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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-11-20
EXCHANGE LINGO.
The Meaning of Many Terms Used ~
New York Stockholders.

The Meaning Of Many Terms Used BY
New York Stockholders.
The technology Of the Stock Ex.
change is too large for full quotation.
Conversions are the exchanges OF
bonds for equivalent shares of stock.
such bonds being called convert
ibles." .'Collaterals" are securities of
any kind pledged for borrowed money.
Pledging them is termed ''hypotheca-
ton" A good delivery" is of GER
tificates of stocks or bonds legally is
sued, bearing satisfactory power of at
torney on the back or appended, and
transferred agreeably to the laws of the
Exchange. A "bad delivery" is the
opposite. and involves the right of APP
peal TO the Committee on Securities.
and thence to the Governors '.Differ-
enccs'' are money balances paid where
stock is not transferred-whichs seldom
happens. To lend flat" means with
out interest. To water" stock is to
increase its quantity and impair its
quality. To "pass dividend" is not
to pay it. There are other slang
phrases used in connection with the
business of stock privileges, which is
not recognized by or done publicly
at the Exchange. Privileges to receive
or to deliver securities are bought and
sold outside the institution. Russell
Sage is the king operator in these pc
culiar transactions. Stock privileges
are puts and "calls." or combina-
tons of both. A put" is the privilege
of putting or selling to the one vino
sells it q certain quantity of q specified
stock at q. designated price within
fixed time. A ..calr' is the privilege
of calling for Of buying certain stock
at specified price within given time.
The seller OF the put must be ready to
buy, and of the call to sell. whenever
called upon. A ..straddle" is the OPP
ton of either buying or selling; it COM
bines the put and call in one, and diff
fers from the spread" in that the
market pr e at the time of purchase is
filled into the latter, while in the
''straddle" the price may vary from
that of the market. by agreement or
otherwise. The cost of stock privileges
varies with the length of time they have
to run. the difference between the prices
named in them from those current on
the day the privileges are sold. the ac-
tiv ty of the market. and other cUndi-
tons. and is from one per cent tothree
per cent of the amount involved. Ex-
perts affirm that they have a duplex
of policies of insurance
and that of tickets in q lottery. In exc
ceptional cases only are they means OF
profit to any but those who issue them.
Even the latter-with the exception of
the shrewd opera or now so conspicu-
Gus in the business, and possibly not
even of him-are likely to come 10
grief, as the large majority of their
have done. The gain of
the holder is dependent frs. on favor
able turns in the market, and next on
his ability and promptness in utilizing
them. Keen intellect. previs;o nerve,
and tigerish spring at OPP
portunity must unite to prevent the loss
of what is invested in them. Don't
is the best advice TO those who seek ad.
vice about fooling with them.-R
Wheatley, in Harper's Magazine.
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An Unfortun.te Loss.

THAT burned speckled critter with thu
broken horn" said an exasperated farmer,
makes more trouble than al the COWS pvs
got put together. II could give her away
I'd do it I'd fat her for beef but she'd
cost more'n she'd be wuth."
That same night railroad train ran ovee
her and killed her. and the farmer, with
tears in his eyes. told the officer Of the road
who was prepared to remuneraie him for
his loss that II it had been any one Of his
other cows he wouldn't care so much. but
10 lose that valuable animal, the only thor
oughbFed he ever possessed or expected Ia
possess was misfortune almost beyond
money reparation.-N. =. SUN.
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LUCKY DAYS.

When May with apple blossoms
Her lOving-cup u brewing.
With beams and dews and Winde that G01
The honey from the violet
With hopes on which the heart ID seA
On. then's the time for wooing,
FOR wooing, and for suing.
Dear lad, the time for wooingl
When August calls the locust
To sound the years undong.
And, Ike some altar dressed Of old
In drapery of cloth of gold.
High pastures thick with broom unfold,
Oh, thene The time for wooinG,
For w00ing, and for suing,
Dear lad, the time for wooingi
when brown October pausee,
The ripened woodland viewing
And all the sunny forests spread
Their fallen leaves, as hearts blood red
a carpet At for brides to tread,
Oh. thens the time for wooing,
For wOOing, and for suing,
Dear lad, the time for wooingl
Oh. listen, happy lover,
Your happy fate pursuing:
when ncids are green, when woods are sero,
When storms are white, when stars are clear,
On each sweet day of each sweet year,
OBJ, thens the time for wooing,
For wooing, and for suing,
Dear lad, the tine for Wooing.
Harriet Prescott Spofosd. IN Hdsper's B0sr.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The skull of Douglass, the IT.
indian war chief. Is used as q paper.
weight by the editor of the Glenyood
(Col.) Echo.
Judge Swan, of Sulsun, Cal, M
sembles General Grant SO strikinglv
that the impression upon stranger i
most startling San francisco Call
An ancestor of Jay Gould. Major
Nathan Gould by name, was the wealth.
est man in Piainfeld. Conn. in 1910
Statistics show him to have been worth
81, 5O0.-M y Graphic.
The London Truth says that Queen
Victoria has accumulated an immense
fortune out of the savings from her
official income and has 50. 100000 In
vested in London land rents.
Mrs. Laura Moore, ST. Louis LADY,
has not only taken the first prize az fhe
Paris Conservatoire for her splendid
alto voice, but is being sued by her st
Louis husband for divorce She thus
starts out under most suspicious con-
ditions for great lyrical triumph
Chicago Inter Ocean.
I'm Schohaue County, N. X, then
are two women twins, ninety-four years
of age. Both are described as well
preserved. active and in full possessioa
of their mental faculties. Each was The
mother of seven children, the eldest q
each family being alive. one at the aga
of sixty-fve, the other sixty-eight yssx
Troy Times.
1t is said of ex- Vice-President Han
nlbal Hamlin that during his long pub
lie career the venerable ex-senator has
been from Maine to- Washington and
return one hundred times or more. has
visited every State in the Union but
Oregon, and has crossed the Atlantis
and passed some time in Spain. and
yet in all his travels he never rode on
Q train or boat when an accident oc-
CURED.
--kossuth las gone to the Alps. and
it now transpires that he was driven
there by his poverty. For years the
poor old soldier has been deriving
precarious support in Turin by teach
ing the English language. which age
and infirmity now compel him to
abandon, but his sons, who have 3
farm in the Alps, have given him
home and viii take good care of him.
Boston Journa,.
Mrs. Theodore Tilton, though not
known to more than fifty people in
town. for she never goes into society. il
one of the frequent visitors at the ant
galleries and picture-shops along Va
bash avenue. says Chicago CORE
spondent She dresses plainly. but very
neatly. Her hair is iron gray. She
makes her home with her daughter
Alice, who is now the wife of Mr.. Gar
din, an Englishman, engaged in the
First National Bank as correspondent
--Harper's Bazar.
The nine now living ex-Senators
who were members of the United States
Senate at the beginning of the war and
who took their seats at the memorable
first session of the Thirty-seventh Con
gress on July 4. 1861. are Willard San.sr
bury. of Delaware; Lyman Trumbul,
of Illinois; James Harlan, of Iowa;
Samuel C. Pomeroy. of Kansas; Henry
M. Rice aud Morton s.. Wilkinson, Of
Minnesota; Daniel Clark, of New Hamp-:
shire; John Sherman, of Ohio, and
James r Doolittle. OF Wisconsin--K
z. Tribune.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-11-20

that Cyclone. Mted ~ upop II bosom.
and ere I could say : word in remon-
STRANGE, Iwas gliding along over the
housetops ike . meteor. Below me l
could see the houses being destroyed.
the peopls flying for their lives, and I
about gave myself up for lost I had
been struck BY the center of the ey-
clone, and was being borne out into the
country 1t lightning express train speed,
but being on the top of it / experienced
no more Inconvenience that 1would
have felt in Pullman sleeper. But
after awhile begin to think what
would happen when stopped. I con-
fess / was but poorly prepared for the
trip that was forced upon me. In the
hurry of my departure had neglected
to take my pocket-book with me. and
Is the cyclone was taking An easterly
direction. I began to wonder how l
should return in case landed some
where on the Atlantic coast
Then I recollected that the thing
had no brakes. and if stopped at all
it was going to be mighty sudden. and
had not made my will
These things alarmed me somewhat
Suddenly saw some huge objec. COM
ing toward me. 1t whirled right under
me and 1 grabbed it 1t was mat
trcss from some poor fellow bed. I
was saved!
81 gave myself no more uneasiness,
but laid right back on that mattress,
struck match, lit my cigar and pro-
ceeded to enjoy myself as well Is posi-
bic under the circumstances.
AFTER had travelled several miles
out into the country / began to think
about my wife and children I had left
behind. concluded the cyclone had
done wrong n thus tearing me away
from the bosom Of my family, and said
as much to it.
81 explained to it how worried my
wife would be because had gone away
without bidding her goodbye, and that
IS much as appreciated its refined So
ciety, would feel extremely obliged If
it would return me again to my native
vine and fig-tree.'
''Well, boys. never knew q cyclone
had such tender heart; but that cy-
clone somehow or other took . return
sweep. and before / knew what was
which, | and my mattress were lying
upon thereof OF my residence and not
. hair harmed.
Il opened the scuttle in the roof and
descended to find my wife nearly dead
from fright at my sudden departure.
She said right there that we had to quit
that town at once. and so I've come up
here to stay"
For several minutes . horribly In
tense silence reigned in our Office. Then
one Of the boys said gently:
1T must have been . pretty stiff
breeze. Ell, COLONEL"
''Stif breezer' said the Colonel. in
disguised tones, why. that doesn't
even attempt to describe it!''
Then another Of the boys recovered
and said:
.You say. Colonel. you laid right
back on that mattress"
..Yesrs -
swhile you were tearing along in the
midst Of the tempest-"
s.Yesi'
..And ron struck q match and lit .
.Yesr wen. er-that-is, you see
Il"
Then small cyclone seemed to
strike the Colonel. and his place on the
railing was vacant-Psck's Sun.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-11-20
HUMOROUS.

-Parlor croquet has been succeeded
by baseball at cards in the library, and
we may expect to hear of .Cricke: on
the Hearth. "-Pittsburgh Telegraph.
Vile der poys is lookin' at dis
Rowmelyah p;sness moost scoop some
more ilants someveres," remarked Bis
marck. as he sent for his atlas and
geography. Pittsburgh Chronicle.
"A Pennsylvania man who had been
taking medicine five years to arrest
softening OF the brain, was taken In
last week by lightning rod man. He
has about concluded that his case =.
hopeless--Chicaqo Ledger.
Two ways of looking at it: Artist
(pointing to stranded boat)-s'Beauti-
full effect with that old boat in the fore
ground. Ole Salt-"Yes; she's Just
in good position to give her fresh
coat of paint--M Y Mall
-Fanny-s'Isn't it too bad that Clam
Dean is so ugly! It's owing to thbss
horrid freckles" Julia don't OBJ
ject to freckles.: 20. you don'tr'
NO Not when they are on soma
other girls face. "-Rhiladslphia Cal.
Thunder" exclaimed stock
broker on board yacht in the lower
bay yesterday afternoon, where ID the
Captain" ''Here l am" sad that
gentleman. 'Well. I say. Captain.
forgot to leave very important mes
sage for my partner. Have you got .
telephone on boardPr-M Y. Times.
Prof. Bickmore rises to inquire:
How does fly fyF" Well. professor.
II You parted your hair with . towel
you'd know. 1t flies in q circle. and
always manages to get back to the old
stand on bald headed mans bump Of
reverence in just one-eigth Of . minute
after it has been requested to yacate tho
premises. There, sit down.-Housten
Caller.
Her reply
We were Standing alone In the moonlight
LooklnH out on the silvery sea.
ana eloquent grew as I urged her
10 give up her sweet self to me.
Then she rested her head on my shoulder
Every p,Iise OF mine thrilled at her toach.
buL ~ made my hot blood run much colder
Wher she promptly responded Not much!~
viii you have a piece of the pie.
Mr.. Goodman" asked Bobby's mother
Of the minister. Thanks; no." he 70
Piled ''Will you. BobbyP' she il
CURED. '.N-no, / guess not.n said
Bobby, rather hesitatingly. The NIB
ister looked at Bobby in surprise. II
thought all little boys were fond Of
pie. he said. They are, replied
Bobby. 81 could eat that whole PIE;
but ma said il you didn't take any
musn't and she'd save it for to-mors
row. ~ Y. Times.
Lon j. q wee lassie Of four sum.
mers, with quaint use OF English.
The intermittent footing of locomotive
caused her to clap her chubby hands 70
her ears with funny little frown exc
pressive OF disgust. ..What is the mat
Ger, LouF her mother asked. 20. I'm
fastening out that crooked ncise." The
other dsy she was asked whether she
would Nkher go boat-riding to tho
island or spend the afternoon with
9randmammA II want to 20 to both
n nn; was was IL prompt reply
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-11-20
HARD LINES.
nv RANK CASHIER.

BIT BANK CASHIER.
Great Scott, don't know what to do,
I've shipped the banks whole revenue
On private spec,
And al! the Doodle could raise,
To back me in my cashier craze,
Has slipt beyond my mortal gaze
Into Quebec.
Tomorrow should HE me hence
To reap the pleasures of my pence
In sweet exile
And sing: Old Bank, I'm safe ut last
The tine I'd catch me long since past
Ny futures bright my fortunes vast,
I've made my pile.
j can't stay in this wicked place
For tear my friends will see my face
Behind the bar.
Oh, Lord. I'm in an awful box.
I've saved up four million rocks,
And row see they've got smallpox
In Canada.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-11-20
Scholastic Item.

Look here, boy, this will never do"
"Whats the matter, pap asked johnny.
''You have missed your lesson again, for
l see by this report that you were kept II
after school, never Was kept In aftee
school when was boy"
Johnny looked at him for minute and
then said:
II know why you were not kept in after
school. When you were boy and missed
your lesson. your teacher, instead Of keep
Ing You in after school, took It out Of your
hide with switch and sent you home. -
T6uus S(ftts0s.
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A GREEN DELEGATE.
He Acknowledges His verdancy Humbl
and Reforms.


He Acknowledges His verdancy Humbly,
and Reforms.
Several days ago dealer in oysters
In this city received call from an indi.
vidual who announced that he had been
appointed q delegate to come in from q
village about fifteen miles away and see
about getting oysters for church fes-
tivXl.
''How many cans would you want?"
asked the dealer.
''Well. you may give me figures on
twenty cans
The lowest price was gwen him and
he took his leave. but in about fifteen
minutes he came back and said:
Eve been thinking it all oyer We
shall have at least two hundred people
to feed, and you'd better give me figures
on forty cans"
A price was made, and after doing
some figuring on his own account he
observed:
Come to figure upon the crowd ]
think We can count on at least three
hundred. Nobody ont our way has had
any oysters yet. and everybody will ex-
pect to fill right MP to the brim. Let's
figure on sixty cans"
A price was made on this number, and
ne started for home. promising to send
in an order within three or four DAYS.
The order was received yesterday. 1t
read:
II never had nothing to do with .
church festival before. and so. of course,
l was liable TO make 8 mistake. In
closed lind money to pay for two cans,
which are to be sent by the stage driver.
One OF the cans is for me, and the other
Tor the festival. No mo,e st present.
goodbye. "-Dctr0iG Free Press,
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Nice leetIe zoe:
Nice leetie Voc:
Nice leetle Yoe-poyl
Voc! YOei Yoe1

1t Is song admirably adapted to the
range OF her voice, which is q hybrid, only
two notes Of the gamut being required As
1t is addressed to the baby, she has pitched
It with delicate consistency In the minor
key. For staying powers she can discount
either Joe Emmett or the author Of peek
a-bo0" as the champion lullabyst I have
listened to her with all the horrors of in
sanity creeping over me / do not know
whether she has reserved all right or not
Its mother tells me that am great IA
vorite OF the baby's. Consequently the
seat next to 1t at table is reserved for me.
This. though an honor OF which / am deep
~ cogntzant Is extremely embarrassing TO
man with only one pair of trowsers. He
is pretty apt to be decorated with the
dishes that the baby reaches for in its crude
way, so that nearly all his spare time is
spent in the privacy OF his chamber scour-
ing his clothes
The baby has an aunt who is very much
attached to ii. She Is about twenty years
old, is pretty and susceptible, and has
$40, 900 in her own right As 1t is my de-
sire to make = good impression, / dare not
offend the baby. When she asks me IL
aon't think 1t Is Just too cute for any
thing" answer by q sentimental glance
OF the eyes have even taken It on mr.
knee to win smile from her, and joggled
It up and down.
1t is one OF the delights Of the babyt
get upon the floor and play with the silver
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Theatrical Note.

II see woman has started out with Z
stick to walk all the way to California.
That's something new, isn't itg'
mo. that happens all the time"
Il never heard Of another case"
What Did you never hear Of an 40
tress travelling over the country with half .
dozen sticks. And some of them make
money ut It too."-TeEus Stftinos,
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4 Serious Undertaking.

For An American to marry in Mexico
y . somewhat serious business. He
must be three times married. twice in
Spanish and once in English. beside
having public notice of his intention
OF marriage placed on q bulletin board
Tor twenty days before the ceremony.
This is the law. The public notice can
30 gotten around by the payment of =
sum OF money. but q residence of ore
month Is necessary. The three cere-
monies are the contract OF marriage.
the civil marriage--the only marriage
recognized by law sincs 1S5S-and the
usual but not obligatory church service
The first two must take place before 4
Judge, and in the presence of st least
four Witnesses and the American Con-
suL The civil marriage is the legal
form OF marriage. These cerem anies
are necessarily in Spanish Most we'd.
dipgs are confirmed by church ser.
vice Chicago journal.
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QUADRUPED (nusing)-Oh, Il IL tenn
BILE to think Of being tied to this for the 10
mahder of my life.-H0rpcr's Weekly
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A CYCLONE VICTIM.

-
Colonel Kinks Story Of His Thrill
ing Experience.
For several days following the awful
cyclone at Washington C. H.. Ohio. it
was the all-absorbiDg topic Of converse
ton in our town.
Great crowds of excursionists went
down to view the wrecked city, and 10
turning told of the terrible effects Of the
devastating storm.
These accounts were listened to with
great attention, but as most Of them
were inclined to spread it on . little, it
was pretty hard to separate truth from
fiction. So when Colonel Tom Kirk,
whom we knew was q citizen Of Wash
ington c. H.. strolled into our Office, we
felt certain that we were about to hear
. true account of the great blow.
The Boys all gathered around him.
gave him the seat of honor on the rail-
ing. presented him with . cigar, and
settled themselves down to listen.
well, boys" said the Colonel, after
few preliminary puffs, s.you want ID
hear about the cyclone, Isuppose, eh?''
We told him that, entertaining as we
did firm belief in his unimpeachable
veracity. such was our unanimous do
sire.
well. confined the Colonel, s.let
me tai you first that ] have come up
here to stay. I've got enough Of WASH
ington C. H You know when went
down there to live, people here al told
me il was situated in an open country
ana liable to heavy storms; but / never
listened 10 their talk. wish / had
now. never knew such q town for
storms and they were mighty queer
ones, too I've seen all sorts Of storms,
from typhoons and tornados to, aheml
domestic storms but never saw any
act like those.
Why, five would happen to leave
our clothes out ON the line after dark.
along would come miniature cyclone
and sweep my best shirts Oh. leaving
some WORKOUT things I should have
heen glad to get rid OF And strange to
say We wouldn't hear any noise. either.
1t would slide around and do its work
% quietly that when would ask my
neigkbor about the storm next morn
ing. he'd declare there hadn't been
cloud in tho sky the entire night
Then. again some morning would
wake up 70 ind that my melon patch
had been visited BIZ Cyclone and the
xinds were sttewn all over nv neigh
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-Lerses Of rock crystal taken from
the ruins Of Nineveh," said member
= the meeting Of the microscopes, in
Cleveland. o.. the other day, s:su9cesi
mat microscopes may have been used
N those days" No one knows indeed
who did invent the magrifying glasA
"A Huntington Spiritualist states
soae his twelve-yesr-old daughter.
0ough ignorant OF the German Ian.
gusga recently spoke fluenfly in ths,
.songue while being possessed with tho
cf1zs q : German = itfs6swyk Abek
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saves the expense Of an alarm-ciock.
But at other times 1t Is narrowing in the
extreme. 1t makes me long intensely for
the right to exercise parental authority.
The baby has Swedish nurse of COM
Portable proportions who, for the delecta-
ton OF her tender charge has composed
lullaby which runs something like this:
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