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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-19
THE MARKETS.
Wall Street Review.

New York, Dec. 1S.-'The stock market
yielded to panic today under the sevcrost
strlngency of money and the distrust en-
Eehdcfed concerning all classes of SeCuri-
ties ON the exchange The Industrials
were the severest sufferers and were the
rsal ccnterS of the disturbance but the
SmoTIS 10 protect holdings In them pro-
uuced violent liquidation in other classes
Oh securities. The intervening Sunday
hu0Tded some momentarily check to SAT-
uruay $ liquidation, as was expected SO
tnut lne opening declines I'm sympathy
WIN LONDON were In large part rccuv-
STeu ana the market seemed COmparatiyC-
" qulet ana without sensation. The an
nounCement Of the failure of n trust com.
pany and OF firm of brokers prominent
or the exchange caused renewed weak
ness and there were calls for additional
miarglhS by commission houses de-
clslon by the clearing house banks to
renew o!d loans at per cent and to
avoid as far as possible excessive rates
Tor the new loans Quieted the market
again ana caused some recovery. In the
afternoon severe stringency developed
again in the money market
Unofticial reports were made of loans
aI Is per cent The market quickly took
on panic conditions and many were
thrown over entirely without regard to
progress, Metropolitan and Tobacco led
WIN losses or over twenty points and
large number of lndustrlals followed
with to Is points breaks. In the high
grade railroad stocks declines at the
extreme low level ranged from to 8
points. including the Grangers Trunk
Lines. Tnternationals Southprns and
Iranscontinentals In the last half hour
by concerted agreement of the clearing
| mouse banks SlO.0OOO00 was offered on the
exchange, which broke the rate for
| money to per cent. and caused violent
! recoveries of from l to 10 points in the
| prices of stocks. All outside influnces
| were swallowed up, in the acuteness OF
| the local situation. Total sales $50 800
! shares.
Semi-specuative bonds were off from
to points. Dealings were not on an
| extraordinary scale Total sales, par
| value, S3350,0OO.
The following quotations arc furnished
| The Tribune by M. s. Jordan & Co.,
rooms 105-06 Mears building Telephone
| 5000:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-19
New York Grain and Produce MarEs,

New York Dec S-Flour-Firmer and
held higher with wheat, buyers showing
a readiness TO meet old asking rates;
closed firm. Wheat-Spot firm; No. 2
red, Zoe f. q. b. afoat; No, l northerh
Duluth, SO%c. +, o, b. ahoat, nOminali
No. 1 hard Duluth, S2c, f, o. b. anoati
No 2 red, 73%tc. elevator. Options opened
strong at 5sC. advance, after a midday
reaction the market experienced a sec
ond sharp upturn and closed strong at
1&a14c net advance. March closed
7Ghc. May 76l4c.i July, 16lec,; Dec, I32se,
Corn-Spot firm No. 2, i0asc, f, o. b.
NC higher on December and later on had
a cneral advance, Closed firm and at
unchanged prices to Lc, advance. May
closed S92sc. Dec, 39asc Oats-Spot
firm; No 2, 29ic.; No. 3, 2Nac.; No, 2
white. 3l4c; No, 3 white, 30lac,; track
mixed western, 29a30iac.; track white, 81
a3tc. Options quiet but tlrmer Butter
Steady; western creamery, 23a2ic; 40
factory, 15ka20c; June creamery, va
25ihc.; imitation creamery l7a22c state
dairy, 1Su25c. do, creamery 2Sa2Ic. Cheese
Steady: fan made fancy small l2Aa
l3c.; fan made large fancy, l2iaal2Ac, ;
late made small, 12al2lPci large, late
made. 11stal2c Eggs. Steady; state and
Penna. 2ia25c.; western ungradcd e.
mark, 16a2lac.; western, 2la2ic., loss on
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-19

New York Dec, lS,--Becvos-Slow and
5al0c, lower; steers. AfOaG25; stockers,
$3Gcal; oxen and s,asa, %a5; bulls, Saai;
cows. SLtOa375. CalNes-SloW but steady;
81; barn yard calves, S2.5oa3.5l; southern
do. S3a3 25: western, 81, Sheep-Slow;
lambs, steady 10 shade lower, cl9ssd S6i
ions s5; lambs. S5. 25aj0); Canada lambs,
S.. So culs Slal50, Hogs-Firm; at $500
"A go
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-19
HONESDALE.
to The Scranton Tribune.

Special to The Scranton Tribune.
Honesdale Dec 1S.-Rev. G. A. Place
entertained his brother DR., James
place. of RinghamtOn, over Sunday.
Miss Name Crandall has been spend
ing a few days in Scranton as the
guest of Miss Emma Burns.
The Ariel Ladies' Concert company
missed railroad connections and failed
TO appear in the opera house Friday
evening
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-19
Used by British Soldiers in Aerlcn.

Captain c. G. Dennison is we'll known
all over Africa as commander of the
forces that captured the famous rebel
Galishc Under date of November 4
1897, from Nryburg, Bechunaland he
writes Before starting on the last
campaign | bought quantity OF
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy, which I used myself
when troubled with bowel complaint,
and have given to my men, and in
every case II proved most beneficial" q"
For sale by all druggists, Matthew
Bros, wholesale and retail agts 80
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-19
Scranton Pass. Railway, frs
Scranton Wholesale Market

CORRECTED by IT, G. Dale, p LackaWanna
AVCnucD
Butter-Creamcry. 24a27c; print 25a
2IC.; dairy, tubs 26c
Eggs-Select western, 16iac.; nearby
state, 23c
Cheese-Fuli cream, new, 13lbc.
Beans-Per bu., choice marrow. 80 20.
medium, S2; pea, 81.
OniOns-Per bu., 45c.
PotatOes-Per bu., SOC.
Lemons-$S.5Oa3.75 per box.
FlOur-S42O
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-19
ACTORS, SINGERS, TALKERs-Ar

ACTORS, SINGERS, TALKERS-Are
are more or less subject to Bad Throat,
Hoarsencss, Tonsllitis and Catarrh. DR..
Agncw's Catarrhal Powder never disap-
points. 81 can but proclaim Dr. AGnew's
Catarrhal Powder a wonderful medicine
for actors, singers, and public speakers.
Myself and wife have tried everything,
but have never found anything to equal
this great remedy, for quick action; it
certainly is a wonder worker Al, En-
nett Fostcll, New York city. Sold by
Matthews Bros. and w. #. Clark,-72.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-19

Washington, Dec. 1S.-The secretary OF
the treasury has decided to increase the
deposit Of cash in national bank depos-
ituries to the sum of $4,000, 900 and pos
sibly Si0,O0O00O on the banks depositing
with the government United States bonds
as security,
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Lz 70 !: :'::: ::;: !: q: q g: '' -
al nI IA E9 our aid. Address,
Ea,S6HsfHEsEsEaENQ Baltimore, Nd.

S43oaA25; best yorkcrs. $L25aiSO; light
yorkcrs ana pigs, A2Oai25; roughs, 81, !5a
S75. ShccD-Actlve and higher; choice
Wrthprs SA25aiIJ. common, Sl5Oa250:
choice lambs, S5,}jaj50; veal calves, $Ia
10
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-19

East Liberty, Dec. lS.-Cattle- Slow and
lower: extra. SS0a6l0; good $5a5,3O;
common, $3a3.G0. Hogs-ActlVe and strong
err, hest assorted mediums aud heaVles,
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Oil Market.

OH City, Dee. l&-Credit balances. lG6;
certificates. no bid. Shipments, 1i1 $50;
average T77S. Runs, l25,lil; average,
SlTJ2
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Chicago Grain and Produces.
Chicago. Dec. lS.-Indications that the
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-10-27

of vans bring loads Of waste material
every hour, are to be seen spacious
warehouses and sorting-rooms, where
a large staff of workers are busuy en-
ployed. At one corner stands a disused
chanel. which ON the occasion Of our
visit we found crammed 10 the ceiling
with fifty tons OF waste paper. Hither
come $500 tons every year, the average
days receipts varying from ten to
twenty tons. The contents of the waste
paper basket for one year would out
weigh forty-three eighty-one-ton guns.
One days accumulation Is no small
quantity, as may be seen from the Illus
tration, especially when 1t is borne In
mind that the paper is packed as tight
ly as possible into the sacks. Vast as
the present quantity is, 1t Is steadily
increasing at the rate of eighty tons
every year.
The paper received Is Of the most mis-
cellaneous character, consisting OF old
letters, State documents, printed mat
ter, old account-books, and the IKE, by
far the larger quantity coming from
the general postoffice. On receipt 1t Is
at once handed over to the sorters, who
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-10-27

classify 1t under twelve heads, and
pack it separately In large sacks. String
and miscellaneous debris are thrown
on counters covered with coarse wire
sieves, by which means the dirt is got
rid of.
Confidential documents receive care
full and effectual treatment. They are
taken by the officials to the cutting ma
chine, where they are thoroughly sliced
up. When papers of an especially Sc
cret character are dealt with the mid
die section of each pile is.taken out and
placed In a separate receptacle from
the rest. The cut fragments are then
p,aced In sealed sacks, and are con
veyed in charge Of an officer to paper
mill, the locality of which is kept Sc
cret, and are there reduced to pulp un-
der his eye.
In the case of ledgers and other &c.
| count books, 1t Is deemed sufficient to
slice off the tops of the pages. The rest
finds Its way to the butter-factors, and
so even In its last stage is made tt
serve useful purpose. NO less thaI
two and a half tons of these ledgeri
are received at the waste-paper oftic'
every week.
Another section of the waste-pape
department contains the used ribbon
from Morse telegraphic instruments
This pours in at the rate of fifteen hun
dred weight per week, measuring ap
proximately 947 miles. In five week
the quantity received is sufficient I
form q continuous line from the Cap
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-10-27
Some Curiosities OF Our Calendar.

Some Curiosities OF Our Calendar.
A writer in the French scientific
journal, La Science pour Tous, recalls
certain curiosities of the Gregorlan cal
endar. He writes: "Slnce the reform
of the calendar by Pope Gregory XIII.
in 1852, no century can begin with a
Wednesday, a Friday, or a Sunday.
Also the same calendar can be used
every twenty years. January and Oc-
tober of the same year always begin
with the same day. SO do April and
July, also September and December
February, March, and November also
begin with the same day. New Years
day and st. Sylvester's day also fall
on the same day, except of course In
leap years. Each day Of the week has
served as day OF rest somewhere;
Sunday among Christians, Monday
with the Greeks Tuesday with the
PersIans Wednesday with the Assyr-
ians, Thursday with the Egyptians,
Friday with the Turks, and Saturday
with the Jews. Finally, the error Of
the Gregorian calendar, compared with
the actual course Of the sun, does not
exceed one day in four thousand years.
AS 1t is quite probable that neither you
nor l shall ever verify this, we shall
not risk very much by believing the
statement"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-10-27
BOY OF QUEER SIGHT.
Missouri Lad Who Can See Only When
In Utter Darkness.

Missouri Lad Who Can See Only When
In Utter Darkness.
Physicians in Columbia, Mo-, are
much interested In the case of Stanley
Shaefer, 8 years old. who lives with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. u. G. Shaefer, In
Columbia. The child is afflicted with
a most remarkable optical deformity.
lie can see as well in total darkness as
a person with natural sight can see In
the light of day. He can walk into a
dark room and find in a moment pin
or only other tiny object. Night Is day
for him, and day is night, for In the
hours OF daylight he is blind. His dis
position and desires are largely infiu-
enced by his optical deformity. At
night he is restless and full of life. In
the day time he is more inclined to
sleep.
His parents have some difficulty in
restraining his desire to play and romp
about during the hours Of darkness. 1t
is difficult for them to find safe amuse-
ment for him at midnight. All his little
playmates are In bed, and the boy can
derive but small pleasure in his loneli-
ness. But at times he evades his par
ents and takes lonely midnight ram
BILE. He has been heard romping about
the neighborhood of his home in the
middle of the darkest nights with only
dog for a companion. Little Shaefer
is faithful student, and well ad-
yanccd in his books. His teacher, how
ever, Is obliged to resort to unusual
measures In instructing him.
During the daytime the child is often
seen In the vicinity Of his home, usual
ly with companion to guide him. Al
such times the eyes of the child are
usually half closed. He gropes about
like blind person, and stumbles over
the rough places unless guided by
faithful hand. When his friends gree
him he knows them only by theii
voices.
When he concludes to read a while
in the daytime, his proceedings arr
peculiar. After securing his book. tn
boy goes to h closet and takes from
hook a most remarkable contrivance
1t Is almost as large as the child him
seif-long, black. and in the shape o
funnel. Little Schaefer carries tn
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-10-27
TONS OF WASTEPAPER
BRITISH WASTE BASKET GETS
OVER 9, 500 TONS A YEAR
What IL Done with the Enormous
Amount of Correspondence that
Comes to the British Government
Ohice-Ien 10 Twenty Tons Dag.

There Is a waste paper department
IN connection with the British Govern
ment offices In London, and glance at
the illustrations herewith win afford
an idea of the enormous amount OF cor
respondence and clerical work with
which the various offices Of her Males
tvs administration have to deal.
Previous to the year 1852 the waste
paper of the Government offices was an
unrecognized perqulsite of ofhce-keep-
ers and messengers, with the natural
result that no small quantity of good
stationery was thrown away, ana III
some cases large amounts OF public
property were systematically misappro-
prlated. Not only was this the case but
papers Of an important and conndenual
character found their way INTO the
hands OF outsiders, sometimes with
very unpleasant consequences.
ON one occasion pound Of butter
came home from the grocer's wrapped
In n document which revealed to the
purchaser a proceeding on the part OF
a relative which effectually DESTROYED
the harmony of the home, and ended IN
separation between husband and
wife. In another case a man found q
part of a deed that he had executed
some years before forming the head oi
his child's drum.
Repeated Instances OF the evils of the
existing system for the disposal OF
waste paper led to Treasury minute
IN 1852, directing that all surplus anc
waste stationery should be collected
and delivered to the controller OF hel
Maiesty's stationery office. Arrange
ments were then made to reduce th'
paper to pulp in the United Kingdom
with the unfortunate result that som'
state documents Of much Importance
which had been sold TO dealers II
America had to be brought back
great cost. After this the paper wa
sent to Coldbath Fields prison, wher'
II WAS sorted and torn up small befor'
being sold to dealers. But 1t was sOol
found that there were grave objection
to letting the prisoners have the nan
ding of state papers, and in 1885 tn
plan was finally abndoned. Premise
were then secured in Earl street, West
Minister, large staff of sorters employ
ed. and the whole Of the Government
waste paper dealt with under the ey
Of officials from the stationery office.
A writer In the Harmsworth Magf
zine has been compiling some statistic
of the quantities of waste paper wit
which these officials have to deal, an
how they are disposed of. Surround
ing a large yard, to which successio
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-10-27
TRANSPORTATION INADEQUATE.
Rates Are Moving Up and Have Bearing
ON Export Trade.

ON EXPORT lfaues
Bradstreet's says: More nearly, per-
haps, than ever before, does the volume
of general trade and industry tax exist
ing transportation facilities handling
the same. From nearly all parts OF the
country, but particularly from the
West and South, come reports OF car
scarcity. Some of this congestion
seems to be the result of a diversion OF
traffic ordinarily carried on by water
routes to already crowded railroads.
The inability of present transportation
facilities to cope with the existing stu
alton is, however, not confined to do
nestle trade lines. From both coasts
OF this country come reports OF insut-
ficient tonnage Offering to handle goods
seeking foreign outlet, and freight
rates are considerably higher than they
were a year or more ago. This latter
feature, in fact, is one which may have
important effects upon our foreign trade
during the balance of the year.
With few notable exceptions prices
continue strong. A number of lines
have advanced quotations, while the
great body of staple articles manifest
all their old firmness. Some weakness
in wheat prices is directly traceable to
higher freight rates because OF the
partial closing OF the door to relief
from growing domestic stocks.
Raw wool is firmer and even higher
on better demand at the East, some
heavy speculative transactions being
reported.
The strength Of lumber is apparently
undiminished.
Business failures for the week num-
ben 221, as compared with l64 last
week, 2l3 in this week year ago, 22t
in 1897, 2O2 in 1895, and 259 in 1895
Business failures in the Dominion o.
Canada for the week number 20, al
compared with 10 last week, "a in thii
week a year ago, q in 1897, 4S IL
1895, and 36 in 1895.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-10-27
ENCOUNTER WITH A WEASEL
And a Very Fierce Encounter 1t
Proved to lie.

And a Very Fierce Encounter II
Proved to Ee.
John Burroughs has some trouble In
protecting his chickens from the weas-
els that lurk in the woods around MS
slah-sided cabin near West Park, on
the Hudson. In the Century he thus
describes an encounter with an espe-
clally pertinacious robber of his roost:
was standing in my porch with my
dog. talking with my neighbor and his
wife. who, with their dog, were stand
ing In the road few yards In front OF
me. A chicken suddenly screamed In
the bushes up behind the rocks just be-
yond my friends. Then 1t came rush
ING down over the rocks past them,
fying and screaming, closely pursued
by a long. slim red animal, that seemed
to slide over the rocks like serpent.
Its legs were 80 short that one saw only
the swift, gliding motion of Its body.
Across the road into the garden,
within a yard of my friends, went the
pursued and the pursuer, and Into the
garden rushed and my dog. The
weasel seized the chicken by the wing,
and was being dragged along by the
latter In Its effort to escape, when ar
rived upon the scene. With savage
glee that had not felt for many day
| planted my foot upon the weasel.
The soft neck underneath yielded, and
held him without hurting him. He
let 20 his hold upon the chicken and
seized the sole of my shoe in his teeth.
Then reached down and grlpped him
with my thumb and forehnger Just
hack of the ears, and lifted him up,
and looked his impotent rage In the
face.
What cleaning eyes, what an array
of threatening teeth, what reaching Of
vicious claws, what a wriggling and
convulsed body! But had him firmly.
He could only scratch my hand and
dart fire from his electric, bead-like
eyes. In the meantime my dog was
bounding up, begging to be allowed t.
have his way with the weasel. But
knew what he did not; knew4that In
anything like a fair encounter the
weasel would get the first hold, would
draw the first blood. and hence prob
ably effect his escae.
So | carried him writhing anC
scratching, to place In the road re
moved from any near cover, and threw
him violently upon the ground, hoping
thereby so to stun and bewilder hin
that the terrier could rush in and crusl
. him before he recovered his wits. Blu
/ had miscalculated; the blow did in
deed stun and confuse him, but he wa
still too quick for the dog, and had hin
by the np like an electric trap. MI
lifted up his head and swung tn
weasel violently about In the air, try
ing to shake him off, uttering O cry o
rage and pain, but did not succeed Z
loOsening the animals hold for som
> moments.
When he had done so. and attempte'
to seize him a second time, the wease
was first again, but quickly release
his hold and darted about this wa
and that. seeking cover. Three or fou
times the dog was upon him, but foun
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-10-27
AProfitnhle Dream.

1t may not be generally known that
the invention OF the automatic lock-
brake for carriages was the result of a
wonderful dream. The inventor, man
named Springer, had been puzzling
over means whereby the driver of a
carriage need not get down to put on
the brake, but might do SO through the
action of the horses. and was COM
pletely baffied. Shortly afterwards he
had a dream, in which he himself used
this lock brake when driving down a
hill On awakening, he remembered
perfectly how 1t had been worked, and
Immediately applied for patent The
first year Of Its use brought him In no
less than $4,000.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-10-27
PACIFIC COAST TRADE,
aeattla cots.

Onions, new, $1.OO@1.25 per sack.
Potatoes, new, $16@l8.
Beets, per sack, $l.l0.
Turnips, per sack, 75c.
Carrots, per sack, 90c.
Parsnips, per sack, 90c.
Caulihower, 75c per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California, 81
@l.25 per 100 pounds.
Peaches, 65@80c.
Apples, $1.25@ 1.50 p0r box.
Pears, $l00@1.25 per box.
Prunes, COO per box.
Watermelons, $3.50.
CGntaloupes, 40@60c.
Butter-Creamery, 28c per pound;
dairy, 17@22c; ranch, zoe per pound.
Eggs-27@2Sc.
Cheese-Native, 1870 lac.
Pcultry-121sc; dressed, 1870.
Hay-Puget Sound timothy, $l2.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$1,000.
Whole, $29.OO; cracked, $29i
feed meal, $23,
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton
$21; whole, $22.
Flour-Patent, per barrel, $S.65
blended straights, 1926; California
$3.25; buckwheat -four, $3.50; gra
ham, per barrel, $29O; whole whea
-four, $3. 90; rye -four, $S.75.
Millstuffs-Bran. per ton, $500
shorts, per ton, $1,000.
Feed-Chopped feed, $40. 80 per ton
middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal
per ton, $500.