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The Portland daily press., 1900-10-16

Fall Styles
we are as usual and we have the cream of the
looms of Eng land, Scotland and A mert ca,
in all the new and handsome cOlors and mix
lures in stripes and checks to choose FROM
Let us make to your measure a nice Double
Breasted Sack Suit with Double Breasted
Vest and Trousers cut in latest style, or a
Four Button Sack Suit with those wide
shoulders and close fitting back Vest single
breasted, with or without collar, Trousers
loose in hip and small at bottom. Have your
clothing made by US and it VIII be correct and
swell in style, at reasonable price.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-16
ALLAN Linz
St. Lawrence Service.
WONTREAL TO LIVERPOOL.
Calling at Movile.
No cattle carried on these steamers.
RATES OF PASSAGE

CABIN-$52.50 and upwards A reduction of &
per cent is allowed on return tickets
SECOND CABN-To Liverpool London OF
Londonderry-$3 90 to $4,000.
STEERAGE-LlverpooL London, Glasgow
Belfast. Londonderry or Queenstown, $3.50
Prepaid certificates S24.
Children under u years, half fare. Rates to
or from other points or application to
Il. p. MCGOWAN, $40 Congress St.,
Portland. Me.
Foreign Steamship Agency, Room 4,
First National Bank building, Port
land, DEatMe
ar27dtf
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-16
STOCKS
WHEAT.

Portland Daily Press stOcKQuOtatiOn ms
Corrected by Swan & Barrs.- Bankers. 1876
Middle
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-16
fBy Telegraph,

Oct. 1 5. 1900.
NEW YORK-The Flour marKet-recelDIs
3S.l36 bbls; exports 1926 Dbls: sales 625O
pcKgs market weak and somewhat lower with
the break in Wheat.
Flour-Winter DIS ? 1904 90 :winter staights
6Od3 so; Minnesota patents 1904 40 win
tel extras 2 65Q13 90: Minnesota bakers OOa
40: 20 low grades 4Otd2 70.
Wheat-receDrs 3S2075 Dusn;exDorrs 47,717
Du; safes 4,3l 1000 bush futures. 200.O9O bush
exports; spot weak; No Red at 1874 c I 0 d
anoar; n o Red 771ac in eley; No 1 Northern
Duluth 841A anoar.
Corn-receIpJS 274.275 bush: exports $500
bush: sales 900 bush 1uJ1res; 100000 bus
export; spot steady; No at AT 12celey, 4Ss4
1 b atioat
OaIs-receipts 1872 500 busn: exports 2O,003
bush; sales 10000 bush sDoI, spot easier mo 2
al 25c; No 3 at "a G.; No 2 white 27c: No 3
Whlte 2612c; track mixed Western at 2412@
% ~ C; track white Western 261@M33c.
60.
Cutmeats steady; D ckled hams =
Lard easy; Western steamed SO; Oct closed
4; re1ned easy comment at 81 A Fl; COM
found -.
Pork is quiet; mess at a COa15 90: family
l6 oa17 90: short clear IA 5Oa17 90.
Butter market unse tied: creameries at 160
2Zc; do factory at 13016c; June crm at Is q
2lc; state dairy 15d2Oc.
Eggs Lrin State and Penn 2l022.
Sugar-raw steady fair refining at Ala C Cen
trliugal So test at 4s4 c; Molasses sugar 4c: re-
fined market steady; No IS at $50; NOT, F.1O;
n 8 at 8 .OOc; sNo at 4.9O; No 10 at 4.S5;
)
No IA at $40; standard A and ConfetiOners
A 900; Mould A $50; cut loaf and crushed at
6.I5; powdered $50; granulated 5.75; Cubes
go
CHICAGO-Cash ooutatics.
Flour easv.
Wheat-No2 spring-c; No do at e91a@
Toe: No Req at 74076c. COrn-NO 2 at Ala
4l14c:No2 yellow at 4l@4lssc. 0ats-No ?
at 2l1 a@2214c; No white 2413Q2514c No 8
white at 70 u241a No 2 RyeF9 fair TO choice
mating Barley 55@591ac; No L Flaxseed at
2: No n w Faxseed 1 70; PRIME Timothy
seed 1904 10: Mess Pork 1 ) sc Oni2 ~. Lard
at S713 30: snort rios sides z 90 Y o;
dry salJed shoulders at GA Q6I2. short clear
sides 3OdS 4O.
Butter hrm-ereamery at 1921 air es 36
1Sc.
Cheese firm at 1914 p11Ac
Eggs firm fresh II 12.
Flour-reeelprs 27.3OCI Dbls; whe u 100000;
bush; corns 339.OOO bush: oats 10000 bush 4;
rye $4,000 bush: barley $4,000 BUSH
ShlpmenJs-FlOur 27 900 Dbls; wheat 55I 900
bush; corn s928,OOO bush; oats 374.O0O bush
rye 5000 bush; barley 79,OOO bush.
DETROIT-Wheat quoted at 75 cash WniIe;
Red 77c; Oct TIC; Nov -; Dec 775sc
TOLEDO-Wheat ouiet-cash and October
7712c; Nov &C: Dec 79c; May IS.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-16

The staunch and elegant steamer
"GOV. DINGLEY' and BAY STATF'' V'j'iS'
alternately leave Franklin Wharf, PortIand.
and India Wharf Boston, at 100 p. IN. daiiv'
SUNDAYS excepted. y
These steamers meet every demand Of
modern steamship service in safety speed,
comfort and luxury of travelling.
Through tickets Tor Providence, Lowell
Worcester, New York. ETC.. etc.
J. E. LISCDBgB, Gen. Manager
THOMAS M. BARTLETT. AgeAS
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
John Wcsley's Cure For Melan.
choly.

In the "Arminian Magazine" in
1856, John Wesley gave the fol
lowing rules for persons afflicted
with 'lowness of spirits"
1. Sacredly abstain from all
spirituous liquors, Touch them
not on any pretence whatever.
TO others they may sometimes
be of use; but to nervous persons
they are deadly poison.
3 If you drink any, drink but
little tea, and none at all without
eating, or without sugar on
cream.
3. Every day of your life take
at least an hours exercise be
tween breakfast aud dinner.
1. Take no more food than Ma
ture requires. Dine upon one
thing except pudding or pie
Eat no flesh at supper, but some
thing light and easy Of digestion
). Sleep early and rise early
Unless you are i'll, never lie in
bed much above seven hours
Then you will never lie awake
your flesh will be firm and youl
spirits lively,
&. Above all, beware of anger
beware of worldly sorrow! be
ware of foolish and hurtful de
sires.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
Eloquence at Bay.

Pastor Thomas Spurgeon tells
this capital story of preacher
who had "fatal 1luency of
speech" " for whom an acquaint-
mce laid trap.
He had way of promising to
preach, and on beginning would
say something like, "I have been
too busy to prepare a sermon,
but if someone will kindly give
me a text, I'll preach from it.
One old church member deter
mined to cure him. He therefore
asked him to preach. The invi-
tation was accepted. The time
came and the visitor began his us
uaI introduction.
+ "Brethern, / have been so
pushed for time to-day as to have
been quite unable to prepare a
sermon. But if some of you will
give a text I'll preach from it,.
Perhaps my brother here, turn
ing to the plotter near him-"will
suggest text"
eyes, brother, " came in ready
response; "your text is the last
part of the ninth verse Of the
first chapter Of Ezra, and its
words are: Nine and twenty
knives. "
There was Il pause, an ominous
pause, as the preacher found his
text. He read it out, "Nine and
twenty knives" and began at
once. "Notice the number of
these knives just exactly niue
and twenty; not thirty; not eight
and twenty. There were no more
and no less than nine and twenty
knives.
A pause Il long pause Then
slowly and emphatically. "Nine
and twenty knives, a longer
pause. Then, very meditatiyely,
"Nine and twenty knives. "
Again he rested. "Niue and
twenty knives and if there
were nine hundred and twenty
knives, ! could not say another
word. "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
THE JULY CROP REPORT.

The Government crop report
for July shows an exceptionally
low average condition of cotton
and spring wheat and a slight fall
in the condition of winter wheat
as compared with the June re-
turns. The figures suggest the
probability of another compare
tlvely moderate yield of cotton
and spring wheat yield that will
be the smallest recorded for many
years. The winter wheat yield
will probably be 50,000,000 bush
els in excess of the officially esti-
mated production for 1899; but
the outturn of spring wheat on a
basis of the Federal acreage and
condition figures is a matter about
which the calculations of experts
will be widely at variance. The
Government statisticians will not
make an estimate of the produc-
ton in bushels until long after
the harvest.
If the aggregate yield of wheat
should fall as low as 500, 100000
or 435, 900, 900 bushels, as suggest
ed by the official data, the coun-
try will need practically all of the
carried over surplus from pre-
vious crops (roughly estimated at
100,000,000 bushels) to meet re-
quirements equal to those of last
year. But even the present un.
favorable showing for spring
wheat does not portend wheat
famine, and as late sown grain
has been much improved in con.
dition by rains since July / the
production of spring wheat will
probably be considerably in ex-
cess of calculations based ON the
Federal crop Investigations to the
end of June. 1t is also not i'm
probable that reserves from last
season will exceed 100000
bushels, in which event the avail
able supply of wheat will be abun
dant.
The condition of corn is very
favorable, and while this crop has
yet to face the risks of Angus
drought or premature frost, the
present situation indicates very
large yield of a cereal which is
every year becoming a factor o.
increasing importance in the ex
port trade. Speculation has al
ready pretty well discounted
the effect of the crop reports up
on cotton and wheat, and but fol
the fact that interior reserves o
corn are low the splendid outlool
for the latter would probably
cause a decline in prices.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
THURSDAY, July 19, 1900.
THE OLD SPRING.

a path that leads fromthe kitchen door,
Through little garden plot,
Down past the cherry and apple trees
That grew in the pasture lot,
Thence on through beechen avenue
Till you hear the waters trill
Upon the pebbles and over the stones
BY the old spriHg under the HILL
The old spring under the hill is cool,
With blotches and riffs of sun;
It's air is as grateful and fresh and
sweet
AS the air of summer dawn.
The song of bird in the trees above,
Below the song of rill,
Are the only sounds that are heard
around
The old spring under the hill.
How oft we have trudged in other days,
When boys and girls at our play,
To the shade and stiffness of that old
spring,
Remote from the garish day!
How oft by its sparkling waters clear
We have knelt and quaffed our fill!
And never draught was so sweet as
that
From the old spring under the hill.
The years aremany, the years are long,
Between us and that fair time;
We hear no more the tinkling song,
Nor the waters silver chime:
But oft in the mirror of memory
We can see the image still
OF the winding pathway, the shadows
= deep,
And the old spring under the hill.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
An Epitaph.

A traveller just returned from
the continent reports that he
found the following epitaph in a
Devon churchyard, on tomb
stone erected to the memory Of Il
farmer who had been killed by
his sons pet bull;
Twas my son John thatraised the bull.
IL caught me once alone.
d raised my son; the bull raised me,
And my son raised this stone,
He shall rise again.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

At the late meeting of the
Pennsylvania Teachers Associa-
at Williamsport, resolutions urg-
ing Governor Stone to reappoint
DR.. N. G. Scheifer as State Su-
perintendent ofP PublicInstruction
We're passed. There is no doubt
of the very general and favorable
sentiment DR., Sch@ffer's choice
would reflect, and the News
would rejoice in his reappoint-
ment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
CARELESSNESS WITH MONEY

The secretary Of the treasury
has u very large directory of care
less people-of people who have
money to burn or otherwise de-
stroy, and who appeal to him for
reimbursement. Uncle Sam is
kind enough to restore lost mon
ey when he is satisfied that it is
actually out of existence, and the
treasury department has to look
after this branch of his financial
affairs.
A woman in indianapolis got
ten dollars in greenbacks mixed
with green's she was preparing
for dinner, and boiled them into
an almost unrecognizable mass.
A Washington man, u couple of
weeks ago, went in person to the
secretary Of the treasury to get
S35 for some badly mutilated bills
that his playful pup had been ex-
ercising with for an hour.
A Boston man took from his
pocket what he says he thought
was piece of paper, and burned
half of it in lighting the gas. The
gas light revealed the fact that
he had used a 500 bill for light
er.
An Ohio man wants to sell the
treasury department a mouse
net for 500. He says he had
that amount in bills in u bureau
drawer, and that the mice appro-
priated it in bits to build a home
in which to rear their family.
A Wisconsin woman has sent
to Washington a lot Of tinder that
she says was once 800 Several
months ago she hid it in stove
pipe hole, into which a pipe from
laundry fire was recently pla-
ced. AS the pipe rested on the
bills, tinder was the result.
a loving Philadelphia papa has
asked for $50 for few strips of
greenish paper and u score Of
pellets of the same material He
says they once constituted a 500
bill, which his pet boy had torn
to pieces, rolled into balls and
blown through a glass tube at the
cat, canary bird and narsemaid.
A Kansas farmer has sent lot
of chopped bills that he says rep
resent $40. According to his
story they were in the pocket of
a vest that was hung on feed
cutter, and when it was being
operated the corner of the vest
that held the money got between
its knives and with the money
was torn in shreds. The claim
is now in process of adjustment.
A Vermont farmer has sent to
the treasury department a mass
of remnants of bills that APP
preached the condition of pulp,
and asked for $3.50 in return,
which, after some delay, he re-
ceived He said he had very
carefully hidden the money un-
der the rafters Of his barn, and
somehow it had gotten into the
hay and bran fed to one of his
cows. The COW was chewing the
green feed when it's nature was
discovered.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

July 7th Hon W. ,
attorney for Henry
Black, grandchildren y
Judge Jeremiah > p
err in the Register any
Office in Chambers
from the late Pre'l'
Buchanan to judge
tract of land in Pe''l
near Mercersburg'
dated June H. l79'I
240 acres of lana, y,
money $15,624 I'd
an interesting one "a
distinguished men n
it passed and OeGaDJll la' n
Of time between 10
try upon our cou'Y
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
Old-Fashioncd Dinners the Best


Many people who are constant
ly trying to concoct new and
tempting dishes overstep the
mark. People who eat large
quantities of the various preserv-
ed foods are not always the
strongest. The old-fashioned
meal Of roasted or boiled beef
served up with it's own juices,
with two plain vegetables and a
pudding, was far more whole
some than the eight-course-din-
ner which is served nowadays.
Few people know the true flavor
of'potatoes or rice. In this cOun-
try, seasoning too often means
salt and pepper only, People in
the Eastern countries, especially
the Turks, make most delightful
stews and soups by using com
bination Of vegetables, cooking
them slowly enough to draw out
the flavor Extracts and sauces
prepared chemically, aud mus.
tard and horseradish, may be
taken now and then, perhaps to
advantage; but, as a rule, things
Of this kind should be avoided on
used sparingly. June Ladies'
Home journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
White Man Turne

Great cOnsternatIoI
the friends Of NJ. A.
Lexington, Kyo wh9|
he was turning yeIloV
slowly changed coIo'
eyes, and he suIicr'
His malady was tfel
best doctors, but WY
Then he was advised
trio Bitters, the wong
ach and Liver reIII7
writes: CATER tahl1
ties | was WlloIly
trial proves its matd
for all Stomach, Ll'l
ney troubles. only ]
w. S. Dickson, drusS
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
now PEKIN Is FED.

Among the dangcrS to which
the foreign population OF pckin is
exposed must be included chat of
it's food supplies being entirely
cut oil by the insurgents. Az en-
dinary times the city is very
greatly dependent upon frozen
meat brought in from Mougoliaon
the backs OF camels. The Mon
gol Market, adjoining the British
Legation, is the rendezvous for
innumerable "stl'iugs" Of camcls
and their half savage drivers, and
on this unshcltered plot Of
sandy soil, just within the city
walls, may be seen exposed for
sale the carcasscS Of Hhcep,
strangely contorted, which have
been skinned while warm and
left out to harden in the severe
frost Of a Mongolian night prior
TO transportation to the Chinese
capital. Partridges and other
game are similarly prepared for
transit toPekin and are purchase
able in the frozen state through
out the long North China winter
and well into spring. In the hot
season live animals are driven in
to Pekin and Slaughtered, accord
ing to demand, but the bulk Of
the food supply is at all times de-
rived from place at distance; even
from beyond the Great Walls,
there being but little produced
within the confines of the vast
city itself save root crops, and
those on a small scale, derived
from the fields that occupy part
of the space known as the Wal
chung, i. e., the Chinese portion
and separated by cross wall
from the Nui-chung, or Tartar
City.
How important is the daily sup
ply by camel caravan of life to
the Pekinese may be gagged from
the fact that over ten thousand
"ships of the desert, on an aver
aga, enter and leave the gates
of the capital every twenty -four
hours. Ride out at whatever
time one may choose it is certain
that long strings" of these use
full beasts Of burden, the leading
quadruped bearing petween its
humps a Manchurian driver and
at its throat Il bell, and followed
by score or so of its fellows, the
head of each animal roped to the
tail of the proceeding one, will be
met with beyond the walls, either
bound inward to market or bound
outward to the hills. The last
of the string likewise bears a
bell, and its tinkle assures the
leading driver that none of his
charges have broken loose.
1t is true that the camel traffic
has of late years been appreciably
dimished by the facility with
which supplies could be brought
up from the coast by railway, but
it has by no means been abolish
ed, and the railway not having
been available for some time past,
owing to the operations Of the
Boxers, the probability is that
the inhabitants Of the capital
have had to rely more than ever
upon their Mongolian market
for the means of existence
London News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

The Principal-You have bad
cold, Mr.. Jakes.
Jal1es ~ Yes, sir; think |
caught it on Saturday, when
was collecting those old accounts.
The Principal All, | shouldn't
be surprised, for they were all
over dew.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
Production OF Pet,

The statement that i
greater producer of /
than America will doo
tonish many people viii
cied that this countrvh
cally a monopoly Of "a
supply. Leaving JaIIa
contribution out of coIs
the production in tons
past year in Russia WI
in America, 5, S,lJ0,0o0;A
$40, 600; in Roumania
and in Sumatra, Borne
500, OO0, 1t would "A
that the visible suppl
leum in this country 4
ing from year to yeds
end of 1897 it was 5,09
in 1898 it had fallen d
tons, and at the close d
it was down to 3,jj6,V
Russian petrolcuml
gaining favor in yarid 3
even England, for 4
planned reason, naynA
her consumption Of 4
very largely, In "a
the contrary, although
been an additional deri'
Russian product, cons y
mainly upon AmericauI
German papers have
menting upon these
have been asserting
future Germany may y
to Russia for her SUPP
the German AgraIN
which hates eyerythW
can, would doubtless Z
setback in tine AmeH
leum industry, the fa&
has been u decrease 1
supply proyesnothlnK
the market has moro
sorbed the output I'm
reason to believe that
years to come Germ 4
main a profitable y
| American oil in spite
competition; for il q
had not beer preierW
and price considere&
have been replaced
this by the petroleum
er Russian fields
Record.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

If ice is not obtainable, IA roll Of
butter may be kept hard, or a
bottle Of milk cool, by wrapping
in a damp cloth and putting in Il
draught. The cloth should be
dampened from time TO time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
Was II A Miracle?

"Hhe marvellous cure Of Mrs.
Rena j. Stout Of Consumption has
created intense excitement in
Cammack, Ind" writes Marion
Stuart, a leading druggist OF
Muncie, Ind. She only weighed
90 pounds when her doctor in
Yorkton said she must soon die.
Then she began to use DR.. Kings
New Discovery and gained 81
pounds in weight and was com
pletely cured. " 1t has cured
thousands of hopeless cases, and
is positively guaranteed to cure
all Throat, Chest and Lung dis
eases. soc and .00. Trial bot
ties free at w. S, Dickson's S drug
store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

Little Charley--"Papa, what is
broad-mindness?"
His Dad - "Agreeing with
headstrong people when you
know they are wrong"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

Itwould take some pretty hefty
arguments to convince the aver
age citizen that the sun is grow
Ing colder.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
LARGEST IN THE WORLD.

AiO ibl ScSU uIuS llOuSc III Ulc
world is in st. Louis.
The largest wholesale dry
goods house in the world is in
New York.
The largest gun works in the
world is in Essen.
The largest brewery is in st.
Louis.
The largest tobacco factory is
in st. Louis.
The largest woodenware manu-
factory is in St Louis.
The largest steel works are in
Pittsburg.
The largest drop hammer in
the world is the property of the
Bethlehem Iron company.
The largest bottle mandatory
is in Pittsburg.
The largest spring works are
in Pittsburg.
The largest bank is in London.
The largest church is in Rome.
The largest beef and pork
packing house is in Chicago.
The largest starch business is
in Oswego.
The largest copper mine is in
Michigan.
The largest pumping engine in
the world is in the Calumet and
Helena mines.
The largest match factory in
the world is at Barberton, Ohio.
Its capacity is 100,000,000 a day.
The greatest railroad in the
world is in the United States.
The largest hotel is in New
York.
The largest marble quarry is in
Vermont.
The largest flour mill is in
Minneapolis.
The largest copper and brass
mill is in Waterbury.
The largest stove factory is in
Detroit.
The greatest whisky industry
is in the United States, the out
put being more than $4,000, 600
gallons year.
The largest boot and shoe in
dustry is at Lynn.
The largest sewing machine
works in the world are at Eliza
bethport.
The largest hardware house in
the world is in st. Louis.
The largest grocery house in
the world is in New York.
The largest state is Texas.
The largest financier in the
world is in New York.
The largest broker is in New
York.
The largest stock exchange is
in New York.
The largest city lin area) is
New York.
The largest life insurance com
panies are in New York.
The largest buildings are in
New York.
The largest corporation in the
world is in Pennsylvania the
Carnegie Steel Company, capital
stock, S250,000,000.
The largest monument in the
world is in Washington-largest
in the sense of tallest and cost.
The loftiest structure in the
world is in Paris-the Eiffel tow
er.
The largest steamboat runs in
Long Island sound between New
York and Fall River.
The largest steamship plies be-
tween New York, Southampton
and Bremen.
The largest locomotive is ON a
short line in Pittsburg.
The largest college or univer-
sity is Harvard, considering the
greatest number of students. It's
undergraduates exceed in mum
Der those of Oxford.
The greatest shipbuilding in
the world is at Glasgow
The largest suspension bridge
in the world is in New York.
The largest metal spans in the
world are in New York (the
Washington bridge.)
The largest public gardens are