Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 126, Hammond, Lake County, 13 March 1907 — Page 4

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THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES Wednesday. Maroh 13. 1907.

THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES AN BVENlNff NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY TUB LAKE COUNTY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY...

"Entered aa second-class matter June, 28, 1108, fit the postofflce at Hammond, Indiana, under the Act of Congress, March 3. 1879." Offlo In Hammond building, Ilarnttioad, Ird. Telephone, 111. Ckleago OfUce. Room 1661 Tribune Building, Hush W. Montgomery, representative. Tirm of Subscription. Toarty $.3.69 Half Yearly J l.B 0 Single Cosies 1 cent LARGER PAID UP Circulation than any other Newspaper in Northern Ind. Circulation Yesterday ORCTXATION BOOKS OPEN TO THE PIHB LIC FOR INSPECTION AT ALL TIMES. To subscribers. Headers of the Times are requested to favor the management by reporting any irregnlarties in delivering. Communicate with the circulation department, or Telephone 111. CKY FOR HELP. With $300,000,000 worth of securities to unload within the next thirty days no wonder the half a dozen magnates who are In control of the railways of the country are alarmed at the apathy of Investors who have been so ready in the past to gobble up such "gilt edge stuff." According to Washington advices they are now pleading with President Roosevelt to restore the public confidence which lnferentially he is accused of destroying. They want the president to make a statement to the effect that he Is not hostile to the railroads. The president may graciously vouch safe that much, lie cannot personally be hostile to the railroads, but t Is hardly probable he will go any farther to help out the bold and daring financiers who are Just now beginning to appreciate the source from which all money flows, the pocket of the public. The exposure of the meth ods of high finance in recent Invest! gations, althought those methods are still but poorly understood, has done more to sew up that pocket than the personal attitude of the president. Any statement of speech the president may make is not going to help Mr. Ilarrlman to market his Alton bonds. That scheme was too freely ventilated. Mani pulation of railroads is as simple as a game of checkers as long as public confidence is mantalned. When that goes the man with a billion dollar railroad on his hands is as helpless as a baby. THERE is probably no citizen in the United States, no matter how partisan his politics, but who breathed a sigh of thanksgiving in sympathy with President Roosevelt and his family when he read the news that Archie Roosevelt, the young son of the Roose velt household, who had been suffering with diptheria, han passed the danger point in his malady. Grief knows no politics and that which for several days hunge Its shadow over the Roosevelt family drew nation and chief executive Into closer sympathy. While the president has many enemies who might rejoice at his political down fall, it is safe to say he has none who would have felt anything but the keenest sympathy had the grief which threatened him and his family turned into realization. By the same token It is equally certain that today there is no nature so sordid that it cannot set aside party or personal pre judice and rejoice with the president and his wife over the averted calamity. SCATTERED here and there through the speeches that were made at the brobdegnagian banquet of the Chicago commeriai ciuo last nignt were some passing allusions to the Calumet region as a contributing factor In Chicago's growing greatness. Some of the speakers alluded to the work that is going on down this way in a toploftical, patronizing style. Others evinced a knowledge of the strategical commercial advantages of "that part of Chicago, which lies to the south of us just across the Indiana state line." Those remarks were of course well meant, but "this part of Chicago" is just now too busily occupied in the work of carrying out its own future greatness to fully appreciate off hand compliments on the score of its usefulness as contrlbutary annex to the big citybeyond. Chorus of Basket Ball Boys. Rensselaer, Oh Rennselaer! We do not like your curves. Rensselaer, Oh Rensselaer You're sadly on our nerves. The deal you gave us was most queer; We quite dislike your style, my dear; We found your boys a trifle near, Rensselaer! Horse Has Small Stomach. In proportion to its size, the horse has the smallest stomach of any quadruped.

WITH THE EDITORS.

Uncivilized Performance. Vaudeville managers on the Pacific slope have added a unique feature to their performances recently. The American flag is thrown upon the screen by the spot-light man in the gallery and, of course, the audience cheers. Th&n the Japanese flag is suddenlysubstituted and it is greeted with groans, cat-calls and hisses. When the manifestations of anger are at their height the American flag i3 again shot upon the screen and on the instant the orchestra strikes up "The Star-Spangled Banner."' Naturally the effect is something tremendous and it is related that the attendance at the vaudeville houses has materially increased since- this stunt was inaugurated. Now while this is all very nice from the Ftandpoint of the box office, there is another side to the matter that is not at all pleasant. It is breeding trouble. It it a direct creation of race prejudice and is calculated to lead to overt acts of hostility toward the Japanese residents of the coast states. Naturally the Japanese government will be informed of the mattt-r and the Japanese people cannot but resent what is manifestly an affront to them. All in all, the little trick of the Pacific coast vaudeville managers is to be dteply regretted. It is un-American, un-Christian and absolutely uncivilized. Fort Wayne News. That Mysterious Ounce. Five Massachusetts physicians "of the highest professional standing" have discovered, so run the despatches from Boston, that the human soul is a material thing weighing from half an ounce to an ounce in the adult. This wonderful discovery was made by the very simple device of allowing rieople to die on a set of carefully balanced scales. At the moment of dissolution, or, as Dr. Duncan MacDougall (one of the Ave) puts it, a3 the heart stopped beat ing It was invariably found that "the opposite scale pan fell with a startling suddenness, as if something had been quickly lifted from the body." Subse quent scientific calculations disclosed the fact that this was due to the loss by the body of its soul; at least "the five distinguished physicians" couldn't find that anything else was missing. In the case of one phlegmatic in dividual the scul stuck to the body for several moments after dissolution, thus Indicating that the lymphatic temperment is the result of spiritual, not physical physique. After about a min ute, however, the inevitable ounce flitted away, and the scale beam tipped as in the previous cases. These discoveries are manifestly very remarkable, and immediately raise the question. What is the soul composed of? Having weight, it must, of course be material, and yet its leav ing the body at the moment of dissolution indicates immateriality unless it be considered a sort of parasite, ana logous to the rat that leaves the sinking ship. If this could be proven to be the case strong testimony to the socalled transmigration of souls would be obtained every soul thus driven out by the dissolution of its host wandering off through the ether in search of a new body on which to attach itself. Unfortunately the "five illustrious physicians' who participated In this great discovery neglected to watch the soul depart, for they say nothing about its general appearance. If it weighed an ounce it certainly must have been large enough to be visible to the naked eye. It would have been better if one of them had watched for the soul itself and let the other four keep their eyes on the scale pan. A soul composed of helium or a radium ray, or even hydrogen, could of course escape without being seen, but its loss would tend to increase rather than lighten the weight of the body. So the soul is evidently not a gas. And being material, and not a gas, one naturally wonders how it can "flit away" so rapidly and secretly as to escape detection. Perhaps the "five illustrious physicians" can explain this apparent anomaly. If they can they are more illustrious than we think they are. New "York Globe. Between Trains Metaphor on the Slope. The famous address of Dunk Mi Pherson beginning, "This is a time when every republican in Santa Cruz county must stand on its own bot torn," has been surpasssed by Senator Wolfe, who gravely assured the ad miring senate the other day that the bill he was advocating was "fathered by a number of the noblest women in the state of California." Dunk will please pass the crown to Eddie. San Francisco Star. An English Bull. Man Wanted as laborer on a private estate, to see to the ducks, chickens and ferrets; hours, S to 6, with two hours for dinner; wages fl a week. witii occasional presents ot money, eggs, cigars, rabbits, milk, whishey, and firewook; no work on Sundays, bank holidays, Saturday afternoons or wet days, but for which wages are always paid in full; one thing required will be not to worry about others employed on the property, but to make himself happy. Write, as to age, etc. North Wilts Herald. Know How to Stfcp Her. Every person who rides on an automobile ought to know ho'v to stop the machine. The turning olf the electric current that creates tly spark i3 suffi cient, and that is generally done by turning a small handle. Not a few serious accidents would have been prevented had passengers in automo biles been in possession of this simple piece of knowledge. Automobile Magazine. France Had First Newspaper. France published the first newspaper in 1605; the first English newsI paper appeared in 1622.

Lincoln aad Ills Beard. It was a child who persuaded Abraham Lincoln to wear a beard. Up to the time he was nominated for president he had always been smooth shaven. A little girl Irving In Chautauqua county, N. Y who greatly admired him, made up her mind that he would look better If he wore whiskers and with youthful directness wrote and told hirn 60. He answered her by return mail: Springfield. 111., Oct, 19, 1SS0. Miss Grace Bedell: My Dear Little Miss Your very agreeable letter of the 15th is received. I re-g-ret the necessity of saying I have no daughter. I have three sons one seventeen, one nine and one seven years of age. They, with their mother, constitute my whole family. As to the whiskers, never having worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it nowT Your very sincere wellwisher, A. LINCOLN. Evidently on second thought he decided to follow her advice. On his way to Washington his train stopped at the town where she lived. He asked If she were In the crowd gathered at the station to meet him. Of course she was, and willing hands forced a way for her through the mass of people. When she reached the car Mr. Lincoln stepped from the train, kissed her and showed her that he had taken her advice. St. Nicholas.

Tlie ArabV Hasheesh. "Intoxication from eating a dish of liver was once my portion," said an orientalist. "It happened in the Sahara, I was spending the winter at El Kantara. In February I made a caravan trip over the desert along the great caravan route that runs from Biskra to Timbuktu. The third day out we reached an oasis of date palms. We got coffee at the baked mud cafe, We dined on red fish and gazelle steak, and for an entree was served this Infernal liver. It was liver powdered with kiff. Kiff is hasheesh. It Is made of hemp, and it makes you drunk. The Arabs mix it with their tobacco, and they bread liver with it and they drop It in coffee. Thus they eat, drink and smoke their kiff. I ate their kiff and imagined my arm to be a mile long. I thought my foot as big as a mountain. My voice, when I spoke, sounded in my ears like the roar of a thousand thunders. In a word, I was kiff drunk, and It was two days before I was fit to resume my Journey across the gold colored sands." Little Economies. "I once made up my mind, said a London man. "that I would become the possessor of a good gold watch, I saved up the money for it in this way When I felt like eating a shilling luncheon, as I often did, I kept It down to tenpence. I put the twopence saved toward my watch fund. You will hardly believe me, but with little economies like this I had in letes than six months saved enough to buy my gold watch." "But," said a listener, "where Is your gold watch? You are wearing a poor little gun metal thing." "Well," was the reply, when I found how easily I could get along without shilling luncheons I concluded I could get along with a ten shilling watch instead of a ten pound one. So that the watch fund grew until it purchased for me my own house." London Mall. Duitrtormi That Bury Forests. Travelers in Tibet describe the won derful storms of dust that occur la Kashgarla, near the foot of the KuenLun mountains. The dust In the air la sometimes 6o dense that complete darkness prevails. Occasionally rain falls during such a storm, but the raindrops evaporate during their descent, and the dust carried with them falls In lumps. Entire forests of poplar trees are burled in dust hillocks forty feet high. These deposits of dust are afterward moved on by the wind, but the trees that hare been burled die, even after their disinterment. A Behead In sr Stone. The old beheading stone at Stirling, England, was protected in 1887 ly public subscription, raised at the instance of the Stirling Natural History and Archaeological society. It was then inclosed in an iron cage. There is another relic of public execution In Stirling in the museum of the Smith Institute in that city. It Is the bowl which the public executioner used when h went around the market taking a measure of meal from every farmer's sack. Impossible Diaarnoais. "The boy has evidently been eating too much between meals," said the doctor. "Nonsense!" replied the boy's father. "A boy can't eat in his sleep." "How do you mean?" "I mean that each of his meals begins when he gets up In the morning and ends when he goes to bed." Philadelphia Ledger. Happy Days. However varied the courses of our life, whatsoever the phase of pleasure and ambition through which, it has swept along, still, when In memory we would revive the times that were comparatively the happiest, these times will be found to have been the calmest, Bulwer Lytton. Giving and Receivinar. nail Forter (to person soliciting a favor at a ministry) The , minister receives from 10 o'clock to midday "All right," says the other, "but at what hour does he give?" Paris Figaro. Low and TLond. He A woman, I notice, always lowers her voice to ask a favor. SheYes end raises her voice If she does not get it. Illustrated Bits. He that helps the evil hurts th fjood. Socrates.

Slocks Grain and Provisions,

Latest Movements in Industrial Centers, by EsclnMva

HEW YORE LETTER. New York, March 13. That the underlying conditions in the stock market are strained in the extreme was emphasized in a very forcible manner in today's trading. One of the severest breaks took place in the general list that has occurred in a year. There was not an active stock upon the list, but what suffered in the general onslaught. The interviews which was arranged with President Roosevelt by some of the more prominent financiers and which was used as a bull factor did not have the beneficial effect that was expected. Prices in the stock market today suf fered declines averaging almost seven points for the higher priced shares and about four for the minor ones. Ilarriman's two stocks. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific were the leaders of the bear movement. Union Pacific lost almost ten points on the day, closing at the absolute bottom price; closing ern Pacific declined about three points. One of the remarkable incidents of such an aggressive bear market is that there has not as yet been a failure announced, although rumors were current in the street that several firms were skating on thin ice. The Hill shares, Northern Pacific and Great Northern suffered very severe declines, the former declining about nine points and latter close to ten. This is not surprising in view of the fact that the attitude taken upon the general Industrial situation by Mr. Hill, the president of Great Northern, is pessimistic in the extreme. His views have been given a great deal of consideration upon former occasions and that he is unusually well informed on the general situation is undoubted. The same class of selling was apparent in the above mentioned stocks as heretofore, the brokers who were the chief sellers have been conspicuous in Northern Pacific and Great Northern are the same ones that have been sellers on every active day since these two stocks were selling in the two hundreds. The cup of woe of the bulls was certainly overflowing when call loans were marked up to 15 per cent. This caused renewed liquidation by a class of traders who had figured it out that they could buy good dividend paying stock and borrow money enough to carry them, figuring call loans would not rule much over 6 per cent. The market closed weak and panicky at the lowest prices of the day. mi Ml STOCK 1BKEI

Descpt. Open High Low Close Atchison ... 94 i 94 U 89 4 901 Do pfd ... 9a 95 3i 95 95 Am. Sugar .124 124 119 120 Am. Car ... 40 40 37 37 Amal. Cop. 104 104 97 98 -V Am. Smelt -1344 .135 130 131 Am. Locom 69 69 65 65 Anaconda .. 69 69 64 64 Am. Tob pfd 93 94 91 91 Am. Wool .. 31 31 29 29 B. & O. ...105 105 100 3i 100 ?4 Biscuit 79 79 78 79 Brook. R. T. 59 59 55 55 C. & G. W.. 14 14 13 i 13 Ches. & O... 44 44 40 41 C. F. & I... 38 38 313s 33 Col. South .. 29 29 27 2S Corn Pdts ..21 21 19 19 Do pfd ... 85 85 ' 83 83 Cotton Oil .. 30 30 29. 29 Canad Pac 174 174 169 171 Coast Lino 109 109 104 105 Cent. Leath 32 32 29 29 Denver com 32 22 30 31 Do pfd ... 73 73 72 72 Distillers ... 75 75 72 72 Erie com .. 30 30 28 28 Erie 1st ... 65 65 64 64 Erie 2nd ... 49 49 47 47 111. Cent ...145 145 142 142 Interboro ... 2o 26 24 25 K. C. S. com 24 24 23 23 Do pfd ... 53 53 50 51 L. & Nash . .120 120 116 117 Mex. Cent .. 21 21 20 20 Great Nor ..150 150 140 142 Gt. Nor Ore 67 67 59 ' 60 North Pac 137 137 127 128 M K & T cm 40 40 35 37 Do pfd ... C7 67 66 66 Mis. Pac ... 72 73 70 71 Nat. Lead .. 64 64 63 63 N. Y. Cent ,.121 121 117 117 Nor. & W... S0 80 7S 7S Ont. & W... 40 40 38 39 Pacific Mail 29 29 25 25 Peoples Gas 90 90 89 89 Pennsyl. ...125 125 121 122 R. I. & S.... 27 27 25 25 Do pfd ... 89 90 8S 89 R. Isl. com 23 23 21 21 Do pfd ... 50 50 48 48 Rubber .... 4S 48 46 47 South Pac 86 86 81 82 So. Ry. com 23 23 21 21 St. Paul ...143 143 137 138 St, L & S W 21 22 21 22 St L&SF2dpf 37 37 36 33 Texas Pac 30 80 28 28 Tol. Ry & L 26 26 26 26 ' Union Pac 155 155 145 145 U. S. Steel 39 39 36 37 Do pfd ...101 101 98 99 Va. Chemlc 30 30 28 28 Wabash .... 14 14 13 13 Do pfd ... 27 27 25 26 Wis. Cent ..13 18 16 17 Do pfd ... 41 41 40 40 Wes. Union 81 Sl Money closed 4 per cent.

Total sales 2,219,800. XEW YORK COTTOX MARKET. Month. Open High 951 977 1012 1020 Low 950 961 969 973 997 1006 Close 949-51 962-63 970b 973-74 997-9S 1006-07 Men. 95Sb May July Aug. Oct. Dec . 977 . 9S5 . 9S8b .1012 .1020 Gill AND PROVISION MARKET Month. Open. Wheat.

Close 77Ha 78 12b 78 a May ..784 July ,.79i ,. 79 ,.47i4-4; ..46SM, Sept Corn. May July Sept Oats. May I.ard. May July Pork. May July Sept. Ribs. May July Sept 4 6 a -a 46i4 46V3a 40 b 36 b 32 a .37 .33

High. Low "8Va 784, i 79 7S T&a 73 3 b 47 H 46s 46 46414 46"8 4612 41 68 40i 37i,2 36 3 33 32

..1610-12 1615 1595 1600 ..1625b 1630 1610-12 1612 ..925-22 923 910-12 915b ..930-25 930 915-17 922a ..940-37 940 925-27 930 ..S93 S95-97 $90 S90 ..900-02 905 897 897 ..907 910 900 &j0

CHICAGO LETTERCHICAGO LETTER ..9. Chicago, March 13. WHEAT Did not sustain the rally of yesterday. Bad crop news was modified in a measure. Points in the southwest which had the

crop killed yesterday saw a gleam of hope this morning. Freezing weather throughout the southwest has in a measure stopped the stories of damage to the crop by bugs. Profit taking by longs who bought wheat on the decline yesterday brought about a reaction of about a cent a bushel in the price of both May and July options. The market closed weak with a loss of about a cent a bushel for the day. CORN Ruled a trifle lower. Trade entirely professional. Cash demand disappointing and receipts larger than estimated were the bear features. Prices declined grudgingly about threeeighths of a cent on the day's trading. The market closed steady without feature. OATS Weak and lower. A break

of a half cent a bushel in the cash 5 article induced quite a little selling by the bulls who have been so persistently bullish for the past two weeks. The market closed with a weak undertone. pnonrcK markets. Chicago. March 13. The demand for butter was only fair at the recent decline. Fancy grades are scarce, but there is a large accumulation of firsts and under grades that are hard to sell. The dressed beef market showed firmness. There was a better demand for rounds in particular with supplies small. The egg trade was active at former prices. There were no vegetables or strawberries in from the south today, it being an off day. Quotations on round lots ranged: Butter Receipts, 8,310 tubs. Extra creamery, Jobbing, 30c; price to retailers, 31c; prints, S2c; firsts. 27tf2Se; seconds, 22ff(25e; June extra, 29; dairies, Coolevs, 27 c; firsts, 2ic; renovated, 24(V;25c; Packing stock, 19 20 c. Eggs Receipts, 20; 51 S cases. Miscellaneous lots as received from the country, oases returned 15; cases Included 15; firsts, packed in new whitewood cases, grading 85 per cent fresh 16; extra high grade stock grading 90 per cent fresh, especially packed for city trade 17. Potatoes Receipts, 10 cars; Wisconsin, Minnesota white stock, choice, 42 (ft 43c; choice to fancy, Michigan, 42 44c; red, fair t,o good, S9(f4Ue; mixed red and white, 2drti - 41c; common, small red and white, 37 (a1 3Sc; sweet potatoes, Illinois, $2.50(ci3.50 per brl; No. 2, $1.25fT.73 per brl; new potatoes, $3.00 (LtS.OO per brl. Veal Quotations for calves in good order were as follows: 50 to 85 lbs, 6f!i6c; 80 to 85 lbs. 7(J8o; 85 to 100 lbs, fancy, Hfi'lOc; 150 to 175 lbs, good meaty, 5t;:5c. Dressed Beef No. 1 ribs, 15c; No. 1 loins, 17 c; No. 1 round, 6c; No. 1 chuck, 7c; No. 1 plate, 5c. Live Poultry Turkeys, per lb, 15c; chickens, fowls. 12c; springs, 12c; roosters, 7c; geese, $o.00 a 7.0U ; ducks, 1 2 c. Fruits Apples. $l.50fT?4.00 per brlj bananas, jumbo, per bunch $1.40(g)1.60; straight, $1.10 Q l.ilo ; lemons, Cai., ?2.5U It' 3.50; oranges. $2.00 ( 3.00. Green Vegetables Beets, 40 (a 50c per sack; cabbage, $1.25 per brl; carrots, 50rff70c per sack; celery, $1.50 4.50 per crate; onions, 751.25 per bu; parsnips, tocdtsi.io per ru; spinach, vara'aoo per sack; turnips, 4075c per sack. C. H. WAN2ER STOCK AND BOND BROKER. Stocks Carried on 3 to 5 Point Margta Nominal Rates of Interest. 333 Rookery BIdff., Chicago. TELEPi'CftE H&RRlSOa, 3405. JOHN DICKINSON & GO. STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN, PROVISIONS. 171 La Sails St, Chicago. New York Office, 42 Baoadway. Members Chicago Board of Trade. New York Consolidated Stock Exchange. Dlreot Private Telephone, Central 5551 Wires Fast. Automatic 405. Central B8Si GRAIN MARKET. Chicago. March 13. Cars lots today Wheat 14 cars; corn 189 cars; oats 149 cars; hogs, 28.000 head. Total Clearances. Wheat and flour equal 184,000 bush els; corn, 258,000 bushels; oats, 2,000 bushels. Km filiates for Tomorrow. Wheat 17 cars; corn 255 cars; oats 142 cars; hogs 27,000 head. Southwestern Receipts and Shipments Wheat. Receipt Minneapolis, today ...249,000 Last year 314,000 St. Louis, today 85,000 Iist year 27,000 Kansas City, today ... 41,000 Last year 20,000 Ship 65.0 42,000 89.000 34,000 96,000 44,000 Primary Movement. Receipts feDprnnts Wheat, today 506.000 241,000 Last week 563,000 224,000 Last year 450,000 150,000 Corn, today 907,000 584,000 Last week S31.000 526,000 Last year 329,000 293,000 LIVE STOCK MARKET. Union Stock Yards. March 13. Hog receipts, 28,000; market shade lower; left over. 5.700. Light, $6.80 to 7.00; mixed, $6.75 to 7.00; heavy, $6.65 to 6.97; rough, $6.65 to 6.75. Cattle receipts, 18,000; market steady. Sheep receipts, 15,000; market strong. Hogs Omaha 9,500 Kansas City ..11,000 St. Louis 7,000 Cattle 7,000 10,000 1,800 Sheep 8,000 8,000 E00 Union Stock Yards, March 13. Hogs closed 5 to 10c lower. Light. $6.20 to 6.92; mixed. $6.70 to 6.90; heavy, $5.60 to 6.90; rough, $6.00 to $6.70. Cattle and sheep closed steady. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. Liverpool, March 13. Wheat opened three-eighths higher; corn, one-eighth higher. Liverpool, March 13. Wheat closed one-eighth higher; corn, one-eighth higher.

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WEATHERJ?ORECAST. flurried Indiana rrobablv snow and Thur,, v'. showers south tonight Missouri vL" COOIer tonight, ton ih? In"drSwer? or now "urrles L6W MirhkUr8day: coolr tonight. Partl cloudy' cooler tonight mat and Uhursday; ln?ronan.rn"?aSo,t,enIght: Thu - - -- I I I r ; TV ri I Trsla?a-tien"ally fair knight and HEARD ON THE BOURSE The morning news columns contain statements and advices which include the reported result of the visit to Washington by prominent financiers, the result of which is expected to be reflected in a better understanding of tho situation in which tho railroads are placed by reason of recent legisla tion and the results of the inter-state commerce Investigation. It has been pointed out that both the credit and efficiency of these corporations has been jeopardized at home and abroad in pub lic opinion and that a serious menace to the economic situation is threatened It appears that the hardening of call money rates and Increase in demand for time funds is partly due to large pay ments this week on account of rail road stock subscriptions. The situa tion is expected to culminate Thursday The Sun states that $1,000,000 in gold was bought last week In Europe, not London, for shipment to America, Most things point to a better market today, though the price movement may perhaps be Irregular. The rally in the common steel shares and Amal Copper had a good effect and this last was the result of the settlement of the Butte, Mont., labor troubles. We be lieve there is a large short interest In the market and much of the recent buying has been of tho investment kind and is likely to be dislodged easily. A somewhat bitter undertone pre vailed throughout the market today, perhaps on account of the visit of Mr. Morgan to Washington to seo the presi dent, and it is sincerely hoped that some expressions of confidences will result from these conferences between the president and the railroad man agers. It is a great pity that a country like ours ehould be so subject to attacks, and especially the large corporations which are the life and arteries of commerce. A proper adjustment of these matters will certainly benefit the situation at large and it is hoped that a speedy action will be taken towards this end. Reading and Union Pacific were well bought, also the Coppers, and amongst the specialties, Distillers were put up about three points from the opening. There seems to be a bitter feeling amongst traders who are more will ing to take the bull side, but taking everything into consideration, we think that stocks should be sold again on rallies, especially when they show any reasonable profit. The market shows more resistance to the bear attacks and market looks better to me. Of course the market has to work itself out and we cannot expect a bull market at once after the heavy losses sustained in the market lately. The market was more steady today, and under steady buying, no doubt for the short account, the market rallied between two and three points In the more active stocks, but towards afternoon selling pressure again made its appearance and prices reacted Iha points from the best but still scoring a gain. Conditions at large are good and we look for reasonable money rates, and this in time may help to adjust values on a more Bate basis. Until then the market will be unsettled, but in general we favor purchases whenever prices are weak, and profits should be taken on all fair rallies. There Is very little doubt that the market has turned, not merely for a rally but permanently. That is the word we received this morning from people who ought to know, and as insiders squeezed out hundreds of poor devils around the low figures of last week, stocks certainly ought to do better. The word is that prices will advance this week just about as far as they declined last week. Among the issues that should be prominent In a general rally are U. P., Paul, N. Y. C, Penna., C. F. I., Amal., So. Pac, Atchison., Pressed Car, etc. Reading will gradually get above 130. If the administration can De con vinced that it is to the best Interest of the country that all legislation should be tempered with justice, free from the Socialistic character that is believed to be the basis of its attitude against railroads and corporations, and that values cannot be maintained in face of governmental and state antag onlsm then the market ought to be a purchase for substantial gains. Until some definite expression that such authorities will moderate the An archistic sentiment the stock market will receive the support that cap! tal usually extends to It, and conse quently cannot be anything more than a drifting affair without certainty o direction.

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HOUSEHOLDCOM FORTS. Aid to the Daily Worlc Which Help a. Great Deal. "It is the small comforts which make housework endurable." Thus spake the good housekeeper as she showed cs over her new house "For instance," she went on, -how much more convenient it is to have an ironing board with legs attached which you can erect anywhere In the kitchen rather than the old fashioned kind you had to rest on tho table you needed for your dishes or soma equally Inconvenient spot. "Then take thLs kitchen chair. Eeversed it makes an excellent steplad-

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der, with which the highest shelves can be reached. "Instead of a wood floor to scrub, bow much better is one covered with oilcloth, which may easily le wiped off with a damp rag. "In the bedrooms are flowered laundry bags made of cretonne and matching In color the different papers. Very convenient, this la, and a by no means Inartistic idea, as the bags prove. The maid never ha3 to strain to reach the gas jets. We have a taper for that purpose In every room. "Did you notice that row of white enamel canisters, all labeled, on the kitchen shelves? You can lay your hand on anything you want at a moment's notice. "And don't forget the holder for salt and for pepper, nailed right over the stove, convenient to the pots and pans. "Our motto is, 'A place for everything and everything in its place, with tho place a handy one." JEANETTB WABD. " THETRIALS OFTHE SERVANT Bridget IIerw Itli 8et Forth a Ferr of Them. "Well, praise be! Oi'm through wid this place, Oi am!" ejaculated Bridget as she hung up her apron and prepared to take her departure. "What wa3 the matter?" demanded the parlor maid curiously. "Sure, I tould hr a few things Oi would not s-stand, an she ups an gets mad. So it's a new cook for her an a new place for meself. Arrah, we servants has our trials!" "Trials!" the upstairs maid-sniffed. "Yis, I'd have yez know. Fer instance, if there's one thing makes me woild if s tho mistress in the kitchen. An' have yez noticed the loikes of her TEE KISTKES8 tS THE KITCHEN. always snoopin round to see whither I was wastin' the butter or stalin' the eggs maybe? "Thin on me day out she's sure to want something extra done, an' 01 nlver git out before it's so late there! no time for me to go to the shops, "An have you seen me room? Sura not! Cold as an ice cake, an' me work In' over a hot stove all day an ona towel a wake. "An breakfast in the morula' i Sure, the dtvil himself couldn't do wore vid thim all streakin down at differ en hours an mo hangin round an1 wtLt!n an the kitchen full of dirty dlsbes. An have yez seen the pots? Tlteyre. old an that cracked an Iverythln so ould fashioned it sure wears me out, "No, Oim through! Oi'll go to a ner place where things suit me as well me madam. HELEN CUFXfiN.