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reactions.
The anthracite coalers have shown much
strength during the entire week. Reading
first preferred advanced at one time to
above 50, and the close yesterday was at
SIS Is. Jersey Central sold high as 1913
and fraction. 1t declined to 121 yester-
day, but was very evidently given good
support. The anthracite situation is a
most interesting enc. There can be little
doubt that the Vanderbilt-C assatt Balti-
more and Ohio syndicate has acquired con-
tro! of all these lines. and that they will be
worked in complete harmony hereafter.
This fact is in reality one of the chief bull
factors in the present outlook ore of the
things that is causing the important people
to buy securities when the timid people
sell them. This week the story has been
that the Reading and the Jersey Central
are to be consolidated.
Sugar has had a downward course for
the most part, though there has been no
| important break in the price. The stock
sold ex-dividend yesterday at the close
113 rs. There was no advance in the price
Of refined sugar during the week, as had
been predicted. but evidences of the har-
mony in the trade were not lacking The
bulls on Sugar are more numerous than
the bears.
The steel securities were weak for the
most part, and they are now selling very
near to their lowest prices. Early in the
week Steel and Wire went off and on Fri
day and yesterday there was tumble In
Tennessee Coal and Iron and Colorado
Fuel and Iron. The 2 per cent quarterly
dividend on Tennessee Coal and Iron is
expected to be declared shortly. The COM
pany is known to be earning far in excess
Of its dividend requirements. There is
buying Of all these securities on the weak
spots for investment and speculation.
Leather common and Pacific Mail vera
both tumbled rather precipitately yester-
rs SIS. No reason for either slump was
given in the street, but both have been
more or less expected. The adjournment OF
Congress without taking up the Subsidy
bill, many believed, would be the signal
for an attack on Mail 1t Is probable that
little selling by these frightened people
in the absence of support caused the de-
cline in it. Insiders will buy the stock
now probably.
Metropolitan Traction was strong yester-
day. with an advance to 155. The bear talk
regarding the heavy load the company has
assumed in the Third Avenue has been
| played rather too persistently, perhaps. AS
| a matter of fact, there is nothing wrong
| in the affairs OF Metropolitan, but on the
other hand much prosperity.
washinEton Stock Exchange.
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The past week on the stock market has
shown little Of variety from the profess
sional see-saw that has characterized il
Tor two OF three months now. During the
previous week the general trend of prices
was upward and on nearly every day OF
the last six il has been in the other di-
rection, SO that at the close yesterday
nearly all Of the recent gains in prices
had been lost. Many matters of interest
and importance TO the market have taken
place during the week, but they have had
little effect seemingly. The adjournment
OF Congress is almost always signal for
an advance In prices. Congress adjourned
and without passing the dreaded Anti
Trust bill, but on the day Of the adjourn
ment there was decline in prices. The
beginning Of the week saw the entrance
into Pretoria of the British army, and
thus virtually II was thought the ending
of the war in South Africa. London and
New York both sold stocks on the news.
The dividend at the rate OF per cent
was declared on Atchison preferred, and
the Sugar dividend was maintained. The
ending Of the sugar war became certain.
None of these matters had any good effect.
On the other hand, the trouble in China,
which the street has not seemed 10 be
frightened over and the drought in the
Northwest, with the consequent advance
in the price of wheat, have resulted in
declines. II may be said of the market,
however, that there has been little IL any
important selling Of securities The bears
have sold short, and some OF the smaller
holders have taken profits or become
frightened and sacrificed their stocks with
small losses. There has been some in
vestment buying. This does not indicate
that the important people are becoming
he ctf I'm bar
contrary. 1t is not a condition of things
to cause uneasiness to holders of securi-
ties outright or with ample margins. The
street looked for a rally on Friday and
again yesterday. 1t is now predicted by
some OF the most conservative market
people that the reaction will occur early
this week.
The bank statement yesterday was not q
bad one. although ii showed a loss of sur
plus reserves. There was small gain In
cash. The loan account was Increased
heavily, and also the deposit account.
The chief feature of the market during
the last two days Of the week was the adj
vance in the price Of wheat on the stories
Of drought in the Northwest. The granger
and Pacific securities had all been active
and buoyaut before. but they began to tum-
bic with this talk of poor wheat conditions.
Il may be stated very positively that there
was little II any reason for the break.
Wheat failure stories come every year, and
II was not to be hoped that they could be
escaped this year. The situation in the
Northwest is far from hopeless. Else
where throughout the wheat belt ii is said
TO be superb. The granger roads and the
Pacifcs are all passing through the period
Of their greatest prosperity. and the out
look is fine that the top Of the wave is yet
far ahead. Atchison preferred has been
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Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs Co.,
members of the New York Exchange, 1412
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put on 5 per cent basis, and Northern
Pacific common will be given a per cent
rate on Wednesday. A larger dividend on
Union Pacific may be expected in the near
future. The talk Of the Southerf. Pacific
people is most optimistic, and with good
reason. Some Of the most careful of the
brokers advise buying these stocks and the
international securities generally on all
reactions
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INSTANT RELIEF

from headaches. nausea, giddincss. stomach pains,
and indigestion follows the use Of Warmers Safe
Cure. Sold by all druGaists-
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New York stock Market.
Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs Co..
members Of the New York Exchange, 14i2
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Sales-Capital Traction, 20@1c4 SIS;
Washington Gas, 2d55 Ia; Mergenthaler
Linotype, 5@190 L.; Lanston Monotype,
20c@13 Ia.
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The two features of the market have
been Gas and Telephone. Gas has been
dealt in to the extent of two or three
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The bank statement yesterday was not .
bad one. although ii showed loss of sur
plus reserves. There was small gain In
cash. The loan account was increased
heavily, and also the deposit account.
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City and Suburban has been strong OF
late on persistent buying. apparently based
on the idea that the syndicate will soon
wish to buy in the minority stock under
the provisions of the bill just passed, and
that it will be likely to pay better price
than that recently ruling.
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Capital Traction has continued strong at
the advanced price established when the
Capital Traction bill was passed week
ago. The company is increasing its earn
ings every month, and in addition there is
much talk OF the benefit to be derived by
It from the proposed extensions Of its lines.
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The Cost in Lives tn China.

The dispatches have told Of the
slaughter of native Christians in Shan
tung and Pechili and of battles be-
tween the Imperial troops and Box
ers in and around Pcllin. The loss
of human life is very great in the in-
surrections which, from time to time,
afIlict China. The recent Mohamme-
dan rebellion in the northwest prov
ince was stamped out only after sew.
eral hundred thousand persons, large
proportion Of them women and chill
dren, had been put to the sword. The
TAPPING rebellion, which began in 1880,
is estimated to have cost 2O,OOO,OOO
lives in the fourteen years before it
was suppressed with the aid Of Eu-
ropean intervention. That rebellion
was begun by the secret society known
as the Taipings for the overthrow of
the Manchu dynasty, which is still
nominally in power, though it would
not be if it had not been saved by
the direct cooperation of Engs sd
and France at Shanghai, Tien-i in
and elsewhere, and by native armies
drilled and commanded by Chinese
Gordon and other European soldiers.
New York Sun.
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aattened upon the bough. so that it
seemed a part of 1t, was a long body
whose mottled colors merged i'll those
of the spotted bark and the leaves
and their shadows. The soft fip-fip-
ping noise was the ciirling in and out
of the tip of supple tail among the
leaves. The beast that had killed my
partner was Waiting for me.
There WAS not d moment to lose. AS
1 threw my rif1e-breech to my shoulder
saw tile Great head lift, the ears draw
sharply back, tile rhosphorescent eyes
redden to burning flame. Twice l
fired, first at the shoulder, then, without
aiming, at the living thunderbolt that
came through the air upon me, crush
ing me to the earth. A frightful growl
filed my ears as something bit and
tore me-thc rest was darkness.
came to my senses lying on my
back ION the ground in the coolness of
the autumn night. Through the leafy
brar les overhead the moon and stars
were shining Ny rifle was clutched in
my. hand as 1 lifted my head and
looked around, not realizing at first
where l was or what had happened.
1t all came back to me rs gazed
upon the form of a savage beauty, the
splendid markings in black and yellow
of the jaguar that lay near me. Just
beyond the beast l saw the form of my
partner, his white face upturned to
the moon.
You can see the scars made by the
jaguar's FIVE claws down the side Of
my face, and there are other marks of
his claws on my arm and chest. I have
not been able to lift my left hand to
the top Of my head since he crushed
my shoulder that highland these
wounds he gave me in his dying
struggle, after my second shot had
pierced his brain. If Bonifacio had
not come in time should have been
lying under the sycamore now with
Magruder.-Youth's Companion.
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and conditions. Every third man
among them carried lantern, none
Of which, however, were quite as large
as those of my hosts coolies.
"Those are my official lanterns
said the Consul. In this country Size
represents runl;. Big man, big Ian
tern; little man, little lantern. None
but the higher officials can have large
sized lanterns:'
"'And who are those grave-looking
gentlemen in white nigttsewns' each
attended By d lamp eoclie?
""They,' said my host, are inef'
chants, clerks, gsompradoes" and trad
ers: You see their lamps are a little
under the medium size. The common
coolies not attending as servants carry
the very Smallest sized lamps AL are
required to carry them; it is the local
municipal regulation
"It seemed to me an absurd custom
for the American Consul to have to
spend his evenings out with couple
Of lanterns the size Of barrels in con-
stant attendance, and I announced my
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hands OF natives, and dismisses his
"compradore. ~ lie goes In person to
some native "hong" and asks for SAM
pies and quotations. He is politely
shown through the establishment and
otherwise treated with consideration.
But when, with q view to buying, lie
inquiries for prices he gets 4 mo have
got'' for answer. He goes to another
"hong" and another and another, but
always with the same result. No one
has anything to sell! All are behind
with their orders! Let the foreign
dealer return to his Office and send his
"compradore" OIL the same GRAND,
and his orders will be promptly
filled. This is so In every department
of business where foreigners are con-
cerned. In all Of the treaty ports the
financial affairs Of every foreign house
practically are in the hands Of the
natives. Foreign merchants cannot
hope to reach the market except
through 4 class Of middlemen. This
is the irrevocable custom Of the coun-
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at tile American Consulate he was
housekeeper, chambermaid and butler.
He did the marketing, and should any
complaint arise in regard to the cook-
ing, this head servant considered it his
duty to whip the cook, another Chi
naman. He wears clean white cot
ton gown-tlat IS, Of course, in SUM
mer-Iay to September-when the
temperature ranges between eighty
five and ninety degrees. His black
house slippers have noiseless paper
soles. He speaks the jarEon of the
treaty ports, known as "Pidsin Eli
glish." When dinner is ready lie pre-
sents himself, with hands carefully
concealed in the loose, flowing sleeves
of his dress-a sign of respect-and
says, with q deep bow:
Master comes catchee chow"
Should he be 4 little out Of temper,
and wish to show the slightest degree
of disrespect, lie will allow a small
portion Of one hand to be seen, and
say:
"Chow have got"
Master in order that the domestic
machinery may run smoothly, must
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This is perfectly ineligible to John,
the name by Which all foreign resi-

This is perfectly ineligible to John,
the name by Which all foreign resi-
dents call the servant.
The average Chinaman possesses 4
remarkable memory. He will learn
to make himself understood III almost
any foreign language in less than half
the time it requires an Intelligent
Englishman or American to make him;
self understood in any one of the
many Chinese dialects. This disparity
has led I'd Some curious anomalies in
the trade of the country. Thus at all
the open ports trade with foreigners
is carried on by means Of middlemeni
or agents, who are always natives:
They are called "compradores:"
If foreign merchant wishes to buy
tea, silk, porcelain or other articles OF
native product he must do so through
his "compradore." If he wishes to
sell any article Of foreign product to
a native house he must again call In
the "compradore." The "compradore"
employs all the servants Of the for
eigner's establishment, fixes their sal.
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South Dnknta,s Wind Cnyn.

Few people realize that Wind Cave,
near Hot Springs, S. D., IS the largest
and most beautiful cave in the United
States. No one knows how large it
really is Over 100 miles Of passages
and 5000 chambers have been explored.
And that is only the beginning. There
are fourteen different routes" only
three of which have been opened to
the public. They are known as the
Garden of Eden, Fair Grounds and
Pearly Gates.-Omaha Bee.
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try. Thus commerce has utterly
failed to break down the barriers be-
tween these strange people and the
outside world.
at was at Chin-Kiang," writes the
American Consul in his notebook, chat
the peculiar lantern custom Of tie
Chinese was brought to my notice. l
was to be the guest Of the American
Consul there, and had just landed
with him at the foreign merchants
wharf on the Yang-tse, some distance
from the foreign settlement. 1t was
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aries and is responsible for their ho'i-
esty.. He keeps the foreign trade;
bank account Strengthened out with
the native bankers and makes out
shipping lists and invoices. Practic-
alIy. thnnrh nnminaliv mere upper
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In the big foreign hotels which
abound in all the treaty ports-Hong,
Kong, Shanghai, etc-as q waiter he Is,
perfect. He wears loose white robe,
Immediately clean; milk white stock
ings, with black satin slippers; shiny
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about 8 p. m. Two Chinese coolies of
nv hosts household were on the banks
awaiting us. They carried each IAN
tern the size Of q flour barrel. Con-
gregated about the landing were Sev.
eraI thousand Cinnamon Of all grades
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to his fancy for cat and dog diet;
shey are overcome by the odors which
emanate from his habitations. In
truth, tile Chinese coolie is mot q
dainty creature; but he is good serv-
ant; he is quick; he is honest;ihe is
faithful; he is as regular in the per-
formance Of his duties as clockWork;
and he can be forced to some degree
Of cleanliness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-09-05
A Danger to He Escnped.

"The whole civilized world ought to
be interested N putting down this Chi
nese uprising"
81 should say so. Why. an historical
novel written in Chinese dialect would
be simply awful."-Indianapolis Jour-
nal.
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adapt himself to the language of his
man servant. Should he be asked to
"go upstairs and fetch my slippers"
he would stare in bewilderment.
"John,makee go top side and catehee
slippers" ~
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intention of having one only, large
enough for practical purposes.
"In that case,' said my host, you
will be set down as small and insiS-
niflcant person, whose wishes may be
safely disregarded.'"
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The Usual Way.

Askit-Who is the fellow VINO is %
energetic in discoursing on Jigsbys
faults? ~
Tellit-Thatsi his bosom friend, OF
course.-BaltImore American.
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him and began her intrigues with the
Boxers.
The most sacred spot in all China
is the plain near Pellin, where repose
the bones of the Ming Dynasty. 1t
has been proposed that their tombs be
destroyed by the Allies rs the most
terrible blow that could be struck at
Chinese pride.-New York Tribune.
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

:. a Milwaukee florist thinks he has
succeeded in producing green carna'
tions. by, the use of chemicals while
the plants are growing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-09-05

A single journal in Paris causes the
destruction Of 10000 trees = year ps
material for paper,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-09-05
THOs. j ADAMS PROPRIETOR.
THE GOODBYE KISS AT, THE DOOR.

glance Of es rough
waslove aglow thcresT
his
When his bright
=
A good bye kiss And the goodby kiss at the door,
She
X,
rtwitho
4
When If.youle willing them
breast :, =
or
,-Pearsons Weekly.
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= Fine jewels are registered, like fine
dogs. Their history,sor pedigree, can
lie got Mt the registry Office, with their
description. value, owner and so forth,
all detailed very accurately. The reg
istry tends to prevent stealing.
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"a number of living specimens Of the
curious blind fish from the Kentucky
caves have been deposited in the fish
!. house of the London Geological gar
,.. - H@E ;, s--s y
. QenS. .st,rs .s.,7o4s
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THIS is A MANS METHOD.
His Way Of Making Carpet Bargain
While His Wife Was Away.

His Way Of Making Carpet Bargain
While His Wife Was Away.
II want both my upper and lower
halls recarpeted," was the remark
Charles J. Jones of East Walnut Hills
made to well known carpetman.
"And I'm going to move out of the
house until you finish the work! I'll
leave the choice and color to you!
My wife is out Of town, you see, and
want to surprise her upon her return.
There is only one condition to this
bargain. / must ask you, as we are
all friends, to gite me small figure
in the carpet"
Gail rightw said the carpetman.
And Charles Jones stayed away
from home for two days, while. the
carpetman'a' ;hira1i"-. ''-'~"1 awav
with their
himself as
that was IL
she returne
petman 4cal
and annou 10
laid.
"It's a dt
man. 49,.
'1'm GLAD
That eve
and was satisfied that the carpet was
peach. The next morning he met
the carpetman.
GLOW much do owe your inquired
Jones.
at is $685." said the carpet deal
er.
"Wbatw yelled Jones. where's
the small figure you and agreed on"
"Why, on th' border of th' carpet!
said the. amazed dealer. Its a
mornin" glory vine with pink an
white flowers! You've got bargain
at that Observation-Disclosures In
01llroE, so .a.F f.s-
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& British Guiana has u cannon-ball
tree that grows to Il height of 100 feet,
it's straight, sunbr;mchins stem being
only is inches thick. When the can-
non balls are ready to drop the tree
lis avoided as a battery might be that
was about to engage in lombard
ment.
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,ss,oooooeoeSoaoeoae

GREAT deal has eenswrit-
ten about the peculiarities OF
the Chinaman's character.
Fastidious foreigners object
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There are few bearded men In
China. Men who have grandchildren
may wear n mustache, and many take
advantage of the privilege and are
called "old hair men, The foreigners
with mustaches, when they came to
China excited much curiosity, and the
unusual sight justified them in ask
Ing the ages of the bearded men.
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A few days ago Upper Sandusky,
Ohio, was visited with an immense
swarm of flying ants. which had the
effect of compelling merchants in GER
tain districts to discontinue business.
The merchants had no time to prepare
for the onslaught, and had trouble to
get the insects from their stores that
they might be closed. The ants were
supplied with long, transparent wings,
and only remained for couple Of
hours.
Among the curiosities in deeds at
tention is called to one in Belfast,
which gives the course and distance
ito a hole in the roof of the shed Of
the BIZ Ismith shop" This, II. T. Far
row, the Belfast Me. civilengineer, says,
should be considered an .fndestruct-
ible monument" as the hole still re-
mains, although the shed was burned
many years ago. Another queer deed
is of a shipyard in Rcckport, and one
course. is described as "in line with
the bow of two vessels now building
at said shipyard."
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,-L-.-o- --l>:~l> oooonnnaOv tbp
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with their
himself as
that was il
she returl,e
petuan. .cal
and annon
laid.
"It's a dt
man.
"l'm GLAD
FTNT