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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-18
Helen Keller.

Al recent issue of The Youths Compap-
ion contains 9 sketch of the life of Helen
Keller, written BY herself III is a pc
culiarly touching story and written with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-18

MoBERLY. Mo-. Jan. 1s.-Fran'z "a,
Scott. a prominent real estate and in-
surance agent. is "a for1er 10 the
amount OF at least e7OO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-18

eO inch white damask red borders faE
80 cents. at Shiveiys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-18

AVA. Mo-. Jan. The Bradley la
normal school building, located at
Bradleyville. fancy county. was
totally destroyed by fire LAST night
evidently the work Of an inceuaiary
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01
HALF CENT GAINED
WHEAT RULES FRI AND CLOSES
AT AN ADVANCE.
Liverpool Cabled Higher With News
of Damage TO Argentine Crop
Modern Northwestern Receipts
Better Wheat Weather Bearish
Item-Proyi5ionS Dull.

CHICAGO, Nov. 30.-Helped by higher
cables. the wheat market ruled firm aud
closed at an advance of cent as compared
with the closing values OF Wednesday.
Corn gained only + cent in the end for
May. for an early bulge OF q Cent. and for
the Novem Der delivery there were 10 buy
ers near the close at over cents reduction
from Wednesdays prices. Provisions
were dull and slow, with scarcely any
change at the lose. My oats closed Is
cent higher.
Wheat started strong On higher cable
quotations from Liverpool and an iutima-
ton from there that the advance was IN
consequence Of bad reports OF the Argentine
crop. Tue receipts in the northwest
were only moderate. The only betrish cir
Gums ance was the moist weather and
Dilder TEN peva-ure over the winter wheat
country The Atlantic port clear9nces
were light. Primary market receipts ag-
gregated 10., 900 bushels for the two days.
The belief WAS quite general that the IN
crease in the visible supply for this week
would exceed that of the week before, aud
on account OF SUCH belief there Were always
plenty of sellers on the bulges. The clos
ing cablegrams were not quite so strong
as those at the opeuing aud there were
sellers against cfi4H DJu80l lOE the OtI anu
all the week at CO., cents. May opened at
5915 cents, sold To COS cents and closed at
6J12 cents.
The corn market ruled firm all the
strong part of the time. /. opened at
cent advance for May on "Wednesday =
closing quotations and made a further =
cent gain before il met with enough SeliiHg
To close with serious reaction. Tue rr-
ceipts were not tar from the estima ties,
numbering SIS cars The weather was un-
fayora bic for the grading, and the fact OF
only So cars of the so Inspected passing
into the contract grade. emphasized the
point last referred to- The estimated re-
Ceipts OF 40 cars for tomorrow caused
some realizing on the advance. snip
mentS from here Were heavy at 5G 0
bushels Business in the pit was not very
active and the demand for May was
thought 10 come chiefly from the short
interest,". May opened at 49ls cents. sold
from 40 to 1875 cents and Closed at 1880.
The oats market attracted but little at
tention. Elevator people were buying
quite freely but aside from that scaipers
AID local parties alone were prominent.
May started at 32S ceuts, sold up 10 81 !
cents and closed there.
Provisions were Gull but firm. The
opening price OF pork was al 7]sGl0 cents
advance on closing quotations or Wednes-
day and lard and rios were higher on that
account. The packers were selling in -
small way at an advance and in the end
there was no apprecia bic changes in values
as compared with the latest quotations of
Wednesday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01
SUGAR SELLS FREE
NEARLY HALF THE DEALINGS IN
THE sACOHARINE STOCKS
President Havemeyer's Statements
Bring an Avalanche OF Sellers
Trading Active and Tendency
Lower-Other Trust Stocks Weak
en-Tobacco Hit Hard.

NEW YORK, Nov 90.-The stock market
was irregular and unsettled today and the
tendency Was in the main towards lower
prices, the result o: the days trading
being decline. ranging from = 10 4 per
cent, the latter in American Tobacco.
Trading was active. but nearly Que half
the transactions were in Sugar. The pub
lisheu statements of President Havemryer
OF the trust, induced heavy resiiZations
and at the opening of business there
was rush to sell. With in three quarters
of an hour 5S.OOO shares changed hands
aud the stocks broke S5s per cent, to S3}5
per cent. At the lower figures
the shorts covered most O. their
outstanding contracts. but there was very
little other support. Subsequently rally
OF ! = per cent took p!sCr aud IN the nnal
dealings a reaction Of y per cent, making
a loss on the day Of 25s per cent Sugar.
preferred, declined : per cent anu re-
covered IS per cent. Nearly all the trust
stocks were weak in sympathy with the
leader Of the market. Tobacco, on IN
usually heavy sales broke per cent TO ~
per cent, aud closed AT 800 per cent. Dis
filling was unfavoraOly affected by the an
nouncemenL that n circular had been Is
sued Dy the directors of the company
Sr1Reel lDS a ~ per CcuI aescSslIchN Ou ZIG
stocks The resulting decline was
Ia per cent, OF which y per
cent had been recovered at the close.
National Lead fell of : per cent, closing
II per cent above the Lowest point
touched. The granger group participated
moderately in the geneural depression IN
values. The final quotations showed
losses on the day of = per cent IN North
west and Rock Island, y per cent IN ct.
Paul and g per cent in Burlington. The
other changes were in the direction OF
lower values and included losses In Ore
gou Improvement, per cent, and 81 Paul
and Omaha, Is per cent.
The bond market held firm during the
morning, but became heavy in the later
trading, closing weak.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01
ENGLISH ESTATES.
You VIII Save Time and Money by Let.
ting Them Alone.

1T always amuses me when some
poor. deluded soul comes into my office
and wants me TO recover vast English
estate"
Thus spoke n weli-known attorney.
And why does it amuse vou?''
Because" said the lawyer, there
Is so much folly in such cases. | sup
pose there are not a dozen families in
Cincinnati who have not some tradition
or another about a great inheritance
over the water. For generation after
generation these chimerical hopes are
nursed, until finally some branch OF
the family, with more money than judg-
Nent. concludes to prosecute the claim.
The result is nearly always the same.
The victims come out of the experience
with less money and more Judgment.
OF course, there are rare instances IN
which Americans have recovered money
from the estates OF foreign ancestors,
but in the great multitude OF cases
the rights Of the claimants have been
50 long delayed or were so ima ginary
10 hegfA with that it is only waste of
tune and money to pursue them.
Il have handled many claims to for
eign inheritances. and in just one case
was there anything realized. After
fighting for twelve years my client
succeeded in proving his interest in
fcne English property. The Htiga-
ton, however, stirred up about two
thousand other heirs. and after the es-
tate was divided and the costs were
r-''d. my client got precisely four dol
lars and twenty cents.
Let ne give You piece of advice.
Il your family are heirs to untold mil
lions in Europe don't breathe it TO a
soul. Get all the satisfaction you can
out of the reflection that You ought to
be in the house OF lords and the master
o. 81 old ancestral home. bat keen
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01
EXPECTED A PARACHUTE
The Girl with Balloon Sleeves Disappointed
the Gallery

the Gallery
| a pert young woman came into To-
/ cal theater the other night and took a
seat in the balcony. She was accom-
/ panied by two young men. She swag-
gered in and two or three of the people
who sat near the seat she took looked
at her curiously, the women remark
| ing that she had on a bright green
dress.
As soon as she was seated she looked
around as if to say; I'm pretty nice,
amt l." and then ostenta 1iously I'M
buttoned her jacket and threw back
the iapels. They We're lined with red
and the red and green stood out like a
wOodhouse in fog in that bright light.
The glaring combination of colors at
tracted the attention of others and it
wasn't long before half of the people in
the balcony were watching the young
woman and wondering what she would
do next. She enjoyed it, too. She
tossed her head and glanced coquet-
ishly over her shoulder and then she
pulled OF the jacket
She had on balloon sleeves. The
jacket had pressed them down. She
gave little tug at one sleeve and
pulled it up couple of inches. Then
She gave a similar tug at the other
sleeve and pulled it mp. Then some
body laughed. The girl pulled up the
first sleeve few trches more. She
pulled up the other one. Two or three
more people laughed. She looked
around. One of her escorts whispered
TO her, but she shook her head angrily
and gave one of the sleeves another
tug. This brought it up TO the top OF
her head and similar tug on the other
sleeve put that in the same position.
BY this time her head resembied a
base ball between two hams and half
the people in the balcony were laugh
ing.
The girl had nerve, though. She
gave the laughers a run for their
money She yanked one sleeve des
peratelv and the puff lowered far
above her head. She got the other
one into the same position. Then she
turned around and scovvled defiantly a :
her tormentors and paid attention to
the play.
NO or IHree tunes during Ihe ACTON
she turned around and glanced about
with look that intimated that she
knew she was all right and wanted the
rest of the people in the balcony 20 I'M
derstand II. When the play was over
she waited in her seat TO get her jacket
on. One OF her escorts held il up. Not
man in the balcony or gallery stirred.
The girl patted one OF her sleeves.
"Ah-h-h," said the boys in the gallery.
She patted the other one. Here"
shouted young man who had been
leaning over the rail watching her with
breathless interest, quit that and
make your jump"
Make what Jump. asked the girl,
Indignantly.
why" shouted the young man
again. ''hain't they no parachutes that
goe. with them balloons? "-Bu falo
Express.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01
THE GIRL PROPOSES.
courting Manners Among the Tsrahums
In the Sierra Nadre Region.

Counting Manners Among the Tsrahumsri
In the Sierra Nadre Region.
The Tarahumsri girl in the Sierra
Madre region does the counting. When
she wants particular young fellow
/ she takes occasion at the first feast TO
dance so as to attract his attention,
but as she is supposed 10 be bashful she
dances with her back turned 20 him.
When her mind Is made up she tells her
mother, who goes 20 consult the father
and mother of the young man. praising
her girl "a an expert weaver and house
keeper. The boys parents refer the
matter 10 him. and If he is pleased he
visits the gals house. Actual proposal
consists in Che girl throwing small peb-
bles al him; If he does not return these
the match - off. but If he throws them
back they we betrothed.
The father OF the bride then prepares
teswaino (E-er) and food and sends out
invitations. The bridal couple are
seated inside the house with the par
ents, making the form Of cross The
father Of tie girl announces that he
has made tie bee- in order 10 celebrate
q marriage between the young people
and he ms es speech % the couple,
advising THIN 20 be peaceful, virtuous
and Industrious. The father Of the
bride then gives teswaino 70 his Son-in-
law and the father OF the groom 20 the
girl
While tbs i going on the young
couple are covered with a blanket and
in some c-ses their hands are tied to
gether VITA girdle. Then every body
gets drunk The brothers OF marriage
able girls take great interest in fnding
husband for their sisters, praisiBg
them for t-eir good qualities
Among 1he Christian Tarahunsris
the padre Insrries them. but the cere-
moDy, ow:ag 20 the long distances =
often DELAYED for several years after
the couple have been living together
Carl Lumboltz, in Century
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01
CENTER is BETTER
STAPLES IN DEMAND AND DISTRI,
BUTTON LIVELIER.
Advance in Cotton and " heat Prices.
Wheat Exports for the week
Speculation j tie : ffected by Bon q
Issue-SilVc AID the Japanese
War-BuSineS- Failures.

NEW YORK, Nov. 30-Bradstreets to-
borrow will say: There Is no general or
radical improvement in business at the
south, west or northwest. but in the Gen.
trail western states and particularly at
some important cities In the middle and
ihr northwestern states and the reverse is
true. a material gain in demand for many
yeasonable staples having shown itself
with corresponding increase in volumes
Of goods distributed, or orders
for future deliveries, this indie
rendent of the stimulus TO the trade
= la certain lines due TO approaching holt
days, and in spite of the check 10 the
Volume of general business within the
eek caused by Thanksgiving holiday A
ElaIp revival in prices is shown by quota
lions from some grades OF lumber, put
more particularly for cotton, wheat, oats
aud lard, improving prices of the hrst
two of which having had an Influence for
good. Decreases in prices OF steel rails
and bars, ca tie, hogs Indian
corn and naval stores are re-
ported. but quotations for structural iron.
rice ybi>kev tobacco, pork, coffee aud SUI
gar are steady IL should be EXPLAIN d
that rails are now held at S22, the lowest
price on record, and billets aud pig iron
are respectively sal 30 below the English
quotations.
At Chicago pig iron dealers are trying to
force an advance, but at St. Louis the
market Is without life aud the price is
low.
Cottons are weaker since the cut made
by New York bouse.
\ stimulating influence OF a purely
statistical nature is the decrease o. Zoos
coo bushels of whea: in the quantity ahoat
for and in store in Europe last week, thus
nearly, though not quite, overcoming the
increase of 2,l2S 900 bushels OF wheat
availa bic in the United States and Canada
last week. Exports of wheat, and -four AS
wheat, both coasts, amounted To 66I ,tpD
bushels this week. against j. BIZ, COO bushels
last week, =, 40 600 bushels in the week
enc year ago, 4 $50, coo bushels in the last
week of November, 1892, and as compared
with CO., 600 bushels in that week OF 1891
Speculation In the New York market
displays little response TO the success OF
the gold bond issue, the influence Of the
large over subscription being overcome by
the failure of foreign interest TO obtain any
considerable share of he new issue.
Silver is Gemoralized by sellers OF eastern
bills on the part of the Japanese govern
ment. coupled with fears that Japan may
insist upon war indemnity from China
IN gold and not in silver. There is an In
creased demand for funds at Chicago, nota-
by from packers.
failures this week have been in the
and In Canada 30. against As last year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01
STOPPING SEAL-POACHING.
The Fur Seal Will Soon Become as PIen.
tifuI as Ten Years Ago.


tifuI Ten Years Ago.
During the period before seal-shoot-
ing at sea became d regular business
for dozens of vessels. the Alaska Com
mercial Co. owned for twenty years
the lease of the fur seal islands, and
was permitted by the government TO
take 100, 900 seals each year, on which
the company paid revenue OF 3 per
skin, besides various extras In 1890
the North American Commercial Co.
was the highest bidder for the lease,
and secured the concession, with the
privilege OF taking GO, 600 seals per an
mum, paying therefor S10.22 per skin.
But the high contracting parties reck-
oned without counting in the, poacher,
who has so fearfully reduced the total
number of fur seals that the govern
ment has been compelled to order the
suspension of all operations save the
annual killing of 1900 seals for food
purposes. Thanks to this. and To
the agreement between the United
States and England that the fur seal
must and shall be preserved, we may
presently hope to see the species as
abundant as it was ten years ago.
Three times during the rule of the
Russians, in 1905, 1922 and 1894, did
this animal narrowly escape extermina-
ton. but was saved each time by
similar cessation of hostilities for
period of years.
On July 20, 1898, it was calculated
that there were in round numbers
about 900. 900 seals still surviving on
the Pribylof islands.
Now that all seal-killing on the
Pribylof islands, save for food, has
been effectually stopped, five years
more should witness such a marked in
crease in the total number that seal
ing operations may be resumed. and the
annual crop of sacks, clOaks and other
garments be gathered as heretofore,
when seal-poaching was an infant in
dustry.
Unfortunately seal-pOaching has not,
as yet, been entirely suppressed, and
the product of this species of piracy on
the high seas. together with the skins
taken .by the Russians on the Com
mander islands, viii still keep the fur
market partially supplied with skins
u the furry sea lion.-St. Nicholas,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01
q HARD CUSTOMER.
How a SaGacious Turtle Got Away With .
Wiley Biarksnake

An old New Jersey woodman lately
saw a combat between a large black
snake and land turtle. The turtle,
since its race with the rabbit in the
fables Of Esop. has been accredited
with much Sagacity. and this tale fully
proves it. When the combat was first
noticed the turtle lay in the middle OF
4 sandy road, his box-like shell tightly
closed. while the blacksnake with his
head was pounding it upon the back
with the hammer-like blows that he
Fan give so forcibly.
When the snake grew tired Of pound
ing the turtle would unclose his box
and poke out his head. then the black
snake would begin again. This was
kept up till the weary snake was no
longer noticed when the turtles head
game ont. Then the turtle started
crawling along by the side Of the snake
toward its head. Again the snake re-
newed its attack. and after several
trials. each time firing ont the snake. the
turtle reached point h. the snakes
side about SIX inches from his head.
Here It reached ont its paw and
scratched the snake His Snakeship
started M 10 deliver another blow. but
not calculating upon the changed loca-
ton Of the turtle. his neck instead Of
his head struck the now open box of
the turtle
Quicker than a fash the shells shut
tightly together, and the snakes neck
was prisoner. wildly the snake tore
about the soft sand Of the road. tossing
the turtle hither and thither. but still
the turtle held fast. and the snakes
struggles became weaker and weaker,
then ceased altogether. When the
snake had lain quiet few moments
the she'll Of the turtle opened slightly
and its bright. bead-lihe eyes peered
ont Then he turned around and
looked a: the snakes tan, but even
that ceased - move Dropping the
neck OF his antagonist. the turtle then
walked around his PROSTATE foe with
triumph n his every motion An ex-
animation OF the snake showed that his
neck was completely hsttened ont
where i had been shut between the
turtles shel-->- Louis Gloh--Demo-
c-aJ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01
SASH WEIGHTS.
a Single Window May Have Nearly Tos
and Bfg BuiIdfng Many Tons

a Single window May Have nearly ToA
and Big Holding Many Tons
There are few articles OF more com.
mon use than sash weight 4 few
windows are sti.l made 20 bc held up
with catches, just as thcrc are sfiIl
keg-winding watche.; bBt. i-ac che
watches, their number is proportion
stelv 80 small o. - b. Erarelv arpre-
cia5le. sash weights are made ~ iron
and lead The iron weights are COM
monty made q tin s-rap. Lead. being
TIE heav sr metal IT, used lu places
where tie We. ght pace az command -
not sufficient for iron counter. balances
G. tie required weight
Sash gbts arc made in re~1isr
tizes. ranging from two pounds -
tairt7 pounds. and uudrr two pplu1s
and over thirty they are made - order.
Iron sash vei yhts ~ che regular Sues
sre always cast rJuuI, insizes ssca..rr
or larger they are cast square. Lad
weights are made 0ota T7sad aEi
square 10 aIi sizes.
sash weights p ere kard-ra a-3
fftv - tsg1 hundred pounds are nst
counnon. bat tarv rvJ1.d be eaU .1rr-.'
remarkable. Weights are saa.e. r.at
made th-es hundred pouui- aaI go -
-four hundred rluste Tons taer-
r.. yht ~ or slr1le -a-a 7r-na1w mar
ly half con - Weights. and or a trTo-
$50 wfulo.T aa1-e taan fH~se-q gsrfers
o. q Ton. So uerfee' 30 .4ree4 are
weigh Is and 1.seo7va taat faey ran 90
,-..-4 r-- rl-rs-e. easily INV
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01
DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-It was a quiet day
in all departments OF the commission. job
bling aud converting houses and any bus
mess in purely sessonable stuffs was OF
compulsory character TO meet very urgent
wants. For spring specialtles the spot re-
quest was very Indifferent because of the
withdrawal of many buyers Till next week.
The feature in auction circles next week Il
sale of ten thousand dozen silk bandker-
chiefs and muffi-r Printing cloths are
''pegged" at "A cents for spots and contin-
urd with moderate sales Of the former.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01

KANSAS CITY. No. Nov. 3O-Wheat-
Weak To l cent higher; No hard
- cents; No. red 80 cents: re-
j-cie3 10 ceEts. Sales by samples T. q. b.
Mississippi river NJ. > hard 553 .
cents: No. pred 56aj6 s. Corn. &c ing rrr
No. mixed Il ar cents; No. white 20;
"a 80 cents. Oats-St-ady; No. > mixru
3ii. ) 81 cents: No. > h!te nomiusily 80
@5l. Rye-No. , uon.iutlly 4 = cents.
Flax seed-DuH 81 33gL35 Br4l-Flr:u
81 ass cents. HaV-~fr4dy; timothy $ %
1880; prairie 81 OO7 : -. Butter dun aud
weak. creamery l6u2 cents: dairy 1916
cents Esgs-Weak 1T Is cents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01

]: was ''the dinner party gwen oJ
the contractors wife
And 7 see Won are not eating any
grapes. Mr. Newrich. They are 50
nice, TOO. Don't ron care Tor them
NJ N-v-.ch- Well. really. I Ike
taem. b1; an afraid OF appendicitis
49,. you yEov-
Hostess oh. vou don't need - -
afraid II them, Ms Newrich. Tor
-ai5 -xt-s for these. ard the man told
.- the eqpea4esaectus had h--eD cat
-sr before ne brought them % town
---l4-zoy.is sentinel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-01
CM-n anotatLOns VIC Is LO.LO-N.-

Cii~il quot atoms were sis IOllONs-
Flour-Firm. Winter patents, g 20
n ~; winter straiGhts 2jG2 20. Spring pats
5 1908 60: Spring straigLts = 25g2 -; Bakers
81 9s@2 -
No. Yellow corn. i234c.
No. spring wheat 5o}t s60l,c. No. spring
wheat, noml. No. red 55a55lac, No. = corn,
4634c. No. oats 2g14c. No. white ......c.
No. ) white 3l1ga5sc No. rye 47i.a4Sc. No >
barley. 4s5i4 C. No. 5, Sadie No. !. j3a,jc. No.
] faxseed - As Prime timothy seed, - GlaGj.
Mess pork per bb. Sl2 u5al2 l2le. Lard. per
luO lbs. % g5a69.j2. Short ribs sides loose
- 00a6 I2lP. Dry sailed shoulders. boxed. 50 "a
5ai. Short clear sides, boxed. SIS ttL9
Whisky dIstillers' finished goods per gallon
- b >uGa:-Cut loaf 5.ls, grauuIated 4 -
Standard \ AIS