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Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
Wheat Market Tsaturelsss, bat Corn Prices
Advance Large Traction.
MAY CORN OPTIONS UP IRREGULARITIES
weather Forecast for Rains In south
west Cause Easier Tone in
wheat, but Corn and
Oats Higher.
OMAHA. April Is. 1901.

OMAHA, April IS, 1907.
The wheat market showed no particular
feature ~ the opening, but corn and oats
were much stronger and good gains were
mace curing the course Of the market.
4 ables were slightly lower and there was
home commission house buying, but the
: crowd was bearish on wheat The cause
OF the failure OF wheat to respond to the
strength show in corn was due TO an
easier feeling regarding prospects for mois-
ture In the southwestern wheat states.
Wheat opened steady, with low temperA-
lures reported and very little precipitation
where needed most. There were scattered
showers in southern Kansas and light
showers or snow were predicted for that
section. The market held heavy on reports
OF damage in Kentucky and Tennessee
and unfavorable crop reports have be-
come so numerous and unanimous regard
trade appears to be losing its skepticlsm.
The seaboard reported 10000 bushels OF
wheat for export, $4,000 bushels Of which
was Manitoba and the balance mainly
durum. Crop conditions have improved in
North Dakota and northern Minnesota and
the export demand continues good, May
wheat opened at 721kc bid and closed steady
at I2Mc asked, while July and September
options were slightly higher.
the market advanced considerable fractions.
The foreign demand continues strong and
cables we're notably higher Trading was
active with good buying apparent and the
close was Arm with net advance OF sc in
May corn and nc In the July and Septem-
Trade was light in oats at a slightly
higher level and considerable strength was
manifest The weather IS unfavorable 10
the growing crop, although no great
damage mas been wrought as yet. May
corn closed lower at 4l%c asked, a decline
OF ho and July and September options were
Arm.
Primary wheat receipts were $4,000
bushels and shipments 10000 bushels
against receipts last year OF 81 900 bushels
and shipments Of 341 900 bushels. Corn re-
ceipts were 351 900 bushels and shipments
$4,000 bushels, against receipts OF 299. 900
nj hfNa HaIa lu IA
year.
Clearances were $4,000 bushels wheat
10000 bushels corn 1000 bushels oats and
whe1t and -four equal to $4,000 bushels.
Liverpool closed %GSac higher on wheat
and Nd higher on corn
Argentina wheat shipments were esti.
mated at 100000 bushels, against 5192 90,
bushels last week
Local range Of options:
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New York MINING stocl...

NEW YORK, April Enclosing quotations
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
stock In sight.
sLUCN IN oIHWIs
Receipts Of live stock at the six principal
Chiffon Market.

NEW YORK, April 25-CoTTON--spot
closed steady; mddling uplands, u.5Oc;
middling gulf, 11.55c; sales, 200 bales
LIVERPOOL, April 25.-COTTONl--Spot
good business done; prices points higher
ding, 6.Sld middling, 500; low middling
6O6d; good ordinary, BOD; ordinary. b.92d
The sales OF the day were l2,O00 bales, OF
which 1000 bales were for speculation and
export and Included II, 500 bales American;
receipts 26, 900 bales including 2Sl0O Amer
NEW ORLEANS. April 3-CoTToN-
SHOTS closed Arm: sales. $50 bales; low or
binary, 5-l6c, nominal; ordinary 5-l6c.
ding, 13-16c: middling f1hc; good mid
ding, 12c; middlinE fair, re, nominal; fair.
i3%c. nominal receipts 3,l2O bales; stock,
lbs $50 bales
ST. LOUIS Mo. April SECTION
Steady. middlinR. 1O7Sc: sales, $500 bales;
receipts, none; shipments, 900 bales; stock,
SO 439 bales
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26

NEW YORK. April E.-MONBY-on call,
easy. 1Ad2h per cent; ruling rate, closing
bid and offered at per cent. Time loans,
easier and very dull; sixty days, 81 per
cent; ninety days ~ per cent; six months,
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER - BNas
STERLING EXCHANGE - Easier, with
actual business in bankers bills at N,s6056
4s61O for demand and at A.SS35G148 $40 for
sixty-day bills. Posted rates, AS3izd4. 81
and s. s6lk64S7 Commercial bills, A.S3h.
SILVER,-Bar, 65&o; Mexican dollars,
bOAc
BoNDs - Government, steady; railroad,
heavy.
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NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET
Quotations OF the Day on various
C0nmodttiea.

Commodities.
NEW YORK. April @.-FLOUR-Re-
ceipts, ssh bills; exports, btzi Dds, mar
ket firm, with Kansas -four Withdrawn
from market. owing to advance in wheat
and crop news; Minnesota patents, RlVg
40; winter straights So 4oqe.5O; Minnesont5a y,
bakers, a85d9 20; winter extras, 2@QaV0;
winter patents, s. eOdsS. Rye hpur, quiet;
fair to good, ts69s.So; choice to fancy
CoRNMEAIs-steady fine white and yell
low 61.2o; coarse, N.oSailoi kiln dried NeS
WfHEAT-Receipts, 1900 bu.; exports,
1855 bu.; No. red, Sc, elevator; No. 2
red. sc. Z. o. b. ahoati No. / northern,
Duluth, CSC. opening nayisatt d Z, o. ,,
navigation T. o. b. ahoat. After a brief
opening decline, due TO reports OF rain In
n r, a rye %he ~ tbs dsy 9
among the bullish factors were firm cables,
rumors Of large export business, cold
for lighter northwest receipts and covering
OF May which closed &c higher, against
sc decline In September. July. s. l-leq
sg1sc closed ssjto; September SSaeO5So;
CoRN-Receipts. 155.g75 bu.; exports. sO7,-
45 bu: Spot armer; No: 2, 5Sc, elevator
| option market was stronger on a good cash
demand and with wheat closing MONO net
higher May 5e96sci closed, sc; July
OATS Receipts. 10000 bu. Spot market.
| steady; natural white, 80 to SO lbs, $40
/ VV.4.f .tippeu Wuite, S94V lD5.L 751E4Of1lS.
Hay HtAYJs 5 shipping, 7O0sOc; good to
! HOPs-steady: state, common to choice
] 1906 crop, lBd17c 1905 crop, pk6i6c; Pacific
coast 1906 crop. sQp1Ic; 1ah crop, case.
HIDEs--,Dull; CentFef America, 2Ftci
! IEATH ER-steady; acid z71ka2sc.
! PROVISIONS-Beef steady; family, $l40
! 41450; mediums, $. 100000; beef hams
! S24. OON 90; packet, s105tNT11 50. Cut meats
steady; picked bellies sl0bO612.00; pictled
hams, 81, 75d123 Lard, quiet; western
tinent, $50; South America, $1,000 com
sl85o@1s0O; short clear, $17.OOd1s5O; mess
| TALLOW-Barely steady; city Cs2 pei
Ikgl, 6d6hc; country (pkgs. free), 5hd6hc
! RICE-Qpet; domestic. fair to extra
2%N6Hc: Japanese. nominal
undertone street price, extra cream
cry, Si14d35c; official prices, cream
cry, common to extra, 25d34c held, com
mon to extra, 2Sd33c; state dairy, common
to finest, S4S3c; renovated, common 4
extra, sG@c; western factory, common 4
frsts 2Od24c; initiation creamery, extra
= mo frsts &6D26c.
CHEESE-Steady; state full cream, col
ored and white. small fancy, 1bo; October
best 14Q14lkc; good to prime. 1s91S5hc; winte
made, best 23hc; large September fancy
l5c; October, best 14al41zc; good to prime
EGGs-Firm: state. Pennsylvania an,
nearby fancy selected white, zoe; choice
19d19ISc: brown and mixed. extra. ts1h619c
firsts to extra frsts, 17d1sc; western stor
ago D1cl-ed 16iAN1Sc.
} POULTRY-Alive, quiet; chickens, 1Ol
lie; fowls, 1910; turkeys, lie. Dressed sloN
and unchanged.
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Conee Market

NEW YORK, April B.-COFFEE-Mar .
ket for futures opened steady at a de-
cline OF 6610 points under lower European
cables. scattered liquidation and European
selling. Prices were barely maintained
during the middle session and business
was quiet, but the market became more
active I'm the last hour and steadied Up
on bull support OF the new positions and
covering for over notice day tomorrow. The
close was steady, net unchanged 10 points
lower Sales were reported OF 10000 bags,
including May, 565d6.75c: July, 5b5fi5. 60c
September, 645c; December, s. i5d5. Soc;
March, 500 5S5c. Spot cOffee. steady; No.
Z Santos. 7Ac; mild cOfief, quiet; COrdOva,
ggl2ac
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26

NEW YORK, April &.-The dry goods
market was steady and generally firm to-
day Sales Of some wide cloths 81 print
cloth yarn construction were made At &c
a yard decline and contracts for late de-
livery are selling at concessions Of lc a
yard from spot prices for the same gods
In the tObbing houses an active trade IL be-
ing done IN cotton goods, principally wash
goods for quick delivery. Raw silk Is firm
and Il r. reported In this market that spot
supplies are exhausted. Duplicates Of
mems wear lines are coming forward
slowly The local retail trade for the
day was better than II has been for some
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26

OIL CITY, Pa, April 26-OIIS-C Credit
balances, tl.7s; runs, ls3 80 bbls. average,
lS7.O14 bills. shipments, i6l,n2 bbls.; aver
age, 10, 20 bbls.
sAvANNAa, Ga. April 2.-oII-Turpen-
tine, frm at sic.
ROsIN-F1rm; quotations; A. B. c, A5:
d. Aa: ~ Aa5; +, A60; @, 3A65; H, NSO;
J. 800; X, 49, N, SIS; n, $50; w q,
SS: W W $50
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Cattle Steady to Ten Cents Lower
Houa Five IN Ten Cents Lower,

CHICAGO, April 25.-CATTLE-Recei
5000 head; market steady to loo lower;
common to prime steers, A.0d6,SO; cows,
Sc 5G6OO; heifers, SSOOd6.5O; bulls, 1900
ACC; calves 81. 75QI5.15; stockers and feed
ers $3O0a5.25.
HOGS-Receipts, 5000 head; market ga
6.5S; medium to good heavy, S645Q6. an;
butcher weights, S6.5Od6.55; good to prime
mixed, SC. 45q650; packing, s630q6.4b; pigs
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Recelpts. 10000
head; market steady; sheep, ABq5.0 20
yearlings, S55Q7.O0; lambs, S6.7bGJS,70
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26

PARIS April &.-The weekly statement
Of the Bank Of France shows the follow
ing changes: Notes in circulation, de-
crease, S4,025,000 francs; treasury deposits,
increase 3e,s25,000 francs; general deposits,
decrease, q, 675,0O0 francs; gold in hand,
Increase, b,55O,OO0 francs; silver in hand,
Increase, 5000 francs; bills discounted, de-
crease. n, 725,OOO francs; advances, decrease,
100000 francs
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26

LONDON, April 5.-The weekly state
ment or the Bank Of England shows ths
following changes; Total reserve, Increase
lion, increase, e2eS, 406; other securities AZ
crease, Ros4 900; other deposits, decrease
EAs4OOO; public deposits. decrease -Ielg' 600,
ment securities. decrease. el9s OO0 M
proportion OF the banks reserve 10 uabiI.
ity this week is $50 per cent a. corn
pared with A-6 per cent last week
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
sioux city Live stock Market.

gram. )-CATTLE- Receipts. 900 head; mar
ket l0c lower; stockers, weak; beeves, $50
as 70: cows, bulls and mixed, $3.OOQL75;
stockers and feeders AO0Q4.I0; calves and
yearlings, S3.25d4 80.
HOGS-Receipts, 1880 head; market a
shade lower, selling at $625Q6S0; bulk OF
sales So 271kl6.3
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surnr and MoIaaneu

NEW YORK, April 5.-SUGAR--Raw,
firm; fair refining. S6c; centrifugal, 96 test,
ace molasses sugar, 8O4c. Refined, steady;
No. 6, 44Oc; No. l. 4S5c; No. s, A3Oc; No. 9,
425c No. 10. 415c; No. II, AiOc; No. r. A05c;
No. Is, 4OOci No a. 395c; confectionery A,
46Oc mould A, 5.15c; cut loaf 55Oo crushed,
$500, powdered, 49Oc granulated, 4soci
cubes, 505c.
MOIAASSEs-st Steady; New Orleans open
kettle. good to choice 876D4Sc.
NEW ORLEANS, April %. - SUGAR -
Steady; open kettle centrifugal, 8lzG3hci
centrifugal yellow, S9sq49sc; seconds, 2A4
sac.
MoLAssEs-Qulet; new syrup SOaS4c.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
New York Live stock Market.

NEW YORK, April 3.-BEEVES-Re-
ceipts, 1857 head; market feeling steady;
dressed beef In fair demand at 7kH9c for
9hc.
CALVES-Medium calves sold at s6.3;
culls $3.50; fed calves, "a 90; dressed calves,
quiet; city dressed veals. Sq1lhc; country
dressed, 6Gll0c
HOGS-Receipts, lose head; market
steady; state and Pennsylvania hogs quoted
at $7.l607.5.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 275O
head; nothing doing, but sellers holding
for steady prices.
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MoLAssEs-oulet; new syrup, SOas4c.
Evaporated Apples aud Dried Fruits.

NEW YORK, April 25.-EVAPoRATED
APPLES-Market steady to firmi fancy, so
SIC; choice, 7971kc; prime, 61kG61zc poor
to fair, 511d6c,
CALIFORNIA DRIED FRUITS-Prunes
are quiet; California, 3lad1211c; oregon, 5h
01Oc. Apricots, dull prices nominal; choice,
iTIk61Sc; extra choice, 1shGlec; fancy, 800
20c. Peaches, quiet choice, HOLMES; extra
choice, 12d12hc; fancy, 121fQplSc; extra
fancy 196I15c. Raisins, fairly active loose
Muscatels, S% 6D1Oc; seeded raisins 7h911hct
London layers, $1.5661.65.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26

from ~ to 4 per cent. The action OF the
board OF directors Of the bank was antici-
pated, owing to the extreme ease OF the
money market and the increasing strength
OF the Bank Of England's reserve. This
doubtless will be further Increased BY the
ABSORPTION OF the bulk % So 0n0 n sold
which will be available In the market dur
ing the coming week
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
st. Louis General Market.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. April s5.-wHEAT-
Futures weak: cash, strong; track No. 2
red cash. 7915QS0Ikcj No. hard, 77d7s11o;
MAY. 76Ac; July, 1850.
CORN-Higher; track, No 2 cash, $50
4ohc; May. 4s7tc; July, 4s1k94s9sc; No. 2
white. 5O6f50ihc.
OATS-HiRher track No. 2 cash, 42D42lc;
May, 4asq4l1zc; July, Sssc; No. white,
44c.
FLOUR-Firm; red winter patents, 8. SO
6f3.S extra fancy and straights, 50. 20DS IS;
clears. g. G5d2.S5.
SEFD-Timothy steady, S3.00d96
CORNMEAIS-Steady, $40
BRAN-Dull; sacked. east track. 93Il195c.
HAY - Steady. timothy, SIS. 006D1S so:
prairie SO OO6I13.00
IRON COTTON TIES-$1.10.
HEMP TWINE-1Oc.
PROVISIONS - Pork, higher; jobbing,
s1612h. Lard. steady; prime steam, Ss.32k.
DRY salt meats, steady; boxed extra SHORE.
I S.75; clear ribs, $g.S71h; short clears 962h.
Bacon, steady; boxed extra short $l0.62lI
cleav rihs 5000; short clears, Sl075.
POULTRY ~ Lower; chickens, 10lkc
springs, 2O92sc; turkeys, rQ11hc; ducks,
1iHc; geese 566IAc
/ BuTTER-Steady; creamery, 25d33c.
EGGS-Iower: lac, case count
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
statement nnnI, of Germnnr.

BERLIN, April 3.-The weekly statement
OF the Imperial Bank OF Germany shows
the following changes; Cash in hand in
crease, s., 2S0 900 marks; treasury notes, in
crease, 10000 marks; other securities, de-
crease, 66,540OO0 marks; notes In circula-
ton, decrease 6S, 200 900 marks.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
Peoria Market.

PEORIA, April @.-CORN-Highsr: No.
q 435tc; no grade, SSQ4Oc.
OATB-Steady; No. white, l3g4f14c; No,
8 white, i2Lc; No. 1 white, axe.
RYE-Firm; No. 2. 6715q6shc
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S. Joseph Live stock Market.

CENTS s,752 head: market steady; natives,
81 lOa68; cows and heifers, $2.25q5.00;
stockers and feeders, s.. 50GD4.50.
HOGS-Receipts. 1854 head; market Toe
lower; top, $3.50; bulk of sales, S. 85q6. w.
SHEEP AND LAMBS - Receipts, 56li
head; market 10c lower; lambs, S.OOqS6O;
yearlings S675d7,25
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
MhI.l.r NIarket

PEORIA. April Is. - WHISKY - Steady,
on basis OF tl.29 for high wines.
ST LOUIS April S.-WHlSKY-Steady,
on basis Of 81 for high wines
CHICAGO. April b WHISKY - Steady.
H8
cI9CISNATI. April n. WHISKY -
Steady. u-9
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
LiverpOoI Grain market.

LIVERPOOL. April 5.-WHBAH- Spot,
quiet No. red western winter, g. 2Ad
No. California, G. 4Nd. Futures, steady
May. 6s SD: July, IS i7sd.
CORN-spot frm; American mixed, new,
ls Tkd American mixed. old, IS IA Fu-
lures, arm; May, - ma; July, a. SID; Sep
TENDER a SID
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A asked. B bid.
MinneapOIis Grain Market.

MINNEAPOLIS. April 26.-FLoUR-July
SS1fqSS4sc; No, ] hard, s4Hgs61se; No.
S2ltc; No. 3 northern, 7e480c.
FLoUR-F1rst patents, sLSO6I4.40i second
second clears, 81 40d2.5O
BRAN-In bulk. ti660a16U
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
MILWAUKEE, Grain Market.

MILWAUKEE, April 25.-WHBAT-No.
northern, aaslc; No. 2 northern, soGs2iAc
July, G&c.
RYE-No. !. T2Q72Ike.
BARlAEY-No. 2 741Ac sample, 61g7Oc.
CORN-No cash. nose; July, fshc.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26

DULUTH. Aiinn-. April @.-wIEAT-No.
northern, SAC; No. 2 northern, s2i&c;
May ssho; July, Sissc; September, Sl5bc,
OATS-April, &c.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26

Rye. bu................. eeoo 100
haElett uusssssss.ssssssss. Ll,ul0 hsAVN
On the Produce exchange today the butt
ter market wes weak; creameries AaaOoi
diaries, 8dHc. Eggs, steady; at mark,
cases included, 15h d15ilc arsts, 15ci prime
frsts, i6hc. Cheese. STEADY; i4ui5c.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
Treaaury statement.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-Today's state
ment OF the treasury balances in the gen
eral fund, exclusive OF the $50 600 gold
reserve, shows: Available cash balance,
S24s 1s2 l5s; gold coin and bullion. SlO4.45s 6s1
gold certificates. Sll. So. go.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
Hank CIenrinrn.
Wool MnrIxet.

OMAHA, April 8.-Bank clearings for
today were 81, 937. 69l.40 and for the CORE
spending date last year a,T6465.4.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
Toledo SEED MarI.et

TOLEDO, April B.-sEEDS-Ciover, cash
and April, S9.Gh October, S5.71lk; Decem-
Der. S1.55; March. $3.50. Timothy, q 20. Al
sike, $50.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
PhiIadeIphia Produce Market.

PHILADELPHIA, April 35-BGGs-Firm
western frsts, free cases 1sc At mark.
CHEESE-Ftrm; New York full creams
fancy. l4l4Ql49to; choice, 1slc.
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Articlea. open ! HIgh.I Low. close.l Yes,Y.
A asked B bid.
omshn Cash Prices

bmanu ChAh Prices
WHEAT-No. 2 hard. 7Oka72c: No, 8
hard. 67q1c; No hard, 5sa67c; No.
spring, 6j9172c.
COMING. 3. nlla:2he. No T. acc; no
grade, 2S@Sse; No, yellow, 421ac; No.
oATs-No, mixed. ssdssHc; No q
white. Ss1kd40iAc; No. 4 white, S9A6PfOc
RYE%-No. 2. 60c. No. 3. 5siSc
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
Cash quotations were as Follows,

Cash quotations were as follows;
FLOUR-Quiet; winter patents, $500
40. straights, GOqa5; spring patents
s. 46G8 Is; straights, 8,OOqSS0; bakers, 500
WHEAT-No. 2 spring. s2qSAkc No. 8.
7l6slc; No 2 red, 7SlSQ79c.
CORN-No. 2 4s94slsc; No. yellow, go
oArs-No. 2 &c; No. white. 44ase; No.
white naAhc,
RNE-No. q 6SlSc.
BARLEY-FRir 70 choice mailing, so
ne
sEEDs-No. ! max. a.llA; No. 1 Forth
western 81 iS4 Timothy, prime, A0,
Clover, contract grade. uAN.
PROVISIONS - short ribs sides QOose),
s. 5qS.5o. Mess pork, per Dbl, SIS 62i4d
th76 Lard, per 100 lbs. &SbbdS.bf4. Short
oloar sides boxed. SS.BQ9oo
The receipts and shipments OF nOur and
srraln ,reres f2ecefDtF Shipmeuts
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26

LONDON. April 8-The Bank OF Eng
lands rate OF discount was reduced today
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26

SILN Eh-BaTI Hr1n, 81 6-I6d per ounce,
MONEY-l1aq2 per cent.
The rate OF discount in the open market
for short bills is 27sd3 per cent; for three
months bills, 3 1-l6d3h per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
Kansas City Grain and Provisions

KANSAS CITY, April 5.-WHEAT-May,
nkc July 7SBc; September 75Mc Cash;
No hard, 7SQ7c; No s. 70dD7ec: No. red,
nc: No. 3, 7O6176iAc.
CORN-May, 441hc; July. 45Nc September,
lsq4sci No. white, Isq4s1kc; No. 8, 471aa
lSc.
oATs-No. white, 421hc; No. mixed,
l1bfd42c.
HAY-F1rm; choice timothy S14.adl6,OO;
choice prairie, SO 25d11.OO.
RYR-Steady, 68d62c.
BUTTER-Creamery, 29c; package. 100.
EGGS-Steady; extra fancy, 16c; current
receipts, cases included, new cases, 141ho;
second hand cases, 14o; cases returned
1Slsc; southern, cases included, 131lo.
Receipts. Shipments.
| Wheat. bu.................. 5000 81 900
corn, pu..-ss-,.....s.sss... lIoV9 E8,OOO
Oats, bu.................,.. 1900 1900
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
literary jNeses and Criticism.

Is necessary. The book brims over with gayety
ana closes on as dainty bit of romance as this
pecullariy dainty novelist ever achieved. our
only complaint is that the story is so slight-it
is mere short story long drawn out-that it
hardly deserves to be made into volume by
Itself We believe that in England it has been
puolShed in book called Tales of Two Peo-
pie, along with two three other brief compo
sltions- We would have been glad il Anthony
Hope had given the same good measure to his
American readers
There are eight short stories in Mr. Jack Lon
don's new book, Love of Life" They are not of
uniform merit, but two or three of them show
him at his best. The initial tale, which gives
the book its title. is striking study of desperate
hunger, and in A Days Lodging the author
sets forth a profoundly bitter and even tragic
situation with simple force commanding high
respect. Best of all in this sheaf of stories
dedicated to the primitive emotions is the
called The Unexpected" girl whose life up
to her tWenty-fifth year has run along in COM
native England. marries Swede in Chicago and
goes with him to seek for gold. In Alaska she
is involved in an appalling tragedy. which leads
TO her doing, with her husband. an incredible
deed. She acquits herself well, displaying
character which fixes itself in the readers mind
This story alone would make Mr.. London's
volume worth while
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
THE LIMITED MAIL.

wilfrid l. Randell, in the London Spectator
Slow BREATH stealthy breath.
Ont from the stations noise ana Ileht
Cleaying q forest of red and green
Where one eye winks to white;
Slow breath, steaithy breath
over the switches, into the keen
Wind of the ghcstly night
.Iustv steam, quickening steam
With the glimElering levers wlder ihro"h'
In q resoiute rush to full ahead:
rika a cresset OF flame fierce white cone
shoots to the clouds as the coal is spredo'
Hoarser steam, roaring steam
Miles on miles Of shining ran
GoIbered and flung behind in a havoc or speeo'
THIS ie the Mail. the Limited, Limited Mail
Racing with letters and lives through holio"
and mead, eo,4,,,a
Crashing through cuttings that echo her fugitlVe
din, ,.,, ,b,Iar+
Plunging TO ambush IL tunnels with sioiiaii'
blast, -, s linn
Surging exultant as county by county 10
passed.
cbut off steam. shut off steam,
There the lights of the harbor glean
Hung in the sky like starlit ven, 49,,
Ana tbe great ship chafes in the dusky dawn
Till The signals drop, as the whistling NAH
cu,iprs round to the docks and the night mas
gone.
Rrates down, brakes down
Ckirline through the silent town.
steadily slowing, through the gates
where the stately liner waits;
Brakes down brakes down
Rrakes hard down
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28


eral of the authors masterpieces
In the Leaves from the Note Books or Lady
Dorothy Neviu," which her son has edited Tor
speedy publication, there is preface IN WHICH
this distinguished lady explains how she ac-
cumulated much of her amusing material she
says:
1t has always been passion with me to- to collect d
odds and ends of every sort and put Jheiil into
scrap and note books. in consequence OF wnlGm f4
have many volumes filed with old squloS' M rnt
banguets. and other tri1es which tosetEer WITH
and omusing DAYS now long vanished into the past
In many of my books must confess te eoTtSlt3 Si5
now and then produces some rather amusing con. con,
JraS,s I0r old broadsde Of iS52 entitled The Great
Battle for Reform side by side Wi{n ,,ton piGsGre
y combination which brought into my mind the fole
lowing little anecdotte Long before Tor ver tg eS
elderly couple. peacefully sleeping in their toaT7
ppaTiv hour by their excited maid servant who; i
bursting into the bedroom 6a~ea rdo,ted 9dl the old
lady called out from inside .Fes aFe pea TsfoTm Sill
hntnd nas the Girl land were all equal now; after
which she marched out of the room purR2Sey iea
ing the door wide open to snow her e9u'-i'S
1oppmans. Green & Co. will publish early in
the autumn a volume of "reminiscences by the
late General John Eaton, Grant Lincoln ana
the Freedmen" The book touches upon many
educational and political interests connected
with General Eaton's career as United States
Commissioner of Education from 1SfO-lSS6 out
the emphasis is laid upon the earlier phases OF
his work during the Civil War, when acting
under instructions issued by Grant Lincoln ana
the War Department, he took charse Oh 'he
army of refugee negroes which flocked for pro
lection to the Union forces THIS work was
carried on before the establishment OF the Freed
mons Bureau. and in the face of difficulties
which have never adequately been described
The maintenance of a rudinfentary public school
system by the Union army during the conflict
is one of the most interesting phases of the work
which General Eaton superintendent His book
contains many anecdotes and characterizaticns
of lincoln Grant and other figures of the period
Mr.. Pirie-Gordon has written biographical
study OF innocent the Great" ths third 1nno-