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The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12
WHEAT SHOWS A GAIN

CHICAGO, Feb. 11.-Numerous crop damage
reports today, light receipts, heavy clearances
at the Atlantic coast and higher cables all
worked toward establishing better prices in
the wheat pit. Shorts were forced to cover
and an May closed with gain Of %@7sc. Corn
off with an Improvement Of 1S@15Jkc; lard, 5ar
112c, and ribs, nc.
Light receipts and continued cold weather
gave wheat strong start. May opened lAc
higher at 73Q73sc. and Liverpool quoting
asd advance, Notwithstanding yesterdays de-
cine on this side. was an unplea ant surprise
and the price was bid up quickly t. 731bc.
Chicago receipts were n cars, OF which only
0 graded contract. Minneapolis and Duluth
received 3ll carloads, compared with 6Cz u
week ago. The aggregate number OF bushels
received at Western primary markets Shove
a. a marked railing of, amounting TO cnly 464,-
er G hand, were large. equaling $4,000 bu, and
Bradstreet's reported $3.50, ,O00 bu from both
coasts for the week. Crop damage reports
were numerous and this tended to keep the
feeling nervous, especially when another cold
wave was said to be on the way The mar
ket was fairy active, but the range rather
narrow, with May hesitating around 1870
73A most of the day, and closing at 7SQ723Sc
Corn was very strong. and did much TO sus-
tain wheat IN times of depression. The In
creased quantities OF corn that must be con-
sumed On account OF the cold weather was a
factor. Considerable long property was ac-
cumulated by commission houses and some
VI IHS lueS recently aDaEQGneQ were re-cStaD
Ashed. Under such buying the market broad
en- ened and confidence in corn was more opcn:y
talked than for some time. Receipts, 4Sl
advanced to S7Rc, the closing price
There wats an excellent demand from the
outside In OATS and the market was very
broad The cash demand was good and shor1s
covered freely. The advance however, brought
about considerable realizing of profits by
scalpers and slight reaction took pace Re
ceipts, 2OS cars. May began A@3sc higher at
IN nfP
to 2S7sc at the close.
Provisions were exceedingly dull until near
the close. when they fell into line with the
generally hopeful contingent prevailing iii the
grain markets and a slight rally set in all
around. May pork opened shade higher a,
$lOo21h. sold at slO then rose to s1O.121a at the
close. The range in lard and rib7 was mar
row.
Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat 60
cars; corn. 51S cars; oats, 10 cars; hogs,
$1,000 head.
Holiday Monday. on account Lincoln's
birthday.
The leading futures ranged as follows.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12
h'CARDY in THE Way
INSISTS THAT THE BROADWAY
BRIDGE FUND ACT BE
REPEALED
OR CASH STAY SO CREDITED
Some of the Members of the Ramsey
Delegation Are Afraid That the
Repeal Might React Disastrously
on Their Future Political For
tunes-Thfrd and Sixth Wards
Are Especially Sensitive.

The bill introduced in the senate by
Senator Ives and passed by that body
authorizing cities Of $4,000 inhabitants
to transfer bridge funds to bridge re-
pair funds, came before the house on
general orders Friday Representative
Schurman, OF Ramsey county, asked
that progress be reported on the bill
and 1t was so ordered
The measure, while applying to all
cities in the state having $4,000 inhab-
1tants, has special reference to ST. Paul.
as 1t will, If passed, allow the $4,000
now In the Broadway bridge fund to be
used for repairs to other bridges.
1T was stated yesterday by those
who favor the widening of the Waba-
sha street bridge and expect to get a
part of the Broadway bridge fund for
this purpose that the halt in the pass
age OF the bill was due TO the position
taken by Comptroller McCardy.
The comptroller holds that, as spe-
cial law was passed for the issuance of
bonds for the Broadway bridge and
the $69,000 now in the fund is a part
of the proceeds of the bonds sold, that
there should be a repeating clause in
the proposed bill
A number of the Ramsey county
delegation are opposed to the inser-
~-OAA " q iSPCclill6 ClduoS, 1O1 luc red
son that, should they vote for such a
step, 1T might blast their future po-
litical aspirations. Especially is this
feared by both senators and represen-
tatives from the wards where there is
feeling that the construction of the
bridge would benefit the property in
the district.
Comptroller McCardy, however, has
declared himself that he will not allow
the transfer Of the fund. unless the
repeating clause is placed in the pro-
posed bill, and the delegation realize
that, unless the measure is so amend
ed, it would be useless to pass it In it's
present form.
The stand taken by the comptrol' er
will probably result. in the repeating
clause being added to the bill, although
the lawyers On the Ramsey county
delegation claim that the bill in its
present form repeals, by implication
the special law
Comptroller McCardy, however, will
not stand for the implication idea, and
insists that the repeal be in black and
white, or there will be no transfer.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12
Pretty Girls Of PARAGUAY
The Queer Where There Are More Women Than

town on the east bank of the Para
quay river, a day or SOS ride below
Asuncion. AS the steamer stops at the
landing we notice that every garden
has its orange tree, and that such
trees shade the streets. We see OK
carts coming in from the orchards
creaking under their golden loads.
Each cart holds about 5000 oranges,
piled loosely within it like so many
potatoes. The driver directs his oxen
to the piles of oranges on the banks,
backs his cart up to them and dumps
out the fruit just as workmen dump
dirt when repairing roads. Oranges
are indeed worth little more than dirt
here. That whole cartful will sell for
80, and we can buy all We want for
two cents.
And still every orange is counted
IhoSe women on their knees are put
ting the fruit into the baskets They
count as they work and a careful tally
is kept
The oranges are carried on board by
women who balance their loads on their
heads and walk over a gangway to the
steamer. There are a hundred women
at this work now, and the ship is al
ready so loaded with oranges that a
wire netting has been stretched around
its outside like a fence and the fruit
piled up within. The deck is so filed
with oranges, in fact, that the sailors
are moving about on boards, which
have been nailed above it.
Stop and take look at the girls
They are passing to and from the bank
over that roadway of boards 500 feet
long, which has been built upon tres
ties out to the steamer. Each has a
round basket carefully poised on her
head, and above these the golden
oranges rise. The girls are dressed in
white gowns. and the breeze which
sweeps up the river wraps their thin
skirts about their 1.-THE forms And
still they walk without touching their
burdens, and the shaking of the planks
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Cash quotations were as follows Flour
Steady; winter patents, So. S0@3 30; straights.
sa 40@S go; clears, IS. 3O@s 40; spring specials,
$40; hard patents ss;eo@8: 20; soft, So. 400
$50; hard straights, S31003.20 bakers 81. 50
@2.6o No 2 spring wheat, 6SGnAc; No 3
spring wheat 65@nAc; No. 2 red, 72l2@7SAc C;
No. corn. S5%@36c; No. 2 yellow corn, 2G0
363sc; No. oats. 2s1hc; No. white. 3O2z o
311sc; No. white, 9G14@3OAc; No. rye, 5515
sample bar-ey, n@52c; No. l iaXseed, s116;
n Northwestern, m $40; prime timothy seed,
81. 421R; clover seed, contract grade, March,
80. Mess pork. per bbl s9.95@10 lard, per
100 lbs, $5212@5.56; short ribs sides Qoose),
$4.75G4.95; dry salted shoulders fboxed) 40
4sac short clear sides (boxed1, s565@5.l5.
Whisky, distilers' fnflhed goods, per gal,
s1.25. Sugars, cut loaf, 5.7oc; granulatea,
5 zoe. Receipts-Flour II 600 bbls; wheat, x, :
$40 bu; corn, 4S2, 600 bu; oats. 294, coo bu; rye,
"a eco bu; barley, 26. 400 bu. Shipments-F.o our,
22,OC0 bbls; wheat 5000 bu; corn 32S, G00 bu
oats, $4,000 bu; rye 5000 bu; barley, 9.60(
bu. On the produce exchange today the but
ter market was firm. creameries, 14@2oc
dairiea, 11@17c. Eggs firm; fresh, DC Cheese
steady: creams SA@11c.
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customers. The most common market
basket is dishpan or tin wash basin,
and this is always carried upon the
head.
HEAVY THINGS ON HEADS.
The head and not the arms is the
place of burden of the Paraguayan
corner of the market we can see all
sorts of curious things coming and go
ing on the heads Of women. There
comes a girl now at a two-forty pace
with demijohn on her crown, and a
load Of wood in her arms Her black
lace is wrapped in black shawl and
her black legs show out under her
white skirt half way below her knees.
There is another woman with a
white sheet around her head and
shoulders. Notice that platter filled
with oranges and vegetables upon her
head. There is a great chunk of raw
meat on it's top. She walks along
without touching her burden. and that
is the case with all the women about
us.
Here comes a young girl with a
bundle of sticks perfectly balanced on
the top of her Uranium and with her
hands at her sides. She has bought
as much fire wood as you could hold
in your arms and she is carrying 1T
home.
Behind her comes a young mother
with similar bundle and a baby in
her arms. See she has stopped to make
purchase of that orange peddler over
the way. Notice how carefully she
stoops down without bending her back.
There she has picked up a half dozen
oranges and stuck them in among the
fire wood and is walking off without
trouble. But. wait the woman of
whom she has bought is excited. She
is calling her back. The young mother
returns, and putting her hand away
down inside her chemise. takes out a
coin and gives it to the peddler, who
in turn drops it in at the neck of her
dress. The bosoms of the women are
their pockets. and before they make
change they often have to fish for
some time for the coins.
And so we go in and out through
the crowd, jostling and being jostled
by women with bags of potatoes,
baskets of corn. fire wood and bottles
on the tops of their heads. We beg
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12
ST. PAUL.

Quotations on gradn hay, feed, ETC., fur
nished by Griggs Bros, grain and seed mer-
chants:
wHEAT-No. northern, 7o4@71%c; No. 2
northern, hQ691sc--CORN-No. yellow
SS@S313c; No: 8. 21e@3sc.-OATS-No :
white 29A@30c; No. 8. 2s@291zc.-BARLEY
6214@53hc; No. 8, 1G52c-SEEDs- j
fax, $1.14@115; timothy seed, sOc@$1. rs; red
clover, $304.25.-FLOUR-Pate per Dbl,
$3.65Q3.SO; rye -four. 2.6OQ2so.-GROUND
s12. .50Q13. = BRAN = sl1@11. .25.-SHORTs
In bulk s11011 25.-HAY = Market slight
" higher receipts light; choice Iowa and
ss5O@7; good wild hay, s5.5OQ6; low grades,
$4@5 fancy timothy, $7@7. so; mixed $606. so.
=STRAW-Rye, S3.5O@3.75; oat, $SQ35O
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12

pardon at every step. for we fear that
a push may throw a basket Of eggs
TO the ground or a chunk of raw. red
meat on some woman's head may be
thrown off on our clothes There is
no danger. however. for every woman
can handle her burden on her head
quite as well as though she were carry
Ing 1t in her arms.
COSTS LITTLE TO LIVE.
The market is good place to see
how little it costs for a poor Para
quay family to live. Everything is sold
in small quantities, and it cannot cost
much for the average woman to keen
house. The clothes of the Door are
/ exceedingly scanty. All the women go
oarefooted and all go bareheaded. It
does not cost much to dress them, and
a full suit can be bought for 81 in gold
Nearly all wear shawls about their
chocolate or cream-colored faces. Some
nave the shawls thrown back so that
you can see that the loW-cut chemise
winch reaches to their feet, forms the
rest of their clothing. The shaWls look
like bed sheets, and am told that thew
are used as such in many cases at
night, SO that> woman takes part of
her bed for her clothes when she goes
out to walk
HOUSEKEEPING IN PARAGUAY.
The common people here have indeed
but few wants. They do not seem to
care much for money. and think one
who works like a foreigner Ia very
foolish indeed.
venture that the average family Of
Paraguay does not spend as much in
a year as the family of our average
Iaborlng class spends a month. The
houses outside the cities of which I
shall write more hereafter, are huts
of poles chinked with mud and rooted
with brown thatch. They have dirt
noors. and there are. as rule, neither
fences nor gardens. The usual hut
Is not more than fifteen feet square.
but it often has an open shed of the
same size joined to it. AS it Is warm,
the shed is frequently the most COM
Portable part of the house.
There is little furniture. A ham
mock or so. one or two cot beds made
of canvas and stretchers, a table and
a couple of chairs form a good house.
keeping outfit. The cooking is often
done over an open fire in the shed and
COOK stoves are not common
The chief meals are breakfast at II
and dinner at 6. with a cup Of mate
or Paraguayan tea in the morning.
The food is chiefly puchero, q SOUP of
boiled beef and vegetables, and man
d1oca, kind of potato-like root,
which is dried and ground into flour.
The soup Is often eaten first and the
boiled beef and vegetables brought in
as a second course. But little coffee
or tea is drunk at meals and the onlv
LIQUOR used by the common people is a
vilainous rum made Of sugar called
canya. Frank G. Carpenter.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12
DULUTH.

DULUTH. Mimi. Feb. 11.-Cash sales today
were unchanged. Trading was fair May
opened 3sc UP at 72 Nc sold at 72ssc at 35
at 72Ao at s:34, at 7214c at 9:3S, held there
was at 721hc. Cash sales: 5000 bu No.
northern, mills, n1ac c, 200 bu No. 1 northern,
mills; lie; cars No: northern 70Ac car
flax, $1.16h. Close: Wheat-No. 1 hard, cash,
re bid; February, 72c bid; May, TIC; July,
75c No. | northern, cash, Tic bid; February,
zoe bid; May, 721kc; July, 7Sc; No. northern,
G61@c bid: No. spring 69c bid; to arrive, No.
SO@2s1sc; rye. 55Ac bid; barley, 40@46c; flax
Sly bid; May, s1.191a bid; corn, 341zc bid.
Receipts--Wheat, 1852 bu; corn, 69,O05 bu;
flax 8 4S5 bu
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12

A New Greeting.
How do you do? was the old one. Nov
It's Have you read The Globe Year Book
and Almanac? Everything in 1t. Is cents.
All newsdealers or by mall
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12
Live Stock Markets.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Feb. 1.-THE receipts at
the Union stock yards today were Cattle,
so head; calves, 25 head; hogs, 75) head:
sheep. 225 head Trading WIS dull. Most OF
the buyers on the market were not Il oking
for cattle, and sales were generally made to
packers. The receipts wers light and the cat
tie in were common. Quotations are steady
on good cattle of all kinds Common stuff
is not wanted and sells low. The hog mar
vance. The bulk of the butchers sold az
$367!s and $780, with a range of $3.50 to
$S72h. The ,op hogs were not gcol as
ket continues dun, with pricAs steady. The
sheep in were not offered and the one sslc
made was from the feeding peLs.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12

Total for today go
A week ago ........................7 $50
A year ago Observation-Disclosures. 500
Market steady and firm. The range ON
butchers was $500 to $3.72k with the bulk
selling at $3.67k and 1910. The top was not
SO high as yesterday, owing to quality. Rep
resentative sales:
putchers-
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Take a Few Days Off and Try a
Change of Climate.

Cheap excursion tickets on sale February
21st, March 7th and 21st via The North
Western Liae"nc sh. st. p M r.sSsos O. Rymso cr,s
lana New Mexico, Texas and several other
states. For rates and further information
call at 395 Robert street, st. Paul; Alb Nicollet
dale, General Passenger Agent, st. Paul.
The Southern Railway exhibit at 354 Jack
son street, st. Paul. is an interesting place to
visit, whether you are interested in a future
location in the South not. Teachers and
school children are especially invited, for it
will afford an opportunity to learn something
of another section OF our country
Quite a Sensation
Has been created in the literary world by
The Globe Year Book and Almanac 1t is
9 standard book. Built for everybody. By
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12
FINANCIAL.

Bar silver, New York ......... $3.50 59A
Call money, New York ........ 2lb 2G2h
FOREIGN FINANCIAL-New York. Feb.
1.-THE Commercial Advertisers London
financial cablegram says: THE markets here
were exceedingly quiet today The tone was
firm Coppers were the special feature
Tintos were 402l Anacondas. 91k and Utabs.
9%, after touching 9. Bostons were up 3X.
There was little business In Americans but
London bought in anticipation of rise next
week, hardening prices, and market closed at
the best"
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT-Nev York.
Feb. 1.-THE weekly bank statement shows
the following changes Surplus reserve de-
crease, 81 $40, $50; loans. increse sS SIG 700;
specie, increase 81 ,293. .5O0 legal tenders. de-
crease, 81. 225 200; deposits increase So OS6 600;
circulation, decrease s8s. 900 The banks now
hold SS5, ,511 ,S23 In excess Of the requirements
Of the rs per cent rule.
MOVEMENT OF SPECIE-New York Feb
1.-THE exports Of specie from the port Of
New York for the week amounted to s4 OOd
in gold and 81 .019. S25 in silver. The imports
were; Gold s2l5,674. and silver s51.674
BANK CLEARINGS.
st. Paul. s576 6,S11.S7.
Minneapolis, 81. .233.378.
Chicago, ST.. 500.
New York s167 7S1, 896.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12

The dictionary is an important adjunct to
the office or the household 1t tells the mean
ing of words, and in most cases gives their
derivation. It is an important reference
work but not more so than The G lsp 9
Year Book and Almanac. The standard au-
thority on current events. necessity for
those wishing to keep posted on matters Of
history and statistics. Examine copy at
YOUR newsdealers. or send % cents to The
St. Paul G O for the book OF the year.
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CHAPTER TX.
BY MOONLIGHT.

Those lines told story too ominous
to be disregarded. The hand in which
they we're written was labored and dis
guised, but Lieutenant Oakman knew
the writer as unerringly as did the one
who penciled the words.
He held the candle that he had
brought to his apartment in front of
the slip Of paper until every syllable
was read. Then he turned the missive
over and glanced at the other side.
There was nothing more The fateful
message was stamped upon his brain
forever 81
Setting down the candle, he twisted
up the paper, held one end to the flame
and did not stir until the charred atoms
dropped to the floor. Every vestige was
gone, and no harm could ever come to
the writer Of the friendly warning.
The officer sat down in his chair,
which was placed close to the window,
whose sash was raised. It was through
that window that the hand was thrust
in answer to his signal from the margin
Of the wood What had become of that
individual who thus began stealthy
communication only to terminate it
abruptly at sight of the negro lad
standing near the Union oficerP How
came he in that room and whittier had
he taken himself during the stay of the
prisoner? ,' MI
Apparently it was not these questions
that perplexed Oakman. His thoughts
ran in different channel.
When he bade his friends good night
below stairs, it was with the under
standing that he was to remain in the
house until the morrow, when he would
ride away on the horse of Captain Tren-
holm. But here was an unmistakable
notification that the life Of the guest
depended upon his leaving the dwelling
before sunrise.
"What will not man give in ex-
change for his life?'' The officer i'm
plicitly believed the words penciled on
the Daper. but there were several things
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CGPTRlGAT l6 90, BY THE AUTH6R

After the happy meal was finished
the captain. overlooking with high
spirits moved to a stand at the side Of
the room and wrote with many -four
ishes the letter whose nature has already
been made known. Folding it up, he
addressed it in his large round hand.
ITO whom it may concern-greeting."
There. - he added in his genial fash
ion, II am sure that will prove coat
Of armor even if not quite in accordance
with the usages of war
MANY thanks. 1t cannot fail me, >"
replied the lieutenant, accepting the
document, which he placed securely in
an inside pocket of his coat, after which
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warned. and that was not to be thought
Of
IT No, he muttered. 'They must
think what they choose. Perhaps the
day may come when I can tell them
something, but at present everything
must wait. - T. - =
Sinewy and active he readily let
himself out of the window, and when
hn hung suspended for minute by his
two handI he knew his feet were only
brief distance from the ground Then
he let 90 and struck so lightly that the
jar was hardly felt.
lie was now among the trees, whose
branches despite the lateness Of the sea-
son still held enough leaves to surround
him with gloom, through which the
moonbeams penetrated only at widely
separated intervals. Resting his hand
upon the pistol at his hip, he peered
around with the utmost intensity Of
vision, and while doing so both eye and
ear brought him startling knowledge.
A door on tho other side of the house
was opened and closed. The sound was
slight, but in the profound stiffness he
heard it too distinctly to be mistaken.
1T is the captain, " thought Oakman.
''He is on the watch and does not mean
that shall elude him. 1t looks as if
there must be fight.
The testimony of the eye came mo-
ment later. Perhaps 30 feet away and
somewhat to the left something moved.
The lieutenant happened not to be look
ing directly at the spot, but the shadowy
disturbance in his field of vision left no
doubt that it was man with the corol-
larry that the officer had an enemy both
at the front and at the rear of the
building.
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A minute later the form came into plGin
sight. . '2
moaning of the distant sea, and which
has been compared to the t'voice Of. 81.
lence." Amid the loneliness he did aot
see the twinkle Of a point CT light from
any dwelling Of the neighborhood. It
was as if he stood alone in the midst OF
primeval solitude
Like the veteran soldier who has de.
cided upon his line of action, the lieu.
tenant did not hesitate. He felt deeI
humiliation in leaving that hospitable
home in SO stealthy fashion. It seemed
ca ungrateful return for all the kind.
nesses received, and he had debated
with himself the question Of placing a
note on his stand for Mrs. Eldridge, but
what should he write2 He could make
no explanation without drawing suspi-
cion to the means by which he had been
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The captain aUrote aUith many fourishes
the letter.
he resumed his seat, and the conversa-
ton went on Mrs. Eldridge and her
daughter beamed with pleasure, while
the captain was entertaining in the
highest degree.
Oakman joined in the jest and
smiles, but it was all forced, for he
plainly saw the captain reach out and
take the willing hand of the young lady
and fondle it. And it was not once but
many times that this audacious thing
occurred right under his own eyes.
More shocking than all, the mother
observed the shameful proceeding and
gave no evidence of being offended by
its manifest improperly.
Captain Trenholm would not listen
to the proposition that their guest
should take the horse of Miss Elaridge
Indeed there was no necessity for it,
since he had fine animal Of his own
which was placed at the lieutenant's
disposal and since so much faith was
reposed in the captains letter of intro
duction, as it may be termed, it was
agreed that Lieutenant Oakman should
take his departure on the morrow at
daylight.
Late that evening, when he babe his
friends good night and assembled to his
room, he had hardly locked his door be-
hind him when he caught sight Of a
folded piece Of paper lying on the stand.
with his name penciled on the outside
He opened and read:
You must leave this house tonight. If you
wait until tomorrow's sun, your life will pay
the penalty. Place no reliance on the cap
tain's promise The plot is complete, and i'm:
mediate flight alone will save you. You know
what to do.