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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1899)
TJTH O ATTA DATLY BEE : MONDAY , JUNE 12 , 1805) . \ \\ALL \ \ \ MKh/U B.tualion Sized Up bj thn Eminent Banker , Henry Olews. WEEK ONE OF COMPARATIVE DULLNESS llrpHKInn of HIP I'rcGoilInn : Klcvcn MimlliH of Ilio Vrar Mttle In thrndirc of on 'Change , NEW YORK , Juno 11. ( Sprclnt. ) Henry Clews , head of the banking bouse of Henry Clew * Co. , writes : In Wall street affaire have exhibited nn- ether week of comparative dullness. Tbo declining tendency of values apparent dur ing tbu two or three weeks preceding has certainly been checked ; but the late yield ing of prices 1ms not ns yet Induced enough buying to produce gencrnl nctlvlty to be In keeping with the recovery In the tone of the market. Prices nro probably not low enough to tempt extreme buying , nor high enough to eiipournge cither realizing or "boar" selling ; and , at the same time there are no outside Influences calculated to materially affect operations violently In cither the one direction or the other. There are also temperamental causes which have hnd much to no with the cot- lapse In transactions to about -10 per cent of their recent volume. The speculative Hcment In Wall street Is above all mercu rial. It Is highly sensitive to Impulses , nnd follows drifts In cither direction until they culminate In extremes ; after the extremes e-omo reactions In the opposite direction ; find , after the reactions , a colfapso of ex citement and a contraction of operations. Then ensues a phase of Inaction and wait ing , during which the situation Is carefully weighed , prices arc sharply tested by the professional traders and a safe bottom Is thereby reached. In the meantime , the weaker class of operators nro weeded out , n new set of conditions affecting values arises , the speculative spirit recovers Its elasticity and the elements for another campaign are forthcoming. of HvonlH. This IH very much n recital of the course of events In the stock market for the last twelve months. Taken as n whole , It has been a "bull1" campaign of unequnlod force nnd nctlvlty. During the last quarter of 1S98 , there was n downward reaction ; but , with the opening of 1890 , the upward tend ency recovered Its force nnd , within four months , < ; arrlcd up prices to figures un anticipated by the most sanguine nnd sur passing nil experience. At the crisis when prices had reached an elevation so abnor mally high that n relapse was Inevitable , the market was taken by surprise by the Im mense consolidations of Industrial capital. That movement , though not bringing on the market n supply of now securities at all proportioned to the magnitude of the trans formed capital's , had yet the effect of in troducing Into the money market a new ele ment of vast Importance. It caused de mands for considerable transient loans , vrhlrh were not without their effect upon largo holders of ordinary stocks , and gave rlso to a wide diversity of opinions as to the bearing of this great Industrial recon- Btructlon upon the future of credits , In vestments nud speculation ; while It di verted money from speculation In the older stocks to ventures In these new Industrials. Thus , the great bull movement In the regu lar Hit encountered a staggering obstruc tion from the unforeseen creation of a vast amount of now industrials destined to henceforth pray an Important part In the operations of the Stock exchange. The marvel Is not so much that this sudden ex pansion of the area of tne stock market ehould have produced a pause In the pre vailing extraordinary bull campaign , as that It has not been attended with more disturb ing effects. The fact that the market has BO well preserved Its equilibrium and that In the face of the trying happenings to the Fleer Interest and of an unsettled money market Is remarkable evidence of the in trinsic strength of the llnmiclal markets nnd of the prevailing stcauTneA of public - co'riflfl9nFe , ( StfuiiM * Into the Future. , In estimating the future of the stock market , It is not to ho overlooked that this new clement must be one of the most im portant factors to l-e dearth with. So far as this situation means , (1) ( ) that an addi tion has been made to the supply of securi ties seeking Investment , and (2) ( ) that the Stock exchange demand upon the banks for Jeans will bo thereby broadened so far the now situation Is not to bo regarded ns nno altogether favorable to extreme prices. Whether values have been already adjusted to the new position admits of differences of opinion. It Is true that the fall In prices from the highest figures has already been quite considerable ; but those highest prices were the result of an unprecedciitedly ram pant speculation and were much above the normal level. On the other hand , the special national prosperity that has led to the great ( speculative nctlvlty still continues , nnd with no visible reasons for expecting Its early discontinuance. It Is also to be kept In View that , ns a rule , there Is no imperative necessity for the Immediate marketing of the now Industrials. For the most part , those stocks have gone into the hands of the original owners of the properties con solidated , who , It may bo presumed , wourd be sellers only at high prices nnd not before - fore the vnluo of the stocks hnd been demonstrated by experience. Probably , the principal sailers of thesis Issues would bo promoters of the consolidations whoso com pensation had been paid In stock ; nnd the question , in respect to such holders , Is whether they could not get better prices by holding than by realizing under the pres ent uncertainties and pending a glut of Buppfy. Do this ns it may , It Is certain that the financial Interest committed to the launching of these now issues Is quite u largo nnd Influential ono ; nnd It Is clear that their ability to sell their stocks must nlmost entirely depend upon the mainte nance of a healthy tone In the general utock market. The older stocks have thorc- fore the solid backing of this important class , which is n matter of no smnlf mo ment to the future of the railroad list. It is , however , too early as yet to venture upon definite forcshndowlngs ; and , for the moment , I would counsel the buying of wound Blocks , nud for modest profits only. The work of the hour , with the leaders of speculation , is to canvass the now situation nnd mature plans for the next phase of the great campaign which began a year ago and does not seem to have yet completed Its course ; for it means that Wall street is In process of n radical reconstruction , as yet only partially understood , Cllllll SIllpllllMllN , Some surprise has been caused by ship ments of gold during the week , outside the ordinary course of exchange. The remit tances , aggregating $5,500,000 , have been chiefly made by one bank and that institu tion Is the ono which negotiated the settle ment of the Spanish Indemnity. Interest has centered more In the motive of the transaction than in Its Importance ; for it is not regarded as foreshadowing any con tinuous or Important export of Epcclo nor as being of any great slgnftcanco to the future of the money market ; but as be ing merely u transient Incident. There nro various obvious ways in which the transac tion might bo connected with the Spanish settlement. As Spain was paid mainly through the transference of American funds held by European banks , it Is not at all inconceivable - conceivable bow some of the great foreign Institutions might need to replenish their stocks of gold depleted by the operation , or deslro to renew the loans from American bantui which they have been required to liquidate In connection with the war pay ment. nnd the gold exports have probably been largely attendant on such readjust ments. The crop outlook has not materially changed , In come sections the weather has been favorable and in others unfavorable , the general situation consequently remain ing about as it wan two weeks ago. Be tween thu recovery in the Kuropvnn crops and the decline iu ours , wo may look for not only a reduction In the quantity of our cereal exports , as compared with the last two yearn , but also pcuslbfo a lower range of prices for food prpducts. The surplus of exports over Imports may continue largo enough to prevent any important exports of gold for some time tA como ; but it is rwuonnblo to expect nn ultlmnfp return tea a normal condition of our foreign trade balance. The rtecliuntlon of the usual quarterly dividend by the American Sugar company removes H doubt that hni hung over the market for quite a long period nnd played Into the hands of the bears , nnd they Jiavo need It from time to time In the most nklll- ful way to depress values. The payment of this dividend has sufficed to call attention to the Innumerable number of others which will follow In quick succession between now nnd the 1st of July , the aggregate amount of which Is estimated for this year at about $160.000,000 by far the largest on record. A very considerable part of this money is not unlikely to be reinvested by the recip ients in the very properties that pay them. What stronger recommendation can be made In behnlf of these properties than their dividend-paying qualities ns demon strated In this way ? Conilllloii of IIiink of Spain. MADRID , Juno 11. Spanish 4s closed yes terday at 67.30. Gold was quoted at 22.75. The Hank of Spain report for the week ended yesterday shows the following ; Oold In hand , no change ; silver in hand , increase , CI4.000 pesetas ; notes In circulation , in crease , 7,645,000. CHICAGO ( i It A IN AND PROVISIONS. I > aturo of ( lie TrmlliiK nml I'rliM-M oil Saturday. CHICAGO , June 10. Serious damage to the Uusslan and Roumanian crops , with porno unexpected low estimates In state crop reports , made u strong wheat market todny nnd resulted In an advance in July of lip IHc. Tear of a bearish government crop re port was apparently dissipated. Every thing else on the lloor was dull. Corn closed a blinde higher , outs unchanged uml pro visions cloi-d about 2Vic lower. For a few minutes around 'the opening wheat showed strength. Cables were firmer than expected and buying Joining when llttlo wheat WHS on the market nelu prices llrm. July started at ? 4IiUi4 iiul nil advance of ' , iC ovur yesterday's close. liberal re ceipts here und In the northwest and favorable - vorablo weather in the spring wheat coun try brought out conslderaule wheat and In- created the number of short sellers and a decline to 74'jc took place before 10 o'clock. Then the market gradually grew ytrong. The .Mlciilgnn state crop report , putting the condition at only 45 per cunt and estimating tlu- crop at lluuo,000 ! uu. , compared with 31- OuO.OOO uu. lust year , checked liquidation. 1/ater more reports of drouth diimugu to Russian and Roumanian crops came In. Olio leature of the trading which hud con siderable influence on locai speculators was the heavy buying by St. l otlls , which Blurted when the price was weir under "puts" and which was kept up nearly nil day. The market , which hud apparently been oversold , advanced rapidly during the last half hour's trading. Minneapolis and Dultith receipt. " were OSS cars , against 612 lust week und 201 a your ngo , Chicago re ceipts were 137 curs , 12 of contract grade. Cush sales were reported nt 120,000 bu. , all for export. Atlantic port clearances were put ut 235 , duo bu. July advanced under tioavy general buying to 75S75"iiC and closed llrm ut 75ViC. Corn was weak early , but rallied later nnd closed llrm. Fair weather und liberal re ceipts influenced trading ut llrst , but the lute strength of wheat stopped liquidation. Cash demand wtis only moderate. Receipts were 644 cars. July ranged from 33-4e to 33T4j34c und closed shade higher ui Uli-V © 3JT c. Outs was steady. The strength of wheat was apparently the chief factor. Receipts were 219 cars. Cash demand was light. July ranged from 23'f , to 23UG23c und closed unchanged at 23Uc. Provisions were dull nnd heavy. Packers were sellers , but buying was light and scat tered und prices were depressed in cense quence. Hog receipts were liberal. Strength of gram had a steadying Influence lute In the se.'slon. At the close July pork was 2Vsf lower nt $8.03 ; July lard , 2'Mioc lower nt $4.92M. < S4.ffi , and July ribs 2 > < , u "lower ut Es'tlmated receipts Monday : Wheat , 110 cars ; corn , 540 cars ; oats275 cars ; hoes , 46,000 head. Leading futures ranged ns follows : Articles Open , HUrh. Close. Yeat'dy Wheat. July. . . --S 74V ( 75 Sept. . . - - 76 d > ( Doc. . . . VliH 77 ! 77J , Corn. July. . . 33HS3M irtu-34 33h 38 ? Sept. . . S3M ' toli 33M8H J4 3SJi Deo. . . , 33N Oats. July. . . 23 ! ( 2SM Bept. . . Pork. July . . 805 8 OR 80S 8074 Sept . . 8i0 ! 817 8 2B 8'J5 Lard. July. . . 403 4 OS 4P2X 4 OS bept. . . 607X 607H A OS 607H CIO UlbH. July. . . 400 IfiO 460 4 no 4C2W Sept. . . 472 47C 4 70 476 No. 2. Cash quotation : were na follows : KL.OUU Steady ; winter patents , J3.C5W 3.75 ; straights , { 3.10Q3.2& ; spring specials , J4.35 ; spring patents , Ki.40fftl.80 ; straights , J2.90I73 25 ; bakers , $2.2502.00. WHEAT No. 3 spring , "Kjj/74' c ; No 2 red 7Cf77'ic. fOHN No. 2. 37(5 ( > 311.8c ; No. 2 yellow. OATS No. 2. 25c ; No. 3 white , 27 UYE No. 2 , 5714C. HARI..KY No. ! i , 3filf(3Sc. SEEDS No. 1 llaxseed , $1.0114 ; northwest $1.0T'A. Prime timothy seed , $2.35. PROVISIONS Me.ss pork , per bbl. , $7.15 @S.05. hard , per 100 .bs. . $4.SOtj'4.92iShort ribs , sides ( loose ) , $4.40fi4.70. Dry salted shoulders ( boxed ) , $1.501.75. . Short clear sides ( boxed ) , $1.85 4.93. WHISKY Distillers' nnlshed goods , per gal. , $1.20. SUGAIIS Cut loaf , $0.02 ; granulated , $5.52. The following are the receipts and ship ments for today : Articles. Receipts. Shlpm'ts. Flour , bbls . 8,000 21,000 Wheat , bu . 131,000 116,000 Corn , IU . 527.000 220,0-x ) Oats , bu . 251 , 000 371,000 Rye , btl . 1,500 1,000 linrloy , bu . 10,000 SOO On the 1'roduco exchange today the butter market was llrm ; creameries , IS' iJTlSe ; dairies. lOfclfie , Eggs , steady ; fresh , 12c. Cheese , weak , 7J < ns4e. ! SI. I.oiilx Market. ST. L.OUIS. Juno 10. KIOUR Quiet nnd easy ; patents , $3.7.VTT3.90 ; straights , $3.35 ® 3.50 ; clears , $3.1&B3.30. WHEAT Active ; No. 2 red , cash , ele vator , 75c ; track , "Cc ; Juno , 7r.e > ; July , "iJ-'he ; September , 78c ; No. 2 hard , 71721/.o. ( CORN Higher , but quiet ; No. 2 cusii. c ; rac , . /c ; unoc ; aske < l ; September , 33'ic asked. OATS Dull ; No. 2 cash , 24' ' c ; track. 25c ; June , 2Oic ; July , 23c ; September , 20iic : No. 2 white. 28t4c. RYE-Dlill : BiltfSSc. JlKTAl/S-Lead , dull ; $4.30. Spelter. lower ; $ G.20 sel'-ors. POULTRY Firm ; chickens , 7'GSc ; spring , ISffilSc ; turkeys , B00c ; ducks , Do ; sprlngi ) . Sc. ni'TTER Steady ; creamery , 15Jfl c ; dairy , 12 < fi'15c. Kms Jxiwer ; lOc. SKEDS-Prime timothy , quiet at $1.7GQ > 2.15 ; llaxseed , 97c. COUNMEATSteady at $ I.S , . _ URAN Steady ; sacked Jots , east track , 'lIAY-Steady ' ; timothy. $ S.OOIjl2.50 ; prairie , $ O.H > Q9.00. WHISKY Steads' at $1.26. COTTONTI ES-SJC. . PROVISIONS-Dry salt meats , steady and 6,000 bu. ; corn , 123,000 bu.j eau , 9,000 bu. KIIIINIIN City Rrnln and I'rovlxloim. No. 3. CSj71c ; No. 2 spring , CCiiti9c ; No. 3 , C2'iCflc ' ; receipts , 18 oars. CORN July. SOHcs September , 31c ; cash , No. 2 mixed , 32H33c ; No , 2 while , 33fl33',2c ; No. 3. 32'-c. OATS--Cash , No. 2 white , I5I25 4c. RYE No. 2 , B'ic. HAY choice timothy , JS.SOftS.TS ; choice prnlrle. J7.MVS7.76 , BIITTBH-Creamery , UVimcVio ; dairy. 13c. EOGS Firm ; fresh .Missouri and Kansas stock , firsts , cases returned , lie. RECEIPTS Wheat. 41,100 bu. ; corn. 3,900 bu. : oats. 3.0uO bu. SlUPMENTS-Whent. 21,000 bu. ; corn , 21.400 bu. ; oats , 10,000 bu. SEEDS Cloverseed. dull and higher ; priino cash , now , $3.80 bid ; October , tl.CO bid. l'Iilliiilclilila I'rodiicr , I'HIT.ADEnPHIA. Juno 10. OUTTER- flrm ; fancy western creamery , Ib'.io ; fancy prints , 9c. HOGS Firm ; fresh nearby , ISViWHc ; fresh western. 14O14UP ; frenh southw- stern , 13'ifi'14i' ; frcbh southern , OHEBSE-Steady. Diilutli Wheat . DULl'TH. June lO.-WH'EAT-No , 1 hard , oath. 7So bid ; July , 78'jc ; No , 1 northern , cueh , TMic bid , No. 2 northern , Tic bid , OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET Prices on Good Beef Cattle Continue to Go Higher. RECEIPTS LIGHT AND EVERYTHING SELLS Kcrlliifc ( he Decline Ilrpnrtcrt froyi ( 'lilL'UKii , HI > K Vnlui'M .slump Olt About H MeUH , tvlth Sale * Sliw. SOUTH OMA1IA. Juno 10. _ , . . . Cattle. HOKS. Sheep. Olllclnl Monday 4 ! 3 4 , ! 4 251 OHIcial Tuesday 2,357 11,012 1.1)90 ) Ullicliil Wednesday 2.H. ) 11,621 1,318 Ofllclal Thursday l.KS 14,357 874 Official Friday l,9jt ll,5.r. 2,674 Official Saturday 613 SC'J9 Sii Total this week 9JMB 0 211 7,931 Total last week 16,391 M.'Xil 13,320 Total week before 16,215 63,010 13,777 Average pries paid for nogs for iho last several days with comparisons : J1S99.11SM. I1S97.11896. | lSM7ifS TT1693. | June 1 . | 3 60) ) < 21 ; 3 40 , 2 80 , 4 30 | 4 53 | G 7S June 2 . 1 3 55 ! 4 12 3 32 | 2 85 , | 4 ! B 01 .llilii , ' 3 3 M , 4 03 3 381 2 Mi | 4 34 ] * C 72 June 4. . . * 4 02 3 32 2 871 4 39 4 44 * June 5. . . 3CS * 3 31 | 2 93 4 3J 4 49 6 M June < ! . . . 3 M | 4 01 3 01 4 291 4 55 U IS June 7. . . 3 67 | 3 SS 330 4 34 | 4 50 6 29 June b. . . 3 ftJ 3 S7 3 31 a USI 4 36 , 4 51 G 36 June 9. . . 3 611 3 92 3 2D 3 04 T It I 63 31 June 10. . 3 59 | 3 S 3 21 93 | 4 38 | * I 6 41 Indicates Sunday. The olllclnl number of cars of stock brought In today by each road was ; Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. C. , M. & St. P. Uy 4 O. & St. I. , . Hy 1 Missouri Pacific Hy . . Union 1'ucltlc system 7 24 C. & N. W. Hy 2 R , 13. At M. V. H. H 1 30 C. , St. P. , M. & O. Ry II 7 H. & M. H. H. H 5 30 C. , U. & Q. Hy 2 K. C. & St. J. Uy 1 1 1 C. , H. I. & P. Hy. , cast S C. , K. I. & P. Hy , , weal U Totnl receipts 28 115 ' 4 The disposition of the day's receipts was ns follows , each buyer purchasing the num ber of hi.atl indicated : , , Cattle. Hogs , Sheep. Omaha Packing Co 62 1,053 . . . . O. 11' . Hammond Co 107 1,409 . . . . Swift nnd Company 205 2,353 . . . . Cudahy Packing Co 30 1,645 . . . . Armour & Co 2.1C9 . . . . Cudahy , Kansas City 712 Swift , Kansas City . ' 215 Swift , country us Armour , Sioux City 195 . . . . \V. 1. Stephen 3 c. . Hill & Huntzinger 1 Other buyers 14 Totals 609 8.S29 927 CATTLE It was remarked some time ngo in this paper that thu cattle market Is sometimes good on a Saturday. This was not one of the times. On the contrary , It was u typical Saturday's market , light re ceipts and u dull , tiullfterunt market. Some of the buyers said to begin with that they wanted the cuttle lower , and others did not act iia U they cared whether they got nny oattlo or not. Still the oattlo sold , nnd ut prices not much If any different from yes terday , but there was an absence of snap or life to the trade , which is npt to ba the cuse on the last day of the week. Hecelpts of cattti ? have been lighter this week than lost , und there 'has ' been accord ingly some Improvement In the mairket. H Is safe to Buy that the market Is now 10S > loc higher than the oxtr'me low day of last week , which was Friday , and It docs not lack over 10 ? < ' 15e of being us high as the 'best ' time. Kastern meat market has ben none too active during the past few days and the coolers have been pretty well filled HP , which accounts for tne market at the close of the week being none too active. Cows and heifers. If good and dry fed , were active selkirs all the week nnd the market strong , but grnss stuff has been slow , with a lower tendency ns the show of grass becomes more evident. IJulls , stags , calves , etc. . have not shown much change. 'Stx ' > cken ? nnd feed rs hnve been In too light supply nnd too little has been doingto make a tent of the market. HOGS The market opened weaTT to a shade lower this morning , and as Chicago came generally Be lower. It closed slow and weak at the decline. The hops sold largely at $3.57Hg3.GO , ns against $3.60 yesterday. Some light butcher weights , assorted , sold up to $3,05. The trade was fairly active early and tne most of the hogs sold In good season. The lute market , however , was slow , as noted above. Hecelpts of hogs averaged largo this week , the total being a little larger than for the previous weok. but not quite up to the record of two weeks ngo. The demand was good all' the week and the arrivals were none too large to supply the require ments of buyers , Jn other words the mar ket was active on most days of the week. The week started out with the market down , but on Tuesday it was decldedly hlcher , and a still further advance was made on Wednesday , which proved to be the high day of tlu > week. On Thursday there was a drop of 71/2 < 1 nnd Friday's mar ket was , stationary with a tower close on the last day of the week. The week wound up just about where it began. The table of average prices will show the dally fluctuations. SHKliP The few loads here today were consigned direct to packers and were not offered for sale , so that there was nothing to make a market or establish quotations. The same thing that has been said so many times of late can be. repeated and that is that thorc Is u good demand and anything in the way of desirable muttons can be de pended upon to bring high prices here as compared with other market * . The amount of business done this week has been extremely small owing to the fact that the supply of muttons offered on the market has been so very small. The most of the receipts have consisted of southwestern grass sheep which have been bought on the Kansas C'lty market and shipped direct to the packers without being offered for sale on this market. Quotations on clipped sheep and lambs : Western wpthors , $ l.7r > f5.00 | ; peed to choice Mexican lambs , $ T.Oi'iiu.50 ) ; good to choice western lambs. J3.00/if5.50 ; fair to good west ern Iamb * , $ I.M > tG.uO ; western yearlings , JI.7CyJi6.00 ; western ewes , $ I.OOQ'1.G5. CHICACO IAVK STOCK MARKET. Ilulliii-fiii 1'iTvncIcN All 1. 1 urn mid 1'rU'OH Sloiv In KvrryUilitK. CHICAGO , June10. . There was not enough cuttlo received here today to make a market and prlcew In consequence were llttlo more than nominal. The few sules made were nt yesterday's ruling prices. The demand for hogs was slow und ns re ceipts were largo prices ruled about 5o lower. Closing prices were ji.05ffi : : > 5 fur light ; ? 3.fi5Ti'3.Mli for mixed nnd $3.S5fT3.85 for heavy. Pigs brought $3.2503.70 and culls JJ.50ij3.60. The nuirknt for sheep nnd lambs was almost a nominal one , receipts being v < * iy small. ShPt-p were quotable ut $2.50fi4.75 ; choice yearlings , JS.OOtiO.lO ; wooled Colorado Inmb- " , $5.751j.1.S5 ; clipped lambs , $3.75j/5.oU , and pprlnir lambs , $4.iw7.00. ! HKCICU'TS-Cattle , liiO head ; hogs , 21,000 head ; tfliec-p , 1,00) head. St. Iioiiln MVP SlmrU. ST. LOUIS. Juno lO.-CATTLR-.R'ec ' pts , 200 ; market easier ; fair to choice native shipping and export steers , II.60QG2G. with fancy worth up to J5.00 ; dressed beef nnd butchers. $4.0 ( T5.10 ; steers under 1,000 pounds , J3.7of 1.90 ; stackers and feeders , J3.00 C74.73 ; rows find heifers. $2.25ft4.HO ; bulls , i $2.00ff4.00 ; canners , $ l.fiOfi2.K ! ) ; Texas and Indian steers , $3.25Jo.OO ; cows and heifers , ' J2.40fH.25 , HOfiS Receipts , 5,000 ; market easy to EC lower ; pigs and light , J3.70TJ3.70 ; packers , J3.70Ti3.SO ; butchers , J3.76fl3.S7V4. SHICBP Uecelpts , 200 ; market lower : na- tlva muttons , J3.7Gft-l.GO ; spring lambs. Jl.OiVij ) 8.40 ; culls and bucks , Jl.60ira.25 ; mockers , J2.0033.G5 ; Texas stockers , J2.60I/2.75. X MV York Mv NKW YOniC. Juno lO.-HKBVEB-He. cclpts , 555 head ; no trading ; feeling steady ; exports , 539 cattle , 115 tihtvp and 2,000 quar ters of beef. C'ALV13S- < oelrrtfl. IBS head ; veals slow and lower ; veals , J4.0rtji.00 ) ; foil calvea , J3.50. SHKHP AND I..A.M1JS Receipts. S.l''S ; prime handy she p steady ; others lower ; medium to prime sh p , J3.ifru-l.75 ; yearlings , J5.3.V IlbOS Receipts , 2.COO head ; steady at SI. Jo < - | l.lvc Stork. SOUTH ST. JOSI2PH. June JO. ( Special. ) The Journal quotes UH ( follows : CATTLE Receipts , SOO head ; market steady. HOGSHecelpts , 0,400 hwid ; market steady to'uc' higher , selling ut J3.5Q3.75 ; bulk. J3 eoijfl 70. SHKKP Receipts , none. KIIIIMIH City I.lvf Stork. KANSAS CITV. Jun 10. CATTI.K ne- celpu , 400. market unchanged ; nutlve sttxrs , heavy. J3.00 < i.jo.l5 ; medium. Jl 70BC.JO ; light. Jl.tXXu490 , Texas steers , J3.25ij4,75 ; Texas cows. J3.ltXfj3.fw. native cows and heifers. J2 KXU I.M. .tork rs and f.cders , J3.J6tfC.35 ; bulls. J3.2f.f(4.GO HX3S Heorlpt8 , 6.000 ; market slow and i weak ; bulk of sales J1.60Q3 70 ; Jifr-iVy $3 C.'ii ftj3,7i , packeTS. J3.CO-Jj3.70 - ; mljcd , J3.55fc3.70 ; light. n&2's f3.65 ; yorkcr.i. M.fAJ3.PS ! ; pigs , M.45 3.ro. SlrEErlleclptR , 460) ; market steady ; lambs. J4.00fl6.00 > muttoiiR , W.4t > as.S5. Slnok In Following ore the rocelptg nt the four principal western markets for June 10 : Cattlo. Hogs. Sheep , Omaha . 49S 4'M ' 2S1 Chicago . 150 21,000 LOW Kansas City . 400 6,000 S.IW St. Louis . 200 f..OOO 500 Totals . . . . .1.218 3S.934 .OMAHA ( JKMTHAI , JIAlllCKT. Cnitilltlnn of Trnilc nnil Qtmtntlonn nit Sluplc ami Kniipy I'roiluon. EGGS Receipts mod&rate ; good Block , HUTTEU Common to fair , choice , 1214e ; separator , ISc ; gathered creamery , 16c. POULTRY Hens , live , 7'.4c ; spring chick ens , 20 > 323c ; old nnd stagey roosters , live , smjSr : ducks and geese , live , 7e ; turkeys , live. 8ft9o. PIGKOXS-Uve , per doz. , "ScQJl.OO. VISALH-Cholce , PC. FRESH WATER FISH-Catflsh. per lb. , 12c ; buffalo , per lb. , dressed , 7c ; white fish , lOc ; lake trout , 9c ; yel'.ow pike , drowsed , 9c ; round , Sc ; silver herring , 5c ; perch , fie ; bullheads , dressed , lOc ; black bass , HtflBc. SBA FISH-Flounders. Sc ; haddock , lOc : Columbia river salmon , 15c ; halibut , He ; blue fish , lOc ; Spanish mackerel , 9c ; re < l snapper. Sc ; extra large mackerels , csieh , 30c ; roe shad , each , 40c ! shad roe , per pair , 201i25c. 201i25c.VEGETABLE VEGETABLE * . CANTALOUPE Per crate. Jl.fiOS2.00. WAX DIOANS-Ono-thlrd bu. . 7ofrS5c. STRING HEANS-One-thlrd bu. , C5H75C. PI2AS-Per basket , G5c. HAD1SIIUS Per doz. bunches. lOfflnc. TOMATOES Per 4-basket crate. J1.C03) ) 1,75 , I..HTTPCE Home grown , per dozen 'bunches ' , 2 c. ASPARAGUS Homo grown , p r dozen bunches. 30ft35e. ONIONS Homo grown , per dozen bimchrw , according to size , . CAnHAatJ-Crntcd , per lb. Jc. CAULlFl.OWUH-Pcr orate. J1.50. 11KANS Hand-plekcd navy , per bu. , Jl.BO. POTATOES Old stock , E&ijXwc ; new po tatoes , Jl.OO per bu. CITCU.MUEHS Per bu. box , J1.75 ; per doz. , 35fi 50c. FRUITS. STRAWBERRIES Per crate , shipping stock , J2.00JJ2.25. GOOSEBERRIES Per Sl-qt. case. J1.75. CHKHRIES-Callfornla , par 10-lb. box. Jl.7302.0tf.TROPICAL TROPICAL FRUIT. LEMONS - California , fancy , J3.5M7.1.76 ; choice , J3.25Ji350 ( ; Messina , fancy , JJ.05. ORANGES-Secvlllngs , J3.00@3.60 ; Mediter ranean sweets , JI.005T4.25. PINEAPPLES-1'er doz. , J1.60 ; per crate , Il.-j. HANANAS Choice , crated , large stock , per bunch , J2.25G2.60 ; medium-sized bunches , J2.OOJf-2.25. MISCELLANEOUS. MAPLE SYRUP Flve-jjnl. cans. each. J2.25 ; sal. cans pure , per doz. , J12.00 ; half- g.il. cnnp , JG.25 ; quart cans , J3.50. NUTS- Almonds , per lb. , 17c ; Brnzll ? , per lb. . 9l10c , English walnuts , per lb. , fancy soft shell , 121sfn3c ( : standards , ItKffllo ; lil- bertf , per lb. . lie ; pecans , polished , cocoanuts , per 100 , J4.00 ; peanuts , raw , 6 > ,4@ Cc ; roastea. GV.(57c. ( MAPLE St'GAR-Cnolce. In boxes , 9c , HONEY Choice white , 121/.Q13V4c. CIDER Per half bbl. , $3.00. SAUERKRAUT Per half bb ! . , J2.X > ff2.25. HIDES , TALLOW , ETC. HIDES No. 1 green hides , 7Wc ; No. 2 green hides , CUc ; No. 1 salted hides. 8 c ; No. 2 salted hides , 71ic ; No. 1 veal calf , S to 12 Ibs. , lOc ; No. 2 veal calf , 12 to 15 Ibs , Sc. TALLOW GREASE , ETC. Tallow No. 1 , SVfcc ; tallow. No. 2 , 3e ; rough tallow , IV-c ; white grease , 2W3C ; yellow nnd brawn grease , Hi5I2Hc. SH12EP PELTS Green salted , each , JSff 75c ; green salted shearings ( short wooled curly skips ) , each. 15c ; dry -hearings ( short woo'.ed early skins ) . No. i , each. 60 ; dry- film , Kansas and Nebraska butcher wool pelts , per lb. , actual weight , 4@5e ; dry Hint , Kansas and Nebraska murrain wool pelts , per lb. , actual weight , 34c ; dry flint , Colorado rado butcher wool pelts , per lb. , actual weight , 4&5c ; dry Hint. Colorado murrain wool pelts , per ! b. , actual weight , Liverpool Grain ami rrovlnlotiH. LIVERPOOL , June 10. WIIEAT-Snot dull ; No 1 California stock exhausted ; No. " red wstern , 5s HVid ; No. 1 red northern , Dulutli , fis 3 > 4d ; futures steady ; July , 5s 10d : September , 6s lld. CORN Spot cany ; American mixed , new , 3s M ; futures quiet ; June nominal ; July , 3s 5 > ld ; September , 3s M. FLOUR Fancy winter , firm at Cd. HOPS At Jxmdon ( Paclllo coast ) , nom inal. inal.PEASCanadlnn. . 5s WWd. PROVISION'S-Beof. steady : extra India , GOs ; prime mess , 6s. Hams , short cut , 14 to Ifi pounds , firm nt 41s. Bacon , firm ; Cum berland cut , 28 to 30 pounds , 33s Gd ; short ribs. 18 to 20 pounds , 29s Od ; long clear mid dle , llgrht , 30 to 3-3 pounds , 30s ; long clear middles , heavy. 35 to 40 pounds , 29s fid ; short clear 'backs ' , 1C to 18 pounds , 28s Cd ; dear ibellles , 11 to IS pounds , 30s ; Shoulders , square , 12 to 14 pounds , firm nt 2& > . Lard , dull ; prime western. In Uerces , 20s 3d ; American refined. In palls , 2fls Cd. Tallow , Hrm : prime city , 23s ; Australian , In London , 2Gs Cd. BUTTER Good United States , Fas. CHEESE American finest , white , easy at 49s ; American finest , colored , dull at 45a Gd ; ordinary , new , 43s Gd. MIMvnuIiru Ornlii Market. MILWAUKEE , June 10. WHEAT pie , 35f40c ( MliincnimllN Wliciit Mnrkrt. MINNEAPOLIS. Juno 10. WHEAT In store : No. 1 northern , 73 % ; July , 73c ; Sep tember , 72Uc. On track ; No. 1 hard , 746 < ( c ; No. 1 northern , 73o ; No. 2 northern , C9c. FLOUR AND BRAN Unchanged. 1'corlu InrKcl. PEORIA , June 10. CORN Steady ; No. 3 , fj32He. OATS Inactive ; No. 3 white , 2Gc WHISKY Firm , on the basis of J1.2G for finished coods. GUAV13YAIIU OK WIU3CKS. AVIlil Count of llrllaln Upon Which ( ho I'nrlH IN Straiulfil. The disaster to the American line steamer Paris , on the Manacles rocks , on the coast of Cornwall , recalls the wreck of the steamer Mohegan , in October last , when 107 people were drowned. Llko the Mohegan , the Paris was several miles out of its course , otherwise It would not have gone amid the treacherous rocks off the Cornish coast. In the case of the Mohegan , however , all of its ofllcers went down with it and the cnuso of its being so far out of Its course was never explained. What the outcome of the Investicatlon into the Paris disaster will show will not bo known for fiomo weeks to come. How the big steamer escaped total destruction , Jn view of the treacherous record of the coast , is almost a miracle , The Manacles rocks , unon which the ill- fated Mohegan struck , lie about a inllo from the coast , nearly duo southeast from Mana cles point. This wild Cornish coast has n terrible record of disaster to shipping. Of the awful toll which England yearly pays In human life for Its mastery of the seas n huge proportion Is yielded up under the beetling , slaty cliffs nnd rugged granite promonotorlcs of Cornwall. Every year the vessels totally or partially wrecked may bo counted by scores. The return of shipping cr.sualt.Ics for 1890-07 gives a total of sixty craft of various kinds which in twelve months met Ill-luck on the Cornish coaster or In the adjacent seas. No part of this dreadful shore claims more victims than the rocks where the Mohegan perished and where the Paris is aground. Rarely does a year pass without at least ono stout ship going to Its doom there. Last year was nn exception , hut 1895 moro than maintained the average with three wrecks on the Manacles rocks. Some years ago an emigrant ship with 200 passengers on board was wrecked at almost the same spot as the Mohegan and In the church yard of the little village of St. Koverne , which lies about a mile from the shore , there is a monument to the victims of the wreck of a transport which went down near here with 700 soldiers , who were returning from the peninsular campaign. These fatal obstructions to navigation are Just on the edge of the twenty-fathom line nnd are barely visible unless nt low water. Except for the inadequate sound of a bell buny anchored near there Is no friendly warning to the mariner of his danger. For a long time persons interested in shipping. knowing the danger of the Manacles have urged 4 ho establishment cf a lightship to mark the deadly shoal , but without success. AT rosinm. One of IMiieM Mamie * of Antlqnltr The excavation * at Pompeii have" been continued during the la t year , say the London Times , and have resulted chiefly In the discovery of small houses containing objects of nfcondnry lnterc.it nnd Impor tance. In the neighborhood of the Kale of Vesuvius n portion of the city wall belong ing to the earliest period of Pompellan building was laid bnro ami U Interesting. ns it la apparently more ancient than such other portions of the watl ns have been dis covered. It appears to be of Oscnn con struction , being built of largo blocks of rough stone neatly Joined without mortar , nnd resembles nomewlmt the facade of "The house of the surgeon. " which Is admittedly of Oscan architecture , though the stones nro larger nnd not so smoothly faced. This section of the excavations being exhausted. the ground already appropriated being fin ished , the director determined to excavate the small corner near the "sea gate , " which was the only unexcavated spot in that part of the city. Exports had long been anxious to see what lay burled there , for there was a portion of a very large nnd handsome red marble pillar which had long been above ground nnd hnd given rUe to sundry conjectures. On removing the coir the site was found to be occupied by the foundations of n tem ple which was In course of construction at the time of the destruction of the city in 79 A. U. This is particularly interesting , becnuse It was supposed that nil the sacred edifices of the city hnd been discovered long ngo , no Important deity being without a representative temple ; but , unfortunately , there is nothing In the rudiments of the temple before us to indicate to whom it was to bo dedicated on Its completion. It Is evident that , though very small , It was Intended to rival In Its decoration nny tcmplo which existed in the city , nnd , though It hnd scarcely risen above the ground level , the marble architraves , carved with the usual egg nnd tooth molding , nre lying nround it ready to put up , and thn Corinthian capitals , some finished nnd oth ers only partly executed , nro displayed in the Inclosure , as well ns the base of a pillar upon which the mason was nt work nt the time of the catastrophe which over whelmed the city. The tool marks on this base are clearly perceptible , and look ns it the workman had only Just left his task. As to the handsome red marble pillar to which wo have alluded , It Is reasonable to conjecture that It was the base for the statue of the god , ns It is about four feet long nnd the only piece of colored marble found on the site. The partly executed capitals are extremely Interesting , ns show ing the methods of the Roman artist who was engaged upon them , while those that are complete are very good specimens In deed , considering that they belong to nn age of decline. If Pompeii Itself had not been productive of sensation this year , a small excavation on private ground only n few yards out side the walls has moro than made up for this by revealing ono of the finest and most Interesting mosaics of antiquity. Sur rounded by a most cxqulslto garland of flowers , with a theatrical mask thrown inhere hero and there to break the pattern , Is a picture representing a group of seven phil osophers , one of whom Is seated with a papyrus in his hand , nnd the others are grouped nround listening to him. In the background are some ruined pillars , and In the right hand upper corner is n representa tion of the Areopagus of Athens , with its rocks and buildings. The mosaic is polychrome and in diminu tive cubes of very fine workmanship , equal in merit to those by Dloscorldes of Samos In the Naples museum , which are believed to be the only signed mosaics of antiquity. It Is about three feet square and was , no doubt , intended for the center of the pave ment of a room. It had probably never been used and was a new mosaic , because it was not found on the ground , but lean ing against a wair , showing either that it hod been moved from some other place , or that It was about to be put down for the first time. Its perfect condition leads one to prefer the latter conjecture. The government has purchased It from Slgnor D'Acqulno and It will shortly bo exhibited to the public in the mosaic department of the Naples museum. I.IVE SAVING SI en nml AVoiiieii Who Have Won MctlnlN liy Tlielr Ilrnvcry. The "Heroes of Pence , " celebrated by Mr. Gustav Knobbo In the Juno Century , are the volunteer life savers. Many deeds nro re corded that equal the bravest exploits of the battlefield. For many years before the United States llfesavlng service was established the Massa chusetts Humane society maintained along the coast of that state houses of refuge for shipwrecked sailors and stations equipped with llfosavlng apparatus , in charge of keepers , who , when the emergency arose , summoned volunteer crews. This volunteer llfesavlng service Is still kept up and Is able not only often to render effective assistance to the regular government crows , but occa sionally also to save life when the nearest United States llfesavlng station Is too far from the scene of disaster for Its crew to arrive in time. The rivalry between these two corps has been most generous. There have been no bickerings , no attempts of one to outwit the other , but a singleness of im pulse to serve in the cause of humanity. Naturally the gold nnd silver medals awarded by the United States government for heroism displayed In saving life have been moro frequently bestowed upon mem bers of the regular service , as this extends along our entire seaboard and lake coast , Imt the volunteer corps has had its share of lion or. But by far the greater number of medals for heroism displayed In saving life from drowning have been awarded to Individuals people from the most varied walks of life ; men of Dilgh social position , western In dians , a southern negro , pleasure-seekers along the coast , a Japanese cabin steward , steamboat men nnd officers and men of the United States army , navy nnd revenue cutter - tor service. Every section of the country seems to have contributed its hero or heroes lo the roll of honor. There nre also lierolncs on that roll. A number of women liold silver medals nnd two women the gold medal. Silver medals have also been awarded to moro 'boys ' nnd girls for displays of daring far 'beyond their years. Frederic ( Comedian was a lad when ho received a silver medal for saving a woman from drowning In the Naveslnk river , near High lands , N. J. , and Marie D. Parsons , n girl of only 10 years when she rescued a child nt Fireplace , L. I. Nor was Kdlth Morgan of Hamlln , Mich. , much beyond girlhood when she tried , with her father and brother , to row to a vessel capsized three mllea out. Beatfin hack by the heavy waves , she aided In clearing away the logs and driftwood from the teach so as to make a track for the surf boat. At a previous rescue she had Htoodforslx hours In the snow , hauling nt the life line , In landing sailors from a wreck. Would I could add to this record those unknown heroes "greater than those who are known" 'whose heroism lacks a human reward because they not only risked but lost their lives in the endeavor to save others. Would there were n roll of the un- honored nnd unsung ! The medal list Is a long one , but the roll of the perished longer. Occasionally a memorial like the Brnkaw Field at Princeton , which commemorates the heroism of Frederick Hrokaw , the Princeton student , who gave Ills life to save two servants from drownlne. reminds us of ono or another of these sacrifices , nut far moro frequently a grave In an unfrequented ' quented churchyard. or n proud pang In a woman's heart. Is the only memorial of the "unknown hero. " lint Hint Coxl ifl.r.oo. The most expensive hat on record , says a Washington letter , cost J1.500 In gold , and was presented to General Grant while In Mexico in 1882. It Is now on exhibition in the Notional museum at Washington per haps the finest Mexican sombrero that wns ever made. While Wtrilam H. Seward was secretary of state in Lincoln's cabinet some of his admirers In South America sent him a Panama hat which cost J 1.000. It was on exhibition la a show window in New York JOBBERS AND OR OMAHA. HARNESS-SADDLERY. DRUGS. ( i Hancy & Go. . J E. Bruce & Co. HAHIfSSS , BADDLKA M.VD COI.CXKJ ) "fftxts and Stationers fobbtrt of Ltnthrr , Saddlery Hantteart , Kttt , We solicit your order * . 313-315-317 S. 13th. XJureo Ut * " BprcUltln. Clrtnv Wlnra und llrnndlc * . Oomct ink * nd JUrnrr fltrtt BOILER AND SHEET IRON WORKS ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. Hrake Wilson , \ A/esiem Electrical 9nPoe KOrn Wllunn & Urnlte. vv Company Manufacturers boilers , mokfr stnfks nnd ( retchings , pressure , renderlnz , sheep dip , Flectrical lard and ' .rater tanks , hollar tubes con- Supplies. ttantly on hand , Kcrond hand boilers bought and soM Rnrrlnl nnd prompt t < > Eleotrlo Wlrlnp Hells nnd (5nti Lighting repairs In city or country 19th and I'lcrco O. W. JOHNSTON. Mcr. J6IO Howard 8t BOOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS , ohn T. Burke , n merican Hand CONTltACTOK 1'Oft 1 V Sewed Shoe Go ELECTRIC LIGHT and POM'ER PLANTS M'frs \ Jobbers of Foot Wear 421 South 15th St. TTisir.nN AGKNTH ron Th * Jo oph Banigan Rubber Co. HARDWARE. CHICORY I ee-GEass-Mreesen The American \ Ohicory Go. Wholesale Hardware. Cloyclea and Sporting Goods , 121n23 ! ! * Orowara nnd m nur cturtn of all formi of . ney Street. Chicory Om -jrremont-O'N ll. SAFE AND IRON \SORKS. DRY GOODS. E , Smith & Co. 'he ' i . lap rt ri iid lobbcrtof . . G. AXDRIiliN , Prop. Goods Goods Makes nspociiilty of - Dry % Furnishing 1U i ? 13ESCAPKS , JL JJ \ J-t SIM'TTEHS , AND NOTIONS. And Burglar I'ronf Safes aim Vuult Doors , etc , nil ) S. Mill M. . Olllltllloll. . for a year or more. Panama huts used tof be frequently sold as high ns $300 each. A New York hatter says that in 1SC7 ho sold three hats at that price in a single day , hut they are no longer In the market. The most expensive hat he has sold for several years was bought by a Now York banker last summer for $110. It was the last line Panama hat In stock. Such hats nre still worn by the hidalgos In South America. They arc not made in Panama , but got the name because that city was formerly the greatest market for them. The finest hats come from Guayaquil and Payta , Peru. They are made of the fiber of the pita , or pine apple plant , which U ns soft nnd pliable nt silk , nnd some of them nre so fine that they can be folded up and carried In the vcsl pocket. MAGNITUDE ft I' RUSSIAN HUII3. One Mint In Every Twplvo on Enrtli IN tlic Crar'n Subject. Speaking of Russia the other day , Lord Salisbury epoke of It as "the nation that in material respects Is the most powerful nation on earth. "Russia , with its enormous forests , its vast Btcppcs and its huge rivers , is almost a world in Itself. Extending over 8,044,100 square miles , or one-seventh of the entire land surface of the globe , it is hut 3,000,000 miles less than the whole extent of our scattered possessions , on which wo toast the sun never sets. "Its water surface alone measures 233- )18 ) square miles , or enough to make an Im mense eea , in which our llttlo England could be replaced six times over and still nave room for more. "To every square mile of territory them are fifteen human beings who owe allegi ance to the czar , or a grand total of nearly 130,000,000. In fact , one human being out of every twelve on earth is ruled by the c ar. Its fighting men number over 11,000- JOO. It can put a fully equipped army Into the field of 1,355,000 combatants nnd back It up with another almost as well accoutered of 1,100,000 men , a total number of flrst-clnss Ightlng men of over 2,500,000 , with -197,415 homes nnd 1,486 heavy guns. "Lee the whole of this immense body of regular troops bo overcome and there will even then be the reserve to reckon w8i ; , a. force estimated at fully 0,000,000. "Tho difficulties of mobilization would , no loubt , bo very great , but tlioo grow less every year. Russia has now ] Gf.1l ml'cs of railway owned by the state nnd 8,072 nlles worked by private companion , while n course of construction there are nearly 3,000 miles more. "In addition to Its forces on land Russia ms a navy which , although by no means ho finest In the world , will ono day have o he reckoned with seriously. It Is divided nto four flcetfi nnd lt total coslsts of wenty-threo battleships , fourteen coast de- enso vessels , sixteen cruisers , twenty-eight gunboats nnd ninety-six torpedo boats , mnn- ned by 1.249 officers. 32C enginccm and 38 , . 000 seamen , "Thtn It has a morcantllo m/irtno / con sisting of r.22 flteamcrs and i,135 sailing vessels , while on Its rivers t.liere Is a Jin- Illa of over 20,000 vessels of all dtscrlp- lens , with crows totaling 90,3r,0 men. All hose would bo available In case of war. "Moreover , Russia Is not , wo nre , on outside sources for food. Pa - tirlng on Its vast plains are to bo found n European Ru 3la alone 24.C09.2CO head of cattle , 44,403,430 sheep and 0,213,000 pigs vhllo under crops there nro no fewer than .098,507,780 acres of arable land. After feen- ng Us vast population It was last year obit , o export abroad over 300,000,000 Quartern of cereal crops. " CAM 13 OK HOOKS. I.IMV filrew Xo Iteiln-NN for the Inter- larilril Volume. An enthusiastic book-lover once upon a Ime , wo are told , cancelqd his engagement o a most estlmnblo lady because she had narked a borrowed book. Ho took the high noral ground that "a person capable of such an act of piracy icouM not bo loyal to my constitutional estate. " Ho might per- laps have gone further and argued that surh an offensive intrusion of her opinions boded no good for the future peace of the domes tic circle , says a writer In Harper's Weekly. A friend may not borrow our garments and alter them to suit his physical peculiarities nnd then return them to us unrehuked and yet our books como back to our homes so charged with the personality of the borrower that wo have nn uncomfortable sense of In vading privacy when wo turn the pages. It Is not our book any longer that alien vol ume that emphasized what wo prefer to slight , and calls attention In black lines to the very points wo would Ignore , und at beet chatters mental confidences In which wo have no Interest. The fuw declares that our property shall not be wantonly defaced and the offender go free , but there Ir. no redress for the Interlarded volume with Its adjec tives and cjxclamatlon points or queries. To remedy evils of this kind Itldiard de nury fouucli-d a library at iJurhain col lege In the I'nlversliy of Oxford during the fourteenth century. Ho organized a most elaborate system of lending books and while acting as librarian was nmistcJ by a corps of bookbinders , for bo held tbat the proper H.R.PEHMEY&CO. ROOM4Mr LIFEBLCa BRANCH l03QrL5t OMAHA I1EB. UtlCOUl HER JAMES E. BOYD & GO , , Telephone 10'W. Omnliu , COMMISSION , GRAIN , PROVISIONS and STOCKS liOAKD OP TIIADIi. Dlrert win-K iu Oilcagn and .s'ew York. Corr EpoMiitnt i John A. Wuirer. A Ci. care of covers was an Important Item for thi ) reader to learn. From time to lime ho burst Into awful rages at the careless folk who then as now had no conscience In the matter of book handling. In moro vigorous Saxon than now obtains ho sketched the following portrait , which , allowing for the changes In men nnd manners which five cen turies have brought , applies with equal I force to a certain clans of borrowers toclay. llo writes : "You will perhaps sou a stiff- necked youth lounging sluggishly In his study while the frost pinches him In winter time. I'or such a one I would substitute ) a cobbler's apron In the place of his book. Ho has a nail like a giant's , perfumed with a stinking odor , with which ho points out the place of nny pleasant subject. He dis tributes Innumerable straws In various j places , with ends in sight , that he may I recall by the mark what his memory can not retain. These straws , which thn stoin- nch of the hook cannot digest verily vol umes had life for Do Hury ! and which nobody tnkca out , at Hint dlstcml the book from its accustomed closure and , being carelessly left to oblivion , at last become putrid. Ho Is not ashamed to cat fruit and choose over nn open book and to transfer his empty cup from side to side upon It nml because ho has not his alms-boy at hand he leaves the rc t of the fragments in his book. " im.wv THU I.O.MJ now. CiiliniiH Iiu-lliHMl lo Slmlcc Truth an it .Mailer of 1'ollr.v. It is often hard to tell wHicthcr n Cuban lies to you from lgnoran.ce or malice , sayd Herbert Pelbam Williams In the Juno Atlantic. On ordinary occasions , and about matters that do not promise to affect hlin- Ko/f , ho Is fairly truthful ; but ho tux-ms to know no renson why he shouldn't te-11 a llo If ho wants to. To the nverago Cuban who has always lived on his own Island , n lie Is a thing to tell whenever It will servo nny useful purpose such as getting him out of a scrape , or securing an advantage , op getting money out of somebody , or conciliat ing some one , or creating a good Impression. Hero the alienee of a moral sense bccoinea npparnit. With the Cuban , lying Is not a matter of right , but of policy , his short * slghtedni'bs preventing him from pnrvrlvlnB that today's advantage may bo tomorrow's loss. The statement , common among Ameri cans who have lived in Cuba , that the Cubans are afl liars. Is murti nearer the truth thnn most generalizations. Though they usually 'tell ' 'the truth , nearly all of them dissimulate or equivocate whenever thuy see occasion. Hence It IH not always easy to toll what a Culmn thinks or how ho fcols about the fntiiro of the Island. Ho fometlmes Iclln you what ho thinks you want to hear. Every man of properly , wants Cuba to bo under American control , but ho wil not admit It before a crowd , or even to another Cuban , unless convinced that ho too IB heartily In favor of it. Tha trait appears llkiiwlto In accounts of the Cuban army. However , It is only fair to eiiy that the glowing descriptions given by the Cubans of the performances and the glorious victories cf that Honiowlint mythical force are not Intentional , deliberate , cold-blooded lies. Carried away by imagina tions as fertile as the neil of their Island , they actually bellnvo their own monstrous Inventions. Kor. aftrr nir , thu Cuban lovea hotter than nil other things on earth to btrlko nn attitude , in pose , to strut and brag and make blmhelf out a great man aud his gftitlo fellow Inlanders n great nation. Thousands of Cubans really believe that there was once a band of men worthy to be called u Cuban army , and that they \ fought battles. Others admit that tlicra f were merely llttlo companies of starving stragglers , who sometimes fired their two cartridges nplocu from ambush at Spanish scouting parties , and then scattered. Hut they al/ think they did great execution. ( Jet korno American or Englishman who was with them to tell you his view of it. Is Infustcd with "after the war" soldiers , It will bo dlscouraglnglx different. Cuba % braggadocio mock hcroou who never got within i-ar hot of fighting. W. M Oallagner of IJryau. 5-a. , isayu : "For forty years I have tried various cou u medi cines , Ono Minute Cough Cure Is bout oi nil. " H relieves Instantly and cures ail tliront and luiiu troubles.