Nebraska Newspapers

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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 28, 1914.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
Old World Giving: Qrcat Deal of At
tention to Wheat
CORN CLOSES WITH LOSSES
Sotfc Yellow Cereal and Oata Off In
Sympathy- with Movement to tie
dnce Price as Itesnlt of
Bin Harvest Outlook.
OMAHA, jrune n. 114.
A great deal of attention has been
given to the purchase of wheat by the
world, and these transactions are now
neing made only In a sub-rosa way.
There were many rumon of additional
purchases on foreign account yesterday.
and there were rumors of the chartering
of additional vessel room outside of Uio
11,000.000 bushels as reported Friday. It
naa been claimed right along that with
the decline In wheat, value the cnuntrv
would refuse to part with Its grain, but
inn naa noi oeen me case. The purchase
In the southwest wnrA not onlv laTc-A hv
Chicago houses, but fit Louis and Kansas
v.ny concerns reported heavy business
In new wheat The new crop coming for
ward Is the best nualltv that vnr
received in any market and this fact
win neip me proaucers no little.
Jaeob Schrelner. the big; grain man of
Bt Louis. In a message to his son, Prank,
on the Hoard of Trade, says that new
"' crowcinK on mat marKet ana
that Wheat that was boucht hv hU ran.
-ern for delivery before July 30 was
delivered to them yesterday. He believes
that wheat will sell lower, but that farm,
era are In a Position to hold a great
qui 01 iifir gram ana mat ruinously
low prices will not be seen on this crop.
Edward Bragg of Detfenbaugh & Bragg
of Ktnui city was on the Board of
Trade yesterday and he says that one
vivnuui realise uie crop situation in lian
as without vls.tlrrg that state: that the
amount of wheat raised would astonish
anyono who even expected to see a big
crop: that, the railroads will be unable to
handle It if the farmers persist In offer
ing even a fair amount of their surplus.
Corn closed with losses of yp&e and
oats were olf In sympathy. Both corn and
oats were under selling pressure at vari
ous periods yesterday, While com rallied
sharply from the low prlcecs reached,
pats gained only a little from the bottom
lavel-'. Cash transact ons In corn were
150,003 bushels and oats 220,000 bushels.
There were free offerings of July ribs
and lard, and one of the larger packers
sold a line of October lard early. A few
shorts bid up the July pork. Shippers
were buyers of July ribs, The closing
for lard was weak, while ribs were
steady, w. u. Oregson, the well known
broker, advances the opinion that there
are quite a number of good Judges In the
provision situation who feet friendly to
lard at the discount at which It Is selling
under meats. He says that the market
for hogs Is on a healthy basis; that the
meat trade la good, but that the general
future outlook seems conducive to heavy
future commitments.
Cash wheat was 11 Ho lower,
Cash corn was unchanged to Ho higher.
Cash oata were unchanged to He higher.
Clearances of wheat and flour were
M.0W Lushels; corn, 4,000 bushels; oats,
2.UW bushels.
At Liverpool wheat closed HQid lower;
coin, UOHd higher.
Primary wheat receipts were 400,000 bu,;
and ehlmro. ta O0.0C0 bu., against re.
celpta of 543,000 bu. and shipments of P35,
ui tu. lost year.
Primary corn receipts were 495.000 bu.
and shipments 764,000 bu., against receipts
of 723,000 bu. and shipments of 618,000 uu.
last year.
Primary oaU receipts were 575,000 bu.
anl thtprre U 625,-COJ bu., against re
cel ts of P27.000 bu. and shipments of KB,
000 bu. last year.
CARLOT RECEIPTS.
Wheat corn, oats
Chlcafo 30
1
Minneapolis 48
Duluth S3
Omaha
Kansas City $
fit Louis M
M
Winnipeg ................ .. ...
These sales were reported today: Wheat
No. z hard winter: x car, hk; i car.
SlUe. No. 2 mixed! 1 car. Mo. No. 4
spring: 1 car. He Oats No. S white:
cars, 35ic. No. 4 white: 1 car, Ho; 1
rar, Sc No grade: 1 car. Mo: 2 cars,
34Hc Corn-No. 8 white: 1 cars, 70o. i
car, OHo. No. 3 white: 1 car. ttc 1 car,
csHc: 3 3-5 cars. 9o; 1 car, estta No. 3
yellow: E cars, 5Hc: 4 cars, Uo. No, 3
yellow, 6 1-5 cars 5e; 4 cars, esc. No. 4
yeuow: i car, mc ro.
644c No. 8 mixed: 6 cars, U4c; 1 car,
64c. No grade: 1 car, 6SM0.
Omaha Cash Prices Wheat: No, t
hard. 8184c; No. S hard, 893c; No. 4
hard, 79lo; No. 3 spring, 7704o: No. 3
spring. 7SS3c: No. 4 spring, Mr83c; No.
3 durum. SlSMc. Corn: No. 3 white, V4
tfJflOe: No. I while. esH9V4e; No. 4 white.
CT6bo; wo. a yeiiow. woVio: no.
yellow.
lw'c, no. t yeuow, uwrMti
C39Hc Oats: No. 3 white, MU3SHo;
stand ard. 35tf2c: No. 3 whltaT H
9W4o; No. 4 white, JE35Vto- Barley:
Malting, 43&4c; No. 1 feed. 3944c. Rye!
No, 3. MHqCTc; No. 3, KQWAc-
CinOAQO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Features ot tfca Tratllair Closta
Prices ea Boar ot Trade,
CHICAGO, June 37. Pear of black rust
In the spring crop region gave the wheat
bulls today a chance to rally. As a re
sult, the market which had an upward
last nearly the whole session, closed
steady at a, gala ot Ho net Other lead
ing staples, too, all finished higher than
last night-corn up lHdHo to H4rHo, oats
H0Had provisions JVio. to 10
ProeWct of a big decrease In the visible
supply total Monday had considerable In
fluence toward sustaining the wheat ad
vance. Tli 9 great export sales shown, to
have taken place of late were also ef
fective as an aid in offsetting the en
larged movements from the field In the
winter belt.
Jt vu a drongth scar that put up the
price of corn. Damage reports came from
Texas, Oklahoma. Kansas. Missouri, Ken
tucky and Tennessee. Hot winds were
Bald to have prevailed In Oklahoma for
threo days with temperatures above 100.
Southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio were
also reported to bo suffering Injury that
threatened to become acuta unl-
forded quick relief. OaU were bought on
wkdwu 01 mo sirengin or otner grain.
Provisions ranged higher because ot
shorts covering. The lnceutlve wm
mainly the wholesale reversal of feeling
In regard to cereals.
Futures closed as follows:
Artlclel Open. lllgh.l Low. Cloe.lYea'yT
.Wheat!
jujy.
77 7li
77H 7SV4
em
jth m
S&hi 37
7i u
S7H
m csh
m sin
H
21 35 21 15
SO 00 19 05
1015 1 10 10
1I47H U.45
U 60 U 47H
Sept
T7H
S7H
3SU
I
wra
July.
8ept
Cats
July.
Bept
July.
nis
2000
1010
a so
2112H1
Sept
90 02H
1 WH
1010
U42H1
11 45
Lard
Julr.!
Sept:
10 00
1011
JODS
July
114TH
Kept
11 45
11 to
Chicaxo Cash Prices Wheat: Nn a
tS4Hc: No 3 hard, S4Hc: No. 3 north-
1SI
,o. standard. 3itf3c Rye
No.
2, ifc. Barlay: 49
Baeda: Timothy.
M.J65.0. clover. U0.00au.00. ProvLloni
Pork, $ML17H; lard. 9.Hi ribs, lU.ootf
OHRRSR fytwtf! daliUa. IIUIMIl,
twins. MUgltHc; Americas. lSc; long
horns. JriTIiVic
BUTTEIt-Twer: creameries, 30326Uc.
EOaS-Higberj.recelpU.-lS.6l0 cases: it
mark, eases included, lstufc; ordinary
i icl' TJ ASIC J "
POUliTIlY Alive, lower; springs. ,20
24o; fowls. 15c. v
I4vrvooI Orailn Market.
LTVERPOOL, June Z7-WHBAT-No 1
Manitoba. 7s 4d; No. X 7s 3d; July, 60
fH4. October, 44 H4: .December, Cs SUd.
CORN American mixed, ta Id; July, 5
Xew York Generitl Market.
NEW YORK. June H. fiUQAn-rt.-
barely atecdy; centrifugal. 2.7o: molasses.
Mc; urn uv,v.v us. reiiDeu. un
chaneed.
BOTTER-Creamery, extras S7esHjc:
EOdS-Kreib gathered, extras, 2MfXc;
mum finU, mmie; firsts. 26-&ttc;
nearby"hennry, browns, xifjttc; mixed cot-1
ors, lSQSo.
uhiukse stats, whole cream, fresh, i
specials, HXfUc: average, fancy. 14V4a
POULTRY Alive, ttrong: western
chickens, broilers, 2GilS3c: fowls, Ita: tur
Key. uvHc ureasea, irregular; western
chickens, frozen, UHQltc; fowls, 13QltHo;
turkeys, 3S4126&
OMAHA GEnnitAli UARKCT,
BUTTEIUrNo. 1, l-ro. cartons, 27c; No.
1, 00-1 b. tubs, 27c
CHEEBE Imported Swiss. SSc! Ameri
can Swiss, 3tc: block Swiss, 22c; twins,
17c; daisies. 17 Ho; triplets, 17Hc; Youns
Americas, 19c; blue labol brick, 17Ho, llm
burger, 1-lb., 18c; Mb., 30c; New York
white, l$c.
FISH-Whlte. ISc: trout, 15c: large crap,
pies, 12c: Spanish mackerel, 16c; shsd roe,
per pair, 50c; salmon, 16c: halibut, llci
buffalo. 9Hc; channel catfish, 15c; pike,
Mc; pickerel, 9&
POULTRY-Brollers, 20c; hens, 12oi
cocks, SHc; ducks, to; geese, tc; turkeys.
I5c; pigeons, per dozen, 0c; ducks, full
feathered, tc; geese, full feathered, to;
squabs. No. 1. $1.50; No. 2. 50c,
BEEF CtTTS-Wholesale prices of beef
cuts, effective In Omaha June a, aro as
follows: No. 1 ribs, 17o: No. 2. 17c; No.
3, lc No. 1 loins, lc; No. 2, 17fcc; No
t, H& No. 1 chucks. HUc; No. i, 10o;
No. t, 10Hc No. 1 rounds, 16c; No. S,
Htto: No. t. c No. 1 plates, SHc; No.
2, So; No. , 7Hc
The following fruit and vegetable prions
are quoted by the OUUisky Fruit company:
niuriu oranges: uxira lancy oun
klst navols, 80s, tz.CO per box: Ms and 100s,
12.75 per box; itU and 150s, jgOO per box:
t'liuuri 1 aucuii orrcviB, hob, ... . v.
J2li, 13.00 per box; extra fancy Glendora
vaienctas, Mis, me, izs, loot. 17M, zws, zies
and 250s, 12.75 per box; red ball Vaienctas,
all sizes. 23.60. Lemons: Extra fancy
Golden Bowl, MOm and 260. 27.00 per box;
tancy tsiiver uora, suds ana os, ss.w per
box: extrs. fancy Bunklst Trail brand.
300s and toon, 4.75 per box. Grapefruit:
Extra fancy. , 14.60 per box; extra
fancy, 44s, 4.00 per box: extra fsjncy, Us,
ttJtO per box; Indian River, (4s and to.
K.OO per box. Apples: Ben Davis, 11.76
per box; Wlnessps. 12.50 per box
California cherries, 22.00 per box.
California apricots, ii.w per crate,
California. Plums. $1.3001.76 per crate.
California peaches. 11.00 tier box. Pins-
apples: Florida 4Ss, (2,75 per crate; Florida
42s, 43.00 per crate; Florida 3fis, S3.23 per
crate, Florida 30s and 24s, 3150 per crate.
uananas: fi.1w3.tt1 per bunch.
VEGETABLES Home irnwn xnlnarh.
2So per bu. Cabbage: Now Texas, 2c ptr
,aiuornia, a per 10. unions: Cali
fornia, 4o per lb.; cryaUl wax, 32.60 per
crate, l'eppers: 60c per basket Toma
toes: Fancy. $1.75 per crate. Cucumbers:
Hot house, 60cC(f 1.00 per doz. New beets.
$L60 per doz. Head Lettuce; 60c to $1.60
per aos. i-ai lettuce: 400 per doz.
Onions: Home-grown, 15c per doz.
Radishes: 16a Per doz. PmUvi M n-
d05-. 5.r,J?' In, 20o per lb, Horse
radish, IMS per case. Popcorn, shelled,
60 per lb. Asparagus, home-grown, per
Jpz., market price about SOc. Potatoes:
New, 2Ho per lb; extra fancy Colorado
nl Wyoming, whlto stock, 2c per lb.
ClMg.veri."om.6:rown' !1J Der basket
HONEY Nw Hnlnrarin fan 1 VM.t. -
U.00 cs. '
WATERMELONS-JHc lb.
apneots, $1.60 box; plums, $1.85 box:
$100 box b0XS fCd nd b ch"'M.
basket ""0n' ffrown" ,tM
PINEAPPLES-Florida, $3.25 crate.
BANANAS 11.75 In nm k.'''
NUTS-Peanuu: Salted, $L60 per case.
Walnuts; No. 1 Callforn a. l$Ho per b
Pecans. 12Ue nor lh. iriiKlti. . Vl. ?.
w?iJb?.i'.al,frmmM.. W-09 Per case.
StiS Lhdards. U.75 per crate
pony. S2.00 per orate
Sugar walnuta aW... vl":
, - , - u.ivfl, per dox:
cir. $i c p
tinit.H ur..r VT"1 "Rion ouueun of the
tv.fniF vT,,.r ' m ymana, tor me twen-
DISTRICT.
AiTWa-Neb.".'!'! CS?
Co umbuw. Neb. 95 CO .a pt. doudy
Cu beruon. Nb. 9J 60 0 ciiar
Fa rbury. Nob.. ,7 69 o0 C ear
?Jll. Nb T 3 .00 Clear
Hastings, Neb.. 98 m .00 Clear
Holdrege.Neb.100 CO .00 Ckar
Lincoln. N-h . mi X; X!.r
No. Platte, Nb 88 64 loo C eif
Oakdale. Neb.. 03 61 .00 PtSoudy
Omaha, Neb..,. 96 64 .00 Clear
aman, xeo. 93 58 .00 dear
ii,: , - w ,w wiear
All ..Iav 90 M .00 Cloudy
vjarroii, in. 92 CO .00 Clear
g bley, la., 91 to l.so Cloudy
1 " 4 wi ,w v;iouay
Minimum temperature for twelve-hour
Period ending at 8 a. m.
DISTRICT AVERAGES.
. No. of Tmn. Rain-
Collimhlla ft.... 1 cfl -
Louisville. Ky... 22 100 73 j00
aoago. in 24s 84 64 .70
Louis. Mn 1 im rw.
Ds Moines, la.. 34 92 64 !60
Mioneapous .... M 76 54 1.30
Kan. City, Mo.. 32 98 64 io
Omaha, Neb 17 94 60 o
The weather is cooler in the western
and central portions of the corn and
wheat region. ExceMrlve rains occurred
in North Dakota and Minnesota, and
t,c.wL-rln .WA njral in Wisconsin.
Inches occurred In North Dakota.
, L. A. WELSH,
Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
MlnneafKills a rata Market.
XfTVWTPl YVT TO v.. M
DorUiern. ttT&GttUo.
je kuuiv- uncuangeo.
BARLEY44Qc
RYE-654tc.
BRAN-$19.26.
COBN-No. t yellow, ejflMa.
OAT0-NO, 3 white, Mfliaue.
St. liOMfa Vs.w.
ST. LOUIS, June 27. WHEAT Traok.
V0.- J.r?,a- 'H'fno: No. 2 nard, 80cj6o;
r, ,kv'T'lrS.c. w ro. s white,
3 white
Kunini City Ornln mai Provisions.
Sbord, old. (A0fojnew, 7662c; No. 3 red!
uiuM-uncnanjsea; no. 3 mixed. 6So;
n AT UCMn Inn.. vr t.ll.
No. 3 mixed, SiHc '
Co!te Market.
NEW TORK. June 27.-COFFEB-Th.
was a further decline In coffee today,
making low ground for the movement
unaor rtiwwua uquiqauon ana bear pres
sure, encouraged by estimates that Jul
receipts at Santos would exceed last year's
" uags. ine opening was 3 to 8
Points lower: the closo. 12 to IS nr.inii, ni
lower. Sales, 25,000 bags: June, 8.27c; July,
o-uiw, DciJivinuar, &o, vcwoer, 5,⁣ De
cember, 8.S30' January, 8.85o; March, 8.63c;
May. 8.9Sc Spot market, nominal; Rio,
No. 7, 9o; Santos, No, 4, UJio; mild, dull;
cordova, 12HQHC nominal.
Cotton Market.
NEW YOR1C, June 27.-COTTON-Futures
closed steady; July, u.7c:
A,Ui1ut'xtW ?eJ!nb' Re,o; January
12.68c; March. 12.00c: May. 13.81c. Spoi
quiet; middling. IS-Kc; gulf. 1160c; No
LIVERPOOL, June 2T.-COTTON-8pot.
steady; good middling, 8.13d; middling.
7.61d; low middling. 7.13d; sales, 2,000 bales,
New York Metal Market,
NEW YORK, June 27. METALS The
metal markets were dull and practically
nominal. Ijike copper, nominal; electro
lytic, $13.50013.75; casting, $lS.ta iron, un
changed. Kvaporated Apple and Dried Fruits
NEW YORIC. June n.JRvAPORATED
APPLES-Stoady. Prunes, quiet
DRIED FRUITS ApricoU. stead
Peaches, dull. Raisins, quiet.
OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET
I
jDry Lot Cattle Steady and Otheri
lower for Week.
H0QS LOWER THAN WEEK AGO
Fat-Sheep Te-.tt to Twenty Cents ana
'Fat Lambs on an Average
Thlrty-FIvo Cents Lower
for the Week.
80UTII OMAHA, June 27, 1914.
-vsijiia wnrrji LBllllh iui. wuck-
r t fi s r m
oionaay.,,,..,, j.auv
4.815
6,332
viiivim lueuaay. t.ssz
Official Wednesday 3.276
13.630
9.119
9,43d
9,631
9,00)
2.728
4,837
0.158
Estimate Saturday!!.'" 60
Six days this week... 11,459 55,481 26.690
Same days last week., 12.207 61,615 15,933
Same days 2 wks ago., 11,428 42,383 11,603
Same days 3 wks ago.. 12,179 42,19 12.CGS
Same days 4 wks ago. .14,343 66,322 15.470
Same days last year.. -14,126 68,004 10,741
The following tahla afnwa thit rAcelnla
of cattle, hogs and sbfep at the South
Omaha live stock market for the year to
date, as compared with last year:
un. mis. inc. uec
Cattle 2A4.767 4I9.7A2 24.33G
Hogs ..1,3-10,802 1,462,819 U2.017
oneep l,OGl,fi78 920,6 140,892
The following table shows the range of
prices for hog st thn South Omaha live
stock market for the last few davs. with
nomparlaonst
Data
1)14. I I iW
s.i ai..,iw. lfw
una S.
04H
8 31
8 27:
7 36
B 8HI 9 01
6 26
June 7.
June 8.
June 9..
June 10.
June 11.
June 12.
Jun, 111
7 43
6 86i U 16
7 32
7 9T4
7 90H
7 44
7 45!
5 83
9 29
9 32
9 35
9 36
7 88) 6 27
8 27
89
7.871
6 27
8 3$
6 99
7 40
5 27
5 37
6 48
6 62
6(0
6 64
7 951
8C3
8 47
8 62
S69
Vfi
7 43
7 23
7 35
E 90
6 79
6 79
6 78
7
June '.
8 bfl'i
7 31
9 23
7 36
7 26
9 27
762
7 67
7 66
June 15.
Junk ML
103
9 401
I 01U
8 601
6 86
9 38
June IT. i
4I
8 40f 7 ll
6 911
9 211
7 63f
E 63
.1111 1
June it.
S IX
38 7 23
9 30
7 611 5 37
7 631 7 64
5H
June 20.
Jim 91
r - . .
7 61
wuue , I
June 23,
June 2 1.
June 25.
June 28.
June 27.
Sunday.
Receipts and dlsooaitinn n iiv
at the ITnlnn fltrwlr v.ni. a..,u r.
Neb., for twonty-four hours ending at
I o clock yesterday:
RKUElPTS-C-ARS.
a. m. & st p "7. i
Wabash j
Missouri Pacific 5
Union Pacific u !!
C. & N. W.. east
C. & N. W west , tc 1
u., au f a., et o 9
C B. & Q.. east.... 3 2
C B. & Q. west 2
C R. I. St P., east 18 8
u, n, I, a P., west It
Illinois Central 6
Chicago Great Western 4
Total recelpU 3 137 4
DISPOSITION HEAD.
Ttr.tr
Morris & Co 1,1 j2
Swift and Company , 1,610
Cudahy Packing Co 2.148
Armour & Co 3.003
nohwarU & Co lit
J. W, Murphy 71
Morreu i
Total 8,332
niM'!.W T) .A.lnl 1 1 1
this week, although running somewhat
behind the record of a year ago. Beef
atra hav K..n -ii
In good demand every day. The market
- w. wwB,i(iiiiH (no iroaa, laoi up-
Aky to that at the close of the week
p..va , jul auuui twur wim last
week.
Dry-lot .cows and heifers have been
Uady all the week and active sellers.
The same has been true of fed bulls.
Uros stock on the other hand has had
a downward liiutuau n H
than lost weak.
oeod to oholoe weighty feeders have
bsa very sraros, but the feeling on that
kind of n&ttla tm ,,u rru. iT- .
able kinds of faedara tnetithmr with
Btookors, stook cows and heifers, and
calves wo nround 38o lower.
, w-.u , vummon 10 I air Deei
oqw, J.75F7.iO fair to good gradsa. ts.7iSw
0.T0I OOmmon to fair trraH.n u Uu it.
food to choice stockors and focdeTsrSO
1".? '? falr tookers nd tW-fS,
rjilJt.,t0k oow,.".2d- heifers, $3.otj
7,001 (took calves. I4.E0M7.tki .i.T-.
JJ.u P" M flr run of hogs
IIT. oari being . rsportod In the
io week
an any
smnller
The fnarlfnt Indnu aa mmmm - - a. . -
nut with phots a shade lower than the
aM(h.4r ,3i"lcr,J,a7' In . "the?
vordi, tno hogs today sold varv i.rr.iv
! "hMfiTt'Itf .uwhSr4,u ytefday the
SK. ...Tt?.i E ln?. l0D yesterday, and
imo good butcher hogs resohed $i,23V4.
The nemand was mnnA nH 'ZZ-rl
UtlUoaiit life to the tJ-
The market this wsek hu hK
ff.!,,iWuLv,PA.0?,?, nlgher. reaching
WMsd'av". &WJKE. 2!!$NL An
w later "In the 3' At ' th. c 0.7?
maruev is around Bo lower on an averaiia
Jt.Jtht C,0M 91 lt A About
iLflt Ll "? on IV Saturday sold at
with n top at $130. Monday of the
rff"?1 WJ9U. " wi high point reached
IhWs far durlngthe month ot juni
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HIIKBP There were no fresh receipts
today, as Is otUn the caae on a Saturday.
Aa might bo expected with such an In.
crease In the receipts as was (he cose
the last week, prices continued on a
downward trend on most every day.
Bprlng lambs showed a IOQSSq decline on
r it II 2J
8 20H S 41 7 6 91 I
8 21U 8 40 7 36 6 Ml 9 U
1 8 431 7 40 6 131 9 401 7 6$
1 23UI 8 44 I 201 9 16 7 461 6 IS
8 C9KI 844 420i9 176 83
8 OOUJ 8 61 7 46 6 14 0 24 7 40 5 92
8 13K 8 63 7 89 9 26 7 48 5 37
8 17UI 8 62 7 20) 6 12 7 68 5 83
! 8 46 7 $0 6 li 0 13 5 86
Dringi.the total for.U
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Monday, with a fairly large run here, nnd
on Tuesday another liberal supply led the
packer buyer to be again bearish and
consequently reduced prices further by
aotfSOo. A slight lotup in the receipts on
Wednesday Influenced tho trade for the
better, and aa a result spring lambs were
strong to a shade higher. Thursday
opened rather nulet, with receipts still nf
liberal proportions and trade slow to a
sliaue lower, which was followed by a
gooa sieaay io strong marKet on f riday.
Current values on spring laris would
averasro up about 35c lower than a weak
ago, though the sales on paper do not
actually snow up tne run extent of the
decline, which was due to thn fact thnt
the general Quality of the offerlnss nt
the close of the present week was not
nearly as good as a week ago. Monday
waa the high time, when spring lambs
sold at 89.40.
Trade In aged sheep has not been as
large ns was expected, though good for
tills time or the year. Tne center of In
tercst was In ewes, aa more of them than
anything else were on the market. Most
all kinds of mutton offerings are lOJTCOe
orr for tne week. Monday being the nigh
time, some ran if o ewen reached H00 ami
ranee ewes 15.00. It might be added thnt
reports from the west Indicate a great do-
mand for breeding ewes.
Little of consequence as yet has taken
Place In the feeder trade, but there were
some transactions In feeding lambs around
S5.7bD6.40, and these prices may be taken
as a present quotation until the trade
gets on a settled basis.
Nearly nil of tho range stuff coming
enst thus far has been stopped at Omaha
nnd tho receipts here are expected to In
crease materially next week.
Quotations on range sheep and lambs!
Lamb", good to choice. 89.0099.40; lambs,
fair to good, 18.40(79.00: Iambs, feeders.
K.7PffJi,40; yearlings, good to choice. 15.75
(87.10; yearlings, fair to good, 06.50ft4.76;
wethern. good to choir. 25.60fS5.S0: weth
ers, fair to good, t5.:E'3f.C0; ewes, good to"
choice, J4,sotfs.lo; ewes, fair to good, 4.WP
4.90.
STOCKS AITT nONDfl.
Itevle.iT of Operations on Stock Ex
change Dnrtnar the Day.
NEW YORK. Juno 27. Good fractional
gains wero qulto general In tho early
dealings on the Stock exchange today
and the list bore further evidence ot Its
disposition to break away from the ap
prehension caused by the Claflin fail
ure. Bt. Paul was strongest or tne rep
resentative shares and May Department
Stores was prominent In the special group
with an advonco of ltt- Unofficial reports
from WashlnKton to the effect that the
eastern freight rates decision, now in the
hands of the Interstate commerce oom
mfaalnn. would not be issued today acted.
however, as a deterrent on trading, which
was dull and professional.
The two-hour session on the stock ex
change today was barren of develop
ments, Prices Inclined steady toward a
higher level, and the Claflin failure, with
Its attendant circumstances, anpearcu iu
be forgotten for the time. Tho market
closed firm.
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Amr. 8. A IUt.... 42 Mtxlcaa retroleam. I.V
Amir. 8utir nl....l0MIml Copper 2114
Amer. Tel. TI....U2'iMo.. K. T. S
Anio. Mlnlns SOfc'Mo. Taclfle UH
At chiton 'National ueao....
, 44
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Tlrnnklrn R. T 90 N. Y. Central
Ctlllorala Petroleum. 1HJN. Y.. N. II. ft H. II
Canadian Fictile in Nortnarn i-acinc uo
Central Lwitber SSHrtnn;lTnla 11U
Clitaapeake O tOHrullmtn ni. Car...li4ti
Chi., Mil. tt St. r. SSHIUr Con. Coppar.. 24X
Chlno C5oppr S0T4 Reading 1I2H
Colo. Fuel & Iran., SHItotk lilanl Co 2
Cola. A Southern.... I3H do pfd 2
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Erta SlURouthern Rr 24
Oen, Electric 14T Union PacUlo 1S1U
Ot. Nor. pfd 122HU. S. Steel 40H
Gt. Kor. Ore ctfi.. 11 H do ptd 143
nilnote Centra) 11? Utah Copper ST
Ir.lertor.-Met. rfd... ItUWestern Union 17
Iniplratlon Copper... IT
UIO.
Clear I nor. llonse Danle Statement.
NEW YOItK, June 27. The statement
of the actual condition of clearing house
banks and trust companies for the week
shows that they hold 22t.3u7.850 reserve in
excess Of legal requirements. This Is a.
decrease of 87.1M.400 from last week. Th
statement follows:
Actual condition: Decrease.
Loans 82,118.371,000 8 7,833,000
Specie 417,578,000 6,758,000
Iegal tenders 72.978.000 6,574,000
Net deposits 2,020,397,000 19,996,000
Circulation 41,175,000 '13,000
Banks' cash re
serve In vaults 418.009.000
Trust companies'
o a s h reserve in
vault 74.515.000
Aggregate cash
reserve 490,65,ooo
Ex. lawful reserve.. 31.357.SS0 7.481.400
Trust companies' re- "
serve with clearing
house members
carrying 25 per cent
cash reserve. $5,392,000
Summary of state banks and truat mm.
panlea In Greater New Tork not included
in clearing house statement: Decrease.
L,oans and investmenU.t674.395.S0O S922.tm
Gold 43.30O.S00 SS.900
Currency and bank notes.. 9.930.200 ins.im
Total deposit 674,772,100 616,000
Tiocal Securities.
Quotations tarnlahed by name. Drinker & Co..
441 Omaha. National bank building;
Gtoeka old. Aaked.
Palrrnont Cream, ptd. 7 p. e., az-dlr, M 100
Fairmont Cream, c. I n. c. ez-dlr... sa iim
Nebbraika-Iowa Oraln Co.,., ,
Oman C B, Bt. Ry. pfd. ax-elv. 7U SOU
Omasa C. B. Tt. A O 65 tl
Omaha H L, 4 I. Pfd... ,. Tl S3
mirl I-lfa Inaumnea , HH
Union Stock Yardi, Omtba .SSU JV4
Bwin a co,, 7 per cent, ex-Ur ( 106 10U
Skinner Macaroni. I per cent ptd..,, 81U
So. Sen Francleco Land Imp,.,,, 21U 144
Donda
Bancroft, Neb., 8a..,,,, , MU 140
J. I. Daa Tbraeh. Mh, If, U1T-1S1S. , S 144
t.m ci. uQun os nun, u. 1932 , si M
Dundr Co., Neb.. School Ca, itll-lits 144 144
Fall nixer Co.. 9. D.. Ea. lMi im im.h
Iowa Rr. ft Lt 5a 1112. 14 9S
K. C. M. & O. 4a... 14 13
Uncoln Traction la. 1SJS si 91U
Omaha B. I & P. la. Ills 11 aiu.
Omaha Oft Ea 1IT 95U MU
cur or Omaba 4U, 1H1 10IU los
Oimha A C. I). . Rr. la, HIS su tiu
Pttset Sound T. I ft P. 4a, 11 104 101
Bcrlbner. Nb. la. KM m im
Salt Lake Brhool 4a. 1134 M 9CH
ruuK wnT moc isrua ea, leo...... yiu 92U
-.iff 7 e- M '
Swift ft Oo., la. 1M4 HK 7U
Wayne. Neb.. B. D. la , lw
Banlc CIrnrtnga,
OMAHA, June 27. Bank clearings for
Omaha today were 22,114 679.96, and for
the corresponding day last year 32,799,
512. 86.
The summary or the clearings for the
week and for the corresponding week
last year Is as follows:
- Last Tear. Thla V..r
Monday $3,995,582.23 12.855,777.27
.., ,iut,u,(i z,B,T77.r7
Wednesday 2.632.370.63 Tr.T re err
Thursday 2,336,399.51 2 4U.S12.52
r nuay ............... z,si,tc.zu 1,469.508.26
Saturday 2,799,522.85 2,114,679.9a
Totals J18,4to.5S.lS 115,034,-00.90
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, June 27. MONKV-Call
nominal: nn loans. Time loans ituiiv.
sixty days, VA per cent; nlnaty days. 21
per cent: six months. 3M33H per cent.
PKIME MEUCANTIIiH PAPER-3.
1H IT jam.
STERUNO EXCIIANOE - Strong:
sixty-day bills. I4.S5M: demand, $4.8780;
commercial bills. 14.S6H. '
SILVKU-Ilar, 66Hc; Mexican dollars.
44c.
BONDS-Oovernment, easy; railroad.
IpMmil.p
London Stook Market,
LONDON, Juno 27. American securities
were quiet and steady. Opening prices
were about unchanged and later the Hat
advanced a, fraction on fair buying and
closed from HO4 above parity. Consols
for money, 74 15-15; for account, itli-H,
bar silver, quiet, at 28d; money, IHtjClH
per cent; short bills. 2V4 per cent; throe
months, 1 per cent
Treasory Btxtemeat.
WASHINOTON, June S7. The condition
ot the Unltod States treasury at the be
ginning ot business today was: Net bal
ance In the enrnil fund. $100,539,046; total
receipts yesterday, $8,163,610; total pay
ments yesterday, $2,584,618. The deficit
this fiscal year la $10,676,590, against a
surplus ot $17,550,410 lost year, exclusive
of Panama oaual and publlo debt trans
actions. Ury Goods Market.
NEW YORK. June 27.-DRY GOODS
ft Inn ervvsuta ttfftM 1-1 lilatf an a
day. Yarns were dulL Jobbers reported
n wvucraiu ewvwio uueuina, uaucr-
wear and hoslerr were In moderate df.
mand for late delivery. Linens wero
sieauy,
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Cuttle flfendr Hogs Steady Sheep
Steady.
CHICAGO. Juna 57 CATTLE Re
ceipts. 200 head: mnrknt Kaiv: lmtn.
$7.t&S.40; steers, $6.9008.20; Blockers and
feeders. $5.1038.10; cows and heifers, $3.70
S11.W, caives, 17.uog19.G0.
HOGS Receipts, 11.000 head; market
sieaay; duik, W.25a8.: light, $8.1098.40;
mlxtnl, $8.050&424; heavy. $9.S510.40;
rough, $7.C8.10: nigs. n.25fi.20.
SHEEP AND tiAMBS Receipts, 6,000
neao; marKet steady; sheep, Sj.40H6.40;
yearlings, $6.4087.50; Jambs, $5.6O8,30;
sprincs, $6.t59.43.
Kansas City Live Stock Market.
KANSAS CITY, June 27.-CATTt.E-Il.-celpts,
100 head; market steady; prime
fed steers, $S.769.25; dressed beef steers,
$7.COi88.00; western steers, $6.25Q8.75;
southern steers, $5.65S.2S; cows and heif
ers, $1.257.03; heifers, IS.KrgO.00; stock
ers and feeders, $6.507.60; bulls, 15. WW
7.00; calves, $6.5008.00.
HOGS Receipts, 1,600 head; market
steady; bulk, $8.20g8.35; heavy. $8.35
8.40; packers and butchers, $3.258,40;
light. $8.25Q8.30; pigs, $7.5Otj.00.
SHEEP AND IAMBS-Recelpts. SOJ
head; lambs, $$.60fi9.2o; yearlings. $6.i"i
7.00; wethers, $4.76g6.100: ewes, $4.25e6.00;
stockers and feeders, $3.0037.00.
St. lnnla lire Stock Market.
ST. LOUIS. June 27. CATTT.K n.
cetpts, 450 head; market steady; beef
steers. $7.6020. 2J: cows arid heifers. X5.or
9.00; stockers and feeders, $5.00g7.65;
southern steers, a.7o'8.4o: cows and heif
ers. $4.5086.65; native calves, l5.O0fi9.D0.
HOGS Receipts, 2,500 head J market
steady; pigs and lights, $3.76fl.40; mixed
and butchers, $S.25S. 42tV. heavy. $8.30ra
8.40.
SHEEP AND LAMBS RecelDts. SOD
head; market steady: sheared muttona.
$4.75i36.00; sheared lambs, $7.0008.00; spring
lambs, $8.089.2S.
St, Joseph Live Stock Markot.
ST. JOSEPH, June 27.-CATTLE-R-celpts,
60 head; market steady: steers,
$7.509.00; cows and heifers, $t.00g6.75;
calves, t6.7MI9.50.
HOGS Receipts, 3.200 head: market
steadv: top. 3S.3S: bulk of sales. ll.DOfi)
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts. 300
head: market steady to 15c hlrrher: lamba.
$7.75tj0.15.
Omaha Hay Market.
OMAHA. June 25. HAY Prairie.
choice upland. $15.00; No. 1. $14.50; No. 2,
10.WV311.00; No. 3. 6.007.00. Choice
midland, none nere, no. 1. $l3.oon.to;
No. 2, $10.001511.00; No. 3. $6.0(V7.t)0.
Choice lowland. No. 1. S10.0OW12.OO: No. 2.
$70(V89.00; No. 3, $4.007.00 .
ALFALFA Choice old, I13.0014.00: No.
1, old. $12.00(313.00; No. 2, old, $8.00 10.00;
choice, new, No. 1, $12.0013.00; No. 2,
SlO.Wfli.lW.
wirelessThones success
Tents Are Made, from Fast Movlnsr
Train r Mintlnu Plfty
Miles Avrny.
While the eastbound Lackawanna Lim
ited of the Delaware, 'Lackawanna &
Western Railroad company was speeding
over tho fifty-three miles between Scran-
ton and Stroudsburg, Pa., May 1, C. V.
Logwood, engineer of the De Forest En
gineering company, sat in I a little com
partment on the train and talked easily
with Telephone Engineer Graf of the
Lackawanna company, who was sitting In
the wireless operator's room In the rail
road station at Scranton.
The train did not stop between Scran
ton and Stroudsburg and Its speed was
fifty miles or over en hour. When Scran
ton was ten miles behind It, Mr. Logwood
put the wireless receivers to his ears,
pushed a little plug here, pulled a little
lever there, and began to talk.
"Hello, hello," he said, and In a mo
ment he heard an answering, "Hello,
hello, who are you?"
"logwood, on board the Lackawanna,
Limited train ten miles east of Scranton.
Who are you?" he replied.
"Graf, In the Lackawanna station at
Scranton," came the answer.
From then until tho train pulled Into
Stroudsburg the two men talked without
Interruption.
This was the first successful trial "of
wireless telephoning between a moving
train and a fixed station, and everything
worked without a single hitch. The De
Forset amplifier, an Invention of Lee De
Forest, was used and made possible
amplification ot speech fifty times above
normal. The wireless telephony Is a de
velopment of wireless telegraphy between
a. moving train and a fixed station,
which the Lackawanna perfected and put
Into practical use several months ago.
The officials of the railroad company
were enthusiastic. William H. Truesdale,
president ot the company, who has backed
It. B. Foley, superintendent ot telegraph,
In all his wireless experiments, said that
In his opinion wireless telephony had
passed from the experimental Into the
development stago. with perfection In
in sight Mr. Foley was delighted, but Is
not ready to stop with what has been
done He Is going ahead for even better
things.
'Wireless telephony between a moving
train and a fixed station," ho said, "ts an
accomplished fact. We proved that this
afternoon. But we are going to prove
more. Further tests will be made to de
termine the greatest distance over which
communication can be carried on by wire
less telephbne. I can't say how much tho
talking distance between a moving train
and a fixed station can bo Increased, al
though there Is no doubt, that it will be
Increased materially, but I believe wire
less telephone conversations between
fixed stations 500 miles apart will be a
matter ot easy accomplishment. The De
Forest amplifier will niako this possible.
'The advantages ot wireless telephony
over wireless telegraphy are easy to see.
For one thing there Is no necessity for
having a trained telegraph operator on
board trains or In stations as any one
can talk and hear over a phone. Even If
the talking distance between a moving
train and a fixed station Is not materially
Increased above the fifty mile radius at
tained yesterday, wireless telephony from
moving trains can be put Into practical
operative and commercial use. With
fixed stations 100 miles opart, a train will
never be out ot communication with one
of them, which will be In communication
with all the others."
The Lackawanna's first wireless tele
phone tests were made several weeks ago,
but had to be abandoned April 17 because
their message Interfered with messages
ot the Navy department sent to and from
the battleships In the Atlantic. The
wave length ot the transmission aerials
used by the railroad was changed and In
tho tests yesterday there was no Inter
ference with government or other mes
sages. New York Times.
Who Couldn't Gueea It.
It Is green and red and white. It glis
tens temptingly with the frost that's on
It. after It has been In the Ice box an
hour or so.
It Is sweet. Swoeter than the honey
that bees have made after they have
flown countless mues in searcn or sweet
ness. ....
It ts juicy, iiore juicy tnan the peach
that has gathered Its moisture from pure
morning dew. .
It la cooling. More .cooling than the
waters that flow from out the deDths of
the recesses that are hidden behind rocks
and smooth-worn pebbles.
What, is It7
It is an elixir of lite: an Inspiration to
the tired of limb and body. It Is
Oh. yum. ymrn
It soon will be here. Cleveland Press.
TIPS ON SPOOKS' SECRETS
Method of Springing Spirit Portraits
on the Credulous.
MOST BATTLING OF TEI0KS
Investigator Shorea Hovr Mediums
Work n Simple Process and
Dnmbfonnd the Average
Spectator. -.
An Interesting exposure of one of .ho
most baffling mysteries with which
ti.iarlatnns and fake splrHuaUsts have de
ceived the credulous, often to the great
flnanclol profit ot tho deceiver, has been
printed by David P. Abbott, of Chicago.
It Is the secret of tho so-called spirit
portrait, a secret whtch has defied many
Investigators, even when their efforts
were spurred by offers of handsome
purses It they should succeed.
Abott has long been known as an ex
poser of fakes. For 30 years ho practised
as a "spirit medium." and In that time
learned most of the tricks of the faker.
Several years ago he printed a book in
which many of the secrets were revealed.
By a rather sardonic turn of circum
stances his greatest discovery resulted in
pecuniary gain to another. After he had
mastered tho secret of the "spirit por
trait," ho gave the result of his inquiries
to on Englishman who, he thought, was
a fellow Investigator. The Englishman
promoted a vaudeville adaptation of tho
mystery and had "received royalties run
ning Up Into the thousands of dollars be
fore Abbott learned of the use to which
his information had been put.
The spirit portrait mystery challenged
detection for several years. Two women
who advertised themselves as mediums
practiced It In Chicago and Kansas City.
Hundreds of persons aro believed to havo
been confirmed In tholr beliefs In spirit
ualism by It. Countless others, unwilling
to believe that the souls of the departed
are hovering about the earth, simply con
fessed they couldn't understand thla phe
nomenon and let It go at that.
Watching; tho Mysterr.
A letter from a, Kansas Cltyan In 190$
first enlisted Abbott's- interest In the af
fair. The letter declared that it was "the
pretest mystery in the world," and.Kald
that one man In Kansas City had spent
$10,000 for pictures, which, he was con
vinced, had been painted by spirit artists.
The writer said ot his own experiences:
"Having met by appointment at the
residence of tho mediums, my doctor
friend and myself were ushered Into a
studio. The object was to secure a por
trait In colors of the doctor's sister, who
w-s killed some six years ago In a run
away accident.
Tho doctor was requested by the me
diums to select two canvases from a
dozen or more that were leaning against
the wall. This he did from the middle ot
the pile, holding them up to the light and
rubbing his hand over them to determine
If there was any coating or film over
them. I also examined them very closely
and was satisfied there was not. One ot
the mediums now took the framed can
vases and, placing them face to face,
etood them upon a small table .in front
of a window which looked out On one of
the city's principal boulevards. The can
vases were leaned against tho window.
Arrnnglmr I.llit Kffectn.
"Ono of the mediums stood upon a chair
and pulled the blind to the top of the
canvases, and then each of them drew
a soft curtain from the side of the win
dow to the frames, thus rjarkening all of
the window except where the light cams
through the canvas; they appeared
clear and white. My friend held a picture
of his dead sister In his hand, being re
quested to fix tho expression of her face
In his mind. We were seated directly In
front of the window, not more than three
feet from the canvas, while the me
diums stood at tho two sides of the table
holding them and talked to us.
"After waiting possibly five minutes
one of the mediums said, 'You will ob
serve how the canvases are drawing.
They are being sized.' The front canvas
did seem to be stretching on the frame,
making a slight noise, as tf a thumb were
being drawn along the Bide of the frame.
Presently the nolBe stopped and thero
peared ori tho outer edge of .the canvas,
or rather between the two, a slight
shadow.
"I did not notice the shadow until our
attention was called to It by the me
diums. It continued to darken, while the
center remained white and clear. In a
few minutes I noticed a pale pink almost
directly In the center. It seemed like
the glow ot sunrise, but there was no
form. Next we noticed an outline. The
face was forming. We noticed two dark
blue blurs that grew more distinct, and
saw that they were eyebrows and eye
lashes of closed eyes. The lines of ths
mouth appeared and the outlines of the
head became visible, while the shoulders
were distinct, and then the eyes opened
out, giving a life-like effect to the por
trait. Ktnrtllnc Itesnltn.
"Was I dreaming? I felt like pinching
myself to see. A woman's face was look
ing at us from between the canvases,
beautiful In form and feature.
The doctor now saw a string of beads
around the neck, one bead at a time.
They changed In color from white to
amber and then to gold. Meanwhile the
background had changed In color several
times, from white to light yellow, then
to dark yellow or brown and then to
green with, a tinge of red, after which It
mottled beautifully until the effect was
superb. The changes took place like
waves of light upward over the whole
picture. The two canvases were now laid
flat on the table and a third canvas was
lifted front the floor and placed over
them for a .cover. Wo were then asked
to place our hands on this, so as to 'set
the colors.' Soon the portrait was un
covered and I found the paint was a kind
ot greasy substance, as I rubbed some
of It on my fingers.
"My friend had enclosed a photograph
of his sister, together with a letter to her
spirit, between slates for a time. In the
Presence of these mediums, some three
days before the sitting. We com
pared the portrait with the photograph;
the psychics asked to look at It, claiming
never to have seen It before. The like
ness was perfect. There seemed to havo
been no opportunity for trickery and
fraud."
8lmtlar experiences came to Abbott
from other cities. Many of them were
from persons of education and Intelli
gence. All ot them agreed If there was
any trick back of It they had been unable
to get any indication of tt by the most
acute observation. Abbott went to work
on the theory that If the thing could' be
done as described by purely material
agencies. It would be uafe to assume that
there was nothing supernatural In what
the mediums bad done.
ntdlcnloualy Simple.
It was only after many experiments ot
different kinds that the truth dawned
upon hlra. When It did come the whole
mystery was so ridiculously simple that
he was am axed, with all of his knowledge,
tof the tricks of the fakers, that he hadn't
lilt upon It long before He had spent
a great deal ottlme trying to find out.
whether the pictures could be painted by
some spray system. An examination ot
tho building In which tho Kansas City J
demonstration hud taken place revealed 1
no traps or opportunities for concealed I
confederates to help the mediums. He '
got his correct start when ho began won
dering why two canvases were used.
He took two pieces of canvas, one of
rvhlch was blank and the other of which
bore a painted picture. He constructed
the conditions as detailed In tho Kansas)
City case. The white canvas he put In
front and the painted one behind. They
were soveral Inches apart when he first
looked. The wh'.te canvas' was blank.
Then he moved the painted one up a little
closer. He was startled to see a hazy
outlino on tho whlto surface. He moved
the painted one closer by degrees. As It
advanced, a plcturo appeared upon the
whlto surface, gradually growing mora
distinct until at last, when It was In per
fect focus, the light shining through the
plcturo In the painted canvas made the
picture appear as It on the surfaco of tho
white one. The eyes actually seemed to
open ns the focus progressed.
To Abbott tho rest of the explanation
was simple. He was familiar enough with
the ways of experts to know that their
skill would enablo them to substitute' a
painted canvas for one of the white,
ones In such a way that an Inexperienced
observer, no matter how closely he might
look, could never discover it.
So 'confident is Abbott that he has cor
rectly explained the mystery that ho has
a standing offer of a reward of $500 to
any one who can produce a real spirit
portrait under conditions In which ho can
be certain that ho has eliminated all
chances to work this trick. He thinks
this alone would be worth while to them.
Thus fur ho has had no takers. New
York World.
ON THE MAKING OF A LAWN
A Job Tackled Joyously Tlronght
Grief and n IJouhonne
Ilttnch.
"In the sylvan solitudes." said the wUd
lltan of the woods, "thn cru. srmu'n. frnAlv
.and RnontAnaoUalv. hpmiiRA nnrnrA, In.
i tended that grass should grow In the
1 woods,
I "People who want grass on their prem
Jltes ahould move to tho forest fastnesses.
(There's no use trying to grow grass In
.r.,M T aa..,, V... I it
iwv... b vmi 1. uc uviio 111 uu urutuary
lifetime. It Is an old saying in England
that it takes 300 years to make a good
lawn, and you can't expect a man to live
300 years for such a purpose.
"My wife and I were well suited to
each other In most respects. When wo
were first married we lived at a boarding
house, and then we were two souls with
but a single thought. Before long Amelia,
began Insisting upon renting a cottage In
the suburbs. I knew In my Inmost heart
that the boarding house life la beat, hut
I when a man Is nowlv married he wilt
jmake any sort of sacriflco for his bride.
I So, against my better Judgment, wo
uougm a coiiage on me installment plan
and settled down to Jive happy ever after.
"When wo got the place the front yard
waa full of good upstanding weeds which
would have delighted the eye of an artist
or nature lover, but my wife, who had
old fashioned Ideas, Insisted that weeds
wero a disgrace and she said we'd havo
tc have a blue grass lawn. So I spent
all mv flOHrA TlmA fnr- lhr n'Aalra mmA-
j Ing and raklhg the front yard and during
...ab ii.t.u iicycr iiau n. vnuiii'e 10 rcLu
the nowspapers or go to the corner" drug
store to get the returns from the base
ball games. When a. man nnrp crnoa Inrn
the lawn business he never has a min
ute he can call his own.
".Finally I sowed the blue grass seed
and supposed that the worst was over
and I'd have a little leisure. But my wlfo
said the grass wouldn't grow unless tha
ground was kept saturated with water,
so I had to unwind about a thousand feet
of garden hose and attach it to a hydrant
and aprlnklo water overy evening, and
then wind the hose all up again and put
It away in the webdshed, and by the timo
that waa done It was time to go to bed.
"I think the grass seed we used was .a
by-product of one of the wooden nutmeg
factories, or maybe the grocer gaye us a
predlgcsted breakfast food by mistake.
Anyhow, after all my labors, not a spear
of grass came up. But there was a beau
tiful crop of bull-thlstles and dandelions,
and these all had to be pulled up by hand
and the ground worked over again; to pre
pare It for another sowing of grass seed.
I tell you, my son, I worked In that front
yard until I was sick of the sight and
smell of It. But my wife egged me on
in the malevolent way of married women,
and I sowed some more seed and raked
It In, and then went over the ground with
a big Iron roller that resembled the car ot
Juggernaut. Then the sickening work
cf sprinkling had to bo taken up again
and finally there was showing of grass
on the ground.
"It was a poor stand, like a Chinaman's
whiskers, and I wanted to plow up tho
ground and plant potatoes In it, but my
wife Insisted that If the grass had a
chance It would Increase and multiply,
and finally form a good sod. All that
was necessary, she said, was to keep down
the weeds, and for thr VAiira 1 fti.n
dandellons and pepper grass and burdock
out or that tedious lawn, and It looked
worse then at the beginning. I saw that
I would have to spend the best years of
my life wrestling with the lawn, nnd
I might have., endured In allenr. tn a
man who has been married that long
usually will stand without hitching. But
one fine spring evening my wife an
rounced that we might as well seed down
the back yard, as well as the front yard,
to blue grass, and the shock was more
than I could stand, in my delirium I
fled to the forest primeval and have been
here ever since." Walt Mason, in Chicago
News.
Everybody reads nee Want Ads.
Quaker Quips.
..5??pl?t.wno tlns. thelr own Praises never
strike the satno key.
Knmfl n.nnl. nuvmr. .
on without sending It collect
1.11 1.7- . 1 J1 vyl' tnat aU tha Pro
hibition states should be In the Temper
ate zone.
fWA lanfrha o t 1rw.trMl,t. . . ....
, " - .".tiitui., dui 11 lakes
a keener eenso of humor to laugh at a
"U,f?er.Lth!te.'? reason why
mnlyr-PhlladcTphla Record.1 UnStnU"
Nothing uicm. (Obeying; Orders.
On An Indian m11-h ,l .....
wt thmit i .7;.T;Vr ' ' ' i"" iK 01 Pnaines,
lianV tw. V- fiU 1. . superinten
dent. Th's Is why tin un! thi. ..1 .
r8T,n,endenP off,ce. Calcutta: Tlwr
on platform eating conductor. Wire ln-
. fuiionai Monthly.
Worklaar Ilia Way to the To.
at'nVi?.? b0y 70U w1U hav to tart
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