Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1902 — Page 7

CATARRH OF LUNGS. A Prominent Chicago Lady Cured by Pe-ru-na. Hits Maggie Welch, secretary of the Betsey Ross Educational and Benevolent Society, writes from 328 North State street, Chicago, Ill,, the following glowing words concerning Pernna: “Last fall I caught the most severe cold I ever had in my life. I coughed night and day, and my lungs and throat became so sore that I was in great disMISS MAGGIE WELCH. tress. All cough remedies nauseated me, and nothing afforded me relief until my doctor said rather in a joke, ‘I guess Peruna is the only medicine that will cure you.’ “I told him that I would certainly try it and immediately sent for a bottle. I found that relief came the first day, and as I kept taking if faithfully the cough gradually diminished, and the soreness left me. It is fine.”—Maggie Welch. Address the Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio, for free literature on catarrh.

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COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

New York. Voluntary increases in wages by some of the largest railway systems in the country bear eloquent testimony to the amount of business handled in the past and emphasize the confidence of officials in continued heavy traffic. Moreover, by this addition of large sums to the purchasing power of railway employes, there is assurance of a larger demand for all staple lines of merchandise. "Temporarily, sales of seasonable lines of wearing apparel are retarded by mild weather, but this loss will be fully made up when low temperature becomes general. Preparations for holiday trade are on an unprecedented scale, especially at Interior points.” R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade makes the foregoing summary of the industrial situation. Continuing, the review says: There is no relief as to the congestion of railway traffic nor any immediate prospect of fire movements at the points of most serious blockade. £oal freight is steadily gaining and all railway carnings thus far reported for November exceed last year’s by 50 per cent and those of 1900 by 15.9 per cent Orders are now coming forward for iron and steel products that have been held back many months in expectation of an easier market. Instead of making concessions, however, producers ask premiums for early delivery and hesitate to accept contracts where materail and fuel are not in sight. No relief is reported as to the movement of coke nor is any anticipated for some time to come. In fact, one authority suggests that the stiuation will not. be normal before April. Imports relieve some departments of the industry. Failures for the week numbered 260 in the United States, agninst 218 last year, and 24 in Canada, compared with 31 a year ago.

~ The congestion of freight ulliGdOO. at principal industrial a * points throughout the country has reached a stage more serious than ever before. A year ago at this time there was a car famine, and loud complaints were heard of the quantities of merchandise piled at commercial centers awaiting opportunity for forwarding. The roads meanwhile have increased their rolling stock by the addition of many thousands of pieces but the expenditure has gone more into increased carrying capacity than to increase in motive power, with the result tho£ even in Chicago and the West there is complaint, while in the East, where the situation is critical, there are miles of cars bearing some proportion of perishable goods, that the roads are unable to move '-ff prorap-t ly. In the Northwest the complaint is still heard of weather unseasonably mild. Some lines of fall and early winter merchandise *are dragging a little in consequence. There is just a trace of holiday buying, and in the staple lines merchants report the demand running even more than ever to the choicest articles. Manufacturers have had to contend with advances in raw material in a number of lines. Hardware men have experienced a slight decline in demand for material entering into the construction of buildings or is natural at this time. The iron situation remains very strong. The wheat market presents much the same features. Statistics have changed. The visible supply is larger, stocks in Minneapolis are somewhat larger, and receipts at primary points have been showing some increases, yet as the figures bear upon the situation they nre fully ns favorable to price maintenance considering that we are now in December. Were it purely a mlitter of statistical influence the position of wheat would not be hard to define, but recently the manipulative influences of Armour and other large operators have been felt and the trade is inclined to watch the moves with the greatest interest for the present. Meanwhile the Minneapolis mills are com Burning a great quantity of wheat, tVe sennoard is close to .O'free export bnjsis, and Duluth is selling wheat to go abroad from time to time.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $4.40 to $6.50; hogs, shipping grades, $4.25 to $6.45; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 75c; corn, No. 2,53 cto 54c; oats, No. 2,27 c to 29c; rye, No. 2. 49c to 50c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $14.00; prairie, SO.OO to $12.50; butter, choice creamery, 24c to 27c; eggs, fresh, 20c to 24c: potatoes, tc to 40c per bushel. Indiannpoiis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $0.00: sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2,72 cto 73c; com. No. 2 white, 48c to 44c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c. St. Louis—Cattle, $4.50 to s(‘>.so; hogs, $3.50 to $0.25: sheep. $2.50 to $3.80; wheat, No. 2,07 cto 08c; corn, No. 2, 42c to 43c; ants, No. 2,20 cto 30c; rye, No. 2,47 cto 48c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $4.50 to $5.00; hogs,.. $4.00 to $0.20; sheep, $2.50 to $3.25; wheat, No. 2. 77c to 78c; com. No. 2 mixed. sflc to 57c; oats. No. 2 mixed,' 32c to 33c; rye, No. 2,50 cto 51c. it Detroit—Ciittie, $3.50 to $0.25; bogs, $3.00 to $5.90; sheep. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 80c: com, No. 3 vellow, 55c to 50c; o"ts, No. 3 white, 83c to 34c; rye,'s2c to 53c. ( Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 74c to 75c: corn, No. 2,54 c to-55c; onts, No. 2 white, 33c to 34c: rye, No. 1,50 c to 52c; barley. No. 2,61 cto 05c; pork, mess, $15.10. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 77c to 78c; com. No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 27c to 2Sc; clover seed, priniq, $6.80. Buffalo —Cnttle, choice shipping steers, $4.50 to $6.50; hogs, fair to prime, $4.00 to $6.50; sheep, fair to choice, $3.25 to $3.75; lambs, common to choice. $4.00 to $5.20. New York—Cattle. $4.00 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $6.10; sheep, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 76c to 77c; corn, No. 2,62 cto 63c; oata, No. 2 white, 36c to 38c; butter, creamery, 25c to 28c; egga, western, 24c to 27c.

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Art Note.

He (showing his country cousin a portrait in his art gallery)—What do you think of my old master? She— Pleasant face the old gentleman has. How long did you study with him? A Close Student. Father— Is your roommate a close student? Harvard Freshman—Close student! I should say he was. He wouldn’t lend you a dollar if you were starving.

Then She Shut Up.

Mrs. Henpeck—Well, anyhow your brother Tom isn’t as big a fool as you are. Henpeck—You bet he isn’t. He’s a bachelor.

Changing Fashions.

Mrs. Style—l want a hat, but it must be in the latest style. Shopman—Kindly take a chair, madam, and wait a few minutes; the fashion is just changing.—Tit-Bits.

Wonderful Work.

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Limited Experience.

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NO PRECEDENT.

Bright Story Satirizing the Indiscriminate Giving of College Degrees. When colleges are conferring degrees with a generosity verging on the prodigal, it is refreshing to read the comment made by the Rev. John Thompson, of Rockford, Ill., He declined to use the title “Doctor of Divinity” which was conferred upon him, and added, “In my judgment the degree of D. D. should be reserved for men who have displayed extraordinary scholarly attainments, or have accomplished great things in their work.” His attitude was discussed, says the Philadelphia Telegraph, at a certain alumni dinner, when some one told the following story: A German university suddenly developed the mania for conferring honorary degrees, and a Scottish doctor, named Macpherson, who had obtained his degree by diligent labor, became disgusted. He sent a polite letter to the faculty, asking them to bestow a degree upon his servant. The doctor was a great man, and the jocose nature of the request was not suspected, so the parchment was duly sent him. The doctor, after acknowledging its receipt, added that since they had been so kind as to give his servant A degree, it would add to his obligation if they would confer one upon his horse. But the faculty, the joke once fairly scented, rose to the occasion. “We are obliged,” they wrote, “respectfully to decline granting so distinguished a favor. We have searched the college records for a precedent, but the only one to be found lies in the fact that some years ago a degree was conferred upon an ass, named Macpherson.”

IN ITS ADVANCED and chronic form a cold in the head is known as Nasal Catarrh and is the recognized source of other diseases. Having stood the test of continued successful use, Ely’s Cream Balm is recognized as a specific for membranal diseases in the nasal passages. It is not drying, does not produce sneezing. Price 50 cents at druggists or by mail. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren street. New York. Give up prejudice and try it. Messrs. ELY BROS.: —I have been afflicted with catarrh for twenty years. It made me so weak I thought I had consumption. I got one bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm and in three days the discharge stopped. It is the best medicine I have used for catarrh. FRANK E. KINDLESPIRE. Proberta, Cal.

Fixing the Blame.

“Lightning knocked the church steeple down,” some one said to Brother Dickey. “Yes; Satan’s eyes always flash fire when he sees a church steeple gwine up.” “And here's a colored brother killed another at a camp meeting.” “Yes; Satan goes ter meetin' 'long wld de res’ er dem, en sometimes shouts de loudes’.” “And a preacher was drowned in the river last week.” “Oh, yes; Satan's in de water, too. He 'bleege ter go darter cool off!” “So you blame everything on Satan, do you?” “Bless God,” was the reply, “ain’t dat what he’s fer?”—Atlanta Constitution.

One on the Old Man.

“Honesty, my son,” said the millionaire Congressman, “is the best policy.” “Well, perhaps it is, dad,” rejoined the youthful philosopher, “but it strikes me you have done pretty well.”—Chicago News.

A Valuable Specially.

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The World Before Them.

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