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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-24
May %.

May %.
Received-Wheat, 124 cars, 14.0s0 bu; corn,
1880 bu; oats, $3.50 bu; barley, 800 blu; rye,
l2s, 1872 gals; fruit 155. 100 lbs; merchandise,
!,945, 713 lbs; lumber, rs cars; barrel stock, .
-,ars; machinery, 5000 lbs; coal, 1895 tons;
wood, "a cords; brick. $1,000: lime, cars;
ole, cars; live stock, cars: salt. l car;
dressed meats. $4,000 lbs; butter. 2O,60o lbs;
railroad materials. cars; sundries. Al cars;
car lots. e27.
shipped-Wheat, % cars. 2O.ss0 bu: oats,
$500 bu; barley, 1920 tu; rye, 720 ,bu; flax,
$50 bu; -four, 506ss brls; millstuffs, 1,246 tons;
hay, 10 tons; fruit. $4,000 lbs: merchandise
ing, car: machinery. 10000 lbs: wood. Y
cords; brick, 10000; lime, car; cement 200
brls; household goods, 10000 lbs; stone and
marble cars; live stock, 2 cars; linseed oil,
100 brls; hides, pelts ETC., $4,000 lbs; railroad
materials. cars; sundries, Is cars: car lots.
1872
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Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago. May 24.-Cattle-Receipts, 200;
steady; good to prime steers, S797.55: poor
to medium $685.; stockers and feeders So. Is
G5. @; cows, 81 :5o@6: heifers s.. 5oG6 %: can.
ners, 81. 50G2 so: bulls, 250G5 so; calves, s.
o.; Texas fed steers, S.. 50@6.S 80.
Hogs-Reeeipts o-day, 1900; Monday. 49,
900; left over 1924; &C lower; mixed and
butchers, s6.s5G7.25; good to choice heavy.
S. .65@6 s5; bulk of sales. Sc. so97. IS.
Sheep-Receipts, 1,5G0; sheep and lambs,
steady; good to choice wethers, s5.50G6.25;
fair to choice mixed, a.75@5. 80; western
sheep, So. 1906 %; native lambs, $1,000; wes-
tern lambs, S. .25669o
Official yesterday: Receipts-Cattle. 1900;
hogs, PATIO; sheep, 4,7os. Shipments-Ca
1851; hogs; ALL.
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THE FLOUR MARKET
Unsn Week-snles Barely
Up to the Output.

Up TO the Output. 49,,
The week closing to-day was on the whole
unsatisfactory in the flour trade. Milers
complain of the close margin on which they
have been compelled to do business, and
many orders were declined as they were on a
basis too low to afford any profit The week
brought two new features-the experiment OF
sending flour down the river to go out by
way of New Orleans to try to circumvent
the railroad discrimination, and the closing
of the big Washburn A mill that had ground
steadily for seventeen months. This latter
was largely the result of unfavorable freight
rates, and the long-continued disposition of
the railroads to oppose any liberality towards
the mills. There Is probability that more
mills may close next week. 49,,
Sales have been barely up to the output.
Shipments for the day, ,689 barrels.
First patents quoted $3.85@395; second
patents, s3.65@3.75; first clears, S29o@3; sec
ond clears, $780,
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} following was the range of prices:
New York Grain.

New York, May 24.-Flour-Recepts, 1860
brls; sales, 6,1O0 pkgs; quiet and weaker at
nominally lower prices. Wheat-Recepts,
$3.50 bu; sales, 1s5o,coo; opened lower on the
crop report figures, weak cables and favor
able crop news, but rallied little on cover
ing; May, 79Ac; July, 7S%@791sc; September,
71as@77Ac; December, 7SB@79Ac. Rye-Easy;
state, 62@63c, c. i. f., New York, car lots; No.
ceipts, 34,65O bu; sales, $4,000 bu; weakened
also by the crop report, liquidation and more
favorable weather; July, 66k@66%c; Septem-
Der, 641ac. Oats-Receipts, 60,60O; white, so
@D55c. -
Close: Wheat-May, 7sAc; July, 7sc. Corn
May, &c; July, 66Bc. ...-.
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PROVISIONS
Chicago Provisions.

Chicago, May 24.-Provisions opened weaker
on local selling induced by weaker hog
market and the break in grains. Some sup
port from packers was evident and good adj
vances over yesterday were maze. July pork
opened a shade lower at SIT, and advanced to
$17.05; July lard unchanged at $1012a and
sold to $1015; and July ribs 21sc lower to
unchanged at 1886 to $9,57hs, and topped 80. CO.
Beef-F'irn1 :ss-
Close: Pork, May, ST.; July, .s17.o71a; Sep
TENDER, $17.20; January, s1625. Lard, May.
July, s1017k@1O.2o; September,
s1O.22k; October s1o.171a. Ribs, May, $9671h;
July, $9.621k; September, $9.65.
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Sioux City Live stock.

/
mark cases asi ineiuded i5c live Poultry
Easy; turkeys, 9@12c; chickens, lie.
Sioux city Live stock.
Sioux City Stock Yards, Sioux City, Iowa.
May 24.-Receipts this week aggregated II, 100,
of which $3.50 head were cattle from Texas in
course of transit to the ranges of South Da-
kota Last week there were 400 head shipped
through, so that the actual number of cattle
on sale here was 1885, or $50 head less than
last week. The stcsker market ruled active.
and on account of the limited number of de-
sirable weight cattle on sale, the medium
weights and just fair quality cattle were sold
15@25c higher and out Of proportion to the
demand and showed an advance Of 10@15c,
in sympathy with the strength in the steer
grades. The stockers and feeders were in very
light supply and there are orders on the mar
ket for these grades that have not been
filled. There was a good clearance out OF
first hands each day, and, with the good
country demand, the dealers have very few
cattle left in their pens to feed over Sunday.
The best Of the stockers sold from 81 to 81 .65,
with few of the choice as high as 1915:
| from "a to $3.50, with the fairly good steers
at SO. 5o139o. Good quality heifers sold from
1908 81 with the pretty good cows and heifers
and the most of the supply went to the pack
ers at prices ranging from SO to $3.50.
The fat cattle market has been very satisfac-
tory and n, prices close the week eout dime
vance over the high time. before the sharp
break in the market few weeks ago. The
best OF the 1900 and 1.4o0-lb beeves on sale
ranged. from $3.50 to 81, and the lighter
weights from s.. 80 to ss.45. Strictly good cows
and heifers sold from IS to $3.50. and the
fairly good butcher stock from 81 to $475
Gamers and thin COWS ranged all the way
from $3.50 to SO. so,
HoGs-Ths marketing of hogs has been
fairly liberal, aggregating $4,000. or 600 more
than last week and 4.500 more than the same
week Of last year. Prices have shown slight
fluctuations and the market closes the week
with hogs selling a nickel lower than the
t 9n lass 81 p Juan
has been good, and weights average little
heavier.
SHEEP-There was very light supply of
sheep received. and the packers were eager
buyers and paid st,ong prices. The demand
at this noint has Teen good for all kinds of
killing sheep, and prices have been relatively
as high as at other markets for the quality
| of the sheen received. 80. -
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Among the shippers on the market were:
Boerner & Bender Buffalo; Bank of Dassel,
lon, Clearwater; NJ. Dinsella, Thielman &
Millville; Radde Brothers, Waconia; ]. J.
Lenerltz, Fort James; De Wolf & Bachman,
Window; A. D. Sacket, Durham &; Carpenter.
GAINESVILLE; John Burke, E. A. Arnold, Nicol-
let; F. Bigot, Springfield; F. N Naperman.
Wabasso; Clark & Nash, Marshall; W..
H. Pettis, St. Peter; William Jentz, Hender-
son: Dundee Live Stock company, Dundee:
D. H. Flynn, -Westbrook. w r. letters, JEFF
lain, Amboy; Sheehan & Mortenson, Hatland;
W. W. Reeves, Milbank; R. H. Kempton,
Morton Nelson & Grothe, Hanska; William
McVey, Kenyon; L. NJ Weston, Claremont;
]. H. Crooks, Elma; James Bowers, Clear
Lake; G. F. Putnam, Big Lake.
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south Omaha Live Stock.

South Omaha, Neb., May 24.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 800; steady; beef steers, s5.5oG7 Is;
Texans, s4.4G@4.50; cows and heifers. sS.s6
s3@D5. 40.
Hogs-Receipts, 1900; slow and sc lower;
heavy, S.o5@7.2o; mixed, s6.s597,G5; pigs.
s5.75@6 80.
sheep-Receipts, 7o0; steady; sheep, 1926
&c. rs; lambs, SIS. 10.
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St. Louis Live Stock.

St. Louis, Mo-, May 24-Cattle-Rec
$50; steady and unchanged.
: Hogs-Recepts 1000: sc lower; pigs, Sc. IS
$3.50: packers, Sc. s5@7.10; butchers. s7@7 .3214
sheep-Receipts, 900; steady; sheep, $500
5.35; lambs, s5@6.75.
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Wheat Movement by Roads.

Observation-Disclosures, 81; Omaha, 26;
st. Louis, Is; Great Northern, a. 500, %.
g. shlpped-Ca III; omana, q
ton. L.
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Milwaukee Grain.

Milwaukee, May 24,-Flour, &c 81 lower
Wheat lower; close: No. northern, 7sc; No.
northern, TIC; July, 1880. Rye, steady. No
l, 591a@60c. Barley, lower; No. 2, 72lA@73c;
sample, 65@72c. Oats, steady; No. white,
Asa 451ac Corn, July, 62Ac,
Wheat-Puts, 727sc; calls, 1850
Corn-Puts, 61Ac; calls, s214c:
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Kansas City Live stock

Kansas City, Mo-. May 24-cattle- Receipts,
200; unchanged.
Hogs-Receipts 5000; weak to &C lower;
heavy, s7.25@7. 27k; packers, s7.1G@7S0; me-
dunn, s7o5@7.25 workers, $7G7.f5; pigs, $40
$3.50.
sheep-Receipts, 1000; strong; lambs, $3.50
M7 05
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of stock Friday, May %:

Totals .521 1.4S5 $50
CATTLE--There was hardly enough butcher
stuff on sale to make a showing. No change
In prices. Veals steady and active. Yards
we'll cleared of stock and feeding cattle. Com
mon stuff very slow. Bulls and mich cows
steady: Sales:
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RalIroads entering the yards reported re-
cago Great Western, 4; Chicago. Milwaukee G
st. Paul, A. Minneapolis & st. Louis 4; Chi
cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, 20;
Great Northern, A. Northern Pacific, g. 500, l;
total, 80.
Disposition of stock Friday May 90:
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Liverpool Grain.

Liverpool, May 24.-Wheat-spot No. 1
northern spring, quiet, IS 31zd No. Califor-
mia, steady, Is sd: futures quiet; May, IS Nd
July IS I'd; September, IS 21Ad. Corn-spot
quiet; American mixed, new, IS 7s4d; Ameri-
can mixed, old, IS sgd; futures nominal;
Louis fancy winter firm IS Cd.
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HIDES, FUR. AND WOOL
Review Of the Market by the North
western Hide and Fur Co,

The hide market has remained stationary
the past week The receipts about equal the
demand. Tanners claim prices of leather are
not as high in proportion as hides. The quail
ity Of hides is much better now, being mostly
short-haired and better cured The losses this
spring, caused by shippers being careless in
sailing, is very great. -
Wool is arriving in larger lots than usual
for this time Of year and the condition is
better than in former years. Many shippers
are finding out that it pays to tie the feeces
instead of letting them get all torn apart and
the different grades all mixed. Still there is
much need for Improvement il this respect,
the grover being mostly to blame, and seem
ing unmindful Of his own interests.
Unusually large lots Of pelts are coming in
and finding ready sale. It shows that the
losses from the bad storms were very great
Much, no doubt, could have been I--vented
by proper care.
No change worthy of notice on furs, feathers
or roots. &,
NoI.No2.
Green sailed heavy steer hides ..... SA tx
Green sailed heavy COW hides ...... 8Z IN.
Green sailed light hides ......,.... ~ az
Green sailed veal calf to 16 lbs. .10A 81
Green sailed veal kip ................. 8 6k
Green sailed lons-haired or runner.
Green sailed deacons, each ...... so az
Green or frozen hides and skins, 1c per lib
less than above quotations.
| Green sailed horse or mule hides,
large 90 200
Green sailed or green frozen horse
mule macs, medium 2.50 Hin
Green sailed horse or mule hides,
small .........................1 Ito LOO
Dry. flint Minnesota butcher hides ~ @141s
/ Dry flint Minnesota, Dakota and
7 Wisconsin hides ....................1 2 1O1b
IDry flint calf skins ...................14 12K
Dry flint kip skins ..........,......11A 10 :
Green sailed pelts, small to large
| each .....................2 20 ESQ
Dry flint territorial pelts, per ID 1888 @lu
T 7s1sv, il e ssfre,s ..:.:. 81 81 *
IGrease,s dark Observation-Disclosures. Az An
Gre3se, dark AZ sN
Wool medium, unwashed .........12 a1s
Wool fine medium. unwashed I'LL OH
! Wool, coarse, unwashed ............11 OH
higher than above quotations. seedy or bury
wool, 1@2c less
Peoria whisky.
Peoria. m. May "a. Whisky, $3.50 for I'm
ished goods.
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Daily Wheat Movement.

May "a,
The following are the receipts and ship
ments at the principal primary wheat mar
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Toledo Grain.

Toledo, Ohio May 24.-Close-Wheat-
Steady; July, s2&c. Corn-Dull and steady;
cash, 63Hc; May, 63Ac; July, e2Ac; septem-
Der, Gle. Oats-Active and firm; cash, 44c;
May, 44c; July, 1850; September, 29Ac.
Glover Seed--Fairly active and firm; cash,
S5.021a; October, $5.071a; No. 2, $4.25@4:5O. -
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St. Louis Grain.

st. Louis, Mo-. May 24-Close: Wheat, firm !:
May, 1876; July, T11ac September, Hatc; No.
2 red cash elevator, 7shc No 2 hard, 7se1
196c. Corn, higher; No. 2 cash, 64Ac; May,
63&c; July, E62Ac; September, 5s5l158a4c
Oats, firm; No. cash, 42Ac; May, 43c; July,
33c: September, 2SAc No. white, 46c.
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Kansas City Grain.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 24-Close-Wheat-
May, 711Ac; July, 6s5s@69Mc; cash, No 2 hard
7S1A@75c; No: red, 75@75kc. Corn-May
59Ac; July, $3.50: September, 54a4 @54Bc; cash.
No: 2 mixed, 64a@64Ac No. mixed, 641a@
64Ac; No. white, 66h@67c Oats-No. 2
white, 446451hc. ..'
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Puts and Calls.

1870 o'clock reports:
Puts-July wheat, 741sc. T.!
Calls-July wheat, 745sc. !:
Curb-July wheat, 74A@74ssc.
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y. Price range, s6.s0@7.05 bulk,

SHEEP-Receipts consisted Of a load-and-a-
half of killing stuff, all moving readily at the
lower prices. Spring lambs were SOC under
last week, grown lambs were Csc lower and
sheep 15@25c lower. Sales:
Killing Sheep and Lambs
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Receipts and Shipments.

SO; No. northern, &c. No. 3, 81; rejected, 1
no grade 3. No. barley. l. No. fax, Il.
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Chicago Produce.

cries, iS@211kc datries, 17@1sc. Cheese
Steady; twins, 11%@12c; daisies, 1211@121ac;
young Americas, PIC. Eggs-steady; at
mark, cases included 15c; Live Poultry
Easy; turkeys, 9@12c; chickens, lie.
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3 Peoria WhiSky. m
Peoria. m, May "a Whisky, $3.50 for I'm
ished goods.
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LONDON FINANCIAL

Total sales, $4,000.
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=. Full information at s22 NicoiIet av.
The Washington times., 1902-07-20
REST FIRE WHEN IT RACES ON THE SIDE OF MOUNTAIN ,.

struggle. it once more burst forth and
the fight had to be renewed. This time
we were able to extinguish the flames in
a day. We were practically fighting the
thing for six whole days and nights.
"The grass here at this season of the
year burns like powder. and coupled
with this fact there was a strong wind
so that when the fire was once fully
under headway it was almost Impossible
to do anything effective toward checking
it. We had to climb some o: the highest
and most jagged mountains In this range
to fight the fire. and at night We were
obliged to scale almost perpendicular
cliffs that no man could have paid me
to attempt to climb mad / seen them
first in the daylight. They were about
as rugged and rough as anything have
ever seen in the whole West. At one
time we had to cross one of the highest
and most dangerous peaks In the entire
range, and when we reached the summit
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after desperate fight 1t was about
O'Clock In the morning. But when the
summit was finally reached / almost for
got all my troubles and how extremely
tired | WAS for few minutes. Without
doubt the wonderful and weird sight
which lay spread out below this lofty
mountain peak was as grand a sight as
man could wish to see. For miles wo
could look down the mountains. from the
taller peak near us to the lower ones
farther away. and behold that tremend-
Gus mass Of flame running up and down
the mountain sides In all sorts of fam
tastic curves and twists, resembling In
Its steady advance some huge serpent
OF fire. licking up every sign of life with
its blasting breath.
Il was fairly rooted to the ground by
the strange fascination Of the scene.
Every now and then to add to the weird
beauty of the conhagration a huge cac-
tus would catch fire. burn off, and roll
down the mountain side for 200 or 800
feet. leaving a trail of sparkling fire
behind 1t. And from where 1t landed
The Washington times., 1902-07-20

Il called all OF our men out and II
was only after two DAYS and nights of
hard fighting that we succeeded in
checking its progress in our direction
so that our camp was safe. On the morn
ing of the third day after the fire was
discovered, we thought we were doomed.
and II was only the last despairing ef-
forts put forth by our men that saved
our houses and powder tunnel. After
this It was an easy matter to get con-
troll OF II sufficiently to cripple its
capacity for extensive damage. But
after we thought we had It well under
control and had gone home for days
rest it broke out again with renewed
fury. 1t was then a horrible sight, and
kept us all shaving as though our lives
depended upon the effort to get il under
control again for day and a night. And
then TO add to our horror. completely
worn out as We were from the gigantic
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seen more ragged. dirt-begrimed set
of men than ourselves. None of us had
more than a vestige of our shoes left, our
clothing was torn to shreds. and We
were bleeding in innumerable places
from cuts and scratches. Fortunately,
no one was hurt. and after a good wash
We looked pretty much like ourselves.
save for look that betokened the need
of considerable more sleep.
II have had. in the last three months,
enough firefghting to last me a life
time. Fighting one of these enormous
mountain fires is not like standing OF
with hose in cne's hand and throwing
water on it to put it out. Here you
have TO get into the midst OF the con-
fagration with brush and fight 1t for
all you are worth. climbing up and down
the rugged sides OF the mountains con-
tinually to keep In the fight. Since the
fire l have not been worth the powder II
would take to blow me up, so far as do
ing any mental or physical work Is con-
Cerned."
The Washington times., 1902-07-20

Mr.. Harper went West with little to aid
him save a plentiful supply of indomit-
able determination and quite a reputa-
tion as n crack shot with rife. He
settled in the Province of Sonora, Mex
leo, and became interested in the gold
mines there at Nina. Las Dos Naciones.
IN the two years which he has been
there he has developed rapidly along
with the country. and now has an ap-
parentiy brilliant future before him.
Concerning the forest confiagration
ard his stubborn fight with it. Mr.
.iarper says:
Il an just getting over the effects of
a six days fight with as stubborn and
mean a FIRE as was ever out in the noun
ta.ns. This fire started somewhere IN
the mountains east of here. We dis
covered it one morning. when it was not
more than two miles from here and
coming our way like an express train.
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the fire would burst up. II was a won
derful sight and grand to watch that
fame sweep up the mountainside 10
where it had already burned. The fam
ing cactus would roll down the steep in
cline in zig-zag sort OF way, and when
the main body of the fame would start
back up the slope 1t would writhe into
all sort of forms and figures.
Then, farther off in the distance.
where the fire had completed its ap-
palling destruction, could be seen the
thousands Of burned stumps OF trees,
still smoldering and covered with fast
dying sparks which CLEANED through the
night like the watch fires of 10000 cir
cling camps. These fa'lt remnants of
the vast fire loomed in the dim dis
tance, making the whole panorama be-
yond the belt of seething flame seem as
thought Il were Illuminated with minia-
ture electric lights.
when we at last returned to our
camp after that awful experience 1t is
barely possible that one could ever have
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for the accuracy of the figures. This
distance is so great as TO convey no
idea to us other than that of vague
vastness. It Is really not reducible to
definite thought. And yet better idea
of its immensity can be had by build
ing bridge. as II were. of several spans.
Thus, II 1t be assumed that cannon
ball be fired from the earth TO Capella
with the enormous velocity of five miles
a second. and that once century dur
ing its journey a penny be dropped into
q chest"
"Once century," calculated the 5000
Government clerk.
Yes. once century" rejoined the
Professor, "for such distance as that
is not Travelled very quickly. even at
the rate of FIVE miles second. II we
assume that penny be deposited in
the chest every hundred years. and then
learn that by the time the cannon ball
reaches Capella the money thus accu-
mulated would amount to more than two
and half million dollars, We are aided
somewhat in judging OF the utter in
ability of our minds to grapple with
such overpowering figures
THAT is certainly stupendous," said
the Fourth Class Government Clerk 81
have heard It said that compound inter-
est yields some astonishing results,
though ! have never myself made any
computations illustrating the fact was
talking one day with Representative
Smith of what we used 10 call the
grapevine district of my State. and he
told me that the compound interest on 1
cent amounts TO something amazing In
the course of time"
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eyed Typewriter finished the minute
breathless with PSI to her credit.
II Think said the Professor. that
| If you had to keep up your counting for
any length of time, say ten hours a day,
200 minute would be very fair av-
erage rate of speed for you. At that
rate you would count 10000 an hour, or
| 10000 In day of ten hours. In 365
days, or one year, you would count 49,
SEQ, 600, or li.tle less than one-twenty-
second of a billion. Hence II would re-
quirc between twenty-five and twenty
three years to complete the count. To
| count a trIllion," continued the Pro-
fessor. rising from the table, would.
of course. take 1000 times as long-that
is, between 1900 and $4,000 years. l
believe" he added. with a sly twinkle.
81 have demonstrated my point, so far
as the present company Is concerned -
| Professor" said the Black-eyed
| Typewriter, as she took her scat at the
dinner table, I've had dead loads OF
fun today asking people how long It
"O"iu 'dht theih " eouH' oIliloH' no
| body came anywhere near it."
Il am not surprised replied the Pro-
I fessor, "the human mind has difficulty
| In grasping large numbers. When it
comes to such enormous sums as quad
/ rillions, quintillions. and SO forth, the
| figures are practically meaningless. One
| OF the nearest fixed stars he contin-
ued, as he passed the gravy to the Bride,
rs Capella, star of the .irst magni-
tude in the northern heavens. Its dis
tance from the earth is said to be four
| quintillions of miles-I will not voucl