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The New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, December 19.-Cotton: Ac- tive; strong and higher; sales 4300 bales, including 1850 to arrive ane 200 fob terms; delivered on contracts 9O0 Quota tions advanced 3-16
 Futures: With Liverpool spots 14 points up and futures 20 to 23 points, private dispatches from across the water continued in the most bullish strain. Spinners were said to be calling for the delivery of cotton on contracts and shorts were covering as best they might. The opening here showed advances of from 13 to 14 points. Soon after the opening the end of the week liquidations set in but the market showed surprising strength under it. Late in the morning. however, the volume of profit taking be- came too heavy and prices sank under it. Few traders cared to take on new contracts at the end of the week and hence much support was taken away from the market. In the trading of the morning January advanced 19 points abov ethe close of yesterday to 1920 fell off to 1914 and recovered to 131S from which there was a recession which con- tinued throughout the remainder of the session, when prices were in a point or two of yesterdays closing figures. Net changes were points below to 2 above.
 New Orleans, December 19.-Cotton: Futures steady December 1295; January 1332Q13 33; April 13.42G13.14 A; May 13.5O@ 1S-51; June 13.55a13.57; July 1S62a13.64
 New Orleans, December 19.-Cotton firm; sales 43o0; ordinary 10 3-16; good or dnary 11h low middling 121s midding 127s; good middling 13 1-16; middling fair 13 7-16; receipts 141s0; stock 279271.
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The Meta, Market.

New York. December 19. Local metal markets today were quite. consumers buying only for current requirements Prices wer generally unchanged from yes. terday. Continued moderate inquiry was reported from northern and southern iron foundry iron. and prices hold firm at la st quotations. Lake copper kuoted 2s7il0o 12.62ls; electrolytic. 1225Ql2.2o: casting, 12.121zG12. STA Tin, spot nominal, 27.5O. December delicery 27.50 nominal. Spelter spot 800. Lead spot, 437r
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Chicaao Chance.

Chicago, December 19.-The possibility of war between Russia and Japan was paramount today in effecting prices of wheat. On active general demand May closed with a gain of Ac. Other grains were helped by the strength in wheat, May closing Ad3s higher, while oats were up 1s@ssc. Provisions wer strong closing to TIE points higher.
 Ihe iedling futures ranged a follows:
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$6,oo4,225.Ss
se oo4,225.S9

W. p. G. HARD lNe President H. WOODWARD, Vice-President H. VicePresdent w w CRAWFORD Cashier A. R. FORSYITH, DIRECTORS: T. Himan, F. Moore, E M. J. h. Woodward William A. Walker D. Nabers T. F. Motion Robert J. H. Barr. vIoePresldent; w. p C. Harding. President
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6iSM NC -iA" AND ATLANTIC R. F. Schedule Effective November B. Iso3 Read Down. Read Up. No. l. No & No. 2. No.k am. D. m. am. m. 7:l0 3:40 Lv....Talladega....A i0:26 6:6s e:35 5;03 Ar.....Pell City.....Lv 800 5;35 10:00 9:55 Ar. Birmingham. .Lv 8:1c 5:5
 Trains run daily. Quisxest route be- tv cen Talladega. Birming1tm and west. erh points.
 Ship your freight via Birmingham ana Atlantic railroad.
 J. F. FLEETWOOD. c. F. & P. A John c. Soley. General Manager
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Clearinne ,.ll Exchanne.

l-NDIFdITYCs' New Orleans, December 19.-Clearings $5,2S5, 45I New York exchange par com mercial $1.25 per 1000 discount
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QsilX Statnnent.

Galveston-Firm; middling 12 9-16c; sales, 2147; receipts, SS90 stock, 26S,7 PA
 Mobile opened firm and closed easier, middling 12a4c; sales, 650 receipts 2622; stock, 50,S02.
 SavaRnah-Firm; middling, 12%c sales, 75O; receipts, 696s: stock, 116,297
 Charleston-Firm: middling, 121ac; re- ceipts. 70S; stock, f60SS.
 Wilmington-Steady; middling, 12Ac: re- ceipts, 1880; stock, 17696.
 Norfolk-Steady middling. 12%c; sales, 300; receipts, 5000; stock 26,012.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 13c; stock, 9099.
 Boston-Quiet; middling, 1905; net re- ceipts, 67; gross, 2029.
 Philadelphia-Steady; middling, 13.45c; receipts 298; stock, 3691.
 St. Louis-Firm; middling. 12s4c; re- ceipts, 3059; stock, 15,129.
 Memphis, December 19.-Cotton closed firm; middling. 129sc; receipts, 1753; ship ments. 3SeS; sales 250O; stock, 97,167.
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Atlantic Coast Line.

Through Pullman sleeper Birmingham to Jacksonville via Montgomery.
 J. A Taylor. T P. A.. Montgomery.A Ala. W H. Leahy D. P A.. Savannah. Ga. W Y cratV q P A Wilmington NC.
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Local stapIe orncerIes.

Appies-W Western evaporased. ss&G1gMc.
 Four-Fancy patent $500; half patent, $4.60
 sugar-Granulated. 47sc: Y. C., 4kc.
 Coffse-0re~n. ykdD9Mc. Arbucki4's packages, 11.30: Lion packages. 10.30: Cor dova packages. 10.30; Porto Rico. 10.s0.
 Meats-Dry salted ribs. Sc: dry salted rib bellies, SEC; hams, fancy, 14Ac; med ium, 131sc; extra clear. 7%c; bacon bellies. 9%c
 Lard-Leaf, 7Bc; off, Mc.
 Compound Lard-Snowdrift, 7Nc.
 Molasses Centrifugal. .oasoc: sugar l house, 40c: Georeia cane. 35c. Beans--Navy. s2.Jo per bl=',el: lima. 60 Pearl orits-s. lbs. s.e1 Feed Stuff. 1 Meal-Bolted, s1.20: water ground. s1.26. | Hay-Pe- ton, timothy No. 1. s17.50; clo- yer, mixed. s165o; prairie. sl3oo: Johnson | grass S13.00. Corn-Mixed, e21kc; white s4c. Cotton Seed MeaI--Pe- ton. $24 co; hulls. per ton in sacks. ss.50
 Fruit and Produce. Corrected daily by c. F. Bell & Co.,. 2ols Morris avenue.)
 Oranges-Per box, $2.4O62.60 for Flor ida's; Mandarines. per box. s Talgerines, $500
 Grapes-Malages. per keg, s4.00 to $500. Lemons-Per box. extra choice. $500 375; fancy 4.
 Grape fruit-s4 50G5.00.
 Limes-Per 100. 75c6xl.
 Pineapples--Pcr crate. s400n5.00. Bananas-Per bunch. culls, 60@75c: straights. S1651 .25.
 Apples-Virginia stock, per barrel. $500 @$3.50 fancy northern stock. Baldwins. Pippins, etc.. s3.50G$3.75 Kings. $5; Gills, a
 Cranberries-Per barrel. ss.5Oa9 Cranberries-Per box, g. 4002.50. Cabbage-Danish. per pound. 3. California Celery--Per dozen, 9oc to $l.00. Northern-grown parsnips. carrots and oeets per bushel. 75c.
 Ruta Bagas-Per pound 1Nc. Spanish Onions-Per crate $1.50. Peanuts-Fancy, per pound. 5Nsc: No. 2, 4I9c.
 Chestnuts-Tmported, per pound. 7c. Almonds-Per pound. l4.
 Erazls-per pound. 10.
 Mixed Nuts-Per pound, 121, Peacans-Per pound. To-
 Granable walnuts, 1ic per h. English Walnuts--California per lb. 17c. Dates--In No i cartoons. 7H c. Figs-Fancy imported. per pound. l2zc: California cartoons. 10c.
 Cltron-Per pound. 1315c.
 Ralsins-Seeded per package, skc. Cleaned Currents. per package, 7c. Raisils-Per box. new crop. sl. 75 to S200 Irish Potatoes-Per bushel g5cG$l Sweet Potatoes-Per barrel, $1.75d2; yell low, s225@2.50.
 Onions-Per pound. new northern. 2. Navy Beans-Per bushel, s2. 40li2. 50. Peas--Black and gray eyed. per bushel. s1 75d2. .00.
 Turkeys-Live. per pound. 121s@15; dress cd, 1SG20.
 Live Poultry-Hens. 30c to 35c: large flyers, 20c to 22c; medium. 15c to lSc; small. 10c to i21zc; geese. 4oc to Soc; ducks. z5c to BOG.
 Eggs. BOG
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CONDENSED REPORT TO COMPTROLLER TheFIRST NATIONAL BANK of Birmingham, Ala STATEMENT NOVEMBER 17, 19os

RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts. .. .$3, 1856, ,974.79 Overdratts ...... 195.92 U. S. Bonds and Premiums 100000 Other Stocks anu Bonds. 59,3oo.oo Bank Building. ....... 51,oo0O0 CASH. IF Vault. i. 8 492,005.42 With Banks 1,459, 9,691.30 With U. s. Treas.... 18,o54.4o-- 1869, ,754.62
 
 $6,0o4,225.33
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 No. l. from Macon. Albany Columbus. Onelika. Americus etc. s:45 D. m No B. from Savannah Augusta Macon. Columbus etc. 1920 m
 Twelve section drowirg room buffet sleeping cars between Birmingham and Savannah via Columbus and Macon. on Nos 3 and 4.
 Connection is made 1T Savannah wit, the fact tro'-ht and lfyr~ioua na ssenon- steamships of the Ocean Steamship com pany and Merchants and Miners Trans portation company from and to New York, Boston. Baltimore. Philadelphia and the east
 For more detailed informa tion. beaut,- fullv-ilIustrated matter write or apply to JOHN w. BLOUNT. Travelling Passenger Agent.
 R. w. LUCKF7T. Union Ticket Agent Birmingham. Ala. ]. C. HALLE. General Passenger Agent. r. J. ROBINSON. Asst Gen Pass Agent. w. A. WIN BURN. Vice President and Traffic Manager
 THEODORE D. KLINE, Genl. Mgr. Savannah. Ga.
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eonds.
Morev on Call.

Money on Call. New York. December 19.-Money on call:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05
Visit to Jefferson.
THINGS THAT HAPPEN.

A Berlin woman bequeathed her
property to a cat
A corn on the toe of Philadelphia
| man caused his death
4 mine near Phoenix, AriZ., disap-
peared a week after the shaft had
been sunk.
A damaged footballer has just been
fitted at London hospital with a eel
luIoid nose.
A Bangor Me-, man, who is said to
be otherwise sane, has an American
flag tattooed on his cheek.
A Pennsylvania hotelkeeper was
fined 81 cents for swearing at his
servant who would not get up when
called.
After going around with a broken
skull for fifteen years, the Kentucky
woman who owned it has just had il
repaired.
A man who advertised for a cook
I and music teacher received nine
answers to the former advertisement
and 3S9 to the latter.
The editor of a weekly newspaper
Ill Aust aha Ou6IS ulIuS6ll DIS DElZS
| to the woman who writes the best
essay on the duties of a wife.
A man in Buenos Ayres became in
sane from violent emotion, on learn
ing that he had won the big prize in
lottery. He went to a church, drew
a revolver, and fired at the priests.
This amusing excuse was given by
the editor of an Indian veTnacular
paper, which was printed with two
columns left blank on the most i'm
portant page: 1--WE had reserved this
space for an exceptionally powerful
article on a subject of universal in
| terest to our readers, but at the last
moment we find the article cannot be
compressed into the two columns re-
served for it. The article will make
it's appearance next week"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05
Not an AII-Round Benefit.

Owing to slack trade the manager
of an English music-hall recently de-
cided to try the experiment of free ad-
mission.
This innovation nightly pleased his
patrons, and things improved but af-
ter a while the novelty wore off, and
then vague rumors of dissatisfaction
reached his ears. Finally one of his
patrons grumbled that Things worn't
as they oughter be-
"Why, you ungrateful man, what
more do you want?" demanded the
manager. I'm giving you a good en-
tertainment and the best Of talent
every night without charging you a
penny
cay, there's the rub growled the
grumbler, turning away. "Ye'Ve
brought t. admission fee down to
nowt, and he'd t. cheek t. go on charg-
ingt' same price as ever for t. refresh
ments and programs"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05

Ewing Cockrell, sister of the bride,
and Miss Marion Gallaudet, sister of
the bridegroom, were maids of honor.
Foury ear-old Anna Ewing Cockrel,
niece of the bride, as flower girl, walk
ed in advance of the bride in a dainty
gown of French muslin embroidered in
marguerites and tucked with inserts
of lace
The bride wore a princess gown of
ivory white satin embroidered in white
orchids and lilies of the valley, pail
letted in seed pearls, which outlined
the flower embroideries. The point
lace worn on the corsage was inherit
ed by the bride from her mother. Both
corsage and full sleeves of chiffon and
lace are embroidered in the design of
orchids and lilies as on the gown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05

Washington, Feb. 15.-Beneath a
chime of seven white floral bells
swung from wide sashes of white rib
bon tled in true lovers knots Miss
Marion Cockrell, daughter Of the Mis-
souri, senator and sponsor for the bat
tleship Missouri, was married at noon
yesterday to Edison Fessenden Gal
laudet, son Of Prof. Gallaudet of Ken.
dali Green. The ceremony took place
in the church of the Covenant.
President Roosevelt, Mrs and Miss
Roosevelt, the members Of the cab
met, the diplomatic corps, the leading
senatorial families and official and
resident society generally were pres
ent.
The marriage service was read by
the Rev. Teunis Hamlin. Miss Anna
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05
LOOKING Ahead.

A certain village near a well-knoWn
English watering place, whose ponds
and lakes had not been frozen over for
many years, was recently visited by a
very sharp and severe frost, which
lasted several weeks. All the water
in the district was thickly covered
with ice which afforded splendid OPP
portunity for skating. Visitors from
all the country round f1ocked to this
spot, attracted by the prospect of some
good sport. The majority Of them
came unprovided with skates, and
consequently the sudden demand at
the village shop was enormous. At
last the shopkeeper, who had never
before heard of skates, tired Of having
to turn away intending purchasers, re
marked to his wife: Mary, We'll
have to get in stock Of these ere
skates; for, if the demand is SC great
now, what will it be in the summer,
when the trippeTs come?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05
AS TO KEEPING OF A DIARY.
Clever Scheme Adopted for the Saw
ing of Space.

Clever Scheme Adopted for the Saw
ing of Space.
A young girl who keeps a small
pocket diary has invented a clever de-
vice for saving space. She uses a set
of simple symbols for entries that
would be likely to occur over and
over. Thus, for the entry 81 took my
music lesson she puts in simply a
drawing of little harp, and for the
words, 81 wrote letter to -" she
draws a tiny envelope in outline, and
so on Then on the inside cove of the
diary she writes list of these SYM
bols with their explanation.
This is an adapting of a scheme
used by German scholar to save
space in little encyclopedia. For the
word 'born" he used a star; for
died" a dagger; for astronomy" he
printed a little comet; for law a
pair of scales; for writer a pen. You
can readily see that by these little de-
vices a great many lines of print were
saved; but without suggestion you
may not notice that this Improve
ment' is really going back to the
days when the alphabet was not yet
invented.
Yet hieroglyphics, or ideographs,
as these pictures are called, have
some valuable qualities. They are
brief. simple, plain and never need
translation, being equally understood
by all nations, just as the Arabic fig
ures are the same in English, French,
German, Italian, and other languages.
This consideration led an author re-
Gently to suggest that Chinese, which
is written in these ideographs, should
be adopted as a universal language.
You will find some interesting
things-even some amusing facts
about the Chinese language in the En-.
cycIopedia Britannica.-St. Nicholas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05

thrilling than the incident at La Force
prison, when Nine. de Lafayette, ex-
pecting to be summoned to execution,
the dread moment having arrived, was
told she was asked for by the wife of
the American minister. Instinctively
she must have felt that she was saved
Shown into the reception room, she
liverer.
Mrs. Monroe had assumed the voice
Of authority, and her tone was that OF
graceful command. Her carriage
horses and servants had the insignia
Of the only rank respected in the
scenes of the revolution. She was
treated with Difference by the sen,
tinels and her message delivered. Her
suspense must have been profound as
she waited for minutes, hopeful, yet
almost ready to despair. Behold,
Nine. de Lafayette glided into her
presence!
The tact of Mrs. Monroe did not
fail her at the supreme moment. She
announced to the officers in charge
that she would call the next day. The
second visit was unnecessary. On
that day Nine de Lafayette was re-
leased and fastened to Monroe
house, where she manifested the
highest sensibility' or her obligations
to the country beyond the sea, where
her husband had builded wiser than he
knew
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05
Poor Whisky Promotes Murder.

The wholesale liquor dealers and
distillers can best cooperate with the
Ministerial association in the crusade
against murder by ceasing to supply
"the few disreputable saloons with
blends and connections labeled pure
old Kentucky whisky" but which, in
fact, are villainous mixtures that
might well be warranted to produce
homicide and all other crimes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05

My dear, you do not know some Of
the awful secrets of the back hair Of
the late past. There were waterfalls
and "chignons," made up in styles too
elaborate and symmetrical for ordI-
nary hands to fashion, and these pieces
were exposed for sale in boxes, which
they filled Sometimes an imitation
of hair, which deceived no one who
had ever seen jute, was maze up in
the aboye-described way, and artfully
covered with a net. Good people ac-
cepted these basely false devices,
and they were worn with results which
could not be observed with gravity to-
day But, then, they were pinned on
in good faith, and their sagging
weight was no bar to social advance
ment Fashion cared not if these
cushion-like appendages heated the
head and pulled viciously at the roots
of the living hair beneath, but we
should be very grateful that they have
gone, as DR.. Holmes says, down the
back entry of time And are fortu-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05

There is a single butterfly in the
American museum of natural, history
which cost it's formerly owner, the late
DR.. Strecker of Reading, Pa, between
$500 and $4,000. This rare insect
occurs in Sierra Leone only. The col
Iector in question had to fit out an ex-
petition and maintain it for over two
years for the sole purpose of capturing
the butterfly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05

welfare and the regard entertained by
| the president, and told them that I
should embrace every opportunity
| But it was difficult to take a step Of
hcially for either, and impossible in
| behalf of Nine. de Lafayette.' Mon
roe added that he would do what he
was able to do without compromising
the credit of the gOvernment-that
Nine. de Lafayette might confide with
certainty in this, and, lin case any ex-
tremity was threatened, l would go be-
yond that line and do everything in my
| power, let the consequences be what
they might to myself, to save her.
With this she is satisfied" And he
said further he could not think she
would be speedily released, and he
had assured her he would supply her
with money; this she had mot accepted
yet, but soon will be compelled"
| February :, 1895, three months later,
Monroe wrote to the secretary Of
state: I am happy to inform you that
Nine. de Lafayette was lately set at
liberty and, although l could not make
|
yet it was done in accommodation
with that which was informally made.
| She attended Immediately at my house
! to declare the obligations she owed to
our country, and of which she mani
tested the highest sensibility. She
was destitute Of resources and re-
| quired aid for present support and
debts"
| Aid to Nine. De Lafayette.
The minister furnished her with
assignats equal to $1,000 specie, ex-
pecting repayment through the trans
fer of funds appropriated by con-
| gress. Inquiring whether this was alp
proved, in order that he might make
further advances, Edmund Randolph
wrote on March 8, 1895, approving
observations and conduct" and
Judgment and assidu1ty," and curious
! ly closed with this: Nor are your
measures as to Mr.. Paine and the lady
of our friend less approved It can
not be charged that there was any
! extreme glow" about this The in
tense cautiousness Of the state depart
ment is seen in the reference to
Nine de Lafayette as F'the lady Of our
| friend"
Monroe had keenly felt the chill Of
disapproval of his expressed SYM
pathy with the French republic, which
was the Terror Of Europe, though
the bloody Robespierre had already
taken his turn at the guillotine.
Mrs. Monroe's Visit to Prison.
| But he was not a man to weigh con-
| sequences when he bore in mind how
much his nation owed to Lafayette.
An extremity was threatening Nine.
de Lafayette. and he crossed the line.
as he had assured her he would. Learn
ing the fact that she was soon to be
| led to the guillotine, he was inspired
to send his wife to the La Force prison
in the official carriage Of the legation.
The trappings announced the dignity
Of the American minister, the only
representative in Paris of any Of the
nations of the earth. Mrs. Monroe
pfayod her part with d charming and
winning audacity she did not go as
a suppliant. to solicit the favor Of an
interview with a condemned prisoner,
| but in state. demanding admittance.
The knocking It the gate in Macbeth,
after the u1der, is incomparably less
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05

poleon were in the same school The
daughter, thus educated discharged
during her fathers presidency, after
her mothers health had failed. the
duties of the lady Of the white house
Lafayette's last visit to our country
was in the second term of Monroe as
president, and it was one of the COM
pensations of history for the two vet
Grams, associated in the revolutionary
war that gave us independence. and in
the French revolution, should, together
with the son of Lafayette and the
daughter of the president, have re-
ceived the boundless applause of the
American people.
Visit to Jefferson.
One of the most touching incidents
of the return of Lafayette to Virginia
was his call upon Jefferson at Mon
ticello. He was escorted by a troop
Of cavalry, and as he approached the
house Jefferson, far advanced in years.
tOttered down the steps in front of his
porch. The venerable men embraced
and kissed each other, each uttering
the others immortal name-'Lafay-
ette!" "Jefferson!"-and it is the
familiar tradition of Charlottesville
that there was intense reverential ST.
lence by the multitude of witnessed
and tears in every eye.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05

Surely time is long, but art is fleet
ing-happiIy some art. AS children
we used to visit a friend who did"
wax work. 1t seemed to me then she
was the most accomplished female l
ever knew. Her 'what-not' revealed
wealth of pieces carefully pro-
tected by glass globes on standards,
and surrounded at the base with red
chenille, all fttingly elegant for what
was within. There were pond lilies,
baskets of mixed flowers and white
crosses over which trailed white vines,
designed to have a dazzlingly pure eff
feet of an in memoriam order, or pos
sibly to induce one to try to lead
better life. Placed upon marble
topped table. nothing could have look
ed more chilling or depressing, but
then-to step into that almost sacred
parlor. and leave the ornate green
paper shades rolled up and fastened
with a red cord and fat worsted tassel
long enough to reveal the wonders OF
the room, seemed a sweet privilege in
deed subsequently, when the same