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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02

standard silver dollar from ls 70 ! to 20
to !, as q compromise measure.
It Is said that Mr.. Carlisle himself
was ut hrst quite inclined to think that
this might open a way out Of the dim
Guilty On looking up the subject. how
ever, he reached the conclusion that the
application Of even 80 much adjust
ment Of ths ratio to the silver already
coined would be a serious matter. 80
far e government balances were con-
cerned. He wrote to Mr.. VOORHEES, that
the number Of silver dollars coined
since 1873 had been 4lS,ss2.45O. AT the
new ratio proposed their value would be
$3.50, 222,1es, or a loss of &s41lO,2ss. He
then set forth other losses which would
be incident to the change. such as the
oQptl Of recolnage, transportation. etc.,
Rfnd made a Gnal estimate that the
nominal cost 70 the government would
amount to s112,sss.S21.
It is to-day apparent that a 20 to
ratio would be useless towards correct
ing the silver counterfeiting evil. The
loss which even that change would In
yolve. however, is pretty significant as
showing what an adjustment to actual
commercial ratios would mean. Thirty
two to one is the only ratio to-day that
could be seriously considered II new
one were to be evolved.
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SILVER couNTERFE1T1Ne.
Proposal to Increase the Size Of
Coins-The Cost.

Proposal to Increase the Size Of
Coins-The Cost.
New York Evening Post. Attention
ia, .,,.,.,, ,,oou o,,,,a q ,,o ,.,,1
Ca 'nAposSiu'aty u putting an emu ~
Tue cou"teFle'',ns u S''NeF CONS ny IN
ereas'ns 'nenn IN SIZE 80 as 10 uppFo%i-
il'A'e inc .u''''iet.'a' Vu'uc " Wv sl u,
seF' :" ne 'os' " t"e eO'e''''''en' "ou'N
Oe 81 sFeat' iio'n'''A,'S a' 'eust' 'nSt no
administrator "ouIe 'n'nk ol unueL'
TAXING It. an o''ei" eonneS'eu WI"
Tue mint OAFea%' n'"eNes' suSses's
mat tne commencing eN" "''s"t Os
oye.cot'e' iOF "'' PFaet''"' PURPOSES anu
without very great ioss' ny uou"''ns
''e SIZE Ot tne SND9'u'"'S eo'''s' a't
'eH''"s t''e S'''ef uo''A'S JUS "S t''''
H.e,
4"e siiNer eei''''ci'e % 'nEse's 'aNeS
tue place Oh Tue s''Ver u"''a'' an" II
coun'erteltihs oi tnu' com shou.u M
cEe"se' Gou'u "'n'"S' e'''re'S luNe ''S
place. that IN ms OPINION there If no
Fe"' heeu u putting lunar worth
ot s''Ver VI ."ers,'O'uts i'''' " at'Sef
dollar. But the silver hlty-eeht piece
IN l1S present snape' ne regards ~ d
grave menace 10 our currency system
1t is his gloomy prediction that the
counterfelting OF TINS coin cannot he
successfully prevented. The pubic
does not want paper fractional cur
renoy. An enormous number OF SILVER
halt'do'lars are bound TO remain IN CIR
Cula'ion' He would put approximately
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IT, -AN0s - vi ~
Barley-NO. 2. Ss9t5c,
F'laxseed-No. 4 q 70; northwestern
81 %.
Timothysed-P Prime g 30.
Mess Pork-Per barrel S coos o5.
Lard-Per 100 ms. S. 17iS66 %.
Short Ribs-sides (looBe) 81 7045 %.
Dry salted shoulders (hoxedl 5&9
Short clear sides boxed S sos 70.
WhiaISey = Distillers finished goods
per gallon. 81 "a,
CIover-&7 10.
Buffers Steady cFeameries 159ssc;
Eggs-steady: fresh l7617ate.
Cheese Steady; creams 11&@i2hc.
NEW YoRK-Flour. receipts $3.50
barrels; exports 1922 barrels; sales,
$500 packages: market ruled moderate
~ active and easier In sympathy with
the weaker ruling Of wheat, and closed
dun and heavy at nomlnally unehanS-
ed prices,
ports 81. SIS bushels; sales 2.625, 600 btsh-
els Of futures, and 100000 bushels Of
spot; spot market steady; No. red
75Mc Z. Q. b. 0fioat spot; No. Northern
Duluth 7s9sc (. o. b. afoat to arrive; NO:
2 red 7SKc elevators: options opened
weak at q decline Of %c; closed at a net
decline Of R0Tc; May closed at 7Skc;
December closed at 7l9se.
Corn, receipts $3.50 bushels; exports
31S,S4S bushels; spot market weaker;
No. 2, 4OKc I. o. b. afloRt and 39hc ele-
Vator: options weak at q decline OF hc;
closed at &c nominal decline: May
closed at 3S1ac; December closed at
89%c.
Oats, receipts $500 bushels; exports
$4,000 bushels; spot market dull; No. 3
white SOMc; options nominal; no busl-
H" Hay quiet. Hops dull. Hides firm.
Leather steady Beef strong. Cutmeats
weak.
Lard easy; western steamed closed at
IS 80; city IS 90: November closed at
S so nominal; refined easy: continent
IS SIS.
Pork dull. Butter Arn.
Cheese steady; large white t2c:, small
white 12h@12%c; large colored 100
12Ac; small cotored 12tS 9f2kc.
Eggs and tallow steady. Potatoes
quiet.
Cottonseed oil weak. Rosln quiet.
TurpentIne steady at 51k@519Sc.
Rice and molasses steady.
Coffee, options opened steady, with
prices unchanged to five points higher;
closed firm at net gain Of five to ten
points; sales. 1920 bags.
Sugar, raw steady; fair refining
3 1S-16c: Centrifugal. SO test. 4 5-16c;
molasses sugar 9-l6c; refined steady.
BALTIMoRE-Flour quiet and I'M
changed: receipts 3O.6S5 barrels; ex-
ports 1857 barrels. Wheat weak: spot
and month 691s 96s4Sc; December ike
7l5ac: steamer No. red 65165Hc; re-
ceipts 13,70S bushels; exports none;
southern by sample e4971c; southern
grade 66hGp70c Corn easier: mixed spot
and month 37& @S7He December s7Ss@
377sc; November or December, new or
old. S6& 9365sc; January and February
36Ik@SGssc; steamer mixed S6A 036lSc;
receipts 15I.957 bushels; exports S12,S5s
bushels: southern white corn new. $50
4Oc; southern yellow corn new, 3sSS9c.
Oats firm; No. white 309Slc; No. 2
mixed CSC. Cheese steady. Butter firm.
Eggs firm.
CINCINNATI--Flour easier Wheat
steady; No. 2 red 70is@71c Corn dull;
No. 2 mixed 35hc. oats firmer; No. 2
mixed 251sc. Rye easier: No. 2, &c.
Lard dull at IS 90. Bulkmeats easier at
IS 20G5 25 Bacon active at So Is.
Whisky firm at 81 "a, Butter quiet
and steady. Sugar easier. Eggs in
good demand at 1910 Cheese steady.
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on1cx DEATH Fos Fowls.
Wild Csckies and Dull Thuds Mark
Their SLAUGHTER.

Wild ceckies and Dull Thuds Mark
Their Slaughter.
Chicago evening News: one moment
IT is a villa cackle. the next 6is dull
thud and that's the way 1t 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 Minute. Mountains of feathers
autter in all directions and the tragic
squawks of the feathered victims are
heard necessarily, Tossed ana tumbled
in coops, chickens are hurried from the
freight yards Of the railroads. to the
roost In the busy commission street.,
and many times given but a frantic
chance at a grain Of corn before
sharp knife cuts their thFoats and they
are pitched into a 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 few weeks ago. He had a
carload ON the way, and one morning
at 1880 o'clock was notified the car had
arrived. Express wagons We're sent
hurrying to the scene, where the chick
ems were pushed into coops and sent to
the killing room. BY 8 o'clock the en-
tire carload Of chickens h6dfbeen killed
and dressed, which commission men
say is rather fast work, but anything
to I'LL an order on 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 a dozen Of such mammoth
chicken coops and to the patrons Of the
Union elevated loop the scene Of hun
dred chickens of turkeys roostins be-
hind the screens OF window is a daily
sight, %
At present over 100000 pounds of
chickens alone arrive in this city each
twenty-four hours. To this thousands
Of pounds of ducks. turkeys and pig
cons are added, which represents bus
iness OF nearly 100000 a day. While
100000 business is not done each day,
during the rushing season 1t 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
chicken car" and are ready for the
market, IL 1t is in the rush season.
Wher the business is dull the fowls
are sorted to as near one size as posi-
Bile and then they are fattened for the
market Often a dealer will hold his
supply for a. rise in the market. but
this. takes, a large working capital and
can Only be accomplished with great
risk
When 1t comes to dressing the chick
ems man long experienced in the bust
ness enters coop filled With chickens
of nil sizes and ages. Atsp glance he
oAnsslect chickens of one size, and then
his sharp knife comes into play.
A toss and the nuttcriug chicken is
landed into barrel, later to be dipped
-. -, - L,tI;nr, ,,.,4au ono
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02

NEW Weakness was the
leading characteristic Of the local mar
kct to-day. The depression was due
largely to an unfavorable average to
foreign news md the daily advices from
producing points In the west. Sellers
were disheartened and offered freely in
some instances Mt the lower prices. At
the close the metal exchange called pig
iron warrants dull ut $l70iS. LAX cop
per easier at ST. Tin weak, and lower.
with $50 60 bid and $50 IS asked, Lead
unchanged. with 81 60 bid and 81 62li
asked. Spelter dull and easy, with 81 S.
bid and s. 90 asked The brokers' price
for lead is 81 40, and for copper Sl7,
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West Virginia Gazetteer
and
State Business Directory.

r.. L Polk 8 Co. are now making
the canvas for the 1900 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 eommends itB use
fulness TO the business public.
The Forthcoming volume will be
greatly enlarged and improved.
descriptive sketches OF the 400
cities, towns, villages, railroad sta
lions, postof1cea and settlements,
embracing items Of interest 70 ;ev-
cry business man. such Is location.
population. distance to different
points. most convenient shipping
stations, products that are mar
keted, nearest banking facilities.
mineral interests, prices Of land,
etc. Each Of these sketches 10 fol-
lowed by the names Of ali the hpsi-
ness and professional pers6ns To-
Gated there, and these names are
again listed under the classification
representing their particular linz.
oc9
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
trade. Otherwise. II 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 stu inactive.
Wooden and worsted dress goods con-
tInue In demand and tendency OF prices
upward, silks are quiet and consider
able irregularity In wide piece silks in
colors.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02

OIL CITY-Crcdlt balances Al &c, Co.,
tincates, no bids, offer or sales; ship
mcnts $685. barrels; average $3.50 Oar-
rels' runs, li1,i49 barrels; average S6,A4l
barrels.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02

TINHE MoNoNGAH ROUTE Is THE
SiarkE6urg, Quick Time-FHSt. Trains
sure CONNECTIONS When travelling TO or
from CIRrksburg or West Virginia and
PittsburEh railroad points, see that your
tirlSets read via tho MOnOngRhclA River
Roilrond Close Connections at FHlrmont
with ia & o, trains, and At ClHrk4burg
with 4. a o. and w, v. s p. trains. Tick.
cts via this route on "a V z. AZ b. & o.
HUGH G. BoWLEs. Genl' supt'
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IJREArEsT FACILITIES FOR THE
NT Prompt CeuIpletlon OF orders o. me
tntelligenceF Job printing OEasS
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DEPART,


Electric cars bridgeport to Wheeling,
pciIhirc and Martins Ferry
Consalt agents for best routes and low
est raves " -" NJ. a. CARREL.
General Passenger Agent.
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lew YORK MINING STOCKS.
,vrprT. TIN AND TUBE STOCKS.

The following quotations on National
Steel Co, American Tin Plato co. and
National Tube stocks are furnished by
Simpson & Tatum. City Bank bpilqlI ,,L,,
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CINCINNATI--Flou easier. Wheat
steady; No. red 70isQ71c. Corn dull:
No. mixed S5lsc Oats firmer; No. 2
mixed 25hc. Rye easier: No 2, &c.
Lard dull at IS 90. Bulkmeats easier at
IS 20I5 % Bacon active at So Is.
Whiskey firm at 81 a. Butter quiet
and steady. Sugar easier. Eggs in
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-02

Rye-No. 2. 62Ike.
Barley-NO. 2. S99t5c.
El7ayreot3-Nn n ~ northwestern
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TIWE CARE.

Arrival and departure ini on ara
after July q, iE9 BTpllhatidn Or lloi-
erence Aafk1 DAILY italy except
sunday; 9Deily, except Saturday ipaiif,
except Monday. SUNDAYS only. Hatiits
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-02-27

Besides his soldiers, Gen. Otis has
at his back in Manila bay commanding
the city veritable rock of Gibraltar
in Dewey's feet. With the vessels he
now has and those about to join him,
Dewey will have 81 ships of various
types. Of full fledged warships he
now has nine, as follows: The flagship
Olympia, the Boston, Baltimore, Char
lesion, Concord, Monadnock, Monte
rey, Petrol and the Buffalo He also
has three army supply ships which
are almost as effective as a warship liz
attacking troops outside of fortifica-
tions and in maintaining the blockade.
They are the Culgoa, Nanshan and the
Zafiro.
The vessels on their way to Join
Dewey are the gunboat Helena, now
at Colombo; the Castine at Gibraltar;
the Princeton due at Port Said, Tues
day; the Bennington, the Brutus, and
the Yorktown, probably at Guam on
their6way to Manila; the battleship
Oregon and the Waterfront Iris, at
Honolulu. The Solace is about to
start from Norfolk to Manila.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-02-27
A HANDY ISLAND.

Our Washington correspondent has
directed attention to fact which, to
a large extent, had escaped notice,
namely, that the United States does
not hold the Isle of Pines under the
same conditions as the island of Cuba,
for temporary occupancy until some
stable form of government can be es-
tablished, but by absolute cession by
Spain.
The island is separated from Cuba
by only narrow cha mel, and, under
the Spanish administration, it was
treated practically as an integral part
of Cuba; but it is geographically en-
tirely distinct, and it falls within the
clause by which "Spaih cedes to the
United States the island of Porto Rico
and other islands now under Spanish
sovereignty in the West Indies" The
Isle of Pines is about one third as
large as Porto Rico; it is we'll watered,
and it is credited with a salubrious
climate.
Of couse, so long as the United
States continues to administer the is
land of Cuba, it makes no great differ
ence how the Isle of Pines is regarded.
But, looking ahead to the time when
it may be possible to relinquish Cuba
wholly to the hands of it's people, and
to withdraw our military and civil
forces, the status of the Isle of Pines
become a matter of considerable i'm
portance, and it is well to have it un-
derstood.
For, as 'Coolidge" has pointed out,
the position of the island gives it
strategical value. 1t is nearertho pro-
posed Nicaragua Canal than Porto Ri
co by several hundred miles, and it
commands the Yucatan entrance to
the Gulf of Mexico, just as Key West
commands the entrance between Flor
ida and Cuba. In connection with the
effective control of the proposed
waterway, it is therefore of the high
est Importance that there should be
no possibility of the Isle of Pines fall
ing in doubtful or unfriendly hands. Its
untrammeled possession is essential to
the naval and commercial interests
of the United States, and it's excellent
Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-02-27
THINGS Il BABY CAN DO.

1t can beat any alarm clock ever in
vented for waking a family up in the
morning. Give it fair show, and it
can smash more dishes than the most
Industrious servant girl in the coun-
try. 1t can fall down oftener and
with less provocation than the most
expert tumbler in the circus ring. 1t
can make more fuss over a simple
brass pin than it's mother would over
a broken back. 1t can choke itself
black in the face with greater ease
than the most accomplished wretch
that was ever executed. 1t can keep
family in constant turmoil from
morning till night, and night till
morning, without once varying it's
tunes. 1t can be relied upon to sleep
peacefully all day when it's father is
down town, and cry all night when
he is particularly sleepy. 1t may be
the naughtiest, dirtiest, ugliest, most
fretful baby in all the world, but you
can never make it's mother believe it.,
and you had better not try it. IT can
be charming and model infant when
no one is around; but when visitors
are present it can exhibit more bad
temper than both of it's parents to-
gether. 1t can brighten up house
better than all the furniture ever
made, make sweeter music than the
finest orchestra organized, fill larg-
er space in its parents breasts than
they had, and when it goes away it
can cause a greater vacancy and leave
greater blank than all the rest of
the world put together.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-02-27
ARE YOU GOING SOUTH
From the New England States?
The Best Route to Travel
is From Boston to Norfolk, Va.
BY THE
Merchants & Miners Steamers.

The most elegantly fitted boats,
finest state rooms and best meals. The
rate including meals and state rooms
is less than you can travel by rail,
and you get rid Of the. dust and
changing cars.
. If you want to go South beyond
Norfolk to Southern Pines and Pine
bluff, the winter Health Resorts or to
Vaughan, n. c., the Pennsylvania
Colony headquarters, Peachland, n.
c., the New England Colony, Statham
Ca, the Ohio Colony and headquar-
tiers of the Union Veterans Southern
Settlements, you can connect with the
Seaboard Air Line. For information
as to rates of travel address w. P.
TURNER, General Passenger Agent,
Baltimore, Md.
For information as to farming or
mineral lands, water powers, manu-
featuring sites or winter resorts, rates
of board, rentof cottages &C., address
JOHN. PATRICK, Chief Industrial
Agent, S. A L. PinebIuff, North Caro-
lima.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-02-27


A queer Geographic correspond =
ence was carried on recently between
the capitals of Saxony, Bohemia and
Russia. Somebody in Dresden had
an aunt who died in a hospital at
Prague. The nephew was notified
and telegraphed to the Prague hospit-
al authorities to send the body to
Dresden for entombment in the fami-
ly vault. When the coffin on it's ar
rival was opened it was found to con-
tain not the body of the aunt, but that
of uniformed Russian general. The
nephew wired back to Prague:
"No dead aunt, but Russian general
Where dead aunt?"
From Prague came the reply:
eff dead aunt not arrived try Peters
burg"
The next telegram went to the rail
road authorities al st. Petersburg and
read:
''What do with dead Russian gener-
al? Where is dead aunt?''
And from ST. Petersburg was re-
ceived the reply.
''Bury general in all silence. Aunt
just buried here with highest military
honors."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-02-27
ELECTRIC RAILROADS.

Prof. S. FL. Short contributes to the
January Cosmopolitan, an interesting
paper, entitled "The Coming Electric
Railroad" It derives special interest
from the fact that the author is one of
the most distinguished electricians in
the United States and is second to
no other in practical knowledge of
the subject under consideration. He
concurs in the general belief that
"American genius and American mil
lions will overcome all obstacles to the
substitution of electricity for steam on
long distance railways.'
Referring to the objection that if
steam were to be supplanted by cleo
tricity, billions of dollars in plants
would be sacrificed Prof. Short replies
that this is simply begging the whole
question. He says that vastly pre-
ponderating number of items in a
steam railway property of to-day
would not be diminished one dollar in
value by this change Of motive power.
Indeed, he adds, all save car trucks,
locomotives and repair shop equip
ment devoted to locomotive work
would continue in uninterrupted use
under an electric regime. The pro-
lessor estimates that the cost of fuel
per horsepower hour would be reduc-
ed to half cent, that track life would
lengthen and that repairs would cost
much less than they do in the case of
the heavier and more complicated
locomotive. He is certain that cleo
tricity means noteworthy savings in
outlay as we'll as far better service.
AS to the matter of speed, Professor
Short promises ITO miles an hour for
passenger trains. AS to safety, he has
no doubt. On this point he says: ''The
Westinghouse airbrake makes it safe
to run succession of steam trains
over the same track at the rate of 60
miles an hour. Electric trains. run
ming at 125 miles an hour will be
by the pneumatic control, a. new de-
vice which supplements the airbrake,
is attached with it and uses the same
air. One operator at the head of the
train controls all the motors.n If any
accident should shut off the electric
current, the train would be automati-
cally stopped by the pneumatic ar
rangement. The professor sees posi-
bilities far beyond his promise of ITO
miles an hour, and he goes so far as
to assert that there are no difficulties
in respect of safety or durability of
track to prevent the attainment of 175
miles an hour.
If we may judge the near future by
the recent past, all this is but strong
probability almost a certainty-of
the first decade of the twentieth cen
tury.-Post.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-02-27

foreign customer, Notwithstanding
the steady decrease in our purchases
from the British. In 1898, we sold
goods to the value of 1888, SCI, 7s7 to
Great Britain, an increase of $56, OOO,-
600 over 1897; in 1898, we bought of
Great Britain goods to the value of
Sill, 1861, GIT, a decrease on the value
of our 1897 purchases of $50, 900, 900.
These figures do not make pleasant
reaping for those who predicted that
the Dingley tariff would entirely de-
stroy our foreign commerce, but they
strongly vindicate protective tariff.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-02-27
At this season of the year a good

At this season of the year a good
many people are wanting to know
where to go to escape the severe win
ter weather. The climate of North
Carolina is particularly pleasant dur
ing the winter mouths. 1t is not SO
warm as the climate of Florida and
yet it offers relief from the severe
weather of this locality. Southern
Pines, n. c., is newly founded viii
lage where hundreds of northern peo-
pie are sojourning. We advise the read
er to take run down to that locality
and see what it is like during the
winter months. The railway fare
costs but little and PIney Woods Inn,
the new, big hotel, an elegant hostel
ry will care for you at moderate rates.