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The times., 1899-01-05
Washington stock Exchange.

Regular call-U. S. 3's coupon, s340 at
1O7 S-s; Metropolitan Railroad Certificate
B. $1,000 at l2l l-2; Washington Lean
and Trust, 10 al 1876; Capital Traction, 40
at IS; Washington Gas. 165 at so Ia, IS
at 80 9-S. 25 at so 1-2; Mergenthaler Limo
type. at 1s7; Lanston Monotype, 100 at
l6.
After calI-Columbia Railroad SIS, s12.-
n0O at 11O
The times., 1899-01-05

From the Chicago Record)
Joey worked a game on Santa Claus
''what was it?"
''He wrote two letters asking for two trains OF
cars
.'Why did he need two?''
..Ue wanted to have collision
The times., 1899-01-05

There were riImors on the street yes
terday. apparently from good sources. that
Mr.. Flower is ready TO. take up Chicago
Gas. The stock was strong, but did not
pass 10 l-2 which has been its high point
in recent fluctuations. Undoubtedly Mr..
Flower will at some time in the near future
do for Peoples Gas what he has been doing
for Federal Steel in Brooklyn. He may
begin the move today, or he may be too
busy with Bruohlyn.
The times., 1899-01-05
Peculiar Ring Articles.

Baltimore Jan. John L. Cans and Young
Smyrrp. Of Chester, have been matched to fight
twenty-five rounds, the bout To come of within
the next two weeks Both men have posted $3.50
forfeit The agreement for the match is proba-
bly, the most peculiar that has ever been drawn
up.
Cans defeated Smyrna once, but the Chester
lad claims that he did not receive fair play. In
the articles of agreement Smyrna will give Cans
SIS for every round he (smyrnD fails to toe
tbe mark. from the tenth TO the twenty fifth,
while Cans agrees to forfeit $50 10 Smyrna for
every round the Chester boy stays after the
tenth. The winner will take the entire purse
and side bet.
The times., 1899-01-05

The Federal Steel issues were sold heavi-
ly during the morning and both went off
badly. but a continuance of the buying
helped them to nearly regain their loss.
1t is the opinion OF many that the pre-
ferred stock will be the one to buy for
the present, If either. Mr.. Flower is said
to have predicted that the common stock
would sell at 55 this week and this pre-
diction has already been fulfilled. There
has been considerable hesitation in the
buying of the common since it reached So,
and many believe that people are getting
out and into the preferred.
The times., 1899-01-05

Washington Gas was bought from so IA
to so 1-2 Nearly 300 shares were traded
in. Little attention is paid to the stories
regarding outside purchasers for the COM
pany. The stock at 80 pays per cent on
the investment, and is unquestionably safe
and most attractive with money so cheap
as at present.
The times., 1899-01-05

Panhandle was the only stock that did
not sell off at any time yesterday. Its
rise was continuous all day, even while the
remainder of the list was reacting in the
morning hours The advance was three
points 10 6S 3S, making the total rise dur
ing the last three weeks over twenty points.
The position OF this stock is a most re-
markable one. the Pennsylvania road own
ing a majority of the stock and pool
large part OF the remainder. The public
is attracted by the fine prospects of the
road and is bidding for the stock, al
though there is none for sale.
The times., 1899-01-05
New York stock Mnrket.
Open High Low Clos

Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co..
members of the New York Exchange.
1913 Street.
The times., 1899-01-05

In the grain market one of the tips is to
buy corn. Bowers, Wood & Co. advise
buying corn for ten cents advance.
The times., 1899-01-05

The local stock market was active again
yesterday with good buying and better
prices in everything traded in. The effect
of the January dividend disbursements
was evident in the reinvestment in some
stocks. -8s
The times., 1899-01-05

There is much talk OF the good pros
poets of Louisville & Nashville, and it is
limited that there is likely 10 be move
in the stock in a short time if-the market
continues favorable. The road has not
paid dividends for some years, but it
has been devoting large amounts to better
ments, and now with earnings making
such a fine showing it is felt that the
present price is very low. There will be
a dividend declared next week, probably
at the rate of 3 per cent yearly, though the
company is earning nearer 4.
The times., 1899-01-05

The other grangers shared the strength of
ST. Paul, though not to quite the same de-
The times., 1899-01-05
Loans Of SlO q ss.ss ;S1'l1 Issa5.s9 s55s@' T.

Wagons, etc, al lowest rates and on the day
you apply. We leaning on the Buiding !
Loan Association plan, which makes the cost of
carrying loans much less thai you pay else
where, and allows you 70 pay It of in any sized
notes you desire. running nom one to twelve
months. You only pay for the use Of money for
the length Of time You carry Il. II you have a
loan with some other company we will paw 4
OF and advance you more money ~ desired Rates
cheerfuily given. and no cost to you unless loan
is made. Loans made anywhere in the District.
Call and get rates Front room. erst door. Scien
tihc American Building.
National Mortgage Loan Co.
625 F ST. N. vs..
The times., 1899-01-05

Mergenthaler was bid up by the people
who desire 10 reinvest their dividends. 1t
was bought at 1SI and lS6 3-4 was bid for
il afterward.
The times., 1899-01-05

Yesterdays stock market in general
was a repetition OF Tuesdays vita great
weakness in the morning and revival
OF strength in the afternoon. The ssH-
ing in the morning was heavy at times,
but the buying in the afternoon was of
better quality, On the whole the day
should be called a continuance Of the bln
movement, prices at the close in the gen
ersl list being better than at the opening
10 say nothing OF the rapid advances IN
some of the specialties, which made the
average gain over a point on the entire
active list.
The day was sensational one in Brook
lyn Rapid Transit and Tobacco The for
mer stock had such record advance as
1t has never seen before from 79 IS to
81 3-4. The close for the day was 81 Is.
Mr.. Flower was open buyer of the
stock in thousand share lots. and it ad-
Vanced by the half point at time. Peo-
pie in the street had set marks at diff
Terent points beyond which they believed
the stock would be a sale, and there was
considerable short selling at so, and then
again at s., but II had no effect on the
stock The best belief now is that Mr..
Flower will unload much of hts Brook
lyn today and that above this point il is
very dangerous. IL has been said in GER
tain quarters of the street for some time
that the Nassau deal has really been con-
summated for weeks, but that it would
not be announced until the stock had been
worked up to so or s.. Yesterday there
were ruInors regarding the Nassau deal in
general circulation and il is supposed that
the final whoop OF the stock was 20 in
spire confidence in the public while Mr
Flower and his friends unload. On the
other hand there is much confident pre-
diction that the stock will 90 to 100 One
OF the stories in circulation yesterday was
a revival of the rumor published in The
Times a month ago that there VIII be a
consolidation of Metropolitan and Brook
lyn on basis OF 200 and 100 for the
stocks as soon as they reach those figures
respectively.
The times., 1899-01-05
MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN.

LOANS OF 500 to 81 eco made on collateral Or
second trusts; delay. Apply carly GEO
P. ROBINSON, l2O6 ST. NV. ia5-lmo
MONEY TO LOAN ON APPROVED CoLI.Ar-
ERAL-No delay. YERKES BAKER
Rooms 40 TO A. MetzeEott Bldg. I1Io st.
iel2-t
The times., 1899-01-05

Columbia Railroad 5s were bought at
110. AT this price $1,000 worth was pur-
chased. This bond has developed a con-
siderable popularity since its issue few
weeks ago.
The times., 1899-01-05

Chicago Grain ana Provision Market
Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co..
members of the New York Exchange.
The times., 1899-01-05

Pacific Mail was weak yesterday during
the morning hours. losing all the gain of
the last few days. Later in the day, how
ever, it developed new strength and closed
at "A 1-2. The stock is disappointing many
who were expecting an immediate great
advance in it, but the large holders are
as confident OF its future as at any time
in the past.
The times., 1899-01-05

Senate only in bottles, sl.e5 per case. Phone
634
The times., 1899-01-05

The spurt in Tobacco was almost as
great as that in Brooklyn yesterday, an
advance of 51-2 being recorded during
the day. The close was at 147 -. net
gain of over four points. There was no
news regarding the Tobacco Trust and the
movement was apparently manipulated
from the inside. Hunter, Cooper & CO.
were large buyers.
The times., 1899-01-05

ST. Paul was steady during the day and
reached a new high record-121 IL. The
close was at 12i Ia. This strength of St
Paul was regarded with more favor by the
street, as a real indication Of the tone OF
the market, than the sensational advance
in Brooklyn Rapid Transit. The earnings
statement OF st. Paul was the best on
record for the second week in December
and the best also for the year to date.
The times., 1899-01-05

washingtontLoan and Trust was traded
, 1899-08-17
Russia's Ice Breakers.

a great deal has appeared in print
lately about ice breakers employed by
the Russians and built upon American
lines. The ability of these boats is phe-
nomenal. The 5000 horse power
American ice breaker Sainte Marie is
credited with steaming easily through
Ice two and n half feet thick and with
breaking down ice walls fifteen feet
high. According TO Nansen, the ice
walls in the arctic regions rarely at
tam the height of twenty-five feet. The
Polar sea is free from ice over a third
OF It's surface, and in summer all the
ice is more or less rotten. Hence 1t is
Inquired by authorities that an ice
breaker of 2~,0O0-horse power could find
her way swiftly TO the north pole from
latitude as degrees north, Il distance of
10 miles. Two ice breakers of 1000
horse power each would make even
better work of it. Allowing for ice
from four to seven feet thick, they
would reach their goal in twelve DAYS.
AS the Ice breakers would have a dis.
tlnct commercial value after their re-
turn, there is absolutely no valid rea-
son why n trip TO the pole should not
be made forthwith.
, 1899-08-17

ing belt now. Not long after this
Steadman killed a fellow-convict in a
fight, and was then transferred from
San Quentin to the new prison at Fol-
SON., where he has been confined until
recently. Bat he did not go free, as
Capt. L. p. Fall. the assistant deputy
warden from Joliet and Special Officer
M. W. McClaughry, a son of the ma
jor, were on hand and arrested Stead
man at the doors of the prison. Steaa-
man suspected that the Illinois au-
thorities would send for him. and the
night before his release from Folsom
was caught in the act of cutting out
the bars from his cell window by the
night guard. When searched the Off
GERS found him supplied with a set Of
handcuff keys, which he intended to
use in case the Illinois officers did
come for him.
, 1899-08-17

circumference. The nicely of his cal
culations had reaped It's reward, The
belt stopped. He leaped to his feet.
sprang through the window and was
gone before convicts or guard had re-
covered from their establishment. He
caught up a guards coat and hat.
dropped from the wall and got away
in the dusk Of the evening.
1t was not long before Steadmaa
was in trouble again. He was arrest
ed BY Chief q Police Glass Of Los Al
seles, ard returned to his old quarters
ut Sen Quentin. There are bars over
that high window above the big driy-
, 1899-08-17
He Judged Him by His Garb.

When | was in Mexico last year.
said the consulting engineer, Il was
one of a party of foreigners invited to
take a trip at the company's expense
over a certain railroad. The first day
of the journey l was sitting smoking
on the rear platform of the observa-
ton car while we stopped to take wa
ter at a lonely station. Just as the
train was pulling out a disreputable
individual swung on the bumper and
started to climb over the railing. In
costume he resembled one of Buffalo
Bills 'greaser' cow-punchers, only he
looked dirtier and was ragged. l sized
him up for a Mexican tramp, and
blocked his way. He hung onto the
railing. swearing in Spanish at me,
and, though l couldn't get the drift OF
his remarks. l used the worst Spanish
words 1 knew in addressing him. The
train kept gathering speed. and l don't
know what would have happened II an
other man OF the party hadn't come out
on the platform and asked what was
the trobule.
I'm keeping this tramp from steal
ing a ride l explained.
Stealing nothing said he. You're
fighting with the brakeman
Nowadays l don't Judge a man by
his uniform."-New York Tribune.
, 1899-08-17

The Santa Fe Route has issued n
handsome six months calendar. July
10 December, 1899, which contains six
separate reproductions in color. skill
inches, of Il. A.. B~urbank's celebrated
portraits of Pueblo Indians: one fer
each month.
hest are h same reproductions
used in Brush and Pencil" and can
not be obtained separately for les'
than $50. In fact. some OF hem al
ready command a high premium. The
aztec Calendar" also has an engraved
cover containing a reproduction of the
ancient Aztec Calendar stone.
Obtainable for % cents by applying
to ]. p. Hall, General Agent A, T. n $.
F. Ry., Denver. May be ordered by
mail.
, 1899-08-17
TWENTY YEARS.

Somewhat back from the well-trav-
eled turnpike stood a low, red farm
house. overshadowed by giant poplars.
On either side of the ~well-beaten path
were beds of mignonette, bachelors
buttons, ladies' delight and nodding
nasturtiums. A thriving bush of south
ernwood that had long outlived the
hand that placed it there fiourished by
the broad stone step and a tall CHINA
mon rose that has clambered its way
above the level of the half-open win
dow nodded Inc swayed to and fro as
IL impatient with the cords that held 1t,
and as though it could no longer con-
troll its curiosity had thrust several
fragrant blossoms into the within
where a kindly faced woman was bus
lily arranging the few articles OF furni-
ture. AS she moved about in her en-
ergetic fashion she hummed in q sweet
yet tremulous voice the strains Of an
old-fashioned hymn. q
Martha Kidder. or "Marthy," az she
was Familiarity called by the neiskbors.
was a woman of perhaps so years Of
age, long since past her first youth,
bu. the possessor OF one OF those faces
from which the youthful expression is
ever eliminated. She was of medium
height and rather spare in form; her
still abundant hair was drawn smooth
ly way from the placid brow and fas-
tened in a neat coil at the back Of the
head. The lilac-sprigged gown of soft
d~elaine. with its linen collar, was Sc
cured at the throat with a quaint. oval
shaped breastpin, in which was a
braided lock OF faded hair.
AS she moved about in her quick.
nervous fashion she gradually drew
near the window. and, attracted by the
nodding rose. whose fragrance filed
the room, she leaned her tired arm
upon its narrow ledge and gazed low
ingly oil the little garden below.
Martha Kidder was an ardent wor-
shipper Of nature, and this June after
noon, standing by the open window.
she drank in the beauty OF the land
scape spread before her till the lone
illness of her solitary life faded away.
even as the misty CLOUDS of vapor were
rising from the bosom of the distant
Contoocook. A golden robin perched
on he catalpa tree broke into an &C.
stasy of song and a struggling sun
beam giinted in, shining across the
room with unwonted brightness. Turn
ing reluctantly from the scene, Mar
tina resumed her work. and through the
open window came stealing the sooth-
ing strains of Cool Siloam's Shady
Rill."
Gradual1v the LONE Tuna dav Irar- tn
a close, he western sky was stained
with splashes of gold and crimson and
the sinking sun slowly disappeared be-
, 1899-08-17

who carries the United States mail
over the Star route from st. Johns to
Jimtown twice a week. The distance
from st. Johns to the end of the route
is 30 miles. and it requires a good deal
of stoutheartedness and a liberal sup
ply of self-confdence and a lash Of
love of adventure for any one to make
the trip. Miss Burks' mail route
leads through as wild and desoIate a
region as one can well imagine. Rocky,
barren, mountainous. bleak and blast
ed are weak adjectives for description.
What tiny streams there are are poi
soned with alkali. Navajo Indians
and occasionally an Apache, who has
left the reservation, are somewhat
plentiful in that region. but white men
very seldom go there, and then only
to get the gold. silver and copper which
have been literally strewn throughout
this blighting, fierce region. Nothing
in the way of vegetation can grow
there.
Along the western border of this
d~esolate. can wilderness Sarah
Burks rides twice a week. Generally
she is alone, and If she has a COM
panion he is either a miner, a CONNER
cial traveller or a territorial lawyer
wEn has rented a horse from Miss
Burks' father, and she is to collect pay
ment for the same and see to its care.
She says she is a f~atalist, and no mat
ter how much danger may environ she
will lot come to her death until the
appointed hour. She is always armed.
and when a mere child she was the
crack shot of the mining camp at Har-
qua Hala. She rode the route first in
1898, when her father, who was the
mail carrier, was taken i'll. He has
never recovered. and the plucky daugh-
ter has filed his place ever since.
, 1899-08-17

After a perfume bath the fragrant
odor clings to the body for hours.
Perfumed baths are used extensively
by the fashionable women of Germany.
Bath tablets can be used or a few drops
of perfumed alcohol can be poured In
the water. Not only does it perfume
the water, but it does much toward
identifying the complexion; and, II
used frequently. will give to the skin a
soft. velvet-like appearance. so the la
dies Of the kaiser's court declare. This
bath takes the place OF perfumed soaps
for a dinner or evening entertainment
as does nothing else. Before dressing
such a bath will be found most re-
frcsbing. m its delicate fragrance
will cling to the body for hours.
, 1899-08-17

MARTHA. DON'T YOU KNOW ME?"
hind the distant hilltops, gliding the
farmhouse windows till they glittered
like FURNISHED gold; the frogs began
to peep n the katydids took up their
incessant strain. and silently the twi-
light crept over the New Hampshire
hills.
Taking her sunbonnet from its nail
by the kitchen dresser, Martha made
ready to carry the night milk to the
city family at the clearinghouse, a
mile distant from the Kidder farm. Sc
curely fastening the wide front door,
she tripped down the narrow path,
pausing to pick a spray of mignonette.
which she fastened in the folds of her
kerchief. AS she walked along the
country road, overshadowed by the
great beech trees, she still hummed the
anne old song. Passing the little
grass-grown burial ground. she paused
by its low stone wall. her eyes resting
lovingly upon 4 group OF stones
what apart from the others, the near
est bearing the name of Hannah Kid
der. aged 16, painted in rude black let
tiers on the tall, m~oss-covered stone,
and now nearly obliterated by the
storms of forty years. A mist came
over the woman's eyes ami she pressed
her wrinkled hand to her throat, where
1t gently rested on the brooch contain
ing Hannah's hair. Resuming her walk,
she soon reached the clearinghouse
and quietly started homeward.
As the good-natured host drove IN
with the evening mail he shouted to
his wife: Ann Maria, Abel Kings
come home, after twenty years. and we
all thought him dead. Rich as Croesus,
SO folks say. Guess Marthy wishes
she'd treated him kinder when he
asked her to marry him fore he left"
The moonlight iickered through the
branches Of the trees. casting fitful
shadows along the dusty turnpike; the
brakes and sweet fern nodded by the
roadside; the white birches stood out
in bold relief against a background of
spruees and hemlock, and a deep 81
lence, broken only by the wind in the
pines brooded over all.
Martha did not hasten on the way,
but often paused to enjoy the beauty
of the night. An ~overhanging branch
OF moose bush loaded with creamy
blossoms brushed against her cheek,
and she paused to gather its heavily
scented flowers. Suddenly the silence
was broken by the sound of footsteps.
A man was rapidly approaching. and in
the moonlight the form seemed
strangely familiar. Suddenly he
stopped; then, stepping 10 the wom~
ans side exclaimed: Martha, dont
you know me?" In a voice trembling
with emotion, she cried: abel, is 1t
you? They told me you were dead"
The moon shone out from behind a
feecy cloud and its beams flooded the
wooded slopes OF old Monadnock till
the placid river at Its base shone like
FURNISHED silver. but its softest beams
fell OF the ben forms of a man and
woman, who never more would walk
life's road apart.
, 1899-08-17
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