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LOCAL WHOLESALE PRICE.
Country Produce.

Country Produce. The quotations follow: Eggs-13Q15c Poultry-Hens. S2c apiece; irving slze' Potatoes-Irish. s1 oo01.15 per bushel: sweet potatoes, 75990c. Lemons-Per box. 2.5003 %. Rice-No 1. 6c; No. ?. 4hc. Peanuts-Per pound, 5h @6c. Pineapples-Per crate, $2 .50@2.75. Beans Choice. hand picked navies. $2.75; red kidney beans. $3.so; Lima beans. bhc per ID. Cheese-Per lb., 14hc. Bananas-Per bunch. N.7502.oo. Onions-Per bushel. 95c. Cabbage-Per h.. 1hc Apples-Per hushel. S0@90c: per bbL. $4 Cranberries-Per bbl., $10. Celery-Per bunch. 35 e soc. Malaga grapes-Per keg, $4. 50. Cocoanuts-Each 4c. Florida oranges-Per box. $2.T5.
 Provisions. Bacon-SKc. Dry salted sides 7hc. Lard-Leaf. 7%c. Meal-62h 065c per bushel. oats-white. 5O@6oc; mixed, soc. Corn-White, 63Q65c per bushel Salt-Liverpool, $1 per sack; Virginia. Butter-Jersey 2O@26c; Tennessee coun- try. 2Sc. syrup-Fancy. 4oc: reboiled. soc. Flour-Patent. $5.75Q6.oo per barrel; straight. $4.75. sugar-Grnnulated 4Hc; Y. C.. 4H9 4hc; cut loaf. sac. Arrow ties-45 lbs. s1.10 Jute bagglng-2 lbs. 7h97%c; 1& lbs, IA@71sc
 WOOdware. Half bushels-Iron- bound. per dog. S3. % Peck measures - Iron-boun per doz, s2. 50.
 Buckets-Two hoops s2. 75 three hoops $3. %; brass. red cedar, $7.OO. Well buckets-13 SO Washboards-$1. 7592.5O
 Hardware. Nails-wirc, S2. .6O Axes-$5. .5096.50 Cotton cards-$4.E9. Hollow ware--Couuscy, 3Gc Chain traces-$4. .0OQ7.OO Bellows-$4. 5O9lO.
 Hides, WODI, Etc. Hides-Green salte1. 6c. Gay flint II-4a; dry salted, l0c
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NEW ORLEANS SUGAR.

NEW ORLEANS, May 3.-Sugar steady: open kettle. 2& @3 3-16; open kettle centri- fugai. 3@3%; centrifugal whites. Az 04SI yellows, 3A @4: seconds. 2% 03A.
 Syrup nominal. 20@25.
 Molasses nominal: open kettle. 2o925,
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xryrRPooL COTTON FUTURES.

NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES.
 NEW YORK, May 3.-Following were the quotations on the cotton exchange to-
 Open. High. Low. Close.
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favorable weather must be the rule hence forth to prevent the movement from being uncomfortabiy late. Aside from this there
 is a decided chance In favor of lower prices offering an incentive for activity amongst l spinners that would result in greater neces-d sity for the actual cotton. Thus the market
 continues to drift without an immediate destination. but 1t is patent that any ia ! vorable developments, are likely to have an 1 Instantaneous effect on prices. I
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Msnther Concltions.

fall slowly or remain stationary during next two days.
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DATT,Y COTTON MARKET.

NEW ORLEANS, May 3.-Cotton quiet; sales. 1.o25: ordinary. II 5-1s: good ordin- ary. l2&; low middiing, 1sA; middling, l3&: good middiing. 13 15-16: middling fair, 14 4s-is. -seceiptssr 2,5s7; stock. 176,- $50.
 GALvESTON--Cuiet: middlng, 13X; re- ceipts. 2,ze3; stock. 17,s0f.
 MOBILE.--Nominai; middling, f3x; re- ceipts. 1ss: stock, 5.244
 sAvANNAH.--Easy lower to sell; mid ding. 1sM: receipts. FPS; stock, s4,1ss.
 CHARLESTON = Nominal; receipts, 2; stock. 2.sss.
 WILMINGTON. - Nominai: receipts. 20: stock. CHA.
 NoRFoLK.-Receipts. 1.o5o; stock. 7.soo. BALTMoRE-Nomina middling l4; stock s33. 2
 BosToN.--Quiet; middiing. 13 .s5: net re- caipts 1ls, gross. 1Ss.
 PHILADELPHIA. - Quiet: middiing. 1s. 80; receipts, 114; stock, 1.953.
 ST. LOUIS.--Nomnal; middling, 14: re- ceipts BIO: stock. 12110.
 NEW YORK-Cotton quiet; middling. as.6s: gross receipts. eS7; sales, SIS; stock, eg,4s4. Exports, to continent, 9S6.
 Total to-day: Net receipts. 6,3s1; exports. to Great Britain. 2.3ss; to cont,seht. sds; , stock 3B4.5s1
 Consolidated Net receipts. 2s.212: ex- ports to Great Britain. 2o.24o: to continent. 11.see.
 Total since Sept. 1: Net receipts, s.sss.- s17. exports. to Great Britain. 2.269,S20; to France, eT0. .2s5: to continent, 2,442.002; to Japan. 41.s71: to Mexico. 25.571.
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CINCINNATI PROVISIONS. CINCINNATI. May 3.-Flour dull. Lard quiet. 6.10. Bulk meats easy, $50. Bacon steady, HIS. Wh:skey, 1.2S. Sugar easy.
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THE WEATHER.

! a. m. 30 os 62 10 OO Cicar-E p m .ol 76 It .oO Ciear-E Maximum temperature for day, so deg. Minimum cmperature for day 59 deg Average temperature for day. 70 deg Normal temperature for day 69 deg Accumulated excess since Jan. l, 1I6 deg. Average relative hum dity for day. 64 per cent.
 Total rainfall since Jan. 1, 14.21 inches.
 River Bulletin.
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MARINE NEWS,

TREASURY BALANCES. WASHINGTON, May 3.-Treasury ball ances, $22o,1s2.322: gold. SIP.
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MARKETS FOR FUTURES
DE JLINEs UNDER LIQUIDATION
 ON THE CALL.
Weather Bureaus Report Was Bull tsh, But Proved to Have Been Quite Well Discounted.
 The Close Steady.

New, York. May s.-The cotton market opened steady at decline of 2d6 points under liquidation and room selling, pro- noted by lower cables from turn for the better in climatic conditions and a bear ash statement issued by a leading trade authority showing an increase of about 10 per cent In acreage. There was consid- erahle covering at the decline by sellers of yesterday and late last week. but not euff1cient to check the decining tenden- cy. however. until the market was about to i2 points below the closing prices of last night when offerings became less ac- i've and the market while quieter turn ed slightly steadier. working up to about last nights prices The weather bureau reports was bullish but proved to have been duite well discounted and had little material effect on the market which con- tinued steady in an irregular sort of way and closed steady at unchanged prices to d decline of points with the late posi- tfons showing relative firmness on com mission house buying. Trading as 8 whole was quiet and sales for the day aid not reach over 25o,00O bales accord Ing to estimates. Estimated receipts of cotton at the ports today, 5000 bales For the week, 3S 900 against fl, ,403 last week.
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tain circulation until the following
Mrs. Bass tried the same tactics.
according to Mrs. Smith.
Il had read the book written by
Mrs. Rice, said Mrs. Smith, land
from the information it contained I
supposed the family to be in dire
straits. Several times had made up
my mind to call on them and see if I
could not in some way minister TO
their sufferings. Last Saturday told
my husband I intended visiting Mrs.
Wigs that afternoon and proffer as
sistance. He acquiesced, and without
any thought as to the probable con-
sequences, the book having eleft the
impression that Mrs. VICES was OF a
sweet and gentle disposition. started
to her home.
I asked to be directed to the famous
house. As my request was granted I
noticed a twinkle in the eye OF the
urchin of whom I had asked the in
formation. Unaware, however, of the
hostile attitude of Mrs. Wigs toward
visitors, and particularly those bent
on sharing her burden, 1 followed the
directions and walked boldly up to
the front door.
It knocked, but received no an
swer to my summons, and, after re-
peating the knock, decided to try the
rear door, thinking, probably Mrs;
duties in the kitchen. / stepped to
the back door and was on the point of
seeking admission when heard a
rasping voice from an upstairs win
dow, and looked up just in time to re-
ceive the contents of a jar of foul
smelling slop full in the face. With
out further ado I beat a hasty retreat
and remained in seclusion until my
husband came home.
II should have preferred to remain
silent regarding the affair." but he in
sisted that the woman's action de-
manded punishment and instructed
me to take out the warrant for her
arrest
Mrs. Bass was only too glad to tell
her side of the story. These people
who are always nosin' in other peo-
pies business is bound to git in
trouble, an that's jest her fix" said
Mrs Bass. Ever since that fool
book was wrote they've been buttin'
IN, and jest made UP my mind I'd
stop EN-.
st tried to scare 'em away by telIin'
EN- I'd shoot, but that didn't work,
and it's UP to me to do somethin' else.
They flock to my house jes' like
was runnin' menagerie, an there
amt nothin' there to see but me an
my two kids. If they'd only let us
like happy an content like.
That's not so about tn jar O slop.
was scrubbfn' a shed porch when
this woman came around the house.
an swept q broomful o. water on
her afore I knowed she was there. 1
amt sayin' I wouldn't a done it if I'd
saw er, and l wish now I had. MY
lawyer told me today I ought to take
the broomhandle the next time they
poster me-
And thus is shattered the idol of
Mrs VICES of the Cabbage Patch"
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RANEPAeEoUs RowsER.
His DIother-in-Law Tells How she
Cooled Him Down.

Having 3 presentiment that Mr..
Bowser was making things hot around
the house again. and knowing that I
am the only person in the world ca
pable of managing him when he is in
his tantrums, I packed my trunk and
took a little journey the other day.
I gave him no advance warning that
was TO arrive but reached his home
from the depot about o'clock in the
evening. He happened to be in the
front hall and answered my ring him
self, and for a moment after catching
sight of me he looked like one who
was staring at a ghost.
IL you have not lost what little
sense you ever possessed I said, ''you
viii pay the driver and get my trunk
upstairs How is Amanda ~
''She-she-she is Well" he stam-
mered- We've didn't expect you
mo, probably not, but it's my little
way of dropping in when I'm not ex-
pected- Get move on you"
/ was was soon in the arms of my
daughter, and after dinner she took
me up to her bedroom and told me
how glad she was that I had come.
MI Bowser was on the rampage, and
my arrival was opportune. After
questioning her at length, discovered
the following:
That he was planning to repaint the
house. although it had two fresh coats
last year.
LAdl lie WAS lIlenQ1ng 10 plant the
whole back yard to sunfiowers.
That the whole front yard was to be
given up to hollyh ocks.
That he was going to clean house
and be three weeks about it.
That he was going to attend an
auction sale next day and buy $500
worth of antique furniture.
That he had raised a row about the
gas bill and charged his wife with
having got up at midnight and turned
on every burner in the house.
That when she had hunted I'D a
dressmaker for 81 per day he had
called it highway robbery, and said
he would stay at home and do the
sewing himself before he would pay
any such extortion
There We're lot more things-one
of them being that he had borrowed
gun and was going out into the
country next night to stay all night
and shoot snipe-and, of course, I felt
it my duty to tackle him as soon as
possible At the dinner table he was
sullen and scowling, and the only time
he spoke was when he said:
Il see by the papers that this has
been great winter for old women
to die off"
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waves beneath. Venus appears What
glory awaits Helen! Helen resists how
ever the glowing entreaties of Paris; she
speaks of her honor, she involxes Zeus
her father, but she is unable to conceal
her love and she avows it, In vain does
Pallas, sent by Zeus, tell Paris of his
premature death and of Troy in flames;
the hero defies prophecy The sun arises
and Helen and Paris, in each others arms
sing a hymn of love and soon the pillows
from afar will send back the echo of
their song on the vessel that bears them
to Troy Mr.. de CurzOn characterizes the
poem as thin in texture and too short for
effect
1T win be seen that Saint-saens fol-
lows the theories of certain ancieuts who
excused Helen for her follies by saying
that she was pushed toward them by
Venus. Thus Euripides represents Meme
laus as pardoning his Wife by declariEg
that she was unwilling in her elopement
and in her subsequent amorous adven-
lures; that she was merely the pIaything
of the deities''
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FALL or HOUSE OF WEBERFIELD
Joe Weber and Lew Fields Have Dis
solved Their Partnership.

The house of Weberfelds has fallen
wrecked Sy the hands That built it, New
Workers and the great amusement world
are the losers as much as are the Two
six years of partnership. The name of
Weber and Fields is never to be used by
them again. That is nominated IN the
deed of separation. Each man is to seek
fortune and new fame on his own ac-
count Weber will remain at the old
Fields viii have a playhouse built for
himself and make his bid there for popu-
Unless stage precedents are upset,
neither man will get the reward IN the
new field that he found n the ola, AZ
the history of vaudeville no team has had
SO much and 50 long continued prosperity
The story of their rise is like a page
of fiction. Twenty-six years ago, when
Joseph Weber and Lew Fields We're east
side youngsters with craze Tor the
stage, they managed to get an engage
ment in Bowery music hall to do an
Irish song and dance Think of it-WeDer
and Fields doing an Irish turnt Eney
received IS week-s4f each-and We're
The irish song and dance was a good
deal of a frost on ths Bowery, and they
tried a Dutch eean1 act. Their makeup
in those days was practically the same
as it is now. They got engagements in
m nalsgiry n thein way. Sven ye.iTs ago
their great opportunity came; Inc IN Ia
They took it and lived down its bad
reputation. From tire very first they met
with pnenOnendl SUCCESS lAstS ei1oPeS4 q
radical policy, gathering about them some
of the highest priced entertainers IN Amer
lea The payroll was close to $1,000
week.
In the light of the big money that was
paid to performers, it didn't seem post
bic that Weber and Fields could have
much profit. but from the me they open
ent season they made from $500 to s4,1OO
week in New York and n much t more lhaa
out of town they broke all records in Some
Of the cities they. visited In Chicago they e;
f.o1Iis one week they played to $4,000.
Weber and Fields had six years OF Won
derful prosperity. Money seemed TO pour
in on Them 1t came so fast that they
did not know what TO do with It.
But the present season was dlsastrous.
deadly enemies for some time, and the
breach can not be healed. Their style .7, OF
have reaped considerable profit from it.
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Yes it hasf' r fepIied9 "but I'm left
on earth vet ana T. can manage cranks
as well as ever
Directly after dinner I heard him
telling Amanda that he guessed he'd
drop over to the What Is 1t club for
an hour or two and give US a chance
to talk, but I crooked my finger at him
and said:
Mr. Bowser, that What Is It will
wait for you in vain tonight. Your
mother-in-law has arrived, and there
are few things she would like to
say to you" -ue
But 1 don't care to talk he gruf-
fly replied
But you will talk just the same. If
you want to talk to me here, all right;
if you want me to follow you to the
clubs, you just put on your hat"
He hung to the wind for a. minute
and then sat down and began whis-
Ting TO himself to show that he was
not afraid. Mrs. Bowser motioned to
me over his head to spare him all 1
could, but it did not soften my heart.
Mr.. Bowser is a man who cannot be
spared. The only way to deal with him
is to crush him. True. he will only
stay crushed as long as / am in the
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full Of your emotions, you will tumble
down with apoplexy some day. The
antique business viii be cut out, and
now about the dressmaker. I shah 30
after her the first thing in the morn
ing. Her prices are very reasonable,
to kick. If you want a 81 box Of cigars
you order them without a qualm. 1t
viii be 81 per day for about two weeks.
and she won't need your assistance
with the darningneedle.
I am told that you have borrowed
a gun and are going to the country to
shoot snipe at night. In the first place,
you couldn't hit a barn at ten rods off !;
in the next, snipe don't fly at night; in
the third, that gun win be trotted horne
in the morning. If there is any run
ming around nights you can run to the
theater with Mrs. Bowser. What were
you going to say2"
81 was going to say, woman" he
thickly replied, as he Hailed his arms
about was going to say that my
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ouse. but it has a moral effeet after-

house. but it has moral effect after
wards.
mfr. Bowser.'' I presently began.
what is this I hear about the gas
biu?"
Your daughter has wasted 50 worth
to spite me-" he replied.
You know better. sir. The idea of
a bald-headed man weighing 200
pounds telling any such story as that
looks like boys play Don't you want
some bread and butter with sugar on
it2 You never go down cellar that you
don't leave a blaze of light behind you.
That's where the gas has gone. You
are one of the most careless men in
the world around the house Let me
hear no more of Amanda's extrava-
gance. Now, about this repainting."
The house is TO have two coats, and
I'm going to do the work myself. /
calculate it will take me two weeks. "
Well, I don't calculate it will take
you two minutes. The house doesn't
need 1t. and no painting win be done.
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name is Bowser"

Yes"
And this is my house."
And I run things to suit myself.
What right have you to come down
here and-and-"
THE right of the mother-in-law.
sir, and that's the best right in the
world. One more thing this evening.
the What Is 1t club for couple OF
hours. Well, you won't drop. They
will miss you, and they'll be inquiring
Why Is It? But let EN- inquire. Your
place is right here, and here you'll
stay.
now, who is a bit nervous. and if you
go to banging doors, rafting the fur
mace, or stamping up and down you'll
hear from me. You may think il a
good time to mend the water pipes.
fix door. experiment on the gas
meter or drive nails, but let me assure
you to the contrary. These few words
this evening are only a sort of pr
logue; tomorrow we will get down
real business and have thorough
understanding"
vanished upstairs, and Mr.. Bow
ser shook his fist after me and
tramped around for the next ten min
utes like an angry lion He didn't
know whether to burst out a window
or break three or four chairs, but at
lounge to think it all over. An hour
later his wife and I came creeping
softly downstairs to find him asleep
with hands clasped behind his head
and a tear on his cheek, while the
cat occunfed a nearby chair and re-
Rampageous BOwser had been
quieted.
BOWSER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW
| Copyrighted. 1904, by c. 3. Lewis.
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NEW sAINT-sAENs OPERA.
'.Helene 1T Paris Has Been Produced
Mt Monte CarIOs

Saint-Seans' new opera, Helene ct Par
is, has been produced at Monte Carlo. a
writer there says:
Satnt-Saen wrote his own libretto. It
is in one act and he characterizes it as a
lyric poem. The subject is the last hour
spent by Helen on Grecian soil before her
flight with Paris.
zone of the most striking scenes in
Flauberts Temptation of St Anthony is
the appearance of Simon with the woman
Ennoia, who, as the magician, insisted
had once teen Helen of Troy. She recites.
as in a trance: The sail was filled with
wind. the keel eleaved the foam. He said
to me; What matter if I vex my eoun-
try, if I lose my kingdom; you will be-
long to me in my house. How sweet was
the high room of his palacel He lay On
the ivory bed and as he caressed my hair
sang anorousIy.i
Saint-Saens represents Helen wander
ing at day break on deserted cliffs, seek
ing to forget her passion for Paris, ours
ing her beauty ready to find death in the
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NANCE o'NEIL's DIAMONDS.
Incidental to the Story She Played in
Topeka a Week.

There is a diamond. story out concern
ing Nance O'Neill, who, through her
Boston success, has taken a new lease
on stage life, which may be somewhat
exaggerated in the matter of figures
and still contain many statements of
facts.
The story concerns $4,000 worth Of
Jewels, and it is said that the diamonds
have crossed the continent twice during
the last two years and never once in
that time has Nance O'Neill been al
lowed to touch them. This privilege
was denied her until day or two
ago
In 1903. when Miss O'NeiH made such
q disastrous failure in London, she was
obliged to leave her jewels with a Lon
don bank as securely for expense mon
ey to carry herself and company back
to America.
Miss O'NeiH and Mckee Rankin were
making their way to California to re-
euperate their losses and they stopped
a week with their company and played
at the Grand, in Topeka, at 10, 20 and
80 cent prices. That was the greatest
bargain week ever at the Topeka thea
tiers. Among other plays was THE
Canuck." But this does not concern the
Misfortune followed her to San Fran
cisco, where, after q series of disasters,
beginning with the loss in the Theater
Republic fire of many valuable cos
tunes and curios which she had Sc
cured in her triumphant tour of Austria
liza, she found herself without sufficient
means to go east, where an engagement
was waiting for her.
While in the depths of despair she
prevailed upon J. =. Rater of Chicago
to advance her a further sum on the
diamonds which she had left in Lon
don.
Mr.. Rauer sent a messenger to Lon
don to inspect the Jewels, and being
satisfied with the report he paid the
claims of the bank and took possession
of the gems, advancing the actress
$12, 900 on them
With this money Miss O'Neill paid
her debts and took her company
east where further troubles awaited
her She was refused engagements unless
she would consent to play without Nc
Kee Rankin, the manager who "discov-
ered' her. She dechnedLto desert Ran
kin and matters dragged along until
quite recently. $50 a
j. c. Schafer, wealthy Bostonian,
short time ago became interested in
the plight of the young actress, and he
has placed Miss O'Neil and company
on a good financial footing. He releas-
ed Miss O'Neil's diamonds, and now sne
is happy with herfn SIS 600 diamonds
scintillating once again before the foot
lights. She has secured a four months
engagement to play ut st. Louis during
the fair. 49, g. = y ~ asAeeF'f%
Rankin will not continue to act as
her business manager, but viii still.
play with her company. s