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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29
Live stock Market.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Jan. 2S.-Cattle-Receipss
II COZ: shipments S01; market slow ana weak;
lOc lower except for choice cows, which were
steady; good 10 choice cornfed 81 2oG4 IS;
common TO medium So 25a4 90 stockers 81 IS
az SO; feeding steers g GOES IS; COWS 81 3A0
90. Hogs-Receipts 5000; shipments 400,
market opened steady for good, while common
were slow and weak. closing 80 lower;
ranging from 50 00a5 80. Sheep-Receipts
800; shipments none; market tsteady; good
o choice 81 G0a4 20; Common to medium 81 o0
f3 80.
CHICAGO, I'LL, Jan. 2e -Cattle-Receipts
1900. shipments not reported the mark YVES
loo lower than yesterdays quotations; fancy
cattle s. %; steers 8 0oG5 CO; stockers and
feeders g 0O43 40: cows, bulls and nike
81 75G5 20; bulk g 1898 so; Texas cattle 81 IS q
90. Hogs-Reoeipts l5,oG0; the market was
stea1y al s. e065 20; heavy IS 50G5 90; light
IS l0G5 GO. Sheep-Receipts 900; shipments
1000; tue market ues steady; natives s. 00G
10: western - 50@5 10; Texans s. uoa4 co;
lambs 81 15a6 10.
ST. LOUIS, so, Jan. 2s.-Ca.tle - Receip 9
300; shipments 800; market active and strong;
choice bsavy native steers g 50G5 90; fair 70
good native steers s. 9OG4 co; butchers steers.
medium 10 choice, 8 1894 80; stoekers ana
feeders, fair t. good. 81 0JI3 CO: rangers,
Ordinary 10 good, s. 2004 %. Hogs-Re-
ceipts 10; shipments 500; market strong
and ran2ing from S. 90 to S. 20. Sheep
-Receipts 200; shipments 1900; the market
was firm; fair to fancy s. 70d5 40.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29

| smsn box. Csc; vermicelli, small tox. CSC;
| ca.sup IN bulk. per gallon, CSC: Worcester
sauce In buIk, per gallon, s. q. Mixed pickles,
sugar-line powdered, bbls. sxc, do half
bbls. SC; cut Loaf, bbls, sxc; do half bbls SC;
standard sTanulatsd, bbls, SIC; Louisiana
white, Ike: Loulstana =. c., choice, exc; do
fancy 81 6Tc.
Rice-Prime exc; choice CSC.
,o n Mexican Cam nsre.. i3X to isx hands high,
unbroken. SIS 00@ls 90 per head; Mexican
r1ares, l3k TO II hands high. unbrokep, SIS Goa
q 90 per head: Mexicen mares. II TO IS hands
high, unbroken, So 0O125 90 per mead; Texss
| mares. y to II hands high, unbroken, SIC COG
! 50 90 per head; Texas mares. Il 30 10 hands
high, unbroken. $50 00m40 90 har head; Texas
: mares, Is to l6 hands high, unbroken. $40 zoe
| 60 90 per head; Texas horses. Is TO hands
nigh unbroken. s25 00950 % per nesd; Texas
horses. IA TO Is hands high. unbroken, $50 CoS
so 90 per head; Mexican horses, IL to II hand.
high, unbroken. sls O0@25 90 ser head; Aexio
can hozses. Il to Is hands high, snbroken. SIS 0v
| 930 90 per head; Mexican mules. 12h to II
Texas mules. Is TO 163f hsnds high, broke. $50 90
al50 90; American draft horses. Is to 16x nSnds
| high. broks. Sl0oRl75 90. From 81 TO IS sd-
Gfa Rs s0a s hSI sR GsSss i nes77 h,as.
No. Z light 10.
green sailed SC; butcners' green 394ko: shear
| iiGgs zoe; pelts 40575c.
MOLASsEa-New Louisiana syrup 4Sc; new
choice Louisiana moIasses, o K, 65c; new
Prime do SIC; new fetr Go ACC; choice centrifu-
gals 4sc; prime DO 40c; primo rsboiled 55c fair
do $50.
NUTs - Peanuts. 64a?Hc; peoana. 6oi
almonds, zoe; Brazil nuts. LOG per d; dberss,
100 per d English waluute, IS, per ..
NAILs-s3 % per keg, pasis led; purder
oorseshoe per kcs SIS; Perkins. sarne. S. 30;
walker. same. S. So burden mule So north.
No, 6. 23c; No. T. PIC; no G, 20s; "Lake's" No. 4,
45c; No. 8, 26c; No. t. 22c; No, J. zoe; No. g. I9c;
AUsahle, same: No. 8, i5o; No 5, $50; No, 6, 2lc
No. 7. 100; No. g. lsc.
POUlTRY~We quote: Young sying chicEs1i
| 81 rs Sper doz; old hens 81 p per dcE. /;
THIsKY-Reotiied 81 Joel so, IS per proct.
years old 81 90@22O; fancy extra CID whlsky
4 nOs15
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29
ON CHANGE.
Spot Gotten Unchanged; futures from
, TO ) Points L0wer-Meney
Market Easy.
Wheat Opsned Firm, Fiuciuate6 Narrow
Iy and Closed at q Dscitne-Lfye
Stock Transactions Brisk.
Daily Local Review.
HAAL1 : . Of IN4}
FORT WORTH. TEX. Jan. 2s, less.

GAZETTE office,
FORT WORTH. TEX, Jan. 2s, less,
Wholesale trade has been but fair to-
to-day, though not duller than is usual on
Saturdays.
The business IN retail lines, however,
was of sum ;ient magnitude to more than
compensate for any weakness that msy
have been felt ~ )bbers.
Butter is quite plentiful on the market
low, bu. eggs cannot be hsd st any price,
and chickens and turkeys ere quite scarce.
SUGARS.
Cable advices from Europe were OF an
unfSvorabIe tenor, reporting depressed
and unsettled markets there, notably ct
London, where sharp decline had oc-
CURED under free realizing sales or spec
ulstive account. On Tuesday, JanuAIy
II, the aggregate stock Of sugar ct the
four perts in the United Kingdom was
given SIS 16S.984 tons, sgainst 1873, 8l6
tons week earlier, and 1922 $50 tons S
year ago, The warehouse deliveries
within taa.a past week there were 1880
tons, against arrivals of Is 600 tons. The
visible supply Of oeet root Sugar on Jauu-
ary l, according to NJ. L;ch5, fell 260, 900
tons short Of the aggregate on January l,
1887. The grand total stock of sugar in
all countries, ct latest da'es, as compute
by Messrs. Wiilett & Hanlen, was 995. Cpl
tons, against l,C90,192 tons year ago.
These figures Indicated 10 discouraging
changes in the statistical position, yettbe
heGviness in the foreign msrkets-thougt
attributed mainly to speculative ipfu-
ences-induced buyers here to practically
withdraw, and the few bids mentioned in
the local market were on modified basis
and unsatisfactory to the principal hold
ers, whose confidence seemed undisturb
ed. Similar textures were adv sed q
from the leading primary SOURCES
Bradstreet's.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29

COMMERCIAL RESUME.
Special TO the Gazette.
NEW YORK. jan. IS Railway bonds
so-dsy closed SIS follows: Fort Worth and
Denver City st SIS; Texas snd Pacific
incomes a. 81; Rios at 20; Kansas and
Texss rs st 1853; G's ut 704; IS at 7U4.
Sterling weak.
Governments steady.
Money per cent.
Silver, 9G5.
Wheat quiet.
Cotton dull.
Oil SSS
c Fl e IS points lower.
Hides q diet aud steady.
The general current in the locaI wool
market is unchanged. B0ston's market
is steady.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK. Jan. % The stock market
continues 10 grow, both IN strength and
in breadth, to-day's transactions exceed
ing those Of the corresponding hours OF
any day for q long time, and the sales Of
several full dsys during the present
week. TIE sentiment OF the room wss
bullish throughout on the expectation
LuSL lES IOi k1SOiA-IDs- CoAh cbSbSL4C
would show further handsome increase
in the surplus reserve. which WAS not
disappointed. The opening Was made at
irregular changes from last evenings clos
ing prices, bu: the market becsme strong
immediately, Lackawsnna starting off
with gain OF Il per cent, Colorado coal
following. There YVES slight check to
the advance near II O'Clock. but Missouri
Pacific, Nor .hweslern and Western Union
took up he lead and with g marked in
crease in activity. Further gains were
made throughout the list. The tone
of dealings continued firm to
the close, which was barely
active snd, on the best price
reached. The active list, with but few
exceptions is higher and Lackawsnna Is
up l :, Missouri Pacific snd Colorado coal,
Il each; Norfolk and Western preferred,
and Fort Wcrth snd Denver, per cent.
each.
Interest in the bond list shows no dis
minution. Ssles, 9+6. 900, out Of which
90, 900 were in Burlington and Quincy snd
Nebraska as. The closing figures are
irregular. =
Government bonds were dull, bat
STEADY to firm. Il
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29
GESERAL MARK ET2.
Procuce and Provisions.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. s3.-Flour-Firmer and
hetter demand: but NO higher. Wheat
Opened steady and advanced &C, but later
So3xc; February closing at soc; March sl1kc,
closing at SIC: May s21l@sS1Sc, closing ct SEC;
July soKGslc, closing at soSc;
December, S4z<c, closing ats s41<c,
Corn-lower; ca.n 47G475kc; February Ala
47lEc, closing 47..; March 47kd47ac, closing
Axe; May 4s1sGl93Ec. closing 4:1c. Oats
Weak and lower: cash 3ol4c; Aay sIltc. Corn.
81 o. Provisions steady. Pork-Nominal At
sl4 s7X0l5 co. Lard-strong at 81 Is. Dry
sailed meat, boxed, shoulders - 70 :
short clears 81 Is. Bacon. boxed. eaouldeHs 8,
IS so; long clears s. 50: clear ribs So Ska
10; short clears s. WeS 60. H1m3 STEADY
at $40 5oa12 CO.
CHICAGO. JLIssss ssass.ff oz ne
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29
The Wool Market.

ST. LOUIS Mo-, Jan. 2s-Wool-Market quiet
23xc; coarse braid II o2lc; low sandy 166lsc;
fine light 1875; fine heavy Ie@1sc. Tub
washed-Choice 555<c; inferior 2s03ac; sacked
l0GlSc.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29
UaIlforpla Canned aasds.

These famous goods ere used by people
in all stations Of slffe, from the rising to
the settingof the sun. They are the
choice Because OF their purity, being even
better than when picked from the tree.
The Fort Worth Grocer Co. can supply
vr>u
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29
OOExGA mAMMExh.
Receipts at All unitca States Ports.
EaW urSeaNG.

NEW ORLEANS. LA. Jan. q. -Co!ion-spot
closed firm and unchanged.
Sales 1850 bales.
Stock 3G6, 1856.
Low ordinary Sc; ordinary SIC; good
ordinary exc; low middling Lice; piddling
97sc good middling l04c; middling fair
lU5Ec; fair 1l2.c.
Futures opened steady. closing easy &c neral
ly 10 points lower. January and February
mn
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29

Keep your blcoa pure and you will not
have rheumatism - Hoods Sarsaparilla
purifss the olo9d ana tones the whole
system. A
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29
GelveNtn.

GALVESTON, TEX. Jsn. 2S.-Cettoa - Spot
closed firm and unchanged.
Gross receipts, 7Ss.
sales, 4o6.
Exports,
Shipments coastwise, $500.
Rail shipments, 49,.
Stock. II. 02i bsles.
Low ordinary. Z Is Isc: ordinary. 7l6c, good
ordinary, 91sc; low middling, szsc; m.coLng
l0c; good middling. lol.c: uiddl.Eg tair. 1876.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29
NIM ANOEaL.

ENGLISH oONsoLs.
LONDON, Jan. 2S.-Consolg closed 81 ~ Is l6d
for money; silver. A}sd.
MONEY.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-Money on call easy al
3 par cent; q prime merchantile paper ga
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29

Sales &c, 400 bslee
New Yoxk,
NEW YORK. Jan. IS Cotton-spos closed
quiet and unchanged.
Sales, 125 bales.
Stock 250,s 62 bales.
Ordinary. 1886; good ordinary. exc; low
middI.ng. 10 8 16c, pliddlins, 10 ll-l6c; good
mtddling 10 l5-16c; Tniddlin9 fSir. IL 9 &c.
Futures closed easy 3a4 points lower.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29

VIII positively, cure sick hesaache4nd
fprevent IS return This is not but
truth. Carter, Little LiveF Pills 0ne
pill dose. Try them. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29
Liverpool.

Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. as-Uotton - Spos closed
dull In buyers favor.
Ordia.ry 55-l6d good ordinary 55-l6d; low
middling sgd; middling uplSnds SD; MID
ding Orleans l1-l6d.
Total sales 500; American 6200
Imports, 81. Geo American, q, 500.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-29
ON WALL STREET.
The Stock Market Yesterday Was More
Active Than 1t Has Been for
SQme Time.

The Activs List, with But Few Exceptions,
CLOSED Hiso Government Bones
Dull But Steady.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-12
Grows in Nebraska.

An Omaha letter says that the chief
features of Nebraska, next to blizzards
and heroic schoolma' ans, is crows.
These crow colonies arc well organized
and evidently know what they are
about. The wonder is that their in.
stinct. which in crows and ravens bor-
ders close upon intelligence, does not
send them farther south during the cold
season. With tho regularity Of the sun
;hey come across the river from Council
Bluffs, filling the mir with their hoarse
calls. They urc tame and feed with tho
poultry IN private premises. and try titles
with the dogs for the bones. in which
contest they ara usually victorious.
They are the street scavengers of tho
city, and as numerous as the children
in populous districts. They gather
like committees on public improve
ments in unoccupied districts, and with
their crow pantomime look as though
they were stalking out corner lots. In
Inc latc afternoons their preparation
'or returning to their night haunts is
evidently no haphazard operation.
Some winged sentinel that evidently
takes notes OF time sends down from
the upper mir his ,hoarse signal as tho
Mussilman from his turret, and in u
twinkle all heads arc turned toward
he east, tho black mass moves and
iies of. and. as fur as tho eye can see
stretches in tapping clots across the
sky. y.-Aitany J0NyNaa
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-12
PoRPolsEs AT PLAY.
Playfulness ana Agility of tho Seemingly
Lazy Creatures.


Mr.. Colbeck, writing of his cruise
upon the Black Sea, describes, in an
en- tertaining manner, the antics of the
porpoises as he watched them from the
steamers deck. The playfulness and
agility of the porpoise in these seas
were very conspicuous.
A shoal tumbling in the distance,
TO port or starboard, and sometimes far
astern, would become aware of the
presence of vessel, and, skimming
alongside with incredible speed, dart
ono over another, and finally reach the
bows; then marine game would begin,
beautiful and exciting to behold. Turn
ing from side to side, and sometimes
completely over, their white bellies q
silvery gleam. the porpoiscs would
dart, now rising above the wave to
take in fresh stock of air. and then
diving completely under the bows, and
appearing on the other side, apparently
as full of froliG rs fish could be. With
delicate precision they would regulate
their speed to that of the vessel, allow
ing the vessel sometimes to touch the
tips OF their tails, and then. as if their
joy was eXubcrant, too much to con-
tain, dart away at five times the speed
of tho vessel, and come skimming back
again to meet her. When the porpoise
is seen breaking tho water from dis
tance it has all the appearance of a
very lazy creature. But when seen in
clear seas, completely under water, the
gracefulness and velocity of its motion,
explained partly by the perfect curve
of its body, either way, to the tapering
nose and tail, can not be surpassed. It
reminds one of tho sweep Of gannet
W hen it sights the prey. = Youth's COM
pGntOn
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-12
DRIED HUMAN HEADS.
A Singular custom OF Many south Amsri.
can Tribes.


Singular Custom OF Many South Ameri.
can Tribes.
In the National Museum are two
shr,nken heads, with nearly perfect
features, long, glossy hair, and having
the mouth closed by means Of long
fringe Of cords. There is a double
braided cord fastened to the vortex for
suspension. and others hanging down.
ward for the attachment Of colored
feathers.
There seems to be some confusion In
literature about these heads, and ]
write this note partly to state what ]
have learned and partly to ask for
light.
Dried heads are preserved by many
South American tribes. Fletcher and
Kidder ("Brazil," 473, illustrated) say:
''Thc Tamoyos dwelt formerly in the
provinces of Rio Janeiro and Minas
Geraes, but, being harassed by colo
nists, were pursuadcd by tho eloquence
of Chief Jappy Assn to emigrate north.
They migrated more than three thou
sand miles to the mouth of tho Made
ria. Their descendants are now between
the Tapajoz and the Madeira, among
the lakes and channels Of the Tapinam-
bas. They are now called the Mundru-
Gus, the most warlike Indians in South
America. They live in villages, in
each of which there is fortress where
the men sleep at night. This building
is adorned within by the dried heads
of their enemies dccked with feathers.
But the Jivaros, who dwell on the
Napo river, in Ecuador, do more than
dry the heads. They remove all the
bones, and shrink tho heads until they
are no larger than a lady's fist, and are
as hard and glossy rs polished ebony.
There is an account which says that
these people, when they have killed
brave enemy, cut offhis head, pounded
it with clubs until all the bones within
were beaten to jelly, then removed
tho bones and smoked the head until it
shrunk to its present proportions. This
has always seemed unreasonable, be-
cause the pounding would destroy the
skin.
Mr.. Charles H. Knight, an American
citizen, went to the Napo country, 1870
miles east from Quito, in 1871. and
spent five years there in business. He
procured one OF these dried heads,
which is now in the United States Ma
tional Museum, from the Achualas, a
band of Jivaros, through an old Indian
who had seen the preparation. The
heads thus treated are always trophies
taken from slain enemy. An incision
is made quite through the skin around
the neck. well down toward the shoul-
ders. The skin is then drawn off over
the head, just as one would do in fay-
ing an animal, cuttings being made
whenever muscular adhesion made it
necessary.
The features are thus left intact.
The skin is then soaked in an infusion
of some kind of herb. which Mr.. Knight
did not procure. The second step con-
sists in filling the skin with hot pebbles
and sand, over and over. until it is
quite shrunkcn and dry. Tie soaking
in the decoction and the shrinking and
drying are alternately practiccd until
the trophy is reduced to the desired
proportions. The mouth is then sewed
up, n cord is passed through the top
OF the head and the specimen is hung
up in the smoke. e.-Sciencc.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-12

Queer Habitatlons Pound in southern ana
Central Africa.


Central Africa.
A study Of the various habitationa
which do service as the home OF man,
Is at once most curious and interesting.
We find them made of almost every
conceivable material--of snow and ice,
of mud aud sod. of the skins of animals,
and Of the leaves. bark and twigs OF
trees, as well as of the many other ma
terials commonly considered suitable
for building purposes. Quite as varied
are the sites selected for dwellings,; the
caves Of the earth, the cliffs Of the rocks,
the almost inaccessible mountain-side,
the lowland swamps, and even lakes
sometimes form the site Of pile village.
In thinly populated districts Of South
ern and Central Africa, where wild
beasts abound. the natives dwell in
huts which resemble gigantic bee-hives.
These huts are firmly fixed among the
large branches of the boabab, an i'm
mense tree-sometimes more than one
hundred feet in circumfercnce-which
rises like dwarf tower from twenty to
thirty feet and then throws out branches
like miniature forest. One such tree
furnishes ample room for several houses,
and it is said that thirty families have
been found to occupy single tree. In
many instances, natives who till the
soil at any great distance from their
tribe, build these huts for nightly ac-
commodation.
The natives of New Guinea are said
build their houses in high trees. some
times upon the narrowest and most in
accessible ridges of the mountains. To
these dwellings bamboo ladders were
the only means of access. To give
these ladders strength. and to render
the ascent and descent easier, vines
were cultivated to Chamber up them.
The Waraus, a tribe Of Indi,ns living
upon the banks of the Orihoco, also
sometimes build their huts in the tree
tops. The Indian searches through the
forest until he finds tree which suits
his fancy, then proceeds to fashion a
hut among its branches. When the
annual floods come he uses it las raft,
and floats away to some locality which
pleases him better.
Tree houses certainly offer some ad-
vantages from sanitary point of view.
The dwellers in them are sure of an
abundance of good air. Swinging in
the tree-tops," they may enjoy an at
mosphere unpolluted by ground air, a
damp basement or IN unclean collar
Good Health.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-12
SIZE OF SENATORS
Their Average Weight Said to Rth Yer
Close to $50 Pounds.

Inelr hvercSe weight SalU CO huh very
Close to $50 Pounds.
Three hundred pounds is rather a
heavy weight, but the majority of the
Senators are big men, and the average
would run very close to $50 pounds.
They would make, all told, nearly four
teen thousand pounds of quivering hui
man flesh, and they would be bo-
nanza in the markets of the cannibals.
Tough old steaks they would make,
too, and there would be more soup
bones than tenderloins.
Think of it!
Seven tons of humanity! And how
different in size! 1t would take fifteen
Eli Saulsburys to make a ton, ana
seven such men rs Beck or Vance
would pull down the scales. Senator
Evarts weighs about $50 pounds. He
is tall rather than short, and the Sena-
tors are, as rule, tall men. Payne,
Walthall, Eustis, Salisbury and Ingalls,
are each six feet in their stockings, and
Joe Brown, Blair and Dan Voorhees,
measure over six feet with their shoes
on.
John Sherman is Just two inches
shorter than was Abraham Lincoln,
and Sherman first met Lincoln ut Will
lard's Hotel in Washington. 1t was in
February. 1861, and Lincoln had come
on for his Inauguration. Sherman
called to see him, and Lincoln's first
salutation on shaking hands was:
"And so you're John Sherman?''
He then looked over Sherman from
head to foot and said:
'Well, I'm taller than you are, any
way. Let's measured
The two then backed themselves up
against each other, and the result was
that Lincoln's head came two inches
above that of Sherman. Senator Sher-
man has acquired the faint semblance
Of n stoop, but his thinness makes him
look even taller than he Chicago
Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-05-12
THE JEwELRY TRADE.
Large Retailer Tells Why He Does No,
Employ Women.

a Largo Retailer Tells Why He Does Not
Employ Women.
"You wonder why jewelers. don't cm-
ploy women as saleswomen more than
they doP Well, there is variety of
reasons why they shouldn't.
''In the first place, customers won't
rely upon woman's judgment in the
matter of gems. Suppose, for instance,
you came into my store to buy your
wife 5000 pair OF earrings. Behind
one counter is n pretty young woman
for, of course, If we employed women
they would have to be pretty-and be-
hind the other is young man. Now.
which of tho two would you 60 TOP
Why, the young man, of course. When
making such purchase you would nat
urally prefer to be guided by his judg-
ment than by that OF u woman.
"Then another and very serious OBJ
lection to the employment of women is
that, as rule, they wont stay with us
long enough. We value our employees
for the length of time they have been
with us. All of our statesmen have been
in our employ for long time. some of
them for over quarter of century.
How many women would have stayed
with us that longP Very few. Most
women employed in stores marry after
few years service.
mo, women are not suited to the
jewelry business. 1t is true that they
take great interest in gems and jew
elry, but the popular idea that thoy
have better knowledge OF them than
men is mistaken one, and do not
know of any cases where they have
been successfully employed as either
buyers or saleswomen.
"Ono might suppose that the manu-
facture of jewolry was work in which
women would succeed. but experience
shows that such Is not tho case. In the
factories tho women perform what may
be described us almost meniul work,
such as polishing and furnishing, and
no matter how long They remain at the
trade they rarely make any progress
toward the higher branches. nor indeed
do they show any inclination to do SO. :"
-Jewelers' Weekly.