Hospital for convalescent soldiers at corre
gidor island, manila bay
The hospital for oiir convalescent soldiers in the riiilippines is located
at Corregidor Inland. Major Owen, of the regular army, with fifty hospital
corpsrnen, was sent on the Senator from Manila to Corregidor, thirty-five
miles distant, to constrct the hospital. He found a beautiful spot which bad
been used as a-naval itation by the Spanish and near it native village of
boat 800 persons.
The naval station o?cnpied a level area of abont six acres flanked on all
three sides by commaiding hills or mountains. A little bay in front was
closed iu by high monnains on either side, leaving an entrance through which
the hospital inmates cm Id have a magnificent view of Manila Bay and the
towering green peaks ol Luzon. Three habitable buildings and two capable
of being ned as storehmses, a large boathonse and a ruda blacksmith shop
was the start we had pi-pared for us. Two companies of Pennsylvania volun
teers were sent as a gtrd.
The undergrowth was rapidly cnt and carted away, the houses were
cleaned np, the boathcise made into a dining hall and a cookhouse was es
tablished in a very s ort time. Thirty-two tents were erected for patients,
and beds and ward aparatus were soon in place. An apothecary shop 'was
next fitted np, a line closet and a drug store room were made and iu ten
days' time they were rady to receive patients.
By damming up aunall stream in the mountains, writes one of the hos
pital corps to the Chtago Record, we made a reservoir holding abont G000
gallons of water, whio we ran down to camp in pipes proenred from Manila.
This water fed our codensers and sterilizers and supplied water for the laun
dry. A daily boat frm Manila wis finally given ns ana we began tbe work
for which we had bee. preparing and soon we had nearly 200 sick n. Jer onr
While only thirt-five miles separate
in temperature and hmidity is what one
of several hundred nies. me air is
stiff breeze.
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o Rules lo Be Observedn the Gymnasium. g
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Any ordinary roo iu which there
is good air aud sulight will answer
for a gymnasium; 'e larger the bet
ter. The beginnereed have nothing
mora than a pair f dumbbells or a
pair of olnbs, eitheof which she may
buy for $1. A buing snit or a bi
cycle suit, if loos and comfortable,
makes a very goc costume. A pair
ot bloomers and b'nse well out is also
very practical, .pair of full-woven
black stocking at beolless slippers
are indispensable.
A long mirror iwbich the gymnast
an watch her ow motions is a great
advantage to a hce gymnasium, bnt
not essential. Fin a book on exor
cise by almost ny good author a
TBE FIVO ANOGL.
woman can get y number of motions
and exercises, ad she. must deoide
what is best at most neoesaary for
ber. j '
Exoessive exiise is injurious and
honld be avoid. Excessive exercise
and no exercise all produce similar
results. Stop rcising just before
nature calls i strongly against
further bodily itivitj. Just reaoh
the tired poimnd atop before ex
haustion. Now oan be laid down
as to how mi exercise should be
taken at one ti. Every individual
must be a guidj herself. A woman
should exerci; chiefly with light
weights and lie quick movements,
and never, whi out of training, try
the limit on hutreugtb.
The most inrtant gymnasium for
women in thicountry is under the
management i'atson L. Savage, M.
D., medical tor of Columbia Uni
versity. Cli begin with the kin
dergarten, i progress to the post
graduate co The women have
the use of tlvmnasium and every
privilege, ani
vantage whioh it ao-
ardtd tbt nf
Jthleticreat ForW omens
o
nn ru
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PARALLEL BAB PYRAMID.
Corregidor from Manila, the change
wonld expect only from a difference
very ury ana mere is always a goou,
Every woman who enters is care
fully examined in order to discover
jnst what form of exercise will be
most advantageous to her. In cases
where women or children are very del
icate, or nave some decided physical
defect. that needs rectifying, they ex
ercise in the medical room of the
gymnasium under the personal super
vision of Miss Marion Foye Carter.
This is called corrective work, and is
intended to correct all physical imper
fections, such as curvature of the
spine, cramped chests or weak necks
or backs. The gymnasium proper is
occupied during the day and evening
by girls and women training to im
prove their physical condition gener
ally. Some come to reduce flesh,
others to reduce or develop various
parts of the body.
Nothing conld be more applicable
or practical to the home gymnast
than the hints on physical health and
training that Dr. Savage advances to
his normal olasses, of which the fol
lowing are a few:
"The best time to exeroise is be
tween ten and twelve' o'clock in the
forenoon and between four and six
o'clock in the afternoon. If exercis
ing before breakfast makes you feel
faint or weak, then the early morning
is not the time for yon to work.
Sometimes a glass ot milk, a little oat
meal or toast, will make early morn
ing exeroise possible withont injur
ious effects. If you exercise at night
let your exeroise be at least one-half
hour before bed timo. It is best to
go to bed with the blood in .its nor
mal circulation; sleep is easiest under
such conditions.
"Tbe minimum time for brain work
ers to exeroise is two hours a week,
divided into four days in tbe week.
Their exeroise should be before the
perspiration is reabsorbed by the
body. Do not lounge around until the
suit and the skin bocome dry again.
"For nervous temperaments slow
exeroise is the best, while the rapid
exeroise is recommended for the phleg
matic. For women with a disposition
toward melauoholia light competitions
and out-door games are the mostbene
fioial form ot exercise."
Addressing his normal girls on the
subject of food Dr. Savage said.
"Never exeroise just before or after
a meal. At leaBt one-half hour should
be allowed before and two hours and a
halt after eating. Masticate the food
thoroughly; do not hurry through yonr
mealB, and eat rich foods with great
discretion. Drink plenty of water be
tween meals, but avoid excessive
drinking at meals. One glass of water
should be suflioiont. It is better to
use hot drinks at meal times, aud do
not drink ice water at any time. A re-
freshing drink to take during tbe in
tervals wheu exeroising is made by
putting oooked oatmeal iu water; let
it soak aud dettle." '
- Iu one ot bis talks on breathing Dr.
Savage strongly advised his girls to
breathe through the nose while walk
ing, or doing ordinary work, aid only
to breathe through the month when
extreme physical effort makes it neces
sary. "Do not take short, quick gasps
for normal breathing," he said;
"breathe so as to fill every cell with
pnre air. The largest and strongest
animals in the world breathe from six
to ten breaths per minute, while the
smallest and weakest breathe from 200
to 800 per minute. The manner in
which we breathe is one of the most
imports n tractors in developing human
strength. It is a good practice to take
a long, deep breath and hold it in the
lungs a few seconds; each day increas
ing the time of holding the breath un
til one minute or one minute and a
half is reached. Breathing exercises
increase the exterior chest and develop
the interior.
Chapters could be written on sleep
ing. Dr. Savage suggests the follow
ing rules. Sleep on a mattress laid
ovef a spring, sleep mostly on one
side, breathe through the nose and
keep the month shut. Have a certain
honr for rising and a certain hour for
retiring. Get up immediately npott
waking.
WIRELESS TELCCRAPHY.
A Simple Appumtni by Which Demon
atrntiona May Be Maria.
For some time we have noted the
progress made in experiments with
wireless telegraphy. Two weeks ago
the London Times received a message
from France across the channel, using
the Marconi system. Some of our
readers maybe able to experiment for
themselves by following Elliot Wood's
suggestions in the Electrical World
and Electrical Engineer:
The accompanying three sketches
show a simple arrangement adopted
by me for demonstrations in wireless
telegraphy. Heretofore the general
purpose has been to provide a suitable
tapper for the coherer in order that
the metallie particles may be dis
turbed and the circuit broken. In
the arrangement shown the sounder
is made to do the twofold work ot
answering the signals and decoheriug
the metallic filings. I am unaware of
any similar arrangement; hence pre
sent this one.
Referring to the sketches, Fig. 1
represents the receiving station, which
in this case is made npof two "wings"
B B, whose length is six inches each.
The knobs used are of 1 inch diameter.
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WIRELESS TELEGRAPH AFFABATCS.
The "wings" are snproried by glass
pillars on a suitable base, on which
the sounder A is placed. The coherer
C is a glass tube 2 i inches in length
and 5-16 inch diameter, containing
suitable terminals connected to the
two wings, as shown. The coherer is
in series with the wings B B, the relay
ordinarily used, and the battery.
In practice the wave falls on C, the
relay clones the circuit of the sounder
A, and the coherer, being carried on
the movable arm of the sounder, is
brought dowu with the arm when the
circuit through the sounder is made.
In consequence of this, every move
ment of the sounder arm decoheres
the metallic filings, and there ia
prompt and certain action in response
to every signal of the sender.
The construction of the coherer is
shown in detail in Fig. 2, and approx
imately full size. The terminals G G
are turned down to fit the interior of
the tuba C. The space between (about
inch) ia half-filled with iron filings
or lathe-outtings, sifted out through a
fine mesh. A hard rubber-block E is
made with grooved edge to support C,
whioh is held in place by brass bauds
D D; a thin brass plate, anitably fast
ened to the hard-rubber piece E, and
projecting, provides means for fasten
ing by the screw F to the movable
arm of the sounder A. The best means
of doing this is to remove the screw
holding the armature of the sounder and
clamparing by the screw F both arm
ature and the fusteuing plate at bot
tom of E. The sender, in this ar
raugemeut, oonsists of the usual in
duction coil discharging into two
nickel balls of four inches diameter,
as shown in Fig. 3. It will be noted
trow the sketsh that there is a triple
gap. At eauh aide of the transmitter
kuobs the gap of 13-16 inch, aud the
gap between knobs is 3-16 inch.
The arrangement ahown has proven
all that can be wished for if one doea
not desire the printing telegraph, as
provided for iu some applianoes.
About Frlvata Mailing Cardi,
Many a printer who wanta to use,
either for himself or for a customer,
the private mailing card authorized
by the Government, will be glad to
have explicit information as to the
printing allowed on the face of the
card. There has been some misun
derstanding cn this point, eveu though
the law was supposed to be perfectly
understandable.
In auswer to an inquiry addressed
to one of the assistant postmasters
general, the following was elicited:
"The words required by law to be
placed on the addresslside should be
plainly and neatly plinted,.' i ''-,
scroll-work or ther ot '. ' .
auy kind." i.ud; form )
in the inters' of '
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FARM TOPICS
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Black Knot In rim Trass.
Before warm weather comes all the
plum trees should be looked over; and
any that show marks of black warta
that indicate black knot should be re
moved with a sharp knife and the
wonnd washed with a carbolic acid
solution or some other antiseptic. In
fact, it is a good plan to spray
plum trees with a carbolio acid solu
tion, made one part of carbolio acid
to 2000 parts of water. This will re
main on the spores which are dormant
during the winter until they burst
their bounds and begin to spread the
disease over the tree. The solntion
named is much stronger than can be
applied after the foliage ia in its ten
der growth.
Purifying Hour Rolls.
The value of lime in purifying sour
soils is such as to make its general use
very necessary. Lime is not a fertil
izer in the strict sense of the word,
but in connection with manure it is
often absolutely essential to the fer
tilizing of the soil. Laud gets sour
from one cause and another, and some
soils actually get "manure sick." It
is possible so feed the soil that it
gets indigestion, aud the more that is
piled on it the less it seems to pro
duce. I have seen soils so rich that
they conld not produce more than very
small crops. They were manure sick
and sour.
It is at this stage that lime comes
in to correct matters. A top dressing
of lime on such a soil will do more
good than a thousand dollars' worth
of commercial fertilizers. It is possi
ble to raiao abundant crops for several
years in succession on such aoils by
simply giving them a top dressing of
lime every year. It is owing to this
that some farmers have gathered the
impression that lime is a good fertil
izer. The action ot the lime was not
to furnish any plant food, but simply
to correct the acidity of the soil, so
that the abundance of fertility could
be taken np by the crops.
Lime is good sometime to kill cer
tain germs which multiply in the soil.
Thus, the bacteria which causes club
root in cabbage will be killed if the
land is dressed in the spring with
lime. It has becefioial effects in other
ways, too. It tends to loosen and dis
integrate the texture of the soil, so
that the drainage is better and the
mechanical condition of the soil is im
provod so that the roots ot the plants
can extend downward for water and
food.
Lime is of value on the manure pile
at times. Mixed in with the manure
it will tend to sweeten it, and it will
enter the soil in conjunction with the
fertilizer to perform its work there.
Where heavy dressing of manure has
caused the potato scab in theso tubers,
it is wise either to dress the land with
lime, or to mix limo with manure just
before applying it. A. B. Barrett, iu
American Cultivator.
Peach Cultnre.
If we expeot to be successful in cul
tivating peaches we must give the
trees the very best attention that
modern experience has taught us, to
produce the most practical results.
There is a good deal of unsatisfactory
advice giveu to the farmers in one way
or another. I do not think that any
one would wilfully publish anything
for the purpose of misleadiug those
engaged in agriculture; but too many
give vent to half-formed ideas, or to
conclusions too hastily readied. It is
a common failing to draw eweoping
conclusions from a few facts, and
therein ia our greatest danger in ac
cepting the advice of others. Never
theless, we cannot discard all advice,
but simply try to seleot from the chaff
the wheat that will be of value to us,
and then to use onr common sense in
the matter.
There are many things abont peaoh
culture that we are atill unoertain
about. It is conjectural yet, and cau
tion must be used in accepting the ad
vice of any one who attempts to settle
these important questions from a few
facts. But, on the other hand, there
is ao much known and repeatedly
proved, and yet not practised by those
who enter into the work, that a con
stant repetition of the facts seems nec
essary. It ia hard to aooonnt for this,
except upon the theory that there is
a large class who are so conservative
that they will not accept anything un
less it is covered with the most of
ages.
In caring for peach orchards, culti
vation, fertilization and pruning must
be considered. No peaoh orchard can
be made profitable without good cul
ture boing given to it. Cultivation of
the soil has an important bearing on
the time of maturing of the fruits. The
maturity of the trees can bo postponed
by giving a shallow cultivation. Early
maturity of the peach treea means au
early death, aud it does not pay. Yet
certain varieties hasten to their early
destruction n this way unless oheckeu.
Even at oearing the trees need cul
tivation.' This should go on until
August. Shallow plowing and pulver
izing with the harrow will always ben
efit the trees.
Boil fertilizers of some kind miist
be added every season. ' The troes are
taking from the soil certain elements
that must be supplied artificially.
Wood ashes stand first for this, but
some soils will do just as good if fer
tilized with stable manure. Lime and
potash are neoessary tor the peaoh
soil, aud they should be supplied in
some form. Au application ot caustio
potash solution to the trunks of the
troos should be wade, after the fruit
has set, that is, from the first to the
middle of June. Pricing and thin
ning in their seasoin should be at
tended to also Jam 1 a, vtmou, iu
American Cultivate.
KEYSTONE STHTE KEWS CONDENSED
ESCAPED FROM JAIL.
two Men Walk out of Prison Ouard Puta HI
Foot Down on tha Ntik of tin Loader
and Holda up Another,
A Jnll dollvpry at Clreensburg a few
toys ago was an occasion of great
xcltement for a time. A bold break
'or liberty by four prisoners resulted
n two Retting away and the other two
being held at the point of a revolver
the main entrance to the Jnll by
Krnest May, A young son of BherllT
May. Harold Fuller, alias Texas,
hnrged with horse stealing at Kast
McKresport, and Kdwnrd Davis,
hnrged with larceny led the way.
walking leisurely pnst the guard, a
young man nt the door. He did not
recognise them ns thr-y passrd out,
but when they started to run hp be-
unie suspicious, and. turning around.
found Nichols and Jim Bmlth, charged
nun larceny, passing out the door.
Nicholas pulled a handyhllly and
truck viciously at May, the guard.
The blow fell upon May's left nrm.
With his right the young Jailor struck
the criminal on the neck, felling him.
I'laclng his foot on the neck of the
prostrate Nicholas Mny pulled his re
volver and commanded Davis to stop,
ind he .did so. There they were held
jmtll assistance arrived.
The following pensions were Issued
nst week: Dnvld Stewart. Pittsburg.
:!; Rmnnuel Neff, Br., West Newton 18
:o 112; Hiram Van Hynlng, Kmerlcks
.llle, Jefferson. 8 to $12; I'ri N. Ver
beck. Knst Troy. Bradford. M to 117:
Rdward H. Swisher, Oreat Helt, Hut
er, It) to $8: Charles B. Bmlth, Fosters
Mill, Armstrong. 18 to $12; John Warm-,
astle. Slippery ltock, Hutler, $8 to 110;
Valentine B. Hobnugh, New Brighton,
Is to $8; Louise A. HIM. Ilrodford. 18;
Kllsabeth Numer, Mapleton Depot,
Huntingdon, 18; Janien M. Johnston,
dvance, 18 to 812; John Bchrecken
tost, Meadvllle. 10 to $8; Ellas Maglll,
Urownsvllle, tfi to 8; Qeorge F. Dee,
Irvona. $17 to $24; James Hell, Heaver
PnllB. $8 to $12; Joseph K. Nult, Helle
rernon. $8 to $12; Oeorge W. t'hnae,
."oalport, $8 to $S; Bnroh A. MVKIroy,
Pittsburg, $8; Mnry Trimble, Hiddlea,
Butler, $8; Margaret Walker, Erie, $12.
Van Horn, the murderer, was hanged
ast Frldny morning In the county
Inll at Bcranton. The crime for which
3eorge M. Van Horn paid the penalty
3t death was the murder of Mrs. Jo
iiphine Wescott of Bcranton. Van
Horn and Mrs. Wescott hnd been lov
?rs, but had a quarrel. Mrs. Wescott
nad him arrested for stealing $15. On
the evening of August 28, 186, Van
Horn crept Into the cellar of her house
ind cut her throat. She lived a few
nours, but managed In the presence of
witnesses to accuse him of the crime.
Van Horn was arrested 11 months af
terwards at Wadena, Io. He confessed
to the crime, and was convicted of
murder In the first degree on Decem
ber 7, 1S97.
The lluffnlo woolen mills, owned by
the. tJrnff Brothers, were totally de
stroyed by fire a few days ago. The
mills are located at Worthlngton, six
miles west of Klttnnning. The fire
tarted In the picking room, whera a
man wan picking wool, when somo of
it was blown Into a gas jet and from
there Into a largo stock of wool. About
10 employes were at work when tho
fire broke out. All escaped Injury ex
cepting Norman Claypool, a 15-year-old
boy, who was badly burnod about
the face and bands. The loss Is vari
ously estimated from $i!0,000 to $100,000;
well Insured. Tho Buffalo woolen mills
are well known to IMttsburg drygoods
men.
An Infuriated boar bit Qeorgo ".V.
Smoke, tenant of a farm a half mile
west of New Cumberland, In the right
groin the other evening, severing a
main artery and causing Mr. Bmoke'a
death by loss of blond a half hour
later. Mr. Smoke entered the pig sty
to ring the hoga. This angered the
boar, which made a sudden lunge for
ward, closing Its heavy Jaws on the
farmer's body. Mr. Smoke called for
help and the boar was driven away.
Mr. Smoke was taken Into his home
and a physician summoned, but before
he had arrived the victim of tho boar's
rage was dead.
Gov. Btone has signed house bill Xo.
14. which regulntes the sale ot butter
produced by taking original packing
tock and other butter, melting the
name so that the butter oil cun be
irawn off, mixed with skimmed milk or
other material and by piiiuIhIoii or
other process produce butter, and but
ter produced by any similar process
and commonly known as "boiled" or
process" butter. Under the provisions
of the act butter of this kind must be
labeled "Renovated butter" when ex
posed for sale.
What promises to be a troublesome
mine fire broke out at the Mahoning
Plant of the Cambria Iron Company
just south of Connellsvllle last week.
The Connellsvllle fire department was
called upon to usslst In extinguishing
the blaze and responded at once. The
mine blaze Is supposed to be an nut
break from the Hill Farm fire, which
has been smoldering since tho fatal ex
plosion years ago.
While at work In a field near Mc
Oovernor the other afternoon, James
LoveJoy of Houstonvllle was shot In
the left arm by an unknown colored
man who was driving along the road.
The man then whipped up his horse
and tried to escape, but was pursued
by workmen In the field and captured.
He claimed to have llred nt the fence,
not seeing LoveJoy. A warrant was
worn out.
While Barnard Sucotskle, aged 28
years, and Henry Chesona, aged 23,
coal miners, were loading coal cars In
the Turkey Run colliery near Bhenan
go, a few days ago, they were caught
under a fall of top coal and almost
instuntly killed. It took a gang ot
men over three hours to dig them out.
Their boil lis were badly mangled.
Both men were single.
Reynolds I'llrlm, a farmer of near
Shippensburg, was kicked In the ab
domen by one of his horses whlla
plowing the other morning and In
Mtantly killed. His body was found
lying In a furrow several hours later,
Aja explosion In the mines at Crab
tree near Oreensburg, caused the
death of John Lochyear, the machinist
at the works. He was married, with
two children, and was 40 yearn old.
Charles P. Adama of Carlisle was ap
pointed by Attorney General Rlkln ad
ditional law clerk In the department,
a poaltlon created by the last leglnlu
ture. Mr. Adams wus clerk In the de
partment under Attorney Qwneral Mc
cormick. Michael Imhoff died at Leglonvllle,
recently, leaving a wife and three
children. Ha became Insane, then lust
his Bight, and died Insane and blind.
Gov. Btone has attached his signa
ture to a bill appropriating $00,000 to
meet the deficiency In tha fund for the
euro of the Indigent Insanu.
Many residents of Tltusvllla hava
been buncoed out of $15 each on sub
scriptions to a county history, which
was never oeuvora
THK MARKKT8.
riTTsnuno.
. flrala, flerntr and Vaad.
WHEAT No. J red. 70
WHEAT No. 1 new 71 7
COHN-No 1 yellow, enr 41, 42
no. a jeiiow, iuenea.,, 'i 41
Mixed ear 8 80
OATS No. 1 white 81 84
No. 8 white 81 84
P. YE No. 1 flfl 67
FLOUK Winter patents 4 00 4 10
Fnney straight winter IM 8 80
Itye flour 8 40 8 60
HAY No. 1 timothy 11 00 11 00
Clover. No. 1 9 09 t) 60
FEKD No. I white mid., ton. . 18 M 17 00
Brown middlings 14 78 16 00
Urnn. bulk 15 U0 15 25
BTHAW Wheat 8 60 7 00
Out 8 60 7 TO
BF.KDH Clover, CO lbs. 8 60 8 00
'limotnv, prime 1 su l su
Dairy Prodnota
BUTTF.Il Elgin creamery..... I 17$ 18
Ohio creamery 16 18
Fitnoy eountrv roll 13 14
CHF.KHK Ohio, new 10 . 11
new York, new 11 1'i
Prnlta and Vegetables,
PEANB-Oreen V bu ... 1 fiO'Sp 9 00
POTATOES Fan ey White. V bu 65 60
CAl'.lUOE Per lb 05 08
ONIONS White, V bu I 00 i 25
Poultry, Etc,
HENS per lr 68 70
CHICKENS dressed 14 15
Tl'HKEYS dreaMMl 17 18
EGOS Pa. aud Ohio, freih.... 11 11
ItAl.TIMOKK.
rr rtT-n a a iuii a on
W H K AT No." i red.'.".'.".'.".".".".".'. 74 75
COItN Mixed 87 8
OATS 86 88
EOOf 18
BVl'TEH Ohio creamery.. 19 20
PHILADKLI'IIIA
Fi.orrt 8 B0 8 75
WHEAT No, 1 red 76 V1
COHN No, a mixed 8H 89 ,
OATS No. 3 white 85 '. 86
PUTTEIt Croninerr, extra.... 17 J8
EOGB Pennsylvania firsts.... 18 14
MKW YOKK.
Fl.Orrt rntents I 8 939 4 15
W H EAT No. a red HS
COltN No. a 40 41
OATS Wblta Wentern 81 81
llUTTEH-Oresmorv. 14 17
EOUM State ol Pen'n 12 II
I.IVK STOCK.
Central Stock Varile, Kaat Liberty, Pa,
CATTl-fc,
rrlme. 1800 to 1400 lbs 5 20? B 40
Good, 1200 to 1800 lts 4 V0 6 20
Tidy. 1000 to 1160 lt.. 4 HI 4 85
Fair light steers, 900 to 1000 lbs 4 09 4 69
Common, 700 to 900 lbs 8 75 4 00
Boas.
Medium 4 03 4 05
Heavv 4 05 4 10
Houghs and stags 8 85 8 60
SliEEP.
Trlme, 05 to 101 lbs 6 00 8 10
Good, 86 to 90 It.s 4 (I) 4 89
Fnlr, 70 to bO lbs 4 10 4 60
Common 8 00 ' 8 60
Veal Calves 6 0J 0 25
LAUDS.
Springer, extra , 8 2'9 9 00
Springer, good to choice 7 25 8 25
Common to fnlr 8 00 7 25
Extra yearlings, light 6 75 6 80
Good to choice ycurllng. ...... 6 2) 6 75
Medium 4 25 6 2i
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TRADE REVIEW.
Steel Manufacturers Catching up With Orders
Few Failures as Compared W.th
Previoue Years,
R. Q. Dun & Co .. :.i their weekly re
view of trade, report as follows for
UiBt week: The failures In April were
the smallest In any month since
records by months began, 38 per cent
smaller t: -n In April of Inst year, not
a third of the amount In 1897, and not
half the amount In April of any pre
vious year. Hoth in manufacturing
and In trading they were the smallest
ever known In that month, and In
trading the smallest ever known In any
month, as In manufacturing they were
If the larger failures were omitted.
The ratio of defaulted liabilities to sol
vent payments through clearing
hnnflA. 1' ii 1 ..u u than 7fl .umli naf SI
.w ......... r
000, against 90 cents In January and
11 19 In March, 87 89 In Augufct and
S 02 In Bcptember, ' 1896. A great
shftre of the risk In the business world
hns been eliminated.
It Is not Inconsistent nor strange if
business holts, because It has been
crowded to the utmost for four months
In anticipating future needs on account
of new combinations proposed. In
some cases prices have been advanced
so fur as to check new business, and '
In others works have been engaged so
fur ahead that new orders cannot now
be taken. Yet new business In amount
which would have been astonishing
two years ago is still coming forward,
and the voluntary advance In wages
by the sixteen bessemer Arms of the
Central association and by the Frlck
i dke works, whose shipments In April,
30,4fi2 cars, were the heaviest ever
Known, show confidence In the future.
The grain movement has fallen off,
only 2,4(14. 14H bushels having been re
ceived 'a the West during the week.,
against 4,R5,r19 bushels last year, and
of corn only 2.677,411 bushels have been
exported, aaalnst 4.545.749 bushels lust
ytar, while wheat exports from botll '
coasts havo been better, 3,545,757 bush
els, Hour included, against ' 2,654,237
bushels last year.
Nearly all Iron works are crowded
for months ahead, but a good many
are catching up with their orders,
which have recently diminished. Tha
rlinrr thnr nil tha trrnut ciimrmniea
are to be merged Into one intluences
the stock market, but Is still scarcely
credited, and the raising of foreign
prices where American competition Is
no longer felt 1b suggestive. Pig la
nowhere higher, nor hus any cluxs of
finished products established higher
prices, though in many the demand
exceeds supply. London speculation
made a higher quotation for tin at
25.85 rents, although Atlantic receipts
In April, 6,105 tons, were the lurgcst on
record, and copper Is stronger at l9.25o
for lake, although European stocks are
rising.
Wool sales for the week have been
large, 8,859.853 pounds, owing to sales
of over 1.0UO.000 pounds Australian In
. . n H avnnrl anil hnnvw Bikuimlutlva
purchases of territory. The wool year
ends with heavy stocks on hand and
prices about 10 per cent lower than
lust year. Hiitish prices averaging
about 11 per cent higher for Australian
line, but about 10 per cent lower for
Kngllsh and crossbred wools. Bales of
domestic wool In four months have
been b3.593.735 pounds, more v than In
any year excepting 1897, when specula
tors were tuklng in the heavy stocks
which some of them have recently
been selling at a loas, but Bales of for- ,
elgn have been 31.7.5,508 pounds for the
year, against 93.264,350 pounds In that
year. The market for goods ia a Utile
stronger, with an advance in clay
mixtures, but In general is waiting for
the outcome ot new combinations, and
ahout same of these there Is still doubt
whether they will be completed. The
worsted combination haa gone into
operation, but without Interfering with
deliveries of goods under previousr-
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