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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-08
IIvrnpoor. corroN FIruREs.
COTTON LETTER.
By Private Wire tc (: q. Asercrombie S


 Co.,, 32 Commerce St.
 New OrIeanS May 7.-There was ron ra ass v the % over Sunday. and while beneficial rains were reported from the drouth section In the district about offsettng the other. the lower temperature. nevertheless. was cited, as a low 50 degrees along the northern portions of the belt and as low as 3e at Abilene.
 American markets were higher. at the opening. New Orleans showing an advance of five to seven points. improving about tw: points additional later on July selling al
 Map indications. however. were favorable of the South tonight and Tuesday. except showers in the Carolinas tonight. there was fa far resse pfpSss than on to ow
 Liauidatin set in here and at New York effect of same being reflected in lower market at noon, July. declining to ll;2s. at II ss, against Ii a4 Saturday. the latter at II 5o compared with io.4
 benetittsd @ by Ha the recent rains in the Central and Eastern sections of the belt, has led traders to look forward to a favorable gov is no doubt but that mention will be made of good rains east of the Mississippi River. crop T w will IT be made. it is likely that it will be construed as less bullish than expected
 Fair weather seems to have set h. ana should it continue awhile. a lower range ot values may be experienced, as official trade advices from Manchester are not so cloth market was quiet during the week, The bulk of the trade was done with near Eastern and South American markets
 Manufacturers adhered firmly to quota tions Yarns were quiet and concessions were occasionally made to induce business;
 The edge of the market seems to he off for the present but we do not look for any material decline. the limited supply of actual cotton prohibiting same.
 The best to be expected is a scalping af- fair with the market probably having downward tendency If fair and warmer weather be recorded during the next few days '''" '''S9 H B. BEER
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Horse and Mule Demand.

Birmingham, May 7.-(SpeciaD- Birmingham horse dealers report that the demand for good horses is far In excess of the supply.
 The ruling prices for both horses and mules are higher than for some time past. Draft horses are bringing $250 to $500. and a road horse of only fair style and speed is worth as much.
 A carload of mules sold in one day the past week, running from 1900 to 1,400 pounds each, brought an average price of $225. Despite these good prices, 1t Is almost an impossibility to get stock enough to supply the de- mand. and all of the large dealers in Birmingham and this section have men busily securing the horse-raising dis tricts of Tennessee. Kentucky and the Western States in an effort to supply their customers. -r7
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THE METAL MARKETS.

New York May 7.-Tin closed between [ pounds and pounds above the final prices of last Friday with spot quoted at 193 hounds and futures at 1Ss pounds los Local market also advanced sharply and closed at SAP. 2b @ S43. %.
 Copper irregular in London; spot ss pounds; futures s2 pounds UnchanEed lo- sIsas@Sis. so: casting SIS. O0@ SIS. 25.
 Lead higher at Is pounds los in London Locally unchanged $5 50 @$5.75.
 Spelter lower 26 pounds Is Sd in London and unchanged at $6 .009$ 10 here
 Iron was higher in the English market standard foundry 4Os Cd and Cleveland warrants 4ss Sd. Locally unchanged: No foundry. northern SIS. 75 @ $19 OO: No ? do SIS. 26 6S1s. 50: No. foundry Southern SIS. 25 a SIS. 50: No. ? do. SIT .75 a SIS. %.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

New Orleans, May 7.-Spot cotton was in moderate demand. but limited offerings re- stricted operations. Sales 2sO0 bales in cluding 1.4O0 to arrive, and 100 fob: deliv- cred on contracts 400. Quotations unchanged; rniddling II 5-16c.
 N Futures opened irregular with prices POT opints above Saturdays closing. Later in the session July improved to II 42. but heavy realizing sales soon carried the price down to within point of Saturdays finals Tlnfavorably cool weather in many sections Of the belt had the effect of holding prices an. The market closed quiet May was net
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Interior Movement

Houston-steady. II %c; net receipts 1, 595 gross receipts 1,6s5; shipments 2.333. sales 254; stock 32,745
 AuRusta-steady, Ii 7-lsc: net receipts 2s4; gross receipts 2e4; shipments s12. sales SIS; stock 5O.444
 Memphis-steady, 11Hc; net receipts 33s: gross receipts 972; shipments 19s7; sales 500; stock 35.572
 St Louis-Steady II 5-t6c; gross receipts 1.4os; shipments 2.4Ss; sales 65; stock S3.3O9
 Cincinnati-Net receipts 2S2: gross receipts PSF; shipments 300: "tock 16.775
 Louisville-Firm, II hc.
 Total today-Net receipts 2.4SO. gross re ceipts b.572: shipments 1851: sales 1.295; stock 16SS3s.
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wool-cloar ase to a4e.

ccsssic:EWsns-asns so0ssc: frvsrs sso: orOii- cannsd aoods-sslmon ehumns q; pink: Si aS: aardines, AmeFican A-oil S2. 75; mus tard ss s6 imported saSsi4; .fsS. Gys.eTi Ss ao " t-oz. sse; SIoz-, a soG; a-Ih s1 is. ''S 1~
 Moissses-Georgia cane barrel sso per gallon; cases gallons f2.aS ger case; maple maple Sf 56: quarts S4. 25 per doG
 Suxar-Granulated 5kc: F. Y. c. 4hc
 Country butter-12hc
 seed-Rye 3i per bu.; wheat q .o5; barley s1: erimson clover l2c; alfalfa @20c per ib.; onion sets. white skin s2: pearl ss: blue Rraas 1b a lSc.
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Total Movement.

Totsl today at all ports. net s.936: ship ments to France 10; to continent 9.664: stock 557.0e6.
 Consolidated at all ports, net 196s3; ship ments to Great Britain 697: to France 50: to continent s.32e
 sTotaI since September 1st. at all ports. net 7.21A77S; shipments to Great Britain a62O923: to- France e36 $50: to continent 2.22s, 1oS; to Japan 1O9, 471 to Mexico 2,764.
 s-Reyfsed
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NEW YORK DRy CoODs

New York May 7.-The dry goods market opened quiet today. Brown cottons were un- steady in consequence of the delayed export demand and a slow demand from domestic buyers. Carpets were opened for the sea son at advances of from b@1O per cent above last seasons quotations Domestic dry goods were quiet
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Charleston. S. C.. May 7.-Turpentine and rosin. nothing doing.
 Wilmington N. c. May 7.-Spirits tur- pentine. nothing doing; receipts 2l casks. Rosin firm S3. 65: receipts 67.
 Tar firm. S1 S0 receipts IS.
 Crude turpentine firm. 30. A.75 and s 25; receipts 127.
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KANSAS CTTY LIyE STOCK.


St. Louis. May 7.-The St. Louis grain market ranged as follows today:
 wheat May sOk asked range S0A to s01s. July TX range 77h 677k to TIA. September 76ls range 76h [" 76%.
 Corn:- May 46k bidA July 44h 944% bid: range AK 44S tc
 44B. September 44& asked.
 Oats.- May 32k bid. July 30H asked September 29L range 29A
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NAVAL STORES.
GaWFA%Ha

s. savannah I.,ns Ca, May 7.moTurpentin. firm
 Rosin firm: sales l.71s; receipts I.544: shipments nIn: 2s12; stock !s.4is.
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New Orleans May 7-sugar quiet, but stteady. open kettle centrifugal 3Q3 7-16c centrifugal whites 3S4 14c. yelIows 3% e axe. seconds 293hc.
 Molasses nominal. open kettle I7Gsoc: Syrup. nominal 25 e BOG.
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fINsTNNAu PRoYISIc~

Cincinnati May Flour. GU : WhiSkey firm $1 20. iard sS 20; bulk meats s9.25: bacon BIO 25
 Eggs steady. !4c.
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ST. LouIs PROVISIONS.

LOUIS, May - Whiskey steady $l 22.
 Pork higher; jobbing SIS 10 ,-
 Lard higher prime steam SS- Y ta, b..s is 65i, clear ribs $s. s7h; short clear SlO.
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Tolal sales for day. l.14s. 100 shares.
NEW YORK BONDS

U refunding 2s reEistered ~ lOS h
 do, coupon .... .... .. =. .103 M U. 3S I.tl tered . ,.,, lO3
 do coupon -. ..., l03 L. $ Old 4s, registered .. .... ..103A
 do. coupon .... ..... I03 % Y $ New 4s. registered ....l l3o
 Ho coupon .,-. .'.' ''.'''laaOO American Tobacco 4s .... .... .... 7Sh
 do 6s ~ -. .... .... ..112h Atchison general Is .... .... .. ..100K
 uo adjustment Is .... s4 ~ Coast inc 4s .... ..-. .'-' ss% Hal5 X Ohio 4s .... ...' '''. ''lez Brooklyn R T. cv. 4s .... .... .... S6 central of Georgia Ss .... ''''Iieh
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NEW YORK PRoyIsIONs.

New York, May 7.-Cotton seed oil firm: prime yellow 3s + @39c.
 Sugar raw. firm; fair refining 15-S2@ Sc; centrifugal 96-test 15-32Q Shc; mo lasses sugar 11-16Q2Ac; refined steady. Coffee, spot Rio and mild quiet.
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Memphis, May 7.-Cotton seed oil; prime crude 30 O 34c; prime summer yellow 34c prime meal s25. 50; prime cake $26. 50.
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esslteates Sss~ -nsalsatas eAh
 U1veg rsrosasA
 The coosa and Alabama will continue to rise slowly. but steadily /
 Woather Cond1tBsAA-
 (ror Past 2< hourp.s
 The low pressure area central over Texas Saturday morning has moved slowly east ward and Is now central off the North Caro- lima coast It has caused general rains throughout the cotton belt and in all At lantic coast districts. the rainfall being heavy in Alabama and Mississippi and in portions of Georgia. Arkansas. and Louisi- ana. Rain now continues in east Gulf and Atlantic coast districts. but an area of high barometer central over Oklahoma f--a caused decided temperature falls in mic and western cotton districts, with light fir. in West Tennessee and Mississippi, and kill ing frost in the upper Missouri Valley. It is giving clear weather as far cast aa the lower Mississippi Valley and will cause fair and continued cool weather in tn issection tonight and Tuesday. Generally fair wealth CT now prevails over the westerr half of the country, with barometer risir over the North Pacific coast region ant moderately low temperatures over the Plateau region and north slope of the Rockies. z
 COTTON REGION BULLETIN.
 For the al hours endins a n-. 18th meridian tima.
 Montgomery. Ala, May T. 1906.
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MIR. GALLOWAY RESIGNS.
TalIadega Brs2tist Preacher Accer
 Call to PensacOIa.

OuII kCMBuCUIHs
 Talladega, May 7-(SpeciaL)-Att the morning service yesterday. Rev. T. M. Galloway. for ten years pastor of the First Baptist Church. rendered his resignation, to take effect July l, that he might accept a call to the First Church of Pensacola.
 The congregation deferred action on the resignation until a special meet ing to be held next Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
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NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON. New Orleans. May 7.-Spot cotton firm;
AVERAGE COTTON WEIGHTS.

New Orleans May 7-Secretary Hester mates the actual average weight of 7.960.- 1ES bales of the cotton crop, embracing port receipts and overland for the eight months from September to April inclusive. 516.O against 52o 20 pounds per bale last wear. a decrease of 4.14.
 Detailed ayreaEes are:
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MARINE NEWS.

Mobile. May 7.-Arrived: Strs, Rio Grande Smith New York: Mobila. Cuban. Webb Havana, Schrs. Georgiana Br:, Foster. cay man Brac, w H Baxter. Br, McBryde. Havana; Edria V. Pickett. Br.. Berry. La Palmes; M. Achorn. Bodden, Havana;
 Cleared Strs., Ralstead, Nor, Thorseh' Galveston Rio Grande. Smith. New York Brig, Jennie Hubert Wright. Havana: Scnr, P. " Roberts. Br. KnowIton. St, DominEo.
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New York, May 7.-Cotton futures opened and closed steady on the New York Cotton, Exchange today. Quotations ranged as fol-
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unchanged, June and July were up one point each. August net one point lower and the more distant months wore three points bet
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New Orleans May 7.-Cotton seed oil steady; prime refined in barrels 36c; prime crude loose a1c.
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Port Eads Mar

Port Eads. May 7-Arrived strs. Mount Vernon. Nor, Falsen. Port Limon' Atator' Nor, Thorsen, Ceiha Utsteln. Nor. Knud sen, Puerto Cortez: Comus. kemble. New York Marina Br. Trigge, MatanZasi AT selm Br, Rivara, Port Barrios: Montauk. Br.. Cole, Chiltan ports: Belvernon, Nor. Olsen. Bocas Del Tore.
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New Orleans May 7.-Cieared; Strs.. Man chester Mariner. Br. Linton. Rotterdam Greenbrier, Rr. Nader. Port Limon: Mem non. Br. Morgan. St Johns N B.
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MEMPHIS COTTON OIL.

nnesse, etc, including Memphis. St.
 louis and overland ,..52i' s5
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES.

New Orieana May 7.-Cotton futures on the New Orleans Cotton Exchange today ranged as follows:
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NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.

New York. May 7.--Coffee futures opened steady at decline of 5G 10 points under The market closed steady, but 10Q15 points net lnwar Sales 9.75O bags. including:
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LOCAL COTTON MARKET.

LUCAI CUIIUN MAhEAEI.
 Spot cotton in the Montgomery market today was quoted as follows: Strict middling .. =. .... ... .11hc NtluuunS .-s .lkc Strict low middlmg.. !Os4c
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q Indicatss sraoa of prscipitation-

REMARKS:
 Temperatures have fallen decidedly in middle and western districts and slightly in other portions of the belt Light frost Is reported at Dyersburg: Tenn. Rains have been general in all districts being heavy throughout Alabama. and Mississippi North eastern Georgia. and portions of West Ten nessee, Louisiana. and Arkansas:
 Section Director. Weather Bureau
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-01-19

and on the second turn the girls ahead,
and she takes the pole, and on the third
turn the man is ahead, and they begin
to whip the horses, who seem crazy, and
on the last stretch the man holds his
team back little, and the girl passes
him and comes out trifle ahead, and
the crowd goes wild.
Well. the master of ceremonies
coached pa about the business, and told
him what to do. They knew he could
drive four horses, because he said he
was an old stage driver. and when he
got in the chariot with the Roman suit
on cleaning with gold, and the brass
helmet, and the cloth of gold gaunt
let's. and stood up like a senator, gee,
was proud of him, and when he and the
female drove out of the dressing room
and halted4Dy the door for the announcer
to announce the great Ben Hur chariot
race. I got into the chariot behind pa,
and told him he must win the race, or
the people of Scranton would mob him.
For they knew these races were,usually
liked beforehand, but since he was to
drive one of the teams, all his friends
were betting on him, and if he pulled the
team and let that livery stable lady win
the race, they would accuse him Of Civ
ing them free tickets to get them in the
show ,and, skin them out of their money.
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sort OF run things, so his old neighbors
would see that he had got up in the
world since he left the old town. So the
manager gave pa about 400 free tickets
to distribute among his friends, and ar
ranged for pa to show off as the leading
citizen in the show. He was offered a
chance to take the place Of the clown.
the ring master or anybody whose duty
he thought he could perform. Pa Sc
lected the place of driver of the Roman
chariot with four horses abreast, in
place Of the Irish Roman who was &C.
customed to drive the chariot in the
race with the female charioteer, mus
cular girl who used to clerk in livery
stable at Chicago.
The chariot race is a fake, because it
is arranged for the girl to win, so the
audience will go wild and cheer her,
so she has to come bowling all around
the ring. The way the job is put up is
for the two chariots to start, and go
around twice. On the first turn the man
driver is ahead, and takes the pole,
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was crash, and I didn't know any,
thing until ] felt cold water on nv face
that tasted sour, and colored nv shirt
red, and found the lemonade butcher
was bringing me to by pouring a tray
OF lemonade over me.
When my eyes opened, saw sight
that shall never forget. It seems that
when the horses fell down, the chariot
and the. other two horses and pa and
had landed all in heap right on ton
OF the lemonade and peanut concession.
and carried it up onto row Of seats
near the main entrance from the
menagerie. The elephants that were
to come on next were in the door
waiting for their signal, and thew
were scared at the crash, and
they came in believing, the keep
ers having lost all control of them
The audience was stampeding, and the
circus men were trying to straighten
things out.
Pa struck on his head against wagon
wheel and his brass helmet was driven
down over his face, so when he yelled
to be pulled out of the helmet his voice
sounded like coon song, coming from a
monograph, It was the closest call
from death pa ever had, cause they had
to cut the helmet with a can opener
to let pa out. like you omen
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LIVED many DAYS
T:.zE :, -.
ON A FRAk: RAFT
EXPERIENCE OF
A SHIPWRECKED BOY.
ADRIFT IN SOUTH PACIFIC
Loses Mind from Thirst and Hunger
and Is Delirious When Rescued
Sole Survivor of Ill
Fated Craft.

New York.-Extract from log of the
British trading schooner Alice Septem-
Der AT $50 a. m. in two degrees, Is
minutes S., 1853 degrees, minutes,
sighted raft. Boat in charge of Mate
Bolger lowered. Rescued boy, raving
from thirst and hunger.
Behind the official record of that res
cue in the middle of the south Pacific
ocean there is hidden one of the strang-
est stories of adventure and rescue ever
recorded.
The 10y who was picked up on the
raft in the middle of the ocean 60 miles
TO the northward of Enderburg island
in the Polynesian Pacific, was Herman
DO Geldargo, a Spanish cabin boy. the
only survivor Of the Spanish barker
tine Vai,iOra; the only person left alive
Of the 3: of the crew and passengers.
The story told by the youth-not yet
Ii years Old-when he recovered con-
seriousness on board the British trad
ing schooner is one of the widest ever
poured into the ears of sailors, and yet
there is no reason to disbelieve his
tale. and. indeed. it is strongly sup
ported by the evidence.
The Valdora, according to the story
o. Geldargo, capsized in a terrific hur-
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head and hands and feet were all of
her that remained outside the drum.
She yelled for help. and the circus
hands rolled the drum, with her in it,
into the dressing room, where they had
to cut the sides of the drum with an ak,
to get her out, while others caught her
horses, and pulled the chariot out of the
band, and the music stopped; but pa
went on forever
He went around six times, yelling like
an Indian at a green corn Dance and
when he thought it was time to let up.
because he had missed the other char
lot, he pulled so hard he broke the lines
on the two inside horses, and then it was
a runaway for sure, and the audience
stood up> on the seats and yelled, and
women tainted
Finally the circus hands grabbed some
hurdles, and threw them across the
track, near the main entrance, and when
we came around the last time. two of
the horses jumped the hurdles all right,
but two fumbled and fell down, and there
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Pa said to-. me: -. This race p
going to be on the square,
and you watch my smoke. Do
you think I would let that red head
ed dish washer beat me-? Not on your
life.'' ~
The play is to have little boy kiss the
male driver good-by, and little girl
kiss the female. driver good-by; as
though they were taking their lives in
their hands. l had climbed up to pa
and put my arms around his neck, and
kissed him. and a girl kissed the female,
when the gong sounded, and both four
horse teams made jump. before could
get out of the chariot, so l got right in
front of pa and peeked over the DASH
board of the chariot, and. gee, but
didn't we fairly whizz by the poles, and
the audience looked like panorama.
Pa got the pole and kept it, and we
went around three times, and found the
female chariot ahead of us, cause pa had
gone around twice to her once. She
turned out little right by the band
stand. and pa run his team right inside
her chariot and caught her wheel, and
when he yelled to his team, her cart,
team, and-all were thrown right into the
band, which scattered over the backs
of the seats. The horses were all
mixed W with the instruments. and the
female driver was thrown into the air
and came down in a sitting position
right into the bass drum. She went
right through the sheepskin, so her
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By HON. GEORGE W. PECK

Copyright by J. B. Bo wlss.)
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BEEKEEPER IS VICTIM OF
MISFORTUNES ON TRAIN
Is stung by Insects, Loses His Clothes,
and Is Forced to Leave Coach
in Scanty Attire.

Berlin.-An honest Westphalian bee
keeper boarded the train one day re-
Gently at Papenburg with a hive of
prize bees to travel to Meppen, where
ne Intended to exhibit his stock at an
agricultural show. Underneath the
seat he placed the hive, steadying it
with his legs. Probably owing to the
warmth thus generated, the bees after
some time awol1e, and number of
them crawled up his legs.
Passengers in the same compart-
ment who had already eyed the farm
er's movements to rid himself of his
assailants with suspicion became thor
ougbly alarmed when the four-winged
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insects began to fly about. One of the
travellers pulled the alarm signal, with
the result that the bee master was
transferred with his hive to an empty
compartment. Here the embarrassed
passenger quickly Invested himself Of
his neither garments and, vigorously
shook them out of the window, to drive
the unwelcome intruders, out.
To his horror, however, the gar
ment, which also contained Ills money,
became entangled in d telegraph wire
and was torn out of his hands. 3 Or
dered to leave the carriage atSthe next
hating place. the blushing farmer was
found huddled up in a. corner which
he refused to leave until an oficial
kindly lent him his great coat. 3..1s,t:
After giving up his watch and his
new umbrella as security, he started,
numerically chaffed by the spectators,
on a search for the lost garment, and,
thoroughly disguised, took the next
train home. s@>a .ts' az -. j,