davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1899-01-31
MIXED rribunaI. 20 Rem.,u.

CAIRO. January sl.-An the powers have
agreed TO proiongation OF the mixed trt-
bunals for . year from tomorrow.
Evening star., 1899-01-31
zRC Takes Amy Pair of
Il, wv House Slippers.

All Stoll kept-and that means Patent Leather
Nullifers Soft and kid-lined, Wei SLIPPERS
faten back ones, Soft Black House Shoes French
fafeat Leather PulHps-in fact. the hest of all
good lines They sold high $3.50 a pair.
40 matter what thcfr price WAS. today You can
"'s a"s pan .
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

CHICAGO, Dec. 30-There was less
than an hours business in any of the
markets today. The cold weather and a
Slight Improvement in the cash demand
steadied wheat, May closing at a shade
gain over yesterday. Corn closed a shade
and oats 1sc better, and provisions I'M
changed to 21ac lower
A microscopic comparison Of yester-
days final figures for May wheat with
the initial price today showed a shade
loss, this option being at ssh @693sc. This
was laid at the door Of Liverpool, which
was off Hc. The tone was steady, how
ever, as the weather was reported very
cold, and 250,C00 blu Of Duluth wheat were
worked from here to New York late yes
terday. When an additional sale of 100-
600 bu was announced today shorts stop
ped smashing hats and throwing grain
long enough to do a bit of covering so
as to leave the old year with accounts
evened up. May, with this encourage
ment, attained the dignity of 6913c, and,
though almost completely neglected
thereafter, managed to close steady at
69$s@691Ac, a shade better than yester-
days final quotation.
An increase of from 25O, 900 to 100000 in
the visible was predicted in the pit here
Primary receipts were 156, 400 bU, against
754,100 a year ago. Minneapolis and Duluth
report 36S cars, compared with COS last
year. The local receipts were 70 cars,
10 contract grade. Seaboard exports in
wheat and flour were equal to $4,000 bu.
In the corn market such movements as
were visible to the naked eye indicated
steadiness, and May closed a shade up,
at 1924 @327sc. Country acceptances were,
as usual, light, and there was no indica-
ton of immediate Improvement in that
direction. Local receipts, 1853 cars
Oats market, generally distinguished
for being almost indistinguishable, exhib-
tied a fair general trade, but the tone
throughout was firm. One concern sold
some pay, presumably against a big cash
purchase, early in the week. Receipts,
POP cars. May ranged from 295s@2334c to
237sc, closing &c up, at 233z@297sc.
Provisions were q little easier, the
factors being liberal receipts and indica-
lions Of continued liberality next week,
together with weaker prices at the yards.
The market was changing one and re-
suited in a slight narrowing of the Jan
uary-May difference. Commission houses
were sellers of May pork and lard, and
one packer buyer of lard. Packers re-
ported small sales of product. May op-
ton closed: Pork, 215c under, at $1045;
lard, $5.S219; ribs, PIC under, at $5.521a.
Estimates Monday: Wheat, 1907 corn,
$50; oats, 220 cars; hogs, $4,000 head.
There will be no session of the board
New Years day.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

lead pipe attached to a ground wire and
to set fire to the escaping gas"
The dangers from these cases, unless
they come from the crossing of connect
ing wires with higher potential currents,
are chiefly that the slow process of cleo
trolysis might cause leaks and damage
by water or escaping steam, effluvia from
sewage pipes or the like. There have
been cases however, where gas pipes
We're melted by electricity in these two
cities, and disastrous fires resulted. The
destruction of Westminster church in
Minneapolis in 1895 was a notable instance.
The chief difficulty seems to be, how
ever, with the underground connections
of gas, water, telegraph, telephone and
electric lighting circuits. The dangers
from fire in the case of gas, and the pos
sible damage from overflow and possibly
waste of water at a critical time, are
perhaps remote, but Mr.. Wynkoop In
clines to the belief that they are ever
present
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
HOLIDAY FROLICS.
Antics of Brokers on Floor Inter-
3ered With Days Business.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-The transactions
of the Stock exchange today were more
or less Interrupted by the holiday frolics
Of the brokers on the floor, but there
was sufficient trading in evening-up ac-
counts for the close of the year to make
quite an active market, and some irrcgu-
larity in prices. The Baltimore & Ohio
stocks. after their upward Leap of yester-
common falling back nearly 21a and the
preferred over a point.
The most active Of the specialties, in
Guiding Sugar the To6ace1s and the
inclined to react, although the undertone
was strong, and there was a disposition
after the first Of the year The expecta-
ton of this demand Is based upon the
sudden relapse in the money rates at ali
the leading financial centers, the London
discount rate falling below the bank rate
today, and the Berlin rate showing a
further decline. This gives ground for the
hope that the export movement of gold
will be brought to a stop. 1t is possible,
however, that the relaxation IN foreign
money rates may be based on eXpecta-
lions of further supplies of gold from
this country. That being the case, bank
ers believe that there may be occurrences
of money stiffness in January.
The days trading demonstrated that the
level Of prices still offers inducements for
lots of less than 100 shares continued even
more conspicuous than on recent days.
All grades of stocks were embraced In this
demand. down to the non-dividend paying
stocks with only remote prospects of re-
turn. The prevailing sentiment on the eX-
change was decidedly buIlish.
Prices of gilt-edged investment bonds
were not much affected in last week s
liquidation, but the junior grade, or new
ly issued CT contingent-paying bonds
which suffered last week have been in
good demand this week. United states
threes, old tours, new fours and tlves &C.
clined Il in the bid price.
STOCK QUOTATIONS..
Furnished by Charles H F. Smith &
Co., members Of the New York Stock eX-
change, Pioneer Press building, who have
direct wires to Chicago and New York.
Closing prices are bid:
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HOGS.
COmnaratiNe receints.

Comparative receipts:
Total for today. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1850
A week ago. .,..t3..................... 1,156
n year 1, 40
Quotations.: Mixed and butchers, $4iO0
4.15; heavy packing and rough, SO. 1908 IS;
good to prime light, $4Q4.1212; stays and
boars, S1.5OQ3.25; pigs, $3.25@3.80 80.
Hog receipts were fair for Saturday
The demand was fair but at prices that
averaged sc lower. The close was weak
at the decline The bulk Of the good hogs
sold at $4.1212 with range of $4.O5Q4.l5
Representative sales:
Mixed and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
NOVEL DAMAGE SUIT.
w. f. Beck Asks Telegraph Com
pany to Pay for Loss of n Bride.

pany to Pay for Loss of "A Bride.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Dec. 8O.-W. F.
Beck, Of Blocton, Bibb county, has filed
suit in the United States court against
the Western Union Telegraph company,
claiming $4,000 damages for delay in the
delivery Of q telegram to Miss Ward, now
Mrs. Dora Ragland. He alleges. that the
delay caused Miss Ward to become the
bride of another man, and lays his claim
to damages on this basis, setting up
wounded affections, heart ache and men
tai anguish as incidental sufferings.
1t is averred that three young men, the
plaintiff included, were all very attentive
to Miss Ward, and that on a certain day
she telegraphed to the three to come to
see her, indicating that her choice Of the
three was to be made that day. Mr. Beck.
by reason Of the failure of his telegram
to reach Miss Ward in time, did not have
his hardness in answering her summons
explained, and charged that this caused
her to become Mrs. Ragland. The parties
are we'll known and popular young people.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
BONDS.

u. s. rs, reg. .10215iN. c. 6s......127
do IS, reg. ITO do As ...........107
| do IS, coup. no n. P. 6s..........110
do new is, reg 1889 do prior As. .103%
do new As, coup133A do gen. 3s.. 65H
do old As, reg. ia lN.Y.,C. & ST. s1O11t
do old As, coup .115 N. & w. con. Is. 9O15
do 5s, reg. 49,. .112& do gen. 6s.....12715
do 6s, coup. .112A or. Nav. lists. Ito
District IS, SIS. .119 do IS .......... .1O1
Can. So. Eds. -. .1G724 Or. S. L. es. 1851
Ches. & o. 41As.. So do con. 5s..... .1191a
c. & n. W.con7s14O r. 6. ". lists. 81 :
do S. F. deb.5s115 s .L.&. I'M. con. IS. ITO
Chi. Term. as. 1915 SL& ST. gen. 6s12O
D. & r. G. lists .10lA st. Paul CON-. .166
do As .......... 9S12 ST. p, C. & P.1sts11Sas
Erie gen. 4s...... 20 So. Ry. 5s.. -. 1851
F.W.& D. C.1sts. 70&l $. r. 8, T. 6s.... 1914
Gen, Flee. IS. .119 Tenn n. set. IS. 81
G, H. & S.,A6s.1o IN. & P. lists III
do IDS los do Eds ......... "a
H, & T. c; Ss... 1929 Y: P. As: ......., .1041z
do con. ITO Wabash lists ....114
Iowa Cen. lists. no do Eds .......... SO
KC.,P. & G.1sts 6812iWest Shore as. .112A
La. new con. 4s .16S14 lWis Cen. lists. 91%
L. & N. Uni. As. SO Wa Centuries -. SAY
M, X & T. Eds. 68 do deferred 80.
do As ........... 90A Col. So. 4s........ So
N. Y G.. lists. .112h $50. Pacific 4s.... 81
N. ]. G. gen. 5s .12O34l
FOREIGN FINANCIAL-New York.
Dec. 30.-The Commercial Advertisers
London financial cablegram says: The
tone of the markets here today was good
but business was restricted. Three more
unimportant failures were announced
Consols touched SO 1-16 and closed at 99A
Americans were strong, finishing ct the
best we'll over parity. A fair amount Of
business was done in them. Baltimore &
Ohio securities were the chief feature
but they closed under 1NeW York prices"
NEW YORK MONEY-New York, Dec
30-Money on call steady at 60l7 per cent
last loan per cent; prime mercantile
paper 6 per cent. Sterling exchange firm
With actual business in bankers bills 9t
4.s2 for. sixty days. Posted rates s4S2is8
4.S3 and $4;SS12 commercial bills. S4SOX9
4.S0%. Silver certificates. 5S15GE9ia; bar
silver, I93he; MEXICAN d. dollars. 47Ae;
York. Dec. S0.-The weekly bank state
ment shows the following changes: Sur
plus, reserve increase, $7S4,OC0; loans In
crease. 1878, 800; specie. decrease. $466. 900;
| legal tenders, increase, 1888 900: deposits,
| decrease. $348, 800; circulation, increase,
SAC, 500. The banks now hold $11, 16S, 074 in
excess Of the legal requirements.
BANK CLEARINGS.
ST. Paul-$626, 9S274.
Mnneapolis-S1,G 09, 40.
Chicago-$20.3 07, 400.
New York-S2S2. 745, o04
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Dec 8O.-The re-
ceipts at the Union stock yards today
We're: Cattle, so; calves, 80; hogs, 1,05O;
sheep, 2; horses, none; cars, 16.
The official receipts Friday were: Cat
tie, 1853; calves, 81; hogs, 1868; sheep, 5;
horses, none; cars, %
The following table shows the roads
over which Fridays receipts came In and
the number Of loads hauled by each:
Cattle Hoes Shoarn Mixed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

exchange today the butter market was
STEADY; creameries, 16Q26c; diaries, 800
re Cheese-Firm at 12Q12a4c. Eggs
Firm; fresh, TIC.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
CATTLE.

cows and Gamers, $2@z. rs; choice butch
er steers $4.75@5. Is; fair to good, "a 500
Is; fat bulls. $S@3. so; bologna bulls, 81. 50
@3; veal calves, 81 5O06: choice stock
cows and heifers, So. 100. 25; fair to good.
$2.90Q3 10; common and tailings, 81 500
2.75; heifer calves, $3@3. 25; choice stockers
and feeders, So. 5003. S5; fair to good, SO Is
$3.50; common and tailings 81 256D3:
steer calves, So. 1904; stock and feeding
bulls, 81, 50Q3 .25; stays and oxen, $2.75@
$50; mixers and springers, $25045
to make a market. There was no quota
BILE change in prices on any kind of cat
tie. The bulk of the offerings were only
common to fair. Representative sales:
Butcher Cows and Heifers-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

The total receipts for the month Of De-
cember, compared with December, 1885,
show an increase of 1904 cattle, an in
crease Of 1884 calves, an increase of 2,224
hogs, an increase of 8SS sheep, an increase
Of 249 horses, an increase of 224 cars
The total receipts for 1899 (unofficiaD
compared with the total receipts for 1898,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
WHEAT HELD,ITS own
CLOSE WAS AT A SHADE OVER THE
PRICES PREVAILING PRE-
VIOUS DAY
COLD WEATHER WAS A HELP

Slight Improvement in the Cash De-
mand Was Also Factor in
Steadying the MaPket-COrn and
Oats Showed Some Strength, and
Closed at Better Prices-IncreaSc
I'm the Visible Was Predicted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

OdSH QuUldlIUIIS were as IOIUWS. FIOur
Steady: quotations unchanged. Wheat
No. 8 spring, 60666c; No. 2 red, 671b6O
681kc. Corn-No: 2. 3O9z@31c; No. 2 yellow.
31@31Ac. Oats-No. 2, 2212Q22alc; No 2
white, 424@251ac; No. 8 white, 241s@2i24c
Rye-No. 2, 52652Ac. Barley-No 2, 300
43c. Flaxseed--No. ], $1.4914. Glover Seed
-$5@8 Timothy Seed-Prime $25215D
Per 100 lbs. IS. .65. Ribs-Short sides
Qoose), IS. Z@5 As. Shoulders-Dry sailed
(boxedl. 52s@5hc. Sides-Short clear box
goods. per gal, $123k Sugars-Cut loaf
unchanged. Receipts-Flour. $4,000 bbls !:
wheat, $4,000 bu; corn. 1872 100 bu; oats,
223.CoO blu: rye, 5000 bu; barley, $4,000 bu
bu; corn. 1900 bu: oats, 900 bu; rye.
1900 bu; barley. $4,000 blu. On the produce
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31
COURT OF HONOR.
A. o. U. w.

Noble Franklin Lodge No. 2 held an
enthusiastic meeting Thursday evening,
winding up the year 1899 with a large in
crease in men and money. Ten benefit
certificates We're issued and a proposition
to provide for a burial fund was enter
tanned, but was postponed for further
consideration until next Thursday, which
will be the first meeting of the new year.
when installation of officers will be held
and matters of Importance finished up,
after which a general good time will en-
sue.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-07-16
THE BLIND GIRLS OF CANTON.
Awful Fate to Which Chinese GUS
tom Condemns Them.

There is. perhaps no fate much sadder
than to be born blind girl in the Chinese
Empire
1t is bad enough and sad enough to be
born Just girl. For in the eyes Of ORR
entails woman commands small respect.
and the advent of a girl baby is viewed by
people in the humber walks OF life as
calamity for which the only compensation
is the fact that later on she will be a sal
able commodity-if she grows to be fair
according to Chinese standards.
But blind girl, From the cradle she
knows nothing but neglect, abuse. and
contemptuous disdain, says an exchange In
depicting this sad condition OF life Father
and mother and brothers and sisters, il
she happens TO have any. unite to make
her life burden. Her days are spent in
drudgery and her nights In that darkness
which with the blind differs from the day
only because Il is quiet.
BY the time she reaches the age of four
teen she has been taught to sing, to play
upon some instrument, and then she Is
sold outright to one of a class Of women
who make this trade in blind girls their
business.
And it is then that the real life of acute
misery begins. The hair is plastered with
perfumed ointments and ornamented with
gaudy artificial flowers. The cheeks are
painted thick with rouge that lies in
patches over coating OF powder, which
lends to the face CHASTITY hue. The blind.
expressionless eyes are emphasized by the
livid blue that is used in this pathetically
grotesque makeup" and the effect OF the
whole is heightened by the gay. multi-col-
ored gowns in which these travesties on
mirthfulness are clad.
The woman who owns these wretched
ones rarely retains any girl who has out
lived the bloom CT youth-say eighteen
years OF age at the outside-and every
night in the streets of this city you may
see these hays, accompanied by their
creatures. who play. sing, and eIdeavor to
be as attractive as they know how.
The women who control these pitiahle
girls have in many cases grown rich by
their agency, but for the girls themselves
there is no hope, no future. no release.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-07-16

sweet and suitable. To dinners and small
dances at private houses the younger Gle
ment at a summer resort go arrayed in
such artless simplicity, pinning big bows
of white tulle in their hair, singing small
fans or chains OF white coral or crystal
beads around their necks, and leaving
gloves to those who know no better than TO
wear the shackles of city fashions during
summers freedom.
Not only is it the fashion from a sense
of fitness and beauty to dress thus simply
and effectively in white, but women do it
from comforts sake. and even wealthy
girls boast of the cheapness and despatch
with which their pretty suits were pro-
cured. To give one example: \ girl set
ting out for an afternoon tea at Narragan-
sett itemized her crisp toilet thus: This
skirt was chosen from a huge pile OF
ready made petticoats, and cost SO, and
did not need to have one stitch altered.
The shirt was bought at another counter
in the same shop, and cost SEQ; there
was high collar on the shirt. SO pique
necktie was needed, and lovely one with
a pearl pin in it came to Is cents. Any
one can add these items and discover what
this simple, comfortable, and unvaryingiy
becoming outfit did cost, and the time re-
quireG 20 procure ii was forty minutes. II
is now a question whether the most stern
ly economical home dressmaking can beat
this
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-07-16
When We're You Germ.

If a girl is born in January she will be
prudent housewife. given to melancholy.
but good tempered
II In February. a humane and affection
ate wife and tender mother.
II in March, frivolous chatterbox,
somewhat given to quarreling.
If in April. inconstant, not Intelligent
but likely to be good looking.
II in May. handsome. and likely to be
happy.
II in June, impetuous, will marry early
and be frivolous.
If in July, probably handsome. but with
sulky temper.
II in August. amiable and practical and
likely to marry rich.
If in September. discreet. affable, and
much liked.
If in October. pretty and coquettish and
likely to be unhappy.
If in November, liberal. kind, and of a
mild disposition.
II in December, ell-proportioned, fond
OF novelty and xtravagant.-BostoIf
Journal.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-07-16

Out in Manitou last summer woman
had literary recipe book, says the
'Times- Herald" Upon asking a Chicago
girl for something she wrote a recipe for
an appetite. which will be fully appreciated
by girls who have ridden the Rocky
Mountain canary''-the burro-in this re-
sort This recipe, which is guaranteed to
be sure cure for chronic cases of cpl
cursm." is as follows:
go to the mountains of Manitou. Take
one small-sized baking horse and beat
thoroughly. Then take one tourist who
has been mixed with four glasses Of water
from the soda springs. Add the tourist to
the burro and shake the two together for
nine miles over Pixies Peak trail. Allow
to cool two hours in a snow bank on top of
the peak until Of the proper stiffness. Then
slowly lower In the sunshine of the Lords
special brand into the valley, and allow 10
boil inwardly for one hour on the cottage
veranda while the cook cuts up a few ca
pers. Finally serve this appetite. thus re-
duced to the right consistency. with lady
fingers"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-07-16
Women Who shouldn't.

The woman who proudly declares that
she cannot even hem a pocket handker-
chief, never made up bed in her life.
and adds with shipper that she's been
in society ever since she was fifteen ;.
should not marry. And there are others:
The woman who would rather nurse a
pug dog than baby.
The woman who wants to refurnish her
house every spring.
The woman who buys for the mere
pleasure OF buying.
The woman who thinks men are angels
ard demigods.
The woman who would rather die than
wear 4 bonnet two seasons old.
The woman who thinks that the cook and
the nurse can keep house.
The woman who buys bric-a-brac for the
parlor. and borrows kitchen utensils from
her nsighbors.
The woman who wants things just be-
cause other women" have them.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-07-16
CoURTsHIP SUNDAYS.
The Sabbaths of November Are Hon
ored in Holland.

The four Sundays of November are OBJ
served as fete days in Holland. They are
known by the curious names-Review. De-
cision, Purchase, and Professionalism all
refer TO matrimonial affairs November in
Holland being the month par excellence
devoted to couTtship and marriage, proba-
bly, because the agricultural occupations
of the year are over, and possibly because
the lords of creation. from quite remote
antiquity, have recognized the pleasant
ness of having wives to cook and cater foc
them during the long winter.
On Review Sunday. everybody goes to
church, and after church there is a church
parade in every village when the youths
and maidens gaze upon each other but fo--
bear to speak
On Decision Sunday each bachelor. who
is seeking a wife approaches the maiden
OF his choice with a eeremonious bow. AMI
from her manner of responding judges
whether his advances are acceptable. Pur-
chase Sunday, the consent of the parents
is sought, If the suit has prospered during
the week. Not till Possession Sunday,
however. do the twain appear before the
world as actual or prospective brides AM
grOOms,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-07-16

this. and of the thousand and one
women in white to be seen any day in
the country, at least nine and three
quarter per cent of them are dressed in
pique. 80
Simple white piquel in variety OF
weaves has given a staggering blow TO
the popularity of the colored ginGham,
sprigged organizes, striped lawns. and
sweetest foulards, and the pink, green,
blue or yellow shirt waist. once dear
TO the heart OF every damsel, is cast
aside and forgotten. If you fetch up,
one of these warm days, with trunkful
Of flowery tinted gowns at n pretentious
or unpretentious resort. this condition will
in a single day be made perfectly clear,
anr your pretty gayly colored costumes
Will promptly become almost loathsome
In your sight.
Even the housemalds in the hotel will
be sure to have caught the infection. and
go about their duties in white, while the
feminine dodgers make as many as
three white toilets day. If you try to
discover the raison d'etre they will all tell
you that given good laundress, there is
nothing so cheap and easy as dressing in
the blanched goods. Any woman with a
figure provided it is not hopelessly abnor
NAL, when she makes up her mind TO ar
ray herself in white, has only 10 go to the
nearest dry goods shop, and IN IN hour
and at the rate OF about Sc a costume
lay in a supply of frocks that will answer
every purpose for every simple or elab
crate social function of her season.
If you wish really to know how the
scheme works when in active operation,
let US take one day in the summer ca
reer of a woman in white. and see how
she dresses it. In the morning, when
there is golf, or wheeling, or sailing. or
tennis. or simple lounging to be attended
to. she comes forth fresh as a daisy in
severely plain white kirtle of pique to her
ankles. 1t is finished by deep hem at
the bottom, and if she Is really a smart
girl, who keeps pace with all the evolu-
tions in white, she has no pockets let
into the front of skirt high up near her
belt, but on the front widths. just about
at the level where pockets are put on an
apron, two sqaure, capacious pockets are
made by sewing big pieces of pique onto
the surface of the skirt. They may or
may not have flaps to button down over
their tops, but at any rate there they are,
and the owner of them finds honest COM
fort and convenience in their possession.
She puts golf balls and her score book, her
keys, and anything else she wishes into
those big receptacles, and feels solid salts
faction in a way she never was able to