Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 90, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1901 — Page 22

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, MAIICH 31, 1901.

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STILL LEAPING UPWARD

jtorx Jinrs Tiiiun:-(ir.HTi:Hs or a Ci:.T AMI HOLDS IT. Ont Mnrr Active Tlinn AVIicnt, Clotlng at a Ciool (inln-rnivlloiiH Higher and AVlient Declining. CHICAGO, March 2). Carried upward by the bullishness of almost the entire West, tho corn market to-day continued on Its Tccord-breakinff career. The volume of business was larger than any previous day this week. May closed "sc over yefeteiday. Oats were nl.o conspicuously active. May closing with a net advance of Wheat ruled dull, anl at the close was ;.,c lower. Provisions advanced WsiiZQc. Trade in corn for May delivery became active at the tap of the opening gon. Within half an hour it had assumed vast proportions. Half the wheat pit had deserted It, and many traders were crowded out of bounds at times. George II. Phillips, tvho stands for tho country bullishness In many minds, and. If he has not already control of the market. Is at least a potent factor In it, took profits on a scale approaching his operations of yesterday, yot go excited was the trade that lie was not more conspicuous than many others. In the face of his realizing sales and that of certain conservative longs the market wept upward irresistibly. The usual reports that Phillips and hl.s crowd were Sellins to their own brokers and still adding to their already large lines were heard on the floor. May opened i?:'nc higher at 44Uc to 4IUc. and early touched 41c on selling said to have been for Phillips. The buying craze was on, however, and it struck this slight dip in full force. May ccrn was bought and sold In such quantities and with such rapidity by the whole pit that individual trades wt-re lost to view. The market bounded to 4 Pic in the n-xt half hour, thereby again breaking the price record for the season's trade in May option. The remainder of hc session it was give and take between the big demand and offerings from enriched longs. May was forced back to 4l?9c, but held strong and closed .iTic over yesterday at iV:ri Cables were higher, country acceptances small and the weather decidedly unfavorable to good roads. Primary receipts were OÖ.'X bu. compared with 4S3.O0 last year. Iocal arrivals were cars, CS cf contract grade. In activity and strength the oats market was second only to corn. This market, ordinarily neglected and without even a pit to call Its own, made the wheat trade look dismal by comparison. The hand of Phillips was at work in the market, his purchases being approximated at :Um), '." bu. This buying was presumably on the theory that oats at present are cheap compared with corn and that an advance in the latter is bound to be reflected in oats. The recent heavy cash business and reports of diminishing stocks were contributory factors, although to-day's advance cut shipping sales down to about l,0o0 bu. May opened at 257ii2Cc. touched "5c and later rallied to 2J'c. closing väe higher at 2e-;8c. Receipts were 241 cars. The attenuated remnant of traders left In tne wheat pit was bearish, and had it rot been for the corn strength it is probable the market would have declined more than it did. Trade was light and the range narrow. May opened He to HIiUc lower at TGUc to TGiTGHc and sold early to ICc on heavv Australian shipments and favorable weather. In svmpathy with corn a reaction to TCc followed, but despite late assurances of export Inquiry the market eased off later and closed V;c under yesterday at 76Sc. Primary receipts were GT3,000 bu. compared with Gf0O0 last year. Seaboard clearances in wheat and flour were equal to G39,(X0 bu. Local receipts were 14 cars, 4 of contract grade. Minneapolis and Duluth reported CCS cars, against 3L1 last week and 437 a year ago. Australian shipments were 1. 00 1. Cm) bu. Light hog receipts, the corn strength and an advance in prices at the yards were reflected In higher prices for provisions. May pork sold between ?13.35 and 513.02 '2 and closed 20c over yesterday at $1.".50; May lard between JS.10 and $VU:212. closing 12Vi15c higher at JS."1. and May ribs between $.05 and S$.122. with the close 12-c improved at IS.12HEstimated receipts on Monday: Wheat, SO cars; corn, 1G3 cars; oats, 2U-) cars; hogs, 2v.(m) head. Leading futures ranged as follows:

Articles. Ojen- High- Low- OiosWheat r.g. '!t- lJApr ... Tj' TV1,, T.V T"'-"? May .. Tu1- 7o:ta CornMar .. 41 -4P; U 44 44's-UH Ju!v .. 44 44'a 44 44' Oats May .. z: juij .. 2;v2i?i :v.j ::! icT-:c Tork Mar ..J13.:.0 V' C-l2 $1-.I5 $i :..:. July .. 13.1) li.22'i Lard Mar .. SI) S.I) S.22'2 July .. 8.05 fc.l-J'a iU'i s.lil'a Sep ... i.t'TÜ S.Ii fi.üT'.a $.15 It lbsMar .. S.C3 S.12i 8 Co 8.12:i July .. 7.95 S.tC'a "to 8.07 2 Sep ... 7.924 S.03 7.i-2:i 8.05

Cash quotations were nt follows: Flour steady; winter . jutent. $3.S"'u3.M: straight. r2'i'i :;.T : clears. $J.CC1; 3.4'); spring ;eil.tN. 4.i; pat.-nts, tt.Wt.w. ftralphts. ; Lakers'. i2..-; :.:. i Ki rim; wn'-ai, i.c; o. - re i, ,.,iA-i,tc. No. 2 cm. 44.-; No. 2 yellow. 44-. N.. 1 white6.'.'ij4c. (i'.Hxl ft-euir.g L.uKy, 47?: fair to lu ioe malting. 4'Jr,S. No. 1 flax.-eej, $1.;.",; No. 1 Jüan Liii T . 1 . . . a uu A . ' ' y A , i . v . v . & Northwestern. Jl.C. i'Iovrr s-e.l. contract ura.lo. l'rin; tlrnotlu' seeJ. Ji. Mess rk. jr Irb. t:..3.'il.".4'. Lard, l-r 1- lbs, v:Vi-rs.ri. r-nori-rin pities thxxe. . ury-saiifi snoui.lr iI-.yu.Ii .: r-.C ti V"! - li,.rl .!.-.. ll.ixd. $s.i;8.:;o. Whisky, La.- cf hih wir.ts, $i.:-7. Cf)rn. 217." ba; CTt-. 27t. lui; rye. 4.0 Lu; Larlev. 22.U" bu. .hijmvnt. Flour. Uli.-"' bris; whrat. r.4.."J Lu; c;rn. -lt.' Lu: outs, 2öv.e'.i Lu; rye, Lu; L;irl-y. S. .") Lu. AT m:w VOIIIC. CerenI nnd 4'i'renl l'rodiictn I' InnerCo Hoc :k, I'rovUliuiH Stroiii;. NKW YHItK. March .10. FLmr-Ue K.4T0 brl; exj.)rts. 1 3 : n Lrls. Market fairly active r.J firm, with whtat; winter patent", il.f.ljl; winter straight., JJ. 4" I . T-C : Minneta patent?, ?2u3.2j; winter extra. $2A1; l.Z; winter low Ifraiie. $2.4."f2.C' Itye tlo;;r steady; fair to poj. 3.13: Chol.', to far.cy, ' "AZ. Corn meal f.rin; yellow Wt-stt-rn. T-2c; c ity, ilr; liran lyw ire, t2.4.".V'2.:-'J. Uye tea ly; No. 2 West rr.. 6)':,-. f. o. L. afloat; State, rt. .17c. l'-arley tlull; f-e-ling. 4t54s'.c e. 1. f. New- York: malting. 2'ü70c e. I. f. Ntw York. Parley malt lull; V.Ystrrn. Cti7o. Wheat lieceii :s. bu; ei"rt3, 21?.l"jy Lu; ak-s. 27i." Lu future?, 24v Lu pjjt. Spot !fa ly; No. 2 red. .v f. o b. aH .at. S'.'c eleator; No. 1 northern Duluth. rJ x2r f. c. L. afloat: No. 1 h.'.rU Isuluth. t. u. L. afloat. Option oj.fr."! easy tt n uin I-uai lealizirc. tut fully reccvre4 n the sharp foremen strength of corn. Firm Knü!!h cabl an 1 I al covrrirn lo contrlbi;t-.l to Amines, 'l.se ! st aJr nint ur.chans;.''!. May, s- ,j 1 l-Wc, Plovt at lo; July. Si 2-1 IV. r 1 at bl'c; September. W 7-Kv.-,t4f.t i i.c.i at o-c. Corn Receipts, lll.e?-. Lu; expert 5. ;;2.2'"J Lu. Fj-it stnn?; No. 2. iV1;.- elevatir. ,11c f. o. b. afloat. (pti'T.! were a'ain tsi itd on a iz spetil.ttlAe tiato, !irtie citvfrir.e. bullish c;O.I., lii;bt oiferlni: anl l"ss favorabl weather Wc-s. Clos-d firm at '''. c ret n'varce. May. 4 I v. ciof. at July. 4r'i' I.' -e. closed at 45'': epteniter. 4'-7'4C. I lust J at 4r-,c. ats lte;- ii t s. 1:;'.'.' bu; xi rts. 41.411 tu. F;.t tsta.ly; No. 2. :.lc; No. 2. 2 '- .o; No. 2 white. SZc: No. 3 whit'. tra-k mlxel Wtirn, 'i'ijl've; trk white. 122 . Options trm. with corn, an I n rt .Uman-l. Har ftea'ly; h ij pi? r. 75'7,.ic ; Koo. to choice. Il l" qul' t; .-'t.ttr n tuinr.n to chobv, 17 2 c; CI! 12'l'.o: Fa an - tia-t. 1 V 1 :e ; ob!, 2 '.' 'lilted firm; Cibf: i:, 2 to 2". Us, l'"is,r: CuUfornia. 21 to b. U-.11i'cr Tfxa? dry. 2 t( 2 lbs. 14..11V-. Leather steaiy; hemlock r'ie, liai-nos A res liht to Learjr wt-ijht.a 2l2ie; .a l1, 24-'.'(21't". Fref firm; family. llO.CU.tVt: ins5, H.i; bef l.smn. $l.'irj; packet. '10; tity ex tra India inei... iH'-iH 'ut natE Tin; p;rkle: trlllei. $.s.37'i'tl'j; p.ckb'l Moulder?, :.7.1'-i7; pttkle.J ham. Lud f.rn.er; AV stern tair.f(l, i.ot. Ive-;i:f firm; "-trlfucal. i.?:t; B. A., tS.S7'3; fomiwur.i. JI-liIT'. iVik taiy; thort cNar, 17 : pis. $;i..1 rj 1G.T.O. Tallow firm; -ay. 4"h"'i-. C.tt--n-f oil teady; prime crude. 21r; p;ln.e yellow, 34 io. Hl' s'en.Iy: rr.t lc fair t- t-xtra. 3r6Uc: Japan, 4Sijir. MdafM- firm: New Orleans Ojen ktttl. jt.K- l to chtdce. 224v. CorT1 -pa dull; No. 7 lrt lrtvoice, 77c. UJM dull: C(.rdova, s'f- 12'-e. Rufar l.;rti-. fair .-Uir;, 2 I1-Z2r; Xentrlfual, I? tut. 4 1-321 4 inol.tjsei ru? Y ' 3 5-22' J.

ü-iv, jiencei! rrm; r.o r,, 4.70c: No.7, 4 iv: i:x 4U2c; lio. 3. 4.4c; Ho. 10. 4.4Jc;Vo, U,

43.1c: No. 12. 4.3V; No. 13, 4.3-V; No. 14. 4.23c: tan!.trl A. 5.Vc; mnfect lonera A, 5.0.1c: mnM A. .I.fv; rut loaf. R.7.1c; crut-hed. 5.73c; powdcreJ, 6 23c; jrranulaied. .2.'c; cube, 5..10C.

Tit ADH IN (.i:CItAL. Quotntlona at St. Louis, llnltlniore, Cincinnati and Other I'lncca. LIVKIiPOOL. March 3". Wheat-Spot firm; No. 2 red Western winter, Ca Vsi; No. Z northern spring, 6a 3d; No. 1 California, 6s 3Vsi. Corn Spot firm; American mlxtd, new, 4s; American mixed, old. 4s llUd. 1 tour tt. Loul fancy winter steady at s 6i. IIps. at London (Pacific coat) steady ut i!44 10.-. Ueef tay; extra India mesa, 61h 2d. J'ork teady; prime mes. Western. 62j. Lard firm; prime Western (in tlercesj, 42s 6d; American refined (In palls), 42a 6d. Hams short cut firm at 43s 0d. Bacon Cumberland cut, 25 to 30 lbs. firm at 47s Cd; short ribs, IS to 24 lbs, firm at 42 6d; Ion clear middles. liRht. 2 to 34 Iba. streng at 42a; long clear middles, heavy, 33 to 40 lbs, tron at 43 3d; bort clear Lacks. 15 to 20 IL.-, stn T at 40 3d; clear bellies, 14 to 10 lbs, firm at 7s 3d; Shoulder, square, 11 to 13 lbs. etronjr at 2C3 IKl. U'Jttr Finest United States dull at J; Rood Fnltt-l Mates quiet at 67s 6d. Cheese American finest white dull at 4!s; American finest colored dull at 47s 6d. Tallow quiet; prime city, 21j 6d; Australian In London, 2fs 3d. ST. LOUIS. March 20. Flour steady: patents, J2.33tf3.73; extra fancy and straight. .153.35: clear, !2.7G'a2.!?J. Ccrn meal steady at il.lQ. Uran stronger; packed east track, 77c. Wheat No. 2 red. cash. 7:;ic; May, 74Ve; July, 73Hc; No. 2 hard. 72772c. Corn No. 2. cash, 4:i2c; May, July. 43'ic. Oats No. 2, cash, 27'2c; May. 2G-c: July, llc; No. 2 white. 2JVsc. Pork higher; JoLLiny, $l-.7i. Lard higher at JS.Ij. lry call meats (boxed) higher; extra shorts, Ji.23; clear rlb. SS.S;1; clear sides, JÄ.3Ö. Pacon (boxed) higher; extra fhorts. Vj; clear rlLs, $j.12; clear sidea, 13.23. Timothy seed steady; averaKe receipts. $1.23fj4; prime worth more. Hay steadv; timothy st'-ady at 10T 12. 0"t; pralrlo firm at $li. Whisky steadv at $127. Iron cott n tlea. SI. Pagrinsr, f.'-i7c. Ilemp twine, Je. P.fcelpts Flour. S.M Lrls; wheat. 41.CC-0 bu; corn, 37,tO Lu; oats. 44.is Lu. ShipmentsFlour, 11,0 bris; wheat, SI. CÜ0 Lu; corn, 13S.0OO bu; oats, 11,0X bu. HALTIMOIIE. March 30. Flour firm: receipts. 22,C";7 brls; exports, 22.237 brl. Wheat dull and higher; spot, the month and April. 7'.e-t7D,,c; May. 75,j,;x7D'sc; steamer No. 2 red, 76Vu"7. cl receipts, 2,M2 bu: exports. K..0C0 bu; Southern. by sample, 72i7:"ic; Southern, on prad". 771? 77'ic Corn firmer: mixed, spot and the month. 4,i''j4$,-.c: April and May, 4S'4S;c; steamer mixed. 47ViU17,'2c; receij.t., 2T.t.ll. tu; exporis, lyj.w) Lu; Southern, white corn. iKildc; Southern How er.rn. 4SdJe. Oats firm: No. 2 white. 22 VtiXtc: No. 2 mixed. Solj-TClc; receipts. 28.383 Lu; exports. 5,0. Cr Lu. CINCINNATI. March TA-Flour dull. Wheat quiet; No. 2 mixed. 7ST7!c. Corn strong and hiKher; No. 2 mixed. Tt'jC Oatd firm; No. 2 mixed. 2sc. Pye dull; No. Lard strom? nnd hiirhvr at "iS.O.V Flulk meats firm at fS.2.1. Paeon firm at $:. Whl-ky Distillers finished p-oods firm on basi. of 51.27. Sugar firm. KANSAS CITY. March SO. Wheat-May, 67c; July, CSc; cash. No. 2 bard. 6."T71c; No. 2 red. 73731ic. Corn May. Vlc: July. 41Nc; cash. No. 2 mixed, 41c; No. 2 white. 41c. Oats No. 2 white. 2V Kereipts Wheat. f-V)V) bu: corn, x.e,Hi bj; oats. 17.IXM) bu. Shipments Wheat, Sl.M") bu; corn. 7.200 bu; oat?, 3,0"0 bu. TOLEDO, March HO.-Wheat lull and steady; cash. 7v; May, 79'..c; July. 7!7a-o. Corn active and hijrher; cash. 42'4o; May. 40c; July. 4.1c. Oats moderately active and firm: cash, I'Sc; May. 27 i-. Pye. Ü2' -c. Clover seed. 1V! prime, fO.fc.1; cash and March, ?5.70; Octotcr, 53.C0. DULUTH. March 2'-Wheat-Cash, No. 1 hard. 77'ic; No. 1 northern, cash. 7.1'io: May, 7-c; July, 77Ti,c: No. 2 northern. 63 li'73c. Corn, 42c; May, 42,ic. Oits, 27U''(-7c. MINNEAPOLIS. March 30. Wheat Cash. 71; May. 71S'74c; Julj', 7;,;''r70c. On track No. 1 hard. 7üV-; No. 1 northern, 74?c; No. 2 northern, GDÜfnüUe. MILWAUKFF. March 20. Parley firm; No. 2, 37'u3Sc; sample, HUWic. Ilnttcr, Eürk nnd Cliernc. NEW YOItK. March .10. Putter Receipts. 2.04 packages. Market stromr. Freh creamery, Kjt22e; factory, HfiHViC. Cheese Ree lpts, :06 packages. Market Krcng. Fancy lars:(? colored and white, llinPjc; fancv mtihII colore!. llc; fancy small white. 1212. ESTf-Recelpts, 13.11'S packages. Market easy. Western, at mark, Wi'qlVic; Southern, at mark, 12' 13Uc CHICAGO. March 20. On the Produce Exchange, to-day, th butter market was dull; creameries. Mo: dairies. ll'STlSc. Cheese fairly active at lHlPic. Ekss fairly active; fresh, 12 VU 12' sc. KANSAS CITY, March 3 Erps firm; fresh Missouri and Kansas Ftock, 11c doz, loss off and ases returned; new whitewood cases included, be more. ST. LOUIS, March W. Putter steady; creamery. 1622c; dairy. HT?17o. Eggs lower at 12c. repacked and cases Included. LOUISVILLE, March 3.). Putter round bricks, 23c; 60-lb tubs, 22c; 23-Ib tubs, 22'.i:c. Etfgs, lOVic CINCINNATI. March 20. Ekp Keady at llc. Putter firm. Cheese firm; Ohio flat, llc Ilet.nls. NEW YORK, March CO. As far as speculative dealings were concerned the local market was a small one, which, however, U the usual thing on Saturday owinjf to the; absence of information from Imdon, that market being closed. There wer no chanjrea In prices, and trndinjf was limited to meeting' week end requirements. Pi Iron warrants were quoted at I n. .loft 10.70 ; Northern foundry, $11.20016.: Southern foundry, $14 lilö.r.O; soft Southern. 11313.30. The tone was steady. Lead dull and uncharijid. Spelter was also thill at 3.S.1'(I3.,.'c. Copper nominally unchanceJ at 17r- for Iake Superior and ltj-'-gC for casting and electrolytic. Tin was easy at 26.13 L26.3'Je ST. TDUIR. March 3". Metals quiet; lead firm at 4.2212o bid; spelter firm at 3.7c. Oils. NEW YORK March 20. Petroleum easier; refined New York, 7.9.".c: Philadelphia and Paltlmore, 7.1'öc; l'hlladelphla and Paltlmore (in bulk), 3.2c. Rosin quiet; strained, common to Kood, ?1.G). Turpentine quiet at 3GV;27c. WILMINGTON. March 30. Spirits of turpentine quiet at 22v1i?.lc. Rosin, nothinR doing. Crudo turpentine iulet at f 1.10 to $2.10. Tar steady at J1.13. OIL CITY. March 20. Credit balances, $1.30; Certificates offered, $1.27; shipments, 16,S07 brls; average, 88. SSO; runs, luC,841 Lrls; average, 87,yyc. MONTPELIER. March 20. Indiana and South Lima crude petroleum, tfc per brl; North Lima, CHARLESTON". March 30. Spirits of tuqentin; firm at 22c. Rosin firm and uncharged. SAVANNAH, March 20. Spirifs of turpentine firm at CPic Rosin firm and uncharged. Poultry LOUISVILLE. March 20. Poultry Hens, S.c; spring chickens, lj'u21c, according to hlze; turkeys, 7? l'tc. ST. LOUIS, March CO. Poultry steady; chickens. Sc; turkeys. Stl'V; ducks, lo; geese, 4i1c. CHICAOO. March 20. Dressed poultry quiet; turkeys. Va'ull'i'C; chickens, lvc. CINCINNATI. March 20. Poultry steady; chickens, l'yl'je; turkeys', 7(ulv;',ic. Dry Go Oil. Cotton. NEW ORLEANS, March CO. Cotton steady. Sales. l.Too bale. Ordinary, C ll-lOo ; cood ordinary, C-Sc: low n-.i ldlinir. 7 13-lHe: miodlir-s, c; Huod nuddllnif, 3-lu : mid lli-nj; lair, kv8c. Receipts, 7,61.1 I alts; stock, 2;'"., 7 bales. NEW YORK, March CO. Cotton Spot closed asv; middling uplands, iC-loc; nildlling gulf, S 7-ltc. Sales, 2-J0 bales. AVool. ST. IOUIS. March CO. Wool quiet on medium an 1 coarser. ttron on liner grades; medium grades, 12ulc: lisht fine, 12413c; heavy line, 10 12o; tub-wahed. 17U 27c. NEW YORK. March 3i. Wool dull; domestic fitece, 24'j27c; Texas, i;tii7c. Pension m for Vrtrrutix. Certificates have bvtn Issued to the f&Howingnam?d Indianians: Ad irtlonal Adam F. Lowdcr, National Milltarv Hi me. Marien. J. Ketoratlon and Reissue Sylvester M. Davis, EvansvlUe, J) (deceased.) Renewal and Increase-Thomas Srcncer, Ladoga. $; John D. Field. Plymouth. $12. I net. a se Leonard C. Ward. Odor.. $12: William P. Whltromb. Hayden. $10; AIfrel Martin Howard. Fluff ton. 12; John H. lUller.cer. North Manchester. $1; Harrison I'ullman. Huntlnicton. J4; Penjamln Dillon Ireland. 17; Oliver I. Smith. Younjrstown, $17; John T. Estabrock, Mucci-, JS; Gen. II. Hooplnijarr.er. Fcrt Ritner, IK; cltHiie Stomla.ujsh. Carnbrivlpo City, $l; baac Junes, Marengo. 524; Abraham P. Caster, Cran fcr.lsvllle. $12; Joseph A. Your.?. Jonesboro. J; CKsen Newman. Anderson. $12: Frederick Si'itrlnj;. Indianapolis. $"; special, act, March rj. Ciporjre P. Peach. Spiceland, $24; John Ü. Allen. Woithinston. $17. original Widows, etc. Jane Davis, EvansvlUe. $17; Catharine Allen, Pedford, $s; minor of Silas N. Wheatley. Indianai'Olls. $10; special act, March l'., Sarah Coornes. Soldiers' Home, LaIjvfttc, $n; Sarah Holly, Richmond. $12. War with S;ain (original) John II. Schräder, Oriole. $10. The Itchrnracd WciKHuk. Detroit Journal. The weMlnff was, uion thfj whole, an artistic success. The bride, particularly, evinced unmistakable talent. She trembled with all the technical accuracy of an aspen leaf, and the emotional intensity of a startled fawn. Her trembllnir, indeed, was irreproachable. If Hie cast down her eyes with Fomethlng of amateurish Kawklshness the fact is easily attributable to her inexperience this being her tirt wedding rather than to an essentially defective method. Sho was fairly well supported. The Kroorn rose from his knees too ponn nnd had to be knocked down by the ijrompiVr, but otherwise ths miner parts wer carried creditably.

NEW YORK, March 30. Market conditions have not changed to any extent in any department to-day. The demand has been quiet thiouv'hout, and prices i f gjoJ? show no quotable change. Print cloths continue inactive and wile e..ols easy. Cotton yarns are still pressed for sale at very irregular prices. Woolen and worsted yarns slow anil easy; linen yarns firm.

WHAT SOME FOLKS READ

JjlTl-:itATL'Ill-: FA VO It KM Hi T1IK FliOVLIZ WHO A 1112 NOT LlTLlKAItV. A Stutljr of TonCrnt !NoveI mill Otlivr Fiction, AVIiich Xever FlRuroN lu Monthly Ilcport of Hook Snlea. Mark Sullivan, in Hoston Transcript. The question admits almost an exact answer, liar the literary loafers of the other half, who read the papers in the library; bar tho insignificant few of the other half who take books out of the library; bar those long-suffering servants who mako pathetic attempts to read Emerron in order to please well-meaning but misguided mistresses bar these, and thä literary pabulum of the remainder of the other half muy be divided Into three classes the 10-cent novel, the weekly continued story paper, and the adventure story for boys. In a ten-minute walk in the heart of the South End, you may pass the windows of iifty bookstores. A matter for congratulation, you say? Quite characteristic of Boston that even her South End should bs dotted with so many bookstores? A hopeful sign of the tastes of the other hall'. "Well, maybe. You w ill search the windows of those bookstores in vain tor any of the things you are accustomed to feast your eyes on in the windows of your own favorite shop. No editions de luxe of Thackeray, no original illustrations of tho latest fiction, not even a few second-hand copies of standard works, not a cloth-bound book of any description. There is practically nothing but the three kinds of literature mentioned before. A few copies of the 10-cent magazines is all that the bookstores of upper and lower Washington street have In common. I went Into one of these bookshops, and just for a venture asked for Kipling's "Day's Work." "Dunno," said the shopkeeper. "You might look through the pile there." I did look through It, from top to bottom, from "Ruby's Reward" to "A Siren's Face," and, of course, found nothing by Kipling. Then I asked him to recommend something. He didn t seem to value one above another, so 1 asked what one was most popular among his customers. "Oh, 'there ain't much choice," he said. "They just come in and take one from tho top of the pile. They're pretty much all alike, I guess." Finally, he gave me one of which he said he had sold two hundred copies. The title was "A True Aristocrat," ami the cover was adorned with a cut of a girl in street clothes with a picture hat and an umbrella. This picture is a characteristic of tencent novels. The publishers seem to consider it essential to decorate the front cover with a picture of a girl of the type of beauty which appeals to people who like 10-cent novels. "A True Aristocrat" is typical of its class: Helen, only daughter of Fitzroy Charles Somerset Montgomery, tried to prevent her brother's marriage to Ceclle Vavasour, but Cecilc was plucky and said: "Helen, while I do not forget that you belong to the vaunted Montgomery race, you will please remember that I am a Vavasour, even if I have lost my money." So true love triumphed for the time being. It is readily to be seen that Helen is going to be the villain of the plot. Just about this time her Nemesis appears on the scene. Nemesis always puts In a shadowy appearance in the second chapter of these books and keeps throwing out dark hints in every chapter until the last, when she gets her clutches on the villain and disposes of him to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. Nemesis in this case was an old mulatto woman who asked Helen for some money. When Helen saw her she was afflicted with "a vague, uncomfortable feeling in the region of her heart," and by this mark does the reader recognize Nemesis. THRILLING SITUATIONS. While the newly wedded couple were traveling in Europe the husband effected the usual "mysterious disappearance," and Cecile is left unprotected to suffer the persecutions of her sister-in-law. These persecutions and Cecile's struggles fill the remainder of the book until the final chapter, when news is heard of the missing husband, who has been confined by mistake in an insane asylum. At the same time the "wicked nurse confesses;" Nemesis possesses some inconvenient knowledge concerning Helen's ancestry, which she discloses at Just the right time; the villain walks the plank and we sail away to the "Islands of the Rlest" with the reunited lovers, safe in each other's arms. All these 10-cent novels have some common characteristics. Absolute lack of humor is one of them. You mav follow the fortunes of Miss Vere de Vere through fifty volumes and never find occasion for The faintest smile. The cook at home spends her nights oft at one of the 2--cent theaters. She says she never feels she has had the worth of her money unless she has had a good cry. With her, dramatic criticism is a very simple matter. There are two kinds of plays: the bad one "it's not very sad;" the good one "oh, it's so sad." lhe same test seems to apjdy to the literature of the kitchen. The sombre heroes stalk through the pages like veritable Hamlets, oppressed by the tragedv of life. The only laugh you ever heard is the "fiendish laugh" of the villain as he turns the keyon the helpless heroine, or the "mocking laugh" of the designing woman when her plots succeed and she gloats ever her pure and beautiful rival. Is there any relation between this lack of humor and the fact, that ninety-nine one-hundredths of the readers of these books are women? The scent s of these novels are Invarlablv laid in high places. Here is the setting of the latest story from the pen of the most prolific author of 10-cent literature: "The place in which the above conversation occurred was a luxurious room in one of those palaces which adorn wide, handsome, aristocratic Fifth avenue; i vast, lofty apartment, pillared with rose mnrMe. hung with velvet, curtained with satin a room fit for the gods! frescoed and 2irvcd in rich and delicate designs, almost e.Rial to the work of a Gibbons and a VarJo; lighted by great spaces of French plate glass; carpeted with the choicest productions of the far East, and ornamented with the costly bric-a-brac, statuarv and nalntings from almost every country on the clobe." This is really a comparatively modestsetting. TÄe great majority of these stories introduce you to the country estate of nothing less than an English lord, and an earl or a marquis begins to speak not later than the second paragraph. On a single pace of one of these novels "the footman stopped to two matchless ponies," the huroine "left the smart victoria" nnd "carrying l.er pet Prince Charles spaniel, walked across the beautifully kept lawn and garden" to the house where she was met by "Haines, her old nurse," and her maid, and toother they went to "mamma's lovely boudoir." while the "head groom" took the horses to the stable. ARISTOCRACY PREFERRED. I don't know what test 13 used by the arbiter who determines the fate of aspirants for 10-ccnt- literary fame; but I feel sure he would reject any manuscript In which callers are not announced by a butler; and .no heroine who committed the vulgarity of drcsing her own hair would be permitted to perform before eyes of the patrons of the Ladles' Own Library. On the other hand, a rough average of ten French expressions per page of manuscript would, I think. Insure acceptance. For the heroines of 10-ccnt literature never by any possibility are guilty of the solecism of saying "good night." It is invariably "bon huit, ma chrrie." They belong to the "creme de la creme" of society, you know, and they never make a "faux pas." If, as one dealer told me. the readers of 10-cent fiction buy at random, taking the volume nearest at hand, they must on occasion get something that surprises their Intellectual palates, for among the papercovered volumes are cheap re-prints of things that our own half does not deign to read Zola's, Dumas', Cooper's and Sardou's works. One shopkeeper told me the works of a certain 10-cent author are especially popular. Thirty volurms bear her name. I suggested that possibly she didn't write them herself. Yes, he thought she did. A new one appears regularly even eleven wejeks and she could readily write one in that time. I hunted up an acquaintance who deals nt wholesa'e in all kinds of books, from I lent' a "CrltiTwa" to "Mother Gscss," tsi

asked htm whether the sale of 10-cent novels Is very extensive. "Extensive," said he. "I should say It Is. Why, we sell five times as many 10cent novels as those that sell at U and $1.15. There are half it ddZeh houses in New York that publish one book a day regularly, and the editions sometimes run into the hundreds of thousands. Moreover, the books of high-class fiction aren't read aa much as the 10-cent ones. There are several stores in the South End devoted entirely to dealing In 20-cent novels at second-hand. After you've read your 10-cent novel you can sell it there tor 4 cents, and buy another second-hand one for C. In that way they are read again and again." So it appears that if our half beats the other half in the quality of literature, the other half excels us in quantity. My friend, the dealer, thought it was a mere matter of price. If copyright laws would permit standard fiction to be printed at 10 cents the masses would buy them. To a certain extent, no doubt. "Quo Vadls" would probably have a large sale in 10-cent form, but I doubt if many of the other half would care to thread the psychological intricacies of the "Reign of Law," for example. The notoriety which accompanied Miss Nethersole's playing of "Sapho" last year caused a great demand for that story. All the 10-cent publishers were turning them but as fast as their presses would run, and the competition reduced them to . cents a volume. One dealer, within a block of the Statehouse and a less distance from a branch of the public library, told me he sold 00 copies. He had a lot left ovxt when the boom broke, and now he is willing to sell them at a cent apiece. THE STORY PAPER'S FIELD. The wholesale dealer said that while the sale of 10-cent novels is very large, the sale of the weekly continued story paper has been driven out" of the cities by the Sunday paper, and it thrives now only la the smaller factory towns. For such towns it is plainly designed. The heroine is usually a factory girl who rises triumphant above a varied assortment of trials and temptations. Rostonians who saw the "Cadet Girl" will remember the character for whom life was torment because just at the exciting climax of all the stories he read he over confronted the legend, "continued in our next," and he never was certain whether the footsteps which Gladys heard were those of the villain who still pursued her or the lover who came to save. This device is one of the great tricks of the trade of the purveyors of weekly story papers. Pamphlets containing the opening chapters of one or more stories are distributed at the doors of certain sections of the city; piles of these "specimen numbers" are left at the news stands ior free distribution. The reader is given just enough to whet his interest. Just as beautiful Gwendoline is about to stop into the villain's trap, while tho thundering hoof-bcats of the rescuing hero's horse resound through the darksome wood, he comes to an abrupt stop and is informed that "readers who wish to follow the fortunes of this fascinating bello of Fifth avenuti will find the next chapters in No. tt9 of the 'Hod-Carrier's Happy Home.' For sale at all news stands." One specimen number which a news dealer gave me contained the opening chapters of "Marion Marlowe's Money." The first paragraph Introduces us to Marlon: "Just as a church clock tolled eleven, a beautiful girl with great gray eyes and magnificent chestnut hair came tripping along Fourth avenue toward Twentieth street. Sho was dressed neatly and stylishly in a dark blue skirt with a white shirt waist, a dainty leather belt girdled her symmetrical waist, while a jaunty sailor hat was perched becomingly on her waving tresses." While Marion was "tripping alone," a benevolent impulse led her to help a decrepit old woman home; but the decrepit old woman proved to be a sort of female Fagin and hVr home a "fence" for thieves, where Marlon was held a prisoner. After a series of exciting experiences with s.-cret springs, trapdoors nnd the like, an old tuend in the guise of a detective turns up opportunely, and Marion seems just on the point of escaping when we are told that "the further, experiences of Marion Marlowe in her interesting and exciting adventures in the slums of the great cltv v:ll be detailed in No. 7 of 'My Queen.' " etc. The kind of fiction which the comic papers have been from time immemorial associated with the belated messenger boy still exists, but it has changed to meet changed conditions. The newsüapers ti'l say, .when Johnnj' Jones runs away from home, that he was going West to fight Indians. But he wasn't. Writers of this class of literature know that there are no Indian wars now, and so they carry their heroes to the Philippines to fight the savages; or they take them on exploring expeditions into the heart of Asia. Up-to-date-ness is a much sought quality in this field, and when you see a newsboy sitting on a step lost In the pages of his story, you may feel certain that he is following the fortunes of some hero in arms in China. The old term "dime novels" no longer applies. The reduced price of paper and cost of printing has made it possible to sell them at 5 cents each. The demand for them, my business friend assures me, is increasing. He claims they are a good thing for the boys. He says the boy had better be reading stories of adventure than doing the things which Idle hands find to do. I am not eure but he is right. TItj worst that can be said of them is that they are absurd and Impossible. They an entirely free from vicious tendencies. Their language is grammatically correct, at least; there is no slang; there are even no contractions like "he'll" or "you'll." One of the most popular of these 5 cent stories is in a series which recounts the adventures of "Three Chums" Ben Bright. Dorothy Dare and Tom True carrying them through a series of adventures, at boarding school, running a circus, exploring Mammoth Cave, at college, exploring the Amazon and visiting the Pyramids. FLAGS FOIl POItTO II I CO.

Stum nml Stripes to Wave from Every Schoolhouae on July 4. Chicago Tribune. American Hags nearly two tons of them have been contracted for In Chicago, with "rush orders," that on July 4 the red, white and blue may flutter from every schoolhouse in Porto Rico, teaching the lesson of Independence day to young and old alike in the Island. The plans of the government are that by the end of the year tho flag will be as familiar a sight in the towns and villages of the Phillp.pines. The order of the government calls for Macs of all sizes small ones that the school children can wave from windows or carry through the streets and into their homes, and lartre flacs to float from Miag stalls and building roofs over the head of marching troops and citizens on the day thev are learning to celebrate. Each island prototype of the little red school house will have a complete outfit of the national flag. There will be flags for the pupils, a Hag to drape above the teacher's desk, and a flag to nutter lazily over tne schoolhouse yard. The purpose of tho government at Washington in civlntr the order is to secure suf ficient flags to supply every point on the Island devoted to educational purposes. that natriotism may be instilled in the minds of the pupils by sight as well as by teaching. lhe plan is simply carrying out one inaugurated in the United States several years ago of flying the American flag from every schoolhouse throughout the land durinsr class hours. The idea of so equip ping the schools of Porto Rico, since the Island came under the ruie or tne ieaerai government, has been brought up In Wash ington several times or late, Dut nas just been nut Into effect. Teachers from Porto Rico who visited Washington and the other Eastern cities last fall were all advocates of the plan to make the flag a familiar sight in the island. They asserted that tne moral er feet would be helpful and arouse a pa triotlc enthusiasm in the minds of the children. The educators advised -that the display of flags would create hi the chil dren an interest In and love of their rew country that would do much toward weld ing the two lands together. Similar "arrangements, it 18 understood. are under way for the placing of a large order of flags for the Philippines. The exact amount required is estimated at from three to five tons to begin with, and it is not unlikely that Chicago manufac turers will get the contract for supplying the oanners. "We have the subcontract for the Porto Rlcan order," said William Shenton, a Chi cago flagmaker. "and will be able to turn out an excellent lot or flags to meet all requirements of the island schools." Electricity on the Farm. Exposition Bulletin. Tne farmers of America are thoronchtv Interested In what ' electricity will do for them on tne rarm. in Bavaria a company of farmers has been organized to establisi an electric system for farm service. Suh stations will be established at points between the farms, and arrangements made for operating farm machinery by the elec trie current. In the electrical features n the Pan-American exposition there will be much for the members of farming commu nltles to study, and they wlli nee whei the toil of the farm may L-2 erectly 1: re

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ItCMAIIKAnm IlISK OF SOME WHO HE (J.Y.N" IS Hl3inLE POSITION'S. With Sound Mind nnd Body, Any Yoonc 31 a ii Mny Find Opportunity for Advancement. New York Letter. In Philadelphia Press. Again a man who began at the brakes has become the president of a great railway system. In a day or two, the an nouncement will be formally made that Mr. F. C. Underwood has been chosen president of the Erie Railway and that his predeces sor in that office. President Thomas, has been elected chairman of the board. So, too, this week, one who began his railroad career by shoveling coal into th& furnace of a switch engine, has advanced so far from that apprenticeship that he has been elected president of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system. A day or two ago it was announced that the New Haven Railroad had entered Into contracts with the Lehigh Valley and Its Western allies by which a thousand car loads of grain and provisions were to be delivered to the New Haven corporation In New York harbor and carried by means of railway floats around the city of New York to the freight terminal of that corporation at Mott Haven; next to be hauled to Boston and the European steamships upon which these cargoes are to be carried thence across the sea, and it was also said that this was but a beginning of a sharp competition on the part of the New Haven corporation for some part of the International traffic between the West and Northwest and Europe. These negotiations have been entered into and are to be maintained under the direction of Percy Todd, who was recently called to a responsible post in the New Haven system from tho West Shore. He is another of the young men who have created opportunity without any incidental favoritism, and political or family influence, and he owes his career to his own industry and ability. Not long ago Mr. Todd was a clerk, hav ing a desk in one of the offices of the Wfest Shore. He seemed to have no better, no poorer opportunities than any one of the several clerks who were his associates in that group. He never grumbled about over hours or overwork, seemed disposed to t KJ 111 J ill X' J v. J 11V- - service that his salary justified, but every possible service that was in his power. He was not one of those who looked at the clock that he might see whetner tho hand3 pointed to 12 o'clock or 5 o'clock. RISK FROM. OBSCURITY. Mr. Carnegie is reported to have said to one of the correspondents who met him as he landed at Southampton that there is even a better opportunity lor young men in the United States to-day than was ever the case, and that the wholj story of our recent great development contulns chapter after chapter that tell with romantic interest of the rise of- this or that young man from obscurity to wealth, reputation and power. Two chapters were add?d while Mr. Carnegie was on the ocean. Mr. Underwood, who is to be the new president of the Erie Railroad, possesses both physical and mental, as well as temperamental, qualities that have caused some of the ablest of the men engaged In railway affairs to speak of him as, perhaps, pre-eminent among all of thoso who are of very high capacity in the world of tho active direction and operation of railways. He is a giant physically. He seems to have perfect health and a constitution of lrov. Great physique is not always an essential to admirable railway management. Samuel Sloan, who, for a half century, dlrectd the Lackawanna system as president, is a slender man of delicate appearance, but he always kept a sound mind in a sound body. Jay Gould was so small that he was almost conspicuous by reason of his diminutive stature and size. But it is observed that the new group, made up of comparatively young men who havo been promoted from the ranks to positions of supreme responsibility, are men of vigorous physique, like Vreeland, who is six feet three, whose complexion is as fair as a freshman's, whose eyes are china blue and clear, and who seems to be unaware that he has a stomach; or like Callaway, who has the physique that has made him an athlete, as he, indeed, was in thw days when he was working in subordinate capacity upon a railway line, or like Greatsinger or Mellen, who advanced from the post of station agent in a little town in Vermont to the presidency of the Northern Pacific, via the vice presidency of the New Haven system. Mr. Underwood began as a brakeman, but he advanced speedily, becoming a master of the smaller mechanics of railway operations. His life and his enthusiasm were in his work, and he first attracted general attention when he was a division superintendent of a division of the St. Paul system. After he went to the Soo and lound himself under the inspiring influence or James J. Hill he was permitted to do the very thing which those who dread the growth of trusts and combinations say is forbidden. They are mistaken. There is probably quite as much within proper limits to those who are in various places of authority in trusts and combinations as would be the case if the same individuals were at the head of enterprises which they absolutely controlled. It is results that corporations seek and their employes, from president down, have opportunity to secure results through the exercise of individual judgment. That was what Mr. Underwood did with the Soo system, and having done it to the satisfaction of Mr. Hill he was brought into closer and closer relations with Hill until he at last is to become the president of the Erie system, which seems to have been rejuvenated and to be upon the eve of a great career. GREATSINGER'S CAREER. When David B., Hill was just beginning to practice law and ward politics in Elmira a young man was firing a switch engine in the yards at or near Elmira. And there is no more wearying work than the keeping up of steam In a locomotive of that kind, since it has none of the compensations which the firemen of a limited express locomotive daily experiences. Young Greatsinger liked his work for the the mechanics of railway operation. He, too, In a little while, acted in certain matters upon his own judgment, and his employers having found that his Judgment was good, that he was an original thinker, promoted him, until at last he wag called to important points in connection with the rapid transit and other railway systems In the West. Now he is placed in charge of one of the largest rapid-transit systems in the world, and it is one w hich' is perhaps capable of greater development than any other. His directors simply look for results. He can do things in his own way and his subordinates have the same privilege, so that we are to have illustrated in the development of the Brooklyn rapid-transit system the true principle or law which is generally recognized by those who are familiar with the management of combinations or great corporations, and that Is that the various subordinates or officers, whether in high or minor authoritj', are neither Independent nor dependent, but are interdependent. It was his gift for Independent thinking and action that attracted the attention of the capitalists to Mr. Vreeland, who twenty years ago was shoveling gravel on the Long Island Railroad, fifteen years ago was a brakeman, twelve years ago was a freight conductor on Mr. Whitney's little railroad running up the Harlem Valley, and Is to-day. at forty-three, the president of the Metropolitan Traction Company. There were two or three emergencies and several opportunities which Mr. Vreeland met with when he was a conductor on the New York and Northern road, and he actod upon them without as kins' the consent of any one. Ho could not have dona more had he owned that railroad, but the-; were the things that attracted Jlr. Mtrv3 r.ttentlcn t- rr. l tw. '

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