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TIIE OMAITA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25. 1D0.
CONDITION OF OMAILVS TRADE
Holiday Demand Beached th Climax in
All Liim Lut Wtk.
WHOLESALERS WERE NOT VERY BUSY
Hardware Market Mill Advaarlng,
Several Important l.lnes BelnaT
'Considerably llln-her Thaa
a Mk Acs.
Last week wan the c.imaK of the holiday
trade with retailers, and from all reports
It waa a very satisfactory climax. In
Omaha merchant In nil iln-e had about all
the business they could attend to and out
In the towna In the territory tributary to
limn ha mu h the aame conditions existed.
Taking the holiday trade aa a whole mer
chant And that they have very little,
cause for complaint, and In fact In moat
rases they have sold more good than ever
before. It haa also been noticed that peo
ple have bouaht a better class of holiday
roods than naual. which la considered one
of the beat evidences of general prosperity
The warm weather of the early part of
lust week had a tendency to make trade on
atrlctly heavyweight (roods rather alack,
but that wai more than made up for by
the number of shoppera that took advan
tage of the pleasant weather to do their
buying. The latter part of the week there
waa a better demand for cold weather
goods.
In a wholcaale way trade waa rrt'her
nulef. In aome lines, of course, there was
a good trade, but aa a rule merchants hnd
a Unit all the goods they needed and were
too busy to think of buying what they did
not actually hnve to have. Resides that
moat of the traveling; men left for their
homea to spend the holiday with their
families, and the majority of them will not
lane to tne road again until arter Jan
uary 1.
80 far aa the market are concerned there
have been very few fluctuxtiona outside of
tne line or hardware. nines are on a
good, firm foundation and a healthy, strong
market Is being predicted on nearly all
cihsspb or gooas.
Collections are In a much more antlafnr
tory condition than thev were a short time
ago. aa the hnlldav trade hna enabled trier.
chants to meet ninny of their obligations
inai iney were getting bemnd on.
Raw SnB-ar Little Firmer.
Wholesale grocers report trade aa being
fully aa good aa It waa a year ago at this
season. 1 ne markets are also In very aatla
factory condition and an compared with a
week ago there haa been but little change.
Refined sugars are quoted steady, but on
raws there la a little firmer feellnv In Nei
York, and refinera do not appear at all
anxious 10 sen except at run prices. Inas
much aa the Price at thla market on re.
fined sugars Is based on the New Orleans
market, freight added, there will be an ad
vance effective January 1 amounting to 12
cents per i"w pounds, j nia is owing to the
fact that the railroad have promised to re.
store the old tariff of 32 cent from New
Orleana to Missouri river points, whereas
the present rate la 20 cents. This latter
rate haa been In force ever since the cut
ting of ratea aome months ago.
The coffee market still continues to
harden, aa predicted. The advance over
the close of last week amounts to about Hff
r, with every Indication of still higher
prices. New York reporta heavier with
drawals and light receipta. Desirable roast
ing gradea are still held at a premium.
In the line of canned goods and dried
fruit there haa been no quotable change.
Ptrlotly holiday goods moved out freely
the early part of the week, but aside from
those the demand waa rather limited, the
aame as usual at this season of the year.
Farther Advance In Hardware.
The hardware market showed new
Mrength last week, but, as haa been men
tioned through these columns, well posted
buyers have been predicting higher pricea
and are looking for further advancea In tho
near future. Since last report black sheets
have been marked up 12 per ton. Painted
corrugated roofing haa advanced 6 cents per
square and galvanized corrugated roofing
10 centa per square. Tin plate haa also taken
an upward Jump, the advance amounting to
10 centa per base box. These are aome of
the more Important advances, but, of
course, other lines are more or less af
fected by these lines being advanced. Local
Jobbers are very confident that another ad
vance In wire and nails Is about due and
are freely predicting that much higher
pricea will be quoted on a number of lines
shortly after January t.
In explanation of this upward movement
of values a local Jobber said that alt
branches of the Iron and steel Industry are
In a very flourlehlng condition. The de
mand from all sections of the country haa
been almost unprecedented and as a reault
mills and factories of all klnda are sold up
well In advance, with every Indication of
. continued heavy consumption. That being
the can the tendency, of course. Is to ad
van.cS Prlcea and to mark them up Just aa
rapidly' as the trade will stand. There is
Cood reasop, In view of the healthy condi
on of trade, to expect a healthy, strong
market for many months to come.
80 far as the local situation Is concerned
Jobbers and retailers have nothing but
IffJ?-, .The demand haa been very brisk all
this fall and If a lark nf crtiit ih.,
vented as active a demand for such linos
as atovea as would otherwise have been
experienced, It greatly Improved the de
mand for bulldera' hardware and goods of
. that character. Taking the trade as a
whole It has been of very satisfactory pro
portions and, In fact, the largest ever ex
perienced. Little Chanse In Dry Goods.
, There was but Utile change In the dry
goods market laat week ao far as ruling
uuotatloiui are concerned. Cotton good"
seem to be in a good, strong position, and
the same is true of woolen goods owing to
the high price of wool. Kverything at the
preueni time points to a strong, active mar
ket for some time to come on both cotton
and woolen staples.
Trade in a wholesale way waa as large
J .c,?u,d b6 "J1" lat week, when most
or the traveling men were not on the road
and when merchants were too busy to give
thought to their future requirements"
Au b Ices from the country inulcate that
retailers did an exceptionally line holiday
business and that heavy stuff alxo moved
fairly well, particularly the latter part
01 the week. It louka now aa though
considerable heavy atult would be carried
y,er' ut .n th ther hand trade on
other tinea has been heavy enough to oft
gooda demttn1 Ior "tricily heavy
Retailers Did Well.
Retailers enjoyed a very nice demand
Tor leather goods last week, and particu
larly for holiday lines, such as alippera.
The demand. In fact, for that class of
goods was larger than usual. The melt
,nfF. . h? "now made considerable mud.
which helped the demand for Dimes and,
taking the trade as a whole, retailers felt
that they had no cause for complaint.
Rubber gooda did not move as freely as
the week before, but the colder weuthtr
of the latter part of the week improved
the demand considerably.
excellent Demand, for Fralt.
The pleasant .weather of the first half
of lust week was Ideal for tne fruit job
ber, aa it enabled him to ship all kinds
of fruits and vegetables without danger
of their freesing. Merchants took advan
tage of the opportunity to lay in liberal
Blocks, so that local Jobbers sold more
goods than they did the corresponding
week of last year. All auch lines aa
oranges. Malaga (trapes, dates, tigs, ap
Wes. cranberries. Celery, oysters and staple
lines of vegetables moved out very free) v.
The demand for Christmas decorations was
also very heavy and local storks were M
clesned up, with the puaislble exception
of a lew late arrivals. ,
The receipts 01 poultry of all kinds were
very liberal Just week, so that the talk of
a snortage was rather out of place. The
demand, though, waa In pretty good shape,
so that In spite of the liberal supplies
prices did not suffer to any extent. The
trade held off until about J-Ylday, In the
hope that there would be a big break, but
the drop in temponature helped the mar
ket and forced merchants to buy. Be
sides the local demand there were also
liberal shipping ordem, which helped ma
terially to clean up the market
The egg market weakened a little, owing
to more liberal receipts. Candle stock la
now quoted at 23c. butter, on the other
hand, has been very llrm all the week.
Ruling prloea on different lines of frulta,
Vegetables, poultry, eggs and butler will
be found In another culumn.
Philadelphia Pr educe Market. '
PHILADELPHIA. Deo. 24. BUTTER
Firm, but quiet; extra weaiern creamery,
2t'ciJ9c; extra nearby prints, lc.
EGOS Steady, light demand; nearby
fresh, aoc, at mark; western fresh, J,u'Juc,
t mark.
CHEESE Vhchanged; New York full
ervama. fancy, 12to; choice, UVitlUo; fUr
to good. UtjllViO.
Liverpool Grata Market.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 24. WHEAT Spot,
nominal; futurea, quiet; December, nom
inal; March, Ta ld; May. ?s lfcd.
CORN Spot. America.!, mixed, new, dull
t 4a 7d; American mixed, old, steady at
4 ltAfcd. Futurea, quiet; January, 4s $Hd;
March, 4s ISd
-
Peoria Market.
PEORIA, Dec 24 CORN-Steady; No. t.
4o; No. 4, 41c; no grade, 40c
Heater's Cotton Estimate.
NEW ORLEANS. Deo. 24 -Secretary Hee
ls s estimate of the woi id s visible supply
cf cotton shows a total visible of I MS 127.
ag-tlnst 4.44112 last week. Of tht the
total of American cotton is 1,842.137, against
l.i.s.fli list week.
OMAHA WHOI.EMLR MARKET.
Condition ef Trnde and taoalena ea
Steele sad Fancy Prodnee.
EOGS Candled stock. 2Jc
LIVE POULTRY Hens, 7He: roosters, tc;
turkeys. 12c; ducks, c; geese, 7c; spring
cnieKen. sc.
DRKS8ED POULTRY Turkeys, 1MM7c;
ducks. 10c; geese, SVc; chickens, eSc;
roosters, 6c.
Hl'TTER Packing stock. 15Uc; choice to
fancy dairy, i,oic; creamery, Au:t
fancy prints. 27c.
FRESH FROZEN FISH Trout, 1c:
pickerel. 7c; pike, c; perch, 7c; blueflh.
12c; whitensn. loc: salmon, 13c; reasnapper,
11c: lobster (green). 20c: lobster tbofl'd).
bullheads. He; ca'flsh, 14c; black bass.
20c; halibut. 12c; crapnie. 11c; roe ahad,
$1; buffalo. 7c; white baas, lie J frog legs,
per dns , 25c.
BRAN- Per ton. 115.00.
HAY Prices quoted by Omaha Wholesale
pealera aasoclatton: cnoiee No. 1 upland.
M jo: No. 2. $00: medium, 15 50: coarse.
In.tt). Rye straw, 2S.60. Thee prices are
for nay or good color ana quality.
OYSTERS New York counts: per can,
4r.c; extra selects, per can. 37e; stnndarris,
per csn. 22c; bulk (standards), per rat,
$1 4; bulk (extra selects), per gal., $1.78;
bulk (New York Counts), per gal., $2.00.
TROPICAL FRUITS.
ORANGES Florida, sixes 126, 15, 17. 200.
tlx and 260. I2.0ufi2.2a; California Redland
navels, all sixes. $3.00; choice navels, $2.60
&S.75.
LEMONS California fancy, $175; 300 and
Stiff. 4 2fi; choice. $3.5.
DATES Per box of Mb. pkgs.. $2 00;
Hallowe'en, In 70-lb. boxes, per lb., bQc.
Fl US California, per 10-lb. carton, ib&
R5c; Imported Smyrna, 4-crown, l2Vc; 6
crown. 14c; 7-crown. 16c; fancy Imported
(washed!, In 1-lb pkga., Igi8c; Calilornla,
per case of 36 pkga., $2.25.
BANANAS Per nvdlum slsed bunch, $2.00
ff l nil; Jumbo, $2.7(i3.oU.
GRAPE FRUIT Per box of S4 to 64, 00
f6.60.
FRUIT8.
APPLES Home-grown Jonathans, per
bhl., $3.25; Ben Davis, $2.26; New York
Kings, $3.2S; New York Pippins $2,76; New
York Greenings, $2.60; New Vork Baldwins,
$2.76; Colorado Jonathans, $1.66; Wine Saps,
per bu. box, $1.60.
PEARS Utah, Colorado and California,
fall varieties, per box. $1.75 2 25.
CRANBERRIES Wisconsin Bell and
Bugle, per bbl., 18.50; Wisconsin Bell and
Cherry and Jerseys, per bbl., $7.75; per box,
$2.75.
OKAPES Imported Malagas, per keg,
$6.0Kiifl.5ft.
TANGERINES Florida or California, per
H-box, $2.60.
VEGETABLES.
POTATOES New home-grown, In sacks,
per bu., 40c; Colorado, per bu., GOo.
TURNIPS Per bu., $oc; Canada ruta
bagas, per lb., lo.
A RROT8 Per bu., 40c.
PARSNIPS-Per bu., 40c
BEKT9 Per bu.. 40c.
NAVY BEANS Per bu., $1.952.00.
ONIONS Home-grown, In sacks, per bu.,
90ria$l; Spanish, per crate, $2.
Cl'CUMBERS-Per dox., $1.7502.00.
TOMATOES California, per 4-basket
crate. $2.75fi3.0O.
CABBAGE Holland seed, per lb., lWe.
SWEET POTATOES Kansas kiln-dried,
per bbl.. $2.25.
SQUASH Home-grown, tier dos., 60e.
CELERY Per dos., 26ig50c; California,
4Tc. '
RADISHES Per doz., 90c.
LETTlj'CE Hothouse, per dos., 408Oc.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SAUERKRAUT-Wisconsin, per keg $2.50
CIDER New York, per bbl.. $5.20; per H
bbl., $3.25.
CHEESE Wisconsin twins, full cream,
12M.c; Wisconsin Young- America, 13c; block
Swiss, new, 15c; old. 16(gl7c; Wisconsin
brick. 14c; Wisconsin llmburger, J3c.
NUTS Walnuts, No. 1 soft ahell, new
crop, per lb.. He; hard shell, per lb., l$c:
No. 2 aoft shell, per lb., 12e; No. 2 hard
shell, per lb., 12c; pecana, large, per lb., 12c;
small, per lb.. lOo; peanuts, per lb., 7ci
roasted peanuts, per lb., 8c; Chill walnuts,
rier lb., lfc&Wic; almonds, soft shell, per lb.,
7c; hard shell, per lb., 15e; chestnuts, per
lb., 124fil5c; new black walnuts, per bu.. 75
90c; ahellhark hickory nuts, per bu., $1.75;
large hickory nuts, per bu.. $1.50.
Forelsm Financial.
I5NDON. Dec. 24. Bar silver, quiet, 2Sd
per once. Money, 2b(V3 per cent. The rate
of discount for short bills, 2 15-lSfia per
cent, and for three months' bills, 2T4r2 U-16
per cent. Gold premiums, quoted at
Madrid at 34.25 and at Lisbon at 16.
BERLIN, Dei. 24. Exchange on London,
20 marks, S814 pfennigs. The rate of dla
count for short bills, 34 per cent and
three months' bills, 4 per cent.
PARIS, Dec. 24. Trading on the Bourse
tooay waa inactive, but the tone was nrm
Russian Imperial fours were quoted at 91.10
ana nussian bonds or 1904 at 600.
Clearing: House Averages.
NEW YORK. Deo. 34. The statement of
averages of the clearing house banks ef
ims city ior tne weea snows:
Loans. $1,057,430,200; decrease, $2,627,600.
Deposits, $1,094,115,600; decrease, $2,002,000.
Circulation, $42.8.9O0;' Increase, $86,400.
Legal tenders. $78,370,600; Increase, $937,200.
Specie, $210,405,500: lncreaae. $737,100.
Reserve, 3288,776,100; lncreaae, $200,100.
Reserve reaulred. 1273.628.876: decreeae.
$500.5)10.
Burplua. $15,247,225; Increase, $700,600.
Ex-United States deposits, $21,056,960; In
crease, $703,800.
Hew York Money Market.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24 MONEY On call,
nominal; no loans. Time loana, nominal;
sixty daya, ninety daya and alx months,
3Wtfi3M, per cent.
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER 44
per cent.
STERLING EXCHANGE Nominal, with
actual business In bankers' bills at $4.8715
4 8720 for demand and at $4.8460fi4.845 for
sixty-day bills; posted rates, $4.85W3'4.88;
commercial bills, $4 84Vi.
Wool Market.
LONDON, Dee. 24 WOOL Arrivals for
the next serlea of auction aalea rfre .83.500
bales, including 36.500 forwarded direct.
Imports for the week are as follows: New
South Wales. 760 bales; Queensland, 250
bales: Victoria, 597 bales; South Australia,
60 bales; elsewhere, 979 bales.
Oil Market.
OIL CITY. Dec. 24. OIL Credit balanes,
$1.65; certificates, no bid; shipments. 91395
bbla., average 79.107 bbla.; runs, 98,950 bbls.,
average 70,436 bbls shipments. Lima. 42,642
hhla., average 66.849 hbfs. : runs, Lima, 83
2U bbls, average 59.110 bbla.
Holidays fa Ensrlaad.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 24-Today la a holi
day on the cotton exchange.
LONDON. Dec. 24.-The Stock exchange
la closed today.
Mo Market at St. Lou I a.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 24 No grain and pro
duce markets today or Monday.
Kansas City Live Stock Market.
KANSAS CITY, Dee. 24.-C A TTLE Re
ceipts, 200 head; market unchanged; ex
port and dreased beef steers, Jo.OOtfM.SO;
fair to good. 3.5Oifi5.00; western fed steers,
$3.50-85.60; stockers and feeders. $2.00i&4.10;
southern steers. $2.60fi4.50; southern cows.
$1.753.26: northern cows, $1. 564.26; north
ern heifers. $2.505.0O; bulls. $2.m4 00;
calves. $3.o0ijr 25; receipts for week. 26.200.
HOGS Receipts, 2.0HO head: strong to 60
higher; top. $4 57H; bulk of sales. $4.SOe4.R6;
heavy. $4.5i'4 57H: packers. $4.4k&'4.65; plga
and lights, $3.75S4.4o; receipta for week,
49,?00.
SHEEP AND LAMBS No receipta; mar
ket nominally ateedv: northern lamba. $5 00
6.50; northern wethers. $4.50fl.25; north
ern ewes, $4.0fiiff6.0ft: western in nibs, $5 00r
6.85; western vearllnga, $4.50ffi6 60: western
sheep, $3.75&4.7S; stockers and feeders, $2.50
St. Loals Live Aleck Mnrket.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 34. CATTLE Receipts,
9C0 head; dull, weak, sellers finding It hard
to dlapoae of the few cuttle on sale; na
tives and expert- dreased beef and butcher
steers, $3,004(7.00; stockers and feedera, $2.26
i'8.66; cowa and heifers. $2-26j3.50, the top
for fancy heifers; cannera, $1 Mi 2.00; bulla,
$2OV4.00; calvea. $2.5U'97.00; Texaa and In
dian steers, $2.60'(i4.25; cows and heifers,
$1.5iK?f3.00.
HOG8 Receipts, 2.500 head; steady for
nu uui common ngni, wnicn are lower
ultra and Hants. 83.wn4 2S: nuckoi-a tx iina
4.6': butchers and best heavv. 14 !Utf?4 an 64
SHEEP AND LAMBS Recelnts. Ot bead-
sheep nominal, but not enough on sale to
base market: native muttons. $3 75r4 60;
lambs, $4.0Mi 60; culls and bucks, $2.00i(j4.25;
stockers, .00&3.00; Texans, $3.006.00.
St. Joseph Live Stock Market.
ST. JO8EPH. Dee. 24. CATTLE Re
celpts, 76u head; natives. $3.6543.66; cows
and heifers. $L70&4.26; stockers and feed
ers. $2 &4;3.00.
HOGS Receipts, 3.17$ head; opened Sc
higher, closed advanced; light, $4.80434.65.
8HEEP AND LAMBS No receipts; mar
ket strung.
Stock la Slcht.
Receipta of live atock at the aix principal
weatern cltiea yesterday weTe aa foil ma:
. Cattle. Hoga Bheep.
South Omaha V 91 (.2-0
Sioux City im) 1,010
Kansaa city o j,to
KL Louis SO LfriO
St. Joseph 7T 2.278
Chicago Juo ,0uo
60
t'.iiOu
3,10
.1,541 37,471
OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET
All Dstirabl. Grade of Cittls Qnotsd
Hither Than Weak Ago.
HOGS SHADE LOWER FOR THE WEEK
Ke Freah Arrivals ef Sheep aad Lambs
Since Thursday, bnt It Is Safe te
daote Market ea Killers Tea
a te ttaarter Higher.
SOUTH OMAHA, Dec, 24, 1901.
Receipts were.
Ofnc.'al Monday ....
Hrliolal Tuesday....
Offlrlal Wednesday
Official Thursday ..
Official Friday
Otlicial Saturday....
r-ttle. Hoss. Sheep.
.. 1.870 $ 8701
11.4H3 68-4
13.310 1.226
&.41 t
6,200
Total this week..
12.323 539 21.143
Total last week
Total week before 1A.344 65.662 a.
Same three weeks ajro. .20.6- &".? 23.077
Same four weeks ago...24.tU 49.13 35.027
Same dava last vear.... 7.1ii5 32.861 14.8-K
RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR TO DATE.
The following table shows the receipts of
cattle, hog and sheep at South Omaha for
the year to date, with comparisons with
last year;
1904. 1903 Inc. tec.
Cattle 934,210 L0 041 126.831
tf., 4 or., tir 9 1U1 10a 7fi 7KM
SheeD 1.747.612 1.838.850 W.338
The following table shows the average
price of hogs at South Omaha for the last
several days, with comparisons:
Date. j 1904. 19O3.190i.19Ul.19UO.1899.lM.
4 42HI
$
I U
t 2
4 $21 U i 8l '1
4 47 v,
4 41J
4 11' 0 14, 6 fai 4 64
4 43
4J17
22
I 92 4 8 3 1
f 24
( 06 4 77! J 801 I n
0 4 M I t J
4 3
171
t 3t
4 28 ti
4 $7
4 32
4 33
07j
t 06
06,
4 81
1 M
$ -a
n!
13
4 781
t 83
$ 90
3 92
8 96
1 96
3 96
3 fc
t N
3 29
3 $1
4 46
4 47
121
4 85
08 6 14
4 82
4 77
i $37
43H
4 49
( 96
6 H,
4 41
4 S'
n 9S
21
6 a
4 81
8 88
3 33
3 27
3 $0
3 2
4 45
4 S6j
4 84:
4 3S
4 401 6 09
4 41 Hit
4 28 It 16 ( 26
4 01)
4 464I
a .f a 9'jf a an 1 83
4 2.1 6 lo 2ti 4 r& 8 9Sl
4 6.-.H1
4 3-i (I 01 j 6 1:, 4 i: -
s rs
4 60V
4
I a ok 041 4 791
3 941 3 28
4 84 6 06 81 4 01 3 3S
4 3Sm
4 39 6 1 4 80 4 02 3 84
4 45 18 6 08 4 04 3 37
4 4? 6 27, ti 4 881 ; 8 4.
4 SH'-fc
Indicates Sunday. M .
The official number of cars of BtocK
brought In today by each road waa:
Cattle. Hogs. aea.
C, M. & St. P. Ry.
31
Wabash
1
10
7
17
3
9
6
4
3
91
U. P. system 3
C. & N. W. Ry
F.. E. & M. V. K. K.. ..
C, St. P., M. & O. Ry.. ..
a. & m. y
C, B. A Q. Ry
C, It. I. & P. Ry., east.. ..
Illinois Central 1
Total receipts 3
The disposition of the day's receipta was
as follows, eacn buyer purcnaaing me num
ber of head indicated; .
Buvexs. Cattle. Hogs.
Oinaua Packing Co u
Bwirt and Con.pany
Cudahy Packing Co
Armour at Co
Cudahy PKg. Co., S. C 1.04'
Armour & Co., b. C 1.0f3
H. Jtr s 618
Other buyers
13
TntaU
36
5,946
rATT I .E There were no cattle on sale
today, except a few odds and ends, and as
a result no change In the market took
placo. For the ween receipts enow a loss a
compared with laat weea amounting to
about 9,000 head and aa compared witn the
same week of last year there is an Increase
of about 6,000 head.
Owing to the small number of cattle on
sale this week It has been rather hard to
judge the market. The demand, though,
haa been fairly good for everything at all
desirable, and as a result fair to good steers
may be quoted locate higher and choice
eattle would undoubtedly have advanced
that much had there been any on sale.
Common cattle may be a little stronger,
but the change on that kind has not been
so noticeable. Good to choice cattle could
be quoted from $0 to $6.50, fair to good $4.25
to $5 and the common and warmed-up kinds
from 44.16 down.
A few western rangers have been on sale
this week, but moat of them were feedera.
The few beef steers that did arrive sold at
stronger prices and the same was true of
cows and desirable feedera.
The demand for cowa waa fully equal to
the aupply all the week and In fact aeemed
to be in exceas of It. Aa a result an active
and stronger market was experienced.
Anything selling from $2.25 up could safely
be quoted 2OSj30c higher than a week ago,
while cannera and cuttera are about I0tl
20c higher. The very commoneat grades of
cannera cloaed very slow and weak, or at
about the low point of the season, some
going as low ss $1 per hundred. Good to
choice cows can be quoted from $2.90 to
$3.50 and something strictly -choice In the
way of heifers would, of course, bring con
siderably more than that. Fair to good
cows sell from $2.26 to $2.75 and canners and
cuttera mostly from $1.60 to $2.
Bulla have aold at a little stronger prices
this week where the quality waa good and
where It was not there haa not been much
change. Good to choice grndea sell from
$2.75 to $3.60 and the lens desirable kinds
from $2.75 down. Veal calves have shown
little change, best grades selling up to $5.60.
The supply of stockers and feeders has
not been excessive this week and In fact
choice cattle have been scarce. The de
mand seems to be chiefly for cattle weigh
ing 900 pounds or better and such cattle are
around 10Q15C higher. Light cattle, how
ever, and particularly those of common
quality, have been slow sale and closing
prices are tf anything a little lower than
those In force a week ago. Good to choice
grades may be minted from $3.60 to 14.16
fair to good from $3.25 to 3.60 and the leaa
aeairariie graaes rrom $3.15 down. Repre
sentatlve sales:
COWS.
No. Av. Pr. No.
1 790 1 26 1
Av.
.. 970
Pr.
1 85
BULLS.
1 1450 I 60
CALVES.
. 160 6 60
STAGS.
.1110 140
NEBRASKA.
.. 821 1 80 I cow...
,.. m 1 80 t calves
1
1
20 cows.
810 1 80
. 1H I 60
1 cow.
2 feeders. . 695 3 00
HOGS There was a fairly liberal run of
hogs reported this morning, but quite a
liberal percentage of them were billed di
rect to packers. The market opened fairly
active and mostly 2Hc higher than yes
terday's average. The bulk of the sales
went at $4.40 and $4.42H. with the choicer
loads at $4.46 and a top at $4 474. All of
the early arrivals were soon disposed of,
but the same as has been the case re
cently, some of the trains were late, which
delayed the close to quite an extent.
Receipts of hogs this week have been
quite liberal for this time of year, there being
an increase over last wees: or about 7,000
head, and aa compared with the aame
week of last year, there Is an Increase of
about 20.0UO head. Prices havs fluctuated
back and forth to quite an extent. At the
opening of the week the tendency of prices
was upwaru, uiu, in laci, uie nign point
of the month to date was reached. On
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, how
ever, packers were bearish, while on Sat
urday there was aome reaction. Closing
I. rices are Tuuy 2ttc lower than the close
of laat week.
Toward noon today about 10 cars of hogs
arrived and, the sams as yesterday, the
market closed' weak. The late aalea went
largely at $4.40, or weak to 2Vo lower than
the early market. Representative sales:
No Av. Sh Pr. No. Av. Sh. Pr.
84 197 200 37V 67 244 ... 4 40
64..
..270
..1K2
..1H4
..353
U0
4 40
ti aug
68 267
73 274
80 2u6
40 4 42H
100 4 42
40 4 42
40 4 42Va
40 4 42
... 4 42
80 4 42
40 4 42
... 4 42
90..
73. ,
60..
... 440
.. 4 40
40 4 40
SO 4 40
W...
,.2H6
60 2W
.264 320 4 40
.3 1H0 4 40
.286 160 4 40
,3-Jl 160 4 40
.2li6 40 4 40
64.
...2J0
64..
80...
66..
63..
63..
69...
83..,
74...
74..
...270
...233
...221
63..
68.
81.
...276
80 4 42
68 20 200 4 40
...291 160 4 42
...239 80 4 42
...2u LW 4 42
,..210 ... 4 42
...216 80 4 42
...285 160 4 42
87..
K4 40 4 40
66...
61...
49...
62...
63...
64...
66...
66...
60...
43...
61...
66...
67...
69...
69...
68...
64...
HT 120 4 40
292 120 4 40
isl 80 4 40
287 40 4 40
2!2 80 4 40
160 4 40
54.
47.. .... 232 ... 4 42
78
242 180 4 42
275 80 4 40
66.
113
u.,
66.
65.
78.
84.
...294
80 4 46
..271
..243
80
4 40
...166
...tuO
...248
...ta
,.. 4 46
... 4 45
... 4 45
30 4 45
... 4 45
... 4 46
... 445
40
4 40
-273
,..2
...24
...27
,..378
,..1
,1
..224
80
2u0
4 40
4 40
160
4 40
4 40
.20
40
160
iao
4 40
4 4t)
4 40
4 40
71 21
63 221
40 4 45
63.
...242 120 4 47
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Dec. 24 1
SHEEP There were no freah arrivals of
sheep and lambs here this morning, which
leaves supplies for the week about (.000
head short of the receipts of laat week,
but about 7.000 head In esoeaa of ths corre
sponding week of last year.
Owing to the fact that there have been
practically no freah receipts on sale since
Thursday It Is Impossible to tell mucn
about -the true situation. On Thursday
aalea were made all the way from 10c to
26c higher than the close of laat week, and
had desirable gradea been here for the
last two days, the general opinion Is that
they would have aold to good advantage.
Interest now centers on prospects for the
future. As a general thing, traders are
looking for a good market after the usual
holiday supply of poultry and game Is dis
posed of, and consequently are well satis
fied with the general situation.
Vsry tew feeders have been on the mar
ket of late, but those thst have arrived
changed hands at good, etrong prices.
Quotations for fed stock: Good to choice
yearling. $5.256.60; fair to good year
ling, i6.00fi6.26; good to choice wethers,
$4.9iii6.2i; fair to good wethers, $4.H5'04.9O:
good to choice ewea, $4.15i4.40; fair to good
ewe. $3.94.16; common to fair ewea,
$3 6O3.90; good to choice lambs. $S 00tr 60;
fair to good lamba, $5.i54f.O0; fteder year
lings. $4.40u4.65; feeder wethera. $4.15'(i4 40;
feeder ewes, $12&uJ66; feeder iambs, $6,000
6.50.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Cattle Steady, Hosts Stronger, Sheep
Steady, Lambs Steady.
CHICAGO. Dee. 24 CATTLE Receipts,
too head: market steady; good to prime
ateera, $.2&6.60; poor to medium, $J &6tf
6.90; stockers and feeders, $2.2ia4.26; cows,
$3.35(&4.60; heifers, $2.(K-d6.00; cannera, $1.3&
2.40; bulls, $2.004.10; calvea, $3.6t'a6.60.
HOGS Receipts, 9.000 head; estimated
Monday, 26,000 head; market stronger;
mixed and butchers. $4.31X84 6H; good to
choice heavy, $46ofl4.60; rough heavy,
$4.i74.40; light, $4.06414.46; bulk of sales,
$4.35S4.46.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 2,000
head; sheep strong, lambs steady; good to
choice wethers, $4.60C(i6.20; fair to choice
mixed, $3.7547 4.76: western sheep, $3.6Oi6.10;
native lambs, $5,004)7.00; western lambs,
$6.006.75.
New York Live Stork Market.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24. BEEVES Re
ceipts, 62 head; steady; dressed beef slow
at 710c per lb. for native sides. Exports
1.170 cattle, 826 sheep and 7,000 quarters of
beef.
CALVES Receipta, 98 head; veals nomi
nally steady- feeling weak for western
and barnyard calves; city dressed veals
slow at 9'&i3Hn per lb.
HOGS Receipts, 4,391 head;' feeling un
changed. SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 1.8S7
head; trade very slow feeling rated steady;
sheep sold at $3.O0t4.5O; choice export sheep
and wethers, $6.00H6.6o; a very good deck
of lambs at $7.40; dressed muttons slow at
tjjSo per lb.; dressed lambs dull a 9VbUllc.
Slnnx City Mre Stock Market.
BIOVX CITY, Dee, 24.-(Speclal Tele
gram) CATTLE Receipts. 100 head: mar.
ket steady; beeves. $3.50tfj.00; cows, bulls
ana mixea, Z2urg3.50; stockers and reeders,
$2.75-1? 3. 6C; calves and yearlings. $2.26'fi3.26.
HOGS Receipts, 6,000 head; market
strong; selling, $4. 30fi4.4&; bulk, $4.3534.S7.
BREAD PEDDLERS IN CHINA
Cartons Methods Employed in
Die.
posing- of Their Wares
la Cities.
Among the many curious sights In China
none presents a stranger aspect to our
American eyes than the bread peddiers
and their methods of disposing of their
wares, says a writer In the Living Church,
They carry their stock In trade about with
them, either In oval boxes strapped to their
backs, or In two boxes depending from
yoke across the shoulders, or on trays held
by a strap hung from the neck and car
ried in front of them, after the manner In
which the pie man of Simple Simon fame
is Invariably pictured by all orthodox lllus
trators of Mother Goose.
in tne city of Tlen Tain these street
venders offer three different kinds of bread
for sale. Two of these are twisted In oval
shape, and the third Is a thin, crisp cake
sprinkled with, seeds of sesame, that magic
word which at once recalls to bur minds
the wonderful tale of All Baba and the
forty thieves. How little we ever dreamed,
when we listened, spellbound. In our child
hood days to the thrilling account of All
Baba's adventures, that we should ever
behold, far leas taste, the fateful sesame,
the name of which proved so Illusive to our
hero at the crucial moment when he was
confronted by the rock of difficulty. But
the peddler's tread Is not more curious
than his method of selling It, for It Is fre
quently disposed of by raffle, for which pur
pose he carries three dice, held in a little
dish.
In Peking, the capital of the Celestial
Empire, the bread peddlers generally come
from the province, mostly from Shan
Tung. They are called po-po sellers. Their
street cry, "Yaochln-mantoa?" "Can I sell
you a pound of bread?" Is often heard
until late in the evening. Their bread Is
made of wheat flour and baked In hot
vapors, distinguished from another kind
which Is baked In hot pans. They also sell
several varieties of po-po, or baked goods,
a special favorite with the Chinese being
an oval oil cake made of the very beat
flour, usually eaten with pork, sausage
or liver.
The Mohammedans in China have a repu
tation for good bread and evidently wish
to bo known as pure food advocates, for
In order to enable customers to distinguish
their wares from those of other vendors
they ornament their carts or boxes with
me aiosiem emblem. This consists of
vase containing a branch of the olive tree
on the top of which Is perched the Moham-
meaan cap. On each aide of thla design 1
macrioea tne motto, "Pure and true Islam.
These Mohammedan peddlers also sell
kind of pate filled with a mixture of m.
vegetables, oil and sago. Another of their
products, which Is called "la shounlng, ya
maauei. is a large roasted cake or dump,
ling baked In oil. Many of these Chinese
coniecuons are much more appetizing than
one would Imagine from the description,
but, like many foreign dishes, the taste
for them must be acquired by cultivation
ueiure mey can be thoroughly aDnreclarerf
The average Chinaman eats very little
bread prepared according to our American
formulas, consequently the .bakery and
comecuonery shops are few and far he
tween. Like all other stores In China, thev
are open in front, with no partition to pro
tect them from the heat or cold or the
uum 01 me streets. Wooden shutters are
used to close them up at night. One finds
practically the same wares at the hk-.-
as yie bread peddlers offer for sale. Among
" special kind of cake having
the figure of a hare Imprinted on It, which
is eaten by the Chinese In honor of the
birthday of the moon. As soon as the fes-
uviues ceieoratlng this annlversarv sr.
over the cakes are withdrawn from sale
iu are not again displayed until the next
moon birthday, which corresponds In sea
son to our Easter.
Pointed Paragraphs,
Before selecting the seed be
your soil. -
Cooks are the leading ladles
domestic drama a
sure of
In maay
Phonographs, like some people, are shy
of originality.
Girls beg the question when they try to
Induce men to propose.
He who only thinks marriage la a lot
tery Is still a bachelor.
The latest sanitary mattress Is said to
be stuffed with breakfast food.
Many a young man who thinks he la a
girt s Intended is only her pretended.
It takes a college graduate about twenty
years to learn how Uttle he knows.
A girl may have muslo In her soul, but
It doesn't necessarily reach as far aa her
voice.
Usually when an actress seeks a divorce
It is because her pres. agent Is shy of
material.
It Is better to keep In the old rut than
to climb out only to fall In the ditch by
the wayside. ,
A man may have enough money to keep
him out of heaven and still not hare
enough to get him Into soclety.-Chlcago
Newa
Bee Want Ada Produce Result
HUGE LAKE IN C10UDLASD
Body ef Watef Tin Kilei Wid Veatlod in
a Mountaia Orator.
ONCE A DOUBLE-BARRELLED VOLCANO
Remarkable Geological Fwranatloei la
the Caseade Range In Ores;oa
Carloas Story ef a Wlaar
Island.
A miniature volcano rising from out the
huge crater of a great extinct volcano, and
the whole presenting today the spectacle
of a fairy-like Island In a fairy-like lake
such la the unique freak of nature to be
seen In the heart of the Cascade mountains
in Oregon. Crater lake, as It Is called, haa
been made a public park by an act of con
gress passed a couple of sessions sgo, but,
notwithstanding Its marvelous and beauti
ful scenery and fascinating study It offers
to geologists, very little Is really known
about It on account of Its situation, which
Is out of the way of the lines usually taken
by tourists.
It Is owing to certain field expert of the
United States Geological survey, notably
Joseph Silas Dlller, that Crater lake, which.
In Mr. Diller's opinion, Is the finest as well
as the most unique piece of natural scenery
In the United States, has been properly In
vestigated and described. Crater lake marks
the site of a huge mountain which, at some
time In the long-burled past, fell a victim
to self-destruction. Volcanlo mountains
commit suicide, so to speak. In various
ways. Some blow their heads off, like
Papandayang, In Java, which reduced Its
height during an eruption In 1772 by 4.000
feet; or Bandalsan, In Japan, which hurled
Its head and shoulders Into the air in one
great explosion In 1R88. Other mountalna
collapse Into the Interior of the earth, and
It Is to thla class that the peak which oc
cupied the site of Crater lake In the Cas-
endes belonged. The lake Is the deepest
mass or fresh water In, the United States,
having a depth of 2,000 feet, and, a puirllng
fact to those not acquainted with the na
ture of its formation. It haa no visible out
let. The gigantic walls tower up 2,000 feet
above the glassy surface. Great coniferous
trees clothe the precipitous cliffs, which
rise out of the depths beneath. Chance gave
It various names, each In the belief that no
one else had previously been there: "The
Great Sunken Lalce." "Mysterious." or
"Deep Blue Lake," aa well aa the Imposing
one of "Lake Majesty." The final designa
tion, "Crater lake," was given In 1869 by a
party of tourists, who also supplied a happy
title, -The Wlxard." for an Island within
Its waters.
Like a Bis; Podding Dish.
Not until the Geological survey directed
its attention to the study of Crater lake
was there any satisfactory solution of Its
strange formation. Here waa an enormous
pit, quite inclosed, five and a half miles or
so wide, 4,000 feet deep and about twelve
cubic miles In volume. The sunken area, or
nm, is half-full of water, and cliffs rise
to the skyline, where Is the so-called
"crest," which may be likened, for the sake
of homely illustration, to the thick edge of
a pudding basin.
To make the descent to the water the
government men found waa not easy, as
they had no suitable tackle, and no boat to
use when they got there. However, they
piucKiiy made the attempt to descend. Hav
Ing tumbled logs over the cliffs at a suit
able point, they graduaally worked their
way down, lashed the timbers Into a raft
and paddled to Wlxard Island.
The Story of the Lake.
The men of science had only to glance at
the formation of Crater lake to note aev.
eral significant pointa which supplied the
aey 10 tne entire problem. They noticed
mat though the outer slopes of the crater
rose upward in a gentle gradient, the Inner
slopes, rising from the water, were ateep
and precipitous, with abrupt ledges of rock,
of evidently volcanlo origin, Jutting out,
and with huge cliffs running sheer down
rrom crest to water line, defying the
bravest climber. .
Signs of glacial action were revealed. In
dicating a great wintry past; the explorers
came upon evidences of volcanic eruption;
ana up at tne crest of the rocky rim they
found boulders, polished and rounded, scat
tered about. Indicating that there must
have been at one time something above
from which these rocks slid down. It waa
eaay rrom these Indications to reconstruct
the vanished mountain to which was given
the name of Mount Mazama.
Then there was other important evidence
to help bear out the lost-mountain theory.
South of the lake Mount Shasta. 14.225 feet
In height, rises out of th's same Cascade
range. Now the present diameter of Crater
lake at the top of Its basin Is about five
ana a nair miles, and this Is also about the
diameter of Mount Shasta at 8.000 feet
while the same type of lava occurs in
both canes. This further bears out the
hypothesis that Crater lake once had a
cone ' that rose up to a great height, as
does the present cone of- neighboring
Shasta, perhaps, however, not quite equal
ing the height of Shasta, for the outer
slope of Crater lake Is not nearly so steep
as Its neighbor's.
Elsewhere In the world there are paral
lels to Mount Maxuma's case. For In
stance, In the Hawaiian Islands there are
volcanlo craters which geologists believe
are due to processes of substance of ths
earth's crust, end Captain Dutton, an
authority on these volcanoes, who went
fresh from their examination to Crater
lake, singles out Kllauea, which has a pit
seven and a half miles In circumference
and a pool of molten lava within, Instead
of watex, and shows that a relationship
of phenomena exists between It and Mount
Maxuma. Mr. Dlller Is also emphaUo In a
like opinion. He calls up in fancy a state
of things In the Interior of Maxuma, when
there was a rise and fall .of molten lava,
with overflows and escapes of erupted ma
terial at points of low level, until so much
of the mountain had gone that a general
collapse took place and It sank away.
History of Wlssrd Island.
To the untrained observer the Wizard
would appear to be a mere castaway of the
mainland or a remnant of the sacrifice of
Mount Maxuma. Not so, however. In
short, Wizard Island was built up by forces
of Are and stream which had caused the
disappearance of Mount Mamma, and a
small extinct volcano, with cinder cona,
crater and surrounding lava field, and to be
where it Is must have come up from the
bottom of the pit, erupted, however, long
after the disappearance of the great moun
tain.
The lake Is of the most beautiful color
Imaginable, and further charm Is given to
the surface by the translucent nature of
Its waters, which cause the most vivid re
flections of the adjacent rocks to appear.
At the root or a bold cliff there Is an out
lying rock Islet 100 feet high, known aa
the "Phantom Ship," and here the mirror-
like reflections In the water are very
striking. It only requires a slight stretch
of the Imagination to take the rock to be a
One ship anchored off the coast
There are no fish In Crater lake and.
Indeed, all forms of life are exceedingly
rare within It and along the borders of
the water. The absence of fish Is not, how
ever, a matter for surprise, as they have
no means of transporting themselves to
Isolated intend bodies of water. If, too,
such natural agencies of dispersal aa the
wind, or blrda, happen to carry the seeds
of aquatic flowering plants to the lake,
they do not appear to flourish, and even
the lowlier types of vegetation, such as
alga and mosses, are almost entirely ab
sent. The extremes of temperature occur
ring In the district doubtless account to
great extent for the scarcity of animal and
plant life. Philadelphia Record.
GIRL
SAVES HISTORIC PILE
Pays rs,flOO for the Alamo aad Tnrns
It Over to the Danshters ef
the Renabllo.
To save the Alamo from destruction and
rescue the historic ground from the greed
of trade, a Texas girl Miss Clara Drlscoll
haa spent $75,000. Her action haa so stirred
the hearts of the people of Texaa that a
movement la under way to have the state
reimburse her and turn the property over
to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas,
The recent democratic slate convention
made the purchase of the Alamo a plank
In Its platform and the legislature la al
most certain to pass such a bill by unani
mous vote.
The people of Texas have been sadly neg
ligent of their most precious relics. There
Is nothing In ancient or modern history to
aurpaas the atory of the Alamo, and con
sidering the number of men engaged there
probably waa no more Important battle
fought In the nineteenth century than that
of San Jacinto. Yet only the chapel ot
the Alamo belongs to the state, and there
Is practically nothing to mark the battle
field of San Jacinto, for It haa been used
as farm land for many years.
It was in the Alamo that Travis, Bowie,
"Davy" Crockett, Bonham and the others
made up the force of 168 Texans who fought
the great battle that won for them undying
fame. There was no thought of surrender
and every one of the 168 perished. In the
capitol grounds at Austin there Is a monu
ment to their memory. It bears this sim
ple Inscription:
I
I Thermoyplae had Its messenger of
I defeat. The Alamo had none.
That tells the story. To conquer the
168 Texans the Mexicans had to sacrifice
1.600 lives. That means that nearly every
one of the gallant defenders killed ten of
the besieging force. Not until 161 of the
168 wore dead were the Mexicans able to
get within the chapel where the Texans
" """ bwviiu. 11 is a matter or
record that Bowie, who was one of the last
to die, did not succumb until he waa so
walled in by dead Mexicans that he could
.onger wieia uie Knire with which his
name is linked.
ne .v.. i, , ...... ...
....o untiiiiu uunaing. oniy the clianel
""'"" "muiiing. ine monastery fell to
plecea long ago, and on the ground it 00-
cupled a grocery store stands today. Even
the chapel for many years was used aa a
aie was prevailed upon to
uu " nneen years ago. But for the uv.
ing 01 uie Alamo as a whole the credit
belongs to Miss Drlscoll. Whether th.
Alamo purchase bill passes the legislature
or not. tee grocery store will come down
- . - -
ana the hotel which It was proposed at one
time to build there will not be erected. In
their place will be a replica of the old mon-
astery, built from the ancient ruins, to
serve as a Valhalla tor Texas.
For years the Daughters of the nn,,hiu
descendants of the men who made the fight
ror Texas'. Independence, have had vague
hopes of some day seeing the Alamo saved
for worthier purposes than it was put to.
but the movement they started made little
headway. Less than two v .
Drlscoll, returning- home from a two years'
trip among- the historic scenes of EuroDe
nf K a . .
h was aeeply impressed by the
desecration of the historic scenes of her
wwn country ana her own state. She wrote
a spirited article calling for a patriotic ef
fort to restore the Alamo nH if j t
a stir throughout the state that the Danh
mo xiepuDuc sent a committee to
. .uu asjcea ner to head the work. She
consented and a year ago last April formed
the Alamo Mission rund organization, ot
-...v.. ... nerseir was president and. treas-
Ul V7I .
Hair nVlvV- ea..-
,C' ' , u,,,y "s-un. The owner of
the property had placed a valuation of
.ana. a sum far beyond the
reach of any resources that the mission
fund organization f th. r, ..v."""
ehtu ' ""B',lcr" 01
"ivuoho couia command. But Miss
Drlscoll was not daunted. wiih n
. . 04IUW
P,an 10 be known, she went to the
owner and asked for an option on the
property. He asked $5.0CO for an option fo-
J". uui miss junscoll wanted time to
set her movement under way and final v
paid $500 down for ,V ""f"Y
jer, dui Miss Drlscoll wanted
- . 'i. VL imriy
D" ouBiness men of Ran ininnin
had heard of her attempts to obtain the
mission and realized Its possJbllltlei as a
business venture. They offered Mis. nn.
con sio.ouo ror the option for which she
had paid $500 only a month before, urging
vh nw me consideration that a hotel on
the famous site would be a splendid thing
mi- mo cuy or nan Antonio.
"You can And other sites for the finest
hotel you care to build." she said In nW.
ing their offer, -h,, th.,. rt. 1.. I
Alamo in the wo,M " " I
But the thirty-day option was running
oui ana a lew more hours would see It
pass from her control. Of publlo funds
tnere was still none. So Miss Drlaroil
drew her personal check for $4,50 and thus
naa ner option clear ror the full year. It
was agreed that at the end of the year
an additional $20,000 was to be paid, and
two short notes given ror $25.00 each.
Society took kindly to Miss Drlscoll's
plan, but the necessary funds accumulated
slowly. When the year drew to a close
It was found that only $3,000 had been
raised not enough to repay Miss Drlscoll
me money sne naa advanced to secure
the option. The women associated with
Miss Drlscoll were helpless. It looked as
though all the money and all the effort
was to be wasted. Miss Drlscoll agreed
with them It was too bad, and tried to
comfort them by saying they had done
their best and that posterity some day
would recognise the courage and persist
ency of their efforts. Those who had la
bored hardest for the success of the proj
ect accepted the consolation with the
best grace they could and, metaphorically
speaking, turned their faces to the wall.
It waa not till the day after the year's
option had expired that they learned, to
their surprised delight, that Miss Drl-tcol!
had added $17,000 of her own money to the
$3,000 raised by them, had guaranteed the
payment of the two notes aggregating
$50,000 and had saved the Alamo for Texas,
It was last April that Miss Drlscoll took
title to the property, and since then, by
taking up both the outstanding notes, she
has made the preservation absolutely se
cure. Chleasro Etlojaette.
Two New Torkers were lunching together
at the Bellevue-Btratford.
"One hears strange stories about Chi
cago," said the woman m the chinchilla
tricorne, "but I never believed half of them
until I went there a while ago on a visit
Will you believe, my dear, that I went to a
dinner where there was a little allvet
trumpet beside each soup plate T" 1
"What were they fort" Inquired the girt
with the violets
"I didn't know at first, but I found out
later that they were called 'soup coolers,'
'-a wm used for blowing the soup!" said
tha traveled one. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Ioeoaaottve as a Coal Bater.
The total coal production of the United
B tales la now at the rate of 1,000,000 tons
per day, and the consumption of coal by
railroads la equal to 40 per cent of this,
or 400.000 tona per day. The fuel bill of a
railroad contributes about 10 per cent of
the total expenae cf operation and DO to
40 per cent of the total .cost ot running
- 1 the locomorivea A locomotive will con-
a sums on an average $5.ono worth of coal
I per annum, and for a toad having an equip
ment ot 1,000 locomotives the coal Mil Is
approximately K.AoP.OOfc Railway Age.
OCEAN LINERS WITH ELEVATOR
Aa Addition ta the Med era Coeren.
leaeea Planned foe Tve Wew
Rallrilns;.
If some Inventive genius would but bulla
a suhway to fit In the hold of a big trans
atlantic steamship, passengers could them
go to sea with the asauranee that thay
I would And every convenience offered In tha
most advanced rltle
With the growth of ocean travel steam
ship owners have found It necessary to
build their vessels more and more on tha
plan of modern hotels.
It haa been left to the Hamburg-American
line to work out the principle of passenaer
elevators, an Idea which has presented It-
c'f to steamship builders time and again.
but which has been absndoned as often aa
Impracticable.
The veaaela on which the newly developed
Idea Is to be found will be the Amarlcs,
now building at Stettin, and the Kalaen
Augusta Victoria, building at Relfaat. The
former ship will be ready for sen-Ice In Au
gust, ions, end the latter early In 1906.
In former plans the suggestion waa
omitted because. It was argued, the length
of the ship would not allow of It. Ry thla
waa meant that to make speed. Which some
lines thought was far more necessary to a
modern ship than stability, vessels were so
built that they did not take kindly to
rough seas; that with a rolling aea a ves
sel's level was constantly being changed,
making It Impossible to work an elevator
with safety.
The time has now come, however, when
steamship companies realize that the old
Idea that speed Is the essential point la
wrong.
The desire of the steamship companies to
build slower ships la even greater than the
desire of people lo travel on them. Taat
ships mean much coal. In one of the big
greyhounds the engine space Is so great
that no room Is allowed for cargo.
In theae two new ahlna lhn m-lll v.- .,-v
necKS. nve of which r Ka r.mttA v.
first cabin passengers. This means that a
passenger who Is quartered on the fifth
deck below the sky In order to reach the
sun deck will have to mount a distance
greater than the hfh e . a..-
I .... .... - --o-ui
1 Duuaing.
1 ne shaft through whteh h. m
will be located beside the grand Stairway,
amidships. The decks to be reached by the
will be the boat deck, the promenade
aec. " upper deck, Uie main deck and
I tne lower deck. New York tTamM
A Gentle Knock.
Those who are In the habit of arrlvlna
1 - ..uuio aim iinuing ineir
doors and windows locked and their fniu."
asleep beyond the power of the doorbell to
awaken them, will find comfort in a n.
"c'Pe for their relief offered by the New
York Evening Post.
A man who had banared th tmnt nn
and rattIpd the knob for nearly an hour ap-
Paled to a policeman to help him break a '
pane of "Ia" r PPn a window.
"u lBn t necessary." said the policeman.
" wake UP 'our family."
He walked up the street to a nil of'
bulld,nK material and brought back a piece
of board about flv fMt long. ,Thls he
I h 1 n . . r .1 M n . I.I.J , . . . . - ...
mmuiiiru imi-niiiru ttHHinnc me siae or tne
house with a tremendous whang.
I guesa that'll rouse 'em," he said. "You
see, that sort of a blow sets the whole
house to vibrating, and makes the folks In-
Blde dream of dynamite explosions,
He had hardly uttered the words whan a
front window opened and a head appeared.
u omeer, gasped a woman's voice,
what In goodness' name was that awful
noise?"
Stamps for Different Climates.
It is not everybody that knows that tha
government manufactures and Issues post
age stamps to suit the seasons. So far as
lno race or tne BtamP concerned all are
", but the gum on the back Is varied
to suit the temperature. Stamps Issued for
the cold months are backed by thinner and
softer gum, and those manufactured for
Issuance In summer are Just the reverse.
Specially gummed stamps are issued ror
.J : "r
?- outhern B,ate' BO t they will not
by the heat.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
DEEDS
filed for record IecmhA 9A - -
.ununn.n iy me midland Guarantee and
Trust company, bonded abstracter, 1614
Farnam street, fop Tho n,
S. D. lianas and wife to T. Vopalka.
lot 20, block 8. Summit add $ 400
S. D. Bans-s and wife to Karl and Ka-
inna ivreima. lot 1. block a Hnmmii
1. a a '
L. Koun'txe and wife to'o!' Lucas.' lot
4O0
636
1. diock v. uruid Mill .
ma"?oaAtv. cmpany to Hugh S.
Thomas, lot 8, Van Camp & Eddy's
V, .........,,,,,,,,,..
J. Duffy and wife to J. Conway, w
100
1,500
ui mi a, uu iim, ix, a-ii-ia
Edwards -Wood Go.
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