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The times., 1899-06-19
OUR FOREIGN TRADE
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
Apparent Reasons for a De-
crease in Exports.
Reduction Confined Entirely to
Agricultural Products.
The Farmer Receives Higher Prices
for Many ArticIes-Great Increase
in Manufactured Goods.

Good crops in all the world in 1898 and
1899 will probably make Americas figures
for the fiscal year about to end a few mil
lion dollars less than those of the banner
year of 1898. The figures covering the ex-
ports during the eleven months ending
with May. which have been received by
the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, indi-
cate that during the eleven months the
total exports are about six million dollars
less than those of the corresponding
months of the preceding year and it is
quite probable that the total for the full
year will be slightly below those of the
great and unprecedented year of 1898.
That they will be much in excess of any
other year, however, is equally apparent.
For the eleven months of the year 1899
the total exports are 81, ,1SO, 629.572, while
in no earlier year except 1898 did the total
exports of the eleven months reach the
billion dollar line
The following table shows the total ex-
ports from the United States in each year
from 1889 to 1899 in the eleven months
ending with May:
The times., 1899-06-19

Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co.,
members of the New York Exchange,
14JQ # Street
The times., 1899-06-19
THE sYNDIcATE's BONDS.
They Are TO he offered for Sale at
Par on Wednesday,.


The United States Mortgage and Trust
Company, Brown Brothers & CO.. and
Kountze Brothers, of New York, offer for
public subscription at par and accrued in
terest ST. 900 first mortgage collateral
trust, l-2 per cent fifty-year gold bonds,
due l949, of the Washington Traction and
Electric Company, the corporation which
has acquired for consolidation, by the
purchase of bonds and stocks the Potomac
Electric and United States Electric COM
panies, and alr the street railroads of the
District, with the exception of the Capital
Traction Company, owning total mileage
of 1l6 miles, all of which is now or soon
will be under electric traction.
The total authorized issue of bonds is
500 ,000. 900, OF which $6,55S, 900 will be re-
served to retire outstanding bonds of the
constituent companies, and 81, 1,442, 900 will
$12. 200, ,000 an amount of si,25O, 900 has al
ready been sold, and the balance of ST.
750, 900 is now offered for subscription.
H II. Vreeland, President. and F. S.
Pearson, chief engineer. of the Metropol-
itan Street Railway Company. OF New
York. state in their report to the bankers,
I'VE should estimate the combined revenue
for the lighting and railway companies at
about 81. 100000 and within three years
there should be combined revenue of at
least $4,000, 600" Subscription books will
be opened on Wednesday, June q, at 10
o'clock, and close at p. m. on that day
or earlier.
Subscriptions in Washington will be re-
ceiyed by the West End National Bank.
The times., 1899-06-19
Strike Raises the Price of Coal.

Altoona, Pa, June 1S.-Bituminous coal
has been advanced in the Eastern market
to s2.05 ton. The cause of this is The
strike among the miners in the Clearfield
region 1t is predicted that there will be
still further advance. Two weeks ago
this coal was selling at $1.S0 a ton.
week ago 1t jumped to s1.90 on the strength
of the rumor that there would be a strike.
There is practically no change in the
strike situation.
The times., 1899-06-19
opening a Road in Peru.

Lima, Peru. June 1S.-President Pierola
will go personally to inaugurate the new
cart road from oroya to Cerro de Pasco.
There will be special trains TO oroya and
coaches thenceforward for the authorities
and guests There will be q grand festival
and reception at Cerro de Paseo, with
illuminations balls, banquets and rifle
match The new road will allow ores to
be transferred rapidly between Cerro and
Callao.
The times., 1899-06-19
Imaginary Ailments.

There are many who have pains in the
back and imagine that their kidneys are
affected. while the only trouble is a rheu-
matism of the muscles, or at worst, lum-
bago, that can be cured by few applica-
tions of Chamberlain's Pain Balm or by
dampening a piece of flannel with Pain
Balm and binding it on over the affected
parts. For sale by Henry Evans, 93s F
Street northwest. wholesale and retail, and
all druggists.
The times., 1899-06-19
DATED JUNE 1, 1899.


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@ @ GPds. % @ @ % o @ % i E as
From % ] @ s 9 s % % s % ss ,sa @ %i9 :5@5 be are ss = sH5 5 Hs
and % % o % ] @ @ % s 7 6s usas t s e @ @ % aeP4 s4f sB @ @
@ s u and 5 G'a $ % f & pd OUTSIDE % eR t @ % be % ' ] S the city from
opening Z mad dsret&
' @ s9@; @ % 6a @ % ss % $ a3 @ i operate, by animal traction and
% In @ e .ns @ present of the "rio"s street LET raj lines
cities
properties wiz $3.50 per year VI '"ee
% @ d % % ] % y & the @ % @ @ Ea @ 2 e and sfn9 snt oFs6 S
S5a @ @ pSsd @ % sa & % Pss % under % = 9a 80 S fas dHsnt %s
should &c ID S % qssB % should 3 Bt & ssd Cd @ So @ cent the % I @
the ] s & g. s @
lighting ] has AS aen @ @ % ass ] @ o 9 4f % 3 Of E The Gs' Seminary 6m 5e
wholly aSs and aa % % fdny E % % F@ssd i Moreover. @
% nd % proper % % @ largely % asessd % the two companies extremely
havein
close attention to development of business
electric
be combined least $1,000 ~ "F'F ''"'''
@ . "a ] 5s as @ So ss35 @ ] st % ] @ g. &c 5g .S:s
O plIsa5s s3l s.s9 : E ssns, g w York,
Application
] R m nB r AND REPORTS AND COPIES OF THE
HAVING SOLD OF BONDS WE OFFER THE
REMAINING s7,75oooo AND ACCRUED INTEREST
@ San % TIE RE 'G W %
OF THE
T o @s Ne ON T n 'S " 10 N" AND CLOSE
Is REDUCE
UNITED STATES MORTGAGE & TRUST COMFY.
SO Cedar Street. New York.
BROWN BROTHERS & COMPANY,
SO Wall Street, New York,
Cor. 4th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia.
SO State Street, Boston.
KOUNTZE BROTHERS.
120 Broadway, New York.
Washing @. will by
WEST END NATIONAL BANK.
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Money to Loan
On Furniture. Pianos. Etc

II you are in need Of money. We desire to In
form you OF our method We can secure you
a loan on an easy monthly payment plan. at less
cost than before and below the rate OF any
other company II the city. You can pay in full
at any time after the loan is secured and il viii
only cost you for such time you have had the
money. Our business is strictly private. and all
applications are treated confdentially. II you
have loan with any other concern. you Sc
cure a loan through US to pay il and get more
money il desired II viii pay you to call and see
US before going e.sewhere We are ready at any
and all times during office hours to give intorma-
ton concering our business methods, and you
viii receive courteous treatment
CAPITAL LOAN GUARANTEE CO.,
ap19-tf COZ ST. n. W.
The times., 1899-06-19
Chicago Grain and Provision Market

Corrected daily by W. 2. Hibbs & Co..
members Of the New York Exchange,
1AtQ + Street.
The times., 1899-06-19
FINANCIAL.
The Bull Market.

In our opinion this is but a waiting spell. We
still expect to see higher prices by July l, and
still higher prices before July Fl. The insiders
have the stocks. Nothing further is needed 10 as
sure bull movement Buy the CoALERs, the
VANDERBILTS, and the Traction shares. There
are yet great possibilities in B. R. T. and Man
haitian
The times., 1899-06-19

from Boston regarding the likelihood of
the completion of early arrangements to
pay accumulated dividends on the preferred
stock and begin payments on the common
The times., 1899-06-19

50 Cedar Street, New York.

CABLE BUILDING, a2I BROADWAY.
NEW YORK, May 81, 1899.
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In Defense OF the Fireplace.

Besides the factor OF genuine hap
piness in the home fireplace repays
us for the care it requires in the most
practical way. An open fire is the
best ventilator that can be conceived,
and if the living room of home have
such a fire there is one spot at least
where one is sure of pure air. Head
aches will not be common in such a
room, nor nervous "fdgets" from
close dry heat-such heat as marks
the atmosphere of furnace and steam
heated houses. In addition to the
living room fireplace there should be
one bedroom st least in every house
where on open fire may be command
ed in case of sickness. The problem
often most unsolvable for both
trained and unframed nurses is that of
ventilation in sick-room With an
open fireplace there is no question to
solve, no thought necessary. Impuri-
ties in the air are sucked up as fast as
they accumulate, and fresh air drops
down, to be heated before breathed by
the patient. Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-05-30
DOCTOR TOO LATE.
The Mosquito Had Saved tho Snake.
Litton Man-An Agus Cure.

Iitton MRn-An Agus Cure
New York Press: "TaIkin' abou,
rattlesnakes." said an Erie railroad
brakeman, did you ever hear how the
mosquitoes saved a mans life I'D near
CUR Summit last summer? Well. while
getting out railroad ties in a slashln'
over back Of the Summit. Abe More
mouse was bitten in the log by A rat
Jlesnake. A Susquehanna doctor was
at once sent for and the leg was band
aged tightly above the wound II
was expected that Morehouse would
die before tho doctor could come nm
the pike on his bike Just as soon as
the leg was barred TO put on the band
age u was attacked by a swarm OF
mosquitoes, and when the doctor ar
rived he found the man as lively az n
cricket and in no need of a doctor. but
me ground wss covered with dead and
dying mosquitoes They had sucked
the poison from the wound and saved
Warehouses life. The mosquitoes pre-
scnted their bills and died. The doc
tor presented his bill and got his
money. This was hard on tho mos
quitoes, but J presume Morehouse's
life was worth savin' There was Sol
Iimson. another brakeman Sol used
to- brake ON the Delaware division.
from Susqu"hauul % Port Jervis Ho
had the aguo awfully. Had 81 so bad
That some of his teeth shook out and
he shook the buttons or his coat A
Tot of his friends had e,tr, ,,,ro- s-
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New Styles in TabIe-Linen.

The Introduction of striped table
linen this winter revives the fashion of
| twenty years ago, and the careful
housewife who has saved her table
| cloths of that back period can bring
them forth with the consciousness that
they are just in the fashion. Although
the stripes and patterns are somewhat
similar, the quality of the linen has
| changed. The new designs come from
France, and the linen made in that
country is lighter than the Irish linen.
There is no real change in the patterns
of the Irish linen from year TO year;
and as the material is heavy and dura-
bic, 1T is more economical in the end.
The present-day striped linen comes
both with and without a border. The
former has longitudinal stripes of plain
damask about three inches wide, and
the latter quarter-inch damask stripes
with delicate hair lines between. This
is called the thousand-line pattern, and
resembles the old designs more than
the wide striped tabie-cloths. The
French linen is not intended to lastas
long as the Irish or Scotch, for it de-
ponds largely upon its changing de-
signs and styles to attract purchasers;
but for those who can afford it, very
artistic effects can be produced. Only
the very wealthy can keep up with oil
the changing fashions in table-cloths,
and the moderately wealthy find the
good old substantial Irish linens the
most servicenble for all purposes.
Round tables for the dining-room
are still in vogue, and the square or
long table has not yet come to sup
plaut them. One judges this from the
linen sales at the stores. The favorite
table cloth this winter has been the
size marked four yards square. This
just fits the round table, and would
not be very serviceable for the long.
square table
Lace trimmings for table-cloths and
luncheon napkins are ultra now. The
Duchess lace and the point-de- Yenise
lace are the most fashionable for this
purpose; but the prices for them are
exorbitant. \ small table linen with
lace trimmings costs hundred or two
hundred dollars; but if one happens to
own the lace it is au easy matter to
stitch it to the new table-cloths at
home. The lace should be perfectly
white. The butter colored and ecru
lares are marked down to one-third
their former prices. The New Voice.
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An Eye Witness Describes One for
I,encnI

An Eye Witness Describes One for Our
benefit.
But tie crows, what of them? Luck
lily, l gained an advantageous point of
view. after deal of painful crawll:ss
through the weeds; and briers' thorns
are sharper in January than at other
times. or human flesh more sensitive.
Adjusting the field glass, | saw-not
iancied | saW-that one crow, from a
commanding position, was haranguing
the assembled multitude What |
heard was one crows voice that varied
or rung the changes on the basic sylla-
BILE kaw about as follows: Ka-ee. ka
kawi kaw ka: and then there was a
babel of kaw-ka-a-a. that clearly ex-
pressed assent, an apparent that's
so. that was ludicrOusly like the chat
ter OF congregated humanity when an
orator stoops to their comprehension.
After momentary pause, the orator,
as we VIII call the speaking crow, re-
sumed his speech, and the variations
of kaw lIa were repeated, hut with
many sounds like e-e and a trill. as
ar-r-r-r. The latter were always, |
thought, uttered in more rapid man
ner tn what | have called the basic
syllable, kaw, and certainly were ac-
companied with more gestures. Ac-
curate description is impossible. words
and actions were so rapid. but nv
impression would doubtless not have
varied had the crow been more DELHI
crate. The most striking feature of it
all. however, was the dissent of the
gathering on two occasions. which was
as plainly marked as the previous as
sent had been. The utterance was
wholly different, and the accompany
ing gestures likewise varied. The
twisting and turning of the head and
neck was most pronounced-a turning
away, as It were, from the suggestion:
and there was also a decided wing
movement that did not notice before.
corresponding in some measure to the
hand and arm movement among our.
selyes when excited to the point Of be
ing demonstrative.- G. Abbott.
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A SCHOOL ON WHEELS.
How the westIng house Air-Brako System
Is Taught.

few weeks ago there rolled into
he yard of the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford railroad, at Park
square, most unusual kind OF school
house. 1t was backed upon a siding.
ana remained there until IT left the
city This schoolhouse. with its corps
OF competent instructors. is the only
one of its kind in this country, or in
the whole world for that matter, and
Is owned and operated by the West
inghouse Air Brake company. 1t is
made up OF three cars and has Travelled
more than fifty-five thousand miles. In
IL more than one hundred thousand
railroad men have been instructed
within the eight years of its exist
ehce. 1t is a perfectly constructed
school house, fitted with every appl
ance for instructing the pupils in the
use OF the Westinghouse Air Brake
system, and has its principal and It's
competent teachers. When the West
lnghouse air brake was invented and
apphed to steam railroads, it was
round TO be the best thing of its kind
ever invented, provided it was proper
~ handled. II is automatic in its &C
ton, but the best results could not
De obtained without competent man
at the throttle, who understood per-
tectly Just what results might be OBJ
Gained with certain amount of pres
sure. 1t was this fact that led to the
establishment of the schoolhouse,
which just now has its headquarters
IN boston. 1t was the idea OF getting
the best results out OF the brake, and
therefore insuring greater safety to
me passengers and saving Of prop
srty 10 the railroads and shippers, that
was the inspiration of this remarkable
school 1t was in 1889 that the three
cars that compose the schoolhouse
were built in Altoona. Pa. by the
westinghouse Air Brake company. The
instruction car is equipped with the
tull number OF air brakes, number of
teet or piping, coupling, auxiliary res
ervoirs, etc, to equip a freight train
or thirty cars, and also to equip a pas
5enger train of fifteen cars fitted with
the whistle signaling device. The in
structon car weighs 135.000 pounds,
ana is one of the heaviest cars that
ever Travelled the rails Of a railroad.
More than 10000 railroad men have
received instruction and have been
examined as to their competency. The
schoolhouse of three cars has been on
every railroad west of the Mississippi
river, including Manitoba, Canada and
Mexico. II has also been over thou
sands of miles of railroad on the MID
ole Atlantic, central and southern
States. Boston Transcript.
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Tie Fender-Cushions.

From England comes word OF FEM
der-cushions in lieu OF hearth -rugs.
These cushions are made quite two
feet in width and fit around the fen
der at the floor line, following the
curve quite to the iambs of the man
telpiece. The cushions are covered
with some dull-fnished.. material like
velvet or corduroy, whose color
should be of the neutral shade of the
ground of the carpet. They are but
toned at regular intervals with COW
cred buttons, the edges being fnished
with a silk cord. The amateur will
find it difficult to make these cush-
ions, as expert cut and finish are need
ed to prevent a clumsy appearance.
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MuGins-Three tablespoonfuls OF
sugar, one tablespoonful of butter.
two eggs, two and one-half teaspoon
tuIs OF baking powder, one cupful of
sweet milk aud three cupfuls Of flour.
Baked Eggs-Break six or seven
eggs into a butterel dish, taking care
that each is whole and does not en-
croach too much upon the others.
Sprinkle with pepper and salt and
place tiny piece Of butter upon each.
Bake in oven until tho whites are well
set and serve very hot with rounds of
buttcred toast.
Creamed Ouions-Poel and boil tho
onions until tender, then pour over
them the following sauce: Put a pint
OF mill, into a saucepan TO boil. Rub
10 cream two tablespoonfuls of but
ter with one of flour. When the milk
begins TO boil, or is near it., stir this
cream into 10 and continue TO stir until
1t is thickened and the -four is cooked
Season with salt and pepper and pour
over the onions.
Cold Tapioca Pudding Soak one
cup of tapioca over night i'm quart o.
cold water Drain off tho water i'm tho
morning and put the tapioca and q
quart aud u half OF milk into double
boiler. Cook for forty five minutes.
then add one teaspoourul OF salt. Stir
well and cook fftcou minutes longer.
Wet a mold i'm cold watcr, turn tho
pudding into it and set it away to cool.
Serve with cream aud sugar
Tartare Sauce-Beat vol tho yollsg
OF four eggs, stir i'm Onc-haIf teaspoon
iul of salt and one teaspoonful of mus
tard, then beat in tablespoonful of oil,
then one Of vinegar aud so ON till the
sauce is Of the right consistency. MS.
ing more oil than vinegar. The oil
must be added very gradually. After
this has been thoroughly beaten, add
two dessertspoonfuls of mixed chopped
olives. Capers and ghcrkius.
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WHEELS AT THE PANS FAIR.
Ample Preparations Being Mad. to sher
Bicycles.


The wheel. according TO the New
York Herald, will occupy an honoyed
place at the Paris exposition. No
where in the world are there more en-
.husiastic wheelmen than the members
ef the famous Touring Club de France.
aSd they have not bsen slow to avail
themselves Of this opportunity to draw
ne attention of the civilized world to
the modern wheel with all its latest
improvements. A committee was ap-
pointed some time ago 10 see about
me construction OF q building in which
the wheels could be exhibited. and
about the selection OF 4 suitable site.
ana now the news comes that an ad-
miraole site has been granted by the
authorities in charge OF the exposition.
and that on it stately building will
be erected within a very short time
he site is near the Eiffel tower. and
close to the entrance OF the Champ de
Mars. Anyone who knows Paris will
see that no better site could have
been selected. All the visitors to the
exposition. whether they are interest
- S-~' NAA45 VI nOls VIII De sure 10
pass by this spot, and cannot help be-
ing attracted by the artistic edifce that
Is to be reared in honor OF the ubiquit-
Gus wheel. The building has been de-
signed by N. Custave Rives. and is
described by those who have seen his
plans as marvel of beauty No pains
VIII certainly be spared so far as orna-
mentation and other decorations are
concerned. Contracts for this and all
other necessary work will soon be
awarded, and it is expected that the
building will be completed at an early
date. American as we'll as foreign
wheelmcn will doubtless spend many a
pleasant hour in this building. Hard
ly a week passes that some attempt is
not made TO improve the bicycle in
one direction or another. and If we
would find out about these so-callsd
improvements and learn how many of
them axe really worth anything we
must study them at our leisure in.
this place. That thousands will do so
is certain
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
To Keep Groceries.

Instead of keeping sugar, tea, oat-
meal and other groceries in the bags
in which they are sent from the store,
put them at once in small wooden
boxes or large jars with tight-fitting
covers. A great deal of strength will
be lost if the groceries are kept care
lessly in the paper bags, besides the
untidy appearance of the pantry
shelves, the inconvenience aud the
waste that is sure to be great in the
course of the year by the tearing OF
the paper bags and the splitting of the
contents over the pantry shelves.
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The fish may be represented by OBJ.
long pieces of cardboard Or mamma
has time, pictures of fish may be past.
ed on these, the under side OF each
having q number TO tell the child the
weight Of the fish he has caught. On
the upper side place small double.
pointed tacks, into which the hook i;
caught. The fishing hook NAV be
made of bent pin, and for the pole
a long pencil will answer On RAINY
or snowy day the little ones will en-.
Joy this sport hugely, and there will be
no catching cold.
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Mars, l watch affairs on earth close
ly." began the exalted Pluto, as h,
famed himself with a section Of hale
in the midst of the great hereafter
and l have become of the opinion tina
you are losing yigor Everything war
like, from pugilism and the Spanisl
wars up to the general warc!oad thu
you have had hanging over Europe fo,
the last forty years, ends about tho
same way" THAT IS true" replied TN
illustrious god OF war. but. the fact is
have sold out my whole business II
Acolus."
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WIZ '1"al applies lions, as they cannot reach
Tn" seat OF che disease. CAtorrh is "A blood or
constitutional disegsr, snd in order 90 cure
~ You must take Internal remedies Halls
C'sL2rrh Cure IL taken internally. and acts d.
r"itly ON the blood ana mucous surface. Halls
OaGtrrh Cure l. not guRck medicine. 1t was
prescribed by one OF tbc best PHYSICIANS In
TINS country for years, and is a regular pre-
seription. 1t Is composed OF the best tones
known, combined with the best blood purifiers
acting directly on the mucous surfaces The
perfect combination OF the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in cur
ing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free
+; j. CHENEY < Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. price. 7Jc.
Halls Family pills are the best.
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chrr.,nthcmnm. Ont Of Fashion

Chrysanthomums are going out of
fashion in England One society for
raising the flowers. after having had
ten prosperous years. has been Obliged
to wind up It's affairs, owing to the
tad business of the last two yers