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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-24
J. MISCELLANEOUS

NETWORK COTTON, Oct 24.-The cotton
market opened very strong at an advance of
11@32 points and sold at an advance of about
'30tg32 points on the active months before the
end of the first ten minutes on active cover
ing Of yesterdays sellers and continuation
OF outstdes support, following sensationally firm
cables and abuilish predictions as to the show
ing Of the ginners report expected tomorrow
;or Thursdeys There was enormous realizing,
abut MyefPdk continued to advance, and after
q sreac nons Of about 10 points from the best
The local market showed renewed strength and
during the middle Of the morning ruled about
20 points net higher.
During the. late morning realizing caused
continued irregularity, and in spite Of the
relatively firm close at Liverpool prices sagged
or about 10 points from the best, with Jan.
uary selling around 10.59c. Business continued
very active, and fresh buyers seemed to be
coming IN at the decline which left prices
= Cotton futures opened very strong; October
10. zoe; i, November, 1O.35c; December, 10.5Oc
january 10.7Oc; February, 1O.7sc; March
0,S6c; April, 1091c; May, 10000; July, old
Cotton, spot, closed quiet, 10 points higher
middling uLlands. 10.15c; middling gulf, 10.90c
| sales, none.
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Bruce Mclean wired from Winnipeg: Export
demand good. Think our Winnipeg wheat good
buy at Z or Sc under yours n +
Chicago Valentine bought $780, 900 bushels May
corn at 44Hc. Is y .s:Ss.s b "A s
a private cable from Liverpool says the Rus
sian railway strike Is spreading and is expected
to be protracted. Political troubles are becom-
Ing serious. 4
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: NEW YORK METALS, Oct. '24.-Lead, firm;
spot, 5.15@5. 40c. Copper, quiet 1875 @16Ac.

OMAHA. LIVESTOCK, Oct A.-Cattle-Re-
az. 80; cows and heifers, 50. 1904 40; western.
steers, 1904 .s5; Texas steers, $2.75@4; cows
and heifers. s2@s. 3d. Gamers, 81 .eo@2 ;35;
@5.75; bulls and stays, $1.75@3.50.= E->,
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; market slow to &c low
er: bulk sf sales. s5@5. Is. g.
Sheep-Receipts. II 900; market steady; lambs,
$7@7 80; sheep, 81 25@6. $3.50 ii
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SOLVED THE SERVANT PROBLEM

IT. New, York Weekly. =
agency -Oh, dear! I wonder if there'll
ever be any solution to the servant
girl problem.
Employment Agent Oh. yes, mum.
Ny, wife solved it long ago.
Z tWell, we'll! Howl
She, got rid Of the hull gang an
did the work herself. F"
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

DULUTH GRAIN, Oct. A.-Flax and wheat
ADVANCED about W and J.. held at the advance,
net gain Of from Nc to &c. Little fax was
Offered, from the country, and buyers absorbed
ax $751; oas g. rSe
on track, 6s5. Shipments wheat, $50 Blu;
flax. 1886 oats 1850. =. & !: E gs s 8:
Close-Wheat, cash No. northern, SIC; No.
2 northern, .s3c; May, soc; October, 81 &c; De-
eember, s2Ac; durum, 1871 @761kc:z Flax, cash.
2SRc; rye. 65c. ls.# = .... -. i. 81 = :
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SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK, oct. p. Re

ceipts, cattle, 22UU; hogs, 4,2OU . =.
Hogs- N weak to Sc lowe; sales; g. 27e
: Cattle-Steady stockers 1Oc lower; beeyes, 49,
1880 lbs, S.; 16, 1920 lbs So 50 10, 1920 lbs
$3.50; cows and y heife rs g. 500 lbs 81 20; 10
feeders s, 800 lbs, So; 10, $50 lbs, 3,80;, A.
1,O4O lbs, $3.50; calves and yearlings, IA. 43o
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Quotations yesterdays market: Adventure. 4
@9k; Allouez, 4e; Arcadian, Az @4h; Arnold,
@32N: Calumet & Hecla. es5@eeo; Centennial
S2A; Consolidated Mercur, $3.50; Copper Range
Consolidated, 19@7sA; Iely West, 14@14H:
81 90; Guanajuato, Az @AM; Greene consoii.
dated, 27S @27%; Isle RcSale. s25@26; Mass.
lOM @1lB Mayfower, 1h@1A; Michigan, 15h
Old Dominion s2@321s Osceola, i1sd113S:
ParTot PA gaa @2s; Phoenz 1A@1M Quincy
Co., s1A6sss: Swift & Co. iO7@1o71a: Tam
arack. .127@13O; Tecumseh, 14@14h; Trinity
9H @1o; United Copper Co.,, 33A@34; United
los @1oA; Utah, 97ss @s7ss; Victoria. eA@7;
Winona, 4@41s: Wolverine. 127h @13O; Wyan-
DOT, 2A@2k; Santa Fe, 2N @3; North Butte
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PROVISIONS

CHICAGO PROVISIONS, Oct 24-Notwith-
standing slight decline in the price of live
hogs a firm tone prevailed in the provisions mar
ket. Strength of coarse grain was the chief
cause Of irmness. January pork was up a
shade sa at e$l23e.2 LARD was also up shade at
$e ;7;sA Rtbs we're 2he = higher at se45
@12377s: Lard. October. $7.O2ha; November.
$8.9z1ai Dece nber, $6.75@6777a; January. $6.75
i96.77A; May; $500. Ribs, October, $7.67h:
January, $6.471a; May, s6,677a. g . ,.E'
steady. Pork, steady. Lard easy prime west
ern steam, $780, a., ~-s.-s . 4 - 0..... -: T.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE, Oct 24.-Butter,
firm; receipts, 13,1o4 lbs; official prices, cream.
ton creamery, extras, 1871 @19c; western imita-
ton creamery, frsts, 17k@1sc; state dairy,
common CO to extra, 1e1A@21c; renovated, common
extra, 15@17Mc. Cheese, firm receipts, $3.50
lbs; state, full cream, large and small, colored
large and small, colored and white. fair te
choice, 12@121Ac; skins, full to light, 3A@
lOAc. Eggs, firm; receipts, 7,771 cases
selected, white, 34@35c; state, Pennsyl
vania and nearby, choice. 3oG32c; state. Penn.
sylvania and nearby mixed, extra, 27@2Sc;
2O@22c. '-'''t. ,
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sT LOFTS LIvEsToCK. Oct,

ST. LOUIS LIVESTOCK. Oct. M.-Catt1e-
steady; Texans weak; natives steady; beef
steers, $3@5.75: stockers and feeders. $2.25@
$2@3.eO 90.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; market SC lower: pigs
and lights. $4.5O@5.30;t; packers, $475@5. 80;
butchers and best heavy. S.. 25@54O.
Sheep-Receipts, $500; market steady; ma
tives, $4.75@5.75; lambs, $5@7.5O; Texans, So
m4 TO-, Ms :. .f-s' -. H. 80 %, ..-s
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Railroads entering the yards reported reeelpts
for the day by loads. as follows: Chicago Grea 1
Western, 8; Chictgo, Milwaukee st. fagI
49, Minneapolis & ST. Louis, 5; Chicago, 81.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, 1s; Great Northern
100; Wisconsin Central, 1; 500 Line, 81; North
| ern Pacific, %; Chicago, Rock Island & PEORIA
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ARIZONA coPPERs.

There is rumor that the Warren Develop
ing company intends to put in drill Oh it's
property to locate ore bodies before laying out
the TOWNSHIP - - -
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THE FLOUR MARKET
ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS DoMEsT
DEMAND REPORTED.

DEMAND REPORTED.
The result Of operating the mills over Sun
day is shown in the heaviest outward movement
of -four ever known in single day, no less than
1O6,S41 barrels being loaded out. Millers say
they cannot land much export business, but there
Is big domestic demand .u
Shipments. 1O6, S41 bcrrels
First patents are quotable at $4.90@5; second
patents, $4.70@l4.S0; first clears, So. 7O@3. so;
second clears, $24O@2. so. r--t:.' - t.'s'
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bushel.rr, = M =. :. ~ ~ - < . ; 81 -
The government weekly report on cotton is
buliish. ~ |,f>S" 51"4 ~ :
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THE COMPARATIVE VISIBLE,
REcE1Prs AND sHIPMFN1

RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. OCT. o.
Received-Wheat, 800 cars, 1856, 900 blu: oats
81, 100 bu; barley, 49,020 bu: rye, $500 bu
flax, SO, i20 tu: flour. 1. 1875 brls millstufs 90
tons hay. 80 tons: car lots. 49S. - :.
Shipped-Wheat 1877 cars, 1890 bu: oats,
Is, ESQ bu; barley, 81, 800 bu; rye $500 bu fax,
tons; hay, 1C tons linseed oil, $50, 900 lbs; oil
| cake, 10000 lbs; car lots, 1885, -
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THE DAYS REPORTS
CLOSING CASH PRICES.


barley. to 46c
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CHICAGO PRODUCE Oct. 24-Butter, firm;
sreameries, liz @22c; diaries. 1914 @19c. Eggs,
frm, at marx eases inelgded 1eA @isAe
11Ac; Young Americas. liz @12c. Poultry. live
steady; turkeys, 16c; chickens and springs, 1Oc.
Potatoes firm; iburbanks, 65@6Sc rurals, 65 q
CSC; red stock, 61l63c. Veal. steady, 500 Cobb
weights, 6@6he;s 65@75-1b. weights, 81 @7kc;
S5@11O.Ib weights, Sh@9c.
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ceipts,' 1000; SLOW, beeves, $s.6o@e25; cows
and heifers, $1.15@4.40; stockers and feeders,
s2.1o@4.so; Texans, So. 4o@4.6o; westerners,
| So 25@4S0.' .>,s -. ...@.- -. r.
Hogs-Receipts 21,ooo; tomorrow, $4,000;
good strong, others weak; mixed and butchers,
e5@5 52A goed heavy S5;25@5;S2A CT re sa6
| g. 49,; bulk Of sales, $5.O5@545.s
5sheep-Receipts, 5000; strong; sheep, SAC
| 5.4O lambs, 81. S0@775. - .-. . 5.-.- - -,
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WINNIPEG GRAIN. oct "a .oc+nhars onere,

WINNIPEG GRAIN, Oct 24.-october opened
at at. 761ze, closed at 7eAc; November, 75Mc;
closed 76c: December, 1880, closed 74hc; May,
79hc closed 1850; July closed rec. Cash close:
No. ! hard, So%c: No. northern, 76Mc; No. 2
northern mort 74hc; No. 8 northern. 7sAc; No. 2
96kc. Receipts, wheat, two days, 74s cars;
last year, 629. Terminal stocks Of wheat last
year, 2 45s, III: increase for week, ST ,O20.
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LONDON CLOSING STOCKS, Oct 4.-conso!

LONDON CLOSING STOCKS, Oct. A.-Consols
for money, ss5s ccnsos for account ssA: Ana
eonda 9A Atchisen SiN Atehisen p5sferred
cifc, 176sa: Chesapeake & Ohio, .5s%; Chicago
Great Western: 221z j; Chicago: Milwaukee & St
Paul, 1861; De Beers. 17&; Denver & Rio
aO1a; Erie, sou: Erie first preferred, s39; Erie
second preferred. .s74A;s Illinois Central. 1856;
louisville q Nashville 167A !; Missouri, Kansas
& Western, ss115; Norfolk : Western preferred,
So: Ontario & Western. 55A: Pennsylvania,
first preferred 49, Reading second preferred, so;
Southern, Railway, 3S1s; Southern Railway nre-
Pacific Pacific; l 1s7sl; Onion Pacific preferred So;
United States Steel 39k; United States; Steel
preferred, Jos; Wabash. %; Wabash preferred,
43; Spanish Fours. 9S.
Bar silver. steady, t2sMd per ounce. Money,
355@4 per- cent The rate of discount in the
open market for, short bills Is 4 per cent; for
three months bills is per cent. 4.
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CHICAGO SEED AND COARSE GRAIN. oct
7oc: Hay G a @z9Me December Se@
Csc; southwestern, 92c. Timothy, March. Ss.4n
Clover, cash, sI3. Barley cash 361A m55cYN" = -
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NEW YORK OIL, Oct 24.-Petroleum, steady;
refined, all ports, $5.65@7.70. 80 ID. Il

9. b.. Lewis from Allen of New sYorf: This
New York December wheat looks as ifedt would
be wanted. Getting stronger all the time.
New York says all the good people are bull
ish. Exporters are buying corn and oats this
morning.
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4 NEW YORK SUGAR AND COFFEE, Oct pa
Sugar, raw, quiet; fair refining, 15-16c; Gen.
trifugal 96 test 9-16c; molasses sugar, 11-16c.
Refined QUIET crushed 5.4Oc; powdered, 4.s0c;
granulated,& 470c. ! Coffee quiet; No. Z Rio,
SIZE Molasses, steady; New Orleans, 29@35c.
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PUTS AND CALLS.
Puts-December wheat, $3.50.
Calls-December wheat, S2H @S3c.
Curb-December wheat, $3.50.
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WHEAT MOVEMENT BY ROADS, OCT 90.
Received CGrs-Milwaukee. At: Omaha, %;
Observation-Disclosures, %: Omaha, s: st.
Louis, 80; Great Northern, 80; Burlington, 10.
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NEW YORK FLOUR AND GRAIN, Oct. IT,
Flour, receipts. 31732 brls; sales, 1900 brls:
steady to firm but quiet Wheat, receipts, 6e, 900
bu; sales, 100000 bu; stronger on active COW
erlng, hrm cables, prominent support west and
lght offerings; December, 92A @93hc; May,
9lss OBJ 15-16c. Rye, firm; No. 2 western, CSC
New York. Corn receipts, 1880 bu; sales dull
and transactions. = -. .'..'l.'- - - :
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MINIATURES FLOUR AND GRAIN, Oct. "a.
Flour, steady. Wheat, strong; No. l north
ern, Sc; No. 2 northern, s2@S6c; December,
ss7A @s7%c asked; puts, s7@s7Mc bid; calls,
s strana ASKED Na Rye; firm; No 1; e. Barley,
strong; standard, BIC. Corn, stronger; Nav,
45A @45Ac asked; puts, 45kc asked; calls
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KANSAS CITY GRAIN, Oct. A.-close-
y W heat December, 7shc: May So1sc; leash No.
@9oc;, No. g.. s6@s9c; No. ~ ss@s5c. Corn.
1 a1g asc. 1875; lMay 1885,
white, old, SOC; new, 491ac. Oats, No white.
297a @3Oc; No. 2 mixed, 2Shc.EEsS NssziS.
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LIVERPOOL GRAIN, Oct. 24-Wheat SHOT
steady; No 2 red western winter IS Sd: futnres
firm; December, Is II I'd; March 6s lid. Corn,
spot firm; American mixed, 5s lid; futures
steady; December, 5s 1Hd; January As 6d
March, As 4Md. ~ ~ - = - = 80
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ST. LOUIS GRAIN, Oct. 24-Wheat. higher:
92Ac; December: s4hc; May, s7asc; No hard,
saa@sIe: Corn, higher; No. 2 cash, 51c: track,
December, 2s%c; May, 3oAc; No z white 3o%c.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-13
ORIENTAL COURTESY.
An Incident In Which Miss Anna
DIckinson Figured.

Miss Anna Dickinson Travelled every
where independently and saw human
nature in all of its lairs. Writing to
woman friend once, she described a re-
ception given by wealthy Cinnamon in
q restaurant kept by Chi Lung In San
Francisco, and she was the guest or
honor. She said that she saw serv-
ant coming toward her with a box di-
vided into many compartments, with
different kinds Of nuts and candies In
the smaller trays. She picked out half
a dozen or more and laid them on the
arm Of the chair, which served as ta-
Die. AS the attendant passed on to
others she saw that each took only one
bonbon, and she WAS much embar-
rassed.
But when the servant approached the
chief Chinaman, the one who had orig
mated the reception, he took large
handful and those after him did the
same and then Miss Dickinson felt re-
lieved. She wrote:
after | learned that | must have
shocked all Of those educated, cultured
Cinnamon as much as you or | should
have been shocked If we had invited a
Chinaman whom we respected to dine
with us and he had taken a whole fried
chicken and torn it limb from limb at
our table. In such an event would you
or | have had the tact and courtesy to
have taken other chickens and thus
dismembered them|
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-13
RUSSIAN WOMEN.
The Many Restrictions to Which
They Are Now Subjected.

The Many Restrictions 10 nlch
They Are Now Subjected.
1t Is difficult for an American to un-
derStand that freedom as we know it
does not exist in Russia. There the le-
gal position Of woman is far from sat
isfactory. She hardly ever belongs to
herself. but is always under the tute-
lage of some one
AS daughter the Russian woman Is
under the entire control of her parents.
Her coming of age does not alter her
position. She simply changes the au-
thority of her parents for the no less
rigid authority of her husband. AS the
Russian statute puts it, zone person
cannot reasonably be expected TO fully
satisfy two such unlimited powers as
that of husband and parent"
The unlimited power Of the parent Is
withdrawn and that of the husband
substituted She cannot leave her lord
even to visit IA neighboring town with
out pass" from him. He names the
time she is permitted TO stay, and at
the end of that time she is bound to re-
turn to get the pass renewed.
A husband may appear In court of
law as a witness against his wife, but
a wife is not allowed to appear against
her husband. A woman's evidence In
Russia is always regarded as of less
weight than that of man.-Harper's
Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-13

as If a sharp, redhot iron had been
thrust into her finger tip and run up to
her shoulder. She tried to draw away
her hand as a child does from a hot
stove. but something held it tight, and
then she awoze to the truth. The train
had been swinging around curve, and
the iron plaits, or folds, Of the yesu-
bule. left uncovered by a careless EN-
ployee. had opened just far enough to
admit her finger and then had closed
uDon ii again. She was held as in
wise. and her calls for assistance could
not be heard above the roar of the
train. And so it happened that the
hateful young man" came upon her,
white Tipped and fainttng. When they
, had pried the hand loose he carried her
unconscious figure into The vacant
drawing room The conductor came
hurrying up. greatly perturbed over the
accident, which meant damage suit
for the company. He turned to the
I porter.
Hustle through the train and find
out whether there is a physician on
board"
The young man spoke sharply. Il
am a physician. Porter, bring me that
long. narrow black bag from my
( berth"
And so it happened when Amy woke
up it was to find the hateful young
man deftly bandaging her injured
hand The drawing room was placed
at her disposal by the anxious conduct
or. and the entire train force was on
its knees before her The uncovered
vestibule meant that some employees
head would fan into the basket.
Toward noon, in spite of the terrific
pain in her crushed finger, Amy com
menced to feel drowsy, thanks to the
mild narcotic which DIR. Mexican had
administered. He pumped up the pill
lows for her, and she murmured drow-
silly, 81 didn't sleep very well last
| night"
Mexican bit his lip. Il was afraid
| you wouldn't That was the worst
part of my having to put Mr.. Carter
in the berth with you, but | couldn't
! get him another lower in the car, and
he stubbornly refused to buy up a
drawing room"
! Amy felt suddenly widerawake. Mr.
! Carter, why didn't YOU
/ lord. no. You didn't think | was
raising the roof of my berth, did you
| Mr.. Carter has been at sanitarium
| just east of Harrisburg. He is pa
tient of my fathers, and his people
! asked me to pick him up and bring
| him on to Colorado Springs, where
am visiting for a week or so. That's
what | was trying to tell you last
night"
| A sudden light Amy. "Oh
| it's ali the fault of that newS0oy!
| am going to the.Carters myself They're
| giving a house party
Eyes. | know" said Mexican. 81
saw your name on your luggage. But
now you're going to sleep, and if you
don't mind ! shall sit here beside yor
and see you are not rocked OF wher
we make a fast run
Amy dropped back weakly among
| the pillows NO, | don't mind 1
be only too glad to you--stay. ,
| Suddenly she raised her heavy eyeIids
But promise me you will never tell
! what said TO the porter last night.
| Dr. McKcan's eyes twinl led. -
| promise on my honor"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-13
ROAD 5000 YEARS OLD.
scenes Along One of the Most An
cient Highways In the World.

c1eht highways In the World.
The road from Hons to Hama runs
almost due north, a straight white line
cutting across the green fields 1t is
one of the oldest routes in the world.
Caravans have been passing along it
for AZ least 5000 years, just as we
saw them-long strings of slow NOV
ing camels with their bright cOlored
bags of wheat
One could almost imagine that Pha-
raoh was again calling down the corn
of Klamath to fill his granaries against
the seven years of famine. But even
here the old things are passing. Just
beyond the long line of camels was a
longer line of fellah women, their dirty
blue robes killed above their knees,
carrying upon their shoulders baskets
of earth and stone for the roadbed Of
the new French railway.
The carriage road is French, too, and
q very good road it is. Some men were
repairing it with a most ingenious
roller. 1t was a great round stone,
drawn by two oxen and having its
axle prolonged by a twenty foot pole,
at the end of which a barelegged Arab
was fastened to balance the whole af-
fair. If the stone had toppled over
the picture of the Arab dangling at the
top of the slender flagstaff would have
been worth watching.
All along the ride we were reminded
| Of the past. 1t is a fertile soil, but the
very wheatfields are different from
| ours. Only few yards in width, they
| are often of tremendous length. l hes
| ltate to commit myself to figures, but
| 1t Is certain that the thin, green fields
| would stretch away in the distance un'
| til lost over some little elevation. AT
one place the road was cut through q
hill hOneycombed with rock tomo''
which the haj said were Jewish.
Every now and then we passed tell,
| or great hemispherical mound, built up
of the rubbish of a dozen ruined towns,
for even as late as Roman times this
! was a well cultivated and populous
| country. There is now no LUMBER
available for building purposes, and II
q number Of villages the houses are al
built with conical roofs of stone
Where the rock happens to be OF 6
reddish tinge the houses remind one OF
| nothing so much as collection OF In
| dian wigwams. Where the stone Is
white, as at Tell ct Biseh, it glitterS
and sparkles like a fairy city cut ou
of loaf sugar.-Scribner's Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-04-13
FAMOUS ENGLISH WELLS.
Some T-hnse Yntera Are Charged
with Magic or lsiracuIous Power

Some E.hose Waters Are Charged
with Magic og. f4iracuIous Power.
TEou-n there %"c hundreds of wells
supposed to possess magical power
scattered all over England, the general
public is ignorant cf their locality or
the romantic stores connected with
each one There may be possible eA-
coption in the well of st. Keyne. in
Cornwall. Tor Southcy has made it IA
nous in a witty little poem. The mag
ic of its waters is such that the nus
band or wife who drinks first from II
prter leaving the altar will have the
urpcr hand over tie mate for their
'oiut lives. The hrije of whom Southey
lers us did not wait till after the mar
yia-e ceremony tc pay visit to the
well. but took the prccaution OF taxing
bottle with her to the church.
Another well, in Monmouthshire,
which has peculiar fascination Tor
the unmarried mai1ens is known Is
the 'virtuous we'll" For generations
the maidens of that locality have ac-
credited it with marvellous powers IN
forecasting their futures. They have
only TO drop Il pebble into It's water
( and count the resultant bubbles, for
I each bubble represents month OF
] waiting for the day which will make
/ them brides. IN order to propitiate
I the genius which presides over the well
it is necessary to decorate the bram'
bIes which shade it with bits of white
cloth
Then there are the so called holy
wells which have many medicinal VIZ
tues Such Il one is st. Winifreds. al
IolyweI. which is accredited with
cures that are almost miraculous. The
legend of its origin is a very pretty
one IT il said that twelve centuries
ago st. Winifred, the winsome dauSh
Ter of a Welsh chief, was wooed by
Prince Caradoc, n prince of i'll repute
She declined his persistent advances
and at last he killed her in a fit Of
rage. From the spot on which st
Winifreds lifcblood fell there gushec
forth Il stream of crystal water which
has worked miracles in her name fo
so many centuries.
Practically ali the ills to which tht
flesh is heir can be cured by one or an
oaner of these wells. ST. Ninan's, II
Cornwall. is said to restore lunatics t.
sanity. but the patient must be i'm
mersed in tie water and held there un
ill the breath has nearly left his body
This seems = heroic measure. But evei
| -. :. ,,o- ., Spyprp aS the treatmCn
which mist be endured If madman /
to be cured ut Llandegla well. Il
Wales. for after the victim is nearl
drowned he is trussed like fowl an
laid under tie communion table OF til
oejgnborinS church for tie night.