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YEsTERDAY'S STOCh MARK EFT
Price Movements Very Uncertain and
 Sluggish.

Sluggish.
 New York April 2e.-The volume of dealings in stocks dropped off again to- day, and the price movement became very uncertain and sluggish. The ac- ton of the market plainly indicated the operation of room traders of a small class and of timid convictions. The new direction to be taken by the con test for control of Northern Pacific is the subject most largely discussed by spectators, and the opinion is quite universal that this overhangng infiu- ence is the cause of the stagnation in the market. This feeling finds express sion in London as well as here, and di- verts all interest from American secur- ities. On the occasional upturns of the course of prices to-day, however, it was quite noticeable that the Pacifies were inclined to take the lead of the moye- ment.
 The further depression in United States Steel preferred had an undoubt- ed sympathetic effect on the whole market, the more so as it's source and
 motive were not clearly understood. The proposed purchase of the Clairton Steel company and the assumption of additional fixed charges was one cause assigned, and the threat of an open market for iron ore was another. The unreasonable weather and actual inter- ruption to traffic by snow in the north were not favorable influences upon val lies. The heavy losses by the Toronto fire made minor influence towards re- action.
 The appearance of advertisements in- viting bids for $37, 000,0 1000 of New York city bonds was of mixed influence. The export of $1,500,000 in gold was little noticed, as the amount is little more than half of yesterdays receipts of Japanese gold. The reserves of foreign banks are growing in common with our own, with the effect of increasing con- fidence against a possible strain The possible source of such strain. which is most attentively watched by the financial world, Is the large quantity of Russian bonds held by French invest OTIS. These investors have hitherto held with apparent confidence, but a com mon movement among them to liqui- date would constitute a strain on the worlds financial fabric.
 To-day's reports of railroad gross earnings were poor, and the publication Of the Iron Ages trade review increas- jed the weakness in the iron and steel stocks. The local fractions made some recovery from yesterdays decline, and Consolidated Gas was affected by the withheld action on Legislation affecting it. The market closed dull and weak. Bonds were dull and heavy. The to- tai sales, par value, aggregated $1, 7OO- 900.
 United States twos coupon and the |old fours declined 14, while the three coupon advanced 4 and the new fours s on call.
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CIOSinr Prices,

The following are the closing prices reported by Prince & Whitely. Bankers and Brokers, 25 Broadway, New York, and 15 Center street, New Haven, Conn:
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RlDlCOLE CURED HIM.
|uNG MAN HAD A CRAZE FOR PICKLES.
kuordinary Food and Drink Appe- titas That Destroy the Nerves.

Food and Drink Appe- tites That Destroy the Nerves. Tobody but & medical man who has special experience in the care and tment of neurotic patients can pos ! understand the extraordinary food drink crazes which sometimes, on hand, bring about that extreme e of disordered nerves from which are suffering or which, on the oth- Ire sometimes the result of it. The things go together. It is alcohol, |cco and 6, few drugs against which |moralists are railing all the time. |'ybody knows all about these, be- |e their use is the most general. lit may be a surprise to your read 10 hear that there are scores of peo- seduced to a pitiable state of bodily 'mental ill-health simply because of unsuitable craze they have developed batting things which in many cases |would be inclined to describe off, as very wholesome, or in others as g comparatively uninjurious. A Ion doctor with large experience Ing Fashionable and wealthy pa Is, spoke in this way to a represen- Ie of this journal, and quoted some rkable cases in support of his . ing remarks.
 ne might not in the ordinary way" aid, ''he inclined to regard the bet sorts of sweetmeats as being the
 of thing that could obtain a really ntrollable mastery over any per-
 however fond of them he or she t be. Yet I know of cases that are < specially treated in private hospi- at the present time in which pa- $ have been reduced to a perfectly king state by their mania for them,
 are now undergoing, by compul-
 the most rigorous treatment, just hey would if they had been sent to bme for inebriates. There is one |eular kind of confectionery, which ich advertised, highly popular, and |ubtedly, when taken in moderation, bughly nutritious and wholesome,
 is claimed to be. But, like every
 else, it may be abused, and there |oine neurotic individuals who allow taste for it to increase in them un- ley suddenly find it has become an .pensable passion, and then they
 altogether.
 have in several cases been called
 to give advice to business men in ity of London, heads of great com
 al houses, who have lost their will |r in this manner, and have fallen Euch low state of ill health that
 cannot perform their duties prop
 The process is simple. Tsey be-
 he eating of their favorite sweet
 immediately after breal1fas., and but intending to do so. keep at it Through the morning, so that at
 they have no appetite for luncheon go without. And then sometimes
 may go without their dinner as
 and when man gets to that state
 not long before he finds himself
 essly incapacitated.
 may not be generally known that
 g ladies rice is a frequent cause of
 ness of this sort. They begin to
 he dry and uncooked grains in the
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Opening, Highest, Lowest, Quotations. On the New York Stock Exchange. reported by Prince & Whitely, Bankers and Brokers, 52 Broadway New York, and 15 Center Street, New Haven. Conn:
 ODen Hiph Low Close
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minutes later 1 shall never fully I'M
derstand. 1t seems that the little old
woman was Mrs. CUTLER, and that she
didn't like Papa Quiller's benign ways.
and that she was a terror on wheels
when she got started. She pulled off
hats and she pulled hair, and vic
tory perched on her banner. The
downcast girl fed before her, and we
lost two tenants, and I lost a papa
and about So a week extra.
mourn for him, and / know that
he will never return. 1 believe that
his heart was just floating around in
the milk of human kindness, and that
ne would have SmOothed many paths
In our skyScraper had he not been
called to distant fields, but we must
bear, his loss as best we can. Had he
given me his full confidence L could
have steered the little old woman afar
off, and that's what a tenant gets
for not reposing his Utmost confidence
IN SAMMIS,
The Elevator Boy
Copyright. 1904, by t. C. McCIure)
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do say, in DAT amusing little work of
his, de Pronouncing Dictionnaire; and,
derefore, 1 will not say yer much to de
point. All! mes amisi ven l hear to
myself de flowing speech, de Grafton
magnifique of your Lor Marie, Monsieur
Gobbledown, I feel dat it is Won great
privilege for Won stranger to sit at de
same table, and to eat de same food, as
dat grand, dat majestique man, who
are de terreur of de voleurs and de
brigands of de Metropolis, and who is
also. l for to suppose, a Halterman
and de chief of you common scoundrel.
"Milors and gentlemans, feel can
prespire TO no grea ture honneur dan to
be Won common scoundrelman myself;
but, helas! dat plaisir are not for me,
as l are not freeman of your great
cite, not Won liveryman servant of Won
of you companies joint stock. But
most not forget de toast.
"Milors and gentlemans, de immortal
Shakespeare he have write, De ting of
beauty are de joy for nevermore. 1t is
de ladies who are de toast. Vas is
more enhancing dan de charmante
smile, de soft voice, de vinking eye of
de beautiful lady? 1t is de ladies who
do sweeten de cares of life. 1t is de
ladies who are de guiding stars of our
existence. 1t is de ladies who do cheer
but not inebriate and derefore, vid all
homage to dere sex, de toast dat have
to propose is, De ladies' Heaven bless
dem ALL '-Tit-BitS.
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gulf, at and in the vicinity of Bahrin.
Statistics prove that the mean an
nual temperature of the Persian gulf
furnace is IL degrees higher than that
of Death valley, and the aridnesS of
both places is about on par, though
am inclined to believe, if my recollec-
ton of the records is not blunted, that
a little brackish water has been found
in d few isolated springs on the alkali
surface of Death valley. whereas there
is no water at all to be found on the
shore of the gulf anywhere within a
radius of nearly 200 miles.
yet, while Death valley is inhabited
by practically none and permanent life
there is deemed we'll night impossible,
Bahrin has a population of several
thousand people and has had an exist
ence as a village for many centuries. OF
course the people are stunted mentally
and to a slightly less extent physically,
a fact due to the fearful conditions I'M
der which they live; but they do live
there and are probably the nearest ap-
proach to salamanders in the human
family. What do they do for water
and food? Why, the latter is brought
to them in boats and sold in exchange
for fertilizer they dig from the desert,
and the latter they have in fairly good
abundance near them. You thought 1
said there was no water within several
hundred miles of the place. Well, so
did-on the land-but there are a num-
Der of fresh water springs on the bed
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sKYscRAPER TALES.
Sammis, the Elevator Boy, Has An
other Story to Relate.

One day, a few weeks ago. a nice
old man named Mr.. CUTLER moved
into room 444 in our skyscraper and
hung out a sign of Western Lands y
i was favorably impressed with the
looks of Mr.. CUTLER. You may think
it makes no difference whether an
elevator boy is favorably impressed
with the looks of a tenant or not, but
you make a mistake there.
If 1 was about to move into a build
ing and the elevator boy didn't seem
to cotton to me, I would pause right
there Mr.. CUTLER had a soft and
tender and kind-hearted look. and he
called me my son" the very first trip
he made in my elevator. Knowing
that he would be in a hurry to hear
all about me, 1 made a call at his
room and said:
Mr. CUTLER. I do not own this
building. I should scorn to display
no much wealth while so many of my
fellow-creatures are forced to live
on Hamburger steak. 1 simply run
the elevator. I run it up and down
as unostentatiously as possible. My
mother is a struggling widow. One
of her struggles, assisted by struggles
of my own, is 10 pay the semi-annuaI
interest on a gigantic mortgage cover
on a small salary and practicing econ
omy. and looking ahead to become
ticket-seller of a circus I like your
looks and ways, Mr.. CUTLER. Let US
be friends
The tears stood in Mr. QuiIIer's
eyes when I finished and I noticed
that his chin quivered as he reached
out both hands to me and replied:
-'SammiS. come to my heart. You
have no father. I have no son. We
will form a little Father and Son
company. Take this half dor to ap-
ply on the interest of that &. m. (gi-
gantic mortgage), and other coins will
be laid in your young and tender
hand from time to time Come to
me in your joys-come in your sOr-
rows. Always knock on my door be-
fore entering, and if L appear to be
engaged with any person, please with
draw for the nonce. The nonce means
the moment Sammis. Yes, Sammis.
/ have longed for a son who had
observation, discretion and a firm pur-
pose to do right, and have found one
and am happy"
We shed tears in unison and looked
forward to rosy sunrises and purple
sunsets, and the song of the lark
brought peace to our souls. That was
the way 1 found a new father and
Mr.. CUTLER found a new son. When
a week had passed, Mr.. CUTLER gave
me the wink one day. and as 1 called
at his room he said:
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"Sammis. your life is young yet,
and you have paid more attention to
cigarettes than the dictionary, but you
may have met up with such terms as
benign fatherly care 'unselfish mo-
Gves. etc2''
Yes. sir. 1 have" 1 replied.
well. I am benign 1 am fatherly.
I am unselfish- 1 feel for humanity
in general. and for the unfortunate in
particular. Ever since 1 lost my dear
wife. But I Will not speak of that
sad even, Sammis. 1t is sufficient to
say that in room 39S there is a young
lady who is struggling against the
world. She is striving to make a liv-
ing by doing typewriting at ten cents
a page Have you observed her,
Sammis2"
"Oh. yes. She is young and good
looking. but there is sadness in her
eyes. She seems downcast. She seems
TO reason that the world is against
her. and that she can not count on
one single friend
''Sammis. you delight mel" he ex-
claimed. as he slipped a new dollar
bill into my hand. You viii surely
make another Sherlock Holmes if you
keep on. We have both read the girl
the same. She is fighting the cold.
friendship and encouragement If she
knew that there was on this same
floor a man of fifty Che is at least
go who would speak kindly to her
who would interest himself in her
who WOuld-wOuld-
BE a sort of father to her" I put
in for him.
That's it. Sammis-that's it You
amaze me with your perspicacity. If
you could drop in and have a little
quiet talk with her. and mention that
was near at hand, and that I was
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of the saline gulf within a few hundred
q shore

of the saline gulf within few hundred
yards from the shore.
1T is probably the only place on
earth where fresh drinking water is Sc
cured from the salty sea. The water
gushes up in considerable volume from
these springs and is secured by divers.
The gulf is only about 80 feet deep at
this point. The divers plunge to the
bottom with empty goatskins and place
the orifice of the skin bag directly over
the mouth of the spring; it fills in a
few seconds, and the diver closes the
orifice and is pulled back to the boat
by rope. That is the way the water
supply for the community on shore is
procured. The springs are supposed to
be due to underground. streams watch
have their origin in the green hills of
Osman, over 500 miles inland."-St. Louis
GlObe-DemOcrat.
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His Last Pint.

Representative Clarence D. Van
Duser of Nevada, had been assailing
the swindling western mining COM
panies that, with bogus pamphlets
and reports, fleece gullib1e persons in
the east
but it is a wonder to me- he said,
that a certain one of these COM
panies has any success at all, for it
lis conducted by as illiterate and thick
headed a man as I have ever seen.
This man is a character. For in
stance:
zone day he gave me a long ha-
rangue on the Indians love of whisky.
Why he said, once give an In
dian a taste of whisky and he'll sell
his very soul to get more. 1 was
riding over the plains once with a pint
bottle sticking out of my breast pocket,
when an Indian happened along, and
as soon as he saw the pint he wanted
to buy it,
land do you know what that In
dian offered me? Well, sir, he Of
fered me his buckskin breeches, his
shirt, his saddle. his blanket and his
pony-all for pint of whisky. What
do you think of that?'
land you,' said 1; did you sell ?''
mo said the miner, L didn't. 1t
was my last pint Record
Herald.
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After Dinner sneech.

'Milors and GentIemans-You excel
lent chairman, M. lie Baron de Mount
Stuart, he have say to me, Make de
toast Den / say to him dat 1 have
no toast to make, but he nudge my ell
bow yer soft and say dat dere is Won
toast dat nobody but Won Frencnman
can make proper, and, derefore, wild
your kind permission, 1 will make de
toast
DE brevete is de sole of de feet,
as you great philosophers, De. Johnson,
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Hotter Than Death Valley.

Death valley, in southern California,
is usually referred to as the hottest
spot on earth. but it isn't quite that"
Ralph Erling tells me. This rather
unpleasant distinction belongs to a
portion of the shore of the Persian
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Works wonders while you sleep, brings
bright eyes. red lips. lovely color. Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea makes people
happy, 35 cents. Tea or Tablets Gatlfn
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-A situation nurse to go
to St Louis fair; can give references.
have nursed rs years; a good hand. Call
719 Locust ST., NJ. K.
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WANTED-By reliable young man who has
about hours spare time each day col
Letting to do for reasonable per cent Ad-
dress c. Collector, care Journal.
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FREE DIsPENsARY.

TOPEKA FREE DISPENSARY, south
east corner 18th and Tyler sts., from
regular practicing physicians for the
benefit OF persons without means who
need medical attention and treatment Pa
tents are assured of careful and consid-
crate treatment Medicine furnished In
most cases.
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WHEN you want to hire a man or boy,
call up Y. M c. A. telephone 81. We
have a list of men and confidential ref
erences concerning them. Y. M. .. A.
Employment Bureau. III E. sth St
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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms at 100 Va
Buren, st.
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HARDWARE.

THE COUGHLIN HARDWARE CO.
Hardware, stoves, fine tools 7o6 Kan
sas ave. Tel 606
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WANTED-Farm hands, teamsters, barn
men, Capital Employment Agency, 1875
Kansas Ave.
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WANTED--Men to learn barber trade,
new and practical method. few weeks
completes, free clinic, careful instruc-
tions, special Inducements to distant APP
plicants; tools given5 wages Saturdays;
positions waiting; catalog mailed free.
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FOR RENT-Desirable unfinished room
to parties without children 709 W. ct
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FOR RENT-Nicely furnished modern
room 514 W. 7th st.
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ARE you satisfied with your present posi-
ton and salary? If not, write for
plan and booklet; we have openings for
managers, secretaries, advertising men,
statesmen, bookkeepers, etc. paying from
coo to $4,000 a year; technical, clerical
and exclusive men of all kinds, high
grade exclusively. Hapgood One, Suite
917, Chemical bldg, st. Louis. offices:
New York, Chicago and II other cities.
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

WE CAN sell your real estate or business
no matter where located. If you desire
a quick sale, send US description and
price N B. johnson Realty Co, sos c.
Bank Commerce bldg, Kansas City, Mo.
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wANTED-FEMALE HELP.

WANTED-Competen girl for house
work. Mrs. II. F. Carver, rs Harrison
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house furnished and good wages In
quire at Geo. NJ Noble & Co.. 435 Kansas
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FOR RENT-Modern fiat, furnished or
unfurnished. lis E. Sth st.
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UNION PACIFIC.
EASTBOUND

UNION PACIFIC.
EASTBOUND.
Arrive
No. limited -............-..... SOS am
No. e, Kansas city local paSS...... 6:55 am
No. 4, Atlantic expTesE. ESQ pm
sNo. 8, X {. and Salina express. $50 pm
WESTBOUND.
emo. Z, K. c. and Salina express. IL 30 am
No. g. Denver and Pac. Coast itd-l2 80 PIX
No. g. Junction City local pass. $40 pm
sDailx except Sunday. All others daIrs.
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WANTED@Girl for general homework,
no washing. Inquire 1435 Harrison st.
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WANTED-A girl for general houseworl
at 40 Topeka ave.
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FOR RENT-ROOMS.

FOR RENT-One large and one SIN
room, house modern at 635 Topeka A
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MASSAGE PARLoR.

and shampooing, toilet articles. Ma
An go, M. Trap, 40 Kan. ave-, upstairs
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WANTED-MALE HELP.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. furniture sales
man to represent a manufacturer in
Kansas, Missouri or Nebraska. Address
Furniture. care Journal.
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WANTED-Apprentic to learn millinery.
1913 Kansas Ave.
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WANTED-White girl for general house
Quincy.
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WANTED-Competent white girl for
homework in family Of 8; good wages to
right kind. 1878 Harrison st.