O'LEARY AT THE CROSSING. T19 li alonij Fifth avenue, as whwli tlic grind displa) Or li'.n'tmt co.u-h, victoria, of hindtu nnd coupe, 'i'lint like Vipnlcon Bonaparte reviewing his array Hand Oihcer O'Lcnry at the crowing. "WhM. there! slow there! (";in't ye understand? Irav K-uk! htop that hack whin Oi hmvid up rtio hind. That's the way ye must obey when Hi' uinend (fives command, Siy.5 Olliccr O'Loary at the croinj(. Ti all along Fifth avenue the city orchid b'iin, The nulen and miln of many styles, furs and si!l;s and plumes, But keen and stern, thi: censor of the coachmen and the grocuis, 'Stand.-) Oihcer O'Lcnry at the crossing. ''Whoa, r.ow! slow now! Put yet horse to grr.w! Aisy. sure, ye fresh chafnor don't give me imiiv sass! Halt, (h any. an' open way to let this lady pass!1' r-ays utiicer i Ltfury at tne ITnlf a mile of millionaires al-ni that inoviiij; chain, Hipl'Yd rr;iy and thorouh'nreds with eroppri! and n.rchi liiu Jf-iiirie Flvnn, the milliner, need not nppnl in vain To break the grand procession at the cniasine'. "Winn, there! slow there! Don't give me anny chin! t d f y Mre, ye fresh chafooi, befor1 I run yez in! Whin Oi've nie ;iv ye'll all give way fer little M.i'ie Fiynn," Says Oihcer O'Leary at the crossing. Wallace Irwin, in Smart Set. g MISS IIEPSEY'S T ! By Elizabeth Price. 5 SerSJSZjSracgSEggg J flE stopped tfce noisy loom to look sympathetically nt the dejected figure beside her. "Now Just have It out. Jessica." she said. "You want to tell some body." "O Miss Ilopsoy!" The Mud eyes filled with tours. "Perhaps I ought not t spoil k ot It, but I am worried. The money that father left us Is melt ing away so fast the lawyer says It wasn't well invested that the Interest won't keep us any loiigcr, though I try t be as economical as oh, as any thing? ilother is so nervous and weak doctor says she mustn't lie worried about anything, so I dare not let her know how poor we nre. But I am frightened, and I don't know what to do." "You don't sny It's come to that al ready?" The horn rimmed spectacles lay on the broad beam of the loom and there was nothing; to hide the kind 'iyes. "How old arc you, Jessica seventeen?" "Not till nest fall." "Isn't there something you can do to earn a little and help along? Girls of ten do." Miss Hepsey, I don't know how to " do one thins well but housework, or.d " I couldn't earn anything at that. You know I can't leave mother Ion;; for a time, and as for my going out to ser vice, mother would never consent to that." "How about your music?" "Oh, that's what just breaks my heart! I love It and I rather be a music teacher than anything else in the world, but I don't know it thor oughly. I've ju?t wandered along and picked up a good deal by myself, and had an occasional term of lesions with teachers who were not particular, and I couldn't conscientiously attempt to teach even beginners." "How long would it take you to lenrn so you could?" "A short time with a really good teacher would help me out so that I could begin, and then I could earn enough to pay for more lessons after ward. But good teachers charge enor mously, Miss Ilepsi '." "Mrs. Brown tells me that Miss De lancy, that teacher from the city who was here last August, is going to board with Mrs. Smart again this summer." "She is; Ada Smart told me so. Hut she won't teach during her vacations, and I couldn't study if she were ever so anxious to teach." Miss Hepsey turned squarely around to look into the discouraged face close to Let own. "Jessica, don't look on the dark side of things. I've heard Bay that 'Where there's a will there's a way,' and I pretty much believe it. With you and Miss Delancy only ri mile apart, if? queer to me if the sup ply and demand question can't be man aged. How much time do you have every day that you can do what you pleas:., with?" "Two or thr-e hour.;. I spend most of It practising at'.d trying to study out of my music boohs, but I doi.'t make much hcad'.vay alone." "I shouldn't wonder if the day would come when you'd Kurt the time you've spent studying a lor.!? hadn't been w ast ed. Can you spare me nu hour every day V "Gladly. What can I do for ;;ou?" "Tend to my gurde.n. It's suCirirg for care, and my back's so stiff this spring I can't get down f, It rightly. I won't make any bargain with you Just now." "I'd love to do it." said the girl. "You'll teach me how: then I'll know why our garden never amounts to anything, and maybe I ran make it do better. I don't want any pay; 1 should think not, after jour kluduess to 118." Miss Hepst-y plokeft up her specta cles. "We'll begin to-morrow," she aid. and a moment biter the heavy loom was clacking noisily, while the web of the rag carpet rolled slowly on the beam. .Iiiska walked glewly across the yard to her ow;i Loire next door, thinking wistfully of Miss Delancy niul sorrowfully of lwr ottlJ helpless ess. "I've got the will all right, but I don't see h scrap of the way," she murmured. "I wish tnoro wore more people like Miss Ilepsey. I will be so glad to do something for her, even if it Is only weeding onions." That was a busy afternoon for Miss nepsey, for her brain kept pace with her lingers. From two o'clock until four n prrplc::ed wrinkle creased her forehead: be! ween four and five It t gradually relaxed, and as six strokes sounded from the kitchen clock, Le et her teakettle on the fire with her ac customed serenity of countenance. "I felt sure It would cuius to me if I hung on long enough," tkt remarked aloud to the tut. "I've no manner of doubt they'll all consent, becuuse. be In' reasonable humans, to Kay nothing of Christian, why shouldn't they?" Thf next morning the little woman Wm cmmunij. 'n W! ENDLESS CHAIN at eleven o'clock," for the benefit of Hissible customers, then set out to .Mrs. Smart's, whence she was driven home in the new phaeton Mrs. Smart had provided for the use of summer boarders. "Fifteen minutes yet before eleven o'clock," remarked Miss Ilepsey, tak ing down her sign. "Saved a quarter of an hour and a lot of strength by that ride. I'll use that time setting things down in black and white, so I won't get mixed on my calculation. Now there Just Miss Delancy left, and if she doesn't belie her looks, she'll be Just no obstacle worth mentioning. Blue eyes and yellow hair aren't like ly to be stubborn though she must be stubborner than she looks, or she couldn't amount to so much." It was early July. Miss Delancey sat on Mrs. Smart's front veranda, looking out over the wide spread pan orama of hill and valley, forest and meadow, with eyes that noted and a heart that appreciated the beauty of the scene. "How restful It Is!" she said to her self. "And all this restfulness be longs to me for two long, lazy months. Not a lesson, not an engagement, not a duty even!" It was then that s! noticed, com ing up the road, a queer, erect little figure, clad in shabby black and crowned by a big poke bonnet. Miss Delancy watched It with nn amused, impersonal smile. She did not rise; she was too comfortable to ,iio! turned by Mrs. Smart's callers. ut the little woman ilhl not- the porch to the door. Instead, she turned to the occupant of the ham mock, and said: "This is Miss Delancv. Isn't- in wouldn't you call It providential when I came to see you that I shonlrt ftn.t you right off, and all alone, at that?" It gives mr pleasure. I nm snro" murmured Miss Delancy, with more politeness than sincerity. Now, does It really? That's real good of you, though I'm not surprised your month prepared me. I never saw a mouth like your kind of turned up at the corners, with a little dimple at the side, but it went with n .-n.i disposition. "I'm Ilepsey Allen, carpet weaver. You may have heard of me most ev erybody knows me about here. Now. Miss Delancy, we're acquainted, and so I'm going to get right to business, for I put out my sign, 'Home at four o'clock.' "I'd iike to toll you a little story If you'd be so good as to listen." The cheery voice hesitated but nt Mis rio.. laney's somewhat formal bow went on to tell the story of Jessica's difficulties in a few crisp sentences. "She wants to be u music teacher the worst way," said Mtss nepsey, "but she needs more Instruction and hotter than wh;,t she's had. Now, niv dear, please wait awhile before vo'u tell me that you don't teach in sum mer. .Mrs. Smart's told me that al ready, and I went to finish my story. "."'he's not able to pay for lesson's, and she wouldn't accept 'em in ehar i'3', so four women of us that love the i-'irl have formed a secret socio;,-, n:., ;'"dy knows it but our four 'selves, "f course you'll know It when I've '' hi you, but you won't tell. "Wepliuii'cd It all out. It took some lime to lis It so we could get every thing straight, for we're none of us much on arithmetic, and I couldn't ask Jessica's help because the' s not to know till you've said yes. "Josiica spends one hour a day work ing In my garden, which I can't well do on account of a crick when I stoop. W hile she's working I'm weaving, and uil the weaving I do that hour is for ner neneut, which you can see is fair, for If she wasn't working for me I'd have to lose that much time away from my loom. "Mrs. Brown's been preparing rags tills ever to long, but hasn't felt ablo to hire them woven, so I told her I'd add t'l nil those hours till I had enough time to weave her carpet. Mrs. Brown is a master hand nt cooking, and she bal.es all Mrs. Taylor's bread and pies .Mrs. Taylor being a dressmaker, ami busy sewing all the time. Mrs. Brown, not having the money to pay me, Is baking it out for Mrs. Taylor, and Mrs. Taylor, Instead of paylnfj Mrs. Brown, is turning it on to Mrs. Smart's sew-Ing-she does nil Mra. Smart's dress making and Ada's and Mrs. Smart Is to take It out of your board, and let you alve It In lessons to Jessica. "We do It p.ll gradually, so it won't come hard on any body, and by the timo it gets back to where It started from, you se it's really Jessica pay ing for her own lessoni, which Is the only way a self-respecting girl would be sutlslled to do. Everything is fixed. Mln Delancy. except your purt of It." The chirpy voice ceased and the bright eyes looker away ever the sum mer landscape with a hint of anxiety in their depths. Miss Deluncy did not reply at once. Her fair, smooth fore- J.,!.i t :.t ). ,ti-.a.i..J.. tf hnlf-nnnoycd. Was duty confronting her already even here? Tiuty, which she fondly Import hnrt been left behind? Finally she said, "Miss Allen, I camo here for complete rest. I need It; I have worked very hard nil winter." "Have you. now? So hare I, nnd I know how It feels. But, land, you'll rest a lot faster with an easy con science than a reproving one, and yours would hurt every time yon tire t Jessica, and every time you paid your board or saw Mrs. Taylor's dresses or Mrs. Brown's pies she often bakes for Mrs. Smart or a bit of my rag carpet. "You've got n chance that's not to slighted of doing good and helping an other girl to do what you've done. Maybe you didn't have so much to contend with as Jessica has; maybe your money came easier, and maybe there wasn't any sick mother to work for" "Oh, but there was, Miss Allen," said a very gentle, humble voice. "The dearest, most beautiful mother. But when nt last when I was able to do for her, she didn't need me any more." "Bless you, deary. If I'd known that I shouldn't have had any doubts nliont you! It's something you can do in memory of her, so It's sure to be done well." It was well done. Jessica had music to her heart's content, nnd made such progress that at the end of the sum mer it was arranged that she should spend two days of every week In the city, teaching beglnne: s under Miss Delancy's direction, nnd studying for a position that her teacher could get for her later on. The mother, who had roused to new life under the Impetus of Jessica's enthusiastic ambition, was to be left In Miss Hepsey's care, so far as care would be necessary, during the daughter's absence. As the secret socicy was no longer needed, its membership dissolved, but the seed It had unselfishly sown con tinued to bear fruit until it had ac complished for Jessica the thorough preparation for a congenial nnd remu nerative life work. Youth's Compan ion. " Ills Brother Demi 100 Tears. Can any of our readers truthfully de clare that they once had a brother, but that he died 150 yenrs ago? asks a contributor to T. P.'s Weekly. I gee thnt there is at least one person In the world making such a claim, nnd that he recently swore to the fact in a court of law. The French contemporary from whom I quote adds that the Judge nt first, thiupbt that the man was Joking, and called upon him to substantiate his story. He declared, r.s was afterward veri fied, thnt his father had married at the aire of nineteen, nnd had had one son, who died within two days of his birth. Becoming a widower, the father mar ried ngain, in his seventy-fifth year, nnd hnd then hnd nnnther son, the witness. This latter was ninety-four at the time of the trial. Adding ninety-four years to fifty-six (the period which elapsed between the tho two marriages) the result is exactly JL50. Next, please. The World's Tallest Man. Ivan Mnchnow Is the tallest man nllve, for he stands nine feet two nnd one-half Inches in his socks and weighs "so pounds, although he Is only twenty-throe years of age. This extraor dinary man was born In Chnrkoff. Rus sia. When ho was seven yenrs old he was as big as an ordinary man. At twelve years of age he was six feet six inches, and nt fourteen he was eight feet one Inch. When at Warsaw Machnow was drafted ns a recruit of the Imperial ;uurd. but he quietly slipped over the frontier to avoid serving. His Journeys are not n source of pleasure to him, for both in the trains and on the boat he has to spend most of his time in a recumhent position. He was met nt London by n van com fortably upholstered nnd fitted with a huge couch for the giant to recline on and drawn by four horses. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Leniency to Colleee Thncs. "The difference in the public nttltude toward the doings of college boys and other boys Irritates me extremely," said Herbert Van Dyke, who has been uu unolliclnl worker fur tho benefit of the street boys of New York for twenty years. "I happened to be passing a large apartment house near a college once just ns a fire broke out Boys rushed over from the college and interfered with the work of tho firemen so that they were actually prevented from getting the fire tinder control until the police arrived and used their clubs. "Another time I sat in n theatre in a college town and saw college boys throw a bomb on tho stage in the midst of the ballet. It set the skirts of three ballet girls on lire. "If the poor boys I work among did practical Joking of that sort they would simply be Jailed as young thugs and assassins." New York Press. Kants of Photography. Photography has caught the fastest express trnin in motion by means of the Rlnematograph, and It also shows the growth of a flower. A bud which bursts Into bloom In, say, sixteen days, i Is exposed to a camera every fifteen ' minutes during the sixteen days, and when the pictures developed from the films are assembled in order in tho moving picture machine the observer may see to his delight all In a mtnuto or two, the gradual breaking of tho bud tho blossoms open, closo by night, and reopen In the rnomlng, thu leaves grow under the eye, the stamens peep from cover, and, finally, the full-blown flower. Philadelphia. Ledger. A Church In a Tree. One of the oldest churches In this country Is found In the red wood for ests of California. It is nenr San Jose, and Is maintained by a mining settle ment, the minister working as a miner during the week. It Is built in one of the hollow trees and accommodates a congregation of twenty-flve, with space for a recess chancel, which contains a smell organ. American Women's Jewels To the average Englishwoman her Jewelry is merely an adjunct, having no particular connection with th rest of her toilet, fcut added et random. Not so with the transatlantic smart woman. She dresses to her Jewels and ha her gowns uindfl T ma-1' , ea.- New York City. Nothing Uiat tho enson has developed bns met with greater enthusiasm than Just such fancy waists as this one made In skeie- ton style. In the Ulustrution It com bines a blouse or guimpo of lace with lawn sleeves nnd a skeleton waist of pale green crepe messaline which matches the skirt and Is trimmed with ruches of tho material held by velvet ribbon, but Its possibilities are many. For the faucy waist and half sleeves all the "chiffon" silks and wools nre de sirable, while for summer wear there nre many lovely cotton materials, and the under blouse can correctly be made from all-over embroidery In lingerie style or from muslin embroidered by hand as well as of lace. The blouse Is made In guimpe style with sleeves that consist of deep cuffs with full portions above and which A Late Design ran be made over fitted foundations or left unliued ns liked. The fancy or skeleton waist Is made with front and back portions, which are ideated at the shoulder, and the half sleeves, and Is held at front and back by ornamental straps. As illustrated the two nre sop nrato, the guimpe being easily cleansed, but they can be Joined nnd made to form one waist If preferred. The quantity of material required for the medium size is four yards twenty one, three yards twenty-seven or two yards forty-four Inches wide with two and a half yards thirty-six Inches wide and one and three-quarter yards of all over lace for guimpe and two and a hulf yards of velvet ribbon to make as illustrated. feasant Waist and Skirt. Similar to the brotolle gown is the peasant waist nnd skirt. The skirt Is made simply and is always wide and full. The waist is a low necked round bodice, with straps over the shoulders. This Is a very pretty model for a young girl. Purple nnd white foulard combined with purple velvet made a charming gown worn by an extremely blond young woman. The skirt was box pleated and shirred alternately all around, and hung quite full from tho waist. Matching the Costume, The fashion of matching every part of one's costume is being carrle to the extreme limit this season. The hat must match more exactly than ever, and many women buy white straw braid nnd have It dyed to the desired tone. Milliners will have the straw dyed for their customers if de sired. Crln nnd horsehair braids are easy to color, but some of the straws ars very difficult, hence expenbUe. ill ft Tailor Mail (larinenrg. Concerning the styles In tnlior mnrte garments which are favored In the British metropolis, a British fashion magazine declares that "lovely greens, dark blues, golden browns, and burnt rods are the prevailing colors," which follow out the game feather effects thnt have already boon so successful In heavier tweds, and now, linked as they are with lightweight thin (do'' will reign with supreme elegance. nr Tarasol. One maiden with an old white puru. sol has achieved a charming accessory. Last year the sunshade did duty with white gowns. A slight tear nt tho edge, rendered It hors do combat. This neat ly mended. Us pretty owner applied a four Inch border of white ribbon with narrow black edges nnd a figure of pink, roses through the centre. This makes It very charming with her new pink patterned white organdie. Summer Falines. Among all the variety nnd bloom In summer fabrics, there nre to be found soft gray, black nnd white, violet and mauve tones for those of conservative taste. These shades, relieved by tho oft How of frilling and draping laces, are charming and niodlshly smart, nnd are to be found In all the most fash ionable textures. China and India silks nre ns much in vogue as taffeta, pongee and foulard. Tlie Onltnpe Important. There never was a time when the guimpe played such nn Important part In the fashions, although In old fash Ion plates of the fifties one sees In numerable examples practically Iden tical with the present styles. by May Mcmton. 8hlrt Waist Meeves. There Is no feature of a waist that so marks Its date as Its sleeve und none which Is so Important. Here are two very excellent models, which will serve to make any wulst of last season up-to-date nnd which also cun be utilized for new material, being among the latest and best that nre shown. No. 1 Is laid In Inverted tucks which nre, stitched to give a box pleated ef fect, w hile No. 2 Is tucked nnd stitched Hat. Both are gathered at tho upper edges, supplying the generous fulness at the shoulder, which Is so essential to present styles. Linen and all wash able materials, silks and wools, nnd in fact every known fabric that Is used for waists are suited to the design. The quantity of material required for the medium size for either model Is tVfo and three-eight yards twenty-one, one and three-quarter twenty-seven or aeveu-olgUtU yards forty-four inches wide. Household jVjatters To Prevent Mllilow. ff a bowl or deep p'ate of qulckllnre Is kept lu n dnmp closet It will prevent clothes that are hung there from be coming mildewed. The lime should be renewed when It becomes slnck. Tender CAiel Ileef. "ion enn't have a tender piece ot corned beef unless you put It into cold water whi n It goes on to the stove, and this water must be changed at least three times else the meat, will be too salty. For the flv O'clock Te. When one serves 5 o'clock tea one tenspoonful oil tea should be nllowed to ench cup of boiling water. Let the ten steep from one to three minutes, and when you serve It put a slice of lemon or a large ox-heart cherry In each cup. rieanlnR the Sink. Very few housekeepers know now easily and thoroughly kerosene oil will clean, the kitchen sink. If you rub the sink with this oil twice a week, wash ing It out afterward with hot soapy water, every particle of grease nnd dirt will be removed. The Country Horns, In fitting up country homes nt lit tle expense cheap furniture Is often purchased, the varnish scraped off, and the pieces enameled white. With the addition of pretty, plain brass handles to the drawers the pieces present a re markably good nppenrance. There is a patent preparation sold at all paint stores which removes paint and var nish with tho least possible trouble. The liquid is painted on, left for five minutes, nnd wiped off with a cloth. With it conies the varnish leaving the surface of the wood clean nnd sniooU Yellow Ileilrooms. fellow bedrooms nre especially cool and fresh looking in summer. Select a pale yellow, not the warmer shades. Popples, tulips and the small roses are to be had In wall papers. There should be plenty of green foliage, and the effect is better If tho white cell ing be brought down a far as the pic ture molding, which in turn should be no higher than the tops of doors nnd .windows. With the yellow pnper green stained furniture is very good, or white enamel may be used. In such a room the narrow iron bed had a covering of pale green sateen over which was laid a doted swiss spread. The furniture was white, and cush ions, etc., wefo plain green. The one rug was of braided rags in several shades of green. ToIIsh Zrazy Buy the whole under cut (fillet) tff a small sirloin. Cut it into inch slices. Brown two sliced onions In a large walnut of butter. Add the meat, n teaspoonful salt, one fourth as much pepper nnd six cloves; cover up and lot it heat to boiling. Do not uncover; lot it steam In its own flavor. Shako It now and again so thnt it will nmalgnmate well. After once boiling up, let It simmer fifteen min utes; add a good squeeze of lemon. This may be made in chafing dish. Tomato Ice Tomnto ice may be served In place of the mid-dinner sher bet. Heat slowly together two cup fuls of water, half a can of tomatoes. the Juice of a lemon, three-quarters of a cupful of granulated sugar and n saltspoonful of ginger. As soon ns the mixture boils remove It from tho stove nnd rub it through a sieve. .As soon ns it Is cool add two tablespoonfuls of finely chopped crystallized ginger and a quarter of a cupful of maraschino. Freeze the same as any Ice. Epicure Pudding Butter a baking dish, put In the bottom u layer of rasp berry Jam, over this sprinkle some very fine macaroon crumbs, then a layer of raspberry Jam, more mncaroon crumbs, and so on till the dish is filled, having the crumbs on top. Make a custard In the proportion of three eggs to a pint of milk nnd two tablespoonfuls of sugar, cook n bit nnd pour over the contents of the baking dish. Pour over, then, a glassful of flavoring ex tract, nnd bake for half an hour in a moderate oven. Strawberry Pudding Make one pint of pineapple Jolly and throe-fourths of a quart of strawberry Jelly for these, using canned fruit Juice and gelatine. Decorate bottom of mould with crys tallized fruit and blanched almonds, placing a thin layer of strawberry Jelly in the bottom nnd chilling on Ice; then add more and more and when firm place n layer of halved strawberries; then pour over a layer of pineapple Jelly, adding the pineapple pulp as it begins to become firm; alternate these layers until the mould is filled; then set In a cold place over night. When ready to servo dip Into hot water a minute, then place a lace paper dolly over tho top, pressing down on to the Jelly, and Invert on a cold plate, when tho pudding will slip out unbroken. Garnish with a few choice berries and foliage. If the latter cannot be secured use rose foliage. Graham Muffins To make dainty, graham inufnns mix one cupful of gra ham flour with half a cupful of wheat flour. Stir through the flour a hair tenspoonful f snlt and two teaspoon fuls of baking powder and one tea spoonful of sugar. Stir through .the flour a half tenspoonful of snlt and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one tenspoonfti! of sugar. Put a cupful of milk in a saucepan over the fire and add to the milk k labicspoonful of but ter, and when tjio milk Is so hot the butter is melted ntlr it a little nt a time Into the flour, ben ting the whole briskly to keep from lumping. Last of all stir in one egg we!J beaten. Pour this bntter Into very hot gem pans that have been well buttered and bake in a hot oven about fifteen! minutes or until the muffins are a itice brown. Than serve very hot on a Rdntc covered with a napkin. Turn the corners of the napkin over tb rn.uUl.us to keep them hot. 1 COMMERCIAL RtVltW. U. G. Dun & Co.'i Weekly Review of Trade says: "Although trade reports arc still ir regular and in many cities below ex' pectations, there has been improvement in response to higher temperature and Icjs rain. Manufacturing activity iJ ful'y maintained in textile fabrics, and there is an enormous output of iron and steel, despite some reduction from last month's record-breaking rate of pro duction. Building operations are large and materials in excellent demand. For eign commerce for the pa?t week at this port shows a splendid gain, compared with 1904, imports increasing $3,137,944 and exports gaining $1,470,305. All re turns for May make favorable compari sons with the same month last year, rail way earnings increasing 8 per cent., while bank earnings rose 3r.3 per cent, "Textile manufacturers are in a strong position, buyers gradually appreciating the changed situation. There is little speculative buying, but more disposition to provide for future requirements. Prices are very firm. Further weakness has developed in packed hides, the only supporting factor being the light sup ply of cowhides that are sought by tan ners of upper leather. Country hides are in a relatively better position, and South American dry hides are firmef here than in Europe. Supplementary fall contracts are still arriving at New Eng land footwear factories from salesmen in the West, and sample orders foe spring lines are also received. "Failures this week in the United States are 216, against 198 last week, 211 the preceding week and 227 the corresponding week last year. Failures in Canada number 20, against 29 last week, 19 the preceding week and 20 last year." WHOLESALE MARKETS. Baltimore. FLOUR Dull and un changed; receipts, 6,360 barrels; ex ports 12,420 barrels. WHEAT Dull; spot contract, 07'A J?97J; spot No. 2 red Western, 97J4 97)b; June, 95H asked; July, BjVi ask ed; August, 82 asked; September, 84 a.sked ; steamer No. 2 red, 90(0. yoJ4 ; re ceipts, 2,901 bushels; Southern by sam ple, 85,903. Southern on grade, 88(?q8. COHN' Strong; spot, 58; June, 58; July, 5757's', steamer mixed, 53; re ceipts, 1,713 bushels; exports, 700 bush els; Southern white com, aWa-ft'i. OATS Firm; No. 2 white, 3514 sales; No. 2 mixed, 34 bid; receipts, 8,634 bushels; exports, 40 bushels. RYE Dull (uptown) : No. 2 West ern, 83 nominal; receipts, 1,737 bushels. HAY Steady and unchanged. BUTTER Steady and unchanged; fancy imitation, 19; fancy creamery, 22: fancy ladle, 17 18; store-packed, 13 16. EGGS Firm and unchanged, li. CHEESE Quiet and unchanged; large, io'4 ; medium, ioxi ; small, iof. SUGAR Steady and unchanged; coarse granulated, 5.90; fine, 5.90. New York. FLOUR Receipts, 9,704 barrels; exports, 13,623 barrels; dull and unchanged. WHEAT Receipts, 2,000. bushels; spot market, easy; No. 2 red, 1.04 bid in store; No. 2 red, I.05J4 nominal f. 0. b. afloat; No. I Northern Duluth, I.I4M5 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 hard Mani toba, I.07J4 f. o. b. afloat. The wheat market was irregular all day, but steady,, as a rule, fn the absence of pressure, pending the crop report 011 Saturday. News was about evenly divided. Final prices showed a partial -c net advance. July, 906191 3-16, closed 9iMs; Sep tember, 854tS68, closed 866; De cember, 83)'o.8t)s, closed 80J4- COR N Exports, 27,436 bushels ; spot, firm, 'No. 2, 60 clavator and S)'A f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 y!low, 60; No. a white, 60. Option market opened steady, but yielded to liquidation, finally rally ing again with wheat. The close wal Yic net lower. July 5637573, closed 57. OATS Receipts,. 200,900 bushels; ex ports, 47,120 bushels; spot, steady; mix ed oats, 26C1.32 pounds, 2$aiiVt; natu ral white, 30(qi2 pounds, 3d'A37'A: clipped white, 365740 pounds, 36Ja40. Livs Stock. Chicago. CATTLE Good to prime steers, 5.400 6.23 ; poor to medium, 4.00 5-351 stockers and feeders, 2.7514.83; cows, 2.SO&475: heifers, 2.5015.23; :anncrs, 1.25(02.30; bulls, 2.25C3.4.30; :alves, 3.00.6.40. IIQGS Market steady to se lower; nixed and butchers', Ss'qsao; good to choice heavy, S-30bl5'37'A light, 5.25 '05.40; rough heavy, 4.60(3.10; bulk A sales, 5.27' 5-35- SHEEP Market steady to strong. Good to choice wethers, shorn, 4.60(15 5.15; fair to choice mixed, shorn, 3.50 04.40; native lambs, shorn, 4.50(5.6.50. "New York. BEEVES Market slow; ?ood steers, steady; others, dull to diade lower; bulls and cows, slow; steers, 4-70i(!.3-85 ; bulls, 3 254.55; cows, J-3o(r!4-25; cables quoted live cattle slow, it Hj4ii2j4c per pound, dressed weight; sheep, steady, at I3(5;l4c, dress ed weight; sheep, steady, at I3(fi4c Jressed weight; refrigerator beef sell ing st yi.)'4c per pound. CALVES Firm to 50c higher on leant supply; veals 5.001S8.00; tops8.so; :ulls, 4.30; dressed calves, firm; city dressed veals, riinc per pound; :ountry-dressed, 6(g.ioc. "' SHEEP AND LAMBS Sheep and yearlings, steady; lambs, 23c lower, clos ing dull; sdiecp, 300(4.50; culls, 1.503 '75 ; yearlings, 5.50116.50; lambs, 7.30(3 L25; one car, 8.37'A; culls, 5.25. HOGS Good State hogs, 5.80. MUCH IN LITTLE, At the ordinary price of two cents a lound for rice, the Chinese rice farm t make money or about tho same scale 19 would American farmerj in the Mis iissippi Valley producing wJieat on a asis of 80 cents a bushel in Chicago. The commercial nations of Europe are tow fully aware of the growing impor ance of Mexico, and are making strong ifforts to increase their trade with that irospetous country; hence . competition ivill be lively in the Mexican markets. It is estimated ttiat 500 motor omni wses will be sunning in London a year lence. Drivers of horse-drawn omm uses are being trained for the new work. One of King Edward's rules it that when a horse has been in the service it ihall not be sold. The horses are kept jntil they no longer can be used and re then chloroformed. Sludents at Japanese universities and :omnicrcial schools are not obliged to serve in the army. In Germany it has, often happened thct the universities were closed because U the students and pro-
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