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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
DRYfGOODs MARKEr

= DRY GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, February 4.-Thc dry good.
market opened fairly active to-day. a slow
but steady Improvement was shown I'm. the
jcthine trade. Retailers are not active buy
ers but are taking fair percentage Of
goc DIS ordered. There is an increase in trad
inh in weaving yarns In some houses.
though nothing like full movement, has he-
gun Substantial sales OF .flanucls to China
are reported. but the general export trade
Is quleter than week ago.
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NAVAL. STORES

3 WILMINGTON. N c., February 4.-sPIR-
ITS TURPENTINE-Stead ut size. + re-
ce:pts. & casks Rosin-steady at ss.e5; re-
ceipts. rs barrels. Tar-Receipts, bar
rels. Crude Turpentine-Firm at s2.25 %
3.45; receipts. nil. ~
Z SAVANNAH. Ga. February 4.-TURPEN-
TINE-Flrm at 62c.: sales. 203 casks re-
,ceipts. al casks; shipments, 20 casks.
Rokin--Flrm; sales. 500 barrels: receipts.
3.4n barrels: shipments 267 barrels stock.
9:,66i barrels.
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RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET.
Richmond. Va. February s. 1905.
CATTLE MARKETS.

~ .SsallDC ihsaLAElS.
CHICAGO. ILL, February 4.-CATTLE-
Receipts estimated at about $500 head. Mar
ket steady to strong. Steers. S4.apG 1928:
stockers and feeders. $3.50 OATS: >cws, sSa
;I5; heifsrs, $3.50 @ s.ss; bulls. ss@45o:
a. about $4,000 head. Market steady.
Choice: heavy shipping. s4.4o@4.47ts: butch
ers s4.s5 a4+7,s: light. mixed. s4.25@ts5:
sefoice light. s4.2s @4,s5: pigs. ss.75@4.1o;
bulk OF sales, s4.25 g4.4o. sheep-Receipts
estimated at about 10000 head. Market
steady to strong Sheep. s4.:sd $50; lam -.
s0.o5@ 7.15; yearlings. s5.60g6.o5.
E NEW YORK. February 4.-REEvEs-Re,
CENTS. e,2lo head Feeling steady: Sheep,
beef at 9iaG9ssc. per pound. Calyes-R,-
ceipts, EOS head. Market steady. Veals. 80
q 500; barnyard and western calves nolnI-
nal Sheep and Lambs--Reccipts, $3.50
head. Sheep. $3.50: lambs. s?..5 @s.O0;
yearlings. s6.75 IIogs-Receipts. 5.21O head.
Market steady Good State hogs. 500.
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.
Richmond, Va. February 4. 1905.
4 Tobacco-Dark Stemmng and Brown
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Prcoducc.

4 Turkeys and chickens are bringing very
satisfactory prices. and few OF ,either are
being received on the markets.. Eggs are
firm. but not high. and a tnlr supply is boz
In. received. There is little or no trade In
vegetables on account OF unfavornble weather
ls dull. = -.
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q. S. refundinE IS. registered. .......
=. $, reflinding Is. coupon. ..........
u S. IS. coupon. Observation-Disclosures.
u. s. New u.s. registered. ............
u. s. New 4s, coupon. ...............
American Tobacco observation-disclosures.
American Tobacco 6s............i....
At.hison general As.
Atchlson adjustment As (bid)........
Atchison COW. .As..........,.....
Atchison cohv. Observation-Disclosures.
Atlantic Coast Line As tbid)........
Baltimore and Ohio 4s..............
Baltimore and Ohio SIS tasked} $780,.
brooklyn Rapid Transit conv, 49,.
Central OF Georgia acknowledgement.
Central OF Georgia LIST Inc. bid. -.
Central OF Georgia Cd ING. tbid)......
Chesapeake and Ohio AVS (bid,......
Chicago and Alton 3,ss tbid). .......
Chicago. B. and Quincy new 4s......
Chicago. K. l. and Pac. r. r. fs.....
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BOY FAILS o.. pARBl wIRE

Especial to the II mes Dispatch. j go
NORFOLK. v A.. February 4::--NVhile
attempting to scale barbed wire
fence at the SeaboardsAir Line Wharf.
Portsmouth this morning. Joe. Smith.
schoolSlad, lost his foot and fell, and
becoming caught In the barbs. was sa-
vercly cut about the face and hands.
~ ha RI ~ ~.
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Allis.C Chalmers ............
Allis.Chalmers, pfd......,
1880 Analgamated Copper 80

f.. y
Allis. Chalmers ............
Allls.Cha1ners. pfd.......
1880 Amalgamated Copper ~.
American Can .............
33 American Can, pfd. 49,.
200 Amer. Cdr and Foundry.
100 Amer. Car and Fo,in., pfd
200 American Cotton Otl......
1W American locomotive. 80.
Amer. Locomotive. pfd...
II, $40 American Smslting ......
so American Sugar .........
American Tobacco, com.
American Tobacco, pfd..
500 Anaconda Copper $1,000.
/ o.1W Atchtson .................. (.
800 Atchison. pfd
80 Atlantic Coast Line.......
800 Baltimore and Ohio. ......
6,1G0 Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
go Canadian Pacific ....,.....
100 Chesapeake and Ohio....
500 Chicago G-cat Western. I.
$3.50 Chi, Mil. and St Paul.
CHI. NJ. and st. Paul. pfd
Chicago and Northwest. !.
Clevs Gin. Chi. and st, Z
900 Colorado Fuel and IRON.
100 Colorado and Southern. !.
500 Col. and South, 1st pfd..
200 Col. and South. I'd pfd...
100 Consolidated Gas ........
ZIG Delaware and Hudsol....
100 DistillersS Sec. Cor........
@ Erie NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
800 Erie, LIST pfd.
100 Erie. I'd pfd .................
200 General Electric .........
] $50 Great Northern, pfd.......
500 Great Northern Ore Gifts.
300 Illinois Central ...........
$50 Int. Metropolitan .........
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Whlskey. basis OF, high vines sl.s5. Re-
ceipts-N'heat. $4,000 bushels: corn. 100000
bushels; oats, 100000 bushels. Butter
Market firm creamerlcs. 90 csc; tdnlries.
I'll q zoe. Esgs-Easy: at mark, cases In
cludcd, 21is @ 2aisc.; frsts. o3c.; primo hrsts.
oic.: extras, .6c. Cheese-Steady at 11@
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Smoked: Under light receipts the market
IL strong and active at prices quoted
Brlghts: Unchanged. quiet but firm: lish:
receipts. sun-Cured: Receipts light: mar
ket active at unchanged quotations.
The quotations are us follows: S
DARK STEMMlNG, NEW.
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Heard and Seen In Public Places
tIY can't the newspa pers let
wv President Roosevelt alone
u - IL this question Of "a third

= u ~ ~
III this question of third
term q asked q prominent Virginia Re-
publican at Murphy's asst ight. Tt
seems TO me that his de clarattons should
be sufficient, and yet hey are parad =
Ing it. When Clark Howell was run
ming ming for Governor OF &c orgias 81 year or
that lIoie Smith would be the easiest
man to beat, and they agreed that If
he would como into he ace the others
would stay out and Howell would get
away With the good Wei they
dragged Smith In. q he cam alK n
proper lasted for IN early stWo years. and
Wien It came to a s how'd own, Smith
mad swept the entire State and WAS
elected by an overwhe Ginning majority.
This. Of course, Is no T gerlnane 70 the
contest. but you see the
point am driving at. these Sc ,Fn'
puh!|calls don't let tte I'resid NJ lune
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. ILL, February 4 Active buy
local wheat market, the May delivery gain
lng li4eeiasc, Corn was up ,a9hc. Oats
were las lSc, higher. Provisions were
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Gel Is, 100 bales; stock. H.. Il bales,
sz Total to-day at all ports--Net receipts
Il ioss bales; export 10 Great TrItain. 1923
tbales: TO France, S2l baIes;fE,o the Cont
neLt ,o9s bales; stock, $50. 500 bales.
i !. Gonsoiidated at all ports-Net receipts
Il iis.2sl bales export 10 Great Britain $3.50
s!}, 70 France. $50 bales; TO the CONT
~ ietal since September LIST al all ports
rsssins, bales; export to Grea,
s1aalesi To- the Continent. al17,GS5 bales: 10
ss1aF an las,eas bales: 10 Mexico 2sa bales
NEW ORLEANS, LA. February 4 -,r,r,,,l
YssI S,,-Spots We're firm. prices unchanged
Sif 5cs e, s.e Sales 1900 OH tre spot un5
.,..,., % arrive, There was very lttle dc.
iulufes openel quiet and seady,j nnc iia nsed
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On | cal Markets
Tnhaccn

iAs result OF the very cold and unfavor-
able weather none OF tho warehouses had
saleu Yesterday a good many hogsheads
were shipped In and deposited on the floors.
but' no wagons were seen on the slip. Few
OF the farmers who haul here have less than
I " entyE miles to come. and therefore rather.
hat.s expose themselves and their teams they
are willing to- run the small risk OF getting
poorer prices after the weather Is warmer.
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spite of everything g, and 4be@nominated.
And Il he is nominated the rest will be

'Th here would be less recourse TO
that old thread bare insanity plea In
the South II our ges would profit { by
the goodsexample set byisJustice SDowt-
Ing In the Thaw case, and send q few
OF these sts insa ne 5S} pr soners to- The
asylum, remarked a Richmond law
Yer who n was discussing Il + murder
at rhe jefferson yesterday. W OF course.
they might be released In short order.
My own idea Is tina ~ nee a mani s. 1n-
sane the trace is always vii tn II I'm. and
II that plea can save him from the gall
lows or the penitentiary he ought not
ne turned loose in any community In
h me first place, y don't put $rlucl1 faith
III that line Of defense, yet stands
70 reason that II 1T is the spenl tentiary
Or the 9madhouse It would have q letter.
rent effect upon crime. This whole-
sale shooting must stop onewreru
When we reach that stage iwlls re ye
Will give n prisoner an indetinatc
term ~ an asylum. you VIII sec 10 re-
mnrkable change In sentiment and u
greater desire 10 think q sacond time
before we shoot. H 81 sz55s5 n. !.
can't Saloon League and tina
ohlbttionists are birds Of a Gather"
lsal q a In s. ton man at tle Les King
5tlon, q nd don't understand ma to ne
laGk1n s In respect for these good PEG.
pie. Soafar as that goes i am one my
self. ~ but did II yevers occur to you thar
while tho tempe france wave is sweeping
over TIL grcn tert part of the country,
There n is no a ttempt lnatls TO- elect.ta
Pres dent 8of the United st atass ns,;l
kstrat gllt Sprnfi bi ton tiuket.a q Gollrs0,
i've rfl ember nc poll ttcal W. anlsEted
! pr. WalloP,s AZ 81 mot syo tea for him be-
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Stuck MARKET
! At A S1A!|N \ |
Only Demand Was on Part Of
Shorts to Run to
a Cover.
bad NEWS AS TO FINANCES
q Decrease in Earnings Of Pennsyl-
vania Had Been Dis
counted.
BAD NEWS AS TO FINANCES

s5st NEW YORK. February 4.--opera--
/ ttons In stocks to-day fell to the point
sof stagnation. There was ght de-
esta aYrins The few saFS art aonns
iron, only few brokerage houses
tswl1ich have been active sellers fors r, n
past few days. supposedly on the sn or
Y on o prices ri produced by the develop
ments which We're regarded as unia.
,sSorable recently prompted the , pears rs
II to cover their short contracts. mere
5sWae at the same time a&cessat1on OIL
the acute weakness In special stocks
which proved d'sauietipg recently. and
Ealso of the reports ctirrent,.toz sxplunl
this weakness. and which alleged trou-
zblesonle features regarding the4lnahces
of the companies,
There was not much In the rews OF
the day to afford positive GROUNDS TOT
a rise in prices; The reopening OF re.
Central and Pennsylvania Railroads
was considered q good s'gn. The De-
ccmher net earnings report OF tn
Pennsylvania Railroad received mucn
shown did not denrcss the stock. prin-
5cfpsll because rumors had been IN
circulation that 1t would be worse
The falling OFF in activity Of bonds
vas as marked as in stock. The tone
$4,000. United States bonds were un-.
changed on call. Total sales Of stocks
To-day. 304.500 shares.
3 NEW YORK. February ! -.Afonsy I. on !.
rate. g closing bid. 3.4 offered at 2
per cent. Time loars irregular: slxt,
DAYS. 8 ga nirety days. 4 per cent:
Prime mercantile paper. 5 1-2@ per
snert.4 Sterling exchange soft. With
actual husIrcss in hankers' bills at
S4.ssss a eI.sss0 for demand and at
for sixty-day bills.
,t.ommerciai bills. s4.Ss. Bar silver.
bbf1-2. Mexican dollars. &C.
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lGrnin and Feed.

Apathy unusual for this season OF tho
Oats and mill feeds remain firm. but hay.
which should rise with the cold weather. Is
weaker. There is little business on tho graiu
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With population Of so.ooo.ooo or
e0.000,000 we naturally think this
limited States Is big country said
M. NJ. Martin, Of Baltimore. at the Jef-
iferson, but that looks mighty small
along with the figures which show
that there are 100000 900 widows IN
India, Ever since saw the figures !
have been curious to- know VIII VS.. The
records show that millions OF people
over there are killed evary ~ year ny
Snakes which is strange enoug ll,z but
what puzzles me Is the WI lows; I How. v
come? They ught to y a - adya = tage
OF H cap year, provide ed TIL ey know any Y
thing about 4 I. hen, 90, lust thlnk
what they could do to the pension fund,
II there was one. ,ayailab Bile. r. there
are 5as 900, 900 ~ doWs In 4 n dia,f as the
figures tndicat to, isonlebo " s hould taxi,
the trouble to explain, for however
large that country may be It is indeed
remarkable that the lumber should he
SO great. 4 erhaps they have q system
4 Of plural marriage, and if you turn
out q bun CHI OF wild ows Instead Of one
ia Civilized people 10 when they, die
The statistics may not be so startling
after all, But 1t passes me. ~
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RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.
Richmond. Va. February 4. 1905.
SALES AT BOARD
Virginia centurics-J0o at sos.; 500 at

8
STATE SECURITIES. Bid. Asked.
Nn IS, Old. C. and r.. 1892. 90 ...4s
va. Centuries. e-s c. and r.. oo9i 81
CITY SECURITIES.
Rich. City As. r., 1s2o-1sso... % 80.
Rich. city As. c. and r.. %
rs RAILROAD BONDS
&C L. r. Il. Con: IT, ip G.. So
Georgia, Sou. and Fla. 1a4s.. 100 go.
NOT. and West. Ry. is. 1885,. DC -.
Western n. c. LIST 6s, c. 1914. 1o2 ~.
RAILROAD STOCKS. Par.
Atlantic Coast Line pfd. 100 -. 100
Atlantic Coast Line com. 100 IS
= Ghes. and Ohio. Nov. ..le0 90 -.
Norfolk and Western con, 100 sc ~.
s r. F.. and P. Div. Oblig...1o ls5 195
Z r.. F. and P, p. ct guar. 100 ~. .es
BANK AND TRUST co STOCKS.
& Broad Street Bank. ........25 %
Z Bunk of Richmond 100 100 1875
Bank Of Richmond. 100 100 125 nnup
firs, National -. 100 2l0 ~.
Merchants National. ....s...l63 500 49,.
= Ns donal Bank OF Va. 100 40 -.
( National State Bank ......1Q0 IFS
ii onion Bank Of Richmond. so $50 $50
MISCELLANEOUS.
Amer, Toh. pfd. p. ct. 100 &c
American Locomotive pfd 81. 90 -.
g Amer, Tob. I p. CT bonds. 80. G3h
r Amer. Tob. p. ct. bonds. % 1O2
i North Birmin CHAM L. Co.. 100 Is
\ Old Dominion SIS Co...l0o 100 lis
4 Car. Chem pfd. SIP. ct. 100 90 OIL.
z Na.-Carolina Chemical com 100 II 10
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CLOSING BOND QUOTATIONS.

Chicago. r. 1. and Pac. r. r. col. S.. 10
C.. c.. c. and ST. L. gen. As tasked).. o7ta}
Cc:orado Industrial 5s. series 49,. AIS
iCCIorado Midland As (asked) ........ sc
Colorado and Southern 4s........... $50
| Cuba 5s tbid) .............. 1885,.
! Denver and Rio Cirande 4s........... %
$;; $:;:, :;; J: !:
1 Hooking Valley Observation-Disclosures. 10aN
j, liter. Met. Observation-Disclosures. 5s!a
4 Jaran 4s...... Observation-Disclosures. 7s5s
4 Japan AIS. certificates. .............. 9o3:
d Jaran 4Ms. certificates. end series.... s7%
louisville and Nash. Unified ls..,... 90
manhattan conso gold As............ a5S
Mexican Central ...s............... Sly
Mexican Central lst Inc. ............. lsN
Mnn. and st. Louis As (bld)........ II q
Missouri, Kansas and Texas As. 1888. a1,s
Missouri, Kan and Texas ends (bid-.. so
j. Nat'l r. r. of Mex. con. Is (bld) 80. 10
u Now. York Central gen IS Odd ...... sou
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New Jersey. Il .entra, zen. SIS (bid) 1914
Northern Pacific S4s .....,.,......g.... 1903
Northern Pacific E3s Observation-Disclosures. 10
Ntr folk and Western con. is (bid).. 9S,s
Oregon Short Limo refundins $780,. ssa
pennsylvania conv. 3,4s (asked)..... ~
Reading General Observation-Disclosures. soft
st L. and Iron Noun. con. 5s (bid).. 1917:
st. Louis and San Francisco Is. As. I2fs
st. Louis Southwestern con. 4s......6 90
Sent oard Air Line observation-disclosures. g
Southern Pacific MISUNDERSTANDING. SO
Southern Pas. LIST AZ, ctfs. tbid)...... IS
Southern Railway MISUNDERSTANDING. S!M
Texas and Pacific lists (bid) ....... Ill!
Toledo. st. and Western 4s Odd. 70
Union Pacific 49,. .i.............. 1908
Union Pacific COW. Is Odd ....... 81
United states steel end 5s........... sou
Wabash lists (bid 5000. lbs
Wabash Deb. b (asked) -. ....... 4S
Western Md. Observation-Disclosures. So
Wheeling and Lake Erie 4s.......... u
Wisconsin Central as (bidl.. - ST.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

FORT OF, RICHMOND. FEB. q, 1905.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Berkeley. Shelly. Norfolk. Emer-
chandise and passengers Old Dominion Line.
Steamer Mobtack. Graves. Norfolk and
James River landings merchandise and pas
sengers. Virginia Navigation Company.
Barge Warwick, Reed, Il Baltimore, coal,
S a. Ellison & Co.
SAILED.
4 Steamer Berkeley, Shelly Norfolk, nier-
chandise and passengers. Old Dominion Line,
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cause i believe we should keep out OF
politics. Getting into 1t has been one
Of the stumbling blocks in the way Of
the cause: although not a few office
seekers use its good work for their
own advancement. It seems to me that
II we can put liquor beyond the reach
Of the masses we Will have won the
regard OF. our Master. but when we at
gtemptEto mix politics and red liquor
the thing fails and hurts the cause"
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OFFICIAL RANGE AND SALE OF STOCkSyIM NEW YORK.
BY Thomas and Broker.

SALES:
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Richmond, Va, February 4. 1905.
Tobacco-Dark Stemmng and Brown
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Mr.. y. NJ. Atkinson, of the Richmond
Hotel. Will probably announce HIM
self candidate for the Common Coun-i
Gil from Madison Ward, where he is
widely known.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-05-08
BRIEF REVIEW OF
A WEEKS EVENTS
RECORD OF THE MOST lMPoR-
TANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEM
lied FORM.
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS
Information Gathered from All Quar-
ters of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal of the
Busy Man.
IN CONGRESS-.

The special house committee ended
its inquiry into the methods of the
Electric Boat company after Attor-
ney F. B. Whitney, an officer of the
Lake Torpedo Boat company, had ad-
mitted he wrote the anonymous let
ters that figured in the case.
A spirited attack on prohibition was
made by Representative Richard Bar
tholdt of Missouri before the house
committee on the District of Column
bia, which has under consideration
the Sims bill providing for prohibition
in the district.
AS a result of a series of confer
ences between Republican leaders In
the house, Representative Vreeland OF
New York introduced new currency
bill.
The presidents special message was
read in both branches of congress.
The senate passed the pension and
District of Columbia appropriation
bills.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-05-08
RESUMES LEADERSHIP.
Rear Admiral Evans Assumes Com
mand of Battleship Fleet.

Santa Cruz, Cal. - The Atlantic
battleship fleet was united once
more Monday, when the ships of the
second squadron arrived from Monte
rey and the flotilla of six destroyers
Joined it from San Pedro, the latter
after one of the stormiest voyages of
the cruise. The second squadron was
headed by the Alabama, flying the flag
of Rear Admiral Sperry. Admiral
Thomas last night moved from the
Connecticut to the Minnesota.
The Connecticut is to proceed to
Monterey this morning and take on
board Admiral Evans, who returns to
resume active command of the fleet.
When the Connecticut leaves port to-
day the blue flag of Admiral Thomas
will be run down from the mainmast
and he will hoist his red pennant on
the Minnesota. AS soon as Admiral
Evans is aboard the Connecticut at
Monterey he will hoist his flag as
COMMUNICATIVE
San Francisco, Cal. = The first
and second squadrons of the Pacific
fleet arrived here Monday from Puget
Sound ports. They will await in the
harbor the arrival of the Atlantic
fleet on Wednesday and will partici-
pate in the naval review The first
squadron, in command of Rear Ad-
niiral Dayton, consists of the cruisers
West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Colora-
do and Maryland. The second squad
ron, under Rear Admiral Sebree, is
composed of the Tennessee, Washing
ton, California and South Dakota.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-05-08
CHANGES IN THE SAHARA.
sIow-Movins Caravans Superseded by
Motor Car.

With the limitless desert we asso-
ciate the caravan. It's mention brings
before our mental vision the image of
the long line of bumped animals
silhouetted In the clear atmosphere
and swinging forward with rhythmic,if
ungraceful motion. We think of these
common carriers as in Abraham's
time In western lands the change
from burros and the mule pack-trains
seems natural enough; we should ex-
pect that the putting locomotive of the
steam railway would follow the traiF
over the mountains, through gorgesa
and canyons, across valleys, and final
ly obliterate It. A score of such chang
ing pictures rise before our eyes, and
in reading of transportation improve
ments, the shortening routes, we re-
call how literally the pioneer railroad
builders followed the trails. In these
days we seldom see a pack-train with
out wondering how long it will be.
till the railway replaces it.
Yet how rarely the sight of the cara
van causes the same reflection. For
ages the camels have wound across,
the billowy seas of sandy plains; what
is there to suggest that they will not
continue to carry the commerce of arid
regions for ages still to come?
First, then, the motor car Is to be.
reckoned with in the transformation.
1t is used by British engineers an&
military officers in the Soudan. Vari-
GUS Egyptian desert roads are avail
able for 1t. On the edges of the Sa.
hara long automobile trips are not in
frequent. Some use will develop for
passengers, some for mail and prob
ably also for light freight. But it will
not supplant the camel caravans or
anticipate the railway lines. Its func-
tions have not reached that point We,
feel nothing incongruous in the sight
of a big red motor car, a roadster
carrying its load of engineers across
the vast stretches of Egypt and the
Soudan or the edges of the Sahara,
for we associate this vehicle with the
personality of its occupants. But the
locomotive and the chain of cars are
associated with the landscape of the
region traversed and the leisurely
camels seem much more a part of the
regions of drifting sands than do the
trailing column of smoke. the fire.
splitting engine. and the loosely joint
ed train.-Scribner's