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Total SO co.'s Sc 6ls.GIl s67ls.27a Inc slOo. &C
ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

The reassembling of Congress had an impor-
tant effect upon the stock market last week. The
Presidents suggestions as TO legislation. ana
those Of the Secretary Of the Treasury concerning
a banking system are not likely to be acted
upon: but the financial community is agreed that
something ought to be done on lines approx
mate to those laid down. and considers the sug-
gestions proof of ar encouraging tendency
Mr.. Ceveland's assurances that the credit
of the Nation shall be maintained at all
cost had a stimulating influence. which was
helped by the determination oe the Demo-
cratic caucus Grom whatever motive) not 10
indulge in any legislation this winter adverse
to business interests. To this sum OF IN
iluences must be added the chance that al Ieast
one measure of Importance and benefit VIII be-
come a law. This is the so-called act to legalize
railway freight pooling under the direction OF the
commerce is to be "regua ted all the regulation
should not be against the interests OF security
holders The law proposed would doupiiess con
tribute much To break up rebates ana cut-ra'e
troubles Not so much can be said in favor or
Congressional determination to let the sugar
Trust people alone. day OF reckoning ought
to be certain for this corrupt crowd.
The daily news from Washington. therefore,
had direct and important influence upon the
Stock EXChanre. 1t steadied the market gave
a buoyant tone to It, and offset the effect OF
weak produce markets ard the expectation 81
gold which occurred yesterday. That gold should
be taken for shipment abroad. however AT this
time Of year Is natural enough ana objection 10
1; is largely sentimental. Railway earnings also
showed little improvement. except Tor those
Western roads running through sections suiei-
ing conspicuously from failure OF the crops
chiefly the Granger group From the South VI"
Southwest and some parts OF the North an en-
Couraging note was heard.
To this undercurrent OF favorable influences
,nue. be attributed largely. the strength. IN
crea sed activity and advances In price for those
stocks in the market which are affected 10y ieglu-
mate conditions and are not suD)ec' l" inaHip"
lation The following condensed table showing
the weekly range OF quotations sustains this
view.
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WHIS Company is selling six
per cent. Dchenture Bonds Sc
Il cured by approved first mortgages
deposited with The Farmers Loan
e. Trust Company as Trustee.
These bonds possess, among others,
the two prime necessities OF deslr-
able securities -
a. They are safe.
~ They pay good rate.
The Company is under the super
vision of the Banking Depart
mcnts of New York. Connecticut,
Massachusetts and Vermont.
New England Loan & Trust Co.
100 Broadway, New York.
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c,s IN Treas'y s55 AIS 455 si65 s9e4 S Inc slo4"s
Deposits in Ma . 49, o.. 3, %, -. ~. o,a 100
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................'..'
rhe Department Of state ana rear'" hat the
.rasented no novel features. III appe"''
now 0ves are well taken.
THE WEEKLY RANGE
The following is the usual ,aoie The high
hummer ~ I'D anal prices Of the week. toee," ~,
est loves I'VE anal n prices Of week age preh*ed ''
WV v vn price of December B. ls'0'
RAILWAY STOCKS
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Vaiis mat more will go next week The market
was much stronger Yesterday. Rates allow
ports IN several directions. but the margin Of
proilt is so narrow that the desire to take it is
checked by the chances OF getting gold.
which would destroy the nominal gain The
FINANCIAL Chronicle" prints this table of foreign
exchange quotation for the week:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-10

Totals 5c7 1873 2,s 200 5es 90 200 3os
4, Inc bank exchanges Of the New-York Clear
sns House and the stock sold at the New-York
oeocK Exchange last week and for the same
, rsek OF the preceding two years compare as fol-
r., Dec 10. 90: Dec q. '9J Dec 5. ~.
N .enees $3.50 yi54s7 Sj37 Gp6573 sGlo Gi'"l
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for Sale.
Proposals.

PROPOSALS. FOR THE CONTRACTION OF SEWER
OFFIcE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, d. G.,
WASHINGTON. ID. G.. Dec. 4. 1891
~ EALED PROPOSALS Will be received at
- this office until IL a. M December 81 1894. for con-
sructlng sewer in Rock Creek Valley. from near Wood
ley Road pney Branch
Specifications and blank Of proposals may be OBJ
tanned at this Office J. wsRoss GEORGE TRCEsDELL.
ClAS. +. POWELL Coinmissoner~ ~ ~
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THE MONETARY SITUATION.

NO marked Improvement occurred in the money
market; and yet this remark Is subject to the
observation that some bankers hold the contrary
view This very difference Of opinion Is encour-
asihe Tor II Is not so long ago that opinion was
unanimous that there were signs OF improve
urn. Banks having many customers report that
~,sse customers are seeking accommodation
VW,eher and for larger amounts, and paying n
n'ur more for II than some time ago. Actuai
sa'es. however. showed little change during the
week, and were az follows: 2%M3 per cent Tor
sA'y to ninety day Endorsed bills receivable. 313Ha
rr cent for four-rnonth commission house ana
Prime four-month single names 3hM4 per cent
.M prime six months. and 4isGD1 per cent Tor
200 four tn SIX month single names.
me market FOR foreign exchange was very sun
euiing tho early part and middle Of the week,
wing to a scarcity Of bills. Later the offerings
""sc,Ieased. 80 tina, million Of gold prepared FOR
supnent on Thursday by a certain house was
Sot sent. II was intended for London. Another
-ouse sent $1.250.00o to Paris. and opinion pre-
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uIOru STREET Supreme Court. City and

pINru STREET Supreme Court. city anu
! ~ County ~ Ncw-Yo rk.-Charles W HasNiAs an
Henrietta s Haskns rs substituted Trustees c,c. pan
tIrs against stephen Wright ana others deiendah,s
In pursuance II a Judgment ~ forcco.ur. am snr.
entered md the above entitled action on ,he
day OF November the office or the tIe,k ni tni
CIV and County York l. the UNDERLINED -'te
IN SAID Judgment named win sell NJ public auction ,s
Eosl Sscsruon. No III ifohwty ~ w
In tho County ard state or W IptA'
on IN. nth dav December. 1894. ~ J.. ocip'N noi
bv William Kennedy. arctonecr, the 'anhs ana prens
IN said mentioned and therein fescI,ru A. To-
lows: All that lot ~ land with IN" nuu,, mi
thcrec n situate TIC City ~ New-rork pouu'n ~,
described as follows Beg.nning AZ point IN ,a, ,
erv line ~ hundred and nineteenth street usn ~
,nsrs5 and eighty nine ns9 IT. easterly rom we
me ms vdrned the scutheriy line OF one
ana IN street: thence southerly parale
with Seventh avenue and through pay WI 81 i.."r
rs the said wall hundred GOD fret anu go
~, inches 70 the middle line ot the MOCK pc,"r -
hundred "A nd and one hundeu u
along the SAN ihuie
~ tho block eighteen uS feet. thence nrue's. -
again parallel with seventh avenue tnIoIzn ,,,n.n,
n,r;v vail s., far wall extends one hunare
lion feet and an inches TO the southet'y
one. hundred ind lneteenth street and neher
dong the southery line OF anu. ~ bsg n
s,res: eighteen s) the point or pIac, VI oes
&c
pa'r' -''"' ' T;pW arm / PATTERSON. Referee
ANDERSON ROWLAND MUkhHf'
Plaintiffs attorneys,
IS Wall Street.
New-York city
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fest an0 FOUND.

Fest an0 FOUND.
I osT-Pass Book No 81 49, issued By the institutional
- for the Savings Merchants Clerks. The hnder Will
please return II to the Bank. No 70 Union square
I OST.--Bank Book No. 49, M. SEAMENS BANK,
IL FOR SAVINGS. ~ and as Wall-st.. New York. Pay.
stopped and cancellation applied for Please return
Bank ELBRIDGE q. LENFEST.
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,I,o TUE STOCKIIOIDERS OF THE NEW

4 YORK cry INSURANCE COMPANf.-A final div
d.rd 81 nine per proceeds Of sale OF remaining assets
OF tho Company will be paid 70 stockholders Of said Com
panv Al the o'nce II Miller Peckham & Dixon 20 Broad
way demand IA surrender q shnrehoders certin
MN. i. DlAON, secretary.
y. Y. Dec !. lsot
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OREGON SHORT LINE
60 BORtfS.

m. ,.,s.-. = Central Ts 60 certificate - deposit
a., ,.c.t,. he amour, - tho coupons due August LIT.
~. upoa p-~scntaon their certificates 10 The central
T.u., COMPANY =, wall ST y Y. on and after TUESDAY
Decemt"r II.
Atollcnon ms teen made 80 the court f"r tho pa
-, , ,,,e,-. uf,n fh. conp.rs from no date 81 de-
fault and II allowed due notice viii T." gi'"a.
u. {. MARTIN.
Chairman H,nih"ilers' Committee.
December = iS1I
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-02-10
LONGEST OF SWING SPANS.
That Now Being Constructed 1T Oman,
VIII Measure $40 Feet.

InaC NOW belnS constructed 4c omaha
Will Measure $40 Feet.
A bridge is now in course of cree
tion across the Missouri river, between
East Omaha and Council Bluffs, which
| will be remarkable when completed as
possessing the longest swing span in
the world-fve hundred and twenty
feet--being fifteen feet longer than the
swing span of the bridge over the
Thames river, in Connecticut. The
structure has been designed by Prof.
j. A. I. Waddell, of Kansas City. The
; construction of the pier Of this swing
span was completed few months ago
! and presented many features of inter
est to engineers. From long article
in Engineering News it appears that
the work was begun by sinking a
steel caisson for foundation, much as
A. P. Boiler started work on the
swing span of the large bridge in New
York city year ago. The outer she'll
: of the caisson is forty feet in diameter
and the inner twenty feet. the latter
: spreading out at the base to join the
former and thus give cutting edge.
I Both shells are made of half-inch steel,
reinforced at the lower edge, where
they meet by two bands of inch steel,
one inside and the other outside. The
two shells were kept in their proper
relative positions by braces running
between them, of which there were
twenty in all, made of half
inch plates The caisson proper is six
teen feet high. Above this the two
steel cylinders extend to a height of one
hundred feet, making a total of one
hundred and sixteen feet from the cut
ting edge to the top Of the cylinder.
Above the caisson the plates are re-
duced in thickness to three-eighths of
an inch and are braced by bars and
rods rather than the heavier and more
costly plates required in the lower
part. The friction of the earth against
such long cylinder is very great, and
to reduce it a number of pipes run down
the whole length of the caisson and
shell. These open at the bottom of
the caisson and at intervals of ten feet
above, so that by forcing water
through them it was possible to d.
minsh the hold Of the surrounding
earth on the steel. The space between
the two shells was filed with rubble
concrete, The sinking progressed
with no more than the usual delays;
us the shells went down under the
weight of the concrete placed between
them, aided by the removal of the
earth within by means OF bucket
dredges, plates were added to the top
until the whole was at the required
depth The masonry pier built on top
of this cylinder is of limestone backed
by concrete. 1t is thirty-eight feet in
diameter and eighteen and one-half
feet HIGH
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-02-10
FAME OF FRENCH ARTISTS.
Ut Is Increased by the Reproduction of
Their Paintings.

Ut Is Increased by the Reproduction OF
Their Paintings.
! The proportion Of artists in France
of wide fame. whose work is frequent
~ seen in print, is undoubtedly greater
than in any other country; and one Of
many good reasons for this is certainly
the exceptional skill and experience Of
the French in their use of reproductive
processes, and especially those which
not only translate the form of the orig
mat. but the color as we'll, says Scrib-
ner's Magazine. These color reproduc-
tions, printed from metal relief plates
and not from photographic stones-the
method usually resorted to by the rest
of the world-are unique. The secret
of securing, with but few Impressions,
the marvellous combinations of color,
the effects of washes, tones and lines,
combined with verve and character
quite understandable is one of which only
the French printer artist is complete
master. just across the border the
German printer has developed litho-
graphy with something of the same en-
thusiasm which the French1nan has de-
voted to the relief plate, each practi-
cally making few excursions into the
others methods of accomplishing the
same thing.
A still further reason for this great
superiority is the innate artistic sense
of the French printer, or, more prop
erly, the pressman. In other countries,
where engraver and printer are looked
upon by the illustrator as his natural
enemies, into whose hands drawing
is given grudgingly, the statement,
which is not infrequently made by the
French artist, that the reproduction or
translation of the original into printed
form is as effective IN it's way as the
drawing itself, calculated to excite de-
riSlon.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-02-10
LAWMAKERS IN THE ORIENT.
Queer Methods Adopted by the Japanese
to Coax Showers in Time of Drought.

Queer Methods Adopted by the Japanese
to Coax Showers in Time of Drought.
During the summer season in Japan
droughts are very frequent. and the
rice fields. before so beautiful present.
ing as they do all the different shades
Of green imaginable. gradually lose
their brilliancy of color, turn yellow
and parched. and threaten the total de-
struction of the crop. Not only does
the rice suffer, but the wells dry up
and necessitate the carrying of water
from long distances. After waiting
and hoping in vain for q downfall Of
rain. says a Yokohama letter, the peo-
pie turn out en- 1uasse to evoke the
power of their deities to send them the
saving showers. A procession is
formed of perhaps two hundred men,
all nearly naked, who, carrying straw
emblems representing the sun with
rain pouring from it and with long
streamers having prayers written on
them flying in the wind, proceed to
the nearest river or bay, where the
whole company wades into the water
until they are waist deep. and, sur
rounding LHe GiuOlcilS. pray dlOuA tdllu
throw water on the images with both
hands.
After doing this several times the
procession is reformed. when it pro-
ceeds to the temple to pray again.
This ceremony is repeated several
time. and should the rain come in
abundance prayers are offered in
thanksgiving. Should it be only
shower, they blame themselves for not
having prayed fervently enough and
continue their devotions until down
pour takes place.
Another form of devotion for the
same purpose takes place at nightfall,
when a long boat is filed with men
and padded swiftly across the harbor,
accompanying the prayers by the regu
lar beating Of tomtoms and gongs
Sometimes at night, away down the
bay, may be heard the weird sound of
tomto1ns and the voices of the men
gradually growing louder and louder
as the boat approaches each man bend
ing to his paddle in regular time as it
passes us swiftly and gradually disap-
pears in the darkness and is soon lost
to sight and hearing.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-02-10
WHEN SMILES ARE IMPOSSIBLE.
W oman's Pitjable Plight on . Wet ant
Windy Day.

Wonan's Pitiable Plight on = Wet and
Windy Day.
The utter absence of a sense OF hui
NOR from the average feminine COM
position is never more clearly visible,
says the Pail Mall Budget, than in a
busy thoroughfare on a, wet and windy
day. A woman may be a philosophers,
she may have original ideas and bril-
liant theories on the fundamental ques-
tions of morality and ethics, but she
rarely rises superior to muddy boot
or a draggled petticoat. The woman
is an exception indeed who manages to
preserve smiling face in the teeth of
an east wind which plays shuttlecock
with herumbrella, and dreary slect
which bespatters her clothes and
freezes her fingers; young or old, fair
or plain-scarcely one of them who
does not frown ominously as she
hurries along, forgetful of other peo-
Piles feelings and umbrellas and toes,
hustling and jostling, with never
glance for the absurdity Of the situa-
ton. For there is something unmiti-
gatingly ridiculous about pedestrians
on really bad day; nobody wants to
walk on the outside of the pavement
because of the splashing omnibuses and
cabs; everybody wants to pass every
body else, regardless of the limited
space afforded by the conglomeration
of umbrellas; every body pushes and ell
bows and shoulders, and when an um-
breIla appears in sight al sonsidera-
tions Of ganantry or politeness or sex
or age are forgotten-it becomes
an object lesson in '.the survival
OF the fittest'' and free fight OF. some
thing near il ensues. in which the fair
Sex undo ubtedly manage to bear their.
IS With more than = tolerable Rzacss
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EXERCISE FOR THE EYES.
Absolutely Necessary in Order That tn,
Vision May Be Preserved.

Absolutely Necessary in Order That tho
Vision May Be Preserved.
When the eyes are treated fairly
they are strengthened. not weakened,
by work, says the Philadelphia Times.
Just as the arms of blacksmith
grow the stronger for his trade, SO the
eyes of watchmakers who work under,
healthy conditions are found to inn
prove and not to deteriorate in vigor
and ouickness. It IS the abuse of the
eyes. not their use. which is to be
avoided.
If man is aware either that his
eyes need no artificial correction or
else have received their proper adjust
ary or mechanical, is done in light
both steady and sufficient aud with a
due regard as to ordinary sanitary
rules, he may fell sure that he is
strengthening his eyes, not weakening
them. by hard work. Men of intel
sectual pursuits sometimes are afraid
of losing their mental powers in old
age because they have drawn so much
upon them when young. The reverse
Us uCd4cN tlAE duu Al ClE.y IidpO
not overtaxed their brains the fear is
absolutely groundless.
The man whose intellect goes first
in old age is generally some farmer Or
laborer who has never strengthened
and invigorated it by use; not the
politician, the lawyer or the man OF
letters. So with the eyes. Those who
have strengthened their eyes by using
them properly keep keen sight longer
than those who have never trained
them. In the case OF the man who has
neglected to give his eyes full develop
ment they will fail in power along
with his other bodily un ctions. When
however, the man who, born with
good eyes, has kept them in constant
hard work and vet never strained them
reaches old age, he may find them
capable of performing their functions
better than any other organ of the
hn1u
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A Monkey, Death Bed Scene.

Prof. Gamers chimpanzee, Elishaba.
recently fell a victim at Liverpool to the
severe weather. The scene at the death
bed was very distressing. Poor Aaron.
the male chimpanzee, had been
most assiduons in his attentions
to his consort during the whole
of her illness. Prof. Garner was
present during the last moments.
and when he put his hand to her heart
to find if it had ceased to beat. Aaron
also put his hand there. looking up in
the professors eyes as if inquiring il
that was all they could do for her.
Aaron would not suffer Elishaba to be
taken from him. and chung to her body
with such tenacity that the professor
was compelled to lay it down on it's bed
of straw. The sadness depicted on
Aaron's countenance could not have
been more clearly portrayed ON the
face of any human being. Poor Aaron
was not consoled until he had placed
his hand in that of the professor, and
by signs and sounds had told him of
his distress. Both of the animals had
become greatly attached to Prof. Gar
ner. and, apart from her value in sup
port of his theory, the loss Of Elishaba
is keenly felt by him.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-02-10
MONSTER POPULATION or ANTS
They Teach Lessons In Industry and
Perfect Government.

. ! Sd 81 49, 4 II f- 4
They Teach Lessons In Industry and
Perfect Government.
There are more ants to the square
mile in Florida than in any other
country in the world, says writer in
the Savannah News. There are ants
which will measure more than half an
inch in length, and then there are ants
SO small that they can scarcely be seen
TO move with the unaided eye. There
are red ants and black ants and
troublesome ants. But. as bad as they
out the seat of a mans trousers, as a
missionary, Rev. Mr.. Wilson, once told
.. the writer he saw the army ants do in
India while the man was sitting Oh
the earth for few minutes beside him.
But the Florida ants will take out
the lettuce and other minute seeds
from the soil in which they are plant
ed, and actually destroy the bed. They
will suck the life out Of acres of young
cucumbers and melon plants, uproot
strawberry plants or cover the buds
with earth to such an extent as to kill
them. They will get into pie, pickle,
sauce, sirup: sugar. on meat. in hash
will riddle cake or fill a loaf of
brker's bread till it is worthless.
All remedies failing, took to bait
ing them near their nests with slices
of meat, bones, apple and pear par
ings, and when had from fifty thou
sand to one hundred thousand out
turned kettle of boiling water on
them. / have killed during the last
week over one million in the space of a
quarter-acre lot, and I have almost
whipped them out. l had to do this to
secure any lettuce pla nts, and many
observant farmers complain of seeds
men when they should attribute their
troubles to insects.
1t is very curious and instructive to
see how promptly the ants which es-
cape the scalding 60 to work taking
out the dead, and. after pulling them
outside first, then go to excavating
again and rebuilding their cells and
runways This being done very quick
ly the next work on hand is the laying
in of a supply OF food by hauling the
dead bodies of the hot-water victims
into their storehonses.
You may see a small black ant haul
ing and Juggling al the carcass Of a red
ant twenty times it's own weight, and
he always succeeds in the end in haul
ing it in the warehouse of the colony.
Next you may see sort Of ambulance
corps searching for the disabled.
These are taken to the underground
house, where the surgeons and nurses
are in waiting. Then, too, you may
see the tinekeepers and bosses direct
ing this one or turning another back
on some errand or to some other duty.
There is not Il moments delay, no
hating feet no idle hands, but all
move as if it was their last day on
earth and this was the only hour left
in which to redeem a ,nisspent life.
For lessons in industry and perfect
government go to the ants.