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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-16
Chicngo nownr the QunIsern.

CHICAGO, May 1G.-A base on balls,
followed by two singles and Il double,
scored three of the locals runs and
two singles and an error their last one.
Philadelphia's only runs we're the re-
suit of an error and two singles.
Browns pitching was excellent, and
both Evers and Tinker pulled off some
sensational plays. Score, 4 to 2.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-16

No man can cure cunsump' ior. You
can pr, mt it tllous III. DR.. Woods Nor
way Pine Syrup cures cous hs, cold,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-16
ENTRIES TO CLOSE.
The entries for the High School inter
class field meet closed Friday.
Close Rattle Mt Fair city.

ST. LOUIS, May 16.-St. Louis lost
the final game Of the series with Bos-
ton by Il score of ! to O. y feature was
the pitching battle between Mcfarland
and Fisher.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-16
Runnlo. @: Newark. 4.

NEWARK, n. j., May 16-ln a close
game here Buffalo defeated the local
team by a score of 6 to 4.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-16
Takes the burn ont; heals the wound;
cures the pain. DR.. Thomas Electric Oil,
the household remedy.
inte.:1sIon.

No greater evidence Of weakness Of
character can be shown than a contin-
ual appeal to friends for advice. A.
times we all need the counsel Of a
good friend; but to constantly ask for
1t is like constantly borrowing. Better
make a mistake once in a while from
TOO hasty a decision than to form tho
habit of indecision. 1t Is the first
milestone on the road to failure. De-
troit Free Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-16

DJD't let the little ones suffel from
eczema or other tolturing skin diseases.
No need for it. Ooan's Ointment cur S.
Can't harm the most delicate skin. AT
any drug store, so cents.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-16
A Filial Son.

M. Curie the discoverer of radium, not
long ago declined the red ribbon, writes
a Paris correspondent to London Truth.
This at first was taken as showing ex-
IRENE republicanism. He refused be-
cause his father, who has always prac-
ticed in the poorest part of Paris, is still
undecoratod. M. Curie would be
pleased and proud to enter the Legion
of Honor after his father had become a
member. At the same time he does not
see how with any fairness he could be
decorated if his wife were not similarly
honored.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-16

"Say, Billy, wot's ma%tricide?"
"Natricide? LtmTc see-dat's when
q Teller cor mits suicide by uIatrimony."
Chicago American.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-16
TO PLAY NEXT SATURDAY.

The Raritans and the Baptist Brother
hood, of South Amboy, will play ball,
on the old Smith street grounds Saturday
afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-16

When doctors fail try Burdock Blood
Bitters. Cures dyspepsia, constipation;
invigorates the whole system.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09
VARIOUS LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

CHICAGO April -S.-Cattle-Re Receipts,
1000; market slow; good to prime steers,
IS 25G5 SIS; poor to medium $3.7505:
stockers and feeders. S2.7504. rs; cows,
$2@3. %; heiferS, 50. 25@4. rs; Gamers. SEA
so; bulls, ,. 0504.10; calves, s.. 5065. Is;
Texas fed steers, AQ4. 60. Hogs-Re
ceipts today. $4,000; tomorrow, 10000:
left over. $50; 501Oc lower; mixed and
butchers; $$d49;9e@55 20; good to choice
$40: lights. 81. 7Oq5.10: bulk of sales.
"a. 95I5. 10. Sheep = Receipts, 5000;
strong to loo higher; lambs same; good to
choice wethers. 81. 70G5. S.; fair to choice
mixed, So 5000. so: Western sheep, 81 SIS
@5.75; native lambs. 81 5065. so; West
ern lambs. So. 5006.25.
South Omaha, attle-ReCeipts.
LOCO; market steady; beef steers, 1900
5.15; cows and heifers. $364.1O; stockers
and feeders. s.. 1904. rs. Hogs-Recelpts,
$500; market sc lower; heavy, 81. 90@5;
market steady; sheep. $685. %; lambs.
$565. So.
Sioux City, a-Cattle-Receipts. 800;
steady; stockers slow: beeves. So 5000. so;
cows, bulls and mixed SOS 40; stock
ers and feeders, $500; calves and year
lingS $2.75M3 so. IJogs-Receipts, 1000;
market steady; selling, $4.9O@5; bulk.
Kansas City, .-Cattlc-Receipts
5 .25: Southern steers. So .65 "a. 20: South
Crn cows 81 500S 90 native cows and
heifers. $292 65: stoclSers and feeders So
as 40. Hogs-Receipts. 5000; market
steady; heavy, $5Ge5 10; packers, 1850
s. 071s; Figs and lights. 81. 25G5. Sheep
Receipts 1,000 market strong; sheep $3
Q45 80; lambs, So. 10000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.

Milwaukee Wis.-Flour steady; wheat
firmer; No. northern. $1.01; No. north
ern, CSC; old. July. 1915 @S9A c asked; puts,
SS3sc bid; calls. $3.50 bid; rye firm; No. 1,
531sc; barley dull; No. 2, 62Q6Sc; sample,
36G59c; oats steady: standard. 431sc; corn
steady; No. 3. 49@51c; July, $3.50 asked;
puts. 507sc bid; calls. 52Ac.
:, K! Kansas ss City, MoLMagy wheat; S4sc;
hard. S9991c; No. 8, S31h 0S61ac; No. red,
$1.O2@1 .03: No. 5. 9Sc0$1. ole; May corn,
46&c; July. 45%c; cash No. . mixed, 4S15c;
No: white. 4S94S1zc; No. 5, 4Sc; No 2
white oats, Az Q42c; No; mixed, 4Oc.
St Louis. Mo.-Wheat higher; on track,
$1,000 or; May, 94%c: July, S27s @SSc;
No. 2 hard, 90@92c. Corn-Higher; No.
cash, 4Sc; track, 49c; May, 475sc; July
1890. Oats firm; No. cash. 42c; track
4Shc; May, 1880; July, 37hc; No. 2
white. 466461ac.
Liverpool-Spot wheat steady; No.
California. Is Id; futures quiet; May Is
612d; July, Is 6%d; September nominal;
spot corn firm; American mixed, new As
311d; American mixed old As. 715d: flu
lures steady; May, As AID; July nominal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09
DULUTH.

DULUTH. Mimi. April Gloomy ad-
vices and predictions as to the result of
the Northwestern storm were. received
here. G. S. Barnes, of Fargo, predicts q
decrease Of 10 per cent in the wheat
acreage, and others say much the same
thing The wheat market was fairly &C
tive; May opened 1sc up at 9414c, sold off
to SO q Q94c. and then bulged to $3.50 and
closed at 95Hc, an advance of 11sc. July
advanced 1c to 95Bc. Flax was dull May
closed 14c off at S1.16. Oats advanced sc
and rye fell 1c. The close Wheat-In
store, No. 1 hard, $3.50: No. northern
95Ac; No. 2 northern, 92% to arrive, No
l hard $3.50; No. l northern, 95Ac: No. 2
northern. 92%c; macaroni. No. /. SEC; No
2. SAC: May $50 c; July, $3.50; September
SS1ac. Fiax-In store, Sis; to arrive
$1.15; May. $1.16; July, $1.179s; October,
$1.19. Oats-On track, 1880; to arrive
393sc. Rye--On track, 6513c; to arrive
6512c. Cars InspeCted-Wheat s. last year
81; oats, l; rye, l; barley. 8; flax 56, last
year 50. Receipts 41,777 bu; oats,
fax 5S48 8aF b9 SHS 9f ryS f4 9q
blu; oats, 1900 bu barley, 1854 bu.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09
MINI

Minneapolis-The bears had another
nervous hour of it at the opening, May
wheat selling off slowly to 94Fsc and then
jumping a cent to 953sc, much as it, did
in the little furry of Thursday. Heavy
weather over the Northwest and rumor
of something doing in Minneapolis May
were two items of Importance. At 10
o'clock it was showing at Fergus Falls,
and to o'clock this morning almost three
feet of snow had fallen at Moorhead and
two feet on the level around Grand Forks.
Snow was reported at many points from
the Canadian line down to the Nebraska
line, very light In places and heaviest at
Red river valley points.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09

NEW YORK, April 8.-Todays stock
market was similar in character to
that of yesterday, with a few spots of
aggressive strength and with pressure
to sell at other points for realization of
profits. Dealings did not reach the re-
cent average volume, and the strong
stocks were rather less effective in Sus-
tanning the market against the realizing
at other points. Todays conspicuous
advances were in AtchisOn, Amalga-
mated Copper and Brooklyn Transit,
and, on a smaller volume of business,
Consolidated Gas. The movement in
the latter was directly due to legisla-
ton at Albany. The movement in
AtchiSOn has ben foreshadowed for sew
eral days, during which points have
been published on Atchison's strong
position of independence in the trans
continental field, and the necessity Of
consulting it in order to maintain any
harmony of action in that field.
The recent great advance in Union
Pacific pointed to a movement in
Atchison also in compensation. The
buying of Amalgamated Copper was
ostensibly based on the many reports
of the strong position of the copper
trade. The plain evidence Of selling Of
Union Pacific and United States Steel
preferred deprived the market of what
has been its most effective support, and
other stocks which have been sue
ceSSlvely advanced were sold in the
same way. The closing up of a specu-
lative campaign was thus suggested In
a way rather unpleasant to the weak
followers of the late advance. Publish
ed reports of vacation trips in contem-
plation by some of the influential trad
ers on the exchange went to deepen
this impression and discourage further
commitments to the long side
Hears of Northwestern Storm.
The recent favorable influence from
the weather map was lacking today. the
Wlntry weather in the Northwest MAX
Ing its impression in the stock market
as we'll as in wheat. The preliminary
estimates of the weeks currency move
ment make it probable that the loss by
gold exports and subtreasury opera
lions has been mostly offset by the
receipts on balance from the interior
by the regular express movement. This
is without taking account of the paving
out today by the subtreasury of nearly
$4,OOO,OOO on account of the Japanese
goId received at San Francisco yester-
day.
The revived activity in the stock
market and the weeks sales of new
railroad bond issues indicate some ex-
panSlon in the loan account Of the
banks. The undisturbed ease in the
money market is clear proof of album
dant resources up to the present, and
the bank statement attracts no special
interest. After touching the lowest
prices of the day in the final hour. the
stock market rallied and closed steady,
but very dull.
Heavy realizing in United States
Steel second 5s made the bond market
irregular. Total sales, par value, $780,
900. United States Is advanced Il, and
the old As a per cent on call.
Closing List.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09

Cash quotatl0ns were as follows: Flour
dull! and barely steady: Wheat-No. 2
979sc@$1 OO15 Corn-No. ?. k65S%c:
No. yellow, 53$4 C. Oats-No. 2, S9I "a
1850; No. 3 white, 4O@421sc. Rye-No.
2, CSC. Barley-GOod feeding, 35637c;
fair to choice mailing. 44055c FlaXseed
No. l, 81 90; No. Northwestern, 81 16.
Timothy Seed-Prime, 50 90 Pork-Mess.
per Dbl, $12. 70012 80. Lard-Per 100 lbs,
Sc 671a 16.70. Short Ribs-Sides Qoose),
Sc. 50@6 6215. Sides-Short clear (bOxed,
$7@7. %. Whisky-Basis of high wines,
81 %. Clover-Contract grade Sill. Re-
ceipts-Flour, $500 bbls; wheat. 10000
II 900 bu; barley. 1900 bu Shipments
Flour, 10000 bbls: wheat. 2S,4OO bu; corn,
81. 200 bu: oats. 17S,9OO bu: rye, g., 900 bu:
change today the butter market was bare
ly steady; creameries, 140241hc; dairies.
1917 @21c. Eggs-Steady at mark cases
included, 16Q16Ac. Cheese easy, 9@1015c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09
Minneapolis Curb,
State Grain Inspection.

Other grains-Wintar wheat, IS cars;
No. corn. 6; no grade corn, /; No oats,
-; No. 4 northern oats, 10; no grade oats
Z; No. rye, 1; No. barley, /; No 5
barley "A; no grade barley, 2; No. 1 fax,
Cars Inspected Out-No. northern, H.;
No northern, 80; No. wheat 10; re-
jected wheat, Is; macaroni wheat, l.;
winter wheat, 10; No. corn, 2; No. 8
oats, 16; No. 4 northern oats, 1: No.
barley, 4; No. 5 barley, IA; no grade bar
ley. /; No. 1 fax, 2; rejected flax, IA.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09
New York Mining Stocks.
New York Money.

New York Money.
NEW YORK, April S.-Money very easy.
~; time loans easy; sixty DAYS. 28T as
per cent; ninety days, 3@31A; six months.
~ 94 per cent. Prime mercantile paper.
with actual business in bankers bills at
q 81. 1904 $40 for demand and at 81. 81. so
"a ;84: 50 for sixty day bills; posted rates.
81 S572 and "a. SO; commercial bills, 81 S41b
ga. 845s; bar silver. 54Ac; Mexican dol
lars, 431ac; government bonds strong; rail-
roads bonds irregular.
Bank CIearings.
-: L otuI 1851, 1872
minneapolis ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2,20S, 536
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, April 8.-Butter steady.
creamerics, 14@24Ac; diaries, 12K@2ic:
eges easy; at mark, cases included, 15% %
d dec; cheese easy; daisies. 81 @fOc; twins,
try steady; turkeys, 12c; chickens, i25h
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09

Prices again loo lower; receipts light;
average quality about the same as yes
terday; price range, $40 to IS; bulk
81 80 to 81 go; light and mixed hogs are
quotable from 81. 20 to 81. IS, and medium
and heavy from $3.50 to SIS. Representa-
tive sales:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09
Suburban Gayety.

out here? 'fp7ii
Drug Store Clerk-Of course. The
street cars go by every fifteen rqfn;,to-5>E
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09
AIRY OF THE DAYS TRANSACTIONS IN THE MARKETS
M. DORIAN & co.
a~~~e
BANKERS AND BROKERS.

BANKERS AND BROKERS.
The oldest. strongest and most reliable
house in the Northwest dealing in Stocks.
Bonds Grain and Provisions. Correspond
ence solicited. Members Chicago Board OF
Trade. Germania Life Insurance Bldg.
ST. Paul. MINI.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09

THIS is THE FEATURE OF UNIN-
TERESTING STOCK MARKET

Pressure to Sell at Some Points Offsets
Appearance of Aggressive Strength
at Others-Marl<et Closes Steady but
Dull.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09
PRODUCE AND FRUIT.
Ruling Prices at Yesterdays Meeting of
the ST. Paul Commission Men.

ST. PAUL, April S.-The open mar
ket at todays meeting of the Produce |
Exchange established the following prices: |
VoaripS-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09

With more snow predicted there was
tendency to give up hope of early seeding
and to discuss probable delay. There is yet
plenty Of time for seeding, but there is
also great quantity of old snow and ice
under the present fall. all of which has
got to go off. A repetition is suggested of
spring conditions of season before last
when the low lands were flooded for weeks
and seeding delayed.
Whether or not anything is on in May
that option is getting tighter every day
and harder to trade in. 1t showed yester-
day some tendency to pull away from
July. Some traders predict that the op-
tlOns will soon begin to widen and that
May will sell well above July It is hard
to see any, reason for this from the legiti-
mate supply viewpoint. There will certain
" be no more wheat here in July than in
May. Still there may be speculative COM
mltment already existent in these options
the shifting about of which would bring
about such change. Receipts. ia cars.
Before the close there was a sharp adj
vance, May going up &c from low point of
the day TO 965sc. May pulled away from
July, there being sc spread at one
time. May closed at 963s 96ihc;July ,957 q c;
September, 831Ac. Following was the
range of prices:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09
Cattle

Cattle.
Receipts moderate for Friday; beef and
butcher cattle selling steady; nothing at
all choice on sale; bulls slow; Veals
steady; mich cows unchanged; stockers
and feeders quiet at Thursdays prices.
Representative sales:
Butcher Steers
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09
HAY, GRAIN AND FEED.

Quotations Established In Open Trade on
the ST. Paul Board.
ST. PAUL, April S-The following
prices were established in today's grading:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09

reported receipts for the day. by loads,
as follows: G. G. w, s; c., M. & st. p,
II; c., st. P. M. & O., 5; G. N. IL; c.,
3. & O., l; Wis. Cent, 2; 500 Line, 2;
n: P, 3; total, 43.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09

Don't forget to look among "The
GLOBES Paying Wants" for what you
want.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09

U. S. ref. Is reg106 Man c. gold 4s1O2H
do Is coup .106 Mex. Cent. As 66iA
do IS reg HOG do 1st inc -. 10
do So coup ..107 M. & ST. L. As 9519
do n. As reg 1881 M, K. & t. As. 997s
do n. As coup 1884, do IDS 49,. 79X
do o. As reg. .107Ai Nat. of Mex. As "A
do o. As coup 107% IN. Y. G. G. 31ss 9S1k
Atch. gen. As. 1914 n. J. c. g. 5s. 1884
do adJt As 80 Nor. Pac. As. 1929
A. G. l.. As 80. SO do IS ..... 72M
B. & o. As. 49,. .1003siN. & w. c. As 971S
do 31as 49,. "a 10. S. L. is & P. 95A
Cent. of Ga. SIS. 107 Penn. cow. 31ks 9615
do list inc -. So Reading gen. As AZ
G. & 0. 41As. .102%lStL & INC. 5s113
z. & A. 319s... rs St.L. & S.F.fg.4s 923s
C..B. q Q.n.4s.. 94A St. l.. S. w. lists 95
C.M. & StP. g. 4s1083slS. A. l.. 4s. 67%
G. & N.-W.c. rs. 1297slSo. Pacific As 895s
C.,R.I. & PAS. 1878 So. Railway IS 1871
90 col. 5S... 81 IT. & P. lists. III
@C.& StLg. 4s10O12tT ,StL & WAS So
Chi. Term. 4s.. so Union Pac. As. .1037s
Con. Tob. As. .59 do COW. As. =. 991a
Col. q SO. As. IS .. S. S. I'd SIS. Tx
D. & r. G. As. 98A Wabash lists Liz
Erie p. l. 4s.... 971a do deb. B. 61%
90 gen: As. S6 w. & L. E. As. S71a
Nv. q D.C.1st106 Wis. Cent. As. S9b
Hook. Val. 415s106 lC F. & T. 5s II
L. & N. uni as 99X
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09

Nay az, ;1:;ci9IA 9Ss 5t% H. S8B 573s
northern, 971s @972sc; No northern,
$3.50 @95Be; No. wheat, 90A @931sc.
No. northern to arrive, 97Kc; No. 2
northern, 945sc. No. 3 yellow corn, 47c;
No: 3 corn, 463kc; No. 4 corn, 461A @47c. No.
white oats, 36@38c; No. oats. sec Bar
ley, 6213c. Rye, S4@52c. Flax, cash.
April, May and to arrive. lis
Flour-With wheat showing firmer tend
ency there was a slight increase in buy
ing. What is needed to bring in orders
Is a good rise, substantial advance in
wheat OF several cents. and unless this
comes millers do not expect much increase
In business for the present. All buyers
are talking of lower prices and base this
on big break expected to come soon in
wheat. The mills, meanwhile. are put
ting out very little flour, and mills ali over
the country are running light. Stocks are
decreasing and many jobbers are getting
rld Of old stuff and down to where they
VIII soon have to buy again. Shipments
34,577 bbls. First patents are quotabIe
at S.. 05@5 Is; second patents, 81 .95G5. 05:
first clears, SO so; second clears, 81. $50
Z,OO
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09
Hogs.

The following table shows the weight
cost and price range of hogs for the past
seven days:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09

Total sales for the day. $50, 100 shares.
New York Bonds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09

Receipts moderate: four doubles OF
shorn western wethers, contracted yester-
quality shorn lambs brought SIS: other
sales included shorn wethers at 81 so. and
shorn ewes at 81; market steady. Repre-
sentative sales:
Killing Sheep and Lambs
No. Kind. Weight Prica
80 LlIAeu.' .'''....s.,.-. 122 81 IS
100 shorn western wethers. 4 65
IL shorn ewes ................112 4 90
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09

AmOng the Shippers on the market
were: J. M Hogan, Benson; A. Londe,
Weinzierl Bros, John Hegerle, st. Boni!
facius; c. D. Blanchard, J. Allen, Pollock:
f. L; Zieb4rh, Delano; G.. P. Laughlin
LIE Sueur Center; May &, Co, Plato: Jobn
Walter, Norwood; Jones & H., Durand:
Maiden Rock Live Stock Co, Maiden
Rock; A. Fl. Berth, Twin City stock yards
Midway Horse Market.
Minnesota Transfer, st. Paul Mimi
large; activity prevailed everywhere on
the market: local trade as well as out-of-
town demand was urgent. Values:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-09

Open. High Low. Close
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

Edgar Howard, the well known
editor of the Columbus Telegram,
takes pride in the fact that he never
used the rod, says the Omaha World
Herald. On one occasion, Mr.. How
ard was visiting at the home of a
friend. sAfter dinner Howard and his
host were sitting on the front porch
while the hosts several children were
playing in the yard. Let 1t be under
stood right here that this host spared
the rod" in his household. Perhaps
half a dozen times this host called to
his children, demonstrating with them
concerning something they were do
ing, and Mr. Howard observed that
little or no attention was paid to the
remonstrances.
Turning to his host the Columbus
editor said: John, you whip your
children, don't your"
John" looked up bit surprised
and then remarked: Indeed l do.
find that the rod cannot be safely
spared and I apply it frequently and
vigorously"
Howard remarked: Il knew you
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
Wife Did the Whipping

whipped them because they don't
mind you. My children mind me and
l never whipped one Of them in my
life"
Just then the good wife Of the host
appeared in the doorway and. turn
ing to her. Howard said: II was just
telling John that I knew he whipped
his children because they didn't mind
him."
"What?" retorted the wife and
mother. HE never whipped one Of
them in his life"
The host interjected: IT told the
children to stop doing what they are
now doing and they paid no attention
to me-"
With snap of the finger and one
word, the mother commanded the at
tention of the children. Immediately
they gave complete obedience to the
mothers authority.
Sinking back into his chair, anG
seeking, with considerable difficulty.
to conceal the smile that played ove:'
his features, the host nudged the &c.
lumbus editor and remarked: Edgar.
she does the whipping in our family"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18
Electricity in the Lead

orf-Astoria, would run many an am
bilious western city. Hence the fig-
ures against gas as doubled in most
respects. The 10000, 900 incandescent
lamps burning nightly become 100000
600. The 10000 arc lamps-Shelley's
"insistent sisters of the day"-become
100000. Were 1t not for the universal
use of the gas stove and the preva-
lence of the gas engine, one marvels
what would have become Of the illumi.
nant of our fathers.
Such is the pace at which we live
to-day that while millions Of people in
this country have not yet got up to the
stage of civilization" represented by
the use of gas, but when they encoun-
ter it casually employ it suicidally,
other millions have outgrown and dis
carded it, and will have none of 1t
even for a curling iron or chafing
dish, let alone for lighting. To put
it briefly, the use of electricity for
lighting New York city alone has in
creased over 1000 per cent in ten
years. and the use of electricity for
power, also from central stations, has
increased in the decade nearly 1000
per cent. And yet electricians are in
clined to think they have only just
started in.-Electrical World and En-.
gineer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-03-18

The public is accustomed to think
of gas as still the leading illuminant,
but while this is probably true In
Europe, in the United States the scep-
ter of light has definitely passed to
electricity. The figures just issued by
our census Office are, indeed, start
ling. Gas had nearly seventy-fve
years start over its competitor, but 1t
now appears to be decidedly in second
place. Yet there is no denying the
fact that the introduction Of the bril-
liant electric light has stimulated the
use of gas. There are now close upon
1000 electric light central stations
in America, but by the census of 1900
there were then only SIT gas plants,
and the number was not growing per
ceptibly. The gas plants were earn
ing an income Of $75,000000. Last
year the central stations earned $685.
100000. The cost of construction and
equipment of both was over 100000
900. Gas employed 22,400 men and
electric light $4,000.
But this is only half the story. 1t
is estimated that there are over Co.
900 isolated electric light plants in
this country, and that they represent
as many lamps as do the central sta
lions. New York city has 1000 of
them, and some like that in the We'll