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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-16

DRe00ot00o.
SAN FRAEC1sco. NAY N-whsat-In-
active. Spot dull
Bariey-DuH
Oats-ouiee and unchanged.
Spot quotations were:
F1our-Net for family extras noo1D;
v Wash,r. eafs - 8 oregon ana
Wheat anipplns. n3 tor No. ! and
q .os for choice; milling. = .eek01. III
Bariey-Feed. 3. 091s0l Is: brewing. NOM
Oats-Poor to fair. q .snoa 8: good to
choice. q. to01. Al: fancy feed. 8 50: gray,
g g; Sei- -; milling. a.&e1se: surprise. No
Flour. quarter sacks. II. ~: wheat, Gen.
tails q. 70; do Oregon LEA: do Oregon. H.
SO; barley. centais. Isis, oats. centais. u:
censa 3d. posaso Sn lar, s:e onions s ss scl
Is; braA, sackA 1sS; midditngs. sacks.
50; hay. tons. co; wool, hales. -: hideaI
81: quicksilver. TASKS. 1ss; wilma. gallons.
Closing Quotations.
wheat-eseady: Decembsr, u.l3A
Bariey-sseady: December. slAc: new.
S s9..-..;s,.,: yellow. u-stsl.l"se
woeI aaa Hops.
wool-Spr1ng. Nevada. so1ec; Eastsrn
Oregon, ST1fc: valley do. l56f7c. Fall,
Northern mountain. 7d3c: mountain lamho,
6a6c: san Joaquin p3afE3. 50tc; Aumoo
and Mendocino SG9c.
Hope-Crop Of 1855. 15c.
Produce, Fruit, Etc.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. u5G1S: bran. N54Ie
per ton. Hay, wheat, 81 .50&l1; wheat and
oat S.Glo. 50; best barley. H.5o1s: alfalfa,
t4Q6s0. straw, per bale. 6050c.
observation-disclosures, 6a6Sc: garlic.
usc; green peas. 31dl Is; string beans, -
&c per h: tomatoes. q. 2S02 per box; fancy
asparagus. N.s562: egg plant. N9lsisc;
chilli green peppers. S0ibc.
Appies-Choice, g. 75 common, 81. Straw
berries, A.50as 50. cherries, EcdS1 per box:
oranges navels. e. 5O03: Mexican lines,
repack 81 5O66; common California lem
ons, $llyf Is: choice California lemons. 81 80
az: bananas. 81 50@eN per bunch: pine
apples. $2Q4 per dozen.
Butter--Fancy creamery. l6i1c: do Sec
onds 15i4G1ec: fancy dairy, l46l41c: do
seconds. its0l3a4c: picked. nominal; nr
kin nominal
Cheese-New. sls9loc: Young American,
Eggs-store. isadsc: fancy ranch. 10
1s1sc. Eastern. 1s<117c.
Poultry-Turkey gobblers, f3afi4c per b;
turkey hens f3l5fsc: old ROSTERS. A.50Q
5: young ROSTERS. $7ne6o: small hroiIers,
t3N4: large broilers "a. DmS -; fryers, $50
Z: hens, Au5. 50: old ducks, a ao17: geese
81 .Sd2 5: old pigeons. 81 75G2. 3.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-16

LONDON, May 1s.-The attendance nc
the wool auction sales today was good and
the number Of bales offered numbered "a
81 Mertnos were all represented ana
realized fully the highest rates Of the
series, especially greasy. the bulk Of which
was taken by foreign buyerz Secured
were br!sksy competed for. the majority
going TO the home trade. The home buy
ers also purchased crossbreIs a. full adj
vance. The total Withdrawals 10 date num-
Der - 90 bales The general tone was firm.
G e G
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-16

THE Chicago Milwaukee k A. Paul
Railway 10 The best tfsse between st. Paul
aud ChIcaxo-
pN ANNIE RUSSELL. vomsn's dss.
eAsse. - Hinekf~y.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-16

1lDkI nd TRADE pEl|EI.
$50. Seattle. May y. la
80 an Fsssias eissrsax Ssssss today
- cisSs.ases. pSsSaesx
eesttls. .@nD1,1se = 95s.s3s -
sses.s 49, $3.50. I'm Nm !: |: ~ ~ 8 3
THE SEATTLE mAnKETs.
The arrival OF the steamer waaa waiia
uoM San FFanc1aco yesterday supp,ted
80 rs $1,000 .lta ~ kinds Ct green stun
aossr c 49, s.ss.,sst demand fcr cauh-
Splendid shipmsnt Of cherries was re-
eetved this morning. Apples and oranges
@ ~, az cisnusni and are selling very
not very heavy this morning. the prevail
Ing price being about 8 Per crate.
xnt 4dsence in canned tomatoes -
% &c per pound. ana canned psacnss.
new bright stock. are quoted at lzc
&4
PunCMASlxG Prices.
The following prices are being offered to
the producer by the local dealers Tor de-
usefy Y round lots On the dock q In the
drain-osis. u76H.so: harley. suso0a.
Wheat. chicken feed. ,ls.5e: bran. SlS;
Hay-Pusef sound. ssG7; Eastern wash
inston timothy. ul0iI-50: alfalfa p per
E&gs-Ssricsiy fresh ranch 1s,x61cxc.
l10l9c.
Pouitry--Chickens. live. i36l3.Sc.
Live STOCKHOLDERS b@ef cattle, cows -
Sac, steers, +si0sc: choice sheep, 4,s05c:
good noss. live. &c: hoGs dressed. sixc:
ass; large, 4c: small. &C.
Htdse. Peits and Wool-Heavy sound
saited steers. over 90 lbs. Sc; medium.
sound. per ID. TIC, light, sound under IS
iha &c, cows, sound, Ill weights, &c; stays.
bulls and oxen. <9sc. saIted kips. &c:
caivse. psr y, e: gresn hides. 1c less than
sAifee: dry hides. per ID. IL: dry culls.
ons-third less; summer deer, per h. ~
&c; winter deer. dry, l40lsc, papery deer,
sheep pelts. &9s0c: sheArl!ng1 l56s5c.
Eastern Washington wool Sc: Western
Washington wool. i3c: dirty or timber
burned, loc; taiiow, Ts6skc.
q q -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-16

PORTLAND May lk-wheat - very
quiet. There Wae . aiighe improvement Ia
the East, hut n met with no response
abroad. and - II % almost impossible 70
secure tonnage ~ . rate that will admit
OF business In Portland, dealers are bold
ing on. Wailo Waiia IL easy 1T sc: val
ley ~ se3sc, and bluostem ~ &C.
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-16

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Iowa Can. lists .lls .
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-16

Dairy Products.
On tho produce exchange today the but-
ter market was steady. Creameriee. $50
17isc: dairiee loQ15c.
Eggs-Steady: fresh, 11k0llixN
Cheese-Cream. Sui0c.
g q q
Boston stock Market.
BOSTON May ls.-C1osing:
Boston Mon $50 lParrott 80. ..... .
Butte Z Boston. 50
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03
THE FEATHER BUSINESS.
Most of the Millions of Pounds Used
Come From China.

Most of the Millions of Pounds Used
Come From China.
The fierce fire in feather foundry
which took place recently at Newark,
N. j., called attention to the fact that
large business is done in feathers,
and that the fluffy, bulky article is an
important item in the commercial
world.
"Of course" said large importer
of feathers and down, 'smost people
know that feathers are not made; that
they are simply gathered off the live
birds for the market; but there are
not many people who know that nearly
the whole supply, which amounts to
several million pounds year in this
country, comes here from China via
Germany. In China the feathers are
gathered by small dealers and COM
mission merchants through the coun-
try, and the stock finds its way finally
TO Hong Kong, where the large pack
Ing and cleaning establishments are
situated. Some feathers are made
ready for the consumer there, but the
largest part of the product is sent
raw to Europe, where the dusting
and renovating take place. One of the
largest plants in Europe is in Prague,
where the factories of the concern
which had the loss in Newark are To-
Gated"
The duty on raw feathers is fifteen
per cent, and fifty per cent. on the
manufactured or cleaned article, and
in order to save part of the extra
thirty-fve per cent, factories have
been established here. The raw ma
terial comes to the United States in
bales, which have been reduced in
size by hydraulic pressure and con-
tain about 400 pounds each.
Feathers which remain in Europe
are used to a great extent for feather
beds, but of the material which comes
to this country the largest part is
used for pillows and cushions.
'The ordinary pillow" said man.
ufacturer, ''eats up seventy-five per
cent. of the supply, and the rest goes
to miscellaneous bedding, and the
down which is selected from the
feathers and comes, in some instances,
already selected, is used for fancy
cushions of the better grade and for
bed covers. Feather beds, the old
fashioned article. which coma here
from Germany and Ireland, are going
out of date rapidly, and even the East
Siders make pillows of their beds
after they have been in the country a
few years. New York is no place for
feather beds, anyway, even if the peo-
pie wanted them. In apartments like
those in the old-fashioned New Eng
land homes a mountain of feathers
may be housed, but in flats, which
are so small that the occupants must
use condensed milk, the feather bed
can have no place."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03
John Was Ready.

In these days of proposed interna-
fional alliances 1t is interesting to read
OF the little difficulty in which a Chi
cago newsboy found himself involved,
and how he extricated himself there
from. He had wandered over into one
of the foreign quarters" on the west
side, where one can hear almost every
language except our vernacular, and
he was set upon by two or three boys
He defended himself bravely and was
holding his own fairly well, until the
two or three were Joined by as many
more, and then tho battle began to go
against him. SAY" Ire yelled to a
group of boys watching the fight from
the sidewalk, "is there an English boy
dn the crowd?" YES" shouted a
stockily built urchin Of about his own
size. Come yere, them" painted the
Young American, laying about him
with all his might, "an' we'll clean
out the hull gang!" And they did.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03
Using Petroleum For Fuel.

Speaking of oil reminds me that all
the locomotives on the Santa Fe Rail
road in California are run with
petroleum for fuel. The supply comes
from big petroleum ranch near
Fullerton, where there are twelve
wells yielding an average of 400 bar
rels day. Altogether there are fifty
two locomotives on the California
division fitted with oil burners, and
they have not only proved eminently
successful, but cost no more than
coal burners. A ton of oil will carry
them twice as many miles as ton of
coal and haul the same load. Coal is
worth 81 ton and oil about the same
price.
The petroleum output in Southern
California now amounts to about 49,.
900 barrels day, and it is all con-
sumed upon the Pacific coast. 1t was
discovered about ten years ago, and
has been in use for about five years.
A tank steamer runs regularly between
Santa Barbara and San Francisco,
carrying refined petroleum to the lat
ter market. The Southern Pacific
runs its local trains by oil, and it is
also consumed as fuel in several
manufacturing establishments in this
section. There is no smoke and no
cinders. The locomotive tenders on
the Santa Fe Road are big tanks, and
the engineer feeds the fire with key.
Chicago Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03

Just one hundred years ago the Man
haitian Company of New York was In
corporated by Aaron Burr. Its osten-
sible purpose was to supply the city
with water. Its real purpose was to
open a bank The reason for the con-
cealment was because there was a pop
ular prejudice against banks. A tank
was built, hollow logs laid for pipes,
and water was distributed until 1S40
In order to keep its charter, this great
banking company, which still exists,
Is today obliged to pump water from
its ancient tank. A pitcherful Is al
ways in evidence at its annual meet
lngs, and committee solemnly re-
ports that no applications for water
have been refused. The story has its
humorous side, but it illustrates the
legacy of pretense and useless effort
which roundabout methods always en-
tail. Aaron Burr's mode of seeking one
object under cover of another has
many followers, but in politics OF So
ciety or in individual relations 1t can
never be commended and seldom ex-
cuSed
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03
Oddities In Umbrellas.

Many curious umbrellas are made.
One l have seen, says James Gllmer
Speed in Woman's Home Companion,
can be taken apart and put in ones
pocket. The stick Is of wood about an
inch in diameter. The cover can be
turned inside out and folded into a
small bundle. BY touching a spring
the ribs came off, straighten out, and
may be placed in the hollow Of the
stick, which Is then a presentable
walking stick. 1t is found very con-
venient by its owner, who is a drum
mer. Another is still more ingenious.
The handle is curved, and when
spring is pressed pipe flies out. The
ribs are slowed away in the center and
the owner has a walking stick, but in
the center there is also a rapier, which
may be drawn out. Another neat in
vention is hollow stick which con-
tains a camp chair. Three steel sup
ports are pressed out of the top of the
stick, triangular piece of canvas put
on, and seat Is had which is at least
as comfortable as a bicycle saddle.
All OF these strange umbrellas come
from the old world. The umbrella
makers say that Europeans take much
more pride in their umbrellas than
do people in this country. Many little
Jokes are concealed in the umbrella
handles there. A handle may present
the appearance of the head of a mon
key or cat or some other animal, and
secret spring will cause the little
creature to open its mouth and squirt a
drop of cologne on the beholder
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03
Cassini and the Antique Coin.

Comte Cassini, Russian Ambassador
to the United States, is brilliant wit
and man of many-sided culture. His
peculiarit1es were brought into prom.
inence, in Washington. on one occa-
sion when banker, more distinguished
for commercial genius than for anti.
quarian knowledge, produced what he
claimed were ancient Egyptian coins.
He descanted upon one of them, wind.
ing up with the remark: "This was
made so long ago that even the place
of its creation is forgotten"
Cassini sighed as he remarked, eyes,
Unjust be getting to be very old man,
for L remember the little shop in Bir-
mingham where the manufacturer used
to turn them out at three shillings and
sixpence q dozen. Saturday Even
ing Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03
A Presidents Grave Unmarked,

An article in the Ladies' Home
Journal, entitled "Where Our Presi-
dents Are Buried, recalls the fact that
four of the first five of our Chief Ex-
eeutives sleep in the soil of Old Vir-
ginia. The article says that the
grave of President John Tyler, at
Richmond, Virginia, is absolutely un-
marked-even by small headstone.
Visitors to Hollywood Cemetery are
shown a scarcely perceptible mound,
over which magnolia tree spreads its
shade in summer, as the resting place
of our tenth President. Tho burial
places of all the others are marked
with monuments or tombs, except
those of the two Adamses, who are
buried under the portico of the First
Church at Quincy, Mass.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03
Cure For the Blues at pew,s Pond.

Pastures are getting fine. Cattle,
horses and stock of all kinds are fat
and sleek. With plenty of good, cold
buttermilk, rich sweet milk and fresh
butter, with plenty of nice fish just
from the pond, we also have decided
that life is worth living, and that the
rich folks do not get oil the good
things. If you are gloomy and the
world is not going right with you, dig
yon some bait, get your hook, come
to Dew's Pond, pull out few of
those trout and you are permanently
cured. d.-Calhoun lGa.) Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03

Bret Harte is so frequently compli-
mented as the author of "Little
Breeches," that he is almost as sorry
it was ever written as is Colonel John
Hay, who would prefer his fame to
rest on more ambitious work. A
gushing lady, who prided herself upon
her literary tastes, said to him once:
"My dear Mr.. Harte, lam so delighted
to meet you. I have read everything
you ever wrote, but of all your dialect
verse there is none that compares to
your Little Breeches.'" 81 quite
agree with you, madam" said Mr..
Harte, "but you have put the little
breeches on the wrong man. The
Argonaut.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03
coERcINc A RELUCTANT HEN.
At First She Was Averse to Raising q
Brood; Now She's as citing, All Right.

AT First she was Averse to Raising o
Brood; Now She's "setting" All Right.
In Missouri lives boy who likes
pets. He began with pair of pig
cons that he got in trade for dog
that he traded knife for. His par
ents allowed him to keep the pigeons
until they multiplied SO that there
were pigeons all over the place. Then
he sold the pigeons and bought goat
that ate the clothes off the line every
Monday. Gie was compelled to dis
pose Of it, and traded it for a pair of
game chickens. In a week there
wasn't rooster left in the neighbor-
hood; the game rooster had killed
them all. His father took the game
chickens for a ride one night and lost
them three miles out in the country.
Three days later he brought them
home, but he never told any one how
he got them. And so he fought for
his pets one by one; his dog was lost,
his lamb stolen, his rabbits ran away.
He has come down to one old hen.
Recently he bought ''settin'" of
eggs. A ''settin'" OF eggs is as
many as a motherly hen can hatch
into chicks. He had made up his
mind that his hen was lonely
and needed company, and what so
companIonable as a batch of little
chicks to scratch for? The hen, how
ever, had different views, and didn't
want to sit on the eggs. But he was
not boy to be stumped by hen
he had borne too many losses al
ready.
He put the eggs in box, in which
he bad made a nest of hay. Then he
planted the indignant hen on them,
put board in which he had bored a
lot of air holes over her and left her
to come to terms. That night his
big brother kicked off the box and set
the hen free. The next morning the
boy put her back, and put some
bricks on the board, for he thought
she had raised the board and released
herself. The brother kicked both
bricks and board off that night. The
boy replaced hen and board again,
and again they were kicked off. Then
he got board and made hole in it
for the hen to poke her head through,
and nailed the board to the box.
Once day he takes the board off and
chases the hen around the yard for
exercise, and twice day he carries
food and water to her.
What's the use of trying to discour-
age boy like that?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03
Miss LOckheart's
LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM.
[LKrrzR TO MRS. prsxHAx NO. 67,Io4l

ILRrTxR TO MRS. PINkHAM NO. 67,Io41
81 cannot express my gratitude to
you for the good that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
for me. have taken five bottles of
the Compound and two boxes of Liver
Pills and feel better in every respect.
had suffered for years with dropsy;
the veins in my limbs burst, caused
from the pressure Of the water. I had
the worst kind of kidney trouble, faint
ing spells, and / could not stand long
at time. / also had female weakness
and the doctor said there was tumor
in my left side. The pains had to
stand were something dreadful. A
friend handed me little book of yours,
so got your medicine and it has saved
my life. I felt better from the first
bottle. The bloating and the tumors
have all gone and do not suffer any
pain. I am still using the Vegetable
Compound and hope others may find
relief as have done from its e."-
Miss N. J. LocKHEART, Box 1e, ELIZA
BETH, PA
Only the women who have suffered
with female troubles can fully appre-
ciate the gratitude Of those who hay0
been restored to health.
Mrs. Pinkham responds quickly and
withoutcharge to all letters from suffer-
ing women. Her address is Lynn, Mass.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03

According to recent report issued
by the French bureau Of agriculture
Spain, and not Italy, should have the
adjective sunny" placed before it. On
the average, it is said, Spain enjoys
about 5000 hours Of sunshine a year
while Italy has 1890. France has al
most as much sunshine as Italy, her
figures being 2.20e. Germany has at
her disposal no more than 1,7O0 hours:
while England. the land of fogs, has to
get along with 1.40O, less than half of
Spain's amount.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03

Mr.. W. H. Preece, president of tho
British Institution Of Civil Engineers,
in recent address, said that speech H
now practically possible between ann
two postoffices in the United King
dom. Theoretically it is possible to
talk between London and every capital
In Europe, and the British postoffice
authorities are considering the sub
mersion Of special telephone cables to
Belgium, Holland and Germany.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03
One-Cent Carfare in Italy,

Electric power has been introduced
on all the street railway lines in Milan,
Italy, and the directors have tried the
experiment of reducing the fare from
the equivalent OF two cents to one
during the rush hours to 8 q. m.
The effect was gain of fifty per cent.
over previous receipts for that period
Of time. three passengers being car
ried at one cent for every one carried
at two cents. The innovation will be
made permanent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03
THE TOWER OF LONDON.
Locking Up a Quaint and Ancient
Ceremony.

Locking Up Quaint and Ancient
Ceremony.
The main guardhouse at the Tower.
which has just been pulled down. was
hard by the Bloody Tower. 1t is at
this spot, says the London Graphic,
that the quaint and ancient ceremony
OF locking up the tower is nightly per-
formed, as it has been for centuries. A
few minutes before II o'clock the head
warder, or yeoman porter, as he Is
properly styled, clothed in a red cloak,
carrying a portentous bunch of keys,
and accompanied by another warder
carrying lantern, appears in front OF
the main guardhouse and roars out,
Escort, keys!" The sergeant turns
out with some of the men, and follows
che yeoman to the outer gate, the whole
party being challenged by all the SEN
tries with who goes there?" and the
answer is simply Keys" The gates
being locEed the keys are brought back
TO the main guard. Here the sentry
stamps and roars out, who goes
there?"
Keys" is the reply.
Whose keys?"
Queen Victorias keys"
Advance, Queen Victoria's keys.
And all's we'll.
God bless Queen Victoria" cries
the yeoman porter.
Amen" responds the main guard.
Present arms!' cries the officer on
duty, and amid the rattle of the salute
he kisses the hilt of his sword. The
Jeoman porter marches off with the
keys and deposits them In the lieuten-
ants lodgings, and from that time
throughout the livelong night you can
only circulate within the tower pre-
ctncts If you know the countersign.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03
THE MERRY SIDE OFLIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

Numerically Correct-Built For Business
Not to BE Cornered-It Would Be
Quite UndesirabIe-So Offense Meant
A Joke on the Goat, Etc, Etc.
The fair Euphemia Brown is /,
And quickly 2 the church she hies,
Wi son for the hasty act
BED her ardent lovers eyes;
"If to meet your irate pa,
fear twill make me g." said he,
"Unless this ly plan OF yours
Should culmin spiciously.
Oh, Fate, be but in this be 8.
10 hing more from theel'
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-03
A Tale of the First NapoIeon.

From the Weekly Telegraph: In the
days of the first empire the Paris stu
dents formed cabal against the dram
atist Lemercier. One first night the
disturbance was reported to Napoleon.
who gave orders for second represen-
tation. The students still hissed. The
emperor got excited. "Play it again" Z"
he said, land l will go and see It," This
time all seemed we'll. In the third
act it struck his majesty to look out of
his bcx, and the quiet was explained
Every head in the audience was COW
cred with an immense nightcap drawn
over the ears, and each head was nod
ding. Napoleon burst out laughing.
The piece was not plc ) ed again.