasure on the
beach. Two of the bars, slung in
ropes end. made a good load for
grown man-one that he was glad to
walk slowly with. For my part. as
was not much use at carrying, was
kept busy all day in the cave, packing
the minted money into bread bags.
1t was strange collection, like Billy
Bones hoard for the diversity OF coin
age, but so much larger and so much
more varied that I think | never had
more pleasure than in sorting them.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese,
Georges and Louises, doubloons and
| double guineas and moidores and
| seuuins, the pictures of all the kings Of
Europe for the last hundred years,
strange oriental pieces stamped with
what looked like wisps Of string or bits
of spiders web, roundpieces and square
pieces, and pieces bored through the
middle, as if TO wear them round your
neck-nearly every variety OF money
in the world must, think. have found
place in that collection; and for num-
Der, am sure they were like autumn
leaves, so that my back ached with
STOPPING and my fingers with sorting
them out.
Day after day this work went on; by
every evening a fortune had been
slowed aboard. but there was another
fortune waiting for the morrow; and
all this time we heard nothing Of the
three surviving mutineers.
At last--I think it was on the third
night-the doctor and l were strolling
on the shoulder Of the hill where il
overlooks the lowlands of the isle,
when, from out the thick darkness be-
low, the wind brought us noise be-
tween shrieking and singing. 1t was
only n snatch that reached our ears,
followed by the former silence.
Heaven forgive them" said the doc
tor; "'tis the mutineers!"
"All drunk, SIR" struck in the voice
Of Silver from behind us.
Silver, should say. was allowed hi
entire liberty. and. in spite OF daily re
bluffs, seemed to regard himself once
more as quite a privileged and friendly
dependent. Indeed, it was remarkable
how we'll he bore these sights, and with
what unwearying politeness he KEEP
at trying to ingradiate himself with all
Yet, l think, none treated him better
than a dog; unless it was Ben Gum
who was still terribly afraid of his ole
quartermaster, or myself, who had real
ly something to thank him for; al
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Well, there we stood, two ON ono
side, five on the other, the pit between
us, ana nobody screwed up high enough
moved; he watched them, very upright
on his crutch, and looked as cool as ever
I saw him. He was brave. and no mis-
take.
At last, Merry seemed TO think a
speech might help matters.
MATES" says he, there's two Of
them alone there; ones the old cripple
that brought us all here and Numbered
us down to this; the others that cub
that mean to have the heart Of. Now,
mates"
lie was raising his arm and his voice,
and plainly meant to lead charge.
But just then-crack crack! crack!-
three musket shots flashed out OF the
thicket. Merry tumbled head foremost
into the excavations; the man with the
bandage spun round like n teetotum.
md fell all his length upon his side,
where he lay dead, but still twitching:
and the other three turned and ran
for it with all their might.
Before you could wink Long John had
fired three barrels of a pistol into the
struggling Merry; and as the man rolled
up his eyes at him in the last agony,
George" said he, II reckon settled
you"
At the same moment the doctor, Gray,
and Ben Quinn joined us, with smoking
muskets, from among the nutmeg trees.
Forward" cried the doctor
"Double quick, my lads. We must head
'em off the boats"
And we set off at great pace, some.
times plunging through the bushes to
the chest.
I tell you, but Silver was anxious 70
keep UP with us. The work that man
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our picket stations, which meant that
we were witAin an hour or two Of on
camp. When finally the march wa
ended. my horse was so glad to gel
into his stall and be relieved of bride
saddle and blanket that he gleefull,
kicked the empty air for several min
utes. Several minutes later his owner
lying on the bare floor of his tent, hi!
head pillowed on the rain soaked blan
ket, was slumbering as sweetly as
his couch were of down. and the ugl
calculations OF the weary men VIII
struggled in one by one were SO mc IN
loving lullnbies.
TO DE CONTINUED.
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Hamilton, who shook one of the sleep
ers and politely repeated the surges-
ton. The man was slow In waking
and slower still in comprehending, but
at last he said:
"What? Them gum cloths? Gosh!
We amt got none. Some Of the army
that druv you uns from round Rich
mond when Mcclellan was thar has
got some that you uns left but we uns
wasn't thar"
"Oh, see. l beg your pardon. May
ask what you do when you're caught
In the rain while on duty"
do" said the man, with mighty
yawn. "Why. git wet. / reckon"
Then the prisoner lay down and fell
asleep again, though by that time the
rain was falling furiously. AS for
Hamilton and me, we agreed that a so
called nation that didn't provide its
soldiers with rubber blankets would
soon be on its last legs and that the
said legs would be rheumatic.
The camp was soon in commotion,
most of 1t verbal and shockingly pro.
fame. The men in the newer compa'
MES had not yet learned how to keep
dry in a shower. The rubber blanket
is so narrow that for it to be under
man and over him, too, the owner must
lie as straight as a ramrod. There
were individual outbreaks throughout
the entire night as men woke to fint
their knees soaked. TO make matters
worse for the guard, the rain put on
the fires, so there was no light. Hamil
ton and | took turns in pacing to anc
fro in front of the prisoners, counting
the barely visible figures each time W.
passed them. The guards were MS I'm
happy MS a lot Of picnickers caught II
thunderstorm, and sleepy besides
The horses huddled together as bes
they could the road became ankle dccI
in mud, and the entire situation was
as gloomy. uncomfortable and detest
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-07
DOOR BELL FOR THE DEAF.
4norts of New York Couple to Ar.
range an Indicator to Notify
Them of Callers Mt the Door.

A young deaf-and-dumb couple who
were married recently, and began
housekeeping in a fiat, have found
their greatest difficulty in providing
some substitute for n door-bell, says
the New York Post. The door-bell al
ready in the building they found, OF
course, to be entirely useless. They
consulted all their married friends and
ncquaintances among deaf-mutes as
to what to do, but it appeared that all
of them had either married persons
who could hear, so their experience
counted for nothing. Obviously, in the
absence of the sense of hearing, either
sight, smell, taste or touch had to be
relied on to show when a visitor was
at the door.
The first idea that occurred to the
couple was to remove the bell and
hang to the clapper ribbons that
would wave whenever any one pressed
the button, but this would do no good
unless some one were looking at the
ribbons, and it scarcely seemed worth
while to mount guard over it at all
hours. Then some one suggested
fastening a phial of oil of peppermint
or altar of roses to the "buzzer," so
that it would spill few drops when it
moved. The sense of taste, so far as
they could devise, could not be made
available in any way. just at present,
carpenter is making for the fiat a
sort of sounding box, in which the
vibration of the old bell will be so
multiplied as to be perceptible by the
sense of feeling to the delicate nerves
Of the deaf. At least, they hope this
will prove n solution.
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we were not quite in SO bad n case a4
that other ship they sung about:

we were not quite in SO bad a case a&
that other ship they sung about:
with one man OF the crew alive.
What put to sea with sevent y-fve."
All of us had an ample share of the
treasure, and used it wisely or foolish-
ly, according to our natures. Capt.
Smollet is now retired from the sea.
Gray not only saved his money, but,
being suddenly smit with the desire
TO rise, also studied his profession; and
he is now mate and part owner of fine
full-rigged ship; married besides, and
the father of family. AS for Ben Gum.
he got C 900, which he spent or lost
in three weeks, or, to be more exact,
in 10 days, for he was back begging on
the twentieth. Then he was given
lodge to keep, exactly as he had Jared
upon the island; and he still lives, a
great favorite, though something Of
butt, with the country boys, and a nota-
BILE singer in church on Sundays and
saints days.
OF Silver we have heard no more.
That formidable seafaring man with
one leg has at last gone clean out of my
life; but l dare say he met his Old
negress. and perhaps still lives in COM
fort with her and Capt. Flint. 1t IS
to be hoped 80, 1 suppose, for lis
chances of comfort in another world
are very small.
The bar silver and the arms still lie.
for all that / know, where Flint buried
them; and certainly they shall lie there
for me. Oxen and wain-ropes would
not bring me back again to that ac-
cursed island; and the worst dreams
that ever l have are when hear the
surf booming about its coasts, or start
upright in bed, with the sharp voice Of
Capt. Flint still ringing in my ears:
pieces Of eight! pieces Of eight"
THE END
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willing to Humor Her.

Doctor-You say you always burn
this lamp in your room all night?
Woman-Always. l can't sleep with
out n lamp.
Doctor-My dear madam, can give
you few simple chemicals which
you can easily mix before retiring.
They will give off just as much blood
poisoning and sleep-inducing gas as
lamp, and won't be half so much
trouble.-N. y. Weekly.