A POULTRY BREEDING PROBLEM.
We think it is a doubtful chance of
getting all the good qualities in one
flock of fowl, one breeding pen, or one
bird. If pullets that lay at five months
old, and cockerels that crow before
they are four months old are mated,
we should expect to sacrifice size or
some other desirable quantity to the
one point of early maturity. If we
mated our largest birds we should not
look for the chickens to mature rapid.
ty. If we mated hens that laid two
hundred eggs in a year with cockerels
from other hens that had as good rec-
ords, we should expect a small pro-
portion of fertile eggs. Selecting
fancy fowl that were perfect in feather
and form has not resulted in a corres.
ponding increase in their capabilities |
for eggs. Whether by mating early-
maturing birds with those of large
size, or with the prolific egg producers,
or using all three to build up a strain,
always keeping to the same pure
breed, these qualities could be united
in the forthcoming chickens we do not
know. Some one who has more time
to devote to fancy breeding may try
to solve the problem, as we have not
"ane to attend to it.The Cultivator.
FEEDING GRAIN TO HENS.
In order that hens may lay well,
they should never be allowed to have
full crops during the day. It is all
right to feed them a light meal of
mixed warm food in the morning, in
troughs, but it should be only one-
fourth the amount required. Why?
Because if the hens go away from
their troughs unsatisfied, as they then
will, they will seek food more eagerly,
devouring it grain by grain, and the
healthy exercise thus engaged in will
cause it to pass into the gizzard as
it should and be properly digested.
By applying grain in litter, they will |
gradually accumulate enough to last]
them through the night, and while |
they are at roost, it can leisurely be
forwarded from the crop to the giz-
zard. i
It is in the feeding of soft food that |
the beginner is liable to make the |
most mistakes. It leads him to over |
feed and pamper the hens, and as a
consequence they a condition |
sooner later when they will not |
jay. Even whole grain,
variation, is preferable to too much |
soft food; soft food, when |
fed at all, should be care- |
fully measured. As a matter of
fact, a quart mixed ground grain,
moistened and in a crumbly condition, |
is sufficient for the morning feed of
forty hens After they have sharpen
ed up their appetites with this
eral quarts of whole grain, more
less, according to the kind of hens |
kept. and also the condition under |
which they are confined, may be scat
tered in the litter for them to seek and
for themselves. —Fred O. Sib |
ley in The Epitomist
reach
or
of
sev
or
secure
HOMEMADE STARTERS i
On the farm milk or skimmilk is |
the starter most easy to procure. Se.
lect a good, healthy cow, put her milk
into a well scalded can and keep at |
a temperature of 85 to 90 degrees un- |
til it becomes clabbered. Then use |
about one part of starter in nine parts |
of cream. The cream may be taken at |
a temperature anywhere from 60 toi
75 degrees if care be taken to cool it |
down as soon as the right amount of |
lactic acid is developed. The start-|
ers materially hasten the souring or |
ripening of the cream. The lactic]
acid germs in the starter are so much |
more numerous and multiply so rapid- |
ly that they very largely if not entirely |
overcome any undesirable germs that |
may happen to get into the cream. |
By the use of starters good sweet
cream may be put in good condition |
for churning in from twelve to twenty-
four hours. Using starters and check.
ing the souring at the right point
will undoubtedly go a long way toward
bettering the flavor of our country but-
ter~D. H. Otis in Kansas Farmer.
The difficulty of finding fruit tree
borers in winter when the snow is on |
the ground makes it quite necessary |
to make the hunt in the fall or winter, |
when there is a general thaw. These
borers are wintering in the tree
trunks, roots or the ground nearby.
They may not prove very destructive
in cold weather, for they sleep quietly
most of the time, but their pernicious
activity in early spring and summer
more than makes up for their winter
slothfulness. | have seen many trees
this fall that have been damaged by
the borers. Some of these trees can.
not withstand the winter, so badly in-
jured are they, and they must prove a
total loss. It is almost impossible to
protect the trees from them. Nearly
all attempts are merely makeshifts.
The only proper method is to start an
uncompromising warfare against them.
Destroy them and exterminate thelr
larvae, and then keep a watchful eye
out for their return. In this way the
orchard trees can be protected and
kept free from them. The borers lay
their eggs in holes in the tree and un
der the bark, and in time they hatch
out, The larvae do not suffer from
the cold, but seem able to thrive un.
der the bark and live there until full
grown. It is necessary to get at these
eggs and larvae in order to extermin:
ate the worms. [It is impossible to
keep down their numbers any other
way.
My method is to spend nearly all
the mild favorable days of fall and
winter among the trees, worm hunting.
With a pail of soft tar, a good scrap.
ing knife, and various lengths and
sizes of wire, 1 procecd from tree to
tree. I give the trunk a good exami:
nation, going down even to the roots,
I scrape with the knife, and punch the
wires wherever there is any indica-
tion of a hole. Then I generally slap
on a dose of soft tar, which penetrates
into the hole, and sometimes I let it
drip down among the roots. The tar,
I think, destroys larvae as much as the
wire, but it must come in direct con:
tact with them. When a trail is found
it must be followed up to its end,
even though it runs far up under the
bark. It may be discovered then that
the whole tree is honeycombed with
wormholes. If so, it is better to know
the worst at once and apply the rem:
edy. There should be no half-way
measures. It is better to destroy the
tree. and burn up the larvae than to
save it for a lingering weakness to
die ultimately and spread the tree
borers to other trees. Many a time
I have been compelled to cut down
trees and burn them in order to de-
stroy small colonies of the pests. —S,
W. Chambers, in American Cultivator,
ONE WAY TO BRACE A GATEPOST.
Many ways of bracing gateposts are
laid before the readers of the agricul
tural papers. I will offer mine, and
will say that it does all that any one
can ask. I set my post two feet in |
the ground and tamp it well at the
bottom; then I get a stone of some
fifty pounds weight and plant it at the
corner, so the post cannot sway for
ward or outward. I tamp the out.
side of the stone, level it off,
my gate and the job it done.
if I were hanging a gate where |
stones were not plentiful, when [I had
the post set | would take a piece of
scantling or other timber and cut a
notch in it to fit the corner of the
post, dig away so it can be buried out
of the way, tamp the back side, cover
it, and the post is sufficiently braced.
I set posts in the ground top down- |
ward, for I have learned that an oak |
post will last five years longer, and
a locust post some fifteen years lon- |
ger, when set in that way —E. 8S. Hu- |
lin, in New York Tribune.
hang |
THEY NEVER COMPLAIN.
Horses are the most abused of ani- |
mals; not only because they happen
to be the most used and the most use- |
because nature, for some mysterious
reason, has denied them the
of audibly expressing pain, such as is
possessed by the cat or the dog. Un-
der extraordinary circumstances, says
Road,” they have been
to overcome the impediment.
The extremity of terror, as when they |
have been attacked by savage beasts
or the sudden shock of agonizing pain,
as when they have been horribly
wounded on the battlefield, has some-
times extorted from them a piercing,
dolorous, almost human scream, which
nobody who has heard it can easily
forget Most which die in
pain expire in silence, or utter merely
power
‘he indeed
known
horses
The galled jade may wince, but ut
no cry. The cart horses of our
busy cities make no audible complaint
ters
of the It
but
A
exceptional instances no more
the general truth of this rule
than the case of Balaam's ass provides |
a proof that all asses (of the four leg- |
ged variety, be it understood), possess
the power of speech. Practically their
dumbness is absolute —Michigan Far- |
mer.
reing by ignorant drivers.
fow
SECURE WARMTH.
A point that should have due con-
sideration is to have the pigs com-
fortable. They by their cries make |
known their uncomfortable condi
tion and by a quiet contentment their |
comfort. The protest the pig makes
of his sufferings.
Without shelter |
It |
is hard to put a correct estimate on
the loss to the farmer these cries of |
misery represent. Too often what !
should have been profit goes out in
this direction. By making the ani
mals comfortable the food they eat
goes to make flesh instead of being
consumed to keep them warm.
I well remember hearing in days
gone by the frequent complaint by |
farmers of loss by smothering of some i
of their shotes caused by trying to |
got the warmest place beneath the |
heap or pile of uncomfortable crea- |
tures out in the open. Doubtless this |
still occurs in some instances, but the
farmer that allows it should not be |
the owner of a pig. Such valuable |
property should be in better hands.
[ think many farmers can be found
that are disposing of their straw that
could get very much more out of it
by making their hogs comfortable,
but they think it best to save this
paltry sum, arguing that the hogs
might die with cholera before they
reach market, then all would be lost
I do not khow of a single farm where
hogs are grown that there is not
enough fodder wasted which if proper.
ly utilized would make the hogs com:
fortable and contented. It is simply
impossible in cold weather to put
enough feed into a pig to make him
comfortable without in some way pro
tecting the outside-~National Stock:
man and Farmer.
Where the Firemen Are Women.
In the town of Mont Clare, Ill, the
women are the fire fighters, Most of
the men are in Chicago all day at
tending to business, and they leave the
management of the suburban town's
affairs largely to their wives and sis
ters. So the fire captain is a woman,
and #o is the fire marshal, and all of
the women are trafned to fighting
fire,
LACE AND FUR.
Furs are regal this season, the best
wraps being of three-quarter length in
sable, mink, chinchilla, seal and er-
mine, while in the world of lesser furs
green seal, beaver and otter end baby
lamb are pressed into service. The
latter lends itself admirably to the
Russian blouse, which is going to re-
main with us.
Lace, again, is to be used freely with
are of white and pearly gray satin,
though a good many chine silks are
also used.
In boas sable ranks first, the most
luxurious ties being those where five
of heads and talls,
The shooting exploits of King Chris- |
Wilhel- |
i
i
adepts with the rifle, One of
received the German medal
Her Majesty is a keen
sportswoman, and can handle her gun
with a precision which is positively
deadly. Queen Helena of Italy is an-
other clever shot. She spends much
recently
and is as clever with the revolver as
the rifle. The Duchess Carl
Theodore of Bavaria and her sister,
Archduchess Carl Ludwig, the
Grand Duchess of Hesse, are others
who can hold their own with the gun.
Our own Queen and her daughters pre
may be
fisherwormen.
as expert
FIRST WOMAN TO WEAR POPLIN.
Lady Carew, who died the other
day, was a benefactress of Ireland in
this way: She was the first person to
wear in Paris an Irish dress. |
It was in primrose yellow, with a de
sign in gold thread, and so much ad
mired that the foremost ladies at the |
coprt of Tulleries her where |
she bought the poplin, and on learning |
:
1
i
i
}
poplin
i
asked i
the address wrote for patterns Marie |
Amelie ordered in lavender, i
riched with a gold pattern; the Prin
cess Marie in blue and silver, and
Princess Clementine
sliver
Irish poplin was first manufactured
in Dublin by Popeline, a Huguenot ref
ugee., It became the
greatly worn on occasions of high cere
mony, as rain did not spoil it Poplin
became a favorite dress for the public
promenades at fashionable hours. The
Princess Clementine wore a plaid pop
lin gown the day the late Queen Vic
toria first landed at Treport to visit |
louis Philippe and Marie Amelie at
Eu. Irish poplin is still much worn
in England by the children of the
wealthy, and is thought to go well]
with Irish guipure london News
One ed
one
rage, and was
BEAUTY HINTS.
During the cold season women
Wind-
itches intolerably. To vell the
face and hair is pever so wise as dur.
To wash the face in soap and water
winds is very foolish. If the face is
very soiled use almond meal and dry
Red noses are due to the pores being
especially open upon the nasal sur.
faces. Massage at night and bathe
morning with cold water and
alcohol.
The inflamed condition of the eyes
A
the eyes: a dotted veil irritates them
Warm water baths for the
eyes should be taken whenever thoy
sraatt or sting.
Bad soap and imperfect drying cause
half the facial woes, bad cook’ng and
foolish eating the rest of them. Care
is the best cosmetic, and eating ony
a sufficiency will scare away coarse
neas of outline.
A shiny nose and forehead gener
ally denotes a butterdoving, oil-eat-
ing person; and until the world onda
the stomach will be the monitor of
beauty.
Glycerine and rose water 3 a gouwl
otien for chapped !rps.
Pretty throats are never yeilow:
they are white, firm and smooth.
Let nature come to the rescue. Dis
card tight ribbong; they make wrin
kles. Sleep on small pillows to avoid
“three chins.”
Keep the teeth nice; a pair of keen,
critical eyes to watch a speck or dis
coloration. A good brush to scrub
them with after each meal, not for
getting the back or under side of the
teeth,
CORONATION FROCKS.
Queen Alexandra, always the most
thoughtful and kindly of women has
expressed her hope that all women
who are to be presented at the coro
nation ceremonies next year “will em.
ploy for their dresses as much as pos
sible materials made by British manu
factors and embroidered by British
workmen.”
Such a wish la almost equivalent to
a command, and there are many
anxious feminine hearts in London to-
»
*
day pondering the duty of patriotism
and the temptation of Paris.
“1 don't think it can be done,” sald
the head of a great firm.
“8ilks?”’ he continued. “Oh, ves,
we can get English silks. They make
pretty good silk at Macclesfield, and
Irish poplin is a very beautiful ma.
terial, and sufficiently expensive to be
enticing.
“But we have nothing in British
silks to compare with those of Lyons.
The question ladies will have to con
sider is whether they will be patriotic
vr—rather dowdy.”
“But surely-—one can be well dress.
ed in British manufactured goods?”
“Certainly. Particularly in tailor
made frocks-—a riding habit, a yacht
ing costume-—anything in the way of
woolens.
“When we come to silks and laces,
however, the continental people are
miles ahead. Lace, for instance. You
can get Nottingham lace, Scotch lace,
Irish lace, but nothing like this.”
He opened a box on one of the coun
ters and showed a gossamer fabric
that Titania might have worn as she
fluttered over a rose. "Comes from
Saxony, that,” he continued.
“Where the continent beats us hope
lessly is in the trimmings. Of course,
you know-—or probably you don't, as
you're a man—that the trimmings are
the most important part of a smart
dress.
“Take: a certain sort of net dress,
for example (I won't use the techni
cal names), embroidered with sequins,
“We make the net here, send it to
Germany, where the expensive part of
the ornamentation is done, and import
it back again, multiplied in value
many times over. We can do founda
tions well enough, we English. Look
at hats There is no better straw
than we turn out ar Luton, and the
basis of most of the hats you
see comes from there.
But the straw is an infinitesmal item
best
from the silk of the trimmings,
flowers and feathers—and, above all,
the clever Parisian fingers that blend
the materials together into a harmon!
ous creation.”—lLondon Express.
A PROFITABLE OCCUPATION.
pleasing voices find re
employment in factories
“talking dolls’ manufactur
dolls contain a miniature
and the girls are
Girls with
munerative
are
ed. These
fitted into the dolls.
familiar nursery
rhymes
folk
of
afterward
the
“Mother
literature
are
They
gles
ther
¢
tube
recite
Goose”
for
with
snail
mall
connects the mouth the
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Condensed Special Dispaiches From
Maay Points.
FATHER AND SON KILLED BY TRAIN.
Sled Which They Occupled Struck by the
Buffalo Flyer Minister's Wile Arrested
Masked Burglar Cut Her Scranton Car
Blown Up— To Asswer For Murder
Hugger Fined $25 Charters.
These pensions were granted Pennsyl
vanians; Jacob Rhoads Shaneysville, $8;
Isaac C. Saylor, Warble, $10; William
Cunningham, Pavia, $10; Samuel H.
Mays, Verona, $12; Henry Knepp. Fom
bell, $8: George W. Vawn, Shade Val-
ley, $8: DeWitt C. Lampman, Troy,
$14: Mary Lower, Lewisburg, $8;
Sayles, Wellsboro, $12; William
Leechburg, $12; Chauncey C. Hays,
Townville, $10: Andrew H. McDonald,
Paterson, $12; John Sowers, Coyleville,
$12; Anthony M. Marshall, Johnson
burg. $8; George T. Hamilton, Indiana
$10; Mary Ann McClelland, Lowville $8;
Jane Reilly, Erie, $8: Elizabeth Zim
merman, Shiremanstown, $12; Sarah D
Clark, Millvillage, $12: Sarah A. Yard,
Towanda, $12; William W. Reed, Sach
et, $8; Ellis S. Young, Tyrone, $6;
Chas Shaffer, Coraopolis, $8; H
Little, Saxton, $10; John W. Ross
Washington, $12: Theodore Stafford,
Millerton, $8: William Roberts,
Canton, $12; Andrew Weaver, Hol
brook. $17; Mary E. Curtis, Smethport,
$8: Mary A. Morrow. Bradenville, $3;
Jane Emerson, Union City, $12; Marga
ret Finn, Hollidaysburg, #8
Silas
The dead body of Jonas A. Hodgkins
was found along the tracks of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, in Cumberland I n
ship. He had evidently been killed
a fran
The Spring Shaft, at ocust Gag
which has been
storm of four weeks ago
operations i he
torm had over
Lac
i
med
idle ever since
resu
hate: 3 afte te
shaft just alter ine
200 feet of wate: it
in
The Lawrence Colliery, at
Mahanoy
i the Shenar i
Plane, an«
erbocker
ploying
after an
to the
While
saic
£
3 heard when the doll Is wound up
Since with these and
entHons have been
dolls equipped
other ingenious in
put on the market the busin
making has assumed vast p
and in many the
form a large
There
roportions
of factories
part of the employes
demand for at
and the
of today would never be satis
fled with the dolls of a few years ago
“The
is constant
features
tract!
penne
i
ve new
children are
said a woman who understands
business to a reporter, “that
this
close its eyes when it is laid down
they'll invariably say ‘No, 1
want that. [ want my doll to go to
sleep.’ They must have real balr
on the dolis, and they are quick to
notice whether the tiny toes and
fingers are perfect.’
The work done by women consists
largely of the finishing touches neces
sary in completing the dolis and dress.
ing them. Certain forms of work are
assigned to each employe, and in. a
factory which turns out dressed dolls
one girl makes all the ruffles required,
another the underwear, another the
hoods, and still another fashions the
dress or puts it on the doll
Doll repairing is an exceedingly
profitable branch of the work. Child
ren are proverbially tenacious in
their attachments to old dolls, and the
repairer is kept busy supplying miss
ing arms, legs, heads, wigs,
fingers or other parts. The jointed
dolls, which may be placed in any
position require great strength to
repair them, since all but the small.
est are jointed by means of powerful
elastic bands, passing through the
body. These must be exceedingly taut
or the limbs will hang limp. In the
largest dolls there are heavy hooks
on the ends of the elastics to be fast.
ened inside the body, and since a sud:
den unlooked for spring of this elas
tic band has been known to injure seri-
ously a man’s hand it is not consider.
ed safe for women to engage in that
branch of industry.
Many of the most expert of the wo
men doll repairers are Germans, who
have been taught the trade by their
husbands and brothers, and find it
easy and profitable. Women engaged
in this occupation have the advantage
of being able to carry it on in their
homes, or in Ctonnection with other
work. The various parts to be sup
plied can be obtained from the manu
facturers, and the repairer makes her
own scale of prices according tc the
amount of repairing to be done and
the materials supplied. Those en-
gaged in this Industry frequently carry
on in addition a brisk business of dolls’
dressmaking and sell little handmade
garments at fancy prices —New York
Tribune.
Colorado and lowa have both re
stored the death penalty for murder.
There are now only four States in
which the death penalty is not in.
flicted— Wisconsin, Michigan, Maine
and Rhode Isiand.
There is a total of 3805 commercial
horticultural establishments in the
United States, with land and bulld:
ings valued at $38,000,000,
sadly
¥ running over
dynamite that was placed on tl
mngton Avenue
ter Cosgrove
and Motorn
indicted
They are
McAuliffe
weeks ago
car strike
track Detective &
Officer Frank Kupchins)
Frank Kinsley were
for murder by th
charged with
m one of
growing
1
the few
out strect
Charters wer~ issued hy the State Ds
partment to the following corporations:
American Manufacturing & Novelty
Company, Erie; capital, $25000. Wil-
liam T. Leggett Company, Pittsburg
capital, $1,000. McKeefrey Coal Com-
pany, Pittsburg; ccapital, $100,000
Bruening Cork Company, Pittsburg
capital, $1,000. Domerman Rivet & Bolt
Manufacturing Company, Pittsburg
capital, $10,000
Nelson Rosa, of Ulster 1
was arrested and lodged in the county
jail, charged with the murder of M. Ves.
pasian Mills, of North Towanda, who
was found dead on his barn floor on the
night of Dgcember 20
possession of the officers was not made
known. It is said that Rosa and Mills
were very friendly
:
8 J 1) MID
wnshig
A masked burglar entered the house
a bread knife attacked the housekeeper
Stella Yost, who was alone in the din
ing room. Her calls for help brought
in the neighbors, and the intruder es.
caped, taking several pieces of jewelry
Miss Yost received a few slight cuts,
Governor Stone fixed the dates of exe.
cution for the following: Amos Sterl
ing, Philadelphia, Thursday, February
27. 1902. Eugene Clements, Philadel-
hia, Tuesday, March 11, 1902. Jacob
desendorfer, Philadelphia, Thursday
March 13, 1002.
While Mrs. Collins and Thomas Mil-
ler, of Nesquehoning, were on their way
to catch a train at Lansford, both fell
Mrs. Collins” leg was broken, while Mil-
ler's wrist was fractured.
George W. Rorapaugh was arrested
for hugging women on the unfrequent-
ed streets of West Scranton. He was
identified in police court by a number
of his alleged victims and was fined $25.
Judge Lynch notified the Grand Jury
that there is too much gambling, dog
and cock fighting going on at Pittston
and that body will investigate the mat.
ter.
Felix Dornsife has confessed that he
is ‘guilty of several of the burglaries
recently committed in Williamsport,
but denies that he had anything to do
with the Cochran jewelry robbery.
Ray Riegle, anthony Omish, John
Rokasky and Wally Split, whose 5
range from 12 to 15 years, were de-
tected stealing from stores in Shamokin
and were sent to jail to each serve
thirty days.
at Roanoke, Va, for steali $2,000,
which he spent in two days in Philadel:
phia, was sentenced at Pottsville to
two years in jail by Judge Bechtel
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Genera! Trade Conditions.
RG Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
rade says: With the unprecedented
ioliday business ended, transporting
acilities are more nearly adequate for
regular requirements. Merchandise
noves to consumers ore promptly, and
n the iron region there is less mterrup-
jon to work because of insufficient fuel.
Normal conditions have by no means
turned, however, and it will be some
ime before shippers can safely guaran-
ee deliveries on a specified date. Euy-
ng of staple commoditigs 1s on a large
icale, fully sustaining quotations at a
sigh level, except in the few instances
shere efforts were made to hold prices
hove the point warranted by the ratio
of needs to supplies. Activity continues
it cotton mills, although domestic buy-
ng is on a moderate scale. Exporters
ire bidding freely for heavy goods, but
1s a rule fall short of hoiders’ views,
and little new business is recorded.
Jobbing trade in wollens gradually ex-
yands, new lines selling fairly at moder-
ite OVEr prices prevailing a
year ago. Wheat, includng flour, ex-
sorts for the week aggregate 3.507.710
| sushels, as against 4RB18471 last week
ind £901,005 this week last year.
Wheat exports, July 1 to date (twenty-
sight weeks aggregate 153.334.2710
yushels, against 102827640 last season
| Corn exports aggregate 136873 bushels
i$ against 270,236 last week and 4.8q7,
145 last year. July 1 to date, corn ex-
| ports are 20,957.624 bushels, as against
| 102,545,210 last season
Business failures in the United States
| for the week number 346, as against 270
this last year
1899, and 323 in 1808
advances
Te
ial
$ s x
ast weex, week
| 295 In 1900,
322 In
04 In
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| ~Western Mass land and
| sacked, per brl, $3a$3.75; do New
! 1ssorted { $3 5034.50; do :
i ill varietic 82 do
y Easter
Green
{ New Yori
19.50; do
~za200: do, Marviand,
clear
Pac bulk
slates, gc;
ander, gic
25
ham butts, ¢f
sugar<ured b
ured breasts,
| SUgar-
iB ibs,
1005¢C ;
on, shoulders,
small, 11¢; sugar-
and over, 103;c;
rs, blade cuts, gic;
| sugar-cured shoulders, narrow, 9c;
| sugar-cured shoulders. extra broad,
oVse; sugar-cured California hams,
|834c; hams, 12 Ibs and over, 12c; re-
fined lard, tierc rrels and 50-1b. cans,
| groms, 10¥c: ved lard second-hand
{ tubs, 11c; refined lard, hali-barrels and
i new tubs, 11¢
| Eggs—Western Mar
Lsvivania. per do
| Shore, Maryland
| Virginia West Virginia 27a;
Western Southern 2%a25; cold
| storage. choice, at mark, 20n21; do do,
loss off, —a22
Hides Heavy steers
{ salters, late kill, €o Ib
| lection, 113ia12%5¢;
sieers, 9isaloc
Butter —Separator,
ied Cream 23a24c;
| Prints, 12 Ib,
at backs,
wellies,
10C
3 ¥
uieg £0
ca
wg
yland and Penn-
—a20c; Eastern
Virginia, —a29;
7 EY
and
, association and
and up, close se-
cows and light
25220 %¢;
Imitation 108200 ;
27a; Prints, 1 1h, 27a
{ 388c¢; Rolis, 2 1b, 26a29c; Dairy Prints,
| Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia,
28a20c, 23a24¢. 10a22¢C.
Cheese. New Cheese, large, 60 Ibs, 11
to 11%¢c; do, flats, 37 Ibs, 11ar1dgc; pic-
nics, 23 ihe, 1114¢ to 1134¢c.
Live Stock.
Chicago. ~—Cattle-~Good to prime $660
ay.60, poor to medium $400 36.75, stock-
ers and feeders $22351475; cows $1.23
475; heifers $270a5.00; canners $1.25a
2.30; bulls $2.0024060; calves $3.50a6.30;
Texac-fed steers $i2%as2s. Hogs—
Mixed and butchers’ $6006.50: good to
choice, heavy, $6.30a6.50; rough, heavy.
$5.00a6.20. Sheep—Lambs strong to 10¢
higher; good to choice wethers $400a
405: Western sheep $4004.75: native
lambs $3 5086.00; Western lambs $3.75.
East Liberty —Cattle~—Choice 40a
G60; prime $5835a6.10; good $35.335a506%8
Hogs steady ; prime heavies 45
heavy mediums $6.40a6.45; light $6
46.40; heavy Porkers $6.2006.30; light do
$6.05a6.15; pigs $580as.90: roughs $500
2600. Sheep firm; best wethers $4008
4.25; culls aad common $1.50a2.00,
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
New York has a workwomen's col-
I chigin produces the largest cellery
Beaver plumbers have a co-operative
& A
PER Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners has nearly 100,000 members. A
itals are being erected in Penn
sylvania coal mines as ordered by the
The Chinese Six Companies, of San
Gather.
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