The evening times., 1896-10-06
HEARD BY-
IL THE LOUNGER.
ri HAVE drunned sheet tin for twenty
] years, said Thomas T Mack of Pitts.

| GH HAVE drummed sheet tin for twent!
] years. said Thomas T. Mack, of Pitts
burg, who is registered at the N afional
Hotel. land never IN the course of my ex-
perience have 1 known such demand for
| 1t as there was in this town on the day fol-
lowing the big storm of last week.
1.-The supply which the dealers had on
hand and soIne OF them carry pretty large
stock-was exhausted before the doors of
the shops had been open half an hour. and
everybody was crying for more. The lin
ners ran about as il they were demented.
"Telegrans were sent to all the neigh
boring towns offering double. treble prices
for Tin. If the goods could only be delivered
Immediately. But the storm had dealt no
better with them than it had with Washing
ton, ard every available scrap of tin had been
ordered for roofing i'll the towns themselves.
when | went to see tie trade that day
had an Experience which dOcsn' I come often
III a commercial Lraveler'slife. The dealers
actually ackno wledged that they were glad
to see me. Alltheforeuoon was teleg raph-
ing orders into the firm until about mid
day, when orders caIne from headquarters TO
take nc more.
About an hour after this | received
another telegram telling me that the firm
he'd been able to secure some more till,
but that a raise in price would be necessary
on account of the fact that they had to go
outside for it.
'.The timers offered no objection to the
advance and were glad to be able To fill
orders for new roofs at any price.
About 8 O'Clock in the afternoon ] re-
ceived still another wire from my home
office telling me that further raise In
price would De necessary to reimburse
them for the extra trouble and outlay.
Even this made No change i'll the demand.
but the work of taking orders went on as
steadily as ever.
.'Of course, these prices were only local,
still believe / is the only instance in the
history Of the sheet tin trade where the
prices were raised twice in one day.
n extra aordinary tale OF the revenge OF
swallows upon some sparro9s WHO
had robbed them OF heir nest is told
byCoI X. Mantz OF Stuttgart. Germa II y who
Is occupying raoms at the st. James.
Mr.. MantZ is abanker, but spends his sum-
mers in Il country home just outside Stutt-
CART
was surprised TO observe til at nest which
lie Lad SEEN built by u pair OF swallows
under the caves of his summer cottage. and
which he thought he had seen them occupy
ing, h ad no entrance.
Curious to find the cause he secured a lad
der and climbed up to Inspect 1t. Sure
enough there Was no entrance to the resi-
dence ofthe swallows and he had TO cut the
nest open with a knife. Inside, he found
five little sparrow fIcdgliBgs, all Of whom
had apparently died OF suffooation This
sight told its own tragic story of'robbery
by the parents and revenge upon the chill
drep. pair OF sparrows mad evidently
taken adyantage OF the absence of he swal-
lows to take possession OF the nest. Here
they had raised their little family, but one
unfortunate day they had been So careless
as to go away and leave their babies un-
protected. The swallows, probably on the
watch for a chance to get back at their
despoilsrs. had taken advanta ge Of this op-
portunity aud had gone to work deliberately
TO close up the doorway.
HENRY C. BENTLEY. of Montreal
W. Canada. is n guest at the Raleigh
He has recently returned from a trip
through the Orient. and is loaded with ill.,