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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
HEAVY SELLING IS
CAUSE OF WEAKNESS
Longs Seek to Unload: Pit
Traders Join Movement;
Decline Follows.

CHICAGO, Oct. 5.--Heavy selling by
prominent longs caused weakness to-
day in the local wheat market. At the
close wheat for December delivery was
off 15c Corn was down &c. Oats were
up a shade, Provisions were 2l:c to
712010c higher,
Tho wheat market opened with fair
degree OF frmness, which was due
Liverpool. The initial strength, how
ever, was short.lived. From the stort
several of The leading commission
houses were free sellers. When it was
iptimated that the greater Lart Of these
sales were for the account of promi-
nent lougs many pit traders Joined in
the selling movement. The rcsult was
I quick decline. Throughout, thc rc.
mainder of the day sentiment was
bearish
An influential factor in the situation
was Il considerable increase in primary
receipts. total arrivals today being L.,
342 600 bushels, compared with 1916,
900 bushels the corresponding day a
year ago. Another bearish factor was
9 decline of 1ac TO 1c a bushels in the
price of cash wheat at Kansas City.
The market closed weak. December
opened shade to 1s@Ac higher, at
'otSc 10 ioac, solu up 70 iO7dGltL 'oNSc
and then declined to 1850. The close
was at 7+1G074$sc.
Corn was a trife easier because Of
the weakness of wheat. There was also
some selling as q result of increased
local receipts Commission houses were
the principal sellers. The market closed
steady. December opened unchanged
at 49c, sold of TO 42aic and closed at
42Sc.
RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
New York Fruit Market.

NEW YORK. Oct 5.-Tbe evapor.
ated apples market shows no material
change. Supplies are onered tfeeiy loI
barely steady; new crop apples arc
quoted at 4$tc TO Sc according TO grade
With prime fruit for prompt shipment
in carload lots bringing about SIC.
Prunes are in very light supply on
spot. California, sos to Cos are quoted
at 6HM6%c; Oregon POS to los at 9':
a lUc. 49,. ,.;,,
quoted at l6c; extra choice. lie; tauey.
Peaches are arriving here from the
coast but arc mostly sold IN advance
and the spot market IS unchanged, with
choice quoted at lo%@,llc; extra choice
iIMlllfc; fancy, ll@l2c; extra fancy
l20 l2AG.
Raisins are steadier on the coast Loe.
a)Iv prices are unchanged, with loose
Muscatel at 6%@1c; seeded ralstDs at
Ga Sc. and London layers nominal!
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
New York Flour ana Grain.

NEW YORK. Oct. 5.-F'Iour-Re.
ceipts, 900 barrels. Exports, 6lo0
barrels. Sales, 1900 packages. Market
steady with a fair demand.
Wheat-Receipts. 10000 bushels
Sales were 3.256,0O0 bushels of futures
and 2A,000 bushels Of spot. Spot, easy
aloat: No. ] Northern Duluth, S6'sc
f. o. b. afoat; No. hard winter. SS3sc
E. o. b. afoat.
Options-The wheat market had a
stronger opening on higher cables and
bullish Argentine crop news, but gave
away when the early buyers started to
unload. The break was accelerated by
moro liberal receipts, influential selling
at Chicago and bearish :. Modern Nil
&c net decline May, 81 3-l5C@95 = G
closed at 81 ZIG; December S2@62 10
1G closed at SIC.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Oct 5.-Cattlc--Bc-
ceipts 5000; market steady to strong;
native steers S40T6.5O; native cows and
heifers, S1.1505; stockers and feeders,
s2.50M4.60; bulls. $26D3.25; calves s36d
$50; western steers, $3@5; western
cows, $2037j
Hog5-Receipts 1000; steady Bulk
of sales $6.35@6.52 =; heavy, $4,000
go; packers, $1,000 $50; pigs and
lights, 500 6.521a
Sheep-Receipls 5000: steady: nut
tons, Si50Uj.50: lambs, $5.50Gd So !;
range wethcrs, $l.25W5.75; fed cwcs,
S40510.
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Dunn g Weekly Review.

NEW YORK. Oct. 5.-R. &. Dunn
& Company's Weekly Review Of Trade
tomorrow will say: No unfavorable
developments have appeared except the
damage by storm in the south, which
was almost entirely local in effect,
Autumn trade is now in full swing, and
the activity Of transportation is shown
by railway earnings III September, %
per cent larger than last years fig
ures. Crop returns are up TO expec-
tations, aside from some loss in cot
ton. which caused violent rise in
prices. Commercial failures this week
in the United States are 1873 against
ISIS last week, 200 the preceding week
and 1875 the corresponding week last
year. Liabilities of commercial fail
ures reported for September are 1886
a55, compared with ss,oS9,547 year
ago.
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Onna ha.

OMAHA. Oct. 5.-Cattle-
2200; steady to strong: native steers,
$f.40W630; COWS and heifers, So.50GG
4,25; western steers. S3.25M5.2 .25: can.
ners. Sl.30@2.30; stockers and feeders.
$3.50 4. 50; calves, $5@6; bulls and
stags, $l.75@S.I5.
HS9gscc,R6eceipta 1000 steady; heavy
5000 10; pigs, s5@6; bulk of sales,
$6,25@7.
Receipts 1000; market slow
to easier: year!ings, s5.50@5.75: veth.
ers, S5(G5.3o; ewes, s4.30@4.90; lambs,
S6.256G.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
New York Produce.

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-Butter-
strone Street prices: Extra cream
erv, s6d 26lac; ofncial prices, cream
e,y common TO extra. l9Cd 25lsc; do
second to extras, 2l@26c; State dairy,
vated common to extra, l6a22es:
Western factory, common to frsts, 10
Mi91nc; Western imitation creamery
tirsts, 20c,
Cheese STEADY, unchanged.
Eygs-Stcady, unchanged.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
Now York Money,

NEW YORK, Oct. 5,-Moucy on cal!
firm ot gysMil. per cent; ruling rate
Ii% rer cent: closing bid. Sla per ceut;
Tine loaus easier: 60 days. 5i@M6
pcr cent; 90 days, 6d6F, per cent, SIX
months, 5is@6 per cent.
Close;
Prime mercaptic paper, 6laMl per
cent.
husiness In bankers bills at $4S3.S50
4.S3,9O for demand and ut S4.s0.l0Gd.
4.S0.l5 for 6O.dsy bills.
Posted rates, $4.Sl@+.Sll4.
Commercial bills, $A,79%I-
Mexican dollars. 15c.
Bonds-Governments weak: railroads
firm
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New York DRY Goods.

NEW YORK, Oct, ,5.--Tbc dry goods
market was strong for the demaOd iu
cotton goods, Several lines Of goods
have been withdrawn temporarily. pend.
ing a more settled condition in the
cotton market. Cotton yarns have ad-
vanced l.c aud &c per pound on the
cnsrser plumbers, Heavy sheetiugs aud
drills arc FROM &c to Sac higher than
tbav were a week ogo,
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Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.--Today. 6
statement of the treasury balances ID
the general fund shows; .,oo,,
Available cash balance. S22l ,3l9,3 ~
Gold coin and bullion. lI2,SsS $40
Gold certificates .r,...... lS,O0o,o-V
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
Mjnneapolis Wheat.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 5.-Whest-
December, 73ih@l7S5sc; May. IINc;
cash. No. hard, 1886; No. ! North
ern, 75Ikc; No. Northern, 1880; NO
5 Northern, 71Is@721sc. oo,, 40.
Flour-TiTst patents. ss2oCd s.oV'
second patents, s4.05@4.l5; first clears
So 25G3.35; second clears, S2,fotd 2-oo'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
E CLIMB At
/ lF SESSION
u Unexpected Out
Strength Manifest
kdug Last Hour
RPIDISG WAS As, ,,,o,,
|FrHOUT ANIMATION
|, Sopculation in Min
IN Hss Taken Firm
I'D in Street.

4 0ct. 5.-A sluggish up"
4 Of prices gave way IN
4, n trading today to a
minated uprush which
a. large a volume Of busi-
IN, Of that for the rest
NJ revival Of the state
shortly after the close
,s,i ID the Sore deal was
anuonpced once more
n,ksning Of the market.
dealings had been SO
Y, suall 6eld for comment
r.snl puzzled conjectures
Y. for the sudden relapse
"a animation early in the
I, Of The bank statement
;r,sase Of sS,000,o00 10
ssh. according to the
Il the usually accepted
M, esin is mostly due to
4 Goyerrment funds with
na ofFer of tbe Treas
4. which was later modi-
q ,he New York allot-
a Of the rejection of the
y banks.
4 nll wes much easier. The
rstiors by large capital
hated in some quarters
I await the clearing OF
r Ihe ore deal. The stocks
sounected with the pro
rbIy strong in the day s
Rumors were aAoat at
President Cassatt, OF the
4 ksd died, Contradiction
aid not entirely relieve
I'm the repressive effect
%,
-'sssiou over the cotton
III Importance to holders
4 IL cotton.carrying rail
Ectesdines in the outside
Ger a strong contrast to
IA on the floor of the stock
|nEds of curb brokers are
Irding orders for mining
! ieeriptions, Copper and
|rs the favorites, but the
isaers in the shares are
I Amiform as 10 the product
NV. Within a few days
1lition in mines IN the
81 has taken on the proper
us strength was connect
Ne Of the very favorable
I The forthcoming annual
'resved weakness of Rus
3 sbrosd and disduicting
toadition of Russian hu-
Gaeht 70 have some bear
nstrsint apparent i'll the
B The market closed buoy
y influence of The late out
aisstiop. Bonds wer firm.
a. value, s2,660, 600.
rs rsw Is declined : per
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06

ers and feeders, s25od440, Texans
81 900 40; Westernors, sS.5oM5.65.
Hogs-Receipts, 1000; strong
mixed and butchers, S6.350 So; good
heavy, $6.50@6.85; rough heavy, 35.95
(H6;35; light, S6.35@6.30; pigs, $3.50
$40; bulk of sales, $6.40M6,70.
Shcep-Roceipts. 1900; steady;
sheep. So 5Od 80: lambs, $1,000 80
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
CASU OrOTATIONs


Cash quotations we're as follows: Flour,
hrm No. 2 spring wheat, 7S(4 gle: No 2.
75@79Mc; No. . red, II . a. 72isc, No. 2
corn, 46@46Ac; 10. 2 yellow, d6ii& q
A61so; 40. ? cats, 35asc; No 2 white,
3th q 36c; No. white, SAG 3Aiac: No.
Q rye, Gle; good feeding barley, $50 39c T;
fair to choice msltinc. ia "a see; No. /
Aex seed sl,o51s;, No. ! northwestern,
Sill; prlms timothy seed, s3.oo@ 3.8si
clover. contract grades. si2.25; short ribs,
sides tloose), s5.T5 O 900; mess pork. per
barrel, $3.50; lard, per 100 pounds.
SsS5; short clear sides (boXedp, $500,
s.62ls whiskey, basis OF high wines, Sl.29.
RECEIPTS ANp SHIPMENTS.
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st. Joseph.

ST. JOSEPH. No, Oct 5.-Cattle-
Rec elpts. 500 Market steady. Natives
81 50@6.25; stockers and feeders, $500
(d,4.30
Hogs-Reccipts 2e0O Market sc
higher. Top, $6.57's. Bulk of sales,
$6.3 y @6.55,
Sheep-Receipts 1900. Market 10
cents lover. Lambs, 1925; yearlings,
$3.50.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
st, Iouig Wool.

ST. LOUIS, Oct, 5:--Wool-Steady;
medium grades, combing and clothing,
23M271sc: light fine, lsol2lei heavy
fnc. IiGil7c; tub washed. 326. Ssc
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
MARKET AFFECTED
BY COOL WEATHER
Prices Generally Lower Yester-
day Than Earlier in
Week.
IMPORTATION OF GRAPES
BREAKS FORMER RECORDS
Potatoes Arrive in Carload
Lots From Northern
Utah.

Conditions on the retail fruit and
produce market have undergone a
change on account of the cool weather
and prices generally were somewhat
lower Friday than on the day preced.
ing. Peaches were an exception. As
the crop has suffered considerably on
account Of the frost they have advanced
N price about 10 cents a case. Large
shipments of grapes are arriving daily
and In this the week has been rec
ord breaker. One wholesale firm i'm
ported 1920 cases of California grapes
during the week. Utah Concords have
recently made their appearance on the
market and the shipments from North
Ogden have crowded Eastern grapes
from the stalls, aud the first Utah mus
cat grapes Of the season were seen
On the market yesterday.
The outlook for Utah apples is said
TO be better than it has been during
the past twelve years. The prediction
frequent rains during the summer the
moth has not been able TO get in its
usual work, and as result from IS to
80 per cent of the crop from this por"
tion of the State is absolutely sound
and that of the northern portion of the
State and the Idaho crop is even bet.
ter.
Potatoes Have Declined.
Potatoes have declined somewhat In
price OH account of the arrival of car
load lots from the northern portion of
the State. Idaho points have also Sc
cured concessions from the railroads
which enable them TO market their pro-
ducts here, and the potato crop IN
IL ta he
anticipated A farmer from Twin Falls
assured the dealers yesterday that fully
200 cars would be marketed from that
place Samples OF the crop, which he
exhibited while here, showed that the
potatoes are of an exceptional quality.
He also assured the dealers that Twin
Falls would supply the Salt Lake mar
ket with ten cars Of first-class onions
The crop Of onions at Waterloo,
which place has in former years sup
piled the greater portion of the product,
IS said TO be almost an entire failure,
but that of Davis county and other
counties on the north is said 10 be bet
ter than last year,
The cabbaue crop is better than 1t ma
been for the past eight years. The
frequent rains and cool nights have
produced a frst.clsss crop of both cab"
bace and caulihower. The latter pro-
duct is being marketed IN large. guam
tries since the close Of the picking
season and there has been slight drop
IN price.
Green tomatoes, grapefruit, .pome-
pra auates, cocoanuts. Dixie almond nuts
and peanuts arrived on the market dur
ing the past two days.
Wholesale Quotations.
Hay. grain and straw-Oat stray
per bale. Csc, alfalfa, per ton, $500;
timothy. $1,000 per ton; iced wheat
sl.25: shorts, $I.l0; oats, Sl.40: rolled
oats. $50; corn, sl.35; corn chopped,
81 40; barley. rolled, $3.50, bran. Sl.o0
four, bakers No. !, $l.55: straight
grade, Sl.65; high patent, Sls5; rye,
60 40
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
New York Sugar.

NEW YORK. Oct 5.-Sugar-- Raw,
steady; fair refining, SAG; centrifugal
.96'test. lgi molaSseSs sugar dl2Gi re re
tned, steady; crushed So.'V; po"deFeu'
$50; graEula ted, 5000.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
LIVE sToCK MARKET.
CilliCa 70,

CHICAGO, Oct. -Cattle--ReceIpts,
250O. Market steady; bccves. $4,000
Z; COWS and hcifers. Sl60@ 80; stock
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
pRnnrCE FXCMANGE-

| On the produce exchange today the buttcr
| market was firm: cresmcrles, 100 2il2 c /;
dalrics. 17iz @3Iiic. Eggs hrm. at marx,
cases included, 156 l9c; frsts, 2lc; prime
| Hrs;S. 2li2c; extras, Ice. Cheese, strong,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
Iiyernncl Wheat.

LIVERPOOL, Oct. j.-Close: Wheat
-Dccemicr, 6s 5"sd; March, 6s j@l d,
Meaihnr cloudy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
Rank Clearings,

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-The following table,
compiled BY Bradstreet, shows the bank
clesrings at the principal cities for the
ceptage Of increase and decrease as com
pared with the corresponding week last
year.
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Amount of Metal Purchased.

The amount OF metal each road claims to
havo been purchased by the defendants is as
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-13
"reminiscences FROM THE OESERET NEWS

IlllvIElVlOULWUGO TnUNl EEsE UEOEflL WEWO
Charles
o cleavet to none other
C. w Penrose entered polygamy
sing to
ABOUT TWENTY
Charles w third polygamy, promising
ABOUT EIGHTEEN
Counselor
President
pretending companions of
his youth
Editor Charles nssduouy
ABOUT
polygmy
him law.
Apostle Pnrose legal a widower
w.
look for wife
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-13
PEOPLE STARVING ON
STORh-SWEPT ISLES
Additional Details of Terrible
South Sea Hurricane Are
Received.

VICTORIA, b b, April ll.-Further ad-
vices OF the terrible South sea hurricane
which swept the Society and Paumoto
group recently. wero received by the Mo-
ma. The loss OF life on some of tho
low-lyinE islands, which were washed
over by the great waves, WINS nigh. On
Anna island the known death list num-
bers nlnety-tive. The Journal omcials,
computing the losses reported officially In
the Paumoto group, places the deaths at
l2l. including several EurTeans, among
them being Rev, Fathers Paul and Ierlep.
French priests
Vessels in Danger.
Ships arriving at Sydney report having
encountered the hurricane, Among them
the Musselcraig, from San Francisco,
which encountered the hurricane 300 miles
northeast OF Tahiti and was thrown
on her beam ends, water sweeping over
her lee rail Tho ballast shifted and the
ship was in danger of being wrecked, as
she had a bad list. The crew worked des-
perately for four days to shift the ballast
and succeeded in righting the ship as the
hurricane was blowing Itself out.
Distress on Islands.
The Moana also brought news of great
distress In the Caroline and Marshall
groups because OF hurricane. The Ger
man warship Condor. which had arrived
at sydney reported taking 200 starving
people from Plncelap to Ponape for sue
cor. Otherwise O large percentage would
have died, as had others In the groups.
They were on tho verge Of starvation.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-13
NO SENTIMENT IN SIGHING
Simply Caused by a Desire for More
Breath, Says Physician.

The sigh. which from time lmmemorinl
and by all the poets whoever sung has
been regarded as a matter OF sentiment
and connected with tho emotions, is de-
clared by physicians to be purely
physical phenomenon as is the sneeze or
cough a well-known doctor of this city,
speaking Of this tho other day. explained
that the sigh is natures method OF max
Ing one take deep breath When the
lungs have been getting insufficient air
q sigh Is the means by which they ore re-
plenished, or when the air has been i'm
pure the sigh which often one takes in
stepping out into the open air is from the
same cause.
Tho doctor admitted that people some
times sigh from sorrow or other mental
H. but maintained that this is partly be-
cause II has been accepted as the express
sion of grief through ages as long as
kissing and handshaking have been ac-
ccpted as signs of affection or friend
ship Another reason why a sigh fol-
lows a sorrowful thought is that such
thoughts are often concentrated and In
tense enough to cause insufficient breath
ing When the lungs suffer for certain
time from this insufnclency the sigh fol-
lows. Slghs arc often caused, too. says
the same authority, by certain sorts of
indigestion.
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Another Show Next Year.
READY FOR ARB0R DAY
Students at University Arrange Pro-
gramme for the DaY.

Chapel exercises at the University yes
terday morning were given over TO COM
pleting arrangements for Arbor day
President Kingsbury presided at the meet
Ing which was well attended both by
the professors and students. In his speech
President Kingsbury called attention to
the Improvements which are now be-
Ing made on the grounds, to the plaut-
Ing Of trees. shrubbery and the put
ting In OF lawns. and urged the stu
dents TO join with the regents in beautlfy-
ing the college campus.
Prof. Allen, head of the faculty COM
mittee on the Arbor day celebration
then explained the plans Of the commit
tee, and said that proper tools will be
provided for the planting OF trees and the
cleaning up OF the campus.
All the students present at the meeting
pledged themselves to be present and to
put In n solid day OF physical labor. Dale
Pitt, as spokesman for the students, as
sured the faculty that tho students were
as interested as they in making the
campus look respectable.
Another feature of the Arbor day cele-
braton is the luncheon which will he
served by the college women. and which
every college man has sworn he Will
honestly earn by the sweat of his brow.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-13
ALARM FROM UINTAH SCHOOL
Fire Department Makes Long Run on
q False Call.

An alarm Of fire was turned in yestcr-
day morning at 9 o'clock from the Un
tab school, Chief Vail and the apparatus
from No. station answered the call Az
ter making the run OF over TWO miles
and over roads that were In frightful
condition. there was no fire to be found.
The Uintah school. from which central
had reported the alarm, was found to be
unoccupied and no one appeared TO notify
the flremcn Of the location of the fire.
After the return to headquarters II was
found that the Uintah school is now be-
ing held in another building and that a
woman had run TO the school and asked
that an alarm be turned in as her house
was on fire. 4 man living In the vicinity
had put the fire out and when the q part
ment arrived no one was thoughtful
enough TO even come out and tell the
fremen that the fire was out
After the long, hard run the depart
ment was entitled to that much consid-
Grafton. as is customary in cases OF fire
no matter how ehort the run, the party
turning in the alarm is expected to await
the arrival CT the department and notify
them where the fire Is located or that 1t
has been put out
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-13
FUSSY JIMMY'S RETURN
His Determination to Leave National
Capital Is a Calamity.

Fussy Jimmy Anderson, who was recently
appointed a messenger to the Senate Commit
tee Weights and Measures. and OF which
committee Senator Smoot is chairman. Will
not continue 10 hold that position. Instead.
Jimmy will take the position Of chief deputy
in the Internal Revenue oftico at Salt Lake
under Collector K. II. Calllstcr
The obvious for this movo is that the
larger salary attaches TO the Salt Like Job.
The salary picking along Jimmy's path for
several months has boon decidedly meagcr.
md now that he has encountered oasis in
tho way OF n eo1ariod clover patch. Fussy Will
turn to gotting busy and proceed TO make hay
In aggressive manner,
Navajo Jimmy Will eo missed at Washington
but IT is his wish TO get back to Utah In order
to be TO the bnBe OF supplies. His de-
termination to leave the National capital will
be but little short of calamity He is nat
urallS of a mathematical turn OF mind He has
become expert ut figuring while attending
to everyone's business but his own. In deal
ing with weights and measures he would have
been particularly well equipped by reason ot
his experience OF Weighing mutton at the poor
farm and measuring Navajo blankets, 10 ony
nothing OF his work In figuring the accounts OF
Mutton Jones all hours OF the night