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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

There was scarcely any today The
sluggishness continued until the bank
statement was announced, when stocks
sold off sharply.
Many brokers who operate for their
own account complain of the scarcity
OF stocks. They sell short. but in At
tempting to cover are often compelled
TO bid up a point before getting the
stock. Either there is a large, stubborn
short interest or manipulation is respon-
sible.
What little news was heard was who'll
/ ~ favorable 10 the market.
The speculative temper shows a little
| increase in confidence, and the market
was very firm in tone. In Government
bonds, the new 2s were down 4 per cent.
London closing cables report the mar
ket there as ending depressed in all de-
partments on account OF dearer and tight
er money conditions, and the market fo9
! American stocks ruling dull and slug
gish.
For an extremely dull market there
WAS unusual number OF issues dealt
in at the stock exchange in the morn
ing The generally better tone that pre-
vailed was Influenced 10 some extent by
the signing OF the Venezuelan protocols.
improvements, however. We're, as a rule
limited TO fractions.
The bank statements showed -esarve
decrease, $3.016.000. loans increase. $l1.-
pa SEQ; specie increase. S3.7SS 600; De
posits increase. s12.130, 900; circulation
decrease. $43s. 800.
The increase in loans was about
eQuaIed by the increase in deposits The
7 4 IN, fgv~F. .
feet on the market
The Gould Southwestern issues showed
a tendency TO improve. Sales OF Nickel
Plate first preferred were made at 1872
to lis. Wabash stocks were a shade
irmeT.
Mcintyre & Laidiaw were buyers Of
ST Paul The two or three early morn
ing transactions in St Paul were at an
! advance OF q per cent.
The quotations for Rock Island. Ches-
apeake and Ohio. Louisville and Nash
vile, and New York Central ghowed
fractional declines.
There was a tip out TO buy Canadian
/ Pacific and Union Pacific. Canadian
Pacific showed fractional declines
Union Pacific was Arm. and one quota
tion was made in the preferred stock
at an advance Of Z.
Early trading in Erie was a and p
above yesterdays closing. The dealings.
however were lacking in spirit
Reading developed little activity in
| later dealings, at net gain OF Il per
cent
The stockholders OF the Chicago Great
Western will hold their annual meeting
next Wednesday. but thus far there has
been no intimation that anything OF
special importance will come before
them. Considering that the prospective
transfer Of control of the road is re-
garded as a certainty, and the added
fact that Vice President Oppenheim has.
as he puts IL himself. control Of the
property in his waistcoat pocket. there
is a manifest interest as TO possible,
though unexpected. developments
The only theory now going the rounds
is the one that the road may 90 10 the
Chicago and Northwestern and ST. Paul
jointly. Needless TO say, this is not
accepted literally.
Reports Of earnings for the first week
in February show gratifying increased
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

BY far the greater activity was in
Amalgamated Copper. which advanced
"a to y per cent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

A very strong tip TO buy Amalgamated
Copper and American Shelters was
handed out by one authority.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

Probate Court-Justice Barnard-Es-
tate Of George Haas; petition for letters
OF administration filed. Estate 81 James
T. Pritchard: order TO surrender stock
In re Mary f. Dawson; account passed
In re. John l. Baker: do. In re. Willard
A Holbrook. jr., ct al. do Estate o.
Helene +. Staples: rule 70 show cause
discharged. Estate Of George NJ. Jones;
order removing Administrative and ap-
pointing e II. Thomas and Alexander
Wolf administrators: bond, 81. 600 Es-
tate Of Fred Meyers; caveat dismissed
Estate OF Rufus T. Cheyney; inventory
fled Estate OF William W. WhitmOre;
proof Of publication. Estate OF Eliza r
Goddard: will admitted TO probate and
letters testamentary granted TO Edward
A Goddard: bond. $500. Estate OF Sarah
Allen. order for publication Estate Of
Marx Kaufman: will proved. Estate of
BENJAMIN P Watrous: order passing
final account and directing distribution.
Estate Of William 3. Brown; order at
thorizing administrator to assign bonds
Estate OF Helene f. Staples; answer
fled Estate OF Arthur p. Whitney. in
ventory fled. Estate OF Nellie J. SchO-
field: proof OF publication. Estate or
John T. wineburger; do. Estate Of BeT-
nard Burnstine; inventory filed. In re.
Joseph Preston Ames; order revoking
order appointing Helen G. SDarhawa
guardian.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14
STORAGE.

STORAGE, re load UNITED STATES gTOR-
AGE co. 40 10th st. nv. fe7-lOt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

Liverpool advices showed just about
the response anticipated TO equal domes-
tic net advance In cotton yesterday.
While il is likely the market may be
carried along up TO 10 cents before the
present bull fever eliminates. conditions
are those OF a fortnight ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14
ACTIVE STOCKS ON 'CHANGE.

Especial 10 The Washington Times)
Following were the stock quotations
on the New York stock exchange today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

Equity Court No. 2-Justice Could
Bolton VS. Bolton: divorce a vim. mat.
granted Marsh VS.. Marsh: do. In re
Equitable Building. Loan and Invest
ment Association OF Baltimore, ap-
pointment OF receivers, injunction
granted. etc Cosmos Club VS.. Billings
Charles l.. Frailey appointed trustee to
release. Stevenson & Co VS.. Hengsti
exception TO auditors report sustained.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

Equ.tg Court No. Justice HagneT-
Mcnamara VS.. Mcnamara; decree an
nuliinR marriage
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

II IS scarcely possible to enUmerate the
various rumors concerning the conversion
plan of the United States Steel Corpora
tlon which have found a ready circula-
! uon since the decision in the Hodge
SUIT was handed down. and il is abso-
lutely impossible TO classify them &C
cording to their relative degree OF &C
curacy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

Reports Of earnings for tie first week
in February show gratifying increased
Improvement in net earnings
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

The only theory now going the rounds
is the one that the road may 90 10 the
Chicago and Northwestern and St Paul
jointly. Needless 10 say, this is not
accepted literally.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

Your Income

by depositing your surplus money
with the banking department of
UNION TRUST AND STORAGE
CO, 1414 + St NV.
Deposits made with this company
draw , per cent per annum interest,
and are subject to check al will.
EDWARD J. STELLWAGEN. .......... President
JAMES G. PAYNE First Vice President
GEO. Z. HAMILTON. Second Vice President
Attorney and Trust Officer
GEO. 2 FLEMING. Secretary
CHARLES = BRADLEY -------.----- Urea sJirer.
HARRY o. WILSON,. Assistant Treasurer.
". FRANK ID. HERON Auditor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

Early trading in Erie was "a and p
above yesterdays closing. The dealings.
however, were lacking in spirit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

Union Pacific proper for the fourth
week in January shows increased earn
lngs OF $4,000; from July the increase
is S4OO 600
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

Reading developed a little activity in
later dealings, at a net gain OF Il per
cent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

There was a tip out TO buy Canadian
Pacific and Union Pacific. Canadian
Pacific showed fractional declines
Union Pacific was Arm. and one quota
tion was made in the preferred stock
at an advance Of II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

Baltimore and Ohio January net earn
lngs are $4,000; from July l the increase
is 1856, 600
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

For an extremely dull market there
was an unusual number OF issues dealt
in at the stock exchange in the morn
ing The generally better tone that pre-
vailed was Influenced 10 some extent by
the signing OF the Venezuelan protocols.
improvements. however. were. as a rule
limited to fractions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

United States Steel preferred showed
fractional declines in the trading.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

Colorado Southern. for the first week
IN February. shows increased earnings
OF SSH; from July 1 the increase is
$685.. 600
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

The bank statements showed a -es2Tve
decrease 81. 016.0 loans increase. $11.-
PA 500; specie increase. S3.7SS 600; de-
posits increase. S12.130, 900; circulation
decrease S43S 800
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14
FOR SALE-H0USES.
FOR SALE-HoUSES.
PRICE BUT So, 500.

Accommodating Monthly Payments if De
sired Always Rented $3.50
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

The increase in loans was about
eQualed by the increase in deposits. The
decrease in reserves had a negative q
feet on the market
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

The quotations for Rock Island. Ches-
apeake and Ohio. Louisville and Nash
vile. and New York Central showed
fractional declines
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

Mcintyre & Laidiaw were buyers Of
ST. Paul. The two or three early morn
ing transactions in ST. Paul were at an
advance OF q per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

The Gould Southwestern issues showed
a tendency TO improve. Sales OF Nickel
Plate first preferred were made at 1872
to lis. Wabash stocks were a shade
flrmor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14
F7NANCE and CONNER CE.
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
AFFECTING SECURITIES

The market opened exceptionally quiet.
There was scarcely any today The
sluggishness continued until the bank
statement was announced, when stocks
sold off sharply.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

London closing cables report the mar
J ket there as ending depressed in all de-
partments on account Of dearer and tight
er money conditions, and the market fO9
! American stocks ruling dull and slug
/ gish
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

The speculative temper shows a little
increase in confidence, and the market
was very firm in tone. In Government
bonds. the new 2s were down L per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-14

Many brokers who operate for their
own account complain of the scarcity
OF stocks. They sell short. but in At
tempting to cover are often compelled
TO bid up a point before getting tho
stock. Either there is large. stubborn
short interest or manipulation is respOn-
SibIc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-09
Why Ralph Edward Objected.

Ralph was a great big boy, nearly
three years of age, and had never re-
ceived a name, being called Baby
"Pet," Love-" etc. Finally the name
for the small man was decided upon,
and, dressed in his Sunday best, he
went to church with father and mother,
where he was to be baptized. As the
minister repeated 81 baptize thee,
Ralph Edward he dipped his fingers
into the font and touched the child's
forehead with the shining drops. How
important Ralph Edward felt! At last
he was somebody.
By supper time his face was sadly in
need of washing, but when mother
started to wash her sons brow he cried
out in dismay:
"Oh, don't wash my forehead! I'm
'fraid you'll wash my name awayr
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-09
ODD NOTIONS OF WOMEN.

Rosa Bonheur treasured small lead
image of st. Anthony Of Padua as a
lucky charm.
Caroline Herschel firmly believed that
if she met a crosseyed beggar in the
morning it presaged the discovery of a
new star that night.
George Eliot was a slave to the infiu-
ence of the hunchback and clubfooted
man and did no literary work upon the
day when she saw one.
Lady Millais, the wife of the great
painter, was convinced that the crack
of doom would sound for any one who
stepped on crack in the sidewalk.
Harriet Beecher Stowe believed that
it was bad luck to throw away tooth
brush which had outlived it's useful
ness, and to the anguish Of her house
hold preserved every one that she had
ever used.
Queen Victoria cherished number Of
superstitions, and among them she be-
lieved that the removal of her wedding
ring would surely bring calamity and
that a pet ManX cat would bring good
luck to the royal household.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-09
FARMER IN WINTER TIME.
Steady Jobs Are Feeding the Stock
and Keeping Warm.

Steady Jobs Are Feeding the Stock
and Keeping Warm.
The great steady winter jobs on an
American farm in the north nowadays
are feeding the stock and keeping
warm. And keeping warm nowadays
means hauling coal. When l lived in
the country, it meant cutting wood. 1t
meant for our large family constant
teaming day after day from the woods
must have covered a quarter of an
acre 1t meant toward spring the COM
ing of men with a horse power and
buzz saw to cut firewood, and that was
almost as interesting an operation as
thrashing.
There were other stirring days when
the lake had frozen hard and the ice
house was filled, involving ice cutting
and more teaming and more precarious
hitching on behind loads and going
back in emptics And early in the win
ter there was the momentOus and CORY
killing of pigs. Oh, that was indeed q
stirring time! They kill pig every
adays, but that is mere mechanical
routine, with no quality Of sport in it.
There was nothing so very slow
about the country winter in days as
late as the civil \. ar. [ suppose soap
making as q domestic industry is as
dead as household spinning. In those
times of wood fires and wood ashes all
self respecting families made soap.
Our family had an outstanding kitch-
en- expressly for that use, with big
cistern-like hogshead behind it in.which
ashes were leached and convenient
tubs for holding the soft soap. A very
handsome substance is soft soap of the
proper consistency and complexion, and
a pleasing exercise it used to be for
the young to stir it with stick and
watch it's undulations. All the super
iuous fat of meat from our kitchen
was turned into soft soap in those near
by old times.-Harper's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-09

The maharajah of Travancore was,
on one occasion at least worth his
weight in gold, for he was weighed
against a pure mass of the king of
metals, and, after the scales were bal
anced, the mass of gold was distributed
in charity This custom, called ''Tulab-
hara," is one of great antiquity and
is said to be traceable in Travancore to
the fourth century. It is not unknown
in other parts of India, though, of
course. gold is only used in the case
of wealthy persons, humber folk be-
ing content to weigh themselves against
spices or grain. On the occasion men
toned the maharajah weighed a little
over nine stone. The Brahmans, it is
said, wished to defer the ceremony in
the hope that the maharajah might
more nearly approach the weight of
his father, who did not undergo the
rite until forty-seven years old, when
he weighed fourteen and three-quarter
stone.-Golden Penny.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-09
1t Was All Arranged.

A London barrister used to tell of an
instance that occurred in his own ex-
perience of trial by jury in Wales. A
well known local solicitor named Gar
mons was concerned in a case. While
counsel was addressing the jury it's
members quietly turned from him, put
their heads together, and then the fore
man addressed the judge, Its no use,
my lord, for the gentleman i'll the wig
to talk any more. as we agreed in the
Blue Lion last night to vote for Mr..
Garnons of RhiWgoch."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-09

The sportsman naturalist, st. John,
one day found badger in trap not
much injured. Tying rope to it's hind
leg, he drove the animal home-strange
to say, the captive beast jogging stead
lily along in front Of him and giving
little more trouble than a pig going to
market. On reaching home the animal
was put for the night into paved
court, where it seemed perfectly secure.
'Next morning." said ST. John, The was
gone, having displaced a stone that
thought him quite incapable of moving.
and then, digging under the wall, he
got away"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-09
AN ABODE OF TIE DEAD.
Not Cemetery, but the Great Britt
ish Museum.

To say that the British museum is d
dead museum may sound like fiat bias
phemy to those old habitues of the in
stitution to whom it's atsmosphere is al
most the breath of their life and to
whom it's treasures of antiquity and
art are certainly the nOurishment of
their minds and souls. But apart from
this little band of devout worshipers at
the shrine of learning the British mu-
scum seems to me quite dead-as dead
as a door nail. l have been there many
a time, and l went there again and
walked through long and silent CALLER
les peopled only by the gods of Egypt.
India, China, of ancient Greece and
Rome and thronged only by those won
derful works Of sculpture wrought by
cunning hands long crumbled into the
dust of past ages, but whose spirit of
beauty and reverence still fingers in
these heroes and heroines of old re-
noWn.
In some of the rooms one may see a
few nursemaids relieving the tedium of
their daily walk through Bloomsbury
by bringing their little charges to the
museum, where they may amuse them
selves and get material for bad dreams
while the nurses themselves have a
quiet gossip.
In the holiday season also one may
see troops of Americans passing swiftly
through the galleries, doing the mu-
scum with wonderful dispatch and
commenting with western levity upon
the relics of ancient civilization and
the bones Of prehistoric men.
But the Londoner does not come. The
time that he can spare from lunch hour
he devotes to a walk up Cheapside, the
Strand or Holborn, ''to look at the
shops" The days work done, he takes
the first train home. On a Saturday
afternoon he prefers matinee, game
of tennis or cricket or few hours on
the river I do not blame him altogeth-
err, but the fact remains that the Brit
ish museum is to him an abode of the
dead, which he regards with the same
repugnance as a tomb.-Philip Gibbs in
London Mail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-09
A WONDERFUL INSECT.
Gas Companies Not Wanted where
the CucujO F1ourishes.

the CucujO FIourishes.
Have you ever heard of the cucuJo!
If you are one of those unfortunates
who are "A the habit of grumbllng at
gas bills you will wish that the place
was swarming with cucuJos, so that
the gas companies might be circum-
vented The cucujo is the FREELY of the
tropics, and it is the most brilliant of
the whole tribe of light giving insects
or animals. Thirty-eight of them yield
one candle power.
Photographs have been printed by
two minute exposure of bromide plates
to their illumination. People in Cuba
confine them in paper lanterns for go
ing about the country at night or for
indoor lighting. Sometimes they at
tach one of the insects to each foot for
travelling in the dark to serve as
guide to the path; also they use them
as ornaments for the dress and hair.
Cucuios are beetles beginning life as
grubs. Skipjacks or springtails they
are sometimes called because when
placed on their backs they jump over
with a clicking sound.
A small species of the same family
is found in Florida and Texas. They
have two luminous spots on the thorax
and another on the abdomen. Damp
evenings are most favorable to the light
giving, the object of which is presuma-
bly, to attract a mate. The young lar
vac feed largely on snails, to which
their bite is poisonous. The luminous
organs are developed before the insects
leave the eggs.
Now, a theory formerly held was that
these firefies stored up light in the
daytime for emission at night, as is
done by the so called luminous paint
of calcium sulphide. But it was found
that they shone as brightly as ever
after being confined for ten days in
darkness. Some that were carried
from Cuba to Havre in the pitch black
hold of a vessel were brilliant ON their
arrival.
A more striking disproof however,
was afforded by a batch of larvae
Matched in the dark from eggs laid in
the dark on piece of rotten wood, the
young insects being kept in darkness
for the first six months Of their lives.
They shone as brilliantly as any of the
other frefies.-Golden Penny.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-09
GET CLOSE TO THINGS.
The Experienced Shoppers Advice
to the Quiet Woman.

to the Quiet woman.
The modest, unassuming woman had
been trying for some time to get the
attention of a clerk, but they all seemed
to be busy, and she had not the ag-
The experienced shopper, having COM
pleted her purchases, had time to give a
little sympathy to the quiet one.
"Do you want to buy something's
she asked.
eyes," was the reply eff l could only
get the attention of the clerk"
ooh, that's easy" asserted the expe-
rienced one. "Just do as say"
"But they're all so much more siren
uous than I am" pleaded the quiet one.
"I'd rather go without than be as I'M
womanly and disagreeable as some of
the women are. l really can't fight for
attention, you know"
"Not at all necessary" explained the
experienced shopper. ''Do you see that
tray Of trinkets over there?"
"Yes.'
eco over and stand by it and pick up
a few of them for closer examination.
Put them back, of course, but just paw
the collection over without any effort
to get hold of clerk. Reach out for
anything you see, as if you were more
interested in what's on the counter than
in what's behind it."
"I don't see what good that's going to
do"
"Try it and you'll find OUT
The quiet woman did as directed, and
within two minutes fioorwalker was
at her elbow.
"Do you want anything?" he asked
politely.
She said she did, and he made it his
business to get clerk to wait on her.
ST told you so,'' whispered the expert
enced shopper sometimes it isn't
necessary to touch thing. IT you just
show a desire to get close to things
that are easily carried away they'll
take you for a shoplifter every time
and get clerk for you so that you
won't have any excuse for hanging
around"
The quiet woman gasped and felt
guilty all the rest of the time she was
in the store, but she had to admit that
she had learned something about prac-
teal hopping.-Brooklyn Eagle.