davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02
FINANCE AND TRADE.
The Features of the Money and Stool
Enrketa

Markets.
NEW YORK. Nov. 1.-Money on call
firm at 562O per cent; last loan at 8
per cent, ruling rate 20 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 5@61s per cent. ster-
ling exchange firm. with actual busI-
ness In bankers bills at 81 Ss& for de-
mand and at 81 S2&Gt SO for 60 days;
posted rates S4s4 and 81 IS; commercial
bills 81 81. Silver certificates 5SM9
59lsc. Bar silver 5shc, Mexican dol
lars axe. Government bonds strong.
state bonds inactive. Railroad bonds
Irregular.
To-day's stock market developed n
decidedly spotty character. The rail-
roads fell into the background again
and the highly speculative lndustriuis
were brought forward into activity. An
effort was made to continue the cam
paIgn against the shorts in the iron
and steel stocks but their prices in this
group brought out such large sales that
the efforts to advance prices had to be
abandoned. The whole group with the
exception of Tennessee Coal shows net
losses. The latter stock after dropping
to ll6lk rose strongly to 11g and held
there. When the movement in the iron
and steel stocks proved abortive the
bulls turned their attention to Brook
Ign Transit, which was favOrlte in
speculation for the rest OF the day. The
movement In this stock was again d.
rected against the very heavy short In
terest believed TO exist in 1t and the
rapid advance induced large coverings.
When the rise had extended to above
90, enormous blocks were brought out
which made 1t difficult to sustain the
price. The stock rose to 9Oia yielded
point, rallied again ana again yielded a
small fraction. The New York Trac-
tlon group was strong In sympathy
The leather stocks were also taken up
for further aggressive advance the
common touching 20 and the preferred
sS5S. Sugar was active and irregular
but shows net gain. The Tobacco
stocks were weak early, but rallied
later There were Isolated movements
>In Missouri. Kansas & Texas Cleve-
land, Cincinnati Chicago q st Louis
preferred. the Pacific coast stocks Wis
consin Central New York Air Brake
and Standard Rope which We're all
strong. Mailing preferred dropped
points, Otherwise the trading was not
very active and the movement OF prices
was narrow, net changes being small
and mixed, owing to the holiday In
London. pressure from that point was
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02
West Virginia Gazetteer
and
State Business Directory.

RI. Polk & Co. are now making
the canvass for the 100 edition Of
the West Virginia Gazetteer.
This publication has found much
favor with the business men Of
West Virginia; itS regular publica-
tlon and Increased subscription list
from year to year commends 10 use
fulness TO the business public
The Forthcoming volume viii Be
greatly enlarged and improved,
descriptive sketches Of the 400
cities, towns. villages, railroad sta.
lions. postohces and settlements,
embracing items Of interest to ev-
cry business man. such as location,
population. distance 10 different
points. most convenient shipping
stations, products that are mar
keted. nearest banking facilities,
mineral interests, prices Of land.
etc. Each of these sketches Is fol-
lowed by the names Of all the huSl-
ness and professional persons lo-
Gated there. and these names are
again listed under the classification
representing their particular linz.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02

NEW Weakness was the
leading characteristic OF the local mar
ket to-day. The depression was due
largely to nm unfavorable average to
foreign news md the daily advices from
producing points in the west. Sellers
were disheartcned and offered freely in
some Instances Mt the lower prices. At
the close the metal exchange called pig
iron warrants duh ut &l7Gis. LAX cop
per easier at El7. Tin weak and lower.
with $50 90 bid and $50 So asked. Lead
unchanged. with 81 60 bid and 81 62ll
asked. Speltcr duh and easy, with "a S.
bid and 81 90 asked. The brokers' price
for lead is 81 49, and for copper SlI.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02

Rye-Nd. 3, 62Isc
BarIey-No. 2. 3S8l6c.
Flaxseed-No. /. 81 .; northwesteru
81 ..
Timothysed-Prime . 30.
Mess Porl-PeF barrel s. COOS %.
Lard-Per 100 MS, s. 11l6@b g,
Short Rlbs-sldes loOBel = 7095 60
Dry sailed shoulders CboxeD oAQ
SIC.
Whiskey = DistilleIs' finished goods,
per gallon, 81 "a,
Clover-H7 40.
Butter-steadw cFeamerles 159sSe;
dairies 14@lSc
Eggs STEADY: fresh i79111lc.
Cheese-s Steady; creams ll&@l2he.
NEW YoRK-Flour, receipts SO.ss0
barrels; exports 30.2l2 barrels; sales,
$500 packages; market ruled moderate
ly active and easier in sympathy with
the weaker ruling Of wheat, and closed
dull and heavy at nomlnally unchang-
ed prices.
Wheat receipts 1900 bushels; ex-
ports IS SIS bushels; sales 1855 600 BUSH
els Of futures, and 100000 bushels Of
spot; spot market steady; No. red
75Mc Z. o. b. afioat spot; No. i Northern
Duluth 7S9tc (. o. b. afloat to arrive; No.
red 73Hc elevator. options opened
weak ct a decline OF &c; closed at net
decline Of E6Hc; May closed at 7S1sc;
December closed at 74Se.
Corn. receipts s2,l60 bushels; exports
3ls,S4s bushels; spot market weaker;
No. 2, 40kc (. o. b. ahoat and SsNSc ele-
vator: options weak at a decline OF Ac;
closed at nc nominal decline; May
closed at 3shc: December closed at
S9Sc.
Oats, receipts $500 bushels; exports
1900 bushels; spot market dull; No. 3
white S0hc: options nominal; no busi-
Hay quiet. Hops dull. Hides firm.
Leather steady. Beef strong. Cutmeats
weak.
Lard easy; western steamed closed at
s. so; city s. 90: November closed at
S 50 nominal; refined easy: continent
IS IS.
Pork dun. Butter arm.
Cheese steady; large white 12c: small
white 12tS@12&c; large colored 800
12Ac; small colored l214912&c.
Eggs and tallow steady. Potatoes
quiet.
cottonseed oil weak. Resin quiet.
Turpentine steady at 5iA961&c.
Rice and molasses steady.
AglLGGS uRLluuG lpGlAGu 6kGdASNI INAbAA
prices unchanged 70 FIVE points higher:
closed firm at net gain Of Eve to ten
points; sales. 1920 bags.
Sugar. raw steady; fair refining
1S-16c: Centrifugal, 90 test. 5-16c:
molasses sugar s-16c; refined steady.
BALTIMoRE-Flour quiet and I'M
changed: receipts 3O.6s5 barrels; ex-
ports 1857 barrels Wheat weak; spot
and month S9ls16s4sc; December TK@
71se; steamer No. 2 red 65@s5Kc; re-
ceipts 13,7OS bushels; exports none:
southern by sample 64671c: southern
grade 66iA 970c. Corn easier: mixed spot
and month 87& 637Nc December 37%@
377sc; November or December, new or
old, S6% 9S6&c; January and February
36iS9SG5sc; steamer mixed S6AG36ic;
receipts 15795I bushels; exports Sl2,S56
bushels; southern white corn new, $50
40c; southern yellow corn new, 36439c.
Oats firm: No. white S09Slc; No. 2
mixed CSC. Cheese steady, Butter firm.
Eggs firm.
CINCINNATI-Flour easier. Wheat
steady; No. 2 red 701k67lc. Corn dull:
No. 2 mixed 35hc. Oats firmer; No. 2
mixed 251Ec Rye easier: No. 2, &c.
Lard dull at IS 90. Bulkmeats easier at
IS 2QG5 % Bacon active ut IS Is.
WhisSeS firm at 81 a. Butter quiet
and steady. Sugar easier. Eggs in
good demand at 16kc. Cheese steady.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02

NEW YoRK-Thc market to-day has
been decidedly quiet on the spot, two
days of bad weather affecting store
tradc. Otherwise, 1t has not differed
materially from recent days, The tone
continues strong throughout, but no
advance OF Importance recorded. Ad-
vices in staple prints are looked for.
Print cloths firm, but stiii inactive.
Wooden and worsted dress goods con-
tinue in demand and tendency OF prices
upward silks are quiet and consider
able lrregularIty In wide piece silks in
ColOrs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02
ourcK pEATH ZOE FoWLs.
Wild cackles and Dull Thuds Mark
Their Slaughter.

Wild Cackles and Dull Thuds Mark
Their Slaughter.
Chicago evening News; ont moment
it is villa caelle. the nezt ltis a dull
thud and that's the way it goes on ali
day Ions in the killing district Of the
chicken rOosts on South Water street.
There is is man kills scores Of chick
ems a minute. Mountains Of .sathers
autter in ali directions and the tragic
squawks of the feathered victims are
heard necessarily. Tossed and tumbled
in coops, chickens are hurried from the
freight yards OF the railroads. to the
roos: in the busy commission street,
and many times given but a frantic
chance at a grain Of corn before a
sharp knife cuts their threats and they
are pitched into barrel along with
hundreds OF other dead fowls.
one of the large dealers in poultry of
South Water street had a rush order
for several thousand pounds Of dressed
chickens a few weeks ago. He had
carload on the way and one morning
at 1880 o'clock was notified the car had
arrived. Express wagons were sent
hurrying to the scene. where the chick
ems were pushed into coops and sent to
the killing room. BY o'clock the en-
tire carload Of chickens EadIbeen killed
and dressed, which commission men
say is rather fast work, but anything
to I'LL an Urderon time and hold your
trade"
Buildings three and four stories high
are turned into chicken coops for the
poultry that arrives in Chicago in car
load lots each day, South Water street
has almost dozen Of such mammoth
chicken coops and to the patrons Of the
Union elevated loop the scene Of hum
dred chickens OF turkeys roosting be-
hind the screens Of a window is daily
sight. 70
At present over 100000 pounds Of
chickens alone arrive in this city each
Twenty -IOuT ~ klAA6 GAA10SthAA1
of pounds OF ducks. turkeys 1-d Dig
cons are added. which represents bus
mess of nearly 100000 day. While a
100000 business is not done each day.
during the rushing season II often goes
far beyond this amount.
The different dealers in South Water
street have agents scattered in all parts
Of the farming districts Of the nearby
states. 1t is their duty to make the
rounds of the farm houses and pick up
what lot can be secured for the mar
ket When a carload has been collect
ed. they are shipped to Chicago in a
chicken car. and are ready for the
market n IT is in the rush season.
When the business is dull the fowls
ara sorted to as near one size as posi-
bfe and then they are fat,ened for the
ra4ket often n dealer will hold his
SUNNY for rise In the market, but
~. 49,, ir,.,,, ,,,,rl,Iy,r, corItni aud
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02

REATEsT FACILITIES FOR THE
NT Prompt Completion Of Orders ct tho
IntolliEeneer Job SElntlng OtAeA
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02

Rope incomes and Kansas & Texas Sec
onds. Total sales par value ts,Ol5,5oo.
United States new IS and old Is regis.
tered advanced hc IN the bid price.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02
NEW YoRK MINING STOCKS.

The following quotations on National
Steel Co, American Tin Plato Co. and
National Tube stocks are furnished oy
Simpson & Tatum, City Bank building:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02

TIME MoNoNGAH ROUTE is THE
short Line between FAirmOnt ana
T1I,rEsb,irg. Quick Tlme-Fast Trains.
sure Connections When travelling 10 or
rom CINrkEburg or West Virginia and
Piitshurgh railroad polnts, see that your
tickets read via tho MonongahGla River
with H. & o. trains, and At Clark9burS
with 3. a o. and w, " \ p. trAins. TICK.
cts via this route on sale o. All b, y o.
and w, " & p r. n NATIONS
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02

OH. CITY-Credlt balances 81 20; 49,
tilcates. no bids. offer or sales; ship
mcnts $685. barrels; average S2.6SS Oai'-
rcls; runs, ll7,i49 barrels; average S6,44t
barrels.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-21
sIecp niistakes.

To get up at o'clock. or o'clock, or
any other fixed hour every morning. no
matter at what time you went to bed
the night before Is the most effectual
way OF making bad workman of your
self. And as for saying that eight
hours sleep is what suits everybody
Is as nonsensical as to say that one
ounce of tObacco-no more, no less-is
the quantity every one ought to smoke
in day.
No doubt 1t is difficult for most people
to sleep as long In the morning as the
body requires TO repair itself. Bust
ness having fixed hours, the people who
do it must accommodate themselves to
them. Still, as long as people use
alarms or have themselves called they
will continue to feel more or less out
of sorts on most days of their life.
For most of us there is only one way
Of solving the question-that is by go-
ing 10 bed nine or ten hours before the
time when our business requires us to
get up. and sleeping until we naturally
awake. This would mean getting up Mt
various hours, instead of the usual
fixed hours. But any one who carried
out the plan would feel so vigorous on
arising that he could turn the interval
before breakfast to good account.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-21

At a farmers club in Devonshire.
England, not long since, an experienced
gardener in the employ of one of the
nobility made the statement that the
income from ten acres covered with
glass beneath which early vegetables
and fruits were grown would exceed
that from 10000 acres of the best farm
land as ordinarily titled. No doubt that
assertion was extravagant. but it can
be said within the lines of conservatism
that the Britisher wasn't off in his fig
ures more than 30 per cent. One man.
to our knowledge. German gardener.
sold early cucumbers, melons, and
celery, from one acre under glass
cold frames=to Leadyille and Aspen
(Colo) miners to the amount of from
$1,000 to $1,000 a season.
In England, where, ON account Of the
damp, chilly climate. even peach trees
must be trained fiat against brick or
stone wall like vines In order to insure
fruit, and where corn cannot be grown.
extremely fancy prices are paid for
extra early fresh fruits and vegetables.
A dollar pound for Strawberries and
75 cents apiece for cucumbers are only
ordinary prices for these products,
when put upon the markets early.
Early fruits and vegetables bring
handsome returns In large cities in any
country. California vineyardist.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-21
Forty years ago when the people b

gan to see the practicabiliiy of such an
invention the combination reaper and
mower was thought 10 be very fine and
the farmer who could own one was
envied by farmers who could not AFFORD
to pay the price these machines
brought. The price of a reaper in those
days was more than three times the
cost of a reaper to-day.
In 1850 1t took two men to reap field
-one to drive, the other to sit astride
the machine facing the cutter and rake
in with his arms and throw down the
bundles as fast as reaped. The illustrai
ton gives fair idea of the crude affair
the farmer was compelled to use In the
COS. Recently farmer was examine
ing this old reaper. He had owned one
like 1t during the civil war. He said
it took him In those days more than
twice as long to reap his wheat as 1t
does now.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-21

daddy long legs" or common garden
spider. This specimen Is an excep-
tionally fine one and is so mounted as
to bring the eyes directly under the
searching power of the instrument.
The eyes are wonders In themselves,
but their position is even more won
Iderful.a They are perched on Top OF
"a watch tower In the middle of the
back. They project into the air to
what seems afulI finch under the glass:
seen by the naked eye this tower In
indistinguishable until the mind has
been attracted to its existence by the
microscope. The eyes are on each side
Of the tower. very near the top. THAT
insect can see as well over its shoulder
as itTcan in almost a direct line in
'front.' said DR.. REESE. Possibly that
ID the reason-in fact. IL may be said
to be certainly the reason--that spi-
der can run backward as well as for
ward The only spot where 1t does
not seem to see well Is right in front.
You can capture one from that side
much easier than from any other. This
spider Is not fitted with the, additional
eyes which other insects have. Usual
" the compound eyes are supplemented
by simple eyes set In front and low
down on or near the proboscls which
enable It TO see ut short range In front.
But the spider lacks these supplement-
al eyes.
Here is the head OF grassbopper
which shows the more ordinary style
Of ye'with which insects are fitted. /"
continued the doctor. placing another
slide under the glass. "Yon win see
that this Insect has huge eye on each
side Of the head. They resemble the
eyes Ola horse in measure. but are
larger in proportion Now
they are fixed IN the head inmovabIy
y that the bug can not tara them In
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-21
Brought Hera Fortune

A short time ago man died in Brus
sells leaving nearly his entire fortune
TO a young woman who was entirely
unacqualnted with him. This is how II
came to pass. He was a very eccentrI.
man, and set out. like Diogenes. In
search 0f-an honest man. His tub was
nm omnibus. aud his lantern small
coin.
In the omnibus he took his seat ey-
cry day near the conductor, and always
showed himself very obliging In pass.
Ing up the money Of passengers and
returning the change; but to the latter
he always managed to add Il frame OF
a half-franc. Then he would watcl,
those to whom 1t came. They would
count 1t carefully, notice the extra coin.
and invariably slip II into their pockets.
No one thought OF the poor conductor.
whose meager salary OF only francs
a day could III support such loss.
But at last young woman passed
hers back. with: Conductor, you have
given me half franc too much ;.
Diogenes, delighted. followed her
home, made inquiries. and as the an
swers We're satisfactory, made his will
lin her favor; though he never gave her
warming that her half-franc was 20
to bring her half million sterling.-
columbian.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-21
Turkish Bumor

The Turk is proverbially sedate. His
serious demeanor has led people to
doubt his capacity for wit, or for relish.
ling u joke. To dispreve this opinion,
Mr.. Buckley, author OF Travels in
Three Continents" gives the follow
ling specimens of Turkish humor:
Said a deryish to camel, What
makes your lip SO crookedT To which
the camel replied: What is there
straight about me that you should take
exception to my. lip?"
A man called upon Turk to borrow
his donkey. The owner declared that
the donkey was not at home. While
the conversation was going on, the
donkey from within brayed. Said the
applicant: There. he is here. Let
me have him."
Said the Turk: 81 will lend no man
anything who viii believe donkey's
voice against mine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-21


In Passages from the Diaries of
Mrs. Philip Lybbe Porrys'' there are
some amusing chronicles OF eighteenth
century small beer. For example:
Princess Amelia asked a remarkably
tall young man what he was intended
for.
THE church." said he.
"Oh, sir, you must mistake" said the
Princess. 1T was certainly for the
steeple.''
Hitherto this retort has been attrib-
uted to Curran; but Mrs. Porrys was
smiled upon by many of the great ones
of the earth, and was therefore In a po-
sition to credit 1t to the right person.
AT all events, Curran has had the hons
or quite long enough.
Mrs. Porrys also notes a new Pope
pun One day Sir Walter Blunt's father
was in Pope's company, aud talking of
punning. Pope said that was species
of wit so trifiingly easy that he would
answer to make one on any proposed
subject offhand, when lady In the
company said, "weli, Mr.. Pope, make
one on keelhauling."
He instantly replied. 'sThat madam.
Is indeed putting q man under hard
ship" (hard ship.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-21

eye appear 10 present no inequality.
When the mosquito struggles-as can
frequently be noticed-these hooks
have clasped something which is clasp
ed the tighter as the insect tries yainly
to fly away.
But 1t Is in the visual apparatus that
nature shows the most marvellous
adapiability 10 the lives of the hugs.
Some of the eyes pr. Riese has placed
on microscopic slides are marvels of
intricacy. The fact that they are sta
tionary, without lateral or vertical
power-they can not alter the focus or
direction,.of gaze-makes it necessary
for the insect to be provided with lens
es SO cut mp with facets that they will
capture and retain pictures in almost
every degree of the lateral and vertical
planes. Insects can see as well be-
tween what in man would be called
the shoulder blades as they can direct
iy in front. In many cases they see
to much better advantage behind than
before.
DR.. Riese adjusted his microscope at
this time and placed a slide in position
wherein was. pasted the body of a
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-12-21
Consumption.

Nearly one-fourth of the deaths
among the animals at the British Zoo
logical Gardens last winter were due
to tuberculosis. This is nearly double
the human average, and confirms the
rapidly growing belief that the disease
is emphatically one of confinement and
overcrowding. far this societys superb
menagerie is very much cramped for
room.y The difference in the dlstribu-
ton of the disease between the various
classes of animals at the Zoo is
marked. Reptiles of all sorts are al
most exempt. probably because the
tubercle bacillus cannot live at the low
temperature of their bodies, although
two or three suspicious cases we're
found in tortoises and pythons. AMI
mails suffer nearly 30 per cent. more
severely than birds. But the most
striking difference Is that between the
meat-eaters and vegetable feeders.
Among yegetarians monkeys, ante
lopes, deer and kangaroos) 1t causes 26
per cent of all deaths; among meat
eaters Qions, wolves, small cats, civ
ets) barely 3 per cent. Among grain
eating birds pheasants, pea-fowl,
grouse, ostrichs) tubercle is responsible
for 30 per cent. of all deaths. Among
flesh eaters eagles, vultures, owls,
crows IL percent. Comment is super
fluous. An open-air life and meat
diet are clearly the best protection
against consumption.