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The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-06

the country atO OtueE PeOP'e ~
contracting to deliver more water
than their plant calls for and at
time protect the small farmer
and renter.
..sIAosa who have interests in
the rice belt of Texas and think
they are not interested in the
water supply for rice should take
q trip through the rice fields &C.
casionly.
1--WE now have had three dry
springs in tAe rice belt in seoces.
sion. 1t has been dry when
water was was wanted to flood
the land. Ram in abundance
has fallen later in the season.
Seasons in the coast country will
average wet, 50 to 60 inches Of
rainfall. However, there shoulS
he a limit named by the state ~
to the number. otaorea each cana
company shoaA contract Il
water"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04
INDUSTRIAL JOTTINGS.
Demand for Pig Iron Is So Strong
That the Shortage Is Becoming
Pronounced-The Board.

There is an increasing demand for
pig iron. and the shortage is becoming
pronounced. Importations of Scotch
and English iron are now being made
at the rate of 1000 tons day. Rogers,
Brown & Co., reviewing the situation,
say:
THE country seems to be just adjust
ing itself to the breadth and genuine
character of the great revival in iron
and steel. The theory that it was alb.
normal, because it was too great, and
must soon collapse because great mar
kets have collapsed in the past, has
prevailed until recently. Each week
that passes with a still broader market
and still firmer prices and new work Of
every kind, increases the number of
those who believe that the revival Is
not ephemeral but lasting. The great
work of construction and reconstruction
in the country, instead of being over,
has scarcely begun.
Barring unexpected calamities, the
iron-producing capacity of America, far
from being over-developed. will have all
it can do to keep pace with the coun-
try's legitimate demand. Great incon-
Venience has been caused to the fur
naces in Pennsylvania and Ohio, owing
to the coal strike. Ohio iron, owing to
the impossiblity of obtaining coke at
the furnaces, has practically disap-
peared from the market. Prices for
next years delivery range from $50 to
SCI at the furnaces. es."-Philadelphia
Stakeholder.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04
~
AT the Last Minute.

give him his answer. l can not lose
you without at least telling you how
much 1 care. I will try my best to
make you happy. Won't you give me
yes before he comes back? It's such q
little word"
At the end he possessed himself of
her hands, and she, almost taken off
her feet with the rapid, eager flow of
his words, was too dazed to make re-
slstance. But, at the sound of a voice
behind her, she freed her hands with
a jerk.
II beg your pardon" were the words
she had heard, and she turned about to
find Wade in the doorway gazing at
them with cold, bright eyes. II did not
mean to interrupt" he said with a bit
of sarcasm in his voice, for the sight of
their clasped hands had been to him
more proof, when more proof was not
decided. II merely came back to say
goodbye"
"You are-gong?" She took one hesi-
tating step toward him.
He bowed coldly.
II wanted to see you for a moment
There was omething-something I
wanted to say" she said, almost in
audibly.
II believe all has been said" His
voice was as cold as his bow had been.
"Good-bye."
She turned up to him a white, drawn
face. with trembling lips, and barely
touched with her own the hand he Of
fered.
you are going to be away some
time?" Garrison asked with the easy
air of one who thinks victory rests
with him.
II had thought Of being away six
months. But I have been offered the
managership of big mine, and I shall
remain permanently.
The word permanently" chilled her
heart. In minutes he would be gone
forever. She drew herself up with a
sudden, despairing resolve as he was
turning to leave them and addressed
Garrison, though her flushed face was
directed at Wade.
mo, he is not: he is mistaken" she
said. bravely. "You are an old friend,
so you shall be the first to know this.
He is coming back again. He is COM
ing back in six months"
She moved close up to Wade and
slipped hand through his arm, with
out however, taking her tear-bright
eyes from his face; and her voice sank
to a tremulous whisper: "He is COM
ing back to marry me."-Chicago |
Journal, !
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04
Philadelphia Grain and Produce.

Philadelphia, July, 8. =. Wheat = 1a1hc.
oS Wsteadv: v No. Yellow % 1 ON tack tra 7ca7sc.
Oats-Quiet but Arm; No. white clipped.
6lc. ButterIsteady: extra western
Eggs-Firm and Nc. higher; fresh nearby.
l9c.; loss off; do. western, 19c.; do. do. do.
southwestern, 1Sc; do. do. do. southern.
17c. Cheesc-Firm; New York full creams.
prime small 10asa101ac.; New York full.
fair to good, 9AalOhc. Refined Sugars
Unchanged. Cotton-Firm: Lice. higher:
middling uplands, 9a5-l6c. Tallow-S Steady;
city prime In tierces, essA61ac; country
prime, In barrels. 6lsa6Ac.; do. dark. 55sa
57sc,; cakes, 69saSlac Live Poultry--Quiet
9lac.; spring chickens large. 1saaac,; small.
15al7e. Dressed Poultry--steady. fair de-
mand; fowls, choice western, l3c.; do. do.
southern and southwestern. 12laal3c,; do.
fair to good; l1ka12c;; broilers, nearby. II
a25c according to size; western do, 16a
Zoe. Receipts-Flour 500 barrels and 415,
900 pounds in sacks; wheat 1000 bushels;
corn, 1000 bushels; oats, 5000 bushels.
Shipments-Wheat 800 bushels; corn, 900
bushels; oats. 1000 bushels,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04
New York Grain and Produce Market

New York, July 4.--Flour-aMarket bare
ly steady. Rye Flour-Dull; fair to good.
sss5as IS; choice to fancy, ss555as 5 o. g., Wheat eat
yator;; No. 2 red. slas2c. +: Q. b. a1oat;
afloat. Further clearing weather in the
southwest promoted more unloading and
weakness in grain today. Support was
poor owing to the holiday. In the after
noon trade became dull and featureess.
closing easy at ssa11ac. net decline. July
closed SOs.c; September closed 7S7sc.; De-
cember, 1850. Corn-Spot easy; No. 2.
7OAc. elevator and 721sc. f. 0. b. anoat:
option market was generally lower be-
cause of weakness abroad, much better
crop news and unloading in the local
markets. 1t finally rallied little on
covering and closed about steady at ha
&c. net decline. July closed 6SAc.; Sep
tember, 645sc; December, $3.50. Oats
Spot grim on white; No. oats 551ac.; No.
3, 55c.; No. 2 white, 60l1a61c.; No. 3 white.
6Oa60lsc.; track mixed western, 5i1sa56c
track white western. 57a6sc.; track white
state, 57a63c. options irregular on the
July but weak otherwise on clear hot
weather in the southwest. Butter-Active
and firm; creamery, 1S1aa2lhc; do. fac
tory, 16alS1sc.; renovated, 17al91ac.; state
dairy. 1Sa20lac. Cheese-Irregular; new
state full cream, small colored fancy, 1Ol
10Ac.; small lwhite. 10a10Ac.: large colOred.
9%a97sc.; large white, 9Aa97sc Eggs
Firm; state and Pennsylvania, 19ha2Oc
western candled, 1SHa19c.; southwestern,
l5ha17hc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04

Peoples Street Railway, first
mortgage, due 1918 ........... 115 -.
Peoples Street Railway, Cen
eral mortgage, due 1921 ...... 115 ..,
Scranton Trac. Co., per cent. lis ...
Economy L., II. & P. Co... 80. 81
N. Jersey & Pocono Ice Co... 80. 97
Consolidated Water Supply Co 80. 105
Scranton Wholesale Market.
Corrected by II. G. Dale. 27 Lacka. Ave.)
Flour-$440.
dairy, &c.
Cheese-12a121ac.
Eggs-Nearby. aoc.; western 19c.
Marrow Beans-Per bushel. s2.35a2.4O.
Green Peas-Per bushel, $oo5.
Onions-$2.O0 per bag
New Potatoes-$3.50 per barrel.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04
THE MARKETS
Wall Street Review.

New York. July 3-'rhe stock market
was very dull during the greater part Of
the session, but was stirred into some de-
gree of activity in the final hour, when
There was a sharp reaction in the final
demands and the market closed easy. The
tone during the day was notably firm and
the market much of the same character
as for some days past. The clearing
weather in the southwest and the great
Improvement in the crop harvesting condi-
ton was the basis of the strength in the
the advance. Total sales today, 1865, 400
shares. The day'sb ond market was dull
and irregular.
The following quotations are furnished
Sl5 Mears Building. w. D. Runyon, man
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04
Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, July .--Cattle-Recelpts. $500,
including 1000 Texans; slow and weak
except for choice; good to prime steers,
y.75as.50; poor to medium, A.75a7.5O; stock
ers. s25Oa6.25; Gamers 81. iOa250; bulls,
.s2.5Oa55O; calves. s2.5Oa6.3O Texas fed
steers, sia6.75. Hogs-Receipts today, 29,-
600; Saturday 10000; left over, 1000; choice
ers. 81. 2oaS7. .S5; good to choice heavy, 81. rs
a7.s51s; rough heavy, ,725a7;6 5; light, $3.50
also; bulk of sales, $7.3Oa7.5O. Sheep
Receipts, 1000: sheep, slow, dull: lambs,
25a50c. lower good to ch oice wetbers, $3.50
AZ; western sheep. s25Oa275; native lambs.
$4a7.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04
WILL RESCUE TEACHERS.
Secretary Root Receives Cablegrsm
on Subject from Governor Wright.

by Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press
Washington. July 3.-Secretary Root
has received the following cablegram
from Acting Governor Wright, of the
Philippines. in response to the war de-
partments inquiry concerning the four
school teachers reported captured by
Filipinos in Cebu:
Referring to telegram from your
office of first inst, constabulary using
every effort to recapture school teach
ers. Have killed and captured several
of the gang. Latter claim school teach
ers still alive as late as June 26. Will
furnish further information as soon as
received"
The names of the teachers are Clyde
France, Ernest Heger, Louis A. Thomas
and John e. Wells.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04
Chica go Grain Markst.

Chicago, July 3-The grain markets ex-
cepting The manipulated corn delivery
took slumpj in prices today in acknowl-
September wheat closed nc, under yester-
days and September corn lie. down and
September. oats, lisc, lower. Provisions
ifollows: Flour-Steady; No, spring
wheat, =; No. g. 73Aca76sc.; No. g red,
77c;; No. 2 corn. 76aa77c,; No, 2 yellow,
74ha76Ac,; No. 2 oats, Soc; No 9 white,
52lsa54Ac,; No. 8 white, 52a54Ac.: No. .
rye, &c.; good feeding barley, -: fair to
choice malting,, 69a72c.; No: flax seed,
N73; No. ! northwestern, S,7s; prime tim
1850; lard per 100 pounds, lO72AaIO. Is
short ribs, sides, $40. lsal0.771s; shoulders,
Slaa8ssc.; short clear sides, sI0.75alO 871a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04
Today's D., L. & W. Board.

Following is the makeup of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
board for today:
FRIDAY, JULY 4.
Pushers-7 a. m, c. Bartholomew; II As
a, m, Moran; 730 p. M. Murphy; p. M,
w. H. Bartholomew.
Helpers-13O a. M. McGovern; a. M,
Gaffney; 10 a. M, Secor; 3.15 p. M, Stan
ton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04
RACES AT BINaHAMToN.
BY Exclusive Wire from The Associated pres,

Binghamton, N. Y, July 3.--Today's
races furnished another round of excite
ment and surprises and the majority of
the talent lost heavily. The track was
rather heavy and did not get into shane
throughout the afternoon. Summaries:
The 2.22 class pace, purse, $500, was won
in straight heats by Derfmont, Kathleen
second. Reddy Hanks third. Mabel Funk
fourth; I4ucq Heyer, Emma p, Soubrette.
Pop B and Miss Jennie also started. Best
tina oaa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04
CHICAGO GRAIN & PROVISION

Total sales. 367,SO0 shares.
Money, D per cent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04

heavy, s795as. 10: mied s77Oa7 90; pigs,
s735a740; roughs. sIa7,25; stays, s5,5Oa6.50
Sheep and Lambs--Receipts. S.; steady;
spring lambs s6.5Oa7.25; fair to good, 1915
a6.25; culls to common, s4a5; yearlings,
S4.50a5 sheep, top mixed, sia425; fair to
ewes, s3.25a3.75 wethers. $425a465
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04
Buffalo Live Stock Market.

East Buffalo. July 3.-.Cattle-Receipts
light; feeling better. Veals-Receipts. 1875:
tops, s6.75a7; fair TO good, s5.75a6 25. Hogs
Receipts. 4Soo; slow but full steady:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04
Postponement of Louisiana Exposi
ton.

By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Washington. July S.-The president this
evening issued proclamation, In accord
ance with the act of congress, announc,
ing to the world the postponement un-
Ill April 80, 1901, of the opening of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition at St
Louis
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-04

NEW YORK COTTON MARkEr
The Washington bee., 1902-05-03
4RADE AND FINANCE.

The record for the price of a seat
on the New York stock exchange was
broken recently, when II. Z. Mont
gomery paid $4,000 for a seat that
was bought in 1869 for $4OO.
The crops of 1901 in Manitoba were
very large, official returns showing
50,500,O0O bushels of wheat, 27,7g6, 900
bushels of oats, 6,536,OOO bushels Of
barley, and 100000 bushels of pota-
toes.
The American Sugar Refining COM
pany, commonly called the sugar
trust, has recently paid off its mort
gage of S1O,OOO,OO0, which was made
in 1891 and would not have matured
until 1911.
The Association of Merchants in
Berlin has sent to the federal council
a memorial asking for the legislative
regulation of trade combinations in
order that the artificial raising Of
prices may be avoided.
According to the estimate of the
Railroad Gazette, 4,51S miles of rail
road were built in the United States
in 1901, Texas leading (537 miles) in
the list of states and territories,
with Oklahoma (39s) second, and
West Virginia third.
The Washington bee., 1902-05-03

Whether the proposed canal will be
a profitable investment from a tinan-
,ial standpoint or not is another
question, upon which the best versed
students of maritime commerce can
not agree. Long statistical argu-
ments have been presented both for
and against the possibility of its pay
ing adequate interest upon the cap
ital that will be invested. To be
sure, the construction of the canal
by the government is not looked up
on as a purely financial proposition.
Our own interests demand that il be
built, whether it be profitable from
a financial viewp )int or not, and it is
because of the demands of commerce,
rather than for any possible direct
financial gain, that the government
will undertake its construction.
But in considering the possible
traffic through the proposed canal,
whether il be built along the Near
aqua or Panama or Darien routes, it
IS interesting to study the figures
presented in the reports of the SueL
corporation. The report for 1900 is
the latest one to which access may
be had at the present time, that for
the past year not having been made
public.
The net tonnage for 1900 shows a
decrease of 157,477 tons, as compared
with that Of 1899, but an increase OF
499,549 tons, as compared with that OF
1898.
The transit receipts. which in 1899
amounted to S17,624,23O, and were
higher than in any previous year
since the opening of the canal, fell
to SIT. .49O,3 in 1900.
The number of vessels which
passed through the canal was 3,503
in 1898, 1907 In 1899, and 3.441 in
1900, of which 2,2o5 in 1898, 2,31O in
1899. and 1885 in 1900 carried the
British flag. There has consequently
been a falling off in the tonnage OF
British vessels, which amounted to
6. 2o7. .74a tons in 1898. 6,5s6,31O tons in
1899. and 5,6O5,421 tons in 1900. Dur
ing the same period the tonnage
from German vessels has Increased
from 969, ,597 tons in 1898. TO 1910, 7s7
In 1899 and 1,466,391 tons in 1900.
OF 2,4O7 merchant vessels and YES
sells in ballast, of a net tonnage OF
e.612,s16 tons, passing through the
canal in 1900, 1.661 ships of a net
tonnage of 4,7O5.634 tons. were Brit
ish, being fully 60 per cent. of the
number and fully II per cent. OF the
tonnage; 291, or 12 per cent. were
German vessels, whose tonnage was
Ill per cent. of the whole; France,
Holland and Austria-Hungary COM
The Washington bee., 1902-05-03
SCIENCE GLEANINGS.

All moths produce some form of
silk.
No less than 1882 different species
of seaweeds are found on Australian
coasts.
The atmosphere. if compressed,
would make a sea IS feet deep around
the globe.
a French naturalist, Rapael Du-
bois, asserts that all large pearls are
nothing but sarcophagi, in the cen
ter of which rest the dead bodies of
small marine worms.
One of the most curious plants in
the world is the toothbrush plant, a
species of ereeper which grows in
Jamaica. BY cutting a piece of the
stem and fraying the ends the ma.
tiYes make a toothbrush.
The Washington bee., 1902-05-03
ODGS AND ENDS.

Quite so per cent. Of the property
of England is insured.
Belgium has l75,OOO taverns and sa.
looms for the sale of liquors.
The value of the minerals market.
ed in England in 1000 was el35, ,957,.
go.
Divers in West Australia receive
S97 for every ton of shells of mother.
of-peaTl.
During 1900 no less than 2,717
deaths in ireland were attributed to
cancer.
The number of postal cards sold in
1900 by the German postal depart
ment was 35s,OOO,OO0.
The number of postage stamps
sold in Germany was 2,61S, ,4S9 216 il
1899 and 2,94s, 1856, ,3O8 in 1900.
Boy bridegrooms are growing il
number in London. There are foul
under q in every 100 bridegrooms
About 16 girls under q per 100 ge
married.
The Washington bee., 1902-05-03

vessels passing through the canal is
% feet seven inches, and 5O2 vessels
drawing more than "A feet seven
inches, used the canal, as compared
with $50 in 1899 and 374 in 1S9S, rep
resenting a percentage OF 10.7 in
1898, 1917 in 1899, and SIS in 1900. 1t
is hoped that before long the maxi
mum draft allowed will be raised to
% feet three inches.
1t may be of interest to note that
in 1890 only 13 vessels passed
through the canal with a beam of 40
feet two inches or more. Since 1895,
the number has Increased as fol-
lows: FOrty-two in 1895, 6S in 1896,
90 in 1897, 123 in 1895, 159 in 1899 and
PIP in 1900.
The number of troops carried
through the canal in 1900 amounted
to 154,249, as against 1Os,552 IN 1899,
being an increase cf 29,711 Russian.
In the year 1870. 26,75S civil and
military passengers were carried
through the canal; in 1850 the num-
Der rose TO $4,000; in 1890, to 2s2, ,2O3,
as against 221, ,34S in 1899.
These figures, taken as they are,
from the official reports of the Suez
company, give some idea of the 'enor-
nous business done by the canal.
The daily average of vessels passing
through the canal was above nine in
1900, while the daily average tonnage
was about 26,6sO tons. Nearly $50
tourists used the waterway daily in
passing to and from far eastern
points and Europe or America.
The cost of the Suez channel was
nearly double the estimated cost OF
the American project along any one
of the three possible routes, and
could the American project secure
as much business as has the Suez
canal, and not exceed by too large a
figure the estimated cost, it would
be a profitable enterprise financial
1v. But it is scarcely to be expected
that such a volume of business will
he secured for a number of years
With the development Of the Pacific
there will undoubtedly come an in
creased commerce between Europe
and the east and with South America
that would add greatly to the rev.
enues of the canal The Suez canal
has been a potent factor in the de-
velopment of existing commercial re-
lations between Europe and Asia
and it is hoped that the projected
American canal viii assist in the de-
velopment of a heavier traffic be-
tween this country and Asia and
Australasia and between North and
South America.
DANIEL CLEVERToN.
The Washington bee., 1902-05-03
MUNICIPALITIES.

The outdoor sporting tastes of the
emperor of Japan range from lawn
tennis to football.
arthur James Balfour, first lord OF
the British treasury, is . fine pianist
and music is his hobby.
Mrs. Alice Burnhin Bruce. who re-
Gently died at Columbus. O., leaves
nearly 800 lineaI descendants. She
was "a years old.
Ihe sultan has presented the car
with a magnificent table, with all ac-
cessories for smoking. It has been
manufactured at the Yildiz fpctory
and is embellished with his maiestv's
portrait, set in diamonds.
Ex-senator Roger o. Mills, of Tex.
Is, Is rapidly becoming an oil baron.
His income from oil lands he own.
In the Beaumont district of the Lone
Star state is over $4,000 per month.
with no sign of exhaustion IN the
greasy flow.
Grover Cleveland is now for the
second time the only living ex-presi.
dent. Once before be enjoyed this
distinction, none of his predecessors
being alive after the death of Ruth.
erford B. Hayes, January II, 1898.
Within seven weeks, however, Mr..
Harrison's name was added to the
list.
The Washington bee., 1902-05-03
MEN OF MEANS.

Thomas A. Walker, a wealthy Hardin
county, Iowa, stockman, landed in New
York city in 1888 with but "a cents,
and still possesses the identical "a cents,
which ne will retain as valuable heir
loom for his children's children.
Alexander Mcdowell, clerk of the
house of representatives at Washing
ton, although at present banker and
capitalist, was at one time a poor
compositor on an Oil City, Pa, weekly.
He is fond of telling how he laid the
foundation of his fortune.
Senator Warren, although at present
surrounded by all the luxury of the
prosperous man, delights in telling
stories of the days when his bed was
a pine box filed with hay in an attic
and when he had to get up every morn
ing at three o'clock, feed the cows,
split lot of wood before breakfast
and then walk three miles to school.
A friend of William C. Whitney the
other day spoke of the latter gentle
mans lavish style of entertainment.
Mr.. Whitney said in reply: 81 have the
money and can afford the expenditure.
1t is the duty of every rich man to
spend as much as he can afford, and
that is my way of helping those lesa
fortunate than myself. Better give
employment than give aims
How She Does IL,
"How do you braid your hair so
nicely?" queried a gentleman who
was visiting a lady fris5ad.
"Oh!" broke in her little sister,
"she takes it off and ties the knot
to the gas-chandelier, and fuses over
it two hours every morning. Tit
Bits.
The Washington bee., 1902-05-03
WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS.

A London physician advises a quiet
sea voyage as the best remedy for in.
somnia.
According to DR.. Sidney Jones 16,-
600 consumptives are moving about
Australia annually.
An excellent remedy for chiiblains
is to cover them directly they begin
to be felt with a coating of concen.
trated chloride of iron.
In view of the instructive fondness
of little girls for kissing their dolls.
the Lancet thinks more attention
should be paid to the source of the
material used in making and stuffing
them.
One authority says if troubled with
gout avoid meat, sweets, pastry.
wines, spices, hot rolls. bread of all
sorts and everything belonging to the
tribe of ferments. Eggs. game, fresh
fruit, vegetables, especially salad,
may be eaten with impunity.
The Washington bee., 1902-05-03
SCRAPS OF INFORMATION.

In Texas suPerstitiOus people carry
a small bone from a fish's head, but
the luck only comes after the charm
has been lost.
The Bedouin Arabs are small eat
ers. Six or seven dates soaked in melt
ed butter serve a man a whole day,
with a very small quantity Of coarse
-four or a little ball of rice.
As late as 1s4O there were neither
roads nor coaches in any country dis
trict of Portugal. Gentlemen travelled
on horseback and ladies in sedan chairs,
carried by men, or in mule htters. - ,
1t is said that Herbert C. Hoover is
one of the highest salaried mensot HE
years in the industrial world At the
age of % he is in RECEIPT Of $4,000 an
nually for his services as a mining ex.
pert.