Griffith's Masterpiece.
n FEMX NOEL.
It was the height of the Reason,
ahd as Griffith Griffith made hla way
through the park many eyes reated on
him with interest.
"Been ruralizing," obaerved a roan
to hla companion; "away two years.
Told me he never aaw a newspaper
the whole time! Looks somehow
other-worldlah!"
80 thought Victoria Manael that
afternoon, as her old friond aat talk
ing to her mother, a pretty plnk-and-wbite
woman, beside whom Orlfflth,
With his three-and-thlrty years,
looked patriarchal.
"Now, tell me how you hare been
occupying yourself down in the wilds
of Devon," asked Mrs. Manael, and
Victoria, receiving trouaaeau confi
dences from a girl friend, only caught
disjointed scraps of his answers.
"I've been making a motor car."
"Making oneT"
"Well, I had an expert, but you
know I've studied mechanics pretty
thoroughly, and I put the whole thing
together myself, every bolt and
acrew."
"Don't you think so, Victoria?"
from the girl friend. "Much prettier
than Valenciennes?"
"Much" Victoria's ears strained
to catch Griffith's next remark,
"Perfectly comfortable. I've made
a kind of"
"Stitched all over It! Are you
quite well to-day, dear?"
"Quite, thank you," and Victoria
resigned herself to wait for another
opportunity of hearing about that
strange seclusion among the Devon
hlllg.
Two years ago Grfflith had dropped
out of society; now he dropped in
again, and was welcomed. He was
wealthy, had no vices and irreproach
able manners, and exercised a strong
fascination over his great friend,
Jack Mansel's young sister, in the
glory of her first season, with half a
dozen eligible swains in attendance
upon her.
"Do you know," she said one day,
"I am a little bit afraid of you?"
He looked at her inquiringly.
"There, now!" she exclaimed;
"why do you look at me so intently?"
"Do I?"
"Yes, I have watched you, and you
look at everybody and everything In
that same curious, compelling sort of
way."
He was silent. Victoria felt un
comfortable. "I am afraid I have been rude!"
Bhe exclaimed, with charming peni
tence. Griffith laughed.
"I must have acquired the habit of
staring during those solitary years."
"But why why, did you bury
yejurself down there?"
"To study."
"But you built that motor?"
"The result of the study."
"Do you really think it was worth
while?" asked Victoria, perplexed.
"I do really think so," he answered
with an inscrutable expression. Vic
toria felt baffled.
"Why did not Mr. Griffith bring
his motor to town?" she asked her
brother.
"Ramshackle affair, probably,"
was the reply; "amateur motor mak
ing doesn't sound promising."
And she hnd to possess her soul in
patience, while Griffith fell into his
old habit of daily Intercourse, like
many people, finding the Mansel
drawing room attractive; for those
who did not admire the restless mod
ernity of the mother could repose in
the society of the daughter, whose
tastes, like her name, were Victorian.
Griffith often found her talking to a
pleasant gray haired man, the Duke
of Exton, and he usually joined the
pair and enjoyed himself exceedingly.
There was, however, some soreness
in John Mansel's mind, for, being
particularly keen on mechanics, he
resented the secrecy wltb which his
friend had surrounded his work, and
felt half inclined to refuse when Grif
fith said:
"Run down for a couple of days
with me, Jack. Mrs. Mansel and your
sister have promised to spend a week
at my place, and I want to get the
motor In order before they come."
"I thought it was in order," re
turned John.
"I believe it is, but I want to be
sure;" and, being considerably cur
ious, John went.
"Is the car meeting us?" he asked,
when, after hours of cross-country
traveling, they alighted.
"No," replied Griffith, with a touch
of embarrassment, and John followed
hira Into the road, where a trap was
waiting.
"Seems an uncommon amount of
niyatery about that machine of
yours," remarked Mansel.
"Well, there is," was the answer.
"Look hero, old boy, don't feel sore
about my not telling you about It. I
limply can't, for certain reasons."
"All right. Griff" Manael felt a
trifle ashamed of himself "why
shouldn't you keep the thing quiet if
J'uu wish?"
"It Isn't my wish," returned the
other with emphasis; "it was and U
a necessity."
And John went to bed that night to
dram of scouring madly over hill
and plain, pursued by a demon motor
4r, with fiery eyes.
He exnected uimnthlni fantnatlp
unusual, and was conscious of
and
UlS:Hll)Olntmont uhan Via . , . . , 1 . . , . . 1 . 1 . 1
hi" host next morning to a building,
before whose Iron-clamped doors
Griffith went through a series of
oujurlng tricks, in which half a
noieu key, took part
"You take good caro of it, old lad!"
" said, laughing.
"It is a masterpiece," answered hla
xriend, gravely. 'Nothing like it In
"latence, I believe. Stand aside,
"ck, and I'll bring It out."
And a long white car came gliding
' 01 the shadows, shattering John's
'"'Ions of a clumsy piece of amateur
rawlmnlsm Into fragments.
he vehicle resembled notMng ho
"o ver seen. He stepped luslde it.
and looked about In perplexity. It
was like a narrow room on wheels,
entirely Inclosed by windows of plate
glass, draped with green silk curtalna.
Easy chairs stood about; cushioned
lockers ran down each side. At .the
end was a broad divan.
' The windows slide back," said
Griffith; "this curtain can be drawn,
shutting off the divan entirely, so
that one can sleep here If necessary.
The lockers hold provisions."
"Where's the steering gear?"
"It's invisible," was the reply.
Mansel, a trifle nettled, walked to the
front of the car, where a brass disk
was nailed.
"It this also a secret?" he asked,
with some Irritation.
"It's my remembrancer," returned
Griffith, laughing. "Where shall we
go? Barstead? Be a nice run before
luncheon; we ought to be there Dy
ten-thirty," writing those numerals
and "Baratead" on a card and stick
ing it in the disk. "Bring a chair to
the front, Jack."
And the car glided out of the yard.
It was the art of locomotion carried
to perfection. Without sound or vi
bration the motor sped down the
drive and out Into the valley between
the wooded hills.
"What do you think of it?" asked
Griffith. "What's the matter, old
man?"
"Look here, Griff! This Is abso
lutely uncanny, you know! Who's
steering?"
"I am."
Mansel regarded the speaker stead
ily. "It this la a joke, Griff, It Is a bit
too weird for my taste! This blessed
car Is simply going to destruction, un
less you have a chauffeur concealed
on the roof! What's your motive
power? Where's your steering gear,
man?"
"You are perfectly safe," replied
Griffith, ignoring the questions. "Look
there."
A heavy four-horse wagon was
lumbering toward them. Mansel held
his breath, but in an instant the car
swerved aside, passing the staring
wagoner and his team like a flash.
John gasped. Griffith regarded him
quizzically.
"Now, don't you think my car an
improvement on the ordinary thing?"
he asked.
"In the big items of absence of
smell and noise, I do, emphatically,"
answered his friend; "but it gives
one the saddest feeling of insecurity
to sit here and see no means of con
trolling it! Look here. Griff! Put
me down at Barstead Station; I tell
you candidly I don't trust myself!"
"What do you mean?"
"That I can't stay within a few
yards of this machine without trying
to find out the secret of Its working!
So, if you don't want me to make a
cad of myself, leave me at Barstead,
and send my traps after me."
"My dear old lad," replied Griffith,
"you shall have the keys of the motor
house and examine the thing at
leisure; only let me candidly tell you,
you will have your palnB for noth
ing." "You think I can't find out the
secret?"
"Sure of it."
"Take a bet on It?"
"No; It would be picking' your
pocket."
"And you give me leave to try?"
"Do your level beat, old fellow.
You won't succeed, however!"
And the car glided on, hills and
valleys making no difference to its
swift, smooth progress.
The return journey was an almost
silent one. When the car stopped
Griffith handed John a bunch of keys.
"It's a letter lock," he explained;
"thu word la 'secret;' now do as you
like, except take the car to pieces."
The following day was young when
Mansel locked the door upon himself
and the mysterious motor. The light
ness of the vehicle's make puzzled
him exceedingly. The wheels had
none of the usual masBlveness, and
no trace of tank, or coll, of lever or
spring, could he flud. He crawled
under It, in that happy position famil
iar to those of us wno are owned by
the ordinary car; he tapped, exam
ined, measured. He mounted the
roof, ho searched the cushion lockers,
inspected the brazen disk, and at
length, weary and exasperated, owned
himself beaten, and went back to
town with bis friend, no whit wiser
than he had left It.
"I want to ask you a great favor,
dear Mr. Griffith;" thus spoke Mrs.
Mansel, In her most fascinating man
ner. "What is it?" Inquired Griffith.
"You are such an old friend, 1
know you will forgive me. Could
you possibly include Extou In that
charming Invitation of yours? You
must have seen how deeply attached
he Is to dear Victoria and the dear
child Is well you understand my
reticence?"
"Certainly," replied Griffith, court
eously. Bat the July Bunshlne sud
denly seemed garish, and he realized
that something dear and precious had
gone out of his life.
He had dwelt much on the expected
visit, but now the pleasant flavor of
anticipation had become dust and
ashes in his mouth, and he betook
himself again to his Devon solitudes
to await his guests. He was gloomy
and absorbed when the car carried
him to meet them, and bis man more
than once caught his breath in terror
t narrowly escaped collisions. But
presently the party arrived, Mrs. Man
S9l coquettish, the duke agreeable,
John genial, Victoria decidedly sul
ky and to Griffith's wonderment
defiant.
"Bo this is the wonderful motor?
Delightful!" exclaimed Mrs. Mansel
as they left the station behind them.
"Doesn't go as smoothly as It did,
eh?" queried John, aside.
"It's my fault," answered Griffith,
and, going to the front of the car,
remained there until it stopped.
His face was drawn and tense as he
sat at dinner with his guests. Vic
toria was struck by ills expression.
He glanced up and met her eye, but
the girl turned away with an air of
contemptuous Indifference.
Griffith was fussing about the car
next morning, when, with a swish of
silken linings, Victoria stood before
him.
"I want to speak to you," she be
gan abruptly, regarding him with
wrathful eyes. She was hatless, and
the wind ruffling her pretty brown
hair mado distracting little curls on
her forehead. Orlfflth'a admiring ex
pression was, however, entirely lost
upon Its object.
"I've always been nice and
friendly to you," she went on, an
grily, "and I think It Is abominable
of you to serve me such a horrid,
mean, shabby trick!"
Griffith gasped as the adjectives
foil headlong over each other.
"I always thought you ray friend"
a suggestion of sobs In her voice
"but now! I Just hate and dislike
and despise you!!!"
"My dear child!" from the dased
Griffith; "what do you mean?"
"Why?" she began, when John
appeared, and she vanished.
A picnic was arranged for that day,
and the car was at the door betimes.
John noticed that Its course was er
ratic, and that it stopped with less
precision than usual. Griffith looked
worried, and replied abstractedly to
Mrs. Mansel's apologies, when she
suddenly remembered things she
wanted, and dispatched John in one
direction and Victoria in another for
them. The girl was hurrying through
the hall, when Griffith barred the
way.
"Miss Mansel!"
His tone was urgent. She looked
up into his anxious face.
"What did you mean this morn
ing?" he asked earnestly.
"Oh, you know very well!" she an
swered, resentfully; "please let me
pass. They are waiting."
"Not till you answer me!" he an
swered, maaterfully. 'Hang the car!
Let it go without us' An answer I
mean to have!"
"Well as you Insist" ex
claimed Victoria; "why did you in
vite the Duke, when you know how
miserable I am because motner is try
ing to make me marry him! I didn't
think you would help to make me
marry a man old enough to be my
grandfather!"
Before the astonished Griffith could
reply, there was a shout, and John
dashed Into the hall.
"Griff! My mother! The car!"
And they reached the door to see
that masterpiece vanishing in the dis
tance. "Merciful powers!" Orlfflth sat
down helplessly on the doorstep.
"What's to be done, man?" cried
John, shaking him frauctlcally; "does
Exton know the workings of the ac
cursed thing?"
"There are no workings!" an
swered Orlfflth, his head in his hands.
And Victoria burst into tears.
"Get up, Griff," said John, sternly,
"and act like a man. Is there no con
trol over the thing that they can find
out?"
"None whatever," answered the un
happy owner of the car.
"And If it meets anything?"
"It's a lonely road over the hills,"
answered Griffith, recovering himself
at the sight of Victoria's distress.
"Don't cry. Miss Mansel. I'll have
the trap out and follow them."
The car was a well known object
to the moor dwellers, but never had
they seen It as on that eventful day,
when at full speed It plunged hither
and thither like an unmanageable
horse, Mrs. Mansel's screams and the
Duke's shouts for help being barely
heard before the vehicle vanished in
the distance.
Within, chaos reigned. Maddened
by Mrs. Mansel's appeals, the Duke,
in his search for hidden levers, tore
down curtains wrenched off seats and
execrated his fate. Flung from side
to side, the unfortunate couple at
length clung helplessly to each other,
till suddenly, with a Jerk, the car
stopped dead on the top of a hill be
low which roared a little river, and
the two precipitated themselves into
the dusty road.
They were not a minuto too soon.
The car wabbled violently, jerked for
ward, then backward, spun round like
a huge teetotnm, and, with a mighty
crash, rolled down Into the river.
A speck appeared on the road be
hind them. As It drew nearer It re
solved Itself Into a man on a motor
bicycle. Too exhausted for speech,
the exhausted couple sat on the bank
and awaited his approach. He stopped
before them.
"Duke of Exton. I believe?" dis
mounting ana drawing out a fat note
book, "and the future Duchess! At
what time did your Grace leave Mr.
Griffith's place?"
"What business is that of yours,
sir?" inquired the Duke, irately.
" Did not receive our representa
tive with his usual affability," mut
tered the Intruder, conveying the sen
tence to his notebook; "lady," glanc
ing at the unhappy Mrs. Mansel
"considerably upBet by the accident."
"What the devil do you mean, sir?"
cried the angry Duke.
"I'm on the staff of the Dally
Hustler" rapidly sketching the un
fortunate pair "that the car down
there, eh? You don't happen to know
a short cut down?"
"I know this, sir," foamed the
angry Duke, "that unless you take
yourself and your confounded note
book out of reach, you may find your
self in a position to study the ruins
of that vehicle more thoroughly than
you desire."
"Thank you," replied the imper
turbable man of letters, "I've got all
I want. Let me tell you" remount
ing his machine and wheeling round
adroitly as the Duke executed a
species of war dance In hls direction
"there'll be two columns of 'Sin
gular Accident to an Engaged Pair!'
'A Duke In Difficulties' in every
London paper to-morrow. Don't ex
cite yourself" with another swerve
"oan't imagine how ridiculous you
look! Ta-ta! Sorry for the lady I
And went off in a cloud of dust
and evil odors; while Mrs. Mansel
wept, and the Duke cursed motors
and the Inventors thereof to the third
and fourth generation with a rigor
worthy of a bargee.
It was night when a cart deposited
the adventurers at Griffith's door, to
find the mansion deserted by Its own
er, who presently arriving, was re
ceived with a painful lack of cordial
ity, and only by abject promises of
fully disclosing his mystery managed
to restore tranquillity. When the
wornout sufferers had sought a much
needed rest, he sat down In the sum
mer darkness with Mansel to smoke
the pipe of peace.
"May I come, too?" asked Victoria;
and the men made room for her be
tween them. "Now," said John, "tell
us all about it."
Orlfflth looked at Victoria. Her
face was white, her eyes shone like
Jewels; his voice was husky as he
began:
"Well, about five years ago I fell
in with a man Jenks you remem
ber him, Jack?"
"Chap always blathering about
physic forces, and things of that sort.
Fire away, old boy!"
"He lent me books, and held forth
about occult powers, will develop
ment, and so on, until I was wild to
try some experiments myself. There
was a dodge he showed me moving
a thing by Just willing it to come to
you, and I resolved to do the same."
"And?"
"I did It, but It took twelve months
of hard labor! "
"Could you do It now?" asked John
incredulously.
"Perhapa." Orlfflth fixed his eyes
Intently on a book on the window
seat. The sllenco was tense; then the
volume jerked slightly, moved to the
edge of the seat, and fell to the
ground.
"By Jove!" John drew a deep
breath.
"You see, I couldn't bring it to
me? I'm losing the power. Shall
lose It altogether I've always felt
that by telling about it. Well, I
worked on, living as ascetlcally as
any hermit, until the Idea seized me
of making a car, whose motive power
should be the human will. I made a
model, and, when the thing proved
possible, came down here and gave
myself up to It. I wouldn't let other
hands touch It. Every Inch of It was
saturated, so to speak, with my will
power. I allowed no other Interest
even to cross my mind; and perhaps
you can imagine what I felt when one
night I sped out Into the moonlight
with that car now lying shattered in
the Brast which obeyed my slightest
wish, as it it had been a sentient
thing."
His voice trembled under the in
tensity of the recollection. Victoria's
hand rested for an - Instant on his
sleeve and Orlfflth went on.
"I put that brass disk as a mis
leader; people Imagined the motive
power was concealed by it. I wrote
the name of the place to which I was
going, and the hour of arrival, and
kept it before me, to avoid any vacil
lation, or unconscious change of pur
pose; for I soon discovered that any
Irresolution or disturbing emotion In
my mind was promptly reflected in
the behavior of the machine. It
started off to-day simply in response
to a hasty wish."
"You have been disturbed and Ir
resolute during the last few days?"
queried John.
"Yes; a stronger, more absorbing
power has suddenly dominated my
life. "
"It is ?" Victoria's voice was
very soft.
"Love! "
A Bilence fell upon the group, and
presently John left the two and wan
dered out Into the moonlight, return
ing to find Griffith in a state of ec- 1
static blessednesB, which rendered ex
planations unnecessary.
The nine days' wonder over, the
Daily Hustler's account of the acci
dent had scarcely begun when two
notices appeared which effectually di
verted the current of gossip into an
other direction.
"A marriage is arranged, and will
shortly take place, between His Grace
the Duke of Exton and Mrs. Mansel,
widow of, etc., etc."
"A marriage is arranged, and will
take place In .the autumn, between
Miss Victoria Mansel, only daughter
of the late Rupert Mansel, Esq., and
Griffith Griffith, Esq., of, etc.. etc."
And the noisy waters of the Bra&t
roared and rejoiced over the
ruins of Griffith's masterpiece. The
Throne.
)Gvmionj
New York City. Fancy coats are
greatly In vogue at this time and are
to be noted made from a generous
variety ot materials. All over lace
la a favorite, pongee Is much In
vogue, linen will be extensively worn
throughout the summer, and black
Ilk and black satin are both smart
and useful This model Is chic and
Inner Mourning Veil.
The French are wearing an inner
mourning veil of white chiffon.
I
Jaunty while It includes seams to the
shoulders, which mean simple and
easy fit It can be made with the
sleeves as illustrated or sleeveless as
liked; and the sleeveless coat will be
much worn throughout the warm
weather. It Is pretty, It Is greatly In
vogue, while fqr the three-piece cos
tume It makes an exceedingly grace-1
sill. Coats Again.
At the races In ParlB many conts
of taffeta silk have been seen that
may be worn with any kind of nklrt.
These are both long and short and
generally very loose and soft, but not
necessarily of somber black, so uni
versal a few years ago.
Sartorial Heresy.
In past years who on earth would
have dreamed of combining tulie and
cloth for day dresses or of assembling
lace and fur together for outdoor
vestments? Heavy trlmmlr.gs on ma
terials of diaphanous texture; good
gracious, what sartorial heresy!
Elaborate Vmlcrsklrts.
Underskirts are growing more and
more elaborate, and broad ribbon
plays an Important part In them.
Many are of peau de suede, while
white batiste petticoats are much
trimmed with Insertions of lace and
minutely pleated moussellne do sole.
Handsome Evening Coat.
Ornate braiding Is a feature of a
handsome imported evening coat. The
entire garment consists of panels,
which are scalloped at the bottom
and branded deeply on all edges; with
in each panel Is a trailing, leaf-like
design, and the wide cuff and yokes
are covered solidly. The fastening is
made by means of one handsome
braid ornament with long tassels.
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest
Market Reports.
R. G. Dun ft Co.'s weekly review
of trade says:
Trade and Industrial activities con
tinue to expand, Improvement being
of a conservative nature that prom
ises perhianeury. There is little
disposition to anticipate the future,
but current distribution Is larger, and
mercantile collections are more
prompt. Thore Is some complaint
among wholesale dry goods Jobber
that the big auction sales detracted
from regular business, but the gen
eral situation was greatly improved
by the distribution of those accumu
lations, and many retailers have re
mained to supplement their pur
chases. In manufacturing lines the
Iron and steel Industry is steadily
adding to output and shoe shops aro
receiving substantial contracts, al
though producers are handicapped by
I tho persistent .strength of hides and
leather.
A few special sales of pig Iron
have been made at concessions from
former quotations, some merchant
furnaces seeking all the business of
fered, but the general level of prices
i Is not materially altered, and there
Is a distinct Improvement In demand.
Most recorded transactions are for
(his year's delivery, each week bring
ing a little larger consumption at
steel mills nnd some reduction of
stocks In furnace yards.
Extremely qui' ! conditions prevail
In the primary markets for cotton
goods. Export trade Is also dull, in
quiries from India and Red 80a
points being at much lower prices
than aro required. Tha decline In
, silver had made a resumption of do
1 mand from China still more remote.
Girl's Pros.
Simple little frocks made with
straight full skirts are among the
most practical and the most desirable
of the warm weather season. This
one Is pretty and attractive and can
bo made from almost any really child
ish material, the linens, batlstea,
dimities and the like of the present
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Covetousness bursts the bag.
Danish.
Fools grow without watering.
Italian.
As welcome as the flower of May.
Old Saying.
Blue are the hills that are far from
us. Irish.
Narrow la the way which leadeth
to life. Bible.
Whatever makes for order and
whatever makes for beauty !n the
world is practical religion. John W.
Chadwlck.
I could think of nothing else this
morning than that eternity of good
which awaits us, but where all would
seem to be little or nothing if it were
not for that love of the great God
which reigns there eternal. Invlnln.
ble, active forever and ever. St.
Francis de Sales.
If you say, "i am hedged about, I
can do nothlug, and fain would help,
but cannot," your very longing Is
help. It is never true that we are
not helpers; where the fervent heart
Is, there is the servant of God, and
unto him comes ever with the work
the reward. Robert Collyer.
ful adjunct to the toilette. In this
Instance lace or silk braid la arranged
over a thin silk lining and is finished
with plain silk braid with looped
edges.
The coat is made with the fronts
and side-fronts, backs and side-backs,
and with straight sleeves which are
gathered and inserted in the arm
holes. If the sleeveless effect is de
sired these last can be omitted and
the armholcs cut out on Indicated
lines.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and one
half yards eighteen or twenty-one,
three and one-half yards twenty
seven or two yards forty-four Inches
wide, one yard ot fancy banding for
the neck edge, four and one-quarter
yards of braid and of loopea edging.
Use of Fringe.
A Princess frock in mole-colored
I satin charmeuse Is draped simply
j across the figure to one side and
' caught with a heavy, knotted, seven-
Inch fringe forming a trimming on
1 tho right side. On the other la a love
1 ly silken embroidery made ot various
neutral shades from faintest Wedg
1 wood blue to the palest note of Ber-
gundy and yellow. These all soem
to harmonlzo with the shade of the
frock, and compose a most glorious
1 combination.
Suggestions For Dr. Wiley.
It Is no Joke, but a serious and
sensible proposition made by a com
mission ot the Russian Duma, that
the Imperial eagle hitherto placed on
labels attached to bottles of vodka,
which is a State monopoly, be re
placed by skull and bones, indicating
Its poisonous and dangerous charac
ter. Independent.
Shoulder Trimming.
Some of the new afternoon dresses
are flnUhed with bands of embroidery
that meet In the back in a point at the
line of the neck and extend over the
shoulders, where they are loosely
caught In the front and allowed to
hang almost to the knees.
John Connors, a farmor, near
Beulah, Kas., makes a nice little
stake every year Selling cornhusks,
which are used to wrap hot
Not a Wrinkle Permitted.
It is imperative that the drop skirt
be fitted carefully to the figure, as
small hips are In style, and there
must be no extra fulness at the waist
line or a sign Of a wrlukle over tho
hips.
Cotton Voiles.
The cotton voiles strike ane very
forcibly this season, not because
they are new, but because they are so
plentiful and iu such lovely colors.
season and also challls. cashmere and
similar light weight wools. In the
illustration, however, dotted batiste
Is trimmed with embroidery.
The dress is made with the waist
and the skirt. The waist can be lined
or unllned as material renders desir
able and can be made with the yoke
as Illustrated or with the neck cut
out on the square outline as liked.
The skirt Is straight and simply gath
ered at Its upper edge.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (ten years) Is
four and five-eighth yards, three and
three-quarter yards thirty-two or
three yards lui o'-four Inches wme,
one-hulf yard eighteen Inches wide
for the yoke, two and three-quarter
yards of banding two Inches wide for
the skirt, oue and three-quarter yards
one and one-quarter Inches wide for
the belt and cuffs.
Wholesale Markets.
New York. Wheat Receipts, 83.
700 buah.; exports, 154,280; sales.
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bush, spot; spot market, firm; No.
2 red, 1.004 1.01 elevator, and
1.01 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern
Duluth, 1.29 f. o. b. afloat; No. 2
hard winter, 1.05 f. o. b. afloat.
Corn Sales, 5,000 buBh.; spot
market, firm; No. 2. 90 nominal ele-
I vator and 90 delivered f. o. b.
afloat; option market was higher on
covering of September, and closed
at c. to c. net higher. Septem
ber, 87 0 87, closed 874; De
cember closed 76; May closed 72.
Oats Receipts, 61,500 bush.; ex
ports, 1.000 bush.; spot firm. Mix
ed, 26 to S2 lbs.. 51; natural
white, 26 to 31 lbs., 540 65; clipped
white, 32 to 40 lbs., 55 59.
Poultry Alive, steady; spring
chickens, 16; fowla. 12; turkeys,
12; dressed Irregular; Western
iprlng chickens, 12 (ft 19; turkeys,
16025; fowls, 13014.
Eggs Firm. Receipts, 10,613
crates. Western firsts, 200 21; sec
onds, 18 0 19.
Philadelphia, Wheat Firm and
c. higher; contract grade, August
97 0 97 c.
Corn Steady; good demand; No.
2, for local trade 8888c.
Oats Firmer; No. 2 white natur
al, 53 0 54 c.
Butter Steady ; fair demand; ex
tra Western creamery, 25 c; do.
io., nearby prints, 27.
Eggs Firm; good demand; Penn
sylvania and other nearby firsts, f. c.
21c. at mark; do. do., current re
ceipts, In returnable cases, 20 at
mark; Western firsts, f. c, 21 at
mark; do., current receipts, f. c, 20
at mark.
Cheese Quiet but steady; New
York full creams, choice, 12 c; do.
do., fair to good. 11 0 12.
Poultry Alive, Arm; good de
mand; fowls. 13 013; old roost
ers, 10; spring chickens, 14 016.
Haiti nioraT Flour Quiet and un
changed. Receipts, 6,361 bbls.; ex
ports, 2,085 bbls.
Wheat Firmer; spot, contract,
88 0 98: spot No. 2 red West
ern, 1. 001. 00; August, 98
984; September. 98 0 984; De
cember, l.oo (if 1.004 ; steamer,
No. 2 red. 95 0 95 ; Southern, by
sample, 900 96; Southern, on grade,
944 0 98. Receipts, 101,685
'-.Msh.; exporta, 96,000 bush.
Corn Dull; spot, mixed, 83;
September, 83 asked ; year, 67
asked; Southern white corn, 83 0)
87; Southern yellow corn, 83 0 87.
Receipts, 4,786 bush.
Outs More active; new No. 2
white, 53 (ft 53; new No. 3 white,
5 1 n, .-,;,; new No. 2 mixed, 50
51. Receipts, 29,200 buah.
Rye Firm; No. 2 Western do
mestic, 800 81. Receipts, 100 bush.
Butter Qaiet; fancy Imitation,
200 21; fancy creamery, 25; fancy
ladle. 190 20; store packed, 16
17.
Cheese Quiet and unchanged:
new large, 12; new flats, 12;
new small, 13.
Lira Stock.
New York. Beeves Receipts, 1,
878 head; feeling nominally steady;
dressed beef, slow at 7 10c. per
lb. London and Liverpool cables
quoted live cattle firm, at 12
14c. per lb., dressed weight; refrig
erator beef, 11 011.
Calves Receipts, 275 bead;
market steady. Veals, 6.000 8.75;
a few, 9.00; dressed calves, firm;
city dressed veals, 9013; country
dressed. 7 12.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 5,-
890 head; market steady. Sheep
dull and unchanged: lambs Blow and
10015c. lower. Common to choice
sheep, 2.5004.50; culls. 2.00; com
mon to choice lambs. 4.5006.90.
Hogs Receipts, 895 head; mar
ket steady. Prime medium weight
State hogs, 7.10 per cwt.
lilt'ug". Cattle Receipts, esti
mated about 4,000 head; market
steady; steers, 4.75 0 7.75; cows,
3.4005.25; heifers, 3.0006.00;
bulls, 2.750 5.00; calvss, 6.000
7 .50; stockers and feeders, 2.6001
4.50.
Sheep Receipts, estimated about'
15,000 head; market for sheep,
steady; larabB. mostly 10 lower;
sheep, 3.5004.50; lambs, 4.750)
6 40; yearlings, 4.0006.00.
Hogs Receipts, estimated about
16,000 head; market steady; chotc
heavy shipping, 6.75 0 6.85; butch
en. 6.7006.85; light mixed, 6.400
6.50; choice light, 6.600 6.75; pack
ing. 6.4006.601 pigs, 4.0006.35;
bulk of salea, 6.400 6.60.
Upon the Invitation, of the United
States Burear of Fisheries the fourth
international fishery congress will
he held thW year at Washington, D.
C., September 22 to 29, Inclu
sive. Previous meeting grounds
have been at Paris in 1900, at St.
Petersburg In 1902 and at Vienna In
190&.