0 THE OMATTA DAILY BETS : MONDAY , JULY 2-1 , 1890.
WELL GUARDED
Not Much Chance for Burglars to Get the
Nation's Gash.
SMALL CHANCES OF A DAY ATTACK
VlKllnncr of the Wntrli Over tlie
Trcnutiry nl WnnliltiKlon Tent of
Lock * l r *
N omclnl.
The old-tlmc Treasury department
natchmcn tell bucolic % lsllors that the la
mented JCBSO James made seven distinct
tours of the Treasury department with , pro-
Bumably , an cyo to business. The rural
sightseers after being permitted to handle
a package of greenbacks said to contain
$10,000.000 , are willing to believe anything.
As the late -Mr. Jarm * never lield up the
Treasury department , nnd as his eminent bi
ographers explicitly state that ho never
penetrated cast of the Allegheny mountains -
tains , the old watchman's yarn may be
said to bo somewhat deficient In moorings.
It wouldn't bo an easy matter to loot
the treasury vaults , relates a correspondent
of the Now York Sun Not a dollar has
over boon taken from the treasury by force.
A sneak thief once got in Ills work to the
extent of $60,000 , which ho plucked from
ono of the tables at the redemption division
before the place wns properly safeguarded.
But thcro has never been a holdup nor an
attempt at ono. An account was once
printed of the alleged discovery of a plot ,
engineered by expert burglars , to penetrate
the Treasury building by means of the un
derground electrical conduits surrounding
the edifice. Once In the building , three
robbers wcro to crack the safes , remove
their contents and place them In light rub
ber bags nnd to float these bags along the
conduits , which were to be Hooded for the
purpose , to their pals In waiting nt the
conduit openings The watchmen had a
laugh over this story when they read it.
About a week after its publication , how
ever , the Iron cover of the electrical con
duit right outside the main entrance to the
treasury went up Into the air with a roar
along toward 2 o'clock In the morning.
Some of Hie watchmen thought that Uio plot
was about to bo carried out and for the
first tlmo in many years all the watchmen
wcio summoned , from their posts to the
i main door. The watchmen grinned sheep
ishly at one another when the cause of the
alarm was ascertained.
"Unmix IIi ! "
One of the former treasurers of the- United
States was o somewhat nei ; OLS man He
was not quite certain that It would bo prac
tically impossible for a band of brigands to
loot the trca&ury. He wanted to make sure
that It would no\er be necessary for him
to appeal to congress to have a debt of a
few millions removed from his shoulders , for
of course the United States treasurer is rc-
eponslblo for every cent In the \nults. So
for nearly a month he slept In a room In
the Treasury department. One night he
slipped elf his shoes , put on a pair of carpet
slippers , and began a tour of the corridors ,
In order to satisfy himself that the watch
men wcro performing their duty. Ho hadn't
glided twenty feet from the door of hit ,
joom before he heard a "Halt ! " that sounded
like the snap of a loose Jib. Ton feet
ahead of him a man had a bead on his
heart with a pistol. The ticasurcr's hands
went up.
"Not guilty ; search me , " he said. "I'm
the treasurer. "
"Treasurer , hey ? " said the watchman. "I
don't know that. Just keep on pointing upward -
ward until I get somebody to Identify you "
The watchman touched a button and In a
few moments the night lieutenant of the
match came along and released the treas
urer from W predicament. ,
'Although * the treasuiy had never been
( held up the secret service people know that
many celebrated cracksmen have from time
i to time contemplated the comerslon of n
few millions of treasury money to their own
use. All of the cracksmen , however , scorn
to have decided tint the undertaking was of
too colossal a character
iice rlcal AlnrniH.
Down to the Incumbency of Secretary
Falgcr It has been * said there would have
been no great difficulty for accomplished
and nervy cracksmen of the first rank to do
n good bit of night work In the big marble
cath repository of the government. When
! Mr. Folgor took the reins of the treasury
there was not nn electrical alarm in the
building. The watchmen were Isolated and
lad no facilities for calling for help other
than ordinary police whistles , the sound of
which would re-echo throughout the laby
rinthine corridors In so bewildering a fash
ion that It took from fifteen minutes to half
an hour for a searching party from the main
door to ascertain Its bource. Watchmen thus
conditioned might easily have been over
come by determined burglaif , who would
have hid little difficulty In gaining access to
the building , owing to the Insufficiency of
the force then distributed at vulnerable
points of entrance. The safes , of which
there nro moro than a hundred scattered
over the treasury 'building ' , wcro then of
the old-tlmo lock-nnd-kcy sort , calculated
to wreathe the countenances of cracksmen
into oleaginous smiles on account of their
primitive simplicity. It really scorns re
markable that , with so advantageous condi
tions under which to work , tbo safecrackers
ers who adorned their profession during the
seventies did not essay to effect a partition
of the nation's wealth.
The watch sjstem was completely changed
nnd reorganized under Mr. Folgcr. An
elaborate electrical ahum system was Intro
duced , the force of watchmen was trebled
nnd the old Iron safes wcio replaced by
modern steel affairs wltli tlmo locks and
Intricate combinations. The gold and silver
\auks wcro filled with steel casings around
their common Shells of masonry nnd tlttcd
with tlmo locks , different parts of the com
binations of whloh were distributed among
Mulous officials of the treasurer's olllco , so
that tbo vaults could bo opened only with
the concerted action of all of them , and
then only at tlie stroke of the hour at which
the time locks were set. The necessity of
the line profofslon of modem burglary was
keeping pace with the Improvements In
the fine profession of modern burglary wax
first recognized by Mr. Folfior.
roiuliliintlon anil Time. Lock * .
It thcro wcro no watch force on constant
guard at Uio Treasury department , bow-
over , burglars could do about as they ohoso
* lth ' Uio safes In the Treasury building ,
Tho'bates are as good as any made , but
c\en manufacturrrs of sates admit that the
pafo has not yet been demised that the mod
ern cracksman cannot get into. The best
that modern builders of safes can do IB to
build them In such fashion as to tntalvo
the greatest possible consumption of tlmo
on the part of the cracksmen who attempt
V > get Into them , thus rendering their de
tection during the progress of their work
moro likely ,
< An expert manipulator of safe combina
tions wa bumtnoned to the treasury from
iNow York not long ago to open a safe that
declined to respond to Its figures. The ex
port opened the safe in half a minute , Then
he made a tour of the building and opened
every one of the safes except those fitted
with tlmo locks. There was not ono of them
( .tut ho did not got Into within fourteen
minutes after making the first turn of the
combination hu'nilles. He modestly stated
to the officials acrompaiilng him that he
didn't amount to much as a safe opener
and that there were any number of cracks
men ut largo who could do anything be
did In one-half the time ,
Jto treasury milch fuicu U dlviJtJ Into
three reliefs , like an nrmr Riard , only the
treasury watchman Is on post finger than
the soldier His tour of duty lasts eight
hour * The first watch of the day goes on at
S o'clock In tl.c morning. It U relieved at 4
In the aft mi * in by the watrh wjlch remains
on duty until mldnUht. The midnight watch ,
which Is regarded as the most Important of
the three , completes the triple-linked r.uard
chain , and goes off id S In the morning. Al
though , as stated , the mil wttsn , si called ,
Is considered to carry the greatcit wlshl
of responsibility of 'he Uiri" , on account
of the well known nocturnal preferences nf
burglara , Captain Cobaugh , the head of the
watch force , Is of the opinion tbit the day
guard needs to be more on tbe alert for Hur *
prises than cither night shift.
In > nn < l Mxht ( lunrilx.
"Each of the night watches , " said ho the
other day , "Is made up of twice the number
of men comprising the day watch , In splto
of tbo fact that should an attempt over bo
made to loot the treasury the job 'would
unquestionably bo attempted In the daytime.
At night It would bo Impossible for an or
ganized band of robbers to gain access to
the building , for all the entrances are se
curely locked and guarded after 4 o'clock
In the afternoon , A gang of robbers , to
effect an entrance at any of the doors after
nightfall , would have to employ dynamite
and battering rams , and by the tlmo they
had made n thoroughfare they would bo
flanked by the entire police force of the
District , the soldiers from Fort Myer and
Washington barracks and the Marino bar
racks , with all of 'which forces wo have
direct alarm communications. Such nn as
sault Is about as probable as another sackIng -
Ing of Washington by the Urltlsh.
"We should have much moro difficulty In
repelling a day Invasion. A largo number
of robbers , for Instance , might walk Into the
building In ibroad daylight , when the depart
ment Is open to visitors , entering at the
many different doors so as not to attract
attention , At a given signal , all of them
having assembled at a convenient point ,
they ml phi make an onslaught upon the
cash room , where In the neighborhood of
$600,000,000 In currency Is kept , and hold
up all the clerks and ether employes in the
room at once.
"An attack of this sort would give the
men of the day watch a heap of thinking
to do within a short space of tlmo. Of
course , even If a band of daylight robbers
successfully accomplished the trick , they
could not get away with their booty , ever.
If they had racehorses waiting for , them
outside the building. They would bo
flwooped down upon the uniformed men In
such numbers that with them It would bo
a case of hands up before they had reached
the exits Notwithstanding all this , a day
light robbery of the treasury is much more
practicable than a night robbery , although
I should not particularly care to bo a ring
leader of such foolhardy robbers , either at
high noon or midnight. There would bo
so mo tall old shooting in this'building ' on
such an occasion. "
The watchmen distributed through the
treasury at night are each required to ring
up the main entrance by touching a button
every five minutes during their tour of
duty. In case they do not register it Is
taken for granted that there Is something
wrong and a patrol Is sent to Investigate.
A few years ago the man who was locked
In the cashroom for his eight-hour tour , be
ginning at midnight , overlooked the regis
tering end of his job after ' > first half
hour and the patrol approached that part
of the building with the light footfalls of
Italian opera conspirators , each man with
u Winchester and a pair of forty-eights.
The watchman was found stretched out on
the floor not dead , but deliriously happy.
There was a nearly empty quart flask be
side him Ho lost his job , of course. These
ate the sort of scares that are occasionally
thrown Into the watch force , but the men
who guard the building are always waiting ,
nevertheless , for the actual appearance of
the men with the masks and the jimmies.
MOL.VI' HOOD.
Some of the PlenmircN from CHinliliiK
Tt Deerllieil.
No man who has ever climbed Mount
Hood ean have any real appreciation of its
countless attractions , says the Portland
Oregonlan. In its scenic aspects it vies
with no snow peak of the continent. Its
great snow fiords , its many glaciers , its
picclpltous bluffs , from the bottom of which
many of the leading streams of eastern and
western Oregon find their course , and the
wonderful views obtained from any of its
higher slopes are attractions In themselves
which would appeal Irresistibly to the mlnJ
of any person who wns fortunate enough
to stand on the heights of this mountain.
The invigorating effects of the clear and
lighter atmosphere of the mountain have
proved In countless Instances a most effect
ive panacea for the cure of malaria and
pulmonary troubles. The crimb of Mount
Hood under the guidance of a competent
guide need not necessarily be a hard ono ,
as Is attested by the success of numerous
women who have attained the mountain's
summit In the past. The long tongues of
light timber which run up the mountain's
sides far beyond real timber line , and the
exposed moraines that are found along the
snow fields nearly to the summit itself ,
offer convenient places for the construc
tion of wayside bouses and stopping place ,
which could bo kept open during the Kiim-
mer season as a retreat for those who might
become exhausted on the way. It wouFd
even be wholly feasible to build a well
appointed ledge of ample dimensions to meet
nil the requirements of mountain climbers
on the summit Itself. With the construction
of these houses It would be easy and wholfy
safe to spend several days or weeks on the
mountain , exploring Its glaciers and snowfields -
fields that are not reached now by the man
who Is perforce compelled to make the
climb to the biimmlt and the return trip to
( lovernment camp between sunrlso and sun
set.
I.OMJON MAIIKUT IN lllVI'Tnil FOHM.
nionm of Rnrly I'nrt of Week VleliU
lo llrlKhtcr Conditions ,
LONDON , July 23. The stock market was
distinctly gloomy In the early part of the
week , owing to n fear of an advance in
the bank rate , which happily , however , was
not realized , and the improvement in the
Transvaal situation made the close distinctly
cheerful , with a good recovery nf prices ,
Business , however , continued limited , and
with tbo holiday season close at hand , In
creased activity Is Improbable.
Consols recovered sharply but closed below
the best prices of the week Other gilt-
edged securities were also beMcr. American
securities have shown decided strength and
the future of the market looks promising.
Among the advances are the inflowing :
Illinois Central , % , St. Paul. J ; Santa To ,
Union Pacific , * ; Now York Central and
Northern Pacific , V4. Pennsylvania , Now
York , Ontario & Western , and Missouri ,
Kansas & Texas , 2 each ,
Denver & Uio Grande preferred fell % ,
Erie preferred Vt , Canadian Pacific , Chesa
peake & Ohio , Denver and Hlo Grande com
mon , Louisville & . Nashville , and Reading , H
each.
Money was In fair supply at 2H to 2'i for
call loans , 2V4 to 2V4 per cent for the week ,
and 3'/i per cent for three months' biris ,
iMiinclicHtcr Textile K
MANCHESTER , July S3 , The market
maintains a fuvorablo position , A fair busi
ness has been done during the week In
yarns at full prices , but only the most favor
ite spinnings got an advance of 1-16. The
Bales were about equal to the production.
The cloth market was strong , The Indian
demand continues , Calcutta buying light
lines of miscellaneous gray , bleached and
finished goods. Bombay In taking shirtings
and other standard cloths , Madras wide
cloths and Karachi narrow shirtings and
fancy cfoths. China placed large orders for
shlrtlnes , sheetings and specialties. South
America continues to make fair purchases of
assorted goods. The home trade is excel
lent , The bulk of the business of the week
was done for long delivery.
Gladbach reports continued dullness , the
market being glutted with yarns which are
offered at the same figures as rule In Man
chester. At Mulhouee there has been an Im
proving cloth business. Advices from Koutn
say the market IB quiet with prices firmly
held French spinners have a good chance
to work short tlmo for tbrco tuonUu loucer.
OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET
Not Enough Oattla to Awaken Any Great
Interest Among Buyers.
TRADE DULL FROM THE START TO FINISH
'I'nlip n II Itc .lump , i : en 1C It
( InInut Hit } ' of the Week
Ten to riftecit Out *
HlKhcr.
SOUTH OMAHA , July 22.
Receipts were :
Indicates Sunday. * Holiday.
The official number of cars of stock
brought in today by each roiulwas :
- HOBS. Sheep. -
C. , M. & St. P. g- j
O. & St. L. Ry l
Missouri Pncltlo Uy. . 1 2
U. P. system IB
K. , 13. & V. V. U. R. . . 3 42
S. C. & P. Ry 1
c. , st. p. . xr. & o. .
n. & M. R. R. R 11
C1. , B. & Q. Ry 1
K. C. & St. J. Ry. . . 8 '
C. . R , I. & P Ry E 'i
C. , R. 1. & P. Ry. , 2 10
Total receipts . . . . 19 84 1 16
The disposition of the day's receipts was
as follows , each buyer purchasing the num
ber of head Indicated :
_ , Cattle. Hojp. Sheep
Om.iha Packing Co 1 COS
G II. Hammond Co 2 1,045
Swift und Company 76 2,461
Cudahy PackingCo 64 421
Armour & Co 3 1,474
Cudahy , Kansas City 162 . . . .
Swift , Kansas City 22 . . . .
Vaiwnt & Co 191
AVr. I. Stephen 17
Hill & Huntzlnger 6 . . . .
Other bujers 45
Held over 130
Totals 393 6,009 130
CATTLH All told less than twenty cars
of cattle were reported in the yards , nnd
half of them , or close to It , were Kanbn.s
City csittle shipped direct to packers and
not offered for sale. In other words , there
were not enough cattle here to awaken any
Interest among buyers and the market was
slow and dull and draggy from start to
flnlbh. The general market was lOo lower.
There was quite a string of cornfed cows ,
but they , too , were slow and dragsy and
lower In the fewest words possible , "U
was a Saturday's market. "
Good lornfttl rattie sold at strong prices
all the week pabt and were In active de
mand practically all the time. On the other
band , grass steer ? or common cornfed
steers that wore rot fat were lOJJISc lowr
for the week. Grass cows and heifers were
In much larger supply , and as a result the
market broke .it least 30ii40e. Good dry lot
cows and heifers sold well the early part
of the week , but the big drop on grass
cattle pulled down the cornfed sturt , but
the decline was not as much as on grass
stuff At the clo'C of the week the feeling
on stocfcTs and feeders was very weak. It
Is safe to Bay that that kind of cattle for
the week were 10t16c lower and the only
thing apparently that prevented the market
from breaking moro than that was the fact
of the receipts being so light.
HOGS Yesterday's market was a little
higher , but today It took a big Jump , even
if it was the last day of the week. The
market was all of 10 < J(15c ( higher under the
influence of the good local demand and the
favorable advices from other selling points.
Some of the large packers were still on the
bear side and refusing to buy freely at the
prevailing prices , but there were plenty of
others who seemed to want the hogs and
were ready to pay the prices.
The hogs sold largely at $4 3214124 35. as
against $4.20fi4 25 yesterday One IO-K' of
good light hogs sold up to $1 40. which was
the tp , as against $ I.JO yesterday.
The present week opened with the hog
market a shade hlg-her on Monday , which
was followed on Tuesday by an advance of
fully 15c. On Wednesday the market put on
fully lOc , but on Thui day 7' c of the gain
was lost. On Friday the lo 8 was more than
recovered , nnd the week closed at the
highest point touched so far There were
only two or three days last year when
the hog market reached as high a point as
wns touched at the close of the present
week und that was during the month of
May The demand for hogs was good all
the week , though some of the Hackers are
evidently determined to hold the market
down as much as possible. Apparently ,
however. It Is beyond their control and
when they become too bearish a shipping
demand springs up which equalizes things.
SHEEP ( There were no fresh receipts and
nothing today to make a market.
The sheep market was far from sails-
factory the last week. H was dull nnd
draggy and wa entirely devoid , apparently ,
of life or snup. The tendency of the mar
ket Is unmistakably lower. The eastern
mutton market has been reported as In
bad shape nnd that is given as the reason
for the sheep market not being more active.
Comparatively few feeders have arrived
so far this season , as the westerns coming
t the present time have been picked out
for killers. Commission men say thnt they
are commencing to receive orders for feed
ing Bhoop. to be filled when the market gets
right. At the present time feeders seem
ta have their Ideas tixPd at $1 OOfc'4 25 for
lambs , $3.7Mf4.00 for yearlings , and at $3 50 ®
SCO for wethers. At the present time It Is
hardly posMbto to 1111 oulets at such prices
as those named
Quotations : Prlmo native ' .vethera. Jl 25
< iH 50 ; good to cholcn grass withtrn , $1 15
j4 | 30 ; fair to good grisg wethers. S3 75fji
410 ; good to choice grass ewes , } J50i(375 } ( ;
good to choice spring lambs , $5f > OiJ6 { CO ; fair
to good spring lambs , $5.001(5 50 , common
spring lambs , tl.00-34 - 25 ; feeder wethers ,
J3JOS3S5.
1C mix UN Clly I.lvc .Stork.
KANSAS CITY. July 22.-CATTLR-RC-
cclptH , 17 head , the supply wiu about 7,000
head les.s than the eoi responding week last
year ; there was a material advance In
prices for the beyt expert nnd butcher
grades , while Immatuio stock was slow
sale at Imrnly steady prices , heavy native
Htecrs , J5.25W580 , light weights , JI.70S550 ;
BtockerH and feeders , $3 76fa5 00 ; butcher
cows and heifers , ? 1.00 < f(515 ( , canning stock ,
J225fiJ.OO , western steeis , $3,50j325 ; Texans ,
J3-Jf.il 4 So.
HOGS Receipts , 2,800 head ; market very
netho ut lOc hlghor prices ; the advance for
the week amounts to 30c net : heavy. $4,40 ®
4 50. mlxtd , $4 30iJ4.45 ; light , J4.aS4.10 ; pigs ,
J4.10f < 425
BHiir Receipts for the -neck. 14,000
head , for bamoetk lust year , 20,000 head ;
light supply caused prices to ndxance from
0o to 4Uo on spring Inmhn and 15c to 25c on
mutton gradui and feeders ; spilng lambs ,
J5 OOfiG.lS ; yearlings. Ji.50JS ( 25 ; muttons ,
)4 OOQ4 90 ; whickers and feeders , (3 23WJ 00 ;
culls , J.MXX33 25.
.SI , I.nnln MVP Stnolc.
ST. IXUIIB , July 2S-OATTI.B-neeMpt
100 head ; fair to choice native shipping nmi
export steers. J4 " 6fi5.M , with fancy grades
worth up to $575 , dressed beef and butcher
steers $40 f(525 , steers , under 1,000 ibs. .
} 350fGOu | ; Btockers and feeders , JI7r fT4(5 ( ;
co\vs and helf. rs. 2 2505 00 ; bulls. J.E5 3.75 ;
cannera. { 1 DOfi'S.M ' ) , Texas and Indian steerb ,
tf25a > l. J5 ; cows and heifers , J260i3DO.
HOGS Receipts , 3000 head ; market lOo
higher ; pips and lights. SIGftj4C5 ; packers ,
4Wi470 { ; butchers , * 4 C4.70.
vSUKBl'-.Murket nominal.
I. lie Stock.
CHICAGO. July 23 Receipts of cattle
wcra not larsc wuiugh today to make a
market. Good to fancy steers were quot
able at JI.-Ciir3.S5 ; commoner grades , II 5l
C.20 ; slacken- und feeders , $300tT175 ; bulls ,
co\\s and helfera , J'2 WjS 10 , calvrg , JI.M-if
6.75 ; western fd utcera , f4 tiSfia 6oj Texas
steers , $30025.
Hogs loai half an parly advance of lOc at
the close Heavy brought J4 'Xritl 65 : mixed
lots. M30tj4.C7Vt ; light hogs , J1WM 70 ; culls
and rough lots , } J C * > ii4 20. pigs , S3 SMi 4 60.
Mont of the slicvii t"d.ty came directly
convened to the packird and , the Tew flocks
that came on the market sold at unchanged
price * " .
Receipts Cixttlo , 200 head ; hogs , 18.000
head , sheep , 25,000
SI. . .Innrptif \ Slnrk.
SOUTH ST JOSEPH. Mo. , July 22.-Spc- (
claU The Journal quotes lus follows :
CATTLE Receipts , 100 head ; market
steady ; native * , J4.00Q550 ; Texas nnd west
ern" , W&58B.40 ; cows nnd helfer \ J200f490 | ;
bulls and stags , f2304T5. yearling1' nnd
cnlvos , J4.10 < if620 : stackers and feeders , $360
04 > ; \ ealJ5POJI6SO. . . .
HOGS Receipt * , 4,700 head ; market
opened at Be and closed lOc higher ; heavy
nnd medium , { 4 35'iM 50 ; light. M.3 < W4 42',4 :
pigs. J4 OOIJ4 20 ; bulk of sales , JI.3Stt4 45.
SHEEP Receipts , none ; demand strong.
> P T York \A-\f Slock.
NCW YORK , July 22. HHDVnS No re-
celpti , no trading , feeling steady ; export * ,
940 cattle , 73 sheep and 4,974 quarters of
beef
CAIA'KS No receipts ; none on sale , feel
ing linn , dressed vonls OfJIOc per pound.
Slinni' AND lAMBS-Recclpts. 4.4M
head , 1'4 cars on sale ; sheep dull nnd lower ;
lambs ilrm , sheep , $300fll50 , lambs , J5 50 ®
HOGS Receipts , 2.4S5 head ; none for sale ;
nominally steady.
Slock lit
Following nro the receipts at the four
principal markets' ' for July 22 :
Cattle. Hogv , Sheep.
Omaha . 4i7 fi,047 371
Chicago . 200 18,000 25,000
Kansas City . 17 2.SOO
St. Louis . 100 3,000
Totals . 874 23.S74 25,371
CIIICACO GRAIN AM ) PROVISIONS.
Fontnrc * of the TrmlliiK nnd CI
I'rlcpd on vSnltirilnj.
CHICAGO , July 22. Wheat on the Board
of Trade lost about half of an early advance
of Hlo on predictions of relief from the hot
weather In the northwest. September closed
Ho not higher at 70Wft70Hc. ; ( Corn , oats nnd
provisions closed unchanged and provisions
very near yesterday.
Wheat opened strong on reports of ex-
trcmo heat In Ihe northwest , a condition
Injurious to spring wheat In Its present
state. September begun at nn advance of
Ic , with the bulk of trading at 70c. A fur
ther advance ns scored Immediately to
71Uc. A cool wave was sighted by the
weather prophet in the far northwest , but
unheeding that shorts rushed to cover. The
averaged maximum temperature reported
from South Dakota and Minnesota wns 10U
degrees. There were also reports of dam
ages from rains In parts of the west nnd
southwest. The seaboard reported a good
export business. Selling against calls and j
Olllclal predictions that the cod wave would
move southward soon checked the rise.
Shorts recovered from their fright and re
sumed selling with such success that at
the end of the short session ? < c had been
clipped off the September price. Receipts
at primary points were Ji71'ilS bu. , against
369,343 bu. last year. Duluth and Minneapo
lis reported 403 cars , as compared with 611
last week and forty-three a year ago. Local
receltpsoro seventy-nine cars , five of
which were contract grade. September
closed at 70H7054c , a. net gain of % c.
Corn opened strong In sympathy with
wheat , September H&o up. Reports were
uniformly favorable for crop prospects , but
the sympathetic Impulse carried September
up to 32H@32lic. There had been considera
ble realizing on the bulge , and when wheat
began to decline corn followed. September
closed weak at 31 % < & 31c. Receipts hero
were BS6 cars.
Oats ruled dull and easy. September
opened a shade under yesterday at 1974c ,
sold off to 19V419Hc and closed at IS ic
sellers. There was a fair cash demand. Re-
colots here were Ib3 cars.
Provisions opened strong with hogs lOc
up. The weakness which later developed In
corn was communicated to provisions and
the early strength was dissipated. Septem
ber pork closed unchanged at $9.17V4@9.20 ,
September lard steady nt S5.57& and Sep
tember ribs steady at $5.22Vs.
Estimated receipts for Monday : Wheat ,
100 cars ; corn , C25 cars ; oats , 185 cars ; hogs ,
40,000 head.
Leading futures ranged as follows :
Articles Open. High. Clone. Ycst'dy
Wheat.
Julv. . . 70M 60V |
Sept. . . 71 GVt 7UH 70HUH 09J70
Dec. . . . 72HWK 72M-73 72X 71K
Torn.
July. . . 32M H2MC3H 32 S2Ha4 32M
Sept. . . 32 X1U
Dec. . . . 30 BOX
Oatn.
July. . . 26 25 24
Sept. . . lOIi 1'JK 1PH
Way. . . 22 21H 21h
Pork.
Sept . . 030 9. )0 920 020
Oct. . . . 9-'C OS7 020 020 920
L.irU.
icpt. . . CCO 6C.2K 657K 657H 6C5
Oct. . . 6 US 667H 6flm 602H , C60
Hlbs
Sept. . . 625 530 522M G22K B 20
Oct . . . 630 B -7ki B M 025
No. 2.
O.T'h quotations were as fo'.lows :
FJOUH-iasy ; winter patents , $1 50 ® 3 60 ;
straights , $5 10ii3 30 ; spring specials , $4 00 :
hard patentH , $3 BOW3 CO ; soft patents , $3 SO ®
3.W ; baker- ? , $1.80 ® 2.40.
WHEAT No. 3 spring , CS0G9' c ; No. 2 red ,
71Vsc.
COUN-No. 2 , 31V4 T32c ; No. 2 yellow.
34'io.
OATS No. 2 , 24c ; No. 2 white , 29c ; No.
3 white , 2402IHC.
nvn NO. 2 , c9 > / < .c.
SHBDS-Flax , No. 1 , northwest , H.02V4 ;
cash , southwest , 99V4c : July , 99c ; September ,
9)c ) ; October , 95Hc. Timothy , August. J257 ;
September , $255 ; October , $250 ; No. 1 flaxseed -
seed , 99c ; prime timothy seed , $2.25Q.2.45 ;
clover , contract prade , J C 50.
PROVISIONS Bless pork , per bbl. , $8 G0 $ >
920. Iard , per 100 Ibs. , $5 4006 52V4. Short
ribs Bides ( loose ) , $5.15fj'5.30. Dry suited
shoulders ( boxed ) , $5.32&Q5 50 ; short clear
sides ( boxed ) . $5.40(35.45. (
WHISKY Distillers' finished goods , per
EXil . $1.26
SUGARS Cut loaf. $6 02 ; granulated , $3 G4.
Following are the receipts and shipments :
Receipts. Sb'p'l- )
Flour , bbls . 15,000 10,000
Wheat , bu . 74,000 67,000
Corn , bu . 514.000 615,000
Oats , bu . 237,000 219,000
Rye , bu . . . . . . 4,000
Barley , bu . 8,000 4,000
On the Produce exchange today the buttur
market was weak : creameries , I3l&j17c ;
dairies , IKfilG'/Sc. Cheese , easy at &V4S9c.
Kggs. fresh , ll ! c. Poultry , easy ; turkeys ,
7HG8Vic ; chickens , 8M > < 89e ; springs , 10llc.
OMAHA GUM3UAL MARKET.
CnniHHnnn of Trnile nnd luo < nUon
on Staple mill Fancy Produce.
EGGS Good stock , weak at He.
BUTTER Common to fair. ll12c ; choice ,
ISffHc ; separator , JS@19c ; g-athercd cream
ery , 1617c.
I'OULTHV Hens. live. 7V48c ; spring
chickens. 14ftl5c : old and stagey roosters ,
live. 3H05o ; ducks and gecHe. live , 606'ic :
turkeys , live , He.
PIOriONS Live , per doz. , 75cQU.OO.
ViALS-Cholce. 9c.
VHGKTABLES.
WATERMELONS Texas , crated for
shipment , ] fii720o ? ,
CANTALOUPE Per crate , $1.6001.65 ;
bakPt , 60J75c.
TOMATOES-Pcr 4-ba ket crate , 65c.
ruCANS Hand-picked navy , ner bu. . $1 50.
POTATOES New Potatoes , 300400 per bu.
CUCUMBERS Per doz. , 30c.
CELERY Per doz. , 30c.
PROri'3.
BMJEBERRIES-Per 16-qt. case , $1.75.
APRICOTS California , per crate , $200.
n BLACKBERRIES-Per 24-qt. case , $250 ®
"BLACK RASPBERRIES Per si-qt. case ,
"pLUMS-CallfornK. per crate , $1.50.
CALIFORNIA PEACHES-Hale's early ,
$1 per box : freestones , ! 1.15 { ? ! . o per box.
CHERRIES-Orepon. 10-lb boxes , JL75.
APPLES-Per bbl. , $1.502.00.
TROPICAL FRUIT.
ORANGES Mediterranean sweets , $4.50
0t > 00.
LEMONS-Callfornla. fancy , $1.6031.75 ;
Messina , fancy , $50066v ,
BANANAS Choice , crated , large stock ,
per bunch , $26033.76 ; medium-sized ,
bunches. $2.00ir22i.
HIDES. TALLOW , ETC.
HIDES-No. 1 green hides , 7VJc ; No. 2
preen hides , r.'Jo ; No. 1 salted hides. 8Hc :
No. 2 salted hides , 7l4c ; No. 1 veal calf , 8
to 12 Iba. , lOc ; No. 2 veal cilf. 12 to 15 Jbs ,
TALLOW , GRCABE. ETC.-Tallow. No.
1. 3l4o ; tallow , No. 2 , 3oj rough tallow. JV4c ;
white grease , 2'/iiJc ; yellow and brawn
SHEEP PELTS-Oreen salted , each. 16 ®
75c ; green salted shearings ( short wooled
early aklns ) , each , 16c ; dry shearings ( short
wooled early skins ) . No. 1 , each , EC ; dry
Hint , Kansas and Nebraska butcher wool
pelts , per Ib. , actual weight , 405o ; dry flint ,
Kansas and Nebraska murrain wool pelts ,
per Ib. . actual weight , 3'y4o , ory Mint , Colorado
rado butcher wool pelis , per Ib. , actual
weight. 4S5c ; dry flint , Colorado murrain
wool pelts , per Ib. , actual weight , 3Qle.
Liverpool Market.
I.IVKRPOOU July 22 WHEAT-NO. 2
red western , winter , dull at 5s8'4d , No. 1
northern , spring , dull ( it 5s lOd ; No. 1 Cali
fornia. 6s'id and On l d Futures , lower ,
July. &d ( , > d ; September , CaS'id ; December ,
Ca 9\d.
CORN American mixed , spot , easy at 3s
4Ud ; American inixtd , pot , old , quiet at
Futures , quiet ; July. Ji Wj Be-p-
temb r 4 * 3 < 1 ,
_ I'LOUn St. LouH fancy winter , dull nt
' "W'rTHR-Oood Vnltftd State * , :
PEAS-OnnndUn. 61 lOd
PROVISIONS Beef , extra India tnNtf.
oleidy at 60s ; prime most , steady at K > s.
Pork , prime mowi , western , firm at 60s ,
L-ird. American refined , In r * IK steady nt
I * * Ski ; prime western , dull nt 2s. Ham * ,
short cut , 14 to 16 Ibs. , strong at 64 .
Bicon , Cumberland cut 28 to 30 Ibs , stendy
nt 11 * : short rib. 18 to 20 Ibi , steady at 32 ,
long cleur middle" , light. 30 to 35 Un. ntpndy
nt 31s ( M ; long clear middle * , heavy. 35 < o
40 llw. , steady nt 31s. short clsnr back * . 10
to IS Ibs. , steady at .TO * : clear belllo , 14 to
Ifi llv. . Ptendy nt 31s Shoulders , square , 12
to 14 lb . tlrm nt 2'ifld.
CHEESE American llnes whlto nnd col
ored , tlrm nt 41s.
TALLOW Prime city , firm nt 23s ; Aus
tralia , In London , steady at 25s 3d.
S ( . I. on In MnrUol.
ST. LOUIS. July 22-WUEAT-ltlghpr ;
No 2 red cash , elevator , 70Ho ; trnck , "UP
72 < 4c , July , CIV , September. TO-NP'O c , De
cember , 73Sc , No. 2 hard , C9c , receipts , 90,659
.
CORN Lower : No 2 cash , 32c ; trnck , 3Jc :
July , 31Uc ; September , 30H031C , December ,
28'4c
OATS Lower ; No 2cnsh , 24c ; track , 24'if ?
25c ; July. 23 ic ; September , 19Hc ; No. 2
vvbltp. 2Sc.
RYE-FIrm : Me bid for new.
FLOUR Firm nnd unclmnged ,
SEEDS Prime timothy seed , new , $250.
August : Ilnxsecd. steady nt 96c.
CORNMEA1 * Steady nt $1 85jfl.W.
BRAN Quiet , sacked , enst trnck , COc.
HAY Steady to Ilrm , timothy , $8.76011.00 ;
prnlrle , not quoted.
WlllSKY-Steady nt $1.26.
POULTRY-Wcnk ; chicken" , 7'c ' ; young ,
lOiTlOHc ; turkeys , 9c ; young , 16c ; ducks , 6g >
6'.4c. ieo ; , 6if7c.
BUTTER-Qulet ; crenmcry , 1501S',4c ;
dairy. I2015c.
EGGS-QUlet nt 9'4c.
PROVISIONS Dry salt meats , boxed
phouldcn , $ . " > 12V4 : extra shorts. $523 ; clear
ribs , $5.50 ; clear sides , $5 62V& . Bacon , boxed
shoulders , $5.50 ; extra shorts , $5.75 ; clear
ribs , $600 : extra clear , $6.12'A.
RECEIPTS Flour. 3,000 bbls. : wheat , 91-
000 bu. ; corn , 39,000 bu. ; oats , 41.000 bu.
SHIPMENTS-Flour , E.OOO bbls ; wheat ,
9,000 bu. ; corn , 73,000 bu. ; oats , 14,000 bu.
Knnnnn Cltv ( irnlii mill Provision * .
KANSAS CITY , July 22. WHEAT Sep
tember , 0374c , December , f > % c : cash No 2
bard. 6465o. No. 3 , 61 < fiG4c ; No 2 red. 67 ®
680 ; No. 3 , 621iG5c : receipts , 147 cars.
CORN September. 2734c ; December. 23Hc ;
cash No. 2 mixed , 2930c ; No. 2 white , 31c ;
No. 3. SOHc.
OATS No. 2 white , 23 < ic.
RYE No. 2 , BcUe.
HAY Choice timothy , $7.50iS 00 ; choice
prnlrle , $ G25fT650.
BUTTER-Creamcry , M'frJflGHc : dairy , 14c ,
EGOS Market weak ; fresh Missouri and
Kansas stock , firsts , 9'/4c , cases returned.
RECEIPTS Wheat , 88,400 bu. ; corn , 68,600
bu. ; oats , 8,000 bu
SHIPMENTS Wheat. 29,400 bu. ; corn , 9-
700 bu. ; oats , 3,000 bu.
Plillntli'llilila Market.
PHILADELPHIA , July 22. BUTTER
Firm but steady ; fancy western creamery ,
18V4c ; fancy western prints , 21c.
EGGS Firmer ; fresh nearby ,
fresh western , 14c ; fresh southwestern ,
ffilSc : fresh southern ,
CHEESE Firm.
Toledo Market.
TOLEDO. July 22. WHEAT No. 2 cash
nnd July , "OVfcc ; September , 72'lc bid.
CORN No. 2 mUed , 34 c.
OATS-No. 2 mixed , 25ic.
RYE Inactive ; No. 2 cash , 67e asked.
SEEDS Cloveit-ccd , active ; prime cash ,
new , $3.95 ; October , $4.75V4.
Minneapolis 'XVIifitt Mnrlce < .
MILWAUKEE. July 22. WHEAT
Higher ; No. 1 northern , 72'-jc ; No. 2 north
ern , 71c.
RYE Lower ; No. 1. 63c.
BARLEY Quiet ; No. 2 , 40',4o ; sample , 35 ®
40c.
I'oorltt Mnrlret.
PEORIA , July 22.-CORN-QuIet ; No. 3.
OATS-Basjy : No. 3 white.22i23Hc. .
WHISKY Firm on the baste of J1.2fi for
finished goods.
MllviniiUcc AVhent Market.
MINNEAPOLIS , July 22.-WHEAT-In
store. No. 1 northern , July , 67c ; September ,
U7V&C ; December. 68c ; oirtrack. No. 1 hard ,
69'tc ; No. 1 northern , 6S',4c ; No. 2 northern ,
66c.
A IVAII.LKSH IIOIISESHOE.
One of the Pntrntn flint linn Jnnt Been
IMNIICI ! at AVanliinKton.
Following are some of the patents recently
Issued by the patent office which attract more
than ordinary notice , reports the Washington
Star :
A nallle s horseshoe is a device on which
a Texas man has obtained a patent. His
Idea ia to attach the shoe to the hoof with
out the use of nails and at the same tlmo
provide for the expansion of the hoof. The
shoe is made In two sections , which are
hinged together and rendered adjustable by
a bolt. The shoe Is put on the hoof and the
bolt adjusted , permitting the flanges to Im
pinge on the hoof and hold securely.
Bicyclists will be Interested in a patent
Just issued to a man from Chicago. It Is
termed a "means for restoring air pressure
In pneumatic tires. " In other words , it is
designed to restore to tubes that have sag
ged by reason of the escape of air on ac
count of the permeability of their waifs their
full elasticity and air complement. To ac
complish this two itubeg are employed , the
Inner being of tough material capable of
carrying n high air pressure and communi
cating -with the outer tube by means of a
valve , which operates when the outer tube
Is relieved of its normal pressure.
Harry Mitchell Is an Englishman , but nev
ertheless Is entitled to a patent for his im
provement In sawbucks. He provides his sawbuck -
buck with a clamping device consisting of
two Jaws operated by the foot , whereby a
log of wood 'Intended ' to bo sawed may bo
herd firmly in position.
This IH a medical Invention that was re
cently granted an Illinois man. He calls
It n "nose screen , " and says In describing It :
"This Invention relates to a nose ecrcen
and preeser , and has for ita object to pro
vide a frame adapted to exert a constant and
gentle pressure upon the gristle and bone of
the nose whereby , when the membrane of
the nostril becomes Irritated from coid ,
catarrh or particles of foreign matter , this
enlargement Is overcome and the lieallne
facilitated by the gentle pressure and com-
prc ston upon the opposite sides of tbo
nose. A further object is to provide n re
movable screen which can be applied to the
lower portion of this frame lo exclude cold
air , particles of dust or foreign matter , or
to contain or carry a medicinal compound
adapted to bo used In healing the membrane
of the nose. "
The Invention Is made of light spring
material as above described , nnd designed
when applied to grasp tdo nose and bo held
by its impingement thereon.
An Englishman by the name of Wapsharo
hnsj just obtained a patent In this country
for a pneumatic tire. Wapahoro Is a major
of tbo Third Lancers , Hyderabad con
tingent , and an ardent cyclist. His doUcc ,
ho says , is designed to effect the permanent
repair of air inflated or pneumatic tires
when they become punctured , without re
moving tlio outer cover. To accomplish this
ho provided n filling for the air tube of
fibrous material , such as cotton , wool or
asbestos , In a loose , flocculent or fluffy condi
tion. When the tube IB punctured It will
only be necessary , be says , to Inject a small
quantity of India rubber solution into tbo
bole and prct > s the tire down on the rim.
This spreads and with the loose material
forms a film about the bole , securely and
permanently repairing the same ,
U has long been known among revolver
shots that the best results can be obtained
by spreading tbo forefinger along the. barrel
of the pistol and tben taking aim. If the
forefinger be extended at an object almoet
perfect aim is accomplished. An Inventor
from New Jersey has obtained a patent for
just this thing , ho providing a groo\cd
piece by the eldo of tlio chamber to ac
commodate tbo finger. He claims greatest
accuracy In aiming by reason of bis in *
ventlon.
A diseased stomach surely undermine *
health. It dulls ( be brain , kills energy , do-
etroys the nervous syetem and predisposes
to Insanity nd fatal diseases. All dyspeptic
troubles are quickly cured by Kodof Dyipep *
la Cure , It haa cured thousands of cases
JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS
OB > OMAHA.
\ .
HARNESS-SADDLER Y.
J H < Haney&Co
V jryr
, 8ADDLKS AXI ) COLLARI
folbtr * of leather , baddlrry Tlartl < tar , Kttk
We solicit jour ordcr . 313-315-317 S. 13th.
BOILER AND SHEET IRON WORKS
ryake , Wilson
\J \ 9. uum :
Sncoinorn Wllnon A Drnke.
Manufacturers bolters , smoke Macks nnd
trecchlngs , pressure , rendering , sheep dip ,
lard and vntfr tnnkn , bollei tubes con-
itantly on hand , second hand boilers
bought nnd sold Sncrlnl nnd promnl t to
repnlm In city or country llth nM Wee
BOOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS ,
n merican Hand
1 V Sewed Shoe Go
M'frs \ Jobbers of Foot Wear
WISTEHN AOIHTi COR
The Joaoph Bonigan Bubbor Co.
CHICORY
he American
I Chicory Co.
Orowtrt and taufaotunn of all formi of
Chicory OmahA-Fremont'O'Nilt
DRY GOODS.
E , Smith & Go.
taprtra aid Jobber * el
Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods
AND NOTIONS.
WHITING TO TIII :
Himheln of I.rttcrn Itrcptvril nt ( he
IVhllc Ilnnnc I.\ cry nny.
From the date on which the president of
the United States begins his annml message
until the close of each session of congress
1,200 to 1,500 letters are received each day
at the White House. E\cn In the dull sum
mer season , reports the Now York Sun , the
dally average Is fully 300. Only those of
obvious Importance reach the eyes of the
president , or even those of Secretary John
Addlson Porter. They nro nil absorted b >
Mr. Porter's corps of clerks. Eighty per
cent of thorn are forwarded to the various
executive departments and , by order of the
president , a typewritten form of acknowledg
ment Is sent from the White House to the
writer of each letter , no matter how humble
the correspondent or how Insignificant the
subject of his communication. The letters
received are all indexed and those retained
at the Whlto House are carefully and
systematically filed , so that , If ever needed
in legal trials , or in the Investigation of
criminals , they may bo easily found.
Many of the letters addressed to the presi
dent are manifestly the emanations of dis
ordered brains , yet only a few are so hope
lessly unintelligible as to render a reply Im
possible. Nearly every department main
tains a "crank file , " but It is the aim of
each to deal as courteously as possible with
all correspondents. Strange as It may seem ,
the most unreasonable letters received by
the president are not the productions of
cranks and lunatics. They como from the
vast army of the plain people those who ,
with a little more general Intelligence or
better developed reasoning power , \vould be
the "backbono and sinew" of the nation.
Most of these letters nro extremely touch
ing , as much for their bad spelling , errors of
syntax and lame logic , as for the pathos of
the messages that they convey. They ag ;
the vehicles for every desire , e\ery hope and
every variety of claim , real or Imaginary ,
that the human mind can concehe.
Scores of these letters are filled with
gratuitous suggestions and well-meant ad
vice. Appeals for charity by the hundred
reach not only the president , but Mrs. Mc-
Klnloy , from persons who cannot Imagine
how a middle-aged couple with quiet tastes
can possibly find use for $50,000 a year This
sum would bo exhausted In three days were
an attempt made to answer all these ap
peals.
Excepting requests for charity , the largest
number are from people who desire the
resident's assistance in personal matters ,
quite a number are from old union veterans ,
who Imagine that their pension business
would bo expedited If the president , who uas
once their comrade In arms , would call on
the commissioner of pensions with a verbal
request , or at least send an autograph let
ter In each case. The numerous and some
times pathetic appeals are never seen by
the president , but are referred to the pen
sion office , there to bo acted upon In the
regular course of business
Fully ao numerous , but with much less
claim to favorable consideration , are the Ml- '
cawbcr-llko individuals , who fondly bcllcvo
that the vaults of the treasury contain vast
private fortunes awaiting claimant ) * The
would-be heirs of Joseph Hall , Robert Mor {
ris and William Penn , If organized as a mil-1
Itary force , would be able , In point of num
bers , to subdue the Innurgcnt Filipinos with
scarcely an effort , especially If reinforced i '
by the claimants to tbo mythical $13,000,000 1 ,
popularly believed to bo held in the tieasury
an a separate fund , derived from the confta-1 I
cation and sale of cotton by the United I I
States government during the civil war. No
Biich fund rxlatH.
Many ether lottcrn relate to stores and
mipplles alleged to have been taken by the
Union army from southern landholders dur
ing the civil war. A few of these still un
settled claims are just and , In the course of
tlmo and the duo process of law , will bo
paid. Others have only a shadowy bowls
of validity. The majority of them were dis
allowed years ago t > y either the court of
claims or the Southern Claims commission.
Others wcro long nlnco barred In fongrcsd
for "non-prosecution , " many are of the va
riety known ng "etale , " because prosecution
haB been BO long delayed that all persona
having actual knowledge of the facts are
either dead or otherwise beyond reach ; atlll
others have not the slightest foundation nf
fact on which to rest. I
Most of tbo claims have been pending for I
many yearn , either before congress or the
court of claims. Doubtlc&a many more years '
will elapse before they are all finally set
tled. Tbo claimants , however , become im
patient , and scores of them , either through !
Ignorance of the laws or Ignorance of the
fact that the president lilmnelf must obey .
those lawn , Implore him aaln | ; and again to i
use Ills personal Influence in the furtherance
of their claims They repeatedly advance
the statement that all he has to do Is to
" " the of thla that
"order" payment or claim
and the ( secretary of tbo treasury will bo
compelled to pay U , All letters relating to
money matters ultimately reach the trean-
ury , but , a should he well known , the sec
retary cannot disburse a cent of the COUQT ,
DRUGS.
E. Bruce & Co.
Druggists and Stationery
"Quxa ri e" BptcUHIt *
Cljrtni , Win and UrtndltK.
' 10th d Ilarorr I
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
W esforn Electrical
Company
Electrical Supplies.
Elcotrlo Wlrlnp Uolls nnd ( Jus Lighting
O.V JOHNSTON. Mir 1511 Howard Bl.
John T. Burke ,
ELECTRIC LIGHT
and PO WER PLANTS
424 South 15th St.
HARDWARE.
L eo-OIass-Andreeson
Hardware Co.
Wholesale Hardware.
Bicycles and Sporting Goods , 121E1J3 Hoi *
ney Street.
SAFE AND IRON WORKS.
he Omaha Safe
I asid Iron Works ,
G. ANDKEEiS , Prop.
Mnkos a specialty of
. ESCAPES , .
&nd Burglar Proof Safes and Vnult Doors , etc.
OK ) S. llth H . . Onmltn , Neb.
rONC 1959
ROOM4HrLIFEBLM. BRANCH 1036 MJ5T
OMAHA tIED imCOUl Mtt\
JAMES E. BOYD & CO. ,
Telephone 1030. Omaha , NJJ
COMMISSION ,
GRAIN , PROVISIONS and STOCKS
DOAHU OH TIMDB.
Dlrcrt wlren to Clilcucn and Nctr York.
Corr Bt > ondrntii Jjhn JL. Warrtn * Oa.
Mortgages For Sale
We have on hand a list o
gilt-edge securities for sale.
Call andbee us.
PAYNE-HARDER CO. ,
First Floor N. Y. Life.
try's funds without nn appropriation there
for by congress.
The women who write letters to the pres
ident aie not all ignorant , hut one fault
oeems common to 98 per cent of them. They
write pages of unnecessary detail with re
gard to family matters and embellish their
Bt.itcments with the most delicate and poet
ical figures of speech , yet omit the essential
Information on which their claims are
'based. ' They are careless as to dates , nnmcs ,
postofflco addrcsKcs and proofs of Identity
of the parties directly concerned ; but flat
tery , How cry rhetoric and religious senti
ment abound.
TO o1:111 : OMI : vr.tiMuiiiitr ; .
A Method ( lull AViiM
Sin-ceHKf nl | u
H ' .
It Is found upon ln\cstlgatfnn that iery
beneficial results follow special treatment
for cases of Htammcilng , reports the Now
York Post. Some of tbo methods practiced
nt the different schools or institutions In
existence for this purpose can often bo np-
pllcd at home with good effect whole the
affection takes a mifd form The mother of
u boy of 12 , who has been with her son for
two months In nn institute while ho was
being treated for n most aggravated case
of stammering , says that n large part of
the treatment consisted In slow upunklng
This was practiced not only by the lad him-
helf , but by oxerybody connected with the
institution She , with the rest , was obliged
to speak with great slowness nnd perfect
distinctness. Most stammering arises from
nervousnefcs , and to restore confidence by
eliminating haste seems n rational method
of treatment. In the case of this lad who
stammered so badly that he was In danger
of completely losing lib power of Hpeei-h ,
the eight weeks' treatment lestorrd him to
his family anil fcfJnux as glib n talker as
a boy of his ngo usually IH
A young woman who contracted the habit
from mimicking n brother who Htammered
found relief In another Institution only after
a much longer treatment It Is said that
cases of stammering acquit od by mimicry
often provo tlio most obstinate , nnd It Is
significant that In this Instance the brother ,
who was a born Htninmerer , recovered
quicker and more completely than the uls
ter , who acquired tlio atlllrtlon. The ( Irst
treatment for the jonng lady consisted In
three weeks of HpcethlcBsnpss She was not
permitted to make an articulate sound dur
ing that time , writing all her requests nnd
wishes. This was lo restore tone to the
vocal organs by tenting them ,
Where n child betrays a tendency to
stammer , the trouble may often bo controDi'd
at the very beginning by Insisting upon
slow specUi , both on his purl and , BO far
as pof * > | ble. on the part of those associated
wltli him It Is unwise , however , to call Ills
attention constantly to It.
Scutch.
London Spire .Mom nln. "Had It not
Jici'ii tht > Sabbath day , ' oald Pcrthshlro
preacher to nn older , between the preach
ings. "I would JiiHt have asked ye. how the
hay was selling In 1' rth on Friday "
" \\V1I. lr , " Hiilil the older , "hud U not
been the day It U. I wad jiut hue tell't jo
It WU.H giiim at H-hlllliig the Mane"
"Indeed' ' Well , had it been Monday In-
Htc.nl of thn K.iblnth 1 would hav * told ye
1 hi\f : > Homo to soil "
"Umph. ay. on ay. Hlr. And had It been v
Monday , us > ou Hay , then I wud Jimt hu
tell't yn I wad gli- the market prlco for It "
The c'lder'rt cartB were ut the manse ontly
on Monday morning and thn proachor'a
li,4 > stack vanished like a Highland mist ,
So III.
Detroit Journal : Her dilating < fycs left
no doubt thai nliu WIIH deeply horrltUd
"What dreadful pi'oplo ! he i rled "The
orientals I mean1 They actually well wlvri
In dcpartmnet stored , 1 nad heicl
"Well , WH < .an't brag much1" protested r
the man , her husband , speaking In general
terms. It In true but glaring ilxulH at the
fiO-cont roiklng ohalr nhe Imd that day
paid J.5'J ' for at ii bargain bu ambit- ,
"What mliiiu Im o neer. " ir that HUM
cough hadn't been neglected In tbo sad re
flection of thousands of consumptives. Una
Minute Couch Cure curu coim'is aud cold * .