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END OP A
One Good Result of Khartoum's Taking Fai
Khalifas Fall Was Swift.
BDULLAH wag a
Mm nnd active
man 35 years old
3
when ha cant In
his fortunes with
the Mahdists. He
camo of a promin
ent family In Dar
fur, the kingdom
Slatln governed for
Gordon, and while
yet a young man
hl trained great Influence over his
tribe. He had masterful ways, great
bravery and much ability In those
days. Nothing daunted him. When
the Mahdl died he left to the Khalifa a
great empire, and the Khalifa enlarg
ed Its borders. He boasted that he
would conquer all Egypt and Abys
sinia, and sent messages of defiance to
the queen, the sultan and the khedlve.
Had It not been for the bnrrlef which
British troops bnd British discipline
erected, he might have knocked at the
gates of Cairo. He was a fighter lu
those days, and wherever his black
flag went was victory. He could In
spire his men more If anything than
the Mahdl, with wild fanataclsm.
Now he is a fugitive In African re
cesses, his nerve lost tnrough excesses
and his ability destroyed by ease and
high living. He Is 52 years old, white
haired and fat. He fled, leaving his
treasure behind, and strewing the line
of flight with his wives. But his fol
lowers fought, and while the fat Khal
ifa was fleeing they rushed against the
repeating rifles and the Maxims to be
slaughtered by the thousands, still ad
vancing that black banner which, a
few years ago, would have seen the
Khalifa fighting under Its folds. The
banner changed hands many times, as
fast as one bearer was killed another
taking It and rushing on, until at last
there stood one lone figure, still up-
a 7nw
-.W -fM III
THE KHAUKA.
rearing it above a heap of slain. It
was luxury and Indulgence which kill
ed the Mahdl. That ascetic whose
food was roots and the gum of trees
and whose bed was a straw mat be
came, after he had taken Khartum, a
luxurious despot lolling in Persian
rugs and surrounded by all the mag
nificence which he could collect from
the ruins of the plundered city of Gor
don or gather in any manner. Ease,
luxury and self-indulgence put an end
to his career. Neither the Mahdl nor
the Khalifa could stand success. But
the black flag went forward when the
one was dead and the other a fugitive.
SIMPLE FATHER OP AN EMPRESS
Played Either for Money and SI4 Hit
Daughter Had Martini Well.
The death of the Empress Elizabeth
of Austria has brought out many ator
lea of her and her family. Some of
the most interesting are about her fa
ther, the Duke Maximilian. This man
waa a remarkable simple and genial
character. Once he was making a ped
estrian tour and stopped In a small tav
ern to eat. He had a cither with him,
and some guests asked him to play,
thinking he was a strolling musician.
He obeyed readily and played every
thing that he could think of till coins
rata. Into his bat. Then he ordered
A it Vl that was so expensive for a
itr' Jug musician that the tavern
t-tier became suspicious that hl
7' strange guest Intended to run away af
ter eating, without paying. There was
Irritation about aervlng the food, and
(bile the Duke was waiting, a corporal
T one of his regiments entered the Inn.
l routed, much to the Duke's ember-
t, who threw the money for the
iCi table and raa away. Once
PLUTOCRAT
the Duko was In a train traveling to
Vienna to visit the Imperial family. In
the coupe with him was a banker, who,
misled by his fellow traveler's simpli
city, patronized him, and In the course
of a conversation told him that he had
a daughter In Vienna who married
very well. Sho was, he boasted, the
wife of one of the richest bankers In
the city. "8o?M aald the Duke. "Why,
that Is quite a coincidence. I have a
daughter In Vienna who has married
very well, too." "Who Is the husband
of your daughter, my good man?" ask
ed the banker, and. In the most harm
less tone, Maximilian answered, "The
Emperor of Austria."
"GYP," THE WRITER, AND HER
WORK.
Very few people are aware, when
reading the works of "Gyp," one of
tbo most recent of which, "BIJou," has
just been translated into English, that
the author Is the great-grandnlece of
Victor de Rlquctl, Marquis de Mlra
baeu. It is a fact, however, that the
Comtesse de Martel de Janvllle, whose
family name Is Marie Antoinette de
Mlrabeau, is descended In a direct line
from the man who figured so promin
ently In the French revolution.
"Gyp," too, is a revolutionary, and
of so pronounced a type that It has
been said that she detests everybody
and everything; such Is the vigor with
which she ridicules people In her nov
els now so numerous that all count
of them has been lost. Her work has
been done too hastily to bo first-rate.
There Is one character which "Gyp"
has created, however, which la a stroke
of genius, namely, the chief character
of the novel "Petit Bob." Bob Is the
depraved child of rich and degenerate
parents, not the enfant terrible uncon
scious of his faults, but the conscious
little
sinner, surrounded on all sides
by bad examples, who does his level
best to shock everybody he meets.
The salon of the Comtesse de Martel
de Janvllle is one much frequented by
the fashionable people of Paris. Many
literary men vUlt at her bouse. "Gyp"'
Is one of the few titled ladles who Is
an avowed socialist. Another thing
"GYP."
which distinguishes her from the ordin
ary arlstocratlo lady of France Is her
dress. She is noted for wetrtng the
most extraordinary dresses and bon
nets to be found In the whole of the
gay capital of France.
Couldn't Sw aa Opportunity.
He "Do you know that for. the last
bour X have been watching for a good
chance to steal a kiss from you?" She
"Indeed! Don't you think It might
be well for you to consult an oculist?"
Chicago News.
CHILDREN'SCQLUMN, j
The Heiltlme Folk.
1 always hntoto go to bed 'fore other folk sen
K
UocaiiKO tlmv take the light away or turn the
wb.'k down low.
l'hry say I won't go right aslnnp with lights
a-blazln' high.
An' laugh an' enll me 'fralily-cat, because I
i nn nnd (TV.
Why, ilnrk is lust the awf'llest time of any
time of tiny!
Tin then the goblins, gnomes an' ghosts
poms out to scare an play.
I'be ghosts come slldln' dowu the hall an'
creak the nursery door.
Ad' goblins play at hide-and-seek npon the
big black floor.
Our Tnbbysklns oome sneaktn In.wlth eyes
like chunks of flrei
I'he wltnh's cats camp ou our fence a-praa-
tlln' their aholr.
the brownies on our aula floor keop dancln'
pit-a-pnt,
No, don't tell me It Isn't mice, nor Hain't
no great big rat.
t know about the bedtime sprites I'm sure
you must agree
I've mnd too many fairy books to lot them
thlna fool me.
An' so I )mt llo wills awake an' cover up my
bead.
An wlsht I was a batter boy, till mother
comes to bed.
Caroline Wethers!!.
lings In the Army.
ProbaMy there is no United States
roKjment iu existence which does not
possoss two or three dogs, anil these
army animals, as a olass.are highly in
teresting. They know when the bugle
calls, anil when reveille sounds they
get up for the day. At drill tune they
do not budge, knowing that the drill
is something in which they have no
pm-t, but when the bugle fur dinner
reaches their ears no oue in the re
spective regiment respond more
quickly, nnd that is saying a good
deal for alacrity.
The Ant mn a Farmer.
The little nnts have nn industry all
their own in tho care nnd (needing of
insects called aphides which serve
them as cows. Although the aphides
do not give milk, they supply the nnts
with a sweet liquid which is nutritious
and pleasant to the tasto.
The nphides live on the stems of
plants, nnd the busy little workers
that cultivate tlieiu build tunnels over
these stems, leaving n small opening
at either end, just large enough for
one of their unmoor to pass in ami
out. The nphides are well fed nnd
cared for by i'ua ants, and they repay
this attention by a geuerous supply of
the honey-like fluid each day. The
auts manage to keep their cows from
generation to generatiou, carefully
proteoting them through the winter
from cold aud storms by a velvety
blanket of dry moss, nnd over this an
other covering of pnstelike substance.
Iu the spring, when the young are
hatching, the ants seek food in the
field, and not until the young nphides
crawl out from under the moss
blankets do the ants begin the work
of carrying away the wintor cover
ings. With the return of summer
these little ants and farmers work
faithfully that their cattle"- may
thrive for the harvest days. Xew
York Tribune.
Tli Hlerra HqnlrreU.
In the spring, before pine uuts and
hazel uuts are ripe, the gray squirrel
examines last year's cones to see if a
few seeds muy be left iu them between
the balf-opeu scales, nnd gleans fu lieu
nuts and seeds on the ground among
the leaves, after making sure that no
enemy is nigh, says John Muir, iu the
Atlantic, His flue tail flows, now be
hind him, now above him, level or
gracefully curled, light aud radiant as
dry thistledown, every hair iu its place
standing out electric. His body seems
hardly more substantial than his tail.
The Douglas is a Una, emphatic bolt
of life, tiery, pungent, full of brag nud
show and fight, and his movenieuts
have none of the elegant deliberation
of the gray. They are ao quick aud
keen they almost sting the onlooker.
and the aorobatio harlequin gyrating
show he makes of himself turns oue
giddy to see. The gray is shy nnd
oftentimes stealthy, as if half expect
ing an enemy in every tree and bush
and back of every log; seems to wish
to be let alone, and manifests no de
sire to be seen, or admired, or feared.
He is hunted by the Indians, and this
of itself is cause enough for cnutiou.
The Douglas is less attractive as game.
and is probably increasing in numbers
in spite of every enemy. He goes his
ways bold as a lion, nil and down aud
across, round and round, the happiest,
merriest of all the hairy tribe, aud at
the same time tremendously earnest
and solemn, sunshine iucarunte, ting
ling every treo with his electric toes
If you prick him, you cannot think ho
would bleed. lie seems above the
chauce aud change that beset common
n'oitals, though . in bnsily gathering
burs and uuts we see that be has to
work for a living, like the rest of us
I never found a dead Douglas. He
gets into the world and out of it with
out being noticed; only in prime is lie
seen, like some little plants that never
are noticed except when in bloom.
A King's Verdict.
' The question whether tiu officer is
justified under any circumstances in
disobeying his commander has been
answered dirt'ercutlv by different
jiAlges. Royal authority at one time
went on the affirmative side of the
question. It was iu the reign of
Ueorge 11 of England, aud the of
fender was Captain Hawke of the ship
iierwiok, of sixty-four guns, I'he of
fence was committed during' an inde
cisive naval action off Toulon in 1744.
when the Euglish, admirals in com
mand lost the opportunity to gain a
victory by shrinking front a close en
Captain Hawko was Indigu.;. Hie
country was being wronged by tun iu
action cowardly, he thought of the
commanders. He could keep still no
longer. Meeing no prospect of a gen
eral action, he boldly, and in defiance
of every order issued, quitted hh sta
tion and selected a Rpanish ship of
equal force to try the tonnes with.
For half an hour it was an open ques
tion whether Hawke had done a w isely
brave deed or simply a mad one, but
at the end of that half hour, in w hich
some brilliant fighting was done, the
Spanish ship was a prisoner, nnd the
captain's wisdom as well ns bravery
was clearly demonstrated.
When official and public opinion
bad had timo to decide on the merits
and demerits of the principnl actors
in the engagement, a flag promotion
took place, in which the name of Cap
tain Hawke was passed over. The
slight was followed by a verdict from
the naval authorities dismissing liira
from the service for Lis disobedient
bravery.
But tho matter was not yet settled.
His majesty, King George, had some
thing to say. He inquired why the
officer bad been dismissed, anil was
frankly informed that it was because
Captain Hawke had disobeyed orders
by quitting the line to fight the Span
ish ship Poder.
"What?" cried the indignant mon
arch. "Disgrace a man for fighting
too much? He shall be my admiral."
This was the royal verdict, and it is
said that some years later, in 1759,
when Hawke gained a signal victory
over the French fleet, the king was
so overjoyed that his judgment in the
choice of an admiral had been vindi
cated, that he pulled the wig from his
head nnd kicked it about the palace of
Kensington for very gladness that he
had given F.nglaud so great an ad
miral. Youth s Companion.
The Mischievous Puppr.
One day n little puppy hnd just re
ceived a bath aud his mothor told him
not to go out until he wns quite dry,
but the little dog, who never did a
thing his mother told him, thought it
wouldn't do him any harm to go out
for a walk, and while his mother was
sleeping he went out very quietly, so
she wouldn't wake up. When ouco
out of the liouso he raced nud jumped
aud barked anil chased the pretty
butterflies until he was so tired out
ha didn't know wlmt to do. At last
he came to n muddy pool of water nnd
he walked right through it, and so oi
course lie got nil dirty.
The Utile puppy began to feel so
tired that he lay dowu to rest.ntul fell
asleep. He slept for a long time, aud
wheu he awoke it was very dark, and
the moon was shining on him through
tho trees. He started up in a fright
nud bewail to whine, but no one an
swered him, so he stopped and lay
down again, but he could uot sleep
and lie didn't know where he was.
The Disobedient puppy began to
think of his home in the barn and
wished he had never left it. When
daylight begun to dawn he thought he
hoard a noise iu the bushes close by
aud when he looked he saw two
shining eyes fixed upon him.
He did not stay there n minute
longer, but started to run away as fast
as ever his legs would carry him.
Then he heard whatever it was com
ing right behind him, and he tried to
run faster and faster, but he could
nut run fast enough, and pretty soon
ho shut his eyes and gave himself up
for lost. He dropped down on the
ground, nnd right ou top of him came
two big paws, and then he heard his
name. He opened bis eyes, and there,
looking into his face, was his own
mother! It was she who bad been
watching him from the bushes and
chased him wbeu he ran,
. With a joyous bark and one leap he
was on bis feet, asking forgiveness.
His mother took him borne and read
him a very serious lecture on disobe
dience, aud then washed all the mud
and dirt off him and put him to bed.
Cowboy Feat la Hawaii.
The Hawaiian cowboy would pat
many of his western prototypes to
blush an to feats of horsemanship, for
some of the country ridden over by a
Kanaka "spsuiola" would canse cold
chills to run down the back of a cow
pnucber from the plains of Texas or
Nebraska. The latter country is level
or at least undulating in its general
character, while in the Hawaiian
Islauds it is quite the reverse. The
cattle there have comparatively very
little grazing laud, and as a conse-
queuce stray fur up on the mountain
sides aiid iuto "the bush" looking for
sustenance. When the time oomes
for rounding up and brauding, the
Kauuka has no "soft sua." Borne of
his ruling is a little short of marvel
lous. Sow down a deep grade on
the nicuu-tniu side, floored with loose
rocks aud lava, next iuto a belt of
timber over fallen tree trunks and
through a tangled undergrowth, only
to brmg up ou the edge uf some pre
cipitous gulch. Nothing daunted,
horse aud rider scramble dowu to the
bottom, ford the inevitable stream aud
up ou ihe other side as if the devil
were after them. All this on a keen
jump, too, whenever possible. New
York Post.
A Wonderful Yarn.
Seven years ago a farmer living
west of Webster City, la., bung his
vest on the fenco iu the barnyard, and
as a result of it a wonderful story is
toio.
A calf chewed np a pocket in the
garment iu which waa a standard gold
watch. Last week the animal, a staid
old milk cow, was butchered for beef.
and the timepiece was found in such
a position between the lungs of the
cow, that the process of respiration,
the closing iu and filling the lungs.
kept the etemwiuder wound up, anu
the watch had lost bat fonr minutes
in the seven years. Chicago Times-
Herald,
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
If cheerfulness knocks for admis
sion, we should open our hearts wide
to receive it, for it never comes inop
portunely. ,
A thoughtful observer remnrks that
there are two classes of persons whom
it is bard to convince against their
will women nud men.
Temperance nnd labor are the two
best physicians of men; labor sharp
ons the nppetito, nnd temperance pre
vents him from indulging iu excess.
Learning is either good or, bad ac
cording to him that has it an excel
lent Weapon, if well used; otherwise,
like a sharp razor iu the bauds of a
child.
Life is no idlo dream, but a solemn
reality based on aud eucompassed by
eternity. Find out your work, and
itand to it; the night cometh when no
man can work.
All brave men are brave in initiative.
but the courage which enables them
to succeed where others dare not even
attempt is never so potent as when it
leads to entire self-forgetfulness.
Not nurcmeuibert d Is the hour when
first friends met. Friends, bnt friends
on earth, aud therefore dear; sought
oft, and sought almost as oft in vain,
vet always sought, ho native to the
heart, so much desired aud coveted by
til.
Those who despise fame seldom de
serve it. We are apt to undervalue
the purchase we cannot reach, to con
cent our poverty the better. It is a
park which kindles upon the best
fuel, aud burns brightest iu the brav
est breast.
"I-nylng" .lane Seymour's fltinst.
In England Hampton Court Palace
has long enjoyed the reputation of
being hnnntcd by the ghost of one or
the . other of the numerous wives of
King Henry VIII. Iudeed, the
official records of the corporation of
the city of Loudon show that the
lord mayor and aldermen ordered
during the reign of Kiug James II
twelve thousnud masses to be said
for the repose of the soul of Queen
Jane Heymour,. with the object of
laying" her ghost, which was wont.
according to popular belief, to wander
about the corridor near the room
where Queen Anne Boleyn caught her
sitting ou the king's knee. Fifteen
years ago the inhabitants of the paluce,
which is now used as a residence for
the widows of distinguished officers
of the army and navy, as well as of
members of the Queen's household,
were alarmed almost out of their wits
by the sound of the whirring of a
spinning-wheel at night, nnd in de
ference to their urgent eutreaties the
government office of works instituted
an invesiigntion, which resulted in the
discovery of a bricked-up and until
then unsuspected chamber containing
nn ancient spinning-wheel showing
marks of recent use. Reference to
the old records of the palace showed
this room to have formed one of the
private apartments of Queen June.
New York Tribune.
I.unchlnl'a Fnte.
Apropos of Austrian Empress's mur
der, it is gratifying to bear that sol
itary confinement for life is the sen
tence of the Hwiss courts for murders
of exceptional ferocity. This sen
tence, it is believed, will be the fate
of Luochini. He will pass the re it ol
his existence in an underground dun
geon in which no ray of sunshine can
penetrate. He will not be given a bed
or anything else in the shape of fur
niture. At night-time he will have to
stretch himself on the ground. Books
will be denied him, and his food will
be the plainest and consist principally
of bread and water. Once a week he
will be permitted to take exeroise in
a yard adjaceut to bis dungeon, but
during that time he will not gaze on
the face of a living creature. Other
wise the remainder of his life will be
passed in the awful solitude and idle
ness which, it is related, was suffered
by prisoners who were immured in
medieval days. Barely death a dozen
times over were preferable to such
punishment as this; but the wretched
destroyer of the gifted Empress will
have no sympathy. New York Mail
and Express.
Thomas Carljrle's Recipe for Shirts,
Here is an extract from a letter oi
Thomas Carlyle, in which he asks his
sister to make some shirts and sends
the measurements. How mauy women
could make a shut after them?
"My dear Jenny . , . In the
meanwhile I want you to make me
some flannel things, too three flannel
shirts especially ; yoa caa get the
flannel from Alick, if he have any
that he can well recommend. You
can readily have them made before
the other shirts go off. I have taken
the measure today, and now send yoa
the dimensions, together with a
measuring strap which I bought some
weeks ago (at oue penny) for the pur.
pose I
"Yon are to be careful to sconr the
flannel first, after which process the
dimensions are these: Width (when
the shirt is laid on its baok) 2 J 1-2
inches, extent from wrist button to
wrist button 61 inches, length in the
back 83 iuches, length in the front
25 1-2 inches. Do you understand all
that? I dare say you will make it ont.
aud this measuring band will enable
yoa to be exact enough." Atlautio
Monthly.
A Carious Bailer.
The boiler of a cleverly-constructed
email working engine, is a quarter-
pound ootlee tin; the wheels, quarter
and half-pound ttn lids; the chimney.
an umbrella top; the steam pipe, an
India rubber tube; and other part
consist of a knitting needle, a bicycle
spoke, a piece of brass lamp, eoine
gaa piping, a cartridge end and the
oiew stopper of ao oil tin.
THI MARKETS.
PlTTSHURO.
Craln, Flour and Feed.
WHEAT No. lred
So. a red
COHN-No. 9 yellow, ear
No. 2 yellow, shelled
Mixed esr
OATS-No. a white
No. 8 white
RYE No. I....
FLOUR Winter patents 4
Fancy straight winter 8
Rye flour 8
HAt-No. 1 timothy 8
( lover. No. 1 7
FEED No. 1 white mid., ton.. 11
Drown middlings 13
Hran, bulk 12
BTH AW Wheat... 0
Oat A
BF.EDR Clover, 60 ttia. S
Timothy, prime 1
Dairy Products
BUTTER Elgin oreamery. . . . .
Ohio creamery
Faney oountry roll
CHEENE Ohio, new
New York, new
. Fruits and Vegetable.
BE ANP Lima V nt
POTATOES Fancy White, V bu
CAHRAOE Per bbl
ONIONS Choice yellow, V bu.
Poultry, Kte.
CHICKENS for pair, small...
TURKEYS per It.
EGOS Pa. and Ohio, freih....
7lffl
64
84
83
88
81
Si
69
00
60
15
50
7J
69
83
84
84
83
83
60
4 10
8 60
4)
8 7
8 00
17 00
13 60
18 00
6 60
74
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1 40
50
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CINCINNATI
FLOUR e 8 If"? 8 DO
WHEAT No. 8 red 69 70
111 E No. a t7
CORN-allxed 85
OATH 28 89
EOOH 18
BUTTEH Ohio creamery 20
PHILADELPHIA.
FLOUR 8 009 8 85
WHEAT No. a red 7J 74
CORN No. a mixed 81 89
OATS-No. a white... 83 84
BUTTEH Creamery, extra. 83
tuus renosylvsnla nrsts.... ai it
NKW YUKK,
FLOUR Patents 8 OS'S 4 10
M HEAT No. a red 77" 79
CORN No. a 40
OATH White Westitrn 80
HUTTElt-Crenmery. 15 83
EUUS State of l'enn .. 83
LI VIS STOCK.
Central Slock l'ardt, Kast Liberty, Pa.
CATTLE.
Prime. 1300 to 1100 lbs 4 8)9 5 0
Good, 1200 to 1300 lbs 4 8) 4 70
Tidy, I0OO to 1160 tt' 4 81 4 60
Fair IlKbt steers, !XX to 1000 Itii 8 70 4 0
Lommon, 700 to SMX) Iba 8 41 8 70
Boos.
Medium 8 6"
Heavy 8
Roughs and stags 3 75 8 iJ
SIIKIF.
Prime, 95 to 105 lbs 4 4) 4 60
Good, 85 to 90 tin 4 85 4 80
Fair, 70 to 80 lbs 8 SO 4 10
Common 8 00 8 60
Veal Calves 6 50 7 80
LAUDS.
Rprlnper, extra 5 10 6 35
ftiirlnger, (rood to choice 6 10 6 84
Common to fair 8 60 6 10
Extra yearlings, light 4 65 4 74
Good to choice yearlings. 4 40 4 65
Medlom 4 00 4 40
Common 8 00 4 00
TRADE REVIEW. '
Thsnkigivlng Week Wltnesud Prosperity
Among Many of the Induitrlts.
n. Q. Dun & Co.'s weekly review ot
trade reports as follows for last week:
Thanksgiving In 1898 means more
than for thirty years., The "harvest
home" has never recognised larger
crops on the whole In this country, the
general prosperity Is. attested by the.
largest volume of business ever rec
orded, the people's verdict has given
reason to hope that the nation's honor
will not agnln be in peril, and a war
not matched In history for swiftness
of success with smallness ot loss has
brought more perfect union than ever
between North and South, and closer
bonds than ever with "kin beyond the
sea,!' ending with the most Important
Increase of territory since California'
was added to the union.
There has been more liberal buying
of cotton goods In part because of last
week's reductions In bleached goods,
and the curtailment of production In
print cloths has caused an advance of
a sixteenth, while the export demand
supports heavy brown goods, and all
are helped by the feeling that cotton
has probably seen Its worst. There la
slight Improvement In reorders for
men's spring woolens, though neither
iobbers nor clothiers have yet been
uylng freely. The bulk of the de
mand Is for medium plain fabrics, es
pecially serges and clays, but high
grade goods are quiet. More Is doing
In dress goods, but not enogh for pro
ducers. Sales of wool have been 35.
tiG.OOO pounds for four weeks, includ
ing about 5.000.000 for export,
but mostly at concessions which have
been this week a little Increased on
fine unwashed fleeces.
When the steel rail contract was
ready for final signature, withdrawal
of one large company killed it, but a
working compact Is nevertheless said
to have been made, apparently a sort
of "gentlemen's agreement," In which
more confidence la perhaps expressed
than Is felt. The market for bessemer
grows stronger at i'lttsburg and gray
forge advances to 19 25; billets at
Pittsburg are in heavy demand at
115 25 and steel bars at 118; the Edgar
Thomson works have started on rails
with three to four months' orders
ahead; Chicago works have booked
further orders for plates. Including one
for 1.500 tons, and statements made by
the Iron Age shows that bids for the
75,000 tons needed In the Coolgardln
pipe lines, with other heavy export
contracts, are hindered only by an
ocean freight syndicate
Wheat has again advanced a shade,
though for spot only 4c during the
week, while western receipts are
heavy; for four weeks have been 8s.
0:14,291 bushels, against 29,119,104 bush
els last year. The Atlantic exports,
flour included, have been 3.957.870
bushels last year. Paclrlc exports,
871,185 bushels, against 1.6:6.959 bushels
last yenr, making for three weeks of
November 13,642,066 bushels, against
15,195,209 bushels last year. While At
lantic shipments exceed lats year's, a
decrease from the Pacific affects this
market but little. Moreover, corn ex
ports continue heavy, in four weeks
10,683,218 bushels, against 9 3J8.T88
bushels last year, lifting the price "to
and showing a continued demand fur
nearly Ave months almost equal to the
unprecedented demand of last year.
Failures for the week have been 188
In the fnltcd Htates, against 236 last
year, and 21 In Canada, agulnst 25 lust
year.
Gtn. Wood Prsventa Cock Fights.
Oen. Wood at Santiago has given hia
approval to a scheme for a school for
the higher education of women similar
to the American normal school.
Last week he Issued a notice Impos
ing a fine ot 11,000 upon any person
promoting a bull fight and a fine of 150
upon any promoter of a cock tight. In
case of a oock fight the tlmv will
upon witnesses as well as pvo-
eis.
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