THE OLD DOLL, Y ' tittle onenttl one, open your arms. Now are your wwheg come true, come true! TTre u a love with a thounnd chnrme, And see! she in reaching her hands out to you! Put the old doll by, asleep let her lie. And open your arms to welcome Mia new. LiHle one. little one, play your sweet part, Mother-love lavishes treaaurea untold; Whisper fond worda, and close to your heart, ' Your warm little heart, the new idol enfold. (Ti ao with us all to worship We fall Uefore the new shrine, forgetting the old!) tittle one, little one, wherefore that sigh? Weary of playing the long day through? But there's something that look like a tear in your tyt, And your lips why, your lips are quivering, too! Do I sue anght? It is coining night, .... And you cry for tha old you are tired of the newT Little one, little one, old loves are best; . . And the heart still clings, though the hands loose their bold. Take the old doll back, in your arma she shall rest, When you wender awny to the dreamland fold. (With all, even so ere to sleep we po, The wavering heart wavers back to the old!) . Edith M. Thomas, in American Home Monthly. 8 ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo JMSON'S RACE FOR THE YELLOWSTONE. By ROBERT DORRIMAN. Sq-jj, .OOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCO; .Ov.COOOOOJ In those days It was In the year ktifi-whlsky wag the great factor i, the Indian trade, In spite of the ct passed by Congress making its a, or even its Importation into the dlan country, illegal. In one way tr mother it was smuggled past the Insjtctors to the various posts, wnere I was doled out to the trappers, red white, at fabulous prices. Silas Jackson was a fur-trapper of it better sort. He never touched Iquor or spent his earnings in any it ttie many ways which kept his as toclates penniless, If not In debt. He ns ambitious and frugal, and he arrled In hlg- mind a picture of a 'blue-grass" farm in a certain Ken- I ncky county, where some day he reant to raise blooded horses and go o church on a Sunday In blue broad :loth with silver buttons. Since he lived straight, he was a bid of vigor and the swallow-tailed lite was not much keener of sight. Tbe other trappers called him lucky wcause he went and came without oslng a pelt or a pack and had never tad a brush with the Indians. It as not luck, however, that served iim so well, but sound judgment, :lear eyes and an unimpaired body. Even when the Blackfeet, a hostile mough tribe when they were sup ped to be at peace with the whites, ipenly waved the hatchet, Jackson nanaged to cross their country twice without being seen. On the third ilme, however, as he was returning Irom Fort Union for the spring trap ping, an incident happened which bad an Important bearing on the most drilling adventure of his life. He was in a region thickly studded lth buttes. Three or four thin col amns of smoke had warned him that there were Blackfeet near, so he trav tled with the greatest caution. He itepped so noiselessly that he almost rati Into a Blackfoot scout, who was Wretched on the ground at the foot Dt a tall, streaked butte, drinking Irom a tiny spring-hole. The Indiun had not heard him. He lay drinking greedily, with his bow Sir his side, completely at Jackson's jmercy. The trapper stood motion' jless, thinking hard. He knew that jnlnety-nine men out of a hundred (would have killed the Blackfoot as p lay. The relentless ethics of In dian warfare did not recognize Inde ntion Or rnmnnuitnn Tt wna a naao jot kill or fly at sleht on both sides and it was too late for Jackson to fly. Somehow he could not bring him' jielt to slay the scout in cold blood well as he knew the Indian would not have hesitated to shoot him in the back If tha chance had offered nut it was necessary to Insure his own safety in. some way. So, drawing a full breath, he sud. nly sprang upon the prostrate fig' ur, and seizing the Blackfoot's right rm, drew it forcibly backward. At ae fame time he strpek him a pow erful blow in the neck. Tbe Blackfoot let out a cry that was smothered by the water at his "P. The breath was knocked out of him by the force with which Jack son's knees landed in the small of nil back, and the violent blow on his Mk further dazed him. Probably he did not know at first what had at tacked him, whether It was a man or ome wild animal; but he was not long In doubt. Rallying his scattered i8es, he began to heave and strug fle frantically; but Jackson was "ucb the more powerful of the two, id be had the frightened Indian at disadvantage, besides. In a few minutes he had the scout's hands drawn behind his back and ' bound with a spare bowstring from his own dulver. Then Jackson let him up, and the wo faced each other, panting. Al though his legs were free, the Black- oot made no attempt to run away respect for the trapper's long "He kept him motionless, but he fared through his war-paint at Jack on. ready to meet death as became Blackfoot warrior. Jackson guessed his thought and nook his head. No." ha Bnlt In tha other's tongue, ''I'm not going to kill you. Perhaps I'm a fool, but trapping heaver and not shooting people is my "ultiest. Vou let me alone and I'll w you alone. Understand?." The Blackfoot apparently could ot- That this solitary white man Mould show mercy to a scout In tha nemy's country seemed against all rules of warfare and common enw. it wag iom, trlek Hlg eyfl (learned scornfully. Jackson walked up to him and put nner on his bara rheat. I ra not going to kill you," he re pented. .or ,njr of you(, peopiH "u let me alone. I'm going away 0ul ' your country." Ha pointed towrrd tha north. "Will you let ma Tn Blackfoot stared at him, and tt'axVd'm l'ne" t0 h' ' raduBl,jr ou go!" he grunted. ' ' H right." IBld Jackson. "I'll trust Tome wortrora chief," "and he walked away without a backward look. He hod plenty of backward-flying thoughts, however. Would the Blackfoot repay good with evil? How near was the band for which he had been scouting? Would they be down on his trail the next day? Wor ried by these thoughts Jackson trav eled fast all that night, and spent the next day hidden in a cup-like hollow on the summit of a small butte, a position which, defended by his long rifle, would have cost the Blackfeet dear to take. No Indians came in sight, and the following night Jackson took up the trail again with new courage. He did not change his mode of trav eling, however, until he had put sixty miles behind him. A few more days saw him out of the Blackfoot territory and in a comparMvely safe country. When spring was over and the pelts had begun to grow poor, Jack son began his long march back to Fort Union. His pack of prime bea ver made him especially anxious to avoid an encounter with the Black feet; but in spite of every precau tion, he met a band of them just as he had begun to think the danger was past. Fortunately the Blackfeet were not mounted. They were a canoeing whisk out of sight, and his heart swelled with fear. A. stumble would mean hlg death warrant, but he did not dare to make a detour round the "town." it was too wide, He dashed Into it, feeling the ground roughen under his feet, and swaying unsteadily as he ran over the little mounds. The sweat of fright poured down his lean brown face and at every step his muscles cringed lest his foot should strike one of the burrows. The "town" was a quarter of a mile wide, and Jackson was Jarred and alarmingly fatigued when he struck smooth ground again. A back ward look showed him that some of the Blackfeet were out of the race, but that those In the lead were near er to him than before. The leading Indian halted at that Instant, and discharged an arrow, which sang over Jackson's shoulder, but It was almost spent. At least, he was prac tically out of range. He began to fear, however, that he was losing ground at every stride. His strength, too, was going. There was a pain like from a knife thrust under his ribs, and his lungs were hot and seared. The buoyancy of his body had gone. Every step Jarred him and racked his aching head. A light, salty foam gathered on his lips, yet his mouth was burn ing dry. There was no refuge on the mer cilessly bare prairie, and desperately he changed his course toward the Yellowstone. If he could reach it, he was resolved to drown himself rather than fall into the hands of the Blackfeet. But could he reach it? His eyes were so glazed and con- On Wedding Invitations. ' For a large church wedding Invi tations are usually sent to all whose names are on the visiting lists of the wo families. Only when these Invi tations are accompanied by cards for the reception or wedding breakfast to follow are acceptances or regrets necessary. New York Tribune. Warns Girls Against Chinese. Mrs. Radford, eighty-seven years old, hag been superintendent of a Chinese mission In New Orleans for twenty-five years. The mission has a Sunday school and evening classes for secular study. Mrs. Radford has had the opportunity to observe many hundreds of Chinese, and she is rig idly opposed to their being Instructed In any way by white women or girls. She has no patience with the woman or girl who seeks to teqeh the Ori entals out of a desire to "uplift the heathen." New York Press. Cupid's Part With Cigars The cigar box now comes to the front as an auxiliary to Cupid. Mrs. Corinne Raleigh, a Richmond, Va., gested that he could not distinguish ( wldow jn order to support herself the buffalo bushes along the bank; but he knew in which direction the river lay, and he toiled, sobbing for breath, his nose clogged with trick ling blood. He was swaying like a drunken man when he felt the stiff bushes about hlg knees. Beneath him rolled the brown river, dimpled by the breeze, and sucking and swirling round a great Jam of driftwood wedged between a sandbar and the shore. Jackson fell headlong down the sloping bank, his face striking among the wet stones. The chill of the water revived him. He scrambled forward on his hands and knees into the river. The Jam offered him a last haven, and fortunately the water did not reach above his waist. He was too spent to swim a stroke, but stag gering and slipping, he managed to wade the gap and crawled under the Jumbled mass of timber like a wounded muskrat. Stooping so that only his head was went to work as a packer in a cigar factory. "I am lonely," she wrote one day on a Blip of paper and In closed it in a box of cigars. In the course of time the box reached Nome, Alaska. It was purchased by Cyril J. Worthlngton, formerly of Newport News, and now a wealthy mining man in Alaska. Worthlngton is now on his way to Richmond to make the widow his bride. New York Press. W. W. Ferguson, of New Orlens, re vealed that fact the other day In an address to the wuim.n of the Era Club in that city. said this was an Inequality which tdiould be rec tified, as a husband had the power at any time to seize his wife's ward robe and sell it or bestow it as a gift. The same law prevails In Del aware, and a Wilmington Judge has been guided by It In a ruling to the distress and humiliation of a wom an well known In thac city. Follow ing a divorce the husband demanded his former wife's wardrobe. She in dignantly refused, and he appealed to the courts. The decision was in his favor, and the woman had no recourse, except to deliver her clothes to him. It was decided un der the law that, even If a husband gave money to his wife and she In- 'In making a silver dollar the die Is given a pressure of 100 tons to the square Inch, while one of 155 tons is given to the double eagle. An alloy of seventy per cent, of cerium and thirty per cent, of Iron has the remarkable property of giv ing off a shower of sparks when struck by steel. The British agricultural colleges have been testing the growing of po tatoes from sprouts with great suc cess. The yield and quality have both been Increased, and the disease, resisting powers strengthened. A new dirigible torpedo, patented by a Swedish Inventor and operated by electricity. Is said to have a range of 5000 yards. Its course can be al tered, while submerged, from the point of departure at the will of the operator. 'A Chinese takln hns been mounted In the Museum of Natural History. The animal was captured in the mountainous regions of China, nml was presented to the museum by Mason Mitchell, former American consul to China. The tnkln has the vested the money In clothes, he re- , characteristics of an antelope and a malned owner of every garment. New York Press. Girls Graduated as Hoys. Girl students in the University of Minnesota are taught in the construe tion and general direction of play grounds for city children. The co-ed graduating class In the university this year had 200 members, and all tbe young women were nettled by a strange error In their diplomas. The sheepskin awarded to each young woman is written in the masculine gender, and it was not until gradu ation day that the error was dlscov- Modern Kvcs. "If anybody doubts the emancipa tion of the modern girl just let him walk down some street w here sport ing bulletins are shown between 4 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon and he will mighty soon be convinced," said the man with the red mustache. "There are mobs of women abroad at that time who Beem almost as deep ly interested in baseball and racing I news as the men. Nice, proper-looking girls they are, too. They do not hang around the corner where the men congregate, but slide off into a stationery or confectionery store near by where they can loaf around and peer out every few seconds to see how the game is going. "There is one Broadway drug store that has become the favorite haunt of these athletic young women. Ev ery day a squad of them comes troop ing In for the ostensible purpose of guzzling soda water, but In reality to learn whether the Cubs are beating the Giants or whether a favorite horse Is getting to the post 3n time. Strange to say, they do not do much talking for women. Their educa- goat. We nre accustomed to think of se vere and continuous cold ns being n enemy to life of every sort, but data furnished by the Pasteur Institute In Paris by Dr. Charcot, the Antarctic explorer, prove conclusively that the Intense cold of the south polar re gions still allows various forms of microscopic life to flourish. party that had stopped to rest and above water, he wormed his way to- Why He Lost His Friends.. He was always wounding their feellng3, making sarcastic or funny remarks at their expense. He was cold and reserved in his manner, cranky, gloomy, pessimistic. He did not realize that friendship will not thrive on senti ment alone; .that there must be service to nourish it. , He did not know the value of thoughtfulness In little things. He borrowed money from them. He was not loyal to them. He never hesitated to sacrifice their reputation 'or his advantage. He was always saying mean things about them In their absence. He measured them by their ability to advance him. Success , ' CD . "o CD CZ - 3 O S b CD 1 Deviled Eggs Boll six eggs ten minutes, put them In cold water; when cold, chop them fine; molt one tablespoon ful butter, add one tablespoonful flour, stir a few minutes; add one and a half cupfuls milk, one-quarter bay leaf, eight whole peppers, halt teaspoonful salt; cook six minutes, re move bay leaf and peppers, add the eggs, seasoned with halt teaspoonful English mustard, one-quarter teaspoonful white pepper and one tablespoonful fint; chopped parsley. Fill this In six table shells, sprinkle over each one tablespoonful grated bread crumbs and a little melted butter; bake light brown In hot oven. Another way is to sprinkle one table spoonful grated cheese over the eggs, theu the crumbs and butter, and bake. Mrs. Geslne Lemcke. It Is said that a new supply of rad dlum has been discovered In Portu gal by Thomas H. V. Bower, a mem ber of the American Institute of Me chanical Engineers. A certain stream, thft name of which Is not dis closed, was reputed to have thera peutic powers. Mr. Bower followed the stream to Its source, and discov ered that It ran over a bed of urani um phosphate. Gaston Bonnier affirms that the ability of bees to fly straight to their hives from a distance as great as two miles Is not due, as some have be lieved, to either sight or smell, but to a special sense of direction pos sessed by bees. Monsieur Bonnier bases his belief in the existence of this strange sense, which would be extremely useful to man also, on a series of experiments with homing bees. He does not know In what or gan the sense 13 located, but he says that, at any rate, it Is not lu the an i tennae. KQV1XE HERO OF PF.KIX DEAD j ered. The young men in the uni versity had great fun over the slip, but the girls were not a bit pleased. New York Press. eat in the shade of a bluff on the Yellowstone River. Jackson and the scout posted on top of the bank saw each other at the same Instant, and the trapper halted Just long enough to make sure that the odds against him were too big to warrant any show of resistance. Then he took to hlg heelB, running, quartering away from the river. Tbe Blackfeet, fifteen strong, burst through the buffalo bushes that ward the heart of the Jam Just as the leading Blackfeet leaped down the bank. For a few moments they stood there, talking in low tones; then Jackson heard the water ripple and splash as they waded out toward tbe Jam. Soon they were Joined by others, and the whole band began to walk round and over the mass of Inter laced timbers, thrusting down a log here, and lifting others, and peering edged the bluff and swept after him, J through the Interstices. Sick with ...... . ! rl .1 T 1 1 . .. howling like wolves. Jackson knew himself well enough to be sura that no matter how swift the Blackfeet, he could make a stern chase a long one. He bad never met a trapper who could outrun him, and be had entered many a foot-race dur ing tbe wild spring and fall gather ings at the fort. So instead of break ing Into a frantic pace at the outset, he settled down to a long, calculated stride that would eat up distance without greatly tiring him. He knew that he would have to run with hlj head as well as his feet. The Indians, on the contrary, came on at first at full speed, hoping to run the trapper down within a few hundred yards. To frighten him into breaking his stride, they let cut vol leys of whoops and discharged a num ber of arrows as they ran; but nat urally their aim was poor, and pres ently they began to save both their breath and their weapons. They saw that they had no timid greenhorn to deal with. The ground was good for running, with only an occasional low, wave like swell to break its level. The summer sun had - burned the short grass so that It was like a wiry mat underfoot. But racing for one's Ufa is different from doing It for sport. Fear will lend one wings for a while, but it Is a great destroyer of wind and Judgment. At the and of tha first hundred yards Jackson wss forced to drop his precious pack. Soon after that he threw away his rifle and his deer skin Jacket. The prairie ahead of him was as smooth as a floor. Jackson could see no ravine or butta to give him a moment of refuge. . Ha looked back over his shoulder. Tba Blackfeet were strung out in a Una behind htm, some evidently outclassed; but half a dozen were running strongly, and had speed to spare. It was apparent that they wars confident of their ability to tlra bim out. Now the real race began. With his hands clenched and head back, Jackson gradually Increased his speed. Tba grass spun under his feet, and where It wag long, parted with a sharp tearing sound against bis ankles. Ahead of him, suddenly, a prsirle-dof popped Into bis burrow; dread, Jackson crouched up to his throat In the water, waiting for the discovery he felt sure must come. Suddenly the light that filtered down from above was cut ofT. Jack son was too flrmiy wedged In to move anything but his head. He looked up and met the gaze of a Blackfoot across whose face a look of savage triumph flashed and whose parted lips seemed about to utter a signal whoop. But instead, he glared silently at Jackson, and a con flicting series of expressions passed across his painted face. Then, as noiselessly as he had come, he glided away. It was the Blackfoot Jackson had captured and set free that spring. The recognition bad been mutual, but Jackson hardly dared to hope for the same mercy that be had shown tha warrior. In an agony of apprehen sion ha waited and listened. By and by he heard voices and could even distinguish a few words. Some one was saying that the river muBt have drunk up the white man . To this tha ethers apparently agreed. There was a short parley, followed by tha sound of bodies mov ing through the water, and then si lence, except for the light lapping of the current against tbe Jam. Still Jackson did not dare to move. For an hour he listened fearfully; but only the natural noise of the river were to be heard. Unable to stand the chill of tbe water any longer, ha worked bis way to tbe edge of the Jam and looked out. The bank was deserted, and wading ashore, ha climbed the little bluff. The Blackfeet bad disappeared. Youth's Companion. tlon in outdoor sports has had a so bering effect, and when they do talk their remarks are almost sensible enough to be made by a man. York Times. -New Dear Boy. - Little Willie wss missel by his Hother one day for some time, and when he reappeared she asked: "Where bare you been, my pet?" "Playing postman." replied her "pet. I gave a letter to all the houses la our road. Real letters, too." "Where on earth did you gel them?" questioned bis mother, In amusement. "They were those old ones In your wardrobe drawer, tied up with ribi boa," wss tbe Innocent reply. Lon then be saw a number of little tails dou Opinion. Can't Bear Arms. Many people hold that the Inabil ity of women to "bear arms" is a conclusive argument against female suffrage. A certain individual who has a fondness for information a3ks if it has been proved that women cannot defend their country as sol diers. He has observed that in fiction the girl who masquerades as a fight ing man, however bold she may be in words, proves to be an arrant littlo coward when she feela a sword or pistol in her hand and sees another threatening her. But he has read history as well as fiction, and asserts that somo of the women who, dis guising their sex, have actually served for years In the army, have been distinguished for bravery and martial qualities. New Yor'.; Trib une. Be Cheerful. When your companion Is out of sort, cither be quiet or say something that will call his attention to the brighter side of the circumstances. Be more loving, mora tender and more sympathetic, and mean it. Bo calm and bright yourself, and go about your work as if all was rlg'Jt. Choose your words wisely and aim to aiKwoat nnlv that which Is full of nromise. The atmosphere will soon "warm up," but if it doean't, Just be patient; you con afford to wait awhile if necessary; the victory is for you. And as for you, never per mit yourself to feel out of sort; if you are on the verge of feeling that way, begin at once to think and speak of those things that suggest sunshine, and the clouds will shortly pais away. New Haven Register. Golden Threads. -Do you Intend to have a transfor mation made, that you preserve ell your golden threads so carefully?" "No, I'm not going to have any thing made," answered the woman addressed, who had been brushing her hair and was now removing every hair from her brush and putting it into an envelope, "and It's very like ly these golden threads, as you are pleased to call them, will before long be consigned to the flames. But 1 wag once so foolish as to let about half of my hair fall out. After I be gan a course of treatment with a scalp specialist I kept the combings of each week In a separate envelope, and compared them from time to time to see what effect tbe treatment wss having. My hair Is as thick as aver now, but I still keep up my watchfulness to be sure it's not fall ing abnormally without my knowing it. It takes so long for hair to grow it you once lose it that It's much wUer not to lose It." Now York Tribune. . Husbnndg Oiri Wires Clothes. A married woman In Louisiana does not own her own clothei. JuJf ' Putnam, of the Astor Battery, Had Retired With Honors. Word comes from the Philippines j of the death of old Putnam, a horse j presented to the United States Gov- eminent by Colonel John Jacob Astor I with the other equipment of the : Astor Battery at the time of the Spanish-American War. Putnam was about elKhteen years old and died at ' Fort William McKinley. At that I time the horse was on the retired ' list, having been the second animal I since old Comanche of the Seventh ' Cavalry to bo regularly relieved of active duty. i The history of Putnam up to the time he landed In the Philippines Large sailor hats are abundant. Shlrrlngs are on their way back. Lace shoes seem going out style. China silk waists are too pretty and serviceable to fall Into disuse. Pansies, wisterias, lilac, clusters o: rosebuds and laburnum appear on flowered crowns. Russet leather and bronze calfskin sandals for little tots suggest cool ness and comfort. The two piece linen suit has a great vogue, especially for traveling and Qutomobillug. Ribbon runners of mcther-fif-poarl are among the novelties. They may be had In all sizes. Hat brims seem to get lower and lower. Unless they cover almost the entire head, they are not modish. The furor for shoulder scarfs is still on, and they are worn with in expressible art by graceful women. One of the newest things this sea son is tbe net or gauze princess tunic, braided or spangled all over. There is an Inclination to desert the Mme. Recamier coiffure styles and a continued movement toward greater simplicity. Net is not used so much now as sheer batiste, finest tucked organdie and thin lawn, combined with fine Cluny or Irish lace. ' For coat and tailored suits white serge has no rival in woolen goods, for it may be worn at any hour, from breakfast to' midnight. There is a vogue for more or less plain skirts worn with bodices of all-over embroidery, or trimmed with lace or braid, or both. The new sleeves are sufficiently full to take away the stick-like look of tbe arms in the very tight ones, that made them look like Jointed wood. j with the Astor Battery is uncertain, I but his career since then Is easily 1 i traced. Just before the Boxer trou ' ! bles In China Putnam was trans j ferred to F Battery of the Fifth Field Artillery and sent along with the American contingent. On the ar j rival of the allied armies at Pekin . Putnam and another veteran horse named Corregldor were pulling the i first of the American light Held guns. : ! The battery had Just started up j the hill. Corregldor's traces broka snd It was necessary to cut him away I from the gun. The absence of bis I , mate didn't bother Putnam and ho got the gun up the hill alone and ar rived there in time for the cannon he pulled to open the firing. Putnam found his way buck to tho ' Islands in due time and did his work as a wheeler up to two years ago, ' when he got too weak to stand hard service. A few months ago Colonel E. T. Brown, of tho Fifth Cavalary, requested thr.t Putnam be put on the retired list and be turned out on all state occasions and permitted to march behind his old battery. The recommendation was approved. From that time Putnam had a groom, extra bedding and a padded ' box stall. The old veteran's health failed rapidly and he died before any occasion arose for bim to march In state behind his battery. New Yo:k I Sun. COMMERCIAL, Wholesale Markets. New York Wheat No. 2 red. new, 114c, nominal, domestic, ele vator; No. 2 red, new, 1.13 prompt f. o, b. afloat; No. 1 North ern Duluth, old, 1.39 Vt, nominal, f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 bard winter, new, 1.124, nominal, f. o.b. afloat. Corn Spot easy; No. 2, old, 79c. asked, elevator; No. 2 new, B0, win ter shipment. Option market was without transaction, closing V4c. lower. September closed Tlc, De cember closed 64. Oats Receipts, 59,750 bu.; ex ports, 250. Spot market quiet; mix ed, 2632 lbs., 52V.c, nominal; natural white, 26U32 lbs., 49fv 51c; clipped white, Hit 42 lbs., 52 $i 5 9 . Butter Steady; receipts, ID, 127 pkRS. Creamery, specials, 27c. (official nrlce 26 V4 : creamery, i extras. 2 6 fi 2 6 4 ; creamery thirds I to firsts, 23 'i 2 5 V4. ! Cheese Steady; receipts, 4,403 I boxes; state full cream, special, 14 V 15Hc. Eggs Steady; receipts, 12.2S4 cases; state, Pennsylvania and near by, brown fancy hennery, 29 fy 3o; Philadelphia Wheat Dull and weak; contract grade, August, l.'5 (a 1.00. Corn 1 cent lower; No. 1 yel low for local trade, 7 7Vii78c. Oats 1 cent lower; No. 2 white, natural, 52 i 53c. Butter i (w lc. lower; extra : Western creamery, 2Sc ; da, nearby prints, 29. Enys Firm; Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts, free casts, 25c. I at mark; do., current receipts, in returnable cases, 23, at mark; West ern firsts, free cases, 2.1. at v;ark; do., current receipts, free raes, 2 2 (n 24, at mark. Cheese Firm; New Yo--k f'i!l creams, choice, 14 :li 15c; do., fair to pond, 14 5? 14 Vfe. Live Poultry Steady; fowls, 13 'j (Ti l 6c; old roosters, 10 '.-j V 1 1 ; spring chickens, 17 if 19; ducks, oi l. : 11U12; do., spring, 13(?D14. Baltimore Wheat The market for new Southern was ,jc. lower on graded lots. All offerings promptly disposed of. Sales of cargoes on grade at 109 Ifec. for No. 2 red; 1.05 for No. 3 red; 1.04 for steamei No. 2 red; 1.00 H for steamer No. 3 red and No. 4 red; 9Sifc for stoc'.t rejected and 90 Va for "cau't use' rejected. Sample lots, as to quality and condition, sold at 100 to IOnu per bu. Corn Western opened dull and nominal; Bpot. 5c. Demand practically absent and on lower West ern advices the market eased off and at the midday call spot was quoted at 74 Vic which was also the clos lng quotation. Oats We quote, old oats, per bu.: White No. 2. as to weight, 51 r,v 54 Vic. ; No. 3, as to weight, 52 H 53. Mixed No. 2, 52c; No. 3, 50 Va Qi 51. Hay We quote, old hay, per ton: No. 1 timothy, large bales, $18; do., small blocks. $1S; No. 2 timothy, a? to location. $17 t 17.50; No. 3 timo thv, $14.50frl6; choice clover mix ed", $16.50fi 17; No. 1 clove' mixed, $16ft 16.50; No. 2 do., $13. 501 15; No. 1 clover, $1 3 ft 14; No. 2 dn , $12fil3; no grade hay, as to kind, quality and condition, $6u9. Butter Market firm. Demand for choice to fancy creamery nboui equal to the offerings: Creamery fancy, 27 Vi U 28 , creamery choice, 20''y 27; creamery good. 23ii2t, creamery imitation, 201(24; cix-ain cry prints, 2S fn Cheese The market Is steady. V.'? quote, jobbing prices, per lb., lG';i lO'jc. Kg!8 The market is fairly fit m and demand for choice fresh em: nliont equal to the offerings. We quote per doz., loss off: Maryland. Pennsylvania and nearby firsts. 23c; Western firsts. 23, WeBt Virginia firsts, 23: Southern firsts, 22; guinci eggs, 11 (fj 12. Live Poultry Market steady. Choice fat young chickens in gool demand. We quote, per lb.: Chick ens Old hens, heavy, 14 Vic; do., small to medium, 14; old roosters, each, 30'!j40; spring, large. 1 V4 lb--and over. 18; do., smaller. 17. Africa's Forrst. In the heart of equatorial Africa u vast and dense forest has been found that would cover solldlly the entire State of California. It furnishes a wonderful field for research to natur alists. So dense Is the foliage and so numerous the creeping vines that they almost choke the tall monarchs of trees. Tbe animal Ufa la varied. The highest grades of animals exist side by side with the pygmies, or loweBt erades of men. fiwentpxt mnnphirrfa me mouineu khuuuo, waiun u w.o ar8 tne companions of elephants and old wrapper with a Japanese touch giraffes, while the tannled wilds are ia the sleeve and banded edge around the neck and downward, remains a favorite for bedroom wear. The soft Persian coloring and the colorings seen in the old Eact Indian shawls, when produced in their nat ural designs, are especially effective on the neutral ground of the heavier pongees. ' Some of the outing hats are made of the sort of canvas that looks like matting. They are edged with col ored straw braid and trimmed with a band and how of ribbon of the same color. The prizes now being contested for by aviators number thlity-lUt f.nd are valued at $300,000. filled with all sorts of venomous ser pents and reptiles. It Is said that the largest pythons ever seen by hunters have been noticed in this territory. Detroit News-Trlbuno. Bosnia Leather Iteptls Moth. Live Stock. Chicago Cattle Market strong. Steers, $5,601(7.65; cows, $3.f0';i 5.50; heifers, $3.50 & 6; bulls. $3.4') a i 4.85; calves, $3$?8; stackers and feeders, $3.75 $7 5.15. Hogs Market strong to 15c high er. Choice heavy, $8,051: 8.15; butchers. $7.90''( 8.10: light mixed, $7.65 ' 7.9o; choice light, $7.S5'c 8 05; packing. $7.40'(t 7.75. pig. $5.50L 7.85; bulk of sales, $7.65 'tj, 7.95. Sheep Market s'eady. Sheep, $4f'(5; lambs, $'1.257.75; year lings, $5(n 5.40. IMttsbuig Cattle Choice. $8 50 ii 6.75; prime, $6.15J 6.40. Sheep Prime wethers, $4.75 4 85; culls ond common, $1.50(3; lambs, $1.5o5j7.25; veal calves. $7.50 'd 8. Hogs Prime heavies, $8.25 8.:!0; mediums and heavy Yorkers, $8 3; light Yorkers. $8,204? 8.25; pigs. $S'!i 8.15; roughs. $6.50 & 7.25. KutiMi City, Mo. Cattle Marker steady. Choice export and dressed beef steers. $6.50 ((f 7.50 ; fair to good, $4.50 fi 6.35; Western steer, $4 "i 5.85; stockers and feeders, $3.25 ) 5.25; Southern steers, $3.50 115.15; Southern cows. $2.50i 3 85; native cows, $2.25 4.25; na tive heifers, $3.25 5.60; bulls $2.73 ac 4. Hogs Market 510e. higher Top. $7.85; bulk of sales, $7.50'r 7.85; heavy, $7,801(17.85: packer and butchers. $7.70 (if 7.85; light. $6.50j.7.80; pigs, $0.50(7.40. Sheep Market steady. l.smbs, $5.50(1 7.25; yearlings. $4.50 6.25; wethers, $4f(f; ewes. $3 50(4.73; stockers and feeders, $2.75 0 5. Kjuus AM) tNia. Rank notes were first issued in China 2697 B. C. . Au international weather code will soon bo In use the world over. Corn Is our greatest crop, that of 1908 being valued at $1,616,000, 000. Lake Superior Is the largest mat of fresh water In tbe world, being equal to Ireland In area. The total contlnetal ares of tbe United States, Including Alaska, Is about equal to that of all Europe. The first Sunday newspaper ap peared In 1748. The nrst airship annum, duu . The peculiar and agreeable odor of ; 'All the World's AlrsUlp' Is to b Russia leather I. derived from the .Jtl"i'u Sr-H birch bsrk used la tanning It. This um ,nt f roM by friends, and thai odor repels moths and other Insects wn)- Home ordered their legs bro- and makes It invaiuaDie lor dooic- j ken. binding, as a few books bound In Russia leather in a library will pro tect the remainder from Insect at tad. Philadelphia Inquirer. Consul Alfred A. Wlnslow. of Val paraiso, writes that according to (he bt-M Information obtainable thero the exposition of American products that was to have been held In Saatlngr. , . , I during October and November. I90!. A California Judge gave a na, h Uefa uoeiuoued until the rpiira eight ers In tbe pMt--r fcr 0f 1910. i siealinr 'ht cents. . 1 I I I )
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