= —— ————, S———-— CONDITION OF THE CROPS The Statistics as Compiled by the Department of Agricuiture, OFFICIAL FIGURES ABOUT WHEAT. Decided Falling Off in the Condition of Cotton---A the Reduced Acreage in Southern Staple---The Growth of Oats and the Heturns as to Barley, Kye and Rice---Prospects Encuoraging. The the dents of the Agricultural Department make monthly returns of orrespon- the acreage of winter wheat at present grow 06.1 The after allowing for abandonments, ing, per cent. of the area harvested in 18M percentages of wheat if the winter erange the basis indicated prin £1 are as f wx Ohio, diana, 93, Illinois, 115. The for the Kun f ne percentage spring California wheat area entire untry is 99.5 per h 1 {ot being but a slight requ The from last cent, venr's f per ontages spring f the principal are Minnesota, 100, Nebraska, 101: North and South Dakota, 108 each The condition of winter wheat has fallen sdly sinea last report, being 71.1 per cont. agninst 82.9 on Mav 1. The condition renarted June 1, 1894, was 83.2 per cent The condition of spring wheat shows an average for the whole f 97.8 1» The average nercentacn of all acreage is 97.1 and the condition ol same 78.8 per cant The result of the made by the Depart ine o« will As port and 20 per a to erease of « Area acreacs Wisconsin 107 wheat States decide seam cent. apecial 1nvestigat] 720 ecotton-g ant in J nnties shows that in aighty-eight the little or no change in acreage with Inst vear. five re increase of 10 per an increase of from 11 t three an increase of from and three an in ver 30 per 127 a decrease of 10 per cent, and less; 250 a de 11to 2 ent. 158 a de to 30 per cent. #4 a decrease per : 7 a decroase of from 41 cent. and 33 a decrease of ov » sonsolidated be compared an 1 logs cent. two ant. 30 t per oent.,, ont rense of from ¥) per TPREn O m 2 f from 31 to # per ww Be pnt r 50g t 1} 1 | ] sant ret f reg the al division ! he average fort uction of 14.8 given [ PORARO arage nat R83 CLEVELAND'S SUMMER HOME, Mrs. Cleveland's Arrival There to Be Fol- lowed Soon by the President Mrs. Cleveland has taken for in the President's seaside home, Gray Gables, Buzzard's Bay, Mass The President will follow as soon as his of flotal duties permit. A Buzzards Bay dis patch says that the Government lighthouse tender Verbena has just been overhauled and n constructed and refitted in suc? i the #te VIE Ww ' f the President up her residence the summer I "nt . iss O84 iP MRS, CLEVELAND nsolidated road ha a station near the Cleval exlled it Gray Gables, ident's visitors will st main drive to the house point. Mr. Cleveland has shut with a substantial fence ments a board fastened terminus of the eross-co fT his gr new sign orna upon a post at the intry path. It reads unds Trespassing ises is pr r shooting sitively forbidd GROVER n these prem- CLEVELAND The new barn is a little hill near a turn in This is for the President's horses, on the southern sweep of the main drive cows and work The National Game. The Minneapolis all frst Connor, of 8t. Louls, is hitting the ball as Lard as ever Philadelphia, Baltimore and fast going to the front O'Conner has made one error this year on the Cleveland grounds, Meekin's arm is in bad condition, it under electrical treatment, The Washington Club has filled an aching void at short stop by signing Glasscock The silver loving cup offored by the New York Club has been awarded to tno Yale mam, Louisville League for straight. Pitcher Knell has been released by Louls rile and has accepted the terms of the Cleveland Clab. Rusie, of New York, seems to have the worst luck of any first-class pitcher in the League this season. Any team which away from home wing half its games is strong enough to make # fight for the pennant, Manager Sharrott, of Bangor, Me., threw his hip out in & slide last week, and will be laid up for along time. Cleveland needs a rattling good flelding and hitting third baseman to make hers the best infield in the League, The Western teams of the @ are not holding up their end of the stick in the games on grounds, Thompson, of Philadelphia, never causes the umpire any trouble, Sam has never beea fined he started to play ball, players slide feet Boston are He has has tho losing record in the the season so far--fourteeo | War Department | upon isto Vs a suspension bridge | braced Ye rs | side | and Forty-fourth ATTORNEY.CENERAL HARMON. Justice Marian, of the Supreme Court, Ad- ministers the Oath of Office. The naw member of the President's official family, Attorner-General Judson Harmon, has been formally inducted into offlee., He arrived in Washington at 7.80 o'clook a. m., and went at once to the Arlington Hotel, where he will live for the summer, After breakfast the new Attorney-Cieneral walked wwer to the White House to see the President. Judge Harmon was obliged to introduce him- self to Mr. Cleveland, because it bas been five years since they met in 18%), and then it was at a public banquet, ORNEY-GENERAL RARMON, arrived, Presiden we, and after greet. cordially, took a © Was satisfaocto. large in up of big bw & pleasant ais lestine of od al Harm y his build iy nes Harm nt | Ary last tw Mr, Land slactad to succeed Department. NEW YORK BRIDGE PLAN APPROVE | Accepts the Six-Track Span Across North River, Secretary of War Lamont plan is pany's plan, The plan was accompanied by a gn that the company would build the bridge at & cost aot to execed $35.00 1 000, The struc/um which has Arantes been agresd srossing the int between Sixty-eighth and nail } It is to hres inches The two main towers have eight in two d , And resting u six masor sounds n rock. towers are b oot in height ab water. The New York approach consists of one deckspan 575 mg. From the New anchorage eastward the tracks are to eupy a space 100 feet wide on the north { Sixty-eighth street The station in New York City is to apy the blocks between Baventh and Eighth ave. nues and Forty-second and Forty-fourth streets and a portion of the blocks between Eighth and Ninth aveanes and Forty-second v plop 8 | ran . Ont § ve foot | } foot | streets, Experts have given it as their opinion that the bridge can be bullt in five years, It | must be strong enough to carry the heaviest | merchant and | from his home and shot himself in | died soc | Bevilla flats in West Fifty-eighth street, freight train, A DAY OF SUICIDES. A Sovcession of Attempts at Self-Muarder in New York City. of June was marked by a sue. mm of notable suicides and attempts at suicides in New York City, Charles Walton Ogden, the wealthy fron ciub man, wandered away Central Park, supposedly from religious mania, n after he was found, Fairman Warren, of the wallpaper firm of Warren, Fuller & Co,, a victim of melancho- la, shot himself dead at his home in the His ooRal firm is a branch of the Wallpaper Trust. Gretchen Stein, sald to be the most beauti- ful girl in Hartford, Conn, who had lost her position in a drug store because her charms made her the object of too much attention, ended her life by poison, Hannah Mannheimer, a young, refined and beautiful school teacher, cut her throat and wandered away from her home in Harlem. Bhe was disappointed in love, it is sald, aud that unsettiod her mind. Adolph Lohman, a cigar maker, hanged himself to a bedpost at No. 219 East 1024 street after a quarrel with his wife, John Lang shot himself dead at No. 326 West Thirty-sixth street because he was out of work aad was told that he was not wanted at home. ‘South Carolina Wins, The celebrated South Carolina registration case was decided In the United States Clreuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, Va. Ju Gofl's famous intunction is dissolved and the original bill will be dismissed. The de olsion of the Court was announced by Judge Hughes. An outline of the Court's position was given. Judge Hughes submitted a strong individual opinion, and the order re. versing Judge Gofl's decision was entered at once, England's Big Hay Harvest, The hay harvest has begun in England. The weather was warm and clear, The arop ia exceptionally heavy. | Bauash, marrow, | Asparagas, He | woe every State in Dixie being represented, | the sliver-producing States also took part, as | did a number of the Western States and one THE MARKETS, Late Wholesale Prices of Country I'ro. duce Quoted In New York. bl MILK AND CREAM, Heavy receipts the pust week caused a slow and dengeing market, The average price re ceived for the platform surplus at the various milk stations was £1.12 per can of 40 quarts Receipts of the week, fluid milk, gals .e Condensed milk, gals Cream, gals 1,000,28¢ 19.850 78,60% BUTTER, Penn, Frosh, extras 8. Firsts Thirds to seconds, Btate—~Fancy Reconde to Western Im. Creamery Western Dairy Factory, fresh firsts CHERSE, State—Fulleream, white, fancy Full eream, good to prime State Factory—DPart skims, common to prime Part skims, ee Full skims ch ROOM, Penn—Fresh, Fancy Prime to ch Duck egos Rtate & Goose eg BEANE AND Beans—Marrow, 1804, ch Medium, 1804, cholee Pea, 1804, choles Red kidney, 1854, « White kidney Hack turtle Lima, Cal. 1 Green peas, b Cherries, Blackber Potato Souther: Kweet, #1 Cabbage, N. ( Onions—Yellow, Bermuda, ¥ erate i bod Yellow, ¥ arate... . ¥ doz, hunches Fila 1 miwsrs, Dregaad SILVER'S HOSTS ASSEMBLE The Southern and Western States Convens tion at Memphis, Tenn. the eall for the o Colonel ( livered an addr Harris ar it ‘ h ‘ ) Chairman. He made a short sp , explain. ing the object of the vention and the oa It was strictly not and was called for purpose nsider the re hatdlitation of sliver Senator Harris then introduced Senator Turple, of Indiana, as Permanent Chairmar The nomination of E. B. Wade, of Tennessee, for Beeretary, followed The delegations varied greatly in size, the largest coming from Mississippi and Tennes- and the smallest from of far Western or so-called silver States, Twenty-six States and Territories were represented by 2000 delegates in delegations varying from hall a dozen to half a thou. sand. In the main it was a Southern affair, All “partisan ne y ' one 1 a | 5 some the Middle State, Pennsylvania, Senator Stewart, of Nevada, presided at the night session of the convention. Joseph O, Sibley, of Pennsylvania, addressed the convention. Newsy Gleanings, A corner in camphor is reported, China promises a big crop of tea, The Napoleon fad shows signs of fading, South Australia is having a business re. vival, Hot winds are damaging the crops of the Northwest, Mount Vesuvius is in a state of violent eruption again, Rusaia ia to establish a permanent lega. tion at the Vatican, Rome. Commissioners from Mosquito ask Colom. bia to annex the reservation. The passenger rates from Chicago to St, Louis have ng reduced to #4. ag The Germans are having a lively time zup- pressing the Cameroon uprising. The Salvation Army officers of Chatta- nooga, Tenn. , all ride the biayele, | enormous | every year. | morning. | mixers is one of i process, PWENTY MILLION LOAVES. | THE TEARLY OUTPUT OF A GREAT BROOKLYN BAKERY, Two Thousand Barrels of Flour Con. sumed Every Week -How Ma chinery is Used r in the world is located in Bel- fast, Ireland, while the next | G most extensive plant is lo- eated in Brooklyn, N. Y. What is meant by the term “soft” bread bak- ery is that nothing but bread is baked on the premises, Crackers, sea bis- cuits, pies, cakes and the almost end. less variety of products of the average bakeshops are not made in this estab- | lishment. HE largest soft bread bakery | dusting iv the process of casting. | Paste makers are also ready purchas. | ers of this refuse, and no inconsider- able portion is disposed of to farners { who feed it to their hogs. It is in the bread that the company takes back from its customers that a frightful land unnecessary waste occurs. Des pite the established ‘truth that stale bread is most healthful and nutri tious, notwithstanding the opinion of the best medical authorities and the results of scientific demonstration that bread should not be eaten upnti! it be comes dry, the American people de mand that it be fresh and will have none other, and so this bread is sold to Italians at about one-fifth of its actual cost. - eee — WISE WORDS, Some idea of the magnitude of this | business, says the Brooklyn Eagle, can be had from the statement that from its forty ovens the product 2000 barrels of flour is distributed of | ench week in this city, New York and | the vicinity. This is at the rate of 104,000 barrels per annum, and signi- fies the baking of 56,000 of bread per day, 392,000 per week, 1,736,000 the total loaves loaves loaves per month and of 20,440,000 The employes of this establishment, with the exception of a few who kneed | and bake the rye bread output, are in- | cluded I | workers, who | citizen is i ‘ night Ave rag: the great of toil while the resting from the labors of the day. To partially enpply the million of peo; le who do not maki in ATIDY | their own bread, but who depend on { the baker for the { three hundred people are employe | the various departments. staff of makes ia the the men who workmen o'clock The first relay of ts at 3 1 he Be Are Appearance set the sponge for the following nigl At 5.30 the men who work « on rye bread come luty and remain until six in the afternoon constitute the enti on ia who make when the again put in barrels, wh settle and cool nut proper cot the mixin The sj the Ges Pp WOH calities uvenien { he work Its transfer to and from the the most interesting of the entire bread making Every thrifty bousewile the consistency of bread sponge, but ean, with difficalty, real ize that it requires the services ol sev- eral stalwart me cart to g carry the ir ino 10 benches, details LOWS » i 1 , Ii ALA A IRF DaKing the various ik, water and Ard ly adds i, the moments, ! flour, Again wou wife be astoni the exactly and NARS 18 all J 0 £1} i for a few w! which Ej Onge No scoop, would answer the requirements o gigantic sponge. Strong men pi an open barrel and toss the entire i ter € tents into the mixer. Barrel a rel follows in quick successio nearly 1200 pounds have distributed. The m started and thus begins the first ste p in the kneading process. As the cylinder slowly revolves, the kneading being assisted by iron arms which revolve inside the chamber in opposite direc tions. So that the mixing may be more thoroughly and quickly done, the head baker stands by to stop the machine. As soon as dough reached a consistency in which it can Le taken out in great masses of from eighty to 100 pounds, it is again leaded into the cart and taken back to the troughs to raise, A very interesting feature the actual kneading of the various shaped loaves, their transfer to the ovens in a raw state, and their exit therefrom, brown, plump and giving out a pun gent and pleasant aroma. When the dough bas “‘raised” suf ficiently the busy time in bread mak- ing is at hand. At each work bench fs stationed a man who weighs the dough which makes up each loaf. The scales are unerring and the loaves consequently never vary in size, Each kind of bread has a separate scale, and a eeparate crowd of bakers, who have become so proficient that where eight or ten are working at one bench it is impossible to distinguish one loaf from another, either before or after leaving the oven. The dough having reached oven proof the hand kneading and rolling process begins, Practiced hands beat it and rollit, playing what may be likened unto a drum chorus, as they rapidly prepare it for the oven. Much of the bread is baked in pans, yet there are several of the popular shaped and higher priced varieties which are baked on the oven bottom, There is practically no waste in the manufacture of bread. The sweepings which accumulate on the store house floor and ‘n the bakeshop are sold to iron molders, who utilize them in been thus whine 1s hie has is Poets to their wives. write few poems Children need muscle than | money. more Beauty may palliatc can't pay house rent. poverty, Women may change their n, but not their hearts. A sermon should as short WAY 18 narrow it preach 8 of Women are but not mgh to preserve secrets iu RL sweet, sweet en It is easier for a man to be just be- fore he is generous, If A Nn know than a woman n buys on eredit, he does not when he 1s iving within his IMeAnS Matrim 34 A plaything 18s wrong After a man Las H times, it is regarded = l duty rity Never ut terrupt a sompliaints on fire Many a man is well-to-do simply because he is too well 10 be done by the enterprising projecior 51 specious projects, - I —— oo Penalties of Ignorance, ar § realize th 1 has not been y any murderous un recesses of the cellar, or larder, or in badly closed tins, it finds to the food with all the an invisible bedience to and dim WI WAY agent, acting a natural law CASES leg of pork y were well on the following day On that Monday or two members of the family ate the cold pork for dinner again, and were attacked with illness from seven to nineteen hours later. Now, in the of the same day, two other persons partook of the pork and de- veloped symptoms of poisoning after an interval of only four hours. The poison at the end of the day had be- more as the day wore, consequently the supper proved fatal, and those two persous died. The his- tory of the pig was traced and it was proved that the animal was healthy, and that no else had suffered from eating the other parts of the same pig. On the other hand, the cellar where the cold pork was kept was found to be unfit for the healthy preservation of meat, and it was ob- served that milk went quickly sour aud wou'd not keep in the cellar, — Niaeteenth Century. one eveniug come 10 te nse one ——————— A Floral Detective of Long Ago, In early times the Duateh farmers of the up-river farms of New York had an ingenious way of recovering pock- et-knives that might have been dropped or misiaid while plowing or { gardening was going on, Cutlery | was not as cheap theu and abundant as in these days; so tha farmers took the thrifty precaution of keeping two or three sunflower secds in their knife handles. Then if the knives fell | upon broken ground aad could not be readily found, the owners would wait until the seeds sprouted, and an iso- | lated sunflower stalk or blossom in field or patch would sigualize the pos- | #ibility of a missing article's being at lite root. Troe, the owner did notalways realize the result of the schome, be- cause a passing hoy who understood the token often *‘got there” before the planter, — New York Tribuze. + back, and then | | dose THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. The Embarrassing Moment Hardly True — A Passive [Instrument Scenes of Warfare, Ete, Ete 1d te There are times when man we one, Far from the maddening crow Where he his privacy And think his thoughts ot One of thess times, withou Is when he first bestrides A bike, and neighbors all coms To see how well he ca/n wn rides A F ARK Father cat's tail.” Tommy —*‘I'm only holding the tail, IVE INSTRUMENT “Tommy, stop pulling that | the cat's pulling it." — Life. HAKDLY TRUE Father— ‘My son, no man ever ae complished mr tal ked at work Son—‘““How a! — Detroit Free Pres ich whe his Mrs Fadsby, new Progress she Woman Pr HTeRs what shall we do? ying down the stairs!’ He-—*“1 will sleeves and he will ENES OF WARFARE the ids of England? “Oh, Hastings, and “What are mous battie-fle (snide " i. ashamed t« ¢ No KICK ELOPEMENRT He — “What will your parents do?” She “They will wait until we come give us their bless- ing He—'"T'm =a won't.” She- Little they have both mised.” - Weekly. will They New York conductor for another passenger “Move up there, gent,” But the dude object viated term applied to *““Isay, I'm no ‘gent, “Move up a lit \ the conductor, promptly He moved. —Chieag yop OXE WHO DIDN'T ENOWw First Friend — “Hello, that's a bad cold you have. Soak your feet in boiling water and drink a pint of Jinks, hot vinegar and molasses cure.” Second Friend (a few moments later) “By Jove, Jinks, you ought to something for that cold of quinine, sur It's a sure do Take a big thing every time." . Third Friend (ten minutes later) — “I say Jinks, there's no use coughing yourself into the grave like that. Get | mn bottle of Jane's Hopetorant —stop it | quicker’'n a wink.” Fourth Friend—*‘Got a sold, ad | haven't you?" Jinks (after waiting some time “Well, do you know a sure cure?’ Fourth Friend (hoarsely)- ‘No, Got a bad cold myself.” —New York Weekly. A LIMITED A member of in one of oar STOCK. the bar was recently thriving provineial towns on business. In the hotel he was accosted by a very agreeable gentleman, who finally wanted to know ‘““where he was from.” The legal gentleman, not exactly relishing the stranger's familiarity, answered shortly, “From London.” “For what house are you travel ing?" “For my own." “You are! May 1 ask your name" “You may." Pause, enjoyable to the lawyer, em barrassing to the otter, “Well,” desperately, “what is your name?" “Dobson. “What line are you in?" “1 don't understand you, sir." “What are you selling?" impati- ently. “Brains!” coolly. The mercantile traveler, looking at the Nag: from head to foot, said slowly, “Well, you a to a very small lot of samples. "—Tit-Bits,
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