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KORTII DVKOTA LIGNITE TO RE
COMPRRSSED IXTO CCX-
DEXSED Fl EL.
MR. V/ASHBURN'S PROJECT
j Korihern Pn<*ific KaHrnail Uses "Brl
«liiettcs** and Calls Them a Suc
ees-n— Help O-ut (he
l-'ael Problem.
• BISMARCK, N. D.", Dec. 25.-Lignite
ooal, ciK-Ti:io iily treated and compressed
Into Condensed fuel, promises to be one
of the substantial products of North
Dakota, and at least local.y maj- revolu
tionize lhe fuel problem.
"!in<i'jeUe3" manufactured from coal
at Wilton have been tested by the North
ern Pacific railway, and the product has
been shipped to many Eastern manufac
turing centers to be tested. Former
Senator W. D. Was'.iburn, of Minnesota,
is at ti:- head of the enterprise and the
company mines ;ire running at full ca
pacity, with -all the modern mining ma
chinery and appliances.
Mr. W'ushburn began a little over a
year ago to lay out a railroad from Bis
marck to Great Falls, passing along the
Missouri river and through the great
Judith basin in Montana. The project
was largely a matter of l.ride with Wash
burn, as/lying forty miles north of Bis
marck id a little town, the county seat
of McLean county, named Washburn
after the Minnesota statesman. Tears
ago the t.wn was laid out and named
by John Satterluud, receiver of the
I'nited Slates land office at Bismarck,
and Gen. Wusliburn piomised him that
at some time he would build a railroad
thereto. The town lies in the center of
a fertile farmir.fr coantry, of millions of
broad .acres, undulating gently for hun
dreds of rr.iles from the center and fur
nishing wheat for many mills and cattle
for many slaughter pens. The possibili
ties of development of this region arous
ed the cIJ railroad building spirit in
V.'ashburn and he bought 115,000 acres of
Jhe land, the most fertile in the great val
ley, from the" Noith;>rn Pacific Railroad
company, of whose land grant it was a
part. This land was mapped off in tracts
and a value per acre set on each tract.
A right cf way was secured and the
i ullding of the road rje^un.
For thirty miles the road was built
and Gen. Washburn built a town as a
-terminal. At :Wilton. the present termi
nal of the roads, Washburn bousht two
sections of land, at a small value per acre,
l^and in the vicinity wa - in many cases
hardly det^r.--,! worth paying taxes on.
n thousands of acres cf
:,md were to be had for ?2 an acre and
slightly higher. Hardly had the town
'■stab: shed '...■ Washburn besun to grow
v wtien a discovery was made th,at revo
lutionized * the railroad-building enter
prise, .and, instead of a hopeless and
dreary business prospect, it became a
flattering one. This discovery was lig
nite coal. Underlying the land were mil
lions of tens of the best lignite coal in
the West. It approached bituminuous in
hardness and" percentage of cirbon and
Gen. Washburn Bet about immmediately
toward the development of this important
discovery. -
Eastern capitalists and coal experts
were interested. R. W. Hazleton, who
had for many years been coal expert
in Ohio, came out and looked over the
mine. He p:o;iounced the coal good and
the discovery promising. The mines
were opened with a shaft and electrical
machinery ordered. Orders began to •
]K)ur in for <thousands of tons of the
fuel for local consumption before it was
possible to supply a fraction of the de
. t mand. - The capacity of the machinery
\vas increased until, an output p-everal
hundred -tons a day.-was possible, and
profitable freight traffic was. created for
the nevrroad. With the interest o^ East
. m c£p.it3.llses" came-.another interesting
•ive:y. This was . that a Process - was.
"1 ossibfe "-ij^by the lignite goal cnulrl
1,,- treated with" heat,, the "water "and'
gases,-driven off and the remainder
. treated "wtin a chemical compound •of
■vhich" 'sorghum 1: was 'an element and
hound i«to: briquettes, of about the size
of anthracite: coais, being-composed of
nearly pure i carbon, and biih\*ng; with ■
a fierce heat. ; The cost of the process
was sl\?ht" and the result?, when tested.
satisfactory. Up to the present; time no
less than half a -'.nzen distinct processes
have been devised and all of them are
■ under consideration.
" The Ni ■••' ■■■ Pacific Railway company
ante time ago made some tests of the
new JjrSqtiettes as • steam-producing fuel.
The tests . were pronounced successful
end it was stated tliat if the owners of
the process would deliver the product
they had devised- in quantity the road
1 would contract for 100,000 tons, for use
pn the locomotives. .The Northern Pacittc
Is one of.th.c heaviest railroad consumers
of coal in the country. . .
A not': •■■ test that is being made oi
the coal. from. Gen. "Washburn's' mines
is of its coking possibilities. I- Z. Leiter,
<^f Chicago," : is ".tntei-ested in this, and
tests are being made for him there. Re
urts are received from time to time by
the' Waslibiirn ."interests he:e, and they
: are satisfactory; The coal is said to
ooke fairly vc!! . and with further exper
iments another valuable quality of the
lignitcrrnaybe • vo'.oped.
The western part of the state of North
I)akata :g uncfeV'ain by a vein of lignite;
varying-, from six to fifteen feet In width.
It crops out in thousands of peaces
through t*e oil A"o -g ths M fsou: i iUe
' there'are liundreds of cutcroppinss
■ trough the clay banks. Locally, it is tne
*. state's fuel supply. It is also
i:sed by ! orne manufacturinn: institutions
; the:statej and steps have been taken
■ i intr< ' i it in other states. Bouth
I>akota has long cried out for North
7>akota Upmte^, but the difficulties of
t;ansnortation were too great <o be over
< >me till the building of Washburn'a road
to the coal Helds Now, as soon as
int traffic s-greements with other roads
can bi perfected, the coal will I);- shipped
into Sou-tiV- Dakota. ar\:\ pos-ibly into Ne
braska. lowa .kncl Minnesota. Carloads
ive beell: sent as far east as Chicago
for testing, purposes, and t.6 Grand Kap
: Is. Micti.,. by capitaliFts from there who
lieve it can he- adapted to manufactur
ing. At the prp«ent time Washburn's
iiier- ' -.iv wor'K'fng to their full capacity
and cannot ipupply a'l the demand. New
and better machinery is belns; installed
i:; the riiiht'3,' where the coal Is taken
out b;> —the- 'mp'oVed processes. The
): ines are : lighted w"th e'ectric:ty
rough&ut, and all of the machinery ts
f'.octric: The' amount of ro^l on the
"'■.'ashbiirii'lahd at Wilton is c-h{ tori at
H.CO3,COOO' ton^, 'and there are counties*
iher coal .fields in the same locality.
1Lt1.1j.015 (KM'RAL CHAXGES.
A More Comijaet Orprnniiuition Is
■*;-• Planned fur IVpxt Yenr.
CHICAGO, Dec. 25.—"With the besinning
of the year the lllii ois Central ' roa4
; important changes, for the pur
: ose of effecting a more compact or
ganization. The offices of the ,general
jpenntendent and assistant- general su
r-erlntendent; held by A. "W. Sullivan
and J- fJ. Harti?«.n, will be abolished,
bat Mr. SulJivari will remain Avith the
narl burdened with practically-the same
ijuties he ha? hfid in the past. - Mr. Hart
sun has (---ecurc-d an important executive
insition with.:• another company. The
-ork of the general superintendent will
l.c performed" from the office of J. T.
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T. HiiiJERTS' SUPPLY HOUSE, a : niNHSEAP.OLIS^..atINN.'
Harahan, second vice president, who,
although.no such title exists, will- be
general manager of the road. J. F. Wal
lace is to be succeeded in the i»osition
of assistant second vice president by
Mr. Sullivan, and Wallace will step into
an office newly created,, .that of assistant
general manager. Anotfier new office,
engineer of construction, will be filled by
H. W. Parkhurst, who has long been
in charge of railroad construction. J> W.
Higglns' office of superintendent of trans
portation is to be abolfshed.'and the in
cumbent is to be installed intp .anew
office under the title of general superin
tendent of transportation. Mr. Wallace
in his new office will receive reports of
the general superintendent' of
tation, superintendent of machinery, su
perintendent of telegraph, chief engineer,
consulting engineer, engineer of construc
tion, chief surgeon, chief claim agent,
chief .special agent and the '> superinten
dents of the northern and western lme.=i.
"These changes are made in order I'to
bring about a more compact organiza
tion," said Second Vice President Hara
h;an. "They mean an improvement in
the service with less expense. The road
paid better dividends last year than here
tofore. The dividends are divided semi
annually, and instead df" 2£v p ver cent, as
a year ago, 3 per cent has bee.n ..the div
idend percentage during the last two
halves, or an annual--dividend af-.6 -per
cent. The stockholders are satisfied with
the management."
Rock I«land'"€'h'aiißes.'
CHICAGO, Dec. 25-.— The" folk wine ap
pointments and transfers are made on
the Rock Island, to-take'effect ;il once:
T. J. Ci.irk. general agent passenger de
partment, with office-at-l.os A«g<Me-vCal.,
vice IT. S. G. Hough, resigned; ii.. Drake,
traveling passen&et- agem^'with 1- office
at Salt Lake City, Utah, vice T. J.
Clark, promoted; O: '"&: -Basoam; district
passenger agent. Wkliita, Kan., vice E.
D3-ake, prom ted. OniJari. 1. A rvHinsherjn
will be made superintendent of bridges
and buildings of tho <fc ?.orVi-
Western. succeeding Henry Crane, who
has been with the "ctympony-- for: many
years R M Sheets, who has charge of
the terminals of -fire Pennsylvania at
Chicago, on the first of next month goes
to Pittsburg as sirp=rrirtendent of i«e
Pittsburg Junction road.
:-.'^-.--- *Samcn.«. S«n^*l».tem!.e.;nt^ V. „.
BRAINKRD, Minn.; D?c. £5— So much
traffic is being handtod by-the .B-raLruMu
&■ Northern that General Manager Gem
mel has found it • advisable to i iiuve^- a
Keneral superintendent anprtinred. .> Th«
honor fails to G. I>. Biwl, v/ho^rst
came to the road at the time- Mr. Gem
mel assumed, management. Mr. Dall,.,nas
been the chief engineer.
A WAY OUT OF THE PIUSHMA.
— .' •
i
1 Smith—Drat the luck! A Christmas
present of a box of tine cigars from
Jenkins, and here I've already sworn off
smoking.
<^> V *&& S
2 "Well it was mostly" on account of
the expense that J, $u£t any'now.
TO ESCAPE HSaiTAGE TAX.
Effort MaUlngT tO'Kr.obate Plunt
NE WHAVBN, Conn.. Dec. 25.—1n the
probate court yesterday; <*epositions were
taken in the action of Mrs. H. B. Plant
against ex-Judge Lyr.-'c' Harrison i'l thra
celebrated Plant will i.iso. J^dge Harii
son is one of the executors o'l the w:ll
Of Mr. Piant, who-- left-about
An effort is being made In behalf of
Mrs. Plant to have the wii* probated in
this state instead of in New York, La. or
der to increase the amount ' coriring to
Mrs. Plant. ,
OBITU4KY, lo
LONDON. Deo. 2?.—John Baptiste Jos
eph Dormer, twelfth Baron Dormer, i.s
dead in the sevciUy-!irst ■■ yea,r of hij
age.
.WASHINGTON. Dec. Prof. Thomas
.Williams, assistant chief of tin- division
of agrostology of the department of
agriculture. 1 and a well known authority
or. botanj-, died at his home at Takoma.
a suburb of _ this city yesterday, of heart
disease. He was thirty-five years of ase
and came to thi- city ttatti Weeping V»>.
ter. Neb. Prof. Williams was widely
known in scientinir firclea' nt T.nome and
abroad. He v.ras editor of the.Asa Gay
Bulletin, a botanicttl 1. pJJblication: r^He
was professor of botany of t'ne state ag
ricultural college 3*uth vDakota;. He
held a similar position in the Columbian
university, of this citn-for three r-yeiars
past. • -Jy^r ■-■■
2JEIHERSOLE AS SAPHO.
Tronbles of DatiOe't's" Heroine' Ar?
Toltl iis \V:s.Klii:>«i«in.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 23.—Miss/ Nether
sole appeared at the National'theater to
night in ' Sapno" to .a, i«c»:oc!, .hous*, in
cluding: Secretary Gage and ■ party and
members of the French ancl I taiiaiv em
bassies and Japanese, legation. The pres
entation was 1 warmly ap^iaVid'ed.; '*vThere
was such anxiety to see "Sapho" that ;tjhe.
management has postponed until Satur
day night the pn>duetlQ<n^o£;>s'Magda,"
which Miss Netliersole had \ announced
would. be produced her in^trie'^nslish
version the last three days of .the.^weck
for the first time in this country. "
Wesilthy OatHe Ulau S«lcl;l.C!>.
"WICHITA. Kan.. Dec. 25.— W. Bur
rus. a wealthy cattle ti«a io£--Ga<Mo
county, near Mountain View, aft?r shoot
ing: a-bout nfty hogs for his ranch mjat
supply, turned the revolver on him
self and sent a - buHet--throus*i-». his
brain. He had_been warned a few days
agv by physician that- he showed-^synip
tcms of Bright's diseast.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 190(V
Jill Vll
AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OP
A SUCCESSFUL. LONDON
# [ EDITOR ;
AMERICANS' ARE IN THE LEAD
wsnapcr* of the United States Far
in Advance of the Journals of
tlreat Britain and
the Continent.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Alfred Harms
worth, editor and proprietor of the The
London Daily Mail, who is a passenger
en the Teutonic, due in New York tomor
row, has contributed, to the January
number of the North American Review,
an article on what he calls, "The Simul
taneous Newspapers of the Twentieth
Century." Mr. Harmsworth expresses
the opinion that in spite of all the pro
press that has been made in the develop
ment of the newspapers hitherto, we are
fctill merely at the fringe of journalistic
development. Of newspaper illustration
he says:
"An occasional newspaper illustration
if it can be properly produced, is no
doubt a good thing, and is appreciated
; as helpful by the reader, but many of the
| present day illustrations are quite un
i necessary and are merely given as a
; matter of habit, or because rival journals
; use them, or even because of the even
I less important reason that there U a cer
j tain amount of space to be decorated
I and artists and photographers to be "kept
' employed."
The Daily Mail's experience with illus
i tralions :s that in any real case they
j have been an overwhelming success. Mr.
Harms worth talks critically of the aver
age newspaper.
"With the ne-vspapers of the whole
; world before me," he says, "each week.
; 1 look in vain for any great or impressive
| stroke of originality or daring. We still
; cling to the clumsy or awkward sna^e
in which our newspapers are issued ard
j the man who has attempted to manip
ulate one of them on a, windy day will
4>e3t appreciate the force of my remarks.
By the use of improved machinery it
wculd ba possible to issue the newspaper
of the future in what is obviously its
proper form—a small, portable and neat
ly indexed publication.
JOURNALISM IN FRANCE.
"Among the newspapers that are now
in my opinion making progress in the
advancement of common morality aro
the French journals. They have always
been noted for their high literary excel
lence. The anonymous editorial has
never been particularly a strong feature
of the French newspaper. On the Other
hand pure literature in the shape of flc-
L'on or criticism has been one of its
< haracteristics.
The power of the press is not what
it used to be, is Mr. Harmsworth'.? opin
ion. This, he says. Is especially true of
England, where the editorial or leader
which was formerly read and quoted
by all men of intelligence is now scarce
ly glanced at. The great cry is for resvs.
But even in connection with the dissem
ination o* news the press, in Mr. Harms
worth's judgment, has lost reptitati n- He
"Ltately there has begun a kind of in
ternecine warfare between the various
organs of the press, by which they very
largely injure their own positions and
that of their opponents. An item cf
news published in one paper is immedi-
ately discredited in another, and th e pub
lic naturally enough usually comes to
the opinion that newspapers are inac
curate, and dismisses a particularly ac-
curate statement as "mere newspaper
talk."
AMERICAN PAPERS I.EAD.
: Mr. v Harmsworth ..pays . a high tribute
to. the press of the United State 3, as "bo
ing In oae respect far in advance of the
pres3 of his own country.
| ' The question." he says, "what t;i pat
before the public and in what manner
to place it before them is one that call 3
for.the keenest acumen and best judg
ment ; s on', the part of the newspaper di-:
rector. Here undoubtedly the pres3 of j
the United States is in advance of thit ;
of Great Britain. Such newspaper leader*
as Pulitzer, Dana. Beonett, Hearst, Ray
mond, Jones, Childs. Medill,: Xiawson,
Diisseil, Oummings.Taylor,' Halstead, Pat
j. terson, DeYoung, Singerly,' Gcdk'.n. Gree
| icy, MeKehvay,. Avatlcrson and Tv'ilbur
| Storey have had but few counterparts
I with U3. The instinct that tells what.is
| news and how the public will best take j
j it is not given to every writer. 'There.ls
a greater art in feeling- the pulse of f c
people.' . :. ".. . _■■.'•
Predicting " what the journals of. the
twentieth century will be, lie says: \
NEWSPAPERS OF THE FUTURE. }
"I feel certain that the newspaper of ;
the twentieth cenfnry will be. drawn
into the vortex of combination and ce:i
--1 tralization. In fact, given the man, the
I capital, the. organization and the occa
sion, there seems to be no reason why
one or two newspapers may not present
ly dominate great sections of the Unit
j eel States, or^alniost the whole of Great
: Britain. •In other words, where there
are now a multitude of papers—good,
i bad and indifferent—there will \ then ba
one or two great journals. The method
by which such journals will be estab
lished would be precisely those emplQj-
ed in the formation cf any ordinary
trust. Possessing its own "wires, cables,
dispatch boats, special trains', the sim
ultaneous newspaper concern would soon
have Us own p^p^r mil printing ink fac-.
{ Tory, machinery shop^, and the like.
'"The simultaneous newspaper would
| represent a standard of excel'ency v. ii'ch
] has never before been attained, and v/itti
j its vast resources would be able to carry
j out on an unprecedented scale ente-pn
i outside of the strict newspaper field,
j "Mr. Pulitzer's wonderful streak of
! Journalistic genius, in connection with the
bond issue; Mr. Hearst's successful ap
; peal to the country on the war issue be
! twees the United States an<l Spain, and
' the work of the British newspapers in..
■ connection with the South African cam
i paign, k°Co to show what can ba done
j in the direction of influencing people even !
under existing circumstances. Imagine,
therefore, the influence which would •ba
exerted if an overwhelming majority of |
the newspapers of the TJnited States!
shouted with the, same voice, supported'
the same principles and enunciated the
j same policy. ' j
I "Such a state of things ; would be a i
| terror to evil-doers and to the supporters
I of anything inimical to the commori
; wealth." . _ |
Mr. Harmsworth is strongly of the i
j opinion that the newspaper should nnt
be partisan in a special sense, but
should endeavor to represent the v.T.I of ;
i : the people.
On a Knusrvrou* Voyagre.
HAMILTON. Bermuda, Dec. 25.—The
British lcrpe»Jo boat dc-stroyer Quail,
I.ieut. Ekl-ward Kyraer. comniandcir. left
for Jamaica yesterday without an escort.
It is the first time such an attempt has
been made. The Quail can carry only a
little coal and her plates are very slight.
The result is awaited here with anxiety.
BETHLEHEM.
O Bethlehem, starred Bethlehem;:
Bright .with the Coronation gem -}
Upon- thy - brow through history ;
.Whose eyes have ; seen.the mystery.
Hail bro-iv and t eyes and diadem-
Hail, Bethlehem! : .-
O Bethlehem.. Queen BathJehem.
Of hal'owed lap and diadem, -
Thy Kohincor, is a star; ~
Thy hands are white as lilies ire;
. Thy song:. i 3 .• sorrow's" i-equiem,
Queen Bethlehem! ... r: . .
—Ruth McEnery : Stuart in Harper's^Mag
-azine,,,_ ; . .;•._ -.■.-:■■".. ■... .^;.._'
MiNIIII
SUCOBSSFUI*..EXPERIMENT : BY ; THE
■; • . DEPARTMENT OV AGRI
CLLTUf^^
TOBACCO OF THE TOfeST GRADE
Was Grown at [ thfc Nfnßßieetleut ' Ei
pwlmcnt tat ton, — Leaf .-tffßi \< ;
J' ".' Cultivated Imler Ar- „{-;.
tificlal Sli^fe. .'i-
WASHINGTON, De<Vi2s^-The following
notice was posted toddf «tty/ the secretary
of agriculture: f , j;
Milton Whitney, chief. Sif division o£
soils; reports a successful termination
of experiments conduetedsin co-operation
with the Connecticut Ji*P§riment station
in the production of Sumatra tobicco near
Haittord. One-third Qf an. acre was
planted under a cheese-cloth LSp.de nine
feet high, and cultivated and fermented
under the direction of Mr. M. L. Floyd,
tobacco expert of the department. The
yield of cured tobacco was 700 pounds,
making an estimated yield for an acre
of 2,109 pounds. This lost about 10 per
cent in the fermentation. The crop has
just been sold by L. B. Haas & Co., of
Hartford, to Michael Son & Hibbard,
cf Kansas C.ty, for 5473.T0, mating an em
anated value for one acre of 7i,421. The
cost of production; including the whole
cost of the shade-^-the frame for which
will last five years—will not exceed ?30Q
per acre, leaving a net profit of over
J'.iOO per acre. This is at an average price
of 71 cents per pound. The crop grown in
the same field without shade and fer
mented in the same way yielded about
the same quantity and brought 27 cents
per pound, or at the rate of |507.57 per
acre. Deducting the cost of cultivation,
fertiliz?tion and treating,, thi-; would l=ave
a profit of about $300 per acre. The or
dinary crop of the Connecticut valley
brings the farmer about 20 cents per
pound, or $360 per acre, and deducting
the cost of expenses, it leaves a profit of
about $260 per acre.
The Sumatra tobacco grown under
shade has been submitted to New York
and Philadelphia business men and has
been pronounced entirely satisfactory
and fully equal to imported Sumatra.
These facts, taken in connection with
the award at the Paris exposition of
two-fifths over the FlorUla, grown Sumat
ra of that giver for ottos; imported Su
matra show that we can grow Sumatra
of the. highest Quality _ this country
and save cur farmer*,, between $6,0J0.0 R>
and $7.000,0«0 which i^'nefev sent abroad
annually for this foreign grown leaf.
This work is the resifit: of the soil sur
vey made in the Conseefcfrut valley two
years ago. and similar results can be
expected only from very similar areas
where the soils and Hunatic conditions"
are similar to tho-e || "the Connecticut:
valley and in Florida* (i
HINTS ABOUT TEEE TEETH.
Foreigners Who ( r-HU-l«<- the Gold
. FilllagM in TMS?-t*»untry. >
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
"The dentists of this try," said a
foreigner "may be the best in the world,
and their success in all other countries
has, indeed, proved that, but It is. never
theless, the fact that one sees more gold
in the mouths of the women here than
could be ; found anywhere else in; the
world. It may be that dentistry is cheap
and in the reach of everybody. Whatever
the reason, this peculiarity is not a
beauty of American women, and if: th 3
practice Increases during the next- ten
years as it has during:' the past" decad
there will be still more to criticise in
theloolcs of the women, I saw an actre'si
the other evening: whose mouth might
• have served for a dentil's stert; no car^-:
fully were all of her teetj^built uj> with
.g-oJd. She was not suppciseji;. of ciaurse,:
to be anything;- beautiful, ar.d .was-a"
comedienne .to ;be: laiSgheii at. Neverthe-'
less, she would have been much more
entertaining if the amount of gold had
not. been so very apparent. In Europe
many of , tho ■dentists-* ha>e ■ used ; with
women the new -pqrclla'ift; /finings,,' which
are white and in hea"rly^every way 'ex
actly Hke the natural teefh; Th e 'great!
defect in them is th-.-ir frailness. Th?y I
are very likely, for instance, to ' break
after- one suddenly drinks- ■? cold water,
or drop out of the tooth as easily as if
they *had never been put there to stay.
The effect, while it lasts, is of course,
much more likely to improve the ap
pearance of the mouth, but the s>-st9m'
as a ; substitute for metal has not been
a success.;' ■_ . _ v, '*»■"•'„.•; "
"Kvery now and ti^n ' one hears tif
some i>ew invention to jr^e the place of
gold. So far they have hn foaled. Now
a new formula has bee|\,fMcovered which
is said to combine the visual merits of
the porcelain with the- er-rhiring property
»f goW. In that case^m^rij'- women wilt
have cause to be deiijhtfxii, and so will
men, Who are . weary,,' of?. the sight of
women with goM in .theft -niquths'. A
great many of them who-.stand in r.eoil
of this kind of, treatiAent? get :n such, a
condition through riibl<ipg thc:r teeth too
much and too hard. 1 fead the other day
of a man old enough to know better who
advised people to ciea'n their teeth three
minutes, twice a .'dayffl^, said that, at
least three minutes cf fajxd rubbing, was
necessary, as a shorter time could pro
duce no go^od' resu'.t.V.h< v'kdvi?ed every
bodyto do thus first b^ho. clock in order
to cret into the habit.-A';'-3er.tist told me
that this would certadrii^-Tub the enamel
off tho strongest teeth .if it were J kept
up. It is just as bail as the idea -seme
persons ■ have t'Jutt a stiff tooth brush so
hard . that .it is alrtuSst painiiil !(5 the
host kind; As n matter fact, a tooth
brush to be properly used shoti:d always
be soaked for several minutes, at leryit
ten; and not more than fifteen, in a glass
of v.atcr." ' . ;:---; :. - - •..
COISBTTCTGRS ASD COPPEES.
The Trocfbles the Street ; Car JU::
Ktive V. iih 1> ran Sea.
New Tribune. .-. ■-....„ ■: „ ,iw
"I never knew it to fail." saii the con
ductor, giving the belleord two sharp
pulls. "Stop a car between crossings ior
a woman and she'll give you five cop
pers,, sure! You know . coppers ■ are. r.o
good when we make returns to the cfflcc
—can't hand them ' Nothing goes but
bills and silver, and that's the reason, we
try to get rid of thc-m a> quickly, as we
can. ...But some . days,; especially at \hi-J
time .of the year—Thirty-fourth strfe.—
when there are more women ana children
on the cars, we get kandfuls of them
Lots of people fccow th:it we can't turn
them in with o<:r cash, and stick us w th
them just to—Hold fast!— Grand Central
step lively— this is all right; station
entrance on this side now—no, we do 't
transfer on this street—yleasj sti-p fcr
ward, in the car." . .^, .."'■.. :■•
' When the conduc-tor y:?returned.tD the
platform he continued- "Yes. : they stick
us with pennies to.:"g6?;!^Sn. If a con
ductor does. anythin|£"it!jFat a woman
thinks: is not .just right $?ftr g:ts even by
taking, her car. fare a!c,nVj.n peimies^an-l
! nhe gets rid of them ne of us. : At
Eighty-fifth street; a vpt *si .girls get on
every morning to g6i°tot' sen joI. Seme
come, from the West si^'ind have trans-;
ter tickets—Fifty-nintli, . trans er,:
east anti \ w-est—yes! t 'tr*>sferj r 011 the
street! On the s-treet I o you;- Ftep
lively, let 'em oft— I,was ,-aying about
the girls for school; .^niaa have tickets
and some pay on thfe» 1 Ln. Well, the
otherday eight girls, all jn.a. bunch, each
gave me five coppers., U' was- a!i = fix d
up beteen them, I could «cc by the w;y
they snickered, .but d^n't' know why
.they must have . had ife inofor one of tha
boys and I get it. S^tts $o me the cru«rr 1
prices in the stores, ?1 og^ht. 11 cents, and
like that,; bring pnnnigw-into cireuliu'on.
and we're sure to get them. No-w, so:ne
li mes v,-hen we try to . get rid of a f-w,
and no conductor .would, - try t<j i stick a
pa^senge-r with m-re ■ than fiver L?et :
all kinds of eyes thrown at us,''.and jvp
rlc - think we're tryinv to do thm. :-. If
they knew-that v/e ccu!3n't—Eiqrhty-sixth
street, : transfer cast and w "t-a'l chang
—car., ahead for Harlsir—ran't hip it; »f
the car. yeas marked. : One Hund-ed and
j Thirty-first' street.- wo d .n't - sro; any f o r- ;
, ther"*——' ar«l the - takative i contiuctor. ran
' H. D. FLOWER, Prea.
ST. PAUL UNION STOCK YARDS,
---:• South St.: Paul, -ii^2LXi .
Best Equjppei! and Most Adianlagcoa* Market for tße Shlppcra la the
;;.",.'■■■ ■■'V V^V '.:" ■ ':. '■.'.-■■':■ RoTttxxveMt. —'.;' ; $p&y?"i''£';l;~^ZrY
• COMECTED WJTU ALL TUB HAILBOAnS, • -
1,600 Beeves and 2,600 Hogs Wanted Daily.
GHAS.L.HAAS COMMISSION COMPANY
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION WRGIMNTS,
Rccm 19 Exchange Bldg.. Union Stock Yards, Sd. St. Pa-j'", Mini.,
md Union Sto«k Yards. ChicawD, Ml.
A«l Correspondence will receive prompt attention Liberal advances made on
consignments. References—Union Stock Yards or any Commercial Agency.
ROGERS & ROGERS,
UIE STOCK COIMSSIOI HEJBKIS.'S.
Eoom 21 Exchange Building, South St. Paul;MirlTi.
Highest market prices obtained for stock. Prompt attention -given- ■*© all corre
spondence and orders, references: Any commercial agency.
toward the cashier's window to turn in
his bills and silver.
IN OLD PLANTATION STYLE.
A Southern Silk Mill That Was
Ruled by the Whip.
Galveston News.
T. W. Thurston is a darky of old-t!me
ideas, who has charge of a silk mill at
Fayetteville, N. C. There are under his
charge over 300 men, women and eh.l
dren of his own race. The mill ha? al
ways been noted lor the discipline of Us
employes, and a ;Corthern newspaper
correspondent recently icok occasion to
investigate and learn the secret of Thur3
tnn's success. When asked how he han
dled his mill hanils so well, Thur^ton
said that the tirst thing necessary in
such an institution is discipline; and then
when the questioner asked if this was
obtained by a system of fines, the an
swer wa.s: "No, sir! B> whipping."
The burly negro superintendent says
that he accepts no hands for the mill un
less they are given absolutely into Ms
control fur all the time between 6 in the
morning and 6 in the evening, and, as
such authority may be legally conferred
thtre. he is answeraWe to no one but
himself for what he does. Light cor
poral punishment is of no avail, in his
opinion, so, when an em;»loye is negi:
gent in his work or disooeys any of the
ironclad rules, that employe is taken out
and given a whipping, no matter wltat
the sex and no matter what the age.
Mr. Thurston said:
'"No one desires more than I do to see
the condition of my people improved;
but 1 have no false.ideas :vs to the pres
ent condition of a majority of them.
They lack sense of responsibility and are
like children where money is concerned.
That must be kept in view when dealing
with them. My methods may be decriea
by humanitarians, but I am proving their
success, and 1 believe that some of those
boys I am bringing up here will in turn
prove means of forwarding the industrial
advancement of the colored race."
It .seems that the Thurston motto is
spare the rod and spoil the hand. I" the
report is true, the hands have for him
great respect, and do not stop to mur
mur when he says so.
ENGLAND WOULD BE EASY.
How a Frenchman Would Capture
the Little Isle.
Nineteenth Century". ■■'■" " . '
"It was my good fortune to hiave an op
.portunity for considerable conversation
with a young and distinguished (French)
officer, and I was much struck by the
quiet contempt with which he spoke uf
the recent achievements; of the British
arms, and by the eminent opinions which
he quoted as his authorities. "Your navy
is strong, but your army—you have no
army," he would say, and then hasten
back to praises of the fleet to cover the
unguarded, utterance. His opinion of the
course of any future- war between Eng
land France . was not without inter
.-est. ; They would draw away ; the fl et
■ from" the channel, and if they cculd-'keep
the sea clear for forty-eight hours a hun
dred thousand men might in Eng
land. The war would then ovar. "The
English! I know the English," he "would
say. "\Ve would kill a few, we should
march, on London and kill a ftw more,
and when they taw that the others would
stop fighting and pay.- Wo know the Eng
lish. Look at their surrender iin Airi a
It is all arranged. But I hope there wi 1
neveT be a war. . It would foe a pity. I
like tho English very well myself. * Oh,
yes, it would be a flying column, b'lt
■what of .that? Thete would be very little
.danger, and we should make our ammu
nition at Woolwich. And then you have
no army." ,' •
This appears to be the general opinion,
and an utter want of comprehension of
the difficulties of the South African cam
paign has completely shattered cur mil
itary prestige. ..
IMPROPEE POSTERS.
Lnofliclal Censor* and the Billa Thej-
' Sui»p)ress. ' . '"
London Express. -. vl-
, Unknown to the great public there ex
ists in London a small and select com
mittee whose self-imposed duty it is to
, keep.a vigilant eye on advertising . pos
ters. '.'., . ■ ; . '
Nearly syery billpo3ter of importance in
the country belongs to the association
: of whiih this committ.e i 3 a part.
.. Should a billposter receive from a
theatrical manager or an advertising
firm a- poster which seems to overstep
the limit of decency, he promptly sends
it to London, where the committee, sits
in solemn conclave to consider its mer
its.
If the committee condemns the poser
it notifies every member of the associa
tion that it has done so, and the chancrs
of that poster receiving a prominent po
sition on any boarding in England at
once become very small.
"Our committee only looks at the pes
ter fiom the moral point of view." aaid
Mr. Wright, secretary of the Billposters'
association, yesterday. "We have noth
ing to do with the artistic side, and we
never condemn a poster because of ita
politics.
"I don't think the quesfon of lib?l in a
poster has ever come before the com
mittee. What the committee endeavors
to do if tc suppress every suggestion
of indelicacy.
"As far as possible it vetoes the theat
rical horror.
"A few years ago a bill wa3 sent
here, in *v hich a woman was shown with
a horrible gash across her throat.
We at once requested our members not
to post it. \
"Most of our s:uppres3rd bi la are
pictures' of omen in abbreviated skirts.
"Of coime. the censorship works in the
pictures of women in abbreviated skirts,
has many enemies, but the public bene
fits greatly by its unostentatious work."
Mr. Wright is the custodian of a col
lection ot posters which have been sup
pressed by the censorship committee.
"They would be worth a good deal
to a collector," said Mr. Wright sagely.
Civilization.
Once upon a time Some Savages, asptr
iag to be civilized, and observing with
apprehension that the Genius of the An
glo-Saxon Race was falling behind its
schedule resolved to do t;r.e Trick them
selves.
Accordingly they massacred their
Wives and Children, burned their Homes
and otherwise cie~olated the country.
"But who," they now exclaimed, un
easily, "is to exterminate us?"
The Fact that they had not foreseen
this obviour. Difficulty shows how ex
tremely simple they were. For, of
course, their Last State was not sensibly
better than their First.
1 liristiKOM and . jS"« 1|r Years* Exenv
»ion v flntes Via The .\»rih-Weat
". <■:-!» Line. ">'• .
Very ■ »ow rates to all points within 3GO
milesof Minneapolis and St. °suL
Tickets on sale December ■-'■J-^.VTk Jan
uary Ist. gord returning Jamary 2nd, and
o» a!l tre Sine, .fast .tiains of rr.e Nortb-
W^=tem. Line. _ -„ '..
City ticket flfflces: 411 Nlcoiiet Aye..
: iWnneaT)ol!s.-- Minn., SS2 Robert St.. St.
Paul.-Minn, v : ; - ; - ■
H. B. CARROLL. Gen. Snpt.
SUMMER & liiAS,
UVE STOCK 5K0083.
. ■*«"* taeo for all kinda »f lira atock
«na tini«^elv«tt*>t6>resp«nsibi» parti**.
Correspondence aollc!t«%L
iOtl H ST. I'A€l, MOUX CITT.
Mlanese^i,; "':!> lowv
W. H. CAMPBELL
COMMISSION CD:vI?A>J/ V
LiYB Stcck, Gonpissifla ifch;nl]
Union Sto2< Yard?.
SOUTH ST. PftUL.
Consignments and correspondents so
licited. Market reports furnished on ay
piieation.
We do a strictly commission business
JNo live stock bought or sold on our own
account.
References-Stock Yards bank. -South
*L £ aul: Security bank. Zumbrota; Hon.
K-ii." K°? rn£.iV state treasurer, Capitol
buHdtaK. St;.. Paul: A. C. Anderson, cash
ier St. Paul jNationaJ bank. St. Paul.
wmm bus
noG PRItTSrAt ERAGiTfnivE CEXTS
HltHEtt-BmEIPW ARE
' LIGHT
BTJTCHES CATTLE EIGEEj
Packer* -PttyT Sfrotig to s Ten (entt
Higher..ioi^.lOJU4Ms.rstJii«--«tocS£
.\ - Cuttle Division Qniet—
Sneep 'lower.
i SOUTH ST. | PAUL. Dec.' 24—Receipts
at the Union Stock. yards today (estimat
ed) were: Cattle. 100; calves, 25; hogs,
700; sheep, 100; horses, 50; cars, 15.
Official receipts Saturday: Cattle, 66;
calves. 19; hogs. 2,400; sheep. "155; cars; 33.
Receipts thus fur in December, com
pared" with the same period In December,
•1599, are ao follows: ' ;'
£'.', H'l* ■ '''"•' *>ec", 1900. Dec. 1899. . O:iln.
Cattle. „,,.. to.^fijsa&s,,.,, a,380 . ♦842
Calves ; 1.421 2.879 *1.4 C,8
Hogs 51.100 30,966 20,134
Sheep 18,878 , . 11G69 ' „ 7,309
Horses .......».,,,..,•., !!)t , e»,.'-; 359 ;. 139
Cars l,0« . ' 833 •- , -211
Receipts thus.,.faj;jn"iqoa,compared with
the same period in 1699 t are. as follows:
„ ...'.- h.^ ?V JWi,. ,; i; : vv lßSi). .Gain.'
Cattle .......175,1.98 163,028 G. 170
Calves .......„,;,. 44^6 .. nn 51,i38 ,*6,9?2
Hogs ................492.0P2 362,C05 130 057.
Sheep .......,.,.,. «B,gw .341.552 1P0.855
Horses 2t5.6i4 4,782 21 3^
Cars „_;n,{f74, : . V 13,y97 3,'g77
•Loss..., v~', ,C.r.'.«.i.
- The following tabTe" shows the roads
over which Saturday's, came in
and the number, of loads hauled by
each: \'i'j..~: ' ■- ~
„ n __ Cattle. Hogs? Sheep. Mixed.
Nor. Pac ..:...... .'. . i " " 9
Nor. Pac ........... 1 7
CSt. P..M; j&;,O ■&„ .** 2
C M. & St. P... 1 2 ■-■ 2
E&stL-,_ : .. ...«-,; -„:: f
. Totals -„;.....,, 1...^ 25 .; ,~. ~7
..,. . t . HOGS. s ;
Comparative receipts:
Total for today (estimated) .......... 700
A week ago g.j
A year ago -.......u..'.,.;..::.-...<».. .
Quotations: Good to choice #3i?ht."il.<s@
4.80; mixed and butcher 3, $4.70@4.50- go<->d
to prime heavy, 54.7f1@4.77y&; common to
fair, $4.60@4 C 5). rou?h packe-is, -§4.50@i.55;
pigs and skips, $3@3.75. . w - <>.
Market opened- a strong: 5e hi-her and
closed steady at the advance. "Receipts
l:ght. Demand goad. Buik-sold at $4 SO
with a: range of $4.G0@4.50. One fancy
load soli ai $i.&>. Rougrh-paokei-s $4.55
Representative sales: " .
Mixed and Butchers— ■
No. Wt.Dkg.PricejNo. ™ Wt Dke
NO .... lSli 4054 SO ,74 .... 17« . f $477^,
49 .... 298 ~ 80 .4 80. 82 .... 193 ... 457 '
S3 .... J69 ... 480 |64 .... 2« ... 485
.6 .... 133 ... 4» fri .::; at :;._j_6o_
Common to Prime' Heavy
5 .... 832 ... ?4 77%111~ .... 37,S ITOWHT
3 .... 310 SO 46t I 2 . .... 190 ...4 CO
5 ....nOO 40^70 f 2 ....310 ... M
Heavy Packing and Rough— ~
;~3. .... 340 . 4054 55 '12 .... 26', ~40 U
_1 _ .... 360 ... 4c5 | 2 410 ___j i
PigS— ,:-, ■-, -, : , :..;.. .. . .-,.. ... . - . ~
4 .... 102TT.. $3 75 j 3 .... £Q ... $3 75
CATTI.E.
Comparative rac-elrits—
Total for. -today (esUmated) ... 1?5 ■
A week ago .....,„. n5
A year a?(> .-, I . .—^,,,,.. „,.^ „.^ .....*.'.""
Quotation*: Go eel to choice bule'.-e
--steers, ■ $4.EQ&5.25; Jair,, to -..good. [e-mail]';
common to fair,- $J.93@4; good to cl-,01 c'
butcher co.\Ks..an.d hi ilerz, .$3.40@ fair
to good bi,tch-Jr cow 3 and heiiers, $2.5,^
3^5; tron .cows, and c/mners, $1.50®.'.4-.;
choice corn-fed bulls, rifti; fair to go.l
butcher bulls, p.lrrti; bologna, bulls, $J@
2.<5; gcod to choice vca.s, |1.G0@».25: f tir
to grood v€Qlf!,--&Jfi i:<£t4.§Q;. : good to ch-i-^
feeders, $325tt3.'<5;500d,i0 chtice Mock ;
ttcers, *3.15'«3.(i0: lair "o roo', 2.7Cf?310* !
common. $i!»-'.fiO; ' g 3cd- t> c.i ie • sta k i
cows and heifers,- $2.5Ci<?3: fair to good
$2.25'?12.5f1i: common, 3 $1.75@2:2f;. e'jed t/,
choice steer calves, $@..-i6; fir to goa,
32.73^3; pood:to'.choice.Heifer calva*, $* 50
©2.75: fair tc : good. 12^5^2.50; i stock a;ni
feeding hulls. S2.tf?2.ifl; poo-1 ;to choice
milkery and. springers, *35@43; good to
fair, §3f.'535; common. SiC^£2S. • • '
ffi Receipts of all kinds of r cattla were '
iight. Sutcher ."-stufTln good dmnand an l
selling strong- to 10c higher. Sime good i
stuff :■■ am-oncr ,th? ..ft. rini::-. Stck \ ca;t'e
division- ouict, wit!, r:o change in pri es
or condition's.. Rep:et.entative3 sales: i
Butcher Cows : find Heiiers— -i^'- ;.;;
No. Wt.Prifo.jNo. ' " Wt.Price !
1 ...:...-.-. 770 $2 50| 1; ..........1,100 $2 .5
4 ....;::... 842 3 80110 ....1,151 375
2 .........-i. SCO S &1, 2 ........ 1.010 32h
1 .......... SSO 2 75; i ...;...:.. 910 2EO
; Butcher Steers- r -
2 ..........1.610 $3"75' ..........1,122 %i tt
_2-l—•• ..^.1,070. 4 25j.3•-'■-: 1,237 400
Fat -Bologna Bulls— --
1 rn.laiO $2 SC|_> ....;:...;.. (SJ ?2 00
1 .........1.. 15S0 3 50| 1 .............;2SQ 275
_Veal ; CaYv^-^ ~j"!
i .■..■..v»^^gq^sgU>.^,,.,:^. ISO^S"^
-'._. Stockers:and Feeders— : ".
f "....;. V..'^flS 2T ~77. .7.. £0? S3 40
_2 -j^L^j_-.m •_^sio _ 10}J..^:"...::....: COO 3CO
;• Steer . Calves— .
02 '.....^r:.r^^ i25f2-:::^:;-.:Ms2 50"
7
FINANCIAL.
O'Connor & Van Bergen,
BROKERS.
Stocks, Bonds, Grain and ProvlslQß
; iO2-203 CEUSIASIA IIFB BLDIi,
Fourth • an 1 HlnneioU Street*
ST. PACL.
tfrtnber Chicago Board of Trada.
CF" Direct Private WJrea.
GHAS. H, F. SMITH & GO.
Only members or the New York Stock
Exchange In the Northwest. Special at
tention given grrain orders. Members Chi
cago Board of Trade. PRIVATE WIRES; °
Pioneer Press Blilgr., St. Faol 3IJn«. • :
INVESTMBXT SECUBITTGS. , " -
BHOKEES.
STOCKS, S®WOS. GB^l.M AJ33
PB9ViSIO?I3 '^
fiEMGHfY,OB3A!IftO3.
410 First Ay. So.. MtnnaiodU Mtnn. '■■■■-
Members of Chicago Boa-d o!-Trii» xil
Minneapolis Chambar of Commoroa fpi
DIRECT Wlßiis. •
H. HOLBERT & SON,
Bankers and Bf&ke^s
341 Robert St. St. PauL'J ;
\ STOCKS, eONUS. BRAiN. PROVISIONS, \ -
\ MfTMOfTDC! fBOARDO^TRJaJE CHICAGO. \
\MtftitJ_KS U3KAM3EB DF COMMERCE MPLS. \
\ A>JANHATTAN E&HLDIfiS SI PAUL. \
\6 CHwwaen of CO>ifi;:RCS iy!»NNEAPOLIS.\
Stock and Feeding Bulls—
1 vjn^Ji® $2 so}' 1 ..... .^...."siolllaf
Thin Cows and Canners— i
1 • .1170 $1 751 2 ..7.7 1035 f2 40
1 1200,2 40(3 I<WO 2 2S
1 940 175 4 427 2 25
_1_- ......1060 2 40 1 3QQQ 2 25
Comparative receipts:
Total for today (estimated) JM)
A week ago 2,'XiZ
A yea:- ago „.* ..J
Quotations: Good to choice butcher;
lambs, $!.EO(7RBOr fair to good, fl.&@lUij
good to choice fat wethers. $3.60@4; .fair
to good. J3.25@3.50; fat ewes. $3.25ft5;.C5j
good to-choice stock and feeding lambs,
$4@4.50; iair to Kood, 53.25®*.75;> ft-edtn>
wethers, $3.3.75- r stock and feeding
c-wes, $2.70@3.10; thin sheep, $2(?t2M; buck
lambs. *2.75£*5. 10; killing bucks.--$.2^75. •-
Receipts were light. Offerings were
largely fat ewes and lamb; 3, and prices
obtained -er<* 15@20c lower. But very
little stock stuff, oa the market.
Representative sales: ; \.. .-.••.■•.>■-■>•••:':.-*■'•
■ No. " « "■-'Wit. :■- Price.
2 fat lambs ■. lit fi;o
1 fat ev,'e ......130 3 50
9 fat ewes U3 /■ 3:0
3 fat ewea .: ..:....130 3 50
3 bucks : 127 .-.Y':\2:5Q:
12.8tock ewes ...... 107 ~2 75
5G fat lambs S7~-—^i.g)
7 buck lanib3 .... SS 3 25
25 fat ewes 155 *,' 3-SO
22 fat lamlM ...:..:..: bS : 4 75
Among the shippers on ' the market
were: B. Wilkcs, RlcevlHe: 11. S. I'ur
furst, Kcnyon; Mlne3 & Thamert, Pratt:
Heslin & Julian, Maiden Roek;<L\ II
Richards. Stewait; Sehuedt & Walther.
Owalonna; Babcock & Krou3c. Vernoa
Center; Miller & Co.. Northlield; M. H.
Gilbert, Mantorville; F. La Condc, Par
gus Falls; Bank of Maze'ppa; F. Me.ira",
Bauerdft. ■ -K. L. Ogilvie.
MIDWAY HORSE MARKET—Minne
sota Transfer. St. Paul. Minn.—Barrett
& Zimmerman report the Inauguration
or the winterltke weather effected a
more aggressive tone to trade from the
Northern logging quarters.. = Heavy
drafters leading in dcn:a:.(l; medium uud
light horses, showed also rr.ore activity
over last week. Large" 'consignme-nts'-ot
high quality drafters were in vv i-i,)i.
Prices showed no sign of recovery from
the steady decline of- last week. Val
ues for today'as follows: ....
Drafters, extra $130j1t 175
Drafters, choice. .......... IQO@I3G
Drafters, common to. good: 80J/100
Farmers, choice 4." 63
CHICAGO. Dec. 24.—Cattle— Receipts.l
9.CCO; active; steers, 10@20c higher; butch
ers stock 10c -higher. Natives: Beat on
sale today; two car 3 at $6.23; goo.l to
prime steers, ?5.400*3.25; poor to medium,,
75<£f5.30; selected feeders, $3.75«£4.y>;
mixed stockers. $2.50@3.75; cow.i. $2.'.0 i»
4.25; heifers, S^.GOrai.f.t;; cannera, 51.750
2.10; bulls, $2.40@4.3Q; calvos, $4@5.C0.
Texas fed steers, $4^4.'JO; Texas a3s
steers, J3.30@4; Texas bulls, ?2.4!)5a.25.
Receipts today. 25.000; estimated
left over, 2,000; opened s@loc higher, cloa
ing easy; top, $5.05; mixed and butchers,
$4.70(&5.05; good to choice heavy, J4.S?@
5.G5; ron^h heavy, $1.(W(M.75; light, Jl.7C@
5; bulk of sales, $-1.fi7%@5.- Sheep—Re
ceipts, 7,000; sheep an i lambs active. 1;"ig)
25c higher; go-od to choice wethers, 53.7f>0
4.60; fair to choice, mixed, $3.2.5®3.50;
Western sheep, 13.75@4.50: Texas «he*'p,
12.2503.C5; native laniLs. $4.25^.00; West
ern, i\.i:>f<i<:,.S).
SOUTH OMAHA. Neb., Dee. Cat
tle— Receipts. 800; 10c higher: native »eef
steers, $4@5.40; western steers. $4/ 4.f0;
Texas steers. 53*33.75; cows and heifers,
$:-tfr,4.15; stockers and feeders, $3^4.40.-
Hogs—Receipts. 3.5C0; S^^c higher-,
heavy, $-LS2y 2 @O0; mixed. $4.55@4.57V 2 ;
li^ht $4/W)!34.50; bulk cf sales, $4.85^
4.87 STTeep—Receipts, 100; market
Lteady. ■ -:• • ■
CHICAGO. Dee. 24.—Cattle—Receipts.
9.500; steers, 156225 c higher: good to
prime steers, $5.4r,<cr6.25; pcor to medium,
$3.75(5'5.30; stockers and feeders. $2.50^
4.J0; coy/i and heifers, J2.5<Wp4.50; Texas
steer 3. $3.SO'rti.rO. ' Hogs—Receipts today.
27,000; tomorrow. 15,-COO: left over. 1.r41;
opened 10c higher: closing easier; mixed
and butchers, $4J5@5.05; good to choice
heavy, $4.85(5.5.05; rough heavy. 14.-70®
4.80; light, $4.70^5.02^; bulk <>! sales. : $I.CO
<in>. Sheep—Receipts. 7.C00; 155i25c high
er; sheep, $3.25^4.50; lamb 3. 1455.50. Of
doy: Receipts, cattle. 211; hogs. 17.9*3;
sheep. 383. Shipments: Cattle, 471; hogs,
J.46T. ■ ■ ■■„•>.. . i*ij
KANSAS CTTY. Mo.. Dec. Cnttle
—Receipts. 3 0C0; market strong; native
steer 3. $3.75@>.7&; Texas steers,. 53.-<U@
5.10; cows and heifers. $1 .54.25: stack
ers and feeders. $3?W.75. Hogs—Receipts.
6,0(0; strong. to 5e higher: bu'k of sales."
J4.«e®4.f2%; heavy. $4.85«4.«; mixed.
J4.55<R4.92^i light. 54.75^4.^. Sheep—Re
ceipts. 500; strong; lamb 3. 53.50@5.45;
mnttens. $5(??4.15. . .-:■; .-. „ .-■ - c
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 24.-Catt!e— Re
ceipts, 1,000; steady to 10c highai;;;,Ohrlst-,
mas st-^era. 55.50@<7.50; shippinsr steer-
-54.50g5.85; st-ckers and feeders. ?2.23i®1.G0;
rows and heifers. $2.23@4r75; Texas steers
&W-L35. Hogs—Receipts. a,fl00; s@iac- high
er; : I'i^s and light?, $4.80@4.00; packers,
.$4.75^-4.-95. Sheep nominal.
CHiitoruia Via the ■'-■suiisliiiie ilouie"
(C. 3t. A: St. P. R).). .
Every Wednesday a fine Pullrain tour'
Ist- sitt-per leaves Twin Cities <3L Paul
■fc:ls a m.. Minneapolis 8:05 a. in.) via
CM & St. P Ry . -and run through
to Los AngtUs. arriving there- every
Sunday morning . : .
Price of double berth in thU car $600.;
Before making your arrangombKts for
-Callfnrtjja | get particulars as to ••'Sun-'
-shine Route.". ••- .
. Hun<lrcds cf Northwestern prople pat
-tronlze this popular service «very .rea
son—it traverses one of the mesi intereat
h.« portions ot America
For comfort and ease It is not sur-
E >as=-ed . -..' - ■ ', . ■ • ... •• ■. ■
Cheapesi ratpp ar» oblalnable"vl3 tht3
rcute inquire, of ff.-ket njrents. or write'
.1 T fonlfv A«st Oph Va •?* Ajjent ■•■■'■
BIGGEST CHAIN
In ilie World Just Finlshctl by .att. *-.
Asl*»«;lien>- :; teeiESßSßitit.
fAlieghcny (Pa.) Cor. Philadelphia Njrth - * ■■--'
Au". ~rir~an.
What. it:ls claimed, is th-; heaviest an
chor chain ev-r ma re has just b*en;eomi ",t -
plpted:-h«re ; a»*d - shipr ©3 ■ to NeTv'Y-.-rk.'?-'*'
wht<re it-will b:: platvd-.abca d an nreta i
liner. II \a : 2RJ fe. t lo g, was' maile by":"
hand and is Hi • w©r& of, Arthur Chillcntr, ■ • '
of this rtty. Knch link weighs -t < \>cu:.d-.'.' '
and is IP. -inches in Ic-nscth. T'.v- i:rr •'""-.
in the linlt-s i :»i tnche; tli ck. J: ; The n. j' ;'
-tire ch:Hh-. wcicrhs over 4, tons- -'- ..."; -':
r The ci^a in its entirety iv;i»r'.anl'a »l v
tension of £f^.f{K» povrds, cr>3o) tons. On.:
hundred , li^rw-a could px:;i at it'be. ore it 1-^«
would "ui>v."