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NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF STOCK MARKETS



The local stock market showed much
strength today. and sales We're fairly
wei distributed
Bank and trust company stocks were
especially strong. most of them making
notable advances In sale or bid. Ma
UiouaI Safe Deposit was in demand
thirty shares selling at 100 and fifteen
at 1904, making d net advance OF So.
over the last recorded sale. The clos
ing Offering was at TO.
American National Bank advanced g
points, TO 153, at which price I'VE shares
were sold.
Other changes in bank stocks were:
Washington Loan and Trust, 207 bid, a
decline OF j; American Security and
Trust, 30. "a decline OF 6; metropolitan,
475. an advance OF 10; Citizens. 2T5. a
decline OF 49,; Riggs. $50. an advance
of 8.
There was good buying in Washing
ton Street Railway preferred. although
az fractional decline from yesterday s
sale priCe-70Ss-2 shares being sold AT
20 and 90 at .ql4. After the cali 90 We're
sold at yesterdays level The common
advanced u on sale OF 100 shares
Washington Gas made an advance of
p on sales o. Z2g shares, while Is more
was paid for another D and q more cor
the last = sold
Bonds were not specially active, SOU
Of the Washington Street Railway fOurs
selling at S33a q loss Of IS. Other bonds
sold were 5000 of United States Electric
Light debentures at 100, and Sl.000 Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone hyes AT
iO4A
Frederick C.. Stevens. president of the
Citizens National Bank. who Is a rare
attendant on the sessions OF the e2-
change. was present today ana one OF
the pa eipal buyers Of washington
Street Railway preferred.
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NATIONAL BANK $40

Capital Traction Co...r..-----.- 1919 lS5
81 ash. By. E-ee- CO. pt-------- 7U4 80.
81 ash. hg. g. EleC. &C. COM lB& l51
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WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

sales - Washington Street Railway
fours-sl 009llS3ls. Sl0004S31as Sl00ogSS5z,
81 o00g635k, 81 0000631z-
United States Electric Light deb-S50J
Ql05.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
fives-s1 000Q104s4
Washington Street Railway preferred
--5oQ70. 50470. 59qI0. 1JJ470, 50Q10A.
National Safe Deposit Company
$50. 100160, 15G16G14
American National Bank-5I153.
Washington Gas-1Q395s 109458, aJa5sl
sass sass. lass, ZQ5s4z
after washington street Rail-
way, ccmmcn-100lI 15ss.
Washington C5as-25Q58l
Washington Street Railway preferred
--50u70ss-
National Safe Deposit Company-l0g
l60.
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GOVERNMENT BONDS

Capital TIactida r. r. 4s--.---..- 100
met. ST. Il. r. Es.......s.-....ss III l1B
Mec St. r. r. g., Cert indebt 1903 90.
Net r. r. Cert indebIeduesz E.. l045z
Columbia r. n. 6s............... us u8
Columbia R. r. 6s..-...--.-s-... i0I I06
CITY & Suburban 5s---......--... lJz 90.
Anacostia & Potomac 5s------.--- lOI
Wash RV. d Elec. CO. 49,. s58 So
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chauberlain's Cough Remedy the Best Made.

Cham beTiain's Cough Remedy the Best Made
In my opinion Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is the best made for colds, f" says
AIRS. Cora Walker, Of PorterVille, Cali
tOrnla- There Is no doubt about its be-
ing the best. No other viii cure a cold
SO quickly No other IS so sure a pre-
YeutiVe OF pneumonia No other IS so
pleasant and safe 10 take These are
good reasons why IL should be preferred
70 any other The fact is that few peo-
PIE are satisfied with any other after
having once used this remedy. For sale
by all druggists.
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RArr1MoRE GETS HIGH BID.

BALTIMORE, oct. THE city OF Bal
more sold yesterday $4,000 OF 80 per
cent stock for S34l 1925, the best rate
ever recorded here. and. IL is said. bet
ter than that of any sale heretofore
made by any municipality. A local
trust company was the successful bid
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CHICAGO GRATN MARKEr-

CHICAGO. Oct The following prices
We're quoted on the grain market today:
Opening Noon
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PROPOSALS

PROPOSALS viii be received at the Bu-
reau or Supplies and accounts Navy
Department. Washington. j.. c.. until i
O'CLOCK NOON. OCTOBER IS 1884,
after TO furnish at the navy yards.
League Island. Pa; Washington u. c.,
and the Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Nd, as specified, q quantity Of rubber
ana cabinet thomson WattlneteIst arc
lamp iron poles. conduit ana uLtLuBss
miscellaneous electrical supplies. Port
land cement, sand, lime. broken stone,
vitrIled brick. Nepou5et FopuuE paper
cutters crane scale, dIueFential pur-
chases. chain blocks, hydraulic Jacks.
taps and dies drills Nicholson ule5.
hOrEezbOes, attachments Tor l-o4Ee ana
Shipley lathe, Ransom TOol grinder mis-
cellaueOus hardware and tools. white
pine. yellow pine. pine pllug- OAK sheet
brass ana copper. CdLElug lead steel
forRingss steel castings, PLATA and sal
VauiZeQ sheet Steel ulg irOns sheet I'm
carbonate. mixed paint. chemicals, NOR
tar stain. glycerIus terra cot-a sewer
pipe, wrought iron pipe cast IRON pipe
and specials pipe fittings, valves D8ElIi5-
sash, leather betting. maguesla pipe
covering, etc; drawing Instruments
miscellaneous stationery diplomas,
steam cooker, sweeping machine ny
drauts. exhaust head. laVatory fittings.
stateroom cEOcEerV and attachments
diving apparatus. mail wagon wagon
trucks. truck aEles and wheels, push and
hand car. hose reels. cork carpet. oyster
shells, emery cloth GibsOn.s soap
powder. sash controlling devices, laying
asphalt floor, and repairs 10 DrOughaH-
Blank proposals viii be furnished upon
application 10 the navy pay Omces, Phil
the Bureau. r. u. .. HARRIS, Pay
master General II. s. n. OCT il
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OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION,
Washington, j. c.. Sept . 1SO4.-SeaIed
proposals viii be received at the office
n the Supervisor of Construction, 18th
and d Streets northwest. Washington.
ID O. until O'CLOCK p NJ, on OC-
TCBER n, 1904. and then opened, for
FURNISHING cur stone for the Municipal
Bufdiug. Information on application 20
CaUt Chester Harding. Corps OF Engl-
neers. u. S. A., Supervisor OF COustruc-
ton Municipal Building, Washington,
d g Bids must be accompanied by
certified check for ufteen thousand
fgI5.D 1U dollars. LESLIE NJ. SHAW,
Secretarv OF the Treasury HENRY y.
n ETACFARIAED. HENRY J.. WEST,
John BIDDLE, Commissioners OF the
District OF Columbia, Municipal Build
ing Commission. SEES, %, 30, Oc1. z s
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he turned to Levi Not a word was
uttered, yet in that long meeting OF
eyes, one and the same question was
as Ned. and for it there was no an
Sv.er.
soon Martin, gaining courage. moved
Oh up the ridge. followed by the rest.
And now stepping slow and oft halt
ing to listen, he soon saw an opening
Just ahead. and, looking down through
the thick growth. they saw a tangled
confusion of fallen trees. perhaps 80
rods in breadth. and beyond and close
beside wall-like cliff small log
cabin. 1t was dim and shadowy down
IN THIS narrow vale, for the twilight
had come, and as Martin pushed
through the thicket closing the path
he moved aside small saplinp
, barring the way, and at that moment,
up from this lone and lonely cabin.
faint and yet distinct, came the tinllle
of bell,
In an instant he stepped back. and
as this traplike trigger swung into
place. he saw it was bound to a small
sapling with a thong OF deer-skin.
while around its butt was wound a
fine wire. From this, and barely WISH
bic, the wire led away down the ledge
toward the cabin. Curious now. as
well as startled by this queer human
contrivance. Martin once more moved
the swinging stick forward to- hear
again the answering tinkle Twice
thrice, he repeated this. his eyes on
the cabin below; and then he say the
one little and closed window-sliAe i'm
it open halfway for an instant. and
then close quickly. IL was too dark to
see more than the motion Of this slide.
but it was unmistakable The cabin
held an occupant
Ordinarily Martin. like any other
pleasure-seeker in the wilderness.
would have descended to this cabin.
and made friendly call; but the
time. place ard mystery. as we'll as
evident threat of this warning signal.
were enough. Without word he
stepped quickly back. and so potent is
the weakening of any leader that the
doctor, just in the rear. turned on the
instant and ran as if pursued. And it
must be recorded that Martin and
Levi reached the canoes almost as
soon. .sENeither was any discussion in
dulSed in, for night and darkness was
near, and by tacit consent. canoes
were pushed off and all tumbled in.
the doctor and Martin each grasping
the spare paddles and using them until
that ill-Omened landing was left 4 full
mile astern
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ARCHAEOLOGY OF MINCE PIE.
'N"i"''"" al the Prcsrnt-Dny Deli
c"c' from II Religious Emblem
Of EARLY Times.
ITO Be Continued.

Inc archaeology OF the mince PIE 81
somewhat lost in its obscurity. HUH-
ever, 1t is certain that it was customary
IN the earlier times, when a crib" WAS
normal accessory to the Christmas
ornaments of the household, for the
good housewife to provide limitations
In pastry of the crib" TO be handed
round to the children as edible tokens
OF the meaning of the day says the
Liverpool Post. These pastries vsers
made small and round. somewhat OF
the shape OF an early cradle and the
paste in the middle represented The
ChTiSt-child
In order 20 render il more palatahls
some minced fruits were secured ua-
DER the upper layer Of pastry, and II
was regarded as most unlucky for any
one to cross the thres hold without ac-
ceptlnS one of the religious emblems
1t is very curious how the fashionable
mincc pie OF to-day perpetuaj.rs thu
original shape and it is cuuaJy curl.
Gus that the mince pie should ave re-
tanned shape which is not Dc ssesseS
by any other pie. The large round pie i.
a modern device. and i'm il the original
meaning has been entirely lost. 1t has
been stated, however, though the evi
dence is not very conclusive. that ths
larger pie has come down to- us from
the days OF revolt against the abuse
OF religious emblems. 1t is rather nc
culiar that they altered thu. shane cS
the pie merely We can readily I'M.
derstand why mince was not given w
altogether.
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= Moosehorn and cried N min rat Wild

Moosehorn and cried m min nat Wild
man TO cover
Like many another man. d. Sol was
always courageous when either well
fed or about to be-
We might 20 back there" an
swered Martin, with his mouth full OF
fried trout, while he gently stirred the
coDlkpsed milk in his tin cup of cof-
fee: lit isn't over a hundred miles. 3"
"No-o-o," responded the doctor.
slowly, II don't believe we'd better;
and yet, I'd go good many miles to
find out what that thing was"
Then Martin laughed. knowing full
well how little courage DR. Sol had
Time and again they had discussed
this strange problem in ali its bear
ings, falling each time to arrive al
conclusion. Then there were two
of him." as Jean once said, and about
equal in mystery.
a. too, wish we had stayed where
saw this creature" said Martin. in re-
Spouse 10 the doctors assertion. at
least for one night II 4: was some
half-insane old trappeT who wore moe
casins tipped with panther's claws. as
| more than half suspect. the latent
human curiosity in such a freak would
have led him to return the next night.
There was no danger, for If he had
meant harm, he had ample chance. AS
to it's being a nondescript. half man.
half brute, as his tracks would indi-
cate, | do not for one moment be-
lieve. Neither do | think he had any
connection with the chap who has hid
himself in the lone log-cabin up-tbe
Moosehorn, and who rugged a trap bell
signal TO warn him of visitors He Ia
cat OF another stripe, and one I'd
not care to disturb. What do you say.
Levi?"
Il dunno, | dunno" replied that eau
tious woodsman. slowly shaking his
head, cordin' to ny way o. thinkin'.
it's the same Teller, ez I've said afors
now, an mebbe some one ez had cause
fer hidin'. There's a good many curis
things ez happens in the woods. n
some on EN- never gifts found out"
And you think this chap who put
moose skull where it would do the
most good might have been some MUIR
derer in hiding" queried Martin.
Wal, he might n he Nigh int" au-
swered Levi, in his always cautious
tone
Then, as the subjec, was about ex-
hausted for the time, Martin and the
doctor once more fell to recalling Incl
dents OF their boyhood days, and all
the fun they had. and all the scrapes
they got into then
ITO Be Continued
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ised me. I have haa enough or It, :

ised me. I have had enough or II, 7
want To go home. Greenvale may be
dull and slow. but at least il isn't
haunted by orgres' And the de-
cidedly frightened doctor looked at the
grinning knob once more.
Now keep cool" answered Martin
half inclined to laugh in spite of his
own nervousness. I'm the main YOU
are right, only I've been trying to save
you from getting scared, which would
spoil your outing. You did see some
strange creature last night, for | saw
II myself after you had turned in, and
also its tracks where you met it. and
This noon again on the carry where
found that bit of driftwood. Whether
this man or brute-and don't know
which-had any connection with
that hid-away log cabin or not. can't
say. shall keep no more from you
and shall tel! you now that that hut
was occupied and I'll admit | felt II
best TO retreat in good order We
nave come upon some wilderness mys-
terry though not a ghostly one. and
yet | confess it beyond me In fact.
| think we have found two. for the
creature who watched MS last night
and the occupant of that cabin are
not the same Another point and
! m sure of 1.-THE hermit. who peeped
out of his one sliding window a mo-
ment when we rang his bell-trap.
doesn't want any callers, for such
contrivance here, a hundred miles
from civilization, said plainly. If you
E.t
away 1t may be some ESCAPED
criminal in hiding, or it may be some
half-insane old trapper who doesn't
want visitors. We are not here on a
man hunt, however. and if we mind
cur own business. | think this fellow
Will do the same, and tomorrow we
will push on"
But another and not at all pleasant
experience was TO follow, for before
the potatoes were boiled. or ham and
eggs quite ready, the wind began
to blow. then the rain that had.
threatened all the afternoon followed
and that supper, eaten in the tent and
by the light of a pine knot. was not
all that could be desired. The guides.
however. kept the fire going while
Martin and the doctor, peeping out
OF the tent, smoked and discussed the
queer mystery they had come upon.
IT was not a pleasant camp. or even
a comfortable one, for the wind. roar
ing in the dense canopy of spruce
tops, the creakng and moaning of the
tall trees bending and rubbing to-
Sether, added peculiar touch to their
somewhat ghostly surroundings.
But nothing more occurred to dis
turb them, and when morning and
blue sky once more returned. never
before in his life had the clear light
OF day seemed so great a blessing 10
DR.. Sol
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when J"pnnese Maid. Are JiItea.

a japanese woman when abandoned
by her lover takes a peculiar ana
picturesque revenge When she nc
longer has any doubt az to his faithlesx-
ness. she gets up in the middle of thx
night and puts on a pleasing dreEs
and wooden sandals. Attached TO her
head-dress she carries three Iighted
candles. and suspended TO her neck
hangs small mirror. She takes In
her left hand a small straw effigy oS
the faithless one and i'm her right n
hammer and nails. Walking graveIy
TO the sanctuary. she selects one of the
sacred trees, and nails the efigy n,
curely to the trunk She then prsys
for the death of the traitor. vowins
that II her wish is granted she win
take out the nails which trouble he's
god. since they are fastened to a aA-
cred tree. Night after night she comes
TO the tree, adding one or two nat'a
and repeating her prayers. persuadoa
that the god will not hesitate To gac,4-
nee the man 10 save the tree -Londos
Mail
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a bed and then slowed their belong
ings. And right in the midst of these
duties, and just a the fire lit up the
spectral boards that hung above and
all about them. Dr Sol found tho
broken paddle handle For a moment
he gazed at It's hideous knob with
something like terror. and then turned
to Martin
Now all hat day the doctor had felt
mat some uncanuy discovery. some
new and near danger had been kent
from him. and more than this. that
some mystery quite beyond human
ken now surrounded them AS he
would put IT, What saw know
! saw" and none of Martins badinago
about imaginary Dgres had i'm the least
altered his fixed convictions as TO
what he mad seen the night before
hen AT noon he had also observed
the peculiar movements of both his
friend and Levi bur said nothing
and when they had landed TO follow
the mysterious path what they had
come upon and ifs denoucmcnt only
added more mystery But this plraf-
zeal bit NJ handiwOrk was the last
straw. and. as one might say. II broke
the Doctors nerve
Martin Frisbie ne exclaimed al
most sternIy. where are We. and what
is The meaning OF this2 First 500 a
hidcOu human f3rN watchir, mo
which You swear is 70 rock. then va,
go ON all day looking and listening In
elum silence while follow tbroueh
ehostly swamps and mp unaccountabIe
by-paths. 70 face grinning skulls and
ind things Then you run away
az Yourself and rnsl.o M a.
pI alton until now. when we ar.
halted by night where no sane human
being can be comfortable Have you
gone daft OF have we come into
region haunted by hobgoblins? Why.
even the trees have ghostly whiskers.
and what IS the meaning of this
deaths head stan found in your
canoe? If this is the joyous life OF
freedom In the wilderness you prom
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CHAPTER VI.
"A STRANGE PURSUER.

Covering two-thirds of Maine and a
portion OF Canada and New Bruins
wick Is a wilderness many hundred
miles IN length and breadth. II is di-
Vided by ranges of mountains. dotted
by countless lakes. traversed bv in
Vulnerable streams, some running
north into the ST. Lawrence. some
east INTO the bay of Chaleur. and
some south into the Atlantic. These
serve as, and are, the only highways
Sportsmen enter this Wilderness n
little way, rarely does one cross il.
lumbermen follow up its streams to
cut their quota of logs and return the
same way; and yet so broad is il and
so impossible by direct Journey. thar
events happening on one side are
rarely known on the other. IL is a
world by itself, as it were. scarcely
surveyed. with townships OF primal
wilderness seldom crossed lakes that
for years remain unvisited. and noun
tainS that are rarely scaled
II was the bold intention of Martin
and the doctor to cross this for an ont
ing trip. and now. scared for dav
creature they had gone on. leavin,
It's locality many days journey be-
mind, and yet wildly retaining the i'm
press it made
For two weeks they had journeyed
onward. upstream. downstream. and
across lake and carry. hating 10 trv
Tor trout in seductive pools or land
az some available spot and cook \
midday meal. Deer browsing upon
inc first green shoots had been sur
prlsed many times: twice they had
come upon an lordly moose TO hear if
snort with alright and plunge ont of
slsnt IN the underground Once a
pear mad been seen scampering M an
old log road. and often at night had
they heard lucivec or panther utter
ing its peculiar cry in some neiphbor-
ing swamp OF humanity. they had
met not soul in all that time. and
now. somewhat wearied of ever com
tlnned pushing on. they had canned
on the shore OF a long and narrow
lake 10 remain and rest a few DAYS
MS, known as the Second Mus0ua-
COOK. lay at the apex of two narrow
valleys, through each OF which flowed
STABLE streams One the larger. had
served as their waterway to this lake.
and entered al its foot the other mid
way. " was near this. and in GOV,
outlined by pretty sandy beach. that
their tent was pitched. Above this
stream. and extending well into the
shallow lake, grew bed Of PUSHES
now putting forth fresh shoots This
growth also cXtcnced up the stream
Few rods. while next TO the cove its
pank was wooded. and where it Joined
the l'ke rounded gravelcd point put
out The sun was ont Of sight behind
one Of the low ranges CT mountains
that shut them in. ere the camp was
made comfortable and just as Levi
had finished his watchful care of a
iryins-pan Of trout and another Of
suffering ham. and lifted the coffee
pot from the bending wambeck. the
moon. now almost full, looked over the
opposite range.
Il wish, said the doctor. who had
seated himself by the little improvlsed
table of saplings. aud heaped mis- tin
plate with good things. that we had
stayed few days longer ON the
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Arriving at a Verdict.

kushequa, Pa, Aug. l.-(Special)-In
this section OF Pennsylvania there Is a grow
ing belief that for such Kidney Diseases
as Rheumatism and Lame Back there is
only one sure cure, and that is Dodd's Kid
cases as that of Mrs. NJ l.. DAWSON. of this
place She tells the story herself as fol-
II have suffered from Rheumatism for
thirty, years. and find that Dodd's Kidney
medicine | have ever taken. / was also
bothered with Lame Back, and can only
s,ay that my back hasn't bothered me since
took Dodd's Kidney Pills"
Considering that Mrs Dawson only took
.Too boxes, of Dodd's Kidney Pills, the re-
were not that others are reporting similar
results daily. Kushequa is fast arriving at
a verdict that .Dodd's Kidney Pills are the
one sure cure for Rheumatism"
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Big Rooms-Bie Me.ls-sma,1 Cast.

Notwithstanding malicious reports to the
contrary, the Inside Inn, at the Worlds
Far, 81. Louis, has thoroughly sustained
the high reputation OF Mr.. T.. NJ Statler,
ITS Manager, Tor giving first Class accommo.
oatIons at reasonable rates
Thanks - its enormous size and won
deriul equipment, 1t has been enabled tn
properly care tor the enormous crowds
winch have sought its hospitality, without
overcrowdlng or discomfort.
Standing, as It does, upon an eminence,
and surrounded by beautiful natural for.
est, 1t mas enjoyed the popular verdict of
being the coolest and most delightful spot
in all St. Louis.
The extraordinary convenience of being
right inside the Grounds and thereby saw
ing all tiresome street-car journeys has been
appreciated by every guest, and the man
agement nave won high praise for their
successful efforts in catering to the com
fort, safety and enjoyment of each and
every visitor. The rates. which are very
reasonable, range from 81 30 TO So so per day
European, and from $500 TO 500 Amer.
can Plan.
4 postal addressed TO the Inside Inn,
Worlds Fair Grounds, St. Louis, wall
bring interesting details regarding res
erVation, etc.