THE WIDENING HORIZON
"Jut out yonder " the youth declare,
"I have Been where the enrth And the heavens meet.
Ti long, slight line, and the one who dares
Slny crow it with confidence complete.
And rme dny I'll Iniild me swift-winged boat
And I'll apeed to the land of the golden alow,
Where the twilight Inndacapes ahine and float
And comfort the dreamer here below,"
i 'Tis not far diatnnt," the man criea out,
"The time when peace ahull mnintain its away
In i this world that atrugiilea 'mid atorm and doubt
The journey ia audi a little wav!
Wc will awiftly upeed on the wiiim of thought
Tp the glories opened before our view!"
Ami the man forgot a he smiled and wrought
lhe hope of his youth that had ne'er come tm-
The Washington Star.
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BATTLE IN MIDAIR.
Wyoming Man Has a Thrilling
Fight With an Eagle. - - -
Swinging like a pendulum at the
end of a two-hundred-and-fiCty-foot
rope against tho side of a five-hundred-foot
cliff, with Jagged rocks far
below and nothing but one bare hand
with which to fight oft the fierce on
slaught of an Immense eagle whose
neat he was attempting to rob this
was the awful predicament In which
Arthur Williams, a young man of
Riverton. Wyo., found himself one
day early In June last year. With
the welfare of her nestlings at stake,
the great bird attacked the despollcr
of her home with Inconceivable fury
and only to a lucky chance does Will
iams owe his life.
Riverton is a new town on that
portion of the Cheyenne and Arapa
hoe Indian reservation which was
opened to settlement last year, and
In the country thereabouts mountain
vlions, timber wolves, coyotes, eagles,
bears, etc., can be found.
I Before the Indian reservation was
Iformally opened to the whites for set
tlement the flockmasters were per
mitted to graze their sheep over the
jrouptry, and it gradually became
iknowu among the sheepmen that over
an Lost Well Canyon there were a
3alr of eagles who made a specialty
f devouring young lambs. Try as
ihey might, however, the shepherds
ere unable to get a shot at either of
(these great birds, and for several
years they were the terrors of the
district.
Hunters with their Winchesters
pften lay in wait for the big birds,
toping to get a shot at them, but
with the proverbial keen eyesight of
uch creatures, the eables detected
he nimrods and never came within
gunshot when the nest was being
1'atched.
During the spring of 1908 the two
Id eagles were more successful than
ver in raiding the flocks of the
Iheepmen, and accordingly a special
effort was made to exterminate them.
To that effort Arthur Williams owes
he appalling adventure which befell
im.
1 Williams and two friends made a
trip out to Lost Well Canyon to in
vestigate the chances of trapping the
eagles in their nest. A ride of eight
toilea over rough mountain trails
brought them to the canyon, half way
up the perpendicular side of which
they saw the horizontal cleft in which
the wise old birds had built their
flest. At the foot of tbt cliff directly
Wider the cleft was a pile of bones
the remains of lambs thrown out of
ne nest by the eagles after they had
ean picked clean.
I "We ain't any nearer that nest
kwn here than when we were at
ipme," remarked Williams to his
mrades. "Nothing, but a balloon
r an airship can help us from down
jpre. Let us go up to the top of the
Jiff and see what we can do from
ere,"
I For two hours the three young men
Vuggled to reach the top of the
fountain. A wide detour was neces
Iry, but at last this was accom
lifihed and they stood on the brink
1 the cliff, half way down which the
Sleg' nest had been built.
"There's nothing to be clone from
here, either," paid one of the men
despondently. "Wo might Just as
well go back home; we shall never
reach that nest."
While the men stood and talked
from far down below them there rose
the shrill, piping cry of young birds.
"Young ones!" said Williams. "I
wish we could get them alive; they
would be worth money to us."
"No use to bother; you'll have to
take it out in wishing," said the third
member of the party. "Come on,
let's go home."
"All right. I'll go home now, but
I'm coming back to-morrow after
those birds," said Williams.
The next day found the three
young men back at the cliff. They
had mapped out a scheme whereby
they hoped to get the young birds,
and had brought with them 750 feet
of stout rope, far more than enough
to reach them from the top of the
cliff down to the bottom of the can
yon. To make quite sure of this, position and tearing savagely at the
laid hold of the rope and quickly dis
appeared over the side, sliding down
ward,, using one leg, around which
the line was wrapped, as a brake to
keep himself from going too fast.
Across his shoulders was slung a
tout bag In which he intended plac
Ing the little eagles when he secured
them. In one hnnd he carried a stout
stick for use In an emerirnncv tho
j other hand grasped the rope.
I Down, down he wpnt. nni lupf in
front of the eyrie. . Then he slipped
one leg through the loop at the end
of the cord and turned to look Into
me uark Hole, where he could here
tho eaglets "talking."
Slowly he swung around, bracing
his foot against tho rocky wall until
he faced the cleft and could give his
attention to the nest.
Suddenly, screaming wildly -vlth
rage and fright, out from the dark
cleft came the old mother bird. Like
a stone from a catapult she flung ser
self at Williams' face.
Dismayed by the suddenness of the
attack, Williams recoiled, his foot
slipped from the wall, and his body
spun around and out of reach as the
huge bird went past him. He did not
escape altogether scratchless, for one
claw, life a knife blade, cut across
his cheek, and in an instant the blood
was flowing from a cut half an inch
deep.
Only a few yards did the old eagle
fly, then she wheeled and with the
speed of an arrow shot once more at
the man hanging at the end of the
rope before her nest.
This time Williams braced himself
and with his stout stick ready In his
right hand awaited the onslaught of
the big bird. His left hand grasped
the rope.
The eagle struck Williams on the
head with her wing and at the same
moment Williams lashed at the bird
with his stick. Such was the fury
and strength of the creature, how
ever, that the stick flew from Will
lams' hand and went whirling
through space to tho bottom of tho
canyon far below.
Pecking, clawing and striking
stunning blows with her terrible
wings, the big bird beat the air in
front of Williams face, holding her
"Hold me here until I got these lit
tle birds," he shouted feebly. "I
came after them, and I'm going to
have them."
With that the plucky fellow
crawled back Into the niche, put the
two little eaglets in his bag, thrust
his leg through the loop, grasped the
rope with both hands and was safely
lowered to the floor of the canyon.
Within a few feet of where he
landed lay the old mother eagle.
Williams staggered over to her and
gave her a kick. To his amazement
she moved, stood up on her feet and
flew away . ,
One of Williams' companions came
sliding down the rope and reached
him Just as the injured man fainted
from loss of blood and excitement.
The punishment he had received was
terrible, but fortunately his eyes had
escaped Injury.
After casting off the rope the third
man made his way down the moun
tain to where Williams and his friend
were. They managed to stop the flow
of blood, and between them got the
wounded man on his horse and
LTH
THOUGHT Fofi
rouix
COII KEEP voir.
Cnd keen you, dearest, all this lonely
n; mhtt
1 he winds are still,
I ho moon drops down behind the west
ern hill;
(od keep you safely, dearest, till the light.
God keep you then, when slumber mell
away,
And care and strife
iH,ihie-P "eW arm t0 'ret Ur wak'n8
Ciod keep you through the battle of the
day, . .
Cod keep you. Nay,' beloved soul, how
vain,
How poor ia prayer!
I can but say again, and yet. again
Uod keep you every time 'and every,
where. '
Mary Ainge de Vere.
Grief That Ennobles.
A woman, dressed
mourning, stopped suddenly outside
L COLO It
Weekly Review or Trade and Latest
Market Reoorts.
Hradstreet's says:
"Trade, crop and Industrial re.
ports are Btlll very irregular, but
the underlying tone of business gen
erally is slightly more optimistic.
All present or future favorablo oc
currences, however, cannot disguise,
the fact that some lines of Industry
are still very much depressed; tha
entertain himself by the hour pushing 1 the flr8t crol' report of the year
the toys back and forth and watching tnat made by the Government ot
Us. house: home
Amusing the Ilnby.
A simple device for keeping baby
.mused and happy is to fasten at In
tervals upon a broad bright ribbon
the little toys of which he is most
fond, suspending the ribbon above
the bed upon which he lies, within
reach of his little hands, by securing
one end to tho bead of the bed and
the other to the foot. He will then
brought him to Riverton. Williams , a nouse irom which came strains of
spent several days In bed and covered 1 ""B,C. a ltn 1,10 nnnPy lauSh
i.i. i a ... .. ... i ter of children.
nun uauuuKes lur iwu wet-'KB, out re
ceived no lasting Injuries.
As souvenirs of his terrible fight
he has two little eagles and a dozen
or more big scars to show his friends.
Wide World Magazine.
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Smile
Awhile;
And when you smile
Another smiles,
And soon there are miles
And miles
Of smiles,
And life's ivorth while
Because you smile'
S JAPAN'S OPIUM CRUSADE
; IN FORMOSA.
however, they first lowered the rone
weighted with a stone down the face
of the rock and saw that while there
yet remained a big coil at their feet
the weighted end of the rope rested
on the floor of the canyon.
Then the rope was hauled back and
a tight loop made In one end.' This
was paid out over the edge of the
cliff until It hung directly in front of
the eagles' nest. The other end of
the rope was hitched around a con
venient tree.
During all this time the men kept
close watch for 'he old eagles, but
saw nothing cj them.
"Off hunU6 lambs, I suppose,"
said one ot tLa young fellows.
Then , waUaros stepped forward.
head and face of the would-be de-
spoiler of her home. Her screams
were Incessant.
Meanwhile on top of the cliff there
was utterconsternatlon. The attention
of one man was necessarily taken up
wim tne rope, and a slip on hia part
meant instant death to Williams in
the way of a fall to the rocks at the
foot of the precipice. With a rifle
In his hand the other man watched
that nightmare fight In midair far
below him. He could not shoot with
out endangering Williams even more
than the eagle.
Just then things were going very
nauiy witn the nest robber.' Blood
was flowing from a dozen cuts on his
head and face, his hand was lacer-
1 looked up to bis superior quick
i with a sort of awed admiration
?h was pathetic ,0 M
?2 yJ bout 11,0 end " ha first
,' the doctor's ton r--:vj ut-
Jeniy, and his mother had sue-
tle out alone.
cumbed to thw shock a few hours i Presently the old bird darieri aw. v
later. It presently turned out that preparing for another swoop at the
iuer una nao, noming except a defenceless man. When she was ten
nteri. the rlnthtncr of.m.f 1. i Bu..i
rt m ' ' r utirui. uid DIIUU1
HH MAM .WTJr. nAin? TJTTrCT7IT T71 de was cut in ribbons. Moreover he
XiW vJrl V J J XlllVlOJCjJUr .s half stunned, and but for the
? 1P In the end of the rope would
Ilnrw Whlnh t . .! nave fallen to his death. He had no
-,7 ..iv.u uauuLHSUngtlUJet On a Ureat'Nme to give directions to his com-
t .oUSlneSS Man's lL.Jfo rades and simply had to fight the bat
sentiment and business are not
arh strangers as one might at first
Jnk. The following tale, taken
i 'pui the World s Work, was told by
a '.man ot affairs, who handles mlll
a of dollars every year. The les
n of the story had been a lasting in
4nce in this business man's life.
e two boys concerned in the narra
re were his college classmates.
.me of them was a farmhand, a big,
wny, slow chap who had made up
f mind years beforo to get out of
day laborer class. He had saved
j a long time, and the local minls-
had helped Mm along with his
ous and coa'chod him for college.
Finally, with a few hundred hard
ved dollars, ho hed taken the en
nee examinations and been ad
tted. I never saw a man with a
e stubborn resolve to lift htm
t a peg or two. He knew his llml
Joas, and didn't aim too high, but
was determined to get along, to
say, a lawyer In a country town;
1 the path seemed open before
. although his mental slowness
I lack of early advantages meant,
t It would take him twice as long
jt would a clever youngster,
ills roommate was the son of a
ntry doctor, his very antithesis,
'or and quick, easily the head of
class, who had been brought up
uusiautial comfort, with no
Bht on the '.toy's part where the
ley came from.
be two became fast friends. The
r " "" o help the other
I his studies, and the ex-farm-
good Income from practice; so the feet distant a rifle rang out from th
WB en nign ana ary. . top or the cliff, and Williams knew
He had long talks with his chum J his friends were doing what they
about the matter and told him that it j could. But the old bird did not fal
was evidently all up, so far as his ca-; ter for a moment, although a couple
reer was concerned; be had not the , of feathers from her terrible right
"""" wuicq wouiq enaoie mm to wing noated away In the wind. In
earn his own living while going , his haste to send a second bullet
""uut" coiiege, ana he accepted the downward tho man with tho rlfl
event as meaning that he would be managed to Jam it, and with a de-
i l I0r tne re8t or nU I,fe' Wring cry threw the now useless
ii n naa to return home to set- weapon to the ground,
"a up some family affairs. The eagle returned to the attack
o f y" later he rece,vd tt let" w"h evt,n greater fury, and for a few
nm rim hl" roommate. which ran minutes Williams thought his last
something 88 follows: i moments had arrived. But still i.
Llear Jack. I've been thinking fouirht on. nnllin creat hnnrtf,,!.
mings over. There's no possible
Question that you'll get more out of
loun,e than 1 coul1- You"11
IZ J S ' n,ark ,a tha orM. I
"!ver bJ? aor than a fourth-rate
thlr?f. fcon?mlcl'y considered.
you r6Ck,eM "travagance.
I'v. .8e ,1h8Ck for th9 "unt
I ve saved, which was to give me my
Cw01?hr,e1Tb,, WUI WuthrouX
with strict economy.
"Of course, I know you won't w.nt
i0,dut.hlV.bUt.I'T9 thouht out
and its the plain common sense of
the situation. Moreover, I shall di
appear by the time you receive this
and nobody will know where I am'
So you couldn't return the check"
anyhow. c'
"Oood-by and good luck."
The doctor's son took bis college
course, and Is doing very well to-day
and be has never seen his frleud
slace.
feathers from the bird and beating
at ner desperately with bis bare fist,
receiving in return many cuts and
slashes as well as stunning blows
from the madly flapping wings. 'He
was almost ready to loose his hold on
the rope and go crashing down to the
bottom ot the canyon, when the eagle
suddenly wheeled away for another
attack.
As she came back again, screaming
and beating the air, something the
size of Williams' head struck her on
the back, and down she went like a
stone, whirling over and over. Will
lams' friend above bad hurled a small
rock at the bird, and, luckily for Will
iams, the boulder had struck her
fairly on the back between the Im
mense wings.
"Hold on tight and we'll let you
down to the bottom!" sang out the
man at the top of the cliff, leaning
far oyer. Then Williams showed the
sterling stuff of which be was made.
Thouttb. bleeding from a dosen
'It Is possible that he
lht hivf eot m ?kM u1' rrlend breathless and exhausted, be
mm'A ,lb"he w,n.8t tlU determined to fulfil hi.',,-
. . .... .u.nuer question, rand.
The Consul-General of Japan at
New York, Mr. K. Midzuno, In a read
able article In the North American
Review, describes "Japan's Crusade
on the Use of Opium in Formosa."
When Japan, at the close of the
Chlno-Japanese War, found herself
In possession of the Island of Formo
sa, she discovered that she was con
fronting a very serious problem. For
generations Chinese inhabitants of
the Island had been using opium; and
realizing the deleterious effect of the
drug upon the population, the Japan
ese Government felt that something
had to be done to put an end to its
use. It would have been Inhuman
to compel those who had been smok
ing opium all their lives to discon
tinue the habit. The Government de
termined, therefore, that Its effort
should be directed toward preventing
the advent of new recruits Into the
ranks ot the smokers, and it provid
ed for the registration and the li
censing ot those who should be per
mitted to use opium. The results
have been most gratifying, according
to Mr. Midzuno, and the prospect ia
that the opium habit will disappear
entirely from the Island upon the
gradual disappearance, In the course
of nature, ot the older portion of the
population. Mr. Midzuno says:
"As statistics indicate, there are to
day 127,000 opium smokers in For
mosa, and nearly, If not quite, all
are among the very aged, who have
been used to its effects for many
years. It Is very seldom that new
converts to its use are found since
the Introduction of the crusade.
"Not what to do but how to do It
is the question that confronts those
who would forever eliminate the ob
noxious and the hurtful from For
mosa. The present need Is rigidly to
enforce registration, and to keep es
tablished a license system for those
addicted to the use ot opium, thereby
confining its use to those who could
not subsist without it. For the pres
ent generation and those oncoming,
the superior advantages for the de
velopment of a higher civilization
that are everywhere being gradually
introduced, aided by such precautions
as the so-called gradual prohibition i
Can it be possible." she said to
herself, that Mrs. Weston is giving
a children's party when her little girl
has not been in her grave a month?
It is shocking! How can one be so
unfeeling!"
To confirm her suspicions she
paused to listen a moment longer,
and, if possible, to catch a glimpse of
what was going on InRlde. Then the
front door opened, and against the
bright background of light two fig
urea appeared. A mother, with her
little girl, was Just coming away.
The peering black figure by the steps
Instantly recognized the woman as
one of her acquaintances.
"O Mrs. Murray," she began, in
some embarrassment, "Is Mrs Wes
ton really giving a children's party
to-night, so soon after Nina's death?
Is it possible that she has so little
feeling?"
The street light cast its revealing
radiance on Mrs. Murray's tear.
stained face.
"Don't say that!" she answered,
gently. "You don't know her. I
only wish that you or I could ever i
hope to attain to the height of her
unselfishness or the depth of her love
and faith."
"I am still wearing crape, and my
child died two years ago," tho woman
in black replied, in a tone of aelf-ap-proval.
"Is it really true that Mrs.
Weston is giving a party?"
"Yes, It Is true," Mrs. Murray an
nounced, with a defiant lift to her
chin. "It was Nina's birthday party.
The child had planned for It months
ago. She had made little gifts for
all her friends, and was full of the 1
wish to share her happiness with I
others. I
"Mrs. Weston was simply broken- I
hearted when Nina died. You know i
It is less than three years since she I
lost her husband. But she has
prayed for strength and guidance, j
and she feels that although she can I
never again be happy herself, It is
them swing above him. Harper's
Bazar.
To I'emove Ink.
The Modern Priscilla says that hy
drogen peroxide will remove Ink from
all kinds of cloth and wearing ap
parel without chancing Its color. Take
a medicine dropper and fill with the
hydrogen peroxide. Saturatethe cloth
over tho Ink stain. Sometimes It re
quires several applications. Lay the
goods In the sun or air after each ap
plication. We have quoted other en
dorsements of this same liquid for
the very same purpose, but I repeat
it, as there are always new readers.
A Pninty Pincushion.
A charming little pincushion for
'".by's table is fashioned to look like
a baby shop or bootee with the cush
ion fitted Into It. It can be made of
white, pale blue or pink canvas, the
cushion to be of Mlk in the samo
color, and the lacing of the shoe In
bebe ribbon to match.
Any worn-out shoe can bo rlppod
apart and used ns a pattern. Where
a tiny one Is tho only model avail
able it will be necessary to cut the
new goods larcer, while following tho
general outline, as the cushion should
not be too small. New York
winter wheat Is a poor one, indicate
, Ing a short crop; that buying is stilt
hampered In some sections by un
fuvorable weather or by the reduced
1 purchasing power of the public, and
that caution and conservation still
govern commercial operations to
large degree.
"Business failures In the United
States for the week were 227. against
204 la-t week, 258 In the like week
tof 190S, 191 in 1907, 161 in 190
and 19'i in 190.".
"Wheat, Including flour, exports
i from the United States and Canada
for the wepk ntn-uate 1,062.24 4
bushels, against l,413,.r93 bushels
last week and 2,4..1,099 bushels this
week last year. Corn exports for tha
week are 926.898 bushels, acalnn
1,102.244 bushels last weeh and
545,714 bushels in 1908.
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Homovlng Scorch.
An old negro laundress is responsi
ble for the following cure for bad
scorched places caused by too hot
irons: A half pint of vinegar is put
on the stove in a porcelain-lined
saucepan. To this is added the Juice
of a largo onion and two ounces ol
fuller's earth. The nikture is boiled
for five minutes, strained, cooled and
bottled.
In removing the scorch a little ol
the mixture is put on a clean white
linen rag and rubbed over the
scorched place until It disappears.
Several applications may be neces
sary. New York Times.
For Clenninu Blankets.
Shave up a half bar of any good
laundry soap, add four tablespoonfuls
borax and a little water and melt over
WORDS OF WISDOM.
project Involves, - offer every assur
once, uaseu upuu ueuiiiuj latia, wim i worldly, embittered heart of the
ere long the wretcnea naoit or tne i woman who had so cruelly mlsunder
abuse of opium In the Island of For- stood a fellow sufferer. Impulsively
mosa will be a forgotten tradition." she started forward out of the dark-
i ness.
"Mrs. Weston," she said, abruptly,
"I have presumed to criticise you.
Forgive me. I didn't understand.
When my child died I listened to the
tongues of men, as Mrs. Murray says.
You heard the voice of God. That
Is why I am more to be pitied than
you."
"We are both to be pitied." said
the heart-broken mother. "But we
who understand sorrow can help oth-
running Prs to find happiness that survives
us una aeain.
"Thank God. nothing can kill my
child's love for me or mine for her.
I have tried to express that love In
a way that I am afraid seemed to you
crude and heartless, but Nina knows,
and God understands."
The appealing face was Illumin
ated bv a smile that seemed to shed
warmth as well as light. And as the
two women went their ways, ench
felt that she had received a benedic
tion. Youth's Companion.
! still her task to help keep things ! flre- Then add four tablespoonfuls
j Drigm ana joyiui lor other people." I
"But how can she bear to look at j
, other children enjoying themselves?
How can she bear to think of what
people will say?" i
"Her grief is not like that," Mrs. i
1 Murray answered, gently. "She I
doesn't pay any attention to what
people say. for she is not listening to
the tongues of men, but to the voice :
of God." I
The door onened again, and a slen- '
der black figure was silhouetted j
against the light. I
"Edith!" a gentle voice called. "O !
Edith Murray! You were going away
without the little work-bag Nina i
made for you! I know she wants ,'
you to have it." I
"O Mrs. Weston!" the child ex- I
claimed, dropping her mother's band.
"How could I forget it!" and Edith
ran up the steps to receive the out- 1
stretched gift.
For a moment the lleht shone on
the sad face, worn with weeping, yet
smiling, and the sight sent a pang of
remorse, sharp as an arrow, into the
household ammonia, put in tub and
half fill with cold water. Put the gar
ments or blankets In and let soak
four hours. Then rinse in water con
taining four tablespoonfuls borax and
four tablespoonfuls ammonia. Do i
not wring. The articles will be Just
like new
Kerosene added sparingly to the
water in the clothes boiler will help
to loosen the dirt and whiten the
clothes. Epitomist.
It's easy to talk philosophically If
the other fellow is paying the freight.
All the world loves a winner with
the exception ot the loser.
The vorst of it tor others means
the best ot it for the undertaker.
It takes a woman or a phonograph
cylinder to talk while
around.
And it Is a good plan to cultivate
the habit of getting your monsy's
worth.
If you would be popular keep your
troubles to yourself; that will help
some.
Many a man gets the upper hand
by dealing It to himself from the
bottom ot the deck.
A newly married couple should
occupy apartments in which there I?
no room for suspicion.
Most women have faith in thr.it
husbands as long as they can buy
things on credit at a dry goods store
When two women exchange compli
ments the recording angel is kept ar
busy as when two men trade horses
It takes a lot ot Christianity tc
enable a man to feel glad when he 1
called upon for $10 to help repair
the church. From "Pointed Para
graphs, " in the Chicago News. ,
Favorite Xcedlo.
"What am I hunting for?" said one
' of a group of sewers. "Why, my nee
die. No, thank you, I won't take an
other. I feel utterly lost without
that needle. That is one of my pecu
liarities, I suppose. I find a needle 1
like, and I keep It for months and
monthB. My sister Is like me in this
respect. I have known her to get
down on the floor and search for a
half an hour at a time for n needle
she has dropped. It is not, of course,
the value of the needle, but there is
certainly some-thing In getting accus
tomed to one. I always try to huve
a small magnet in my work bag, and
then if I drop my needle I can find it
more easily. Yes. I use the same nee.
die for almost any number thread or
silk. It may not be tho way approved
by the expert needlewoman, but It ii
ray way.
"Well, here it Is In the fold of mj
skirt," exclaimed the searcher. "Now
I can begin work." New Haven Reg- '
Ister. ' - '
Wholesale Markets
New York. Wheat Spot steady;
No. 2 red. 133 134c. elevators;
No. 2 red, $1.34 f. o. b. afloat;
No. 1 Northern Duluth, 131 f. o.
b. afloat; No. 2 bard winter, 131'
f. o. b. afloat.
Corn Spot easy; No. 2, 760.
elevator, and 74 Vi f. o. b. afloat;
No. 2 white, 73 4, nominal, and No.
yellow, 74 '4 f. o. b. afloat.
OatsSpot, steady; mixed.
32 lbs, r, , rt .-,8c; natural white.
11)8. ;8f(00; clipped white,
40 lbs. 58 rn
Potatoes Barely steady; Florida,
new, per brl., $4..r.0f6; Maine, in
bulk, per 180 lbs. $3. Cabbaged
firm; Southern, white, per crate,
$2.25 W 3. Freights and peanuts un
changed. Butter Steady; receipts, 3.227
PkKS. Creamery specials, 2 8 (official,
28); extras, 27. Cheese firm; un
changed. Eggs Barely steady: receipts.
30,754 cases; Btate Pennsylvania
and nearby, fancy, selected, white,
23c; do, fair to choice, 21 i fi 22 ;
brown and mixed, faacv, 22; do.,
fair to choice, 21214; Western
storage-packed. 21 U a 21 M ; West
ern firsts, 20 to if 21; seconds, 20;
Southern firsts, 20 to: seconds. 20.
Poultry Alive steady; chickens,
broilers, 25; 33c: fowls, 16 17.
Dressed easier; Western chickens,
12 to; fowls, 14tofilo4.
riUluriclpliin. Wheat Steady;
contract grade, April, 132 Q 133c.
Corn toe lower; April, 62to3
73c.
Oats Quiet; No. 2 white, natural;
69 to H 60c.
Butter Quiet; extra Western
creamery, 29c; do, nearby prints,
30.
Eggs Firm; Pennsylvania and
other nearby firsts, free cases. 20 toe.
at mark; do., current receipts in re
turnable cases, 20, at mark; Western
firsts, free rases. 20. at mark; do.,
current receipts, free cases, 19 0 20,
at mark.
Live poultry Firm; fowls, 13
16Vic; old roosters, 10 fi 11'
spring chickens, 32fi36; ducki, 14
if 13.
Baltimore Wheat Tho market
for Western opened easier; spot
135toc; May, 1.31 to; Julv. 1.1014.
Settling prices were: No. 2 ri
Western, 135 12: contract spot,
135 to; steamer No. 2 red, 132 to'
steamer No. 2 red Western, 132to.'
Corn Western opened easier'
sprr. 73-473toc.; May, 73 to
73:;i. While prices showed little
change, the tendency was rather
easy.
Contract,
steamer
81 knes Seasons.
It seems strange to the uninitiated
that there should be a "season" for
sickness and one for health, but such
is the case, according to a trained
nurse.
"Everything Is very dull Just now,'
said one the other day. "So many
nurses are out, the doctors hav
plenty ot time and the druggists are
complaining of slow business, but a
little later It will be different. Our
busy season begins usually when the
opera does, though the two have no
connection. Late November finds u
all busy. February is one ot out
best months."
Wise Law of Nature.
He who habituates himself In bit
daily life to seek for the stern fact
in whatever be hears or sees, will
have these facts again brought before
him by the Involuntary imaginative
power, In thoir noblest associations;
and he who seeks for frivolities and
fallacies will have frlvoltles and fal
lacies again presented to him la bli
dreams. John Ruskln.
The Reason.
The reason for the existence of the
Christian church Is to be found in
the need ot the heathen world. We
are an elect race, not for our own
pleasuro and salvation, but for the
sake of dying men, who call to us to
give them 'the Light of Life. If we
fall Christ In this, will He not cast
us aside, and perform His purpose
by others? We are saved to serve;
endued with powfir to become Hit
witnesses. Rev. F. B. Meyer.
Enyjr.
Envy Is Incipient murder; no ten
der feeling can dwell in the same
breast with envy. It will drive every
good Impulse from the heart, and wel.
come a brood ot vipers that will re
sort to any method to accomplish
their diabolical purpose Rev. W.
P. Hines.
Right and Wrong.
One Is all right when he possesses
riches, position, etc., but when they
possess him be Is all wroor -t.
C. W. Wti0.
Makes Starch Insoluble.
By a German patented proren
starch Is made Insoluble In hot water
by treating it In the cold, with for
maldehyde and a moderately atront
acid. The product la distinguished
from that obtained trom starch and
formaldehyde at a high temperstur
by the fact that, the starch grains re
main unaltered and quite permanent
It la not only Insoluble In bollini
water, but Is not attacked by soda
lye or other strong alkalies. It mi)
be employed as a filler la plastic com
positions, as a dressing for fabr.ci
and In tha manufacture of paper.
no Eed
j7. w now TO
PREPAXllATilEH
I Marshrnullow Pudding. One-hall
pint of whipped cream, one-half cur
j of walnuts, cut in pieces, one-hall
pound of maruhmallows.cut in pieces
j Put together and put uway fur Cv
; hours before serving.
Beet Kulnd. Boll the beera unti!
tender, peel and soak In vinegar until
cold and Arm. Scoop out the centres,
leaving an outer wall, stuff wltt
chopped celery and mayonnaise dress '
Ing and serve on lettuce leaves. I
, Dato Pie. Wash two cupfuls datei
and soak In boiling water five min
utes. Drain and press through I
strainer. Add two cups of milk, Ut
tie salt, teaspoon cinnamon and nut
meg. two well beaten eggs, with threi
tablespoons sugar. Bake In one crust
Walnut Custard Pie. Beat twe
Settling prices wore:
73 ',4: No. 2 white, 73?
mixed. 9.
Oats White No. 2, G9f2 60c;
No. 3. 57tor'l38to; No. 4, 55 to 9
56. Mixed, No. 2, 5757 to; No. 3,
36i5tfto ; No. 4, h'a 54 to-
Hay We quote, per ton: No. 1
timothy, large bales, $15 f? 13. 50
do. small blocks, $15i 15.50; No 2
timothy, as to location, $13.507?
14.50; No. 3 timothy, $11. 50ft 12.
Choice clover, mixed, $13. No. 1
clover, mixed. $12.5o; No. 2 do
$10.5012; No. 1 clover. $12 i'
12.50; No. 2. do., $10M1.50. No
grade hay, as 'o kind, quality and
condition, $ii ii 9.
Eggs Receipts are now ample
for the demand and the market is
easy. The price of duck eggs drop,
ped sharply. We quote, per dozen:
.Maryland, Pennsylvania aud nearby
firsts. 20c; Western firsts, 20- West
Virginia firsts, 20; Southern firsts
20; guinea egga, 10; duck eggs, 23
goose eggs, 4 5 rv GO. '
Live poultry The market Is gen
erally steady Choice winter and
spring chlckena In good don:and an 1
firm. Old hens easy. l.arg. fat
ducks in good demand. We quote
per lb: Chickens Old hens heavy,'
15c; do. small to medium, 14 to 'TP
15; old roosters, each. 25-3 30;
young, largo, 18 ft 20; do, r ough and
ttaggy, 14; winter, lto to 2'i lbs,
25 4( 28; spring, 1 to H4 lb, 35.
Ducks, 14c; white Peklngs, 15.
Pigeons, per pair, young. 2itf30c;
old, loft 20. Guinea fowl, each,
old, 25c; young, 1 lb) and over.
30.
ire Stork
t'lnroHo Cattle Market steady
to strong; steers, $5 ft 7.15: cow.
$4ft5.75; heifers, $3. 25ft 6; bulls.
eggs, add a scant half cup of sugar 3-7345.25; calves $3.50 5? 7.50;
auu iJiinu oi sail; pour on two cupi
hot milk, strain and add one-halt tea
spoon vanilla and one-half cup o'
finely ground En?lUh walnuts; thi
nuts will rise to the top and form s
tender cruel to tho custard.
Apple I'uddliig. Line a butteretf
pudding bowl with grated bread
crumbs, letting the layer be about ar
Inch thick. Nearly All the dish wltt
atewed apples, strew with thin slicei
of lemon, beat an egg Into a cup ot
milk and pour over the applet; placi
another layer of bread crumbs ani
bake in a moderate oven.
Apple l'io With Frosting-. Oni
cup of stewed and sifted dried apples
one cup each of sugar and rich, swee)
milk, one and yolk of another
beaten light, and nutmeg to flat;
Mix well and bake In one crust. Bea1
the remain.ag whir of egt to a atlf
froth with two tablespauns ot sugar
spread ovei the pie and brown dell
eately.
stocken and feeders. $3.30 i 5. Rii.
Hogs Market strong to 5c. high
er. Choloe heavy shipping, $7 25 it
7.35; butchers', $7.20j 7.30; light
mixed. $77.15; choice light, $7.15
87.25; packing. $7.15fJ7.25; pig.
$j.30 U 6.65; bulk of salei, $7.15 &
Sheep Market 10 to 16e. lower.
8heep. $5.60 ft 7; lambs. $7 8.25:
yearlings. $6 ft 7.50.
KaitHas City, Mo Cattlo Ma".
ket steady to 10c. lower. Choice ex
port and d reined beef steers, $5.su
0 6.60; fair to good, $5 &; West
ern steers, $4.80 ft 6.45; ttockers ad
feeders, $4 OS. 75; Southern steers.
$4.90 ft 8.25; Southern cows, $3.Xi
ft 4.50; native cows, $2.50 5.60;
native hot fen. $$.7iiO.20; bull,
$3.85(5 6.35: calves. $4 j? 7.60.
Hogs Mai'..et steady to So. hith
er. Top. $i.l$to; bulk of sal.
$6. 70 ft 7 05; heavy. $8.5ft7.Uto:
packers and butchers, $1T7.10;
light. $6.7037; pgs. $5.2Sft6.
8hep Market ste4v ta 10s. low
er. Lambs. $6.50 lit.
t