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The Met. Market.

New York, June 22.-Tin showed im- provement both at home and abroad, al- though there was no material .imSrove- ment in demand. Loncon quoted spot at 9116 17s Sd and futures at s116 Is 6d Locally, the market closed with spot quoted al s25. 50025. .75.
 Copper was a shade lower in London closing at 956 Is Cd for spot and at a58 6s for futures The local market holds steady. with lake quoted at 12 .621z@s 75 electrolytic at F. 50Q12 621z; casting, 12.12h @12.25.
 Lead steady, unchanged at s4 2044.3O in New York, while in London it was un- changed also at s11 los.
 Spelter advanced slightly in London, closing at 921 17s Sd. and remained steady locally at s4.7504 s71s.
 Iron closed at 51s Sd in Glasgow and 42s 1O15d in Middlesboro. Locally, iron is cuiet: No. l foundry, northern, s14.50@ IS: No. 2 foundry, northern, SIS. 75q14 25; No 1 foundry, southern, and No. foun- warrants are weak at $9.
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The Coffee Market.

New York. June 22-Spot Rio steady; No invoice 7c; mild firm; Cordova, 9ls@1..
 prices to a decline of points under mod crate offerings by importers in the ab- sence of demand Later Wall street and Europeans bought a little on continued bullish reports and light Brazilian re- ceipts, but there was some scattering liquidation as well as continued sales by importers to supply the demand, and prices adversely affected by the closing decline at Havre, turned easier closing barely steady at a decline of 10d15 points, Sales, 63, 800 bags. July, $5.75G5.s5; Sep tember. $6.OoGG.05; October. s6.lO; Decem- Der, $6. 25d6 40; January, $6.40; March, $660 @6.65; May. SC. 6.75@6.S5.
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

The State of Alabama, Jefferson Coun- ty, Probate Court, 7th day of June. 1904 Estate of Ora, Carrie, Wiley and Grover Bell, minors. This day came Turner R. WealsIey. guardian of the estate of Ora Carrie. Wiley and Grover Bell, minors, and filed his account, vouchers, evidences and statement for final settlement of the same.
 It is ordered that the 30th day of June 1904, be appointed day for making such settlement at which time all parties in interest can appear and contest the same if they think proper.
 J. P. STILES, 6-9-thu-3t Judge of Probate
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cothran '& Co.'s Market Letter.

Cotton.-The Liverpool market showed considerable improvement today. the ad
 vances on new crop being fully sufficient to adjust parties. and spot sales while quite small were, at an advance of 10 points Cable advices were all of one tenor. accrediting the strength of their market to the large American and conti- mental buying and further expressing the belief that present prices did not incur much risk. Manchester reported a fair cloth business and yarns quiet Our mar
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Cotton Seed OH,

Memphis, Juno 22.-Cotton seed oil, car load lots, per gallon: Prime crude, 23c; off crude. nominal; prime summer yellow, 26c; off do yellow, nominal; choice cooking summer yellow. less than carload lots, Sec. Cake. prime, s20.5O. Meal, prime, $20. 50.
 New York, June 22.-Cotton seed oil steady. Petroleum easy. Resin steady; strained, common to good S3 10 Turpen- tine quiet, 551a@56c.
 New Orleans, June 22.-Cotton seed oils frmer; prime refined, in barrels, 2S5hc; off refined, in barrels, 271hc; prime crude, loose 23c
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The Live Stock Market.

Chicago, June 22.-Cattle: Receipts E. 0oO. including 720 Texans. Market l5@2oc lower. Good to prime steers, so.5Onbto; poor to medium, s4.50d5.40; stockers and feeders, S2. 5064.50; cows, H.5Oa45o; heif- CTS, s2 .Gsl5.25; canners, ab0a2.0; bulls, g. s2.00@425; csfves. s2.50d5.5o; Texas fed steers, $4.6OQ5.25.
 Hogs-Receipts, 2s.ooo; steady Mixed and butchers, s515@545; good to choice heavy, s5. 35d5 421k: rough heavy. s5.15d 530; light, s515 bulk of sales, s5.25d5.35.
 Sheep-Receipts, 1s,000; steady. Lambs steady and lower. Good to choice wethers. s4.75@5.25; fair to choice, $2.ooG4.75; vest ern sheep, $S.eod520; spring lambs. s5@G 7.5o; lambs. clipped, s6e0a64o.
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Caldwell 6 Wards Market Letter.

T. ID.
 New Orleans, June 22.-Market experi- enced natural reaction today, spots at Liverpool closed firmer at an advance of 6 points; middling, 6.22d. Sales, 1000 bales; future in English market closed with a net gain of to Il points when compared with yesterdays closing Our Liverpool correspondent cabled that the market ad- .vanced in consequence of large buying orders from America and the continent that European consumers continued to ah- sorp deliveries for far months, and that prices, they thought, had touched bot tom for a time. The flood situation in the Red river valley assumed a more threat ening aspect in the upper parishes of Louisiana. Reports received from the al- luvial districts along the river from above the Arkansas line all the way to within few miles of Shreveport indicated that large area of fine farm lands were under water. There were good rains dis tributed over the cotton belt during the past twenty-four hours, especially in South Texas and South Atlantic states, and temperature for the region averaged 91 .69 against SS. 65 same day last year, which made favorable crop conditions since rains were reported as needed in most sections of the south. Other mar kets were higher at opening, but New Orleans resumed trading at about last hiShb lONSl, CStODci o'oot htclliliH6 tO 930. Advices were too bullish from abroad to encourage traders to follow the decline and as reports from local market were to effect that there was a better inquiry than for some time, shorts covering, longs Lidding market up. July running up to 11.01 from 1o.50;, October from 930 to 9.54. Texas wired that there was no ques- tion as to boil weevils spreading in that state, multiplying at an alarming rate. all remedies to exterminate them having proved unsuccessful, and that the trade could expect widespread reports of dam age th sre from within fortnight Spots here closed firm at h advance; sales 1000 Stock in New Orleans warehouses to- ,,iorlnt 5AA Ia at vaar AZ A3A
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Frisco System.
Southern Railway Co.

oC1CuulC lU EHCCt way xft ISOos Trains leave Birmingham as fololws: 6:l0 a. m.--No. 3S, for Atlanta. Washing ton. Baltimore Philadelphia. New York and the East. Pull man Drawing Room Sleeping Car, Birmingham to New York
 6.2O D. m.--No 19, for Montevallo Ma plesville. Selma and way sta tons.
 1925 D. m.-No 35, for Columbus, West Point. Winona, Greenwood and Greenville; also Sheffield and Florence and North Ala bama points.
 3:10 p.m.-No. 15 new train for Cordova. Oakman, Corona and way sta- tions; also Blossburg. 3:45 D. m.-No. 22. for Annston and way tations; also Taliadega 5;15 D. m.-No. 36 for Atlanta, Jaclsoa- vile and all Florida points: also Charlotte, Richmond. Washington. New York and the East. Pullman Sleeping Car Birmingham to Jackson- vile; also Birmingham to Richmond Va. 1020 D. m.-No. 37. for Columbus. West Point. Winona. Greenwood and Greenville. Pullman Draw ing Room Sleeping Car Bir- mingham to Greenville. 1o:S5 p. m.-No, 2l for Selma, Mobile and way stations. Pullman Draw ing Room Sleeping Car Bir- mlngham to Mobile. il 50 ?. m.-No. 9S, new train, for Atlanta, Anniston and way stations. Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car Birmingham to Atlanta. Sleeping car can be occupied at Union station 9:N D. m.
 For detailed information and sleeping car reservations apply passenger office. Morris Hotel building. Telephone g17 J. N. HARRISON, Dist. Pass. Agt
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LlveroooI Cotton Market.

Liverpool June 22.-Cotton. spot in llm- tied demand; prices 6 points higher; Am erican middling. fair, 646; good middling 32; middling. 6.22: low mddling. sos; good ordinary, 5,94; ordinary, 5.74. The sales of the day were 40O0 bales. of which 800 were for speculation and export and included 33oo American. Receipts 5000 bales. all American. Futures opened steady and closed steady; American mid ding. zoe: June, GOT; June-July. 5.s7; July-August, 5.s1; August-Septembe 5.76; September October, $40; October-Novem- ber, 5.26; November December, 5.20 Decem- ber-January. 517; January February, SIG; February March, 5.16.
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prx Goods Mark.t

New York. June 22.-Dry goods-The market has been improved to a certain extent by the announcement of reaction of a hef cent in prints. many fearing more radical cut. Other lines are more or less irregular with offers below sellers ideas being generally made.
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Wanted, to buy Grand Duke Soap wrappers, one- half cent each in cash. No. 22l3 and 22l5 Morris ave.
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Go.

Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Go.
 Direct Line
 In Connection with Illinois Central Ral- road Company to Gnlfport. Miss. Through Pullman sleeping cars between St Louis. Mo. and Gulfport, Miss. be- ginUSng June 15 on trains Nos. 1 and 2, with through service on same trains to Memphis, St. Louis, Chicago and Louis- ville
 Schedule effective June 15. 1904
 No. 1 No. 3 Nok Lv. Jackson :. 525 am 3;35 pm 4:3O am Lv. Hats 'bg.... slo am FOO pm 7:5s am Ar. Gulfport. .10:05 am 10:00 pm i1:15 am
 No. 2 No, No. 2 Lv. Gufport. 7;3o pm 7;2O am 4:05 pm Ar Hats hg. ... 9:25 pm 1925 am 7:10 pm Ar Jackson. .12:3O am 200 pm 10;45 pm GULFPORT--Mlssi greatest deep water port. only 12 hours from Memphis. At Jackson. connections made with the Illinois Central railroad to all territory North. East South and West. with Ala bama and Vicksburg Ky to Texas and the Southeast; at Hattiesburg. with New Or leans and Northeastern R. R.. Mississippi Central R. R. and Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City p R.; at Gulfport with Louisville and Nashville R. R.
 s. D. BOYLSTON,
 General Passenger Agent
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I. ss.so; K. s3.4o; M. 8. 6; N. s3 90; window glass, A.25; water white N.65.
 Charleston, June 22-Turpentine firm. 52c; sales none. Rosin firm; sales. none. Quote: A. B, c, $2.5O D, $255; E. s2. GO: F, 2.65; G, s2.70; H. sz.so; I, s 10; K, sS2o; M. s3.45; N, $a.65; window glass, A; water white, $40
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour-Dull. Wheat-No. spring. 93996c; No. 3, s5 q93c; No. ? red, 9S@99c.
 corn-No. ?. 4S1k@4s%c No yellow 51c.
 oats-No. 2, A@nsc; No. white. 400 44c.
 Rye-No ?. 65c.
 Barley-Good feeding, S4@40c; fair to choice malting, 42Q54c.
 Flax Seed-No. 1, $1 .01; No 1 northwest ern. SLOT. Timothy Seed-Prime, $2 .921a. Mess Pork-Per barrel. sl2. 75@12 80. Lard-Per Ito pounds $6 6921sd6.95 Short Ribs-Sides, loose, S 25d7 .37la. Short Clear Sides-Boxed. $7.2597. 50. Whiskey-Basis of Ugh wines, $.2S. Clover-Contraet grade, s10.75 On the produce exchange today the butter market was steady. Creamery. 131s6191kc.
 Dairy. 1I1E@16c.
 Eggs steady, 14d14i5c.
 Cheest easy, ,AdSc
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BIRMINGHAM AND ATLANTIC R. R

Read Down. Read Up. No. 1. No 3. No 2. No. am. pm. am. pm. 7:2o 500 Lv. Taliadega Ar 1o:19 7:A 6;35 s:52 Lv. .Pell City. ..Lv $50 6:A s:5s 1o:o5 Ar. .Bir' gham. .Lv 6:fo 5:1l Close connections made at Talladega with Eastern of Alabama to Pyrifon. Trains. Nos. 97 and 9S daily. All others daily except Sunday.
 J. F. FLEETWOOD c. P. A. snhn C. Soley. General Manager.
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Chicago. June 22-Bullish feeling crop reports on the condition of wheat were today offset by bearish adyices regarding the domestic situation. As result clos ing prices were practically unchanged. Corn was Ac lower; oats lsc lower and provisions 10 to 20c down.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
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Daily Statement.

Galveston-Quiet; middling, 10Ac sales, 1001; receipts. 45; stock. S792.
 Mobile-Nominal; middling, 10Ac; re- ceipts. 1; stock, S4S.
 Savannah-Steady; middling 1O%c; sales 10S7; receipts 450; stock, 29999
 Charleston-Nominal; stock 1876
 Wilmington-Nominal; receipts, 2; stock 3O1.
 Norfolk-Re 30; stock, 3150.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling, il .25c; stock, 965.
 Boston--Quiet; midding, II .10c net re- ceipts, II; gross. 1945
 phia-Steady; middling Il 5Oc i; receipts. 75c; stock, 472.
 St. Louis-Quiet; middllng, He; sales. 57; receipts, 65; stock. 12,677.
 Memphis-Cotton quiet, hc up; middling 107sc; receipts, IT; shipments, 347; sales, 25; stock, 15320
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Mrs. wlnslow's Soothing Syrup.

The best remedy for DIARRHoEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be surt, and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Ssrup," and take no other kind. Has been useS for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS Nof MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD, ,SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS all PAIN. CURES WIND ccLS.-s. andA,s twenty-five cents bottle
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RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure of passenger trains at the union station. ,Birmingham Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
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Naval Stores.

Wilmington. June 22.-ASpirits turpentine steady. 52Ac; receipts. 1s. Rosin. nothing doing; receipts. 97. Tar firm, $1.s0 re- ceipts. so Turrentine. crude. firm. BPS. A and s4.25: receipts, 70.
 Savannah, June 22.-Turpentine firm, s2%c; receipts, e62 sales 1299; exports. nothing. Rosin firm. receipts. 227s; sales, c75s; exports. 6. Quote: A, B, c, &. .55; D. s2-Gs: H. 10: F- s2-75. C. s2.a0: IL a:
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New York Cotton Futures.
New orIeano ccttey Market.

New Orleans June 22-Ihe spot cotton market was quiet; buyers complain of the scarcity of desirable grades. Sales 2350 bales including $50 to arrive and 300 [. O. b.
 Futures opened steady and from 1 to point up. The market was featurless un- til the middle of the session, when cov- ering by shorts in the new crop positions carried prices 13 points higher than yes- terdays close. At times the demand was far ahead of offerings and 1t was only by an exhibition of aggressiveness later In the day on the part of prominent bears that prices were prevented from making further advances. The fluctuations were fairly wide and frequent, The market closed steady with net gains of 23 points each on June and July, August N, and Il to 23 points on the new crop posi- tons.
 New Orleans. June 22-Cotton futures steady. June 10.64M10.66; July, 10.740 1076; August. 10HM1O.43 Septemmber. 9.74@9.75; October. 9.45@946; November, 9.44q9 45; December, 9.4ig9.45; January 9.51d9.53.
 New Orleans, June 22.-Cotton firm sales. 2350 ordinary, S7s good ordinary 911-16; low middling, 10 5-1s: middllng 1o7s; good midding, Il 3-1G; middling fair Il 7-16. Receipts. 1923; stock, 112,142
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Local Staple Groceries.

Local Staple Groceries. Flour-Fancy patent. S6; half patent s5.65.
 Sugar-Granulated. 5c: r. C.. F1fc. Coffee-Green. shG12hc: Arbuckisa Porto Rico. s11.e0.
 Meat-Dry salted ribs. sssc; dry salted rib bellies, sac; hams. fancy 13c; medium. 11%c; extra clears. SAC; bacon bellies, 119sc: extra clears. SAC; bacon bellies. l1Ac.
 Lard-Leaf, 7Ac.
 Compound Lard-Sno wfiake, 6ssc. Mo,asses-Csntrifugal. l503sc; -rgn house. 40c; Georgia cane. 3c Bears-Navy. y2.65 per bushei; Lima. 60 pound.
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cIearinas and Exchanges.

New Orleans June 22.-Clearings, g., ne.24i; New York exchange s1 per 1000 premium, commercial, 75c per 1000 dis count.
 Memphis, June 22.--clearings, s577, ,sss; balances, s1A,2o1.
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Sends.
Treasury Statement.

Washington, June 22.-Today's treasury balances exclusive of the gold reserve show: Available cash balance, s16s.o6 S45; gold $63,52s982.
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The Aee-HeraId Engraving Depart. ment makes good cuts.
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ToMeIceEE a NORTHERN RY. co,

Passenger Schedule Effective December
 1. 1903 Train No. l. Train No. 2 Lv 6:0O a. m. ....Fairford.. Ar. 7:45 a. m. Ar. 6:25 a. m. .....Calvert..... Lv. 7;20 a. m. Train No. 8.
 Lv. 800 p. m. .Fairford.... Ar. 800 D. m. Ar. S:25 D. m. ....Calvert.... Lv. 8.35 D. m. Tombigbee and Northern trains con- meet with all Southern Railway trains to and from Birmingham every day in the week including Sundays. For other information apply to
 JOHN T. COCHRANE.
 General Manager.
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l..icauo Change.

Chemical company closed 2s; do prefer red, 101.
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Help buy the elephant by saving Grand Duke Soap wrappers. They are worth one half cent each in cash.
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cARRoLLTON SHORT LINE EAfy
 WAY COMPANY.

To Carrollton and Stansel. Ala, via
 Reform. Ala
 No 2. No. 1. il ;10 am Leave Carroiltor Arrive 4:05 pm Il 20 m Leave St sei... -riv- 3:t pm Il 40 am Arrive Reform. Leave 3:25 p.r
 JOHN T. COCHRANE.
 Pres. and Gen1 Manager,
 Carrollton. Ala
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seaboard Ar Line.

Baltimore, June 22.-Seaboard Air Line, common, 7ss@s; do preferred, 14A@15; coastline common, nothing doing.
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SPECIAL LOW RATES VIA SOUTH
 ERIN RAILWAY

Eureka and Hot Springs, Ark, and re- turn. One fare plus s2 round trip Tickets sold only on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week during the months of June July, August and September. limited sixty days for return.
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RESOURCES.

Loans and Discounts. .$3, ,647 ,7S2.17 Overdrafts 421.45 U. s. Bonds and Premiums 363,50o.00 Other Stocks and Bonds. z5,30O.00 Real Estate, Old Bank Building =. ........ 5s,ooo.oo
 CASH. Tn Vault. .....$ 739,534.5s With Banks. 2,oo2, ,230.34 With U. s. Treasurer .. 15ooo.oo
 2,756. .764. .go
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St. Louis and return, account world s fair Season tickets. sixty-day tickets and fifteen day tickets are sold daily On Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week during month of June, coach excursion tickets will be- sold to St. Louis at less than the one-way standard rate, limited ten days for return.
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CASH.
s6.ss7,7ss.o4
$e,ss7,75s.54

W. c. HARDING PRESIDENT j. K. WOODWARD, H W; w. CRAWFORD Cashier A R. FORSYTH Assistant Cashier OlRECToRS-T Hlman, Tuhsler w Brown A. H woodward William Walker, D. Nabers H. Molton Robert Ersne M Jackson J. H. Barr w. p. G. Harding.
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virglnla-caroIina Chemical Go. New York, June 22.-Virginia-Ca Carolina
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Atlantic City N. J.-One frst-ciass fare plus si round trip, account Imperial Coun- ell Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Tickets on sale July 10 and Il, limited to July 23, 1904. Fourth of July Rates-One and one-third fare round trip. Minimum rate 50 cents Tickets sold from all points on Southern railway. Selling dates July 2. and 4. Him. ited to July 8. 1894. For detailed informa- ton call on nearest agent. or address
 J. N. HARRISON
 District Passenger Agent R. E. CREAGH.
 Travelling Passenger Agent,
 Birmingham, Ala
 6-f1-tf
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EIAE ILL IFS. capital stoclx .S 5oo,0o0.0d Surplus and Profits. zee. 233,21z-zs Circulation .. 300,ooo.oG
 DEPOSITS. Inyidfual S5,f73, ,566.69 Rank 64o,9S9.56 united States 5o,OO0.o0
 - 5,s64, 4,55s.25
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6-s-thu-st Judge of Probate.
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LIABILITIES.

Statement June 9th. 1904.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14

men, he could never close his ear or his
purse to tale of distress. and innumera BILE
were the acts of practical kindness which
ne did for members of his own profession
and others less fortunate than himself. In
his beloved 'Poppyland." the beautiful dts
trlct between Cromer and Mundesley on
the Norfolk coast, which owes SD much of
its present prosperity to his enthusiastic
pen. he was known and loved in every
.1shermans cottage and innumerabIe were
the stories of his benefa ctions in the days
when. Overstrand and Sidestrand-the site
OF his Garden of Sleep"-were still primi-
tive little villages. and their humble inhabi-
tants had no small struggle at some sea-
sons of the year to keep the wolf from
the door.
He was no mere summer holiday visitor
in their midst for in the depth of winter
he would suddenly appear at the door of
his favorfte mil-house, snatching a few
days respite from his busy round of thea
tiers and journalistic engagements In town.
and every man. woman and child In the
district was happier for the knowledge
that Clement Scott was once more among
them. To many of these humble homes the
news of his death will bring the same I'M
feigned sorrow which it has brought to the
many friends and colleagues who are
mourning his loss. L. II. MOORE.
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Stenography Ancient Art
From the Chicago Tribune.


Shorthand writing as. we now know it
the verbatim record Of human speech-is
generally supposed to be quite a modern
art. The ordinary books of reference con-
Arm this impression. They note the ex-
istence of systems of abbreviated writing
in antiquity, but give the inference that
these were incapable of doing what is now
done by shorthand. Leon GOudallier writ
ing IN Paris Cosmos. produces evidence that
this inference Is erroneous. Apparently he
has made thorough search of ancient
literature for illusions to shorthand, and
he produces such facts as these:
At the church council of Carthage. A. d.
al. eight shorthand reporters were regu-
larly employed. St. Augustine says his
hearers took down his discOurses In short
hand. Socrates. the church historian of
the fourth century. says the sermons of st.
John Chrysostom were so preserved. Fuse
bus. writing a century earlier says a theO-
logical debate between Malchion and Paul
Of Samosata was so recorded. Plutarch
accounts for the preservation of an eX-
tempore speech by Cato UticenSis in the
same way. But the most renowned short
hand writer of ancient times was Marcus
Julius Trio; the slave, freedman and sec
rotary of Cicero the orator. Undoubtedly
to his efforts We owe the preservation of
those rhetorical efforts which not only
drove Catalina into open rebellion. but
which still inspire incendiary thoughts in
the minds of American schoolboys, espe-
cially during the base ball season.
Hence It would appear that life In an
cient Rome might have been about as
strenuous as it is now. For. Of course.
Cicero was not the only statesman attended
by a stenographer. and it cannot be sup
would omit to supply themselves with this
assistance to rapid work.
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German Element in the United States

From Harper's Weekly.
A German writer says that in 1870 Ger
man blood ran in the veins of about one
fifth of the popula ton of the United States.
In 1890 the Anglo Saxon Puritan element
numbered 2,964,71T; the German element.
2,69 5,167; and the American population in
which the several European strains had al
ready become so thoroughly blended as to
be no longer easily distinguishable, 1872.
III. At the centurys end he finds in the
United States - Az 5S3 Germans as com
pared with 13.036 descendants of the
American" inha bitants i'm 1880. and H.
11S.64O Anglo-Saxons. The Teutonic ele-
ment Germans Scandinavians. Dutch and
Belgians) Is given as ~ per cent of the
total white population; but very little re-
fection upon the foregoing figures will be
required to convince our readers that In the
course or a century large part of the
German element-which was important even
at nfSt. and has been Increasing SO rap
idly that 1t now holds the first position
numerically, and is indeed twice as strong
as the Anglo-SaXon in that sense-must
have become by intermarriage thoroughly
anna lga mated with the descendants of Brit
ish colonists and the nineteenth century
immigrants from Great Britain. 1t Is "A
fair presumption that the influence of Ger
man blood-the inheritance of 1.-THE best of
the German natiOnality'-may be traced in
the more or less useful careers of very
many of the prominent Americans whose
names give TO certain indication of their
German origin, or Of German blood derived
through some ancestreSS.