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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-23

TENDER price had been forced below put
| figures and the tendency to cover shorts
| was strengthened by reports of re-
newed rains in the Northwest and by
foreign advices that the drought in
India was worse than ever. Septem-
| Der liquidation ceased and the market
| took on considerable strength late in
the session, resulting in recovery of
nearly all the early loss. Bradstreet's
reported the worlds visible decrease at
l,775,000 bushels. Reports of heavy
cash sales at the seaboard helped the
advance. September opened at 1880
713sc, declined to 7O7sc and reacted to
lice, where it closed December open
ed at 1875 @79%c, declined to 1850 and
reacted to and closed at 1880, an ad-
vance of 1sc.
Corn was weak, especially so for Sep
TENDER, in which there was good deal
of important liquidation Elevator
people and receiving houses generally
were sellers, against liberal country ac-
ceptances. Western crop advices were
favorable and local receipts were large,
61S cars. There was a good rally from
the bottom on covering by shorts and
in sympathy with the late firmness of
wheat. September ranged from 3O5sc
to 31Ac, and closed 4c lower at 31@
81 Be. December closed unchanged at
2Sasc.
Oats were firm considering the de-
cline in other grain markets and the
unfavorable conditions affecting oats.
Receipts were heavy, S31 cars, and
country offerings were liberal. The
cash demand, however, was good and
this was influential enough to hold the
speculative market steady. Trading
was narrow all day. September ranged
from 1880 to $4,000, and closed a
shade higher at 1878 @20c. December
closed 1sc higher at 1870.
Provisions were extremely dull and
prices changed but little The tendency
during most of the SESSION was down.
ware, the result of lower hog prices.
There was moderate amount of Sep
TENDER liquidation done. Prices firmed
up during the afternoon, the market
closing steady for pork and lard and
little easier for ribs. At the close
September pork was a shade higher at
sS.22h; September lard shade higher
at $500, and September ribs a shade
lower at s5.O7k.
Estimated receipts for Wednesday:
Wheat, IS cars; corn, 295 cars; oats,
305 cars; hogs, $4,000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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METAL.

NEW YORK, August 22.-Interest
throughout the day in the local mar
ket was centered in tin land pig iron,
which advanced in substantial man
ner on good demand from all quarters.
The news from European markets aver
aged up distinctly in favor of the mar
ket generally and advices from the west
were also construed as of encouraging
purport to sellers. At the close the
Metal Exchange called pig iron war
rants firm with $15.37h bid and S15.75
asked; lake copper unchanged at
$3.50; tin quiet but firm with $31.5O
bid and $31.75 asked: lead unchanged
with $3.50 bid and $4.65 asked; spelter
dull at $565 nominal The brokers
price for lead is $4.35, and for copper
$3.50.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-23
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

WHEELING. August %.
The tendency toward weakness in prices
of farm and garden products. due to the
advanced season, as noted last week, con-
tinues Supply and demand are equal with
regard to butter and eggs, and prices are
unchanged. Local sweet potatoes are COM
ing in freely. Plums and grapes have made
their appearance on the produce stalls, and
the quotations are very reasonable. The
live stock market is fairly active, with no
change in conditions or prices since last
week Wheat is firm at present quota
tons, and flour is likewise unchanged in
price.
Prices secured from local jobbers yesrer-
day, are given below:
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DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK, August 22.-Demand
for staple cottons well sustained and
fair business done to-day. Heavy
brown sheetings and drills strong; sell
ers reserved on all leading brands.
Print cloths inactive and firm; odd
goods also firm and fair demand.
Bleached cottons in good request, ten
dency against buyers. Fancy woolens
and worsteds for mems wear in good
demand and firm.
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\
No. spring wheat, 6S@A.
No. 2 yellow corn 1926; No. red 7311a
No. 2 corn, 80.
No. 2 oats, 21921A; No. 8 white
22AQ23.
No. rye, IS.
No. barley333s @43.
No / fax seed 106@107.
Prime timothy seed, 246.
Mess pork, per bbl., 740@S25.
Lard per 100 lbs, 505@520.
Short ribs sides, (loose,) 490@520.
Dry sailed shoulders, (boxed), SIS q
q.
Short clear sides, (boxed), 545@555.
Whiskey, distiuers' finished goods
per gal, 126.
Sugars, cut loaf. unchanged; granu-
lated 4; standard "A, 4.
On the Produce Exchange to-day, the
butter market firm. Creameries 15@
20, diaries 1907.
Cheese firm, 5000.
Eggs firm. Fresh 21a.
NEW YORK, August 22.-Flour, re-
ceipts, 40,160 barrels: exports, Al. 1873
barrels; sales, 5000 barrels; market
barely steady and dull. owing to the
wide difference between buyers and
sellers.
Wheat. receipts, 205,675 bushels: ex-
ports, 206.4S4 bushels; sales, 1850, GOO
futures and $4,000 bushels spot; spot
easy; No 2 red II sc f. o. b. afioat spot;
No. / Northern Duluth S0asc 1. o. b.
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q We WE RAILROAD co.

Time Table Taking Effect May q, 1899.
Leave $50 a.. IN. Daily-Aecommodatlo
for Moundsviie. Darlington, New Mar
tfnsyille, Sistersville. ST. Marys, Wav-
erly, WILLIAMSBURG, Parkersburg and
intermediate points.
Leave 500 a. M. Except Sunday)-Fast
Express for Moundsvile, New Martins
Vile. SistersviAe, st. Marys. Williams
town, Parkersburg, Ravenswood. Mill
wood, Mason City, Pt. Pleasant, CALI
polls, Huntington, kenova, Charleston.
Sincinnati, Louisville and all points
South, East and West. Parlor car to
Leave iI:fa a. m Da!ly-Express for
Moundsville, Townasan. Darlington,
Proctor, New Martinsville. Sistersville
Friendly, St Marys, Wayerly. Williams
town, Parkersburg. havenswood.
Mason City, Pit Pleasant, Gallipolis.
Huntington, Kenova. Charleston. Ash
land. Russell, Ironton, and intermediate
points south of Parkersburg. Parlor
car to Parkersburg.
Leave 3:45 p. m Daily-Aecomnlodatio
for Parkersburg and intermediate
Leave $50 p. m. Except sundayY-Ex-
press for Sisters Vile Friendly St
Marys Waveriy, Williamstown, Park
ersburg. and intermediate points north
of S.stersville.
lilo O. m train will leave Wheeling at
II 35 a. n. Sundays.
City Passenger Agent 1900 Market Street
j q. TOMLfNSON
Ticket Agent. Union Station.
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: Groceries.

Syrup-Silver Drip Syrups 19c; Fancy
isDfips 23c &c addition in half barrels)
| New orleans Mclasses-Fancy new crop.
| New Orleans. 55c; bakers goods. 30c.
| Teas-1oung dyson, per ID, 30uooc gun
powder, 3gaeCc: o Imperial per 4uaoSc Japan Japan
| Candies-Star, full weight, SCI rarafine.
| per h., 91sc; Electric Light, per IN. 95ac.
standard city brands. 1Oulc per gallon;
! country. 1Sgl5c per gallon; as 20 Quality.
Fish-No. nackere!, 20 lbs. 60 FISH. $ 90;
No ex t. o ma S Abb! pew % i0s'
! Rice-Fancy Pearl, 61ae: choice Pearl.
| 6l4e; fair domestic SIC; fancy head The.
| s.25; dairy fine. five bushei sacks, s.
Provisions = Schenks medium s. C.
hams, lie; 2o-lb; average. los.c; s. G.
breakfast bacon, .Aas12e; :; G CO, shoulders
Canned Goods-3-Ib. fancy tomatoes Sc;
tomatoes. new SOC doz: tomatoes 355-lb.
| 81 25; Hartford Co standard corn. soc; Glib.
free. s1.S5; GLIB standard table s1.75;
| s225; Baltimore peaches. $3.50; pie
peaches. none: lib Deep Sea full standard
cove oysters, 90c: Acorn standard string
beans 90c; 2-lb can corn bee, as: lib
can Clipped beef. $3.50; lib. can lunch
Oil-Lard. extra western. strained. coo:
carbon oil, 10. Sc; CARBON, 153. sac; water
white SIC: Lewis miners winter white
oil 3Sc: summer white &c
I.ard-Schenks pure kettle, tierces, exc:
Silver Leaf, tierces, Size. The advance
for smaller packages over tierces is as fol-
lows: Tubs. &C; 50-lb tins, ne; 30
ID tins 12c; 10-lb tins, &c; 5-lb tins, 7sc:
3-lb tins, 1ssc.
Sugars-Cutloaf 6.12c: cubes 5.s7c: pow
dered 5S7c: granulated standard. Sic:
granulated, fine. 5.74c: Columbia A. 5.24c;
American A, 524c. white extra c, 4.s9c
c. 4S7c: choice fruit sugar 4.49c.
Coffee-Green coffee, fancy golden Rio.
16c; fancy green 15c: choice green. 14xc,
roasting grades, 10izc: Java. 26izc Roast
ed in packages, Arrow, 1e.04c: Panhandle
l0.04c; Arbuchle e. Co.'S. Roasted. 11.e4c:
Lion, 9.5fc: bulk roasted, 2ec. Moca and
government Java roasted 2sc; Moca and
Java. nc; A grade Rio. 23c.
Brooms-Ordinary sweeping. s1S0G2 50
per dozen. carpet. $3-0yft3 %; stable, So %,
whisps, 81 90; hearth, N.00.
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LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, August 22.-There was
the usual dull Tuesday market for cat
tie. Sales were weak and declining
prices except for the comparatively
few choice drOves on sale. Good to
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Produce.

Green Beans-40a5oc per bushel
Caulifiower-50I75c per dozen.
Peaches-California, $2.00Qs300 per six
basket carrier.
Apricots-Californa 81. 50G1. rs per crate.
Currants-S1 10000 per bushel crate.
Butter-Creamery, 23e; country, choice,
17a1Sc; country geod 1oc; country light
Zoe: hutterine 13M15c.
Eggs-12G19c per Dozen
Navy Beans-Hand picked $1.35Q1.40 per
Cheese-Prime Ohio factory sq91ac:
11G12c
Poultry-old live chickens g 1898 90 per
dozen; chickens. hens, per pound SQ9c.
spring chickens. s. SaqS 0V per dozen; per
EACH. turkeys. i've Weight. SSsc per
pound
Lemons-$3 25a3.75 per box.
Old Hags-12c per pound.
Honey. III comb. 15Ql6c Fer pound.
Potatoes-New, Acc per bushel; Sl.o0 per
barrel.
Sweet potatoes-s2O0 per barrel.
Parsley -l5Q20c per dozen huncnes.
Green Onions-1212G15c per dozen.
Lettuce-50d75c per bushef.
Onions-99c per bushel.
Tomatoes-3O035c per bushel box.
Radishes-l0c per dozen.
Cucumbers-13c per dozen.
Egyptian On.ons-$l.2o per buShei.
Cabbage Home, 75c per barrel.
Gooseberries-$2. % per bushel.
Green Apples-$225 per barrel:
Watermelons- IS. o0Gl4.eo per, hundred.
Blackberries-60Q65c per bucket.
Cantelopes-$150 per crate; Little Gems,
Sc per crate; 45c per basket.
Limes-sl.00 per crate.
Bananas 81. 2502.G0 per bunca-
Plums-$L25 per half bushel basket.
Grapes-MooTe early, lbs. per basket,
&c; 8 lbs, 1Sc; Ives 10. baskets, 14c-
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paper $50 winter wheat SILVER Lake, b
paper, $3-35. Rye fIoux III wood ST.
Wheat Per bushel. old CSC: new COO:
home. SOC
Feed Middlings per ton $500: bran. per
ton, $15.Uo
Hay-No. l baled hay. 1000: loose hay
$So0d9.00.
Straw-Loose S. 90: baled 800.
Chop-<&G0 per ton.
Dat Feed-$1600 per ton.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Extra. 1000 to 100. 81 25G450:
good. 900 to 1000, S4.0NQ4 Is, good. 500 to
900. s. 75d4 400, common. GO to 500, S. 25n
$50. bulls. s.. 000250
Hogs-Extra. s4.s5G475: good. A5ea46 5;
common. A250450
Sheep-Extra, $1,000. 25:-good s. 1904 90;
common s2.50uS0o. lambs A-50G5. So
Fresh Cows-At $a5.00lS5.00.
Calves-Ss 00d6. SO.
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NEW YORK. August ~ CONNER
cial Advertisers London financial
cablegram:
The markets here were harder in tone
to-day. Paris was tranquil and Trans
vaal developments better.
Americans were fairly active but OF
irregular movement, closing at the best
on New York support. The features
were B. & O. Con Berlin buying), Dem
yer & Rio Grande issues and Northern
Pacific. Foreigners also rallied. Span
ish As were 5Sa4; Tintos 4414; Anacon-
das 11@11 1-6. The bank bought
e16o,O in gold in bars and $4,000 in
German coin. Silver is still weak on
American sales. The bottom is
thought to have been reached.
NEW YORK, August 22.-Money on
call steady at 2a4@4 per cent; last loan
8 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 4A@5 per
cent.
Sterling exchange firm, with actual
business in bankers bills at S4.S6120
4.S6A for demand, and at $4.S3A@
4.S31a for sixty days; posted rates $4.S4
and $4.S71a.
Commercial bills $4.82% @483A.
Silver certificates 60@60Ac.
Bar silver 59Nc.
Mexican dollars 47Nc.
Government bonds steady.
u. S. rs registered MISUNDERSTANDING gls
u. S. IS registered ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 0S9s
u. S. IS coupon ......................... lVs9s
u. S. new As registered .........-.......l 5s4S
u. S. new As coupon III
II. S. old As registered .......-..-.......l l1H
u. S. old As coupon ......................1l 3A
u. S. IS registered ..................,...ll las
u. S. 5S coupon Hips
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Electric cars Bridgeport to Wheeling.
Consult ageHts .ar best routes and lows
go rates 70 all points
II q. CARREL.
= General Passenger Agent.
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NORTHWEST SYSTEM CLEyET4AND a.
PlTTSBURG DIVISION.
From bridgeport to

A@A%~
Fort Wayne and Chicago.
Canton and Tolsdo...........
Alliance and Cleveland. ....
SteubenviIle and Pittsburg
steubenville aud Wellsvills
steubenville and Pittsburg.
Fort Wayne and Chicago. :
Canton and Crestliie. ......
Alliance and Cleveland
steubenville and Wellsyille
Philadelphia and New forl
Toronto and Iittsburg ....
WelIsville and Pittsburg ;.
Baltimore and Washington
steubenville and Wellsvii<
New York and Washington
steubenvilie and Pittsburg
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gLeave.iArrlva

Parlor Car Wheeling to Pittsbnrg on,
2.s5 10 m and 600 p. m. train. Centrais
time. zone hour slower than Wheeling
J. @. TOMLINSON. ,
Passenger ard Ticket Agent $
Agent for all Steamship Lines. Il
The times., 1899-05-07
What They Wanted To he.
CFrom the London Globe.)

The editor of The Captain" the new
magazine for boys which has just been
started hit on the amusing idea of asking
some well-known men what they wished
to be when they grew up. The reality of
the ambition differs considerably in many
cases, and is alike in a few. Thus, Sir
Henry Irving wished to be an actor, and
Alma Tadema q painter; but Mr.. Crockett
fixed his young heart on the romantic pro-
fession of the engine driver, and was dis
couraged only by the circumstance that he
had to be stoker first. Had an express
been handed over to him in his first week
he might have been running 1t now. Grant
Allen can remember no time when he did
not want to be n poet To this day, he
says, only the accident that other people
think less of his rhymes that he does pre-
vents him from printing. 1t is not the
way. as a rule. to discourage poets.
Grant Allen shares his ambition with
John T. Tussaud. w. s. Gilbert desired to
be Horse Artilleryman, but is now glad
that he took to something else. John LIE
Sage, of THE Daily Telegraph" was for
cavalry service too. but he does not con-
fess to satisfaction that he is a journalist
instead. DR.. Conan Doyle yearned for the
emoluments and vicissitudes of the Civil
Engineers. hut was told by his master that
though an engineer he might become he
would never be a civil one. The ready wit
of that master seems to transport us at
bound to school again.
The times., 1899-05-07
New zea,and's Railways.

Correspondence OF the Baltimore SUM-
The New Zealand's steam railways are
owned and operated by the Government.
Compared with American railways they
seem like toy railroads. and the men play
ing train" The locomotive is queer and
small. The engine driver blows two loud
blasts OF the locomotives whistle before
starting. much like a steamer. a large
hand bell at the station Is loudly rung
prior to the shrieks OF the locomotives
whistle. The guard tconductor) walks up
and down the platform and says. Take
your seats-everybody take seats" in
stead of ''All aboard" after which he
blows a pocket whistle signal. like some
UnitedStates trolley car conductors, and the
train starts, but does not go much faster
than a horses slow pace except down
grade. The train stops in the bush and you
think an axle is broken or something is
wrong, probably ''hold-up." which they
call a ''stuck-up;" but no. the stop is made
merely to let the guard apply the brakes
Why do they want the brakes applied after
stopping? Well, you see. there is ahead
of US slight down grade. not very much,
but enough to require brakes. and the SOL
itary guard could not apply all the brakes
quick enough, so they wait ten minutes
for him to do so. 1t is almost like stop
ping an OK team in pioneer days. Air
has no bell but must always whistle.
The railway carriages have a plain.
square. fiat board seat against the sides OF
the coach lengthwise. Some have leathar
cushion to sit upon. A few late coachss
have six to eight narrow reversible seats.
A solitary step. high up. made of one piece
of board, aids the passenger to enter The
windows are small and near the roof.
Baggage checking Is unknown. You paste
a label on your baggage, they gather it
up and take it. but you must see that
they put it on at your destination and
must claim it in the general scramble be-
fore some one helps himself to it. Lit
ters posted in mail car must pay from
4 to u cents extra, according to their des-
tination. No trains run at night or on
Sunday. Live stock cannot travel on Mon
day or Friday. The cars for horses and
cattle are called carts; other freight cars
are termed wagons. They are built like
packing cases, and have no opening ex-
cept the missing roof. the door closing
tightly. and are scarcely one-fourth the
size OF American cars.
There are no trolley cars in all of New
Zealand. Notwithstanding a population OF
&C. 900 in Auckland and other towns almost
as large. They use busses chiefly. and a
few horse cars called trans" On race
days and other events the busses quit their
regular routes and carry people from the
centre of the town to the races and events.
leaving the residential section without
service.
The times., 1899-05-07
THE COUNTRY COUSIN.
And Her Ingenious and Charming
Blunder.
(From the Detroit Free Press }

(From the Detroit Free Press)
She was the dearest, sweetest, freshest
little girl you or anyone else ever saw.
The incident In which she igured-with
him-did not amount to much In itself. 1t
was just her blush that made 1t charming,
such a genuine blush.
He was city fellow In a frockcoat that
he wore uncomfortabiy, a high hat and
lavender gloves, to say nothing of the var
nished shoes and the sharply creased
trousers.
Obviously she was a country cousin. He
had walked her over the bridge to Belle
Isle yesterday afternoon and coming back
she had complained of feeling tired and in
need of some sort Of stimulant. He sug-
gested nice little supper, just to show OFF
to her that he knew how TO order sup
per, also to show off to her an exceedingly
attractive little cafe.
But she said, no, that she wasn't hun
cry. So they compromised. They went
into another restaurant and he scanned
the card the waiter offered. He wasn't
hungry either; all he wanted was bowl
OF bread and milk, and she thought cup
OF coffee would brace her. He wrote down
the order on slip and by and by it was
served.
She slipped at her coffee. He broke a
fist full of crackers into his milk and
raised the spoon to his mouth. She took
n knife in her hand and reached across to
plate before him whereupon rested rec
tangular slab of something nice and soft
and yellow. She cut off a corner and
spread a cracker with It. The waiter was
standing at the end OF the table She
raised the morsel and tasted it, then she
made wry face.
"oh, Cousin George" she said, what
awful butter you city folks have to eat.
When you visit us next summer wen give
you some butter that is butter
Then the waiter went and did 1t. With
grin he looked down upon that dear, in
genuous little girl and said, ''Scuse me,
but dat amt buttah, dat's cheese"
ON. that blush; as soft as the tint OF the
petal of rose at first 1t grew and deep
ened until 1t suffused the girlish face with
deep red like the last glow of an autumn
sunset. And moisture welled up to the
eyes. She couldn't swallow the bit of
cracker, but she tried SO hard. He, good
fellow that he was, changed the subject,
and by and by that blush lowered It's fam
ing banner until when they rose from the
table. her face was as fair as lily.
And an old man with a rubicund coun-
tenance who sat across the room and no.
ticed and heard all, muttered to himself.
Thank heaven. / thought the faculty of
blushing was dead. lost art I am disil-
lusioned; the word isn't so bad after all"
And in the excess OF his emotion he tip
ped the waiter quarter.
The times., 1899-05-07
RAPID TELEGRAPHY.
The Pollack System and Lieutenant
Sguier's Claims Compared.

SNss.tHS &hahnhS puFc0.
(From the New York Tribune)
The short cable dispatch of last week
from Vienna saying that Herr Pol ask had
devised method of telegraphy which
would transmit sixty thousand words an
hour-or one thousand words q minute
naturally excites enquiry as to other
modes OF securing rapid transit in teisgra-
phy. by hand and the Morse key an ope-
rator can send only about forty or fifty
words minute for any length OF time
but by punching out holes in a strip of
paper Wheatstone improved on this rate
considerably. The strip Is fed into a ma
chine. and transmits automatically. The
message is received by machine, too. and
then must be translated and transcribed
In ordinary practice the Wheatstone sys-
TEN does not send over one hundred and
fifty or two hundred words minute
There is a record, however Of something
like six hundred words minute made in
England. where. this method originated
Then there are various systems that en-
ploy strip OF paper which has been soak
ed in some chemical solution for receiv-
ing purposes. An iron pen rests on the
moving paper, and whenever an electric
impulse is transmitted IL changes the color
of the latter where the contact occurs.
The message is registered by the Morse
code, or any other that may be preferred.
AS many as seven hundred or eight hun
dred words have been sent by some OF
these chemical methods.
Something of sensation was created
two years ago by the announcement by
Lieutenant Squier. OF the United States
Army, Of new way to secure high speed.
His mechanism was explained by "The
Tribune" at that time. He uses an alter
mating instead of continuous current,
and attained speed of three thousand
words minute. Herr Pollack only talks
about one thousand a minute. 1t is evil
dent, then. that while he has done better
than Wheatstone he has not matched
Squier.