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TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1807. mtj -L " JXIL-JL-\\ JbiLft. TJCiLiiliIjJKAir±1 cono# wits rat MO RULED STEADY LIVERPOOL spots clossd 6.23 NEW YORK spots clossd ....10.15 NEW ORLEANS spots closed 10?j Sales. 92 ,.2.574 ..1,239 THE LOCAL COTTON MARKET. Tho local cotton market yesterday war steady and unchanged at the follow ing quotations: Range of Prices. Good Middling 19H Strict Middling 104* Middling 10H Strict Low Middling 10 Spot Cotton MovemenL n«cts. Ship. April 13. 1997 116 April 15, 1397 192 Stock on Hand. BepL 1. 1*66 April 15. 1907 NEW VORK. XE4V TORK. April 15.—The cotton market was more active today and trad ing seemed to be more general than for some time past. Fluctuations were some what Irregular, but the general undertone of the market was steady with the close unchanged to 4 points net higher. Sales were cat lit. ited at 175,0 Hi bales. The opening was steady at a decltne of JaS points owing to lower cables than ex pected. but the market rallied on cov ering of shorts, particularly In the near positions. The unfavorable showing of tho weather map for over the week-end, further frosts being reported over a con siderable territory, the lighter receipts and reporta Of a better spot demand, which promoted buying for a turn. The market soon worked above the closing fleer-» of last week led by Msy which Advanced to 9.75, selling on even terms with July and about 10 points net higher against gains of 4a5 points on the filter delveries Around these figures there was a good deal of realizing and the most ur gent demands from shorts seemed to be satisfied. There was some selling for a turn but there was no aggressive press ure. owing possibly to revived apprehen sions of a May squeeze. The market held steady In the late trading. Exports for the day were nearly three- times tho r J | m „ port receipts, and both tho port and In- J at 2 per cent. Time loans dull and Ir- STOCK RARKET IR PROFESSIONAL RUTS NEW TORK. April 15.—Today's rather violent fluctuations in prices did not al ter the general conviction that the current stock market Is largely In the hands of profe=«i'-nal operators with the factors of doubt and uncertainty over the future sufficient force to keep out any large public participation In the Trading, and to keep a tinge of heaviness in the tone of speculative sentiment. Th<- bear element made a vigorous on slaught upon the opening market today. The subsequent .trading showed the Influ ence of this considerable extension of operations on the short side without dis lodging any important new liquidation. There was a material recovery from the first break, but it was not until the needs ot the uncovered bears had been substantially met. that the dull and un certain fluctuations were renewed. The recovery became most pronounced after the announcement by the exchange of the failure of a board member. It was as sumed that the announcement repre sented the disclosure of the mvstorlous something which the bear operators have Insisted was hanging over the market to cause last week's reaction. The failure was not regarded as Important. Tho record weekly expansion of the hank loans shown by the bank statement .came In for Its share of discussion and was compared with the extended condi tion of credits for the country at large. In the money market here, there was a stiffening of rat»s for the longer matur ities. although the market Is soft for the shorter securities. The opinion appears from some banking quarters that the present discrepancies In the money mar ket. of great ease for call loans and sus tained firmness for other forms of leans M due to some desire on the part of lend ers to keen abundant funds on hand and Immediately available In order to be nrepared for possible contingencies The renewed downward drift carried R rices almost as low as the opening break. ut there was some recovery again be fore the irregular closing. Bonds were heavy. Total sales, par value, SI.350.000. United States bonds were unchanged on call. The total sales of stocks today were 1.0C3.800 shares. New York Money Market. NEW YORK. April 15.—Money on call easy at 2a2% per cent; ruling rate 2 per cent; closing bid .2 per cent; offered RICH REAL ESTATE DEALER SHOT DOWN NEW TORK, April 15.—Oeo. Sham- bacher. a wealthy real estate dealer. 56 years old. was shot and mortally wound- etk while in' the dining room of his house In East Forty-fifth street today. His family believe a burglar surpised by 3hrurbach»r shot him. Mrs Shambacher told the police that she and a son. Her man. were awakened by a >plstol shot and they hurried to the dining room in time to see Shambacher stagger across the floor and fall. The wounded man cried out: ‘Tv* been shot." and pointed to an open window. He then lapsed Into un consciousness and within a few hours died. The family think that Shambacher. Who returned home late, after having collected rents from several tenants, was unable to sleep because of asthma and that he left his bedroom with the Inten tion of walking in the dining room. He had done this before when restless. They think that he interrupted the work of a house-breaker. He was shot in the ab domen and the circumstances did not * • ,. : iThe widow waa Fham- bacher’s second wife, to who he was married five years ago. She formerly ■was a maid in the family. The children.| of whom there are nine, two sons and seven daughters, were by the earlier mar riage. Lumber. terior movements are running well under Inst year's figure*, leading to modified estimates of the commercial crop. Receipts of cotton at the ports today were 0,214 bate* against 18.407 bales Inst week and 16.117 hales last year. For the week (estimated) *5.000 bales against 103.034 bales last week and 97.555 bales last year. Today’s receipts at New Orleans were 3.325 bales against 4.568 bales last year, and at Houston 2,892 bales against 1,284 bales last year. Spot Cotton and Futures. NETT VORK. Anri! 15.—Spot cotton closed steady: middling uplands 11.15; middling gulf lj.4ft: salts none. Futures closed steady at the following quotations: January .. February . April May June July August ... Pept ember October .. November December Open. nigh. Inw. Clos. ..10.19 10.26 10.23 10.26 . . 1 - ■ ■ .... 10.31 ■ • ' ■ ■ 1 — .... 9.45 . .9.62 9.76 9.61 9.CD .. n.r.K 9.62 9.56 9.63 . 9.62 9.7S 9.02 9.72 . 9.69 9.76 9.09 9.75 . 9.74 9.60 9.74 9.79 . 9.98 10.04 9.93 10.02 . 9.98 10.01 9.98 10.04 .10.05 10.13 10.04 10.11 Movement at tho Ports. Receipts and Exports. Today. TY>*k Oonsollflated net receipts.. 9.714 18,391 Exports to Great Britain.. 9.727 9,727 Exports to France...- 35ft 350 Exports to continent 15.8S8 28,648 Stock on hand all ports... .753,221 Since September 1, 1906— Consolidated receipts 9.189.875 Exports to Great Britain 3,533.120 Exports to France 817,362 Exports to continent 8,001.759 Exports to Japan 205.387 Price, Net Receipts, Sale*. Stocks. The Forts. | Frlco.lRects.ISalcs.J Stck. ■ Ill Galveston _ . New Oilcans .11041 Mobile . . . .I1044 Savannah . Charleston Wilmington Norfolk . . Baltimore . New York ....111. 15 Boston . . . .111.15 Philadelphia ..11.40 hou .11014 .I10>i :!l?u •in 3274! 3225! 441 549 163 50 1201 ' *163 641 3241227435 Il5i21383n 25 20612 1869! 59976 I .9705 I 1255 1611 26974 I 11175 _|169-143 ::::: "sm Interior Movement. | Frice.|Rects.;SaIes.| Stele. Houston . Augusta . Sfemphls . St. Loots Cincinnati Louisville .111 .11144 .110*1 .. ! 10*i ”|ii" LIVERPOOL. MV Kit POOL, April 15.—Good business dear in spot cotton: price* ls3 points lower; American middling fair 7.23: good middling 6.75; middling 6.23: low mid dling 5.91; good ordinary 5.27: ordinary 4.89. Tim sales of the day were 19.000 Kale* of which 1.000 bales were for sacc ulation and export, anil Included 9.800 bales \morle«n. Receipts were 6,000 bales. Including 5.600 bales American. Futures nnrned steady and closed steady; American middling G. O. C. regular: 60 days 3*: per cent; 90 da vs 4is per cent: six months 9 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 6 per cent. Sterling exchange easy, closing strong er; with actual business In bankers' bills at 4.8540aS545 for demand, and at 4.8245 to 4.8255 for 69-day bills. Posted rates 4.8214 and 4.8(714. Commercial bills 4.82 to 1.82%5. Bar silver 66; Mexican dollars 50*'-. Government bonds steady; railroad bonds heavy. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. (Corrected by Maasee-FeTTon Hum. Co.) Common Training at JIG to S20 per thousand. Steed frnmlrg at y.i.59 to J22.50 per thousand. Storm sheathing at SIC per thousand. No. 2 common flooring at $21). CO per thousand. No. common celling at SI<.50 per thous- BI No 1 common flooring celling at J22.50 per thousand. "U" ?rar> square edge weather board- 1-ic :u S'JZ.'O p-r thousand. No. 1 common weather boardlrg at 329 per thousand. No. 2 pine shingles at S2.25 per thous and. No. 1 pine shingles at S4.25 per thous and. No. 1 cypress shingles at S5.00 per lliouand. CHICAGO. April 15.—Free selling by longs caused an easy wheat market here today. At the close the May delivery was off %e. Corn was down 4ia%c„ and oats were a shade lower. Provisions on the close were a shade to 17%c. lower. Open. VSt High. Low. Close. Wheat- May . July . . SO" Sept. . . 82% Dec. . . 84 Corn— May . - 4744 July . . 47% Sept. . . 4744 Oats— May . '. 44 July . . 4014 Sept. . . 35% Mess Pork— May . .16.1744 16.1744 15.85 16.00 ~ ‘ .16.15 16.20 15.9344 16.05 4S44 4414 ff* 78% 80% 82% S3% 47*4 48^* 43% 40% 354s S5g 82% 84% <7% 4744 4S44 43 % 40U 35% July Lard— May July Sept. 8.60 8.65 8.60 S.65 8.77 44 .8.7744 8.75 8.77 44 8.8744 8.90 8.85 8.90 Short Ribs— May . . 8.4744 8.50 8.45 8.50 July . . 8.79 8.79 8.62U .8.674* Sept. . . 8.77 44 8.77 46 S.7246 S.75 Crackers. (Corrected by Wjnn-Johnson Co.) Barona sodas. 6c. Barona nlcnacs. 7Uc. Barona oyster crackers. S44e. N. B. C. sodas. 7c. Ginger 3nsps (N. B. C.) 7c, 1 Assorted cakes. 10c. Sugar cakes. 8c. * Dry Good3—Wholesale. S1TEETINS—1-4, 5 to 6c. DRILLINGS— 7 to 744c. TICKINGS—444 to 1344c. CHECKS—4 to 5%c. , BLE A THINGS— 4 to 8c PRINTS—144 to 5e. Government bonds steady; rallro bonds heavy. Liquors—wholesale, (Corrected* by Weichselbaum « Mack.) WHISKEY—Rye. Sl.in ,0 53.50; corn '51.10 to 51.50; gin. 51.10 to SI.75: North Carolina corn. 81.10 to S1.50: Georgia corn 51.60. WINS.—75c. to 55: high wines. 51.SO. port and sherry. 75c. to 54: claret. J4 to 510 a case: American champagne. 57.50 to tomorrow. SfClilllfil TAFT COW! RECEIVED SAN JUAN. P. R., April 15.—Sec retary of War Taft and his party ar rived at noon today on the Govern ment yacht Mayflower. Governor Beek- man Winthrop and Secretary of Porto Rico Regis Post went aboard to greet the Secretary. The yacht was taken to the naval station landing, where it was met by the naval officers here. After formal exercises Secretary Taft was escorted by a battalion of marines to the city entrance, where Lieutenant Colonel Bailey, of tho Porto Rican regiment and staff await ed him. Under escort of the regiment the Secretary who was in a carriage with Governor Winthrop. was driven to the palace, where from the balcony he reviewed the troops. After the re view an informal reception was heid and prominent citizens- called on the Secretary. Mr. Taft i? the sixth Uni ted States officer to visit the island since it was. occupied by the Ameri cans, Messrs. Alger. Payne. • Moody, Root and Metcalf preceding him. The announcement that the May flower had been sighted was the sig nal for the gathering of thousands and soon the streets surrounding the naval station were filled with eager specta tors. Secretary Taft’s reception by the Porto Ricans was cordial. Candy. Cream mixed candy In palls. 10c. Stick candy, in barrels. 641c. HOLY WEEK IN EUROPE. NAVAL STORES. CHARLESTON. ,\uril 15.—Turpentine nnd rosin, nothing doing. SAVANNAH, Ga.. April 15—Turpentine firm at 6744; sales 126; receipts 293; shipments 275. Rosin firm; sales 1.311; receipts 1.041; shipments 2.903: stock 38,707. Quote: A. B. C. $4.30: D. $4.40: E. *4.45; F. 54.50; G, 54.6244: H. 54.70; I. 54.90; K. 55.33; M. 55.40; N. 55.55: W. G.. 55.65: W. W_ 55.75. WILMINGTON. April 15.—Spirits tur pentine. nothing doing; receipts 14 casks. Rosin, nothing doing: receipts .898. Crude turpentine firm at 53.50. 55.00 and $5.25; receipts 2 barrels. Tar firm at $3.80; re ceipts 109. 5.78 5.74 5.71 5.87 5.63 5.59 5.5814 5.58% 5.594- 5.604-2 ■W ORLEANS. IANS April 15.—Spat cotton uid steady with prices na iling 10*.o. Sales were 700 spot nnd 450 hales to ar m'd stendy at a decline of • the dose of 8aturd ly In 0 the T.iverpool market. Jo trading an.l the tone of >:< became quiet with a fnll- :>!n» or 2 points In the net- e the day wore on. The >’• •'’decs ranging from 3 to r the close of Saturday. -••« closed easy at the fol- ons: iiiimi io:io 17.46 10.40 10.42 i niimrrni ioIst 10.31 I 10.31 10.33 Grain, Provisions. Groceries. These prices are at wholesale «nd not (Corrected by S. K. Jaoues & Tlcsiey Co.) to .-nnsurners: CORN—Packed white 79 Sacked mixed 68 Ear corn 70 Car tots, either sacked or bulk, made on application. OATS- 1 White clipped i 60 No. 2 white 69 No. 3 white ...5S Special quotations made on enr lot.i HAY—Choice timothy 51 30 No. 1 timothy i.‘25 No. 2 timothy 1.20 No. 1 clover 1.2(1 Timothy and clover hixed.... 1. ”5 Alfalfa hay 1 on Redding straw 63 BRAN— ru-e wh»it 7.is Mixed bran 1.2.5 Jersey stock feed 1.25 Reliable feed 1 1.1,1 Standard feed i.jn FLOFR—Private Stock, fancy past.. 6.25 Royal Owl. test pat 4.30 Top Notch, first patent '. 4.2-1 New Constitution. 4* patent. 2 69 Orange Blossom. straight.... 3 50 MEAL—Water ground Juliette .68 Other brands 57 MEATS—Dry salt ribs <m : Extra half ribs i 5 t 18-20-lb. D. S. hollies "jo*! Bulk plates gu Smoked meats *;r over abeve "* HAMS—Fancy sugar cured 16 Standard sugar cured...'. 1544 Picnic hams ji LARD—Pure tierces Pure. In SO-lb. tubs 11 Pure. In 80-Ib. tins 11 Pure, In 6n-|b. tubs 70x4 Pitre, in 10-lb. tins *nv Pure, in 5-lb. tins !!ll*; Pure, in 3-lb. tins The same addition, for other 4 narrrrl n ho vs* SYRUP—Georgia cane (new) 33 New Orleans P.n-'k sfra:- ’'Tj SALT—1 en White <-01100 sek.;;.F.n i.i9-!h Pa-lap .neve (g Special nrices car lots. * * ’Tn-ne.l <;ork n.air. lb ;u CHEESE—Full cream 171. Freeh,1 nri-e! ear lots. • " GRISTS- Hudnuts. in bbi.v js ra H'idnuls. in 3S-Ih sacks ." i 70 SUGAR -Granulated, in bh’s Orsck. .5.05 New clr.rified 4.*.; York yellow 41J. COFFBK—Choice Kio 14 ” Prime Rio 13 Moditim Rio rVv-rro'i .. Arbm RICE -r - "Metl'. Roasted .it ! .16.01 1 Ex-Attache In Chicago Tribune. A picturesque ceremony of Holy week at Rome is that known as the washing of the feet on Thursday in commemo ration of Christ’s washing tho feet of his apostles. It likewise takes place on that day at the royal palace of Mad rid, and at the Hofburg at Vienna, on the eve of Good Friday. But. where as in the Austrian and Spanish capi tals the people whose feet are washed by the sovereign are twelve in num ber. in Rome the cardinal vicar (who since 1870 takes the place of the pon tiff in thematcr, invariably washes the feet of thirteen men. The custom of having thirteen instead of twelve poor men to represent the apostles on this occasion dated from the reign of Gregory the Great. Accoding to sacred legend and pap ular tradition, one’ Holy Thursday, when Gregory the Great was engaged in washing the feel of the twelve poor men whom he always assembled on that' day at a bounteously spread table, he suddenly found a thirteenth before him, on whose feet were the stigma of the wounds of the cross, and who had mysteriously vanished before the kneel ing pontiff, completely overcome by the sight, hail risen ;n his f-'-t. From that time forth thirteen, instead of being considered unlucky, has always been looked upon as a sacred number by the Roman Catholic church, and moro especially at Rome, and nowhere Is the prejudice against the number thir teen regarded with more intolerance to day than at the vat'ean. At the Vienna Hofburg the vener able emperor, in spite of his advanced age. never fails on Holy Thursday to perform in person tho ceremony of washing the feet of twelve poor men. who. arrayed in new clothes furnished by him for the occasion, sit in a line on a raised rais. After brief religious ceremony the mon arch kneels before each one in turn, and pours on to the extended foot some te pid rose scented watei from a golden ewer, which is carried for him by the cardinal archbishop of Vienna, while the sen r archduke present bears the golden basin. Another high dignitary extends to him the embroidered towel with which he dries each foot. When the foot washing is comDlete and the men have resumed their footwear, they take their place at a bountifully spread table, where they are waited up on by the emperor and the archduke and af terwards sent to their respective homes in court carriages, each furnished with a well filled purse and a large basket ccntaining dishes prepared by the im perial chef and wishes from the im perial cellar. In England the custom of washing the feet on Holy or Maundy Thursdai" was. retained until the close of the reigr. of King James IT, the last Ro man Catholic sovereign of Great Bri tain. Since that time the washing of the feet has been abandoned, but six ty-six po?r men and sixty-six peer wo men. their number corresponding to th<- number of years of the sovereign, will a-semble in Westminster abbey on Thursday to receive g'fts of money in : the name of the monarch and known i the Royal Maundy. The men officer, but Ikeiwise for every sexier who shows himself in public on this day. In the aftenoon Easter eggs are hidden for the roya! youngsters and their friends la seek, the old Roman Catholic usages that have been retain ed by the Lutherans. For some reason or other, Easter eggs are supposed to symbolize the resurrection, and at the courts of Madrid. Vienna and Munich painted and gilded-eggs are offered to the sovereign at the close of the Eas ter high mass, and are then distribut ed by him among the members' of the oyal entourage present. Until this Easter was celebrated in the most impressive -manner at the \ DPCJICPn Trt All HW court of Vatican. Shortly after mid- UOt-L) ID .HLLUtV night the entire square in front of SL j Peter’s would be thronged by people { of 'every class of society, from the grandest parfricians down to the hum blest contadlni or peasants. Tho! greater part of the papal army, all its i 1GAIKER ID BOSTOH FDD FHCE BOSTON. April 15.—Rarely has there been so large a gathering of Boston people under one roof as that which assembled in the Christian Science Church tonight, "to swell Boston's voice,” as one speaker said, “in recog nition and support of the National peace and arbitration congress.” which begins in Now York tomorrow. Over 5,000 people listened to three orators as the}- pleaded for universal neace. They were former Secretary of • the Navy John D. Long, former Governor John L. Bates and Wm. Lloyd Garri son. • Rev. W-m. J. McKenzie, of Cam bridge presided and the meeting was unsectarian. Ex-Gorernor Long, who opened the speech-making, said that the gathering was to speed arbitration and save hu man life. He referred, however, to the late war with Spain and said he did not know how It cou’.d have been avert ed or how Cuba could have been res cued without war, although the con flict gave pain to President McKinley “But the war was not waged.” he said, ‘For conquest, glory or gain.” It was brief and the wounds were soon hea!ed. William Lloyd Garrison did not spare the churches of the country in his crit- cisms and said that the bearers of the name of Christians were ever ready to uphold and justify legalized murder when their own country was involved. He said that if the present movement is devout and earnest and proves 5'ital it will upset the basis of every Govern ment and the reversal of accepted ideas must be faced. “The movement Will strip the- soldier of his uniform,” he said. ‘Mr. Garrison denounced the war with Spain and said: "This guilty na tion and our kindred in guilt across the Atlantic are ripe for repentence,-which should manifest itself in acts.” Former Governor ‘Bates declared that universal peace is no longer a dream, but a possibility, not distant but in the near future. iO HU Hill OVER FOR LARCENY Lud Callaway worked for the S. S. Parmeloe Co. Ho was seen Saturday slipping a bag to another negro in such a way as to excite the suspicion of one of the clertts, young Tom Jordan. This action on the part of Callaway was promptly reported, and as it was known that the other negro, who prov ed to be a countryman named Leo Thurman, young Jordan sent for an officer, Wt» the result that the hag was brought back and found to con tain a new set of harness. The men were locked up and yester day when the facts came out, both men were sent fo the city court, Callaway on bond for 5150 and Thurman on a bond of $100. TflppiSII ftbrir EVELYN TO SEE HARRY robs tho happiest and sweetest mo ment of all the fresh bloom of senti ment. The very phrase ‘trial mar riages.’ recently made popular, is rank poison. Marriages of criminals are all ‘trial marriages,’ as those of brutes and savages are. Even a hint of de scending to those nether regions for a rule of life, is a disgrace and a degra dation. "In the stage of courtship wise and good young women have great educa tional power. Let us ha\'e one gen eration of young women sensible and seif-possessed enough to think and to reject from all friendly companionship young men who are Intemperate un clean, guilty of 'sowing wild oats,’ profane, coarse; and the next genera tion, if not so numerous, would reflect more lustre on the republic. The woman who marries a man to reform him has taken a viper to warm at her heart. The son of a millionaire Is likely, to imagine that he need not be 5’irtuous because he can gain the hand of a good woman on account of his riches. The divorce courts are witnesses of tragedies arising from such blunders on both sides. Ali mony is a poor substitute for the hap piness of ar ational marriase. "Falling in love is sometimes prais ed as a virtue, and often considered natural and harmlrss. And it is not to be denied that the mutual admira tion by whicl* two young persons are sometimes at their first meeting sud denly and stronrrly attached to one another may be the beginning of a pure and permanent loveHraMIMMpiiHM "True, rational Christian love in Will Sanford is a negro of the dom ineering brand. Saturday ihe entered a restaurant on Fourth street and ordered ham and egs, ham sliced thick and eggs fried on both sides. At a table sat Lucius Williams whose order for the same had been filled and was about to de vour it. Sanford remarked that lt was exceed ingly strange Coat his order was disre garded while that of an onery nigger like Williams should be regarded as first in order. Williams responded in as respectful a tone as a mouthful of macerated ham and eggs would permit that he had given his order fully an ’hour ahead. This angered Sanford and he fell upon Williams and smote him to the floor, and as he arose stabbed him. The evidence before the Recorder showed float the attack was not only vicious .but -whally unprovoked. San ford was accordingly fined $10 for dis orderly conduct and 'bound over to the City Court on tho charge of stabbing in the sum -of 5X50. APRIL WEATHER RECORDS SMASHED IN ATLANTA NEW YOR\<. A rail 15.—H'i’-ry Thaw members arrayed in full dress uni- : "? ent Z, a " !et , Sunday in the Tombs to- from, were drawn up in the center 1 ca ,^ . Farly in the cfterimon his o and along the colonnade on either side : to * e ? h J m - bu ‘ garden Fynn | married persons includes a solemn and then every one would patiently i ‘ old ber tha ‘ sh , R wouI ? hav& ‘o abldp i purpose to perform the duties cf mar- wait for davbreak. Jmft before tho ‘ by tbe usual prison rules consequent- . Hage. and to endure its trials in view sun appeared on the horizon a deep ly E K he was not permitted to see her | of the importance of marriage to so- and solemn silence would settle over ■ husband as she had done on pravlmu ; ciety. A. pro*'erb condenses in brief the immense assembly, and then the ■ Sundays during the eleven weeks that phrases the wisdom of ages. Marry Pope, followed by a great retinue of i had }’ e . el \ trial - gorgeously attired prelates, would ap- I ^ wa f hy one of the counsel v ^ 1 who acted for Thaw in the recent trial that D. M. Delmas will not here after have anything to do with the case, but that Jlessrs. Peabody and O’Reilly would act for him in the fu ture. pear^ in the loggia or open gallery above the huge gates of the cathedra!. Stretching, his hands in a sweeping gestures, the Pontiff, crowned for the occasion w|th his jeweled tiara, would. just as the . sun rose, pronounce in a loud and resoant tone of voice the 1 blessing "Hendicat vos,” and a mo- j without milk any more than we ment later the cannon of the castle of j can do without the atmosphere about St. Angelo would boom forth the Eas- u:’, Aside, therefore, from its commer- ter morn salute, while the various military bands in the square would strike up the “Te Deum,” .the music being almost drowned by the acclama tion of the crowd. • This impressive ceremony has heen abandoned ever since the establish ment of the capital of the kingdom of Italy at Rome. Both the late and tho present King of Italy repeatedly.have endeavored to persuade . the court of the Vatican to revive it. assuring to the Pontiff- ail the manifestations of respect due to a fullfledged sovereign. With the improvement of the friendly relations between the Vatican and the quirinal, which has been progressing without interruption since the suc cession to the throne, of the present Pontiff, / Pius X., there Is a prospect that the church may eventually yield to tho wishes of the crown and of. the nation in the matter and that the Pontiff may once more show himself from the loggia above the great doors of St. Peter to bless, the people as the sun rises on Easter morn. cial value, the money that is in it, it needs r.o argument to prove that dairy ing is destined to grow more and more in importance. Mare's milk .13 popular in some countries, fluid -of the goat still more so in others: but this country prefers the cow, and she seems to fully answer all purposes. We can do with out other things, might dispense with meat entirely and thu? ruin- the pack ers: might even let most of the grains go as., food, but milk we must have. There is no way of figuring -or calcu lating, a civilization. no possibility of progress or ei'en existence, without the wonderful agent that exud&s from thoi udders of COWS, , . COURTSHIP REFORMS. in haste and you will repent at lets ure.’ “Extravagance during the time of courtship may be checked by sensible girls. It may not be wise for a young man to seek the cojnpanionshlp of a woman whose demands upon his purse are more than he can honestly meet, Not seldom are moral lapses in bus iness due to the temptation of young men intrusted with money to use what does not belong to them in purchasing flowers, paying for carriage hire and other expenses, while in pursuit of a wife. Without attempting to answer them, we' may start these inquiries: Why should a girl accept costly pres ents from one who is not her hus band? Is it not questionable taste? Is it not something akin to begging" Does a wise woman like to think that she is being l\ired with money to give her love? “Hoiv should young peonle conduct themselves during the period of court ship after the promise of marriage is a problem to which too little careful thought has been- given. It ought be considered by all parents, teachers and young peonle who value purity, unspotted reputation and rolig- ous obligation. Engaged persons have made a serious vow, and ordinarily they should hold themselves to keep it unless there is strong reason for breaking off the obligation. But en Views of Professor of Sociology on This Family Subject. Ideas in regard to some reforms in ir a ^ ernen t j s no t actual marriage in re- the similar court in Chicago showed the^ ^ customs of courtship, in “Social £ lity m oraIs ol . , aw . Not Invo iving A VITAL NECESSITY From the American Farmer. Did you ever reflect that but for milk there could be no human race at all? We would simply not be here to wrangle over reform, read the salac ious ei’idence in the Thaw case, or dis cuss methods to muzzle the grafters. Everything starts with milk. AJ1 men and women must first be babies, and milk is the only food that a baby can take for a long time after birth. No substitute is possible. Its little ana tomy is not equal to the task of ab sorbing any kind of solid food. It must have milk, warm milk, fresh from the mother’s breast, or there will be no germ, no embryo, no baby out of which to make a man or woman. Not only is milk indispensable for the baby, but it is the best of all foods for adults. Nothing else equals it in wholesomeness, digestibility, sustain ing qualities. No wonder, therefore, that the dairy is such an important in dustry. No wonder that countless billions of dollars are invested in it and countless thousands of people engaged in its various branches. The world could not move an inch without milk. In fact, there could be no world so far as animal life is concerned, without this elemental, this primordiaL this all-pervading element of nutri tion. Josh Billings used to start one of his lectures by saying that he had heard a great deal on the subject of milk, but the best thing he had ever seen on it was cream. This Is good, of course, as our quaint philosopher observed, but it is by no means all. Even skim milk is valuable, much more so than once supposed. Form erly it ivas thrown away as worthless; now every farmer knows that it pos sesses fattening power. Nothing is better for poultry food. They dry it now and use it sa deslcated albumen. Though much has been taken away by the skimming or separating process, much remains of value. -It is used In the mechanic arts as a factor of nu merous processes. Combs, buttons, and rizing for paper, straw and felt hats, glazing and 3n- ishing leather and textile commodities are the results of skim milk in various forms , It would take a long catalogue. ■ ind ns strength tF«*v arc b isrher V N FT TV market < i mo o' Hardware—Whoiesa le. (<"raracte.1 M- r> :n.'ne Hnrirar# Co. 1 WET T. B’.’CKSTSL-J4 »er Cos POPF-Meslla. 24Hc ; Sosel. ijc.; eot- WIRK— Herb. S’ .c. per lb. PLOW STOCKS--Harm indeed, to state what may be made or en an average of 526 and the (Strouien I partly trade from skim rnilk in the sol- 830. all in brand new coins of the realm jidified or powdered form. Modern science :1 contained in old fashioned red and has opened up a new worid on this sub ject. and no sensible dairyman will now be found turning his skim milk into the sever. ’Blessed be the day when men cease to drink intoxicants, always harmful, and confine themselves to milk. Even now the bars all keep it on wv COOPS MA9KET. r good*. Print 1-16,-. on : re somewha riw?:— pained. POWPER—$4 SO; l-!b canisters. 51 !• <3o-' STT-iikel-rs pra W’lVCT.P — S R in C ' P r-.c ..Ontt CT (TV PUPPS IRON—2-51C lb. pour ' AXES— ?S 59 doze vhlte kid purses. At the princinal Protestant . courts Europe the old fashioned custom of naking Foster the occasion for great vie. political and ceremonial ameni- I ties has fallen into disuse, and save _ | at the court nf »' -riin the dev differs bard for those sensible enough-to or- Fergu- | hut little from ordinary Sundays. At . it. and buttermilk in summer is a 7 89; cedar. $5 o; ! Berlin, however. Easter day is Inaugu- potential rival of beer. Babies, na- half kegs. 72 73; 'v i rated by the trump eters of the guards i turc's best product, are all raised on I'd Hnx-*rd e-.nn'cet du corps regiment who with their great ' milk exclusively, and-we are of opin- , : !lv< r elariops herald the advent of this ion that there would be p. finer race - i great festival of the church by means than any now on earth if one could i of Luther’s grand Easter choral. They Duties Relating to the Family.” are presented by Dr. Charles Richmond Henderson of the University of Chi cago. in the current issue of “The Biblical World." "Courtship is a recognition of the freedom and personal rights of a wo man,” he says, “for where marriage is decided by force, or where the wife is bought from the parents like a cow, or where she is compelled to marry to secure a fortune from a rich fool, there her personality is not respected. Compulsory marriage is a mark of low civilization, and in fashionable society there is sometimes a return to bar barism. The offer of a title as pur chase price of youth and wealth is on this level of a lower and earlier stage of culture. Our ancestors sold and bought wives openly, and without shame: perhaps we may still observe what historians and naturalists call survivals. There is a nobler way. "Young persons of both sexes should be taught, for they will not otherwise duly think of it, that the conscious effort of a young man to win a young woman in courtship is a step toward marriage, the union of ono man to one woman for life. Many a merry hour may properly bn passed in the genial society of others without any purpose of marriage: but courtship, if it is ’ honest,' upright, Christian, is a series of acts intended to end in tho establishment of a. fam ily. If it is not that, it is false, cruel, selfish, and must end in sorrow of some degree'and kind. “In the light of the -facts and of the ideal of courtship one can judge cer tain kinds of conduct which are only too common, although they are not always adopted with a deliberate pur pose to injure or deceive. Flirting Is a too familiar mode of attracting at tention and winning love, perhans only to cast it aside. The cruelty of insin cere encouragement to declarations of love, whether' by man or woman, Is unspeakable. Why should a sacred tree be planted and made to grow un til its foriri is necessary to the mind and its roots are do<yi in the earth, only to pluck it up, bleeding away its life, and leas’e it to perish? Is there anything honorable in the boast of 'conquests’? Value of Courtship. "The period of courtship is an op portunity for discrimination, selection, reason. Hence it should not begin too early in life. Sometimes a tempo rary time of separation, for reflection and comparisqp. with change of scene, may help the' young people to make the lifetime decision with greater wis dom. The conclusion of this period is but a new beginning. Love has illu sions: for It idealizes its object; it the duties of marriage, it cannot give the rights of amrriage. In some coun tries engagement is often regarded as equivolent to marriage. especially among working men in crowded ten eiront houses, nnd this leads to many scandals and liberties, from all which the woman suffers most of the evil •without having legal protection. Modesty and dignity do not dampen strong affection, but makes the light burn brighter Into old age. Preparation for Marriage. "Honest courtship, the offer and ac ceptance of a friendship which means marriage, should lead young persons to prepare for marriage. For the young woman this means, in addition to the modesty, purity and chastity which every wise mother teaches her daughter and casts about her as an angelic mantle of. protection, an acquisition of the knoweldge and training of a home maker. This part of the preparation includes all possi ble general culture which makes a woman capable of sympathizing through a long life tvith the broad, in dustrial, economic and political in terests of a man: it includes all pos sible acquaintance with literature and art which may. gi\ r e rational, worthy and Inspiring diversion and recreation to minds worried and wearied with monotonous grind and rasping con tacts; it means the power to keep a house wholesome, clean, tidy with a touch of beauty, and not exceed the income of the man: it includes the knowledge and the training which are necessary to feed and care for the in fant and young child, the normal Issue of a marriage formed for social ends. "The preparation of a young man for marriage must be of body, mind, spirit. He must be prepared to earn an Income sufficient to support a wife and children. Personally he should be free, and should furnish reasonable proof to the father of his fiancee, or, if the father be dead, to her mother, that he Is free from all form of communicable disease. Some day this may be demanded -by law. when the general public becomes aware of the frightful ravages of con tagious and hereditary diseases, and acquires the moral courage to- apply an effective legal remedy. But until that law comes, and as one means of hastening its coming, every upright and sensible man will use his best ef fort to enforce such a requirement by every means of instruction, persuasion and influence.” ATLANTA. Ga. April 15.—April weather records were smashed in At lanta at 6 o’clock this morning, when the temperature registered 2944 de grees. The weather man states" high winds have saved the peach erop. Re ports from the State, however, indi cate serious damage. Stage Held Up for $28,000. MALTA. Mont April 15 —'Vord has ^ just been received of a hoidup of a stage, presumably by the “Kid” Curry gang, and $28,000 reported stolen. Seven Railway Kings of America. From Current Literature for April. Of railway presidents in the United States there are hundreds. Of railway kings there are but seven. The presi dent Is the executive chief of a single line. The king Is the financial ruler of a System cf affliated lines. He may not be even an officer of any. one line and yet be the king of the system. Sir. J. Pierpnnt Morgan, for instance does not hold any important railroad office, yet he is the. monarch over one- fifth of the mileage of the United States. Ex-Judge William H. Moore, the king of the Rock Island svstem. is only a director of the road. Ability to ruri a railroad is one thing. Ability to finance a railroad or a system of railroads is another thing. The seven kings in the order of their importance are: J. Pierpont Mor gan. Edward H. Harriman, William K. Vanderbilt Henry C. Frick, James- J. Hill, George J. Gould and William H. Moore. Their domain comprises more than 161,000 miles of railroad stock, with earnings of $1,776 000,000 a year. Outside of tl.eir seven dominions are to be found but 25 per cent of- the to tal mileage of the country, and but 15 per cent of the railroad earnings. This nation of forty-five sovereign States seems to be entering into a struggle with these seven kings and their army of officers and employes. Physlc?'AOefects Among Children. From this^American -Review of Re views for April. Moral obliquity, of which truancy is the first manifestation in'school life, goes hand in hand with physical de fects. Thus, among eighty-three tru ants examined by the department of health in the special truant school in this city, 87 per cent were found to have physical defects, in most cases of a remedial character. Truancy, and its kindred ills—the “street habit” rJM the “gang habit”—lead to crime unlefs speedily checked. The records of the Children’s Court in New York and of that nearly all the youthful criminals that were brought to these courts were truants and, what is more, that 85 per cent of these children were • found physically defective. The source of truancy, therefore, lies chiefly in defects which prevent children from pursuing their studies. Remove these defects, and the ability to go on with school work will be re stored. while the tendency for truantcy will be vastly diminished. It is as difficult for a healthy body to do and think wrong as it is for a diseased body to do and think right; as an Italian savant, Mafucci, expresses it. Man Is responsible for the good that he does—for the evil, the disease that is in him.” TRYING TO SAVE CHIEF. GENERAL WAS WOUNDED. PUERTO CORTEZ, S. H.. April 9.— (By mall to Mobile. Ala., April 14.)—A telegram from the consul general at Te- gueigalpa to acting Consul Greely here, yesterday, says; "General Christmas, who Is In the hos pital at Tegucigalpa slightly wounded, was shot while trying to carry his chief. General Barahona, the minister of war. from the field. "Barahona was mortally wounded and begged General Christmas to save him self, but Christmas would not abandon his chief, sa was shot and captured.” The Government at Tegucigalpa is con trolled by a ’’Junta’’ composed of General Maximo Rosales, ex-minister orf war; General Sierra, candidate for the Presi dency when Arias was overthrown: Gen eral Dionisco Guiterrez. revolutionary chief of the forces of Policaroo Bonilla; E. C. Fiallos. ex-minister public works, in the former Government of Policarpo Bonilla. Fruit trains are Dinning reg ularly on the railroad: arrangements are being made for paying off Nicaraguan troops tomorrow and the general Im pression Is they will soon sail for Blue- _ fields. ' Dainty Pudding, Take six egs and beat the yolks and whites separately until very light. Stir in three-quarters or a pounil of sugar and six spoons of flour into which' tivo teaspoons of butter have been stirred. Add a wineglass of sherry or white wine, though sherry Is the best, and half a pint of cream mixed with a pint of milk. Beat until very light and bake In a quick, hot oven. This pudding does not require any sauce, though of I course one may be served if desired. ELEVEN FIRE ALARMS IN ONE DAY IN ATLANTA ATLANTA, Ga . April 15—A record for fire department runs was created today, evelen fire alarms being sound- ba mgs COTTON Si NEW YORK. Apr;! was firm for spot 1 -1.1 Prime erud* ‘n ban- prime summer v- llow 4i V, --<3; c.jo.1 'off *u to J’:;: p-!-re summer whits 62*53; prlmo 1 14 39 winter yellow 51a52. 1 sil OIL. o9 *- per dos 0 per doz. Per lb e; Fwc-de, ’ l:cg, - bas to S4.73 ko kegs, 55.;; cent . Trilt cans. 7L <4c. ln r T Vvlf,'.' (7 wh|t « cs- null's 'trace ?! ta Jo ,1oz JI’N POSVl.KR—p*r peg. Austin erauh take their place for the occasion on the tower of the imperial palace at Ber- ’in. and the c!ear. metalir note- of th :-ir trumpets resound far beyond the pr scincts of the royal abode. Or. this day. the emperor and em- rre.-s attend divine tervices at the ca- ikod.-al and at its close the kaiser, as on New Year’s day, walks, accomp.an- ‘ed by all the princes of his house, and the chief dignitaries of the army, to the main guard, in order to give the tchword for the day. Full dress un- be found that knew «f no stronger drink, but contented. themselves with drinking gallons of milk every day. Such a race would be wholesome, heal thy. nnd moral. No moral monster would grow up cn such a diet. It Is pc-'ceful. soothing, softening. The into Myron Reed was fond of remarking the: the best things were tho=e that were cheapest, air and milk. It is not the things that much money is necessary to buy. the so-called luxu ries. that are the best and most palat able. YYe could do without the im- Aiittw Art into I second in rank are the generals of brig- transforms the “hallow, prettj girl into adealld t h e third the brigadier generals, a creature of majesty and character : Th her cornmlssIon B 8 are those of t causes the meanjearnp to loom up ; co!o n e! , lieutenant-colonel, major, first Jn the b. illfant fancy of a girl m a j an(J sccon d captain, and first and sec ond lieutenants. Eight generals of di Mexico's Fighting Force, | The Mexican army, at the present j e( j from 12 o’clock this morning up un time. Includes 3,239 commissioned of- ; til 6 o’clock. Damage was small in all fleers. The ranking officers of the ; cases. One fireman started to shave at army are the generals of division. The | 8 o’clock and finished the task at .12 o’clock. BROUGHTC’t’S TABERNACLE SCHEME ABOUT TO FAIL vision, fifty-four generals of brigade. ATLANTA, Ga.. April 15— Dr. I.en Broughton today announced his At- roist magnified a thousand diameters of moral greatness. "Courtship js made' all frivolous by the current spea marriage can o® itsmiy I Mexican currency, a day, and that of a ! to erect each'a $250,000 hospi tal,’ thus then a mistake in selecting a wife or v f brigade and a brigadier-gen- draining the city of funds accepting a husband It is imagined, j« , *12.33 daily. A colonel of in- I , ta . e cu > iunljs ' tho mnrft ’ V1 ‘***.«*-**«** crougaiun toaay aunuuncea nis At „„ Tno mode of ’ and forty-seven brigadier generals are i an ta tabernacle scheme wag on th, S2S di-mme Tf in activo 60rvice - Thc of » general verge of failure as a result “tTefforts 5*2 ^ i° f division In active service is 510,14. of the Presbyterians and Method ■iage can be ll^Iltll ,dissolved, ■ a dav flnd that of n 1 .. eomnnn will not pmve *’ery serious. But courtship which does not mean fideli ty for life, is like a rose with a mru eating out its heart, like a tree grow ing in scant soil.. The very idea of oral is 512.33 dally. A colonel of in fantry receives $7 a day: lieutenant- I Games for Girls, colonel $4.80: major 54.25: first captain i I think that both cricket and jiockra S3.20: second captain S2.90; firri lieu- are admirable games; and a jud'clouj tenant S2.55. and second lieutenant mixture of games of this sort 7vi'*h # $2.3,5. The pay in the. cavalry and ar- fine physical training which the g;-’ H it in the schools, is really iform is de rigueur, not only for every ported luxury entirely, but we cannot lurks in divorce, covert under all the mtward I tlllery is somewhat higher. A colonel get m the schools, is really securing protestations of undying devotion, not . c f cavalry or artillery receives $7.69 that In fifty years’ time the women of only endangers the stability of mar- flatty; iieutenant-colonel $5.12; major this country will from (he noVnt ", rlage. but degrades rourtsnin ftcnlf a .,.t. to cz. j _. .... _ ' 1 o. and turns into a he: