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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-26

pulled from his pocket graveyard rabbits
foot" which. he said, had always brought him
good luck Another of the men exhibited the
feather Of an Old gray goose which had been
given him by negro charm seller in the Pur-
chase. The owner said lie knew the thing was
a mere trihe, but he wouldn't part with it for
any amount Of money. third member Of the
party had an old steel pen which had been used
by the Governor Of Southern State in writing
the pardon Of condemned man. This non-be-
lever in strange signs said he priced the
charm higher than anything be possessed as he
had succeeded ever since ne got it. The sleep
ing-car conductor carried in his pistol pocket an
Irish potato, shriveCd to third Its former
size which never failed a rheumatism
case" A fifth man had this to say: Fellows
I'm no believer in those meaningless emblems
but can't help feeling badly II l fail to see
the new moon over my right shoulder"
The only two members Of the party who had
not spoken left the car. smiling at the 'vapid
follies" they too were doubtless believers in II
they had only expressed themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-26

incalculable ages. to the cold Of inter-stellar
space. which has been put. approximately, at
absolute Zero" or 273 degrees below zero
Centigrade. IT, then it should be ascertained
that all seeds and microbes lose their vitality
after short exposure to TIE most extreme cold
that we can produce artifcially. Lord Keivin's
suggestion would seem incredible. But II. on
the other hand. some seeds and some microbes
are able to withstand the lowest temperature
Of which we have actual knowledge then that
theory remains tenable, even though 1t may
seem improbable for other reasons.
Well UP to date. it has not been possible to
extermnate life altogether by freezing. Hence
the investigators who addressed the Royal So
ciety on this subject last month QIorace T.
Brown and +. Escombe) were moved to say:
That such (meteOrc) fragments might circu-
late In the intense cold Of space for perfectly
indefinite period without prejudice to their
freight OF seeds or spores Is almost certain from
the facts we know about the maintenance OF
life by resting protoplasm. The difficulties In
the way Of accepting such an hypothesis GER
tainly do not lie in this direction
These experiments. moreover, throw a little
light on the nature Of life itself. Herbert Spen
Ger. for instance, has given a definition OF life
which implies a constant. though possibly a very
low degree Of internal activity In the protoplasm
in which life resides. For this and for other
reasons n good many biologists hold that dur
ing the period OF a seeds inertness It's vital part
undergoes very feeble and mperceptible altera-
tons. accompanied by exchange OF gases
with the surrounding atmosphere sort OF res
piration as ii were On the other hand. there
are scientists who think that there Is not merely
Slowing down" Of vital processes during the
dormant stage. but n complete suspension OF
chemical activity. and that the protoplasm
loses FOR the time being. all power Of adjust
ment to external conditions"
Now, five or six years ago. the late G.. J. Ro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-26
TOUGH SEEDS AND MICROBES
THEY WITHSTAND MARvELLOUSLY LOW
TEMPERATURES.

SOME EXPERIMENTS THAT BEAR ON THE NATURE
AND ORIGIN OF LIFE. AS WELL AS
DISEASE GERMS.
Some experiments undertaken to ascertain the
influence of very low temperatures on the ger
minative power Of seeds, described at meeting
Of the Royal Society in England last month,
possess a double interest The matter has It's
purely practical side, I'm the first place mas
much as grain and flower seeds are not likely,
in the ordinary course Of events, to be sub
jected to any such intense cold as was en-
ployed in these tests. the farmer and horti-
culturist may not find the latter particularly
Instructive But bacteria also belong to the
vegetable world, and some species OF these
minute organisms are capable of making a
good deal OF mischief with our health. 1t Is
desirable therefore to know how low tenn
perature these disease germs can endure with
out being killed
To large class of people, however. very
strongest appeal These experiments are
thought to have some bearing on that profound
problem. the origin of life on our globe. AS
long ago as 1871. very soon after Charles Oar
win taught that man and the higher animals
descended from few exceedingly low
forms Of life, Lord Kelvin threw out the sug-
gestion. in his presidential address to the Brit
ISL Association for the Advancement Of Sci
ence. that life may have had an extra-terres-
trial origin, and may have come to our planet
In moss grown fragments from the ruins OF
another world which reached the earth as
meteorites. But these bodies astronomers be-
heve. have been exposed for years. not to say
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-26
SOME KENTUCKY SUPBRSTITIONS.
From The Louisville Post.

From The Louisville Post
1t would astonish you to know the number Of
persons in this State who are not superstitiOus
but who do believe in signs" While returning
from Western Kentucky last week sat talking
with a party OF seven men in the smoking com
partment Of 4 Pullman car. when one Of them
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12

bright, Il. leaf dark. $50: western. 10;
lues dark. AZ. Total. 776 hogsheads.
For the week ending Saturday Deem
Der Q. 1s93-Wrappers, y hogsheads; fill
ere. I45: smokers. a: scrap bright. ~:
stems. II; burleys. u Tugs dark, ~:
nrimines II. Total. 40 hogsheads.
For The week ending Saturday, Deem
Der :. IS9t-Wrappers. Al hogsheads: fill
ers So; cutters, 40 smokers, 40; scrap
bright. %; scrap dark. .; leaf clark
1S3: burleys. IL; Tugs dark. ~. Total,
Az hogsheads.
For the week ending Saturday. Deem
Der IL. 1s9J-Wrappers, 2S hogsheads; fill
ers. 80: smokers. IL scrap (brighD, %;
leaf dark, IS western, .; Tugs dark, %.
Total 81 hogsheads.
Der II. 1S.G-Wrappers, 1l3 hOgsheads; fill
ers -: cutters ?: scrap bright. ~: leaf
dark, ~: burleys. ., Tugs dark. 40.
Total. 273 hogsheads.
For the week ending Saturday. Decem-
Der II. 1sgT-Wrappers, hogsheads; fill
ers ~. smokers. 10; scrap (brighD, IL:
leaf dark. ~. stems Is. western, 1. Tugs
dark. ~. Total 30 hogsheads
The tobacco inspector reports to-day:
Inspections-Bright. ~ hogsheads; dark. l
hogshead. western. 2 hogsheads and !
fierce. Reinspections-Bright. 1s hogs
heads and fierce.
And for the week ending to-day: In
spections-Bright, - hogsheads; dark,
hOgShcads' western = HpEHntdur anu
tierce Reinspections-Bright. ~ hogs
heads and / fierce. dark, Il hOgshcads;
western, 4 hogsheads.
Total inspections for the week ending
to-day. los hogsheads and l tterce; rein
spectlons. 10 hogsheads and tierce. Total
samplng for the week ending to-day, 10
hOgsheads and tierces.
Shockoe. Allegheny and Naughan's to-
bacco warehouses report to-day Re
ceipts, IL packages; deliveries, GG+1pack-
ages.
The same tobacco warehouses, with
Myers, Stonewali Shelburne's, Cren-
shaw's, Meals Davenport's Planters.
Farmers and Williams q Rehling's added.
report for corresponding period for the
last seven years:
For the week ending Saturday, Deem
Der -. 1syL-Receipts, Az packages; de-
liveries. so packages.
For the week ending Saturday. Deem
Der 10 1sg2-Receipts. 3jf packages; de-
liveries. 800 package.
For the week ending Saturday. Decom-
Der q 1Sp3-Receipts. 2l3 packages; de-
liveries. 800 packages.
For the week ending Saturday, Deem
Der :. 1S9l-Receipts, ~ packages; deiV-
cries 4GS packages.
For the week ending Saturday. Deem
Der II, 1Sg5-Rccclpts, 100 packages deliF-
For the week ending Saturday. Deem
her II iS9G-Recoipts, 20 packages; deuN-
cries. IA packages.
For the week ending Saturday, Dccem-
Der H. Receipts, 1ss packages; deliy-
cries, 3Ji packages.
United States internal revenue collec-
tons on tobaccos for the city OF kich-
mond. Va, to-day: Cigars and cigarettes,
81, $3.50; plug tobaccos, $500. Total,
S4G52.34
United States internal revenue oollec-
lions ON tobaccos for the city Of Rich
mond. Va. for corresponding period TOT
the last seven years.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
YTsTT TO PINNER's POINT.
4 Party Of Richmond Gentlemen Hama
someIy Entertained at That Place.

\ Marty Of a score or more OF the iead-
ing business men OF Richmond visited Pin
ncr's Point near Norfolk, yesterday. as
tho guests OF gentlemen interested In
propcrtv at that place. a few members
Of the LEGISLATURE were in the party.
The trip going was made In special
car attached 10 the regular morning
train on the Chesapeake and Ohio road.
on arriving al the Point the gentlemen
were met by a number OF business men
OF Portsmouth and the Water Front Inn
provement Company property was in
spected
The splendid wharves Of the Southern
railway were a revelation 10 the visitors
and they were all much pleased with the
Point. which all predicted would some
day become q great city. Including the
Belt Line some s.. 10000 have already
been spent al Primers I'm railroad inn
provcments since January I. 1896. About
thirty acres are covered by railroad ware
houses. and more than two hundred dwell
ings have been erected and are rented
out.
4 splendid dinner was served by Mr..
Charlie Johnston, the well-kuown Nor
folk caterer. at the Hotel Frederick.
Speeches were made by Mr. Thomas J.
Wool. Senators Maynard. Hale, AIr. Fritz
Stterding. and others.
The Richmonders returned on n special
train. arriving here about Q o'clock last
night
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
CHARLESTON. s. c. Dec.
TOBACCO EXCHANGE
Richmond. Va, Dec. II. 1907

&
Sales Of new dark loose tobaccos ~,
the Richmond tVa.) breaks for the veek
ending to-day: Crenshaw's Warebousa solS
22s,0I5 pounds; highest price, sla75. Sboc-
koe Warehouse sold PC, AS pounds. bish-
est price si2 Total, $50 pounds: high
est price, S13.75. ''e"
No offerings OF sun-cured tobaccos n,
auction on change for the corresnond,r,,
week for the past seven years.
PRIVATE sales reported TO the secretary
Of the Richmond Tobacco Trade TO-DAY
FILTERS Is hogsheads; scrap bright ;.
Tugs DARK. L Total, II hoesheads. -
Private sales reported to the secretary
OF the Richmond Tobacco Trade for The
corresponding period fos the last seven
yeara '''ei'
For the week ending Saturday, Deem
Der II, ls9l-Wrappers. 6J hogsheads. mn.
ers, az; cutters. 50: smokers. %. scran
sorishtl %; leaf dark, $50 western. 30
Total. CSC hogsheads. W
For the week ending Saturday. Dscem-
per 10. lS92--wrsppexs ll4.Aogsheadsin ii.
IeEH ~ cuttera lQSNsnAkstH N1fTfT7n,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
BALTIMORE MARKET.
pALTTMoRr. MD. Dec. III

BALTIMORE. MD, Dec 11.-FLoUR-
Quiet and unchanged. o-,,~
WHEAT SPOT. month. 9.,tp
97%c.: January. Sl4W'Sc' NAY. "''1c.
bid. steamer No. . rcd. 92c. Southern
wheat. by sample. 93d99c.; do. on grade.
93iaM9Sixc
CORN-Steady: spot. 38d33isc.; month.
32iSG323tc: December. new or old. 32G
32itc.: January, 31Sd32c.; February. 320
32Lc.: steamer mixed. 31d3ihc. Southern
white corn. 20q33c.; do. yellow, 30a33c
OATS-Firm; No. white, 29hG3Oc.; No.
. mixed. 27627iRc.
RYE-Easier: No . nearby 5fTc BID:
No . western. 53G534c.
HAY-Steadv: choice timothy, Si3 asked.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Quiet and I'M
changed
SUGAR-Strong: graduated. BIC.
BUTTER-Quiet and unchanged.
EGGS AND CHEESE-Steady and IN
changed.
WHISKY-Cnchanged
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. DEC. II. 1897.
ARRINAIS


Steamer Virginia. Porter. merchan-
disc and passengers. Baltimore steam
Packet Company: from Baltimore
Steamer Golf Stream. Turmoil. ner-
rhandise and passengers. Clyde Line,
from Philadelphia.
Steamer Pocahontas. Graves. mer-
chandise and passengers; Virginia Navi-
cation Company from NORFOLK.
Barge Macwaugl,ton. O'Brien, coal,
CrumD & West. from Georgetown, d. c.
SAILING.
steamer Virginia, Porter. merchan-
disc and passengers; Baltimore Steam
Packet Company, tor Baltimore.
Schooner Anna Ainsley. McAndrews.
railroad ties. South Ambroy. n Y.
Schooner Elenora. Van Dusen. Godfrey.
railroad ties. South Ambroy n. Y.
Schooner Charles Lintlucum, COlston,
railroad ties for Baltimore.
Schooner +. c. Irwin, Higgins, light for
James river.
PORT NEWPORT NEWS, DEC. II. 1897.
ARRIVED.
Barge Volunteer. New London.
Barge Galatea. New London.
Steamer SouthwOld. Port Tampa
steamer ChickahOminy. London.
Steamer Robert Narrowing, New Or
leans.
Steamer Ashm0re Galveston,
steamer Edenbridge. New orleans.
Steamer Aurora, Boston.
SAILED.
Steamer Indrani. Glasgow.
steamer Southwold. Kinslin.
Steamer Robert narrowing Hamburg'
steamer Ashmore. Hamburg.
Steamer Edonbridgc Aarhuus.
steamer Sardonyx London.
Schooner Ed. J. Berwind. Savannah.
PORT or WEST POINT, DEC. II, 1891
ARRIVED.
Steamship Accomac. Thompson, Noriolk'
passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
Steamship Acc0mac Thompson Nortolk'
passengers and general cargo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
NEW YORK DRY-GooDs MAPRrr

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-THE close OF the
week in dry goods sees no change from
the dullness prevailing. The Intended re-
duction IN wages 10 be made at Fall River
has cast gloom over the entire cotton
goods division. and manufacturers are
waiting with some anxiety the result of
the work Of the committee appointed a
Few days ago. The trade at first hands
ana obbers in all lines of cottons Is dull
Print cloths have not changed. the mar
ket being reported dull at 2I4c.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
An Evening witkpic.ures.

a novel entertainment with supper. ice
cream and cake will be given by the ladies
OF Park-Place church i'm their lecture
room on Tuesday, December 18th. at Sis
o'clock 4 most delightful evening is
promised to their friends and the public
generally.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12

Caeh limitations wore ~ INI,UW"' = n
., az" No . yellow corn. 2G02Ghc.; NO.
sNSiuS wheat. ssN6S9hc.; No. 3 sprlng
s sPnnatt s9TsGc.: No red, slo2i4dll %
w WI q oorr os7t626Hc.: No. 2 oats 22hc.'
30 > white. 22G22Ac.: No. 3 white; 25,sa
2sa,c; No. 2 rye 4GEc :Go6 no sI1g 9sf'i is.
xSn timothy seed. s2G2is: mess pork
ber barrel s74oa7i5; lard. per 100 pounds
ss et5t 40. short rib sides Ooose). Nl2i5n
40. dry sailed shoulders (boXed) go
10 short clear sides (boxedl. N4'"
AGO. whisky. distillers' finished goods per
steaGv. creamery. 17023c. cheese firm at
7&Gsi5c.: eggs firm: fresh. zoe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
CHICAGO MARKET.

CHICAGO. Dec 1.-Wheat was quiet
to-day. i'm marked contrast 10 the violence
Of the three sessions. The close shower an
oa,.nnce of 1lbctb. for December over yes
ferdav. Corn and oats closed firm after
n dull day. and provisions were in good
demand at an advance Of 1Oc. for pork
and 2i5c. for lard and RIBS
The leading futures ranged as foilows'
Iho Omen. High. Low. Close.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
Battalion Drill.

The Second Battalion OF the First Regi-
ment, Infantry. Virginia Volunteers. will
be drilled at the armory Monday even
ing. December 10, 1897.
This battalion is composed OF Compa-
MES T., L and G..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

NORFOLK. VA, Dec. 1o'-dh S price OIL
peanuts has fallen agar ling dronped
rang &c ? Nnts are coming in freely and
i ipSil are that the crop - larger
than anticipated. The percen'ase 1917 -,
black nuts is about 30 per CENTS "i''0'
teens the urice down.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON, N. c., Dec. I1.-SPTR-
ITS OF TURPENTINE-Firm at 2oa6
3OAc.: receipts. 141 casks
barrels. VIZ
CRUDE TURPENTINE-S Steady AZ St IN
cleo: receipts. 151 barrels ~
rels. 20 Dai
CHARLESTON s. C., Dec. 1I.-Trrp.
PENTINE-Firm at SOC. sales. none.
RoslN-f1rm and Unchanged; sales
SAVANNAH. GA, Dec. ff-SprRIrc
Of TJhPENTlNE-Firm at 30iLc. hid
sales 40 casks: receipts. 927 casks
ROSlN-F1rm and UNCHANGED. sales reo
barrels; receipts. 3743 barrels. H.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12

Apple Brandy, $500 a gallon; Old Rye
Whisky. four-year-old, 500 a gallon. at
S. Ullman's son.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12

Four-String Brooms. 1Oc.; Cedar Buck
cts, lOc.; Cedar Tubs. SOC, at S. Ulmans
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
LILLE CoITON MARKETs.

NEW YORK. Dec. 11.-coTT o9S Soies:
middling. *; net receipts s ~ bai Ie.
gross. 700 bsles , i ea Gao bales.
Tofai to-day and consolidated-Net re
-, "a y oss baIets: exports TO Great Bri-
taip : 900 bales: to the Continent Z-.o'l
baIes stock, O91 800 bales ..,...
Total since September lstcN prttai,,
a9i cs9 bales: to France, 41O."59 bales
90 he Continent. 1,129,3l9 bales
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
JOHN L. WILLIAMS & SON,
BANKERS.
1000 EAST MAIN STREET.

State Bonds. City Bonds, Bank Stocks.
and other high-grade Investment Securi-
',Is rTTs.Rs OF CREDIT furnished avail
able in al parts Of the world. seq
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12

Futures opened quiet and steady; sa 2 IS.
300 bales: January. 20s; Feorus ee M 49,
= ao. IuIv 5g4: August. 5.o9. September
sg7: october. COZ December, 5GG. oo,oo
Ia. January. $40: February, BIB;
March. 5.77: April. $50; May, 5.s7; june
sol; July 596; Aug , ust, ~ Se cP
Got cotton closed quiet: middling mp
lands 57s: middling gulf. Gk' sales none.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12

Saw. Bank OF Richmond. rs 33
ms. COMPANIES.
Va. Fire and Marine...... ..25 S4b -.
virginia State .............'-S 20 %
MISCELLANEOUS.
Amer Tob. Co pfd.-. 100 ITO -.
Amer lob co. com. .......:D MA >!
va. Caro-. Chem. pfd......'in ir,s ".
Caro-. Chem. com. .....Wo ~ %
Quotations are for bonds maturing Ia
not 1ees than ten years.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12

NErv ORLEANS. Dec. 11.--CQTIoN-
r.,tmres very steady; sales. 100 bales
december, 544954es January 2' ~ 90.
Anril 5.4GG547; May. 5.jlm5.52; June,
= taI,i X. Juiv, 5Gl@5.G2; August, 5.GGg
SCI: September 5.7i@3.72
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 11.-1:30 p. Moot
TON-Spot quiet: prices unchanged
A,ncrican niddlng. 3 3-tGd. sales esti-
satod A. : 600 bales: receipts. IS 100 bales.
~ Which IS 400 were American.
FUTURES opened quiet: demand moderate;
Dacember. ASIA: December and January,
o-Gi. January and February. SGT;
March and April. 3 9-G4: April and May:
1904. Nav and June, l2-6i; June ana
iuIv 2 1854. July and August, 3 1i-ci
August and September, . 1864.
Futures quiet.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

Richmond. Va, Dec. II. 1891.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12

MONEY AND EXCHANGE Money on
mercantile paper. 30iH per cent; sterling
exchange steady. with actual business in
bankers hills Of 4S5NGfS5ih for demand
md at 4S2iyG4s2& for sixty days; posted
rates, 4s3ih04S4 and 4SGihN4S1; CONNER
clal bills 4Si&. Silver certificates. for TO-
100 ounces 5SX bar silver ISL: Mexican
dollars. 4G3: state bonds dun. railroad
bonds strong Government bonds strong:
United states new AZ. REGISTERED and cou-
pom l29's
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-23
FRlLLS AND FLUFFS.

Empire lounging robes are both fash
ionable and comfortable. They are
made of soft silks, cottons, cashmeres.
bareges or wooden batistes and trimmed
with ribbons and laces ad lib. They
are suitable to wear when receiving
any acquaintance familiar enough to
call unbidden and at informal times
A belt or girdle may be quickly added
should any extra formality be demand
ed at moments notice. These gowns
have high, square openings at the
throat when not finished with crush
collars or generous ruches of lace or
pjnked silk.
Footing is again in favor for neck
and wrist ruchings Those who have
crimpers Of their own roll it into pills.
ses, but that which is manipulated and
pressed while the hastings are still in
he lace is quite as pretty. Indeed. it
Is more admired, but it REQUIRES a
longer time to arrange. Nothing ever
was or can be daintier than footing
lace for the throat and wrists.
Fur borders and seam trimmings will
be much used this winter. Gray suits
trimmed with black fur and black suits
trimmed with gray fur are in especial
vogue, being worn with picture hats
that are all gray or all black. the
plumage being full and dropping rather
than short and standing.
Very narrow and fine fur edging will
continue to decorate evening bodices
Killed skirts for both boys and girls
are offered for Winter wear.
Those curious wisps of outstanding
ribbon that have puzzled the brains
without pleasing the eyes of anvbodv
have disappeared from the hats and
bonnets of fashionable women.
Dainty and flexible wooden hatis+es
are displacing China and taffeta silks
IN suits for young girls.-From The
Delineator.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-23
DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK, September 22.-The dry
goods market is unqualifiedIy dull in all
grades. Print cloths are firm and steady.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-23
oDsn. High: Low: cIoss:
Articles.
Cash wheat, No. . red. 92c.

Cash wheat, No. red, SIC.
CHICAGO. September 22-All the grain
and provision markets turned pretty flip
flops to-day, starting weak and closing
strong, and in the case of wheat with
very substantial advance. The strength
of the cash wheat situation in the north
sian crop shortage Ware factors in a one
cent gain in wheat. Corn advanced sc.
and oats &c; provisions closed unchanged
to 21ac highNr.
Wheat took its opening tone from Liv-
erpool. Before the opening here. that
market showed a I'D decline, which was
reflected Il the first oct Trades o N Deeem6er
below yesterdays closing prices. But the
market Immediately commenced to recov-
er and IN about an hour and Ia half d from
There was nothing particular in the news
to cause the sudden change in the cent?
nlent. 4 reaction appeared to be, due in
the natural order OF things and when
some investment orders appeared in mar
ket. shorts started to recover. The mar
rowness of trading probably prevented a
further advance. The only really bullish
feature was the receipt Of S53 cars of
wheat at Minneapolis and Duluth, against
SIS a week ago and $40 the corresponding
day of 1886. Even that was only bearish
on the surface. The cash prices at these
places to-day were from &c to PIC bush
el over December; so that the receipts
the entire movement from the farms in
the northwest to the exclusion of any
" ccumulatlonS IN interior country houses.
The Chicago receipts were 344 cars of
wheat. of which only SO were contract.
The total receipts of wheat at Kansas
City. St. Louis and Detroit. of winter
quality. was only 1865 bushels. The
business done at New York yesterday for
export was reported to nave been larger
than what was made known of it the day
before, the total being reported to-day at
4S5,000 bushels. Acceptances We're report
ed of some of last nights cabled offers
to the United Kingdom.
cd 0osf
when closing continental cables were re-
ceived showing declines of Is centimes at
Paris and 121a to 25c at Antwerp The
longs also took advantage Of the advance
to unload a good deal of their holdings
and the result was that December drop
psd back to $3.50; Then the market turn
ed for the last time. The cash strength
at Minneapolis brought selling to a sud
den halt and prices commenced to climb
at once, not stopping until December
touched the high point of the day, 92{.c
which was shortly before the close ia
firmatory reports from the United Sta
Consul at Odessa concerning the Rcssla
crop shortage also helped in the IMP
strength, December closed at a25kc -
Cash QQofn tons were AS eoIlo1
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-23
METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. September 22-Pig iron
warrants, easier at ST co bid and 81 10
asked.
Lake copper. dull at 81 Is.
Tin. easy; $13 80 bid and $13 20 asked
Spelter, quiet 81 % bid and 81 So asked.
Lead, exchange, firm at 81 S212q4 50;
brokers' strong at 81 90.