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Deciduous and Citru. Fruits.

Nearly all kinds Of seasonal decduous fruits
were In burdensome supply. and. although trade
was or average proportions, prices were weak
all around and there a heavy surplus unsold
ais OF Bartlett Pears, Plums. Nutmeg Melons
ana Cantaloupes from the river districts. the re-
ceipts including much overripe and rating
stock, which had to be disposed of quickly at
weak rates The Gamers were buying large
quantities OF Pears and Plums. but were taking
advantage of the situation and demanding con-
cessions from sellers. which they were generally
able to Obtain- Grapes and Figs easier.
while Nectarines were hardly quotable. there
being very little demand for them. Peaches,
Apples continued TO drag.
BERRIES-Stra wberries. $6@e per chest;
Blackberries. S250@4 per chest; Raspberrles
$10@12 per chest Huckleberries. S@IOc per
pound
APPLES-Fancy 75c@sl per box: common
TO choice 5o065c; Crabapples, 75cGs1 for small
and 81 for large boxes.
PEARS-Rartletts. e5c@S % per box for No.
! and 5OGl I5c for No. ?: per ton. SI5@3O.
PEACHES-9Oc4S Isl % for large and 75c0$1
for small open boxes; small packages, e069Oc.
PLUMs AND PRUNES-Crates ana small
boxes 25415c; open boxes. 50ce1Sl; baskets
25M50c: P'nms per ton. S10020.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES per box or crate
FIGS-50c@T per box
GRAPES-Smsll boxes and crates: 5Oc6S1:
large boxes. S125Q1.5O
MELONS-CantaloupeS, 75c1$1 25 per crate:
S25o@3 per dozen for large and sI5OG2 for
small
CITRUS FRUITS-Pe- box: Valencia Oranges
$3oo@4; Lemons. S4G5 for fancy. SS63 30
Fruit; S3G4; Lines. $6@6.50.
TROPICAL FRUITS = Bananas. S162 per
bunch for Hawaiians and 81. 5OG3 Is for Central
American; Pineapples. SS@5 per dozen.
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THE COPPER STOCKS

THE COPPER STOCKS.
BOSTON, Aug. IA small pool was formed
in Copper Range today, and it lifted 2
points. Investment buying continues in osceola
There bull stories coming out in North
Butte.
The Chicago Inter Ocean says: 1.-The Ana
conda July copper production makes another
high record, being more than 100000 pounds
for the month. 1t is xpected that the Ana
cenda will soon be producing at the rate of
10. 600. 900 pounds of copper a month, by far the
largest output of any copper mine In the world. "
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LOCAL MARKETS.
Exchange and Bullion.
wheat and other Grains.

WHEAT-Chicago turned frmer again and
rose SC and In this market December adj
yanced Xc The cash Wheat continued ouiet
and unchanged An increase in weighing and
delivery charges at Port Costa from Sc 10 25c
per ton in consequence of the longshoreman' 4
strike VIII 20 into effect on Monday, as will be
seen in the first column.
Chicago wire said: Western grain ex-
porters arc profting by the example set nv
Manitoba last year and are filling up the Euro.
pean markets as raridIy the Northwestern
spring crop is available. Last year Manitoba
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Eastern Livestock Market.
cuIcACo

a. CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. Aug. 17.-CATTLE-Receipts, 2s-
6.75; cows and heifers. 1.35d52 %: stoekers and
feeders. $2.40@4.50; Texans, $375d4.60; calves,
s5. .25n7 90. -
HOGS-Receipts. 12 600; market sc higher:
estimated tomorrow, 9000 Mixed and butchers
So:so@6 40; good heavy. s5.e0@63o: rough
s5. .25@615; bulk of sales, $e@6.so r"'
SHEEP-Receipts. COCO; steady. Sheep. So 20
@5.35; lambs $4.656S.
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weirhinr Rnte. Advnnced.

Owing 70 the increased cost Of labor due to
The loncshoremen's strike the Port Costa ware
houseuen have advanced the charge for weigh
ing and delivering grain from Sc 10 25c per ton.
the Increased charge 10 go into effect on Monday.
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Butter. Cheese and Eggs.

CHICAGO. July 1T,--0n the Produce Exchange
today the butter market was firm. Creameries
l9@22c; dairies. 17@20c. Eggs steady, at
mark, cases included 14@18c; frsts 16hc:
prime frsts, 1se; extras, 2S1ac. Cheese frm;
1lLM13Ac.
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.--Today's statement
of the Treasury balances In the general funds
show: Available cash balance. $1S4, 160. SOP;
gold coin and bullion, sl10,oo9, ,o52 gold certif-
Gates, $50, ,227, ,730.
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London Closing Stocks.

Bar sIlver-Quiet: 30 9-19d per ounce.
Money-2@2h per cent,
The rate of discount In the open market for
short bills is 8 1-16 per cent and for three
months bills 3h per cent.
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follows: Flour easy; No. 3 spring wheat Goa
72c; No. 2 red. Go0698.c: No. corn, Acc; No
2 yellow, 501ac; No. 2 oats. 3lAc: No. white
32634c No. 5 white. 29Ja @34c; No rye
SEC; fair to choice mailing barley. 42@4Sc; No. /
fax seed. S1.0s; No. Northwestern, sl121a !:
clover, contract grades, S1l.75; short ribs
tloosel, SIS. .so@S90; hscrt clear sides lboxed)
$9.i21a @9. 25 mess pork. per bbl. SIT: lard. per
100 lbs. $S.67ls; whisky, basis of high wines,
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Bank Clearings.

NEW YORK, Aug. i7.-The following table.
compiled BY Bradstreet's, shows the bank clear
ings at the principal cities for the week ended
August 49, with the percentage Of increase and
decrease. as compared with the corresponding
week last year;
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Northern Business.

SEATTLE. Aug. 17.-Clearings. $1.5o1, SIS;
balances. 1857, 395.
TACOMA. Aug. 17.-clearings, s574.oee; bal
ances. $102. .246.
PORTLAND, Aug. 17.-ciearings, ss5s, $40;
balances, S102, ,3S3.
SPOKANE. Aug. 17.-Clearings, S659 S5s.
balances. 81. COL. - =
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st. Louis Wool Market.

ST. LOUIS, Aug 17.-woOL-Steady. me-
dium grades combing and clothing. SaGase. me
light hne, lS@22c; heavy fine, 14@17e; tub
washed, 3263Stsc. ~
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Total. .. s. 50, 5s5 .el2, ,s7s
Total. Canada. sT0.7lo. O0e

Balances paid in cash. mot hi61uded in TO-
tails, because containing other items than clear
ings. mot included in totals. Comparisons in
complete.
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Poultry and Game.

Poultry continued to move off well, and as
the receipts were light the market kept well
cleaned up and prices were well maintained.
Broilers are doing better the proportion of
small chickens in the receipts is becoming
lighter every day.
POULTRY-Per dozen: Hens, s.. 50@6 so Cor
large and s4.6o015 for small: old Roosters, So 30
a450; young Roosters, s6.5o67.50 for large
and S5G6 for small; Fryers, S4M4.50; large
Broiers, s3.50m4. small Broilers $2.50Q3; Pig
cons $161. 1875: Squabs. 81 125@1.50; Ducks, 81
05.50: Geese, 81 .2561. 80 per pair.
GAME-Per dozen: Hare, $3.50; Cottontail
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Mining Stocks.

Mining Stocks.
SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE.
Following were the sales on the San Francisco
Stock and Exchange Board yesterday:
Regular Morning and Informal Sessions.
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New York Metal Market.

tells quoted at 6% @7c; seeded raisins, e@sci
and London layers, nominal.
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prices of the leading food staples since lasl
week The markets still abundantiy sup
piled with Fruits Vegetables and Dairy Produce
and Meats, Fish and Poultry continue pientiIui'
COAL. PER TON
Wellington .s1o.n0Coos Bsy. ~
Seattle ......... s.ooNew Wellington. 30 30
Richmond ...... s.5O
DAIRY pRoDrCE. FTc- a,-
outter. 2-lb 50 .G0e1g5 Eggs. doz .ouNa.'o Naao
i.5-ib square. .45G50 Do, Eastern 31
Iaii1rnia Cheese-620 Hcney. cornh ~
Eastern Cheese .-625 Do extracted. e@fV
swiss Cheese .a5@35
POULTRY and GAME-
Hens, large ea. T5c@$1 nucks. encr. o,Ca, "a
Do small .5o@ooIGeese each VI i'zsSs aSsi "a 5o
each ''e.. .som7a risaan- nai-. -es-o 80
r,,1 Boosters. ga 4see 80 SQUADS per co@25
Broilers, each .356l5o Rabbits each
turkeys, per lb.--@23
MEATS. PER PoUNn- s@ts
DO plain. .-@Sioiveai Crtie.s. .i.1is
Roast Veal. :. .ioea 12Hlcorred Deef. 'sT <
Eersatr r0IS Iamb.sasaMS@t!os saaznesr s's
Hindorter Iamb.-M1slveal stew. -..- ~ a
Ier feresfr %rttSn sS"n Bsa1 Bones
Tndroin Steak 1914 ar5Hnms .....,.'.,oo .,o@,er, -
rrnrterhss Steak. .ts602n Racon ,oiI N
Strfofr Stesk .1OG1 DIX Pork Sausage -
Round Steak "a slrhipped Beef .1N,.
Lamb Chops. ....-dr5Lard ......-'is1s~ 1s~i'
FRUITS AND NITs- ,.a,o
| -
Almonds .15M2nlr ines. doz. LIZ W O
Apples ..... An rINectarines. lb hm
recans ....-M2AlNtmg Melons ca z - y ~ p ~ y
Rrazfl Nuts. r5rn nOiOranoes doz S.lhlr ~ "
Bsnsnas. doz .2nGi2 i25l pineapp'es. eseh 2sa" - q
Backbrries. drw 2oG3oIpears. III ,,..-'. sel .
Grabsnples 49,. "a 6lPesches. ID ,..'-m ,@s e e
Cdntaloupes, ca. .1od20l plurs, n -, 4m
Cocoannts. each. 5@IoRsspberries' drw eg,-
Figs. dried. H.. R671olRsjsfns. H. Stt = - -
| DO fresh. oz.1n12ols,r,who-ries. drw 4n@fan 2 m
Grapes fb - 6Sn sivatrnts II. f'ce'9
Grape Fruit dz. .6nc67S1 iWatermeIons, ca .1og5o
Heklbrries, lb.-@1215l
| vFGETABT.Fs-
Artchokes. doz. .20M M4OlTeeks. dog bnchs.-eela
Beets. doz. 1oM- Mushrooms. u. e. cet -
Beans. white. IN. En GlOn,ons. ner N a,s 1T -
| Do colored ls. An 6lokra. per lb-. io@l21s Z.
| Dried Iima. h.-1 alPctatoes III. Il 1T - q
| Green Lima. .lb.-M 81 Do Sweet, lb..-@
! Cabbage. each. .--T 5lparsnps. dor. l5gs,a
Celery. head. % 5lRsdishes. dz hn"h.e1lA
| Cress. dz bnnch 1501 --9Sarn. dog hnchs s2"er-
Cncnnbers dez. ..-M1olstrinr Reans. III. az
Garlic - 66f siSumrper Squash ib-m
Green Peppers lbb@lol sn-outs. per ,h'-@see
! Dried Penpers. ..2nTf25 Spinach per ID. y
Egg Plant H. IA hlThyme. dz hnrh.-TsgH
Green Peas. H.. Al s,Turnips per doz -.ni"
! Green Corn, doz ON 7ol Tomatoes, 10 =. S@-
Lettuce, doz .30n40l
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Provisions.

CURED MEATS-Baeou t4Sc ner IN for
heavy. 14Ac for light medium. 151Sc for light
i5c for extra light and 226221sc for sugsr-cured:
Dry Salt Sides. 13c; Bellies. 13kc; East
eTn sugar-Cured Hams. 1TH @1ee; California
aams, Ice; Mess Beef. 50 per Dbl: extra Mess.
$500 Family. $40; prime Mess Pork. SIG so;
extra clear, 500: Mess. $40; Pig Pork, see;
Pigs Feet. 50; Smoked Beef. lac per ID.
LARD-Tierces quoted at 7i5e for California
compound, Sc for Eastern compound and II &C
for pure; haf-barrels pure. i2e; 1o-lb tins.
i2lae: BIB tins, 1899: Bib tins. 12Ec.
COTTOLENE-One half barrel. enc; three
half barrels. 9%c; one tierce. 9lac; two tlerees,
9%c; i've tierces, 9Hc
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Dried Fruits and RaI.In..

A curious feature of the Prune market is that
local sellers are reporting IL weak while
the Eastern buyers reporting 1t firm and
increasing In strength. The other Fruits con-
tinue firmly held. The feeling in Raisins is also
firm. - -
FRUITS-Aprfeots. 14316c per Ib; Evan
GRATED Apples. spot. sta 910c; Peaches s61Ic:
Pears: Tik@loe; NectarApcs White and Red
loMil hc: Figs White, 2& G4c; pitted Plums
Iq9Ee: Primes. 2G2hc for future delivery.
RAlSlNS-l9O6 erop-Seeded 41966c: Loose
Muscateis, &c, 4kc and &c for 2 8 and
crown respectively; seedless. 3lAc Seedless
Sultanas 4c: Thompson Seedless. Sc FOR I'M
bleached and sale for bleached: Imperial
clusters, 6-crown, 81. so; Dehesa clusters, 8
crown, So; fancy clusters. 4-crown. 81 so: Lon
90c.
NUTS-1a06 erop--A lmonds Nonpareil 1Bc:
<, l., l5e; Ne Plus Ultra. 14sc: brakes. 12Ikc;
Lansuedocs. 12e. and Golden State. IL re per ID
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Northern wheat Market.
WASHINGTON

OREGON.
PORTLAND, Aug. 17.-wHEAT-Club $50
Soc; bluestem, 70d71c; red, 66@67c; valley.
WASHINGTON.
TACOMA, Aug. -WHEAT-Unchanred or
mort biuesteyn zoe. club CSC. red &C - -
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Meat Market.

DRESSED MEATS.
Wholesale rates, per pound, from slaughterers
to dealers. are as follows
BEEF-4A l5Ac for steers and 4@5c for
Cows
vEAL-e@6hc for large and s@s1sc for
small.
MUTToN-sH@ec for wethers and s0sHc
for Ewes
LAMBS-96i0c.
DRESSED HOGS-9hG11c
LIVESTOCK MARKET.
The following quotations are for good, sound
livestock delivered in San Francisco, less 30 per
cent shrinkage for Cattle;
CATTLE-Steers, 6%c per ID for No. and 6
Cows. 4hc: thin Cows. 4c
CALvES-414 @4Hc per ID for light, 81 Q4c
i0s Nng f9s nesSy .snoss III as A.
(gross weight.
LAMBS--41 y 615c per ID.
HOGS-140 to $50 lbs, 7%6T1kc per 10; 140
lbs and under, 7k97Ac; 250 lbs and over, TIE:
Bears so per cent. Stays 30@40 per cent, and
Sows 10420 per cent or from above quotations
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Family Retail Market.

There has been but little. change In rethl!!
prices of the leading food staples since las'
week The markets are still abundantIy sup,
plled with Fruits, Vegetables and Dairy frouuye
ana Meats, Fish and Poultry continue premium
COAL. PR TON
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marketed the bulk of her surplus at once. while
this country waited for Russian shipments to
follow. The Manitoba Wheat was sold at the
up with the year and large surplus car
ried into the present crop. steady export
tnental buyers furnishing the bulk of the or
ders.
CASH WHEAT
California Club 81 .so6a1.a5: California White
Australian. new. 81 35Q1 40; lower grades OF
California, $110@1 %: Northern Club. 81 .30M
and 81. s5@1 40 for new; Northern Red. sl.32b
FUTURES
10 TO II 80 o'clock Session.
BARLEY-Yesterday' receipts were moderate
and the market was steady at prvious prices
country is still reported. The details of the
increased charges for weighing and delivering
grain. at Port Costa from SC to 2oc per ton
will be seen in the first column.
Good TO choice Feed: spot, s. .HS.s a
Ing Ing ad sRippins 70 siioaia % f per ss' ct cRe
uer 81 % for poor to common and 81 3oG
FUTURES
10 10 II 80 o'clock Session.
December-99c
oATs-Good grades are active and firm. while
off lots are slow of sale and easy Generally
speaking the market is in good shape for sell,
ers, stocks being light and the demand good All
Good to choice Red. 81. 1.so@1 4n: common to
fair. 81 15@1. 90 Blacks are nominal.
CORN-A car of Western drifted into mar
ket yesterday from somewhere or other the
first OF its kind for long while. Dealers say
that. though there has lately been no Western
Corn IN this city there Is plenty of 1t in the
interior and that the market is weak.
California. 81 .5561 GO for small round yellow;
Western mixed 81 40; Yellow 81 .40@1. ~ 1a ;
White. 81. 1.4o@1. .4216 per ctl.
RYETNeglected and nominal at 81. 80 per etl
Flour and Farinaceous Goods.
"a
5.10 usual terms: Bakers Extras. "a 40@4. 10;
Oregon and Washington So. 50a4 per barrel.
FARINACEOUS GOODS-Prees in packages
are as follows: Graham Flour. s.. 81 per 100
lbs; Rye Flour. S3.75; Rye Meal. $3.50: Rice
Flour, IS; Corn Meal 81 20; extra Cream DO
Hominy, So 75@4: Buckwheat Flour $! 5o@ e6
455; craeked Wheat sS7S @ p,1ss Psrins nts hbs.
sTds: in sacks So soar 30: Rolled Wheat
hbis, $3.50; in sacks. s410 Pearl Barley. So;
Split Peas. boxes. so; Green Peas, $3.50 per
100 mounds
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Hides, TalIow, Wool and Hops.

Hops have again advanced. with sales re-
ported up TO zoe for 1905. The sharp advance
has somewhat checked the demand and less buy
ing Is now reported There is not much going
on in the 1905 goods
HIDES-Culs and brands sell ahout iLMfr
under quotations. Heavy Salted Steers. lac:
medium, l2c: light, 12e; Cow Hides. lie for
heavy and l2c for light: Stays SIC: Saited
KIP, ISe; Salted Veal, 141sc: Salted Calf 14tsc:
dry Hides. 221sc: dry Kip. 20c; dry Calf, 24e:
Sheepskins. shearings. 20@40c each; short
Wool, 50@75c each; medium, 90c6tl. 10: long
Wool, $l.25G2; Horse Hides salt $363 % for
large. and s2.T5 for medium. 81 25 for small and
5oc for Colts; Horse Hides. dry, s2@e-25 for
large and 81 50@1.T5 for medium, $125 for
small and SOC for Colts. Buckskins-Dry Mexi-
can, 35c; dry salted Mexican. 26c: dry Central
American. 3Iisc Goatskins-Prime Angoras
l9e: extra large do. sl2o; large. 6oc; medium.
TALLOW-No rendered. 4K@4Ke IN bbis;
In cans and drums, ke less; No 2. 51S@4c;
Grease. 3@3hc.
W0OI-Sprlng clip-San Joaquin and South
ern, 12416c: Northern, 1s@20c: Humboldt and
Mendocino. 222 Q24c: Middle County, 16@19c;
HoPS-14@16c for 1905 and 1T@20c for 1908.
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Butter, Cheese and Eggs.
The directors Of the Dairy Exchange are con-
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.

FRIDAY. Aug. IT-1O:30 a. m.
UNITED STATES BONDS.
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Continued ON Pase n.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-28
A BRAND NEW EXPOSITION.
Devoted 10 Safety Devices -wnI he Held
Here I'm January.

The American Institute OF Social Ser
vice will hold in New York city. in January
next. an exposition Of devices for safe
guarding the ives and limbs of working
men and women, and for preventing acci-
dents under the ordinary conditions Of
life and labor to which the general public
Is exposed.
This will be the first exposition OF the
kind in this country. As far back as 1889.
says Insurance Engineering. there was a
German exposition for the prevention OF
accidents. In 1898 an exposition Of this
nature was held in Amsterdam. and since
then there have been several similar ex-
positions in Continental Europe and In
Canada.
As an outgrowth Of these national move
ments there nave been organized several
museums Of security, one at Vienna in
1880, one at Amsterdam in 1893. n at
Munich In 1000, one at Berlin in 1901 and one
at Paris in 1905. and Russia has recently
established a museum on a large scale In
Moscow.
That these expositions and museums
have been OF real value TO their respective
countries Is evinced by a comparative study
Of the number Of accidents in Europe and
in America. which shows that for the same
number Of men employed in a given trade
we AVE from two to nine times as many
accidents al they have In European
countries.
The perfection Of modern firearms rem
dered the late conflict in Asia exceptionally
bloody; and yet il can be shown hat with
out reasonable doubt the casualties OF u
industrial army in the United States are
at least 50 per cent. greater every year
than the number Of killed and wounded
in both the japanese and Russian armies.
Such conditions can exist only through
general ignorance Of their reality. and IL
to an appreciation Of the actual situation
and the means OF its Improvement that the
exposition Of safety devices is TO be held.
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RN % AN PRIvATE'oR CLASS
INSTRUCTION.
N Write for circulars. THE
M GYMNA-
- - ~ SlUh. q ". cath St.
DANCE OF AFRICAN NATIVES.
Gathering OF the Dancers Weird Music
and TRANCE Figures.

The high cliffs OF the valley showed clearly
in the bright moonlight, when the strains Of
a native band were heard coming from an
adjacent village. Through the long guinea
cornstalks men and women came out like so
many shadows from the various clusters Of
huts, writes Hans Vischer, describing a
dance he saw in northern Nigeria, in the
Geographic Journal. The sound OF the
f1ddles and the rafting OF a calabash filed
with pebbles came ever nearer, till the band
with many followers emerged from the dark
fields to the open space where a broad,
sandy river bed formed a natural play
ground.
A merry crowd had now gathered, chat
tering and laughing and thoroughly en-
joying itself after the way Of the African.
The musicians, three stout men and q
woman, played in that typical way common
to all primitive people, one fiddle leading
with a slightly varying wailing tune, when
the second fiddle took up the air, repeating
1t in lower notes, and the woman accom-
panied with a rhythmic swinging OF her
calabash. 1t is a weird, melancholy noise.
naturally in a minor key, but full OF ever
gr owing excitement.
All the young people had now formed
into two rings, the men inside, and around
them an equal number Of girls. They
started walking around slowly in opposite
directions. Then, az the music became
faster, they q~uickened into a kind of two
step, the men dancing in and out around
the girls, who kept moving the other way.
Each time the boy faced the girl he turned
around. gave a little jump, and, smacking
her outstretched hand, moved OF to the
next beauty, where the performance began
again.
An was done in time to the music, and
the movements OF the laughing youngsters
could not nave been better measured.
Without reserve all abandoned themselves
TO the most thorough enjoyment, dancing
and yelling as II we had been acquainted
for years. A little way on sat the matrons
and the old men, watching and talking
over what they had done in their younger
days.
Behind was the black bush, with here
and there a higher palm tree coming out
and showing in clear silhouette against
the white rocks. while the stars moved
slowly over the sky, and the great silver
moon made it all look wonderful and I'M
canny. Quite unconsciously l recalled old
familiar scenes, other music, other COS
tunes, and a smaller room; and these naked
savaRes were, after all, not so very different
from the wise Westerners.
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THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.
BETTER DEMAND FOR DOWNTOWN
BUSINESS PROPERTY.

A Dozen T~ransaeti0ns I'm Mercantile Prem
Ises. Represe0ting q Investment Of
About $4,000. COO. Reported Last
IL seems to be now generally agreed that
none Of the various realty Blooms, which
were 90 prominent q feature Of tho market
last sping. will be revived this fall. The
current dealing In old law fats and tame
ments Is insignificant. The demand for
building sites uptown b smaller than 1t
has been In years. Even the purchase
OF suburban lots offered on the inetalmsnt
plan In falling on. For several years the
bulk Of the buying and building has affected
residence property, impr owed and unim-
proved. The movement In this class OF
realty 10 apparently subeidinG.
Recent brokerage reports reveal. how
ever. . considerable increase Of demand
for mercantile property. Last week trans
actions In his kind OF realty were fairly
numerous. Conspicuous among them were
the purchase Of the southeast corner OF
Fifth avenue and Forty-second street by
Felix Isman for o. $4,000, the purchase
Of the Knabo Building at Fifth avenue
and ~Thirty-ninth street by the firm Of
"Raimonds for about 81 .200. 1000, the pur-
chase Of the Morrison holdings at Broad
way and Thirty-third stFeet by the AscAcoo
tunnel interests for about 1900. 600, the
purchase OF the Lotos Gu property at Nos.
$50 and S5S Fifth venue by Jacob Meadl
for $780, 900. and the purchase Of No. 672
Fifth avenue by Henry A. Budd for sS5o.ooO.
These transactions were supplemented by
a number in Cortlandt. Fulton. Pearl. Will
lam, Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.
Altogether a dozen more or less I'M
portant deals In mercantile premises vere
reported, This ia q reoo I'd hat has not
been equalled in any one week in a long
time. Il undoubtedly points to a sub
stantial revival Of speculation and invest
ment In the downtown and midtown
business districts. On the other hand,
there has been no decided change in the
mortgage loan situation. The rates OF
interest remain high and capital seeking
investment In loans Is by no means plen-
tiful. To the average observer IL Ia not
clear that an extensive movement In high
priced realty can be financed under present
mortgage loan conditions.