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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02

Brooklyn Rapid Transit sold off 20 Y 1-2
and closed at " SIS, with heavy net de-
cline for the session. Metropolitan de-
clned from 157 at the opening to 1853 "a
and closed at the bottom price. Manhat-
tan declined from 80 IA at the opening 10
80 SIS, also closing at the lowest figure
for the day. The bears made the argu-
ment that the reduction in the assess
ments against the company under the
franchise tax law are not important, and
not nearly so large as had been expected.
AS a matter of fact, some over confident
people have been saying that the taxes
would be cut almost to nothing. These
stocks will be considered excellent pGr-
chases on any further decline by some of
the most careful market people. Brook
lyn Rapid Transit is now entering on its
period of greatest productiveness and what
with the general prosperity OF the New
Workers and the many added improve
ments of this company since last year
there is every reason to believe that its
business this summer will be far in ex-
cess of any ever before done. The Metro
politan stockholders are to receive
rights in the near future, and insiders
are now buying the stock ID al the de-
clines. 1t may be added that there is
still the great probability that the tax as
sessment will be cut either by the asses
sors or by the courts. II is said that a
strong fight will be made by the compa-
MES.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02

ANOTHER BARGAINING have on hand 20 OF
the famous Meiselbach bicycles; new 1900
models; up TO date in every respect; one piece
hanger. expander bar, and seat post; choice of
saddles. etc; guaranteed for the year; have them
in colors price $50; don't miss this chance.
NATIONAL CYCLE co, 1921 Penns. ave. ap29tf
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02

MR. L. NORRIS, Baltimore's talented medium. at
100 9th St NV. daily from 10 to 6, Sunday
included seances Tuesday and Friday. p m;
Wednesdays, 80 p. M; Sunday nights at Mac
cabee Temple, 5l3 9th st. NV; good music; silver
collection. apZI-t
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02

OUR SIS BICYCLES are OF the 1895 800 quality,
mechanically remodeled and renovated good
as new; perfectly safe and reliable; no COM
parison 20 the 1900 $50 cheap affair. Have also
some at IS to So and higher-priced bicycles: see
them before buying. Bicycle repairing and re-
modelling our specially; cutting down frame,
So 50: enameling 50; mechanical overhauling 81
etc LABoFISH, Bicycle Maohinist, III 9th st.
py ap30.3t
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02

DISTRICT CIR COLUMBIA BONDS
6s, 1902, "30-year funding go.d.. l0l
IS. 1901. water stock currency.
rs, 1903. Water stock" currency.
Funding currency. 3.65's. .....-.-.. 40
tIk's, Req. 2 los 1893 1901. .....
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02
Loans Of $40 and sa 1 %S"s'rd made
L PINAOS, HORSES

Wagons, etc, at lowest rates and on the day
you apply. We loaning the Building and
Loan Association plan, which makes the cost Of
carrying loans much less than you pay else
where and allows you to pay it off in any sized
notes you desire, running from one to twelve
months. You only pay for the use of money for
the len, til Of time you carry it. II you have. a
loan with some other company we will pay it
off and advance you more money il desired. Rates
cheerfully given and no cost to you unless loan
is made. Loans made anywhere in the District.
Call and get rates. Front room, first floor, Sci
entifc American Building.
National Mortgage Loan Co.
625 Street N. W.
no6-ti
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02

favor OF higher prices, despite the failure
OF the directors to declare dividend. The
directors action is only for three months,
and the increase in the earnings of the
company continues.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02
WANTED-BICYCLEs.

WANTED Mans wheel in good condition; cheap
for cash. Address bon 569, this Office
my2-St "
WANTFD-Lady's second hand wheel. cheap. Ad-
drese Box Sal. this Office. apo 81 EN-
BEFORE SELLING your bicycles get our cash
offer. CYCLE EXCHANGE, $40 10th st. NV.
ap30-3t
.. s.onnJ-hand hicxcles Rem
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02

nresent future lucky charms, separated
brought together: walk upstairs, second floor.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02

New York Central was strong. COM
paratively, selling as high as 1875, and
closing at 1874 1-2, with a net gain of a
point. The strike Of which so much has
been said is not proving the bear argu-
ment that had been predicted, although
there was no settlement yesterday. 1t
should be remembered that the New York
Central has had strikes before, and that
ii has still continued one OF the most pos
porous railway companies in the world.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02

The March statement of the Louisville
and Nashville is fine one. The net earn
ings for the month increased s10S,9I9 and
the net earnings since July l increased
S1.3S5, $50. The stock advanced yesterday
to SO 1-2, closing at the top price. 1t has
been stubbornly strong during the recent
declines in many parts of the list.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02

Pennsylvania Railway was fairly strong.
The close was at 1876 ga fractionally of
from the Monday close, but it cannot be
said that this decline was the result OF
any selling Of the stock except by the
shorts. The directors of the company met
and declared the regular 21-2 per cent
semi annual dir idend, and many market
people wer- 6is ppointed that per cent
was not de-iaI ID. as had been prom 'sed in
good quarters, but, as has been said, no.
body that owns the stock found this a
sufficient reason for selling out. 1t may
be stated on good authority that there is
still a<goci chance of an extra disburse-
ment in the form OF rights
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02
Washington MORT age Loan Co.
6fOF Street N. W,

MONEY loaned sallried people and retail mer-
chants upon their without Sc
curity; easy payments. ToLMAN. Room 4s, sos
Oh G St oc221yr
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02

The Standard Oil Company yesterday
declared a quarterly dividend Of 10 per
cent in addition 10 the regular dividend
of 3 per cent. The last quarterly dis
bursement was 20 per cent, but there
was no disposition among stockholders to
consider themselves illtreated yesterday.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02

FOR SALE-:i16 second hand bicycles; cheap g3l
9Th st. NV; open evenings. myl-7t
FOR SALE-Oue tuIl nickel plated Sterling ladies'
bicycle. patent roller chain; slightly used :
price. $50. Address BOZ $50, this office myl-3t
FOR SALE-Ladys smalley wheel in good condi-
ton; but little used, Sl5 80 y. Y ave NV
ap30-3t,em ap30-3t EN-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02

MIMI. DAVIS. born clairvoyant and card reier.
tells about business, removes spells and evil
Influences reunites the separated and gives luck
10 all; cures piles and drunkenness. l22s 25th ST.
NV 1pl0-lmo
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02
FOR SALE-BICYCLES.
FOR SALE Handsome ladies' wheel; almost n
ls9t lRih 81. InX.,. 3

FOR SALE-A Columbia chainless bicycle u inch
frame, in good order price so. 12l 4th st.
Sc mN2-3t
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02
ADDRESS
F. D. FOSTER. Secretary,

VVf U INI-r-I y" W -fAII1-'N' VT 70 q
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17

WcexiI in Wheat

The director for the Oklahoma eXper-
iment station says: Considerable com
plant is received at the experiment
station that the weevil is injuring
stored grain, particularly wheat. This
can be stopped by the use of liquid
known as carbon bisulpliide. The liq-
uid evaporates readily at ordinary
temperatures. and the vapor being
heavier than air, sinks, and is death
to all animal life that breathes it, al
though small amount taken into the
lungs does no injury. The gas is also
highly infiammable, and therefore not
even a lighted tobacco pipe or cigar
should be brought into contact with 1t.
for fear that an explosion might ie-
suit.
To use the gas the grain to be treat
ed should be in reasonably tight bins.
The gas will not penetrate more than
about three feet in depth in the wheat,
and it should therefore be introduced
into the central part of the bin by fast
ening wire screen over the end of 4
pipe of sufficient length and forcing
the pipe down and pouring the liquid
into the pipe, when it may be with
drawn and forced into another place
If the weevil is working on or near the
top. the liquid may be poured on to
the grain and the bin covered with
blankets or canvas for about twenty.
four hours. when the gas will have
nearly or quite all disappeared. The
gas does not iniure the grain for grow.
ing or milling purposes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17
Carrots stunted by crowdinp,

All kinds OF roots are much better If
given plenty of room in which to
grow. Probably no root suffers more
from crowding than the carrot, for the
reason that when it terminates the
leaves are so small that it is hard to
tell whether cluster of leaves repre-
sents one, two or three plants. 1t is a
great loss every way to allow the roots
to crowd each other in the growing.
The bulk of two or three roots grow
ing together is not nearly SO great as
one good-siZed carrot. The short-h horn
carrots, which grow partly out of the
ground, can be seen much better than
those whose roots are entirely below
the surface. And perhaps because the
short-horn carrot grows partly above
ground it is not injured SO much by
growing in a clump. 1t is also more
nutritious than tile deep-rooted carrots,
but it needs to be gathered before the
soil freezes very deeply, else the root
will not keep well. Parsnips can be
allowed to stand in the ground all win
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17

Singular to say, the popular distrust
of the noble science of surgery does
not abate. The able surgeon finds
a stiff and stupid prejudice against the
most beautiful operations, and some
times when he has his saws and knives
all sharpened in preparation for the
exploration OF an interior lie looks
around to discover that the prospect
I've patient has basely fed. 1t is but
two or three weeks since a Western
architect, who was about TO be oper-
ated upon for appendicitis, arose from
his couch and galloped away, leaving
the surgeons staring at one another in
grieved surprise. Now we learn from
another part of the country that gen
ltieman whose leg was to be cut off
seized favorable opportunity and
sprinted forth from the hospital at a
record-breaking gait despite the as
snrances of the surgeons that he could
not put one foot before the other.
These things are disconcerting. If the
surgeons are to recover lost ground it
Is clear that they must keep prospect
i've subjects continuously under the
Influence of anaesthetics until the op-
Grafton is pulled off" This thing of
hopeless cripples doing the 100 yards
in eleven seconds for fear of the knife
is likely to cast suspicion upon the
diagnosis.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17

Interrogation, as figure of speech.
may be made quite effective when used
by writer, but must be treated warily
by the orator, lest it provoke discon-
certing replies. Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
delights in repeating story of his
youthful days in Scotland. He says
that a minister, who gave full value
for salary received, .aiI ordinarily
preached for an h5ur, one morning,
sNs. AeR IN splendid condition, spoke for
an hour and half. Then, without
turning hair, he remarked that what
he. had hitherto spoken concerned the
major prophets. He would now turn
to the, minor prophets. "But what
place." he asked, dramatically, shall
we reserve for MalachiY Just here a
restless sister of the flock rose from
her seat under the pulpit, noisily drop
ped her psalm book. made her way
down the aisle. and after opening the
heavy, creaking door, turned to face
the astonished pastor and people
Malachi" she said, succinctly, "Mala
chi may have my place"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17

/l.HlNZSgGSf's Tt
than in any other manner and they
give greater value to the grain by as
sisting digestion and keeping the stock
thrifty.
Fertilizers Fully Up to the Standard.
Fertilizer manufacturers are held
strictly to compliance with certain,
laws of the various States in order to
protect the farmers, and chemists en-
ployed by each State must accept sam
from farmers and their work is
spread broadcast III official bulletins.
The faithfulness with which the laws
have been executed, while no opposi-
ton has been shown by manufacture
ers. demonstrates that the States can
protect its citizens against fraud.
What the fertilizer manufacturers OBJ
ject to. however, is that the law sim
giles them out as the only dishonest
class, although fertilizers are as true
to claims as any kinds of goods. The
farmer needs protection more from
fruit tree venders impure seeds and
fiimsy implements than from fertillz-
ers that are below the standard, for
while nurserymen and seedsmen are
reliable as n class, yet there are par
ties who will seek every opportunity
to foist impure seeds OH the public.
Farmers now have less to fear from
fertilizers than from anything else
procured by them, and several stations
report that of the various analyses
made there has not been a single case
in which the simple of fertilizer fell
below the standard required by law
a fact which is very gratifying to the
farmers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17
Parts of Tree Bearings,

There are many apple trees that bear
from one-third to one-half crop every
year, the portions being barren alter
nately, SO that the tree is never entire.
ly barren. This is apt to be the case
where different varieties are grated on
the same tree, and especially if the
grating is done in alternate years. In
other cases cold storms or frost in tho
early life of the tree destroyed the
fruit at blossoming time on the ex-
posed side of the tree, and as in the
years that full crop is produced OH
the limbs in bearing there is little
chance for fruit buds to be formed on
those parts of the tree and the habit of
bearing alternate years formed by ac-
cident becomes fully established.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17
Weak swarm of Bees.

When a swarm of bees is found at
the close of the season light in weight it
is generally better policy to destroy it
than to try to keep it through the win
ter. The weak swarm is probably al
ready infested with bee worms, and
the sooner the propagation of these is
arrested the better, as their increase
makes greater danger for all the
swarms next year. If the weak swarm
is destitute of queen its bees may
be transferred to a larger and stronger
swarm with advantage to both, though
in some cases more food must be pro-
vided for the strong swarm after this
addition, to enable it to winter without
loss,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17
HOW HE GOT HIS CLOCK.
aved Mans Life Who Was Dying
Dr n,,;,,s,,

saved MANS Lie VINO was Dying
of Ouinsy.
In the hallway of n Philadelphia
doctors house stands n fine example of
grandfather's clock, the possession of
which the medical man owes entirely
to a pinch OF snuff, says the Philadel-
phia Record. Some years ago the doc
tor in question set his heart upon such
a timepiece, and devoted two of his
vacations to clock-hunting. He visited
many New England farmhouses with
out success, as old furniture has been
pretty well gathered up by the dealers
down east" and then carried his
quest into Delaware and Maryland,
where he found many old clocks, but
none of them for sale.
lie was about to return home dis.
consulate when he was called into con-
sultation overa patient dying of quinsy.
The resources of medicine had been ex.
hausted, when the Quaker city doctor
bethought himself of an old snuffboX
he had picked up during his wander
ings, in which still fingered a modicum
of snuff. pungent as Of yore. With this
powerful tobacco the doctor assailed
the nostrils of the sick man, who, sneez-
ing violently, broke the abscess in his
throat that was choking him to death
Stimulants were administered and the
sick man recovered.
The Philadelphia doctor left the place
the morning after this remarkable
operation, but he had not been home a
week before the grateful MaryIander
sent him a grandfather's clock, ac.
companied by card, upon which was
written: This clock, which struck the
hour of my birth, would have also
marked the hour of my death if your
skill and knowledge had not stayed the
hand of the destroyer"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17

This motherless little g.rl only learned
few weeks ago that her father, Thos.
McLaren, convicted of having killed
his wife, the childs mother, was serv-
ing term of twenty years imprison-
ment in the Trenton penitentiary. The
girl, Jennie McLaren, also learned that
her father was dying of consumption.
She set to work to gain pardon for
him, and has secured many signers TO
a petition for his release. She called
on Governor Voorhees,, and SO moved
him that he has promised to aid her.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17
Menace to Dairy Industry.

The process butter business is a
menace to the dairy industry at both
ends of the line, and it is wonderful
how the fraud continues TO grow and
thrive. In the first place, the farmer
who sells the 10-cent butter from which
process butter is made is not benefited
In any way by having market for
such stuff, for he actually would get
more for the milk If he let the calves do
the milking. A hundred pounds of av-
erage milk will make AZ pounds of but
ter, which, at 10 cents a pound, makes
40 cents a hundred for the milk. If
this same milk We're fed to calves IT
would bring a return of so to GO cents
hundred, a clear gain, to say nothing
of the saving of labor. Hence the far
mer who makes 1O-cent butter is really
injured by having a market for it. If
he did not have the market he would
not make it.-Denver Field and Farm.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17

The Iowa Supreme Court holds that
when a man or woman attaches his or
her name to church subscription list
an obligation has been created that.
in the eyes of the law, is predicated
upon good and sufficient consldera-
ton. A man had subscribed to Il fund
raised by an Iowa Methodist Episcopal
church, but when an attempt was
made to collect the subscription lie
repudiated 1t on the ground, first, that
there had been no consideration and
hence the contract did not bind him.
This point was disposed of as quib
BILE, the court assuming that the sub
:scrlption would not have been made
without sufficient consideration,
whether tangible or not. A more Sc
rious contention was that the subscrip-
I ton, being made on Sunday, was void
The court held that while an ordinary
contract made on Sunday was illegal
one to do good could not be SO consid-
erred. "The custom of taking offerings
on the first day of the week has eX
listed from time immemorial." says the
decision, '.and no one has supposed this
to be prohibited by statute. Other
wise the deacons or others in passing
around the hat and the minister in
directing this to be done are amenable
ootr the penalties Of the law. The found
eoon 10 Christianity held it to be lawful
WIN hsood on the Sabbath day
week of the : court decided that the con-
bea 9tersburg. Aside from the interest
, n ionoa Allie CUNT is one Of real value.
II w;shina friends sfl disposition on the
" "ishihs =. lie to seek the repu-
voyage on the 'csood works TO be gained
Letter and Coming to various charities,
:, neglect to pay when
1t is well that there
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17
Mark Knows His Rnsiu...,

There is little wonder Mr. Honno.
didn't favor the Payne resolution. A
man whose idea of good government
and honorable politics is expressed M
the appointment of a disreputable ne.
gro roustabout to IL fat Federal Office in,
New Orleans in return for delegates de-
livered, is not apt to sympathize with
reform that would abolish such nroAt.
able trades. Chicago Journal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17
Vital ouest,o,,s.

No one disputes the fact that presi-
dent Mckinley made a good selection
of a military governor of Cuba, but the
question Will obtrude itself-why any
governor there by appointment OF Nc
klnley! Why not redeem the pledge
of this nation that Cuba should be free
ana independent and elect her own gov
ernor! These are vital questions TINT
must soon be answered. Toledo Com
mercial.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17
been in successful use on my farm for
a number of years.
The Barnyard Problem.

There is nothing so repulsive as a
wet and filthy barnyard, in which the
animals are compelled to walk knee
deep in filth. Such condition is not
necessary and can be prevented If the
barnyard is kept well supplied with alb
sorbent material. Throwing whole
cornstalks into the barnyard is the old
method, but cornstalks do not absorb
until they are trampled to pieces, and
in the meantime much of the liquids
are carried off by rains. 1t will pay to
shred the cornstalks or cut the straw
for bedding, while leaves and dry
earth may also be used in the barnyard
with advantage.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17
A Distinctive Difference.

Temporarily pausing in his work of
mixing lyddite and molding dumdum
bullets, John Bull makes n few re-
marks about the horrors of ambushing,
John Bull insists on having his defini-.
tons accepted the world over. When
he is led into trap it is .ambushing.Y
When he leads the enemy into trap it
Is strategy We hope our exchanges
VIII bear these definitions in mind
Omaha World Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17

labor. Some old window sash is set
up for the front and the top is COW
cred with straw or corn stalks. Make
the top strong enagss....T TO hold the
weight of the snow that may fall upon
1t. If there is no tight board fence at
hand, the back can be boarded roughly.
and then banked right up to and over
the top with straw or other material
American Agriculturist
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17

Phoenix, Ariz, has distinguished it
self by having performance of "rhe
Three Musketeers" with real, instead
of blank. cartridges in the shooting
act. Something must be done, of
course, to keep up interest in art in
Phoenix, even though spectators have
to go to theater i'll bullet-proof even
Ing dress.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17
A Mood.snwinr Device.

The accompanying illustration rep
resents a device which greatly assists
in saving wool. The construction is
easily seen from the picture. A spring
attached to one end of the saw pulls it
back, thus making 1t possible for one
man to use cross-cut saw to advan-
tage. This, according to correspond
ent of the Orange Judd Farmer, has
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17

Testimony taken for the Congress
sinoal industrial commission In Chi
cago clearly establishes the fact that
five men have been meeting and still
meet In Chicago every morning and de-
eide what the farmer shall be paid for
his grain; that their purpose is to main
tain the profits of transporters and
dealers In grain, no matter how low