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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-13
PRICE TENDENCY
STILL DOWNWARD
In Today's Operations Losses
Were Not So Large Nor
Selling SO Heavy.
FEW EARLY LOSSES RECLAIMED
FEW EARLY LOSSES RECLAIMED
Near the Close, Which Was Steady and
Dull, There Was Fairly
Good Rally.

New York, June 1s.--The downward
tendency of prices was in evidence
when the stock market opened today
but the dealings were small and losses
were not generally severe Crion IA
ciho and some Of the metal stocks We're
under special pressure and one or 'wo
of the ralltl1d equipment stocks were
firm. Ere first preferred declined a.
linton PacillC. 1T. Louis n san IRAN
cisco secon1 referred ard Colorado hrst
preferred and Amalgamated copper, MAJ
tional Leao and Anaconda large trac-
lions.
While the market continued subject
to the same influences that werC opera
tive yesterday. the losses were not 50
large nor the selling so heavy. ABOUT
a dozen prominent stocks scored losses
of point. including St Paul. North
ern Pacific Southern Pacific, AmalZa..
mated Copper. American Smelling ana
Brooklyn Transit. Reading fell y,
Union Pacific ". and Erie first pre-
ferred and Interborough MetropoTitan
preferred . Erie convertible "a bonds
broke 4 points. Much OF these losses
were recovered before IL o'clock.
The market closed steady and dull
The rally carried the average of
prices above last nights level, gains
reaching n point in Atchison, Now York
Central Missouri Pacific, Northern Pa
cidc and Minneapolis. st. Paul q Sault
Ste Marie. Pressed Steel Car declined
IL, Western Union u and American
Sugar !.
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NEVADA DOUGLAS COPPER.
General Manager Orcm Talks About
Conditions Mt Mine.

Walter &. Orem general manager of
the Nevada Douglas Copper company
at ferington, New, returned to the city
again yesterday afternoon and when
asked regarding conditions in camp.
declared them to be very satisfactory
In every way.
There Is 10 doubt but that the Ne
vada Douglas is big copper mine and
our development work has thoroughly
demonstrated it," said Mr.. Orem today.
ut is simply proposition of increas-
ing tonnage in sight and that Is what
we aps doing every day. The response
in the Ludwig end of the property.
where we have been centering our en-
ergies during the past six months, have
really been astonishing to me as Wen
as 10 my associates. Since May ! we
have driven the south drift on the 800
foot level about 10 feet further in the
sulphides. the ore averaging between
I and 3 per cent copper. A Wine has
been sunk 20 feet on the chalcoclte ore
body encountered some time ago on the
same level and we have been getting
from 8 10 "a per cent copper assays out
OF 1t. The entire bottom of the winze
is In ore and Supt. Arentz is we'll
pleased with IL.
ION the $50 level we recently en-
countered ore in the north workings
for 20 feet, The face Is showing UP well
and the outlook there is most encour-
aging. with the copper values running
from ; 10 per cent. Work In the south
drift is progressing In good shape ana
we ought to get the ore shoot there
very soon, Good results are being OBJ
tanned In all the principal workings and
OF course the officers OF tho Nevada
douglas have good reasons TO feel
gratlhed.'
MI Orem explained that the ore bins
are filled with ore which has been en-
countered In the regular course of de-
velopment and VIII run anywhere from
10 to 20 per cent copper No stoping
whatever is being done NJ the present
time and only ore taken out In doing
development is being shipped The
management prefers to walt until IL has
IT, own facilities Tor ore treatment be-
fore attempting TO get out large tom
mage.
The 100000 worth Of bonds. authoriz-
ed at a special meeting Of shareholders
recently have been autographed and
VIII be in shape To be placed Ia the
hands OF those who have subscribed for
them I'm "A few daVs
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NEW YORK CURB RANGE.
BOSTON COPPER CLOSE.

Furnished by private wire by Bad
ger Brothers, brokers' 100 south Main
street.
Adventure. 2dH; Arcadian, 81 a
y Allouez, 27629; Atlantic, Il y a
10; Arizona. 17h @1SA; Bingham
Con. 60dS5: Boston Con. / a a y :;
Butte Coalition. 23h 61a Calumet &
Arizona, 10S@1o9; Calumet & Hecla'
6.700,75; Centennial, 23l2 a 43s;
Con. Mercur, 39@42; Copper Range
71h aA: Franklin. s ~ 40: Granny,
101s asked; Greene Cananea, 10
d Y: Helvetia, 81. a u La Sale,
lSA 6I14Is; Massachusetts, q 4
Mexican Con, 5AG59l Michigan ga
3; Mohawk, 81 bid: Nevada Con, 1l94@
i2ls: North Butte. 6sl2d663s; Old Dom,
341s@S5; osceola, 90d92 Parrot, % bid;
Quincy. Sass: Rhode Island, $685.;
Shannon. l35s@13A; Santa Fe, 1902;
Tanarack, 5000; Trinity, 1S41Sh;
United Copper, 707h; IT, S. Smelling
com. 371s@sS; u s. Smelling pfd., Az
@42; Utah Con. 42d42ls; Victoria, 90
~; Winona. 5lsG6 Wolverine. 1900
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WILL SELL.

time prospectors of Tintic. and are
exceptionally well located. After the
formation of the new company which
is being handled by G. r. Berry and
John r. Vance OF Eureka and some
Salt Lake mining men. the develop
ment of the ground will be Immediately
started.
The Alexis Mining company Is new
corporation which will develop the
Climax Triangl. Extension and Tender
foot No. lode mining claims in this
district, the principal place Of bust
ness being Provo. The capital stock
OF the company Is $4,000 divided into
shares of the par value OF 10 cents
each. The officers are John NJ Bestle-
meyer, president; George n. Lawrence,
vice president and these with ". A.
Robertson. John NJ. Bestlemeyer and
Alexander Hedquist are the directors.
Felix Bachman of Provo. is secretary
and treasurer.
The shipments of ore from the dis
trict for the past week amounted to 50
carloads. the shippers being as follows:
Centennial Eureka. 80; May day. g.
Bullion Beck, 8; Eureka Hill, 3;
Yankee 9
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ON MINING EXCHANGE.
snies of the Week Aggregate More
Than SgOO,O00.

This has been another big business
week on the Salt Lake Stock and Min
ing Exchange, the totals amounting
TO l,JeJ,99i shares, representing a sell
ing value of s909,Sil which falls
only little short of last weeks record.
Prices have slid off considerably dur
ing the past few days, notably in the
Tintie issues which recorded the late
sensational advances. Iron Blossom
which sold on the curb at 1910 a few
Gays ago. came down to Sl.75 today and
unless the market receives support. in
dicattons point TO further decline on
monday. Sioux Consolidated seems to
have settled around 81 per share and
there is good demand for the stock
around that figure. Columbus Con-
solidated of Alta has moved off slight
W but the Park City stocks have re-
NAMED fairly firm, there being CON
siderable demand for the unlisted
shares of that camp.
Among the unlisted stocks TODAY
East Crown Point was bought at ~
silver King Coalition, at 81: Mineral
Fiat, at 10; Tint.c Silver, at Il ana
uintah Treasure Hill at q cents The
closing quotations and sales were:
MORNING CsATU
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BOSTON CURB CLOSE.

Badger Bros;
subway. is d2OA STANDARD Oil 6OS1
6l0; British Copper, 4a.d'5 Dom. Cop,
issglA Elrayo . l-16a2is; Furnace
Creek, l4d15; Goldheld Con. 6lfQS e-l6.
Florence 3Gsis Daisy, fea76; CT. Gold
& SILVER 1kgl's do. pfd,. 1h91N; Nc
Kiney. h@% Miomac $685. Mitchell.
h@is Mines OF America, lha1Ss; New
Yukon. 3Bqii Cum. Ely. 7ha7& Me-
vada Cons, llAG12; Dolores 7GS.
Barnes King, %aTt Ohio. 2qSi Boston
Cons. liisGlih y. & L., 35G40; Cum.
Ely 7hG7A East Butte. ea6h Mai.
65a7o New utnh, 3hd3 3-l6; Nip. 6b
a6ls; $. & p. 6%dsk; n, NJ, S%@3N
Ahrneek, 50q7O
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TODAY's MONEY MARKET.

New York, June t3.--Close: Money
on call nominal
Time loans easy: 90 days 2 per cent:
DO days "a per cent; six months, SO
per cent
Prime mercantile paper ~ AT q per
cent,
sterling exchange steady. with act
uaI business In bankers bills M 188. 80
az 30 for demand, and mt 1925 nj 30
for 90 day bills; commercial bills 1876
al Ii.
Bar silver, 53A.
Mexican dollars 47c.
Government bonds steady; railroad
bonds steady.
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Dividends On Preferred Stock
Utah-IdahO Sugar Company.

Arc i7ii cents per share per quar-.
tor next dividend payable June
aQth. Inst year was splendid
one for the company; and this year
nlomisea results SIN moro satiSfae-
tory m me past fly months The
stock hn" risen moro than 90 per
cent in marEot value NOV Is
THE TIME TO BUY DO no sen a
share unless your circumstance
compel you to son IN such event
write or can upon us and we will SCI
for You The fair msrket price.
GfoRdE M. CANNON co,
Rooms lls-3ia rempleton Build,
Ing Phone Ben 81.
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REGULAR GAIL SAVES.

Big Hill, 1000 at III
Black Jack. 100 at 49,, 100 at 72 e,l0'
al Il; 200 at 10, buyer CO.
Bullock. 500 Mt ll5s
Colorado, 600 at $50.
Grown Point, 1900 at 3O 1000 al 29t2
Con. Mereur, 500 at rs.
Indian queen. 500 at 1874; 5000 at IA
500 at 14}e.
Iron Blossom, 100 at 200; 500 at s2lz
500 at l.95; 1000 at l95. buyer 60; $500
at 1870; 800 at 100, seller 50.
Joe Bowers. 1000 at 3.
Lower Mammoth 400 at &C.
Mountain Lake, 300 at 81; 900 at So.
New York, 900 at IA; 500 at 14ls.
Scottish Chief 1900 at T.
Zenoli. 800 at 80
silver Shield 200 at lsis 800 at is.
Sioux Con, 400 at 100; 1900 at los.
900 at t021a Is at 90.
South Columbus Con, 600 at 81.
Uncle Sam, 1000 at u; 1000 al 96,
Utah Con. (Tintic). 1000 at Il; ESQ at
1879.
Victor Con, 1000 at 1875 700 at l6.
Yankee, loo at As.
OPEN BOARD SALES.
Bic Hill, 1000 at II; 500 at llls.
Black Jack. $500 at 90: 1000 at a.
buyer so.
Bullock, 1000 at 11ls 1900 at H. buyer
60.
Colorado. 1000 at 3.95.
Crown Point. 1900 at %; 500 at 291a.
Indian Queen. 900 at 14la $500 at 10.
Iron Blossom, 200 at 1.s7is 1890 at l.s5.
100 at l.s2is; 3,1G0 at l.so; 800 at l,771si
900 at LIS.
Mountain Lake, 200 at SO. seller 50.
New York, 500 at IA.
Sioux Con, 1000 at l,02l9; 500 at 1.05;
700 at l071k
South Columbus Con. 400 at So
Victor Con-. 500 at l6; 500 at 15M.
Yankee. 100 at 40,
Warrington, 100 at 10.
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LIVESTOCK.
CHICAGO.

Chicago. June 1s.-Cattle--Receipts
about 500; market steady Beeves. 90
T7.s5; Texans 500 5, so; western.
s066 90: stockers and feeders. $500
so: cows and hsifers, 40T6 so;
calves. 45OGs. %.
Hogs-Rereipts about 10000: market
to Toe higher. Lights. 5 $50 .. SO:
mixed. b.40d5.s2iN heavier. 5000
s so: rouEhs. 5 35I5 SIS; good to choice
heavee 555G5. so; plgs. 4.4o65 80;
bulk of sales. 65G5 ,75.
Sheep-Receipts about 5000: market
steady Natives tOd5 40: Westerns,
: t0T5. 20: warnings. 4.Sod5. 20;
lambs i.2566 so: westerns. { 5o16 75.
OMAHA
Omaha. June i3-Cattle Receipts.
100: market UNCHANGED.
Hogs-Receipts 10. 200; market az to
: cents higher Heavies. 5.h0GS. G5;
mixed 5.45ds55; lights. 5.4O6h so:
pigs. $ oo@ so; bulk of sales. 5 471h O
. 55
sheep-Rereipts 500; market STEADY.
Yearllngs. a0T5. 30: wsthsrs. IN .
80; ewes, 4,oo65 rs; lambs s 50d
6 40.
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NEW YORK CURB.
lpolIook sneclnl Mlre }

= = T'''|T"7' FTI4TFTTF y ~
land ELY. 7M@7M Giroux consoiI.
dated az qsia. Nevada Consolidated,
llA ala; Nevada Utah. 3ha3A
Nipissing. 7q7h; Nowhouse, 81 a.
bls Tennessee Copper, 35ls 036;
Utah Copper 3Oss Gi31M; First Ma
tlonal Copper, 2d12h Davis DAILY. / q.
az; Dominion Copper, l&qib; ELY
Central. Is a LOO, Ely Consolidated,
is@22 Furnace crAeB, 1905; Boss
ton Cons, dl2hi Yukon. So %
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BULLOCK COMPANY.
Management Issucd lis First finnn-
cial statement

Manager g. II Bullock makes the
following statement relative 10 the AZ
fairs of the Bullock Mining company;
THE lease expires the 10th of the
month when the company win take
possession. push development work and
begin shipping ore Two wines VIII
be sunk In the sulphide ore, one each
in The north and south drifts, an up
raise In also 20 he started In the east
body recently encountered In the east
rrosscut about SO feet from the shaft.
The south drift win be extended suf-
ficent distance on the lou foot level q
open up by stope. the ore body on tho
10 ana so fool levels Tho company
has cash on hand si0l332 and 1863,
$50 shares OF treasury stock"
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BANK STATEMENT.

New York June i3.--The statemen,
of clearing house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold Sa3,4gi 90n
more than the requirements of the Sg
per cent rule This Is an increase NJ
$6,1g9,10 In the proportionate cash re-.
counts. The statement follows:
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4 Miami, 7a7h: Greene q. & S. Com.
Y a5-ie; Mitchell Hd u Montgom-
cry Shoshonc, = a 4: Nevada Smelt-
Ing, lm1is Silver Queen, l@1 y :
Silver Leaf 1sts G1ii; King Edward,
g-i6d7 y Foster Cobalt, 4 dp9-i6; Co
bait Central, S7I 80 y. Mckinley Dar-
ragh. 700 49, Tintic Mining. 31s "a;
Gibraltar sac. Salt Lake Cop, li%
asked; ~ Butte Extu., a5m5i.
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ORE AND BULLION.

The ore and bullion settlements re-
ported late yesterday by Mccormick &
Company were: Crude ore and concen-
trate, $4,000; base bullion. $4,000. To-
tai. s55, 900.
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Nat. E. Goodwin & Co.
Stock Brokers
Reno, Nevada

References: Scheeline Banking and
Trust Company, Reno, and Nevada
Trust Company. Reno.
Our Fortnightly Market Review Is
an accepted authority on Nevada and
Utah mining securities. Copies on
request.
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GEO. O. CANNON ASSOCIATION.
BROKERS', "a h. SO. Temple. Both
phones 80.
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WOOL.


ST Louis. June l3.--Wool. steady.
Territory and western mediums, I3n
Is; fine mediums, 1o@l$: fine, saf.
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The percentage Of actual reserve ~
the ;, clearing house banks al the closo
The statement of banks nnl ,r,.4
companies of Greater New York hi
members of the clearing house shows
that these institutions have asn,rpaate
deposits of s?5o.6e4,t 400 total cash On
hand sI2.16e,soo and loans amounting TO
ss9p,55o, 200.
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\. &. CAMPBELL.
Stock Broker. 2i5 u. r. Walker Block.
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CONCENTRATES.

James w, Abbott, Phoebe mining
engineer reached the city yesterday
on his way east,
Owing to the indispositlon Of r. A.
Brown, superintendent Of the Centen-
NAL Eureka mine. and who examined
the Sioux Consolidated property a few
days ago, he has been unable to com
plete his report.
The compressor AT the Wabash mlne
at rap arkPykCtia.3tk xzi ybgk mf
az Park city is out OF commission on
account Of breakage.
IL is reported that the Silver King
coalition Mines company has practl-
eally closed deal for the purchase Of
the Jupiter mine AZ Park City THO
Jupiter group consists of ia acres
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r. IL. SNOW 4 Co., Stock brokers.
20 Commercial Blk. Both Phones 1878
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Gould & Curry 10 hid. >i Con va Sc
ass; Savage, 80 asked; Hale & Nor
cross. 2502T; Yellow Jacket, so asked;
Belcher. 20 bid; Confidence, 35@47;
Sierra Nevada. 10 asked; EXchequer,
1890; Union, 25Ga6; Challar COZ; Po-
tOsl 10 bid
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SAN FRANCISCO MARKET.

James A. Pollock & Co.. bankers and
brokers, furnish the following quota
tons from San Francisco, OH Nevada
mining stocks today;
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ToNoPAH.

Tonopah Nevada, SO asked; Montana
Tonopah. IS bid. Tonopah Extension.
so bid; MacNamara, 3Sd34; Midway, IS
m3I, Tonopah Belmont, S1GS2: Tono-
pah North Star, bid: Ohio Tonopan,
] asked West End Cons, 45946:
Rescue, 6Q7; Tonopah & California, 2
asked; Golden Anchor, 192; jim But
Ter, 2SG24
GOLDFELD.
Sandstone. 20 bid: Col Mt, 10 bid
Jumbo Ext. 26@27; Vernal asked :
Pennsylvania. 2 asked Kendall. Is ask
ed; Booth 1901; Blue Bull, sac:
Adams, ia6: Silver Pick. 15@16; May
Queen, s asked; Nevada Boy, bid;
Black Butte Ext, bid; Blue Bell. 4a5:
Dixie, 192; Goldheld Columbia. ask
ed; Hibernia, 2 bid; Conqueror. bid;
Black Rock. 1 bid Lone Star, 667; G.
Wonder, asked; ORC, s bid; Kendall
Ext, asked Sandstone, Ext, asked;
Mayne, asked; Atlanta, 1908; CT
Bend, 25@27; Red Top Ext. 7Gs; Flor
ence S.10@3.l5; Dfleld B. b. Cons, $50
II; Goldfield Daisy. 70@71, Comb. Frac-
ton, i7G4S; ct. Bend Ext, : bid ct.
Bend Annex, 5@6; Midtown, rs bid; b.
b. Bonanza, !, sales: Kewanos, 25426;
Esmeralda, 3 asked; Portland, 1Gs;
Crackerjack. 5 bid; f. Mohawk Is bid (;
Red Hills 17G1s; Mohawk Ext, 2d3 L.
i1liuIt, nlu, I. Tiger, iW5' ,tfranuind
5d6 Goldfield Con, 5.47isd5.50.
BULLFROG.
Original. 162: Builfrog Mining, 3dl4;
Montana Bullfrog. | asked: National
Bank, 5d6; L. Harris. / asked; Ame-
thyst. bid; Gold Bar, id5; Denver
Bullfrog Annex. asked, Mayfower
Con, 5a6: Montgomery Shoshone Ext
asked G. Scepter. lac; Montgomery
Min, 7 bid; Tramp Con. 13 bid.
MANHATTAN.
Manhattan Con. 9alO; G. Wedge. 2
bid; S. Humphrey. bid; Dexter, q
asked Granny, asked; Mustang, <
bid; Little Gray, bid; Cow Boy !
asked Original Manhattan. bid;
Broncho. l bid, j Jack, asked Raw
hide Regent, % asked.
OTHER DISTRICTS.
Nevada Hills, 200 asked; Pittsburg
Silver Peak, 1.15G1.20: Round Noun
tain, l.o0@l.O2ls; Eagles Nest, 1l@12.
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SOME CURIOUS METHODS
SUNDAY SUBSTITUTES FOR FAMILIAR BE1Fa DRUMS AND BUGIE8

Of today of these old customs are the
phrase ito drum out Of" meaning to
expel with ignominy, and the Ameri-
can name of drummer for d CONNER
cial traveler-one who beats up custo-
mers and solicits orders. Although the
latter use is generally recognized as an
AmeTicanism, it is worth noting that
so long ago as 1927 it was used by Sir
Waiter Scott-"Some drummer of the
trade was his phra $3.50 that posi-
bly,, like other so-called Americanisms,
i may be simply a survival over the
water of older English phraseolOgy.
But to return to the call to church.
Another method has been the hosting
of a flag. AT Kissingen. in Bavaria,
the time of service at the little Eng
fish church used 10 be notified-per-
haps it still is-by the hosting of q
Union jack on a flagstaff at the
church door. And in New England
long ago the flag was another alterna-
tive to the drum or bell, or was some
times used in conjunction with the lat
ter. For instance. at Plymouth. Mass,
in 1897 the selectmen We're required to
procure flag TO be put out at the
ringing of the first bell. ana taken in
when the last bell was rung." At Hart
ford, Conn. the meeting house bell
having broken. the members voted
that John Edwards, at the charge of
the society, purchase some suitable red
bunting for a flag to be set on the
state house TO direct for meeting upon
the public worship of God"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19

drum as q signal for the gathering OF
the Puritan settlers for public worship
Bells seem to have been tried first
but they We're small and ineffective.
and the drum was preferred. At 2
Connecticut settlement the inhabitants.
early I'm the seventeenth century, being
assembled in the manner usual in those,
days, voted that the bell be rung noe
more on the Sabbeth daies. but the
drum henceforth be beaten" At an
other village, in 1886 each household
was called up to pay a tax of four
pence or a peck of corn in order to
pay the drummer for beating his drum
every morning and at meeting or serV-
ice time from the minister's house to
the end of the settlement An old Pu-
Titan hymn of much simplicity has the
verse:
Or sounding SHE'LL
New England's Sabbath day
Is heaVen-like. still. and pure.
When Israel walks the way
Up to the temple door.
The time we tell
When there to come
BY beat of drum
The allus;on 20 the shell in the last
line no doubt refers to the coneh she'll,
which. with the horn. was used in
some places as an alternative to the
drum. The cOnch is, of course largely
used at the present day as an instru-
ment of call in Hindu temples, on plan
tatipns and among savage tribes.
The use OF the drum as a church sig
nal was only survival or continuation
of earlier uses of the noisy instru-
ment. by the drum" was the phrase
commonly employed several centuries
ago to denote 'by public announce
ment-" The beating of a drum gave
public notice of sales by auction; II
preceded the criers announcements
and accompanied the expulsion e-0n
the village or town of evildos.A The
only survivals in our ordinary speech
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New York Trihunel

A Sunday or two age the bells of
Dulverton church, Somerset, being out
of repair, the good folk of that town.
a gateway Of the Exmoor country of
the wild red deer, were summoned to
service by the blowing of a bugle by
a local volunteer. The "churchgoing
bell is so universally used as the call
to church that possibly few people are
aware that on occasion and in various
places sundry substitutes therefor have
been pressed into the service of the
church says the London Globe.
The bugle is certainly an unusual
means of call. but a much stranger
method used to be in vogue at a print
tive little place called Fordon, perched
high on the wolds of the East Riding
Of Yorkshire, remote from the noise and
movement of the world. A well-known
clergyman. some years ago. recorded
that when.he was in that district about
1870 for an archaeological purpose. he
visited Fordon and found the tiny
church built near the brow of a hill
and possessing neither bell turret nor
bell The parson he was told, came
over on horseback now and then from
a neighboring parish. tied up MS morse
outside the church, opened the door,
put on his surpIice. and then walked
to the top of the hill and cracked his
whip several times. and then We knaws
az it's time ii gang ii chotch.' said
his informant on the spot. But this
was a local eccentricity.
The instrument which preceded the
bugle for signal purposes IN military
use-the drum-was once upon time
in America the customary Sunday
monitor. Mrs A NJ. Earle, in one of
her various admirable books on the
conditions of social life in New Eng
land in early colonial days. gives a
number of examples of the use Of the