OFFICIAL CROP REPORT. ESTIMATES OF THE AGRICUL- TURAL DEPARTMENT. The Condition of Winter Wheat 2.1 Points Lower Than in April-Rye and Barley Have Also Suffered Cotton Seed Scarce for Replanting Purposes. The May returns of the United States Deo. partment of Agriculture on the condition of winter wheat show a reduction of 2.1 from the April average, boing 76.3, against 77.4 last month and 84 in May, 1502, the principal winter wheat States are: Ohio, 8% : Michigan, 71; Indiana, 79: Illinois, 63, Missouri, 72 ;: Kansas, 51, The average of these six States Is 68.3, against 74.2 in April, being a decline of 59 points since the “first of last month. In Californda the condition has advanced ten points, while in the princi. pal wheat producing States there has been considerable deterioration. In Kansas, Colo rado and Nebraska, where planting was back ward and germination slow, owing to con tinual drough and much of the plant boing winter-killed, large areas have been plow up and devoted to other crops. The same has been done in Missouri, Indians and Il The averages of nois, where the plant was badly winter-killed | sinee by the Michigan the damaged the damaged weather, In and greatly continued wet severity of the winter greatly plant, and the weather has heen cold and backward to admit of recuperation, we from Hessian fly in the ties of the latter State, Indiana and sin some of neh bug in | wheat | rtd | Kansas dlates RH much « in vy .uter rye, i » in con t age for May bei date in April r {8 SR ¢ - ley portion « ported are « spondent acreage, &r A 3 3 Willi De [Lae ET —— 8B. Hanris, who su it f the Beading engineer by prof connected with ww Presid isa civil life was veERryoR RBrssaprr, of Massachusetts, re. nm long peri him in good physical condition This and his peri- odical trips to the woods are the secrets of his splendid vitality RECRETARY sadglie-horse to Washington, and may be seer rong taking a on 168 He is at his office desk by 8 30 o refreshed for a hard day's work wis ¢ sleep to keeg Samir has brought his favorite every n canter I view of frequency of such aocl to him, it is of interest to note that 4 a popular superstition in Germany effect that the Kaiser will ultimately his death through a carriage accident, Dir the of Ohlo, the new Minister to f Allen GG. Thurman naver been heard ol ed in Japan sin fa Japancs gw, wile of died in New York City which she had years She had never an attack of the grip Deeps w cas fron it three from y ie ir al vernd } YOY been suf. “Bron Nye's” income Is probably the largest of any humorist alive, for besides the im. mense amount he realizes from his annual tours, he has a yearly income from his books of over $20,000 his full income being esti. mated at $50,000 James Axtoxy Frovps, the historian, fs a tall, keen-eyed, handsome man, of singu- larly genial manner, with a ruddy, clean shaven face framed In a close-fitting, iron gray side whiskers, He is seventy-four years old and looks ten years younger Docron Winriax Eveaxrr, the preacher. politician who has just been alected to Con. gross from one of the Massachusetts dis tricts, is accomplished in the art of dining, tells a good story, makes a rattling speech and is gifted with some pleasing personal eo contricition James Wurrcomn Rruey, the “Hoosler™ post. has a striking peculiarity ~he talks in iis sleep. At a hotel where he Is known he is always assigned to a room as far away from the other guests as possible, Not long ago on a Southern sleeping car he gave one of his complete lectures in his sloop. He was awakenad by the applause of the other travelers, Beating Their Way on a Freight Train When It Was Wrecked, While the first section of g§ north bound Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton freight train was taking water near Tadmer, Ohio, the second section dashed into it, making n bad wreek. Of six tramps who were in one one run and fireman of the second F too | wid mn pence WORLD'S FAIR NOTES, Tur magnitude of the Exposition is a per- potual wonder source of couascless amaze ment Henry ound section and there at long intervals will be completed exhibits, I'he Austrian I completed and shows a dazzling display of Bohemian glass, Tux “brick man-ot-war,"” made of wood on a brick foundation, is attracting considerable curiosity. Uncle Bam's collection of models of ships (8 an Interesting one, Ar the Paris Exposition of 1878, which is considered the most successful in practical results ever held in that country, the greatest attendance for one day was 200,613, which was on June 10, nx World's Falr Directors by a vote of twenty-two to seven decided to open the Fair grounds Sundays and charge twenty five conts admission, The buildings, how- over, will be closed, Tue warm, sunny days are causing the landscape gardeners to turn out in foree and cover the immense bods outside of the Agri cultural Building and in the wooded island with blooming plants, Cer Bunxuax has resolved not to allow any processions through the World's Fair grounds, even though the routes chosen may be along roadways on the edge of the Fair, This decision is Hkely to upset all interna tional celebrations, Ix the different bulldings many litte booths have been opened with an endless display of | souvenirs, Numerous lunch counters, all maintaining high prices, have been opened, and altogether the side show feature now be sald to be in full blast Fux tight shoe store, with a brass 2 novelty, When a cust of shoes the band Is silent, It is the shoes are pald for, Then it strikes widdy waltz, and the buyer does not 1 hether his shoes are comfortable or 1 Maxy of the passes issued to exhibitors who cinimed that it would be essary for the to be continually on the ground onfiscated because thelr exhibits ar ts. They wil walter | ) each time they band, is silent until up a tipo Ww nav ——— THE NATIONAL Baszrar: larity 1A 1 FW E. Cancrunens has to Cincinnati Tvekzn, of Bost game this season Brex"” Ewixo eland erank pros, of Cleve { the seas LEX has su "Mil al » Philadalph rary Wana her Frank § ROOKLYY W ew York in the firs Wann, of New essionally 1+ Fax Bostons Y ning at Chariottesvill Last season the Dos i lost ten games by No player in i re than the Eastern #150 per 1 Cricaco pald the Atlanta (Ga for the release of Pitoher Maucl Tux bunt hit is not being tried as was expected under the new rules Taz Princeton ball team was defes the Harvard nine, seven to nothing Taz fielding being done b League teams 1s remarkable th Srna Muarny, the Yale sb pt taseball ne rit baseball clubs i indies, have been Ala. Yovxa tendered to Pres Pazsioexr KN. FE dent Cleveland and his Cabinet seas passes to the ball games st Washington haa reached Are 80 owe Basenars TH teams old-time walk-aways tion its 1599 stag niy mate hes are out of Usrine Lyscn enforoes the new balk 1 very striotly. He will allow the pit to raise his forward 0 in throwing 1 bas Starvorp, of the Chattatvegns, of the Southern League, throw from deep centre to the home plate, 110 yards, putting out his man. Tre new pitchers of the League this year are Garry, Hastings, Williams, Mauck, MoGinnis, Jones, Darby, Hil, Taylor, Donn hue, Clarkson and Sulllyan-all good men and all likely to hold their positions, Stivers and Stratton batting pitohers in the League, Doyle the best batting catcher, and Brouthers, Childs, Lyons, Dahlen, Hamilton, Burns and Duffy the best batsmen in the other positions, Tux real baseball season for 1998 was in. sugurated under the most auspicious olrenm hoo. Over 50,000 people witnessed the Shening games of the National League, and I previous records in point of attendance at opening games in New York City, Pittsburg and Bt. Louls were beaten, Cuicano is now carrying sixteen men, and two will be released. Boston has fourteen, and one will probably go, New York has fifteen ; Brooklyn, fourteen ; Cincinnati, six- toon ; Baltimore, sixteen ; Pittsburg, Mftoon | Cleveland, sixtesn | Loulaville, fourtesn ; 8t Louis, Nfteen, and Washington, fourteen, RECORD OF THE LEAGUR CLUBS, are the heaviest Por Per Lost. ot | Clute. Won, Lost ot JI New York, 8 JT00 Boston... .. § B07 Baltimore , § A400 Philadel. ex N66 Chicago, .. 4 500 Louisville , 2 —— Prestoexr Low, of Columbia College, has announced that the sum of $2600 has been placed in ys hands for the assistance of meritorious students who desire to visit the Fair at Chioagd, but sould not on secount of the expense, Clubs, Won Cleveland, Bt. Louis, Wash 'ng'n, Brooklyn, Pittsburg, Cincinnatl, may | mer is buying a pair | Chi NEWBY GLEANINGS, Panis is full with visitors Exornasp is suffering from a«<drought, Canruaor, Mo,, ships trees to Scotland, ALY Is pdopting co-operative farming, Frasce is ballding twenty-five 5,500,000 live warships, Ix the United States sured, are in LoweLL mills were damaged by floods, Tur about great naval parade at New York cost CNR) A xew Panama-New Orleans witl be established, steamship line CHiNaA's toa crop promises to be large and of excellent quality this year, Corp and frost have made necessary much replanting of the cotton crop. Tuenx 15 a revival of interest in Brown-Sequard’s elixir of life, Mus, A. Harnroax, while resting on a sofa at Bristol, Pean., rolled off, dead in the whole Doctor I'ne increase of I of Australia last year is placed at 85,000, Tux railroad traffic and receipts through wat the entire country are rapidly increasing, Por factory BOVE idiers made a satis and quick cooking vier (Penn test of & ONE HUNDRED AND PIFTY-0N® new National banks have bean authorized sinoe the first of the year A winoLesare expulsion of Hebrews fram : Poland has boen ordered Ly the Russian Goy- ernment, Mat yoar nd 1672 in Sweden, Dunning about the aver made within ‘olnt, Oregon, and the great » rains in Egypt pisnters to sow THE MARKETS Y.2ts Wholesale Prices of Country Produce Quoted In New York. . 19 Deans Y Rr, choloed @82 45 Medium, 1594 , n @ 19 He wi Fartory lored, fancy, ream, good to prime t skims, choloe skims, govt skims, common | skims prime ROOA, and Penn Fresh Fresh, fancy 6 ® 16 @& FRUITS AND PERRIES FRESH Ek N win, . .« 250 Russet, 3 200 Grapes, up river, Del Florida oranges, ¥ box Cranberries, Jersey, orate 200 Fowis Jersey, State, Western, #0 kens, local, ¥ Ib Western. 0 Roosters, old, ¥ IB Sadan a Turkeys, ¥ 0 ‘ 13 Ducks --N, J., N. ¥ pair snes BB Western, ¥ palr TTT | Goose, Western, ¥ pair... 100 Pigeons, ¥ pair Ne “w DRESARD POULTRY FRESH KILLED, Tarkeys, #0 ot bt 4 0 & Chickens, Phila, ¥ 2 sess 3 @ Western, 00 .h . Fowis St. and West, I Ducks Fair to fancy, ¥ It Eastern, ¥ Ib cabaaes Spring, L.L,¥W...... Geoso- Western, ¥M.... Bquate Dark ¥ dos. ... ite, P AOS. ..o 0000s 0m VEGETABLES, Potatoes State, ¥ bbl, ... Jersay, prime, ¥ bbl....... Jersey, inferior, ¥ bbl, LL, in bulk, ¥ bbl Cabbage, Florida, ¥ erate Onions Eastern, yellow, bbl, Eastern, red, ¥ bbl, Stats, ¥bbl...o.ooopsseesn Bquash- Marrow, 9 bbl... .. Sweet potatos, Va., ¥ bbl... South Jersey, P bbl. ....... 850 Asparagus, doz. bunches, 150 GRAIN, ETO, Flour City Mill Extras... .... Patents vesssnsnssis 390 Wheat, No, 2 Red ........ ... Ryo—8tals.......o00000004 Barley Tworowed Stats, Corn Ungraded White, .... Onats~No. 2 White. ..... 00.4 Mixed Western. .... coo... Hay Good to Choloe, vu... Straw Long Rye Lard City Bte @ 19% ® fw fa @ fo 44 w @ w © fw @ - ow Ld ow yy @ eI a y ® - ww - 0 a w dasssise we 00 @ 0B . 10.35 @ 10.800 Een RbEna LIVE STOCK, 500 FEABAPAR ERR 4 100 Bs uoiiinn 7% wig EL EE EE EE RL 1046 elk were killed in | | Bum oer | the THE LABOR WORLD, Mas#acuvserin hus 26,760 K. of | Uxcax Bay bas 2,000,000 unemploye Had td Naticaal LOanoX hospitals employ 6000 px Baocoxmaxrus will form n LOWELL (Mass, ) city laborers get sr. Lots ple New York union, 5 to Miave no $250,000 in Ciry bas a Spanish New York stonesoutters rot hours, 24.50 for eight Prrrssunc's new Mayor is a union fron molder, In Germany Sunday work is general among fron workers, Buazis is about to undertake public works that will attract immigrants, Womex clothing workers in Ban Francisco are pald from 85 to #12 a week THERE aro only a few oarpentors outside the pale of the Brotherhood, Tue annual eight hour labor demonstra tions were held throughout Europe, Tur has unions Prussian Government hands AT Naples, Italy, 1000 women cigar work ors struck against making cigars without t baseoo, Ar Cincinnati, Ohio, a bureau « collects wages from the bosses who fall to pay thelr hands, A croak which sells for shops is sewed by women who re cents por cloak for their labor Ar Detroit, Mich,, reduced are allowed workingmen by company betwen 5 90 and Ta nn Railroad will y the W y when f #20 in lve tw rates of fare thi Tux Lake Shore riation give every rid’s Fair the trip is of a servant obliged to cents per f 5 » vi Wal i Provioas a s THE KAISER BEATEN, German Legislators Tire of the Reign of Militariam. Arn y bill w n 4 aprivi went seript was § nation Botho + to P n Eulenborg to f Chanenllor von Caprivi as Pru ar about a year ago, when the owing to the Kaiser's withdraw the Education bill fr a Eu tadar eslgned, attempt a2 compe is wallor Caprivi refusing position to make the two years’ ao permanent, the Emper it became if further delay and pressed for a Hetchstag of the Army bill nooossary for the Kalser to defer present his projected refor: fu iitary commands and of the § Var Offlos having “ano I... MANY COOKED ALIVE. The Boller of a Misslssipp! River Steamer Bursts, worst oatastrophes which has ir years took place Wolf Island, TL, at 745 A rear end of one of the er Ohio, a Cincinnati and ow out, filling the deck i boiling water, Several and deck passengers, break fast at the kod alive, and a large ariously burned, William Hurst Ouis ; Hampton Thomas Woods, second mate, ' river and was inidentified wildest ne tion reigned on & of the pas. appeals « f the terrible one The further, and for sev. vank, while ths vie writhing in agony and t region | Misslssippd River at Hes Dow Cadre ’ the Iw at rors and the 21 n ad "na 1m" FE | th ’ ald pr irs 1 lay on the tin AY ou the deck calling aloud for ald At last the tug Aegus hove In sight, She was halled, and the sufferers, tweonty4wo in were transferred to her deck and she immodiately steamed 10 Cairo. Word had boon telegraphed of the socident, and every physician in town was on the wharf 10 meet her, The suffering of victims was allevistell as much a8 possible, but before they could be re moved from. the boat four of them were dead. The remainder wore transferred to the United States Marine Hospital. Another one died soon after reaching there, and the nm declared that ten of the sixteen in tho hospital would die FATAL FLAMES, An Indiana Village Almost Entirely Destroyed by Fire. The village of North Galveston, Ind., hae been almost totally destroyed by fire, The residence of J, J, Jackson, among others, was consumed, and the entire family, consisting of himself, wife, two sons and & daughter, perished in the Lames. Soveral other per sons wore badly burned, Many families Jost their entire earthly pos sessions, and made their eacape clad only in their night clothes, ‘The village had no fire extidguishing apparatus, and being off the lino of a rallrond, It was limpossivie to secure wid, ———— A sostoor teachers’ famine is causing mueh anxiety among the school directors in Greene County, lows, In fourteen districts jn the county the schools are closed for the winple reason that no teachers can be found 10 open their doors, In several districts shoo) temeb. are’ salaries have boon advanced £5 4 wont and a general advanes is looked lor, erooted | 28,000 dwellings for the Government railway | London | i railroad FERRETS IN NEW YORK. OVER A THOUSAND OF THEM IN USE IN THE CITY, They Drive Away Rats Harmless as Kittens When They Are Not Hun- gry Their Habits, Y ERRETS are becoming popular { a8 pets In many of the big business houses of New York, in the city and po and in houses suburbs, It is not ferocious little animal it is supposed to be when it up smid quiet surroundings and is fed regularly every day. Its fighting qualities, however, when attacked by the big rats that are brought to this port from South America, are shown to great advantage There is no pluckier little fighter in the animal king.'om. It is estimated that over 1000 ferrets are owned or hired Ly the proprietors of big buildings in New York and Brooklyn that have been infested with rats. These animals, which have bes trained carefully to do their work, w answer a call or a whistle the same as a faithful dog, and will not leave a build- ing in which they until taken away. ate little animals and trentmment The ferret's Africa, and some come from Kentucky, but many of the ferrets now in New York have that runs of fe.rote ILE searily the 15 brought n in ill been placed Wffection- Nave The v Are appreciate good 1 orginal home a reed and soy without the gentle as pet eats or child may play with then shightest danger, especially If they have n urs ratting REF t eaten pre eX have been fed anything for a number of |} paratory to sttingouton a pedition, they may i a stranger's fingers pisced near them, but they do not give a poIsol r painful bite, If the teeth ] would let go bottom of « VOry ae Ferrets are time, curately by When thes Sewer rats and ex} which are nsItIve but are faliants ’ tha » Of the } 4 PE i Ti nd to | a pound wm i y weight, and were big enough t bits About 100 against the six ferr kept their ground for at least a dozen rats, but have overpowered if reinforoe ments had not come to their rescue. After the rats were soatters i, the fer. rets suneceeded in driving them from the ship. New York News American Students in France, There are from 1500 to 2000 Amer. joan students in France. Some of these are working to perfeet themselves in the language, some are studying vocsl music, some architecture and a few sculpture, but the majority are working at the easel. The schools and studios of Paris are open to the whole world, and, with a few exceptions, even the prizes of the grand Salon are ae. cosnible to foreign students. The art student may connect himself with a private school, or, if his drawings are satisfactory, he may obtain admission to I'Ecole des Beaux Arts. In the Ju- lian schools a work-room is furnished in which the student can work for a certain number of hours each day, and can have the best of artistic eriticism twice an week for about five dollars a month, «Public Opinion. ——— —— The Pennsylvania Hospital, in Phila delphia, is the oldest hospital in the United States. It was in 1750, showed fight who pluaeckily and killed they wonld ar been | top of the list in healthfulness | is seldom properly cooksd | be | sand and | cold water, and then put in a | saucepan and covered closely, without { The old | beef {| medicinal pr | other half so disguised that the luscious wfter they | v9 the y ng the | mall rab- | HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS, WOOLEN AVRONSE, Woolen aprons sre recommended | either to cooks or other women who are | constantly about a hot stove. The sprons may be from a light weight, loosely woven woolen, and are certainly a wise precaution against those made | necidents from fire that happen every | few days. | ready At the large stores there are made woolen petticoats, the cheapest of which are fifty cents, that may be cut open and used for sprons, | They need only be used for cooking snd ironing, sand the gingham spron used at other times. Washed in water containing a little ammonia, they ure us easily cleansed as aprons of cotton. ~— New York Post EPRINGTIME AREENA of the springtime near the But it It should thoroughly, perfectly freed from dust by many washings, in { close Spinach is one vegetables that should stand one drop of water, over a moderate fire, { In an hour or more it will be perfectly | cooked ; then it should be drained and chopped, and butter and salt added. was to almost from corned nutriment and fashioned drown it in the and thus half pe r{ies way hquor te were lost, and the well have been cabe- { leaves might just as Any other sort ng beets and the “foliage by many; } “oreens.”™ reo! the th i, onsidered fine it we , that aght, uch 11he 7¢ Wag {steak expert . test 18 8 Pres 1d th Libera salt and pepp A tion of finger. it i wler th Te y 3 « steak n a COL ] stove, 3 i i h is above and from « and s half to two inches from it It takes about to wok such ss steak for each side. It should be cooked for the mest has just come off the ice and takes time to get heated through The dripping-psn beneath eatches the juice that used to fall in the coals and burn the stead The twenty minutes ten slowly, is afterward poured over the steak, and its saving is possible only by the gas stove. This manner of cooking steak is being adopted by all of the best restaurants in New York. Besides the charring of steak by coals and dripping grease, the heat cannot be kept uniform under any other sys- tem than gas. Natural gas 1s considered the best. St. Logis Globe-Democrat. jaioce FR, ERCIPES le Strawberry Custard—Make a custard of one pint of milk, the yolks of three egres and four tablespoonfuls of sugar. Set it aside to cool. Beat the whites of the eggs until staff, add to them four tablespoonfuls powdered sugar, and beat again until stiff and white. Put about a pint of strawberries into a glass dish, pour over the custard, heap the whites in spoonfuls over the top, dust with sugar, place in the oven a» moment to brown. Serve ice-cold Strawberry Dumplings — Make a dough as for short cake, roll into a thin sheet and ent with a large round cutter; put three strawberries in the center of each round, fold the dough over #0 that you have a neat dumpling. Stand these dumplings on a buttered plate, place them in a steamer and steam twenty minutes. Serve with a strawberry sauce Meat Turnovers — Stew the dry, tough portions of cold roast beef until tender, letting the water stew nearly all away. Chop fine, and mix with it twice as much hot mashed potato, and te each cup of the mixture add a tablespoonful of green tomato pickle, minced fine, Add salt to taste, and moisten with meat water. Shape into flat, thin cakes, brown in ssusage fat, and tarn when brown on one side. Noodles for Soup Beat three ogg well without separating, add three tablespoonfuls of milk and as much flour as the eggs and milk will mix; roll out as thin as possible, eut into strips and dry half an hour. Boil for twenty minutes in plenty of boiling, mited water, drain dry. Brown deli- oately in a frying pan with one table spoonful of butter, Tripe Lyonnaise—Cut up hall « pound of boiled tripe into neat squares. Mut two ounces of butter and a table spoonful of chopped onion in » frye platter with tomato ssuce, add the con tents of the pan and serve, t— The United States have about 1
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