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A POCKET LETTER.
Miss Hazel Hears From it After Seven
 Years

l S'A | Years.
 | Seven years ago, Miss Hazel Simp-
 son, of this city, who Is still employed
 as seamstress at the government de- pot, made soldiers coat, and in one of | the pockets placed a slip of paper bear | ing her name and address. In spirit
 of fun she added that she would like to
 hear from the brave boy who might be wearing the garment. As the years
 went by and Miss Simpson did not get
 a response from her card, she forgot all
 about it. Yesterday the mail carrier
 stopped at Miss Simpsons home and left a letter for her, postmarked Fort
 Thomas, Ky.
 The writer proved to be John Ander- son, member of the Second infantry,
 one company of which is stationed at Fort Thomas Anderson said he had
 drawn new clothing a few days before, and in going through the pockets. dis covered the note written by Miss Simp- son seven years before. He added that he had hesitated about communicating
 W1IA lGl dI tiilS ldlt IcdliIl SIlc might be dead or, more likely, married. In gentlemanly way Anderson in- quired if Miss Simpson was still un- married, and if so would 1t be agreea- ble for her to correspond with him.
 Anderson said he had been in the army about one year, and would have two to serve. If in that period Miss Simpson found he would make an agreeable companion, he would visit her with view to matrimony.
 In his letter Anderson said he was a farmers son and had enlisted because he had dislike for following the blow and wanted to see more of the world than his fathers wire fence in Ohio en- compassed He gave the address of several persons at his home, and asked Miss Simpson to correspond with them and learn about his standing.
 Miss Simpson is a young woman of prepossessing appearance, and belongs to good family her mother being the widow of a soldier. When the note was written Miss Simpson was a young girl and during her hours out of school as- sisted her mother, who sewed for the government. Since then she has begun to work for herself on army clothing She is considering Anderson's letter, and will probably answer it.
 Where the coat has been for the last seven years is a mystery. The only ex- planation is, that the garment was one that was of an unusual number, as they are designated at the government de- pot, and that Anderson was the first man who found it would fit. During the war with Spain many romantically- | Inclined young women placed similar notes in coats made here, and nearly all of them were replied to. On one occa- sion mother located a son whom she | had not heard from for years, through | her daughter writing one of these mis- | ves.--Jeffersonville Correspondence of | the Indianapolis News.
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Closing Prices.

Following are the closing prices reported by Prince & Whiteiy, Bankers ana Brokers. 52 Broadway, New York. and -5 Center st.. New Haven. Bid. Asked.
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$1,74S, sS1.21 sSss, 4s2 3S s1,5SS, ,4O2. .25 Increase clearings week of 1901, $780,

Increase clearings week of 1901, $780,, 57S.96.
 Balances week of 1s00 $3O5, 5,13207.
 Difference balance, $64,330.31.
 Dividends soon due are:
 American Express company, pe1 cent, payable January ?; books closed November 30.
 American Sugar, common and prefer red, 1A per cent, payable January ?; books closed December T.
 Berkshire railroad, 11h per cent, pay able January 2; books close December 2O
 Boston and Albany railroad, 2A per cent, payable December 31; books clos ed December [
 Boston and Maine railroad, 1% per cent, payable January l. books closed November 30.
 Chicago Great Western preferred A, 21a per cent, payable January 31; books close December 25.
 Chicago and Alton new preferred 9 per cent, payable January 2 books close December 21.
 Chicago Stock Yards, per cent, pay able January 2; books close December 12.
 Consolidated Lake Superior preferred, 1% per cent, payable December 16; books closed November 30.
 Delaware and Hudson, 1N per cent, payable December IS; books closed Mo- vember 28.
 Diamond Match company, 2h per cent, payable December 12; books clos ed November 29.
 Dominion Coal company, per cent, payable January 1; books close Decem- Der 1T.
 General Electric preferred, per cent, payable January 15; books close De- cember 31.
 Maryland Coal preferred, 3 per cent, payable December 31 books close De- cember 10.
 National Lead preferred, 1A per cent, payable December 16; books closed No vember 29.
 Northern Pacific railroad preferred, 1 per cent, payable January |; books close December 9.
 Norfolk and Western preferred i per cent, payable December 19; books clos ed December 3.
 Republic Steel preferred, 1% per cent, payable January 2; books close Decem- Der 16 Standard Oil company, $S, payable December 16; books closed November 15 Swift & O., 1A per cent, payable December 31; books close December 14 United States Steel common, 1 per cent, payable December 20; books clos ed November 19.
 United States Reduction company preferred, 1R per cent, payable Janu- ary 1 books close December 20. Utah Mining company, $1.20, payable December 10; books closed December G.
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sTENoGRAPHY IN NEW YORK.
Txacting Requirements of High Class
 Work in the City,

w oIh III tllC Slly.
 It may be generally supposed that expert stenographers are numerous and that all that is necessary to secure a competent shorthand writer is to pay a sufficient salary. This is far from being the case however, for the demand for really good stenographers is much in excess of the supply. and the worry caused to business and professional men by stenographers of the indifferent and incompetent type is much greater than is generally imagined.
 The schools in which systems of 'pot- hooks are taught graduate every month hundreds of scholars whose only ambition is to earn a small income. Many of these so-called stenographers and typewriters have very imperfect knowledge of spelling and grammar. A word of more than two syllables is an enigma to them, and when it is put down in the note book it is stumbling block over which they may waste half an hour or more in deciphering.
 The difficulty in getting capable stenographer has been experienced by nearly every firm employing this kind of help in New York An old estab- lished house doing large South Ameri- can trade is now underging that difi- culty. The members of the firm are nearly all Germans, who speak with q strong accent. A few months ago
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NEyy YORK STOCK MARKET

Opening, Htghest, Lowest Quotation On the New York Stock Exchange. reported [ by Prince & Whitely, Brokers, 15 Center
 street, New Haven.
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LOCAL FINANCIAL NOTES
FEATURES OF INTEREST FOR NEW HAVEN AND OTHER INVESTORS.

Boston CompRny's Increase of Stock Swift < Co.'s Enlargement of Plant Silver Stocks Bettor-New Haven Banks-Dividends, Etc.
 The Edison Illuminating company of Boston, which absorbed the Boston Electric Light company, is about to in- crease its capital and offers to stock holders of record of December the right to subscribe for new stock at the rate of $2O0 per share in proportion of two new shares for every nineteen shares held at that date. These rights will expire January 10. Payment of new stock will be made in two install ments-S0 per cent. February 1 and 70 per cent. May ?, 1902. The rights have a nominal quotation of $3 to $3.5O on each old share.
 The Swift & Co.,, of Chicago, has de- cided to increase it's capital from $2O,- 0O0,0O0 $25,000,OO0. Holders of December IA will have the option of subscribing for new stock at par-that is, S100 per share-in the ratio of one new share for every four shares held. Subscriptions and payments must be made by Feb-
  ruary 3; stock not taken at this date will belong to the company. It is thought that these rights will be worth about dollar on each old share.
 International Silver preferred stock has sold to 52, but closes 46 to 50; the common stock has sold to SIS, but closes 7N to 83s. There is no active trading in either issue.
 Jo4. 1HN and Hartford railroad stock have sold at 213 to 214; January dividend on. The convertible fours have sold at 2O6, with a nominal quotation at the close of the week of 204 to 206 flat.
 Clearings and balances of the New Haven banks for the week ending De- cember 6. and for the corresponding week of last year, are furnished by the secretary of the New Haven clearing house, by days, as follows:
 100 RqIancpc 1q00
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NEW HAVEN LOCAL QUOTATION S. Furnished by Kimberly, Root & Day, Bank. CTS and Brokers, 13s Orange Street.
 BANK STOCKS,
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HIS HOPE.

II hope" said the serious man, that you haven't been betting on the races. :"
 T hope so too," said the young man with the red necktie and the restless eye. "I hope I will wake up to-mor row and find out that the whole thing was wild dream. But there's no use hoping. Star.
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If tho Baby is Cuttrnr Teeth

Be sure and use that old and well-trIed remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. for children's teething. It soothes the child. softens the gums. allays all pain, cures wind collie, and Is the best remedy for dIar. rhoea. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
 d11 MWF & W 1y
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Ex-Dividend.
Government Bonds.
Cotton.

Reported over private wire by J. L. Me Lean & Co, 25 Broad Street, New York, over Leading Consolidated Exchange New Haven office $40 Chapel street. (Hubinger buildlng), Norman A. Tanner manager.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-02

striking the back of the vane, causes
1t to unfold and swing freely in the
wind till it completes a revolution.
Two Of the four vanes are thus always
under wind pressure and two drawing
into position.
1.-The principal expense in a motor Of
this form Is the cost of the canvas, If
that material should be used, while if
old lumber be substituted it could be
constructed perhaps more cheaply than
the Go Devil. This is the simplest
form Of the device and could only be
stopped by means Of brake and after
ward backing until all the vanes are
free from pressure on the arms. 1t
would revolve either way, as it might
be started. There are a number Of
notifications of this motor, varying in
the manner Of hinging the vanes, as
also in adapting it to be thrown out of
gear, etc. Fig. 2 shows the same with
the vanes swinging directly from the
arms and held against the wind by
ropes. This form would revolve only
one way, according as the restraining
cords are connected and could be
thrown out Of gear by having the ropes
run over pulleys and slackening them
as required. In Fig. the vanes swing
between parallel arms, being held
against the wind pressure by movable
bar or lever, which will in one position
allow the vane to swing through the
whole circle, and in another stop the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-02
MANS GROWING uNIMPoRTANcE

His Influence at a Wedding Is at a
Distressing Minimum.
There is one place where man
counts for very little, where his person
ality is hardly a factor, and where his
influence is at distressing minimum
and that is at wedding. This has long
been so, but now matters are growing
rapidly worse, and the presence of men
at a marriage ceremony is becoming
less and less necessary. In fact, they
are being almost entirely eliminated in
recent weddings in uItra-fashionable
circles. At marriage a few days ago
the bridegroom, clergyman and best
man were the only males present, while
there was a most impressive array OF
maids of honor, bridesmaids, ribbon
girls, flower maidens and other femin-
inc attendants, says the New York
Herald.
That wedding was followed by an
other, in which a woman preacher Off
ciated, showing that a male clergyman
is not Indispensable, and there has been
suggested an innovation that is likely
to put "best woman" in place of the
''best man." That will draw. the sex
line down to the bridegroom-who
never has been anything but an awk,
ward figure at wedding. Though
there has as yet been no move to dis
pense with him, even that is not impos-
sible, If we can credit the story of a
negro wedding" that comes from Vir-
ginia, as told by one of the lady guests
"It was lovely wedding. The elite
was all there in such gorgeous dresses,
the music was fine, and the refresh
ments were just superb, she said.
"And the bride?'
"Oh, she was just too lovely for any.
thing. You should have seen that dress
and veil, and those orange blossoms -
land the bridegroom?
Don't ask about him. That miser-
able, good for nothing, low down man
never came near the wedding"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-02


Before investing in steel mill, tow
ers and tanks for farm uses," writes a
correspondent Of the Rural New York
er, Il had studied at length a number
OF contrivances for harnessing the
winds. The weak point Of the Go Devil
and kindred devices is found in its in
ability to meet winds from varying
points. In most localities much time is
lost by calm weather through having
to wait for favorable winds. l con-
cluded to adopt the following modifica-
ton Of a child's toy, as combining
cheapness and power with extreme
simplicity Of construction. 1t is made
as follows: A vertical axis of any suit
able dimension is provided with four
horizontal arms crossing at right
angles, at the ends of which are verti-
cal crossbars tor the support of the
vanes. Upon these crossbars should
be hinged frames covered with canvas
or other light material, as in Fig. L."
The correspondent accompanies his re-
marks with descriptive sketches and
adds:
las the arms are revolved the wind
forces each vane in turn against the
horizontal arm, until on reaching the
farthest point to leeward the wind,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-02
SelfShneSS in,

Sel1ShneSs insults love.
Christ in the home is salvation in the
house.
We do not have to be blind in order
to see eye to eye.
There is a sense in which he that be.
lieveth shall make haste.
God will not deliver from evil him
who deliberately walks into it.
We do not wait upon God long
enough for Him to tell us what to do.
Conscience will never reconcile man
to God; it simply shows him what he is
Men are ever ready to amend thu
Gospel and then to put the amendmen
first.
The great question is not, are you
ready to die, but are you ready to live
again?
When we pray we ought to have con.
fidence enough in God to take Him al
His word.
Self interest is the only thing you can
depend on in the man who has no in
terest in God
There is one place where gold has nc
value, that is where the streets are
paved with it.
The moral elevation of Christ is man.
ifest in that he hopes for good from the
most degraded.
He who will not listen to the teach.
ings of failure shall never hear the
voice Of success.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-02

The Naughty Owls.

Flossy and Fluffy were two little
owls who lived with their mamma in
hollow tree. They had splendid times
flying about the branches and hooting
every moonlight night, only in the mid
die of the fun their mamma always
wanted them to go to bed.
"Come, my dears," she said one morn
Ing: "it is getting late. The freely chill
dren have put out their lamps, and the
little bats have hung themselves up to
Sleep"
Then the little owls began to cry,
10000! Hoo!hoow so loud that the
man In the moon was quite startled.
80. mamma" sobbed Fluffy, 'let us
sit up little longerv'
'Just till the sun risesw begged Flos-
sy. 81 never have seen the sun in all
my life."
'Now, children, 1 am going to bed"
said Mrs. Owl, firmly, "and if you do
not come in Immediately, shall leave
you all alone here in the daylight"
But her children never stirred step.
So she few down into the old oak,
and was soon fast asleep; but Fluffy
and Flossy sat on the tree-top and
stared about.
1t was very pleasant at first. A great
yellow star played peek-aboo with them
through the rustling leaves, and the sky
turned all sorts Of lovely colors. But
at last the little owls began to feel
afraid.
''It is getting dreadfully hghtv' said
Flossy.
II can hardly see a thingv said
Fluffy.
They winked and blinked and rubbed
their sleepy eyes, with their little white
wings. All of sudden they saw a
shining spark in the eastern sky. 1t
grew larger and brighter, and at last
turned into a dreadful ball of fire.
In less than minute two frightened
little owls came tumbling into the hol-
low tree with the biggest and roundest
eyes that you ever saw.
20 mamma" they cried, 1--WE never
will tease to sit up and see the sun
again!"
And ever since they have always gone
to bed by starlight.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-02
DIAMONDS IN AMERICA.

Half Billion Dollars Worth Owned
Here-Amount Rapidly Increasing.
In no country are there more dia-
monds to be found than in the United
States, according to the population. It
(New York; diamond dealer that there
are upward of $5OO,OOO,oOO worth of
diamonds in this country. Moreover,
this vast amount is increasing year by
year.
Until quite recently diamonds were
ran inventors have developed process
Tor diamond cutting which is vastly
superior to that done abroad.
The loss in weight through cutting is
sometimes fully one-half, but the value
is increased probably more than two
fold.
The Dutch city of Amsterdam tAs
been the great diamond-cutting center
of the world from time immemorial,
and up to a few years ago over 10000
people in that place were directly or in
directly dependent upon this trade.
But it was not reasonable to suppose
that Amsterdam should continue to
hold monopoly Of diamond cutting
AS one of the greatest importing cities
Of the world, New York gradually offer
ed inducements to diamond cutters, and
the industry has been gradually built
up here that is now very fourishing
and profitable. In 1853 Henry D. Morse
Of Boston, Mass, invented a machine
for cutting and polishing diamonds,
and since then Improvements have been
made upon it that are very important
The foreigners continue to polish their
stones by hand, but in this country ma
:hinery is largely used.
A famous gem expert places the total
value of all the diamonds in the world
at over $1,0O0,000,00O of which $780,
OO0, 900 worth are in the hands of deal
ers, carried as stock. ALI of the other
diamonds are in the hands of private
individuals, and the question naturally
arises, Who owns them? This is not
so easily answered, except in the case
Of large, and world-famous gems
Godey's Magazine.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-02
THE APPLE-BARREL.

1t stood in the cellar low and dim,
Where the cobwebs swept and swayed,
Holding the store from bough and limb
At the feet of autumn laid.
And oft, when the days were short and
drear,
And the north wind shrieked and
roared.-
We children sought in the corner, here,
And drew on the toothsome hoard.
For thus through the long, long winter
time
1t answered our every call
With wine of the summers golden prime
Sealed by the hand of fall.
The best there was of the earth and air,
OF rain and sun and breeze,
Changed to a pippin sweet and rare
By the art of the faithful trees.
A wonderful barrel was this, had we
Its message but rightly heard,
Filled with the tales of wind and bee,
OF cricket and moth and bird:
Rife with the bliss Of the fragrant June
When skies were soft and blue;
Thronged with the dreams Of a harvest
Ger fields drenched deep with dew.
Oh, homely barrel, I'd fain essay
Your marvellous skill again;
Take me back to the past, 1 pray,
AS willingly now as then;
Back to the tender morns and ewes,
The noontides warm and still,
The feecy clouds and the spangled leaves
OF the orchard over the hill.
New" Lippincott.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-02

She writes on sheets of paper several
stanzas Of good poetry, leaving a wide
space between the lines. She then cuts
up the sheets, leaving one line of poetry
on each strip.
After that she hides the strips in
many different places in the two rooms
in which she is to\entertain her guests,
reserving the first line of each verse.
These reserved strips she distributes
among the girls and boys, and each one
proceeds to hunt for the rest Of his
stanza -.
The hostess usually selects stanzas
from different poems, so that the varia.
tions in rhythm and meter may help
her young guests to select the lines thai
belong to them: but sometimes, to
make the test more difficult, she
chooses several stanzas from the same
poem.
The number of lines in a stanza is
tribution.
Sometimes amusing misplacements oil
lines are made, but the hostess is
pleased to notice that as the weeks &C
on, her guests are growing more and
more clever in seizing upon what be
longs to them.
When all the lines have been collect
ed each one reads his stanza, and to hel
delight the hostess finds that the inter
est of the search, and the constant rep
etition Of a line to see what will I'll
next to it, has often made boy or gir
so familiar with the stanZa that it car
be recited without glance at the slips
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-02
What He Said,

my wealthy uncle spoke very nicely
Of you, Henrietta" said Mr.. Meekton
very nicely, indeed. I'm sure you would
have been fiattered If you could have
heard him."
"Indeedv'
"Yes. His tribute to your personal
charms was most graceful, and at the
same time his recognition of your store
Of information, such as most people
need lifetime to acquire, was convinc-
ingly sincere"
81 should like to know precisely what
he said"
81 can recall his exact language
Mr.. Meekton went on, in gentle inno-
cence. "He said you looked like 25 and
talked like 60."-Washington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-02
The Three TaiIors.


The three Trenton tailors toiled to-
gether, turning trousers, trimming
tunics, talking tirelessly. Tall Ted Tup-
per told trite, trifing things that
tickled the two tiny tailors, till True
man Trippet teasingly took the talker
to task.
'Tut, tut, Ted! Tell truer tales than
that"
''Tell tales thyself, Trueman. Tell
thy Texas tiger tales"
'Twaddle! twaddleg" Uttered the
third tailor, Tom Torrey.
Trueman's touchy temper threatened
trouble.
''Tom, thy thoughtless tongue tempts
trouble
Tactfully Ted Tupper then turned the
talk to taffeta trimming, thankful thus
to terminate the tiff. Two teamsters,
tramping thither to take tea, turned
the talk thoroughly. They told tales,
they tied Ted's terrier to the tea table,
teaching tricks till the tailors turned
tired tittering.
Thus thoughtlessly the teamsters tor
mented the tiny terrier, till Tessa True
man tearfully terminated the tricks.
The tailors then teased ,Tessa till the
terrier threatened to take teeth to them.
The tailors then took their tea, the
teamsters TRANQUILITY tasting, too. Tessa
tidied the table, telling town topics.
The terrier, tiny tired thing, timidly
tweedled the tailors to toss titbits. Thus
the trouble terminated.-Yo Com
panion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-02
Not Pretty but Smart.

A married couple were walking down
one of the main thoroughfares of q
North Country town, and the husband
noting the attention other women OBJ.
tanned from passers-by, remarked to
his better half:
Folks nivver look at thee. 1 wish
I'd married some one better looking y
The woman tartly replied:
''It's thy fault. Dusta think man'll
stare at me when you're walking wi
me? Thee step behind, and thah'n see
whether folk don't look at me-"
He hung back about a dozen yards
and for the length of the street was sur
prised to see every man his wife passed
stare hard at her, and turn round and
look after her when she had passed
"Sal, lass!" he exclaimed, 81 was
wrang, an TAX it back. I'll nivver say
owt about thy face again."
His willy spouse had accomplished the
trick by putting out her tongue at every
man she met.