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The times., 1899-12-03

The tobacco securities have been the
weak features of the list, and an especially
vicious attack was made on them yesterday
for no reason that could be learned. Gen
eral sentiment is not favorable to them,
although Continental common has good
The times., 1899-12-03
RAILROAD sToCks
MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS
Thc LocnI secnrif, MnrL.et

The local security market has been active
though not particularly broad or impor-
tant during the past week. Prices have
held their own fairly well, but no gains
Of Importance have been made. The num-
Der Of shares traded in on the local ex-
change was 4,24L The value of the securi-
ties, including the Government and local
bonds, was SECS 900, an excellent showing
in view of the fact that the Thanksgiving
holiday made the week one day short
Professional trading has been responsible
for a considerable part OF this business
however. The insurance stocks have been
among the most active on the list, Airing
ton, Peoples, Riggs, and Potomac fire in
surance stocks, and Real Estate Title
District Title and Columbia Title all hay-
ing been dealt in for considerable amounts.
One block of 500 shares OF Peoples was 50 d
at 6 3-4 on Friday, and on the same day
400 shares of Columbia changed hands al
.. Arlington sold at 1873 Potomac Insur-
aHce declined slightly in price, sales yes
terday being at so.
The times., 1899-12-03
New York stock Market.

Corrected daily by W B. Hibbs d Co.
members Of the New York Exchange
1919 F Street.
The times., 1899-12-03

The statements Of the Union Pacific and
the Northern Pacific for the month were
issued yesterday. They Indicate quite
clearly why the friends Of these companies
are optimistic over the future Of their Sc
cuTities. The Northern Pacific gross and
net earnings are especially fine. The gross
increased $319.632 and the net SlS3. $40 In
the four months the gross earnings in
creased $i,4SS,594 and the net $719,g ,g07. 1t
viii be seen that the company has kept up
TO its record Of making the operating ex-
penses less than so per cent Of the gross
receipts. At The present rate Of net earn
ings the company viii show about per
cent on the common stock this year In
addition TO this it has sold an immense
amount Of its land holdings, which will
put several millions of dollars into its
treasury. Northern Pacific common has
been one Of the most satisfactory securities
on the railway list during the week 1t
has advanced two points and yesterday
reached within an eighth of the highest
price ever touched by it, 81 1-2 Gossip in
the street is all Of a further advance of
Importance during the coming month
Union common has good friends also. but
there are not the same reasons why this
stock should advance.
The times., 1899-12-03

Friends Of Canada Southern predict that
its annual advance Will soon begin Last
year the stock went as high as 20, but the
usual high price of the winter boom is
around 60.
The times., 1899-12-03

Attention has been turning again to the
steel and iron securities during the week.
They have all showed better strength, aad
the Federal Steel securities especially have
been buoyant at times. They have made
a good net gain for the week. The Federal
Steel dividend time is now not far of. and
it has been semi-oficially announced that
after the payment of the fun dividend on
the preferred for the year at the rate of
per cent, there will be also a full distribu-
tion at the rate of ) per cent for the com
mon This viii leave in the treasury of
the company an immense surplus for next
years dividends. Tennessee Coal and Iron
and Colorado Fuel and Iron have been in
greater demand during the week, and DO h
have made advances. Rumors in the
street that both viii be advanced rapidly
in the near future may have good founda-
tin, but there is no particular reason for
following them when more stable securities
are 10 be had.
The times., 1899-12-03

The grangers have been quiet Burlington
exhibiting more life than any other of the
group. There is a vague rumor that
further refunding scheme is soon to be an
nOunced by the Burlington people.
The times., 1899-12-03

Tt may be noted that the increase in
gross earnings for the month made by the
lines directly operated east of Pittsburg is
the largest ever made by any railway COM
pauy in one month
The times., 1899-12-03
.Decrease

It viii be seen that only one of these re-
ports shows a decrease in net earnings in
October that of St Paul The net earn
ings for the four months, however, have
shown very large increase so that this
exception is not in any way a gloomy
one. The showing made by these various
systems in all parts Of the country can
be considered nothing short of wonderful.
There has been nothing like it at any
time heretofore in railway history. It
should be remembered in this connection
that there has been large increase in the
cost Of all railway materials which has
operated directly against net earnings, and
that the effects of better rates for freight
and passenger traffic were not felt in that
month. Added 10 this, many systems like
ST. Paul, expended immense sums on main
tenance and improvements, which also
come largely out of net earnings. These
Improvements will be effective in incTeas-
ing earnings in the future, but for the
moment they tell against total figures. Big
earnings like these mean big profits, and
insure increased dividends and the return
TO the dividend list of systems that for
years have not paid anything to their
stockholders. They make, in fact, the fin
est showing ever Witnessed and indicate
still handsomer figures for the future.
The full Pennsylvania statement is as
follows.
The times., 1899-12-03

The directors of the Graphophone Com
pany have declared the regular quarterly
dividend of 2 per cent on the common
stock, payable December Is TO stockholders
OF record December l. The Graphophone
securities have been inactive during the
week. The bid price of the common yes
terday "eX dividend" was u 3-4.
The times., 1899-12-03
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The times., 1899-12-03
Money to Loan
= go and upwards made
n1US nT Mil on FURNITuRs
PIANOS. HORSEA

Wagons etc, at lowest rates and The day
you apply. W are loaning on the Building q
Loan Assoc alton plan. which makes the cost og
carrying loans much less than you pay else
where and allows you 20 pay Il oh in any sized
totes you desire running from one 10 twelve
months. You only pay for the use Of money ior
the length Of time you carry IT. II YOU have q
loan with some other company we viii Fay IL
on and advance you more money if desired. Rates
cheerfilly given and no cost 10 you unless Ioan
IS made. Loans made anywhere in the District.
Cali and get rates. Front rOoH. 6rst door, Sci
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National Mortgage Loan Go.
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uos-t,
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The times., 1899-12-03
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OF Obstetrics from the University of Munich Ba-
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before and during confinement Infants adopted.
Office hours, 10 p. m. SO Pa. ave. NV,
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The times., 1899-12-03
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
DISTRICT OF COLtTyfBIA BoNns

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The times., 1899-12-03

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The times., 1899-12-03
MIsCELLANEous RoNps.

Met r SIS 1925. 25................... ia3B I21l
Met II Cert Indebtedness A.. 1i3% 1l6
Met K Il Cert Indebtedness b., Il3% ll6
Columbia K K Us. l9l4............ l-5 $50
Columbia K X "a mort 5's........ -. lllIi
city y Suburban r R......... -.
Wash Gas Co, ser \, IS, 1927. ll5 -.
Wash Gas Co. ser B, Us, IsOl-'2S. II5 ..
Z S Elec Light Deb Imp. IgJ7. iii 1i6
L > Eiec Llght. Cert lndeDE..... 49,. lis
hes Pot lei, lost-lsll. ..-,..,. 1913 80,
Ches x Pot Tel, CON s........... -. 108
am sCc'y y Trust as EU5........ lUJ ....
W ash Market 60 Isl ~, l692-lgII
5000 retired danuualIy.......... llS ..
Wash Market Co, Imp Us, 1gl2-'27 li3 -.
Wash Market Co, ext 6's 1917 lib ...
Aa9''iAIS nan ASS II D = l5Vos lJJ
Amer GraphopnOno DeD 0's...... I1J -.
AHaCOstla y Potomac J'S. ........ .., ...
The times., 1899-12-03

Pacific Mail is one of the stocks that will
probably be very active during the coming
few months. 1t seems likely that it viii
be one Of the speculative footballs as the
fortunes Of the subsidy bill advance or
seem to fail. There can be little doubt
that the stock viii ultimately sell very
much higher, but it would not surprise
many careful observers Of the market if
meanwhile its fluctuations were wide and
pyrotechnic. At the moment the course of
Mail is upward and it will probably con
tinue TO advance, the knowing ones say.
until after the Presidents message has
been read.
The times., 1899-12-03

Mergenthaler Linotype has been active.
but has failed to advance further. It's
lowest price yesterday, 2O7 1-2, was three
points below the top Of the recent spurt
The earnings of the company are known
to be entirely satisfactory to its officers
and directors.
The times., 1899-12-03
ohieaeo Grain and ProvIsion MarIset

to the product and advise purchases on
small recessiOns.
The times., 1899-12-03

The gossip Of the deal between the three
great Eastern trunk lines has been one of
the features Of the week. There is now no
doubt that these companies are much
closer to each other in policy and aims
than at any time in the past. and that in
the future there Will be a strict mainten-
ance Of rates amongst them. Whether Mr.
Cassatt has actually secured a controlling
interest in the Baltimore and Ohio or not
does not so much matter, perhaps, when
compared with the immense advantages of
rate understanding. II would seem that
there Is not likely to be much further ad-
vance in the securities of these lines in the
immediate future, the news now being out
and the stocks themselves selling at rea-
sonably high prices. New York Central
may prove an exception to this, as many
friends Of the system are promising ac-
tivity in the stock.
The times., 1899-12-03

Corrected daily by w. B. Hibbs c Co
members OF the New York EXCHANGE
1919 f Street
The times., 1899-12-03

The District Title Insurance Company
perfected its reorganization yesterday by
appointing Mr.. Newton president in place
of Mr. Carusi, resigned, and Messrs. Wood
ward and Parker directors. Mr.. Newton
IS now in charge Of the company. He ex-
presses confidence that its business Will
be greatly improved during the coming
year
The times., 1899-12-03
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The times., 1899-12-03

THIS is Thanksgiving week and we should be
remembered as the people who can sell you
an elegant custommade suit or an overcoat that
IS Just a little worn, al a price that is pleasing
TO everyone; twill pay to investigate JCSTHS
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The times., 1899-12-03

The busIness IN Government bonds has
continued large, owing to the higher prices
consequent on the Treasury purchases.
The decline in the price Of Telephone
stock has continued. A block was sold
yesterday at 66. The new Telephone bonds
have also declined in price, though cnIy
fractionally. The tendency Of the suits
against the company and the fact that the
District Supreme Court will render its de-
cision in few weeks Is thought by many
to be the cause OF the weakness of the
stock
The times., 1899-12-03

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Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-05-26
KALAMAZOO.

Have yon beard the pretty legend. sad and
snournfui ami yet true.
OF ths bravo ana dusky lover and the Indian
maid Nshzoo'
How they hYed and loved and wandered on
the rivers shady shsre,
aappiest 81 Indian lovers In the days that are
NO Tuoref
All dag long the maiden labored, weaving
baskets by the stream,
Thinking " her icFe. her Kahla, weaving him
into her dream;
Then he eomes--shs hears the rowing Of his
hight birch hsra
iEa;,in." .ssi.- z.sa. Gr!es he. Coming. com
inx to M own Mahzcoi'
All one nigh. phr waits in sii.neoi Sad her
fae0--her love II dDsdl
EouHSas IN the chss. her warrior in n fort
night to he we'd.
In the morn they End swect Mahzoo fy ing
silnn. liz the stream,
Done unto her lover Kshia, neyormoro to
=a.1. ai.d dream,
stiil the echoes DER tho river may be heard
soft through tho air
Echoes Of the warrior Kahia and Of young
Aahzoo ihe fair,
AL tn. trees peat tho whisper. all the rip
pies uiurmnr, too,
In the stream titat bears their Bano now
bears tEe Kalamazoo"
-Eaiamazoo telegraph.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-05-26
~, w.. Careful, Of m. Voice.

Brignoli, the lannon's tenor. was very
susceptible 10 battery. and 1t Ia said
that once in New York. when the or
chestra vigorously applauded one of his
fayorite songs, he was 80 touched that
ho came down 10 the faotlights and in
yited them all TO n champague supyAr
at tho Everett House. The supper cost
him 5000
Briguoll was very careful OF his voice
aud WIS terribly afraid Of drafts
10 was once stated that during the
winter II always took him three.quar-
tcta Of an hour to set from his room to
the street.
First. Ito would on leaving his room,
pace the ball for ten minutes to get me-
cllpateh He then descended to the
lobby, where the temperature was n liz
tie lower. and spent 20 minutes there,
lie then ventured 10 the veatibule. from
which the deer opened into the street
liz would parade tho scstibule for 10
minutes. occasionally opening the door
70 let IN a little cold air Being now
accustomed 10 cool temperature. he
woei button up hia coat aud sally
forth. National Magazine,
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-05-26
Helena In the Old Days.

A little group of old timers were
talking about the palmy days of wide
open gambling in New Orleans. 1T
used to be pretty lively, admit, said
one of the veterans. "but the only sure
enough Monte Carlo, this country ever
saw was out in Montana. Fllnever for
get the first time struck Helena. TIA
a good sized, handsome city and took
a stroll down the main street looking at
the stores. Pretty soon l was struc'-
cold by monster sign Of Licensed
Gambling House right over the door Of
one Of the finest places in town.
''In less than block ran across a
dozen other signs of the same kind, and
then began to ask questions found
that the law required all gaming places
to put up such boards. They had to he
Is feet long and 2 feet wide. with
plain white letters on a black ground.
The original bill didn't specify the size,
so some of the houses had signs made
about half an inch long. that you'd
need a microscope to read, and that's
why the particulars were laid down. SO
exactly. The gambling shops were sand
wiched right in between groceries and
shoe stores, and one Of EN- was next
door to church. 1t locked funny, I
tell you. New Orleans Times Demo-
GRAFT
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-05-26
A conscientious Sentry.

Washington, hearing that the colored
sentinels could not be trusted, went out
one night to ascertain if the report was
correct. The conntersign was Cam
bridge" and the general. disguised,
as he thought, by large overcoat. APP
preached colored sentry.
"Who goes there2" cried the senti-
mel.
"A friend, . replied Washington.
Friend, advance. unagl1ed. and give
the countersign, said the colored man.
Washington came up and said. "Rox-
bury
mo, sahl' was the rernonse.
.Mcdford." said Washington.
"No. sahl" returned the colored SOL
der.
charleston. said Washington.
The coiored man Immediately ex-
claimed. Il tell you. Massa Washing
ton, no man go by here ont he say
Cambridge. 5"
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-05-26
Wonderful Hairdressing.

Hairdressing in Zululand is an i'm
portant feature, both to the bride and
bridegroom, and the attentica maid 70
the couture of the pair would shaiiie' III
performance of west end hairdresser
who arranges brides locks and fastens
the orange blossom chaplet.
A cone shaped erection. for instance,
is the lawful couture of Zulu wife,
and this cannot be legally worn till the
marriage rites are duly completed. Save
for the all important cone, the head Of
Zulu bride is closely shaved, an as
sagai being used for the purpose while
as soon as u youth is of manageable
age his head is shprn to leave ring
around the scalp and then literally be-
smeared with fat and ocher, without
which ungrRnts no Zulu would feel fit
tingly decorated for his bride.
When the bridegroom elect has been
shorn of all his hair save the wool on
the crown. which is trained in circu-
lar shape and some four inches in diam.
eter. a ring is sewed to this gum and
charcoal. In this the Zulu thrusts long
snuff spoons. needles and small utility
articles and is very proud Of his ring,
which is the badge of manhood. Cas-
sells Magazine.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-05-26
A Vivid Description.

A short sighted and deaf old gentle
man who was at an entertainment
where professor performed on big
bass viol, thus described the scene /:
1.-The professor carried on to the plat
form gigantic beetle attached TO the
end Of sort Of lamppost. He leaned
over and fondly embraced it, tickling
its back Violently with long comb.
1.-The spectators seemed much de-
lighted at this display of scientific aft
lection. The beetle was apparently quite
unmoyed. Then the professor gave a
capital imitation Ct the drunken man
and the lamppost. He swayed rapidly
mp and down. clutching quickly at all
points
''Sometimes his fingers quivered pas
sionately upon ono spot, like an i'll tenn
pered man singgling with an obstinate
pair Of braces Sometimes he rested
momehtarily. as one rests after con-
test with Il stiff white tie.
Finally, he gave last convulsive
tickle to the huge beetle picked himself
up from tho lamppost aud carried eff
the unreeistipg insect. The audience
applauded vigorously.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-05-26

An old Latin saying. Laudant quod
non Intelligent (They praise what they
do not understand. was once illustrat-
cd by an English tourist who happened
into the Lutheran church mt Elsinore
one Sunday morning The tourist did
not know u word Of the Danish Ian.
guage, but he wrote. 1.-The clergyman
had quiet earnestness OF manner and
persuasive eloqnence that pleased and
attracted. | admired the discourse. al
though did not understand word Of
1t. " The book from which we haze
copied this illustration of common
practice tells the following amusing
story Of Dutch audience listening to
one OF Shakespeare y plays
will tell you. such il do powers OF
dc Shakespeare. that ivunce saw play
de great man acted in Auglish. in Hol
land, where der vas not vnn person in
all do house but myself could onder-
stond IL. yet deere vas net person in all
dat house but vat vas in tears-dat Is.
all crying blowing dc nose and weep
very moueh, couldn't onderstond vnn
vurd OF de play. yet NIL weeping. Such
was do powers Of de Shakespeare.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-05-26
Dead Mems Bones.

The most grewsome apartment IN
America Is probably the demonstrator' 4
room in the Flower hospital il Few
York, with its fantastic decorations Of
dead mems bones.
The name Of the room isspelled above
the door in letters made Of finger bones.
Upon the wall within appear in the
same grewsome lettering the names OF
Dr. Howard s. Neiissn and DR.. North
way Meyer, demonstrators. Besides
these legends sits grinning human
skull
Crossing and recrossing the room
strings Of BONES interlaee. Ribs alter
nate with the slender bones of fingers
and toes. Up and down the walls. like
ghastly white serpents. crawl coils Of
vertebrg. Arm and leg bones with
highly polished surfaces are hung on
the cupboard doors
Everywhere the eye turns in this
curious charnel house symbols Of NOR
tally start into relief. But il Is on the
large table against the south wall that
death veritahly sits enthfoned. In the
middle, heaped into mound, bones
from all parts Of the human frame are
surmonnted by skull. Here a hand,
there a crippled foot, Uranium hol-
lowed into a drinking nnp-oddities Of
all grisly shapes surround the mound.
La chair to the right sits a skeleton
in leisurcly attitude, leaning one arm
upon the table as he watches the skele-
tons over which the sunlight dances.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-05-26
A D0tiful Little Girl

"Such a lot of people live in our
ouse, she told me. "l7 of MS; two
ladies live In the cellarsP' And her
mother always went once week to call
on lady who lived in the .workus. !"
Please m, father calls mother such
wicked names, she suddenly informed
me one day, and ont came string Of
dreadful epithets- Hush, interrupt
ed, you mustn't tell me those things. -
PLEASE IN, he does. she persisted.
and we all want father to die. il
mother didn't ave TO pay for the cof-
i'm so pathetic and doubtless SO true.
Mrs. Merrick's with Palette in
Eastern Palaces