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His fellow-citizens looked at the
organizer. thinking it might be a
joke; then they consulted in whis-
pers, and MIR FIigg again addressed
the chair:
''Coons is easy. we all know but
viii they stand for this here kind
OF sport?"
For the first time since The re
formation the reformed squirrel
hunter was moved to swear, but he
choked back the desire. and kindly
enlightened the doubtful ones.
Pigeons is mostly what they use
at the traps. but we-all can't get
meme in these parts We might set
on the beach ard shoot sea gulls and
pelicans, lat they won't some clost
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Of Mr.. Squirrel Jordan

rate, Sc the legend runs, MIR. Jordan
fOrsook the woods and sat in a boat
with his legs under the seat, shoot
ing an occasional isolated sporadic
duck On account of his family he
would take 40 more chances among
the squirrels in the forest. He sub
scribed for the Ladies' Home Jour
nal and a magazine devoted TO out
door sports, and sought To live down
the past.
This brief excerpt from Mr.. JOr-
dams history tends to show what
kind of a man he was Old Squirrel
meant well. but he grew pensiye and
inert drifting around in a duck boat.
His sporting blood got thick and
dOpy. In al evil moment ne read
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alert little creatures hard TO find.
II was his habit to prowl the woods
from daylight till dark with his gilt
tering eyeballs fixed on the tree tops
If squirrel SO much as showed a
head Mr.. Jordan fixed its clock
right then and there. The gaze of
the hunter was ever directed aloft.
That was his business. While thus
preocCupied his tender shinbones
blazed a trail through the trackless
jungle, He bumped said shins on
stumps. fallen timber and protruding
roots. The cuss words Mr.. Jordan
emitted while blazing new trails are
said 10 have made the welkin ring
and withered some wild flowers
blooming in the bosky dells. How
many of these flowers died under the
blighting influence of Mr.. Jordan s
vocabulary I have no means of
knowing. However. that portion of
the legend is immaterial.
At night, by the fireside, the wick
ed squirrel hunter applied pungent
herbs TO his bumped shins and BIAS
phemed more and worse, if any
thing, than during business hours.
He failed to see why the soft mart
of gentIeman's shanks should go
10 waste on the hind side of his
legs, where the fieshy cushions did
no good. Why in the lame of sui
phur aud mOlasses, Mi. Jordan loud
ly inquired, did not the Creator To-
cate the calves of the legs in front
so as to soften the pathway of souir-
rel hunters in the forest primeval7
That was the burden of his blas-
phemous complaint. Before he left
this mistit world he hoped TO see at
least one human being who was built
according to Hoyle.
No answer came to this uncouth
wish until the advent of the Jordan
first born The boy had pair of fat
and very pink calves on the front
side of his little legs. midway be-
tween the mock joints and the fet-
locks, Otherwise, the child was all
right The off-side calves. the ma
tives said, We're a curse called down
upon Squirrel Jordan for criticising
his own shape in loud and profane
manner; and new and note agon-
tzing problem confronted the parent.
and made wretched his sleeping and
waking hours He didn't know
whether to educate his son for the
squirrel hunting or football indus
try Nature had designed Little
Squirrel to shine in either line. pro-
yided he got the right start. At any
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They're Oft!

Ts slaves who dwell by the Jim-iam
wen by the Demon Rum accurst,
Te hquored goats with the cOppeTed
throats that crack with white-hot
Thirst
What OF the mug and the little brown
jug on January First2
Hear We the clank of the Water Tank
and the swish of the buttermiik
cburn?
And the drUD drop, drop of the soda-pop
and the ginger ale ye spurn.
And the cool cascade of the lemonade
where the Demons eyeballss burn2
Turn from your bats. Ne famous Watts.
ere the honk of the New Year boots.
For the High Faugdoo of the Ribbon
Blue is calling for raw recruits,
'Oh. come. ye Tanks. 10 the righteous
ranks of the Ex-COnviviaI Toots!'
From the Water Camp I can hear the
tramp Of the Sober. myriad score
OF the Lemonade and Tea Brigade and
the Order of DIp-No-More,
The Band of Hope aud the League Of
Soap and the Tammanv Hydrant
Corps.
can hear the yowI OF the Water Fowl
and the splashing of many waves
Brave men and wet. with your squirt
guns set for the ranks of the
Care ye a dam. though Omar Khayyam
and Falstafr turn in their graves?
And they shall march as they always
march when the New Year opens
his eyes,
What though they stop for a wee. small
drop ITO jhe health of our enter
prise,
Til At last they stray by the devious
way where the Anheuser shrubbery
lies?
Yct they shall swear as they always
swear when the signs of the Old
Year pass.
As they have done since the first sweet
sun glinted on Eden's grass.
When the Serpent dread dropped q
cherry red in the bottom OF Adam 5
glass
s"Eyeballs. from 'ighbalis or highbalis.
-Wsl!Sca Irwin. In New York Globe.
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all told The church authorities aid
ed in the capture, being glad TO get
r. of the pests. The inaugural shoot
was held on Saturday afternoon at
the foot of Main street. II was the
sporting event par excellence. Lay
men and professors. women and chill
dreu and the village band assem-
hled for the slaughter of the bats,
Mr.. Jordan wore a large spangled ro-
sette on his bosom anG 0Ossed tie
show. He placed the five barrels in
barricade formation on the sand,
close to the waters edge. and sta
toned a negro behind each barrel.
These were the traps. All a negro
had TO do was grab a bat, hurl it
aloft and duck behind his barrel.
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In Which the Present-Day Style of Magazine Fiction
Is Somewhat Cynically Accentuated

'GOOd-by?" she said in question
ing tones, rising and shifting Mar
echal Mel rose that was stuck in
his buttonhoie.
He looked intently al an etching
by Field which hung over the desk
1t depicted a sylvan scene in the
depths Of winter; but he did not
think of that Yes, good by" he
said, dropping the paper-cutter in
advertently.
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enough Therefore. ] move we all
use bull bats. | known an old Span
ish cathedral in the city that has
thousands of EN- whizzing round in
the attic S'pose we-aH get some
bats and let EN- aloose."
$Who viii turn EN- go with US
feilers shooting?" asked q timid
member.
Leave that TO me, said Squirrel
Jordan. "a collection viii nov te
took UP to de-fray costs
With fund made up by the club
Old Squirrel journeyed to the city.
Several days later he returned on
a way freight His face and hands
showed signs of conflict, but he had
FIVE barrels of fuzzy baJs-about 200
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About thirty yards away on the
shoreward side of the traps, Mr. Jor-
dan ranged the Target Club in bat
tie array. with himself at the head
Of the line The band played Sol
diers in the Park" at the eonclu-
son of which inspiring melody Mr.
Jordan stepped one pace 20 the rear
and yelled, let 'em lO0set" The
women and children stuck their fin
gers in their ears and the gunners
made ready to blow some bats into
eternity
The real article IN Africans may
ever be depended upon 10 do the
wrong thing at the right time, and
1t was only natural the traps should
get fatally twisted in the more i'm
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removed from the lime
light. 1 wouldn't abide in such q
place myself. The inmates might as
well seek to win a spot on the map
without the aid Of souvenir postal
cards and the baseball team. Life
must be a dreary job in a Iegendless
town-something like living in
Brooklyn, I imagine.
Nov, the salt sea air of Dope
Springs Is full of legendary lore and
some of the tales are almost as
weird as the kind that made Mil
waukee-I mean the Catskilis,
famous. The big wind in Ireland
was only a puff to the gale that tore
our drawbridge down and carried Mr..
Joe Tondy's fiddle into the Gulf
Stream. And the dirges of the Lost
Elaine were ragtime alongside the
walls the wind dragged from the
strings of the departed fiddle [
might 90 on and relate the legend
of the Wyandotte hen. subject 10
nightmare, who roasted in a tall
tree. and the doings of a Northern
pilgrim who tried TO raise ducks
in an alligator pond. Not less eXcit-
ing is the romantic deed of an hum
BILE shrimp fisher who ate nine
pounds of dry soda crackers while
sailing from Scranton to Round
Island, a distance of three miles.
But what's the use2 lack the nerve
10 put Sleepy Hollow out Of busi-
ness as the boss legend center Of
these United States.
Therefore, l will note the severely
simple proceedings Of Mr.. Squirrel
Jordan, long since passed away He
left behind him the Legend of the
Live Shoot and a buffaloed target
club TO mourn his loss His misdi-
rected endeavor was intended to i'm
prove the zeal and aim of a hardy
race of Nimrods beyond the blue
rock belt, and that the live shoot
failed was no fault of the promoter.
II is said he pined away and died of
a broken heart. Be that as it may,
the Legend of the Live Shoot is
freIghted with woe and sadness long
before the end
Squirrels were Mr.. Jordan's Prince
Albert or long suit in the earlier
stages of his career. He made those
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chapter 1t might have had a sig
nificance, but if it had it escaped
her. A fly flew in at the window
and settled on her cheek, but she
did not notice it,
Charles leaned forward and
brushed the fly from her delicate
cheek. He had ceased to care for
her, but he was not above doing
her a common courtesy. He read a
short poem in the ten-cent monthly.
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At last he said, "You have not an
swered me-"
Il did not know that you had
asked me anything" she replied,
turning her head SO as to see the
little oil painting OF a flock of
sheep. which her father had won
at a rattle.
"Oh, Marie, don't you understand
me?" he cried in tones of anguish,
as he stepped to the mirror and tied
his cravat
Marie was silent She did not
understand him She hated herself
for 1t, and tapped the Smyrna rug
with her foot as she had seen act
resses do under stress of feeling.
Charles rose and walked to the
door. Ee turned and looked over
the shoulder of his pepper-and-salt
suit. All was at an end.
Marie picked up a magazine and
looked at the pictures.
There was sound of a closing
door. Marie was alone with the
book and magazines, the paper-cut-
ter, the seven chairs, the armchair,
the sofa, the center table. the mir
ror, the desk, the lace curtains, the
pictures, and the Syrian rug.
The lunch bell rang.
She hastened TO the dining room.
AGopyrIght 1905 by Jame. Poft 4 Cc1
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moFose and gloomy sporting charae-
ter sought to drown his mental an
guisb in jambalaya, 4 la solo. i nv
his lonely. Once each week. start
ing about 2 d. m, Mr.. Jordan sailed
down the coast in d catboat to Point
Aucheine, SO as 10 be on the hunting
grounds before daylight.
He carried his gun, an iron pot,
the jam bone of d ham, some rice
and chill peppers. head of garlic. two
dozen raw oysters. can OF tomatoes.
d pound of lard and d bottle of red
INK, thought to be wine. When dav
dawned Old Squirrel ranged along
the sands, shooting plover, snipes.
marsh hens and other items with
which to promulgate the jambalaya.
Cropping up the jam bone of the
ham and the garlic, he fried them
down IN fat at the bottom of the
pot, and introduced d bunch of Iurjd
peppers. Next he added water and
the birds, cut into small pieces.
When the game exhibits had
saeWed sufficient in this gravy. the
rice went into the pot, and. later.
the oysters and canned tomatoes
The jambalaya, red and infamma-
tory, was then complete. A gallon
or so of this compound. which the
wine aided and abetted. eaten in ut
ter solitude, steered our hero's
thoughts into different channels for
the time being. Even the devil him
self would esteem a writ of habeae
corpus following a dose Of jambalava
like Mr. Jordan used to make. Too
much hot stuff, they say, but the
chill pepper was in harmony with
MIR. Jordan's mood
For many years, summer and
winter, Old Squirrel carried on these
personally conducted jambaIaya
tours, all by himself. He seemed to
love a hot time in the wilderness.
One cold morning, an hour before
NOSs q hunting party 4uAuCu at tue
point TO huddle round a deserted
campfire. a hunter trod on some
thing that emitted a snarl of an
noyance and Mr. Jordan sat up in a
nest Of steaming moss and seaweed.
He had dug a shallow grave IN the
sand, built a fire therein, and when
the Goals died down laid a bed of
moss and covered himself. In that
steam oven Old Squirrel kept warm
until daybreaK, and attuned his sys-
TEN to the jambaiaya pitch. The
amazed hunters begged pardon and
sought another stretch of woods.
At length, one day, the outcast
sportsman failed to return from a
trip to Point Aucheine. The reseus
party found him dead IN his warming
nest by the camp blaze. Some said T
heart disease. others aver the fire
in the sand pit was too hot. Tha
is the answer. The damp moss an
seaweed generated too much steam
and Mr.. Squirrel Jordan perishe
like a clam at Coney Island bisse
Copyright. 1905, by Charles Dryden. b
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1t fell with a tinkling sound up
on the marble center table and
thence to the India rug. The sound
reused Marie.
We'll, then, / suppose We must
part"
Your suppositiOn is the right
one" said he, taking up a ten-cent
mon thly-
She picked up copy of the lat
est novel and opened at the last
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NAACI oets A.
Let us discover two characters in
the parIor, and open the conversa-
ton in this way:
Charles Darcy rose to his feet
and gazed firsr at Marie and then
at steet engraving.
Marie'S eyes followed his. and
then Went h"-ond and back of him to
d French mirror. 1t was at least
minute before Charles spoke. and in
that time his hazel eyes travelled
around and took in seven chairs,
the armchair, the sofa, the desk. and
the curtains.
Nor were her eyes idle, even
though she did not speak. She
looked at the handsome Turkish
rug, at the cartridge paper on the
wall-it was a robin 's-egg blue ct
the chandelier and then at him.
Il don't know what TO say said
he at last. casting his eyes upon the
Japanese rug.
Why have you called, then ?' said
she, opening a magazine with ner-
vous fingers and reading some of
the advertisements.
Il came" said he, as he played
with a silver paper-cutter that had
been secured at a bargain sale, Ito
say Sood-by.
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PASS It On

If a kindness has been show
Pass il on
Let IL travel and be known,
Pass it on.
jog along and feel you're El-'
Nothing In this being sad b.d
re vou get some coin that'z DAG
Pass II on. r+tAs5
-Unids sn1iheu'
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Were Joy Wen

Through the rich mans xAii0o"
Joy passed one day; i.,x.
He passed the scholars 80,
Though hidden there tg.,ss-sS'
He brushed the cheek OF hR
Then rested-foolish JOY
Beneath the ragged jacket
OF little beggar boy. r puss,
MARY 01ss
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S011mSf,

Swift the winter -
Days are flying,
Low the springtims
Breeze is signing.
Saying, Dying, dying. dyiux,"
Even winter days must pass.
Soon we'll walk {
With Angelina,
And Mehitable and Vena.
Arabella., Sue and Lena,
Ger the landscape and get redbus
Just from sitting on the grass.
Houston Pa
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Don't t Yoa GrieVe /!

Don [ you stop to grieve a minuf 'ii0"
the rain is IN the skies; a. =.
You shall see the brighter moi -
the brighter heavens risei ts,4
Don't you think, because IT. sA1A0T'
that Wen never have a spr
You shall reach the greater oSHs
where the l0viier voices s.rII.s.
F. L. Stanton in Atlanta Constit Nio1'
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NY town that hasn't a
legend or two among its
visible assets is indeed a
WTetched community far
removed from the lime
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ACopyrlEht. 1906. By James POtt & Co.,
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BOSTON MARKET.

DBosroH, Oct. 9o.-The copper marker was
Quite active and prices held steady uHLms
the session, with narrow fluctuations. SMSss
were not 90 heavy as usual. out Were Nnn
distributed throughout the entire nst. IL"
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MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

Money On call. 4LidS per cent; last loar.
a per cent: ruling rate, "a. pei, ce9t, tim"
money quoted At 8 per cent for all dates, eX-
cept IN the case Of pinety day loaDs. y atn the
rate was 8MS'5 per cent, Commercial paper
quoted a. eG6b per cent, Tor prime slngl"
names and bills receivable; other Names
shn7 per cent.
The sterling market was strong to-day,
with demand rates Is points higher. Posted
rates were quoted AT t4.sl'l ion. long and
s4.s8iS for short. Actual rates: Long bile .
sa.sQ's: sight drafts. 81 $3.50 s4.sSIO; able
tranafers, ~. ss7Ods4 .s67S, Francs we're quoted
at 5.2I}p less lilo for long and 5.i9S Plus
3-S4 for short. ReisChmarks were quoted
at 93a. "a for long and - His plus i-ot LOT
short. GuildPrs were quoted nt IO55 for short
dates.
Domestic exchange on New York Boston
IOc discount. Chicago 3Oc Discount Charles
prem ium. Montreal SRA =. premium. New
Orles ns-Commercial. 81 discount. banks, ISc
disco mt. ~. PaTi- 30c. discount Mimi
spol,s- 2oc. premium. Cincinnatl Par. 81
Money in London. aIsd5 per cent. Rae OF
discount in open market for short and three
months bills, 3 l3-l6d5ds per cent. Consos
for money closed at 50 and for account a.
80 7-tB. Paris adYices quote 3 per cent Tentesa AZ
rs francs ~ centimes. Private rate OF dts
count. 80 per cent. Exchange on london -
exchange on London 2O marks AZ pigs
Private rate of discount. 5 per CEN.
New York Clearing House statement ES-
Sub Treasury debit balance. asa ass.
Commercial price OF bar silver IN Nev YORK
1Oi. c. bar silver In London, 80 1-ied Me1l'an
silver dollars quoted a. sihsc.
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~ W HTNWN'
The movement was az follows
Estimated receipts.

The exports from the ports we're 5s,o25 bales.
In Liverpool spot cotton advanced points.
MiddlinR, b.n8 do against , ~ last year. Saler,
1000: imports. ~ 900 ba's=. Futures closed
as follows:
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THE COTTON MARKET.


An early advance OF nearly a dollar a bale.
due partly 70 a irmer Liverpool market ana
killing frost In the Atlantic and eastren Gulf
States as well a. IN Arkansas sad Oklah0ma.
was merely the prelude TO n slump. LiyNs-
pool, Il Ia true, reported good buying by
America. the Continent and Egypt. smaller
spot offerings. reduced spinners' holdings ard
a liquidAted condition of the speculative
market. An advaace therefore set in here
and continued az long a. shorts covered ard
wire houses bought for people Who believe In
buying after q drop OF IS Q bale. The buying
for a time was brisk from New Orleans. But
there came alull. then a rain Of selling orders.
hedging and speculative. and the advance
melted awsy. crop estimates OF ~. $50. 900
10 5000 200 bales are becoming more frequent.
Some reports put the decrease In the cen
ditlon during October at only ~ to 5 per cent.
and the enormous and indeed unprecedented
receipts at the poTtS yesterday capped the
climax. Most people are against cotton 90
about the only thing In its favor nett to the
Carpenter. Raggot 4 Co, sak TIL dif-
FERENCE between Liverpool future mAyFst
ike 100 points. which offered GOOD opoonuniiv
for buying here and selling there Or,nhn s
Well divided. The Strength OF spot. ma he
good demand with the early frLst seem
70 be tho limit Of bnllish argument. while
the bears point out the fact fhA' sarliSr In
the. season there vas every pro-pe"T OF a Yield
Of from $1,000 .OOO 10 1850 '-0 Oa.rs and that
IL would take a. curt Srment Of an enormous
amount 10 put the crop under I?.OO,. OOO bales,
or on a bulliah basls. Tho mex, ginners'
report, which is made up Tomorrow
and viii probably he made public early
In November, IL expected 10 show a
wonderful Increase over the last figures.
the CONTINUED heavy movement tends 10 en-
courage this beRrish sentiment and We ace
little cause to hone for any sustained advance
In prices until after the size Of the crop i4
positively established, small or large. These
prices are attractive enough to bring OUT all
M, cotton that can be rushed 10 market.
against 5000 bales last year. The JoErS1I
OF Com geyes. IN Ito monthly crop report suR-
yeats that the rain has damaRed cotton IN
Arkansas and the Territories and Il will rake
open. clear Weather 70 enable the crop 70 re-
' cu pernte and favor picking. The demand
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IHNGINEE.llS.

for the staple is good enough 70 encourage
speculative Efforts and Tor th0t reHsdn opln-
ions are OF little value. From our OBSERVE
ton we would rather sell on buiges at pres
'Messrs. Price. Hubbard. Siedenburg. DICK,
Wilson aud Craig sold. buyers lhciuu'u
Norden, Ware and Bache.
I. A. MCINTYRE 4 Co. said; This very
cold weather coming upon the previous irost
of a week or ten days ago has undouOteoly
greatly reduced still further the top crop pros
meets. but sentiment at the moment II SO pear
ish among the rank and iile Of operators rom
the disappointinR action OF the market last
week that little attention was paid to thls taca
to-day. Only the bear news OF the nsaVx
movement of the crop and adSlces regaro,lE
The hJnVv WELD in Texas and absence OF out
side bull speculation were regarded. Moreover
there VAS no aggressive null le1dershlparound
which the few remaining bulls could rally
While the market may be forced lower undGr
tho existing bearish sent lnent, We would
rather adhere TO "A s%calper's position on the
hull aide and continue TO favor purchases TOT
moderate turns, especially on all further weak
-DotS or declines from tn" present level Tor We
believe euhseunent developments VIII cause n
recrudaacancp sooner or later TO more con-
SENTATIVE IDEAS on the. size OF the crop ara
Tssult in higher prices latc- In the season.
FUTURES advanced ~ to ~ points, lost " anu
declined , TO :. closing Unchanged to ! point
Inv aT for the duy.
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ARE above exporters limits and trade. there
THE oArS

THE OATS FEATUIES.
Somewhat depressed In sympathy with the
weakness in other grain. oats vas without
striking features. the trading being compara-
lively small. Toward the close the ton" b"-
cRmi a bit eadier
Wheat on the spot was in fair demand, with
prices showing no great change, Saies.
%, OuO bush. az the Outports for export, Here
No. ? red extra &c. under the New York
December price: No. / Northern Duluth. &c.
over New fork December. Futures declined
4. 70 80. and recovered most Of Il, Corn Nas
Quiet. hut steady. No. 2 mixed. So, In che.
water. FUTURES destined e1riy. hui i0lltsd
later. oats were steady II not at all active.
Spo; sales, $4,000 hush. Natural white N
track. 80 10 - lbs, 30 go toc.: white cHpycG,
30 90 IS lbs. 80 to aIo.. - 70 10 ihs., ~. 70 40
mixed, - to ~ lbs. CSC: NOS 2 aud Z white AZ
3nc. delivered: No. 3 mite 4cisc. az track End
I.50O bush. white clipped reported Hlsc. on
e-aal
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THE OUTSIDE MARKET.

The bulk Of the dealings in the. outside
market to-day were In the shares Of the Nlpis--
issues which were Influenced Uy to-day sharp
rise in the first named Al took. Transa ctions
in Nipissing were very heavy, aRgre eating
nearly 10000 shares, and were accompanied
by a rise in the price Of ~ points. which was.
however, reduced by realizing sales In the
later dealings. The strength In Nipissing
was due to an announcement made durtn9
the day that the Gu9genhetm interests would
exercise an. option held by them. on q large
block Of the stock. United. Nevada and
British Columbia as well as several OF the in
du.trial shares, were fractionally higher, but
quiet.
The transactions in the market to-day
Nara M fOll0WS.
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EXPORTS or MERCHANDISE.

Exports Of merchandise from the port ~ New
YORK as reported 20 the Custom House compare
a. follows with those Of last week and OF tho core
spending week . year ago.