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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-06
LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, January 5.-The light sup
ply of cattle to-day served to bring
about better feeling and desirable Of
ferings were largely 10c higher. Beef
steers sold at $3900450 for the poorer
lots, S4.75@5.00 for medium, and $3.50
$40 for choice shipping lots, with
fancy beeves selling at $5.75@5.90.
Calves brought $5.75@6.75.
There was an active demand for hogs
and prices ruled SC higher. Fair to
choice $3.6215@3.75; packing lots
$3.45@3.60; mixed $3.45@3.671a; butch
ers $3.50@3.75; light S3.40@3.65; pigs
S2.90@3.40; bulk of sales $3.55@3.70.
Trade in sheep was quite animated
at stronger prices. Sheep sold at
$2.75@3.25 for undesirable lots up to
$4.00@4.50. Lambs were in good re.
quest at s3.75@525; muttons 1855;
yearlings S4.00@4.51, and heavy sheep
$3.50@3.S5.
Receipts-Cattle, $500 head; hogs,
10000 head; sheep, 10000 head.
East Liberty, Pa, January 5.-Cat-
tie, steady; extra S5.3505.50; prime
$5.00@5.25; common $3.2003.60.
Hogs. steady; extra heavy $500
o-Oo, DcoJ u1SuIuLlS Po.oU, DSSt OIk-
ers S3.75; light Workers and pigs SO. 65
@3.7G; skips $2.50@325; roughs $3.50
03.35.
Sheep, steady; choice wethers $435
@4.45; common s2.5003.50; choice
choice lambs S5.20@5.35; common to
good $3.50@5.10.
Veal calves S700@725.
East Buffalo, N. Y, January 5.-Cat-
tie, quiet and steady.
Hogs, steady; good to choice Workers
and light mediums, $3.80@3.85; roughs
S3.15@3.50; pigs, fair to choice, $685.
@3.75.
Sheep and lambs, fairly active;
lambs, choice to extra, s52505.35;
culls and common, S3.2504 go; sheep,
choice to selected wethers, S415@425;
cUlls and common, S2.000350
Cincinnati, o., Janpary 5.-Hogs, act
i've at $3.40@3.70.
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DRY GOODS.

New York. January 5.-The market
for cotton goods has been quiet again
to-day in all departments. both spot
and mail order business proving light.
The tone continues unchanged and con-
fidence Of sellers in the future TN
abated. The tendency of prices is gen
orally against buyers in brown and
bleached cottons and in prints. Den
inns, tickings and other heavy coiored
goods ruled dull. Print cloths are in
quiet demand, but strong at 27sc for
regular cloths. Jobbers are opening
spring lines of cotton dress fabrics and
early business in encouraging. The
wooden goods situation SHOWS no
change since Washington mills prices
were named.
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Wool, steady.

Wool, steady.
Tallow, firm.
Cottonseed Oil, dull
Coffee, options opened steady and
closed steady and unchanged to 8
Philadelphia, January 5.-Wheat,
steady and quiet; contract grade Janu-
airy 75A@751ac.
Corn, dull and NC lower; No. 2 mixed
January, old 41a4@42c; do. new 40s4@
Ale.
ats, firm; No. white clipped 3512c;
No. 8 do. do. 3312 oslo; No. mixed
do. 33@331ac.
Butter, dull, and prints 1c lower;
fancy western creamery 22c; do. prints
23c
Eggs, &c lower; fresh nearby 35c;
do. western 25c; do. southwestern 24c;
Go. southern 23c.
Cheese, firm.
Cincinnati. O., January 5.-Flour,
steady.
Wheat, steady; No. 2 red 701ac.
Corn, quiet; No. mixed SIC.
Oats, dull; No. mixed 29@291sc.
Rye, quiet; No. 2, sec.
Lara, easy at So.3o.
Bulk meats, stronger at S4.65.
Bacon, firmer at S5.75.
Whisky, firm at $1.27.
Butter, easy.
Sugar. steady.
Eggs, firm at &c.
Cheese, firm.
Toledo, O., January 5.-Wheat, low
er, weak; No. 2 cash 714c; May 731ac.
Corn, active, lower; No. 2 mixed 36c.
Oats, dull, steady: No mixed Csc.
Rye, dull, higher; No. cash 56c.
Cloverseed, dull. steady; prime cash
$3.50 asked; March $3.50 asked.
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as she blew out the candle.
Il guess my conscience will
Ter now" she said. Boston c
FINANCE AND TRADE.

New York. January 5.-Commercial
Advertisers London financial cable
gram:
The markets here were idle and dull
to-day, Paris realizing at the settle
ment. 1t is preparing for the Tonquin
loan. There is also talk of dearer
money.
Americans opened heavy on profit
taking here. New York bought little
and the close was depressed except for
Ontario and Western, in which there
was good buying here and from New
York. The feeling here is that the
market will pause until 1899 prospects
seem clearer
New York, January 5.-Money on call
steady at 21a@3 per cent; last loan
"a per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 3@3A per
cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at SASH %
Asia for demand and at $481% @4S2
for sixty days; posted rates S4.S2k q
4.S51s.
Commercial bills S4.S0%@4S1A.
Silver certificates 591a @601ac.
Bar silver 59c.
III
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Mexican dollars 1874.
Government bonds Irregular.
State bonds weak.
Railroad bonds strong.

u. ~. 5S coupons. .........................1l 8A
Government bonds irregular.
State bonds weak
Railroad bonds strong.
Stocks-Notable gains were recorded
IN the specialtieS and some of the rail-
ways to-day. The announcement of
gold engagements of a million and a
half overcame the reactionary tendency
OF the forenoon and set the market
forging upward which continued to the
close. The conditions of the exchange
and money market do not seem to war
rant the expectation that the import of
gold will be sustained movement, the
theory being that our large balance of
trade would not be drawn upon largely
While money can be loaned at more
profitable rates abroad. A lower range
of London prices gave the speeialties,
Tobacco, Brooklyn Transit and Peo-
pies Gas gave better tone to the rail-
ways, but on proft-taking there were
some very substantial losses With the
announcement of the gold imports in
the afternoon, the bulls had thrown
way, especially in Manhattan, General
Electric, Brooklyn Transit, Pittsburg,
Cincinnati, Chicago and ST. Louis and
Colorado Southern. The railway shares
moved rather sluggishly until late in
the day when an active demand arose
for Louisville. Rock Island and the
Southwestern group, excepting Texas
Pacific, which broke badly at the end.
On the publication of a report that
Manhattan Elevated was to be electri-
cally equipped by General Electric,
these stocks, which had each advanced
five points, presumably ON early infor-
nation of the reported deal, receded
sharply on profft-taking. The purchase
of coal lands in Pennsylvania by par
ties friendly to the Ontario and West
ern which it was inferred would largely
increase the traffic of that road, rem
dered that stock active and strong. Re-
ports of the possibility of Brooklyn
Union Gas increasing its dividend rate
and forming advantageous alliances
better the price of that stock five
points. There was nothing in current
news to account for the rise in Chicago
Gas except talk of continued good bus
mess. Hooking Valley securities were
weak on the publication of the reorgan-
ization plan, which the movement in
the company's stocks and bonds indi-
Gated, was more drastic than expected.
HV COl1ulOl oJOCh QIOppSQ l1S, lIIS
preferred 4, the 6 per cent. bonds %
and the IS 10. with a subsequent re-
covery in no case except the IS, which
regained 80 of their earlier loss.
Brooklyn Transit was very strong, ris-
ing 3A Late in the day it was said
that while the confidence had been ex-
pressed by General Electric interests
that they would get the contract.
The bond market was under pressure
during the forenoon. but in the late
session heavy purchasing orders were
distributed, which carried the level of
prices above yesterdays close and inn
ported a strong tone generally. Total
sales So, 965, 900.
U. S. new As coupon reacted 4 and
the IS a. The new As registered and
the old As registered u in the bid price
Total sales of stocks to-day were
915700 shares. Quotations closed bid:
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RAILROADS,

tDaily except Sunday.
Sunday church train Will leave Elm
Grove at 9:43 a. m. and Wheeling at 1911
y. m.
II. +. WEISGERBER
General Manager.
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Pennsylvania Lines.

Schedule in effect Nov 20. 1903.
r,enot Corner Eleventh and Water Streets.
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RAIL WAY TIME CARD.

< .ATTlyals and departures of trains on ana
aSesr November %, 1898. Explanation az
d nsIerssnc cs Marks: DAILY; SUNDAY ex.
eeptes. sSS ,oay excepted Saturday ex-
TTS,gssus sunday only. Eastern STANDARD
r line which is enc hour earlier than
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BALTIMORE & OHIO RAIL
ARRIVE
TRANs-OHIO DIVISION.

TRANS-OHIO DIVISION.
For Columbus and Chicago. 1888 a. m.
and 3:l5 p. m. daily
Columbus and Cincinnati Express. 1873
a. m. daily, II 40 p. m. daily except
Saturday, and 2:40 a. m, Sunday only.
st. Clairsville Accommodation. 1890 a.
M and 3:15 p. m. daily except Sunday.
ARRIVE.
Chicago Express. 1:l5 a m. and il:4O a
CINCINNATI Express, $40 a. m and 5:i5 p.
m, daily.
Sandusky Mail. 5:1J p. m, daily.
St. Clairsville Accommodation, l:B a.
III. and Sis p. m, daily, except Sunday.
WHEELING AND PITTSBURG DIV.
For Pittsburg 90 and ia a. M, 2At
and 500 D. m. daily.
For Pittsburg and the East, 5:Zo a. m,
go . m. and 500 p. m, daily
ARRIVE,
From Pittsburg. 1925 a. m, 1910 a m.
e.25 D. m daily. i1:30 p. m. daily except
Saturday, and 1890 a. m, sunday only.
r G. BURKE.
Passenger and Ticket Agent, Wheel
w NJ GREENE,
General Manager.
p. MARTIN.
Manager Passenger Traffic, Baltimore,
Nd.
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Te,Iaire.t Bellairs.
Depart. 3. 2. & C. ar Arrive,
80 ANIMAL FxnrpsS and Pass q a. a.
. OF PM EXPRESS and Passenger IL 70 pm
% pm Mixed Freight and Pass. 90 pm
Central Standard Time.i
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1,-4-r,' E,ast 2:lz ZIG. 2.l00 2lf 2.n
tS!', 'r,.T Time. a. III. A. N. D. m. p. m p.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18
Furnishing an Editor.

Curious methods of furnishing in
discreet editors are in vogue in some
countries. In "South American
Sketches" Mr.. Crawford describes
the interesting experience Of an editor
who had been unfortunate enough to
give offence to the ruling powers by
the freedom of his criticisms.
The editor was arrested and con-
fined in narrow passage between the
cages of two iaguars, notorious for
their bad tempers and their intense
dislike for human society.
The intervening space was so regu-
lated that neither of the ferocious
animals could get its paws quite to
the middle line between the cages; so
that spare, active person, it very
careful to follow the classical advice
about the advantages of steering a
middle course, might manage to pass
without special injury, though the
achievement would be both exciting
and dangerous.
Our editorial friend happened to be
stout, and therefore was the more
easily reached by the occupants OF
cages. As if to add insult to injury,
he was given chair on which to sit.
and at the same time was furnished
with copy of his own paper, the
issue which had brought him into
trouble, in order that he might medi-
tate upon its contents.
He tried to sit motionless and bolt
upright. feeling those sleepy, cruel
eyes fixed upon him. At the slightest
movement, or the rustic of the paper,
uneasy mutterings arose from the
cages, and a paw would stretch
stealthily toward him. Leaning
quickly to the other side, he was sure
to be met by the ugly claws of the
second iaguar. twas case of Scylla
and Charydbis.
Every few minutes the jaguars be-
came wildly excited and clawed
fiercely at the shrinking editor, who,
do his best, could not escape those
rending toe nails. His clothing was
torn to shreds, but except for a few
scratches he was not really injured.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18

The sun was well up when the ascen
began, and the captain dragged along
as slowly as possible, often giancing
at the sun, which was beating on the
mountainside.
AS he came in sight of the altar he
craned his neck, and observed the
sunlight stealing toward the stone.
Turning, he warned the. priests that
divine wraty would be hurled on them
and their altar if they attempted to
proceed, but their only answer was to
push steadily on. Below him, gazing
upward, were the villagers, some
watching the proceedings with anxiety,
flor they more than half believed what
he said.
They had arrived ut the stone altar,
and the captain had turned again to
appeal to the priests, when there was
loud explosion, and the altar was
hurled heavenward with deafening
noise, while the priests fell on their
faces. When the smoke rolled away
the crowd on the hillside could be
seen prostrating themselves and bow
ing toward the captain. He was es.
corted back to the village and treated
as god. Nothing was too good for
him. He was allowed the liberty OF
the island, and two months afterward
succeeded in fitting out his boat, and
one night showed off in the direction
of Manila, where he arrived after q
two days sail.
During his captivity the American
had employed his time mining the
altar with the powder from the flask
he had preserved. A fuse was made
with piece of reed stuffed full OF
powder, and fire was furnished by the
crystals of his chronometer, which he
had fastened together and filled with
water to form burning glass.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18

There was crowd at the railroad
station in Boston. Among the persons
gathered was bright-eyed, barefoot,
smiling newsboy, who bad sold all his
remaining papers but one. He had
given half his supply to another boy,
who had failed to get any that morn.
ing.
Just then procession began topass
with a band of music. The crowd
pressed to the iron railing to see and
hear. Among others was little ne.
gro boy, who squeezed his head
through between the strong rails and
was delighted with his good view. A
short distance above this company,
Just at the top of the incline on which
they were all standing, was large
truck piled high with heavy trunks,
no one attending 1t.
By some means this truck was
started down the incline. Unguided,
and with rapidly increasing momen-
TEN, it ran straight for the preoccu-
pied company at the railing. A loud
cry of warning rang through the sta
ton. Every one ran from the impend-
ing death. The negro boy alone re-
mained struggling wildly, but in vain,
to draw his head from between the
bars. The quick eye of the newsboy,
who had jumped to the other side of
the truck, took in the situation-cer-
tain death to the pinioned boy if the
truck were not instantly turned from
its course. Without moments hesi-
tation he sprang forward and firmly
planted his small bare foot in the path
of the front left wheel. The axle
turned; the life was saved, but there
was mashing of bones, the blood
spurted, the foot was fattened. The
boy grasped his paper convulsively,
staggered, and fell-white and uncon-
scious.
Loving hands bore him to the near
est hospital, and sad hearts went to
tell the widowed mother of the deed
Of her only son.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18
A DAYTIME TUNE.

The sun sings out in u dawn-dappled sky;
And fleeting moon croons n pale reply;
While the star-crowded chorus
Beneath. round, and DER Us,
Comes muffled, uncertain,
Through the days drawn curtain;
kud the waking world lifts Il workday cry
To mate with the martialing music on
high.
Right good for the soul 1t is: drifting
through dreams;
But it's Drawer to plow where the fat earth
teens.
The Office is better
Than the lotos-fetter;
Aud sweeter than the bottle
Is the wide engine throttle
So, clerk, to your work! and, maiden, to
your seumsl
Tradesman to your trade! and agent to
your schemes!
There's time for you to loaf when the SUMS
gone out; it's work-hours while it
beams.
Rupert Hughes, in the Criterion,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18

Tie London humane societies are
agitating against tortoise-shell orna-
ments because of the torture the ami
mails are subjected 20 in depriving
them of the shell. They are frs;
semi-boiled over a red ember fire until
the flesh that secures the shell to the
body is softened. The animal is then
shelled clean, and, though the suffer-
ing must be intense, one rarely dies,
but in a few months grows another
shell, of which he is deprived in the
same manner. The largest of the
shells are obtained in the islands near
Ceylon, and is large part Of the in
dustry of the natives.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18
Rice as n Detector of Thieves.

Not being able to trace anything in
connection with the loss of the 1000
rupees from the cash safe of the Su
rati Bazaar Company, the directors
have resorted to astrology and finally
sorcery. Every employe of the bazaar
was given a mouthful of rice to eat,
which had been previously put through
some magic preparation, the belief be-
ing that if the person who had taken
the money ate the rice some very great
misfortune would befall him. 1t is
not recorded that any of the employees
have yet met with disaster. Ran!
goon Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18

The information comes from Wash
ington that the American gunboat
Wilmington, which is now cruising in
Venezuelan waters, is to be sent on an
exploring expedition as far up the
Amazon river as ner draught Of about
eight feet will allow her to go. The
highest point yet reached on the eriver
by an American vessel is Manaos, $50
miles from the mouth OF the river, and
beyond this point very little is known
OF definite character about the great
river, which is more than three thou
sand miles i'll length. 1t is believed
that the Wilmington will lie able to
cover at least two thousand miles of
the length of the Amazon, and doubt
less she will be enabled to clear up
much of the mystery that attaches to
the interior OF Brazil. Wild stories OF
great mineral wealth, statues of gold
and tribes of Amazon warriors have
clunG to the region since the days of
PiZarro and his followers in the six
teenth century, but it is doubtful if
the explorations of the Wilmington
will sustain any of these old traditions.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18
ooocccSooc.s3oCoccococo
J FARM. :! IL: M. TOPICS :
Feeding Cotton-seed Meal.

Cotton-seed meal is extremely diff
cult Of digestion, and should never be
given to young animals Or those which
from advanced age have weak di-
gestion. The hull which is shown by
lark spots in the meal is almost en-
tirely indigestible. Calves and pigs
have been killed by eating small
amounts of dark cotton-seed meal.
Ruminant animals can digest it better,
but it is so concentrated food that it
ought always to be fed with some
bulky but less nutritious ration. A
small amount of cotton-seed meal in q
pailful of bran mash can be eaten
saf ely by q COW.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS


Imitation cloth and silk flowers
filed with sachet powder are novelties
tLat appear in the stores. Thus rose
stems, leaves and flowers are filled
with rose sachet, and spray of hya.
cinth with the hyacinth sachet, They
are made by cutting out the leaves and
flower petals from stamped cloth or
silk, and then sewing them together
and filling them with the sachet pow.
der. They make very pretty and ap-
propriate articles for the bureau or
drawer or even for ornamenting the
top of the dressing table. They come
in rose, hyacinth, violet, orchids,
heliotrope, lily and tulip odors.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18

In the more progressive countries. at
least, the breaking of the shackles in
which the investigating mind had been
imprisoned for so long has led not
only to greater number of scientific
workers, but also to an increase in
the fields of observation, observes c.
l.. Whittle in Appletons' Popular Sci
ence Monthly. The methods of in
vestigation have likewise undergone q
transformation. In place of deduc-
tive reasoning, even as late as a few
decades in the past, conclusions and
generaliZations are now founded on
lines of thought more largely induc-
tive. Men of middle age are able to
recall the time when even our leading
institutions of learning required in
struction in several branches of sci
ence to be given by one teacher. 1t
was possible % years ago fora man of
great ability to master the essentials
of the leading sciences and to teach
them, but under the present stimulus
for Investigation no one can hope to
excel in more than one subject. 1t
has thus come about that in place of
the many-sided teacher of science we
now have in our larger universities
specialists in every subject.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18

Where are the young chicks roost-
iGs! Get them up of the ground and
out of danger of colds, slSunks, minks
aud other vermin.
Red raspberries do we'll il the
chicken yard, give shade when most
needed, and the fruit is mostly out of
reach of the fowls.
Keep posted in the poultry profess
sion. Read oil you can find to read
about poultry, and especially along
lines of your operations.
If you have a heavy breed don't
change them for lighter breed be-
cause you will get more eggs, for the
difference is made up other ways.
In the laying hen the food is the
most important point to watch. 1t 10
not always the feed nor the breed that
makes a laying hen valuable. The
thing to do is to keep her from get.
ting too fat.
There is no danger of taking too
good care of flock of hens. The
man who keeps them we'll fed and in
clean quarters rarely finds fault about
the number of eggs he gets, no matter
what breed he keeps.
A good watering fountain is worth
while. If well constructed it will
last for years. Have one made of
copper holding eight or ten gallons,
closed at the top and with cup
soldered on at the bottom, connected
with the interior by small hole. The
tank is filled by dipping into water
ing trough.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18
Victims of CeIiuloid Combs.

A trio of accidents of the same kind
in three different towns few days ago
resulted in the scalping of the girls
who were the unfortunate victims.
Miss Sallie Vanmeter, a charming
daughter of Judge Vanmeter, of Chill
licothe, Ohio, had her hair all burned
off while leaning over CRATE. by her
celluloid comb catching fire. She ls
terribly burned. AT GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
Miss Lulu Moore, society girl, got
too near the CRATE; her celluloid comb
ignited and she was scalped before
help could reach her. At Wheeling,
W. Va, Miss Mary Conner, while
raking coal in the CRATE, got too near
the fire, and her celluloid comb was
ignited, burning her terribly. 1t was
the second accident of the kind at
Wheeling in week. louisville
Evening Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18
Tea as 1t Should BE.

One may not with propriety dictate
to another regarding the kind of tea
TO buy, butt is order to mention that
the great tea-drinkers Of the world
Sae experts who have cultivated
acknowledgements in favor Of
Oolong. Japan, or green tea, comes
last on the preference list. For max
ing tea use either china OF curthern
pot, which you are never to wash, but
clean by scalding. Pour Noiling
water in the pot, and stand it on the
stove long enough to make suye it is
heated through and through, then
pour it all off, and put in the tea-one
teaspoonful to each full half pint of
water to be used. Now put in the
water, which should just have reached
the boil, take the tea-kettle off the
stove, remove the lid, stand the teae
pot in the opening, and let it remain
five or six minutes. Or send the pot
Immediately to the table, and cover
with cosy for ten minutes. 1t is
best in instructing servant to tell
her to look into the tea-kettle when
the thinks it is boiling, to see that the
water is really bubbling.
The above method gives an excellent
,upful OF bright tea, but an added step
in the process will give a still finer re-
suit. 1t is to wash the tea by pour.
Ing off the first cupful OF water in
staetly after adding it, then proceed
IS above. This quick boilingwater
rinse carries off dust impurities, and
the tea when made has as conse.
luence finer bouquet. -Woman's
Home Companion.