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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-05
NEW YORK.

l REV YORK. January A. Flour opened
quiet and barely steady; city mill patent
$a.b5a6.9J; do clear S5.4ya6.50; minnesota pa
| tents 6.l0a5.4O. Minnesota bakers 4.26; win
ter patents Sf8Ja5 10; do. straights S4.50G 4.3U;
winter extras S3.4Oa4OO; winter low grace
| S2.gOa3.U0.
Rye -four steady; superfne s2.CO, fancy
Buckwheat flour Qui at sl.25a4.40.
| BuckW heat nom IL al 3j&a37.
Corn meal qutsG yellow west IN 81; city 90
| Brandywine 1l.o0a1 90
/ Rye easier; No. 2 western S. asked.
barley quiet western fee dug l9A malt
In =; harley malt dul western 81 >atO.
Wheat, spot, fl M NJ. red 1908 afiC at
options. NO z red January s7a9%, closet
corn, spot, fiTm; 80. ?. SEX o b afioat
options, January closed 23t; May closed =
| oats. spoL, dull, 80. :, zSS options Feb
rudry c oseo p, May closed I'm.
osSI drm, tsmliB SIIal 20. eAJrs mess -.
Cut meats eady; picked bellies ta6, DO
! picked shoulders o. uO. mans :.
Lard quiet; western steamed clos d $500
| CIT!
PorB Arm; new mess ss,T6a9. 5; short clear
Butter nIm; western oIeamery I5a2s do
| Factory l-Gp D. ElginS ~; initial u Creamery
| l39a'o. 81 tie air l5a2 81. creamery l5asl
cheese IT. ad large white. September
hggs frm; state and peansylvanla ia
254; western fresh 12A24
Potatoes q ret; New York 81 l24a2.25;
| sweets o. 5 a4l0
Cotton SEED oil fl N: prime Grade lSAal9;
| dc. summer yellow ~. a23.
| Petroleum dull; uniIeo 66 IL: refined New
! York 500: Philadelphia anu baltimore 5000
! do. in bulk s2.S6.
Rosln steady. strained, co nmcn to s0OC
el.4Oal 40.
ruIDentir quiet at 32Ka23&.
NICE t'ady: oo3esGlc, tslE Co extra 4kG
| 6k, Japan 5a5k
h2olasses steady; New Orleans s, open
kettle good 20 choice, 2ea3l.
| taopsges. steady; Long Island and Jersey,
pei Sa.50a4Uu
| ofee-UpJlonB, January $5.70ah 50; May
| 605 spot, Rio, quiet NO. invoice 81: JOB
| b1ng d; milo quiet; Uordovs sAaI6.
| sugar, raw strong; FAIR refining 5X
centrifugal, 9o-test AZ; ref1ned strong:
| NO &, 49-l6; m uld 81. standard A. 54; con-
PETITIONERS a, y 81 cut loaf *, crushed So,
powdered 1-l6; granuated ga: cuDes 1t.
BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE, Jan 4.-Flour inactive;
wvsL, r. superffne -. 70a3. 10; dc. extra So 35a
4l0 40 family $4i0ll4.65: winter wheat
patents Si.ct a5.l0; spring do. s5.0e35e0; spring
wnes straights S48lzP4.95.
Wheat weak; spot and January 9lAG9B;
May 9hbid; steamer No. red son a9; South.
err wheat by sample, e2a971a; do. on grade
92a97.
Corn quiet; spot and January s2Ka}2K;
steamer m1Xeo 30k ao0k: Southern white
corn 32a Az: do yellow a4
Oats quiet bat firm No. white, western
2g4 a3): no mixed 27a2s.
Rye east r. o. Z. nearby 52S; No. 2
weste n b34
Hay nrm; choice Timothy sI3.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-05
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.. Jan. 4-Futuras open. d
steady sales 6.9c0 oaies.
Futures closed steady: sales s. 9U0 oaies
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
USE FOR OLD GLOVES.
Chance Discovery of Bit of HUNS
Kid Work Opens UP a New Field
for Economists.

What to do with old kid gloves is
very frequently source of reflection
for the frugal-minded unitarian averse
TO throwing away anything that can
possibly be turned to account Long
stretches of suede or kid are consigned
with regret to the rag bag and it was
only recently and quite by chance that
n modern piece of HUNS kid work and
a curious old letter case, met with in a
curiosity shop, appeared to throw some
light on the question. The mirror case
is one of those which may be picked up
occasionally with other objects deco
rated in like manner. The foundation
is of deep plum-colored velvet, about
six inches long; the cut-out ornament
laid over this is white kid, pasted upon
blue paper, and fastened down by long
stitches of silver thread; the spangles
are silver, fixed down by short lengths
of silver bullion brought round to form
very diminutive loop. The center
ornament, as is plainly indicated, is
covered with long threads of silver
twist. The mirror is fixed to a back
made of stiff card, and this is united to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
DIFFERENCE EXPLAINED.
There Is Considerable Between the
Gases from Anthracite and
BituminOus Coal.

Prof. Ihlseng, of the state college
Pennsylvania, gives an interesting eN
PLANTATION of the difference between
anthracite and bituminous coal, so far
as the gases are concerned, his opinion
being based on the supposition of all
coal beds having been originally
formed on a horizontal or fiat bed.
The anthracite beds, he assumes, were
placed under enormous pressure, OF
side pressure, by the contraction OF
the earth's crust during the cooling
stage, thus forming the coal basins as
now seen at the foot of the mountains;
such an enormous pressure resulted in
forcing the explosive and other gases
out of the anthracite beds to the seams
and crevices of the veins and to the
assures, seams and pores of the rock
strata. This compression has been SO
great that gases in the anthracite re-
gion are sometimes found with the
mighty pressure of 1900 pounds to the
square inch. On the other hand, the
bituminous beds have not been sub
jected to such disturbance and pres
sure, and the coal, therefore, retains
the gases which it contained original
ly. White damp, Prof. Ihlseng shows,
is produced by imperfect combustion,
while black damp is produced by per
feet combustion, and destroys life by
being devoid of sustaining elements.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
AUCTIONS AT HOME.
How the Daughters of a Western MIL.
lionaire Sell Their Clothes
to Each Other.

'In a family of my town." said a
western woman to a New York friend.
there is a little custom which
is often amusing, ard which is.
] think, quite original. The father
is millionaire, and, unlike many
rich fathers, he leaves his checks
blank when he signs them, and never
asks any questions. One result of this
sometimes is thoughtless expenditure,
l won't say extravaganza, because the
daughters would not willingly disre-
gard their privilege. But when one
makes purchase which she afterward
regrets, instead of returning it, as
most women would do, an auction is
held in the household, and the article
is sold to the highest bidder. The auc-
tioneer is the original purchaser.
Sometimes the auction is very anus
inS, and the manner of the sale shows
81 woman's cunning. When l was there
last dress WI ich cost $30U was
knocked down to one of the sisters for
SIS. There were no other bidders. The
'auctioneer' was slightly disappointed,
but she didn't know that the purchaser
had entered into an agreement with
her other sisters not TO bid against
them on other articles if they wouldn't
bid against her on the dress"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
DEEP SEA LIFE.
Submarine Animals Have Been Adj
Justed to the Pressure of
the Water.

When marine life began to command
notice, the question of the depth to
which life could extend divided scien-
tific thought into warning camps.
About 1910 it was generally believed
that the bathymetrical limit was about
800 fathoms, and some strange ideas
were current as to the physical condi-
ton of the water when under pres:
sure such as depth of two miles would
produce. 1t was thought that skele-
tons of drowned men or even heavy
cannon and the wedges of gold" that
popular Imagination places in the sea,
floated at certain levels, beneath which
is water so compressed as to be impene-
trable. In fact, says the North Ameri-
can Review, water is almost incompres-
sible, and the weight of cubic inch OF
it at the depth of a mile is very little
more than at the surface, but it was
assumed that no living being could
survive pressure which at 1000 faith
.oms is about ton to the square
inch. We ourselves live under pres
sure of about IS pounds to the square
ihSA anu oiC phdNoAS VI ~
we sometimes vaken on q morning
when the barometer has risen, say, half
an inch during the night, and conse-
quently find ourselves sustaining an
increased pressure of several tons, not
only without suffering, but with pos
tive feeling of buoyancy and good spir-
its. On the other hand, if the tremen-
dous pressure under which we live be
relieved as by a surgical cup" severe
injury may follow. Aeronauts suffer
from this cause and marine animals
dredged from great depth often reach
the surface in most lamentable condi-
ton, with eyes protruding and viscera
distended.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
EARLY MARINE ENGINEERING.
Time Was When to Blow Steam
Whistles Was Regarded an In
suit or q Challenge.

In 1880 gongs for the engine rooms
were unknown, and in many of the
boats, when the pilot was in his house
(if there was one) or on the deck over
the engine room, he would signal to
the engineer by the strokes of stick
CT cane upos the floor of the house or
deck. All boats, of course, carried bells,
and by them all notices of departure
end of arrival were made known, and
all salutes between boats were given
by their bells. To blow steam, as is
now done by a whistle, was intended to
be challenge or an insult.
In July, 1887, the first steam launch.
the Sweetheart, IS feet in length, four
feet three inches of beam, and three feet
depth, engine, 4x12 inches, wheel three
feet six inches in diameter, and boiler
horizontal fire-tubular, designed and
constructed at the United States navy
yard, New York, by the writer, then
chief engineer of the navy, was COM
pleted, and on her trial and succeeding
trips around the city of New York was
saluted with the bells Of passing steam
boats and cheered by people who rushed
to the end of the piers to witness the
pcvel sight. She attained a speed of
SIS miles per hour. The engine was
subsequently transferred to the United
States naval school at Annapolis.
Fuel, up to the year 1886, was wholly
pine wood, though up to that time some
owners of steamboats, commenced ex-
perimenting upon the practicability Of
using anthracite coal. A steamboat on
her route of six or more hours could
not have the capacity in her fire room
to contain all the wood required, and
was compelled to pile it upon her side
houses; and such boats as were on
long route, as from New York to Prov
idence, were compelled to invade their
upper deck with wood, and upon leav-
ing the city had somewhat the SEM
biance of floating woodward.
In 1889 anthracite coal was intro
duced in the furnaces of the steamboat
North America plying on the Hudson
river between New York and Albany,
and to aid its combustion when high
pressure of steam was required fan
blower, driven by belt from the wheel
shaft, was first resorted to, but soon
afterward small independent engine
was used, connected by belt to the
blower. Anthracite coal was soon aft
eIward first burned without aux
iliary draught in the open furnace of
& steam boiler.@Cassier's Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
GOT EVEN WITH THE HOUSE
How a Saratoga Waiter Turned the
Balance of a Damage Acc
count.

With summer hotels closed and win
ter resorts in the south still suffering
on account of the war, there are hun
dreds of walters out of work, and they
spend their days in the various offices
and resorts where people are likely to
go when they look for colored man
servant, says the New York Tribune.
There accounts of summer expert
ences are exchanged. and landlords and
head walters good and had qualities
discussed.
81 got the best of our boss last sum-
mer." said one waiter who had served
his term at Saratoga. 1--WE had to pay
25 cents apiece for everything we broke,
and one week | had three pieces 10
pay for, aud every cent came hard be-
cause the horses didn't come right for
me that week. II didn't make any diff
ference il the piece was teacup or a
teapot, it was rs cents apiece, and on
pay day just dropped big vegetable
dish for luck. 1t made the IS cents
one dollar, but I got even with the
ooss."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
How to Cook Pea soup.

This very favorite soup needs quart
of peas, three quarts of water, stick
of celery, two onions, some meat or
ham bones, and pepper and salt to fla
yor. The peas should soak over night
in cold water. and be boiled next day
in saucepan with the water and other
ingredients. Boil until the peas are
tender. then pulp through sieve, and
boil again. A little mixture should be
added if the mixture seems clogged and
thick. Stir frequently at this stage,
and sprinkle in some dried mint. When
once more boiling, the soup is ready,
and should be served with crisp fried
croutons of bread. Pea soup requires
to cook fully three hours to be salts
factory.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
FLANNEL LORE.
1t Is Something Which Many Women
Are But Very Little Ac-
quainted With.

The ignorance of women concerning
things which they have been using all
their lives is strange, and almost seems
to reflect upon their general intelli-
gence. There was woman at the wool
en- underwear counter in one of the best
shops OF the city the other day buying
underwear for children. She was APP
parently woman of the class one
would expect to see as regular Gus
toner in such shop.
She must have been 40 or more, was
well dressed, a cultivated woman, ap-
parently, intelligent if not intellectual,
but she was asking the clerk questions
which seemed strangely out of place
coming from a woman with q family
She inquired carefully concerning the
quality of cotton garments, wool gar
ments, and cotton and wool combined,
which would and which would not
shrink, and what the clerk was selling
for winter wear.
Il am selling these garments" he
said, referring to some at which she had
been looking, 'for between season
wear" She gagged her purchases by
his answer.
There was woman who, at the low
est estimate, had been buying under
wear for 20 years, and she did not know
what would and would not shrink, and
she did not know what weight gar
ments to buy for the children until the
clerk told her what he was selling 1t
might be possible in this case that this
individual woman was buying for chill
dren not her own. and other excuses
might be given, but hers is not an I'M
usual case. She repeated the questions
of probably three-quarters of the wom-
en- who bought goods of that clerk. It
might be well for women to devote a
little time to experiment with flannels.
and in month they would learn some
valuable lessons which they would not
forget. There is woman up town who
has special flannel washing day, and
has all the wooden flannels that all the
members of the family wear washed in
warm soapsuds, rinsed thoroughly
dried quickly in the house, and, when
nearly dry, the process completed with
aot too hot irons. Those fannels never
.hrink.-N. Y. Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
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That Is what II was made for.
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The Doctor considers it his religious
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Don't delay until it is too late. Address
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
DIALECTS IN AUSTRIA.
There Are Widely Different Tongues
Spoken in the Various
Provinces.

In the Austrian Alps the local dia-
lects so vary as to be unintelligible
from one district to another, and yet
lave been cultivated in passion plays
and popular poetry. Over and above
these dialects are cattered-chiefy in
lower Austria, but even round Vienna
-Slav colonies, CZechs, Slovaks, Croats.
In Vienna itself the czechs claim to be
100000. Slovenians spread over three
crownlands - Syria, Carinthia and
Carniola-and dominate in the last.
which contains also Uscoks, Roman
Catholic Serbs, but the Slovenians seem
TO be retreating before the Germans.
Of these a remarkable group occurs
in the barren Gottschee country, south
east of Laybach, only inhabited since
the fourteenth century. Here again we
find a dialect unintelligible to other
Germans, yet rich in tales and poetry
Strange to say, the reawakening of the
Slovenian race in the course of the last
hundred years seems to have been de-
termined by the first Napoleon, who re-
placed German in the normal schools
of the so-called lllyrian provinces (six
in number) by Slovene and called forth
the passionate admiration of the SLOW
enian poets. Tyrol and Vorarlberg
again. are divided between Germans.
Italians and "Ladins" (Latins), the So
called Romansch of Switzerland
In the Tyrol also each valley has its
own pronunciation, its own accent, its
expressions unintelligible few miles
off. The Ladins were predominant in
the sixteenth and seventeenth CEN
turtles; toward the eighteenth century
the Italians got the upper hand, but
seem now to be becoming gradually
outnumbered by the Germans. The
Ladins form a curious little group of
from 10000 to 10000 in Tyrol, with
nearly $4,000 in Friulli (besides the 49,
600 of the Grisons). Their language is
nearer to Provencal or Catalonian than
to Italian. They chiefly inhabit the val
leys, while the German climbs the
mountain sides, just as he has done in
Bohemia, the Czechs mainly occupying
the plains.-London Spectator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
When Forcing Flower Bulbs.

When bulbs are forced, water for the
first time very heavily. SO that it is a
certainty that the water has penetrated
to the bottom of the pot. This, then,
will be sufficient until the pot is taken
from the dark cool place to more heat
and light. When the pots are set away
for the bulbs to undergo the roofing
process it is good plan to set them
on cinders. This not only insures drain
age if accidentally overwatered CT
soaked in some way, but prevents the
liability of earthworms working their
way up through the hole in the bottom
of the pot.-Woman's Home Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30

the front by loosely woven silver
braid, firmly stitched to both sides
The front has, after the work is COM
pleted, been lined with q piece OF
orange linen, and the opening for the
mirror cut subsequently,; the point OF
junction to the outer border is clearly
defined, so there will be no difficulty
on this point. The little tassels which
complete this dainty little object are
of orange silk and twist of green is
passed through the little silver loops
ut the top. An antique letter case is
yet more simple as regards materials
as it requires nothing but the very
thin leather of which the original is
formed. or kid gloves of various tints
pasted onto thin cartridge paper, or
better still, perhaps, the glazed linen
used for blinds.-Chicago News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
Lehman Whi,ep. the Hanaa.

For the hands that have become
tanned or sunburnt, just before going
to bed battle them in warm water
and soap; rinse them in tepid water so
that all the soapy water has disap-
peared. and then dabble them with
lemon juice. If your skin is very sensi-
tive dilute the lemon juice, but when it
is applied allow it to dry on the hands.
Sleep in gloves, and after the third
nights care your hands will be as fair
and soft as the hands of any of Shakes
peare's RESPONSIBILITIES Home Jour
nal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
To Mend waterproof Cloth.

Mackintoshes, which with autumnal
rains become necessities, may be mend
ed when torn in the following manner:
Dissolve some pieces of pure india rub
Der in naphtha to create stiff paste;
choose piece of stuff as much like the
waterproof material as possible, and
apply some of the cement to it and to
the torn edges of the macintosh. Then
bring the torn parts over the new ma
terial to form a patch and place a
weight over the part until the cement is
quite set and firm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
Family Resemblance.

Something less than so blocks from
the corner of Franklin and Jackson
streets. says the San Francisco News
Letter. resides a young mother, the
fourth wife of a venerable and digni-
fled husband, who is immensely proud
Of his latest paternity.
Don't you think my baby is very
like her father?" asked the fond and
anxious young mother of her satirical
sister.
"Yes," was the enthusiastic answer
"She is the very image of the old gen.
tleman. She hasn't a tooth in her
mouth nor q hair on her headl"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30

A division of Russian cavalry, to-
gether with horse artillery, has re-
Gently been exercised in crossing the
Niemen river. near Kovno, as nearly as
possible under war conditions. The
river is about $50 yards wide. and some
20 feet deep, with a fairly strong cur
rent. One regiment of Dragons swan
across with their horses in 80 minutes.
another in SO minutes, and a Cossack
regiment, sotnia succeeding sotnia, got
across in 90 minutes. The mems arms
and clothes, together with the few men
who could not swim, were taken across
in boats or on RATS, and improvised
RATS carried the guns and wagons.
The whole division got across in four
hours, and there were no mishaps of
any Importance. The weather was wet
and therefore not favorable to the ex-
periment.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30

A cough is not like fever. 1t does
not have to run certain course Cure il
quickly and effectually with One Minute
Cough Cure, the best remedy for all ages
and for the most severe cases. We rec
ommend it because it's good. Eli T.
REYNOLDS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30

Constipation prevents the body from
riding itself of waste matter WeWitt's
Little Early Risers will remove the trouble
and cure Sick Headache, Biliousness, In
active Liver and clear the Complexion
Small, sugar coated, don't grippe or cause
nausea. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-30
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