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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

Features Of the TradiaE and Closing
Prices On Board Of Trade.

EENGe9 On. Mm0EM OF IEAMEs
CHICAGO. March IO-Fear concerning
ne Hessian ny n parts Of Illinois and
exports Of abnormally hot weather had a
similar effect In consequences the market
-lOBed strong Fac 20 lhsQfatc higher than
asst night Latest figures showed an sd
vance, too, IN every other leading staple
corn, ss@Iisc, oats, nc % &a7sc. and hog
products 2lzeT6c 20 E7-EHBDc
Good buEina Of wheat was tn evidence
al day. shorts, who oversold on yesteT-
uay slump. were uneasy from the start
IN addition. larger professional speCulators
took ADVANTAGES u the opportunity and foi-
lowed the course Of comm ssi0n purchas-
lng, which la itself reached big total
New Investors directed their efforts in the
main 10 the July delivery. As a result
hat month made q better relative gan
han May Primary receipts ana the
Forlds supply exhibited a substantial re-
'ucton. as compared with last year, and
here was only the faiurest response by
Liverpool 20 Yesterdays hard smash AZ
prices in America From the opening I'M
al the pit wac cleared the advance SUI
Tered no important stop May ranged be-
Cash corn advanced lc In the sample
market. eastern demand improving lit
ie MAY fuCruafed from ssIb0HJc ana
-Iosed steady az NFsc. rise Of lQlAsc over
~ night No. = yellow closed AZ Alag
Tftc
Oats rose in sympathy with corn HiEh
md low limits for May were Uiac and Hish
fl5Arc with the close Aa'sc above the ng-
res of the last sales current t~enty-Iour
- Higher hogs and grain snd better call
20 meats south made provisions firm The
nal outcome was q gain az around-pork,
src % I'E4sac' ard, -tEaac. anc ribs &c
Prices ir Chicago. furnished ~ the Cp-
Ike Grain company. Telephuna DuuEias
az 7E BrAndsis building. Omaha;
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11
81. Louis Live stock Market.

ST LOUIS, March l0-CATTIF-Fa-
ceiptE. LOO head. including 200 Texans
Market steady. Native shipping and export
steers. S65OaT.00; dressed beef and butcher
steers s6.g1ff8. %; steers under I 00 lbs
s. SOD 70 BtoCkerH and feeders g T5q7G n.
cows and heiferH. G.036is- 30, Gamers. s. So
Rs; bulls. g. 75d650: calves. 81 l1da "a
Texas and Indian steers. q 5lqS .. cows
and heifers. Es50dd90
HOGS-Receipta 1913 head Market To-
higher Pigs and lights. s. 55d7 3: packers
81 9sq7 o.; butchers and best heavy. sd IS
a78
SHEEP AND LAMBE-Hecetuts 80
head Market lac higher Native murfunE.
81. 75ei4 =. lambs. s. TOT. S. culls and bucks
s. 59d3 =; stoCksrs. = 1gQ3 =
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11
- Lauts GeneraI Market

ST. LOUIS. March l0-WHEAT-F'ururss
rirher- May. aJ7sc; July SIZE cash hiEher-
rack. No. 2 red. sl'rgase; Ma. hard. sle
I o..
CORNs-HEhers Nay. saadggac- July. 81.
5ssssc. cash, higher, TRACK, No. 2 Sc 80.
L white, fllEc
tOATs-FiFher. May Eg1.c. July. NE. cash
asady, track. No Q DC, SO white. ma
mae
RT E-Efrms sc.
JT-R-sleady- red winter patents.
sils 81 extra fancy and straight 81 7a1
~. hard winter cleaTs, El9fl 81
IIEEzr-TlmoLhV. 500 20
HNNEALl-klA
kAN-struns. sacked, east TRACK. S-l6,i
AY-steady- timothy, ulSsGlN9i. pral-
81 le1Lsll
DVIslON s-Pork higher JobhinE
Lard higher prime steam N.a-it|f
= Dry salt meats. unchanged Boxed
shorts. s. 90 claar rha. N.As short
So Bacon. llChanEe 81 boxed.
rh0rts, do u clear RIBS. Gl-7d, short
E0Elh
LTRT-Duu. chickens I.c- sprlngs
rkcys. lie. ducka. nc. geese. &c.
fTEH-SIeldT- creamery. IaTE-C
EEGS-Lower. l6c-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11
Kansas City Live stoek Market.

KANSAS CITY. March l0-CATuE-
Receipts. Leo head including 80 southerns
Market steady. stOckers and feeders lbc to
&c lower. Dressed beef and export steers.
sdl0qA 60; fair TO good S5-55dS 20. western
steers, g. 25d6-b; stockeTH and feeders s. 81
q6s0; southern steers. s. $500: southern
cows. G-&Qh.10; native cows. s. BdS 50:
native heifsrs. &-5od600; bulls. 8 doz6 Is
calves s. 7b9RA
HOGS Receipts. 5000 head. Market s. "a
lOC higher bulk OF sales S. g067- q. Heavy
> -SJtT7- %; packers and butchers. IS as77 u.
lights. s.. G6371G
SHEEP AND LAA1IRs-Reeeipts. son
head Market STEADY. LRmbH, s. 5gds Is :
yearlings, S.90dk60; wethers q z9E 10.
ewes, S4.00d4. .; stockers and feeders. 8 d
6A0e.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11
RRADsTREEr's REVIEW or TRADE
PreSenee OF Buyers in PRINCIPAL
Markets Tends 60 Improvement.

OF Buyers In PrfngiumI
Markets Tends 60 Improvement.
NEW YORK March 1O-Bradrtreet,s tn
morrow will say.
The presence OF buyers in the principaI
markets has tended 10 produce r,,oSar-f,
,, loVeInent IN house trade and early farm
Hofk y progressing under favora bic CON
good shape.
Incidentally the progress has impaired a
ntIe more Eest 70 retail trade Yet con-
servat3sm 10 everywhern visible t17-e--. ,-e -
peclALIy or textiles and clothing, are pur-
chasing cautiously and mill owners are
selnng goods made un from nigh r,ri~.S
materials At small profit
Pohcy OF small lot buying appears 70
- favored ny most purchasers and the
eL-oI1 OF me larger purvevurs 20 force
sales met with little response The coming
session OF congress. al which tarfff sched-
oles may be treated. u8Eether with IN.
pEooAniity OF action on the Canadian re-
Cilrocty treaty tends 90 produce charfnesF
Though building should uick up some
Nhst me figures OF permits and estimated
expenditures show that extensive work Is
NOT 30 active as last year Demand f,r
footwear IL SATISFACTORY hi tire yVesf IN.
IN the east IL is backward Special machin-
cry ~ in light request and there are re
PoEn or considerable idlsness At some
cites, skilled mechanics as well as common
laborefs being affected
IolecronE range from about fair 70 slow
business failures in the United States for
lie week ending March were 20 against
- iast week and - IN the ike week ~
5sle' - IN l@H, IS In 1908 and 1876 In 1907
bosiness failures in Canada for the weeir
humber - az against 90 last week and 81
IN the same week OF 1910
" heat including flour. exports from the
United states and Canada for the weelr
ending March . aggregate 9 gfs 81 br,FbeIg
against $50 900 bushels last week and i 80 y
- bushels this week last year FOR the
llirt six weeks ending March exports
~ ~ s.s.so bushels against no sl5. rs bush
eis IN the corresponding period last year
Iorn exports Tor the week are ga SIS bush
ELS against -.sd1-bII bushels last week and
A.dL1aS bushels IN I9l0 For the thirty
SIX weeks ending March O. corn exports
are sA,1ls.Sss bushels, against 70 sB4 so bush
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11
Minneapolis Grain MARKET.

NuNNEAPOLIs. March IB-wHFA At
May gssc, July. $50, September gI7t5Ts2r,
cash. No. Z hard $50, No. I northern
ss,1a8lsc, No. northern. asasdg71rc. No q
91Ar is6c
FLAX-CTused az Em
CORN-No. 3 yellow, EaQz214c
DATs-NU. 9 white E.slraZac
RENO. Q s2l=4S3c
BRAN-In 10Th. sacks. so. OBaz1 90
FLOCR-First patents. - 65[las5. second
patents. 81 5lA 81. first clears 81 1Rd2 81
second clears E26u2 20
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

NEW YORK March lA.-MONEY-Cn can
steady. T4dGlS per cent, ruling rate ~
per cent closing bid. ~ per cent. offered
81 "a per cent Time loans. weary easy;
sixty days, ElHd3A per cent. ninety days. 3
PEI eenL SIX month"; - pei cent
"a per cent
STERLING EXCHANGE-EaEy with
actual business In bankers bills Al s. $3.50
$40 for sixty day bills and a. = sglb for
demand Commercial bills. s. Saf7a ga
SILV ER-Bar. 6eac- Mexican dollars. sc
BONDS-fzovernment- irregular railroad
Irregular.
Closing quotations on bonds were a.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

KANSAS CITY March fl0-WHEAT-
May, sc. sellers; July, sai1c; cash steady.
No hard. s61zu9fc; No. 9 65as4c; No. :
red. asa 95c, No. & SEG81c.
CORN-May, 4slsIe6lac bid. July SKA
ssAsc. sellers, cash. 5sGAtc higher. No
mixed. s4944lzc; No. 3. s2dsslzc, No. white.
s2ih8tac. No 3 s3geglsc.
OArS-C Unchanged: No. white. gIGzgc.
No. mixed. un32r
HYE-No. 9 75d7Ac
HAY-Steady; choice timothy 81 Igdl4 %.
choice prairie, sl213dl2&
CTTER-lreamery &c; firsts. &c, sec
onds, sc; packing stock, &c.
EGGS-EWtras. lsc; firsts. Ice.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
Sentiment Favors the Bears a. the
Opening on Wheat
.oRN IS STRONG AND HIGHER
feeetpts Are Lfnht SD the Casa De-
mnnd t. More Active. Giving
the market . snappv
Tune.
'oRT IS STRONG AND HIGHER


h.altElA. March
cables on wheat were lower a. the open-
ns ana sentiment was favorinr the bear
-lu- or ne nlarket but miliers were re-
go - % better buyers OF the cash be-
use 4L an improvement In the flour bust
ness There we're also complaints On slow
5eed termination in the south and some
lle.lan ny damage talk from Illinois and
Corn is q fighting market az this level
ne PL1uanilifT that the greatly dis
-.lnIed cash prices win work higher
eSlnE 70 the light rsceipts ls the feature
oi The buil argument while sellers are re-
Hs On ne depression of other grains 90
aIl ~ a decline
NE there vas no general awakening Ia
ne cash situation wheat buyers had orders
or 5000 character and shorts were nurnar-
Jus aIleT ne first advance and forced the
- - ligner- Offering Of cash stuff on
receivers
Corn. ruled strong and higher. helped By
-s aeFanue In wheat Receipts are light
I'D the cash demand was more active
lNlng the market a snappy tone with
aIues 3sGi4c higher
ana shipments were ua.o1o bushels.
gaiust receipts last vear Of s-.6 900 bushels
"a shipments Of - sa9 bushels
"a Is,ys cor rsesiP Pc we're ases bushels
-ceipts asst year Of sd u19 bushels and
hipments 81 ts0Oa0 busheIs
1850 bushels Of oats and whsat and fioaT
eglal 70 sh.99 bushels
Iiverpooi closed ID lower on wheat and
The 1ail9wing cash sales were reported:
WHEAI-No sales.
CORNING. 3 yellow. I car Jchoice). rc,
CAS-, se-so. No. yellow & car. s0c. car
&c. cars, A1Ec' 10. B mixed, car,
nc. cars. s0lfc; No. 4 mixed. . cars
A-r
oATs-No. 3 white. car. sc. No.
mite, cars, SIC, No 4 yellow, I car
rtci no grade. car. white, ElHc-
Omaha Casa Prices.
WHEAT-No. 2 hard, sadssl4c; No. 3
ard. gZlrll l5lsc; No. 4 hard. 75iE981c; re-
ected hard, 7Uifd 711Sc. No. spring. esd8sc;
70. 4 spring, 7bihds41Ic: No durum, alrd
&C. No. 5 dur1m. EaEGE2c
CORN-No. white, EaE1Tc; No. white.
l1EqGc; No 4 white. geit7s0c; No 3 color.
0Atd@B&c; No 2 yellow. ldGiFcf No. 3
Fellow. egAzdfic- No. 4 yellow. ssard4nc. No.
toA9allEci No. a sOat94eaac; No. 4 ga
Sic
OATSNo. white 81 dZsatc: standard
l9a.295kc: No. white Egi4dZ9c. No 4 SO
el4c; No. yellow, aitnZgatC. No 4 yellow,
FA9E1ko-
BARLET-No. g. 78dgsc: No 4. Bsa76c
10. ! feed. dadS3c. re1eCtsd. 58d54c.
RXE-No. 2 s09uc; No. g. Ts9s0c-
CmwHUv
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11
WEATHER IN THE GRAIN BELT
Temperatures Fail In Upper valleys
Of Hivern.

OMAHA March 10 1871
The weather continues unsettled in the
extreme upper portion OF the ohio valley
and the eastern states. Light precipitation
was general over that section within the
asst rWenry-fuur nourB and light rain is
falling In View York City this morning and
light SHOWS are reported in the St Law
renee valley. Except considerable cioudi-
ness that prevails in Nebraska. the weather
81 generally clear throughout the central
valleys. Il is stin unsettled in the vest
ern portion ana light and scattered precipi-
tatiOn occurred within the last tvvenry-fg cur
hours in the southwest and along the
morning in the upper lake region. the
upper Mississippi and upper Missouri val
leys and along the middle and southern
Rocky mountain slope and are higher in
the eastern and south Atlantic states and
on the Pacific slope A depression Of de-
cided energy has appeared in the extreme
northwest and Is extending down toward
the central valleys and Will cause cloudy
and somewhat unsettled weather in this
vicinity tonight and saturday. with no i'm
purrant change in temperature.
Luwest last utght.--..----. - - 20 %
PreCip itarion .---..-.---.-. 90 90 90 %
Normal temperature for today % degrees.
Excess IA precipitation since March /.
R inch.
Deficiency for corresponding period. 1910.
g inch
Deficiency for corresponding period. 1853.
.E inch
L. A WELSH. Local Foreoaster.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

VIEW YORK March 8-CUFFEE-Fu-
lures closed steady A. q net advance u
sQl5 points sales. a. 20 baEs March
Al ril and NAY te June. 20 31C- July.
10 &c. August 10 &c September lu.LGc.
October I0G1c. November. g3C- December.
January and February. aS3c spot quiet
RIO No 2 I2it dl5tsc. No 8 santos Lgi.c.
Mid dull CUrdova Ia al64sc nominal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11
TurDentinr ana Hosin.

SAVANNAH GA March l0-TURPES-
TINE-FTr1n sI-rc- sales. q bbis.. receipts
~ bbls-, shipments. So bbis; stocks. L5ss
bbls
RCEIN-Firm; sales. ss3 bblE receipts
rs bills. shipments Z BB bbiE-- stocks.
8 5la- "a r rS 81 E-5. n rST 3 =.
x s. %, n. 1-a3; y 208; W. c. H.Glr
W w s. g0dG u
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

PHILADELPHIA. March 10-PUTTER-
Firm, extra western creamery. sc; extra
nearby prints Sc
EEtES-hIrm, Pennsylvania and other
nearby ftrsra, free cases. lgc. Al marx
Pennsy ivania and other current receipts
free CASES. lhc. a. mark western firsts.
tree caEes &c. 81 mark; western current
receipts. Tree cases. IGc al mark
CHEFS fl-SteadT- New YORK full creams
fancy, September lee fair 70 good, l3d
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

DULUTH March G-WHEAr-so
northern. 8lses No northern. a44c. Nay
gIlsGg7ac. July. as-tuses.
OATS-Ar Gsl.c
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

NEW YORK March la--OTTDN-spot
closed quiet 10 points higher middlinE up-
lands ls55c. middliuE quiz I4slc SaIss
1Aa hales
LIVERPOOL. March Ia-The following
are the weekly cotton statistics Imports.
al kinda a. 90 bales, Imports American.
q 1ks bales. st0ck, al kindH, L-s1 .101 bales
stock American. LIZA 90 bales. American
forwarded, ca 80 bales. rOJal exports. g 80
ualaa
ST LOUIS March 0-COTTON-Marss e
unC banged mludiluE. IsEC sales g "a e.
receipts. AIS bales. shipments, - bales
stock . go bales
New Nlrk Gotten market as tIrnlsha.d
b. Logan a BRAN, members New Y1rr
Cotton exchange. SIS south sixteenth
street Omaha
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

NEW YORK March I0.-DRT Goods
The cotton goods markets rule quiet Yarns
are easy and quiet. Jobbers report a fair
trade IN piece goods departments IN small
l0tr for quick shipment
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

ST JOSEPH. March 10-CATTL Ere
ceipts 80 head Market steady. steer
s. eos %: COWS and heifera. "a 5ad6 Is
calves - uodA 3
HOG-Recsiprs so head Market Zoe
higher. TOP, 8 10 bunk Of sales, s6.5Gsso
SHEEP AND LAMBE-HEceI urH 90
head Market steady; lambs So S9aH
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Demand for Cattle steaay-Hogu
More Actfve-Sheep Strong.

CHICAGO. March I0-CATTLHRa-
eeipts. 1.5uo head. market STEADY. beevss
ss.5sQsse; Texas steers. s. t0G5 %; western
steers xAl0d5A, stOckers and feeders
calves, 81 ao19 90
HOGS-Receipts. 1s0m head. market
more active % SC higher. light 81 a5d7 90:
mixed. AS5e7 .; heavy s. 7Ba7 10: rough
- fV1e& good TO choice heavy IS s5aH7 10.
p1gsa s-6uLlot bulk OF sales 81 90fI7 Ii
SHEEP AND L.AMRE-FeresnTs ara
headsl market strong. natives g GOA %,
western Sa.15q4-so; yearings s. 7b615 s. ma
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11
Impsrt. SAD E1psrt-.

NV YORK, March la--Imporrs ~ nrr-
cnaudlse and DRY goods az the unrf ~
New Eurk Cor ire Heak ending Mareh 4
we're valued a. U-.I-AgII
Imports % specie for the port ~ Naw
EGrk fur the week ending TO-DAY were "a r.
go silver and u6iE gold Exports 81
slecie Tor the WeeE we're t6E- 60 silver and
o. - EoId
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11
annar marLaa

NEW YORK Marrh Ia-HGAR-Rsu
flrul- ceur-1tlzEal 81 test Q SIC centrifIar7L
: TEA g-Gc m0lasEez sugar 81 test. Tc-
refined. quisr
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

SLY EH-Har. quiet az q 5-l6d per ounce
MDAEG--4l3 per cent
The rate - discount IN the open market
FOR snort bills j. -la2a. per cent for three
months bills, 2iad- SIG per cent
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

LONDON. March I0.-American securities
we're quiet and steady during the Erst h1ur
raav A liruifrd number ~ buying orders
advanced prices from laatsC over vesfer-
1avs NaW York closing
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

Futurss. steady. March. S. SD. May. as
al. IuIv Isl Ead
COEN-spot. quiet. new American,
mixed O. l--rl. uld American uIEeI as
FUTURES. steady NAY 81 al. July. 4s rsH.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

The f1l0wiuE quotations are furnished
BY Logan BRYAN. member q View Y1rE
stock exchange LE south -iErseuth street
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

small and at present the trade .a barely
weeks close
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

MILWAUKEE,. March 10-FLOUR-Mar-
ket. steady
WHEAT-No. northern. n-09al-u- No.
Q northern. Tds9c. NAY a'Ec
OATS-Standard. g2aGZlrc
BARLEY Samples. E1sgc
PEORIA. March l0-CORN-HlEher- No.
white, tsatci no. 2 yellow SIC. No
yellow, use; No. 8 mixed 44i-c. no
mixed. &c, sample EGslc.
QATA--leady No . white. &c. standard.
Wsc No. white W01Eac- No. white
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11
SUNDAY

Receipts ard disposition Of I've stock ~
the Union STOCK Yards. south Omaha. for
tWenty-four hours ending a. 3 ?. n yes-
uerdRy;
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

Not included in totals because confirming
other items than cleartuEs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11
REPORT % rHE CLEARING HOUSE

today were E-sl1 SIS 81 ana for the CORE
Epunding date last year E-1l7.7uA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-11

Receipts Of i've stock Al the i've princi-
pa western markets YESTERDAY:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07
A CTTY'S SONGS.

eff Rochester seems TO have been
receiving more than its share Of
publicity In recent months, the Tea-
son." says Charles Milford kOhin-
son In The Survey, "is found in the
evidences of civic spirit and pro-
gressiveness which that city has
been offering.
"A rovel and striking illustration
Rochester song Book. In Il fore
word the editors state the belief that
this is the first considerable attempt
of It's kind in any American city
Of the songs, which fill rs pages,
many of course have been published
before and are familiar in Rochester,
Others we're written especially for
the Song Book. They are assembled
under the headings Songs of the
Genesee, Songs Of Rochester, Pa
%triotic and Fraternal Songs, and
School and College Songs. A pro-
fessor of the University, Kendrick
P. Shedd, is editor-in-chief with a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07
FEAT OF LOCOMOTIVES FIREMEN

To a husky young man, shoveling
twenty tons of coal a day may not
sound like q terrific undertaking.;
but that is because he fails to appre-
ciate the difference between shovel
ing that quantity in the cours Of a
ten hour day, standing on a steady
footing and pausing for a moment
whenever he feels like 1t to gaze at
the scenery OIL light a cigarette, and
trying to keep his balance on a jolt
ing, Jerking, ~plunging steel deck
which tries ceaselessly to pitch him
head first into the side of the cab,
while with legs spread wide apart he
humps over a scoop shovel working
with frantic energy to get coal into
the frebox fast enough to keep steam
up. While the engine is running the
fireman must be straddled out on the
deck working continually to the limit
of his strength, for ordinarily he
will have to get from two and a half
to three tons of coal into the frebox
every hour. Three and a half tons
is generally regarded as the limit
of a fireman's capacity, but this has
been greatly exceeded on the fastest
trains.
To turn from the general to the
particular, one of the Lake Shores
monster Pacific type locomotives.
weighing 100000 pounds, hauling
the westbound Twentieth Century
Limited with seven cars in the train
on q test run December 8, 1909,
made the run between Toledo and
Elkhart in 2 hours and minutes at
an average speed of IS miles per
hour. In this short time 8& tons
of coal were shoveled into the fire.
box. The average scoop used on a
locomotive holds IA to Is pounds of
coal. Taking the latter figure as the
average scoop load the fireman had
to reach out into the tender, a long
stretch, get g shovel full Of coal,
swing 1t around and throw 1t into the
frebox, not anywhere, but on the
particular spot on the 561a square
feet of CRATES that happened TO need
it most at that instant, every 6.3 sec
a-A-N=CSi- a-
the most remarkable feat of firing
for which authoritative figures are
available, and it may also be submit
ted as a marvellous feat of endurance.
From Machines to Fire Locomo-
%tives," in April Technical World
Magazine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07
STUDYING DISGUISED HAND
WRITING.

The instalment of Great Cases of
Detective Burns" In the April Nc
Clure's is devoted to Tracking
Anonymous Letter-Wrlters." The
Following extract shows how the
writer of an anonymous letter, that
was sent to Lord ~Pauncefote, first
gave himself away by a ~characteris-
tic trick In writing peculiar to tel
graph operators:
I one who is accustomed to
tracing the authorship of anonymous
letters, 1t Is a familiar fact that when
a person undertakes to write an
anonymous letter he starts out with
Intention. Of Disgusting his hand
Wrltlne, put mat as he proceeds with
his composition he unconsciously re-
turns to his normal manner of writ
ing. He may catch himself at this,
n resume his disguised hand; but
he is sure to incorporate some Of
his peculiar characteristics in the
letter, through which it is possible to
identify him. 1t was SO in this case.
We were able to determine, from an
occasional joining of the words,
which is peculiar to telegraph p
ators, that the writer was probably
an operator" Hsr
After this first fact was determin-
ed upon, Burns goes on to show that
tracking the man down was q COM
paratively easy task.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07

TO FREsHEN THE HOUSE.

When spring around each
year and nature begins to put on her
gay clothes we naturally feel that Il
is time to brighten and freshen the
house. 1t Is not so much that things
are shabby and stuffy from the win
ter's use as that we want our sur
roundings to express the general re
newal, the clean and airy freshness
Of the spring" says Woman's Home
Companion for April. "Our grand
mothers made life a burden at this
time with the nightmare called
house cleaning. Everything vas
torn up and for one frantic week, at
least, there was no comfort to be
had. Now house cleaning is managed
with more ease, for there have been
countless inventions to simplify 1t,
and also the modern housekeeper
uses the simple ~eXpedient of having
one room at a time cleaned, so that
the whole Is accomplished without
wear and tear, and the family is al
lowed to feel that home is still
home.
Of some of the rooms need paper
ing and painting, choose a color
scheme that is not too dark and Will
harmonic with the furniture so
that the rooms may reach their high
est possibility Of attractiyeness.
The curtains, II new, may be either
muslin or net or scrim or one of the
many dainty fabrics that are offered
in the shops. The fancy scrims, both
in natural color and those printed in
colored designs, are charming and
range in price from twenty-five cents
to about n dollar and a half a
yard. Shades should also be re-
newed II necessary. They can often
be given a new lease of life by turn
Ing them upside down. This brings
the less worn part at the bottom.
Such work must be done accurately
and neatly and If you car have help
in handling the shades it will make
1t much easier for they are unhandy
things.
Simplify wherever you can.
Change the pictures about a bit and
put up some new simple prints in
place of some of the old mes for a
change. Danish useless bric-a-brac
for a few we'll chosen and well
placed ornaments are worth more,
from an artistic point of view, than
a motley array of small jugs and
vases. Put away as much as posi-
BILE, leaving out bowls and vases for
flowers, and let them be the chief
summer ornaments. 1t will also
mark the boresome work of busting
easier"