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NEW YORKSTflGK MARKET rescrip. Open Hisii Low Close Atchison ... klHt Sla isl?s Sl Am Sugar. .125V 12 H Am Car 34&8 34 Am Copper.. 66 682 66 6-2 Am Smelt.. 76 U 76 i 77 4 Am Locom. . 4H 4S1,- 4S 48 V3 Anaconda .. 41 4 411 41 ife 4 H & 0 86 67 'j, 86 87 Brook K T.. 4H 4S1 4S 48 C & G W . . . 6 U 6 14 Ches & O... 29 40 39 40 C F & I 26 26?'i 26 263; Col South.. 31 .. .. 31 Cotton 30 30 Cent Leath. 2f . .' .. 25 Krie com.... 19 litU 19 19
Jrt North. .131 '4 131 13Hi 131 111 Central.. 120 12 12S12 128' L & Nash... 105 10514 105 Ui5
Mex Cent. . . 15 . . . . 15 M K & T cm 27 27 26 27 Mis Pac .... 48 . . . . 4,S Xat Ia.1 . . . . 65 65 ft5 65 '4 Nor & V... 69 70 69H 70 North Pac.136 137 136 137 Out & V... 40 Fvoples Gas. Si2 92 Pennsvl. ...120V., 120 12'Ui 120 Heading ...113'i 114 113 118 It I & S IS . . . . 18 Hook Isl cm 15 15 15 15 Do pfd... 29 29 29 29 Rubber 21 24 24 24 South Fac. 86 S6V1 86 86 So. Ky cm. . . 16 16 St. Paul 133 134 133 134 Cnion Par.. 145 145 145 145 U S Steel 38 38 38 38 Do pfd... 103 103 103 103 West I'nion. 55 .. .. 55 Ex-dividends Anaconda, 50c. B.VMv STATEMENT. Reserve, decrease $11,403,500 Less U. S.. decrease 11,667.050 Loans, increase 9.875.700 Specie, decrease 10.046.600 Lepals. decrease 1.2S3.30O Doposlts, increase ; 294,400 Circulation, decrease........ 349,300 GRAIN MJDTOlSl MARKET
GRAIN MARKET.
Chicago, July 3. Estimates for Monday: Wheat, 3 cars; corn, 120 cars; oats, 122 cars; hogs, 20,000 head. Chicago, July 3. Carlots today: Wheat, 6 cars: corn, 168 cars; oat3, 146 cars; hogs. 18,000 head. Argentine shipments Wheat, today, 2.264,000 bu: last week, 2.232.000 bu; last year. 1,184.000 bu. Corn, this week, 2.629,000 bu; last week, 1,934,000 bu; last year, 1,439,000 bu. Northwest Our. This week Last week Last Tr. Puluth 35 57 tl02 Minneapolis .172 108 461 Chicago 6 6 19
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Month Open High Low Close Wheat .Tulv ..86 87 86 86 Sept ..87 SS 87 87 a Dec. ..89 a, K958 89 a May ..9393 93a Corn July ..71 72 70 72 Sept ..71 72 70 71b Pec ..61- 61 61 61 a May ..61 61 61 61 a Onts .Tulv ..47 48 47 47a S.-pt ..40 41 40 40-41 May ..43 44 43 43 Pork July ..14S2 1530 1482 1530 Sept ..1510 1555 .,1510 1555b Tn rd July ..932 935-37 932 93." font ..940 950 940 947a Ribs Julv ..850 857 850 S57n Sept ..S60 875 860 S75a
PRODICE MARKETS. Rutter Receipts, ll.fiol tubs; creamery, extra. 22c; price to retail dealers. 24c; prints. 25c: extra firsts, 21 c; seconds. 19c; dairies, etrxa, etaolATO seconds, 19c; dairies, extras. 21c; fancy. 20c: seconds, 17c: ladles, No. 1, 17c; packing stock. 16c. Eggs Receipts, 13.466 cases; miscellaneous lots, pases returned. 13c; cases included, 13ffJ14c: ordinary firsts. 14c: firsts, whitewood oases and must be 45 per cent fresh. 15c: prime firsts, packed fn new whitewood enses and must be 65 per cent fresh, 17 Vc; extra, specially packed for city tr-nde and must be 80 per cent fresh, 19c. New potatoes Receipts. 18 cars; choice to fancy, $1.101.15; ordinary, J1.00S1.05.
Veal Quotations for calves in good order were as follows: 50 to 60 lb weights. e'STc; 60 to 80 lbs, 7iS8c; 80
to 100 lbs, 8 9c. Dressed beef No. 1 ribs, 16c; No. 1 loins. 17c: No. 1 round, 11c; No. 1 chuck. 8c; No. 1 plate. 6c.
Live poultry Turkeys, per lb, 14c; chickens, fowls. 10c: springs. 17fi22c; roosters, 7c; geese, $4.00 (?i 6.00 ; ducks,
!Wl5c.
California green fruits Cherries, 80c fi $2.25 per crate: plums. 75c$1.60 per crate; apricots. $1,156(1.25 per crate;
pouches. aU'wS.ic per box.
Fruit Apples. $1.00- 4 00 per brl: 500 W$2.00 per bu; new n, -les, 25c1i$1.00 nr box; bananas, jnniuo. per bunch.
J1.60; straight. Jl.iorm.40; culls. 5(icW
$1.75; bouquets. 70ffP0c: lemons, $3.00
fj'3.50; oranges, $ 2. ;0 4.25 ; pineapples
tl.25fi2.9n per crate; peaches, 75c
..) per crate.
Perries Strawberries, Michigan, $1
'i $ 1 ... 1 per 1 j -n t case: cherries, per 16
nt case. $1.001i 1.25; plums. 65c$1.00
per 2 4 -Qt case; blackberries. 24-ijt case $2.0nj 3.00 : gooseberries, 16-qt case
$1.00?i 1.25; blueberries. $2.00r2.25 per 24-qt case; black, $2.50Ti3.00 per 24-qt
case; currants, per lb-cjt case, "ucrn
$1.3u.
leans Pea beans, band picked.
choice. $2.55: common, $2.40 2.45 ; red
1 kidney. $1. iOU 1.7 5; lower grades, de
pending on quality, $1.25(5 1.5u; brown
Swedish, $2.00 S 2.50 ; off grades, $1.25'ti 1.60: limas. California, per 100 lbs $5.62(? 5.75. Melons Gems, 65e(f $1.00 per crate
Rockyfords, California, standard crates.
$2.00: pony, $1.2u(U l.ou ; watermeloiid
$150Ca3aO per car. Green vegetables -Asparagus. $1.00 3.50 per box; beets, 3o!g6ue per box; cabbage, 75e!a$1.50 per crate; carrots, 35'a40c per box: cauliflower. 50c ft-$1.60 per box; garlic, 56c per lb; celery, 75c per box; cucumbers. 25cif$1.00 per box; green onions. 7c per hunch; green peas, 75c $1.00 per box; horseradish, 65c pei; bunch; mushrooms. 2f&45c per lb; peppers, 60 ft 75c per crate; parsley, 1 Off 20c per do; pieplant. 515c per bunch : radishes, home grown. 50(ff 75c 1 . 1 . V - . r. -
! per box; wax, 75cijf$1.50; sweet corn, ! $3.00 4.00 per bu; onions. 50cg$1.50 i per bu; spinach, 40i50c pffc- box; tomatoes. ;5& 60c per crate; turnips, 40 (fi 50c per box; watercress, 25035c per ; basket.
Southwestern MnrkHit MTciit.
Receipts.
Minneapolis, today ...187,000
Last year 4,9,000
St. Louis, today 54,000
Last year 17.000
Kansas City, today... 41.000
Last year 104.000 Primary Market. Receipts.
Wheat, today 364,000
Last week 292.000 Last year 878.000
Corn, today 32,. 000
Last week 448,000 Last year 669,000
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59.000 ti5,000 18.000 22,000 68,000 22,000
Ship. 325,000 1 05.000 378,000 338.000 440,000 1,323,000
For two days.
HEARD ON THE BOURSE.
J own jopics e would still rec
ommend selling the leaders on the
strong spots for turns.
Dlx-k Those who own stocks for
investment ought to remember that if
earnings continue to decrease there
must be further cutting and In some
instances passing of dividends.
F.ehe We look for some improve
ment in prices just as soon os the
market becomes active.
Ilutton We advise caution in trad
ing and would confine buying to stocks
of merit and then only on reasonable
set-backs.
White Sell out long wheat as it
can be replaced cheaper next week.
Barrell We advise buying wheat.
especially on soft spots.
Partlett The same cause has served
as the buying Incentive in wheat from the start and it is certain that the
short interest has been reduced.
Joseph Brt. is shaping for an ad
vance of a number of points. Buy
Steels. Average Copper on little dtps
and hold O. & W.
Clements-Curtis We would suggest profit taking in wheat today on yes
terday's purchases.
Waro & Leland We think wheat should be bought when occasions per
mit.
Pringle We look for higher prices
for September wheat and advise buy ing on all set-backs.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
LIVERPOOL HEIGHTS. Lot 8. block 7, Matthals' addition. New Chicago Ileal Estate & Investment Co. to Fanny , Blumenthal $ Lots 6 and 7, block 7, Matthals' addition. New Chicago Heal Estate A Investment Co. to Izak Zeplowitz Ixt o, block 7, Matthals' addition. New Chicago Real Estate & Investment Co. to Archie Brown NEW CHICAGO. Lots 24, 25, 86. block S; lot 23. block 5, Matthals' addition; lot 6. block 3, in third addition. New Chicago Real Estate - Investment Co. to Marcus Blumenthal Lot 33. block 2 in fifth addition, New Chicago Real Estate & Investment Co. to C. F. Gladwyn GARY. Iiot 38. block 1. South Broadway addition. South Broadway Land Co. to Charles E. Norman Lot 40. block 65. Gary Innd Co.'s first subdivision. W. F. Hodges to James H. Hyman WHITING. Lots 11 and 12. block 5, Davidsonson's seventh addition, Fred Lahavn to John Koval INDIANA HARBOR. NAT 1 y 70 feet lot 29. block 33, East Chicago Co. to Sigismund L. Eisler Lot 9. block 5 in third addition, August Rakofskl to Apolunia Kawcienski Section 35-33-8 W W NW . Benjamin J. Gifford to August Patz
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LOST Gold-bowed rimless glasses In black leather case. Return to 1. E. Dickenson, M. C. ii. R. freight office; reward. 2-2
LOST A small white and sabl collie dog. $5 reward for return to 1106 Beacon street. East Chicago. 2i-5
WANTED Good girl for
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LOssT A yellow Angora cat. Strayed or stolen. Finder will receive reward by bringing cat to Mrs. F. S. Betz, 546 outh Hohrnan street. 29-tf LOST Bunch of keys with owner's "2,m on T1T)g- Finder please leave at Times office and receive reward, tf PERSONAL PERSONAL You can get one "Special Photo" at Johnson studio on 4th of July only. 334 S. Hohman St. 3-1 PERSONAL Gentleman, age 40, holding good position, stranger in this part of our country, desires acquaintance of congenial lady ; must be of good appearance and strictly business;
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WANTED Girl or woman cook for
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WANTED Situation, girl 18 years old
with technical and practical knowl
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well as English; capable of doing general office work. Address M. P, Lake County Times. 29-6
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FOR SALE Ice cream parlor; doing
nice business; if sold at once for
cash, cheap. Apply 1 8 So. Hohman street, second lloor; phone 3092. 3-1
FOR SALE Good story and half house;
seven rooms and bath; lot 37 feet in width; must sell, bargain; on Wil
cox near Columbia. D. E. Thrailkill, S62 Wilcox street. 2-10
FOR SALE 40 acres good soli; house,
fruit, timber, running water; near station and resort; $1.3u0. E. Mitzner.
Valparaiso, Ind. 1-3
FOR SALE House moving tools outfit; formerly belonged to I'aul
Swartz; sell reasonable account of go
ing west. Geo. L Fedoiko, 117tii and Atchison avenue. Whiting. 30-6
FOR SALE Space in this column to the housewife who needs a hired girl. The girls always pick up The limes when they want a place. tf
FOR SALE Cheap, a "Hanson" motorcycle; only been used a short time. Inquire of Frank Hilbrich, Toleston, Ind. 23-2W
FOR SALE OR RENT A saloon In good location, dirt cheap on account
of sickness. See Abe Given 144th and
Railroad, East Chicago, InU. S3-tf
FOR SALE Cheap four horsepower motor boat; practically new; good reason for selling. Apply 05 East 77th Street, Chicago. 22-10
FOR SALE No. 811 Michigan avenue, new cottage, six rooms and bath; rented Nov. 1 $18 per month; see property and make offer. Address Tabyr, 3U-45th St., Chicago, 111. lfl-lm
FOR. SALE Choice cottages and lots in beBt location in city; cash or easy payments. Phone 3244 or call 213 Ann street after 5 uc'lock in the evening. 15-tf
FOR SALE Practically new safe. cheap; J. Baijm Safe & Lock Co. make. Address Safe, Times. 26-tf FOR BALE 25 foot lot in Standard Steel addition; can be bought at low price, cash; owner must sell. Address VI. K Laka County Times. 16-3t
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NOTICES. PERSONA L NOTICE. Party that removed fifty-foot garden hose from basement of Hammond building is known. Return same at once before legal steps are taken against you. 2-3
NOTICE. Committees on the Fourth of July telebration at Harrison park will Fell stand space and privileges. Also those wishing to take part In contests and races apply at once to Herman E. Granger or Elizabeth Scott, 300 Hammond building. 27
NOTICE. Clinton. Iowa, June 24, 1908. To Whom It May Concern You are hereby notified not to trust or harbor Walter C. 1'ike, as I will not be re-sponsible-for any debts of his contractIn S. V. R. PIKE.
LICENSE NOTICE. Notice is hereby given to the citizens of East Chicago, North township. Like county, Indiana, that 1 am a male inhabitant of the town, township, county and state aforesaid, over the age of twenty-one years and a person not in the habit of becoming intoxicated, will apply to the board of county commissioners of Take county, at Its regular August session. 1908. to be held in the courthouse at Crown Point, for a licen.se to seli spirituous, vinous or malt liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, with the privilege of allowing the same to be drunk on the premises where sold. Applicant desires permission to run a lunch and tobacco stand In connection. The place where said liquors are to be sold and drunk is described as follows: A first floor froum of a two-story frame building on lot 17. block 5. NW Section 33. Township 37, Range 9 in East Chicago. Lake county, Indiana. Said room faces south on 151st street, a putilic street within said town, and is entered through a door in front and also one on the side. JOE BLOSKY.
if" you have time tifhs to pages 7 axd read the want ajds.
WASTED TO BUY. WANTED Have you a second hand horlsontal gasoline engine, from 3 to G horse power, that you would sell reasonably? Address L M. Lake County Times. 1-6
FOR HEXT, FOR RENT Grocery and meat market stand; building 2354. Apply 188 So. Hohman street; phone 3092. 3-1
Our Mtho4 of advancing money on Pianoa, Furniture, Horses, Wagons, etc., will interest you. We will treat your inquiry as strictly confidential. Our rates are more satisfactory than those In South Chicago. HAMMOND LOAN & GUARANTEE CO. 148 SO. HOHMAN STREET. Phone 257. Over Moflel Clothiers. Open evenings except Wednesdays and Thursdays.
FOR RENT Three large, pleasant rooms furnished for light housekeeping with private bath: also two single furnished rooms. 277 Oakley avenue. 2-tf FOR RENT Modern six room flat. with furnace heat; bath, gas and electric light; large yard. 654 Summer street. 2-3
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Fnlon Stock Yards, July 3. Hog receipts, IS. 000 head; left over. 5.000
' head. Market 6c higher. Light, ?5.90 j&6.55; mixed, $6.00 (.1 6.62 ; heavy, $6.00
a b.oz; rougn. ji.uu's e.2i. cattle receipts, 2,000; market strong. Sheep receipts, 6,000 head; market steady. Hogs Cattle Sheen
i Omaha I.OOO 7,000 2.000
Kansas City .5,000 1,000 1,000
I nion Stock 1 ards. Julv 3. Hoes!
ciose easy, uignt. jo.uu lq 6.57 ; mixed and heavy. $6.0536.65: rough, $6.05 6.35. Cattle slow; sheen steady.
To Be Popular.
Tt is astonishing how much you can
learn from people In social intercourse
when you know how to look at them rightly, but it is a fact that you can only get a great deal out of them by giving them a great deal yourself. The more you radiate yourself, the more magnanimous you are; the more generous of yourself, the more you will get back.
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FOR R 10 NT Furnished rooms; all modern conveniences. Inquire 32 Carroll street. 1 -tf FOR RENT Furnished rooms; beautiful location; everything modern; breakfast If desired; private family. Phone 1704. 1-4
FOR RENT One six room cottage and three nicely furnished rooms for light housekeeping. 3ul Chicago avenue; phone 3203. 1 - tf
FUR RENT One furnished room and one unfurnished room at 21 S Plummer avenue. 1-2
FOR RENT Bicycles. $1.00 per week; $2.00 per month. Join the Sibley club and get above rates. 304 Sibley street. 29
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Liverpool. July 3. Wheat opened unchanged to d higher; corn opened' d higher. Liverpool. July 3, 1:30 p. m. Wheat 'd lower; corn, fid higher. Liverpool. July 8. Wheat closed ffld lower; corn closed unchanged to d higher.
Trz Want "Ad" lm The TTm 1
There Is Comfort WHBJT A MATT'S SALARY STOPS Through atcknees, failure of ttm employer, or a ouapemaloa of baclneaa, to feel tli at yoa have omcthtnar te fall hack on la your hour of trouble. Put a amall amount each week ta nr. fo-a la a rooA, reliable aavtga huk, tike the
Citizens' German National Bank1
FOR RENT One large furnished front room suitable for two; also one single room; modern conveniences; prices reasonable. Address C. M.t Lake County Times. 25-tf
Best Equipped Repair Shop In the Stata Q. W. HUNTES AUTOMOBILE GARAGE Compressed Air FREE Bowser Gasoline System 91 8. HOHMAN STHF.ET Phone 122. Huehn Block. Hamuoad, lad
HOWARD STEVENS, Open lot Contracts. Painting, Paper Hanging and Decorating. GRAIMNC1 A SPECIALTY. My Motto: Good Work. 183 State Line Street, - - - Hammond. Telephone 10DI.
Woodhull Ice Cream Co. Manufacturers of Frozen Creams, FruSt Ices, Etc. So. Chlcaro. 250 91ni St., Phone 77 Hammond. 8S State Street. Photw 17
FOR RENT Places in this want ad department for you, ten cents a night. Vo you want to make money? Try it. tf
FO RRENT Four nicely furnished rooms for light housekeeping; all conveniences; finest residence location In city. Phone 3401. 12-tf FOR RENT Modern six room flat at 420 Cedar. Inquire at 5 Williams street. 5-tf FOR RENT At Cheltenham, conveniently located 5 room flats. $12.50, with gas and bath. Apply Washburn & Tiftiny. 79th St. and Cheltenham PI. 3-tf
FOR KENT Finest 8 room brick flat on south side; new, modern; hot water heat: rent cheap. Lipman, 5. Williams street. 12-tf
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BARTER AfD EXCHANGE. FOn EXCHANGE What have you to trade for a leather bound Webster's distionury, in fine condition; almost new? X. Lake County Times. 30 FOR EXCHANGE A fresh cow for a light driving horse. Address C. S.. Times. 29 Bead The Time and set the hctt.
tOrtgtaal. In 1S65 or 1S0G I was a riril enstucer on tbe Union Pacific railroad then buDdtng. The western terminus was at Jnle6turg, a city that, like Jacah's gourd, iprang up in a night and. lake Sodom, disappeared as suddenly, though Juleslnrg's extinction was from the establishment of a new termtnTis farther on, at Laramie. My headquarters were in Julesburg, nd a more thorough exponent of all that Is vile in humanity never bloomed on the face of the earth. All night could be heard the sound of fiddles In the dance halls, "One more lady in this set," "Keno!" and other similar cries. On the evening of my arrival, curious to get a glimpse of what was going on, I visited the different places of hilarity, finally bringing up in a beep of boards that had been nailed together for a gambling den. There were faro, keno, roulette and in one corner a table at which two men with heaps
! of money before them were throwing
dice. 1 noticed that this table was not improvised, like the other furniture of the place. It was of polished black walnut nnd ornamented. One of the men throwing dice was a pockmarked, red headed man with a sinister countenance, the other a fine type of the rugged, honest, fearless plainsman. I looked on the game for awhile and was astonished at the way the dice rolled for the plainsman's adversary. I had heard of loaded die and the skill with which they could be thrown, but I had never dreamed of anything like this. It seemed that the red headed man could do with them as he liked. Finally the plainsman Intimated that all was not fair. The other, instead of resenting the imputation, called on me to throw for him for awhile. I did so and met with t'-e same astonishing luck as himself. Handing the dice back to him, I stood wondering how the trick was done, for I did not doubt that it was a trick. Of course the pockmarked man. lost occasionally, but it was plain ta me that such losses were intentional. At times his luck seemed to bo very poor, while that of the plainsman was
never very good or very bad. How the dice could be manipulated, as I was sure they were, I could not conceive, but while I was racking my brain to discover the plainsman had lost several thousand dollars, and the pile before him had been reduced to nearly nothing. While in that country I carried no valuables. In my trousers pocket I had a silver watch worth perhaps $5. Having an appointment at IO o'clock, I pulled out my watch, as I thought, to note the time, but instead 4rew forth a pocket compass, an article I needed constantly. What was my astonishment to see the needle vibrate feverishly, and when it settled, instead of pointing to what I had supposed was north, it pointed due east. The men at the table were so Immersed ia their game that I did not ask them where tha north pole lay, but turned to a man behind me. He told me it was where I supposed it was. Here was new food for thought I looked at the table and saw that under
its top there was an inclosed space
about a foot square. I wondered why a place like that should be in a dice
H j table. Then it occurred to me thar
I the dice. From that I argued that this something also influenced my needle, j therefore it must be magnetic. "Stranger," I said to the pockmark- ! ed man, "what's in the box under the i table?' j ne glanced at me without reply. The
plainsman bent down, then, putting his hands to the table top, gave a lift. The top came off and exposed the interior of the box. There In plain view was a horseshoe magnet, or, rather, a telegraphic machine. The plainsman whipped out a revolver and covered his antagonist. "Thank ye, stranger," he said to me. "Plense look into it while I see that you have fair play. Hands up, please!" to the pockmarked man. The order was obeyed, and I made the examination. Inside the table, besides the magnet, was a battery connected by Insulated wires running Inside a leg of the tab'.e, with a button about midway down. On one face of the dice were metal disks. When the gambler wished these disks to fall face
on the table he would press the button with his knee, turn on a current, and tiie magnet drew them down. Without the current they fell by chance. Over the disks was a thin coating the color of ivory. The plainsman kept one eye on the man he covered, while with the other he renppropriated all the money he had lost. There was no disposition on the part of any one in that country at that time to punish such rascality, and as Boon as he had got his own he went out, asking me to go with bim. When we were alone together he said: "Young man, I've got a thousand dol-
Man's Heart Is a Shuttle. A man's life is laid in the loom of time to a pattern which he does not see. but God does, and his heart is a shuttle. On one sid of the loom is sorrow, and on the other is joy; and the shuttle, struck alternately by each.
flies hack and forth, carrying the Uars to give you for the secret you
thread which is white or black as the pattern needs. And in the end. when God shall lift up the finished garment, and all its changing hues shall glance out, It will then appear that the deep and dark colors were as needful to beauty as the bright and high colors. Beecher.
In the Life to Come. When we shall he endowed with our spiritual bodies, I think that they will be so constituted that we may send thoughts and feelings any distance in
found out about wiiat was inslda taat table." I replied that I never gave nothing for something, but he was welcome to the secret, and I told him how my compass had been influenced by the battery. He seemed very much interested and pleased, remark inj? that he must have "one o' thorn pisson p'lntln' little things" himself, and oSared me the thousand dollars for mine. I declined this new method of rewarding me for saving his money from the pockmarked man, who, by the bye, was conneet-
rd with the gambling den, whereupon
Tin time Rt all and tmrKzt&r thpin
warm and fresh into the consciousness ! fce sft!1 the lea6t 1 could Co was ta
of those we love. Hawthorne. sbaSe' LfL 8. HUNTER GALSEY.