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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-12
AT NEW YORK.
Ruling Prices in Produce at the Sea-
boards Commercial Metropolis

NEW YORK June 11.-Flour-Receipts 26, Ala
brls; exports 16 SIS brls. Market quiet and lower
to SELL winter patents, S4.5004.S0; winter
straights $41OdA20; winter extras S34503. S.
winter low grades s2.55G2.s5; Minnesota patents,
$4d415; Minnesota bakers, S3.359355. Rye flour
dull; superfne, $2.1OQ29O. Corn meal quiet; yell
low Western, 5Sc. Rye easy Barley dull. Bar
ley malt nominal.
Wheat-Receipts, 1925 bu. Spot weak. OPP
tions opened firm on the government report, but
met active long account selling prompted by
bearish crop and weather news, weakness at
Liverpool and free Southwestern selling; de-
clined all day and closed A05sc net lower; June
closed at i5Ac; September, 6912Q71c, closed at
C6ln-Recepts, 10 500 bu exports, 5S4 bu Spot
weak; No. 2 297Sc in elevator, 291sc afoat. OPP
lions opened easy and were weak all day under
better cron and weather news and unuidation,
closing I03,c net lower; June closed at 29Ac;
September 9o5sQS1Ac, closed at aO9sc.
quiet; No 2 &c. Options were inactive and
weak with corn, closing Ac lower
Hay weak Hides firm. Leather quiet.
Beef steady. Cut meats firm Lard steady;
Western steam $3.50 nominal; refined steady
Pork dull Tallow steady. Cotton-seed oil quiet.
Coffee-Options opened inactive, with prices ur
changed to points advance. European markets,
though slightly higher were sluggish and with
out influence. Small receipts at Brazilian ports
and free deliveries in New York had steadying
Influence. The market was lifeless all day and
closed inactive from 51a points higher to points
7.40c. Spot coffee-Ro dull No. Z, invoice INC,
jobbing SIZE Mild barely steady; Cordova, llA
at 73Ac Rio-Receipts, 5000 bags; cleared for the
United States $4,000 bags; cleared for Europe
5000 bags: stock, 214000 bags. Total warehouse
deliveries from the United States, 1891 bags, in
Guiding IS 63S from New York. New York stock
to-day 354 81 bags; United States stock. 1877 0lo
bags; ahoat for the United States, $3.50 600 bags;
total visible for the United States 727 010 bags,
against 9l7 159 last year and 572, 414 in 1895
sugar-Raw strong; centrifugal SO test, $3.50;
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LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
Trade More Satisfactory This Week in
MnS1 I.inRS


On the wholesale streets and on Commission
row there was a good deal Of activity yesterday.
1t viii be noticed that sugars advanced again,
being ahe fourth advance Of the present week,
and all staple groceries firm in tone. Dry
goods houses doing a fair business and prices
steady However, to sell good BILL liberal
discounts are made. On Commission row it is
active. Yesterday the market was overstocked
with strawberries. gooseberries, beans, peas and
new potatoes. There is stin a good demand for
old Irish potatoes. Poultry and eggs are both
firm at quotations, with a fair demand for young,
fat chickens. The provision market is active and
Prices steady. In otlTer lines there are no new
features.
The local grain market is active. Receipts of
larger and track bids on the better
grades l2c higher. But little wheat is coming
in. Receipts of oats are light. Track bids yes
Wheat-No. red, 76c; No. 8 red, 72974c; No
red, b5Q70c; wagon wheat, 75c
corn-No: l white. Csc; No. white, &c: No
white, 25c; No white, 221Ac; No. white
mixed 24ssc; No. 3 white mixed, 23Ac; No. a
low, 23Ac; No. yellow, 22c; No mixed 23s4c
No. mixed, 23$4c; No. mixed. &c; ear corn,
Oats-No. white 2Ic; No. white. 19c; No 2
mixed. lS1sc; No. mixed. Tic. -.
Hay-No. / timothy, s9.50Q10; No. timothy
sS.50Q9.5O; prairie, s6q6.50.
Poultry and other Produce.
prices paid by shppers)
Poultry-Hens, 54q6c; springs. &c., cocks. 21gc;
young turkeys, sc; TOMS SC: old hen turkeys, &C.
old toms, &c; ducks, Sic; geese, 4Oc for full
feathered; 30c for plucked.
Butter-Country. choice, &c; mixed, 61Ec
Eggs-S1zc.
Feathers-Prime geese, 3Oc per ID; prime duck
10G17c per ID.
Beeswax-3Oc for yellow 25c for dark.
Honey-l2dl4c per 10.
Wool-Medlum unwashed, 15c; fine merino un;
washed, 10Q11c; tub-washed, 20G2jc; bury and
unmerchantable, PC less.
HIDES TALLOW, ETC.
Green-salted Hides-No. l. 7Ac; No 2, 6hc; No.
1 calf SEC; No calf &c.
Grease-White 2aac; yellow. 214c; brown, 2Ac.
Taow-No. l, 2Ac; No >, 2Ac.
Bones-Dry, s12Q13 per ton.
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sAc bid; steamer mixed. 26%@27c receipts
l43 0s9 bu Southern white corn 32QSSc; Southern
receipts 30, 226 bu. Rye steady; No. Western,
3eQ39kc; receipts, 2,G53 bu; exports, Hli3 bu
Hay steady choice timothy, s14. Grain freights
very quiet and unchanged. Butter. eggs and
cheese steady and unchanged.
CINCINNATI. June 11.-Flour quiet. Wheel
steady: No. red, Soc Corn dull; No. mixed,
251Ac. Oats dull; No. mixed 19q20l3c. Rye
dull; No. 2. sec. Lard hrmer at S24 Bulk
meats steady at $4 4ad4.5o. Bacon steady at SOS
$3.50 Whisky steady at s1.19. Butter dull.
Sugar firm. Eggs quiet at Sc. Cheese easy.
TOLEDO. June 1f.--Wheat lower. but active;
No. O. cash, 79lRc; June. 7S1ac July, 6slsc. Corn
dull; No. mixed, l9c. Oats active and steady
No. 2 mixed 19c. Rye dull and lower; No. 2.
cash. 341zc Glover seed dull, but steady; prime,
cash, ST.
DETROIT, June 11.-wheat-No white: Sic
nominal; No. red. soc nominal; July. 6S9sc.
Ccrn-No. mixed, 25c. oats-No. white, 2Z14c.
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REAL-EsTATE TRANSFERS.
Thirteen Transfers, with "a Total Con-
sideratEon of $55,O5O.

Instruments filed for record in the recorder s
Office of Marion county, Indiana, for the twenty
four hours ending at 5 D. June IL, 1887. as
furnished by Theo. stein abstracter OF titles.
corner of Market and Pennsylvania streets. In
dianapos, Suite z29, first office floor, The
Lemcke. Telephone 1860:
Harriet Highbaugh TO Robert l.. Long
and wife, part of Lot 12 Julian. Johnson,
Rawles * Goodies subdivision and addt-
tson to Irvinston 49,. SiVo
'a an OF Block :. North indianapolis 1900
Tnf + Bl0ck q North Indianaocis 49,. 1900
John w Smith. trustee, to Herman Henry
a Adh1ii6 par. o. 10. o. !e .p''Ds1. 1900
William N Gift 10 Laura 4. Peck, Lots
1870 and 1871. Chambers's subdivision Of
lrvngton .............. ..'+''''.''. oJo
% square 10, Lincoln Park addition. $500
Fannie s. Carvin ct al. TO Ruth y
Cornelius, part Of Lot !, Duncan's sub
division of Outot 23...................t... 900
Plaee addition 5000
- go 80 800
Charles Oliver Emma II. Bnlingsly
eo con- subdivision Of outot T.. 1850
William T. Ball 10 Thomas T. Humble and
Vision Of Outlets To- 81 and ls4............ 1IOO
indianapolis Cabinet Company 10 Indian
apolis Stove Company, part of southwest
quarter OF Section 81, Township l6, Range
Lemons Pleasant View addition......... 1000
Transfers. IS; consideration. $3.50
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The Iron and steel 1ndnstr

PHILADELPHIA, June n.-James M.
Swank, general manager of the Iron and
steel Association, has issued his annual
report for 1896. The report contains COM
plete statistics of the iron and steel indus
tries of the United States for 1896 and a
review of their present condition; also, sta
tistics of the iron and steel industries of
IGrelgn countries in past years. In 1896 the
Umted States made S,623127 tons of pig
iron, 3,9l9,So6 tons of Bessemer steel ingots
l,2sS,1 200 tons of open hearth steel and
5,2al $50 tons of steel of all kinds and rolled
in all o.515,S41 tons of finished iron and steel
including rails; there Were also shipped in
the same year, 1916, 035 gross tons of Lake
Superior iron ore and SAIL 602 net tons of
Connellsville coke. These figures all show
material decrease rs compared with the
corresponding items of production in 1885
The foreign value of all the iron and steel
manufactures imported into the United
States in 1896 was $40 SOC, 5S7, a decrease of
1926 $40. The exports of iron and steel
from the United States for the same period
amounted to $4S,610,2lS an increase of
Sl3 sos 655
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Case Involving s4oo.ooo Deciae0

HoLLIDAYSBURG. Pa, June 1.-THE
Gardner. Morrow & Co defunct bank
trials. whereby $50 depositore sought to
hold the James Gardner estate liable for
the bank debts, terminated in the Blair
county courts to-day. The court holds that
the estate was not bound for Indebtedness
contracted after Judge Gardner's death
thus disposing of $50 cases Sixty depos-
itors, whose. deposits were made In Judge
Gardeners lifetime, won their cases. Forty
cases in which the old certificates were ex-
changed for new certificates after the
The sum OF $1,000 was involved in the
trials
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Butter. Eggs and Cheese.

NEW YORK, June .-Butter-Receipts s.119
packages. Market quiet; Western creamery, 1lq
i5c; Elgins 15c; factory, 7l29l0l9c. Cheese-Re-
ceipts, 4259 packages Market quiet; State,
large SIC; small. 34GSc; part skins, 4q6l2c full
Skins, 21RQ3c Eggs-Receipts 1888 packages
Market quiet; State and Pennsylv ania, 1112Q12c;
Western, 1OAQ11c; Southern, $2.40q270 per So-doz
cases.
KANSAS CITY, June 11.-Butter steady;
creamery, 101z9121ac; dairy, SG10c. Eggs-The
market was steady al quotations; receipts were
heavy and the demand good; fresh candled Kan
sas and Missouri stock. cases returned &c.
CHICAGO June lion the Produce Exchange
to-day the butter market firm; creamery,
1IG141Hc dairy, 9612c. Cheese quiet at TqSc.
Eggs steady; fresh, sc.
PHILADELPHIA, June n.-Butter steady;
fancy Western creamery, 15@1512c. EGGS firm;
fresh nearby, lice; fresh Western, ll4ll12c.
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ing futures ranged as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour steady.
wheat 65676c No. red, 73@76c. No. 2 corn
24asQ245sc No. yellow corn, 243ag24Ac. No. 2
oats, 1Sc; No. 2 white f. 0. b., 22RG22l2c No. 3
barley nominal; No. 8, f. 0. b., 270p27%c; No. A.
f. o. b., &c No. l haxseed, 7512976c Prime tim
$50 Lard per 100 lbs. $3.521403.55. short-rib
sides, loose, $415@4.40; dry-salted shoulders,
boxed, $515 %; short clear Sides boxed, $4 500
4621a. Whisky, distillers finished goods, per
gal. $i.19. Sugars-Cut-loaf, $3.50 granulated,
4.S4c.
Receipts-Flour, 1900 brls; wheat. 5000 bu;
corn, $4,000 blu; oats, 5000 Blu; rye 1900 bu;
barley, Ii 900 bu. Shipments-Flour 5000 brls;
wheat % COO bu corn, 775 OOo bu cats, 344 900 bu
barley, 1000 blu.
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ABSTRACT or TITLES.

roughs, common to good, $3@S 20, pigs. good to
choice, 49, 40d365.
Sheep and Lambs-Lambs, choice to prime S4.S5
as; culls, common to good. SO. 25Q3 sheep, choice
to selected wethers, 4.25Q4.S5; ctlls and COM
mon, $2.25G3.65
CINCINNATI, June n-Cattle steady at 500
Q4.75.
Hogs active at s2.s5G3.471k.
Sheep dull at s2.25q4; lambs lower at S4V5.13.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, June 11.-Dry goods showed signs
of increased activity on the part of buyers, but
yet there are only the signs. The week mas
been an unsatisfactory one in many regards
Buyers have been prevented from operating in
the market and weather conditions have pre-
cluded purchases of strictly seaSonaple Hhes
Staple cottons quiet Print cloths are said to be
stronger. Extras it is reported from Fall River
hard to buy at 2 7-16c plus / per cent: IN
futures and in certain odd goods il is said there
is a refusal quote prices at ALL Sales of about
10 coo more goods were made late yesterday at
Fall River at 2 7-16c plus L per cent The
strength of the market undoubtedly is due to the
proposed reduction of wages. Printed goods are
somewhat more active than heretofore, but the
gain of fall fances is not so fast as was eX-
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Hides nnd Lenther.

CHICAGO, June 1.-THE Chicago Shoe and
Leather Review of June II will say: The United
States Leather Company a large purchaser
of hides on Friday and TIE packers are holding
strong views. The big company several days ago
withdrew it's outstanding quotations on leather
and while advances are not exactly announced
it is evident that prices frmer. May native
steer hides have sold at 9%c and June butt
SC and June Colorado steer hides at &c. block
Of April and May spready steers was sold at
ll09Iac We quote native steers at sac; heavy
Texas, SC; light Texas, sac; butt brands, S%c;
Colorado Sc native cows, light, 912c; heavy, sc.
Country hides are scarce and strong, with bulls
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Produce, Fruits and vegetables.

orchard grass extra 81. 75a1.90: red top, choice,
let, prime 55d60c. choice. 60u65c; fancy, 654I5c;
Hungarian, 60GI5c.
Produce, Fruits and Vegetables.
Apples-Russets 81; fancy. s..
Bananas-Per bunch. No. /, 50; No. 2, 81.
Cabbage-New Florida, Sl.7592 per crate; Mis-
Cheese-New York fun cream 14e: skins. case
rer Ii; domestic Swiss, l5c' brick lie; hmour-
ger. l0c per ID.
Lemons-Messina, choice, 50 per box: fancy
Oranges California oranges, s2.5Oa4; Messina,
Onions-$4 per bril- $50 per bu.
Potatoes-35c per bu.
strawberries- 81 25o1.75 per 24-quart crate, ac-
Tomatoes@S1 for 4-basket crates,
Cucumbers-25Q30c per doz.
Green Peas-S1 per bu; Kentucky, SIS.
Green Beans-$150 per bu.
New Potatoes-75c@$1 per bu.
Asparagus-2Oa25c per dozen punches.
Gooseberries-$I per 24-quart crate
Peaches-Fiorida. $3.50 per 7-basket crate;
Georgia, SO per G-basket crate.
Cherries-S445 per stand.
Timers Supplies.
Best brands charcoal tin &C. 10x14 14x2O 12x12,
S5.5006; TX. 1ox14 14x20 12x12 Sc 75q7.50; roofing
tin best brands, &c, 14x2O, $425Q4.75; 20x2S, $50
6c; block tin in bars 1sc: zinc sheet. SC; copper
bottoms, PIC; planished copper 2lc solder ITO
12c; iron. 27B $3.50; &c, So; iron, best bloom.
galvanized, 75c and 10 per cent; lead, pressed
Window Glass.
Price per box OF so square feet. Discount .
10.
SKIS to 1Oxl5-single "A, 81; A, $3.50; B, s625;
C. Sc. Double: AA, $3.50; a, $3.50; B, sS25.
1lx14 and 12xlS to 16x24-Single: AA, S.; A.
$7.25; b, 81. Double AA SLOTS; A, $925; b, $3.50
1Sx2o and 20x20 to 20x20-Single: AA, $3.50; A,
$3.50; 3, 80. Double IA, $14; A, Sl2.75; f. S12.
15x3G to 24x30-Singe IA, $l150; A. $lO B,
1925. Double: AA, $l5.25; A. rs; b, $12.25
26x2S to 24x36-Singe IA, SIP; A, $1,000; B,
$3.50: Double: AA, SIG; A. $14.50: b. $1S.25.
26x3i to 2Sx32 and 30x30 to 26X44-Single: IA,
$1275: A, $1175 B, $lO.25. Double: AA,, $685.
A, $3.50: B, S14.
2sx4s to 8Ox5O-single: AA, SIS; A. $3.50; B.
S12 Double: AA $19.75; A, SIS; 3, S16
Slx5S to S4x6O-singe: AA, 81 90 A, $15.75; b,
$3.50. Double: IA, $29.75; A. $21.25; B, $40.
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LIVE STOCK.
Common Cattle Dull and LOwer-HOgs
Actiye and L0Ner-Sheen Dull.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 11.--Cattle-Receipts
! ZOO; shipments, 300. There was a fair supply
but the offerings mostly of common and
medium grades. The market ruled dull and
lower on that class. A few heifers sold above
"a and few cows $3.50, while few steers
were good enough to bring $3.50. Stockers and
feeders were held firm at strong prices.
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Oils.

WILMINGTON. JuEe n.-spirits of turpentidnoe
Crude turpentine steady $3.50, $3.50 and s1.90.
Tar firm at 81.
OIL CITY, June 11-Certihcates no bids; credit
balances, SIC; shipments S6,752 brls, runs loO'oo4
brls.
SAVANNAH, June 11.-SDirits of turpentine
firm ct 2512c. Rosin firm.
CHARLESTON, June 11.-Spirits of turpentine
nl1ipf at
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Metals.

NEW YORK June 11.--Pig iron quiet; South
ern $685. Northern sl0g12 Copper , STEADY err
straits. 1365@13.75c; plates easy. Spelter quiet;
domestic 4.20@4. soc. Lead-Brokers, 31212c Elk
change, 3.2712Q3.3212c.
ST. LOUIS Jufea 11.-Lead better at 3.1OQ
312jAc. Speter steady at &c.
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Bradstreet's Review.

NEW YORK, June n-Bradstreet's to-
morrow, June u, will say: Notwithstand-
ing cool, wet weather, which checked the
distribution Of seasonable goods, disap-
pointment at the restriction of distribution
OF merchandise in the spring and early
summer is giving way to hopefuness for
the fall trade. Business is better than a
year ago. The volume is larger and there
are more people employed than prior to the
last presidential election. The movement
or merchandise in the past five months has
Deen disappointing, but jobbers are begin
nlng to report fair orders for fall delivery
exports OF wheat flour included as
states and from Montreal this week
amount to 1880, 323 bushels, compared with
2bZo;0O bushels last week, 1922, coo in the
week year ago, 1,781 600 bushels two years
ago, 2254O00 bushels three years ago and
as contrasted with 1854 900 bushels in the
like week of 1898. Exports of Indian corn
this week amount to 2 1913 294 bushels com
pared with 100000 bushels last wear
I656,OO0 bushels in the week a year ago
6o5,UO0 two years ago, S64 900 three years
ago, and as contrasted with $4,000 in the
like week of 1893.
There are 256 business failures reported
throughout the United States this week
compared with 1877 last week, 234 in the
week a year ago 232 two years ago PIT
three years ago, and as contrasted with 303
in the like week of 1893 There were az
business failures from the Canadian Do
minlon this week compared with n last
week. 30 in the week a year ago and q two
years ago. w.
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Kentucky. IA his s1.55Q1.s5: extra clean. 7og9cc;
orchard grass, extra S1.75Q1.90; red top, choice,
Sal -; English bluegrass, "A lbs. s1.15GflT5 Mi.
let prime, 55G6Oc choice. 60965c fancy 65475c;
Hungarian, 60G75c.
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The following table. compiled by Bradstreet's
shows the total clearances at the principal cities
and the percentage OF increase decrease, as
compared with the corresponding week last year:
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Cotton.

NEW ORLEANS, June 11.-CottOn steady;
sales. ll5O bales ordinary, 3-16c good ordinary,
slice; low middlirg, &c; middling, 7-16c; good
middng, 7Ac fair middling, 3-16c.
MEMPHIS June 11.--Cotton firm; middling,
3-16c; receipts, 50 bales shipments, LILO bales;
stock, IS, 222 bales sales, 100 bales.
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Dried Eruifa.

NEW YORK June 11.-California dried fruits
firm; evaporated apples prime wire tray 1850
41ac wood-dried, prime, Ace; choice, 412q4Ac
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Clover-Choice recleaned. 90 lbs S4d4.25: prime
S42sa4.50; English, choice. A.a0d4.75: alsike
choice, ST. 75a5; alfalfa, choice S. 40d460; Grim
son OF scarlet clover. S2.756fs; timothy As lbs
prime 81. 30Ql 49, strictly prime s1.404l60 fancy
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-05-27
|. TsaggaaEa Dc III Noble.
Deber y amor.

OC)UIERO que hableis, mi querdo doctor! S1o o? lo
* quiero! F z#-=
-; Pero hio mfa mafana, sesta msna noche,
endrG tempo de daros todas excacones quera4s;
ahofa quiero que calmeis! tasas @ sf @#@as.a
Ell doctor Grandier, al decir este, ponfa grave
serio. @,-@.@#9 .
Geloveva, echada chue tongue, tenfa srmarido
izquierda, uegra al doctor frente;
pero noe@partaba Ia vista de este dltmo.
E doctor preguntaba cdmo aquella natnaeza enferm
podria sur voentas emocones? cesando de pre-
guntarla: Ea
-, Como cncontrais?
Estoy muy bien-e conteataba Genovevas Me puse
muy mala cuando vi que levaban Hughes iPero
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-07

CUMBERLAND. Md, June 2i-A gentle
man from the lower part Of this county,
and near the Washington county line,
stated while IN this city 10 day that there
was very bitter feeling against the Nor
mon missionaries who have heon at work
for some time in that locality. a large
mass meeting, or indignation meeting.
will be held early in July in Buck Valley,
Fulton county, Pa, about ten miles from
Hancock. at the grove near William r.
Lashley's store, at Lashley. 10 counteract
the work of the Mormon missionaries.
Protestant ministers of all denominations
will he present, including prominent
Methodist ministers from Utah. Rev.
Yost, of Hancock, Md. is ut the head of
the movement Agitation and excitement
is running high in that section, and there
will likely be several thousand people in
attendance. A determined effort will he
made TO stamp Mormonism out. The
Mormon people are becoming very
indignant. and it is expected that if the
Mormon missionaries do not cease their
efforts that acts of violence will take
place. In the vicinity of Green Ridge the
citizens have made such serious threats
against the missionaries that their visits
are now few aud far between. The eli
max was reached when they caused the
arrangement Ofa young lady's mind in
that section.
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THE OPEN BOAT.
At the Mercy of the sea-Stephen Crane
Describes His Sensations.

At the Mercy of the Sea-Stephen Crane
Describes His Sensations.
In the meantime the oiler rowed. and
then the correspondent rowed, and then
the oiler rowcd. Gray faced and bowed
forward, they mechanically, turn by
turn. piled the leaden oars. The form
of the lighthouse had vanished from the
southern horizon, but finally a pale star
appeared, just lifting from the sea. The
streaked saffron in the west passed be-
fore the all merging darkness. and the
sea to the east was black. The land had
vanished and was expressed only by the
low and drear thunder Of the surf.
IF am going TO be drowned-if /
am going 10 be drowned-if am going
to be drowned, why, in the name of the
seven mad gods who rule the sea, WAS
/ allowed TO come thus far and contem-
plate sand and trees? Was l brought
here merely TO have my nose dragged
away as was about 10 nibble the sacred
cheese Of life?''
The patient captain, drooped over the
water Jar, was sometimes obliged to
speak TO the oarsman.
Keep her head upi Keep her head
upp'
Keep her head up. sir" The
voices were weary and low.
This was surely a quiet evening. All
save the oarsman lay heavily and list
lessly in the boats bottom. AS for him.
his eyes were just capable of noting the
tall black waves that swept forward in
a most sinister silence, save for an &C.
casional subdued growl of crest
The cooks head was on thwart. and
he looked without interest at the water
under his nose. He was deep in other
scenes Finally he spoke. Billie. he
murmured dreamfully, what kind of
pie do you like best"'-"The Open
Boat" by Stephen Crane. in Scribner's