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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
Provisions.

sugar-cured hams, Iz1e. 91lc; sugar-cured
hams, medium, 9slc; sugar.cured hams. small.
10c: sugar-cured breakfast bacon, SIC: sugar.
cured shoulders &c; sugar-cured homeless
shoulders, TIC: skinned shoulders. TIC; skinned
hams, l0%c; sugar-curea California hams, SIC;
dried beef sets, l0c; sugar-cured dried beef
rounds, 12c: bacon, shoulders, nc; bacon.
clear sides. 7c; bacon. clear bellies, 694c; dry
salt shoulders. 54e; dry salt clear sides. 6c'
sl1 so Lard-Refned, in tierces. SIC; half
barrels 5Ac: cob tubs, SIC; 20-b pals, SIC;
Sob tin Cans, SIC: 3-b tin pals. CSC; 5b Tin
long. &c; large. Sc Fresh pork links. &c. Bone
less hams. 1011c. Pigs feet half f-barrels, 81 %;
Quarter-barrels 81 l5
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23

Rye quiet; No. /. in store. 7os4c. Provis-
ions quiet. Pork--May. SO 60 Lard-May.
SO 12122
DuLuTH-Wheat opened steady, but soon
began to ease off in sympathy with the weak
ness in other markets. Closing quotations
were: January, 90c: May. 96c; No. hard, cash.
90c, buyers; No. l Northern, cash, 5515e; No.
Northern, cash. Sc
cINcINNATi-Flour quiet Wheat dull and
nominal; No. red, 96c. Corn firm; No. mixed,
521S653s. Oats firmer; No. 2 mixed, 4S79c.
Rye firm; No. 2 75c. Provisions quiet. But
higher; full cream Ohio fiat, 109l014e.
TOLEDO-Wheat weak and lower; cash,
951lc; May, VIC; July. 9054c: August, s954c.
Corn dull. easier; cash, 5054c; May, 52lsc. Oats
quiet: cash. 46c. CloverSeed dull firm; cash,
January and February. 81 80: March. "a 81
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
Closing Bond Quotations.

CHICAGo-Rates for money unchanged.
ClearIngs, Sl4 600 New Y ork exchange was
at 40 cents discount.
ST. LoUIs-Clearings, $3.50, 42S: balances,
S3SS, 46S Money 7@S per cent. Exchange on
New York at par.
NEW YoRK-Bank clearings, sl06. 927. .95S; bal
ances. 81 9o5 $50.
BosToN-Bank clearings. sl4, 403, ,O49: balances
81, ,45S 495. Money, 4119G5 per cent Exchange on
New York, Is cents discount.
BALTIMoRE-Bank cIearlngs, s., SS2 427; bal
ances, SS25, ,929. Money per cent.
PHILADELPHIA-Bank clearings, Sl1, ,6l3 S07;
balances. SI,626, 86S. Money per cent.
CINCINNATI-Money 596 per cent. New
York exchange easy at par. Clearings, 81, ,9l4-
9O0
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
OIL STRONGER.

The Price Marked Up, but No Business to
Back 1t.
The oil market was dull and strong yesterday
There were no sales. The opening bid was 74c
and the closing 1870. Oil City and Bradford
did some buying. The close at the former
point was 76Tc.
Refined was unchanged but with recent ad-
vances well sustained. Average runs, S4215;
average shipments. 81, SS3; average charters,
33662
McGrew, Wilson & Co.. Eisuer building,
quote: Puts, 75l4c; calls, 79@7g14e.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
WHOLESALE : HOUSE,
JOSEPH HORNE & CO.

Embroidery and White Goods Department.
direct importation-from the best nanufac.
turers of St Gall, in Swiss and Cambria Edg-
Ings. Flouncings, Skirt Widths and Allovers,
Hemstitched Edgings and Flouncings. Buyers
Will find these goods attractive both in price
and novelties of design. Full lines of New
Laces and White Goods. UPHOLSTERY DE-
PARTMENT-Best makes Window Shades in
dado and plain or spring fixtures, Lace Cur
tains, Portieres. Chenille Curtains Poles and
Brass Trimmings; Floor, Table and Stair Oil
Cloths in hest makes. lowest prices for quality.
WASH DRESS FABRICS.
The largest variety from which to select
Toll Du Nords, Chalon Cloths, Bath Seersuck-
Dress Ginghams. Fine Zephyr Ginghams
Wholesale Exclusively.
jal3-D
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
MONEY MARKET.

Scarcely Trace of the Recent StriDgency
Now Visible.
Reports of financial institutions yesterday
concurred that the monetary stringency had
almost entirely disappeared, there being plenty
of funds for almost all purposes. The demand
was fair, and no one with good collateral was
refused the accommodation sought Routine
business showed an increase. Checking was
about the same as on the previous day. Clear
ings were 81 323 Sl2 26 and balances SSS7 245 68.
Money On call at New York yesterday was
easy ranging from to per cent last loan 2,
closing offered at 2. Prime mercantile paper,
09S Sterling exchange quiet ard steady at
81 S4sl for 60day bills and 81 S71< for demand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
New York Coffee Market.

NEW YORK. Jan. 22-Coffee-Options opened
steady, unchanged To points up, closed steady
oI2o up: sales b. 80 bags. including January,
laUOc; February. I645@l65Oc; March, l6o5Q
16aOc; Aprii, l39oc; My, l555@l565c; June,
Ia 4Oc; july l5;Sec; September. l4.6Oc; Decem-
fair cargoes, lsc; NOT, 17I5c.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
LIE. HOGS. SHEEP

Cattle-ReceIpts. 1859 head; shipments, l,5l2
head. Market steady at unchanged prices; 10
head of cattle snipped to New York to-day.
Hogs-Receipts. $3.50 head; shipments. $500
head. Market dull: mixed grades. So 700
sS 4O@S so: pigs, So 1898 %: 10 cars of hogs
shipped to New York to-day.
Sheep-Receipts, 700 head; shipments, 700
head. Market, nothing on sale; feeling firm
with unchanged prices.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
LOCAL LIVE STOCK.

Condition of Markets at East Liberty Stock
Yards.
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
THURSDAY. Jan. o I
Following is report OF transactions at these
yards for the week ending January q:
RECEIPTS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
ON THE RIVER,

The river is again slowly rising. and yesterday
1t registered little more than feet There
was no packet boat out yesterday for Cincin-
natl. The boat for that city to-day will be the
keystone State, which arrives this morning.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23

bessemer Pig-Ihere has been a slight i'm
pTovement in henatiue warrants bnt makers,
iron Is quiet and barely steady West Coast
brands Nos. ], 2, g. quoted at 54s Od E O. b
shIDpng point.
hIddlesborough Pig-CleveIand warrants are
rather firmer. selling at 42s. Sd, but makers
iron is without Improvement Makers ouote
42s. 81. for No. g. Middlesbrough, free on
board.
sPiegeleIsen-There is a very fair business
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
A PLEASING Sanca

ot health and strength renewed. of ease and
comIort ioilows tue use of Syrup of Figs, as it
acts in harmony with nature to effectually
cleanse the system when costive or bilious. For
sale IN 5Oc and 81 bottles by all leading drug
Cists, 81
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
total value of 81, 300 have been received in
Pittsburg this week, affording practicapie
proof of the richness of the mine"
Sales at first call were 10 Electric at 81, 25:a

Sales at first call were 10 Electric at 81, 25:at
81, 20 Pleasant Valley at ~, and ~ Wheel
ing Gas at 1877. AT second call 10 Philadelphia
Gas sold al 10. 40 Electric at and 10 at 81 Be-
tween calls ITO Electric went at S36. Sales at
third call were 10 Luster at I934, 10 at l94, 30
Philadelphia at los. 20 Electric at s, 50 Pleas
ant Valley at 2iss. After call 100 Philadelphia
brought 101$.
The total sales of stocks at New York yes
tcrday were 129. 152 shares. including: Atchison,
5, ,145; Lackawanna, 3.055; Louisville & Nash
VILE 1900; Northern Pacific. $780, do preferred.
4,S90; 81. Paul, 1881; Union Pacific, 5000.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23

When baby was sick, We gavo her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss. she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them Castoria
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23

Metal Market.

NEW YoRK-Pig iron quiet. Cosper nom.
mai; lake, January Sl4 80. Lead dull and easier;
DOMESTIC s. S1A. Tin dull and unchanged;
straits, SO So
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
Mining Quotations.

NEW YORK. Jan. 25.-Alice, 1856: Adams
Consolidated, l65: Aspen. 600; Colorado Central.
100; Consolidated California and Virginia, 375;
HomestaKe, 800; Horn Silver. N5; Ontario,
$500; Sierra Nevada, 160
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
Price of Bar Silver.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPAToHl
NEW YORK, Jan. 22-Bar sIIyer-London,
4S5sd; New York. 81 OS11lGl O31S. =
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
NARROW RANGE OF PRICES
The Principal Feature in the Foreign Metal
Market.


-srEcIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,
New YORK, Jan. 22-The Iron Age of to-day
quotes the foreign iron and metal markets as
follows: London pig iron warrants have been
traded in moderately, and prices have fuctua-
ted within narrow range. Latest sales were at
As 2dG47s I'd for Scotch, 42s@42s Sd for Cieve-
land and 5SsS55s % for hematiUe Holders OF
warrants are calling for delivery of iron,
making prOmn;S scarce. The rumor has circu-
lation that London clique is endeavorirg to
make a corner" but roIhing definite comes to
the surface regarding the alleged movement.
ocotCh STOCKS decreased 0.J9S tons last week,
making a reduction of 9 769 tons the past fort
night. Pig iron has been dull throughout the
week: Straits shipments the first half of the
month were heavier than anticipated. but the
movement during the last half is expected to be
smaller. The trade demand continues very
steady.
y large business has been done in conner
warrants at about fjS IS for prompts. and
there is a decided revival of "bull"' specuIa-
ZION. Americans are selling freely however
and all buying orders here are promptly met
Prices. therefore, do not rise. as the statistical
position would warrant. There is still an nm
certain feeling in some quarters owing to
doubts as to the amount OF supply that NAV
come forward from America and the designs of
large European holders. Stocks decreased
l. l62 tons and the visible supply $40 tons during
The first half OF the month. Transactions in
furnace materials have been heavy latterly in
Guiding l. 100 tons Montana matte at los 100
tons Anaconda at the same price. go tons Mon
tana and 500 tons Anaconda argentiferOus on
private terms. The rarket for tin plate has
continued active, large orders having been
placed At the higher prices established last
week, while the demand is still brisk. The
Lewydarth works are about restarting. Hat
ton d sons have failed, with liabilities estimat-
ed at 953,0OO In Scotch pig there is no change
IN the market for makers iron, very few
brands Offering and demand light.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
B. & b,

The $50 pieces full yard wide French
percales, ~ cents, will be a great feature
of our semI-annual remnant sale to- morrow.
BoGGS & BUHL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
Movements in Realty.

Samuel w. Black & Co. sold the fine three
story stone front ten-roomed dwelling. No. 81
Allegheny avenue, Allegheny, lot 24xl2l feet.
at price approximating s22500.
NJ. +. Nipple Co. sold farm of As acres
located at Haysville station, Pittsburg. Ft.
Wayne and Chicago Railroad, to a prominent
business firm for Sl2.0OO The property will be
sub-divided and put on the market in the near
future.
W. A. Heron & Sons sold the last of those
sll, 600 houses on Forbes street, Oakland. being
No. 1923 near Coltart square. 1he lot is 23xl5O
feet, with a new house of IL rooms, handsomely
finished and all the most modern conveniences
10 the smallest detail
John K. Ewing & Co. sold for C. F. Hager-
man to ID. Nj. kammerer vacant lot. 24xl3O, on
the east side of Perrysville avenue, near Wilson
avenue, Allegheny, for 81, 800 cash.
William Petty & Co. sold No.23 Mercer street,
six-roomed brick dwelling, with all modern
improvements. to Jacob Litter for S. 800.
Black d Baird sold to Joseph Steel for the
Germania Savings Bank a two-story brick
building beng No 669 Wylie avenue, Thir-
teenth ward for s., 500.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
Boston Stocks.
PHILADELPHIA Stocks.

Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks. fur
nlshed by Whitney & Stephenson, brokers. No. 81
Fourth avenue. Members New York stock Ex-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23

American Manufacturers Cable Quotations.l
Scotch Pig-COunars stocks have decreased
nearly 10000 tons thus far this month and war
rants are becoming scarce. Prices however,
have advanced but little. Makers iron rem aims
very quiet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23

No. prairie hay, 81 2507 50: packing do, 81 90
a. 2a
srRAw-oas 81 25a7 so; wheat and rye, 81 90
an 80.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
In New Hands.

a business stand, as well known, perhaps, to
business men as any other in tho city. has just
changed proprietorship. ]. B. Larkin & Co.
have sold the lease and Punishment of the old
Spencer Cafe, for many years one of the most
popular resorts of the kind in the city. 1t was
originally started by MIR. Spencer who spared
neither time nor money to make it a symposium
of high art 1t subsequently passed into the
hands of Mr.. Pickert who has Just transferred
it to MIR. Ferdinand Schmidt, on private terms.
He will refurnish and conduct the house on
the best model to meet the wants and tastes of
the business community.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
Swapping Real Estate,

Considerable is going on in the way of ex-
changing country for city property and vice
versa, of which no reports are made. Country
properties. as a rule, are abnormally cheap,
and for this reason are attracting many home
seekers as well as Spectators. A broker re-
marked yesterday: Il think there is money in
country property at present prices Rapid
transit and the spread of the city are over
coming the objection to distance"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23

Drygoods Market.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-There were no new de-
velopments III drygoods and wool, and goods
were firm in tone
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
An Expert Opinion.

In their "Real Estate Annual" Chas. Somers
& Co. well and truly say: "Pittsburg's prog
ress is assured beyond doubt, and every
man within her limits or influence may enjoy a
share of her prosperity. In her irresistible
growth and steady expansion she is destined
soon.to absorb the outlying towns and cities
now known as her suburbs, and an almost limit
less field is presented in her surroundings for
investments as substantial in character as are
tn: products of her mills, and SO certainly
proft-yIelding that, wherever within this field
a selection of property may be made, the pres
ent cost will appear small compared with the
value few years hence"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-23
The Building Record.

The following permits were taken out yester-
day. all. with one exception, being for dwellings
OF good class:
II. B. Flanders, frame two story dwelling,
2lx42 feet on Maple avenue, Twenty-hrst
ward. Cost. $50.
Isaac o. McAIinn. frame two-story and attic
dwelling, 19x44 feet. on Mayfower street,
Twenty-firsr ward. Cost, $1,000.
Richard Gilkeson. brick two-story and attic
dwelling, 19x3O feet, on Flowers avenue,
Twenty-third ward. Cost, 81. QUO.
George g. Gibson, frame two-story dwelling,
20X44 feet, on Caryon street, Twentieth ward.
Cost, 81. 000.
j. NJ. Boren, Frame two-story and attic
dwelling. 20x44 feet on Larimer Navenue,
Twenty-first ward. Cost, 81 500.
Frederick A. Austin, frame two-story stable
l6x22 feet, on rear Frankstown avenue, Twenty
first ward. Cost, S1l0.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-31

German ingenuity is stated to nave.r re-
sorted to a method from ttiie
most ancient past-of rendering fabrics
proof against the ravages of decay for
an indefinite period. "A process, by which
it is said. no matter how deIis:ate the
texture or color of the fabric maybe. its
long life is assured. 1T appears that the
inventor in this case, a German che1nist
based his experiments on the commonly
known fact that the wonderful preserva-
tion characterizing the headbands of
Egyptian mummies is attributed to their
having been impregnated with kind of
resin. Acting upca this assumption, ex-
periments We're made with the substance
extracted from birch bark. with the re-
suit that the green tar left after the oil
used in tanning has been extracted from
the white bark of the birch tree yields a
substance neither acid nor alkaloid; and
this, in solution with alcohol, forms a
liquid with a power of resisting. after
once becoming dry, even the action of
alcohol itself, and is alleged to possess
the property-so long desideratum-o
rendering textile fabrics apparently i'm
perishable, as far as decay is concerned,
peculiarly valuable property being also
claimed for it, namely, ready union
with the most delicate as well as brilliant
colors. York Sun
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It's Her way. Blcs. Her,

1t was an up town surface car, and
three women carrying small parcels
boarded it.
After disposing of their bundles and
themselves on the seats. two of them
started desperately at work to open the
pocketbooks that they carried in their
hands. Neither succeeded to any ex-
tent, and the red haired conductor wait
ed and winked at a cross eyed passenger
in order to note for future reference how
a cross eyed man winks.
Meanwhile each of the women had
grasped the others arm and exclaimed:
Don't, dear, l have change" The
third woman said nothing, and the con-
ductor paused in front of the trio for his
fare.
Don't you dare to pay the farer' said
one of the women.
E'And don't your was the reply.
Then while this friendly argument
was going on, the small woman who had
said nothing quietly handed the right
change to the conductor and the agony
was over.
''Faith, thin wimin do be always the
same" said the conductor as he returned
to his post. And who shall say he was
wrong?-New York Recorder.
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CHARLES HADDEN sPURGEoN

The news that Charles Hadden
Spurgeon, the great London preacher,
is likely to recover from his dangerous
illness will be hailed with joy by mil
lions of people, the world over, who have
well as for his work sake. He is be-
vond question the greatest preacher of
his age and in many respects the greatest
preacher of any age. He is pre-emi-
nently man of one book-the bible.
His sermons, which have been published
weekly for over thirty years without in
termission, except, it may be, during his
present sickness, are very simple exposi-
tions of the scriptures. There is no at
tempt at oratory or establishment. and
no reaching out after adventitious aids.
He has been aptly styled the last of the
Puritans, whose manner of teaching and
close adherance to scripture he very
closely initiates OF the so-called higher
criticism he has always been an uncom-
promising opponent. That he is a man
of remarkable natural gifts no one for a
moment questions, but the secret of his
than in an intensely ferved piety, a
broad and generous philanthropy and
an unswerving devotion to divine truth.
Few men in the world can count greater
number of devoted friends and fewer
still have SO many devoted ones. The
thousands of students who have been
fitted educationally for ministerial work
at the college which he founded, and OF
which he has been for SO long president.
all look upon him as a father. The
amount of good he has done among the
masses in London and by his writings
throughout the world can never be esti-
mated For over thirty years he has
been able to hold, with unabated inter
est, weekly congregations of six to seven
thousand persons. The number of per-
sons on the list of membership of the
tabernacle congregation is believed to be
the largest belonging to any single
church in the world. Rich and poor,
high and low, learned and unlearued de-
light to listen to his words. Yet he is
not, strictly speaking, a learned man,
except as learning is confined to one
book, and he is so little of a cleric in the
strict sense of that term, that he refuses
the title of Reverend, preferring that Of
Pastor and he would never allow him.
self to be ordained. While he is an un-
compromising defender of Baptist teach
ing he gladly welcomes to his church
communion Christians from all other
evanpelical denominations with whom
he has at al times maintained the most
friendly relations. The day that the
world will lose Charles Hadden Spur
geon, that day it will lose it's brightest
ornament and one of the greatest men oi
the century. May this day long be
averted.
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Hints for Travellers.

Nausea, from the motion of the cars,
may be prevented in the following way:
Take sheet of writing paper large
enough to cover both the chest and
stomach, and put it on under the cloth
ing next to the person. If one sheet is
not large enough paste the edges of two
or three together, for the chest and
stomach must be well covered. Wear
the paper thus as long as you are travel
ing, and change it every day if your
journey is a long one. Those who have
tried it say that it is a perfect defense.
Those to whom the term sleeper" is
a hollow mockery may profit by the ex-
perience of statesmen and others who
travel frequently, and have the bed
made up with the pillow toward the To-
comotive. just why this should make
sleep easier is not explained, but the
plan is highly recommended.-Ladies'
Home Journal
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Capable of ID to 20 tons per day; cost
$31, Sss.s. 81, - s7 I'D -, .s
The above will be sold on easy terms.
*. w. E..NXARD,
The Dalles, Or.
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Out of the Question.

Many pleasantries are written and
spoken about the capriciousness of female
servants, but it is doubtful if, as class,
they approach in captiousness the male
domestic. servants employed by the rich.
Good male servants are hard to get, and
proportionately hard to please.
A gentleman had engaged an English
valet de chambre at good wages, and
everything had apparently been salts
factorily arranged, when the man said:
might ask. sir, if I'm to wear livery.
sir. = .a' 'l.'si't
.eYes.
''And what color win the wesht be.
sir?s a1ts
Red" - 49, 5
SOW, indeedl Then I cawn't take the
place, sir I'm much too blond, you
know, for,to wear a red wesldt. siri'-
Youths Companion. s3as
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-31

Infantry, of course, constitutes the
main body of all modern armies, and by
the quality of its infantry an army must
be judged. The capacity of Americans
to make excellent soldiers was proved in
the war beyond question. That hun
dreds Of thousands of men, most of them
entirely unacquainted with the elements
even of discipline and drill, were trans
formed in 50 brief period into officers
and soldiers was certainly one of the
wonders of our time. But the material
was in the main of the best. the desire to
master the new trade well nigh universal
and very strong, and there were from
the beginning many opportunities for
practising what had been learned.
The armies of 1862 were far and away
superior to the levies of 1861. The arm
les of 1868 were decidedly superior to
those of 1862 But in 1868 it is probable
that the highest point of efficiency was
reached in both the Federal and Con-
federate armies in the east, and certainly
in the western army of the Confederacy.
john G. Ropes In Scribnef's.