LIFE ..ABOARD
The
Jtaulme ot Admiral DeWey's Flagship From the
Bugle's Jevteille lo JPipcdoWrt.
JACK
New Yobk Citt (Special). Tlie
life of the sailors nboant Admiral
Dewey's flaRsbip, tbo cruiser Olympia,
is a dnplicnte of the routino peculiar
to every otbor boat in the United
States Navy. The discipline ban not
been relaxed because the jack tarn an
rjuittort themselves no veil nt Manila.
On tho enntrnry, an extra effort is
made by tho crow to hold by pood bo
havior in peace the Innrels they wou
In time of war. Tho men-o'-wnr's men
of the Olympia are feted and petted
while Ashore, but oneo uuder the Ad
miral's eye they return to the stern
realities of life on the ocean wave.
. It is rot a very fnscinntingor wildly
hilarious life that of tho mau forward
on board a modern warship. There is
a monotony and snniencnn of things
that eat inta tho heart at times, and it
is only the excitement canned by n
wreck or a storm or a series of battles
tike that recently experienced that
1 .1 m : i mi i . 1 1 . i 1
n , u , inv. i u i n n il f. it i m tun u iidu
uibb vi a oueie nnu cirum in iuo or-
l t I i 1 1 1
inrilllllR 1. 1IIH I11UN1ITN. It H 1I1H
marine drummers and bnglars are
railed, are summoned ten minntes be
foro time by the corporal of tho guard.
The two lads, rubbing the sleep from
their eyes, take their stand near the
forward hatch, and, at the word from
the officer of the deck, break into the
stillness of the early morning with an
infernal hubbub technically known as
"reveille." The hideous uproar speed
ily brings a chorus of grunts and
WKITTNa HOME.
(On bonrd tbe flagship Olympia.)
yawnB, not unmixed with something
atronger, from the occupants of the
hammock-crowded berth deck, and
presently the ladder leading above is
thronged with half-clad figures mount
ing upward in a ghostly procession
Each figure carries upon his shoulder
bis individual hammock, carefully
lashed and fettered. This he de
posits in the receptacles prepared for
the purpose and then hies himself to
bis mess, where he finds steaming cof
fee without milk and barely sweetened,
but extremely welcome as an eye
opener. The spotlessly clean deoka of naval
vessels are proverbial. This oleanli
ness, which seemed novel even to royal
eyes, is the result of hours of hard,
oonstant work every morning on board
every ship in the service. It is to the
executive officer that all praise or
blame in referenoe to the condition of
a ship belongs, and direotly after the
orew has had its early couee he is on
flock personally superintending the
holystoning and scrubbing and per
haps painting. He relieves the officer
of the deok, who goes below for a light
Inuoh, and then sees that the boat
wain's mates and the captains of the
different parts of the ship distribute
thoir men to the best advantage. If it
be wash day the orew is allowed to at
tend to its laundry work before tho
sornbbing begins, for.be it understood,
there are no "Hop Lees" or oolored
women in the naval service.
t It is seldom that the ship's oook,
who has the exclusive privilege to
make and sell dried apple pies at
twenty-five cents a pie, and tbn ship's
barber, who pursues his tonsorial art
at tbe rate of $1 each quarter for every
man on his books, scrub their own
olotuing. They are rioh enough to
hire a needy landsman or ooal passer
to do ii ior tiioin.
As tbe sailor's outfit consists solely
of cloth or white duck trousers, fluu-
AT WORK AND AT
THE FENCING DRILL.
nel inside and outside shirts and the
ordinary eotton hose, the operation of
washing does not call for skill or prep
aration. For instanoe, if the artiole
to be renovated is the flannel shirt,
.Jack selects clear part of tht deok,
THE OLYMP1A.
PLAY.
nprinklcs a little water npon the spot,
then spreads his shirt, previously
soaked, upon the deck. Then with
nnlt water soap and a scrubbing brush
ho sets to work. A subsequent rinsing
completes the tank nud the garment
in fantoncd with bits of twine to tho
clotheslino stretched from most to
mant.
Holystoning decks nnd scrubbing
AT MESS ON BOARD
ladders and gratings with sand and
canvas continues until ten minutes of
8 o'olock, when the call to "spread
mess gear" is sounded by the boat
swain's mate on watch. This is also
the signal to clean up, and each jackie
grabs a deck bucket, gets his share of
freBh water from the captain of his
part of the ship, and makes his toilet,
which, if not elaborate, amply suffices
for his needs.
After tho washing, the sailor's
toilet consists of a vigorous rubbing
with a coarse towel bis own private
property and a hair brushing with
tbe aid of an ancient brush and a small
wooden-frnmed glass generally carried
in the little chest, or ditty box, which
is the officially approved trunk of each
jackie.
At the stroke of eight bells, 8
o'clock, the call to breakfant is given.
Salty air and an open, free lifo pro
duce excellent appetites, and there is
no dawdling in the race for tho mess
tables on the bertbdeck.
Breakfant over, the men have until
9 to smoke, then all hands are turned
to and the ship is cleaned up for quar
ters. This latter ceremony is con
ducted daily, rain or shine. During
CnAPLAIX BEANEV, OF THE OLTMriA.
week days the morning hours are
generally devoted to drill. A settled
schedule is made out when the ship
goes into commission, and this is
strictly adhered to. Eaoh ship has
its general quarters, fire quarters,
collision drill, abandon ship, arm and
away boats, broadsword exercise, or
something of similar character, and
from 9.30 nntil noon the docks are
alive with men under instruction.
Dinner is followed by a short rest,
and at 1 o'clock "turn to" is sounded
again. During the afternoon five
days of the week the orew is kept at
work attending to the multifarious
duties of tbe ship. Saturday after
noon is considered a half holiday, the
smoking lamp is lighted, and if the
ship is in port the men ars allowed to
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fill
tee visitors and enjoy themselves ac
cording to their individual inclina
tions. With mess-gear in the early
evening, the working day ends. Sap
per is followed by a period of re
laxation nntil the mellow notes of the
bnglo sonnd taps, and the boatswain's
mate's whistle echoes throngh the
decks in the last call of the day
"pipe down."
Thore are many other incidents
which go to make np tho naval day.
At sea, when the ship's company "is
divided into watches, the monotony is
greater than in port. It is during the
latter time, with the fleet at anchor ofl
some friendly city, or when tho ship
is tied np to a dock in onoof the homo
navy yards, that Jack finds his hours
filled with variety and pleasures suffi
cient to natinfy even his deniren. It
is then the liberty lint a potent term
in tho navy is made out. To din
cover one's name on the liberty list
THE OLYMTIA.
means shore with its fascinating at
tractions, and if there is anything on
this footstool the average sailor loves
it is to "hit the beach" with a few
dollars in his pocket.
Sunday is, as far as posnible, kept
as a day of rent. After tho morning
scrub and inspection comes service by
the chaplain. The old rhyme of
Klx days shnlt thou labor and do all that
thou nrt able;
On the seventh, holystone the decks and
scour tbe cable,
Is no longer appropriate, since all
labor, except what is absolutely neces
sary, is dispensed with.
To attend divine service, dressed in
the BAnnF.n n ciiair ox TnE olymtia.
their best, is the one extra duty re
quired of the men, and the afternoon
is practically free until sundown.
Chaplain lleaney, of the Olympia, is
one of tho most popular men aboard,
and the men confide in him to an ex
tent that is remarkable.
Ovster Opening an Art.
It takes one hundred million oysters
a week to satisfy the requirements of
the New lork market. This year the
supply promises to be prolific.
ANATOMY OF THE OYSTER.
The oyster openers are a class by
themselves, as distinct and clannish
as the 'longshoremen for ocean liners.
They receive $1 a thousand, and it
is a poor shuckor that cannot earn $5
in a day's work of eight hours. Many
of them earn $8 and $'..
There are as many ways of opening
an oyBter an there are of carving a
duok, and each shuoker thinks that
his way is the best. It depends upon
where a man has been brought up to
the business. Men who have been
brought up in New York use nothing
but the knife, but they ubb it in dif
ferent ways. Not one man in a hun
dred is a good side knife opener.
Other men who use nothing but the
knife simply stab tbe oyster. Epioures
declare that this spoils it, but oyster
men say that for the general trade it
makes little difference. If a shuoker
has been brought up in the South,
Baltimore or Norfolk, for instance, he
uses a hammer as well as a knife in
opening an oyster.
Ad Kdltor's Just Plaint.
"Send in yonr items of news when
they are fresh," says the Salisbury
(Mo.) Press. "We don't like to pub
lisb a birth after the child is weaned,
a marriage after the honeymoon is
over, a death after the widow is mar
ried again, nor the notioe of an enter
tainment after the job work is done
elsewhere and the editor is charged
for admission."
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. !
Hallway building In China will be
lone, not, as has been the ease in the
levelopment of most ny stoma, by ulti
nate connection of short lines into
arger gronpsi but by eonstrueting
ihe trunk lines first, with spnts and
ionnectiona to moot the needs of trafflo
ifterwards.
From recent statistics it appears
ibat the annual death rate in the
United States in 1H per 10IM; in Great
Britain it in 19.4; Ireland, 18.2;
Franco, 'i'-'.fij (lermnuy, 24.4; Austria,
lil.fi; lliingnry, 32.4. In Norway and
Sweden it in loss than 18. Out of
1000 deaths in the United Statos dur
ing the year 101). 1)3 will be in January.
A now knifo for clearing tho wool
from n sheepskin ban been inventod by
woman in Hrndford, Kngland. It in
mppliod with an electric current which
heats the blade, and combines a singe
ing effect with cutting. Tho device
works so rapidly that tho skin is not
injured in any way, and tho invention
admits of faster work than formerly
wan possible. After a few hours' prac
tice a girl can clean eight or ten dozen
skins nu hour.
Dr. Corillnno Dntrn of tbe stnto ol
Matto (irosno, Brazil, ban sent a sworn
statement to the Academy of Medicne
at liio do Janeiro, nffirniing that be
ban invariably cured almost immedi
ately the biten of the rattlesnake and
other more venomous roptilon, even
after tho poison ban entered the blood
iu circulation, by administering "two
tnblespooufuls of soup containing two
grammes of strong lemon juice, and
repeating the dose within two hours.
After the third dose the pntient is free
from danger.
Formerly the deposition of a r.lnc
coating to preserve iron from rusting
was only effected by the aid of heat,
but within two years past a cold pro
cess of galvanizing by electrolysis hat
been put into practice. It is averred
that the new process overcomes many
defects of the old, such as luck ol
uniformity in the thickness of th
zinc til in and roughness of the sur
face. As formerly practised, galvan
izing often necessitated tbe recntting
of screw threads on account of the
uneven deposit, but with tbe electro
lytic method no such difficulty arises.
It in also claimed that Kino coatinu
adheres more firmly when deposited
by tbe new process, while the cost is
diminished.
T.nke Tnnsranvikn. in Africa, offers a
ntiiiine field lor scientific exploration.
Tliia rnoiitti lilta Aiintrnlifi in nllrt nl
the few localities w here animals still
live Hint have become extinct else
whore, certain whelklike mollusks ol
thin lnke nmicnriiifr to bnve been de
rived from tho ocean and to be identi
fied with fossil forum of obi Jurassic
seas, in Kuropo. This famine fauna
does not nppear in yassn Jlwero,
liangweolo or other hikes whose ani
mals are known. It mny yet be found,
however, in Lakes Kivu, Albeit Ed
ward and Albert Xyanza, which lio in
the great depression ending in the Dea
sea, far to the north, and this adds in
terest to the expedition for which the
ltoyal society is seeking $'.!5,UUU.
flow They Kndnr Heat.
How the meu employed in iron
foundries, steamship boiler rooms, blast
furnaces nnd other torrid plnces stand
the tei rible bout in a mystery to all
but tbe initiated. In the melting
room of tho I'nited Stntes mint at
Philadelphia the thormomoter usually
indicntes 10(i degrees, in gas works
118 degrees, and in blast furnaces
about 115 degrees, while in steam
ships the firemen sometimes have to
endure 140 degrees of best. In all
these places the men wear very little
clothing, and undoubtedly Buffer froir
the exposure, but not so much as
person might suppose.
The explanation of this fact is thai
these men are not reached by the
humidity. . They are working iu
places where the artificial heat is so
intense as to drive out the humidity,
and 118 degrees of heat in a pure drj
air is not felt so much as a mixturt
of 00 degrees of heat and 80 per cent,
of humidity that tells on people and
sorely tries their vitality.
The humidity is the moisture in
the air. When it is very intense it
prevents the perspiration from pass
ing out through the pores of the skin,
and its pressure on the fie-di is very
exhausting and the confinement ol
perspiration exceedingly unhealthy.
Although peoplo do not know it, tboj
would be cooler while sitting beside a
red hot stove than they would be in
the street on any hot inidsutuinei
day.
. To Clean DluinoniU,
Just at this seanon, when the world
is full of brides aud sunbursts aud
stars and other dazzling "gifts of thi
groom" tee n as common as plain gold
wedding rings, a hint on how to cleau
diamonds artfully may not come amiss.
The stones Bbould fii'Bt be washed in
warm water and yellow soapsuds, with
a small but not too hard brush, ltf nst
aud dry tbeiu carefully with a soft
cloth or silk handkerchief, and pul
them in a box containing boxwood
dust. Move them about iu this for
sometime until they seem perfectly
dry, free them from the powder aud
polish with tissue paper. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
An Elegunt Nuftlaiency.
"Professor, who is the happier, the
mau who owns a million dollars or ht
who owus seven daughters?"
"The man who has seven daugh
ters." "Why so?"
"He who has a million dollan
wishes for more; tbe mau who hai
even daughters does not"
ElSIf state mi com
STRANGE CONDUCT.
Youns, Man Disappears On Hit Wedding Day
When Found Hs Would Give no Ex
planation lor Hit Action.
Oscar I Joblnon, of Kellottsvllle,
wan found ty his pan ntn last week.
Johnson Is the man who creited a sen
sation recently by dlxuppe.tring wnlle,
on Ills way to llrove city, where he'
wan to have married a prominent
young Woman of that place. Instead
of going to urove City he went to Oil
City, anil from there to Cambria
county, where he was titrated by his
parents. He had little to sny regnid
Ing hln disappearance, and the out
come of the aftulr In In doubt so far
an any explanations he will malie for
publication are concerned. The young
wmnnn to whom he was to have been
weibled declares she will have nothing
more to do with him.
The following pensions were granted
last week: William l'lle, Trent, rom
fiaet, $H to $1U; David College, Klx
Mile Hun, to It; lieuben Wlmtnr,
Jilk City, IU to Js; Joshua I.-wts, l .di
nna. $fi to X; Frnncls M. Cunningham,
Ohlopyle, $6 to 110; Andrew N. K n
riedy, Alithcny, $S to $10; Henry
David Miner; Kvnns City, tie to $17;
ftprlngor W. Dnnunct, New Castle, Jfl
to $H; Joslnh Houcrs, Johnstown, $12;
Hylvanun Thomas, (llbbonn Ulade, $tt
to $s; I'eter Kinney, Jr., Johnstown, $12
to $14-,' David T. Fry, Ford City, 16 to
$S; Hlvnin Hwlsher 'Felts, -. I to $12;
Annie MuTIgh, Pittsburg.-$S; Freder
ick l.lpke, De Haven, $S: James n.
l.oguv, McDonald. $6 to $8; Anson H.
Vaple, West tlreeno $rt to $S; Htephen
Welniert, Hopewell, $6 to $; William
Taylor, Love Valley. M to $10; John
W. Htratton, Henver Falls, H to $10;
Michael Haymaker, Murrysvllle, $S to
$10; Alexander Leslie, Kpnngler $0 to
$10; James Lnngrndln Kushtieho, 16 to
$s; Mlrhnel Bcnrkhelmer, Coneinaugh,
$6 to 01$; Charles Sweeny, Natrona, $4
to $8: James Shannon, Clarendon, $6
to $10; Peter Williams, Hoggs, $6 to $8;
Solomon 8. Schreelongost, Rural Val
ley. $12 to $17; Abraham Hart, Hen
derson, $6 to $8; Daniel llrown, Pnltn
burgi $8 to $10; John A. Linden, Kllza
beth, $6 to $10; Thomas Patterson,
Hryan, $8 to $12; Aurllla Allen, Corry,
$12.
Mrs. Rebecca Walters of Oreat Pelt,
through her attorney, A. M. Christy,
hns brought suit at Hutler, ngalnst
Ciawn Ward nnd Mrs. Agnes Walters
of Heaver Falls to recover $.',0i)0 life
Insurance on her son, Daniel Walters,
who died In 18M. Daniel Walters was
a Jeweler and reputed to be worth
$10,000 In personal property when he
died. Among his effects was a life in
surance policy of $!i,ono made payable
to his mother, Mrs. Hebecca Walters.
Mrs. Walters In 80 years of age and
not famillnr with legal papers. She
alleges thnt her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Agnes Walters, and (lawn Ward In
duced her to sign certain papers on
representation thnt Ward would then
collect the Insurance money and turn
It over t her. She says that Ward
paid her $20, and thnt he now refuses
to account for the $5,000 or pay it to
her.
Arthur Knnnel. one of the trainmen
Injured In the wreck of an engine on
the Lehigh Valley railroad at Oxbow
curve, below Perm Haven, died
Wednesday. When the wrecking crews
cleared away tbe debris they found
burled beneath the engine the man
gled remains of a brnkeman who,
while not yet Identified is supposed to
be James Dennlen, of Weatheriy, who
has been missing. He Is supposed to
have been riding home from Packer
town when the accident occurred. Kn
glneer llurkirk. another nf the in
jured, Is not expected to live.
Since the time Andrew Carnegie
wrote to the Heaver Falls Library as
sociation, ottering that body $50,000
with which to erect a public library
building, the association has not been
asleep In Its efforts to provide means
to carry out Mr. Carnegie's stipula
tions. A number of meetings have
been held, but It wan not until last
Saturday that detinue progress
reported. The committee on site
ported that options and prices
been secured on a number of sites,
that all that Is needed now are
funds.
Lieut. W. Pitt Scott, who was
was
and
the
en-
sign on the Olympia ami a member of
Dewey's personal staff, arrived in
ICnston a few days ago, and was ten
dered a puoilc reception. The exer
cines Included a parade and nresenta
tion of a sword by the people of his
native city. The young man Is a son
of Judge Scott of Noithampton county
court.
The Women's stnto temperance nlll
ance In session at West Chester has
adopted resolutions commending con
press for panning the antl-ennteen
law, and condemning "the Illogical and
Illegal interpretation of that law by
the United States attorney-general, by
wnicn tne law is practically nullified
in tne interest or tne iquor dealers."
Paul H. Dry. traveling fur T. P.
Jenkins, the wholesale grocer of Pitts
burg, and Rush Walthour of Manor
were thrown from a buggy by a run
away ?team at Manor and both men
sustained severe injuries. The horse
was frightened by an approaching
train. The vehlclo was reduced to
splinters.
Gold-bearing rock found three miles
from Malvern and sent to I. H. Bchott
of Colorado borings. Col., to be as
Bayed has been returned nnd the re
sult snow s one to run $6 75; Berond $22,
and third, $34 to the ton. There is
considerable excitement over tho find
The miners of the Ulass Flats mines,
near t'eaie, are unearth. ng a monster
petrined snake, imbedded in a bed of
coal. Already about ten feet of tbe
monster have been taken out. It is
estimated that the entire snake Is 30
or 40 feet lung.
Llgonler people are eating free fish
these days. German carp In the Chau
tauqua Ice Company's lake house
grow so numerous and large that they
keep the water muddy. The company
are talcing out the ilsh and giving them
away.
Among the appointments made by
Governor Stone was that of Hyman
Welgenbaum, nf Pittsburg, to a
scholarship In the veterinary depart
ment oi tne university or 1'ennsyl
vanla.
Hrakeman Alva C. Hrown has been
Jailed at Washington, Pa charged
with killing young Emmett Cahtll at
Munongahela, by shooting from a car
window at boys who were stoning tho
train.
Mrs. Thomas Copplnger, of Oil City,
was rounu aean near ner nomo Mon
day Dy ner nuBband. '
In an opinion rendered at Franklin,
Judge Crlswell refused to appoint a re
ceiver for the Heno Oil Company of
i iusourg as asaed ror by some uls
atlBllud stockholders several months
ago.
Mrs. Bridget Corrlgan, said to be
the oldest woman In the state, died at
wiiKesourre recently, aged 107 yearn.
She was born In Ireland, and came to
mis county wnen Uf years old.
David Kautx, 711 years of age, of
Lancaster, was outing a piece of meat
when a portion lodged In his larynx
una atrar. giea nun to aeatn.
George Ebert has sued the boron if h
of Mars tor $6,000 damages on account
of a brojien arm. His buggy upset
over an embankment which was not
proviaea wun guara reus.
THI MARKETS.
tfirrsiiuno.
firnln, Flnnr and Feed.
WHEAT No. 9 red.
XVIIKAT No. 1 new
09
41
V)
8T
80
29
90
40
69
COHN No S yellow, ear.
48
40
88
81
80
4 00
8 60
07
13 80
11 00
18 80
10 00
18 00
6 28
6 28
1 60
1 40
Mi. 2 yel.cw, shelled
Mlxsd ear
Oa'18 No. 1 white
No. 8 whltn
FLOb'Il Winter patents 8
rnney straight winter
ltv-N.. y
66
23
00
00
74
(0
03
10
25
20
HAV-No, 1 tlmotby 13
Clover, No, 1 11
FEKD No. 1 white mid., ton.. 1
iirown middlings is
Uran. bulk 14
BT11AW Wheat. 6
Ont
PEI-.DH Vnney blue Grass.... 1
iitnothv. prune. 1
Dairy Product
Bt'TTEn Elgin creamery.....
264 17
ili 24
tnno crenmnry
Innry ooutitrr roll
IS
11
18
75
60
25
50
65
13
14
18
CIir.KNE Ohio, new 11 .
hew lork, new 11
Irnlts and VegntablM,
HE A NR Omen V bit .... 80
POTATOES Fancy White bu -45
rAIUSAGE I'orburrol 1 15
UNIONS per bu
40
60
12
1.)
17
1'onltry, Kta,
IIF.N8 per imlr :
CHICKENS (beised
Tl It KEYH dressed
KOGH I'a. nnd Ohio, frejn...
JIALTIMOKK. .
Ft.orrt t 8 78 4 01
WHEAT No. 2red.
71
73
84
80
(OltN-Mlxed
OAT8
F.nOB -.
87
29
17
13
18
84
UIXTF.H Ohio creamery..
PHILADELPHIA
ri.nrn... a s rkih, 7.1
WHEAT No, 1 red 71 72
COIIS No. 1 mixed 88 89
OATS No. 2 white 81 82
HL'TTEH Creamery, extra.... 23 24
EGGB Pennsylvania firsts.... 19 20
WKVf COltK.
FLOUIt Pntents t 8 90(9 W
HEAT- No. 2 red.
7S
41
.. .. 29
,. 17 24
14 18
COHN-No. 2
OATH White Western. .
Bt'Tl E It Creamery. ...
EGGB mate otl'enn...
1.1 VK STOCK.
Central Stock Vardi, East Liberty. P.
CATTLE.
Prime. 1800 to 1400 lbs 5 51 5 70
Good, 1200 to 1!)00 th 0 15 6 40
Tidy, 1000 to 1160 lbs. 113 6 10
rnir ngnt steers, woo to luou nil tin
Common, 700 to 800 tt,i 8 25 4 00
Boas.
Medium
Heavy
4 R0
4 09
4 lil
4 15
4 00
8 25
3 8)
8 0)
4 93
4 75
4 50
4 DO
4 25
3 75
4 00
7 2i
llougbs and stags...
si
rrlme, fllito 105 lbs.
Good, H6 to DO lbs. .
Fair, 70 to BO lbs....
( ommon
Veal Calves
LAM lis.
Fprlnger, extra
6 099
4 V)
4 00
4 35
4 10
4 00
8 0J
5 23
5 0U
4 IK)
4 60
4 8
4 2
4 00
rpringer, guou tocuoice
, ....... ... t..i
Extra yearlings, ilght.
Good to choice yearlings.....
Medium
Common.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Foreign Bank Make an Unsuccessful Effort
lo Check Ihe Oulflow ol Money.
It. Q. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade reports as follows for last week:
The grand demonstration in honor of
Admiral Dewey effectually stopped
business of most kinds for two days at
the chief city of the country, and yet
the remaining transactions of the
week would have excited wonder n
year ago. At New York, ' where the
Interruption was greatest, payments
through clearing houses exceeded $1,
0r,0VU,000 In four business days, a rec
ord never before approached, and out
side New York tho gain rellects a great'
expansion in the volume of that klpd
of business which does not depend on
exchanges. -
It has been a week of remarkable
monetary changes here and elsewhere.
The Hank of Knglund raised Its rate 1
per cent before and per cent more
after Its weekly statement, from 3V4 to
6 per cent, with the hope that the out
go to New York might be checked, but
the Hunk of Germany lost also and
raised its rate to 6 per cent, and the
Hank of France lost heavily. While
high rates were paid here for money
reiiulred In speculation, no stringency
embarrasses any branch of legitimate
business, and the stock market has
held up surprisingly.
With such business as the great steel
companies are doing, It Is not strange
that their Blocks are firmly held.
There have been heavy sales of rails
deliverable next year, $33 being fixed
as the price after consultation, and
about 2:.0,000 tons fair y divided be
tween eastern and we.-tern works were
sold. For their protection the great
companies bought billets In large
quantities, for which It Is said $35 was
puid by some, and of hessemer pig
nearly 200,0uo tons, the Federal Steel
Company taking 110.0CO nnd Pittsburg
works Inking advantngo of old options.
Other large rail contracts are ex
pected soon, especially those of the
Pennsylvania. Piute works seem to
be gaining little If any on their orders,
and bar mills are as crowded as ever,
while the renewal of efforts for consol
idation of sheet mills causes more ac
tive buying. Hut whl'e bessemer p!g
rose 25c and gray forge at PlttBburg
declined 60c, tinished products were
not changed, excepting another rise of
13c per keg In cut nails, and there is
reported some disposition to hold back
orders because of the general rise In
prices.
The wool market is strong, with sales
of 10.C82.152 lbs at the three chief mar
kets, prices being maintained, although
the advunce at London haa been
checked. The cotton mills, after the
general advance In prices last week,
have had a large business, being
helped by the rise In material. It
seems still uncertain what form of
consolidation, if any, will be adopted
by the Fall River concerns.
After advancing about 2c wheat de
clined sharply, uncertainty In the
Transvaal being used by speculators
as excuse for the tluctuation. The
closing price Is unchanged, with At
lantic exports of 3.D6J.002 bu. flour In
cluded, against 2.884.033 bu. last week,
and Pncltlo exports of 397.053 bu.
against 702.414 bu. last year. When It
is noted that corn exports were also
2.90!.232 bu for the week, against 2 631.
002 bu last year, the price raising lc, It
seems not strange that wheat con
tinues Arm, and western receipt have
been for the week only 6,644.113 bu.
against 10.539,35'J' bu last year. The
merchandise exports from New York
have been in four weeks $31,202,622 In
value, against $32,748.4114 lust year,
which, with the Increase In manufac
tured exports and In cotton exports
from other points Insures an enormous
outgo for Beptemb' ", while the In
crease In Imports 1 1 Nw Tork ha
been about $9,500,000 1 1 volume, appar
' ently not enou-h to r-""""- t"-