1 - - l J . 1 i Y X Chapters of Life's Oddities. iTRANCE STORIES CORNERED FROM DIVERSE SOURCES. I nuxmt Ki qiilrrmrntii Far Mntrlmonjr. Tln marriageable girl in Tun I has 1 trying ordeal to go through lifter lirr (iptroHuil to the man nut of her choice, out whoso choice she Is. She has to be rattened to tilt- required size before the oorouiony can lake place. As soon ns the betrothal takes iiaoe "lie Is taken to a loom aud there cooped tip till the fattening process Is concluded. Silver shackles are fas tened round her wrists and tinkles,' ami the task of her parents and future husband is to Increase her bulk till her wrists and ankles till ii tile shackles. If the husband is a widower, or lias disehareed" his tirst wife, the girl lias the shackles of the first spouse placed on her and must till them out. It taken a long time to do this, as n rnlc, and sometimes it cannot he ac complished in spite of all efforts. It is then open to the fin tire husband to cry oil" the bargain or waive the cotidi. tio:i. In the case of a bachelor he takes care to .see Hint thy bracelets and ankles arc not ton largo that Is, If he is fond of the girl but if he Is being forced Into the l larriage by His parents, he is a great stickler for cus tom. Stunt girls are the more quickly snapped up in Tunis. Pictorial Maga zine. African I'yinle. The heads of the Pygmies wi re of the brachyoephalle icier, se.ys S.iniiel V. Vomer in the Atlantic. The mean cranial index of the skulls of eUht iidttlt males was eighty-one dogrciv. The nose was small, hut more aqui line than that of the real Ncjro. The mouth was largo and the chin usually receding. The hair was of a lighter color almost a shade of brown and Was kinky and woolly. The hands aud feet of the Pygmies were small and Well shaped, the hands in particular Ileitis delicately formed. In proportion to their size, the strength of the Pvg wles far exceeded that of all the o.lter Africans. Their powers of endurance ou the march or In the chase were phenomenal. Fifty miles a day was nn ordinary march Tor thorn, and they were almost as much at home in liic trees ns the monkeys themselves. The senses of the Pygmies were uuustiall,-,-ncutc. At quite a diattir.ee they eotlid distinguish the chameleon front the foliage In which it was hidden, al though t)ie color of the little animal co incided with that of lu hiding place. Much of their quarry was discovered through the powers of the nose, ana it is no exaggeration to say that the Pygmy's sense of swell was as keen us that of his dog. They were such (.hots Avith the how that I have seen one send mi arrow '.In uii-'li n rat at twenty yards, while it wa.-i running across the village. A Top(-Tnrvy ltno-.::. A recent writer says: -An ai-mal topsy-turvy room existed near Paris some years aso. and may still exist. 1 was the guest of the owner of the house from Saturday until Monday, lie was a bachelor, very convivial in his taste, and we were a very Jolly par ly of men. When we broke up, about - o'clock on Sunday morning, one of our number, sound asleep on the couch in the billiard room, was carried om like a log by a couple of servants. My host save ino d. sob-ma win!;, and told me that if a' sudden summons came I was to rush from my bed-room, or else I might miss n sight worth ser in;;. I wanted nothing but sdee and was relieved when tile summons came to find that It was broad dii.vli.vht. Yawning. I followed the valet, and f'.nii.I myself with four others, silently peeping through little h.dcs hi a wall. 'The scene was absurd, ridiculous. A dusted man, slowly w.ikittg to lull cou ncioHsncss, was lying .m a plastered tloor, looking ut) in horror at a car peted ceiling. Two heavy couches, an 'asy chair, chairs and table, securely fasieued. stared down nt hint from above. The man's eyes a', last rested on a flower put directly over ii.'s head, from which a Having ro.e-appareutly real was bloomim;. lie gave a cry, and rolling over, grasped with fren zied hands the sum of the chandelier Which came up. through the Moor. The host burst Into the ruinun with a loud latch. 'They all do J;,' he cried. 'They Jiar liny will fall up to fhe ceilin-.' " Curious Cirfutur flout. Thf accompanying picture .-how.; one of the 'goofas," or eurioi: circular boats in use ou the Kiver Tk-ris. In f'.iie of its clumsy appearance the gool'a is eminently suited to the swift current of the river, and is, in fact, f CBOSSINO THE Tldr.IB IS A " CIOOFA. " tue ouly binull cruft to bo seen ft! lUiKhdud. It consists of a wooden or wicker frame thickly covered with tar, .something after the style of uu ancient ItritlBU coracle, and is propelled by one or two rower who stand in the hoiv if a round bout can be suid to puH ess a how. The passengers, as tdiowu In our picture, either Miiud up or sit down on the gunwale. It is considered the height of luxurious goof a traveling to have a ttiuol provided for the ac commodation of passengers. 1 Uuaer Vture-llouM-a. During the summer mouths the lin ger and 1'itite Indians may be tern ut ttie'.r camps near Indian Cuuyou, i'o neuilte Valley, the men engaged 111 rais ins and veiling ponies, uud tile women at basket weaving of beadwork. In . autumn, when the ucorua ripen, they ura eagerly gathered by tha red meu, Vho regard them M a great delicacy. tvy - " 'I- " "-t; fx- " Ut I The siptaws ptlnd the inent of the tints In stone mortars, couvortina: It Into a sort of Hour which, perhaps, would be unpata table to American tastes, but to the Indian it tastes quite ns pood as our best roller Hour. The visitor to the far-famed valley occasionally runs across a group of acorn store-houses or granaries, like the ones shown in the Illustration. Their cousirttetion Is most Interesting mid ingenious. At a little distance they have a grotesque appearance, re Ki'inhlint; somewhat some jriaill!e fl Ji ll re. Strictly speaking, they are large baskets supported by a : cel . en of a tree trunk, or Mump, and three or four up right pine poles. The skeleton work of the basket, is ee!i-.;i tnted of In us. tjuntn fiTor.r:uorsi;s ix the YostMtTE. I'.exlbie willow twigs. Thee are bound together by wild .grapevines twined .about them and securing the baskets to tire uprights. The side of the basket is lined witli fir houghs, and the tor Ihatcbed with yellow pine and some times a bit of burlap. Occasional!.1! they are further protected from tht rain and snow by a square board. Ti the amateur photographer or the paiut or they otter a changing subject, as the color effect of their wild setting ol locks, shrubbery aud mountains forms a "bit" that every tourist likes to carry away with hiin ns a souvenir. T. Wol the fulled .Men. Extremes meet in the tickle femhiirtt fancy. The attractiveness of th( Adonis for women is not to fie com pared with that of the man who is sc fearfully and wonderfully ugly as tc serve as a living confirmation of the truth of the Darwinian theory reg.iul Ins the descent of man. A bevy of lovely American glrh have formed a society, the object ol which Is to search' the laud for the ug licit men to In1 found outside a mu seum, aud, when found, to marry them ns soon as possible. Kver since the lime when Miraljeau '.he ugliest of all frenchmen, had his host of female admirers leaily hideous men have been worship by women. This extraordinary fondness ol women for extremely ugly men is seer when' some especially villainous look Ins criminal, accused of a particularlj .".roeious crime. Is exhibited in tht dock and immediately becomes 1 lit idol of all the women who attend tin trial. The more hideous his appearance and lite fouler his misdeeds the inori enthusiastic is the worship of tin women. "He Is so delightfully ugly." said n pretty girl, when risked what panic nlar fascination u brutal criminal pes sessed for her. It Is a fact that In till ages and comi tries this strange feminine tendency has been strikingly demonstrated. No explanation that seems plausib'.i has ever been given. !loorM Indin'ureiit to I-if, Of r.ll tile Oriental races there nr noue more callous aud Indifferent tc human life than the Moors. A trav eler who has recently returned front Morocco related the following aneedott in proof of this fact. The grandlai hei of the present Sultan was one day beat li:g on the lake in the gardens of '.lie palace, tiie boat, by the way, i.eing a small steam launch given him bj (jueen Victoria. l!y sotije aci-ldeiit lilt boat capsized, and tiie Sultan and twe of his wives, by whom he was accom panied, were thrown luto.tho water. A soldier ou guard lu a part of the palac out of view heard the cries, and run ning up, sprang into the water am. rescued the Sultan's favorite wife, th( ruler himself scrambling out unaided Later in the day the soldier was seu for and presented himself joyfully be fore bis monarch, convinced that his re ward would be great. "You are the soldier who rescued the delight of mj eyes';" (jltotli the Sultan. The aoldiei bowed. "Did you dare to look at her';' "I did, your highness." replied t lie 1 dier, taken oil" his guard. The Suliai turned to nu nMiccr, murmured a few words, and a moment later the .sobliei was on his way to the head-man. Tha' was his reward! Family Herald. f vculiuritio or rwlm. A teacher who during many yoari of child training has counted nuiuiu her pup,:s more than one pair of twins has iulerestiug facts to tell about them They may look, she says, as mud alike as two peas in a pod, mo far at face and .figure go, but it Is schlou their dispositions ure alike. Of twii noys mio once taught, one was ai earnest student, the other was a typl cal tomboy, hated lessons and woulc not touch u book, except under com pulsion. In upite of their dissimlhirlij they were inseparable companions with the usual bond of love betweei them which seems to exist when chll dren ore born into the world together They went to college together nnt graduated ou the same day. one will high honors, the other barely go' through his examinations, althougt he had won fame as an athleie. Twii girls, who were under the instructioi of this teacher, again were wonderfullj ulike in fnco, taste and mlatls. Thcj botli hud o (ove tor music, and theii progress, their touch, their voices, wen as uiueh ttliko as If they had been out lustcud c I'vva Ciood'liousi'keepiiig. One firm of dockmakers lu the Choi Forest, Gei'iuuuy, employs 500 men who wake SOW) clock dally. J& -nth AN New York CI It, Mercerized ging hams are produced In n large variety of colors and designs, making ideal fabrics for summer waists aud sep- arate blouses. They retain their high lustre after they have been laundered, aud tire ofteti elaborately trimmed with ribbons or laces. The illustration slews a Gibson waist of i'n Barry pink gingham, with a vest of white linen embroidered in pink. It is made over a fitted body liniug th::t closes in the centre front. In the naek three pleats extend from shoulder to belt in V-shaped outline. There Is also oue deep pleat that ex tends over the shoulders to belt in V-shaped outline. These pleats are stitched and flatly pressed. The skirt is made with seven well proportioned gores titled smoothly around the waist aud over the hips without darts. The fullness at the centre back Is arranged in an under lying pleat nt each side of the closing. These pleats are liatly pressed. The flounce is circular, shallow In front and graduating to a considerable depth at the back. It flares widely at the lower edgf, providing that graceful sweep which stamps all fashionable skirts tills season. Narrow bauds of white finish the seams and a broader one covers the joining of the flounce and skirt. Stvlish waists, in this mode may be made of pique, linen, cotton cheviot and madras, with braided or cmbroided 1 j J FAKCY GIDSOS WAIST. a Ml If JMm n BLOUSE ETON WITn CAl'E COLLARS, SEVEN COKED SKIRT. vests. It Is also appropriate for French flannel, poau crepe, satin, Henrietta or albatross. To make the waist In the medium size will require two yards of thirty six Inch material, with five-eighths yard of all over embroidery. nnnrt Outing Nult, Very smart outing suits are made of heavy wash fabrics in strong blues, pinks, reds and greens. They are usually accompanied by fine white shirt waists, and trimmed with stitched bands lu tailor effect. The costume shown in the large drawing is developed in bright red cotton cheviot and trimmed with straps of white linen. The Eton is ad justed with shoulder and underarm seams, the back fitting smoothly from neck to belt. The fronts fasten In tho centre with small pearl buttons. Four backward turning tucks on each side ure stitched down below the bust, the fuliuess forming a stylish blouse over the white kid belt. Triple shoulder capes complete the neck aud extend over the sleeves, giv ing a becoming breadth to tha figure. They are all edged with narrow white bands. The sleeves nre shaped with Inside seams ouly, Ut the upper arm closely and ure full at tho lower edge, where they are arranged cn deep white cutis. These are finished with narrow turn overs. Tho rest is permanently attached to the right lining and closes Invisibly on tho left. The fronts ure pleated to correspond with the bucks aud blouse stylishly over tu black velvet belt. n i'.'.j u"ik- The plain collar is finished with a loco protector and black cravat. The sleeves are regulation bishop models, shaped with Inside seams. They lit the upper arm closely and flare nt the lower edge, where they are ar ranged on narrow cuffs. These are trimmed with lace turnovers to luatch the protector. The mode may be developed In eta mine, nun's veiling, canvas, wool gren adine or barege, with taffeta or molrt bunds for trimming. To make tlje F.lon in the medium size will require two yards of forty-foiir-im h material To make the skirt in the medium sir.o will require two yards and one-half of forty-four-inch material. A Nov!tr In Itronchen. The tortoise brooch is the latest nov elty of the jeweler. The back Is formed of an lrregulat pearl encircled with diamonds and diamond-mounted ap pendages. The body of another of these ultrn-mndish gemmed tortoise brooches Is a mass of small olivines mounted In gold, with a surrounding circle of diamonds, the brilliancy of which contrasts effectively with thfl rich green of the olivines. Diamonds form the appendages and rubies the eyes. 1. Inert 1reMft FnvoriiI. r.meri dresses tire receiving the most attention just now, and there can be no wiser s"leetiou than the pure white linen, us Its laundering qualities are perfect. Severely Pliiln, tint MylUh. Severely plain, but stylish. Is this shirt waist of blue and white striped brllllantitte. It Is mounted on a glove fitted feather-boned lining that closes in the centre front. The buck Is plain across the shoul. dors and drawn down close to the belt where th" fullness Is adjusted In tiny pleats. Three deep tucks are arranged lu the full back and fronts, extending around the body and providing a smart tailored finish. The fronts at? fastened invisibly un der a box pleat of white satin that la decorated with small turquoise buttons applied in clusters of three. There is no fullness at the neck, but the fronts blouse over the black satin belt. A stock and tie of the same material provide a stylish finish. Tito bishop sleeves nr.? shaped with Inside seams only, fit the upper arm closely aud are gathered at the lower edge where the fullness Is adjusted ou narrow wristbands. These are com pleted with flaring cuffs of satin to match the box pleat. The mode may be developed In heavy wash fabrics or flannel, Henrietta, talYota, ponu do sole and challles, with contrasting material for collar, cuffs and box pleats. When the waist Is all made of one fabric these parts are usually machine stitched. To nialit? the waist lu the medium size will requite two yards of thirty- Hix-lucu material with five-elghtln yards of all-over embroidery. TAir.OU-ilADE 81IIRT WAISf. I S WOMAN'S 0 I IJEAOT. WOMEN RANCHERS IN NEBRASKA. iiirrran of Tnn Orphan Olrl In MunKlnn Tlielr Oiru Scrrtlmi. Two Pennsylvania girls who went to Nebraska as children lost their parents jy death, ami then, after a precarious "xisteneo spent In trying to teach ici.ool, determined to turn farmers. Miss Llbble Scott nud Miss Allle Fish now own the best ranch In Bl'ilne ?ouuty, Nebraska. Ij iui interview :hey are reported as saying: "After carefully thinking the matter jver, we determined that school leadi ng did not bring in as much money is we needed, anil We decided to buy a farm. From our fatlr-rs wo Inherited lalf a section of land. We each took up i homi'.-lend of MO acres, lu the spring jf I'.i'M) we bought a lister and twenty four biislfis of corn, and began work by planting eighty acrts. With lour horses on our l:sicf we r.iade l:ie ground fly. "When our corn was ready to culti vate, nil our plans were under way. We took our teams out at 4 in the morning, and kept hard at work until :he sun began to get torrid, when we went in for dinner. About '2 we took I'refh teams and started in again. We alsed lsui) bushels of corn ou those eighty acres. "Then we harvested 100 tons of hay, ind now, owning but thirty head of .'attle, we decided to lake cattle from the stockmen and wiuier them. "Securing sixty head in t'nis way, Dlir herd numbered ninety, but in No vember twenty-seven of them died of rortistalk dlseas". Oi these fourteen were our owu cattle. Then we took 200 head from another stockman, fed. and took care of them ourselves. We kept them during the following sum mer aud Increased our herd to -100. 'Fearing a drouth, we bought a gasoline engine to run our windmill. "The second summer we listed eighty-live acres of corn, but, on account if drouth, got nothing. Were we blue? Well. I think We were. But we were not discouraged. This second summer we put up a to tons of hay without any help, and Hie only trouble we bad was in grinding our sickles. After haying, we began to put in improvements on our ranch; fenced eight sections; changed our minds about wintering cattle, and took ouly 1U." head. "Our plans for the future are to plant 100 acres of corn, and run a fence through our pasture, having oue for summer and one for winter grazing. "We have found ranch life the hap piest, most free and easy that a woman ;-oitld wWi." Philadelphia Public Ledge.". tVoinanV Hump of T.icallly. Why is it that a woman's bump of locality Is so much more feebzly de veloped than a man's'' aslcs the Balii m ore News. Put n man down on n country road, aud the probabilities are that lie will find his way wherever he wishes to go without having to ask nt nearby farm houses for directions. Instinct seems to guide him. Put a woman In the same position and she will Irretrievably lose herself In ten minutes, and have to be sought for by resolute men for hours before she is finally brought back to civilization. Perhaps it Is that The weaker sex is unobservant. Even in cities many of its members do not notice buildings closely enough to. permit them to lind their way about, and certainly they wcuM not notice In the count'.;,' the big bum tree that they pats here nor the haw bush that marks the h'.tersec f loll of the two roads there. Willi the mui low in ihe west there are many women wiio can't tell the points ol tile compass, and if they could would not know in which, direction their homes lay. When it comes to noting ihe details of a costume few femi nine fail to observe even the tiniest bit of braid or the smallest bow, but rees and houses are dlffen tit, and h'vs inierestiug tilings, and so In a stre.nt.c town or the woods the fair travelers lose themselves in no time, and have to be rescued and set agiin upon the pa tli by some one with a be'ter sense location than they can boast. rthlnnrf'rol u Wotliuii'A Vvt. No'- many womeu have owned more streiutotis pets than the baby rhinoc eros which mouses Mrs. Cook, wife of the (iovernor of North Borneo, n Brit ish possession. The Coveruor's house is near a jungle which Is filled with wild animals. Out of this tangle ol undergrowth a baby rhinoceros strayed one morning to frolic lu a cumbersome f'lshiou on the well kept lawn which surround the house. Native servants raptured him without much OIHleulty, and when they had tamed him pre sented him to .Mrs. Cook. At llrnt it was a problem ou what and how to feed die youngster. Cows' milk find i'.i improvised milking bottle were the "oiiitiou. hlx torn quart a day was he nnioiiut the hungry baby usually 'ina tided, and ou it he has thrived Mid grown fat. This child of tiie jun gle looks very little like the lull growu rhinoceros which can be seen lu the Zoological Cardeiis. If It were not lot ill., single horn, oue might take him for a peculiar species of hog. He Is about the same size and covered with a shaggy coat of black hair. Mrs. Cook completed the taming process begun by her servants, and the baby rhinoceros how follows her about like a faithful dog U will not bo long, if lie keeps ou growing, before he be conies too cumbersome even for a North Borneo pet St James Gazettu, Alviumlia't Corouutlun (".own, Queeu Alexandra's coronation robe which she was so unhappily prevented from wearing, excited great interest among those permitted to see It in the shop of the Parisian conturlere who made It. The foundation of tin gown Is of cloth-of-gold, covered com pletely with a transparent tulle ol u faint umber hue, decorated with In man enioroiuery or powers ami foliage in fine gold, picked out with pearls, rubles ami diamonds. The corsage, out low ami square, forms in front a wide fold, ending In u point ut the bottom. It is finished ut the top with lame Elizabethan collar. gb Wring with precious stones, and each of the stiff points ends In a great pearl. There are no sleeves, their place being taken by long wings of nioussellne edged with n design in gold, falling softly from the shoulders to the feet. The same design, In a larger pattern, edges tiie bottom of the petticoat. The train is thirteen feet ill length, six ninl a half feet shorter Hum Hi" court robe cr manile of red velvet lined with er mine, which Is held to the shoulders by clasps ornamented with enormous diamonds. This robe, a present from Parliament, was made In England, and the marvelous embroidery of Uie tulle was executed by the unlive artisans of India, but the historic gown was made in Paris. New York Tribune. Kerrli Willi Itin Until. The best effects of a balh can be obtained only when It is accompanied by a fatiguing but not exhausting amount of muscular exertion. Iu this respect tho lcasl-fuvoicd inland woman litis superior advantages. She spends the morning In the warm season in baking bread or scrubbing floors or canning fruit. By 10 o'clock or earlier her work is finished, and her garments. lrem lied with perspiration, are flung over the top of the roofless, oul-of-iloor bath-house, which country people Know ami enjoy. Then, from a tub oi' water of the same leinnei'iiture as i lie atmosphere, she spouses herself from head to foot, and after donning wrapper and slippers, she wanders "lonely as a cloud" back to it half hour rest on the coolest bed In the house. Next to an approving con science, what could be more soothing t ml refreshing than a bath of that na ture'.' The exercise preceding it need not necessarily be that of a domestic character. It might consist of golf or tennis, bicycle or horseback riding, or ordinary brisk walking. The essen tial point, so far as health Is concerned. is that perspiration shall be ir.duoer every day iu the year by Interested muscular exertion, not by languid sub mission to outward stimulus. Good Housekeeping. Linen Collurf in Vogue, Linen collars are once more lu vogue. They are returning to favor with tho new shirt waists. In Paris they tire seen more frequently than the stock, which was once the favorite. Next year the style will be as popular us It was several seasons ago. The collar lias regular little turn over effects finished with openwork or embroidery peculiarly Its owu. The turnover may bo pointed In front; It may be curved and scalloped, ami lu all oilier ways imitate Us soft linen or lawn prototype. For stout women comes a collar espe cially built for them. They are very low aud the essence of comfort. They have the little turnovers also, hem stitched or embroidered, and very fas cinating bits of neckwear are they. Those who like the little cuffs to match are buying two collars of the same pattern, using one for the neci:, and cutting the other iu two in the centre and thus making a pair of dainty cull's. A New l'luisA of CQ-0i;rallon. Why not n league of twenty or more families lu a city or large town for Joint ownership or control ' " market garden or produce farm, thereby to save the profits of the protV.ieer and retailerV This idea lias occurred to a professional gentleman who Is a sub scriber to (lood Housekeeping, and the estimates lie has prepared go to show that a large saving would be effected, with the present high prices of table supplies. The originator of the plan advocates the leasing of a farm, rather than its ownership, to avoid the high cost of shares in the enterprise, which would be likely to prove a serious ob stacle to its promotion. A capital of live thousand dollars, It Is estimated, advanced by twenty households, would oouip and start a farm of sullieient size to furnish "gretn stuff" to go around. An etrort will be made to carry out this project nuolh-er ,Vear. Uood Housekeeping. Autuniu Cuuts. The cents of all the costumes fte-sigtu-d for early autumn nre made ions enough to come more than n.ilC way down the skirt, and the short jacket of last year and the year be fore is quite out of date. And yet, to show how capricious is fashion, nn Immensely smart little coat Is on the old-fiishloned reefer style, double breasted and curved in at the shies. After all, the fashion which remains as many styles come find go, is to pay more and more attention to which style is becoming to the especial indi vidual who Is to wear it; and from ail present Indications the winter and au tumn will not show any more definite ly marked lines than did last year. Uarpei's Bazar. NeireBt Fiitiiions. The favorite material ;or tnoi'.ruhifc veils is iiet. Novelty dress fabrics include' shot etamlues and grenadines. An Alexandra clasp of oxidized sil ver is set with a large purple amethyst iu the centre. Tiie vogue of the collarless bodice. Is making Its way slowly into the realms of fashion. A striking -combination is a white mohair blouse Jacket worn with a skirt of ohick and white plaid cloth. White embroidery aud lace ore much used as trimming on pluk und blue linen gowus, whllo lace of a deep coffee color Is used on white organdies. " Creen aud black ure distinctively tho colors which uro coinblued with white gowns, and these appear lu the girdle. The white tint which la worn Is also allowed a slight touch of color. A portion of the newest .goods ura woven to imitate tucking und hem stitching, others have French , knots or silk or satin dots, but, above all else, they aro given tone aud variety by narrow but solid colored strips. The boa luis iu a great degree given place to the frilly shoulder capo flu. ished with very long scarf ends of handsome lace, or of aceordloii-pleuted net or chiffon tied with velvet hows, ors brightened here aud thine with diisteru uf roses or soft fluffy silk tiouuics, ' COMMERCIAL REVIEW. General Trailc Conditions. , Bradstrcct's says: Midsummer quirt has gone from distributive trade, and stimulated by really brilliant crop pros pects ant! good price? for farm pro ducts, fall business has begun to ex pand. Buyers arc arriving in largt numbers at all mirkcts. and this wees promises to see demand further in creased. Manuf.tcAuring industry, which lias been more than usually active thij summer, . continues well employed. Failures arc few and liabilities small; prices arc steady. July railway earn ings returns show 7 per cent, gain ovet last year. Bank clearings continue to show (rains over last year. Advices from the boot and shoe trade are irregular. Business at the West il active and at Philadelphia the' jobbing trade is brisk and manufacturers are busy on orders. At Boston shipments, though larger than last week, are still far below those of last year, the de crease being fully ta per cent. Leather and hides are very active, however, and skins of all kinds are taken as fast as received. The weight of imported iron is press ing on domestic sentiment, though no perceptible effect is yet seen on prices lor pig iron, which is still in active re quest for next year's delivery. Steel rails, plates, bars and sheets are active at the West, but the edge of the lemand for plates and sheets appears to 'lave been taken off at Pittsburg. West rrn rail mills arc all sold up for the first '.talf of 1903. Structural material js f.ive at Chicago and at Pittsburg, where sales have been very large this .vcek. Shipbuilding interests have taken 40,000 tons of plates at Pittsburg. Hardware, as predicted, has had tin dull season this year and business is as active as ever. Business failures for the week ending August 7 number too. as against 168 'ast week and 1S5 in this week last year. Wheat, including flour, exports for '.!:c week ending August 7 aggregate 1. 2.14. 36.1 bushels, against .l.Si-Rs.u last ivcck and 8.831. fqo in this week last fear. Wheat exports since July I ag gregate 22,398.203 bushels, against 35, 532.237 last season. Corn exports ag gregate 50.611 bushels, against 28,405 last week and 990,714 last year. For th fiscal year corn exports are 558,421 bushels, against 8,718.361 last season. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour Spring cloar, 3 10u3.3); lost Patent. tJ4.no ; choice Family, $3 7". Whent New York No. 2. 74Kc; Philadelphia No 2. Tij."tiU. c; Baltimora No 2, C'.liioi. Corn-New York No. 2, Goo; Phila delphia No. 2. GSnbS.' ; Baltimore No. 2, OGc. Oats Now York No. 2. liUc; Phila delphia No. 2, 7.'jc; Baltimore No 2, Djc. llnv No. 1 timothv, $19.O0ul9.5(); No. 2 timothv. lS.(K)uit.."0; No. 3 tim otliy$17.OQui7.f0 (ireen Fruits und Vegetables. -rBeets. Native, tier bunch lo. Blackberries, Kiistcm Sliore, per quart, liioc. Cub huge Native per ' 100 tjl.0:)nl.50; W uke Held. per 100, $3 OOao.OO. Cantaloupes Florida, per crate f)0co 1.00. Cucumbers Charleston, per bas ket 12ii2Uc; do North Carolina, 12u20o Fggiilnuts, Nativo, per busket 55 1ISO0 lluckelberries, per quart I5u7e. Lot. tui 0, Nutivo, per bushel box 30a50o. Onions, New, per basket SOullOo. Peaches, Florida, per carrior $l.t'Ual .25 Pineapples, Florida, per crute, (11. 75a 2 .511. String beans, per bushel, groeu, 3'lu35c; wax, 30a40o Tomatoes, Poto iiuio, per six-basket carrier, fancy, 3l) u.'lfio do, fair to good 20a25o. Potatoes, Norfolk, per brl, No 1, $1 OOal 25; do, seconds, 75on$l 00; do, culls, f)0ai0e; do, North Carolina, per brl. No 1, $1 00a 1 25. Butter, Sopurator, 22a23e; Guthoroil cream, 21a2ie; p"Vints,l-lb 25uil)c; Bolls, 2-lb. 25a'Ji;; Dairy pts. Aid., Pa., Va., 23V.'4e. Kgg. Fresh-lubl eggs, per dnzon, lTJiiildn Ciieese, Large. rjfMb, 10jal0;u; tnn iliatn,' Mti-lb, lOialOlf; picnics, 22-ll lO'.-alOc. Live Poultry. Hens, 1 !J-il3c; old roosters, encli 25u30c; spring chickens, Piul2tfo, young slugs, 12n,12Ho. Ducks lluUe. Hides, Heiivv steers, association and suiters, lut 0 kill, (jO-ll)s and up, close se lection, 12al2ic; cows uud light steers iWalOc. Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk -clear rib sides, l'.'-jc; bulk thouUlors, W4v. bulk bellies, 13c"; bulk limn butts, 105ic; bacon clear rib sides, 13c; bacon shoulders, lD-fc; sugur-cursd breusts, lli'c; sugar-cured shoulders, ll.'t'c; stigurcured California hams, HMc; haiiis ciiuvused or uncitnvused, 12 lbs. and over, 1-Pj'c; rofiued lord tieroes, brls uud 50 lb cans, grous, lWc; refined lard, second-hand tuns, ll."ie; refined lurd, half-barrels aud now tubs, llo. Live Stock. Chicago, Guttle, Mostly lOalSo Iowe-4, good to prime steers $!j 00u8 90; medium fcl 7fta7 75; stookori und foeders $3 50 u." 25; cows, $1 50a5 75; heifers l 50a (J 50; I'oxus-lod steers $3 2fa5f0. Hogs, Mixed mid butchers (Ji! 75a7 05; good to choice, heavy t7 40u7 70; Sbeop, slump and Iambs slow to lower; good to ohoioo wlietlnirs $3 50u4 00; Westurn sliuop $2 5l)a3 75. Fast Liberty, Cattlo steady; chalet) $7 50a7 8!; prime $7 0Oa75. Hogs, prime heavy 1 80u7 H5, modiums $H 00; heavy Yorkers 1 75u7 HO. Sheep etuudy, Best wethers $1 15u4 30 culls and com. uiou $1 50u2 00; choice, lambs $5 25u5 60. ' LABOR AND INDUSTRY There is a strike of bricklayers at Kiel for an increase In wages and a re duction u -vorking hours. Differences between the Carriage Workers' Union and the employers a Albany, N. Y have been seettled. At Oakland, Cal., tin; Southern Pa. :ific Company has acceded to some of the demands made by the machinists. Bricklayers at Glasgow, Scotland have secured an advance of i-2cl. an hour, which they had to give up about t year ago. Returns ot tracte unions or me engt tiecring ami allied trades iu Lancashire, England, show a decrease in the mm:, ber of unemployed. The Cleveland (England) mine own ers recently conceded an advance in wages oi 2 1-2 per cent, for the re mainder of the current year. At Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., the demand tor labor has not nearly been filled and several hundred laborers could get work 4liere in the mines at good wages. A Utica (N. Y.) baker bus been in dicted and lined under a New York State law for permitting one of his em ployees to work more than 60 hours in unv wutk V
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