THE OMAHA DAILY MONDAY , MAKOH 13. New Ideas Worked Out , Patented and Put iu Operation , THE WIDENING FIELD OF ELECTRICITY I'l-ocrr-M In That SHencorurtlculnrly Notable Hotel C'oiitrlTinieo * Appro * oil liy the I'alcnt OMIrn New nml IJ McclinnU-iil Appllnncci. About tlirco years ago the forestry division of the Department of Agrlcul- turo published a lurgo report on the use of metal ties on railways , the objects being to encourage an economical use of. wood and the introduction of steel ties If possible. Mr. Fornow estimated at that time that the rail ways of the conn- try required the best timber from 1,000- 000 acres of forest land annually. The report was widely circulated and aroused nn interest in the subject of all-metal track which has not yet abated. Some time ago it was announced that metal ties had been abandoned after a long trial on the Pennsylvania lines in this country and the State railway In Bel gium. This has stirred up an Austrian engineer of some promineni'o , \Villiutn Ast. who claims that at least the Belgian experiments wrobadlv conducted , and failure was natural. 'lie states that on the Kufccr Frederick Northern railway in Austria metal ties have been ui-ed with entire satisfaction for about nine years. After comparative trials for this time thn me tallies are still practically as good ns now. wliile the oak tics show con siderable deterioration. Moreover , the cost of maintenance of an all-metal track was nearly 14 nor font Ices than that of one using wooden sleepers , lie ascribes its uncausfactory results on the Belgian roads entirely to the use of defective rail fastenings and unsuitable steel. Tie plates under the rails where they rest on the sleepers ho consider. ? just as neces sary with metal as with wooden ties , and no plates were used on the Belgian roads. Moreover , ho claims that the steel employed in making the ties was much too brittle for the purpose , as was shown by the fact that in punching holes for the fastenings hair cracks appeared. If the fastenings were to badly designed that they quickly became loose , it is natural that passing trains should break up the rock ballast and produce an unsatisfactory track in a short time , but Mr. Ast claims that with a well designed all-metal midway the results Vould have been quite dillerent. It is unfortunate that ho did not dis-euss the reason of the Pennsylvania failures , for the Hliecrt ) of mai'itenanco of way in that system are regarded as pretty \\ell posted in their specialty. As it is , in ventors will probably go on patenting inmimeiublo impossible ties lor some time to come , until the experiments show bcmething etmolusive , which none have yet apparently done. I.lKlitlilK Itnllwnj' Cirx. In view of the enterprise shown by many American railway companies in making tests in regard to securing the most olllcient , safe and agreeable light ing of railway ears much interest at taches to the announcement that the French railway , the Chemin do For du Nerd , will shortly introduce electric lighting on its tuloon cars , sleeping and toilet cars of the first , teeond and third class. The company has decided , after long trials on isolated carriages , to ex periment on a largo scale. Tlio current JH obtained from storage batteries , sun- plying lamps of 0 , 8 and 10-eandlo power , according to the cars. The bat teries , mounted In boxes in groups of two , are very portable. Eight of these double cells are suspended beneath the frameof the car , where they are accessible from the stops and closing in by doors. The whole of the cells , together with their carriers , weigh 8,681 pounds. Thirty-volt lumps aroused used , of 10-candlo power for lii-bt class oars , 8-candlo power for second and 0-caudlo power for third class and lava tories of all classes , so that a good light is provided throughout. The lamps are carried bj * a hardwood cylinder ; carry ing lamp socket and rellcctor , the latter being very white enameled Iron. This apparatus is slipped into the lantern , taking the place of the oil lamp. Two switches are llxcdin alittloboxat either end of the car , so that the lamps can bo Alighted or extinguished from the outside. The connections are so arranged that the batteries can bo charged without taking them out of the compartments. The cables , which are made specially strong to stand the wear and tear , are run along the roof and held in pluco by soldered zinc clips. Ono great advantage of this method Is that , should at any moment the oil lamps bo required , ail that is necessary is to open the lantern , take out the electric lamp with socket , and blip the oil lamp into the same place. Trlplu n imnili > ii KiiKli'O'i. Ono of the features of recent electrical work Is the use of triple expansion en gines of the marine typo , coupled direct to two multipolar dynamos , one being placed at each end of the shaft for cen tral btation work. An engine of this typo , recently tested at Milwaukee , varied In speed only 1.7 per cent from no lead up to full load , although the elec trical conditions under which it was working wore unfavorable. It is of the 700-horso power machine , triple expan sion , three-crank inverted cylinder condensing typo , designed for an initial steam pressure of ItiO pounds , and u vacuum of ll ! inches. The cylinders are 10 } , liSi and 38 } inches in diameter , Imvo a stroke of HO inches and are all steam jacketed. They are tilled with double-ported , balanced piston valves , one for the high pressure cylinder and two for each of the others. The con denser Is in the foundation box , and is of the surface pattern , with 1,008 brass tubes 1 fcot 0 inches long. The crank shaft Is of forged steel 8 inches in di ameter , with cast iron balanced disks , to which the 8-inch crank pins are at tached. There are two bearings to each crank , and an additional largo bear ing on each end of the shaft to carry the armature. On the shaft are three eccentrics , each operated by Its own independent governor of the disk type , so that the point of cut-on" in each cylin der , ranging from O.OS to 0.75 stroke , Is changed equally with the load. A straight-lino separator is placed on the steam pipe leading to the engine , allow ing dry steam only to enter the cylinder. In addition to this u straight-lino grcoo extractor is placed on the exhaust plpo leading from the low pressure cylinder to the condenser. Speaking generally , it may bo said that these engines follow the latest types in use on ocean steam ships , with necessary additions to render them us cfllcicnt for electric generating purposes as for marine work. Muilrl l'o er lluimn. An unusually interesting power house hay recently been constructed .at Rochester - tor , N. Y. , to utilize the energy of the Genobco falls , SOU feet wide with a per pendicular drop of ninety feot. The wutcr had partly undercut a rcexy bluff en which the station was to bo built , and the overhanging portions wore first blastctt off , A foundation was then con- Btruelcd with great dlflleulty , owing to I the vori rapid current of the river and j Us habit of rising suddenly. Tim strue- ' turo was llnally oomploted , however , and the power plant limtalled. This consists of two double water wheels 20 } inches in diameter , each mtpnliud with ( l,2."i ( ) cubic feet of water a mlnuto under an olToctlvo head of 87 feet through a five-foot Hume. The wheels arc of phosphor bronxo with tinned Htcol blades and each develops (100- ( horse power. This power is transmitted from a live-foot rope wheel to a twelve- foot rope wheel ninety feet ubavo , through sixteen umnllla ropes If inch in diameter. The proper tension on these ropes was obtained by means of a tightener wheel in an adjustable frame. Each wheel 1ms its own llumo and gate and can bo used neparatoly. The ropes run at a very high speed 7,510 feet a mlnuto but It was recently stated at a meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers that no delay had oc curred in over a year's use. . Klcctrlc l.ltfhtH In tliR Country. An excellent suggestion has been made to meet the convenience of dwel lers in parts remote from cities , whore the securing of a supply of electricity is attended with more or lees dillleulty. It is proposed that owners of country houses should combine and have their electricity generated and distributed from a central station. At borne fixed place , prrforably the railway station , an electric station under skilled manage ment should distribute tlio power at high pressure. The station might also servo as a telephone exchange.Vhorc , for an ordinary householder , the cost of current would bo prohibitive , the high- pressure central station system might so reduce the oust as to make an electric supply fully available. A steam or iuel gas engine would drlvo two alternators at low pressure ; the current would be transformed up to sullablo pressure ac cording to distance. Each householder would bo supplied with transformer and motor in the bamo way as iu towns and a joint block cunpany might bo made to run f ho station with limitations us to maximum prices. Underground AVIrcs. The results of the experiment made by Now York city in burying electric wires is summed up by Franklin L. Pope in the Engineering Magazine us follows : It seems to bo pretty conclusively es tablished that a commercially satisfactory " tory system of underground "wires has resulted from the work of the past 11 veer or blx years ; that this is far less liable to inteVruption than any overhead sys tem which can possibly bo deviled , and that it is less dangerous to human life ; while , on the other hand , its first cost is enormously greater certainly not less than live or six times as much for a given number of points of service it is in many respects cumbersome and in convenient , lacking the flexibility and adaption to different conditions of the overhead system , while its cost pro- eludes its extension to sparsely bottled districts , which miibt either bo reached by aerial wires or not at all. The mere subway rental of the wires in the Fifth avenue. Now York , is baid to amount to about 'W cents per lamp per night. The excessive coyt of the telephone service in New York is in great part duo to the same cause the enormous expense of the underground conductors now used throughout the central districts of the city. I'litcnt Cyclone IlcmolUlicr. A man out in Denver has patented a great idea. Ho is intimate with cyclones , having met boveral in Isiunsas , and from his acute obser vation of their characteristics ho Is per suaded that ho can knock out the strong est of them. In the piquant language of the unsophisticated west ho is willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that ho can stop a tornado in ono round. Ills plan is simple enough. A strong iron bund pastes over tlio gables and roof of the hoiibo , to which it is firmly bolted ; the ends of the rod terminate in loops which are buried in the ground and carefully tacked down by largo wooden stakes , a mallet and the hired man. As a sort of additional precaution a binall pyramidal house of refuge is at tached , als-o a terrifying combination of heavy anchors sills and beams , which the Inventor believes will stand eternally. In addition this amateur reformatory in stitution has infinite possibilities as a summer house , hencoop or sallo a manger for the pigs , which will commend it at once to tlio intelligent agricultural. A Virginia Idun. What is moro innocent in appearance than a clothes brush with a heavy wooden back and stilt bristles ? Who would think that it contained a pint of good Bourbon ; " Yet this combination of good and evil was tlio culmination of a Machiavellian Virginian's concentration upon the liquor question. His brush , patented a few days ago , has a thick hollow back , which contains a glass Ilask tccurcly concealed from view , with a drinking cup fitted snugly to the reduced neck of the bottle. Either end of the brush can bo easily re moved and the Ilask taken out and rc- jilled. DJWH in Virginia now every ono is supposed to have at least ono britnh , and prohibitionists three. "Come and have your clothes brushed" is now considered an invitation to Im bibe , and if you boo-anyone anxiously brushing his coat collar or cravat with a heavy wooden-bucked brush you may safely suspect him of taking a sly nip. It is already astonishing how carefully some of tjio F. F. V.'s have become of their personal appearance , and bear it in mind , when you bc.o a man carrying a clothes brush in his hip pocket he is a Virginian. Steam Hummer on Shlplioaril. A steam hammer is a tool generally regarded as requiring a specially solid foundation , so the announcement that ono is in iibo on buard a bhlp is calcu lated to arouso" considerable Interest. The ship Defense , of the British navy , which is a kind of Heating machine shop , has recently been fitted with such a tool. Special construction was , of course , uec- cstary to meet the requirement ! ) of its burroundings. Ttio hummer Is of the overhanging form , with two standards , In which are the planed guides , and be tween these the trip is placed , which weighs 8U(1 ( founds and has a maximum btroko of boventcen inches. The ham- mer is fitted with both tolf-acling and hand valve gear and has been designed to work very quickly or slowly , as de sired. Th.o anvil block and * base are made In ono masblvo casting of great weight , so as to cause as little vibration as possible In the biirroundlng parts of the ship , and a blx-lnch armor plate is fixed underneath in a vertical position as a foundation for the anvil block. This is said to bo the llrst tool of the kind over constructed on board ship. Another KilUon Iilou , Thomas A. Edihon has obtained a patent on the generation of the electric curicnt which may lead eventually to the solution of the problem of gener ating electricity from c-Jinbustion. Edison's methol consists substantially in generating electricity in a heated chamber , exhausted of air , from tlio re action of carbon with a chemical com pound , the nature of which is not yet disclosed. The walls of the chamber form ono electrode and a carbon rod the other. Much may bo expected from this latest invention of the "Wizard of iMenlo Park" it his chemical is u cheap- DinTlio t ditto ivory certiilnly embodies MOVV i prlnciiiU'H. lllKlt Sperd Tr.tlim , The cclnbriitod Invenlor , Zijiornow- Khy , In mild to Hlill cllnjr to the lilcu of I'tiiiiiltiK curs botwvon Vlonim mid Hudtv- J'e.sth tit siieed.H from 12 , " > to I"i5 miles per hour. Ho estimate ! ) that 800-horno jinwer will bo reqtilrud for a loaded car wi'ljrhlnir about Hixty tons. The oars are to bo driven by oleetrio motors uslnj ; ( iOO tntiporvs at a pressure of 1,000 volts. For the yunoratlon and transmission of the oluctrlo current It Is nrojiosed to estab- Huh two lai'L'o stations , about thirty- coven miles distant from the terming and to UtfO tiorlal transmitting lines. Kven If the oapitnl for this ( 'lfftmtlo ex- porlmcnt can bo found , whloh Is unlikely , and coneossions obtained , tboro Is a con siderable element of uncertainty as to SOO-luifho power iroollln ) ] ) { ; sixty tons at a speed of leO miles an hour. It Is cer tain , moreover , that the projected line cannot pay in competition with existing railways. Ioil-Il llllco : Tcleplioillns ; . While the cost of tclophonlcconvor.su- tions at long distance may appear high , writes Franklin L. Pope In the Engineer ing Magii7ine , It must not bo fogotton that the correspondents are enjoying for a limited time the exclusive use of a plant which bus cost an enormous amount of money. Moreover , the amount of matter that can be transmitted by tele phone under favorable conditions In the space of live minutes allowed is surpris ing. By the aid of a stenographer 000 to 80 ! ) words have boon got through during that time , which is cheaper than tele graphing , to say nothing of the obvious advantages rcali/.cd in many cases. North ( liilrrntnii'i Streets. Noitru OAI.VCSION , Tax. . March 11. Gooil streets tu-o an evidence of pormiuienco. they lire str.iws which prove pretty clearly the direction of tlio wind. North Utilveston hus twenty-two miles of splendidly Rrnded , shell p.ivcd streets and avenues. Near at hand tire immense beds of shell and shell gravel suitable for strout nnd sidewalk pavintf , thus furnishing a boundless supply of the best of matcilal within easy access. JOHN MUIR'3 SNAKE STORY. Asa rrlriiilof tlio ItnttU-r , Ho Sets Naught llown In Mullen. "I htuo before btated that I was a friend to the snake , and especially to the rattlesnake.1' said John Muir , the noted .scientist and difccovoror of the great Muir glaciers in Alaska , to the San Frnnciwjo Examiner. "This may oound strange to you , as it apparently has to others that r have told it to , but I can not help that if T would , and. candidly , I don't think T ought if 1 could. "Tho fact is , the rattlesnake is a very much maligned animal. Most people think he is lying around all the time on the watch to see whom he can bite. It isn't MO. A rattler won't bother anybody if bo is let iil'ino , and l.s will always getaway away If he can. " 1 bad a btriking illustration of this ono time in the Yosemite valley , when 1 was doing some engineering work. It was in mldhiimmor and the pretty valley was all abloom with vari-colored flowers. The B raw ) was knee-deep. There were blue bells and yellow anemones , butter cups , daisies , panties innumerable and many moro. "The scent of the pine * was in the air. A gentle breeo wut blowing and patches of shadow dotted hero and there the sunlit , ilowor-adorncd valley. I was walking along musing on the beauty of the fcceno , and with the .sound of the Yo&emito and Vernal falls in my cars. "Looking over the verdure toward the base of El Capitan I saw a peculiar black mark sticking straight up against the horizon. At lir&t sight it looked like a htako , but I know tboro were no burvoj- ing htakes thoro. So J said to myself : 'This surely is a snake , and in all proba bility a rattier. ' ' "I'stood and looked at him. Ho was just as erect and still as though he were a stake driven in tlio ground. I con tinued to stand and look , and pretty soon I saw him move his head about slightly as ho examined into the situa tion. Tlien I know It was a snake. Ho didn't know but I would go for him , and was stud j ing me at a safe point of van tage. "I remained and watched him. It was interesting. The snttko displayed all the intelligence of a man. Ho grow moro confident of his position. Prolty soon I walked over toward him. Then ho jerked down into the grass and I couldn't bee him. 'All right , ' I said , and I kept on walking. Before I got to whore ho was I stooped and waited. Ho didn't show up immediately , but stayed below bomo timo. "At length I saw the merest object like the end of a btick above the grass It didn't ' move and for a moment I was half inclined to think it had always been there , and that till now I had overlooked it. As I stood and watched , howovoi : , it lengthened out , and behold my old friend the biiako was before me. "I could see now that ho was a largo , handsome follow , beautifully mottled. In colored flowers and green grass ho was oxquisito. I walked toward him again , and then there was a peculiar winding , wavy motion of the grass , as of the wind playing in it. My friend was crawling away. I had a stick in my hand and could have overtaken and blain him , but I wouldn't do It. 'I have had many experiences with rattlers in the high Sierras while on the United States geological survey , and have unexpectedly como across hundreds of them. There was always a skiirrylng to get out of sight. No ; this experience with the Yofcomlto great snake taught mo u valuable lesson. Ho Is inquisitive and curious , but that is all. lie won't light if you let him go his way. " Busy people have no time , and sensible pco plo luuo no Inc-liiuiUoii'to use pills that make them sick a. day for every dose they take. Thoyhavo learned that the use of Do Witt's Little Early Risers does not interfere with theirhoalth by causing nausea , p.iln or nrlp- itifr. These little pllis are perfect in action and results , regulating the stomach and bowels so that headaches , dl/.4ncss and lassitude are prevented. They cleanse tlio blood , clear the complexion and tone up the system. Lots of health la these llttlo fel lows. rseul DIMV'M Vlgurim * ( Hit Ago. A gentleman who recently visited ' Augusta says that while ho wit's descend ing the state house stops ho btiw two old gentlemen meet and cordially shako hands. The short , spry old man , with hair of snowy whiteness reaching in wavy curls almost to his nhouleors , was General Neal Dow. His friend was n man prominent in Washington a half century ago Senator James W. Brad bury of Augusta. "General , " said Son- tor Bradbury , "we're gutting to bo pretty old t > iys now , but I guofs we're as spry as those youngsters in there [ pointing to the representatives hall ] , ain't weV" The old general drew him- bolf up to his full height and proudly re torted : "Senator , in a month I shall bo 89 years old. " "la that uliy" replied Senator Bradbury. "Why , I'm 111. " The apostle of temperance bald no moro. o A lll h l.ivvr Usually bus a bad live.Ho is bilious , constipated , has indigestion mid dyspepsia. If there is no organic trouble a few dtisos of Parks' Sure Cure will totio him up. Parks' Sure Cure is the only liver and kidney euro wo sell on a positive guarantee , price 11,00. All druggists. - - ' - \m COLD CRISIS-HAS PASSED i/i ii * . i Demands of Europoy > for the Bullion Have for the Present Oeasod , CONFIDENCE IN STOCKS IS RETURNING i : KnglUli Inventor * Again Ilcrnmo Liberal I'urc'hanors nf Aiiirrlnin Hi-ctirlllon Im provement In thV I'.xport Trade nd Hi Immediate lilted * . NEW YOIIK , March 1 ! ! . In his w clcl.v letter concerning the business of Wall street , Henry Clews says : In our last weekly review of the situation In Wall Street , wo indicated nn improvement in symptoms timl n tendency towards n calmer feeling. This drift 1ms been without Interruptions however , which shows that the recovery is not yet complete. Our rela tions with foreign markets exhibit : i very distinct improvement. There is less dcslro on the part of European banks to force remittances of gold from this country Irrespective of what maybe bo required by the commercial movement The Hank of Franco bocms to have satisfied its deslro to accumulate gold ; and nothing further is beard of efforts by tlio Austrian government to augment its supply of that metal. This indicates an abatement , if not a suspension , of one important cause of Uic last two months' drain upon our stock of gold , which amounts to an lm | ortant relief of Uu local situation. Another evidence of improvement has ap peared in the shipment of quite Important amounts of stocks and bonds to the Ixindon market. This is to bo welcomed not merely for the sauo of its increasing the supply of bills in London , but still moro as evidence that the failure of congress to repeal the Sherman silver net has not so much dis turbed foreign confidence in our Investments as bad been feared. No doubt the bulk of these purchases h.ivo been of pold-buaring securities , but Hint discrimination implies that the misgivings among foreign in vestors apply principally to obliga tions that ink-lit , under certain circumstances connected with silver , be come payauhj in that metal. Wo cannot ex pect foreigners to tnko freely the latter class of investments until the country lias protected Itself against the possibility of in- curritiK further commitments to the silver danger ; but it is something to have ttieso evidences of it willingness to take securities legallj payable in gold ; for , after all , the bulk of our corporate mortgages are made expressly payable in that form of money. To this extent wo arc protected against inordi nate icturns of securities to tlio homo mar ket and are assured of an outlet for them in periods of depression or disturbance on this side the Atlantic. Kxports Have ( ircntlIni.irove . I. Another point of Improvement In the situa tion has arisen from an increase in the ex ports of products. The late large shipments of gold have been lurjrel.s caused by the ItKhtncbs of the experts of produce since January 1. That decrease , however , has not been duo to any lack of surplus commodities lor shipment ; on the , contrary , the "visible supply" of wheat and- corn exceeds that wo held at the same season following the un precedented crops of 1M1. The accumula tion of grain is due1 19 our market being held by speculation iiuuw ' ; the European level. The export of 'cotton has been re strained by siinll.fr causes. It is only n question of tllno when speculative holders must be compelled to accept the European r.ingo of values ; and the strin gency in money and the cuutiun among lend ers may bo expected to apply that compul sion nt no distant diy | } While , therefore , it must bo expected .Jnjit for the next few weeks we shall stand exposed to the export of more pold , yet * IV ? seems reasonable to oxpcct thatsuch shipments will be materially lessoned by exports" 'Jrom tins extraordinary surplus of products. Under nil the circum stances , therefore , .Jt is likely to turn out that the unusual experts - ports of specie during the last two months were in a larpo measure anticipatory of what invariably takes place in the spring months. The marked falling off in the ex port of gold during the last two wcclis has been duo principally to the cessation of tlio direct and special demand fron' France , to the export of securities to Ixindon , to the re vival of the shipments of produce , and to the advancing rates of interest on this market having made it moro profitable to employ foreign balances hero than to send them homo. Sumo Mutters Unsettled. All the forementioned factors show that the period of violent disturbance has passed its climax , and that a reaction bus sot in to wards more normal conditions , and these changes will soon warrant the recovery in the tone of business at the Stock exchange. There tire , however , factors yet undeterm ined which may bo expected to bold the im proving tendency in restraint moro or less for nn indefinite period. Among these wo may mention the uncertainty as to whether congress will bo convened in extra session before the regular period to do.il with cer tain specially urgent questions , and the absence from President Cleveland's inaugural address of any definite intimations as to what measures ho would favor or con demn in respect to silver , bank currency , the treasy gold reserve and the tariff. It may bo presumed that the president doomed such specific , references as suitable for an nn address to congress rather than In n declaration to the pcoplu at largo ; but It Is nevertheless something of a disappointment that no light has como from the chief magis trate as to what form of legislation may bo hoped for under the present disordered con dition of largo material interests. The current free elllux of currency to the interior has not been generally expected and causes some uneasiness among largo sp6eu- latlvo holders of stocks. The current rates of exchange at the west show that the out flow is duo to legitimate tr.ido causes , how ever unusual for the season , and the increase iu the export of grain on account of interior owners may in part account for the change , while the remittances to I5oUon nro prob ably duo to largo transfers of New England securities in connection with current rail road deals. It can hardly bo expected , how ever. that these irregular movements will bo long continued. For the Immediate , fu ture , however , wo may not expect an easy money market. roitiMGN ifi.sA.Vui.vi , KIVM\V. : AIurkolH Inlliirncnil by tlio Situation in the United StiitoitOtlior Kvnturc * . LoNno.v , March llt Discount rates were flrm during the past''weck ' nt \ % for three months nnd 2 for slitfiit. The financial situa tion in the United States Is the leading influ ence that affects thO'nioiioy and stock mar kets. High class Investment stocks and homo nml Indian fun ! } ' ? have been especially affected by the talk of > probable borrowing by the United States.I'jioro ' is a consensus of opinion hero now that the negotiations iu ' ' that direction havd'bc'en tentative and pro visional , nnd tha't ' the United States will tide over then temporary dlfllculty until n definite' monetary policy has _ been _ ndojied | , especl.illy as Austria's demands. , uavo lessened. Silver was quiet during , tM week. The market was to some extent supported by the sm.ill amount of offerlnu.'iustnes.s ) on the Stock exchange was extremely Inactive. The mar ket Hcemcd asleep , and uven brokers of the highest standing complained of an nbsunco of orders. Argentine securities improved sllghtl v at the close , owing to the announce ment that the Argentina government had paid thu Kast Argentine railway 10.000 in cash Instead of funding bonds. Consols closed with u decliim of ono-fourlh point for the week. Foreign seuurilics were , in tlio main , steady. Argentina gained U points ; Argentine funding loan , 2)4 ) ; Argentine con- bols , ! JU ami Unuillnn , 1J4. tJrouk securi ties foll'J to W | . . . English railway securities were steady largely on account of nil unbroken spell of line weather. , American railway Rocurltlos were weik and disappointing , although the market was not without coiilldoneu hi a recovery Northern 1'acIIlo fell U ; points ; I ikoShore I ; Wnbasli preferred , 1 ; Illinois Central throo-fourths ; Missouri , KIIIWIH 4t 'luxas one-half ; Atchliton , olio-fourth j Mississippi , oiio-fourth j D.-iiM-r Grande , one-third ; Erie , one-fourth ; U nloi rnclllc , oiio-fourth ; Central 1'uelflo olio-fourth ( t wil vlllo ft Nnshvlllo , ono- out-Ill ; Norfolk ft Western , ono-lmlf. Ciuuulliin Bci'iirltles wore dull. Ornntl Trunk iniiiriinlccd anil llrst nml MU'tmd irofoiynco rose 14 points each ; Clriuiil rriitilr , third iirpfcti'tico , ( uie-lmlf ; Ciunullitn Pnellle , oni'-half ; MfxicMi Unllwny. llrst iroforciiec , foil l j } Mexican Unllwny , unll * inry , 1 i Mexican Unllwny , second preference , liroo-fiitirths. In tlio inlseellmieous department there wns n ironoral fall In brewery shares , duo to the ntroauctlon In Parliament of the ncnt loenl vote bill. On the PurU llonrtc. PAIIII , March 12. On the bourse during .ho past week the falling market was accen tuated by reports from savings banks that disbursements again largely exceeded do- ioslt.1 , Three per cent rentes declined O'J'-f xmtlmes ; Credit Fonder , 10 fr.mes ) Ulo I'into , f > francs 'J centimes ; Argentine tionds rose 7 francs 50 centimes and Brazilians 1 Iranc 00 centimes. On the Iti-rlln llnnrno , UnitMN. March I' ' . Business on the boiirso Hiring tlio week was quiet mid prices were 'airly steady. Tlio final quotations Inelmto : Prussian , lor.lX ) ; Mexican ( is. 8'.70 ; Dent- schcbank , 171.00 ; Uuuchuincr , ISIC.IK ) ; Har- ) ener , H'J ; Roubles , 215. 10. Short exchange > iiLondon , i0.-4B ! ; long exchange on ( ( III thn I'riinklort llintr o. FIIAXKFOUT , March 1U. Pi-lcos on the bourse dilrlng the week were on tlio whole steady. The final quotations include : Hun garian cold lontoa , U2.'i ! ; Italian , 'jl : ; Portu guese , ilS.'ij short exchange on London , yiHIt ; irivato discount , " . COMMiiSCl.U , AND I'lNANCIAf , . Wheat Win Unpldly Manipulated In thn Chicago Mnrkct Yvttt-rilny. CHICAGO , 111. , March 11. If tluu-o wns any iloubt about \\lu-at bolrig manipulated liitno LMilcago inurlict that doubt disappeared today. The news iL'Cclvod last nlulit fiiiiu Washington uas uak-ulutL'd to domoss ptli-cs and dls- heur'un ordinary holdi-i-i , and limuguinta a tt'Kitlar bear ram palsu. Thu trnilo got till icndy fuv tills , but It did nut come. There was the peculiar sight at the opening of trailer being ifrald to trade. A Cow had buying orders and when they started In to get thu who.it they found no olTurlngM. Thuy also foil , or thought tlioy felt , the hand of Iho bull clique strung undnr tlio mar ket. SluM-ts who hesitated at first weiormlekly 'unvertod ' Into buyers. Instead ofabiuakof Jc and a panicky maikot , tboio wasa bound uf ' , c , which pat the May prlco at 7du soon iftLT the opening. uTIds up-.ot all calculations. The Impetus prmcd stiongur than tlio government report trongertban the shorts and moro powerful for thu moment than all bearish Inlluencex. Minneapolis had nearly 400 cars. Uhluaeo ro- celpts wcto 300 cars. Tlio exports for the week , according to Ilradstrout's , \\oro but J.B'J-1,000 tm. compared with 3'JQl.OOO uu. tlio week previous and 3,704,000 a year ago. I.lxerpool wheat was quoted lower. C.ish wheat was olTcrod very fiuely 4c or moro under the May ptlce , with the northwest reatly to ship all that can bo cared for , and No. 2 riifuiixo guiding guuianteed. All tills went for nothing : . A man with a .Mono about hN neck swlm- iilng with fits head above water would not have lieen moro htirurlslng. to some of the tiado with extreme hear notions on the mar ket. Thefeatuio of tlio report which ga\o the friends of wheat onroma onii'nt was ( hat part which said that the stock was most of It In .states where It could hardly be available common-tally , the amount In sutplus states being small. Vet the fact lemalns that , counting the reserved \lslblc supply and amount on passage , wo have i < ow tlio largest per cent of the ciop In sight for ye.us. The good buying at the start was attilbntod to the local clique , as KgKlcsion was hUldln In person for both May and .Inly. Theio was heavy reall/lng at the advance under which prices yielded to about yesteiday'.s close , but againiccoveied. The leading futures ranged as follows : AKTICI.l.S. Ot'K.N. HIGH. LOW. CI.OSK. VfcD'V. 7.iK 73 7I.H 7IU 2TJ07J 4IUns 41W 4IM < ns 45 ni 31 SO 4 niK 3.1 1 ( S3H k ) 17 SO 17 DO 1775 17 62 > < 12 4i 12 3714 12 < ; II 45 11 < i i U 25 11 \ m 11 2i > i U 10 07'n ' 10 UV , 10 rash quotations vvcro as follovvs : 1'i.ouu-Qulot , unchanged ; winter patents , S3.70Q4.20 ; . winter straights , ? 3.30a3..1j ; .sprlnz p.-itdits , J3.85Io4.10j spring straight , ? 2 cofta.io : bakon. ' , w.ioa'j.ari WIIKAT No. 2 spring , 72'a731jc ! ; No. 3 prlns , 5S70c ; No. 2 r.-d. 72 W73JJC , COIIN No. 2 , 4 ! ! < © IVi No. ! I cash. 38 o ; No. 2 yellow , 41'jej No. 3 yellow 3Be. UATS No , 2 , 31e ; No. 2 white , on track , 37 Mlc : No. 3 white. 32 330. Uvc-No. 2 , SOU. llAitr.KY No. 2 , G2c ; No. 3 , f. o. b. , 43Q03c ; No. 4 , f. o. b. , 334 c. I'LIXHHKII No. 1 , $1.20. TlMornv SKKII'llniP , 44,34. I'Olttv Mess , per bbl. . ? 17.noai7.G2'5. ' Lnrrt. per 100 Mis. . tl2.32" 'ai2.3j ; short rib sides ( loose ) , HO.irrftlO.lT'f ; dry salted shoulders tlioxcdl , $0.75''uU.87Vi ' ; short eleur sides ( boxuil ) , Sio.noTjio.ori. WHISKY Distillers' finished goods , per gal. , 1.17. HUOAII Cut loaf , D'lffi.Vic ; granulated , 5'jc ; htnnil.ird "A , " 5c. The following were the receipts and ship ments for today : Articles. Uccplpts. Milpmunti. Flour , bills. 23,000 Wheat , bu. 1&.VM Corn , bu. . . 111.000 < > nti > , bu 1CI.OUU Ityc , bn flllW llarloy , bu. 18,000 On the I'roduco exchange today tlio butter market was llrnii creamery , lOit'JG'ie ; dairy , 2025c. Eggs , steady ; lioh , l KniimiH City .M-irketH , KANSAS OITV. Mo. , March 11. WIIKAT Dull and unsettled ; No. 2 hard , Gl > tf 0'ii ! ) ! . Cons Kalr demand tit yestei day's prices. OATS Weak and slow ; No. 2 mixed , 2a-J ) © 2QHC- Kdos-Qniet. steady , 13c. 1IUTTKU In Iltflit demand ; creamery , 27 ® 27'ic : dairy , 17ii20c. ( Hr.cuilTS Wheat , 04,300 uu. ; corn , 17,200 bu. ; oats , l.HOOhu. Silli'Mi'.STS Whuat , 70,100 buj. corn , none ; oats , & .200 bu. Liverpool Murlfut * . I.ivi'.iii'ooi , , March 11. WHI-.AT rasy. do- maml poor , holders olVer moderalolyj No. 1 Cillfornla , Gs 'idu'tOs 1'Jd percental ; No. 2 red winter , 5s OdU5s 7'id. ' CoitN I'lrnii demand fair ; mixed western , 4s 3d portvntal. 'rlmo western , Gls percwt. ea ( iraln . , WIs. , Match 11.IIKAT Un settled ; May , Cli'ic ; No. 2 spring , G4GDc. CoilS-KIrm ; No. 4 , 40Viii,4 Ic. OATS-nrm ; No , 2 , white , SOiic ; No. 3 , . ItAiii.r.v G3c. Hvi-04'ic. : _ _ Soiitlii-rn OH 'Marknt. CHAIIMOTON. S. C' . . Mtuch 11. Turpontlno flrm at 33'c. llosln llrni at J1.27'i bid. SVVANNAII. Ga , March 11. Turpentine firm at33cUosliil.S7. . _ Colloo Murket. NKVV VOIIK , Muich ll.-Optlons opened dull. go < l to choice 6 points down , closed milnt.s down sales , 11,500 steady. f > to 15 ; li i g" Including : March , H7.2Mil7.30 ; April , * 10.0Wil0.oa ; May , 0.751G.BO : July , ilG.50 At a Dinner when you Jinve eaten ffi heartily , you should tnke Ur. FiiTco'a Pleasniit Tel- Mofs. Your liver needs the 'gentle stimulating , as well as invigorating , efTeet of tliewi tiny , t > ugar coated IV-llct-s , If you feel drowsy , dull , Inn- , . culd , Incxpnwiiblj tired or ileblli- \ V'tntcdi if you've no nppotito and frequent ucudaclieu or dlzzlncsa , a furred or coated tongue it proves that you're bilious. In that case you should carry In your Vest-pocket n sinall fcealcsl vial of time IVllets. They are nnti - bilious rnuulcs , which act in o prompt nnd natural way , without griping. Bo lioncfldal and lat > tliifj Is their clfoct that the inukers can afford to guarantee that they will glvo you balls- faction , or they'll return your money. There's no cnse of Catarrh so hopeless that Dr. Sage's Caturrh IK-mcdy cannot cure. The makers will pay f 600 reward for any lucarable case. ain.OOi Hentembpr. IIOMf .in.fiO , Hpot Ulo , uull , etmyi No. 7J17.87'iUH.OO. ( OMAHA I.IVi : HTOUK MAIIKIUN. CnttloTrndo Cloncn Striidy to Active-.Hug * Searcniind lo rr < HATtntiiAV , March II. Itceolpts Imvo been rather unoveitly dl trlb tiled the p.mt week ind both cuttle and ho s show u cntitlderahto falling otT u * compared with the week previous. Not much uhiingo In receipts of slicep. Olllclal figures aio as fol lows : „ . . Cattle. HOLM. Sheep. Ilecelpts this week 14,107 10,719 7,01ft Hecelpls la t week 19,750 lu.tltiu 7.G7U fame week last year . . . .12,703 ir > ,0(3 ( 4,414 rollowlng the receipts and In sympathy ntlh eastern markets cavtlo values have Ibicltiated considerably and at times wildly. On Tiles- day and Wednexday the trade was badly demorall/ed , with a break of lf > c to2Si > ln in Ices for both beef Meeis and cows. Since then the market has been gradually recover- ini ! ami the week closes with prices If any thing u.shade stronger all around than at tda elo > e of last week. Speculative shippers have not operated as freely as usual , proo.ibly for the reason that cattle are selling high emmih here when eom- paied with custom markets. Kastern Imtchers have taken some , but hardly enough to cut much of a llguie In the trade , and the expoit demand lias been next to nothing. Them Is a good , sluing undertone to the tr.ulo , which the situation seems to Justify. Ac cording to the letnrns uf the Popart- men ! of Agrlcultnio the Min | > ly of cattle , not Incliidlni : milch cows , in eleten iiuigu states Is put down at 13,340,170 In IMUII as against 14,570GI8 : In 1H02 , a shortaiie of l,23it- 400 head , while In the eleven le.idlni ! feeding states the supply of cattle Mlguroil ut 14,313- K22 head In IH'JII as compared with 11.H57I',1H In I8t2 ! , a falling oil of Mi.7nu : head. ThU hlg shortage may not become actually felt for some time to come , but like the -horlaito In hogsupiillos n Is sure to come , ami It will un doubtedly hav n a 111:11 : Ked etl'ect on pi-Ices. The week closed with neiy light inn , this being due to waxhoiils and Ice gorges on ono or two roads. The shipping jle- mniid was somewhat limited ami the good heavy 1,2.10 to 1,150 Hi steers at i5 ami * . " > 2"i were not mote than steady with fi ( day. Dressed beef houses , however , all wanted cattle , and as the supply vvu-le- stricted pi Ires geneially rnb-d a sbailo stronger. ( > oed tocholce l.loil to l.MOii-lh. steerssold at fiotnfl.40 to fl.HO , hut the ad vance was felt the nuist on the fair to cooil 1.000 to 1,260-lh. sleeis , which sold readily at from U4.20 tu $1.40. Kvi-ti the poor to'fair Unlit Htiill sold Hiilisiantlally strongei than two or thteo days aj-o , largely at jf3.lil ! to J1.1O Itvtisn gnod active market and Iho pens weie practically denied by nnon. There was not tiiiirh change In the cow mar ket. Probably two-llflhs of the ollerlnits woio cows and mixed stock , and prices were vety generally In l-'rldny's notches , hales In cluded poor to good cows and heifers at from $ l.iOtof3.7r ( > with the hulk of the fall-to good stHIT at from $2.it ( ) toJ3. , " > 0. ( ommim toverv good bulls changed hands fieely at about steady prices from lf-.25 to ? 3.50. Calves were geneially um-hanu'ed with common huge stock at 92 and * 4 , with choice veals In Inglng $ . > and ili. llnslness continues dull In the Mocker and feeder line. Olleilngs were lli.dted , hut so was the demand. On all but the best glades inlco me 10c to 20 lower than a week ago. Sales of fair to good stulT well- largely at fiiiiu # 3 toi3.CO.biit thoi e was htuilly enough Hading done to establish quotations. lions There has been a vciy be.irKh tone to the hog niaiket all week , but the cause of this feeling Is haul to tlnd. It must bn In specula tion. It can't lie In lerelpts , for supplies aie still very short and show no prospect of im mediately Increasing. A few months ago Ar mour was one of the most pronounced bulls In theconntiy. That he has now taken the other side of the situation Is < ippaient fiom a re cently published Interv lew , In which he sa.vs : "I have been In business foity yeais , ami I have never known provisions to sell for gold as high as they aie selling now. O conr-e , . this your may be unlike an other \eai ever Known before , but miles It does tuin out that way then pilces are tuo high. I expect to pet all I no Gc hogs I need In May. My people don't all agice with me , and ll may tin n out that hiv's aie not gohi'j to sell at ( ir In May. Hut that Is my expectation. We me not Iniylm : any hogs now. Tlieie mo some cuts thai we need to have In our trade all the time. We buy them li : the yaiils.Vu tlnd midllllctilty In getting loins out there at the pi leu wo paid when IKUS were down In 4c. As for the consumptive trade , It U simply ilemoralbed. The stoioKeopor will not buy any stocks Some stoiekci-pcis will not onh not stock up , bin will not carry any piodnct at such pilces Ho compels the r.no customer who wants a ham to buy something else ; tells him the price Is so high he can't take the risk on them. Well-to-do poopl- are getting their hams and bacon as u-ual. The consumption of mutton has doubled. We are killing t nice ns many sheep as last year ; so Is everybody else at the yaiils. llog product isatnilKitiu whom tha important consump tive class Is , as fill as pjsslble , eating some thing else. Theie may not be so many hogs , but at the prlco of product there Is not the re quirement for so many. As to laid , everything Is going Into It. " Of the prospective' hog iccelpts estimates aio very wide ap.irt and no satisfactory con clusions can bo drawn from any Ilimios now at hand. The I'rlce I'unent says : "MI far as the general outlook Is concei nod theio Is nothing new to be stated at this time. The marketing of bogs lust year In Match and April vvascon- sldeiably icdticed compaied with tliopioc.ua- ing year , ami the dinuience this season Is not likely tobosostilklngas has been the com parison for tlio winter months. There is a continued strong effort to get -lock Into mar ket t the existing high values , and before a. positive decline may bo Inaugurated , but any essential enlaigcment In supplies does not seem likely to bo shown for somu time to come. " Ono thing Is certainand that Is that tnami- WANTED Total ICHun or CITIES ) COUNTIES. 5CHOOI. J DISTRICTS. WATER COMPANIES , ST.R.R.COMPANIUS.etc. L'oni'iponilvnco lolleitcd. H.W.HARRIS & GQ PA YBsnkers , 103-105 Dearborn Street , CHICAGO. IS Wall Street , NEW YORKt /O Statn fit. . BOSTCM. fiiettirfM are mnklng n dutcrmlned nnd nn patonlly roticorteil oTi ( rt tn hro.ik prlcrr. Ihry uny luws mint K.I lui nr limy musl idlt. | Prices Imvo itone olT fn iv no crnt * this werk , timl nothing but UIP ll hl rocelpl nnd Iho limited fthiptiltiH' ordots fiom the fast hnvo lireventrd until ! innro iirtl-m < lironk There were hardly omiiuh IIORS hero todny to make u mnrkei. 1'ackeis did nothlnj , fresh ment men and hiiors ! | | dolm ; nil thn Jmyliig , A few of Iho bo t bittcln r vvclsht and heavy hiifssold onrly at rather llrm pri 'ei.bni on the ordinary Kraiies prit'os were a nliado to Be lower finm the opening. Kaslein ailvlcrs \voro unfavorable ami the market went from bad to worse , dually doIng Hat with n fort loads still in llrxt hiniiN , I'omnioti light tn choice heavy hogs sold at fiom t7 , 40 to 7 7ft but the hulk of the fair to Kood hogs of nil weight * sold at 7.t > 0aml f 7.1'iti us against $7.f > o nnd 7.G6 Krlday mid 17 SO to s.H3 a week ngo. btiKUi1Tho sheep nmikci continues aiMlvo and Htrong , the supply , while ll'iernl. being hardly oijtial to Iho demand. High pilces for beef and pork are creating an unusual nnd constantly Increasing demand for mutton , 1 his Is a ulg boon to sheep men , as from all accounts there are plotitv of sheeii In tha country which , under otdlnnry circumstance ) ! , must have sold lo cr. duly two luiuls were received today and thov came In too Into to sell on the market. The market was mini * Inally strong. I'alr to good natives. I3,7&a 6.00 ; fair to good woMoins. { : i..0it5.00j com mon and slock sheep , tJ.'jrr > ti.7fii : good to choice 40 to 100-lb. lambs , | 4.oOiO.UO. Itocalpts utul ll | iMltliin of Stuck. oniclnl rocolpts ami dNp ultlou of st > . k .11 xliownhy thn books of ( hit ( Inlon Stock Yards company for Iho twenty-foul hum sending uta o'clock p. m. March it , IHU. ) : , Himsr.x * HIM Dispusmov. Knngnii Oily I.lvo storlc .Market. KANSAS Crrv. Mo. . Match 11. I'XITI.K Ka- Colpts-I0l ) head ; slilp.n < > nts , < JOH h-ail ; the maikot was dull , staily ; steers , loffl'.j.'io ' lower : dicssed bevf tilnlhipping , J4 iKHiCCi.&O : cows , choice , steady ; olhcis , Itic lovvir , cows and heifers , f _ > .00fc l.il'i. fi odors towir. stockers - ers and feeders , fa.l.Vir IJ' I , ; no Ti-x.ins llous-Kecelpts,4Oinihi-id ; shipment * , 1,200 head ; market lOfff-jao low or. : \tin range , t3.257.05 ; bulk , $7.1i.i7.lll. ! . SllKr.l1 Receipts , J.hini ; shipments. 'JOOj market was quiet nii.l weak. Muttons , is 033 4.&U. St. I.onln I.lvo stock M it-Slot. ST. Louis , Mo..M-irch U. Cvrn.r liacolpti. 1,1100 bead ; shipments , 7011 head ; nnirkut steady ; fair to choice native sli-eis , $3.00 ® & .00 ; fair to good fed Texans , } U.iio < il 00. llods-Uecolpls , 1,100 hd ; shlpmonfB. 1,61)0 ) head ; market Mlic ( ( lowoi ; heavy , $7.40 567.00 ; mixed , $7.30I&7.Htl : llsit. | * 740 7 70. SIIIKI : Receiptsnone ; shipments , nono. No market. St. I.nuln I.lvo stock Market. ST. Louis , Match 11. CATI-M : Uccolpta , 1,300 ; shipments , 700 ; market steady ; fair U ) cholco native steers iil.OOtiO.OO ; fair to good fed To.xiins , t3.OOiM.00. HoiiS Kccrlpts. 1,100 ; shipments , l,500i market f ® 10c lower ; heavv , * 7 40 7.00 mixed , l7.30a7.HO ; light , $7 UKt"t7 7O 1 Heculpts , none ; shipments , nono. It Cures Coldi , Cougbi , Sore Throat , Croup , Infla nia , Whooping Cough , Bronchltli andAathtna. A certain euro for Coniumptlcn io flrit itage , and a lure relief la advanced ttagei. TJie at ono . Ton will ite the excellent effect after taltinf th * first doie. Soil by dealers evorywhire. bottles (0 tnty and tl 00. SOUTII Qj\IA.JJA. Union Stock Yards Company , Sou tin OrnaTiai Host Cattle Ho anil "hcop market In tlio woit. COMMlSjm HOllStS. Wood Brothers. Mvo Stock Commhsloo MorohitnU. South Omaha Tclcpliouo 1157. Cliloaza , JOHN I ) IIAIHSMAN , I , , . „ „ ! > ori ' . WOOD.'fMttn .VAI/1'Kll U. . Market Iloporti by iiiiiU.i ll irlrj cliojrfullr ulaliuil upon application OMAHA Manufacturers' and AWHINQ3VM ) TEHTi Omaha Tent-Awning Wolf Bros. & Co. , CO Ml'A NY. . Mnmirticiurar * of tonta. . . 701 unU uunln/i. mo IIOIISK COVKitl , th ntrjot - . IIH Karunn > t. DAOSAHUTvVlN S- I B3ni5 Oaii'ii Bij M. 0. Dax)3 ) , COMl'.VNV. linportLTJ andman.rri Illcycloi sold oa mo.Hlilr Hour nacki , bur lap I , tvrlnu. pajrnmn 1JJ .V IHh. BOOTS > HO SlOif. Morse-CJ3 HowaM troll. Factory cornorlllli n-il DjudaMlrji'.i WenraiimMiuelosi prlo-i to cull liuror * . ail are . waid-il. vorjr naljiiu will ) iiiurclinnK. Kirkendall , Joius & Annr. Hand-SewaJ COMl'A.NV Wholo-iilo .siioi' ; CD . . i , UH- mr . n Jnli ll.ntia Hubtiur hoj Co . IIJ1- UlUllarnuy at. UUI-lll l llirnuy SU , C0 ( ! . I COSNU- , Omaha Coal , Coka & Ea.l3 ? Coraicj Works I.1MW ( X ) . . hirJ ami uft Vlfr . Kalninlial Iron coal , $ 1 ! cor. loth an 1 ciirnlo. wl i.liw oipi , 1HJ-1IIJ D'xUJ - > t. DRY GOODS. H , E. Smith & Co , , KilpatflcVKos'i Dry . co , Dry KOOC | > , notions , f ur. .Votluni vu.itr fur ilih- nlililiiK KUO.U , cjnur iDJKOU.lt.UJlT. lit ) HUl lltlmud HuwarJSti. Ilirnjy nt" . FURNITURc. Omaha Upholstering CO. , unliolilersil furni r-UUNITUUK CO. , Qraco ture , IIJ11101 Nlcuolm BU WtioUtulo onljr. an ! IHU Bt -