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Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16

NEW YORK. May 15-MONEY-On call,
easy. aa3h per cent; ruling rate. 81 per
cent. closing bid, per cent: offered AZ ~
per cent. Time loans, easy; sixty days, ~
per cent; ninety days, iifd4% per cent; six
months. 4Ad5 per cent.
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER-5i4G5A
per cent.
STERLING EXCHANGE-soft at SAs5S0
64s55 for demand and at N6Bq4.sZ3o for
slxty-day bills; posted rates, 81 S3d4 ssh
commercial bills. Aa&diaN
SILVER-Bar, 66lfc; Mexican dollars,
5O&c.
BONDs-Government, easy; railroad, ir-
regular.
hcRVGMaJ- esl. asa Mi2tlisS shrdl emf m
Quotations on New York bonds today
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16
81. Louia live stocL Market,

ST. LOUIS, Mo, May l5.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 400 head. including 100 Texans: mar
ket slow to strong; native shipping and eN-
port steers. S. $4,000: dressed beef and
butcher steers, tS.S5di5.7o 70; steers under 100
pounds. S3.6Odi4.l5; stockers and feeders
g. 4odl4.6O; cows and heifers, S2.O0d5l5; can
ners. 81 .s6G2 10 bulls. S3356i4 IS; calves IS rs
d65O; Texas and Indian steers, So Is; cows
and heifers, t2OOQ40O.
HO0S-Receipts 1900 head: market SC
lower; pigs and lights, SSiO06B0; packers,
te,l0d6bo; butchers and best heavy, Sc 40d
SIS.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts 900
head; market strong; native muttons, 81 90
d98.Oo; lambs, SsOd8 90; culls and bucks,
I609S.60; stockeTs. p.75d4.O0
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16
Co0ee Market

NEW YORK, May lB.-COFFEB-Mark et
for futures opened steady at unchanged
prices to an advance OF points In sym
pathy with steady European markets Wall
street offerings we're light and in the after
steady net unchanged TO ten points
higher. Sales for the day were
reported OF 400 bags. including
66Sc; October g. T0c; November, 6SOc De
cembeT, Gsoc; January. 700c February,
7.iOe; March, Tic; spot Rio steady; No. !
invoice Thc.
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Kaasas cIty LIve steek Market.

KANSAS CITY. No. May l5-CATTLE-
Receipts 1880 head. including 300 southerns:
and dressed beef steers, S.SSa5s0; fair to
good. N.s0061b: western fed steers S375
96.t6: stockers and feeders. 50 O004. 90; south
ern steers. H.OOd5. IS southern cows 81 50d
as; native cows, t26O7l6o: native helfers,
81 500S IS bulls, 81 SO44 70: calves. s. ood6. 90
HOGS-Receipts 1900 head; market weak
20 Sc lower; top. Sc 70; bulk OF sales, sc 25fl
6STd; heavy. $4,000: packers. S63dG. n:
pigs and light, 64BQG3z4.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-ReceiptE 500
head. market strong; lambs Sc OGlI 80;
sheep and yearlings. A-75as.25; western fed
yeariings, q. S6S 80; western fed sheep
Hbo66t0; stoekers and feeders, s.. 5Ofl5.5J.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16
NEW YoRK GENERAL MARKET
Quotations Of the nay on Various
CommOdities.

Commodities.
NEW YORK. May 15.-FJOUR-Receipt
rv oR Rsj eSR9rtS so S traSe e' M5nes5s
patents. A25dA55: Minnesota bakers S.f5a
$50; winter patents. NoOa4SO winter
40; winter low grades t2.sOd335; rye
flour steady fair TO good, S.S5gSsO choice
ORNMFHiEsteady: fine white and yell
low, S1.so; coarse. N.O7ql.O9; kiln dried, $40
RYE-Dun; No. western. sc, nominal,
BARIBY-ste feeding. 47Hc, c. l. T.,
New York; mailing 52G57c, c. l. T.. New
WHEAT Receipts 5000 bu. spot mar
ket barely steady; No red 92c, nominal,
elevator; No. 2 red, s3c nominal, T. o. b.,
afoat; No. ! northern Duluth, 9llsc, [. o.
b.. afoat; No 1 northern Manitoba. 9oltc,
(. o. b., afoat Opening lower on reports
of good rainfall In Kansas, easy cables
and predictions for continued large Russian
shipments, wheat recovered on bull sup
port, crop complaints from Indiana and a
big decrease in worlds stock. Later bear
pressure resulted in sharp afternoon
break and the market closed nc net lower;
May sshqSohc, closed at s91sc; July; ~, Ss6s
asl 3-lec. closed at s67sc; September, altq
81 11-i6c, closed at size
CoRE-Receipts, 5000 bu.; exports. SS
bu.; spot market Irregular; No. 2, sc
No. 2 yellow, 5sHc; No. , white, 57Itc. op.
ton market was generally well sustained
all day on covering. lighter receipts, small
stocks and steady cables, closing at un-
changed prices May. 56d56hc, closed at
Sc; July, 63atn54c, closed at 535sc; Septem-
Der. 5s9s d6S5sc, closed at 5S%c; December
closed at SIC.
OATs-Receipts, 10000 bu.; exports. H.
sF bu.; spot market steady; mixed oats, IS
to 80 pounds, 3Skc; natural white, 80 to S3
pounds, Ssa9isc; clipped white, 81 to 10
pounds, 40041hc.
,HAY-steady; shipping, 55asOc good to
HOPs~Firm; state. common to choice
1906 10ql5c 1904, 9dl0c; ODDS, nominal 1906.
Sq15c; 1904, Babe; olds, 4a5c.
HIDES-Steady; Galveston, 20 to %
pounds, 9Oc; California, q to 25 pounds, 2lc
LEATHHER-ste az acid acid. 35SEa2714t.
PROVISI0NS-Beef steady; mess, 500
@9.5O, beef hams, t2o5Oa22.OO; packet
SO oOall.oo; city, extra India mess, SlI5Oa
s.. 25d1O50; picked shoulders, $S.OOdSJO;
picked hams, Sll.0Odl1. 70. Lard, steady;
western prime, $s.7Oas.75, nominal: refined,
1915; compound. s.oCds7S7lA Pork, easy;
family, $500; short clear, SIS 5qlS.OO; mess,
SIS. 50d17.25.
TAELoW-steady; city, &c; country,
RICE-steady; domestic fair to extra, 3ls
acc; Japan, nominal
BUTTER-steady; held, creamery. COM
CHEEsE-steady; old, state full cream
large and small, colored and white, fancy,
13ql31Rc; state, good to prime, 121ac; state,
common to fair llglSc; new state stat full
best, SIC; fair to good. Shasc; inferior,
7dSc.
EGGs-steady; state, Pennsylvania and
nearby fancy, selected white, zoe; state,
choice. l9a1Shc state, mixed fancy, loc;
western firsts, TIC; western seconds, 1910
lie: southerns, 116l6Rc.
POULTRY-Alive, steady; western broil-
ers, per pound, 26c; fowls. 14i5c; turkeys,
| lSc. Dressed steady; turkeys l4gl5c;
| fowls 11d13c.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16

ST. JOSEPH. Mo. May l5.-CATTLE-R
ceipts. 50, htau; marNCt SLOW Co ioc lower
natiNe, 4ttu,..u, COWS and ucitCrs. Sli5a
40; stoCkets and feeders, SSuurAao.
HOGS-hcCcipts, ltb'N nvadt market
opened Sc lowe. ClCscu strong Nsht So 3Jd
u.St, medium and heavy, S65-tuoiA.
SHEEP AND L.AMBS-Rcculpts $50
head; market loul5c higher, lambs. SIS;
lambs shorn, $500
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16

LIVERPOOL. May l5-WHEAT-Spot,
nominal; futures steady; May, IS SGD; July,
Is ltzdi September, Is 6Ad.
CORN-SpOt, frm; American mixed. new,
ts e14d; American mixed. old, Is 3D. futures.
Quieti July. IS aAd; september. IS il.d.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16
Cotton Market.

NEW YORK. May lb.-CoTToN-spot
closed quiet; middlinG uplands. u.sSc; mid
LIVERPOOL, May H.-COTTOE-6pot,
good business done; prices s points higher;
ding. Stld; middling eg1d; low middiing.
ODD; good ordinary, 5.s7d; ordinary, SID.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16
Mnunnkee GrnIn Mnrket.

MILWAUKEE,, MAY l5-Wheat-Lower;
No. northern, AqS5e; No. northern, SEA
sc. July, soiSc, asked.
RYE-steady-No. 1, 6l4062c.
BARLEY-Steady; No. 2 soc; sample IS
664c
CoRN-steady; No. cash, 4sHd4O4c;
July, 46Ac.
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PhIIadeIphia Produce Market.

PHILADELPHIA, May 15.-BUTTER-
Firm; extra western creamery, nl4c; extra
nearby prints. CSC.
EGGS-Steady; nearby fresh, I7ito az
mark; western fresh, lTilc al mark.
CHEESE-Steady: New York full creams
fancy, new. Sk6l0o; fancy full creams, new.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16

Cash quotations were as follows:
FLOUR-Market steady; winter patents,
So .5oG3. 80; straights, SsSQd36O; spring pat
ents $500 GO; straights, IS. zoos 60; bakers,
81 Od260
WHEAT-No. 2 spring. SSGS5c; No. 8, 7s9
SIC; No. 2 red, S955Q9lc.
CoRN-No 2, 4Sl.q4slsc; No. yellow.
60ls d6OA3c.
6ITs-No. ?, $3.50; No. 2 white. Sc; No.
3 white. S3dS4lsc.
RYE-No. 9 SEC.
BARLEY-Good feeding 4OdEhc; fair to
choice mailing, 46d6lc.
6EEDS-No. ! fax. A.0SIS No. / north
western, u.i4; clover contract grade, 81 .25.
PROVlSIoNS-Mess pork per Dbl, 1850
dl6R. Lard, per 100 lbs, s.55. Short ribs
sides Qoosel, s. TOqS.B. Short clear sides
(boNed), S9,lOd9.O.
Following were the receipts rip
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

Cattle, sheep and Lambs Are steady
Hogs weak.
CHICAGO May B-CATTLE-R Receipts,
1909 head; market steady; commoa to rrime
steers, N.0o6DS 80: cows, 2.25d6.25; heifers,
SIS; stockers and feeders, s. 7596.lO.
HOGS Receipts, 1900 head; market
weak; choice TO prime heavy, S65OI6. 621S
medium TO good heavy, ts6Og6.65; packing
$6O0466I1b.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 1900
head; market steady; sheep. a. 75q6. 10;
yearlings, 1885, 20; lambs, S5Ba7.65.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16

on the ffOduce eAcndnee To-Day the but-
ter market was easier; creameries,
lsiS6lS5Sc; diaries. iSalsc. Eggs, steady at
mark cases Included, lbal5ltc' Arsts, l554c
prime irsts, l6lAc; extras, lsl1c. Cheese,
steady; s6l2c.
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Peoria Grain Marked,

PEORIA. May 5-CORN-steady; No 8
yellow. soc; No. 3, JOc; No. 4, 4so; no grade.
oATs--Firm; No. white. ssHe; No 4
white, S21Ac.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16

Wheat
May. 81 s1dSlh S0%l 805s 81
July. Dr.. ISlhQh sly S0bdS1 S07s S1 $685. a u
Sept. 7SAq$ 7S% 7Sls 7ShGhl 7sI
Flax
May. 116hl l 1874 1s l 16 / 1914
July. 17&l l 17% / IN l l7hI l7s.
Sept l TIA ! l1hl IN l IVA ] l7h

Minneapolis Cash Close-Wheat: No 1
hard, s31kc; No. l northern, S21Ac; to arrive,
&hc; No. northern, Sic; to arrive, sic; No.
3, 79dS0c; No. l Durum, 75c; No. 2 Durum
rye. Corn: No. yellow, 453tc; No. 3,
44%c. Oats: No. white. &c; No. 3, S014QD
Bic. Barley: S9q47c. Rye: 55hq6satc.
Flax: Nl4h
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16
hank CIearinnn.
Treaaury statement.

OMAHA, May lb.-Bank clearinEs for to-
day were N.58. $50 10 and for the CORE
spending date last year n,l@.s s4A
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16

SIOUX CITY. May Is Especial TeIe-
grant, - CATTLE - Receipts, 1900 head /.
market steady; beeyes, tl.oOa5ao %; cows
feeders; SOg41 50; calves and yearlings
HOGS : RscsiptN 35O head; market
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Toledo seed Market.

TOLEDO, o. May l5.-SEEDS-Clover
cash, So 40 bid; October. t6.sa. Prime alsike
$50. Prime timothy, a.5s6. No rye
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16

WASHINGTON. May l5.-Today's state
ment OF the treasury balances IN the gem
eral fund, exclusive OF the $50 100000 gold
reserve, shows: Available cash balance,
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DULUTH, May l5.-wHEAT-To arrive:
No. ] northern, s2lae; No. ? northern S0isc
On track; No. northern. G1zc; No. 2
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16

LONDON. May Enclosing quotations on
the Stock exchange were:

SILvER-Bar. steady, 80 i1-I6d per ounce,
MONEY-21b63 per cent
The rate of discount in the open market
for short bills is 37-l6GI3 s-1e per cent; for
three months bills, SI4d3S per cent.
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t15s, tl2 ~ gold coin and bullion Ssi. Isl SOS;
gold certificates SIS, 04S. $40.
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Kansas city Grain and Provisions.

KANSAS CITY, May l5.-wHEAT-May,
76stc; July, 73ssc; September, 71%c. Cash:
No. hard 7S14QS2c; No. g. i5IsdS0c; No. 4,
7o(EI71sc; No. red, 9oq93c; No. 8. S6d9lc; No,
l. 724S2c.
CORN-May. sac; July. 1850: September,
4Z15c. Cash: No. 2 mixed, 4shd4S5kc; No.
white, 4Sltc; No. 3, $50.
OATS-No. 2 white, 34jkd351kc; No 2
mixed. 321adS3lzc.
EGGS-Steady; Missouri and Kansas new
No. wildwood cases included, l31hc; case
count, lSc; cases returned I1c less.
HAY-Steady; choice timothy, $l35Oq14 90;
choice prairie, S1O5Odll00 90.
RYE-Steady; 56Q6Sc.
BUTTER-Creamery, 1Sc; packing, INC
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16

northern, soAe May, a7te; July. asc; sep
TENDER, PC.
oATs-To arrive. on track and May. s2%c.
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steady, ceiling a, ss2oas. ss's; bulk Of sales
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81. LouIs General MARKET.

ST. LOUIS, May 15-WHEAT-Iower ;
No. 2 red cash, elevator, 9dS6c; track, 91a
971fc; July, 7shq79Ac; September, 175sc;
No. 2 hard, S2d86c.
CORN-Steady; No. cash. nominal
track b0q5O14c; July, 457sq46c; September.
46c.
OATs-Higher; No. 2 cash, SSlsc; track,
S4hc; July, S2sc; September. Sossc; No. 2
white. 36d361zc
FLOUR-Steady; red winter patents, A.2O
Q4.5 extra fancy and straight. $3.70q4.lO
clear. 81. 2592.9O.
SEEDS-Timothy, steady; $2.5Od2.9O.
CORNMEAL-Steady; $3.50.
BRAN-Steady; sacked, east track, 500
92c.
HAY Steady; timothy, s12.OOq165O; prai-
iie, S1i50Q135O.
IRON COTTON TIEs-Sl.OO.
BAGGING-S%c
HEMP TWINE-7Rc.
PROVISIONS-Pork, higher; jobbinR,
$500. Lard, steadyi prime steam &.25.
Dry salt meats, steady; boxed extra shorts.
SSS71b: clear ribs, $9l2h; short clears, 50. 25.
Bacon. steady; boxed extra short, S9621a
clear ribs, S9S71k; short clear, $1,000.
POULTRY - Steady: chickens. 10lac;
springs, Dq25c; turkeys, l0c; ducks, l0c;
geese, &c.
BUTTER-.steady; creamery, 15Isq2Oc;
dairy, 14Ql61Rc.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16
Articles. Open. High. Low. Close. Yes'y
Wheat
May - 7s1kB 76hBl 7sNl 76Ll 76%B
July. 73ABl TAB 73kl 73ABI HA
Corn
May 451h 45%B 45h 45SkBI 45ztA
July..l R%Bl 42hl 42&BI 42bl CAB
Oats
May. ....... .....,. ........ 3i2sBl 3l3sB
July. ........ ........I. ...... 29LBl 2ekB
A asked. B bid.
Omaha Cash Sales.

wHEAT-No. hard, 77q79c; No. hard
73476c; No. 4 hard, 70d74c; No. 2 spring
77I1c: No. spring, 71q741kc.
CORNING. 3, 45c; No. 4, 431441zc; No. 3
yellow 46c; No. 3 white, &C.
OATS-No. 3 mixed, 3lc; No. white, Size
No. 4 white, 301ad31c.
RYE-No. 2, b1c No. g. SEC.
CarIOt RecRfnta
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Minneapolis Grain Market.

minneapolis GRAIN Market.
MINNEAPOLIS. May 15-FLOUR-F1rs
patents, A906I440: second patents, A.l56
l25; frst clears, $35Oqa6O; second clears,
s.. 45a255.
BRAN-In bulk, SIS. 25915.5O.
Superior Board of Trade quotations for
Minnea polls and Chicago delivery) The
range of prices, as furnished by F. d. Day
& Co. 110-l1l Board of Trade building, was:
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Articles.l Open. High Low. Closet Yesy
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Beef Steers Strong and Active, Other Cattle
About Steady,
HOGS AsHADE LOWER THAN YESTERDAY
Light Run Of sheep and Lambs Aaain
Today, with Demand Active
and Prices Ten 10
Fifteen Higher.
SOUTH OMAHA. May Is, 1905

RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR TO DATE.
The following table shows the receipts Of
cattle, nogs and sheep at South Omaha for
the year to date, compared with last year:
1905 1906. Inc.
Cattle ................... @sSn sO.oN Si,2st
hogs .,................... ySO,ZbS Sos,lt 10, w
Sheep .................... 6S2, SIS s2059s %, 242
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16

The following will snow the prices paid
for the different kinds Of cattle on the
South Omaha market:
Good to choice oorn-fed steers. IS .0o66 go
FAIR to choice corn-fed steers. A7bo6 70
Common to fair corn-fed steers =. AOOfl4 70
Good to choice cows and heifeTs., Ao0N+b
Fair to good cows and heifers...... ao041Auo
Common to fair cows and heifsrs. 2OostaOe
Good to choice stockers Z, feeders. S.0OG34. Is
FAIR to good stocksrs and feeders. SI0qS.u4
Common to fair stockers. ......,.... S001S60
Bulls, stays etc OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bOaI9IB
Veal calves ................... ....... 2OOdS. Is
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RANGE OF PRICES.
Date. lSOs, IlSO5. llSOa IlSOs. IlsO2, 1901 1900

The following table shows the average
price Of hogs at South Omaha for the last
several days, with comparisons;
The Ordway new era., 1906-11-16
BULLET IN HEART A YEAR.
Case of Philadelphia Negro Ranks
with Medical Marveis.

Philadclphia.-By living one year
with 2ScalIbcr bullet Nesting in the
apex OF his heart. Frank Robinson a
giant Germantown negro. has won a
'irm place In the ranks of the medical
nnrvcls.'
Robinson was shot on September 6.
1875, by Policeman Morley. In trying
To escape arrest for shooting craps. 50
He was taken To the Germantown hos
pi.al. and the doctors. being unable to
pI bbe for the bullet said he would die
w.!hin week
fhowinG supcrhuman strength. the
n, gro. who then weighed 200 pounds
ST. ccssfully withstuod an attack OF
b!-ud poisoning. and recovered. When
hi trial for assaulting Morley came up
IL May Judge Won Moschzisker said
Rpbinson had suffered enough. and
gave him a sentence Of 10 days. after
Saving which he was released.
':he doctors say Robinson will rot
He more than seven years with The
b,illet in his heart and. strange to say.
II & more the negro eXerts himself. the
b., ttcr his chances of living out the
u nit. The bullet is now less than one.
$! .teenth Of an inch from the walls of
h'1 chest and II he allows himself to
g't any stouter the walls will press
the bullet and he will die instantly.
Il never knew what hard work was
before | was shot" said Robinson.
But you cal just bet I'm workin' hard.
r,ovin' furniture. every day now, and
In goin' to try and get so thin that
r.y chest won't never touch dat bullet.
| II down to $50 pounds now"
The Ordway new era., 1906-11-16
Genesis of "A,t. ,

The parliamentary cry of Aye" is
the only surviving use, apart from
sailors language and some dialects.
of this old equivalent of Yes" But.
after all. it is not so very old. DR..
Murrays dictionary sets forth that
aye" appears suddenly about 1875.
and by 1000 is exceedingly common.
Where it came from. nobody really
knows. opinions differing as to wheth-
er 1t is a variant of yea or from
"ay." meaning ever, always. The fact
that the original spelling of aye
was ~ makes it rather difficult to
accept either of these explanations.
II. so do l." writes Ben .Ionson; Dray-
ton has. Nothing but I and no, and
no and l." and in the old editions of
Shakespeare it is always Il"
The Ordway new era., 1906-11-16
Juduc Peters Knew Him.

One day while the Hon. John a.
Peters. late chief Justice of the su.
preme court OF Maine. was presiding
at Bangor. he was asked by counsel
to suspend court few moments, in
order to pass upon the eligibility of
two candidates who had applied for
naturalization papers.
The chief justice graciously consent.
ed. and the two men presented them.
selves at the bar. I.lth their witnesses.
One of these witnesses was great
personal friend of the Judge. and his
honor called this friend first. when the
following colloquy occurred:
How long have you known DIR. In.
nes and SOM
About seven years, your honor"
Then. with n merry twinkle in his
eyes. the judge remarked: Huh.
have known them both longer than
that. myself" And his friend appre.
ciated the joke.
The Ordway new era., 1906-11-16
THE cH'vAlsous REQ MN.
Firstly Incident That Marked rameu,
Football Match.

Near the end OF a brilliant match
petween our Oldest university and the
.ariisie Indians. one OF the Indian
oaeks suddenly got away with the
paii ana was OF down the field with
ho'hihe between him and the goal
posts but one man. II the runner sue.
ceeded In getting by him. it meant
everlasting athletic glory for hIr)self
ana perhaps victory for his small
c"iiese over this mighty institution OF
learning. containing the flower o: the
ciViiization which had swept his fore.
'athers away from the lands they ,nco
possessed. The crowd In the st ,nds
had arisen. gasping in their e,rite.
hieht' as crowds always do at iuch
moments. But Just as he had al most
gained the coveted line. that one man.
iaihous sprinter. brought the run.
ner down with beautiful tackle. Tho
stands rocked with relief, and the
usual "piling" OF other players took
place As the two lay there together.
lhe tairhaired representative of .Sew
england. while still claspinG the dark,
sHlnned descendant OF American say.
aSery, felt something umbling. apI
presently became aware. at the bot.
'om OF the heap there. that his rict,
mana was being shaken. GOOD
tackle. muttered the Indian rhe
Outing Magazine.
The Ordway new era., 1906-11-16
MYSTERIOUS Find.

She went down to swell play tt
other evening, attired in a superb
white gown and wearing splendid
opera cloak. In fact. she was stun.
ming. AS she seated herself. she was
about to remove the long red cloak
when with horror and CONSERVATION
depicted on her face she discovered
something! My, what predica.
ment! She had prepared supper be.
fore leaving for the show. and there
covering the front of the white skirt
was lowly calico checked apron
She managed to remove 1t after the
house had darkened, and the next
morning the sweeper at the Colonia,
found an apron under one Of the seats
-Pittsfield Journal.
The Ordway new era., 1906-11-16
NEW NAME FOR INDIAN CORN.
enslishman's Description Of sueeuIent
Vegetable

a lady reader OF the Washington
Post tells pretty little story of an
Enslishman's new name for corn.
An Engllshman and his wife sat
near me In a cafe on the avenue the
day before yesterday. l knew they
were English as soon as I saw his
coat and her hair. Even II had not
seen these two Enthusiastically English
'things. | should have guessed their
nationality frcm n name. they gave to
an American dish. The man was or
dcrlng luncheon
Il don't see 1t on the bin OF fare"
he said 10 the waiter. but bring me
some flute corn II YOU have it,
Flute corn" repeated the waiter.
In surprise.
Yes said the Enslishman. flute
corn
The waiter siill hesitated.
Why" went on the Engllshnan,
don't you have f.? The sort of corn.
YOU know. tha; one eats like playing
the flute"
And as a delicate euphemisn or
O., II on the cob. ! think flute 81 n
can hardly be surpassed.
The Ordway new era., 1906-11-16
HOW DEBILITY SHOWS
And Why DR.. Williams Pink Pill,
Are Specific for Dangerous
Physical Declines.

The symptoms of general debility vary
according to the cause but weakness il
always present, II tendency to perspire
and fatigue easily, ringing i'll the ears,
sometimes black spots passing before
the eyes, weak back, vertigo, wakeful.
ness caused by inability tc stop thinking,
and unrefreshing sleep. The cause OF
the trouble may be some drain OH the
system or it may be mental or physical
overwork, sometimes insufficient nutri
tion due to digestive disturbances. In
the latter case there is generally loss Of
appetite and n coated tongue MS well "a
general languor and debility.
Miss Lula NJ. Metzger, n stenographer,
living at II Mill street, Watertown, N. Y,
suffered for over n year from general
debility. "It was caused by oyerstudy,"
she says, land had no ambition, didn't
want to go anywhere, my food didn1
taste good, was run down, lifeless and
listless. l took medicines but they failed
to help me. Finally friends recon-.
mended DR.. Willirms' Pink Pills to my
mother and she got some for me. took
them for some time and was entirely.
cured and have had no return of the
trouble"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cure debility
because they actually make new, red,
rich blood, and as the blood carries,
nourishment to all the organs and tissuea
of the body, nerves as we'll rs muscles,,
the new blood stimulates the organs to;
do the work that nature expects Of them;
and normal health follows. Not only
is this treatment sufficient to cnre de-.
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as well. m II
The pills are sold by all druggists, q
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The Ordway new era., 1906-11-16
Youngest Civil War Soldier.

Washington.-The long discussed
q, estion of who was the youngest SOL
dir of the civil war probably has
been settled in favor of Perry Byan,
o. Seattle. Wash. He enlisted as n
drummer boy in Company ID. Twenty
fourth Iowa volunteers on Aug. %.
1862. at the age of nine years ana zen
.Onths lie was born Oct. %. Il 81.
/. Kane county, Illinois, but enlisted
lt Mount Vernon, la. After serving
nearly a year he was honorably dis
charged on surgeons certiiicals of
disability. Pension officials have in.
vestigated Byan's papers. and foAnd
that his representations are correct
Il, will receive tidy sum as tl.ak
pc eAUion.
The Ordway new era., 1906-11-16
SeIah.

This word, which occurs SO frequent.
ly in the Book of Psalms, is usually
believed to be direction to the musi-
,ians who chanted the Psalms in tire
Temple. Mattheson, the great mus
cal critic, wrote book on the sub.
iect. in which, after rejecting a mum.
her Of theories. he came to the con.
clusion that 1t is equivalent to the
modern ida capo," and is a direction
that the air or song is to be repeated
from the commencement to the part
where the word is placed. II this be
80. the custom Of reading the word as
though 1t were q part Of the text Is
* esNrse Incorrect. sgs & s'l n