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AUdTIN WEEKLY STATESMAN THURSDAY JDNE 14
1891.
MARKET
- TRADE ANDCOMMERCE.
Dnn'i Beview of Trade.
New York June 8. R. G. Dud &
C'o.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
The outlook for business seems a little
better on the whole though the im-
provement ia not great. Moreover it
is impossible to distinguish between
mere replacement of orders canceled
for a want of fuel or other causes and
the new business for which works
are anxiously looking. It Is some
what encouraging tnat the decrease
in payment3 through clearing house
is but 24.3 per cont for the first week
of June 27.2 at New York but only
19.4 elsowhere. The decrease In com-
parison with 1892 is about 30 per cent.
Railroad tonnage is larger than a year
ago in live stook and moderate in ce-
reals but considerably smaller in coal
and iron products and. in other manu-
factured goods west bound.
Speculation in products has urned
toward higher prices and wheat has
risen 5o with an official state report of
injury in Kansas which is high
flavored even for Farmers' Alliances.
The actual receipts at Western p
have been 1417082 bushels against
2348391 last year and the Atlantic ex-
ports only 914398 against 2253955
last year. Corn rose 2 l-4o partly in
mere sympathy but with more sub-
stantial accounts of injury the West-
ern receipts having been 2865459
bushels against 3545291 laBt year.
Pork products and coffee are un-
changed and cotton is steady at 7.37
with slender receipts in spite of the
decline in exports aud visible stocks
here and in i-urope amounting to 3-
735441 bales againBt 2774'607 last
year more tnan enougn to euppiy
the world's requirements for four
monthe. According to the estimate
of the financial chronicle the acreage
this year increased 596.C00 or 3 07 per
cent indicating a large crop wi th
favorable weather.
With only 2907 coke ovens working
and 14576 idle with the Cambria dis-
charging half its force and seven out
of nine of the Carnegie furnaces at
Bessemer out of blast. The produc-
tion and luture of iron and steel are
smaller than at any other time for
years. While it is believed that de-
terred work will cause heavy produc-
tion after the strike terminates the
demand lor products is at present
much below general expectations even
at the least.
Other industries have been less
affected but many of the textile mills
even in New England have
now been closed for the lack
of fuel or of orderB besides
other concerns in great number
between the Atlantic coast and Mis-
sissippi river. A report that the cot-
ton mills have this year produced
within 5 per cent of their full capacity
doss not correspond with the known
takiDgs of spinners but if true indi-
cates a production far in advance of
the demand for consumption. The
market for goods is dull and weak
with a further reduction in prices and
stocks visibly accumulating. Bales of
wool in the las' five weeks have been
$16 949496 pounds at time chief mar-
bets against 12875000 last year and
26795150 in the same weeks of 1892.
Manutacturera are great 'y embar-
rassed by scantiness ot ordf s and it
is apprehended that quuutities ol
goods made abroad in expectation of
a reduction of duties before this time
may be forced upon the market.
The returns of the failures are still
encouraging 216 in the United Htates
against 332 last year and 40 in Cana-
da against 27 last year. The liabili-
ties in all failures reported in the
month of May was $13e25342 Of the
aggregate $5162225 was of manufact-
uring and $6688485 of tradiDg con-
cerns Bradstreet's Weekly Keview of Trade.
New York June 8. Bradstreet's
tomorrow June 9 will say: Nearly
all the unfavorable business condi-
tions of the past three weeks con-
tinue to exercise an influence. The
few exceptions where improvement is
noted are of practically local import-
ance. Rail trade at many centers has
been interfered with by unfavorable
weatfter and by further restriction of
the purchasing power of thousands of
wage earners by further industrial
trouble or by shrinkage in production.
Business lailures do not increase
materially in number of importance
the total being 207 compared with 183
last week 293 in the same week a
year ago when the commercial and
financial disturbance was beginning
to make itself felt and 163 in the week
two years ago. The seesaw of prices
tips in the opposite direction and the
week closed most strikingly in cereals
oats having advanced 5 I-2c. wheat
3 l-8c and corn 1 7-8; potatoes are 20c
higher a bushel at the West bar iron
and pig Iron are up sharply at St.
Louis and live stock at Kansas City.
Lard is fractionally higher. Conspic-
uous decreases in prices of staples re
ported are in leather and wool due to
neavy receipts of new crop.
Coffee is offl-8c. At large Easter I
centers there Is no improvement in
gejeral bdsiness. New England cot-
ton mills continue to produce in ex-
cess of demandB.
Southern woolen mills are shutuug
down for want of fuel as well as or-
aers. Philadelphia jobbers report a
better spot demand and the petrole-
um market is more active but Balti-
more jobbers in clothing as well as in
some other lines have not sent out
drummers as formerly.
Among Southern cities covered
Richmond Savannah Jacksonville
and Augusta report the more favor-
able conditions at the first. There is
a better demand for groceries and pro-
visions and for agricultural imple-
ments and leaf tobacco which 1b quite
active. Eastern Florida vegetable
regions report continuous improve-
ment in crops and corresponding
stimulation among merchants while
at the Georgia centers the volume of
business is inferior in most lines and
improved one or two. Elsewhere in
the South dullness for the slow collec
REPORTS.
Hops and surplus funds in bank
characterize business conditions.
There is little that is far reaching
attending evidences of lmprovemen.t
reported from the West.
At Louisville there is more demand
for groceries and the leaf tobacco mar-
ket is quiet and active a good uai.
ueBB being reported. There is more
doing among jobbers in hardware at
Chicago although interior merchants
tributary to that market have not
begun to buy in advance of actual
needs and on the .other hand the
spread of the coal strike is checking
business. Available wheat United
States and Canada afloat for and in
Europe decreased more than 10000000
bushels last month against an aver-
age decrease in month of May in five
preceding years ot about 5000000
bushels each. Five months decrease
of domestic and Canadian wheat
stocks in 1894 is a high average com-
pared with like portions of five pre-
ceding years. Notwithstanding
these exhibits Bradstreet's returns
point to an accumulation in the
United States and Canada ot 8000000
bushels of wheat June 1 only 8500 less
than on June 1 a year ago and twice
or three times as much as waB bo helti
on Sune 1 in everal preceding years.
Exports of wheat United States and
Canada both coasts for the week end-
ing June 7 equal to .2742000 bushels
against 2400000 bushels iu the pre-
ceding week 3610000 bUBhels in the
week a year ago and 3052000 bushels
in the like week of 1892.
Special telegrams from leading
trade centers throughout the Cana-
dian dominion have continued to
grow somewhat more unfavorable
from week to week within a month or
two. The number of business failures
in the dominion this week is 37
against 66 last week 130 in the week a
year ago and 34 in the week the year
before that.
FINANCIAL.
Stocks and Bonds.
New York June 8. A fairly active
market was that of today on the stock
exchange despite that the tone of the
speculation was decidedly weak at
the opening and rather easy at the
close.
Washington advices reflected a feel-
ing of uncertainty as to whether
whisky tax would remain at $1.10 and
the stock was sold down from 26 1-4
to 251-2c with a recovery to 25 7 8c.
The railway and miscellaneous bond
market was fairly steady during the
morning but became irregular in the
afternoon and closed unsettled.
STOCKS.
Atchison W
Chicago & Alton 139
Chic. Bur. & Qulncy 7'J.'
Cotton Oil Certificates i'J
Del. Hudson 130 "4
Del. Lack and West 10K
Den. & R. G. pref d SO
Distillers and Cattle Feeders company. . . . 257
Erie 14
Illinois Central 91
Kansas and Texas pref
Lake Shore VilH
Louisville and Nashville 5354
Missouri Pacific
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific pref 17
Northwestern 1C9X
Northwestern pref 143
New York Central lX
Pacific Mail MX
Reading 17?i
Rio Grande Western Wt
Rio Grande Western pref d 42
Rock Islaud 69.
St. Paul nn
St. Paul pref JJ'JVi
Sugar Refinery It'lJi
Teuues-ee Coal and Iron ls'
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific Wi
U M. Exjress 60
Wabash 8u Louis and Pacific .. "Vs
Waliau St. Louis ai.d Pacific prer 153
Welis-Fargo Express 122
Western Union
Denver and R.o Grande .' 'Hi
Houston and Texas Central 2
BONUS.
New York June 8. Government
firm; st tte bonds strong
United S ates 5s rcg
U S 4s reg.
0. S. 4s coupon
Uui'eo Slates 4Kb coupon
Central Pacific lsts
Denver and Klo Grande lsts..
Denver aud Rio Grande 4s
Erie 2uds
M K. it T. gen 6s
M. K. &T. gcu 5s
Northern Pacific lsts
Norther:. Pacific 2nds
81 Louis ami Iron Mountain Gen. 5s ...
St. Louis and Han Fran. Gen. M
Tex. Puc L G. tract receipts
Tex. Pac K G. trai t receipts
Umou Pac. lsts. UG
Aichioj 4s
Atchison 2!is
U. II- & (ra. Cs :
G. 11. it Sa. 7s offered
Houston and Texas Central 5s
Houston and Texas Central is
bonds
.. 117?'
. . lllfis
.. Ill
.. 90
. Kv4
. ma
. 74 U
. 7;isa
. 2
79'
. 112
. 1X
.. 91
.. 93
.. 82
. i3'
. 1UW
. 71)4
. 37
.. 1(0
.. 96' 2
. lofi.'i
. 99
Weekly Bank Clearing!.
The 'following tible compiled by Bradstreet'i-
show the total clearances at the principal cities
ami the pei centage of increase or decrease aB
compared with the corresponding week last
year:
ew York 8 19907307 decrease 27.2. Chicago
89 2iSt'6" dtcrease 14.4; Boston 80.011.975 de-
creae 13.1; Philadelphia 62923273. deccease
21.; St. ;LOuis 21911311 decrease 11 5; Sau
(.rancisco 12992.791 decrease 12.3; Baltimore
lfi0'Jl034; decrease 4 7; Pittsburg 13349205 de-
crease 7.8; Cincinnati 143168)0 decrease 8.1;
Kamas City 10096134 decrease 5 7; New Orleans
11000116. decrease 16 6; Buffalo 3815.498. de-
crease 53 1; Milwaukee 4:452971 decrease 35.2;
Detroit 5988729 drcrease 5.8; Louisville 7453-
481 decrease - Minneapo is 5318 S42 decrease
15.3; Omaha 5871692 decrease 10 7; Providen-e
4215300 decrease 24 2; Cleveland 5017830 de-
crease 12-- H"U6ton 3 579941 decrease 13.6;
St. Paul 3 e363'.)7 decrease 30 3; Denver 3115.-
801 d crease 48.4; Indianapolis 3.921711. de-
crease 2'J 9: Columbus O 3741100 12.9; Han-
ford 2 324121 decrease 3.6; Richmond 2.321.452
decrease 4.f; Washington 1 b.9139 decrease 31.7;
Dallas 863 451; Memphis 26s8.2'i5 decreai-e 26 H;
Savannah 1242.079 decrease 13; Atlint l.Oy.'-
2SI. decrease 12 1; Fort Worth 1.784(i7 decrease
Mo- Waco 703279 decrease 29 6; BiriEingham
260838 decrease 43.7; Topeka 525117 inorense
17.2; ''Chattanooga 155191: "Nashville 803.910
decrease 21 3; '-'aalveston 4 61.1 365 decrease 1 2.7.
Total United States 901353 286. decrease 22 2;
cxclusivo ot New York 134 385.979; deereabe
16.0.
Not Included In totals.
New York Money.
New York June 8 Money on call easy 1 per
cent; last loan 1 per ceni; closed at 1 percent;
prime mercantile paper 34c; sterling ex-i
change dull wltb actual business in bauknrs
bills J4.88X for demand and 8L87
for 60 days; posted biils. 81.88X4. 90; commer-
cial bills tL&CVtfX . Silver certificates CI4G5.
Bar silver 620. Mexican dollars. blUc
The total saleot stocks today were 196000.
British Comoll.
London Jane 8. Bar silver 28 5-16d per oz.
Money H per cent. The rate of dis:ount in the
in the open market for thia short and three
months billi U per cent
f jnsolg for money 101Jtf
Coosols for the account 101 H
Canadian Pacific 65
Erie t
Erie 2ds '1 i
Illinois Central 92
Mexican Central ordinary 17
St Paul common. 62
Pennsylvania IVi
j Reading;... 83-V
mviwii vvuuu ueni in. v-
Bank Clearing!.
New Orleans June 8. Clearings S6S3.4S8
New York exchange commercial il per 1000
premium; bank 81.50 per 1000 premium.
New York. June 8. Clearings $70065810;
balances (3459830.
Memphis. June 8 New York exchange tell-
ing at 81 premium; clearings 8485803;
balances SJ43.007.
French Bentes.
Paris June 8 Three per cent rentes loOf
75a for the account.
Gone to Bank.
London June 8. The amount of bnlUon
gone into the Bank of Eu gland on balance today
is 16000.
COTTON.
JIcElroy & Co.'i Circular.
New Orleans June 8. McElroy
& Co. say:
Futures There seemt to have been
quite a general disposition to get out
of longs today in advance of the bu-
reau. Liverpool after fluctuating act-
ively closed 2 to 3-64d lower than last
night while spot sales were only 8000
bales. Our market showed disposi-
tion to improve in the early morning
and part of the opening loss of 5 to 6
points was recovered but the steadi-
ness was only momentary and we fi-
nally close 7 to 8 points down on the
day. Spots are easy and although
official quotations remain unchanged
it is said that some sales have been
made at 1-lGo decline. Total sales
were 900 bales.
c?o much has been said lately about
the unreliability of the government
crop report that many holders fearing
that even if very unfavorable the bu-
reau's figures will he discredited
have prelerred to cover and stay out
until its effect shall have been lfelt and
the market shall settle again. Should
there be any decline following the bu-
reau report it U very probable that
this element will be ready to take
hold again. A friend who has just re-
turned from Pine Bluff Ark. states
that farmers are complaining seri-
ously from lack of rain but that the
plant while small looks clean and
well worked.
QUOTATIONS AND STATISTICS.
LIVERPOLL.
SPOT.
Livkriool June 8 4 p. m. Cotton spot
quiet
American midling 1-16
Today's sales 8.000
Speculators aud export LCD0
American 6700
Receipts C000
American V200
FUTURES.
Ftitircs opened steady at a moderate demand
and closed quiet.
American middling L M. C.
June 8 62-64 63-64
June July 8 62-64(563 64
July-Aueust 3 63-64
August-September 4
September-October in 01-61
October-November 4 01-64
November December 4 01-6402-f4
December January 4 02-6403-Cl
January-February 4 04-61
February-March 4 061
" bid
NEW ORLEANS.
8P0T8.
New Orleans June 8. Cotton easy.
Sales 600
To arrive 200
Receipts 81?
Stock 73121
FUTURES.
Futures closed quiet and steady.
Sales H860
June 7 027 03
Jnlv 7 WW 01
August 6 91j6 92
September 6 99(o7 01
October 6 966 S7
November 7 01(9.7 02
December 7 077 08
Jauuary 7 13
February 7. 19
bid
NEW YORK.
SPOTS.
Ntw York June 8. Cotton spots quiet but
steady.
Midliugup'ands 1H
Midling guif 7Ji
FUTURES.
Cotto j futures closed dull but steady.
June 7 1S19
August 7 22fs28
Sepieml er 7 'Un3a
December 7 4041
Total ales 74 900
TOTAL MOVEMENTS TODAY
Receipts
Exports to Great Britain
Exports Frame
Exports to Continent
Consolidated net
Exports to Great Britain..
Exports Franc
Exports to Continent
Tot il since Sept. I net.
Exports to Groat Brltaiu.
Exi o-ts to France
Exp.iits to Continent
Exports to Channel
2659
2112
l3Nj
4 017
1(1 965
10327
5169
17300
5862 1C J
2758768
680.315
1562172
9681
MEMPHIS.
Memphis June 8. Cotton steady.
Middling
Receipts.....
Shipments
Sab s
Slock
7 8-16
58
3i0
U'3
18 565
TOTAL NET RECEIPTS.
New York June 1. The following total ntt
receipts of cot ton at all ports i-iuce Sept 1.
GUvestf.il 999697
Now Orleans 1832227
Mobile 2137.2
Savannah 919401
Charleston 4046-4
Wilmington 189452
Norfolk 854232
B-.ltimore 62419
New York 117179
Bo-ton 93932
Newport News 49.465
Phlla-ielphia 63 241
West feint 23744 f
Brunswick 69.760
Velasco 8.293
Port Royal 7106
Total ...
Deducted
55 682 660
66. 7
Corrected teta! 85793097
LIVESJOCK-
. Kama City
Kansas City June S. Ca tic Reecir.ts. 5100;
-hipmetits 1U'J0 Market Heady to strong:
Texas t te'.'rs $2 5f.M 0 ; TeXna cow il 2V
2 75; beef fleers S3 H.V'4 1.B ; native cows jl 85:'o
3 6V; Hocscrs tuu leeuers S2.u."J (Oj bulls 81.25
(6 325.
Hons RcJfipts. 1 COO; shipments 2900. Mar-
ket steady to strong; bulk of -ale 84 50(4.0O;
heavies $4 im.lv packeri. 8I5C.70; mixed
SI 45fa6i: lit;lit; 8L45'o6u; yorkers 8U5300; pigs
51 30W1.85
Sheep Receipts 9j0; shipments 1 100. Mar-
ket tlow and weak.
St. Ionia.
St. Louis Jure 8. Cattle Receipts 1100;
shipments 600. Market strong active gener-
ally; Texans active strong; aative alecrs.
12i)0 to 1400 lbs. 81.15slO: cows 82.40(2 75; calves
8l.25(s30 Texal steer. 1000 to 1100 lbi S3 25's4
3 40.
Hogs Receipts Receipts 4O0o; shipments
TW Top prices. 81 5V bulk of sales 81.504.6);
common and rough 81 .25 t-45.
bnetj. Receipts 1300; shipments 100. Mar
ket dull lower; na'.lves 85 to 110 lbs. 82 75'
3 00; stockers. S .6022.5; aouthwesteru 83.00
3 50; lembs 81.1350.
Ten cent9 will buy a 15 cent Gato or
Kllly Key West clprar atTobln's.
A LAZY FELLER.
Mighty fond o' fishin.
Good (is good can be
But I keep a-wishin
That the rivcr'd couio to rue.
Like the weather sunny
When the bees are all alive;
Visht they'd bring their honey
to me an not the hive. J
r" w.
Hunter'a horn a-tootin
Powder on the shelf . ..
Like t6 go a-shootin
If the gun would load itself.
Fond o' turkey eatln
Mighty good an sweet.
But it's overheatin
Vlcn you have to cut the meat.
World I never doubt it-
Has a lot to give;
Only trouble 'bout it
Got to work to live.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Sneezing Out the Wedding Party.
The Rev. R. S. Hawker in tho course
of somo reminiscences of an agod friend
of Lis quotes an anecdote which this
friend himself a clorgyman was fond
of telling. It is about a marriage cere-
mony and a pinch of BuufT and in tho
narrator's own language runs thus:
"It was always tho custom in those
days for a clergyman after tho marriage
to salute tho brido first before any other
person. Well it was so that I had just
married a very buxom rosy young lady
and when it was over I proceeded to
observe the usual ceremony. But I had
just taken an enormous finger and
thumbful of snuff. So no sooner had the
bride received my kiss and I gave her
a smart kiss for her good looks than
she began to sncezo. Tho bridegroom
kissed her of course and he began also.
Then the 'best man' advanced to tho
privilege. Better ho hadn't for ho be-
gan to sneeze awfully aud by and by
the bridesmaids also for they wero all
kissed in turn till tho whole party went
sneezing down the aisle -and the last
thing I heard outsido the church was
'Tchu tchu tchul' till tho noise was
drowned by the bells from tho tower. "
London Tit-Bits.
Paper Tires For Bicycles.
The writer lias visited the experimental
shop of the parties who are working out
the idea of making tires from paper for
bicycles. A pressure equal to 120 pounds
was brought to bear upon a rubber tire
wheel in the presence of the writer and
the tire sunk in nt the bottom. Then
the same kind of a wheel was treated in
the same way as regards pressure but
the tire was made of paper. The same
weight did not cause tho tire to sink in
so much as in the case of tho rubber one.
Thus the paper tire can be run over cob-
blestones 6iindy roads mud etc. and bo
less affected. The continual squeezing
together and inflating of the rubber tire
has a tendency to wear tho rubber and
cause a fracture. The paper tire being
less liable to flatten or sink in is not sub-
ject to this wear. Boston Commercial
Bulletin.
A Nntural Surprise.
Information was given to tho police
authorities at B that a master tailor
certified to be dead and buried with duo
solemnity many years ago was still in
tho land of tho living. For the purposo
of a gigantic swindlo a doctor had been
bribed to make out a spurious certificate
iu order to obtain payment of tho insur-
ance money amounting to 80 000 marks.
Further inquiries having established tho
accuracy of tho facts as alleged tho cof-
fin was exhumed and was found to con-
tain nothing but n stout ironing board.
At tho sight of it a policeman standing
by exclaimed in astonishment "Golly
how ho has altered I" Deutscher
Reichsbote.
Aged Ilorsi-s.
With moderate care and good usage a
horse's life may be prolonged to 25 85
or 40 years. An English gentleman had
three horses which died in his posses-
sion at tho ages of 85 37 and 30 years
respectively. The oldest was in a car-
riage the very day ho died strong and
vigorous but was carried off by a spas-
modic colic to which ho was subject.
A horso in uso at a riding school in
Woolwich lived to be 40 years old and
a bargo horso of tho Mersey and Irwell
Navigation company is declared to have
been in his sixty-second year when he
died. London Answers.
Hard on the C'nimry.
A little West Somcrvillo girl was
punished one day for something sho had
dono which she was told not to do.
Whilo her eyes were wet with tears
she demanded of her mother with a
pout "Well who told you?"
"Oh a little bird told me. "
As the mother left the room sho hoard
tho child turn toward the innocent ca-
nary which hung in a cage near the win-
dow and with infantile spi to say "Mean
old tattle tale tattle tale!"
The "littlo bird" story worked well
that time surely. Somervillo Journal.
Ill Solo Regret.
"You aro not afraid to die aro you?"
asked tho weeping watcher by the bed-
side. "No" whispered the chronic kicker
"but it does worry mo to think that I
shall soon bo with the silent majority
when all of my liie I havo so enjoyed
being in tho noisy minority. " Indian-
apolis Journal.
Somo of tho bricks found in Babylon
indicate by the stamps upon their sur-
face an age of at least 5000 years. Tlrtj
art of brickmaking was well developed
at that time for no bricks aro better
made than these.
Persians dump their household refuse
into deep cesspools dug inside of the
house. These cesspools have no outlet
and help to account for that country be-
ing the hotbed of cholera.
Things made wholly or in part of clay
and baked which aro opaque are called
pottery. Thoso which aro semitranpar-t-nt
are porcelain.
Insects inhabiting islands have cither
very short wings of very little use in fly-
ing or no wings at alL
WHERE HE FOUND Hlii NAMl.
Gentlemanly Dick the Bus Driver Wli?
Defended the Fair Sex.
"Gentlemanly Dick ho was called"
and tho speaker took his pipo out of his
mouth and glanced around the waiting
room where ho and two comrades were
sitting watching for tho night express
with the hope of getting a few passen-
gers for tho hotels. They were all bus
drivers young and hearty looking fel-
lows.
"Yes" mused ono of the men "I
know who he is. I seen him one day not
long since. He had just rescued a poor
'croppy' lookin dog from tho boys aud
said he wns goin to take it home to bis
gals. What was the reason of his bein
callod 'Gentlemanly Dick. ' "
"Didn't you never know?" asked the
first speaker.
"Nope. Let's hear about it. I've had
some curiosity to know" and the other
two men lit their pipes afresh and set-
tled themsolves comfortably in expecta-
tion of the forthcoming interesting nar-
rative. "Well you soo ho uster drive for
the Brown House. Drovo their best bus
for eight years and ho alius tipped his
hat to tho passengers. Some of them ho
seen so often ho got to know 'em and
they'd say some pleasant thing now and
then to make a feller feel good. Ono
night him and mo wos settin round this
hero stove and there wos four feliers
como in. They sat down in that there
corner" and tho speaker jerked his
thumb toward the spot indicated "and
begun to talk. I wos settin here smokin
and Dick wos smokin too. Ho wasn't
sayin much but soomed to bo doiu some
deep thinkin. Every littlo whilo ho
would run his fiugors through his thin
gray hair.
"All of a sudden one of them fellers
let out a string of oaths as long as my
arm. " And tho speaker held out a good
brawny specimen for illustration.
"Bick didn't say nothin but ho
looked up sudden and scowled; then ho
puffed away on his pipo again. Finally
one of tliom mado a remark. Well it
was pretty swoopin. 'Twns about wom-
en in general and thero wasn't no get-
tin ronud it. It mado mo hot. Well sir
Dick got right up and walked over to
them.
" 'Boys' he scz 'I've lived nearly CO
years and in the same space of time
I'vo never heard so much profanity vile
talk and slander as I've heard from you
fellows tonight in 20 minutes. ' Then
ho went on: 'I had a mother and a wife
God bless 'em and I've got one sister
still livin though I hain't seen her for
years and it makes mo shiver in my
boots to hear tho way you speak. You
are all good lookin chaps and seem well
dressed and rospectablo. For tho sako of
your mothers sweethearts or wives quit
talking such wickednoss. I don't mean
to bo harsh. I only speak with tho priv-
ilege which comes of old ago. '
"Them fellers sir if you'll boliovo
me set still mid never spoko all tho
while that Dick was a-talkin. Finally
ono feller who knew Dick the biggest
one in tho crowd said in a hearty way:
'Thanks old fellow. I suy boys throe
cheers for Gentlemanly Dick. ' And they
were given with a hearty will. Then
one after another got up and snoaked
out in the night. Hollo here comes
tho express! Hopo she's loaded for this
hero town. " And tho men nil left. The
littlo waiting room which had served as
a lecturo room was vacant. Chicago
Tribune
Why Cliliiiinien Change Signs.
A Washington street Chinaman
changed his sign tho other day name
and all. Ono of his customers after the
sign had been changed stopped in to
seo if a now Chinaman had taken pos-
session of tho place. Ho found tho same
luundryman as had boon thero for a
good many months.
"What did you change tho nanio on
your sign for?" was asked of him.
"Oh that nothin. Only sign namo.
That's all."
"Why don't you put your own namo
on tho sign?"
"Oh see if I sellco place can't sellee
sign. See? Any name good sign. That's
all."
Ho then explained thot it was a com-
mon practico among Chinamen to change
their signs frequently and that by so
doing they believed that it encouraged
trade and thus reimbursed them for the
expenditure in rod paint and unpro-
nounceable characters. Buffalo Ex-
press. Forty Winks For Insomnia.
"I have a new remedy for insomnia "
said tho nervous member us ho entered
tho club rooms.
"If it is good tell us about it."
"It is very simple. Just go to bod and
take tho most comfortablo position for
sleeping. Then slowly open and closo
your eyes. If after 40 winks you are
not asleep then try 40 more. The great
difficulty with victims of insomnia is
that they almost always fall to thinking
of tho events of the day. This may be
prevented by persistent; counting but
that is itself a mental effort and wakes
one up. Not so however with winking.
I defy any of you to think of anything
else whilo you are engaged in this sim-
ple exercise." Utica Observer.
A Homemade Sign.
On Lexington avenue near Eighty-
third street thero stands in front of a
shoemaker's shop a homo painted sign
that is pitifully comic. It would be a
painfully deformed man indeed who
could wear a boot shaped like tho one
thereon displayed beneath which is tho
announcement that "Laddies sheos'
will bo "half soeld" and heeled for ono
price; "Childrings and mans" for an-
other. Apropos of this subject I haw a
shoemaker's sign tho other day bearing
the euphonious and appropriate name of
Shintog. Polly lay in New York Re-
corder. Wlint She Keeps.
Miss Tweed That Mrs. Chirp is hor-
rid! I don't believe sho can keep any-
thing. "Oh yes. She keeps telling every-
thing she hears. " Chicago Inter Ocean
SIGNALS FROM MOVING TRAINS.
An Automatic Electric System Which Hu
Been Tested In Germany.
Tho frequency of railway nccidents
during last year would appear to have
acted as a stimulus to inventors in the .
field of railway signaling for an unprec-
edented number of warning dovioes'
have boon patented within the last few'
months. One of these which is regard- !
ed as specially worthy of attention has
been successfully tested on some of tho
military lines in Germany. The system
is automatic and is actuated by electrio-
ity. The circuits are so contrived that
two trains traveling on the same metals '
whether in tho samo or opposite direc-
tion are warnod of each other's position
by tho ringing of a bell on each locomo- -tive
while at the same time the two
drivers (engineers) are brought into tel-
ephonio communication. The same thing
occurs if ono of the trains be stationary "
so that if there is any breakdown on the
line in front the driver receives notice.
Tho breaking away of a bar or cars
from the roar of a train is' also notified j
both to tho driver ond to the station
which the train has last passed through j
and the distances at which all these
warnings are given and received can be
variod in such a manner as to provide
either long or short "blocks ". accord-
ing to tho requirements of the traffic.
In fact tho system sooms to have pro-
vidod effectively against all ordinary
contingencies and its employment should
greatly reduce tho risks of railway trav-
oL The German government exports
speak highly of the apparatus in their
official report.
Among othor experiments a train en-
tering a station was warned of an ob- )
staclo on the lino; two locomotives ap-
proaching each othor on the same track
wero warnod; two trains proceeding in I
tho samo direction tho second at great- .
er speed than the first were enabled to
givo each other antomatio notice of
their respective speed and position aud
a train which was entering a station re-
ceived warning that points were in a
wrong position. In every case notice
was given in amplo time to provent dan-
ger and to ronder a collision impossible.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
THE SMOKING CHAMPIONSHIP.
Herr Knopf of Berlin Ready to Meet All '
Coiners For OOO Cigars a Side.
A smoking match was given recently
by tho Giftnudel Smoking club in its
rooms in Mauteuffol street Borlin. Tho
prize was a solid silver cigar case and
200 cigars. Tho entrance fee was $ 1
and tho conditions wero that tho con-
testants should smoke only tho .cigars
provided at tho expense of the club nnd
should remain in plain view of the ref-
eree as long as they were competing for
tho prize no contestant being allowed
to tako food drink or modiciuo during
tho match.
Tho prize was to bo given to tho con-
testant who smoked down to ono inch .
butts tho largest number of cigars in
two hours. Thero were 17 entries.
Herr Knopf who smoked without '
pauso from start to finish was declared
winner. Ho reduced 10 largo cigars to
ashes in the allotted time whilo his
closest competitor smoked but 3. At '
tho end of tho first hour 10 smokers re-
tired from tho match and left tho room.
None of them returned. Of tho seven
others three wero palo and perspiring '
profusely when tho refcrco called
"Time."
Knopf felt well and professod his wil- 1
linguess to begin at once another two
hour match but his- challongo found no
takers. Ho says that ho is ready to
smoke against anybody in Berlin for COO
cigars a side tho length of tho contest
to bo fixed by mutual consent between
y aud 6 hours. Berlin Tagblatt.
Colli Cutting Machinery.
British minors are just now disturbed
by the rumored intention of tho Coal-
masters' association to introduce coal
cutting machinery on a lurgo scalo. The
men regard tho schemo with great sus-
picion fearing its effects will be to re-
duco wages and decrease tho number of
men employed. They also prefer to uso
their beloved pick as their forefathers
used it and work in tho way they aro
accustomed to even though it be as ro-'
formers say a constrained and unnatural
method. Inventors say that tho British
eoalmastors us well as the colliers aro
difficult to convert in this matter. Coal'
cutting machines aro being sent to all1
parts of tho world and tho foreign do-;
mand exceeds tho ubility to supply it
but very few aro in use in this country
although they reduce the cost of getting
coal from 1 to 8 shillings a ton com
pared with the hand pick. Tho latest
machines combine compressed air and
electrical principles and each outs one
yard per minute in medium hard coaL ;
Newcastle Letter. j
BlUIngngate Market.
The glory of Billingsgate is facUng
away. It seems that owing to the heavy
corporation tolls the trado of Billings-
gate is passing to Shadwoll where the
rents are only half thoso charged by the
corporation and there aro no tolls. The
tolls of Billingsgate amount to about
$25000 per annum. The rental charged
for stalls at Billingsgate used to be about
2 cents a foot; now they are 10 cents
and the tenants complain of being crush-
ed and driven out of the market. It is
said the corporation has spent $500000;
on a cellar under tho market which 13'
nothing but a white elephant. London'
Standard. ;
Built a Tomb For Suicide.
A rich foreigner who settled in Mar-
seilles a few years ago had ruado elabo-
rate preparations for dying by his own"
hand whenever he decided that the mo-
ment had come. He built a vault which ;
could bo hermetically sealed in a cor-
ner of his garden furnished with are-;
dining chair two largo candelabra and
two puns filled with churcoid ready to
light. Ho entered tho vault frequently j
but not until a fortnight ago did he closo
the door and light tho charcoal. He was
found dead in the chair.-Marseilles
Correspondent j
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