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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-26

stocks.
PRICES CARRIED DOWN.
A Sharp Reaction In Prices on New
York Exchange-MOney Condi-
lions Abroad.

tfons Abroad.
NEW YORK. June 25.-Prices OF
stocks reacted sharply to-day and were
carried down under such active selling
as his not been seen in the market for
several weeks past. This development
did not make itself felt until late in the
day. and after such a period of neglect
and apathy On the part of the specula-
tive and investment interests as in it
self invites to attack on prices by pro
fessional bears. There was continual
light dribble of stocks on the market
under which prices slowly but pretty
steadily yielded, except for few spec
ial cases where deslutary speculation
for the rise conferred or where buying
was induced by causes individual to
stocks. These were entirely without in
fuence on the general list. A rather
general tendency to recover from some
other declines had the edge taken off
1t by the first bulletin announcement OF
the suspension of an important bank in
Liverpool. The course of German bank
snares for the last few days has indi-
Gated an unsettled condition of affairs
in Germany and to-day's occurrence
arouses apprehension that the coming
semi-annual settlements in Berlin may
be the occasion of more or less ex-
tended collapse. The recent failure OF
bank in Dresden revealed such state
of involvement with formerly inflated
industrial securities, which had suffered
from the industrial depression in Ger
many, that the credit of many indus
trial enterprises was considerably I'M
dermined. The fear Of a crisis has
probably prompted the Imperial Bank
OF Germany to recuperate It's resources
to their present extraordinary strength.
With the gain in cash this week and
the receipts next week of the New York
gola shipments, the bank s cash reserves
will be lifted to near s250,000,009. The
banks outstanding note issues are also
nearly $10o,U00,0G0 below the legal max
imum exempt from taxation. So that
the German money market is unusually
well equipped to meet crisis. The
consideration of these conditions made
the speculative mind sensitive and late
in the day when many rumors began to
circulate of local banking troubles
there was lively spilling out of stocks
all through the list. The bears made
the most of their unexpected. opportun-
ity and offered prices down boldly
while the rumors were at the high tide
of exaggeration. rhey succeeded in
breaking through the defenses which
had been established by the bull lead
ers while they were away for their vaca-
tons and heavy stop-loss orders were
uncovered
The bond market was affected by late
selling, but in much less degree than
stocks. Total sales par value $2,7T0,-
600.
United States refunding Is and new
is advanced Il per cent on the last
call.
Express Costpnnses.
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MARKET ADvIcEs.

Dick Bros &. Co. to White & White.
NEW YORK, June 25.-rraders took
advantage of the meeting of bank presi-
dents to hammer the market and stop
orders were reached. The manager OF
the clearing house announces that every
bank in the institution has a credit bal
ance. Manhattan was strong around
125, and it looks as though to-day's
drive is healthy.
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Mining stocks.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK, June 25.-Money on call
firmer at 3% @5 per cent; last loan ).
Ruling rate 4.
Prime mercantile paper 3AG41s per
cent.
Sterling exchange heavy, with ac-
tual business in bankers bills at Si.S7,24
@4.87ss for demand, and at s4.S5ss for
sixty days, posted rates s4.S61a and
s4.S9; commercial bills s4.s41zG500h.
Silver certificates so.
Bar silver 592s.
Mexican dollars 471a.
State bonds inactive.
Government bonds strong.
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BANK IN TROUBLE.

Special to White & White.
LONDON, June 25.-2 p. MT is re-
ported that bank in Leipsfg. Ger
many, has failed with liabilities OF
$4,000, 600 The institution is under
stood to have been chiefly involved in
German industrial securities.
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Pittsburs Closing Prices.

P1TTSBURG, Pa, June 25.-Win-
dow Glass 531s; preferred 960961b.
Crucible, 22G22A; preferred. s4%
ass.
River Coal, 1917 @137a.
Pittsburg Coal. 1915 @32A.
Switch, 721s075.
westinghouse, 697s@70.
Consolidated Traction, 21&6
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INV 74Ixr. cs,,.n,sy,sr 1orss n,.sos.s
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Corn recaists If .f,o b,,sba,s.
nn-ts a,arac h,,-s,sis. s,,,s 49,. g.,
3 47ikc elevator. or,t;ons o-,ara, s.,ss.
CLOSING ste,dv ~ rmHc res sacI;rs
flnae Tulv a7n =. c.,ssan,bsr 1o1I a.
.nher 4sIc = - = 2 =
Oats. receipts al 100 bushels. exnorts
$3.50 bushels: spot dull and easy. No. 2
cts 32c. ontions oniet and rather aasv
Hay, quiet.
Hons STEADY.
Hides, firm.
Leather. steady.
Wool, quiet
Beef. steady. Is
Cutmeats. steady.
Lard. steady; refined, steady.
Pork, firm.
Tallow, steady.
Cottonseed oil, firm.
Petroleum, dull.
Rosin, steady.
IuiPcntinS, oteday.
Rice, quiet.
Molasses, firm.
Sugar. raw. steady; fair refining
3 9-16c; centrifugal, So test, 7-23c;
molasses sugar slice; refined, steady.
Lower prices were in order in the
local eoffee exchange to-day Market
opened steady and unchanged to 5
points lower, closing steady net to 10
points lower. sales, $3.50 bags. Spot
Nio easy NO. invoice DC; mild market
quiee, eordoVa, SA@121ac.
PHILADELPHIA, June 25.-Wheat,
lc lower; contract grade, June, 70lb@
nc.
Corn steady; No. 2 mixed, June, 46h.
W46Ac.
Oats quiet but steady; No. 2 white.
clipped, 33@3319c,
WOOL unchanged.
Flour dull and lower; winter super,
S21O@2.25.
Butter steady; fair demand; fancy
western creamery, 1870.
Eggs steady; fresh nearby, lac
Cheese firm; New York full. creams,
fancy small, sac.
Refined sugars steady; better demand.
TOLEDO. Ohio, June 25.-Wheat
dull, lower: No 2 cash. Csc.
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5IlRP BREAK IN
AFTERNOON PRICES,
FOLLOWING A MARKET FAIRLY
FIRM AND WITHOUT NEWS OR
ESPECIAL FEATURE.
SLIGHT RALLY AT THE CLOSE.
BANKING TROUBLES THE CAUSE OF
THE SUDDEN SLUMP.

Presidents Of Leading Monetary In
situations Called Together just AT.
ter Noon, and After n Conference
B4fncultfes Were Strafgtcncd
Out, But the Street Enjoyed q
Beautiful and Serious Scare-A Mig
German Banking Failure - The
Market Is a Very Sensitive One
md Demand a WatchfuI Eye.
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Town Topics" to white C White.

NEW YORK, June 25.-Nothing has
transpired to stimulate speculative ac-
tivity and a quiet professional market
may be expected. Traders are becom-
ing convinced that there will not be any
furry in money. but are not ready to
hold on the bull side until doubt has
been removed. Sentiment is bullish on
the Coal stocks. Steel, Missouri Pacific,
Louisville & Nashville, Pennsylvania.
New York Central and Sugar. che
Traction stocks will be kept strong on
bullish reports. Get some Peoples Gas
and Amalgamated Copper on any de-
cline. In fact all reactions of any i'm
portsnce should be awaited of to nick
up good stocks. Hold c.. G. w. and
Wisconsin Central for advances. Our
special London cable reports that mar
ket for Americans dull and heavy at de-
clines of II from our parity.
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DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK. June 25-The market
has again been quiet in cottons, bu.
business restricted by scarcity Of ready
supplies and sellers reluctance to make
forward contracts Bleached cottons
unchanged. Coarse coiored goods very
firm. Print cloths uuieter as sellers are
conservative at top prices. Prints in
good demand Ginghams arm, no
change in hosiery or underwear.
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Yesterdays Price,

Special to White e. White.
The following table shows the opening.
high, low and closing prices of stocks on
Wall street yesterday:
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Chicago Closing Prices.

NHiCuSU NIOSInE Prices,
CHICAGO, June 25.-Wheat, July 66c:
September 66ssc
Corn, July 43&c; September 442c.
Oats, July 26fsc; September 26%c.
Pork, July s14.72; September s14oa
Ribs, July $50; September $500
Lard. July sS.75; September $3.50
Local Stocks
Cnrrerfed hx- wbs+a . yy-.,,.
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Norfolk 8 yvest6rn cozisoa s. go: ]. :. :
Oregon Navigation lists fbid5 .1os
oregon Short Line II :. III. ~
Do as <bid) \ !. :. 119X
Reading general Observation-Disclosures. 9e1k
Rio Grande. Western lists. 1924
st. Louis & Iron Mount. consol 5s..... liza
St. Louis & San Fran. gen. 6s.......... 1854
g.. paui e1nsois epides 10; ..; .iSo
Soutnern Facinc as. ..-.-..-..........-.-ss ,x
Standard Rope & Irvine SIS (bid9...-.... 81
Texas Pacific lists tbid) .11S1s
DO. Sds (bid). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SO
Union Pacific Observation-Disclosures. 1851
Wabash lists ibid. Observation-Disclosures
Do. Eds (bid). ....................1l2
West Shore .....................l15
Wisconsin Central Observation-Disclosures. 80
Virginia Centuries toffered). ............ s61s
Railroad bonds easier.
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New York Curb Closing Prices

NEW YORK, June 15.-Can, 27ss
@27fs; preferred 761a@76%.
Standard Oil, 770@775.
Tennessee Copper, 211k@221a.
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Yesterday. Sales.

Total sales, 100000 shares.
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Local Stocks
}. Par. Bid. ASK.
STOCKS.

Corrected by White & White
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BROKERS.
QCIxs, n0xDs AND INvEsr1IEkTs.

Private Wires to New York. Boston, Phil
aticlphin Pittsburg and Chicago Stock
Exchanges. Jnexcellcd Service.
Accounts of responsible people respectfully
solicited.
Rooms Nos. III and ~ Nat. Exchange
Dnnk BnildinE.
Telephones So ana 61s
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-11

~. Picking season begins about Aug.
ana lasts from six to eight weeks.
Whole families living in the blue
berry districts leave their homes and
go on the plains, where they live in
tents during the season. often the
smallest children earn from 50 to So
per day, while experts. using a TWEEN
ty-three pronged rake, earn as high as
So and IS per day.
Prior TO the first year of canning
these berries the lands on which they
now grow We're used for stock raiSiu-
and We're worth perhaps 81 - per acr,
The owners now lease them To p!ckerS.
receiving | cent per quart for all ber-
rieS picked. the average income of an
acre being about $40 per year. The rev
enue received by one landowner last
year was over 500 per day during the
picking season.
The proprietors of the canning facto-
ries last year We're unable to fill their
orders, and many hundred bushels were
sold before they were even picked,
while the products of the factories
were hauled direct to ears resting on
side tracks and shipped to nearly every
state in the Union.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-11
How whistler Dressed Up.

Whistler, on one of his visits to Sir
Alma Tadema, shocked his famous
brother artist On the night of his ar
rival Whistler's host announced that he
intended to give a breakfast next morn
ing. "There will be a number Of ladies
present, Whistler" he said, "and want
you to pull yourself together and look
your best"
"All right" said Whistler.
The next morning Whistler's voice was
heard ringing through the magnificent
halls of the Tadema mansion "Tadema,
Tadema! | want you, Tadema"
Thinking Of nothing less than fire, Sir
Alma rushed to the room of his guest.
"For heavens sake. Whistler, what's
the matter? You've walked every one in
the house. What is it?'
ooh, don't get so excited, Tadema,"
drawled Whistler. II only wanted to
know where you keep the scissors to
trim the fringe OF cuffs with thought
you wanted me to pull myself together
for the ladies'. Ladies' Home Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-11
A STONE GUTTER.
Just How To Make satisfactory and
Neat job of Laying IL.

Just How to Make n Satisfactory and
Neat job OF Laying II.
An otherwise fine drive or walk
around farm buildings may be rendered
uu>ighly 10y the washing Of deep ditch
eS along the edges, This may be pre-
vented ami finished appearance given
by a well constructed stone gutter. The
proper performance of the work is an
art the knowledge of which is not pos
sessed by all. and the following de
scription Of it by L. \. Clinton in Rural
New Yorker is therefore of interest:
Wherever gutter is needed It may
be taken for granted that the grade is
sufficient SO that an instrument will
not be required to establish it. The
stones selected for the work should he
what are known as cobbleStoncS. They
should be ruundish in shape, and the
size should be from four to five inches
in diameter. Flat stones will not an
swcr for the work; neither will soft or
half rotten stones. They must he tough
roundish or ohlong cobblcstoues.
The general direction of tile gutter is
usually established 10y the edge Of the
driveway or walk. The excavation for
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-11
THE BURBERRY INDUSTRY
Burning the Land-Canning Facto-
ries-Incrensed Value of Land

Burning the Land-Canning Facto-
ries-Incrensed Value of Land.
The growth Of new BURBERRY sprouts
from the annual spring burning, which
took place in April, was exceedingly
vigorous, and the outlook for a heavy
crop, now nearly ready to harvest,
is excellent. Each year sees an in
crease in the BURBERRY canning bust
ness, and thousands Of acres of land
We're burned over this year. One man
burned between 1,500 and 1000 acres,
says a Maine grower, who gives in
formation as follows in Ohio Farmer
about the BURBERRY industry.
Land burned one year will bear
heavy crop of berries the following
year After that the crop decreases,
and to secure good crop land should
be burned every second or third year.
Seyenty-liye bushels of berries from
an acre is not an uncommon yield, de-
pending of course on how well the
ground is covered with vines. One Of
the suburb citizens of Cherryfield Sc
cured 1000 bushels last year, and the
proprietor made daily trips to the can
merry with the berries, which are now
transported on buckboards. These two
men racked as high as twenty-seven
bushels in day.
There were twelve landowners at
Cherryfield this spring who burned
BURBERRY land for the 1902 crop. Last
year the factory where the first blue.
berries were canned was refitted with
modern machinery, and the capacity
now Is from coo to 800 bushels per day.
A new factory will be erected at Har-
rington this year which will, with the
others in this section, be able to can
all the berries that can be secured in
the western part Of Washington coun-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-11
A SMALL SILO.
So Simple That Ordinary Farm Labor
Can BE Used In Building It,

1t has occurred to the Iowa Home
stead that it might be well under the
peculiar circumstances of this season
to describe small silo that has come
to its attention that would probably
meet the wants of a large number of
feeders at a larger number of points
than almost any other.
The structure will hold about 65
tons. 1t is circular in form, 10 feet in
diameter and % feet high. The stud
ding is by 4, placed on circular
brick foundation II inches from cen
ter to center, the 2 by 4 being 10 and
II feet long, placed end to end, a 10
foot one standing on the foundation
and the IL foot one on top of it, and
then next, II inches away, a II foot
one on the foundation and the 10 foot
one on top, and so on alternately, so as
to break the joint
First class fencing boards sixteen
feet long, six inches wide and an inch
thick are resawed to make scant half
inch stuff and then dressed so that it
will lie true. These half inch boards
can readily be bent around the circle
inside the studding and form the lin
ing. After the first layer Of the half
inch stuff Is nailed on the studding
cover it with tarred paper and then
put on another layer In such a way as
to break the joints Of the two thick
nesses of half inch stuff
Doors can be left at convenient In
tervals between the studs, and they
may be filed with boards and tarred
paper, the ends tapping against the
studs as the silo is filled. No roof is
necessary. The walls on the outside of
the studding may be covered with
course Of ship lap or other suitable
lumber the boards running lengthwise
from top to bottom.
Without such outside wall silage has
been successfully preserved for fall
and winter feeding, and the cost of
the structure in a locality where lum-
Der was pretty high priced has been a
little less than $50, exclusive of labor.
The construction is so simple that or
binary farm labor can be used in build
ing it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-11
VEGETABLES.

Water cress is a good all around brace
up for the system.
Dandelions purify the blood and gener-
ally are declared to tone up the system.
Lettuce has soothing, quieting effect
upon the nerves and is an insomnia rem
edy.
Tomatoes rouse torpid liver and do
the work ordinarily of q doctors pre-
scription.
Celery Is an acknowledged Lerve tonic
and Is more and more used in medical
prescriptions.
Onions are also a tonic for the nerves,
but people will be forever prejudiced be-
cause Of the odor.
Spinach has medicinal properties and
qualities equal to the most indigo Of all
blue pills ever made.
Beets are fattening, even n moder-
ately learned man will explain, because
of the sugar they contain.
Potatoes should be eschewed by those
who have a horror Of getting fat, as that
is one penalty of eating them.
Parsnips, 1t is now contended by scien-
lists, possess almost the same virtues
that are claimed for sarsaparila.
Asparagus Is efficacious in kidney all
ments to an extent that is not yet, per
haps, thoroughly appreciated.
Ordinary lima beans, some one has
said, are good to allay thirst, but the
same can be said, with equal truth, of
pitcher OF water.
Cucumbers, aside from sunbeam emit
ting properties 4nown to readers Of face
tious paragraphs. contain an acid that is
helpful In some cases of dyspepsia
What to Eat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-11
SHEEP FEEDING.
Grain Mixtures Versus Single Grain
Foods-OatS and Corn.

Foods-OatS and Corn.
From results obtained in the expert.
meuts of various stations it appears
that there are hut a few single grain
foods that give profitable returns when
fed alone. Some give high rate of gain,
but the cost ahsorhS the profit, and 9th
ers Yield satisfactory gains so long as
the sheep will cat them ANA continue in
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-11
STORING CABBAGES.
Many Ways of Doing lt-Good Ven
tilo.4un the Chief Requirement..

Many Ways of Doing lt-Good Ven
tiloaun the Chief Requirement.
In regard to storing cabbages. this is
done in about every conceivable way,
from standing them on their heads on
meadow lands or in woods without any
covering or sometimes a little straw or
snow to Easements of barn and to quite
elaborate storehouses. When stored on
meadow or woods, in some instances
they keep better and shrink less than
IN any other way, but they should be
placed on sloping ground so that drain
age will be good. and covering has to
be watched so that they do not get too
warm, as there is little or no ventila-
ton that way, and sometimes they all
rot, writes an experienced cabbage
grower to Country Gentleman.
In easements of barns bins are usu-
ally built like potato bins of Stats, leav-
ing about three inch openings be-
tween them, commencing about a foot
above the ground, and another, say
three feet above that, and so on up to
the ceiling. This applies to regularly
Quilt storehouses as well as old base
ments, but there is a space left about
two feet wide all around between walls
and bins, and heads are piled in
carefully, not exceeding two and one
half feet deep in bins, so that there Is
plenty Of air to circulate all around
the bins. The bins may be made as
wide as convenient to place cabbages
ln-say, about four or five feet-and
any length If there Is plenty of air.
There should be plenty Of windows,
and they should be kept open all the
time when there is no danger of freez-
Ing, the best results being obtained
where they have best ventilation and
are not allowed to get chilled. All
modern storehouses have large ven
tlators on the top Of the building to
carry off the damp vapors that arise
and to make circulation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-11
WINE whedf Is being s-1wn vow s,to,,

winch wheaf Is being g-Tw5 vow syto.
year was treated with tbar a. ,er
pounds Of lime. freshly slaked ANA ~ -
pLed broadcast just before sou,in ,,r up, a.
wheat The crop immediateIy fol faiIo ,ne
ing showed but little effect from NV
hme' but the second crop showed 9- m ' III
crease Of about six bushels Der aero - a. =
ene l'lned portion over the unlimed hale
acre adjoining. '''-''' l''il
IN another case half Of tracr Of
ulIee acres was lined in the snring. -
1900 ana planted in corn There VA -
an apparent increase in the corn cron
loF the lined part Of this tract o,.o,
'nat left without lime. and in rho oats
crop following the corn there wos =
further increase of over nine bushels
per acre ''''''i'
IN third case part Of a block Of nj
l'lla was Sown on lime soil and nort
on unlimed, with the result thar fhe
lllned portion made by far the more
vigorous growth. -''' :
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-10-11
THROWING THINGS AWAY.
How the Good Housewife Does Cling
TO Old Rubbish.

10 VIA hubniHu.
always before we move" said Mr..
Billtops, I'VE go through everything in
the storerOom and Gull out and throw
away the things that we don't want. IL
we never moved, | don't know but what
finally we'd be buried under the accu-
mutation of things which from time to
time we save
I'VE save tons OF newspaper clippings
alone and we always have a pile OF
magazines containing articles that We
want to read over again. but never do.
We put away old clothes and don't know
what not of things we've got through
with that are of no earthly use TO us, but
that We hate to throw away. And how
we DO hang on TO some of these things!
Why. say. we've got boxes and trunks
containing things that we've saved in
that way that we've been Juggling around
for years, paying to have them moved
and giving UP room tor the storing Of
them. that we never look into AT all. We
couldn't tell what was in some Of them
without looking hut they are things we
sort of hate 10 throw away, ana SO we
keep Juggling 'vm around.
II don't want 90 drag in melancholy
thoughts in a ehctrfHl conversation, but
] tud myself wondering sometimes now,
rs ! grow older what win become of all
tins truck We save mp iu this way when
we dle. II viii all he just living there,
and those who come after ms win look at
IL aud wonder what under the canopy
we saved j., for. and then they'll throw
il away. which I tan Mrs BIhops we
might just as well do now ourselves and
get ud of it, There's nothing in the
~ ,ffghf