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The Washington times., 1902-09-21
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time to open the windows from the out
hold wet towel over the mouth and
nose, run into the room and throw open
4 he windows as quickly as possible and
retire from it without delay, closing the
door again. After an hour or two all
the sulphur fumes, which, it should be
remembered, are deadly il inhaled too
much, will have escaped.
Sulphur furnishes gilt picture frames
and metal, so all pictures should be re-
moved and the chandeliers tightly cov-
cred with thick blanket, which may be
securely fastened over them.
Light velvet and Moquette carpets are
greatly improved by dry cleaning with
cornmeal. Five or six pounds OF the
coarse, yellow variety will not be too
much of the furniture as possible and
have the carpet well covered with the
dry cornmeal. Let this remain on 1t
over night, and the next morning have
it swept off with n clean, new broom.
You will be surprised at the dirt the
meal will gather UP and the grease 1t
will absorb. Now take some clean meal,
and with new stiff scrubbing brush
give the carpet a dry scrubbing, after
which it should be swept again. Should
there be any spots left, unless OF ink,
they will usually yield TO little scrub
bing soap scraped and rubbed into the
carpet with a small wet brush. Rinse
these spots off by scrnbbing them with
the brush dipped into clean warm water. |
Dark carpets should be swept we'll |
with clean broom and plenty of salt |
Afterward scrub them with warm water
and soap. Do not use too much water, |
not enough to soak through. Afterward |
wipe the carpet off with a cloth dipped |
in hot water, with a little good ammonia |
in it. This will brighten and bring out |
the colors.
Kitchen tins may be frightened with
out resorting to the oldtime method of |
securing with sand. Boil them in strong
boraX water, rinse in hot water and dry. |
and unless they are very old and have
been neglected they will look like silver.
Pots and pans which have no solder
about them may be boiled in solution
of lye. This cleans them as nothing else
will do and removes the accumulations
OF grease and black crust which untidy
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
WHEN ONE CONES BACK TO TOWN

| to those who will use them. Every dish,
glass. knife. fork and spoon should be
thoroughly washed in hot suds and
rinsed afterward in hot water, and every
pot, kettle and pan in the kitchen also.
While all these are being cleaned the
closet shelves should receive good
scrubbin~ with hot suds and ammonia.
The kitchen tables next call for at
tention, and the buffers pantry and
cupboard should not be neglected. If
possible. 1t should be placed in the yard,
| where it can be aired Il it is station
ary and has its drain pipe connected
/ with the waste pipe it should receive as
much attention as the wash basins up
stairs and, like them, should be flushed
and disnfected. The inside of the box
should then be thoroughly washed with
hot water and ammonia, the racks ana
shelves treated to a similar operation
and all afterward rinsed with cold wa
ter. Place small piece of charcoal on
saucer in one corner of the box before
1t is used in fact. no icebox should
ever be without lump of It, AS 1t alb
serbs impurities, it should frequently be
renewed and the old charcoal burned.
Now the house may be occupied with
safety while the housewife prepares for
the fall cleaning If this is done method
ically 1t need not be looked upon with
dread.
First have the furniture covers
washed They should be soaked in cold
water to remove the dust from them.
then well washed. rough dried and
packed away unstarched. One room
should be cleaned at time and not the
whole house upset, and II the following
hints are followed they will simplify the
work:
Painted walls should be washed with
lukewarm water and pure white soap. A
sponge or flannel cloth should be used.
never a brush. AS each piece is washed
it should be rinsed off with clean water
and dried with clean piece of flannel.
Where reaches or other insects are
suspected sulphur shdould be burned. OF
course there should be no fire in the
room during that process Every crack
and crevice should be stopped up with
cotton or old rags. the keyhole filled
with cotton. the windows closed and
everything made as airtight as possible.
Make a foundation for the sulphur pit
ty placing few bricks on the floor. up.
on which dishpan with little water is
placed. Into this put a small iron ket-
tie with the sulphur candles. light them
and leave the room for three or four
hours.
Where 1t is possible at the end of that
The Washington times., 1902-09-21
THE BREEZY
SUMMER GIRL.

Now Is the time the summer maid
Prepares for her campaign.
And sallies forth. all unafaraid.
New victories to gain.
With all her war paint fresh and bright,
New graces learned, and charms
She scents afar the coming fight
And yearns to test her arms.
She fills her trunks (all seventeen)
With weapons for the chase
Garments galore Of silken sheen
And miles Of flmy lace:
The sweetest of embroidered hose.
Chapeaux of various styles;
And muses. on the string Of beaux
Who'll fall beneath her wiles.
And when a proper place she's found
Where men do congregate.
Convenient, near some golfing ground.
Or yacht club, situate /.
Then is she ready for the fray.
And starts with all her might,
To golf and sail, or wheel all day,
And dance-and flirt-at night.
Her chaperon will stand aghast,
Nor will 1t ease her mind
To hear: IF l am going too fast,
Why, you can stay behind"
With many an inward qualm she waitA
But needs not be afraid;
In these affairs propitious sates
Will always guard the maid.
When time has flown on rapid wing,
And summer days are DER.
The scalps which at her girdle swing
Are counted by the score.
'Tis hers the joyful task will be
The news afar to spread:
Engagements had / twenty-three.
And still 1 am not we'd"
Helen Combes.
The Washington times., 1902-09-21

cooks occasionally leave in dripping
pans. A large, strong skinner should
be used in removing these pots and pans
from the lye, which is very caustic and
eats the skin. AS each article is taken
out Of the lye kettle 1t should be dropped
into a nan of hot water to rinse it off.
flshed out from that with the skinner
and secured with sand or securing soap.
Lye lessons the luster of tinware, but
this can be in large measure re-
stored by boiling 1t again In borax.
Ecru lace curtains may be laundered at
The Washington times., 1902-09-21

home and their deep tint preserved II
the starch is made with tea OF coffee III.
stead OF water. Save the tea leaves or
coffee grounds for several days. stew
them in water and strain. Boil this in
fusion and make the starch with 1t. II
very deep shade is desired fer the cUr-
tains use good deal. but ii not. ;e.s
will do. The best way is to dip bits cf
muslin In the starch and try the so!cr
on them until the desired shade has
been obtained.
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herb lotion has proved remarkably ef-
HERB TEA LOTION.


fective:
HERB TEA LOTION.
Garden saga freshly dried)... ounces
Put in an iron pot that can be closely
covered. and pour over the herbs three
quarts of boiling water-preferably soft;
let simmer till reduced one-third; then
set one side, to stand in the pot twenty
four hours; strain and bottle; keep in
cool place. Wet the whole head very
thoroughly every night and massage the
scalp for ten minutes night and morn
ing. This tonic has quickly arrested
falling hair. and greatly stimulated the
growth of new; in some cases it has also
restored the color. 1t has, however, the
Inconvenience of staining the pillow un-
less the hair be dry before retiring.
ELLA ADEL1A FLETCHER.
The Washington times., 1902-09-21

baby's scalp, to which no comb and only
the softest brush should be touched dur
Ing the first year of life. The fingers
themselves impart vitality and cleo
tricity for which there is no substitute,
tending to stimulate the heaithful secre-
tions OF all the glands. Indeed, massage
may be said to do for the scalp what
physical culture does for the body; it
not only promotes the growth OF the hair
through healthful activity of all the
cellular structure, but prevents the re-
laxing of the muscular layers forming
the scalp and by promoting the circula-
tion stimulates the secretion and distri-
button of coloring pigment
Immediately after the shampooing,
when the hair is perfectly dry. is the
time to apply food or tonic. according
to the needs of the scalp Very dry
hair may require some bland oil, as
olive, almond, or cocoanut. and the fol-
lowing mixture. is both nourishing and
stimulating:
ROSEMARY UNGUENT.
Oil OF rosemary. ry......... ounce
Oil Of sweet almonds. 3 ounces
vi OF mace. ...................35 drops
When oil is needed liquid substances
are best. Hard pomatums, containing
wax and spermaceti, are TO be avoided
Care must be exercised to put the OF,
only on the scalp where il is required,
not on the hair. 1t is. Of course. easier
for second person to do this than to
do it for ones self. The following is an
excellent tonic for falling hair. either
for acute conditions following illness or
when it is chonic:
JABORANDI HAIR TONIC.
Extract OF jaborandi . drachms
Tincture of cantharides. $3.50. 2 drachms
Sublimed sulphur. drachms
Deodorized alcohol. ........ l ounce
Sulphate OF quinine. 20 grains
Bay rum. ......-.............. ounces
water. 3 ounces
Dissolve the quinine in the alcoholic
liquids. then add the other ingredients. |
Shake before using, and apply every
night from drop-stoppered bottle. wet
ting the scalp thoroughly, and massag-
ing for five or ten minutes.
For a relaxed condition of the scalp.
by excessive secretions
rom the glands and loss Of hair. this
The Washington times., 1902-09-21

A FTER pleasant summers out
~ ing. free from sickness. many
4 wonder why they get i'll just as
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-17

22ltc; June creamery, imitation, lsha2ici
factory, 19G201zc.
TALBOw-steady: city 02 per pkg), SIC;
country Cpkgs. free), 6&d7c.
CHEESE - Receipts, 2.701 pkgs.; firm;
fancy large, colored. n%c; fancy large,
EGds-Receipts. 11,s5 pkgs.; steady; state
and pennsylvania. lie; western, at mark
MoLHssEs-stesdy; New Orleans. $50
Ale.
M~ETALs-some advance in tin at New
York gave a steady closing tone, with
spot quoted at t3O.O5d3O.3O. This followed
a gain of lis Sd at London, where spot
closed at e137 6s and futures at R132 lbs.
Copper was steady to firm here, with AXE
at $12.12 and electrolytic, S11.p0ql2.0 and
casting at $11.S7ka12.0. At London copper
closed even with yesterdays final prices,
with spot and futures at e54 los. Lead
was steady. Spelter ruled steady at A45
and London was unchanged and steady at
ELS los. The local iron market ruled
steady. Warrants continue nominal; No.
northern foundry. sig. 50; No. / south
ern foundry. $1S.50q19.50; No.1 southern
foundry, soft, t1S.5Od195O. The English
markets were steady. with Glasgow closing
at 53s Sd and Middlesborough at ASS 101sd,
The London metal markets will remain
closed until next Tuesday wing to the hoH-
lays.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-17
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET.
Quotations of the Day on Various
Commodities,

ss Ssg us ,isi s ssiEs 10 exports %doUR H. a.
Winter W s1 patent MARKS; as04 g. sgil w,D but ,,I sts%Sdiyi
ere tsiea9S: winter low Ersdes, sS,f5S
40 choice TO fancy. a.5OdS,s5s. 000' "'i'S
u'S1 HK Elm Ass. R Easy; yellOg western.
b. aaoat; state GGsse. c. T. T., New York
BARLEY-DulI; feeding. 4aesc. C. + T..
EeE YORK. mating, s7h9nc, CT T., New
.WHEAT-Reeeipts, 1875 bu.; exports.
elevator: No. 2 red, 904c, T. o. b., ahoat:
s NS; ! S SS, Ssra Duluth n6, ss,AOi { o, b.
well sustained and higher than last night,
west, foreign buying, a small movement
and covering. But after / o'clock on more
fiSyora6'e sEop news and fair export out;
advance and the close was kqhc lower:
May S%9Slke. closing at sO%c; July, SO&
9lsRc. closing at 7SSe; DeeembeP' 7sS2
SogN@RsesiPts, 200 ss exports. 1850
Ssa { o B., ssOSt Options mar,
ish crop news, prospects for larger re-
oeipts and lack Of support, closing NQle
net lower: May closed az SIC; July, 6sFl
Sbhc; December closed al 62ic. "
oATs-Eeceipts. 1850 bu. exports, s.SS.
No. ! SR White 's &ne: Ne 10. ! 1 White no sie 5 , 45sSi
western, Hqt7se. track. white. 5OhQ55c
1GxY-pSI: shipping. 8ae5e; good to
HoPs-oSist: state, common to choice
Pacific coast. 1901 crop. i6saise; 1900, fSa
lecj olds o4Ie,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-17

tarded demand. present demand has suf-
fered in comparison with the outlook for
the future, but recorder business from loo-
bers has been very fair despite this:
Briefly stated the winter wheat yisld VII
be heavily reduced from last years onmPer
crop, but the outlook even here ~ beiteI
we'll.
oats romise we'll and cotton crop ad-
vices are also more favorable. Produce
prices and dairy products are weakenlnS
as supplies increase, but meats are stlll
high, and permanently lower prices are
not looked for until autumn.
Notable strength is still shown in prices
of many staples, particularly those IN
Cash wheat, flour and corn are all higher
on the week, hog products have advanced,
hides are at about the highest point IN
fening in price on free consumption.
Cotton Is prominent. among the staples
declining, but the dspressi9n Is mos
cent lower. Sugar is unsettled.
The decrease in European beet sowines
is only a small one, and raws and rehned
preaching, and a large yield Is l0oked LOT,
as the fruit crops promise wen. Sonee
Is no higher and supplies are very heavy
Anthracite coal. as a result Of the strike
has been marked up 81 per ton by retailers.
Dry goods are quiet at the east, but the
indicating any weakness. orders for fall
prints are at value. Rather more Is doins
In wool, the new crop Of the west is Is
AAAAA nc NNnAA Na1N ENaAH AAAAAs 800
dress wooiens are Busy and overcoatings
are ordered largely ahead. The strike OF
wooden mill hands seems to be falling.
Despite the largest production. OF. pig iror
on record, at the rate of 100000 tons 9
year. Bessemer pig IL 81 at P~ittsburg
No. 2 northern sells at so In Chicago, ar
advance of Sc In six months, and 50 cents
to S1.50 higher than recent sales, and south
ern iron can no longer be held down &c
s12 and sales are reported SIS at Blrming
ham. .
Billets are out of the market, but coulc
be sold az $24, and light rails sell at 49,
while standard rails are not to be had
though 10000 tons are reported sold fol
December delivery. Plates are advancing
spikes are higher, and structural order'
have been placed for 1903.
Wheat, including flour, exports for ,th'
week aggregate BIZ, 64 bushels, agains
3,324.OOO last week, and 2,265 600 this weel
last year. Wheat exports, July l. 1901, Y
date, forty-six weeks, aggregate 2~24,3S9,6S
bushels, against 1885 s67 last season.
Corn exports aggregate 82,196 bushels
against 126, 1855 last week, and 2,04.b% las
year. July 1, 1901, to date, corn exports
are 25,27s,4l4 bushels, against 1853, 722,lS6 las
season.
Business failures for the week pumbei
1870, as against 179 last week. 1872 IN thi!
week last year, 155 In 1900, lS In 1889 anS
Gil in 1898. For Canada, failures for thu
week number twenty-five, against twenty
two last week and twenty-four In thi
week a year ago,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-17
ENORMOUS STEEL BLAST
Weekly Capacity for Furnaces Exceeds Pre-.
vious Records.
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE DISTURBING
situation Affected by Uncer-
tain Outlook, Though Heavy Dis
tributiOn of wages AcceI-
crates Retail Trade.
NEW YORK, May 16.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review Of Trade saws:


Weekly Review Of Trade says:
Weather conditions continue the only
serious disturbing factors In the business
situation. Excessive moisture and low tenn
perature made the crop outlook more un-
certain and much depends on a c%ontinu-
ance OF prosperity in the agricultural sec
lions.
on the other hand notwithstanding dis
tribution of pay In the Pittsburg region
accelerated retail trade, while resumption
of wooden and other mills added largely TO
Transporting lines continue to make
splendid exhibits. earnings for the hrst
week OF May exceeding those of a year ago
by SO per cent, and SURPRISING the same
weeks earnings in 1900 by 1873 per cent.
10 nrad,ntion ettyS5od 3 nsuJ record for
the month of April at 1905, 326 tons, and the
weekly capacity of furnaces in blast May
/, according to the Iron Age, was S52,U2i
tons, far surprising all previous high water
marks.
Such an enormous production would sug-
sumption easily keeps pace, furnace stocks
showing a decrease of about 10000 tons
during April, to much the lowest point In
Quotations continue to vary widely, &C
cording to date of delivery, and there Is
piles and to the growing tendency of con-
sumers to place orders for future delivery.
There is now very little evidenee OF o4yers
tural supplies are ordered freely torN de-
livery next year.
| fOOIWedT manufacturers III lie cast "
port an increased volume of orders from
western jobbers, but wholesalers In the
principal eastern centeTs are placing few
fall contracts. Retailers are only sending
moderate duplicate orders for summer
goods, fair supplies remaining of early
purchases. Sole leather is quiet. Hides
again secured a moderate advance IN
prices, both for domestic and foreign. IN
the dry goods market there is evidence
OF increased buying for fall and next
spring, but only small supplementary or
ders for the present season.
Cold weather has retarded jobbing trade
at many points. Domestic trade in cot
ton goods Is steady. with supplies in strons
| hands, but export business is dull. More
| liberal deliveries of wooden goods are re-
ported, showing that fewer looms are
idle. The best demand is for staple lines
of mems wear and medium grades OF fancy
woolens.
While It is generally agreed that there
has been much Improvement in the winter
wheat states since the opening of the
month, prices became somewhat firmer or
the publication Of the official report OF
condition on May ].
For the last week exports were 3,499, IS
bushels, four included, against 4,023 ,246 q
year ago. Corn advanced on lighter re
ceipts and reports of slow progress II
Failures for the week numbered 2S II
the United States, against III last year
and seventeen In Canada, against nine
teen a year ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-17
NEW YORK STOCKS AND BONDS.
Anthracite strike Keen1y Felt and
whole stock List IL Weak.

NEW YORK, May 16-The conspicuous
feature of today's weak stock market was
entire lack OF any supporting demand at
any stage of the decline. Even the room
shorts, who almost invariably cover short
SpIGesl sbo at the ne end so II { dsy ABOUT be HeC eoveqs
ing, and the market seemed entirely to lack
resiliency. The liquidation was not heavy,
Will the decision of the anthracite miners
for a strike was the ostensible cause of the
weakness. the depression was not confined
to the coalers, nor was 1t particularly con-
splcuous there.
Reading. was first in point Of activity. but
allowing for its half shares the sales were
but little In excess of those OF Union Pa
cifc. The three-point decline In Reading
was fairly attributable to the fact that II
has been selected as the representative OF
trade outlook.
other shares were active equally with
the balance OF the market, with losses OF
from one to three points.
Confidence in a favorable outcome of the
strike to the benefit of the coal operator.
today. But this could not alter the general
impression that a prolonged and serious
struggle Is in prospect. 1t did not need
the formal announcement by President
Mitchell of the purpose of the miners to
make the strike a national mining strike
tension te waT of the labor o trouble Sae by sympathy
into other fields, and especially into the
bituminous coal fields.
The effect upon the iron and rteel indus.
tries, already struggling with scarcity OF
material OF all kinds, would be most
notable.
Reports of an advance OF "a a ton in ths
price of southern iron rather strangely
added to the depression. as 1t Is felt tina
the maintenance of the high level of con
sumption is dependent upon the sustained
steadiness of the price. Attention wal
given also TO the estimate of the Iron AB'
that the producing capacity of pig iror
for the country would be increased 10000
tons this year and 100000 tons by the enc
of 1903.
The wet weather in the northwest retard
ing the seeding of the crops may havt
been a depressing influence, although tn,
weakness In the corn market should hav'
been a fair onset.
In spite of the weeks reports of larg'
preliminary estimates today from tn
known movements OF money INDICATE,
gain of only about 81, 000,0 900 after allowing
for the absorption by the subtreasur!
operations.
There is the usual mystery about tn,
effect OF the weeks shifting of loans Oh
the lean account of banks themselves
There has been undoubtedly a great ex
tension of credits In foreign markets, blu
It is not clear whether the local liquida
ton in the stock market has gone TO tn
repayment of loans to the banks them
selves or to the trust companies. The mar
ket closed inanimate at about the lowest.
Bonds were dull and irregular. Tota
sales, par value, 81, 100000. United State
bonds were all unchanged on the last cal
The following are the closing prices Of
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-17
Total receipts..... s


There was a light run of cat
tie here 70 Jday for even a Friday, so that
the suppl for the week - considerably
Tess than for the same days OF last year,
put a " tile heavier than for last week.
Packers were all anxious for supplies, SO
mat 70 9 trade ruled active from start to
nnlsh and everything was disposed Of in
BEG steers again made up the bulk of
the Z offerings and the quality was very
gooo Oowing to the light receipts there
Wer , hardly enough to go around, so that
buy ers were Ail out early and were bidding
sur Onger prices. On such kinds as they
we .nted the market locke 6410c higher,
SO that the market today was at the high
p Hlnt of the year. A bunch OF steers sold
a 5 high as 500, which is the high price OF
I grades are fully 2O93Oc higher. The me-
dunn cattle have not improved as much as
the good to choice grades, but still they
are also higher than they were
a week ago.
The cow market was fairly active today,
but still buyers did not seem to be as
anxious for cow stun as they were for
steers. The best grades sold steady TO
strong, but on other kinds trade was not
look any more than steady with yester-
Bulls, veal calves and stays ell sold with
out difficulty at yesterdays quotations
where the quality was at all satisfactory.
There were very few stOckers and feed
ers on sale this morning, so that prices
were strong, even though IT is the last end
of the week. A bunch of white faces sold
as high as $500. but the quality was OF
course choice. Yesterday there we're nine
cars shipped to the country. Representa-
| tive sales:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-17
CHICAGO i STOCK MARKET.
Cattle Steady, Hogs Lower, Sheep and
Lambs Strong.

CHICAGO, May 16.-CATTLE-Receipts,
$500 head, including 800 Texans; active and
steady; good to prime s steers e M;Coa1;S oi
feeders, 50. 1895. so; cows, I1,5oa6. 25; heifers,
50. 1906. 80; Gamers, 81. 5062 80: bulls, 81. 1850
s.. 6066. 40.
HOGS-Receipts, 1900 head: estimated
tomorrow, 1000; left over, 5000; market So
ers, Sc. 9O97. 30; good to choice heavy S..
Q7.471A; rough heavy, $6.9647. 20; lightS 1915
al .O6; bulk of sales, 81. O007. %.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts,. 5000
head; strong; lambs strong to l0c hhgheri
good to choice wethers, $6.00d6.5O; lAir to
choice mixed. IS. 5Od6. 90: western sheep,
IS. 30q6. 80; native lambs, S.50d6. SO; western
lambs. $5.6OQ6.S5; Colorado wooded lambs.
top. 81. 30.
nNaniai veGtardaVs
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-17
ReceInts shin.nsnts
Kansas City Live stock Market.

KANSAS CITY, May l6.-CATTL Ere /.
ceipts. 1000 natives, 100 Texans, 60 calves.
Best beef steers, 5qlOc higher; best grades
choice export and dressed beef steers
Ss.soQ7. 10; fair TO good, $5.OOd6. 70; sFockers
A.0oQ6. 90; Texas and Indian steerI. $3.654
t.75; Texas cows, s2.5O94; IS; native cows.
s1.7592.25; bulls, SS.25a5.25; calvesa $500
HoGs-Receipts. 10000 head; bestI grades
bulk Of sales, $1,000. 80; heavy. S.269
LE2n; mixed packers s. lO97. 80; light, $50
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts, 500
head; market 10Q16c higher; active: ma
97.l5; native wethers. s.s0Q6O5: western
wethers, A.Sod565; fed ewes, A.75q5.6o:
clipped sheep, A.25Q5.S5; stockers, and feed
ers, 50. 60d4. as.