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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-29

Tho United States Treasury received last week
fove DAYS, from customs 81 .261 .2o4: from inter
nal revenue. s3157,7S and from miscellaneous
sources, 1927. 667. making total OF So''ao''"'
against So. $50, 931 in the preceding week. me
receipts for the month to date amount to w.
$50, 800, and the payments to &1.323,OoO' max
ing the excess Of expenditures over receipts
sS57261O Receipts for the fiscal year to date
Sl27, 701, 1907 expenditures. sl74,2S2'2so: excess
Of expenditures. S46,579.120. The Treasury's
actual cash balance increased in the week S13.-
233 O02 and now stands at S215,518a30. Re
ceipts Of National bank notes for redemption in
the week were 81 .84S 978 against S2,O2O,6j2 In
the preceding week
Subjoined Is Saturdays Treasury statement,
compared with that OF November 2O
Nov. 2l Nov. 81 Changes
Ne, gold ~ sl58 $50 III Si66 02+ 24t Inc. f435.533
Net sIlver..... H. 0B3 s9i 10 i76848 Inc. 2i2.0oj
Net u s notes. 80. i1s. 4e0 81 DOL s55 Dec 5GHisj
Net Treas. notes. 3.b64. s87 3ls2s+9 Dee H2Ols
Actual cash
outstanding GER - .. $500. .oo, 49,.
VIZ lId5sJ s~'-i''S
tionai banks ~ I7s2Os22 sI7l3s2s elmo. slSso3. 800
Available cash s229 8iG Oil s2as 722 Inc. ;i3G0s1
Minor liabilities 81 $50 OG4 Is 027 7S3 Inc. 3Gs. 79
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-29
financial nleetinss

OFTGE or TINE THEM. SEw ny s w. ASD ga s s..
NV NV NaY,inber II. lsyI.-Noco to stockhoders:
NV hsrcby given that a special meeting OF lne
Notice - 81 fhe New YORK and East River GAS Com.
nS viii be hed at the office OF The Com2sny No i 30
m. 10Th day OF November. 1891 al zen ei.cS
H. Tor purpose Of submns 10 sna too
,S ~ Tomoany and the Equitable Gas Light company OF
w. work and the Amsterdam Gas ,onpan,S ~
,- ~ the Roa I'd OF Directors FORD HUNTINGTON.
eecr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-29

pvERrIsEMENTs and subssrpt,Sn' sS the ITs.ne
"A received 1t their Uptown once NO La rsss
o. oor north OF until O'Clock m; adssrtse
n.snts received at following branch oasss 81 regular
once aSs ia Shsxs sor ish.st. Macy's lihAvA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-29
financial elections.

-, vi, IsoNpINy
THE ohN'' " November g. 1897.
THE ANNUAL. ELECTION OF DlkEC IWho
L Iho Uermania Life Insurance Company VIII be
h.d at tho principal office u the COMPANY NO ~
street IL the CITY OF New i9nh; on ~ e,"' wv ON
DAY VI beVe'"'''' 'N HUBERT ellis Secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-29

ago. prefxed by the average price Of November
26 1896:
RAILWAY STOCKS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-29

EAII1tOAIJ EAF4NI-SNb
The Tribune has printed the gross earnings of
sixty-seyen railroads or systems for the second
week in November OF these. sixty-one return
gains of 81 633. 1872. or $50 per cent ard six re-
turn losses Of s26.471. or 33 per cent. The whole
show gain OF 81 .G0d,G6l. or 22.8 per cent The
Tribune has also printed the gross earnings OF
forty.three railroads or systems for the third
week In November, OF which thirty-eight return
gains OF $S36.414. or ia Der cent. and i've re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-29
fcetures ano ttlretinss.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LECTURES.

AT COOPER UNION, Tue~i lay; p Ne No
~ Iu ,RyEs sPRAGUE SMITH. 'oid Norse!ahd' NO
Ar '| m,ETROPOLITAN MusEtM OF ART; yS sailT,
days ~ 7, THE Decorative Painting OF the Italian
BiAstsneo ana It's Modern Lessons NO tickets re-
.wERiCAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL H i,ss
TOitY Saturdays L. II. is r. N.Y. S ;,s srvs
nVSSSip Tbe Formation and Structures OF Ihe otSs,
Line Rocks" Apply for tickets to the secretary OF
f.ninmhin University.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-29

Nov. Actual sales Nov. Nov. No.
2s High Low Il. 20. shares
1893. est. est Final. 1897 sold.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-29
HOUSTON & TEXAS CENTRAL RAIL
ROAD COMPANY,
BY THOS. H. HUBBARD,
President,

OFFICE or COUNTY CONTROLLER
or ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
November 18th. 1885,. Pttsburs, Pa
NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF BONDS OF the
County % Alcsheny. Pennsylvania, --. n.
sinking ,'oumssiOneT, % the County or
ALLEGHENY state % Pennsylvania b. virtue Of authority
yested IN them by at % Assembly approved April end
A ~ 1868 So hereby notify the holders ~ ALLIE
GHESY COUNTY COMPROMISE BONDS, that bonds
numbered lated follows 10 wit; tplltON con-
rROMisE GONps Nos 5lp. 40. a2i. a26 a2i. 52s hfs
$50 slI 49,. 1877 b.is. 80 DO BAL. 81. 5i3.
Si5 $50 So rs iGO sol all bearing date % January
LIST 1853 maturing January 1T 1913. Will he paid
together January st. 1888 prcSsn-
iai0n the ONCE ~ the county Controller az Pttsburg.
Pa which time all Interest said bonds Will cease
REUBEN MILLER,
JAS. J. DONSETI.
W. T. THOMPSON.
sinking Fund Commissioners
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-29

FRENCH LINE.
C,OMPAGNIE GENEkALE Transatlantique.
~ DIRECT LINE TO HAYRE-PARlS lFRANCE)
Sailing every Saturday, at 10 A.
From Pier No. ~. North River, foot Morton Street
Ia Touralne Dec. liza Normande. .....Dec. -
"a rretagne Dec II la Champagne. Jan.
- ,arsogne.. ...... Dec - Ia brstasne Jan
80 lat class passage y. l.-Paris $50. ana upwards.
Cent Agency O. s. and Can. Bowling Green. n. J.:
osn'i western Agency. II Dearborn ST.. Chicago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-29

CRUISE To the Mediterranean by North
"A German Lloyd S. "Aer," Feb D. i,s visiting Glib
ral,ar Malaga Granada. Ahambra. Algeria Malta. Cairo.
Jerusalem. Beyrout. tphesus c9nssntan9pIe: Athens
tees etc included. +. G CLARK. III Broadway. N Y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-29

Total in all issues s64+oco
The bank exchanges OF the New-York Clear
ing House and the stocks sold at the NewYork
Stock Exchange last week and for the same
week OF the preceding two years compare as fol-
lows:
Nov. 30 '95 Nov. IS SO Nor o. 81.
Exchanges 1914 265322 s50s Gd2 90l $685. 5i $50
Ne shares sold. 80. 1913 033 3l26
THE WEEKLY STOCK TABLE.
The following Is the usual table giving the
number Of shares of all stocks dealt In last
week. the highest, lowest and final prices Of the
week. together with the final prices Of week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
why Dinsley Rates Are So High.

Afraid to open your chops about the
Mckinley bill before the election, hav-
ing won. you are out-Heroding Herod,
out-McKinleying Mckinley, because
the men who furnished the money to
carry the election are relentless task.
masters. clamorous for their remunera-
ton. They have such ravenous appe-
tites that you have been compelled to
make the rates higher than in the Nc
Kinley bill. Let this not be forgotten,
inscribe it on the tablets of your MEM
DRY. Be it known that the average tar.
If tax under the Mckinley bill was
1888 per cent. I'D valorem; under the
Wilson-Gorman bill. 1904 per cent, and
under the Dingley bill, 57O3 per cent.
Hence the average rate Of taxation on
something like 1000 articles Of every.
dny consumption is S per cent high
er under the Dinglcy bill than under
NcKinley's law, and II per cent. higher
than under tho WilsOn-Gorman BILL
Hon. Champ Clark. in Congress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

THE election CT w. IL. Gest to the
circuit bench is an act to which The
ARGUS attaches no responsibility. Its
position has been plain from the
first; there has been at no time q
question as to 1t. While it realized
that in circuit SO overwhelmingly
republican, the nomination OF MI.
Gest by his party was equivalent to
an election, 1t protested against
democrats defaulting from their
party. 1t had been proclsi med by
representative republicans in the
state that this is year when ..s
yellow dog" would be elected on the
republican ticket. Yet notwith.
standing this highly complimentary
boast, the democrats made gains al
over the state. and are particularly
deprecating the fact that there were
members Of the party who we're sc
distracted by the appearance of the
situation as to desire to climb into
the band wagon, and thus were in
strumental in preventing . more
pronounc. d monstration of the ex.
tent to which the Rick Island county
candidate was repu,liated by his own
party. The true democrat, the one
who is an honor to his party, 10 the
one who stands by it at all times. NO
matter what the prospects.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
Elkins ON Wares.

"Wages must 60 down." said Senator
Elkins in recent interview published
in the Cincinnati Enquirer. 'Wage-
earners," continued the senator, do
not wish to see it or believe it, but It
is So" And again he said: "Wages in
America stand against any revival of
business"
He was discussing the coal trade He
said: Eve do not export coal to Europe
because we have wages against us, and
that is the whole kernel of the coal
trade"
Being asked whether black labor was
settled in the mines OF West Virginia,
he said:
Firmly. It is as effective as white
labor and does not combine and con.
spire, and the negro spends all he
makes, while the Italians and Poles
send every cent out of the country"
The senator has just as decided ideas
on the tariff question. He is firmly con.
WINGED that protective duties, especially
those on coal, should go up. Tariff up
wages down. That is what happened
under the Mckinley bill and is what
will happen and in fact is happening
under the Dingley bill. 1t is all done
in the interest of labor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
Photography aud Cornterfeita.

The ingenious Frenchrnan who in.
vented color photography has given the
treasury department Of the United
States big scare. 1t is recognized by
the watcbdogs of the treasures of the
into the hands of counterfeiters the
financial system of every nation en-
ploying notes as a circulating medium
would be threatened. Photography has
always been the bane of the officials
whose business it is to circumveut the
ingenious devices of counterfciters, and
for ten years secret service agents the
world over have been watching in fear
and trembling for the invention of proc
tss which would reproduce singly or in
combination the different colors and
tints of the solar prism.
Already counterfeiters ere able, by
means of photo-engraving processes, to
make exact duplicates of the backs Of
bills, whether they be in green, blue,
black or any other color But the seals
and check numbers, printed over the
scroll work Of the face in different col
ors, have hitherto thwarted them. They
have been obliged to expunge these seals
and check numbers with acids. These
acids naturally ruined the scroll work
below the OVERLAND colors, leaving q
space which the rogues had 10 re-en-
grave or put in with brush or pen. The
results of such primitive methods were
easily detected by experts. But the col
or photography opens immense possibil-
tiles in the hands Of clever men. Given
paper Of similar quality-and they
make paper that would deceive an ex-
pert-there is nothing to prevent a
skillful operator from producing ahso-
lutte duplicates in such numbers as he
may desire Of any banknofe extant in
the circulation Of the world. Detroit
Free Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

IT is not to be supposed thai
Pennsylvania politics are dead sim
ply because Senator Quay is boss
John Wanamaker's recent bittel
speech against the Quay regime in
Pennsylvan'" is understood in tina,
state to r1.-.. that next fall the ant
Quay republicans will nominate an in
dependent ticket or refuse to supper,
any ticket il tho administration Only
recognizes the machine controlled
by Quay in the distribution OF feder.
nj patronage. Wanamaker has beer
defeated only in the first battle -
Peoria Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
Hakluyt's Zeal.

The great work Of Hakluyt il the
Principal Navigations. I" in three folio
volumes, a monument of useful labor.
Nothing could stop or daunt him when
there was a chance Of obtaining new
information. he rode 200 miles to have
an interview with the Last survivor of
Master Hore's expedition to America in
1886. He saved numerous Journals and
narratives from destruction and the
deeds they record from oblivion. His
work gave stimulus to colonial and to
maritime enterprise, and it inspired
our literature. Shakespeare owed much
to Hakluyt's Principal Navigations. -
Milton owed much more. As the years
passed ON Richard Hakluyt, in his own
quaint language, continued ito wade
still further and further in. the sweet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
SILVER REPUBLICANS TO ORGANIZE.
Bolters from the 50. Louis Conveption VIII
Form q New Party.

Chicago. June s.-A rev political or
ganization. already christened the 'Sil-
yer Republican party Of the United
States" is about to lie formed in tits
city. Its promoters are: Henry NJ. Tel
Ter. Fred ]. Dubois. John T. Jones. +. J.
Cannon. Richard +. Peitigrew. Senator
Mantle. Charles A. Towne. Charles $.
Hartman. John $. Shafrcth. Charles n.
Alien. These men bolted the 81. Louis
convention and supported W. j. Bryan.
They and their followers are now con-
gregating here to attend n caucus today
at which IL is proposed to create n ma
tonal committee and start the campaign
for the congressional elections next year.
Ex-Representative T6wne. Of Duluth.
acted as provisional chairman and in
struction5 were issued by him yes,erday
To corps Of lieutenants. ard informa-
tion was disseminated as to the objects
ard aims Of the gathering.
rs explained by Towne. the initiatory
step was taken Feb. %. when the states-
men and men named issued an adcrcgz
calling upon the silver Republicans in
every state and territory to select ma
tional committeeman and have them at
tend conference In Chicago On June 5.
to start the fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

TIE biggest republican in Rock
Island at this time, Of course, is w.
+. johnson, the nearest friend and
coniidant of MIR. Gest. 1t was John.
son, 1t will be remembered, who was
sent down into Mercer county to in
vestigate and report on the situation
there, and it was he who returned
with the absolute assurance tina,
everything was all right there; that
there WAS no republican disaffection
whatsoever, and Scott was not going
to have a ghost Of show. Yet the
latter came out Of there smiling with
over 1000 majority.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
A SEA ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
Extraordinary Superstition Once Prev,-
lent In ENGLAND.

Extraordinary Superstition Once Prevs-
lent In England.
The curious superstition that there is
an ocean above the clouds is illustrated
by the following strange story by an
old English writer: Zone Sunday the
people of certain village were coming
out of church on thick, cloudy DAY,
when they saw the anchor Of a ship
hooked to one Of the tombstones-the
cable, which was tightly stretched,
hanging down from the air. The people
were astonished, and while they were
consulting about it suddenly they saw
the rope move as though some one Ia
bored to pull up the anchor. The an
Choir, however, still held fast by the
stone, and a great noise was heard in
the air. like the shouting Of sailors.
Presently sailor was seen sliding down
the cable for the purpose of unfixing
the anchor. When he had just loosened
1t, the villagers seized hold of him, and
while in their hands he quickly died,
just as though he had been drowned.
About an hour after the sailors
above. hearing no more of their COM
rade, cut the cable and sailed away. In
memory Of this extraordinary event the
people of the village made the hinges
of the church doors out Of the iron Of
the anchor" 1t is further stated that
these hinges "are still to be eeen there, I"
bit of evidence much like Munchau.
sens rope wherewith he once climbed
10 the moon. If you doubted the story,
you were confronted with the rope.
There is another queer tale about
this aerial ocean. IA merchant of Bris-
toll" it is said, "set sail with his cargo
for Ireland. Some time after, while his
family were at supper, knife sudden
ly fell in through a window on the ia
BILE. When the merchant returned and
saw the knife, he declared it to be his
own and said that Oh such q day, at
such an hour, while sailing in an un-
known part Of the sea, he dropped the
knife overheard, and the day and the
hour were found to be exactly the time
when it fell through the window" All
of which was once implicitly believed
by many and regarded as incontroverti-
BILE proof of the existence of sea above
the sky. One is at loss to conjecture
how that unknown part Of the sea"
connected with the rest of it. A phys
i@al geography showing this would be
10 small curiosity.-Boston Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
SILkWORMS OF LEBANON,
How They Are Cultivated In the Noun
tains Of TripOli.

How They Are Cultivated In the Noun
tains Of Tripoli.
Harry Fem, the artist, has written a
paper, entitled "Silk and Cedars," for
st. Nicholas, describing his visit to
the famous mountains of Lebanon.
Concerning the silk industry, which
plays such an important part in the
lives of the natives, Mr.. Fem says: As
the time approaches for the silkworm
to hatch out the egg the family move
out of the house and camp under the
trees, giving up the entire establishment
to the worms after having placed the
eggs on shelves made of q reedlike
bamboo. At first the young worms are
fed on finely chopped leaves, but as
they grow larger the leaves need only
be broken in two. The people have to
feed and watch the worms night and
day, or they wander in search of fcod
and get lost, and in the silence of the
night the sound of the worms feeding
is like a gently falling rain.
The worms fast three OF four times
during this period, and about "a hours
is the length of each fast. A curious
feature about their fast is their posture.
They assume the attitude of a cobra
snake about to strike and remain rigid
ly fixed in that position for the entire
period. When they are ready to spin,
small branches are placed on the
shelves, and as the oocoons are formed
upon them the dead twigs seem to bear
golden fruit. When the worms get
through that part Of the business, the
neighbors are called in-something rs
to an old fashioned New England ap-
pie pairing bee. They call it ''qtaf" in
Arabic-that is picking" and soon
you see piles Of pale green, pure white
and golden yellow cocoons heaped upon
the floor. Later they may be spun into
hanks, but usually the cocoons are sent
down the mountains to Tripoli or Da-
mascus, and after their 80 or 40 days
of toll they, too, often have to sell the
produce for next to nothing. as the Chi
nese are always ready to undersell them.
Another curious use Mr.. Silkworm is
put to is to soak him in vinegar for
some hours, after which he is drawn out
into 90 called "catgut" to make smells
or leaders for fishhooks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
good advantage. AS these contributions

good advantage. AS these contributions
arrived he threw them into one of these
Joke pots" by way of filling-a new
kind of pigeonhole. Then when a mo-
ment arrived in which he had to scratch
his head for subject, he would dip his
hand, or rather his arm, into this lot.
terry and fish up one contribution after
the other until he found one that nigh:
he regarded as prize ticket.
In order that he might insure himself
against repetition he observed the rout-
inc Of never putting contribution back
into the same Joke pot" from which
he had extracted it. but deposited it in
the second vase, until the first one had
been cleared. Then he attacked the Sec
ond one and emptied all the lottery slips
back into the first, and so on, daily
wedding out the worthless ones and re-
freshing his memory as to those best
adapted to his purpose. The fact that
these two Joke pots" were kept SO
well supplied BY friends who volunteer
ed their contributions is in itself ample
testimony to the personal charm widely
exercised by this warm hearted master
of black and white. -Harper's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

W. n. Repine. editor of the lis
kilwa, ILL.,, "Chief," says: I'VE
won't keep house without DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption.
Coughs and colds. Experimental
with many others, but never got the
true remedy until We used Dr.. Kings
New Discovery. No other remedy
can take its place in our home. as in
1t we have . certain and sure cure
for Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough,
etc." It Is idle to experiment with
other remedies, even il they ave
urged on you as just rs good as Or
Kings New Discovery. They are
not as good, because this remedy has
q record Of cures and beside is guar
anteed. 1t never fails to satisfy.
Trial bottles free ct Harts & Ulle-
meyers drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

On one wan. wintry day I found On
the south side Of the tower dandeliou
"a little bit Of Gods sunshine. only q
dandelion-"a nawsty weed" as an
English woman once told me. "Nawsty
weedf' Why. the very heart Of the sun.
light is gathered into its golden petals.
Do you wonder that kissed the little
flower nesting at the towers base that
mawinter day as ] stopped and piucked
It for my boutoDniere? Perfect Of ite
kind. as all Gods works. What he be-
gins he finishes. Did you ever see any.
thing Of his making unfinished? The
leaf Of the rose. the sting Of the bee,
the birds feather-each is complete. per.
fect.-Henry G. McCook
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09
Boiled Potatoes,

Pare potatoes with sharp vegetable
knife, just rs thin as possible, for that
part Of the tuber lying close to the skin
is richest in mineral salts. and put each
potato as peeled into pan of cold wa
ter to prevent discOloration. Have ready
meanwhile a kettle of boiling water,
and when the peeling process is COM
plete take the potatoes from the cold
water, and, covering them with boiling
sailed water, set them ON the range.
covered, to boil. Twenty minutes will
usually suffice. but to test them use a
skewer or fork. and when they can be
pierced easily remove at once from the
fire, pour off all the water and set them
ON the back of the range, uncovered, to
steam dry, assisting that process occa-
sionally by slight shaking of the ket-
tie.
If one asks the reason why potatoes
should always be cooked in boiling wa
ter, try the following experiment for
proof: Take two cups, in each of which
has been put teaspoonful Of ordinary
starch. Pour over one quarter Of 4
cupful Of boiling water and over the
other the same quantity Of cold water
and observe the result The one over
which the boiling water was poured
stays IN shape. compact mass, while
the one with the cold water dissolves
into soft paste. The potato is largely
composed of starch, and from this trial
any one may draw his own conclusions.
II you wish a pulpy. watery potato, use
cold water; but if dry. mealy, snowy
ball that would delight the heart Of
Epicurus himself. always use boiling
water.-New York Commercial
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

Du Maurier has been much written
about in the press by men pretending to
be his most intimate friends, though in
one or two conspicuous instances the
family Of the late lamented were rather
surprised at this presumption. One of
Du Maurier's institutions was q pair Of
vases which he called his Joke pots. I"
He used to receive large number of
contributions from English and Ameri-
can friends, all purporting to be true
and worthy Of an illustr alton by him.
know at least several instances where
friends Of mine have sent him texts
which be very soon afterward used to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-09

cascarets Candy Cathartic, the
most wonderful medical discovery Of
the age. pleasant and refreshing to
the taste, oct gently and positively
on the bowels. cleansing the entire
system. dispsl colds, cure headache,
fever. habitual constipation and bill
icusness. Please buy and try . box
Of G. c. G. today; 10. Is, so cents.
Sold and guaranteed to cure BY Ill
druggists.