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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-15
FtnamctHl.
The Stock Market.

New York, March 14-The net changes in the stock prices to-day were l irregular with mostly losses prevailing | London quotations induced a lower range of prices here at the start. Firm | ness in the call money market, which ranged from to per cent, was a de- pressing influence much of the day, but with it's easing off to 3@3B per cent before the close, a rally set In which wiped out earlier losses in some stocks, Union Pacific, Northern Pacl- fic Atchison preferred and Manhattan
 were under pressure most of the day,
 and disturbed confidence among the
 other railways, which were weak on
 moderate offerings The weakness in
 Manhattan was perhaps attributable
 to anticipation of new issue of stock.
 For the possible failure of desired 1egis-
 1ation affected Third avenue and Con-
 solidated Gas unfavorably, while in
 connection with the latter there was also talk of increased competition. The
 pronounced strength of Tobacco, which at one time touched 214A was unaccom
 panied by any explanatory news Sug- ar displayed considerable firmness when other points of weakness were appear ing and ended with a small net ad- vance. Chicago Terminal, Hooking Coal and Iron and Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf were features of strength. In the afternoon rally the Changers and stand ard shares generally were lifted about point from their low figure and re- tained most of the recovery, leaving them irregularly changed for the day. The calling of some loans by the banks for syndicate account prepara- tory to the payment of 3-5th of the Chicago and Alton money due to-mor- TOW, in connection With the recent "deal' was in large measure respon- sible for the strength in call money. There was a reflex easing in sterling exchange due to the strength of money here The sales for London account for the day were estimated at 25.OOo shares. The market closed firm.
 There was an absence, of decided tone in to-day's bond market for the active
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-15

Opening, Highest, Lowest Quotations On the New York Stock Exchange, reported
 by Prince < Whitely. Brokers, 15 Center street, New Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-15

issues within narrow limits. Total sales, $3,21O,00O.
 United States new As advanced 4 in the bid price.
 NAU YORK STOCK MdEN EFT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-15
THE FAUNA OF THE PAMPAs

Its Tremendous Increase Since The
 Advent Of A Large Human Popula-
 ton.
 When Darwin visited the pampas and the pebble plains of Patagonia, and crossed the "Campa' of Buenos Ayres there were hundreds of leagues of which the plains were in the condition of the primitive steppe, so like those of South Siberia that it Is little sur prising that Darwin does not mention the parelel. There are the clay steppes and the pebble steppes as in Central Asia, the latter studded with thin, thorny vegetation, and inhabited, as one naturally expects by the camel- like wild IIamas or guanacos, harelike cavies, and viscachas. There is natural conformity" between these creatures of the New Worlds stony de-
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AllCCCk Ks POROUS pLASTERsS

Why are Allcock's the best plasters? Because they make the cures where all others fail. Why do they make the cures? Because they contain the right materials. Compare their fine aromatic odor with the nasty smell of all other plasters. Your sense of smell will tell you which is the best. Did you know that Allcock's have greater sale than all the other kinds put together? Did you know that all makes and brands of socalled porous plasters are in imitation of Allcocks? But they initiate in appearance only. Don't waste your money in buying the false. Get ALLCOOK'S, the standard plaster of the world
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-15
CIosinc PrIcca.

Following are the closing prices reported by Prince X Whitely, Bankers and Brokers, 52 Broadway, New York, and 15 Center st., New Haven. Bid Asked
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-15

Inexplicable.-The puzzled old gentle man from Upcreek who had been watching the switch engine at work up and down the side-track on the occa- sion of his first visit to railroad town. scratched his chin and remarked to the lounger on the station platform: T can understand how the ingine pulls the cars. I've got that all fingered out. But I'll be durned if l can see how the cars pulls the ingine back!"-Chicago Tri- h,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-15
Dass CnIfae Apras With Ynu2

If not, drink Grain-O made from pure grains A lady writes: "The first time made Grain-o I did not like 1t, but after me to go back to coffee.'' It nourlshes and feeds the system. The children can drink 1t freely with great benefit. It is the strengthening substance of pure grains. Get package to-day from your grocer, follow the directions in making 1t, and you will have q delicious and healthful table bever- age for old and young. 15c and 25c
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Government Bon tlS,
Id Asked
Chicago NTallrct.

Reported over private wire by H. C. Friedman & Co.,. Bankers and Brokers, 10 Wall Street. N. r., and 763 Chapel Street. Room and 3. New Haven. N. A. Tanner. Manager of Local Branch.
 Openlng Highest Lowest (lnso
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-17
CUT THE BEJEwELEo FINGER.
whereupon the "Corpse" Sat Upright
In the Coffin.

John Tapscott of Dallas county, Tex,
tells the following story of the death Of
woman who was cousin Of his mother,
then living In Ilfraeomb, England, which
occurred many years ago. Mr.. Tapscott
said "When the lady in question was
buried, there wis upon her finger valu-
able diamond ring. The sexton who Off
ciated at her funeral was aware of this
fact, and it excited his cupidity. He rea-
soned that he was poor, the lady was
dead and the valuable jewel could be of
no possible use to her down in the cold,
dark tomb, but could he possess it the
cash it would bring would buy many
comforts for his wife and little ones. He
resolved to disinter the body aud steal
the ring.
"About the hour of midnight following
the burial he stealthily exhumed the lady,
opened her coffin by the pale glimmer of
the waning moon, and, lifting the white,
dainty hand attempted to take off tlle
beautiful ring. II fitted so tight, howev-
er, that he could not remove it, ard de-
string to get through with his greWseme
task as quickly as possible, he took out
his pocket knife, intending to amputate
the finger which refused to give UP its
jewel.
mo sooner had he made an incision
than the supposed dead woman suddenly
sat bolt upright in her coffin, The star
tied sexton, frightened almost to death,
fed with the speed Of a cannon ball
train.
"You see, the woman was in catalep-
tic state and supposed to be dead. The
bo ravf,,,tu lgr1iPa pr,tn4,nl tIa
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-17
IVY rEerentn pan, pneaa.

There is current opinion that ivS han
a tendency to rot the thing to which it
clings. This is true Of large number Of
other climbing plants, but not Of ivy, for
1t renders the walls Of almost every house
TO which it elngs entirely free from
damp extracting every particle Of mois-
tHre from wood, brick or stone for its
own susteuance This it does by means
OF its tiny roots, which can work their
way even into the hardest stone. When
the walls are well covered with ivy, tile
overlapping leaves win conduct water
falling upon them from point to point I'M
Ill the ground is reached, without allow
ing the walls to receive any moisture
whatever from the boating rain. If there
should be an exceptional case Of ivy coy
cred walls showing signs Of dampness,
that viii be found to arise from their
having been erected on n wet and i'm
properly drained slte.--Cieyelaud Plain
DeaIa"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-17
The BAD NEWS BREAKER.



1--WE formerly left it to some of the
employers to inform wives that their
husbands had been Killed." said rail-
road boss, but now regular men do it,
men who know how to break the sad
news to widows and orphans at home. !
did 1t myself for IS years. The company
chose me because was fatherly looking,
and / stuck to the job as long as could,
but it's wearing work. To go into a
home and hear the wife singing about her
work and he compelled TO tell her that
her Jacks Just been killed down in the
freight yard takes nerve.
"Of course | had different ways Of
breaking the news. Sometimes asked
what time Jim would be home or where
he was going that night-any to get
started, especially il never knew the
woman. Strange to say, whenever
came near to the fact, saying I'd heard
that Jim was hurt, the women would
scream out they were sure he was killed.
Then let them cry awhile, until they'd
get ready to ask further about it. 1t was
not 50 hard after that. | often thought
that the women saw so much sorrow in
my face from my long serving in the
business that they knew what came for.
tried to look cheerful but there was
weight in my heart that couldn't throw
off
81 once called ut the home of a young
wife. Her husband, an engineer, was
killed at a bridge that morning. When
she opened the door and looked Mt me,
she dropped in n dead faint without say
ing word Afterward she told me that
she had taken a nap after breakfast that
morning and had seen me in her dream
standing in front of her, telling her that
Harry was killed. Once the wife came
to warn was making bread. She was up
to her elbows in dough. I asked where
Mr. Jones lived, walked off and waited
for half an hour until she got her bread
in the pans, and then | went back and
told her the sad story Of her husbands
death by a cave in at a culgert. Az an
other house the mother and two children,
neatly dressed, were reaHy to 20 to
Sunday school picnic. 1t took nerve to
stop them and break the news began
by saying that there might be rain, 1t
was cloudy. Then ! said to the wife she
had better not so, as Tom might be back
from work pretty soon. Then she know.
Il asked the company to be relieved of
my job three times before they found
some one to take my place. New York
Sun.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-17
WHY YOUNG MEN HURRY


The strunale to Make Fortune BE-
fore They Iterch Thirty.
No reader can escape the general i'm
PRECISION Of intense, feycrjsh, concentrate
ed effort on the part of Ghicago's young
men. No observer cUn fail to notice the
mad rush for money on the part OF every
youth--that youth which is at once MI
tlrity and childhood, which is at once in
experience and wisdom. Ii is the ever
present. the never cpNsing, the haste
compelling condition OF the town. Young
men Of % leap into business, fight furi-
ously and increasingly every moment of
the dayton the stg1et, 1T luncheon, in
greeting acquaintances, rs in the office or
market They force into play every
nerve and faculty; they bring every at
tribute Of their being TO bear in swift as
spubling sudden investing Of fortune
from the gods; they run; they hurry;
they lave no time to speak whole SEN
fences; they know before You finish what
you would say and wrest your weapon
OF defense BY answers like revelations,
but, above all, thcg rush.
Well, they must! They have but ten
years in which to conquer the world.
From 20 to so is their limit. If they are
not firmly established ut the latter age,
they become useless and join the great
nrmy Of incompetents who know more,
but are worth less. II they are success.
full, at so, they will retain fortune to the
end.
There are exceptions to this rule, but
they are true. Some men essay the for
tress of fortune when their hair is gray
and their hands unsteady and achieve it.
Some come back at so, after failing
repeatedly until that time, but the man
of 80 without estate must calculate the
heavy chances are against him. 1t will
be like a miracle if he ever acquires
Now, it is a fearful thing to look from
under gray hairs at defeat 1t is the
saddest thing in the world. No wonder
tile young men hurry. They must-Chi-
cago Post.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-17

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week days, q Ill., ~ ny .s 20 i IN ,,ni;ss
ne nan. n 'carsj 500 ~ 4 .. m. sundays; In
t.iyl Pullman cars), 2.4 'on 2 e., n I,,, an,s,'
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-17

and the blue sfootman. the. green root
imam, the black footmah and the other
domestics took turns firing at n target.
When they had become so expert as to
be able to pierce tue ace OF hearts at 20
PAGES, the police interfered. They in
formed the Englishnun that the munic-
ipal regulations forbade the use Of fire.
arms in priyeA houses, so the shooting
gallery was abandoned.
Some days passed undistarbed but for
Tie screeches, groans and curses OF Coco.
But finally Dolores discovered that 1t
was raining in her apartments. Her
freseoed ceilings and costly hangings
were ruined She complained to the land
lord. On investigation he discovered that
Mr.. Birnan had converted his salon into
large salt water bath. The walls and
floor were covered with zine, slightly
leaky. the doors were closed, all but the
mairr one, the upper half of which was
used for an entrance. a quantity of salt
had been mixed with the water, and
there daily Mr.. Birnan was wont to dis
port himself in the briny waves. Even
fish had not been forgotten. 1t was a
gigantic marine aquarium.
The landlord was furious and threat-
ened to bring suit against the English
man for damages.
"What," demanded Mr.. Birnan; "is it
possible a man can't have bathroom in
this cursed ceuntryY
mo, sir" replied the indignant land
lord. "Not that kind-it's against the
law"
"Oh, well, If It is against the law" re-
piled the Eluglishmap. Il must stop it,
you know. Blawst the law"
So that day the ocean was drained. It
was high time-there was half an inch of
water in Ddlores' bedroom, and an oyster
bed was forming on the tloor.
But Mr.. Biruan did not abandon the
war. lie was only resting on his arms.
II bad gone too far now for him To re-
throughout Paris, apd nluc, interest was
excited. In the theatrical profession BEL.
ting ran high with the Odds on the Eng
lishman, owing to tho well known obstin-
hey OF the nation.
1t was at this point in the warfare that
Mir. Bitnan bethuught him OF the piano
1t was an Inspiration, The most dis
agreeable of Instruments pitted against
the most horrible Of birds. He few to
warereom and bought piano. He has
tehed to music store and engaged
pianist. That pianist as we already
know, was our friend sehaunarxl.
When Mr.. Bilnan had poured his
dreadful tale into the friendly bosom OF
Schaunard, the latter said:
S.Iify ID ybtl4 inf trf1sn tl,, Gpno111rt,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-17
WiImiugton's Wonderful Cure,

Prof. ]. Townscnd's electric and mag
netic treatment, and Hoke's appli-
ances cure paralysis, rheumatism. kidney
complaint, fits, ecaema, spinal diseases,
seminal woakness and all chronic diseases.
These cures have been made In this city
for the last six years after all other reme-
dies failed to give relief. Sufferers you
can sec these cures in this city. Office 6l5
King strect.-ladv.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-17
A PAIR OF RUFFIANS.
AN EXCITING MOMENT WHEN THEY
FACED EACH OTHER WITH GUNS.
A Warning That Might Have Turned
the Result Had 1t Not Been supple-
mented with Another Warning and
n Pair of SIX Shooters.

A Warning That Might Have Turned
the Result Had 1t Not Been suppIe-
mented with Another Warming and
Pair of Six Shooters.
II was helping many years ago 10
chase bandits and reyolutionists along
the river-all army officers refer to the
Rio Grande as the river when speaking
Of the southwest some Of the Sixth
cavalry, and we were in and out of Lang.
|, try good deal" said the old cavalry
officer. "There wasn't anything much to
the town except Il railroad station and
some 'dobe slacks aud saloon and gen
eral store kept by an old pirate by the
name Of Bcan--Iloy Bean, to be explicit
and he was the toughest, hair trigger,
double action old scoundfel | ever met
ON the border, hard headed, hard listed
son of the soil. lie was about the only
white. man in town, and the Mexicans
were worse afraid of him than they were
Of smallpox. l don't know but he was
( worse, for you couldn't vaccinate against
him.
! 1T was in the days when there. was
no law west Of Omaha and no decency
west Of Dodge City, and Langtfy was
a long way west Of Dodge City. Bean
realized this fully and Ind nailed pla-
I card mp on the door of THE Jersey Lily
his saloon. announcing in large black let
ters, Il am, the government All the
Mcxicans believed him. and for all prac-
teal purposes he was. He arrdgnted
/. to himself all the powers OF government,
legislative, executive and judicial, and
there was none to say him nay. Ee acted
us justice of the pence and forced all the
Mpxicans who wanted To marry TO come
To lin and be sphaad His formula was:
Z 1 pronounce You man and wife. Now
pull your freight out Of here But previ-
ously he always collected 80 from them,
and, IL they did not have the S9, they
had better not attempt to settle in or
about Langtry, One Of the tientenants
with me, In talking about Iaugtly. said
the population consisted Of Bean, feaa,
dogs and Mexcans in the order named.
The Guly individual who ever had
run in with Eean, 50 far rs local history
records, was another hardened reprobate
NAMED Henderson, who drfted in ahead
Of nolthGr Il few weeks before ! ar
rived. He brought with him a choice
assortment OF alcoholic pois0nS and set
up IN opposition barroom on the other
sida OF tie rla2a. II was the first oppasi-
ti3n Of segi0U5 sort EpQu had ever en-
coRntered in IAngtry. The barroon WAS
bad enough but when Henderson faunt-
ed on the trent Of it a red lctteted sign
Announcing tie DO Drop In Bean felt
that his vested rights were not only in
vRGcd, but tEamp!ed OH
"h3ven at that Henderson might have
lived in L0uEtry to an iniqnitpus Old age, |
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-17
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

Scarcity of iron and steel Is said to
be due to our enormous exports abroad.
The number Of enlistments yester-
day was $50, making total Of 1883.
Admiral Dewey, who had been suf-
ferlng from fever at Leghorn, Italy,
Is now better.
General Davis has sufficient supplies
an hand to prevent immediate starva-
tion in Porto Rico.
The Clyde line steamer Oneida from
New York for Wilmington, N, c., is
about 4S hours overdue.
The fund In Philadelphia for the re-
lief of the Porto Rican sufferers yes
terday reached $7,142.50.
The extreme lowness of the Nile
threatens the Egyptian cotton crops
and the natives have been warned to
SOW early.
Medals were awarded yesterday to 20
men of the gunboat Nashville who cut
the cables at Cienfuegos, Cuba, during
the late war.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-17
10 YOU KNOW

Consumption Is preventahl2' Science has
proven that, and also that neglect Is suicidal
The worst cold or cough can be cured with hi
lohs Cough aud Consumption Cure. sod on
positive guarantee for over 80 years.
For Sale by N. B. Danforth Second and Mar
he streets.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-17

Doctor Paul Raolus says that Maitre
Labori was weaker yesterday and suf-
fcred much pain The physicians have
not yet extracted the bullets and they
do not believe that Labor can attend
rnrIt Monday
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-17

The only way we can stand or trou-
bes is to know Of somebody WHO has
worse Washington Democrat
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-17

UNDER THE aREEvNooD TREE
A lay under greenwood tree
lass came singing by; e
In a hazel bush sat merry thrush,
And bIithe TO hear was ],
The lass and the thrush and 1--we three
Under the greenwood tree. H.
Their song was sweet with clover bloom
And the drowsy hum Of bees,
Tho forests daughter-the ripping water
And the breath Of budding trees,
Till echoed the strain, and we sang.-we
three
Under the greenwood tree.
The lnss, tho thrush and 1--we three
But the lass went singing by,
And away from the bush flow the merry
thrush,
Yet who so glhd as II
For my heart still sang Of their melody,
Under tho greenwood tree.
M. II. Douglass in National Magazine.