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Chicago Live Stock.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Dec. 2G.-iIogs closed
fairly active with top at 5000. Re-
capts were 5000 in excess of esti-
mates. Estimated for tomorrow, 49,
900.
Cattle closed steady ITO 10 cents
higher with top for beeves at SLIGO;
calves s11.50.
Sheep colsed steady. Top $3.50;
lambs, $1,000.
Chicago Live stock-ciose.
FURNISHED by Long Commission Col
CHICAGO. Dec. 2O.-Hog receipts
$4,000; market active. Mixed and
ss99.!!5 @ie.333;; rough heavy, ss3.751
Cattle receipts $4,000: market
steady, 10c higher; top $11.60.
Sheep receipts 10000; market
steady; top $3.50. Lambs. top $500.
Omaha Live Stock. ~
OMAHA, Dec. 20.-Cattle receipts
5000; market active, strong. Steers,
S7.25@11.50; cows and heifers, $3.50
@8.35; stockers and feeders. $3.50
s.25; calves. $s.00Q11.00; bulls and
stays. $5.00@7.0O.
Hog receipts $1,000: market loo
higher. Bulk. S9.60@S.95; top. $10.15.
Sheep receipts 1000; market loo
higher. Yearlings, ss.50@10.75; weth'
ers, SS.25@9 SO; lambs, $4,000
1890; ewes. $7.000s.75.
Kansas City Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 20.-Cattle re-
ceipts 5000; market steady, 10c
higher. Steers, $6.00@11.50: cows
and heifers. s5.2501O.25; steckers
and feeders, $6.00Qs.5O; calves. $3.50
@11.5O.
Hog receipts 1900; market strong.
Bulk. $9.7O010.25: heavy, $l0.O5@
1925; medium, S9.90@10.20; ligh..
$s.5O@1O.O5.
Sheep receipts 1000: market.
strong, 10c higher. Lambs, $11.75@
1885; ewes. ,T75@9.o0; wethers.
s6.50@12oO.
st. Louis Live Stock.
EAST ST. LOUS. Dec. 20--Cattle
receipts 1000; market steady. Texas
receipts 1,40O; native beef steers,
s7.50@11.50; yearling steers and heif-
ers, ss.50@11.5O;f cows, $5.50@S.50;
stockerA and feeders, $5.30@7.75;
calves. $6.O0912.Oo; Texas steers.
s3.5O@S.00; COWS and heifers. $4.25@
7.50.
Hog receipts 10000: market &c high
er. Mixed and butchers, s9.8091O.40;.
good to heavy, $1O.35@1o.4O; rough,
s9.50@9.7O: light, s9.sO@10,30: bulk,
ss.25@9.25; pigs, s9.95G10.35.
Sheep receipts 2,300;' market steady
Ewes, $5.00@s.75; yearlings, $4,000
11.25; lambs, $S.00@13.25.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO. Dec 2o.-Butter-Es-
tras, 3skc; firsts. 37h@3sc: dairy
extras, 34@36c; dairy firsts. 3lls1
1870.
Eggs-ordinary firsts. 3503sc;
f1rsts. 40@41c.
Cheese-Twins, 2s@2sAc; Young
1914 @24c.
Potatoes-Receipts 20 cars: fancy
westerns, 81 eO01.7o; Minnesotas
and Wisconsirs, s1.45@1.5o per
bushel.
Live poultry Fowls, 14017c;
ducks. 15@1sc; geese, 14@17kc;
spring chickens. tic; turkeys, csc.
Omaha Butter.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
OMAHA, Nebr., Dec. 20.-Butter, 33 |
cents
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attained velocity of sixty miles an
hour. driving the sand in binding
clouds through the camps. Many
tents were blown away and the occu-
pants forced to seek shelter In the
Y. M. C. A. huts.
Guardsm en- in the Ohio. Pennsyl-
vania and other camps where there
were no floors, suffered most.
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New York Produce

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Flour mar
ket unsettled, nominal.
Pork market steady. Mess, $s1. 5od
1900.
Lard market easy. Middle ives
spot, $16.5a@16.60.
Sugar, raw. market quiet. Centrifu|
gal test, $5.14; Muscavado ,ss test,
S4.37.
Sugar. refined. market quiet. Cut
loaf, $500; crushed, $sO5; powdered
$7.15: graduated. $705@7.1O.
Coffee Rio No. on spot, shc,
Tallow market steady. City, lied
country. liz @11Ac; special. 11Ac.
Hay market steady. No. / s1O00I
Los; No g. 75985c;; clover. 6Gd1S 5c.
T Dressed poultry market firm. TurJI
keys. 20@34c; chickens, 15@32c:|
fowls. 15k@23c; ducks. 14@22c.
Live poultry market firm. Geese,
15@16c; ducks. 1501sc; fowls, 1901
21c; turkeys, 15@1Sc; ROSTERS, 15c:l
chickens. 10000.
Cheese marketieasy State milk com
mon to special. 221s 925c; skins |
common to specials, 13@21c.
Butter market steady. Receipts Al
351. Creamery extras. 41c; DARYL
tubs, 30@40c; imitation creamery
hrstS, 3212 @33kc.
Egg market irregular. Receipts 81
979. Nearby white fancy, 63664c;
nearby mixed fancy, 4s@53c; fresh,
48@53c.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Money on
call. Az percent.
Six months. AZ percent.
Mercantile paper. 404A percent.
Bar silver London, SO 13-16d.
Bar silver New York, 1850.
Demand sterling, SAFE ZIG.
London Stock Market.
LONDON, Dec. 20.-The stock mar.
strong tendency, following Lloyd-
rejecting confidence Of traders in the
action of the British government.
While the general tone of stocks
Is good, the approach of the holidays
tends to restrict trading.
Two Market Piunaers
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-The most |
spectacular stock market plunging
Wall street has known in nearly two
years has had as its principals Burton |
Castles and Barney 'Baruch, two OF
the most daring operators in the fl
nancial circles, according to stories
told by brokers today.
Baruch who is said to have many
close friends in Washington official
circles, Is credited with a million dol
lar cleanup during the past few days.
Yesterday he began selling United
States Steel common, heavily vixen
that stock mounted to 116 after first
dispatches on Lloyd-George's speech
reached the street. Castle, who is bet
ter known as cotton p1unger, bought
steel at the bottom and carried 1T
profitably for an hour. At the crest
of the upward movement both men.
acting independently, according to re-
ports. turned to the bear side and
launched great drives on the market.
dumping thousands Of shares of stock
on the market. Barucil is said to have
closed out his accounts with an i'm
mense profit. Castles, according to
some reports, lost some OF his paper
profits in the sudden recovery IN
prices at the close Of the market.
Chicago Seed Market.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-Rye-No. 2
$140.
Barley-s5c1s12
Timothy-s3.5065.5o
Clover-$12.0001700
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UNCLE SAM WILL
ACT AS MESSENGER
Continued from page ~

veaIed today by the state department
would be other than passive was not
stated.
1t is assumed. as previously point
ed out in United Press dispatches,
that this government would take an
active hand in furthering such ideas
IL they found them to be welcome by
the belligerents The president feels
that when time comes for this govern
ment to make any move in the peace
situation it will be made clear that
the United States Is not interested in
the causes of the European outbreak,
but only in assurances Of permanent
peace"
No Secret Deliberations.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-British
embassy officials here today doubt
the possibility OF peace conference
unless the terms on which negotia-
lions began are made known to the
British public. This opinion was CIV
en- In reply to statements in German
circles that Germany would probably
not be able to discuss detailed terms
except in secret conference.
THE English people," British OFF,
cials said, ARE a democracy and we
do not believe they would sanction
their government entering a confer
ence unless the terms under which 1t
went in were known to the public"
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Russian Failures.

BERLIN, (via Sayville wirelessl
Dec. 2O.-FaiIure of several attacks
by Russian battalions on the east
bank of the Golden Bistritz. river, was
reported by the war office today.
Livening Of artillery fire at some
places on the Macedonian front was
reported.
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INVESTIGATION
OF ROUND ROBIN
fContinued from page IL
CONTINUED from page l.,

district exper :.nced the worst sand
g orm last light since they began
border duty here. At times the wind
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ALLIED OFFICERS
ABANDON RUMANIA
(Continued from page l.!

! A large amount was also enroute to
and from South America The press
bureau concludes, from examination OF
a few letters which were seized, but
later permitted to go forward into
Germany, that both the French and
British, censors read the letters. This
reading, it is asserted, ''gave clear in
sight into trade relations of the United
States and South American citizens
with Germany and made possible the
establishment of blacklist and other
measures"
Americans On List.
OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 20.-The
names Of the following four United
States residents appear on the over
night Canadian casualty list:
Died of wounds:
Private R. Cooney, Domingo, New
Port, vt.
Died:
Private J. Burns, Quincy. Mass.
Private H. Hampstead, Tacoma,
Washn.
Missing:
Private NJ. Brown, Harrisburgh, Pa
Repulsea of Enemy.
cApoN1S1AIS A|CS. ~ ANSpoASS VI
enemy attacks by Russo-Rumanian
II oe ps on the left bank of the Danube
q the region of Pariata are reported
Ia today's official statement.
Flank fighting was more intense
than usual on the Dobrldja front, the
statement said.
ION the Macedonian front there
was intense Sighting in the region Of
the villages of Cerna, Centrak and
Umachea," the statement read.
THE enemy was driven back after
half hour bombardment and the
heavy artillery attack southwest Of
Brody. Repeated attempts of the
enemy to advance were unsuccessful. -
Great Artillery Activity.
PARIS, Dec. 20.-Great artillery
activity in the region of Louvemont
and Chambrettes farm, north of Yer
dun, was reported in today's official
statement.
Strong Artillery Fire.
BERLIN, (via Sayville wireless)
Dec. 20.-Strong artillery fire and pa
troll activities at isolated points on the
Somme, the Aisne, the east Meuse and
Champaign sectors. were reported in
today's official statement.
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Strong Artillery Fire.

BERLIN, (via Sayville wireless)
Dec. 20.-Strong artillery fire and pa
troll activities at isolated points on the
Somme, the Aisne, the east Meuse and
Champaign sectors, were reported in
todays official statement.
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-subscribs for The Gate City
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arc Of Saturday, the 23rd Boardsday
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Peoria Grain.

PEORIA, ILL.,, Dec. 20.-Co-n--Mar-
ket q @1Ac lower. No. 3 white,
921ac; No. 4 white, 911ac; No. 3 yel-
low, 91A @92c; No. 4 yellow, S9k q
9012c; No. yellow, S7kc; No.
yellow, SIC; No. 8 mixed, N31kc: No.
mixed, 90Ac; No. 5 mixei, s7kc.
Oats--Market steady. M. 3 white,
51h@52c.
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limited Press Leased Wire Serv1ce.1
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-Hogs closed
fairly active with top at 5000. Re-
capts were 5000 in excess OF esti-
mates. Estimated for tomorrow, 49,
900.
Cattle closed steady ITO 10 cents
higher with top for beeves at $11.60;
ealvaS Ell En
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15
Where Seeds are Gronn.

For YEARS quantities of kinds of vegetable
seeds have produced this country different kinds in different
sections and have given as good that could import
e Oer kinds however have seldom proved Of good quality when
grown here That is especially true of celery Considerable
celery seed grown in California but be compared with
that which comes from France says Harrington in Farm and
Home '
Much carrot rdish and beet France These
seeds are prouced in California too but curious fact that
the remarkable vitality shown by California is considered
by many growers to be disadvantage especially in the case Of
root crops for the tops with great uurance at the
Of the roots considerable amount Of grown in
eastern Massachusetts, mostly in the Danvers and Mid
deto This seed sells for s. pound and gives excellent crops
Nearly all the cauower seed used in this country comes
IRON Denmark and the best is expensive costing up to $50
pound The best Is none too good however, many failures in
growing cauower due solely the that CHEAP seed
used may not be worth while trying grow cauower seed
TINS country but farmers and market gardeners often find il
to their advantage to their beet onion corn
beam cucumber and melon seed In the middle and in Mich
gan 1t IS practice for seed dealers to contract with
farmers for the growing Of seed Over are de-
voted TO the growing OF vegetable seeds for company in ch
gan 1000 acres are being cucbers alone One
Philadelphia said have arranged buy the products
OF 10000 in single Although Michigan is famous
for its cucumber considerable number raised in assac
setts Large quantities of and squash seeds are
duced in New England "
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1eoching Children.

NEWTON A. FUEssIE writes in the Craftsman as follows:
AT college fortunes spent every to teach foot
ball candidates how to eude opposing tackles but not cent 10
teach them how to eude tuberculosis typhoid pneumonia can
GER we We're required to dig out Latin nkin oga
rthmet gnars, but there was no required course in negen
living
There was perennial concerted rocrbbed steegrt con-
spracy of silence against the human body The educational
tenn rowned upon bad taste in department manners language and
literature but bad taste life itself quite the proper thing
deemed more important quadratc equations than
the simple fact that to sleep habuay wher the sun
beams never enter is suicidal nibbe poison albeit
somewhat slower. ~
Long before New Yor public school children today learn
now to decline they taught decline ndiscrmnate kisses
Long before they learn how Gettysburg fought they learn how
lire Is fought The toothbrush drill precedes the spelling drill
before they take up the avenues Of Caesars au they
are instructed the of entrance of regiments of bac
INTO the human body Gohams tots learn the necessity reaen
airing bedding the proper cleaning of ice boxes the durability
Of FthSSN No longer the pathetic spectacle in Bnd
land When Alice reaches the age and atrclate in New
FORKS public schools she is ushred at wonder
land OF genuinely useful knowledge sp of body And if
begins look if the public schools of future were to be vast
system of service stations the highway of human life
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meat Of the animals which feed these nuts has dnctvey
sweet flavor In places the bacon and hams from such
mails are highly priced and bring good prices Other which
hogs find to their liking the of white and chestnut
beechnuts and chinquapins
In addition to this the chestnuts gathered by the
mountaneer both for their for sale the nuts
begin to fall whole families into the woods sometimes camp
out Tor several days locations where the abundant Some
oil the nuts may be kept for the monneers but usually they
are exchanged at the nearest store for supplies
ter's provisions.
According to the oreers the chestnut hunters are respo
sibe for forest fires them leave their camp fires
upeXngushed Others it said SET fire to the burn
OH the leaves and wgs the ground that the nuts NAV
De easily found Even where the nuts gathered the woods
as they fall. - ~
Men who are familiar with the local conditions say that on
he lands purchased by the in the Southern Appalach
an the vast crop is Of considerable value under present
methods the monntaneer do not the full benefit because
m wcn they own are for the most part scrub and are
he animals would weigh considerably present vare
ana would furnish better quality meat Mastfed hogs
disseminated against the market because the meat is ant to
be soft and oily For home curing the objection is not so serious
ogS are 10 be marketed after having fed on mast If is
SAID corn ration should be given harden the meat
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HarDard to Teach Wnr.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY has pamphlet issued re-
Gently the organization Of military department provisions
the army bill to provide officers training corps passed
by Congress last June Captain Constant Corder was in
charge Of the United States recruiting station Boston, and
VINO commanded the Harvard regiment last year. has named
by Secretary Baker the new department and the Harvard
corporation has appointed him professor Of military
tccs Other officers, together with several non-comms
stoned officers viii be detailed for duty Harvard in connection
win the new military department known how many
work 70 " ~ sSe
Ih year in military and tactics is offered
ana classes VIII be held Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and at
hfd our at the convenience of the and students
Inc instruction will be both theoretical and practical
Under the the Congress apprnved limo
3 1916 said the elective pamphlet senior division of the Re
serve officers training corps established Harvard University
rms course open to- and be DEGREE nv ain %
lcay ut students Of Harvard college except freshmen fresh
man may not elect the unless obtains the consent of Can
tam Cordier and the approval of the faculty The course is also
open TO students IN the graduate schools will mo- for
degree for such Students
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would have little show for his life, said Jones' of New York
driver for the last three months Of the regiments the
border who Washington Northern Mexico almost
serted at this time Whole villages have been abandoned
Villa tries another Of his raids think he not go back
The soldiers on the border regulars and guarmen alike
for any move he may make. II
The American troops had difficulties to n
Mexico When the troops first there the engineers built
graded roads but these pieces by the heavy
trucks, which carry upward of three tons each.
The guardmen the border advancing wonderfully I'M
der the training they getting down there There nearly
10000 guardsmen from New York Michigan Pennsylvania and
other states at E aso They rapidly being put condition
closely approxmang that of the Many aeropane
hangers are at III PasO and Columbus the regular troops are
not equipped with good machines the guardsmen Some of
the eastern states have better machines than the regular
army
The regular army officers course are very efficient I'M
III Pao nearly everybody soldier The provost guards
been acng discipline and soldier caught on the streets
after IL O'Clock arrested The army equipment class and
he soldiers themselves neat in their appearance Hundreds
oil big motor trucks are in service"
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Some Soldiers HOPE Habits.

SOLDIERS peculiar many plrcuars Take Of the
khaki who the island OF the United
they Immediately that they drink all the
native drunk producers e country Some of them die from the
of the drinks sold the islands very cheap
because bargain they imagine they getting
the old troopers indulge continuously than they would back
in their territory, where the drinks higher.
OF the old timers in the service suicide
OF the Filipino disorders relates of sergeant who had but
few before retiring He drank fire.
quenty his colonel who summary officer
him that the next time he found intoxicated would dis
honorable discharge The sober time but
finally full and when recalled the colonel
had threatened he went the barracks and while the soldiers
at took his rifle and bullet crushing through
his heart, ending his life instantly.
One veteran to have retired within four months. He
drank much native liquor that he died of deriu
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If You Are Well Bred.

You viii be KIND.
You will not slang.
You will try to make others happy.
You will not be shy sefconscous.
You will never indulge in il-natured gossip
You will never forget the respect due to age
You will not swagger nor boast Of your achievements
You will not your civity by peoples accounts
You will be scrupuous your regard the rights Of others
kind.
You will never make fun of the pecuarites or idoncrass
of others.
You will under any circumstances cause another pain
if you help it.
You will think that good intentions compensate for rude
gruf manners.
You will be agreeable your social interiors as to your
equals and superors.
and one for home use
You will remind cripple of his eormty or probe the
sore spots of sensitive soul.
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The Chestnut Crop.

FOREST OFFICERS who have returned Washington from the
southern mountains that because of the heavy rains the
the chestnut crop the Southern Appalachian region viii
be below normal although other mast will be abundant Continued
rains during the 1t is explained prevent the mol
naton OF the chestnut trees and after rainy summer the crop
seldom good Because the pollen the develops ear
er in the than the chestnut the crop was not affected
by the later rain
While people do think about the matter one way O,
another the crop of little Importance the southern
moantaineer The foresers Most of the people noun
ains have few ead of hogs which the woods whic
depend largely upon the nuts for their When there is
heavy mast these hogs keep in good condition in the fall whcT
the mast fails they get thin that they Justify the razor
larry rehed by the hogs and the mountaneer claim that the
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C0NSUL'S SALARY PAID
AFTER 81 YEARS DELAY

WASHINGTON. oct. I4.-John How
ard Payne, to whom the world owes
lis sweetest song. Home, Sweet
Home has been paid after delay of
siSty-four years. n claim OF S2O5.92,
due for services as consul at Tunis.
There was no red tape" SAYS Audi
tor D. Hearne OF the state department
On the consul's oath no money due
him could he paid except to a person
qualified with authority to receive il.
During all those sixty-four years no
one was found to whom the money
could be paid"
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. SKETCHES OF LITTLE "
Up NEWSo Y 1,,.z2!7
O. o. MCINTYRE
1AeSsIa Wos, svv.t,.s

in the Bronx sold out his dencates-
sen store and invested the proceeds in
steel and he has now purchased an
apartment house on Riverside Drive.
There is also reporter who re-
futes the idea that l.. l1permen
never make money. A year ago he
mad lunch" on rise in steel
stocks, He borrowed every cent he
could get hold of and in,u.. cd in
steel. He has quit the newspaper lob
now and is lolling about in big new
seven passenger car.
The cafes have profited by the sud-
den prosperity possibly more than any
other lines of business. They arc
crowded 10 cagacity every night and
wine flows as freely as water does over
Niagara Falls.
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Hotels and Craft.

HOTELS enjoy mmunitcs from graft than nearly any
other business establishments This is observation OF lobby
lounger who the other day overheard chief clerk of the
larger local hoseeres admonng of the other clerks about
being careful in cashng checks.
Investigation led however. the knowledge that but
losses comparatively sustained by the larger hotels
sonay they lose the of onewee keep for ira
and every in while patron leaves bogus cnccl
mento but whal thanks to various protecting laws OF both state
and nation the hotels get by in the year without much
of loss The few usually due the dead beat the traveller
who fails to make good and loses his position while far from
home through his appetite for wskey his propensity to gamble
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Artists Becone Nc az.

industry for the benefit of artists whose incomes have
been severely affected by the has been started the form
of the painting of furniture
Lady Kinocts the originator of the idea and the form
of decoration promises become popular Queen Mary has just
visited the studio opened by her in the Chelsea district of London
and purchased of the furniture There
ampes of chairs and setee reproduced from at Lady Kin
locks country home that particularly interested the visitor
also Italian eroom mirrors and complete bed
set suite of the painted furniture has been sent TO
Lord Shaughnessy in Canada
Arrangements have been made for permanent exhibit of
the work by London firm which is undertaking the business
arrangement Of the industry, in which number Of the
ceverest London artists exercising their talents.