THE SONG OF THE fl! Ho! J Whistle and blow: Cinder and smoke from my funnel I throw, ln)f, done, tfwins nlon, .... Itaping tid rocking and roaring a song. Fhriek. hoarse. Mad with my force; Drunken with spree! m I rush on my coure. Tif, blind. Swifter than wind; Shaking the earth aa I fling it behind, Stand! Stare! Killy and mare. Nostrils dilated and muffing the air. Plunge, bolt! Clipper and colt; Her ia a atced that alinll mock Your re , volt. Wide, hurh! Cleaving- flie sky, drumming the bridge iiilo thunder, I fly. Clanl trah! Onward I dash; Haw the wrought girdcra ring, hammer and clash. , Strong, i'ow, Upward I no, Karaping the rock to the death smitten snow. Strain, fight, Crip the rail tight; Now the grim giant shall show you kis might. jH7 (MM PCDILIL'u7 IT certainly was nn odd thing to lo, 11 ml the Ponsonbys were- not a little surprised when Helen Waters gave them a bright greon parrot for u wedding present. They did not consider it either ornamental or useful nml not In the least essential to their newly married happiness. "It seems to be a sort of a Joke," said Alice Ponsonby to her husband. "I can't think what she meant by lt. "Oli, I Hlmply didn't want to dupli cate any of your other presents," ex plained Helen when she heard of the Ponsonbys' perplexity, "aud I didn't think anybody else would give you a parrot. And besides It will be some thing for you to talk to, Alice, and to keep you company way down In that lonesome Woodlawn flat when Tom is In towD at work all day." And bo "pretty Polly" in a finely pol ished brass cage found a place in tbe parlor of the Ponsonbys' dwelling plnre, where he could look down in the street nnd scold and fret, parrot fashion, at whatever went on to Incur Its dlspleusure. The care of the pet was a new thing to Alice, nnd Polly was allowed to go hungry more than nee In his early days in the new abode. But Alice soon became ac customed to the new care, and almost before File knew it she had developed a decided fondness for the bird. In her spare moments of play with it 6lie tried to tench It to .say a few things in nddltion to the "Polly wants a cracker," nnd the other stuff that all parrots seem to know as soon as they have first cracked their shells. And in the course of time the thing began to like Alice nlso, and to slide aloug its perch nnd appear pleased whenever she came into the room. Hut somehow It didn't seem to like Tom Ponsonby, and always sputtered "BREAK and scoldod. whenever ho came near. "Queer brute, ain't It?" Tom would aay to his wife. Then he would tease It by poking his linger Into the cage and pretending to abuse bis wife, which the parrot very toon learned to resent. The bird was jealous, In fact, and It soon came about that whenever Tom Ponsonby gave li la wife a fare well kiss la the morning or took ber into his arms when she welcomed him home In the evening, "pretty Polly" would put in an or, so to speak, and sputter out Da angry displeasure. "Break away, break nway," It learned to say on such occasions, aud seldom failed. Tom thought it was clever of "the beast," and It not infre quently happened that bo embraced WOULD TKABK IT, kin wire tuote for the sake of hearing the parrot sputter than to demonstrate bin real affection. . In tblfc way the pnrrot became an important member of the household, ana It was really a pleumire for Alice iPousouby to report tunt her pet was "getting alon? Jut fiuo"whou she met 3It.leu Wateis at tea tlmo one Sunday evening at the senior .Ponsonbys. "Really, I wlun you could see It now bud hear it talk," said Alice. "Won't you come over to die tier next Sunday and we'll bring you hums In the after." noon." . Helta V.'uteii rild awe thej next t "i All a LOCOMOTIVE. Chill, steep, Panting I creep, 8kirting the precipice, daring the deep. Hold, steel! Hlowly, I whcol; Look ye not down lest your senses may ' reel. Hhriek, hark! Shrill through the dark, iJlack is the tunnel with never a spark. (Meca. lean Xnthingnena drear, Oh, hut the end here! might come suddenly Keen! Bright! Hwift to the li(rhtr KJ... Day flashes radiant, mocking the night. High, steep, Vlunging. I leap; Down to the valleys, exultant, I sweep. Ho! Ho! Whistle and blow; Pulling the lever and letting her go. Swing, heel, Tnward I l;el, Flying the curves aa I bend and I wheel. Maze, burn, Smoking I turn; Koaring in triumph, the mountain I spurn. Shriek! Hcream! Downward in steam, Earthquake and thunder and gone like a dream. Bertrand Shadwell, in the Chicago Post. M A EQBDul life Sunday, but not to dinner, according to the original plan. "I'll drop in during the afternoon," she wrote in a noie. changing the time, "nnd If you don't mind, I'll bring my friend, Mr. Stevens, who has asked to call on that day. He Is a pleasant fellow and I should like you to know blm." Mips Waters and her escort saun- tercd Into the Ponsonbys' flat about 5 o'clock that Sunday afternoon, nnd their first thought, after a few words nbout the parrot and nn exchange of compliments between the young ladles concerning their clothes, seemed to be to get away again. "But you mustn't be going way over to the North Side nt this time of day until you have had supper," nald Alice. "I'm sure you must be hungry, and you've been here such a short time. Tom and I can have the sup per things ready in a jiffy if you'll only stay." AWAY." "It would be a pleasure for no t stay." replied Helen, "if Mr. Stevens doesn't mind." Mr. Stevens didn't ciind, of course, aud tho Ponsonbys bustled buck to the kitchen to Ux up a Welsh rarebit and the accompanying ludigvstibles, leav ing their guests to talk to the parrot nnd look over tho books la tho frout room. They had beea gone but a moment when they were startled by tho most excited sputterlugs nnd squawkiugs that came back througu tbe open door ways. "Hre.ak away! Dreok nway! Lcggo, there I Break awuyl" The parrot was In n fury of crclte uicDt nnd was strutt.'ng around bis cage at a great rate when Alice dashed In from the kitchen. She found Helen Waters standing far back In a corner blushing to the rcofs of her hair whlie Mr. Stevens, very much flushed nnd flustered, stood close by awkwardly trying to cntanglo hia ci'.ff button from the laca at tao back of the young lady's neck. "Why. what's the Matter wlJ tho parrot?" demanded Alice, her c.es starting with wonder. "Wiiat'o all the racket about?" "I don't know, Alice, J'n sure," stammered Helen, becoming laoi'o con fused every moment "He's fright ened me nearly to death with his screeching. I don't knew what rtartlad him, I'm sure, ouly only when you nnd Tom went out of tin room Joe I mean Mr. Stevens got foolluh and put his arm around me and kissed me. But Alice, Alice, it's all right, Alice, dear, for we're engaged and have been for a month, only wo didn't want any body to know just yet, because wo cun't be married for a year, and Alice, dear, you must promlso me not to say anything about it till I toll you." "Soy anything," ejaculated Alice. "Of courts, I shan't say auythlr.g ex cept bless you both, my children,. Ar.d yon'ra n mlL'htj lucky fellow, Mr. Slovens, Isn't fee, lua?' "I know I'm lucky," rwnonled Stev en, Bulling proudly at tlayoutg lady "WON'T TOn 0OHI OVBR TO DINNER ?" to whom lie had Just been linked by the cuff button "lint that parrot scared me out of n year's growth all right nnd gave nway a closely guarded secret." "Yes." put in. Helen. "I hat miserable parrot! ' I'd like to " "He isn't a miserable parrot," Inter rupted Alice. "He's Just lovely, nnd when you're married I'll let you bor row him sometimes Sunday afternoons when your girl friends bring their young admirers around to call on you." K- M., In tbc'Chlcngo Record-Herald. ' The Iron Maa's Story. Do you remember the span over the South Channel nt Cornwall, Ontario, In I can toll you exactly the time It was almost noon, on the Oth of September, on a Tuesday when the pier gave way. There were sixteen men killed In that. The bridge was almost finished, and was ready to turn over to the rallrond people In a week or two. It had three camclbnck spans, and its piers were supposed to be on blue hard pan. A cofferdam had been built over one of these and filled up with concrete nnd cemeut. Big, solid blocks of stone had been put upon that. We had been given the foundations for it all right, and we'd put our Iron work on that. There was a big trav eler up, and when the pier gavo nud two spuus crumbled with a crock the traveler, of course, came down. One man on It never tried to jump, and rode tho traveler as it fell, banging on to a cord (of stool). He was never hurt. That particular steel bar hap pened to slop ten feet awny from the wutcr, and he simply climbed off. "Once," said Billy, returning to his reminiscences, "a man I knew, who was working on tho ridge of nil Iron housa roof, lost his hold aud com menced to slide down the corrugated Iron. It was n slide of about twenty five feet to the edge, and then caine a drop of fifty feet, as he knew, on some heaps of scrap-iron. Down he went, and just nt the edge n rivet caught his corduroys and held him there." Les lie's Monthly. What Are the Hounds of Creation T v It may occur to some persons that we cannot conceive of an end of space, and it Is hardly likely that Infinite space would exist without matter; and hence that tbe universe necessarily Is Infinite, says T. J. J. See In the Atlan tic. This argument proceeds upon the supposition that we can conceive all things which exist an admission hard ly warranted by experience. For as we can conceive of many things which do not exist, so also there may exist many thing3 of which we con have no clear conception; as, for example, a fourth dimension to space, or a boundary to the universe. Thus while our senses conceive space to be endless, it does not follow that the unlverso is in reality of infinite extent; much less can tho absence of on empyrean prove that the cosmos Is finite, even to our experience; for this effect may be duo to dust In space, cr the uniform absorption of light by the ether. In the exploration of the nl dereal heavens it is found that tho more powerful the telescope the more stars are disclosed, and hence the prac tical indications are that in most di rections the sidereal system extends on Indefinitely. But the possible uni form extinction of light due to the Imperfect elasticity of the lumlnlfer ous ethOr, nnd the undoubted absorp tion of light by dark bodies widely dif fused In space, seem to forever pre ( hide a definite answer to the question of the bounds of creation. . -'"-V Khalifa Co I u oil Ilia Own Money. Henry S. Wellcome, who has recent ly returned from a seven months' ex ploration In Africa, tells nn Interest ing story of the financial policy of tho Kiuillfa of the Sudnu, who whs the successor of El Mnhdl In command of the wild tribes iu that part of Africa. It carries a moral of Interest to tbe United States and other civilized na tlops. This khalifa, finding bis peo ple hi need of a currency, coined dol lars of copper, taking the muterlal from the sheeting of boats that lmd been wrecked on the Nile. It was the unlimited coinage of an Irredeemable! dollar, and the khalifa issued a decree that the right hand of any one who re fused to recognize it as legal tender should bo cut off. On ouo side the coin bore bis bust, on the other side a pair of crossed lancss, and tho design was not lanrtlsiic. Mr. Wellcome ob tained tho (II 03 and brought them with blm to London. For several years the khalifa sup ported himself and his Government by t!io issue cf this copper money, pay'ug all salaries and for all supplies with it. After two or threo people had had their bauds cut of! for refusing to ac cept It in payment, it became tha cur rency cf the Sudan. When the Eng lish overthrew li Ira its value vanished and tho coins aro U3W worthless ex cept as curiosities. Chicago necord Ilcrald. . nint to People With "Places." It la now quKo the fashion for peo ple who llvo in tlie country, says the Loudon Mall, to put on their notcpaper tho nearest railway otutlon, telegraph cfJcc and postal town. It often hap pens that thece are coveral railcs from tho address on tho notepapcr. Lord Salisbury has fallen In with tMs latest Cevlce in a very novel nnd amusing way. At first sight the Hat field notcpaper looks like a picture puzzle, but If the little pictures are carefully examined It dawns upon the recipients of letters from tho Prims Minister that tho railway engine, tha telegraph polo and wires Intimate that tclcgramo should be sent to Hatfield, and that tho latter placo la also tho nearest railway statlcn to tha Pre mier's house. American aloaey In Enclaml. 'Another sign of the American con quest. A fruiterer in tbe West Knd Is marking his goods in United States coinage strawberries, for Instance, at sixteen cents a basket . This Is a trifle superfluous, for most American who conio over hero know perfectly .vell tha valr.o of English money, and of Hngllsh goods too. Yet, after all, the fruiterer Is perhaps only foreshadow ing tho luevltublc. We nro having a new coinage, and wo might ns well accept the situation call our sover eigns fire-dollar pieces, our shillings "quarters," our slxpeuces "dimes" and our halfpennies "cents." London CUronklu. ... . . 31 FARM AND GARDEN, a y war Keeping Fleah oa tha Stork. It costs just as much to regain the value of any animal or plant as to produce such. A pound of flesh lost must first be regained before the next pound can be produced. In the mean time there is loss of labor and time. When weeds prevent the growth of plnnts thero is waste of time In remov ing the weeds, which could have been destroyed when they were young. It Is not only (he loss of the articles which diminish the profit, but the waste of valuable time cannot bo re covered, which keeps the farmer at a disadvantage. Destroying Potato Beatles. Totato beetles are easily destroyed by the use of parts green, and they also have many natural enemies. It is surprising, therefore, how they come every year In such large num bers, which may be duo to the delays In destroying them. If a few beetles appear no consideration Is given the fact, and they are thus allowed some opportunity to multiply. Every beetle destroyed early in the season or as soon as it puts in an appearance will reduce the work necessary In destroy ing many of them that might appear but for systematic effort with the beetles that appear early. Nmniner Crops and Drought. Some of the summer crops are in jured by drought every year, but late l:i the summer rains sometimes com regularly; that Is, nt Intervals which Co not. permit of excessive dryness. Such plants ns sweet potatoes and melons tun endure longer periods of dry weather than some others, but much depends on the work of the grower. No weeds must bo allowed to grow nenr plants In the rows, as more moisture Is taken from the soil by weeds than by some crops. Cab bage plunts should bo worked often, as they thrive all the better by fre quent cultivation, aud It should be the rule to- kill every white butterfly, as they are the parents of tho cabbage worms. Much of tho Injury from droughts could be reduced If the farm er would keep the surface soli always loose. v'l'-' A Movable Trough. A handy trough for watering or feeding cattle In the barn Is illus trated herewith. Hiram Worthley got Is up. It may be of any desired dl- A nANDT THOUGH. mensions, but is usuully ubout four feet long nnd one and a half feet wide. If built slanting, stock can eat up clean any feed in it, or the trough can be readily cleaned. It Is very handy for watering cattle in winter, as the trough full of water can be lolled down In front of the cattle nud from one to another as soon as they aro through drinking. Where running water Is handy, it can bo let Into this tub and quickly rolled In front of the cattle. With wheels made of hard wood this device will last for years, nnd can also be used for a variety of other purposes about tho barn. It Is ouo of those handy contrivances that save labor and add to the pleasure and profit of farming. Orange Judd Farmer. Salting Poultry. There is an impression abroad that salt Is a deadly poison to poultry, which Is true only under certain cir cumstances. It is not generally known that poultry could ho salted as regu larly as any other stock, and when this Is attended to there is no danger that fowls will eat enough salt to kill them. Salt Is absolutely necessary to con timed health, und where It is with held the craving for it becomes so great that when It can be got at an overdose Is taken, nnd after that all that remains to be done Is to bury the corpse after the inevitable has hap pened, for death is certain. In salting poultry tho clean salt should not be used as, If this were done, somo of the fowls would get nn overdose, through tho natural greedi ness of fowls. The salt, should be given iu somo kind of mash; It does not matter much what this is com posed of. Cornmcal, wheat, bran or any other kind of ground feed, wet up wjtii water or milk mid salted a little more than the same amount of foou for human consumption would be should bo fed at least twice a week. The reason fowls eat to excess when they begin to crave salt aud have an opportunity to get at It is because they have no moans of kuowiug when they have enough except through inability to swallow any more. They simply oat uutll their crops are full before thoy quit. A man eats as long as food tastes good to hlai because the food goes to the stomach direct, and as soon as he has had enough his food does not tusto good nnd he quits. A fowl find something that tastes good and 'eats as long as the supply lasts or un til the crop la filled to the limit. It has been recorded of men long deprived of salt that when they could set It they ato until they were made sick, uud It Is tho same with fowls, only dealh follows an overdose. A flock of fowls that Is regularly salted will not eat very much clear salt, as they do not feci a demand for it, and do not oat It greedily. Oneo fowls havo taken an overdose of salt there is no help for them, and naturally young; poultry la much more susceptible to Its action than older ones. Farm, Field aud Fireside. . Modern Hay Fork. Many fall to make use of thnt great tabor-saver, tho hay fork, because, baius nro not properly arranged to ac coiuniodftto the usual hay-fork rig ging. Many old barns liavo their tim bers framed in a way to cause some difficulty In this respect. Ktlll tharc are nmni brims now wlthnut ti.u in)ip umi -n un a little planning might I muU uho of the fork. Our eut shows j a pmu tor using uu extemporised ric - hU - - King between "bents" having crosswlss timbers. A pulley is located above th mow to be filled. The rope from It, a, has the fork at Its end. The bay Is lifted straight up from the load be cause held by the rope and pulley (hi, operated by the man on the load. When the forkful will clear tho edgs A I-A80B SAT1NO HAT FORK. of the mow, rope b Is slacked as re quired, either to drop the forkful at the front, the middle or the rear of the mow. Tbe rope a, after passing over the pulley above the mow. Is car ried down as directly as possible to the horse, which draws It out The direction may, of course, have to be changed by a pulley In the barn be low. The cut Is given as a suggestion, to be modldcd as circumstances de mand. Farm and Home. Patchwork Farming. A good deul of modern farming might be called patchwork farming, because In the attempt to raise about everything there can be used or needed on tbe farm little thought Is given to making a special study of any single crop or crops. It Is nil right to have a kitchen garden, where all tho vege tables needed for the table can Imj raised; a small orchard, where sum mer nnd winter fruits can be raised to fill the cellar with delicious pro ducts of tree aud vine for family con sumption, and probably a special field where the small grains and root crops can be cultivated to supply tho flock of chickens with food, tbe few pigs and dairy cows with what they need; but if all these crops exhaust tho re sources of the farm and far.ner tho greatest mistake In tbe world Is made. Not a single crop is then raised to yield an income. It Is patchwork farming, carried on to moko a little of everything contribute toward furnsh lug the family with needed food. Can one wonder that sooner or later thero will come a demand for clothes or other needful articles that cannot bo raised on the farm, and no money to purchase them with. Thti'e nrc many such farmers to day. They never had any money; they exist simply by raising all the food they actually require. There Is nothlug to sell, except possibly a few eggs or a pound of butter occasion ally. The returns for these hardly prove sufficient to buy tobacco, matches and darning cotton. Such farming Is a relic of the past when there was no specialization In busi ness, nud when every man had to be his own carpenter, tailor, bootmaker and merchant We have outgrown such primitive methods In every line of work, and the farmer who clings to It must bo Inevitably left In the wake. Now, specialization In farming does not mean giving up all the time and attention to one crop, but It does mean finding out what particular crops tho farm is best adapted to raising, nnd then making sueb a special study of It as to be able to raise It In perfection. Ouo may have a rotation of two or three crops which he needs to study particularly. These crops are the Income-makers. On them the farmer depends for his cash returns. Ho does' not raise them to eat himself, or to ex change for other goods. Ho raises them to sell for money, and then uses this as he wishes to purchase necessi ties or luxuries. With the nttention given to the special crops the farmer stands In a fair way to keep abreast of tho times, nnd If he has any time and land left he can devote them to the cultivation of a variety of smaller crops for home use. But if both can not be raised It is better to become a thorough specialist and devote all the attention to one vrop. A. C. Lalght, in American Cultivator. " Churning- Ttmpcratnres. Churning consists In bringing tho fat globules of milk and cream together under such conditions that they will adhere and form butter. When the temperature is too high tho fat has little consistency, and small particles of butter formed are to easily torn up again that separation is not efficient Under such conditions, also, the but ter is soft and of poor quality. If the temperature should be above the melting point of tho fat it will be Impossible to obtain butter by any amount of churning. On the other hand, when tho temperature is too low the fat globules are hard and do sot rondlly adhere to each other, and un der this condition, also, churning ii difficult Tbe most favorable temperature will depend upon the melting point or con sistency of the fat and as this Is sub ject to considerable variation It is Im possible to fix temperature which will give tho best results under all condi tions, Tbe consistency of the fat In milk is affected by tbe breed of cow, by tho feed which she receives and by tho period of lactation. As a rnle, cream from Holsteln or Southern cows should be churned at a lower temperature than that from Jersey cows. When succulent feed is given the tempera ture should nways be lower than when dry feed la given. As the pe riod of lactation advances the fat be comes harder and the tempcraturo of churning should be raised, Tho amount of fat In cream Is an other factor which affects the temper, ature of churning, it fooiug practicable to churn rich cream at a lower tem perature than poor cream. Generally a low temperature gives a firmer and better quality of butter, and a good rule to follow Is to churn at as low a temperature as possible and hava tho churning completed In from- thirty to fifty minutes. This temperature may vary, jwdor different conditions, from forty degrees Fahrenheit to over sixty degrees Fahrenheit, and should be de termined for tho cream which lie han-dlcs.-l)r. a M. Babcock, of tho Wis consin Agricultural College. For Batter State Hlchways. NE of the marked exhibits of machinery at the Pan-American Exhibition this summer constitutes a collection of the Intent nnd most Improved road building aud road-repalrlng machines. It is intended to make this exhibit of permanent benefit to the country by ihowing In detail to visitors what can be accomplished In improving our pub lic highways, and incidentally the na tional conference upon road Improve ment that will be held In Buffalo late in tbe summer will tend to emphasize this point. In many rural parts of the country little is known of modern rond-machlnes, and It Is to convince highway superintendents and resi dents of the rural districts of the econ omy In rood building and repairing when the latest labor-saving machines are used. As delegates from all the different States will meet in Buffalo at the good roads conference. It Is ex pected that a new Impetus to road bullding will thus be given to all parts of I ho country. In connection with this It Is Inter esting to note some of the changes and plans for road Improvement that havo been made by tho State of New York for the coming year. It is estimated from official figures that contracts will be given out this year for road im provements In the State Involving nn expenditure of nearly a million dol lars. Tho State has appropriated 1430,000 for road Improvements for the current year, and about a similar sum will be expended by the different coun ties. This State appropriation Is In strong contrast with past sums voted for rood improvements, and is more than twice tbe amount ever turned over by the Legislature for such pur poses. In 1800 the sum appropriated for State highways amounted In round numbers to $150,000, and in tbe two preceding years $50,000 each, mak Ing tho current appropriations much larger than for the three previous years. The expenditure for the current year Is no Indication of extravagance, but rather a conservative and sensible out lay of funds at a time wben rond Im provements have reached whnt might be called an economical period of evo lution. Because of tbe Invention of new road machinery It Is possible to construct public country highways to day at a cost of one-third and one-half the expense required five years ago. It Is to demonstrate the success of this that the road machinery exhibit has been made nt tho Pan-American. When good highways are once made to-day according to careful engineer ing plans, the modern road-repairing Implements enable tho counties and towns to keep them in excellent con dition at a very little annual outlay of funds. "H ! As an Illustration of the reduction In the cost of road-bullding through better engineering methods and the employment of new road implements, it is" estimated by the State Engineer' office that the new road extendlnj from Newburg to Woodbury In Orange County, New York, can be constructed at a cost of about $2000 per mile the whole distance of eleven miles. This road Is a broad macadam running through some very billy and rough parts of the county. Similar roads a few years ago cost upwards of $5000 and $7000 per mfle. This reduction in tbe cost is not entirely due to Improved road machines, although they form the most Important factor In the question. The engineers have developed better and more economical plans for build lug and Improving roads, and the price of trap-rock for finishing off the surface has been reduced Jn cost There has been a more general de mand for crushed stone since the mod ern road-Improvement crusade was started, and this has caused tho con struction of many new quarry fac tories, and the invention of new ma chines for crushing and supplying the stone. It Is estimated that the differ ence In the cost of trap-rock to-day saves the engineers nearly a thousand dollars a mile in road construction. ' The New York State Engineor is busily employed in considering furth er reduction In tbe cost of trap-rock for State road building purposes, and be has suggested the advisability of the State purchasing a trap-rock quar ry, and putting the convicts at Sing Sing to work In them preparing the stone for public highways. Uurper's .Weekly. Go Hand In Hand. AU experience with horseless car riages and vehicles of every sort shows more and more clearly that the suc cess of the automobile is inseparably connected with tho improvement of country roads and city streets. Where the highways are always In good con dition nothing prevents the "auto" from doing what is desired. It goes anywhere and does anything within reason. But where or when the roads are soft tbe horseless carrlago is a practical fallnre. This brood fact means much for tbe Improvement of the highways of the United States. It will give new torce to the agitation for good roads which has been gaining ground of late. Cleveland Leader. " Impnn Country and Town. One of the essentials In this life Is a good road from tbe farm to tbe mar ket. The product of the farm can be marketed at a lowet cost. This means that you can buy more for your mon ey. It saves your live stock. Tho farmer need not send up the country for so many horses and mules. One horse can draw more on a good road than two can on a bad road. Good roads and street sprinkling Improve the county and town. Bettar Ruada Aro Naadad. 'American roads must Improve great ly before this country can hope to match French feats with horseless ve hicle. Some day we shall have high ways such us nre enjoyed In France. Then there will tie grout race records for automobiles on thin tslde of Urn AtlnullC ClevelauJ Leader. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. OcatMi Traee Cesallless. , New York (SpciaJ). R. G. DuV weekly review oV trnde says: Nasal lines of woolen goods (or delivery after October I opened at moderate reaiucn tions from last year's prices, as general ly expected by the trade. Supplies of heavy-weight good have been reduced to a satisfactory point and the situa tion in all branches of the industry ia such as to engender confidence. Cot ton goods are dull, neither buyers nor tellers exhibiting any eagerness to make propositions. Mills are not fully employed either North or South. Sbe shops are producing at full capacity, with orders arriving steadily. Variations in the corn market indi cated manipulation by stock market in terests. Reports of damage to rrops were undoubtedly exaggerated. Higfe prices prevailed throughout the week however, and a.iqqjl bushels of old corn were taken out of cribs and mar keted at big profits. Foreign buyinr is insignificant, Atlantic exports for she week amounting to only. 1.04,361 bu.4i els against 3,og9,837a year :iO, WJen quotations were about IS cents lower. Wheat prices are more rational and the movement is heavy. Receipts for the week were 6,898,5.28 bushels, against 5.046,997 last year, and Atlantic exports 4.73,309 bushels, against 1,604,935 a year ago. Failures for the week numbered 198 In the United States, against 231 last year, and 28 in Canada, gainst 38 last year. Bradstreet's financial review says: Money was easy all week and the fa orable bank statement of Saturday al lays apprehensions as to li'gh rated cf interest when the demand lor funds to move the crops assumes full proportions. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Best Patent, $4.65; High Orade Extra, $4.15; Minnesota bakers, $3.0033.20. Wheat New York, No. 2, red. 79c; Philadelphia. No. 2, red, 74374 Vc; Baltimore. 7oa74'$c. Corn New York, No. 2, 57sc; Phil adelphia. No. 2, 58a59c; Baltimore, No. 2, S8a59- Oats New York, No. 2, 40'Ac; Phil adelphia, No. 2, white, 48c; Baltimore, No. 2, white, 43'Sa44c Rye New York, No. 2, 59jjc; Phila delphia, No. 2, 59c; Baltimore, No. 2, 54C. Green Fruits and Vegetables Ap plet, brl, fancy, $i.5oa2.oo; do, common and small, 75c.af1.00; Beets,Native, per bunch, laijc; Blackberries, per quart, Rochelle, 334c; do, Wilsons, mVi Cabbage, Fat Dutch, $i.soaj. 50; Canta loupes, North Carolina, per crate, 50c 1. 00; do South Carolina per crate, Gems, 75c. all. 00; do, Anne Aruadel, Gems, per basket, 6oa75; Carrots, Native, per bunch, izi'tc; Corn, per brl, 50c. all. 00; Cucumbers, per bushel basket, 302400; Currants, New York, per 8-lb basket,' i5a2oc; Eggplants, per basket, 75a8oc; Huckleberries, per quart, 5a6c; Onions, per half-barrel basket, 65370c; Peach es, Maryland and Virginia, per box,' ordinary, 25a40c; do, good, 75c.al1.oo; Pears, per basket, 25340c; Pineapples, per crate, as to size, $j.ooa$3.oo; Plums, per carrier, 75c.a$i,25; Raspberries red, per quart, 8a 10c; Squash, per bas ket, 30040c; Tomatoes, per 2-baskot car riers, $i.ooai.5o; Watermelons, Florida and Georgia, per too, $14 00322. 00. Potatoes White, New Norfolk, per brl, No. 1, $2.5oa2.6o; do, No.' 2, $i.ooa: 1.25; do, culls, 75c.a$i.op; do, York: River, per brl, No. 1, $2.2532.50; do, culls and seconds, 75c.al1.25; do, Rap-, pahannock, per brl., Rose, $2.2532 50; do, Chili Rose, per brl, $j.ooa2.25; do,' seconds, per brl, I1.00al.25; do. East ern Shore (Maryland), per brl, $ 2.25a. 2.50; do. (Virginia), per brl, $2.4032.69; do, native, per bushel box, 75a8oc;. Sweets, New, North Carolina, per brl I4.00a6.00; do, Eastern Shore, per brl, $45oa5.oo. Provision and Hog Products Bulk rib tides, 9J4c; clear, do, 9c; shoul ders, 8'Ac; do, fat backs, 14 lbs and under, 8'ac; do, 18 lbs and under, &'ic; do, bellies, ioc; do, mess strips, 8Vc; do, ham butts, 8j$c; bacon clear tides, ioJ4c; do, clear, iojc; do, shoulders,' 9V3C; sugar-cured breasts, small, I3l4c; do. do, 12 lbs and over, 13; do do, shoulders, bladecuts, 9c; do do, nar-. rows, 9ic; do do, extra broad, loJ4c; do do, Californa hams, 9ic; hams, 10 lbs, 13 to 13'Ac; do, 12 lbs and over, 12c; do, 15 lbs and over, 12'Ac; do, skinned, 14c; do, beef, Western, can-. vassed and uncanvassed sets, 14; do do, tenders, is-Sc; mess pork, $16.50. Live Poultry Hens, loatojc; old roosters, each. 25330c; spring chickens, I2j4ai3c. Ducks, 7a84c Spring ducks, 8a toe. v 'Hides Heavy steers, association and, salters, late kill, 60 lbs and up, close, selection, iojaii'; cows and light! steers, OaQlc. Eggs Western Maryland and Penn-' sylvania, per dozen, 313c; Eastern Shore (Msryland) and Virginia), per; dozen, ai3; Virginia, per dozen, l2'i ai3; Western and West Virginia, perj dozen, I2j4ai3; Southern, per dozen,; uali'j; guinea, per dozen, a7. Dairy Products Butter, Elgin, 21. 22c; separator, extras, 20321; doJ firsts, 19320; do, gathered cream, l8aao-; do, imitation, 17318; ladle extra, 15317;; ladles, first, Mais; choice Western rolls, 15215; fair to good, 13314; half pound creamery, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, 2ia22; do, rolls, 2-lb, do, 20. Cheese New cheese, large, 60 lbs., p4aioc; do, flats, 37 lbs, 9?aio;4; pic nics, 23 lbs, lo'Akioy,. Live Stock. Chicago Good to prime steers $5,353 5.90; poor to medium $4.0085.25; stock crs and feeders $2 409460; cows $J7S 4.50. Hogs, mixed and butchers $5.65 6.10; good to choice heavy S5.90a6.10; rough heavy $5.6035.85; light f 5.75a 590. Sheep, good to choice wethers $3.8oa4.25; fair to choice mixed 13.35a ?.8o; Western sheep I3.30a4.oo; year ings I4.ooa4.50; native lambs $3,004 5.40; Western lambs $4405.40. East Liberty Cattle stcaiy; . extra, $5.856.00; prime $5.5035.70; good $5.20 3540. Hogs steady; prime assorted mediums $6.2oa6.22; best heavy York era $6.20; heavy hogs $6.1536.20; com- . - 1 : . i. . V 1 1 : K rno n cu lair mki" ivikco miiu pigs n.w a6.l5; skips $473575; roughs $4-25a 5.75. Sheep steady; best wethcrt $4.20 34.30; culls and common i.sixu.so; yearlings $3.0034.50; veal calve $7.00 7-aS- LABOR AND INDUSTRY Bulgaria tends eggt to England. New York hat 40-000 night worker. Russia tupplies rmst f the, world' '"" ... j Buffalo exhibit 'rnclude iaa-pou4 potato. A Droeton, Mass., shoe iaetory baa 1,200 employer The univitMity of Michigan m to teach shipbuilding. Telephones in Sweden are equip! with a device which preveutt a cenf 1 oiiice operator from listening to cc.v vcrsntion between pitron.
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