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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

TO &c lower; top. $40; bulk Of sales. N.%6
.7.60
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Reeeipts. I,0OC
market steady; lambs, S6.503T.t0.
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e. 1909. l9O8 l9G7. Ii9OS. Il9O6. 1904 1908,
SUNDAY.
RECEIPTS.

Receipts and disposition of live stock at
the Union Stock yards. South Omaha, Tor
twenty-four hours ending at 3 p. m. yes
| faranN-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
Sugar and Molnaaea.

NEW YORK. Oct. 22.-SUGAR-Raw'
firm; fair refining. 8ac; Centrifugal, IS
test, LSc; molasses sugar, 3bbci refined,
steady.
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london closing stocks

sILvER-Bar, steady at 2S%d per ounce.
MONEY-3hq4 per cent.
The rate OF discount In the open market
for short bills is 41SQ4& per cent; for three
months bills, AZ per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

wheat Market Controlled by Bullish
sentiment During the Day.

CHICAGO, Oct 22.-Bullish sentiment con-
trolled The wheat market today. December
closed lac higher and the other futures
we're &c above yesterdays final figures.
Corn ranged higher. with oats trending In
the same direction. Provisions closed be
lower TO 10c higher.
December wheat was the focal point of
the market here and in the northwest and
It advanced ap~preciably over May. In the
southwest q strong cash demand conceded
with a similar condition in the northwest.
December shorts stampeded as the mar
ket rose and some of the longs took profits
ON the bulges. Local strength was rein
forced by higher foreign cables. The
northwest wheat stocks increased today
Al,O25, 00 bushels. Premiums of cash wheat,
4 which in the northwest cleaned up at a ,Ao
advance boosted the market and -four sales
were seOrFespondihgly large.
Corn was strong. December closed $40
&c higher and the other months showed an
RdVantA of &c.
In the oats pit the trend of the market
followed tue other grains. DeSember
closed unchanged, with the other futures
lke higher than the final figures yesterday,
Unloading by JANUARY longs kept down
the higher range OF the provisions market,
which showed symptoms, OF advancing IN
sympathy with the grains. Pork stood
unchanged to 12nc higher, with lard and
ribs In the main Sc higher at the close.
The leadins futures ranEed as follows:
Articles Open.l High Low. Closet Yes'y,
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REPRESENTATIVE sales;
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Receipts and Quotations on Cattle
Hogs and sheen,

. noo hoaAAHC5 Sot @LCAtd - hesecSenIP4on ~
cows, s3.50Q5.25; heifers, S3.50q6.O0; bulls,
%. 4O@3.SO; calves, $3.0OQ3.75; stookers and
feeders, 50. 75Q5.50.
HoGs-Receipts estimated at 1900 head,
market steady to &c lower; choice heavy.
81. s0q7.95; butchers, $7.S0G7. 80; light mixed
81. 25Q7,55; choice light, 37.5597.75; packing
.9775.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts estimated
l2,OO0; market weak; sheep, s4.0O@S. 90
lambs, $600q7.2 20; yearlings, &.O0q5.50
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
Boston stocks ana Bona..

BOSTON, Oct. 22,-MOney, call loans. &
closing quotations on stocks and bonds
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Kansas City Grain and Provisions.
" CITY No Oct % -WHM At

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 22-wHEAT-
10 higher; No. 2 hard, H.07h@110; No. g.,
SL04Q1.O9; No. 2 red, SIZE: No. 3. $1.146L20;
December, $1,0s%G1.0Sh bid; May. 31O3%4
El03ib, selleFsi July, no bid.
CORN-Unchanged TO 1c lower; No. 2
mixed, 6OAc; No, 8, COO; No. : white, CSC;
No, g. A62hQ6Sc; December, 3s%gSsTSe, bid;
May, 61hG61he, sellers, July, Gle, sellers.
OATS-Unchanged; No. 2 white, 4oq41lc;
No. 2 mixed, S9q40c.
RYE-7OQ7le.
HAY-Unchanged; choice timothy, $4,000
II. 80; choice prairie, s9,75Q10.OO; choice al
faifa, S13. 756f6. rs.
BUTTER-Greamery, extras, 29hc; firsts,
I271Rc; seconds. 251zc; packing stock, 22hc.
BGGS-Extras, 26lc; flrsts, 24h1c; seconds
and dirties, 22c; current receipts. 211Ac;
southerns, loss off, lac.
Receipts and shipments of grain were as
follows: Receipts. Shipments,
Wheat, u................... 1l2,000 50 O00
Corn, $4,000 n,OO0
lOaIk, I5,VVO h,OVV
Leading options at Kansas City ranged
as follows:
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Local Securities.

Local securities quotations, furnished by
Samuel Burns, jr., GA New York Life
h,,tIdRp0 OnnahAs
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
81. Louis General Market.

Sc eHAAA
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2a-WHEAT-Futures
Higher; cash unchanged; No, 2 red, cash,
N.2361,26; No. 2 hard, nOSisqlilh; Decem-
Der, A.O7QI OLA: May, SIC.
CORN-Higher; track. No. 2 cash. Sic;
neeeember. 5SAc: May. 6ilte; No, 2 white,
. oATs-Higher; track. No, 2 cash, ssNQ
Ssi Deeemhen Ss&c; MAY t2e; No.
white, fa42c
HHE-Nominai; 7Sc.
4FLoUR-unehanged red winter, pat
Us ~ 10000, extra fancy M straights,
ietaep; hard winter clears, A.OouA.20.
sEEb-Itmothy, 275a3,50
CORNMEAI-S2IO
1.04.
I-unShsngsd; timothy, sis.po6te@;
IRON COTTON TlES-SOc.
BAGGING-64c.
HEMP TWINE-7c.
PROVlSfONS-Pork unchanged. iobbina.
N3& Lard. prime steam, Si2.85d12A5 DRY
salt meats unchanged; boxed extra short.
SaO0; clear ribs, sl2o; short clears, ga.2.
Bacon unchanged: boxed extra shorts'
uAoQi clear ribs $500; short clears. tsB
Receipts and shipments were as toliows:
Receipts. Shipments.
7. tloNf, obis ..n-"..ssss-.. 200 n. 800
wheat s,.s,....,u".s.... ,15a0o l09.OO
corn ..s.s's'"s.-...s 8@0 2l.6O0
oats $1,000 IN
RoVLTRY-ouiet; chickens, sbe; spring
nqN tuTkeys, IQl5e; ducks. lie, geese, Re.
\ BurfER-Easyt creamery, 281c.
a EGdS-steady; aSe.
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PRICES FOR HOGS ARE EASIER
Upward Movement Checked in Face
of Limited Receipts - sheep
steady, with Receipts
Small for Day,
sourH oMAHA. 90. q. IeOs.

The following table shows the receipts of
cattle, hogs and sheep at South Omaha
for the year to date. compared with last
year: 1909. 1908. Inc. Dec.
Hogs ...........L,STS, 1871 2,024,4s0 ..,.. 15t,S5s
Sheep ..,......1,7 VA 49 1896 759 T,1sO .,....
The following table shows the average
price Of hogs at South Omaha for the last
several days with comparisons:
pate 1000 Il9o0 1sS7 zoos 1896 l19O4 I1sOs,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
WEATHER IN THE GRAIN BELT
Possibly showers Saturday and Lit
tie Change i'm Temperature.

a. SR1kAAA<As v @b AeN~s
The depression everything the lake region
Thursday morning Is now moving off over
the st. Lawrence valley. Light showers at
tended the disturbance over the lake re-
gion and eastern states, and somewhat un-
Settled conditions continue in those sec
'tions his morning. Generally cloudy
weather prevails throughout the upper Mis-
sissippt aud Missouri valleys and will con-
tinue, with possible hover over this
vicinity this afternoon and tonight, fol-
lcWed by fair Saturday. Temperatures are
lower in the Jake region, the upper Mis-
sisslppf and@Missouri valleys and on the
Raeiffc slopes They are higher in the
nor. Invest and south along the eastern
Rocky mountain slope. No important
change In temperature Is expected in this
viz unity tonight or Saturday, except pos
sibby slightly cooler may prevail tonight.
Record of temperature and precipitation
compared with the corresponding day OF the
last three yearsiS
.o .-t.t 1909. 1908. 1907. 1905,
Minimum mimi temperature j.. 4 g q 4
Normal temperature for today, 81 degrees,
Deficiency in precipitation since March 1.
2:02 inches.
Deficiency corresponding period in 1908,
3,22 inches.
deficiency corresponding period In 1907,
6,99 inches.
L. A. WELSH, Local Foreeaster.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23
Cash quotations were as follOws'

Cash quotations were as follows!
FLOUR-Firm.
RYE-No. 2. 72@74c.
BARLEY-Feed or mixing, 65G56c; fair to
choice mailing, HQ63c
sEED-Flax, No. 1 southwestern, Q5si
No. / northwestern, el6si timothy. 87b:
clover, s.. 60qi4.50.
PROVISIONS-Pork, mess, per Dbl, $23 rs
@24.OO. Lard. per 100 lbs, $d2.554i2 Hh.
Short ribs, sides, loose, $40, T5qi1.12h; boxed,
sl1.b09f2O0.
BUTTER-steady; ereameries. 9c@SOc;
diaries, 23n2Sc. 4H
EGGs-Reeeipts, $50 cases. Market
steady; at mark, cases Included, 1Se. firstg,
24ci prime firsts, &c.
CHFBSE-Firm: daisies, 1Ga16Ac; twins,
l5h4l5%o c; Young Americas. 1Ga16hc; long
horns, ibsa01Gc.
PoTAToEs-steadyl choice to fancy. 500
SIC: fair to good, 4544se.
POuLTHY-Easyi turkeys, ice; chickens,
100; springs. uAc.
VBAI-Dull; so to 6O-lb, weights. 7q7lke;
20 TO ss-lb, weights. 1A9sc; IS to lO-lb.
weights, elSQllo. o
Total clearance of wheat and flour were
equal to 2lT,O00 bu. Exports for the week,
as shown by Bradstreet's, were equal to
5.G94lOOO bu, Primary receipts were 1.T4T 900
bu.. compared with LOTION bu. the coTre-
spending day a year ago. Estimated re-
ceipts for tomorrow; wheat, 50 carsi corn,
1S cars; oats, 1S9 cars; hogs, 1900 head.
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A Ono Sided chas..

In an English paper appears the
following amusing anecdote: Some
servants were exercising three
horses and some of the hounds
from the Hunt kennels when an
inmate of the district asylum APP
peared on !he scene.
'Eh, sic bonnie dogs" exclaimed
the man, who WAS supposed to be
daft, 'Esic bonnie dogs. And what
del keep they fo-?:"
1t was explained to him that they
we're kept for hunting the fox.
can sic bonnie horses. Are they
for hunting the fox tae?" He was
told that they were, whereupon he
asked the value of horse and a
dog, too, and, having been in
formed, he next wanted to know
the value of u fox when caught.
ooh, about tenpcnce," was the
reply.
'Mercy mel, tcnpence" said the
daftie. "Threc hundred pounds
chasing tenpenrr:: Let's ava"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-13
A ROYAL MONTH.

Almost every month has its par
ticular inclemency of climatic dis
comforts, but October appears to be
an exception. Certainly in this sec
ton the month is the royal month
of the year. 1t is the month when
the first nipping of the frost throws
wide the chestnut burrs and colors
the leaves and sets the squirrels to
the task of provident provision for
the winter. But it is also the month
when the ladies throw off the lissome
draperies of summer for the substan-
tial garments of winter; when the
fall hat attains its supremacy and the
cut of the gown takes more formal
lines than those made for the wear
of the warmer months.
The spirit of man is quickened,
the zest of living thrills and the soft
tones of color in the landscape match
sentiments the warmer and more
genial cheer of the spirits of those
who turn away from the beaten paths
of their avocations and step into the
woods, garnished with the late wear
ing colors as varied as those of a
gypsy caravan.
October is the month for reflection.
1t is the month for reverie. 1t is the
month for the turning of the leaves
of life, as well as those of the field:
the time when the sere and the yell
low takes the place of gaudy colors
of the summer months. Those who
do not drink in delight with October
owe an apology to nature.
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Tho Balloon Fish.

A Berlin Journal, Prometheus,
contains a letter from Africa, in
which the writer describes fish
which is known to the natives as
the fahaka. 1t makes its appear
ance in the Nile at high water time.
The creature might properly be
named balloon fish. It's whole
body, with the exception of a part
of the underside, is covered with a
thick layer of a jellylike substance.
On the uncovered part there are
many sharp prongs. When attack
ed the fish rises to the surface. in
hales air until its body assumes al
most globular form, then turns
upon its back, leaving the protect
ing prongs upward in the water.
'Fish and man alike know how
sharp these are and what painful
wounds they can infiict. and they
give the balloon fish a wide berth"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-13
SUGAR In oIden Times.

Cane sugar was produced by the
Chinese at very remote epoch. In
western countries it was a more
recent introduction. The Roman
writers P!iny, Varro and Lucian
at the beginning of our era barely
mentioned it. 1t was then known
by the name of Indian salt and
honey of Asia, Arabia or India. In
1890 crusaders arriving in Syria
discovered sugar cane, which be-
came a favorite dainty of the SOL
diers. During the following centu-
ries the sugar cane was introduced
into Cyprus, the Nile delta. the
north coast of Africa as far as Gil
braltar, Sicily and the kingdom of
Naples. 1t reached Spain in the
fifteenth century and thence was
carried to Madeira and the Cana
ries. In 1914 the French imported
it into Guadeloupe and a little later
into Martinique and Louisiana.
The Portuguese introduced it into
Brazil and the English into ia
maica.-Scienti6c American.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-13
a Good Enouah Excuse.

A memorable instance of pres
ence of mind was the adventure of
certain Desaugiers at the time. of
a popular uprising in Paris, when
the people took possession of the
Tuileries. The hero of the incident
sagely acted upon the theory that
a poor excuse is better than none
and sometimes better than a better
one would be.
He was an inquisitive person,
and, regardless of the danger, he
fastened to the Tuileries at mid
night to see what was going on.
At the gate he was stopped BY two
revolutionists of ominous appear
ance. <'Why do you not wear a
cockade, citizen? Where is your
cockade?" they asked.
A mob gathered about him and
demanded fercely, "Citizen, where
is your cockade?"
Desaugiers took off his hat, turn
ed it around and around, looked at
it on all sides and then said in a
tone of mild surprise:
"Citizens, it is strange, very
strange! I must have left it on my
nightcap."
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When the Poet W.. Happx.

Bjornson. the poet. was once
asked on what occasion he got the
greatest pleasure from his fame as
a poet.
His answer was: 1T was when a
delegation from the Right came to
my house in Christiania and smash
ed all the windows, because when
they had thus attacked me and
were starting for home again they
felt that they ought to sing some
thing, and so they began to sing
Yes, we love this land of ours
They could do nothing else! They
had to sing the song of the man
whom they had attackedw-Lon-
lion Chronicle.
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The Personal Argument.

''Do you think the world is grow
ing better, George"
'Do l understand that you want
me to decide whether I am a better
man than my father or not?'
'How funny"
"oh, I don't know. Are you a
better woman than your mother?''
"Why, Of course not. How alb
uurdw!
'Then how do you expect the
world to grow better when you fail
to help it along?"
George, you are very rude" p
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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The Wit of Evar.s.

Once when twitted on his small
size by statesman of the strenu-
Gus type the late William N. Evarts
retorted, THAT remark proves
what l have always aSserted-that
in your eyes measures we're more
important than men"
To another critic, who found
fault with his habit of stringing
out a whole paragraph without a
break by the use Of parenthetical
clauses, he said cheerfully, 81 have
noticed that criminals object to
long sentences"
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The Point of tho Pin.

Mechanically the interviewer
droned out his well worn questions.
"And how. Sir William, did you
get your start in life?"
Il got my start in life, young
man." said the pork merchant,
through picking up pin in the
street. 1 had been refused en-
ployment by butcher. and on my
way out l saw pin. p
"Quite SOL" chimed in the sea-
soned interviewer. ''You picked it
up, the butcher was impressed by
your carefulness, called you back
and took you into partnership. ]
know that pin so we'll"
Excuse me-" broke in the pork
vender, ''but You proceed too fast.
saw the pin and picked it up
quite true. But l sold it for &lO0.
1t was a diamond pin."-London
Mail.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-13
A Royal EeMl.

Al England under an old law still
in force the swan is royal fowl,
as whales and surgeons are royal
fish. All swans the property where
of is rot otherwise defnable when
within the British dominions belong
to the crown by virtue of this pre-
rogative. When swans are lawfully
taken into the possession of a pri-
vate person such person may be said
to have property in them, but if
they be at liberty they belong to
the crown. Formerly it was neces-
tary for persons who wished to keep
these ''royal fowls" to obtain a
swan mark, which was granted by
the crown and which could not be
legally impressed without grant or
prescription.
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The Job He Wanted.

Dear Sir" said an applicant for
a position to the secretary of the
treasury, according to the Satur-
day Evening Post, q am very anx-
ious to obtain remunerative en-
ployment in the treasury depart
ment. While my educational ad-
vantages do not qualify me for any
of the higher places, I could fill
one of the minor places to advan-
tage, and l respectfully apply for
the position of chief cuspidorian
of the department"
The letter went to the assistant
secretary for reply, and he wrote as
follows:
Dear SRI regret very much
that nothing can be done for you.
There is no such place as chief Gus
pidorian. You have coined the
word, but I cannot coin the Job"
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PAYAS YOU Go.
IS The ONLY TRUE ROAD TO HApa-
NESS

Many people come to financial
grief these days simply because they
have been living away beyond their
means. 1t Is simple proposition
and cap only be worked out one way
that IS, when man spends two
dollars with only one coming in he
runs up against settlement day, and
it is all over. The same thing has
been expressed IN more homely way
that one cannot drink champagne on
a beer income, though how many at
tempt the feat to their sorrow.
The foundations for many disasters
were built during the good times, the
decade of unusal prosperity when
costly habits were formed and people
possessed themselves of all they
craved. They lived in an artificial
atmosphere, and took no thought of
the morrow. Expensive tastes were
INDUCED in, and when the purse be-
came aatter and the income dwind-
led no economies were practiced, no
sacrifices were made. The only
thought that worried them was how
to keep up with the procession. The
subsequent crash was a matter of
course. Many lessons were learned
in the sudden tightening of money
after the days of lavish display and
expenditure, but the simple passed on
and were punished.
These are conservative days, and
the wise ones are living closer to
their incomes than ever. The banks
are becoming more circumspect and
the corners of little economies are
being watched more closely than was
the custom. There are some, how
ever, who are needless of the wrecks
they see lying around them. If they
are wise they will see the storm COM
ing and will prepare for it. 1t is
false pride will attempt to keep up
appearances on nothing. 1t is fool
ish notion that the world judges a
man by the display he makes. 1t
may attract some, but they are only
fair weather friends who are the first
to avoid you when misfortune comes.
1t is manlier and truer course to
live within ones means. Then there
are no troubled dreams, no heart
aches, no endorsements, no humi-
liations to suffer. 1t is the only true
road to happiness and contentment
and length of years. Pay as you
go Is the only safe and sane way of
living.
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THE WORD AsHIP.1
From Digging GU. the Tree Trunk For
die Primitive Boat.

t1e FrImTtIve Boat.
There is no doubt of the eyoIu-
ton of our great modern ships
from a floating log on which our
earliest ancestors sat astride and
with hands and pole nayigated the
small streams, and Just as surely
has our word ship" come from
the first improvement of that prim-
tive craft. The etymoIogy Of the
word tells US of the evolution of
the craft.
When the superior mind of our
Aryan ancestors conceived the idea
of following out the floating log
and thus decreasing its weight,
adding to its buoyancy and better
fitting it for their transportation,
they had to find word to express
what they were doing, SO they nat
urally used root that they under
stood, which was "skap.n This root
signifed the idea of Digging, hol-
lowing out and scraping. That is
what they did to make their boats,
and the "skap" became a noun to
designate the boat.
That root "skap" has lived and
grown during the 10000 years and
more that have passed since it was
first used to give a boat It's name.
and after the breaking up and d.
vision of the Aryan race it followed
all of its broadly divided branches
to their new homes to be used in
all of their tongues.
The Greeks have the root in
their word "skufes," meaning a
hollow cup. and the Latins have it
in E'scabere," signifying to scyape.
In those languages, as well as in
Sanskrit, it is in many words of a
similar signifcation. It came to
the English through the Teutonic
type, "skepa," meaning ship, or
vessel, or what was followed out.
In the middle English it was
'schip," and Chaucer used the
plural, ''shippes." In the Anglo
Saxon it was "scip," while the Ice
lander made it Skip" and the Dane
SIKH" The old high German had
'Escif" and the German .schif."
So we see the change through
the century of centuries has been
slight, the same sound with the
same signifcation having gone
from father to son through all of
the generations, giving US the same
word when we speak Of the Lusi-
tania as our Aryan ancestors used
when they spoke of the floating
log that they had followed by dig
ging and scraping with stones and
shells.-New York Herald.
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rempua Euait.

Two darkies were engaged in a
lively dispute about the purchase
of a mule.
'Look heah, Mistah Jackson! ex-
claimed one, "you done tole me
tree weeks ago dat mule was q
young animal. he hain't got a toof
in his head, he's so old"
WhereuPon Mr.. jackson thought-
fully scratched his head and re.
piled, Cline shua does fly in dis
heah country."-Success Magazine.
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Her Aim.

'T understand you shot a burglar
during the absence of your hus-
band" said the great detective.
"Yes," admitted the frail little
woman, q did"
"what became of him." asked
the detective.
"Why, the other burglar carried
him away" answered she.
(Which other burglar" he said.
'The one ] shct g." she ey-
planned.