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HORSES
Butter. Cheese and Eggs

Prices for eggs were bid up on the exchange
yesterday by dealer who needed supplies and
was trying to force the large storage operators
to disgorge and sell small lots at the Quotatio
under the call. The advance was 1c in extras
and hrsts, which were quoted 241ae and 24c
a dozen respectively and seconds were nc higher
at 23c. The attempt to bring out stocks failed
the bids being ignored by the large receivers.
1t was generally believed in the street that quo
tations would go TO higher levels that the
storage operators would be forced to sell the
market down today. Creamery extra butter sold
down to PC pound the exchange. but the
market recovered and closed firm at the previ-
ously quoted rate of 2612c. and under the In
formal call lot changed hands at &c a
pound. The demand for shipment continued to
absorb the bulk of the surplus stocks. Cheese
developed an easier tone, and all grades of Cali
fornia fats were 1ac lower.
Sales on the exchange were follows:
Butter-t0 cases Of extras at 26c and 10 at
201sc pound.
Cheese-5O fancy new California fats at 14e a
pound.
Receipts were 1000 pounds of butter, 20 900
pounds of cheese and /. $50 cases OF eggs.
The following the official quotations eS-
tablished yesterday and on the three preceding
days the floor Of the dairy exchange. Prices
in the street. while governed by the exchange
quotations. generally range from 1hc 10 &c
higher, owing TO the various charges to be added:
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New York Grain Market

NEW YORK. April 12-Flour easy. with poor
demand. Spring patents. S5.50@5.75 winter
straights. S5.15M5.25: winter patents, S5.406l
5.s5 spring clears, "a. .40@4.75: winter extras.
No. 1. s4.4OM4.75: do No. .. S46435; Kansas
straights, S5M5.15 Receipts, $32, 1857 barrels;
shipments 1856 barrels.
Wheat-Spot easy. No red ST. 20 nominal
c. l. f.; No. l northern $1.22% opening of nav-
cation. Wheat was moderately active after ad-
vancing on covering by shorts. Prices broke un-
der hammering by bears and easier cash markets.
but rallied later and at the close was unchanged
to hc net higher. May closed at S1.191a. July
at SLIPS. September at S1.0Sis. Receipts, 1920
bushels; shipments, 1915 bushels.
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Treasury Statement

WASHINGTON. April 12.-The condition of
the treasury the beginning of business today
was follows:
Trust funds-Gold coin. Ss52. $40, ,s69; silver
So. 1872 600; silver certificates outstanding S491
045 600
General fund-Standard silver dollars in gem
eral fund, $ST1,66T; current liabilities. $l07 S46
216: working balance in treasury offices, $50
217070; in banks to credit of treasurer OF United
States, $35. 1913, 233 subsidiary silver coin, S2l,
569 143; minor coin. pa $751; total balance in
general fund, 5,775,7 40.
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Northern business

PORTLAND. April 12.-Clearings, $2,14e, 7s6
balances $24o. .3SS.
TACOMA, April l2-Clearings. $s3s, ,4s5; bal
ances $40 o34
SEATTLE. April 12.-Clearings, s2,e3s,ss4
balances $142 SOC.
SPoKANE April 12.-clearings, $1,o52, 7ee
balances, $30S. $50.
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New York Curb Stocks
Boston Copper Stocks

BOSTON. April 12.-The Boston copper shares
are showing some ralying power on limited
trading Arizona Commercial has been the
aetlve feature. selling high as I7A on an
financed its hoating debt by an issue of 81 COO
OUO convertible bonds Calumet and Arizona
laie, rallied easily to 81, 4 gain OF 3 points
Copper Range sold at 20 and Mohawk al -
Ibe best opinion seems to be that the market
has rallied on oversold condition. as there
las been no change in the general copper stu
alton. 1
ibe following list is furnished ny E. F. Hut
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SUMMARY OF
THE MARKETS

New York stocks about the same.
Leading cOppers lower.
spot and future cotton higher.
Mining and oil stocks quiet.
Sharp advance in Peoples water
bonds.
Shipment of s11s,oOO in bullion to
HOngkOng.
Another decline in wheat and oats.
Farmers more willing to sell bar
ley.
Hay dull and weak. Beans steady.
Wool neglected. Hops quiet. Hides
firm.
Provisions in fair demand. Hogs
lower again.
Flour markets demoraIized.
EGGS higher. Cheese lower. But
ter unchanged.
asparagus arrives heavily again.
Potatoes dull and weak. Onions
firm.
New cherries appear in market.
Poultry selling off well.
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Advance in Peoples Water Bonds
Oil and Mining Stocks Quiet

Prime mercantile paper, Az 40 per cent.
Sterling exchange, steady, with actual business
in bankers bills at $4.s405@4. s420 or 90 day
bills and at 81 S765 for demand.
Commercial bills, $4.S35A 94.S4.
Bar silver, 531sc.
Mexican dollars 44c
Bonds-GdSernments sterdy; railroads, irreg-
ular.
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Nuts aud Honey
Poultry and Game

another car Of western poultry came to hand
yesterday, and as retail tradeSmen had been
waiting Tor It the stock quickly closed out
at nrm prices. Domestic fowls were in light ref,
ceipt and hrm at general advance in price -
Leading dealers reported Improvement for
5roiiers and a particularly strong market TOT
mems Nryers and young roosters. a trade cir
cuIar says: The Jewish passover holidays Will
be celebrated from April "a to April so inclI.
sive. There will be active market for large
rat hens. ducks and geese at strong prices. ship
ments should be forwarded to arrive between
April Is and 2I.''
Poultry lper dozenl-Hens. sJ.50d6.50 for
small, $I.5OGS.5O for large and S9012 for eN-
ira; young ROSTERS. SIS. 5Oa11: old ROSTERS S3Q
6; fryers. ST0S; brOilers. $5. .5o06 80 for large
S4.5Od5 for medium and 50. 5O64 for small:
ducks. S7d9; pigeons. 81. T502: squabS S2n
ESQ; geese. $2-5O63 per pair
Game (per dozenJ-Hsre. s10L50; RABBITS,
S2N2. %
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Cash Grain and Provisions

CHICAGO. April 12.--Cash quotations were MS
follows: Flour easy; No 2 rye. TS679c; fedd or
mixing barley. 43@52c; fair to choice mailing,
5Sm67c; timothy seed. $3.50: clover, S11.75:
pounds sl3.4213; short ribs. sides (oosel, S12 so
M12.Blia: short clear sides (boxedl, S13.500
1915.
GRAIN STATISTICS
Total cearancss OF wheat were equal TO
f03. 900 bushels. Primary receipts were 3I1 600
bushels, compared with DOC, 900 bushels the cor
responding day year ago. The worlds visible
supply, ssown by Bradstreets decreased
344, 900 bushels. Estimated receipts for tomor-
row: Wheat. cars; corn. 144 cars oats 50
cars; hogs, 10000 head
nAII.Y MOVEMENT pIQnI-c,rr
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Los Angeles Oil Exchange
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
LOS ANGELES, April 12.-Trading was light
on the oil Stock exchange today and prices
Mexican petroleum common the feature,
tnis stock being in demand at $29.50630.
Off shade.
csadlfornla-Midway ali was weak and sold down
Oleum was quiet
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GRAIN STATISTICS
Northern Wheat Market

! TACOMA. April 12.--wheat milling: Blue
stem. 91c; club. 92c. Export Bluestem, $1.01
d1.02: club 95c; fortyfold 9Tc
! SEATTLE. April 12--MilIing quotations.
| Biuestem 81: club 96c; fife, 96c; red Russian.
94e. Export wheat: Bluestem, 97c; club. 93c;
| fife. 93c red Russian, ole. No receipts up
! to noon.
| PORTLAND. April 12.-wheat. track prices:
| Club. 92M94c: bluestem. 95d9Sc: red Russian.
| 90m92c; turkey red. 93695c; valley 9Sc. Car
| receipts Wheat cars; oats. 8
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Canned Vegetables-The California Fruft
Grower gives the total pack OF vegetables in
1909 at 1.242.120 cases. against /. sol sS5 eases
IN 1905 Tomatoes came first with $40 9e0
cases and asparagus second with 410.985 -
Canned Aspara agus-The California hackers, a.
sociation quotes prices for the 1910 pack as fci
lows: Mammoth white. peeled. No pa S3 40
white. No 2h. $2GJ; green peeled 10 81
81; green No, 2l1; s2-25 Large white. peeled
NO. "a. $50: white. No pa. $2.4J: green
medium white. No. 21a. So. So: green. No -
500; small white, No. pa S2s5. xresa Nc
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Meat Market


Hogs have again declined and the market is
quiet, arrivals, though not heavy, being more
Ihan the market needs at present Beef Is very
nrm and mutton steady. Prices for both re
main the same
DRESSED MEATS
Siaughterers rates to dealers and butchers are
follows:
Beef-9@sAe per .lb for steers. T1s@s1sc for
Veal-s@s15e for large and s91O14e for
MqttOn-wethers. 1O1a @1114c; ewes. 1o@11c
Lamb-12Q1Sc for spring.
Dressed Pork (per lb)-131a 61415c for light
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations are for good sound
livestock, delivered in San Francisco, gross
weight:
No. fat steers, over 300 lbs, alive, SIC per
ID; under 900 lbs. 5Q5Ae; second quality 56
54c; third quality, Z 04&c.
No. l cows and heiferS, AZ 64Lc: second
quality, 3a4 d4c; third quality, 81 @31zc; com
mon thin, undesirable cows. "a @l3c.
Fat bulls and stays, ~ G2atc; half fat OF
thin bulls, ~ az.
Calyes-Light weight, per Ib, 5%G6; me
dunn, oA 95l2c; heavy, 4@4%c.
Sheep (per lb)-Wethers, No. l. &c; ewes she
Lambs (per lbl--This years milk lambs. 7c;
yearling lambs. 614c.
Hogs (per lbl-Hard grain fed, weighing 100
TO 140 lbs, 10c; 14O to $50 lbs. 1OHc; go to
$50 lbs. 10@10Ac; common. undesirable hogs
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Foreign Futures
Available Grain supply

NEW YORK. April 12.-Specinl cable and
teiesraphie communications received by Brad
streets show the following changes In available
supplies. as compared with previous account:
Wheat-united States east OF Rockies, de-
bushels; total United States and Canada, de-
creased 6i4 900 bushels; aIoat for and In Furope
increased 100000 bushels; total American and
European supply. decreased 344. 900 bushels.
Sorn-united States and Canada, decreased
547 600 bushels
Oats-United States and Canada, decreased
314 600 bushels
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Gold for the Bank OF England

LONDON, April I2.-Bullion appointing to
1870 (including f105 900 in American eaglesl
was taken into the Bank of England on bal
ance today India bought 100000 OF South
African gold due TO arrive April %.
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PortIand butter Marker

PORTLAND. April 12.-Butter: City anS
country creamery extras, 33c; fancy, 2S@30c
store, 20@22c.
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OIL STOCKS

Trading in the oil stocks was again mod
crate yesterday, with very few variations and
none of them wide. Pinal advanced to SlO75
Palmer sold at $I.2Th
STOCKS ex dividend yesterday were Caribou
Zoe, Premier 1c and Traders 81.
CAIIFORNIA STOCK AND OIL EXCHANGE
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Wheat and Oats Decline Again
Hog Market Quieter and Lower

for choice and s1.25@1.T5 for standard; lines,
$J.JOQ6.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas 75e01 % per bunch
Tor Hawaiian and 50 jOG3 for Central Americana
pineapples, S2.J0GSJO per Dozen
Dried Fruits. RaisIns, Nuts and Honey
Fruits-Evaporated apples. 6H T71sc: sprieots.
"a "a Zoe: moCrpark. iOG10Iae; peaches. ia
olfc; prunes. ga G2%sc. with atG1c premium
Tor 5Os and lac premium for Hos; igs 50 q ic;
pears, ga 1Oc
RaiSlns-LayerS. clusterS-6 crown. $3.50: )
crown, $1.T5: crown. $1.25: seeded. fGl5c; or
binary layers. crown, 95e; crown. soc; seed
less sultanas. pa d4c: Thompson Seedless.
"a 95l3e for unbleached and 6lig61se for
oleaehed: loose muscatel. crown. 4c 5 crown,
512e; crown, &c; seedless. 2G2Isc.
Nuts-AlmondS. nolpareils. 1414d15c: IXL.
lfd1415c; ne plus ultra. 13G l31ae; Drake. tOts
a lie; languedOes. 10d1Oisc; hardsheIl. 81, nc;
WalnutS. 1$c per ID for No 1 sOftshels. S1sc for
No do; pecans. 1+ia a l6c; peanuts. 41adJc;
pine nuts. 1SH20c per 10.
Honey-COmb. 14015c for water white and 10
"a lZc per 10 for light amber; dark amber. 7GSc:
extracted, Ilec for water white and 81 G6t3c
Tor light ambert eaRdlcd and dark amber. 49
4I2c per 10.
- Beeswsx- @3Oc per lb for light and 23@
Zoe for dark
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Cheese California fancy fats. lac per lb,
firm; do hrsts, 13l3e. firm; do seconds. 13e. firm {:
fancy young Americas Ice, firm; do f1rsts, Is 51ae.
firm; fancy Oregon Young Americas, zoe, firm /;
do fats 19c. firm Oregon storage fats, 10 91ac,
firm; New York fancy, zoe, Arm; Wisconsin sin
giles 19c. firm.
Eggs-California fresh, per dozen, cases in
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New York Money Market

NEW YORK. April 12.-Money on call, firm,
$685. per cent; ruling rate, 81 per cent;
closing bid. per cent; offered at 3A per cent
Time loans, very dull and steady; 60 DAYS and
80 days and six months, Az G41a per cent
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Lnnns. Exchange and SILVER

The Siberia took out for Hongkong S113.000
in silver bullion shipped by the Hongkong and
Shanghai bank.
Silver and Hongkong exchange fraction
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BEARS CONTINUE
RUSH TO COVER
Activity in and Rise OF Prices
for Stocks Is Worrying
Short Interests
First Effect of Supreme Courts
Action In Big Trust Cases
Is TOning Down
New York stock Lit

E. F. Hutton & Co. 490 California street
members Of the New York stock exchange, fur
nish the following list Of bond and stock sales
yesterdsy:
-, - ~ A
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Provisions

Provisions
The market is reported fairly active and
steady at previous prices.
Cottolene-One half bhl, 1Sc: half bbls
123se; L tierce, 12Ac; ticrces 1850; tierces,
1212c.
Hams and bacon-The Western meat company
quotes as follows: Hams. II n d221ae: picnic
hams, 15c; California hams. 2O1a @211e; extra
faney bacon, 2Sc; fancy bacon, to lbs, . 12c
5 to 10 lbs, 2415c; 10 to u lbs 241ac; sugar
cured 2oc; light dry salt bacon, TO 10 lbs.
re; 10 to II lbs. u 12c: medium bacon, 201Sc;
light medium bacon. 20hc.
i.ard-Tierces 1715c. sos 17z.c. los 1SLc IS
1880, IS 1S12c: compound lard. tierces II I2e.
oos 1l%4c, los 12Hc, IS 12$se, SIS 21zc: yellow
cooking oil. CSC per gal; white cooking OIL 1ae
per gal; salad oil, 69c per gal
Beef-Local prices quoted. Export lots.
inspected by the government. are 81 per bbl
higher. Extra family beef. $i7 per bbl; family
peer, $3.50 per bbl; extra mess beef SIC per
Dbl; smoked beef. Ice per h.
Pork-Extra prime in barrels SO. clear ga
mess, S52; pig pork S3S; pigs feet. So. .75 for
hslf bois, 81 40 for % ID kegs and 81 80 for kits
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Horses and NInIes

As frequently noted of late the demand for
good horses is keen and prices are very firm.
are furnished by the Butchers and Stock Grow
ers' Journal
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northern, Sl.1o% @1.12A No . northern, s1.osa
"a loA No. spring, s104X @LoSA.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 49d564c
0ats-No white, 4Ols a405sc
Rye-No. 2, 704 G74Ac.
FlaX-S2. 49,
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DistiIers IS 49,. 72AIU Steel I'd 5s lo41s
Erie prior lien Is. So Va Car Chem js. %
Do gen Is ...-. 74l2 Wabash 1st 5s. 1857
Do 4s. ser 7SA Do lst 4 ext As II
DO cv Is. ser 6912 Western Md IS s.
Gen Elect cv rs. 141 Westing FL cv 5s SSH
III Cen 1st ref As % Wis Central IS 90
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Mininr Stacks

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE
Following were the sales on the San Francisco
stock and exchange board yesterday:
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MINNEAPoIaS. April 12.-Close: Wheat
ay, S1,10h6l11oss; July. SLIM; cash. No.
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London Closing Stocks

II tsttduys y I-I6d Oct ounce.
Money-25s Ga per cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market for
short bills is 13-I6@3N per cent and for three
months bills 35s d3 15-16 per cent.
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Boston Curb stocks

Bid Ask. Bid. Ask
Arlz Mich lag Live Oak -. l9 20
Ahmeek 10 175 Mason vi 1I-16 1916
pay otate G-1l9 New Douglas. ~ 29s
Bonema 49, 1oH l077 Oneco 4A Az
Boston Ely. "a 33s Raw Coalition 33 "a
Cactus -.3 1-l6 9-l6 San Antonio. 10 1917
Shlef Cons..l l5-l6 South Lake,. SX ST
Corbin 49,. "a NAV - 81 "a %
Ely Witch. is 2S Ohio - az 3w
Keystone 4AChino - 133s 13is
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE

TUESDAY. April 12-10:30 a. m.
UNITED STATES BONDS
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Informal Session
lo lo0o Jim Butler 17l2500 MaeNamara . 80
s2So 25o Kendall I5 ,..... oa|1oO0 North Star " o.
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He had to meet competition, too, COM
petition that was well established that
had highly trained statesmen and that
cut under him in price when necessary
to make sale.
Sometimes it seemed hopeless to
make Roadway against the odds he had
to contend with. The opposition con-
Germs had Offices, fine displays, we'll
dressed statesmen and every accessory
TO well conducted business He had a.
room in q lodging house. and he
tramped about the city with his sample
machine under his arm His clothes
were none too good, and he had none
OF the polish of the other sellers. But
he had some qualifications that the
other statesmen were not SO strong on
He had the most absolute faith in his
machine, and he had the most logged
resolution to succeed.
In that month he sold six machines.
His commission was 500. handsome
sum, compared with what he had been
receiving, but now he had double ex-
pense, for out of 1t he had to pay for
his living in Toronto, in addition to
supporting his family at home. That
$50 determined him to cut loose from
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Pinehurst Social News
Especial to The Times-Dispatch. ]


Pinehurst, N. c., December 24.---The
spirit of the holidays pervades the vii
lage, informal social affairs in keep
ing with the season rounding out per-
feet days devoted to recreation in the
open air. To-nights Christmas Eve
hop at the Inn was enjoyed by the en-
tire colony, and many of the cottagers
entertained; Christmas trees, sparkling
with lights and tinsel, within cottage
and hotel, adding life and gaiety to
the scene, for in this the land of holly
and mistletoe, 1t has new meaning.
The fox hunters have made much
of ideal days, many women being
among those who follow the hounds.
and shooting continues at it's best.
Riding is popular morning diversion.
driving and autoing reserved for af-
ternoons by those who do not spend
most of their time on the Country Club
golf links, or tennis courts. The list
OF arrivals includes a number who re-
main until spring, among them Mrs.
C. A. Sinclair. of Boston who opens
Green Gables" for the winter and is
entertaining her mother, Mrs. NJ. S.
Jones Mr.. and Mrs. John C. Spring,
of Boston, spent the holidays at their
log cabin bungalow, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Tyler /. Redfleld, of Greenwich, will
open their villa early in the year.
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BY RICHARD spILLANE.

The case OF John Caldwell is re-
terred with due respect to DR. William
Osler. According to the Doctors die
tum. II man has not made success
by the time he 10 forty he 10 hopeless
and should he chloroformed. Caldwell
was forty. and was telegraph operator
at way station In Canada. To be
telegraph operator at a way station
in the United States is bad enough.
but at way station In Canada! That
Is the limit
There are q lot OF men like Caldwell
He was born on a farm, and had d
fair education He had been clerk
In a country store. and after a time
had store OF his own. He was Il
good clerk. but a poor atorekeeper.
and he failed. That failure seemed to
have blighting effect upon him for
years. 1t did not matter what he
turned his hand to the result seemed
to be the same. Then he drifted into
railroading. From a clerkship that
paid only trfling salary he was
promoted to station agent. He was
not much of telegrapher, but good
enough for the Job Once or twice
day he got train order. Three or
four times day he got d commercial
telegram Most of his duties were in
relation to freight shipments, making
out waybills and the like. There were
two passenger trains day. and he
had few tickets to sell, and now and
then bit of baggage 10 check. The
work was not much and the pay was
not much--s35 n mcuth--but for g
while he was content Some men are
satisfied with little.
II is hard to be content on s35 q
month however. when your family Is
increasing and your expenses keep
growing. Knowing of no better way
10 Improve his condition, Caldwell
rented patch Of ground near the
station and raised garden truck and
small vegetables, which he sent into
Toronto for sale This helped. but IL
meant q lot of hard work. Even
garden patch requires a lot of atten-
ton II It is going TO return decent
profit. and to Caldwell, as he worked
al the station and worked in the field,
ii seemed as X 1t was little better
than slavery. The world, SO far as
he was concerned. appeared to be
bounded by the division of the road
ON which his station was located. The
town he lived in was small and the
peopie narrow. There were few diver
rions and no exc!tements. Season fol-
lowed season without materially
changing the aspect of Caldwells life
There was a dreary sameness and mo-
notony about II all that sometimes
made him bewsil his fate.
Earlier in life he had all the IL
lusions, all the keen ambitions OF
youth Sometimes he thought II he
had not made that one miserable
failing, or II he had another chance.
no would make success of
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had to come back s'st to t the Stern IN
reality of the train orders the
waybills. the commercial kilograms.
the sale Of tickets. the checking of
baggage and the raising of potatoes.
cabbages. Strawberries and other stuff.
For twelve years Caldwell was agent
at that little wayside station. and
then one day he CHANGED upon an adj
vertisement of a typewriter in one OF
the magazines. The typewriter was
more of a novelty then than it is now.
and that advertisement set off the
merits OF that particular machine In
ardent phrases. Caldwell had read all
sorts OF advertisements in all sorts
of publications with scant interest
but somehow this one appealed to him
particularly. Why 1t was he cannot
explain even now. Maybe the fact that
so many telegraphers were taking to
| use the typewriter had something to
do with It. This machine was new, and
was being introduced by New York
Company. Agents were wanted
Caldwell read and reread the ad and
then wrote TO the New York people.
He told, plainly and simply, Of his
position and his conditions, but he
expressed confidence in his ability to
sell some of the machines. AS 10 his
honesty and trustworthiness he re-
ferred to the division superintendent
of the railroad. Two weeks later
sample typewriter came to Caldwell.
together with a letter from the New
York headquarters. The New Workers
wrote that they he'd no agents in
Canada, and had sold no machines
there. In fact, they had sold few ma
chimes anywhere. They had made in
quiries about Caldwell and the replies
were satisfactory. They were sending
one machine. II he could sell that
II would be evidence that his conf
dence was not unwarranted. They
wished him good fortune and told him
he would get 10 per cent commission
on all sales he made.
Caldwell had a feeling that the re-
ceipt of that letter marked turning
point in his career. 1t meant chance,
a slim one to be sure. but neverthe-
less a chance, for escape from the
slavery 10 which 1t looked as If he had
been doomed. He determined there
would be no failure this time If
earnest effort and hard work meant !
anything. First of all, he studied the |
machine. He had slight knowledge |
OF mechanics, and the company had |
sent a lot OF literature explaining
wherein this typewriter differed from
and was better than other machines
The more Caldwell studied the ma
chine the more he was convinced that
the makers were honest in their state |
ments and justified in their claims. He
tried first one part and then another, |
subjected II TO one test and then an
other, and each time he was more
satisfied than before. Nothing could be
better for this man Of forty. He did