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New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
AMERICAN SECURITIEs ABROAD.

London. Dec. %. p. m.-American railway
shares were dull and weak al the opening. but
later in the day partially recovered and closed
firm The early weakness was due TO realizing.
Last prices were: Canadian Pacific, S915; Erie, 10A
Erie first preferred 29a4; Illinois Central 1l0i2;
Union Pacific preferred. 71%; ST. Paul III; New
York Central. 1921; Pennsylvania. 65a4; Reading,
s%s Northern Pacific preferred, 721; Atchison, 175s
Louisville and Nashville. 7513 Grand Trunk. 6i4.
and Anaconda. 624.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
- r.1v rp1p1rNE SATURDAY, DECEMBER % M 1913.

-, s Industrial companies are increass- ~
but Sar Earnings and dividends Stocks aa
@ not dividends but wnGn are are sens below
ana VII rtb ~ Southern Pacific. earning rom ir ~
per cent Norfolk and Wsstern este on Which,
dividends viii begin next year are se'e ~ e co points
pdo~ tho high prices Of last January. "a VI"
uiuei ,Irno inyestment values have increased
New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN BONDS.
co,-vp>-,tu,N7 RONDS Market strong Final
dttA + n ~ VI ~
nuotations follow

RAILROAD AND OTHER BONDS.-Market
weak Total sales amounted in par value TO S24s2-
75o against S2.3945OO on Thursday. The heaviest
dealings were in the Atchison and Baltimore and
Ohio issues Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern d.
vision 3lRs), Central Pacific 3l2s ana as missouri
Kansas and Texas ID Is. Mexican Central "a
incomes Northern Pacific As Reading general As
Standard Rope and Twine incomes, St Louis South
western DDS Southern Pacific As. Southern Railway
first SIS Union Pacific As and Wabash debenture Bs
New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY RATES.-Money call. 4as. with ru-
ing rate per cent. The time money market was
nominal at per cent for sixty days per cent
for three months and per cent for four and six
months on railroad collateral and above on mixed
collateral Commercial paper rates were 6q611 per
cent for the best names for three. four and six
months Paper not well known ruled higher
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-Market steady. Actual
closing rates follow:
New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
STOCK EXCHANGE OPEN TO-DAY.

The Stock Exchange will be open for business TO-
s h,t tbere will be none Of the jollifcation Gus
tomarv lust before Christmas. for this week mas
been one Of intense anxiety and heavy resp0nsii- l.
bilIties for the members Of the Exchange. ~ j., ~
pnsshIa that the Governing Committee may MAKE
ppext SATURDAY, a holiday. The Consolidated tx
change members will have Christmas caKe"aih
in the boardroom to-day.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
Sixty days
Bankers posted rates were:

DOMESTIC EXCHANGE - New-Oreans - Com
mercial 81 25 discount; bank. par San Francisco
New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
IMPORTS OF DRYGOODS.
PORT or NEW


Week ending Dec ~ 1891. ls9s. 1879
5- on be market ass 5g7 Is74l52 1890 O52
From January / . -. o.. -.- 49, ,.o "a,
Entered AZ the port s117 3s1 1853 $50 9955 se 459 24S
a, r tho r5arL,o. 1o3 20l 753 S7722O2S 95 Ss4 15S
New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
COLORADO SPRINGS STOCKS.

Closing quotations on the Colorado Springs MIN,
ing Stock Exchange furnished by william P. Bon
bright & Co.. of Colorado Springs:
New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
SAGGING MARKET VALUES.
LIOUIDATYON AGAIN NOTED.
THE WEEKLY MOVEMENT OF MONEY
GOLD EXPORTS AND RUMORS.
STOCKS.

Closing prices yesterday of the principal ac-
tive securities and net changes from Ihursua'
lac. pricac uerp,
New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.
pepor,ed BY De Haven & Townsend. No 20 w.Il-,,,
CHICAGO STOCKS.

FURNISHED by Walker Brothers. No Il Broadway
New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES.

FURNISHED by Frederic H Hatch. No 80 Broad-'s'
STOCKS.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
THE FEDERAL TREASURY.

The daily Washington Treasury statement COW
ering actual results Of two days ago. compale gu
With the last preceding statement. is as follows:
New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE

RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15
SKIM MILK FOR CALVES.
Some Valuable Information Brought
Out by Tests at the Iowa Ex-
pertinent station.

The best method of raising calves on
skim milk is O matter of interest to
every farmer. In some tests made at
the Iowa station it was found that the
best and most economical gains were
made on cornmeal and skim milk. Lin
seed meal also gave lower and more eX-
pensive gains and was in every way less
satisfactory than either oatmeal or
cornmeal and flax seed. 1t may be that
the results of these experiments are con-
trary to prevailing opinion concerning
the relative value of these feeds, but it
is not unnatural or in any way unrea-
sonable that the carbonaceous grains
should be more suitable for feeding
with skim-millS than a highly nitrogen
GUS product like linseed meal. Skim
milk is heterogeneous itself. Some expert
ments were made in Holland to test the
effect of increasing the fat in skim milk
for calves, or adding starch. Enough
whole milk was added to skim-milk to
make the desired amount of fat. When
starch was fed it was cooked TO paste
in the skim-milk. About "a per cent. of
the starch was digested, the coefiicient
of digestibility being as high as in the
case of the adult animal. The addition
of starch to the ration diminished the
digestibility of protein somewhat. 1t
was, however, on the whole considered
satisfactory. When it is possible to
supply skim-milk containing protein,
and the supplemental carbonaceous
material in an inexpensive form, the
In the experiments cited above carbo-
hydrates, either in form of starch or
cereal grains, were successfully com
bined with sllim-milll and in this way
the animal was supplied with an abund-
ance of protein and energy and made
good growth. Ohio Farmer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15
Live Stock Market.

The amount OF live stock on the market
at Brighton last Tuesday aggregated 1878
head OF cattle, 1T sheep and lambs, 1872
swine and 304 calves.
For the best grades Of Northern and East
ern cattle there was fair demand but me-
dunn and inferior grades met with little at
tention and Of these quite number were
in consequence left over. Sales; beef
cows, average 725 lbs, 24c; beef cows, av-
erage $50 lbs, 2ac; 3 bulls average S25 lbs
2Ic; beef cows, average 1880 lbs, 3c;.3 beef
COWS, average 975 lbs, 25c; beef cows,
average 9l2 lbs; PC; 2 cattle, average
1900 lbs 6tci u Cattle average ave age l5SU los,
average 1880 lbs, &c: cattle, average 1910
lbs, AS; cattle, average 1000 IDS, otc;
q cattle, average 1884 lbs, 44c; 10 cattle av-
erage $40 lbs, 4c.
or mich cows and springers the supply
was abundant, but buyers and sellers were
apart in their views as to prices and not
much business resulted from the numerous
negotiations that were in progress.
The supply OF sheep and lambs was light
and the low prices induced sufficient bust
ness to clear up offerings Sales sheep,
average 122 lbs, &c; 43 sheep, average so lbs,
sic; 81 sheep, average 50 lbs, Bic; 10 lambs,
average 81 lbs, DC.
Veal calves were in lighter supply snd
better demand and prices in consequence
were higher. Sales: 10 calves, average 1913
lbs; Ole; 6 calves, average l08 lbs, Die; 81
calves average 10 lbs, 54c; AZ calves, aver
age 1l6 lbs 5sc; Al calves, average l2S lbs,
5lc; Is calves, average ITO lbs, DC; 63 calves,
average 1l6 lbs, 5fc.
Swine met with ready sale at Al TO 4iclper
10, |. W. The supply WAS small.
In western cattle business was unimport-
ant shippers refusing to try much while
ocean freights remain so high. The feeling
in western markets was easier.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15
A Winter StOrehOuse.

The cellar, barn or any clubhouse is
usually the storehouse on the farm,
where potatoes, apples and other fruits
and vegetables are stored, and they are
considered all right by most farmers
because nothing else has been tried.
have no faith in the average cellar,
because it is generally damp, always |
poorly ventilated, and bad place for
keeping fruits and vegetables. In or
der to keep any of these articles we
need an even and dry temperature. Ii
this can be secured we are sure to keep
the articles well. They will show less
tendency to decay or sweat than in the
cellar.
My idea of such storehouse is to
build it up above the ground on stills
about two feet above the surface. l
believe three feet would be better 30
the mice could not jump into it. l
have inverted tin pans on the upper
part of the legs so that mice cannot get
in this way. The storehouse might be
mistaken for an old.fashioned corn crib,
but the inside is very different. This
house should be built with double walls
all around. First build the outside or
inside flooring and siding with scant-
lings laid on crosswise, and cover thor
oughly one side with tar paper, taking
good care TO keep it tight and untorn.
Then pnt on the other wall, repeating
the same operation as with the first.
am in favor of leaving the space
between the two walls filed simply
with air, but others have done well
with sawdust. Dry, still air is a good
non-conductor of heat and cold, and
will answer the purpose well. The
space between the walls should be al
least a foot. A door should be cut into
the middle of the storehouse and one
or two good windows, according to the
size of the building. These windows
are needed for ventilating the place il
summer when the house is empty.
Good tight shutters should be sup
piled for the windows, and doubl,
door for the front, so that the store
house can be closed tight. A ventila
tor in top should be provided. l hav
used such storehouse with great effec
for several years. Apples, pears, pc
tatoes and other things stored Their
keep well. They can be held unit
Spring if carefully sorted out and pu
away properly. 1t is moisture an
changes in climate that make our pei
ishable fruits and vegetables deca
early, and the more effectively thes
conditions are prevented the longe
will the articles keep. A storehous
such as this will keep cool in tn
middle of summer, 80 cool, in fac
that it takes the place of an ice hous
for many things. Fruits and berrie
picked late in the day can be kept i
good condition for shipping if simpl
stored away in this place, where tn
cool, even temperature prevents thel
from decaying. &C. S. Waters, i
Massachusetts Ploughman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15

Diphthera relieved in twenty minutes.
Almost miraculous. DR.. Thomas Eclectric
Oil. At any drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15
Raw Manure Dangerous to Plants.

Among inexperienced cultivators it
is not improbable that more plants die
from the application of raw, strong fer
tilizers than from any other cause. Not
long ago neighbor of mine received a
box of fine rose plants, and, as the
season was far advanced, decided to
start them in pots on his shaded back
porch and afterwards turn them from
these pots into garden beds. The
little bushes were beginning to grow
nicely when first saw them, but their
owner feared he had not made the soil
rich enough. So he supplemented its
fertility with two-inch layer of fertil-
izer fresh from the cow stalls.
"The roses did not seem to mind it,"
he said, "until there came heavy
rain. In the next few days nearly all
of them began to die from the roots up"
If the fertilizer had been we'll decayed,
had been given in smaller quantities
a mere sprinkling of it over the soil
or had been applied two weeks later,
when the roots of the roses were we'll
established, the plants might have been
benefited. Plants that grow in pots
cannot live through as strong dosing as
those that grow in the garden. Garden
plants suffer oftenest from raw fertil-
izer placed beneath them. The novice
digs hole, fills it to within few
inches of the top with any fertilizer
that happens to he most convenient,
and plants thereon some unoffending
shrub or perennial. Usually the "most
convenient" fertilizer is something
fresh or rank, and the first heavy
watering, whice usually follows close
upon the planting, sends up a hot,
biting ammonia steam from below that
fairly cooks and devours the plant
roots. Even decayed fertilizers 80
applied should be we'll mixed with the
soil.
Liquid fertilizers given in excess also
work much harm among plants. 1t is
better to make them weak and apply
them often than to risk scorching the
plants roots with too strong liquid.
And for greater safety it is an invar-
liable rule among successful gardeners
to apply liquid fertilizers Immediately
after a good watering with pure water.
L. Greenlee, in American Agricult-
urist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15
Cost of Hogs.

On a farm with reasonably good
buildings and clover pasture the cost
of a gain of pound of live weight on
hog up to $50 pounds is not much in
excess of two cents. To this must be
added the interest on the value of the
brood SOW, the cost of her keep, the
risk of accident, the cost of the grass
and of the care.
Under these circumstances the price
of hogs will depend largely on the
price of corn and the freedom of hogs
from the ravages of disease. When a
partial failure of the corn crop occurs
and the price runs up to from 30 to 40
cents on the farm the immediate effect
is to crowd the hog stock of the coun-
try on the market and depress the
price. When large part of the hog
stock is wiped off by cholera the i'm
mediate effect at the beginning of the
disease is to crowd hogs on the mar
ket and depress the price, the after eff
, feet of which is to enhance the price
by creating scarcity in the supply.
Under these conditions farmers will go
on growing hogs until they fall little
below three cents pound when they
will conclude that there is no money
in it and lean over to some other de-
partment of the farm. When hogs 90
TO about five cents on the farm every
brood SOW that is at all fit will be put
to use, and in a year the number is 80
generally increased that fall in price
is inevitable. 1t is not safe, therefore,
to figure on high priced hogs for any
length of time, nor is it wise to go out
Of tie business when hogs are low, for
it may be safely estimated that enough
will be out of the business to increase
the price in reasonably short space OF
time. The man who uses only well
bred hogs, keeps right along raising
one hundred hogs year on the farm
and takes coed care of them, is rot
lik ly to have the sheriff's red flag
stuck on his front gate, Wallace's
Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15
Stock Fattening In Kansas.

Kansas annually fattens vast mum.
bers of cattle and swine (S50,000,000
worth last Year,, presumably varying
somewhat according to the quantity Of
grain and forage produced during the
preceding growing season, although
the price of stockers may also prove
considerable of factor in determining
the number to be full fed. However
that may be, Kansas has much larger
supply than usual Of the best meat pro-
ducing foods this year, and the all inn
portant question now is how it may
best be utilized or disposed Of. Proba-
bly, the Fl rst proposition to be consider
ed will be the profitable profits Of send
ing it to market via the live stock route,
and hence the combination of an i'm
mense corn crop, abundance of all
kinds of forage and the high price of
stock animals has caused much specu-
lation as to the probable number of
cattle and hogs which will be grain
ldJleuCu III lu6 CIdl6 lulS COlulu ioll
and winter.
Realizing the public interest and
value of information along this line,
| Secretary F. d. Coburn of the State
Board of Agriculture has made inqui-
ries of leading stock growers, feeders
and farmers, located principally in the
foremost corn and stock counties, with
view to ascertaining what in their
judgment is likely to be done in this
direction compared with last years OPP
erations; if stock cattle and hogs are
considered too high for probable profit
in fattening, with grain and fat stock
prices as at present, and what feeders
will probably have to pay for corn de.
livered in their feed lots between now
and Christmas.
A summing up of the reports receiv
ed show that in many of the larger cat
tie counties there is likely to be an in
creased number fattened over last year
and in others more or less of decrease
while apparently there is a genera
scarcity of hogs and the number o
winter fattening is almost without ex
ception reported less.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15
AGRICULTURAL.
How to Get Eggs In winter.

We are often prone to lay to "the
perversity of nature" things which are
largely our own fault. We often COM
plain of bad luck, or calmly accept 1t
without complaining, feeling that we
must take "the inevitable" when the
truth is that if we looked about us
little we might very easily remedy that
which troubles US. 1t often seems to
be hard provision of nature that our
hens should lay plentifully in the sum-
mer, when eggs bring ten cents
dozen, and 60 back on us completely
in the winter, when eggs are worth
from twenty-five to fifty cents dozen.
But the truth is that it is the fault of
neither nature nor the hens. The
whole trouble is that we do not get our
hens into the proper condition to lay
eggs. We are not fair to the hen.
When we send man to do a piece OF
work we are usually careful to select a
man who is in working condition, and
uOL uhu VIII OuShb W DO IL 'hO NV
pital. But somehow or other we never
seem to think about that with our hens.
Anything that wears feathers and goes
on two legs seems good enough to us
to lay eggs, no matter what its condi-
ton. Here is where we make mistake
No. /.
Then, when we send a man to do
piece of work we are apt to see that ne
has the tools to work with. We are
not like Pharaoh in demanding bricks
without straw. But how about oul
hens? Do we not demand eggs with
out proper food? We do that very
thing over and over again.
II there is one thing established il
henology it is that the fondness o.
fowls for bugs and worms is not an un
natural taste. The animal matter thus
secured supplies most important ele
ment in the fowls food. And it il
largely because the hens cannot pro
cure this food in winter that they ceas'
to lay eggs.
Another reason for few eggs in win
ter is that the hens are not only in tn,
best physical condition, but the foot
they get does not contain the prope
elements for egg making; and, as ba
been limited, hen cannot make brick
without strsws. Food containing tn
necessary elements must be supplied
we are to have full egg baskets.
1t is for this reason that feeding o
green cut bones has become 30 popula
among money making poultrymen an
women. Green cut bone supplies thi
needed element as doe no other food
and at a less expense than grain ca
be fed. 1t keeps the fowls healthy,
makes eggs, and is, in short, an indis
pensable food. No person who keep
fowls, be they few or many, can sffor
to be without green bone CUTTER
l.. A. Worthington, in Country Gentle
man.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15

One dollar if one bottle of Smiths
Green Mountain Renovation does not
benefit you in case you are troubled
with any blood disorder, chronic rheu-
matism or neuralgia affections. 1t is
endorsed by the best physicians in the
country and is warranted tn do what is
claimed for it. G. Bakely, w. Il. Ter
rill & Co.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15

the country the leading National Family NeTapers
ton the publisher THE Waterman our yore home paper has
Weekly Tribune which enables
him to furnish both the trhng cost of 50 90 per
viage himself his family
which his
his home
markets.
should found
Both only $500
all THE WATERMAN, Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15

MORE SUICIDES can be traced indirectly
TO disordered nerves caused by disordered
digestive organs aud the consequent mental
arrangement and weakness, than from any
other cause under the sun. This il proven
by statistics. DR.. Won STAINS p nesppe
Tablets come az a universal blessing to
mankind. No stomach trouble IL too trivial
for attention-no case so deep seated that
these wonderful tablets will not ultimately
cure-eighteen In a box, ten cents.-40. q.
Blakely.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15
NIE ARLF
Fiftv-Eight Years OId!!

It's long life, bit devotion to the true
interests and prosperity of the American
People has won for it new friends as the
years rolled by and the original members
of it's family passed to their reward, and
these admirers are loyal and steadfasi
to- day, with faith in it's teachings, and
confidence in the information which il
brings to their homes and firesides.
AS natural consequence it enjoys in
its old age all the vitality and vigor of its
youth, strengthened and ripened by the
experiences of over half century.
1t has lived on its merits, and on the
cordial support of progressive Americans.
II is "Tne New York Weekly Tribune"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15
800.
DIR. E. DetchOn's Anti Diuretic.

May be worth to you more than 500 if you
have child who soils bedding from inconti-
nence of water during sleep. Cures old and
young alike. 1t arrests the trouble at once, 81.
Sold by Harry A. Slade, druggist, 10 State
street, Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15
WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.
Boston Produce Market.

rS-The quotations given below represent prices
obtained Dy receivers uhoteioie lots mot ioobins
prieeD unless otherw so Indicated sud are intended
to represent actual az 90.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15

PILL-FAME Ten cents vial for DR.. Ag-
news Liver Pills would not make them the
fame they enjoy today if the curative pow
ers were not in them. Worth will get to
the top and that accounts for the wonder
full demand for these little gems. They
positively cure constipation, billousnesS'
sick headache.-39. O. Blakely.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15

What's the secret of happy, vigorous
health? Simply keeping the bowels, the
stomach, the liver and kidneys strong and
active Burdock Blood Bitters does it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-21

shot-Drop, SLIGO; B B and large, $1s5;
chilled, S1.j5
Iron-Market very steady; swede, Sc:
refined, $3.50 base.
Nals-Cut $40 base; wire, So. Is base.
Advanced national list of extras adopted
Dec. !. 1896.
Barbed Wire-$S 45 per 100 pounds
Lime, Calcium, Plaster and Cement
Alabama and Georgia lime in fair de
mand and sell a 75c a barrel bulk and
carload lot, special calcined plaster. a.5)
per barrel; hair, 4Q5c; Rosedae cement.
$Ll0@l2O; carload lots, special Portland
cement retail. $780, carload lots. $500
Lumber, f. o. b. Prices-Mnimum ward
sizes $11.5O; car stills, $11 5OI125O: difficult
sizes $l3.0OQl500; ship stock, SIS. 00GDl6O0,
sawn ties, SS.25; hewn crossties, 30c per
tie. Market quiet and steady
Bagging-Nomlnal: jute, 2h-pound, MA
Sc: 2-pound, TIC; 1A-pourd, 62ic: sea isl
and, Size
Cotton Ties-Nominal; Standard Arrow
Steel, As pounds, large lots, $1.OO; small lots.
S1.10.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-21
OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market nominal; prices quoted
are per 100 pounds: Boston, per bale.
Sl.25; New York, per bale. $LG0; PhIadeI-
phia, per bale. s1.o0; Baltimore. per bale.
SL00; via New York Reval i7c; 81 Pc
tersburg, lie; Antwerp. 3Sc: Hamburg
36c Amsterdam, &c; Liverpool zoe: Bre-
men, zoe; Genoa, 3Sc; Havre, 40c; Goth
enberE, 45c.
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are dun: for
eign business is steady. The rates from
this and nearby Georgia ports are quoted
at Sl2jG5.25 for a range. including Balti-
more and Portland. Me. Railroad ties.
base A feet, to Baltimore. i315c; TO Phil
adelphia. HE 10 New York 16Ibc. Tim
Der rates, 5Oca$10O higher than lumber
rates.
by Steam-Lumber--T baltimore. $500.
Boston $50; Now York, S625
Naval Stores-The market is quiet. me-
dunn size vessels. Rosin-Cork for orders.
IS 81 per BARRE Of 80 pounds. and per
cent. pr mage. Spirits, As. Larger yes
sells, rosin Is Cd spirits. 3s Sd. steam
12c per 100 pounds on rosin, $50 on spir-
its TO Boston and 10c on rosn, ard SOC IN
spirits 10 New York