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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-24
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W1EELING DAILY INTELIIGENcER TUESDAY, JULY "a 1900

ed shoulders, (boxed). 6S9Tc: short
clear sides, boxed. 81 1907 50. z
Mhisky-Basia dfglisn wines, 81 ees y.
Sugars-cut loaf. gsanuiatel. cantec-
TONERS A.. and Off a., aEchangsda
Butter-Firm; creamerles. l5Gi9hc,
dalrles, 14917c. 7,,tg
Cheese-Firm at 9,s@loac.
Eggs-Firm; fresh. ill,ac.
NEW YoRK-Petroleum firm; re-
fined New York. 81 IS; Philadelphia
and Baltimore, 81 80; do in bulk. IS IS.
NEW. YoRK-Flour, receipts. IS, 37s
barrels; exports. 1854 barrels; sales,
6.45O packages; market. inactive and
barely steady With wheat N
Wheat, receipts. 39.775 bushels: ex,
ports. 7.436 bushels; sales, 2,23O.oOo
bushels futures; $4,000 bushels export;
spot market weak; No. 2 red, SIC (. O..
b. afloat; options opened steady and
closed weak at 1Bc net decline. Close:
July. SEC; September, size; December.
$3.50. X
Corn, receipts, 4o3,4oo bushels; ex-
ports. SI745 bushels; spot market
steady; No. 2. 46lsc 10. b. aaoat; OPP
! lions opened steady. and were sustain
ed fairly well all day on big ssaboard
clearances and some country offerings.
Market closed steady at B@ssc net
advance. Close: July. i45Nc; Septem-
Der, 447sc; December, 42c.
Oats. receipts. S32,S0O bushels; ex-
ports, 29,407 bushels; spot market dull:
No. 9, Csc; options dull and barely
steady. !ig.5
Hay quiet. Hops quiet Hides
steady. Leather steady. Beef quiet.
Cutmeats quiet. Lard quiet. Pork
steady. Eggs firm. Tallow dull. Cot
tonseed oil dull. Resin quiet. Molasses
firm. Coffee, spot Rio, easy; No. !, In
voice, SIC; futures opened steady ut
Is to rs points lower; market closed
steady at 10 to 20 points lower; sales.
4l.250 bags. lf$-
Sugar, raw. strong; fair. refining.
4%c; centrifugal SO test. 4sc; molasses
sugar. 4hc; refined firm.
BALTIMORE - Flour steady; re-
ceipts, 1l.04l barrels; exports. 3,2S5
barrels. Wheat weak, spot and July,
75L. 9fbEci receipts, ll9,942 bushels.
Corn. firm; mixed spot. and July, 1875
@44c: receipts. 96.1o5 bushels; exports.
4OO.134 bushels. Oats firm; No. 2 white
3OhG31c. Hay dull; No. l timothy,
SIS 5OQ16 co. Sugar firm; coarse
graduated and fine do, Sc 20. Cheese,
large, 1O91OHc. Eggs firm ut 12E@
13c. Butter firm; fancy creamery,
2o@2lc.
CINCINNATI-Flour. quiet; fancy.
So 1908 so. Wheat quiet; No. 2 red.
7SAc. Corn. firm; No. mixed. 4ic.
Oats firm; No. mixed, Csc. Rye steady;
No. 2, Gle. Lard quiet at Sc 10. Bulk
meats quiet at 81 Is. Bacon steady at
IS So. Whiskey steady at 81 20. Sugar
active and firm; hard refining. IS 459
c SIS.
TOLEDO - Wheat dull; No. 2 cash
and July, 79s4c. Corn steady and ac-
tive; No. mixed. 42c. Oats dull; No.
mixed and September. 24c asked. Rye
dull: No. mixed. 55c.i Cloverseed dull;
prime cash October. IS GO: No. 9. no
sales; North Lima oil, Csc; South Lima
and Indiana, SOC.
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Sc down. At the close provisions were
kMO1lLn dat,rannasI -------- ---- ------ -

Sc down. At the close provisions were
5G22hc depressed.
Wheat was q very tame market, to-
day. Liverpool showed practically no
response to the advance here Saturday
and worlds shipments large, showing
good Increases from Russia and the
Danubian country. 1t was the sort Of
news which greeted the beginning
trade, September opening 1s11c under
Saturday. There was some covering by
shorts for profits and September rallied
to 7S1sc. The rally which traders were
playing for failed to materiallze, be-
cause of outside apathy and reaction
followed. Heavy receipts and q slack
cash business during the rest OF the
session held the market true to the
downward course and the wInd-up was
lifeless and weak. September dropped
to 76Ic and closed 11sc lower at 76A@
1850. Clearances at the seaboard In
wheat and flour were equal to 1900
bushels. Primary receipts aggregated
1,1s5, 900 bushels. compared with $4,000
bushels last year.
Minneapolis and Duluth reported 1863
cars, against 2S7 last week and 563 a
year ago. Receipts here were 2O3 cars.
sixty-seven OF contract grades. The
domestic visible decreased 100000 and
the English 1910 bushels. Reports
from the Dakotas were that hot winds
had practically completed the destruc-
tive work Of the drouth. Not much at
tentIon was paid to these reports. how
ever.
Corn was quiet but steady. holding
firmly against the weakness in wheat
after 1t had made small concession to
the attitude assumed by the more i'm
portant cereal. Business in the pit was
limited in volume and local in charac-
ter. The supporting factors were light
receipts-3ll cars here-small country
offerings, higher cables and a strong
cash demand. September sold between
39hc and S9Sc, closing AGSc up at
39A@39%c.
Shipping bids were reported 3Ac over
September. c. |. (. Buffalo, and 41sc over
September for No. white Sales for
shipments were placed at 100000 bush
els. while New York reported thirty
eight loads taken for export. The spec
ulative trade in oats was small and
largely confined TO the operations of To-
cal scalpers. The depressing influence
was to degree counteracted by the
steadiness of corn. Receipts were 1O9
cars. September sold between 23A@
2S7sc and 23SQ23%c, and closed &c
under Saturday at 23Bc.
Provisions opened firm on light hog
receipts and an advance at the yards.
Trade was dull. however. hogs turned
easier, there was no export demand and
the wheat weakness was depressing, all
of which cost the hog produce market
its early gain and more too. September
pork sold between s1l COAL 90 and
closed enc under Saturday at sl1 92,s.
September lard between Sc 9233s and
Sc SoS6 S2l:, closing &c down at Sc so1,k.
and September ribs between 81 o59
7 l2M and Sc 97ls, with the close &c de-
pressed at SC s7ls.
Estimated receipts tomorrow:
Wheat, 20 cars; corn. lis cars; oats,
200 cars; hogs. 10000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows;
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wheeling, w. va, July rs.
Following were the, quotations that
ruled to-day:
Cattle-Extra. 1000 to 1900, 81 900
%; good, 900 10 1000. 81 COCA 80; good,
500 to 900, 81 2594 50; good, 700 TO $500.
81 I0O@4 Is: common, 50 OO93 IS; bulls.
81 5O43 rs: cows, 81 0O93 20.
Hogs-Extra. IS 25G5 40; good. IS $50
25; common, 81 5095 90.
Shecp-Extra, 50 5O94 co.; good. 50 o.
"a 80; common, 81 Oo@2 so; lambs 81 90
G5 80; calves. 81 OOG6 90; fresh cows,
SIS to s35 per head.
Market steady. Good cattle active.
CHICAGO Cattle, receipts, 1,400
head, Including 400 Texans and 1900
westerns; market, s1092Oc higher:
butchers stock strong and active; best
on sale to-day. seven car loads at IS Is.
Natives: Good to prime steers, s. $50
I. so; selected feeders steady at 81 400
4 20; cows. SO 0094 GO; heifers, So GOO
s Ii; bulls, So OOG4 50; calves, 81 500
6 Is.
Hogs, receipts, $1,000 head; to-mor-
row. 1900 head. estimated; left over.
f,UUU helu, market mostly luc nlBnei,
closing weak; top price. IS i5; mixed
and butchers. So l595 As; rough heavy.
IS OO15 15; bulk of sales, S. 30G5 10.
Sheep. receipts, 1900 head; sheep.
10915c higher: lambs steady; good to
choice western. 81 1Oa4 10; native
lambs. 81 0o95 10.
EAST .LIBERTY-Cattle higher; ex-
ira, IS 3oq5 20; prime. IS 4O95 60; COM
mon, 50 5000 90.
Hogs active and higher; prime me-
diums, good Workers. and pigs. IS 70.
Sheep.lower; choice wethers, 81 400
4 co.. choice lambs. S. 25G5 so; veal
calves. Sc SCOT 90.
5 CINCINNATI = Hogs strong and
higher at 81 1905 so.
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Metals.

NEW YORK-The market for metals
ruled rather quiet, and prices were not
materially changed, except for spelter.
which was q shade higher and nrmer
ct 81 25Gi 50. Tin was &C. higher In
London, which ruled very quiet at un-
changed prices here. The nominal
quotations were s35 90. Copper ruled
dull ut SIC 90. Lead was also dull and
unchanged at 50 97Edi o2E. Old iron
and steel were offered ut much lower
prices. and some sales of the low de-
parity OF new were made. The bro
kers' price for lead was 50 95 and for
copper SIG 80.
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TOLEDO = Wheat dull; No. 2 cash
and July, 79sic. Corn steady and ac-
tive; No. 2 mixed. 42c. Oats dull; No.
mixed and September. 24c asked. Rye
dull: No. 2 mixed. Csc. Cloverseed dull;
prime cash October. IS GO; No. 9. no
sales; North. Lima OIL Csc; South Lima
and Indiana, SOC.
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HOW bloody Took a Whlpping.

From THE Life OF Dwight L. Moody"
by w. II. Moody: Mother would send
me out for stick. ana thought I
could fool her and get n dead one. But
she would snap the stick and then tell
, me TO get another. She was rarely In
a hurry and certainly never when she
was whipping me. Once told her that
the whipping did not hurt at all. new
err had occasion to tell her so agGin. for
she put It on so It did hurt.
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b y .
Ret continued thsirsefrorts to-day 10
make a rising market with the object
OF inducing public buying. There were
not discouraged by failure OF outside
interest to develop on account Of last
weeks advance. and they resumed their
:bulliah manipulation, from the opening
this morning. There was not much dif-
ficulty apparent In advancing prices or
~ any obstruction appeared in the
shape of offerings in larger volume than
could be absorbed. the leaders deftly
turned their attention to stocks whose
upward course was easier. As the long
Interest has not yet attained large pro-
portions. and as there still remains q
considerable short interest whose posi-.
tlon grows daily more precarious, the
technical conditions favored the Sall-
vance. There was some accession OF
outside buying us we'll, which It is tho
ultimate object of the present buying
to attract US a reliance for absorbing
stocks at q higher level The appear
ance Of this buying encouraged the pro.
fessIonal bu,Is ~ r.dnrn b,ad nror.s ~,
tba days m,rr.t q. a ra.,,,, =, =, ~ ~, !
appearance of greater activity and
more strength than on any day last
week. This was particularly true after
sugar had be.n chaol,d il IL a., 80
octionorv +sn,ann,, III, go, -
mov;, unvarfIs e,s;,y ~ .,-,,,.ahu,,
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tel : L. 80, 80. '.'.p y us e.oup
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A ~ .He t.n ecu.
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.oiaI snles Of atoelIs ls5.GOo aharcs.
New York Mining Stocks.
Brcadstuffs ami Provisions.

CHICAGo-Blg worlds shipments.
larger receipts and irresponsible Gu
bles caused n decline in wheat to-day
and the close was liac under Saturday
for the September option. September
corn closed h0Hc and September oats
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Petroleum.

OIL CITY-Crcdlt balances. 81 81:
certificates. 81 27is bid for cash oil;
shipments, 1882 barrels: average. TO-
7G6 barrels; runs. 2l9l42 barrels; ave-
rage, S7,079 barrels.
NEW YoRK-Standard oil stock,
S539G5i0.
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FINANCE AND TRADE.
Thcreaturcs Of the Money and Stock
Markets.

NEW YORK July 25-Moncy on call
steady ut ~ @IIs per cent. Prime mtr-
cantile paper iGiH per cent. Sterlng
exchange firm With actual business In
bankers bills ut 81 S7lE for demand ana
81 s3%aA 81 for 60 days. Posted rates
81 SiKGi So and 81 SsaI ssh. CONNER.
e!al bills 81 saAGi 8s,A.. Bar silver
GlAc. silver certificates 6l1s@G2Ec.
Mexican dollars .4SNc.
Government bonds strong.
State bonds inactive.
: Railroad bonds irregular.
The influential interests which have
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UnprofessIonal at Present

New York Press: No pug would be
happy In Congress anyway. till the
rules of order are cooked over so he
could knock out the previous question.
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Wool.
NEW YoRK-Wool firm.

a BOON to tr,ivclers. DR.. Fowler's
Extract OF Wild Strawberry. Cures
dysentery. dinrrhoca, scasckncss, nau
sea, Pleasant to take. Perfectly harm
lcss.-4. F
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ACCOMMODATION.
500 4. m.-Daily-For Parkersburs t;and
|. ~, intermediate points. -.
ONO VALLEY EXPRESS.
1000 4. m.-DaIly except Sunday-Fo.
Moundsvile. New Martnsville. SIS
tersvIle, ST. Marys, Marietta. Par
kersburG. Ravenswood, AlIlwood,
ID. Pomcroy, PIT. Pleasant, Charleston,
GailIpolis, Huntington. Kenova. Iron.
ton. Portsmouth. H!,lsboro. Clncin-
- natl. and all points South and West.
Runs solid TO Cincinnati. Parlor Car
llENOVA EXPRESS.
Il:i5 a. n.-Daily-For Sis,crsville. MARI.
eta, Parkersburg. Pomeroy, Point
Pleasant Charleston. Gpllpolls,
Huntington. Kenova, and principal
intermediate points Parlor Car.
ACCOMMODATIONS.
a:ij p. m.-naiiy-For Parkersburg and
intermediate points.
EMPRESS.
100 p. m.--Da!ly except Sunday--Tor Sis.
tersv!lle, ST. Marys. Waverly. Mari.
eta. Parkcrsburg. and intermediate
points north OF S!stersville. ~
sr L. e. CiiALENOR, w.
Gen. Pass. Agent
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-23
Siberian Cities.

perhaps the most curious feature
Of all Siberian cities and villages is the
quiet Of them" says Anna y. benjamin
in AinslceS. "Thc American finds it
depressing The places seem half dead,
yet they are alive and thriving our
conception Of prosperity in new cities
is 50 associated with the clang of the
trolley, the smoke Of the factory, the
weird writings of the steam siren and
the hustle Of the population that it is
hard for us to realize that prosperity
may exist in a place of dead calm
'NladivOstoll, Khaharovsk. Blagoyest-
chensk and lrkutsk all present the
same features. BlagoveStchensk. in the
heart Of eastern Siberia on the june
ton of the Ieya river with the Amur,
is perhaps the most interesting city.
On the central square of the city. where
the market is face two large depart
ment stores which for size. beauty of
architecture and variety of stock would
do credit to any American city The
bank buildings. the museum and other
business and government houses are
of brick or stone, Good schools have
been established. so that il is possible
for a boy here, as well as in all ST.
berian cities, to receive a thorough cd
ncation. In NladiyoStok a training
school for eastern diplomats turns out
graduates accomplished in oriental Ian
guages to begin their careers as inter-
prefers or secretaries of legations"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-23

Coufucius calls himself Il transmittcr
only, not a maker, believing In and
loving the ancients. When speaking
of himself, he says: at 10 | had my
mind bent ON learning; at 30 stood
firm; ut 10 | had no doubts; at 80
knew the dccrecs of heaven: Mt 90 my
ear was an obcdent organ for the re-
ception Of truth; at 20 could follow
what my heart desired without trans
crossing what was right"
Confucius died i'm AS b. c., COM
planning that among all the princes of
the empire there was not one who had
adopted his principles, not one who
would obey his lessons. This shows
what is, in fact, confirmed from other
sources-that he himself was not an
active reformcr. so that while alive he
scarcely produced ripple on the
smooth and silent surface Of the reli-
gious thought of his own country. lie
was, no doubt, in advance of his con
temporaries, but he took his stand
chiefly on certain verities that had
come down to him from ancient times,
and his faith in these verities and in
their coming revival has certainly not
been bclied by what happened after
his death.
His grandson already speaks of him
as the ideal of a sage, as a sage is the
ideal of all humanity. But even this
grandson was far from claiming divine
honors for his grandsire, though he
certainly seems to exalt his wisdom
and virtue beyond the limits of human
nature.-MaX Muller in Nineteenth Cen
turV.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-23

tered the srauon, the CHIEF, Br;srY.
(who carried a red leather case) and l
took seats in the corner of the smoking
compartment Of the car. AS soon as
the train started a large. burly looking
man came in and joined us.
He had u large black leather suit
case in one hand, which he carried by
handle, from the center of which rose
little brass knob like mount. In
the other hand he carried a heavy
stick. Ac he sat down Brazicr touched
his revolver pocket. making a sign TO
us to be on the alert.
The stranger placed his suit ease be
side our red case. and we noticed that
never once did he take his hand off the
handle or remove his fingers from the
brass knob in the center.
"BraZier leaned over to us and whis-
pcred:
"He steals my models by the Roent-
gen rays. Mon Dieu; is he no. lever?
BE ready when | say, Now"
Whether the stranger heard the
words or not | do not know; but, any,
how, he was startled by seeing Brazicr
whisper to us and sprang to his feet,
bringing his stick to the rayonet
charge, as il to thrust with any
one who attempted to apr ~cn him.
The chief had his hand on his re-
volvCr when the stranger sprang up
and, on the instant, covered him with
it, Like lightning he struck the re-
volvcr with the stick. 1t burst with a
tremendous explosion, shattcring the
chiefs hand and covering me and Bra
Zier with fragments of broken window
glass.
When the smoke cleared, we found
that the stranger had taken advantage
of the confusion. thrown open the car
riagc door and jumped for his liberty.
leaving the suit case behind. We found
afterward that ii contained a most in
genious variation of the Rocntgcn ap-
paratus. which would enable clever
mcchanician to obtain the working de
tails of any model by photography.
The instrument is now in the bureau of
the ministry The stranger we never
heard of again, SO we presumed he was
lucky in his jump and escaped.
The only one who suffered much was
our beloved chief, who has never com
pletcly recovered from the shock and
the operation that followed his share in
the discovery Of how model No. 1912
was stolcn.-St Louis Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-23

When selecting your plants for the
window garden, you must take into
consideration the light. heating and
ventilation Of the room in which they
are to spend the winter. for all these
help to make your work a success or a
failure There are plants that will
thrive under one set Of conditions
which would die undcF another, but |
have yet to see the window where
plants of some sort might not he rails
cd. When one can 20 direct to florist
and explain the conditions. the matter
is easily settled. When that is not pos
sible, one must learn by reading and
experience The otaheite orange is
easily grown and is most interesting.
When but a few inches high, one may
see oranges blossoms and buds OH the
same plant. | have seen one seven
inchcs in circumference upon which
the ripe fruit hung for year. Dwarf
cannaS are also quite easily grown and
give a tropical effect TO the room that
is most cheering in cold weather.-N.
Il. H. in IIOuSCkCcpcr.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-23
A word About .GIxcerin.

Since so many people use pure glycer-
in for the skin word of caution seems
necessary, If you apply a little glycer-
In to the tip of the tongue. you will
find that, although it has a pleasant.
sweet taste, the first sensation that is
felt is one of pain and burning. This
is caused by the fact that glycerin has
a strong affinity for water and that it
absorbs all the moisture from the sur
face which it touches, thus drying up
and parching the nerves. Ignorant of
this fact, nurses and mothers have an
piled pure glycerin to the chafed skin
of infants. producing often great pain.
The glycerin ought to have been first
mixed with an equal bulk of water.
This being done, it may he applied to
the most tender surfaces without pro-
ducing injury, and, as it does not dry
up. it virtually maintains the part in n
constantly moist condition. excluding
the air and promoting the healing proc
ess.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-23
Lord and Lady Hopetoun.

When in Melbourne Lord and Lady
Hopetoun gained a great popularity.
They entertained lavishly and were
full of young life and spirits. Their
doings were the talk of every one-the
menagerie of animals they kept, the
original parties they gave and the pie
turesquc attire which they made their
servants adopt when waiting at table.
They were juvenile enough to be up to
pranbS, but their pranlls were always
innocent ones, and they enjoyed them
together like children. In appearance
Lady Hopetoun is particularly at
tractivc her face has gained in soft,
gentle expression. and her carriage is
full of dignity. Like her husband, she
has real love for animals and keeps a
good many pets at Hopctoun House.
OF Shetland ponies she is particularly
fond and enjoys driving her pair for
miles over her estate. The countess
has many accomplishments, but driv-
ing is her fayorite hobby.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-23
The Payment He Asked.

Nine, MeiSsonier, the wife of the not
ed French artist, evidently was not
ovcrabundantly supplied with tact. 1t
is told of her that one day she sent for
the family physician, and he hurried
over to the house, thinking some illness
had overtakcn the artist II was not
the master of the house, however. 1t
was only tho lapdog The doctor pock-
etcd his pride and most zcalously at
tended the patient. which soon recov-
cred. At the end of the year he sent in
his bill, but among the items there was
none for attendance on 4 dog. Mime.
Messoner noticed the omission and
called the physicians attention to it.
you must charge for that also" she
said. 81 insist upon it."
by no means" was the reply. 81 am
not veterinary surgeon. was very
glad to the dog a service. but really |
can't bc paid for it,"
'But | insist upon it," said the lady.
'Well, then" returned the doctor, "as
the hinges on my gate are somewhat
rusty NJ. Meissouicr may bring his
brush and paint them for me-"
But Meissonier in the role of gate
painter Is not known to history.