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Decrease.
New York Money.

New York November 13-Money on call
hrm at 4td5 per cent; last loan s. Prime
mercantile paper 4l5G5 per cent Sterling
exchange firm, with actual business in
bankers bills at 4.STh0+S7l5 for demand
aud AZ 4,S46f4 S4lt for sixty days. posted
rates 4.sfall4 So aud IS: commercial
bills 4S3l4Ni4 S3ai. Bar silver 5Tis; Mex
lean dollars Asa, Government bonds hrms
er; state bonds inactive, railroad bonds
irregular.
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BUTTER AND ES'

Chicago, November ;l6e
creamery 15d93; dairy rirn. q
STEADY 9Hm1Oh. Egss1 X
New York. November 10 y
packages. Strong; sts ,,sa "a.
SSdTT western candleo
uncandled 22a26. -, M
ST. Louis, Novemoes5, turI'3
chickens 5ll, springs c;,sr-ss|
6d6ih: geese 3lgdo, bn
az ied24: dairy i4eM.., IN
ksnsss city, November =
and Arm zoe per ooAsA
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CONTRACTS SLIGHTLY HIGHER.

same at frst but was followed by to 3
point loss, which made the bottom figures
OF The day. This was very soon recovered,
and with a ] point gain formed the range
until the last two hours Of the session,
when an upward move commenced, reached
the highest and extended TO the close, In
the net result the hrst five positions ad-
yanced 2 points and tho three later ones
went ] point higher. S0les on the Amer
lean side amounted to 1;,eo ba.cs, aud spot
quotations did not alter
The movement did not vary significantly
in its volume Receipts at all ports for the
day were 51,s75 bales, compared with As.
zlG FOR the corresponding day Of last year.
Since Friday they have been o27, s57 bales.
compared with 23S.s11 for the same time
OF last week. aud 49,, 5l3 for the correspond.
ing time of last year. Thus 1ar "a the sea
son they have been 627.CS1 bales, com.
pared with 2,596, sos for the same time OF
last season Since Friday exports have
teen lfttSD3 bales, compared with 1881
Tor the same time u last week aud 50 $50
fer the corresponding time OF last year
STOCK AZ United States ports for the day
was go bales, compared with 692uSS
Tor the same cay of last week and TUi ,3JT
Tor the corresponding day Of last year.
Concerning the seasons crop and some
Estimates that have appeared, the Cotton
Trade Journal has the following.
...r,bo ,i,.,,1.t.t,..- - ,.-,,,.,,. =.
g.. - uisPVSi'i Y q Aluetlcan crop tSpei X
- ~ "a. ~. ~ !. VAC eo'l"n ctVp Is mdie pe,
L. '.sg at1'SH'Pt 70 estiI t WIN II Wiu
80, ~ n,'eVu lS !"'sciy toE the commence the
49,, - SNT u.s., ~. ~. hSnt ~ t,eL suessSs dnh
-, ~ l"'eIss' VIII IN Nnleh the undc huclpaue
~ ~. " 70 w present we are nor aMote
W snS ESrE lhp' tahl crop gussseS from
sy,sr rs tDI, ustiIp conIll'anu genet5l re-
SPefit IN tQlS sue OF tng water ma thn
~ ap,t'It! - tuat mere VIZ Ge none before
80 s'"hs arc sHen rs 70 Iqrhlsa ieasohacle
'FEr5IIle ultM On ,HSinlcu 20 p9se thelu
=. btluIe FoeI blIis the pant anu Stops
,'s gyoN,I4' az, ana before the movement h4.
Il0sIesS9eu ~ enough 10 give an lt5ish'
I - 70 tne Collph tnere may De pehlnd H.
( li,c.a YER hI,Ces9NS 10 ielca correct &c n
sluslonS are IaCAlhe; ven after ms 10
IHFHla{lou develops tlme IS needed IN Whlol
! 70 edther ana c"usluer II. So mat tue large
Eue'syr, Nhu are usually looked to Oh TIM
j SlHG 81 the water Tor crop hgures apparent
y nave ample ieason Tor waiting Thel
can h3t Wel! oe expected to give our suesse'
I At TINS iAne. Aside from the large inter
! ests theN seek 10 conserve by forming
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London Consols.

London, November 13.-Cousols for money
e77s; account ~ Bar silver duh, 20 1854
count for short bills 3hd3A per cent
three months bills 516Q3% per cent
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF GALVESTON. November 10.
ARRIVED.
IS koln tGerl, New YORK.
Sch Maiden, Baltimore.
rs Bengal OBJ, Liverpool.
@ CLEARED.
s. Sabine AMY, New York.
Ss lmaum tBr), Liverpool.
SAILED.
ss SABINE tAm), New York,
Vessels in Port,
vessel-FlaK-
CaiedaziA Hrl q
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Totals ...lO,Sss,oOo 9.7s4,oCO Il 1865, 600
sDecrease.
Decrease Ia
excess Of


We still mention that great number Of
mills report that owing TO the exception
vcmher the crop has been harvested so far
comparatively much faster, and has also
been marketed on a inuch more liberal scale
than in past years. The reports make men
tion Of the fact that the top crop is very
light aud that frost has occurred in the
last days Of October and early this month
pretty much generally ell over the cotton
belt, with the exception Of South Texas.
The Gulf Ports Trading Company
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Georgia will make about the size crop Of
last wear Texas viii produce less than
last wear. owing 10 dronth and boil weevii.
Reports generally from the Southwestern
section are not relsSuIiug, Notwithstanding
what the farmers friends have made the
crop"
Houston estimated receipts tor today are
$500 to $500 bales. against 2n6SO last year
New Orleans expects 900 TO 1000,
against 1880 last year.
New York Dry Goods.
New York, November 13.--Export buying
has again been the chief feature in brown
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COTTON SEED PRO-"

r O. B. mill Texas
cordlng to location, J
Prime crude oil, loose".,n !
Prime summer yellow. ,,Soiit, Z
Linters, according 70 q'a
Hulls, baled .....'..,...i =
Prime cotton seed meal 4
Prime cotton seed CAKE ,sottti
Quotations on prims VI, ~
and prime cotton seeu
cry at Galveston.
Memphis. Tenn .-Iwe sa-.
Prime crude 27h; pil,nprrrpB
3II5; choice cooking Ned
than carloads, nominaL
Prime 81 90.
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ondon Financial CahIe.

New York, November 13.--The CONNER
ciai-Advertiser's London financial cable
gram says: The stock here today was he
calmed, but cheerful Among the factors
10 contribute TO the better feeling was the
rumor that the German emperor was en-
deavoring to persuade the Beers 70 sur
sender and aIso the news that refugees
eFefe returning and the mines were reopen
49, NnA-s- -.s.a at-a = sanNra last B0thn
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COTTON MARKET QUOTATIONS.

The range OF prices at New York and
New orleans Tor the active months was as
follows.
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.Less itec


Following are the clearings of the Hous
ton banks, together with the amount Of in
crease or decrease over last year;
b - .-.---. L..
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STOCKS SENTIMENT VARIED.
VEW YORK EXCHANGE

with 500 men had surrendered. American
stocks moved IN narrow limits,
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Net Receipts at united states Ports.
Difference. $500 1854 5l,2

ccttons, fair orders being put through for
China Home demand continues Qliat for
brown. beached and coarse colored cot
tons Prints cloths continue inactive
Prints in moderate demand. Ginghams
quiet. but firm. More doing in mems Wear,
wOoIens and worsted gnd tone generally
firm Wooden and wcrsted dress goods
quiet
METALS.
New York, November 13.-Tin steady
25. 3Cd25. 20. Lead DUH 431@ Spelter
easier T. 80. Copper quiet 10. S7i@d17oO. Pig
iron warrants dull 9.50M1O. 30.
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New Orleans. November 13.-HoG prod
uets quiet Pork Standard mess 1jh
Lard-Re6ned fierce IA pure lard l0A
Boxed meats-Dry salt shoulders 81 sides
ST. Bacon-C1ear rib sides Ok. Hons
Choice sugar cured 12kMl3ii Coffee
Strong; Rio ordinary to fair slsGS&. Rice
Steady screenings 3AW39s; head 4#GiA
fancy head 5lsa5& Flour Extra fancy
80 Bran 97dos. Hay-Primo 16 5oa
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American Brewing ..,.,..l.....,.,f 90 90
Commercial National bank225 90 POS 90
Houston Land and Trust. il07 % l......
Houston Drug ............ll35 % I1GO 10
Houston Drilling and Sup.
ply co. ...,.............I... 10 90
Merchants National bark I1O2 ~ ..,..
Magnolia Park co. ......l... IL 90
Mutual Building and Loan. ......I ZOO 90
Planters and Mechanics
National bank .......ll O1 90
South Texas Nutiural... lbs 90 l160 ca
Sour Lake Springs .....l......35 90
Southwestern Dry Plate los O0
Texas Savings. Real Estate
and Investment Co.. 10 ~ ! 25 on
SALES
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Elevators A and b IA
Receipts today ..,'''''''i.
Receipts this season '.
Shipments this season 49,.
Stnnk- ....s.'sff
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GALVESTON sToel
HmnsroN nRAIN N0T

GALVESTON GkAlN
Receipts today-W5ean,ta "a
Gulf. Colorado and SANTA I.. ~
Missouri, Kansas ana
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At THE CLOSE;
Liverpool 1854 lower
New York. points lower to higher
New Orleans, to points hieher
RpOTS.
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Other Spot Markets.

alveston-spots closed arm, prices un.
nged. efo.k tg5 o-e baios
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
A Juvenile Critic.

Deliver me from the unfavorable
criticism of child" said an old actor.
1T hits the hardest.
"A year or two ago." he continued,
I'VE were playing in Cincinnati
theatre. l was cast for the part of a
doctor. The business of one OF the
scenes required that / should come on
the stage deeply absorbed in thought
and smoking cigarette.
II had noticed family party in one
OF the boxes nearest the stage. The
youngest member of the party, little
boy, was completely wrapped up in the
play. 1t was all real to him. AS l
came from the wings during the scene
in question l passed within few feet
of the box in which he sat. He turned
to lady who sat behind him, and
distinctly heard him say, with gasp:
Mamma, he's no doctor! He
smokes cigarettes,'
II have never smoked cigarette in
that scene ce."-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
THE cURFEW LAW.
Satisfactory Results of Its Enforce
ment in New England Cities,

Satisfactory Results of Its Enforce
ment in New England Cities.
Newport has back it's old bells and
is ready for the introduction of the
curfew law in this one particular. A
word from the chief of police In Cam
bridge, Mass, has just been published
in favor of this means for preserving
the innocence of the children. Cam
bridge was formerly one of the worst
towns known for the extent of it's
Juvenile depravity. All this is
changed now, and the New England
air of responsibility is again feature
of Cambridge life by night as we'll as
by day. The law affects the conduct
of the children at all hours. For those
who fear something too arbitrary for
our system of life in this curfew law
the explanation of the Bangor chief of
police as to IT'S enforcement may be
a help in seeing the advantage of
having it. He writes of the curfew:
Il believe it is a grand success. We
have very little complaint now of
children being out after hours, but
when one does come in it is from some
section of the city not covered by the
officers regularly, and an officer sent
a few times to that locality speedily
breaks it up. l do not believe our
people would suffer the children to
be out to any great extent without
calling the attention of the police de-
partment to their duty in the matter.
1t was not long since that friend
who lives in section of the city
where children are, to say the least,
very plenty, said to me that it was as
tonishing to him how soon the chill
dren disappeared from the street
corners near his home at the stroke
OF the curfew. l presume that some
people may have the same idea that
some OF our own had. namely, that
the police were going to enforce this
ordinance in an arbitrary manner and
that no child near the age mentioned
would be allowed to be seen on the
street after the curfew sounded. We
did not intend anything of the kind.
Children who, for any good reason.
are on the street are never bothered
by the officers any more than before
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
SHE MATCHES BUTTONS.
Peculiar and Paying Business of Old
Sarah Cohen.

In little house just off Hester
street, says the New York Herald,
dwells an old woman who carries on a
most peculiar trade. She is Sarah, or
"Old Sal" as she is more Familiarity
called, and east side residents know
her we'll and most of them patronize
her.
On the window pane of her little
shop is a sign which reads: Buttons
Sold Inside Any Button Matched,
From One Cent to a Nickel" Her stock
in trade is stored up in thousands of
buttons in little heaps - pearl, glass,
bone, Jet, shell. brass, cloth, silk, horn
and every other variety of button
made.
1t is said the old woman's business
is profitable and that she has managed
to save about $4,000 out of her curious
occupation.
you see." she said to me. ct Is Of
ten the case that woman buys only
enough buttons for dress, and then,
when she loses one. IL is difficult to get
1t matched at a notion store. Those
who know me come along here. and
can always do II from my stock.
Il have my regular customers, for
most storekeepers around here know
me and send their customers to me
when they are unable to suit them, and
they seldom go away without the very
thing they are after.
Where do get them from? Many
OF them come from junkshops. where
on the rags sold are buttons. All the
rag dealers know pay a fair price for
buttons, and they save them until they
have a sufficient quantity. and then
they come to me.
Another way l obtain them is by
visiting the dressmakers. who often
have buttons left over. and their Gus
toners seldom ask for them. These I
can buy up very cheap. Although my
little board outside says that the high
est price charge is cents. my better
class OF customers do not hesitate to
offer me a quarter, or even fifty cents.
for button that they have lost, in
order to make their garments look
neat and complete"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
THE JAPANESE THEATER.
Actors Reach the Stage by Walking
Through Middle of Audience.

AS a rule, the Only things that fas-
cinate the tourist in a Japanese play
are the quaintness of the stage ar
rangements and the weird unintelligi-
bility of the acting. The stage is enor-
nous and the actors reach it by walk
ing through the audience ON two plat
forms extending from the back of the
auditorium to the footlights. Proper
ties are removed during the perform
ance by attendants in black cloaks
who are supposed to be invisible. AS
a rule, two long plays are presented
consecutiveIy, with tableau between,
and the performances begin at 10
o'clock in the morning. You leave your
shoes at one of the many tea houses
around the theater, and enter your box
to find it supplied with a tobacco box,
tea and cakes, with luncheon to come.
The voices on the stage at once strike
you as hard and artificial, and either
too shrill or too gruff. But the reason
is plain. 'The traditional samisen,
the three-stringed guitar. follows the
performer like curse from start to
finish. Unless he pitched his voice
above or below its notes he could not
be heard. There is no doubt of the
effect on the audience. Especially do
the wonderful facial expressions of the
actors work upon the women. A rush
to the tear room" during pathetic
passage is quite common. There the
susceptible playgoer may weep her
heart out i'm comfort.
AS men and women are not allowed
to appear on the same stage the fe-
male parts are taken by men; ON the
other hand at some theaters, where
the performers are all women, you
may see male parts sustained by ac-
tresses. This is only one among the
many conventions and restrictions
which hamper the drama in Japan.
Another is the extraordinary ascend
ancy of the actor over the author. A
successful actor is the darling of the
people, purses are thrown at his feet
as he walks toward the stage. and love
letters are sent to his dressing room,
for "the japanese matinee girl is very
susceptible" He may make s25 900 in
four weeks. The author is only one
member of kind of committee which
devlses the play and his remuneration
is trumpery.-TheA Academy.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
Prince Adalbert's DOG Had to Go.

Prince Adalbert, who has entered
the German navy for course of train
ing, has received at the outset of his
career a lesson in discipline. He had a
pet terrier. which accompanied him
wherever he went. fIe took the dog
with him on board the training ship,
but as soon as the captain heard of it
the prince was ordered to send the
dog ashore. The prince was inclined
to dispute the authority of the captain.
and claimed that orders which were
applicable to other officers did not
affect a prince OF the imperial family.
The captain is said to have at once
communicated with the emperor, who
as promptly sent his son a message
that entirely dispelled from his mind
all ideas Of favoritism. The dog was
sent ashore. and the prince has dis
covered that as an officer in the Ger
man navy his only credentials for dis
tinction above his fellows will be those
he earns Gazette.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11

dressing. On every subsequent morn
ing during our stay glass of milk was
brought to me at precisely the same
hour, without instructions; and al
though the servant was told several
times that it was not wanted she did
not appear to understand, and con-
tinued to bring it just the same.
'In the hotel were electric bells.
The first day I rang for something,
and certain boy answered the sum-
mons. The next morning l rang again
and again, and no one responded.
Finally went into the dining-room
and found there half dozen servants.
Didn't you hear my bell ring?" l
asked.
" 81, senior eyes, sir), was the reply.
g Then why didn't you answer it?'
" The boy that answers your ex-
cellency's bell has gone to market with
the manager
g But you knew he was not here,
and you should have come in his
place.
+" No, senior; it is his occupation to
answer your bell. answer the bell Of
the gentleman in the next room
"And as long as I remained in that
hotel my bell was answered only by
the one particular boy. If he was not
in, could ring for an hour without re-
ceiving response, although the house
was full of idle servants.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
The Kernel of Il.

An amusing episode occurred at a
political meeting at Lavendon during
the general election. After hearing
the speeches of the candidate and his
supporters, an aged conservative from
Wolverton mounted the platform and
caused some mystery by dramatically
holding aloft a walnut, when he pro-
ceeded to say:
''This is political walnut. The
rough shell represents the radicals;
the next, the thin, bitter skin, is the
liberals, and the kernel represents
the good conservative"
A man in the audience cried out:
Nov crack it,"
The Wolverton tory did so, when,
10 and behold, the kernel was rotten!
The admixture of laughter. and cha
grin that followed may be imagined.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
New York's Hotels.

The evolution of the American hotel
is very interesting study, and no
other city is so good place in which
to pursue it as New York. The oppor-
tunity for contrast of the past with
the present still exists-net the re-
mote past when the hotel was tav-
ern, but the recent past when the old
Aston was a stately piece of hotel
architecture. 1t still strikes the OBJ
server as a dignified edifice, but it is
no more than a stepping-stone to the
new structure. Nothing could more
strikingiy illustrate the radical adj
vance that has been made in this kind
OF construction. The difference is al
most as great as between old and
present methods of travel. Whether
the comforts as any greater is another
question.-Boston Transcript.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
A Possible Marchioness.

The leading character in Mrs. Bur-
nett's new novette, "The Making of
Warehouses" is thus described in the
opening instalment, in the Century,
AS she got out of the bus, and picked
up her rough brown skirt, prepared to
tramp bravely through the mud of
Mortimer street to her lodgings. Miss
Fox-Seton was positively radiant. 1t
was not only her smile which was
childlike: her face itself was childlike
for woman of her age and size. She
was thirty-four and a well set-up crea-
ture with fine square shoulders and
long small waist and good hips. She
was a big woman, hut carried herself
well, and having solved the problem
of obtaining, through marvels of
energy and management, one good
dress year, wore it so well, and
changed her old ones SO dexterously,
that she always looked rather smart
ly dressed. She had nice, round, fresh
cheeks and big, honest eyes, plenty
of mouse-brown hair and a short,
straight nose. She was striking and
well-bred looking and her plentitude
of good-natured interest in everybody
and her pleasure in everything out of
which pleasure could be wrested, gave
her big eyes a fresh look which made
her seem rather like nice over
grown girl than a mature woman
whose life was a continuous struggle
with the narrowest of mean fortunes.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
Advantage of Being a Cook.

Between eight hundred and nine
hundred of the poor law school chill
dren of London have been asked to
write essays on the theme what |
should like to be in life, and why"
The chief characteristic is their altru-
ism; they all want, or profess to want.
to help somebody. Even the girl who
would like to be" duchess is solely
Influenced by the desire ito be able
to share in the government of the
country and to help those who need
helping" There is much force in the
reason given by another girl III favor
of being a cook-that eff you have a
husband, and he is in a bad temper,
well-cooked dinner may put him in q.
good humor."-London Post.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
SUGGESTED BY THE CLAM.
BiyaIve Gave General Mcclellan
Valuable Idea in Engineering.

The late General George B Nc
Clellan, u. S. A., is credited with hav-
ing made the statement many years
ago that the sinking OF clans into the
sand along the ocean shore by closing
their shells and ejecting the water
from them in a thin stream, tirst
suggested to him the use of the water
let was so used. by General Nc
Clellan's advice, in putting down the
piles for a wharf and warehouse.
Water was forced through an ordi-
nary rubber hose, with piece OF gas
pipe on the end of the nozzle. This
was placed close to the point OF the
pile on the bottom, the jet of water
scoring the sand away from the pile
and making hole, in which the pile
sunk rapidly.
From that time on, as recently re-
corded in paper by L. Y. Shermer-
horn before the Engineers Club, OF
Philadelphia, the water jet method
has been similarly employed in maay
different places by different persons.
In the United States, in the improve
men of the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers, large numbers of piles have
been driven for the construction Of the
brush and pile bikes and in the sink
ing of these piles the water jet has
been in use since 1SS1-Cassierl !;
Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
Beer Drinkers Knocked Out.

A dispatch from Columbia, S. c..
says: "A petty quarrel in Charleston
as to whether the county board of con-
troll or the state board has the right
of appointing beer dispensers seems
likely to prove disastrous to many
people largely interested in that bust
ness in the state. While beer priv
ileges have been granted in many
towns and big business is done for
the dispensary in Charleston, II has
been generally known that this
method of selling beer was illegal.
The people called for it, however, and
II has been allowed for years and has
grown in favor, Under the system
beer depots are maintained in the
cities and towns by individuals. who
sell and deliver beer without restric-