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Dried Fruits. RaisIns, Nuts and Honey

Fruits-Evaporated apples. 5d6c; apricots, ga
- tc e9i ror ~ 10 10
fancy; pears, 567c; pitted plums, 7156s1Sc;
nectarines. 81 acc; figs. pa G4c; prunes. 4 size
the large sizes
Raisins new crop)-Clusters4 crown. S1.T5:
no or crown left. London 1ayers-2 crown.
S110; crown, 81 90 Seeded 66615c: seedIess.
315c; Thompsons seedless. &c for unbleached; ;
loose muscatels, 54tc for crown. 4S4c for 3
crown and 41ac for 2 crown.
Nuts-Almonds nonpareils. 11h612c; IXL.
1015 ale; plus ultra, 1Oc: brakes. 91ac;
languedocs. S1a d9c; hardshells, 715c. walnuts-
1215 a 13c per lb for No. l softshell and SG1Oc
for No. do; 12c for No l hardshen and sac
for No. do; chestnuts. 121a G171ac per ID.
Honey-Water white, comb. 16617c; white,
15c water white, extracted. s6S15c; white IN
Sc; light amber. 7G715c; dark amber and can
died. 81 65&c per Ii.
for dark.
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Foreign Futures
Portland Butter Market
london HOE MarIket

PORTLAND Nov. 2.-Butter-Extras $40
35c; fancy, 3212c; choice. 2715c; store, 1sc.
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Deciduous and Citrus Fruits

Two cars Of new crop navel oranges came TO
in transit for Honolulu and the other being
consigned to q local firm. The fruit offered
for sale locally was green and sold slowly
well colored stock from the same region sold
up to $3.50 A car Of new seedless grapefruit
came In from the same county and met with
a good call at $35O@4 box. Business in
deciduous fruits was merely fair for Monday.
there being no special demand for anything
on the list Table grapes were in light re-
celpt, but the lack Of important business oper-
ated against an advance in values. though
small lots of muscats in bulk did little
lots were onering at weak rates and most Of
the fresh arrivals were Of small size and
age sold up TO 75c a box, and that figure
about the top for the limited supplies OF
fresh fruit from Oregon. There were figs
or any consequence received and there was
not much doing in winter varieties Of orchard
fruits, which were in good supply Berries
sold well at fair prices, though the receipts
were mostly Of poor quality and there a
good movement in fancy apples. the best Spitz
enbergs being a little higher. There were about
200 boxes OF nutmeg melons received and a few
lots sold at S5c and perhaps a little higher
put general offerings found no takers at any
price, being more or less frost damaged.
Strawberries-$56S per chest
Raspberries -$7@10 per chest.
Huckleberries-15c per ID.
Cranberries-Cape Cod, $10.5O613 per bbl;
Coos bay, 81 per box.
Apples (per box)-Fancy beIlhower, 65dS5c;
fancy Spitzenberg, 9Oc@S1.10; common to choice,
Pears-Bartletts, 75cas1.25 per box; winter
Nellis. 76e@1.25: ether varieties, 4O@T5c.
Quinces-50G75c.
Plums-35Q 5Oc per box and 60675c per crate.
Peaches-606 T5c per box.
Figs-$1@1.25 for large and 50@75c for small
boxes.
Pomegranates- -eO@75c for small and s1.25@2
for large boxes
Persimmons- -5Oc6S1 per box.
Nutmeg Melons-Nominal
Grapes (crates and small boxes )--Muscat. 506
Toe: verdel. 5066Oc; queen. 6O675e; tokay
5Od75c; Isabella, s1G125: Cornichon. 5O075c.
Large Boxes-Muscat, 75c@1. %; Cornichon. s5c
0s1; tokay. 5Oc@S1; black, 5O975c. Wine
grapes-Zinfandel, $10012 per ton; mission.
$S610.
Citrus Fruits (per box)-valencia oranges,
$3.50d4; navels. S2.5O63.50 per box; grapefruit.
s2-5064; lemons. $3@3-5O for fancy. $262. so
for choice and $1.25Q1.5O for standards; lines.
$4d5.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas. $161.50 per bunch
for Hawaiian and 81. 5O93 for Central American;
pineapples, 81 .2562 so.
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Assessment Dil

October Bond and stock sales
Sales on the stock and bond exchange in Octo-
er were as follows:
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Wheat-The worlds shipments for the week
were as follows, in quarters; Russian. l91 900;
Danubian. SO. 900; Argentine, 120, 600; Indian.
Is 600: Australian los, 900.
Broomhall cabled that the Argentine surplus
this year would be about 90, 600. 900 bushels. and
that the weather was now favorable.
The Chicago market showed no change worthy
Of note. and the San Francisco market was
also unchanged
California club. $1.6712 Clio; do milling. 81. 90
Gl1212; California white Australian, S1-15@
so; lower grades Of Ca California sl45@i go;
$1I216 q LII u northern red, 81 .623 q 65; tur-
key red, $1-75@1.so per etl
FUTURES
10:30 a. m. Session
No quota tons.
p. m. Session
No quotations
Barley-Receipts were large. being 12, ,4so ctls.
Futures lower in the forenoon, but higher
in the afternoon The cash grain was un-
changed
Good TO choice feed. spot. $1.40@1 .421a; COM
mon to fair, 81 .3212 al u per ctl; brewing.
81 40; shipping, $l.45; chevalier, $157 75@
FUTURES
1920, a. M Session
May-sT A BID. 81 44s asked
Dec, ST. 43 bid, 81 "A asked.
Mays as bid. $1.45 asked.
oatS-An conditions remain as previously
Choice white, 81 .7o@1. rs; No. 1 do. 81 -s5@
Ied1a common do 559d so; gray gray 81 81 -SSg SSs
lots, 81 .65@1.7O for choice. s1.55@1 go for good
and 81 50@1 .5215 for common; black, for seed,
81 .45@2. 65 per ctl-
Corn-There is nothing new.
California small round yellow, nominal; large
yellow, 81 .S5@1 80; white, nominal; western
states yellow. sacked. $1.90; in bulk, San Fran
SLIP; Egyptian, nominal.
Rye-$1 1.45@1.50 per ctl
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LOCAL MARKETS
iseo Money Market

San Francisco Money Market
Sterling exchange lower yesterday. New
York and Hongkong rates remained unchanged.
Silver was ssc lower. New York Paris was
higher.
Loans, Exchange and silver
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Now York Mining Stock.
Boston Stocks and Bonds
THE COPPER STOCKS

BOSTON Nov. 2.-The market was higher.
London visible copper November 1 was 81, ,532
tons, decrease OF 713 tons within the past
two weeks.
All grades Of copper advanced lsc on bids
COPPER CLOSE
The following list is furnished by E. F. Hut
ton & Co.. 400 California street San Fran
cisco, CAL:
Bid Ask. Bid. Ask
Adventure :. sH eh Majestic 49,. CSC CSC
Ahmeek lilo 12o Mass Gas -. O. 20
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No business To-day
Wheat and other Grains

Today being election day and a legal holiday
business viii be suspended throughout the
United States.
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EIgin Butter M
Eastern livestock Market

ELG1N, ILL.,, Nov. 2-Butter-Firm at os
Sales for the week, 66s, 100 pounds.
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st. Louis wool Market

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 2-Hops at London-P
cifc coast, steady at f2@2 los.
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New York stock List
T. F. Hutton & Co. z90 California street.
members OF the New York stock exchange, fur
nish the following list Of bond and stock sales
yesterday
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Flour, or SKIS
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ing wood since 1898. Timbers impreg.
mated with IL have had their durabil'
ity increased tenfold.
The experiments at St Anthony,
Idaho. were arranged with the object
of determining how absorption and
penetration are affected by
% The temperature of the creo-
sote.
C2) The duration OF the bath in hot
creosote.
(S) The duration OF the bath in the
creosote as II cools, after the heat has
been shut OF.
The experiments were divided into
three series, as follows:
Series A.-To determine the mini
mum efficient temperature for the hot
creosote, SO as 10 reduce the vaporl.
cation of the creosote and the con
sumption Of fuel.
Series B.-To determine the mini
llum efficient duration OF the bath in
hot creosote, so as to reduce the vapor-
ization of the oil, the consumption
OF fuel, and time Of treatment.
Series c.-To determine the min.
imum efficient duration OF immersion
I'm the creosote after shutting on the
heat, so as 10 economize time in treat
ment.
The apparatus used at ST. Anthony
consisted OF a rectangular galvanized
iron tank feet 4 inches long, feet
inches wide. and 3 feet inches
high. This tank was set snugly into
wooden box built OF 1.inch planks
and open at the top. The object OF this
box was to keep the tank from bulging
when filled with creosote, TO protect
the tank from injury. and to keep the
creosote from cooling too rapidly,
When the posts are treated in winter
or in cold regions It is best to build
an additional casing around the inner
J box, leaving a space Of about 4 inches
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THE PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT
OF FENCE POSTS
Soaking In Hot Creosote Practical Method-ResuIt
Investigations by Howard F. Weiss, Forest Assistant.

Satisfactory fence posts are each
year more difficult 20 secure. substi-
iItes, such as REINFORCED concrete
and iron, are probably too costly to
compete with wooden posts, and the
only solution 6t the difficulty lies In
the use OF cheaper woods and Ia pre-
venting decay by preservause treat
meat
To appreciate the value Of any
preserystive treatment. II Is necessary
20 know what causes decay. and how
a preservatiye treatment tends TO pre-
vent H. Briefly, decay in timber is
caused b. the action Of bacteria and
fungi-low forms OF plsnis-whieh re-
quire for their development definite
amounts Of air, water, heat and food.
II one or more OF ih~-c is.-..-..= c.E be
eliminated in whole OF In part, bac-
terra and fuIgi Will not develop AID
the wood will not readily decay.
Il is well known that wood decays
first where It comes in contact with
the ground. This is because the fungi
find there she conditions most favor
able for their growth. Protection Is
therefore most needed at this point
When wood is fully exposed to the
air. as in the tops Of posts, the moist
ure Is rapidly eyaporated and decay Is
very slow. In the case OF some woods.
however, sLch as cottonwood aud
maple. treatment Of the top is neces-
sary.
a number Of more or less crude
methods have been tried for prolong-
ing the life Of fence posts. These
have brought out certain points which
may prove OF value IL more efficient
| treatment can not We undertaken
II the butt OF a post is painted with
or plunged into hot solution Of car
bolineum or creosote. very good re-
suits can be obtained. The posts
| should be thoroughly dry, IN order to
prevent internal decay and exposure
/ OF the inner untreated wood by check
ing. Next 10 impregnation with these
materials. his method is doubtless the
| best
Creosote has been used for preserv-
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A transportation question that has
been agitated IL Ceylon for a long
while, and that is now being brought
actively 10 the front again, is the. Of
connecting Ceylon to India by rail,
road across Adams Bridge and the
shallow bodies Of water lying between
Rameswaram and Tallaimannar at tho
northern end OF the island. The South
Indian Railway company are bringing
their line to the extreme point OF the
small island OF Rameswaram, so that
only small gap Of water will inter.
vene between the termini Of tho In
dian and Ceylon railways. n the con.
nection is made at all II win make
Colombo the port for southern India,
and will greatly benefit the tea and
rubber industries by facilitating the
transportation OF laborers from India,
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even keel II was so different from
my first ocean trip. which was across
the Atlantic. III never forget that. i
hadn't been feeling well. and was told
that the sea voyage would make an
other man Of me. Imagine making
another man Of me, when there was
hardly enough material for onel
Well. the minute the ship left the
dock ] felt better. ! threw out my
chest-snd a lot OF other things /
didn't need-and prepared to enjoy
life.
By the time we got to Sandy Hook
the ship was having st. Vitus dance.
and most Of the passengers decided
TO go below TO unpack. ! started TO
find my stateroom. and ! think | but
ted into every one there was. | was
finally hurled into one Just as the oc-
cupant. lady. was climbing into the
upper berth. She said. Sir" Then
the ship went the other way. aud I
was never so completely sat on by a
lady in my life.
At last found my own stateroom,
which was a locker with a couple Of
shelves in IL.
The ship now seemed to stand on
her nose and wag her tail in The air:
I deliberated whether ! shot ID s.Sss
the port hole and go to my berth, or
close my berth and go to the port
hole. On the fourth day | began to
tzka uoffca ~ thiuUc ard ora vxfad ossr
on deck just as the ship was doing a
buck and wing. | was shot from one
end OF the ship to the other, finishing
with a head-on collision with a fat
mans stomach. He was mad because
butted in on his breakfast. apollo
gized for the intrusion, and crawled
into a steamer chair.
II was so rough they had fence
built round the table to keep the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-05-07

Romance must retire before the
progress Of the age. The municipal
government OF Venice proposes ~
adopt an extensive system OF illumin,
ating the canals with powerful incan,
descent gas lamps. 1t IS true that the
old mode Of lighting gave very made.
quate results from a severely practical
point Of view. but II produced un-
Tivaled light and shade effects, the
beauties OF which have ever been the
Joy OF visitors. II IS. therefore. hardly
surprising that artists and other ad-
mirers OF the lovely lagoon city are
protesting against what they call an
act OF philistinism. The hard. cold
glare OF incandescent gas will. they
say, rob Venice Of one Of It's greatest
charms - that mysterious twilight
which produces the proper atmosphere
for musing on the romance and past
greatness of the noble palaces Of the
erstwhile rulers OF the seas.
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the creosote shall be heated In the
vessel to about 2l5 degrees F., and
that the butts of the posts shall be
submerged up to about inches above
their ground line. In special cases,
where a thorough top treatment Is
necessary. the vessel should be OF suf-
flcient size to allow the whole post
TO be submerged.
The forest service has so far ex.
perimented with IS kinds Of wood
cut for fence posts. In the accom-.
panying table the species are ar
ranged in five groups, according to
the manner in which they absorbed
the creosote during the experiment
tai treatments. The posts, In all
cases, are peeled. BY hot creosote is
meant that which has a temperature
of about 215 degrees Fahrenheit.
The heartwood Of sycamore and cot
tonwood takes treatment readily, and
posts of these woods may therefore
be either round or split.
A post may be top-treated by simply
plunging its top into hot creosote, or
| by applylnS creosote win Drush, IKE
paint. The former method, however.
is better, because 1t allows the creo-
sote TO penetrate all the season
checks, and any surplus creosote
runs back into the tank and is used
again. The brush form OF top treat
ment should not be given while either
the wood or the air is cold. because
the creosote will then simply harden
upon the surface instead of penetrat-
ing into the wood. II the decay in the
top is very rapid. as in the loblolly
pine posts in the south, the best re-
suits are obtained b. lmpregnating
the whole post with creosote. In
such cases the heating tank should be
of such size that. when filled with ere
osote, the posts will be completely
submerged.
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Sunday School Lessons for the World.

A power greater than that Of kings
seems TO have been welded by the
little group of thoughtful men who
gathered at the Fenway residence of
W. " Hartshorn to select the les
sons for the Sunday schools OF the
world. says the Boston Herald. Every
year they gather to make this choice.
and when a decision has been reached
the lessons are handed out to the
printers and by them literally scat
tered over the planet. The word thus
goes forth not in one but in scores
OF languages. Europe and Africa, east
and west, north and south, get these
helps to religious study in the vernac-
ular. There is a supply for Hawaii,
japan and the islands OF the sea. For
India alone 40 dialects have to be pro
vided for. Some 500.000.000 Sunday
school leaflets are thus distributed
every year.
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Oh Malshear.

Old rnaldhood. Ike fever, is a ;hina
which se.zes those Who are too weak
20 resist it. Who are the most likely
victims? Certainly one Is the girl
who has been too much a girl. and too
E.tie a woman. Finding girlhood a
yery attractive state az IS. she has al
ways ciung TO Il desperately until
fading looks force her to see THAI :;
has flown from her. Then follows dis
appointmment The woman who 70.
slsts old maldhood is she UhO has
only regarded girlhOod as a pleasant
prelude 70 q bigger phase Of life. Hes
zenith is TO be womanhOod. At Is she
has only Just entered into the contest
al % she IS getting into the thick oi
g. II must be many years before shs
can possibly pass the meridian Of fe-
male Efe. 50 20. and even later, finds
her az her height, not like the other.
many years gone In decline. Why does
a man not care. generally, when he
finds himself passing the period Of
youth? Because be has gained in eI-
perience and knowledge. has seen the
folly Of youthful dreams. and learns
20 see life as # fl. Youth gives way
TO manhood, and, in that state. he is
content TO flourish. To avoid the
stigma OF old maid a woman must fix
her eyes On the things that matter IN
life. She must not allow the knowl-
edge Of passing youth to sour her. She
must not allow her youth to pass. but
must vigorously fight the touch Of
that arch cynic. Father Time, and try
TO shine in the sphere Of womanhood
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deck an order in plain English would
not be understood. But say to him.
Boy, you go topside, ketchee my one
piece chair. bring to me-" He will
depart cheerfully, knowing just what
you mean.
"Pidgin" is the Chinese word for
business and a great many years
ago this motley means OF communica-
tion was evolved, piece by piece, as
medium through which the English.
speaking traders carried on business
with the Chinese. Despite the fact
that numbers Of Chinese, especially
the merchants, speak excellent Eng.
lish. this absurd polyglot has held it's
own, and II Is benighted Chinaman,
indeed. who cannot conjure up few
lame phrases. II is means OF com.
munication, even among Cinnamon.
SO II is said; for the different prov
inces OF that country differ In dialect
as sh many countries. but with a lii.
tie of the universal "pidgin" they
make themselves understood.
During our entire trip across the
Pacific We were never on an almost
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-05-07
By
MARSHALL r. WILDER


To one accustomed only to Atlantic
travel the element Of novelty begins
al once on a Pacific steamer Instead
Of SNUG English stewards. neat Chi.
namen in spotless linen gowns OF
blue. long cues. immaculate white
stockings, and the broadest OF smiles.
fy nim5ly about carrying baggage or
waiting on passengers with most
cheerful disparity.
The Chinese stewards interested US
exceedingly, and when. directly after
sailing from San Francisco. we de-
scended to luncheon. we saw them in
a new way. The long tables in the
saloon were laid out invitingly with
massive silver and piles OF fruit.
around which the neat boys whisked,
making an attractive picture Here we
received our first introduction to the
far-famed ''pidgin English" which we
had previously conceived to be very
largely a figment OF the story-teller's 5
brain. II was to be later impressed
upon us how universal the use OF It is.
from San Francisco right through TO
Ceylon, wherever the Chinese coolie
lives and moves and has his being.
In the dining saloon the boys wore
long gowns OF blue linen. shiny with
starch, high cuffs over their sleeves.
and each smooth and jetty cue fin
ished at the end with a silk tassel,
neatly tucked through a little strap
at the side of the gown. This is to
keep it from slipping over the shoul-
der when STOPPING over the tables.
When at hard or outdoor work. a
Chinaman will twist his cue up like
woman, but never in the house, as
II is a disrespectful act to appear be-
fore a superior with the cue bound
up. Foreigners in many cases do not
know this, and the Chinaman. who
instinctively hates all foreigners.
will often resort 10 this method of in
sulting them, taking a deal OF comfort
out OF IL, even though the foreigner
may be in blissful ignorance OF the in
tended disrespect
Some Of the dining g-saloon boys had
been in the service long enough 70
speak and understand English very
well; with others H. was necessary to
resort to the 'pidgin" dia:sct which is
ridiculous hybrid of baby talk,
broken, or rather manyied, English,
and few stray Chinese Gords.
1t was my luck to draw a waiter
who was particularly shy on straight
English, and when / asked for a nice
piece of rare roast beef, and vegeta.
bles such as my wife had, his face
remained as blank as a newly white
washed barn door. Seeing my per-
plexity, kind neighbor taught me
what to say, and, though feeling
rather silly, repeated: boy, you
ketchee me number one piece roast
beef, no too we'll done. and vegetables
alice same lady have got" His face
beamed with intelligence, and my
order was executed with neatness and
dispatch.
| subsequently discovered that IL a
chair was desired from the upper
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Canada is doing a great deal to hel

Canada is doing a great deal TO help
its farmers. The latest scheme is to
advance s4.000,0 900 to those in the
provinces OF Alberta and Saskatche.
wan whose crops were a failure last
year and who are therefore crippled in
facing the needs Of another season.
The announcement will come as sur
prise to many. however. for the idea
has been sedulously inculcated that
the Canadian northwest was a region
of unfailing prosperity. and thousands
have been induced TO immigrate in the
belief that II was a veritable promised
land. In view OF the outcome, says
the Troy On. " Times, the DomiLion
authorities may feel morally bound to
go TO the aid OF the unfortunate ones
And II the news OF the crop failures
gets abroad It will be stiil more diff
cult to put into practice Rudyard
Kipling's idea OF pumping in" immi,
grants from England
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

hy loeai appicatons, Gs they caurOt reach the DE-
essed portion Of the ear There Il Oaiy Oae way 70
cure Deafness and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness f. caused BY an indamed condition Of tie
mucous lining OF the E1stachian Tube When this
tube Is inhsned you have a. ruubing sound " i'm
perfect hearing. and vsen t Is entirely closed Deaf
taken out and this tube restored 70 its normal cond
ton. hearing will be destroyed f0reger; nine case.
out Of ten are caused BY CAtarrk. which f. uO;hie
bat an infAmed c0ndition Of the mucous surfaces.
We Will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness tcaused By catarrm that cannot Be cured
BY Hairs Catarrh Cure. sead for circulars. free.
=. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o
Sole by Druggists. 75c.
Take Hsirs Family Pills for constipation