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New York Money

New York, March 6.-Money on call steady, 1&@2 per cent; ruling rate, 1A per cent; closing bid, 1&92 per cent; time loans easier; 60 days, 2saaS per cent; 90 days, 3 per cent; six months 31s@3sl per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4Q41a per cent. Sterling exchange easy; 50 days, A.S3.50; demand, $4.So.S0; commercial bills, Si.S2s4. Bar silver, 5sl4c. Mexican dollars. 45Ac. Government bonds steady; railroad bonds heavy.
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London Stock Market

London, March 6-On the stock exchange business was limited as dealers are eau- tious owing to the approach of the set tlement and the recent depression in South American securities. Prices dropped on light realizing and the market closed easy. American securities moved irregularly within narrow limits during the forenoon. Later the list sagged un- der New York selling and finished dull. Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio were fiat on dividend fears.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, March 6.-The rough Hon. duras and Japan rice market is bare of supplies. A steady tone continues in clean Honduras and Japan. Quote: Rough Honduras, 2@45c; Japan, 150d3c; clean Honduras, 419@6c; Japan. '2laa3ssc. Rice polish, $21@23; bran. per ton, $14Gi16. Re- ceipts. rough. 1215 clean, 1S44; millers. 121o. Sales, 341 pockets clean Honduras at 21sd57sc; 995 pockets Japan at 21s@3ssc.
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Port Cotton Movement

Galveston: Steady; middling, 12ssc; net receipts, S237; gross receipts, SD0; sales 174S; stock. S15399; Great Britain, g, 496; continent. 37l5. coastwisc, 70.
 New Orleans; middling, 12%c: net re. ceipts 2659 gross receipts, 2e5s; sales. 2629; stock. 223,714: France, 2756; conti- nent, 902; coastwise, 24l5.
 Mobile Steady; mlddling. 122sc; net re- ceipts, 1902; gross receipts, 1092; sales, 3O0; stock. S0224.
 Savannah: Steady; middling, 123sc; net receipts, 25ol gross receipts, 250f; sales, 626; stock, 79,44S; coastwise, 1947.
 Charleston: Quiet; middling, 1294o; net receipts 462; gross receipts. 4s2: stock. 20.SS7: Great Britain, 92o.
 Wilmington: Nominal; net receipts, 145; gross receipts. 145; stock, 14,110; coast wise, 400.
 Norfolk: Net receipts, 1952 gross re- ceipts, 1so2; stock, 4o,O46
 Baltimore: Nominal; middling. 13c; net receipts, 117; gross receipts. IF; stock, s072.
 New York: Quiet; middling, 1Sc; gross receipts, 2799; sales, 1tO0; stock, 110,31S; continent, 359 coastwisc, 1892
 Boston: Quiet; middling, 13c; net re- ceipts, 30; gross receipts, S604; stock, 5470; Great Britain, 120.
 Philadelphia: Steady; middling, 12c 1 net receipts. 21 stock, 24S1.
 Texas City: Net receipts, 734 gross re- ceipts 794; stock, 17,00S; coastwise, 763.
 Minor ports: Net receipts, 2392; gross receipts, 2392; stock, 6s36: coastwise, 1116.
 Total today at all ports: Net, 21,2%1 {; Great Britain, 22,6i2; France. 2756; con- tinent 4s76: stock, S7O,750.
 Consolidated, at all ports: Net. 742.775; Great Britain, 96,31a; France, 15226; con- tinent, 105,526; Japan 6562.
 Total since September l. at all ports: Net, 8.934,57S; Great Britain, 2,741, ,407; France. 925,56S; continent. 3OS9,12o Japan, 296, 739; Mexico, 23.7S5
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LiyerpOOl Grain

Liverpool, March 6.-Wheat, spot steady; No. red western winter, Is 5ihd: No. 1 Manitoba. Is 41sd No. ?, Is 4d. Flu lures easy, March, Is 3hd; May Is Sd: July, IS 2ssd. Corn, spot steady; American mixed, 6s Shd: LaPlata futures quiet; July, As I'd.
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Tak;ny of American Cotton

New Orleans, March 6.-Secretary He's ter gives the taking of American cotton by spinners throughout the world as fol- lows, In round numbers:
 This week this year, 296. 900, against 26S,- GOO last year and 46s,000 year before last.
 Total since September 1 this year. *9,- 564 0O0, against 9.36, 900 last year and 9,452, = 600 the year before.
 Of this northern spnners and Canada took 1,995, 600 bales this year, against 2.l0S,- GOO last year and 1,9S2. GOO the year before southern spinners, 2,347.O00. against 2,OS2,- 900 last year, and 1,743,0o0 the year before; and foreign spinners. 5,2l2,0OO, against b. I'll 600 last year and 5,427.Ooo the year be- fore.
 Deducted 31,00o. including plus correc- tion Liverpool stock 31,000 and interior town stocks 2o00, less 200 added to over land.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants. Hanover Square, N. change, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York. Produce Exchange. Asso- ciate Members Liverpool Cotton Asso- shase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed oil for. future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given for ronsignments of spot cotton for de- livery. Correspondence invited.
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Bonds
Ttreasury Statement

Washington, March 6.-The condition of the United States treasury at the begin ming of business today was: Net balance in general fund, $93,279, ,467; total receipts yesterday, g, 59o; total payments yes terday, s1,3sS, f75; deficit this fiscal year, s26. 959, against a surplus of $10,479, 7S5 last year. exclusive of Panama canal and public debt transactions.
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New York, March 6.-Cotton seed oil today was quiet and featureless, the trend of values being firmer, due to light crude offerings, and the strength
 in lard. No tenders were put out; clos ing prices were 1 to points net high CT. Tine cotton seed oil market closed quiet and steady; spot. 7.15@ 7.50c; March, 7.20@7.22c; April. 7.24@7.27c; May, 7.33Q7 BAG; June, 1.43@7. 45c; July, 7.54QT.55c; Augut, 7.62@7.65c; Septem ber. 7.66@ 7.67c; October, 6.95@ 7.20c; total ale 3800.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, March 6.--Cash wheat. No. hard, S6s4 M901ac No. red, 90d91c. Corn, No. ? mixed, 64e; No. white, 67kc Oats, No. white, 40c; No. ? mixed, 39l4c. May wheat, 3715c; July, S25saS2a4c Corn, May, 67ls@67hc; July, 67ss@67isc.
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Naval Stores

Savannah. Ga, March 6.-Turpentine firm, 45c; sales. 10; receipts, Il; ship ments. Ss: stocks, 1s,19l.
 Resin firm; sales. 1902: receipts, 1090; shipments. 205 stocks, l17J594 Quote: A. B, c. D, E, tS.9O: FIG, eS.90aS95; H. s. 95: H, $4.05; K. s4.15; M. $i.75: N. $5.75; VIC. s6; wv $6.S0
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F1our and Breadstuffs

Self rising flour, &5.4' Tennessee flour, s5.25 pure wheat shorts. $34: pure wheat bran, $31; C. s. meal. 71s per cent, $3l; C. s. feed meal. per ton. $.6; c. s. hulls, $1l ton; No. l timothy hay. per ton. $25; mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass. pc rton, s22. c. s. hulls. $14 ton: Johnson grass. per ton. SIS; mix ed feed, $34: oats, 56c bu.; corn. soc: cornmeal. $ls0 per 96 lbs.
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Foreign Exchange

Berlin, March 6.-Exchange on London. 20m 43p. Money, 3ss per cent. Private discount 3A per cent.
 Paris, March e.-Rentes. ssf 27lsc Ex- change on London, 25f 22c.
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, March 6.-Cash wheat. No. 9. giqs5c; No hard, 901aQ94c. CoM, Uo. 2 66c; No. white, Ale. Close: Wheat, May, 93lsc July, 2s51sds5ssc. Corn, May, 6i1sc; July, 67s4c. Oats, May, 4osc; July, 39&c.
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Selma Market

Selma, March Special. Spot cotton in the Selma market today was quoted as follows: Good middlng 1s 7-16c; strict middllng. 13 3-16c; mid- ding, 1s 15-16c; strict low middlng 12 7-1Gc; low middlng, II 15-16c.
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery, March 6.--tSpecialD Spot cotton was quoted here today as follows: Strict mlddling, 13c; middlng 12 13. .l6c strict low middling. 1e 5-16c low middling, II 9-16c.
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C0nsuls for Money

London. March 6.-Consols for money 74s4d; for account "A 15-16d; bar silver Guiet. 2s7sd. Money, 1aG2c; short bills, 21ac; three months, 2as@2 7-16c.
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EXPORT RENEWAL
 SENDS GRAIN UP
Closing Prices Steady 1-Sc to 1-4c to 1-4c to 3-Sc Over
 Previous Night

Chicago. March 6.-Signs of. a renewal of exports gave the wheat market today an upward slant Closing prices were Other leading staples, too, all showed net gain-corn a shade to l4c; oats, 1sc, and provisions, 71sa15c.
 Best prices for wheat came after word was received that ocean freight room had been engaged on a liberal scale in the east. At the same time a northwestern exporter declared that business with Eu- ropeans was being in new crop winter wheat. Leading firms here were in touch with the foreign trade, asserting that transatlantic bids continued to be out of line. (
 On account of six days decline, wheat offerings appeared to be seriously dmin- ishing, and this fact was of considerable help to the bulls. So also was de- vided falling off in receipts northwest. Besides shorts were inclined to even up in readiness for the government report tomorrow on farm reserves. The unex- celled crop outlook, though, and the ab- normally large acreage with no abandon iiiSHN iGppiiSu, nstu si NbiiSldnl ielueIcy u restrict the advance.
 In the heavy selling by the chief bull interests in corn commission houses bought freely on predictions that receipts during March and April would not exceed a third of the totals year ago. It was contended that the profit in feeding corn to cattle and hogs at present prices justi- fled farmers in withholding shipments. Threats that Canadian competition in oats would become acute as soon as naviga- tion opened did not prevent that cereal from rising with corn,
 Higher prices at the yards lifted pro- visions. Packers were fair sellers on the bulge.
 Closing quotations were as follows:
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Primary Receipts

Chicago, March 6.-Primary receipts of wheat today were 57sO00; a year ago. SS6- 900 bushels. Seaboard cearances of wheat and flour equalled 437, GOO.
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St. Louis Produce

St. Louis, March 6.--Flour dull. Hay steady. Receipts: Flour, 1000; wheat, 54,000: corn, 5SO00; oats, 122,0OO Ship ments: Flour, 12,000; wheat, 11e,OO0; corn, S5000; oats, 72, ,O000.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Local Cotton
Poultry and Eggs

Hens, per pound, 161hc; flyers, 1s4q1k lbs. average, 2SgS0c; ducks, 15c h.; guinoas, soc; roosters, 35c; geese h., 1211c: live turkeys, PC; dressed turkeys, 24c; fresh eggs, candled, 23c; extra graded candled eggs, 25c.
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Metal Market

New York, March 6-Lead quiet, ss.95@ 4o5; London, f2o; spleter quiet, s525@5.3O; London, f21 los; copper quiet, electrolytic, s1437 Co 1450; lake. nominal; casting, $14@14.12; tin weak; spot, S27.50@3S; June, $37.90@38; iron, quiet and unchanged; London copper quiet: spot f64 5s; futures, f64 12s Cd; tin easy, spot, f172 ITS 6d futures, f174 17s Cd; iron, Cleveland warrants, sos Gd
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Fruits and Produce

Russet apples, s6.50 bbl.; western box apples, $2.25Q3: Ben Davis. 'S550; lines, per 100, $1.25; lemons. box, 36O, $4; Florida grapefruit, $4@5; Florida oranges. s2.50; Malaga grapes. imported, in kegs. $6Q7; Irish potatoes. s1 busneI Jumbo sl.75: cranberries, per box, s3; bbls.. $2; strawberries, per quart e5935c; celery, N dozen: California celery, per crate, $5.50; tomatoes, $3.50 crate; Danish cabbage, 2lac h.; purple cabbage, per h., Sc; rutabaSa turnips, 1%c lb.; new crop red and yellow onions, 4c h.; imported onions crate S.75; cocoanuts. $6 bag: chestnuts, h.. Sc; imported in kegs. 10c lb.: English wanuts. SSq20c; filberts, 15c; oceans, 15c; Cali fornia figs, case. $2.50 dates, h.. SAc. Sweet potatoes, Doolys, bushel, $1.10; sweet potatoes. Cream yams, bushel, 95c
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Statement For Publication National Fire Insurance Company OF HARTFORD CONN
 As of December 31 1913
ASSETS:
Market Value
As of December 31,


 Real estate 610161aD Loans real estate e.................. 1,566 15C00 CoudteId loans k.kt Bonds and stocks ..................... 1O75976e15 Cash in banks and office ................ 913697g Agents balances and uncolected premiums 126878Qs Bills receivable 2O718s6s Interest due and accrued ............... 16O01e 4 All other assets s........................... D1
 s154s57e15 53 LIABILITIES:
 Losses and claims ......................$ 61252ag0 Unearned premiums .................... 814O3Ss.93 Commissions due agents .................. 2237eng Return and reinsurance premiums ........... .U All other liabilities ..................... 62808601 Capital paid up in cash ............... 2O00OO00O Surplus all liabilities ............... 4082 44088
 s15485 7615s LOUIS V. CLARK 6 CO.,. Resident Agents
 Birmingham, Ala.
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Fish and Sea Foods

Red snapper 101s@11zc in bbl. lots; gray snappers Or groupers. 61Ac; large, 9kc; small snappers, 10c; Spanish macierel. 121ka15c in bbl. lots; fresh water breams. Siad9c; pompano, 95c; red bass 6hc; mixed fish, Sc; small trout, S12c; fresh water cat. dressed. 131a@15c; salt water cat, Slzc; speckled trout. 131S@15c. Shrimp, 1Oc lb.
 New Jersey oysters. $1.45Q1.65; southern. Plants, S1O per 1000. Shrimp, 1oc lb.
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Weekly Cotton Statistics

Liverpool, March 6.--Weekly statis- tics of cotton: Forwarded to mills. 109, ,000 bales; American, S9,000; total stock, 1,196,000; American, 956,00o; inn ports, 141,000; American. 100000: total exports, 5000.
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Linseed Oil Market
Cotton Seed Oil

Duluth. March 6--Lnseed oil, s1.56A May, s1.51 ia July. $1.59H.
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Weekly Cotton Review

was unsettled during the past week, but after making new low records for the
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Meat

Lard. l2l4c; compound, 9ssc: dry salt short ribs, 13.05c; bellies. 13.45c: ham butts, 15.6Oc; Boston butts.s 16c; pork lions. 17izc; spare ribs. 15c: breakfast bacon.
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Creamery Products

Country butter, 20Q25c; fresh creamery butter, 35c; process butter. 27c: cheese. 191sc; imported Swiss cheese. S1c; German brick cheese, 20c; limburger cheese, 19c; imported Roquefort, 32c; Neufchatel cheese, per dozen. 45c: Pimento cheese. Sl.25.
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New York Cotton Futures
Weekly Cotton Statement

New York. March 6.-The following statistics on the movement of cotton for the week ending Friday March 6, were compiled by the New York cotton ex- af,a
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Dry Goods

New York, March 6Cotton goods were quiet and steady today. Carpet wools were more active and domestic wools were firm. Silks were in good demand.
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last and 120.SS2 same tihie III as1l ..... for the six days of March it has been 151, i29. against 14,6s2 last year. 27o1sS year before last and S6ass same time in 1911.
 The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports S,9s3,- 699, against S.565,52S last year, 10,314,3i0 year before last and 7.79l 906 same time in 1911. Overland across the Mississippi. Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada 911 PCS. against S92.22 last year. 9l4,722 year before last and S64 same time in 1911; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year oo7.ST. against 653, I'll last year. 47S,2S9 year before last and 45o7s0 same time in 1911; southern mills takings. 2,2S3,000 against 2,031.T6 last year. 1,729,s5S year before last and 1,153,390 same time in 1911.
 These make the total movement for the fS7 days Of the season from Sep tember 1 to date 12,5S5,3ii against 12,- 043,17S last year. 13.430,179 year before last and 10,537,i40 same time in 1911.
 Foreign exports for the week have been 22S.969 against 10s.461 last year, making the total thus far for tho sea son 7,l50.154 against 6,S29, 46i last year an increase of 320,690
 Northern mills taktngs and Canada during the past days show an in- crease of 10,014 as compared with the corresponding period last year and their total talSings since September have decreased 118,31S The total talk ings of American mills. north. south and Canada thus far for the season have been 4,341,S47 against f.1s9 565 last year. These include 1,o94,6SSS by northern spinners against 2,f07906
 Stocks at the seaboard and the % leading southern interiSr cehters have decreased during the week 153,221 bales against a decrease during the corresponding period last season of i2- 665 and are now 1S0766 larger than at this date in 1913.
 Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far from the new crop. the supply to date is f3,061,761 against 12, 407,S91 for the same period last year.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans. March 6.-spot cotton firm, unchanged middling 12ac Sales on the spot, 250o; to arrive, 125 Good ordinary. 10 7-16c; strict good ordinary h 1F-isc'
 midhling Il # = a#a aII !#zz4sl
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Interior Cotton Movement


 Houston: Quiet; middling, 12 7-16c; net receipts, 6609; gross receipts. 6009 ship ments. 9166; sales, 649; stock, 165, 461. Augusta: Steady: middling, 131sc; neI receipts, 7s1; gross receipts. 7s6; ship ments, 393; sales. 1929; stock, 72OO3. Memphis: Steady; middlng. 13c; net re ceipts, 113S; gross receipts, 2501; ship. ments. 4659; sales, 1850; stock. 16O. St. Louis: Dull; middling, 13c; net re. ceipts, 1s7 gross receipts, 430; shipments 967; stock, 33,307.
 Cincinnati: Net receipts, 773; gross re. ceipts. 773; shipments, PA; stock, 21,s53 Little Rock: Quiet; middling, 12Ac; mel receipts, 439; gross receipts, 439; ship. ments. 942; stock, 5S.39S.
 Louisville: Firm; middling. 13c; net re- ceipts, 22; gross receipts. 22; shipments z sales, 6; stock. no.
 Total today: Net receipts, 9929; gross receipts. 11,56s; shipments, 16,4Os; sales 3534; stock, 510,034.
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Weekly Interior q

Athens: Receipts, 325; shipments, 800; stock, 21, ,1S2.
 Atlanta: Receipts, 1706; shipments, 4Os4 stock, 12,59S.
 Brenham Receipts, 1O1; shipments. 1456; stock. 1571. Charlotte Steady: middling, 13Kc: re- ceipts, 229 shipments, 229.
 Columbia: Receipts, 1555; shipments. 1630 stock, 24,063 Columbus. Ga.: Receipts. 70; ship ments, 1850; stock, 1664S. Columbus, Miss: Firm middling, 127sc: receipts, 241; shipments, 2s5; stock, 3s65.
 Dallas: Receipts, 1491; shipments, l051
 Eufaula: Receipts, s5; shipments, 245; stock, 1874
 Greenville: Receipts. 6l2: shipments, 2290; stock, 1S,095
 Greenwood. $. C.: Receipts, 1S2; ship ments. 94 sales, SS; stock, 12l4.
 Helena: Receipts. 362; shipments, 2051 !; stock, 15,072 cepts. 276I; shipments, 4Os2; stock. ,3ss.
 Macon: Receipts, 195; shipments. 1SI {; stock, 1511.
 Meridian: Receipts. 33o; shipments, als; stock, 7529.
 Montgomery: Middling 12 13-16c; re- ccipts. 14SO shipments. 1924; stock, 23.226.
 Nashville: Quiet; middling, 13c; re- ceipts, 12s; shipments, 25; stock. 651.
 Newberry: Receipts 91; shipments, 150.
 Raleigh: Receipts, 9l; shipments. 150; stock, 354.
 Rome: Receipts, 416; shipments. 600; stock, 56S9
 Selma: Receipts. 446; shipments. 4s2; stock, 13,599.
 Shreveport: Receipts, 2715; shipments, 4611: shipments. 37,5s4.
 Vicksburg: Receipts, 3S3; shipments, 305; stock, 1858.
 Yazoo City: Receipts, 4s; shipments. 99s; stock 9546
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Live Stock Market

Chicago, March 6.-Hogs: Receipts, 13,- GOO; market unsettled. Bulk of sales, $S. 50
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?TQ2Sc; smoked bacon, lie; regular ham, 171sc; skinned ham, 1Sa4c.
 Coffee and Sugar Arbuckle coffee, 21 soc; Luzzanne, 23o per pound. Sugar. staudard granulated, 5ssc per pound.
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LOCAL SECURITIES

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-16
CARLETON'S MISTAKE
Demon Of Jealousy Drove a Train
Dispatcher to Risk Two Hun
dred Lives.
BY ARTHUR OFT.

Carleton awoke with a start. It
seemed that he must have oversight.
Leaping from his bed he crossed to
the dresser on which his watch lay,
and, seeing that it was five o'clock, he
heaved a sigh Of relief He was not
due in the dispatcher's room until
seven.
He was so wideawake, however, that
he decided to dress and proceeded to
do so, calling Justify for his wife mean
while. There was no answer to the
call and he shouted again. Still no
answer. He sat and listened for a
moment. No one was moving about
the house.
Then suddenly he remembered. That
morning, when he had returned from
work, there had been a quarrel. AS
usual he had been to blame. It was
his overmastering jealousy that had
caused it. One of the train hands had
spoken carelessly of having seen his
wife and Bob Munro talking while he
was on duty.
He had come home in towering
rage and had accused his wife bitterly
of many things-things Of which he
was now sure that she was 6uiltless,
but in his temper he was blind. Natur-
ally she had resented his attitude and
had declared that she would leave
him. In his madness he had told hef
that he wished that she would.
And now he awoke in a deserted
house. Had she really gone, he won
dered. The thought set him in panic.
In a rush of memory all her little
ways, her many thoughtful tender
nesses, all that she had been to him,
flooded his mind.
With the utmost haste he dressed
empty. Everything was in order, ev-
erything in its place. but there was no
sign of her He sank down weakly in
a chair in the kitchen.
After all, it was his own fault. He
had not tried to control himself. He
had acted so like beast to her, and
now-well, he would have to reap the
harvest of bitterness which he had
sown, and, what hurt more, she, too,
would have to reap; she who was inno-
cent.
1t sent a pang through him to think
that today she might even wish that
she had chosen Bob Munro instead of
him. Two years ago they had been
rivals for her hand. Carleton, jeal-
Gus of all men, was especially jealous
of Munro.
Suddenly a thought occurred to him.
If sac Lad left him for good she would
surely have left him some word, a
note, or something He arose, and,
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Rritain's PAGAN Code.

Make the punishment fit the crime"
was Sir Robert Anderson's Gilbertian
text at a mansion house meeting of
the st. Giles Christian mission.
Sir Robert, who was once head Of
the criminal investigation department,
said: Our criminal law is a pagan
code, and the punishment of crime
supports it. The proper way of suit.
ing the punishment to the crime would
be to make a man who steals a teapot
give it back, or pay compensation.
That way, in five or six years. we
should have a sort of deputy assist
ant millennium. London Chronicle.