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THE REALM
OF FASHION.
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Desirable Basque,
' The general usefulness and desira
Bility of the tailor basque ere too evi
dent to require nrging, nays May Man
on. The model shown, while severe,
LADIES BASQUE.
a all snch designs must be, includes
the single rever that is the latest inno-
tation and makes a feature of early
pring styles. As illustrated, the ma
terial is light weight eibeline in a soft
Castor shade, but cheviot, covert cloth,
poplin and all the new materials are
equally suitable. The backs are
seamed at the centre, and fitted with
curving aide baoks, which render the
adjustment snng and tend to give a
slender effect, while double nnder-arm
sores connect them with the fronts.
Tie latter are fittedjby means of double-bust
darts which are curved to re
lace the apparent size of the waist
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LADIES' BOUND WAIST.
ftnd the right side laps well over the
left to give the donble-breasted effect.
The right-front ia also extended to
form the rever which is faoed silk
overlaid with passementerie. Below
she rever the dosing is effected by
means of buttons and button-holes.
(The sleeves are two-seamed and fit
snugly after the latest style and the
beck is finished with tie straight
Standing collar orriy. With the basque
is worn one of the early spring hats
that serves to exemplify prevailing
styles. The rough straw is blaok and
the mousseline de aoie, which is ar
ranged in the Spanish comb style with
n edge of fine straw, is in the same
polor as is also the satin ribbon which
forms the bows. But the touch of
brillancy given by the flowers in Tan
gerine-yeliow lightens and brightens
the whole.
i To make this baBque for a lady in
the medium size will require two and
pne-half yards of forty-four-inch ma
terial. Comfortable Bound Waist.
The full round waist, aooording to
May Manton, embodies all the ease
and comfort of the blouse, yet is free
of all poach, makes one of the many
good things whioh the season has to
offer. The model shown in the illus
tration is velvet finished cashmere,
with skirt of the same,- but is suited
alike to foulard and India silks, challies
and all suoh materials as take soft,
graceful folds. The foundation is a
tilted lining which includes the usual
pieces and. seams and oloses at the
centre-front. The seamless back is
drawn down to the waist line, ao form
ing a slight fulness above the band and
is joined to the fronts by nnder-arm
gores. The fall fronts are arranged
in gathers at the shoulders and, neck,
and again at the waist line. The edge
of the left side is finished with a
pointed rever of applique edged with
a trill of ribbon, and laps well over on
to the right, so oonoealing the dosing
of the waist proper wulou is aooom
r'Jrhed bv means of hooks and eyes.
Lt sleeves are two-aeamed and fit
- 'y to the shoulders, where they
-s -irhei wi a-"ll fu ;whlah
r -ziitu tozlU cUorg paoleMs
- r-'itar'-h tie later. The
collar of the material and at the walsl
is a crushed belt of velvet. Frills of
ribbon edge the pointed wrists.
To make this waist for a lady in the
medium size will require two and one
fourth yards of forty-four-inch ma
terial. SSI atont roptilar Colon.
The most popular colors for the com
ing season are the porcelain, hyacinth,
turquoise, cadet and sapphire blues, all
the pretty shades of gray and beige,
Russian and emerald greeus, and violet
to be used chiefly for a contrast iu
trimming. Yellow in all the tints from '
cream to deep orange will be worn,
and also the protty deep rose pink.
Light fawns, grays, browns and beiges
are especially in favor just now for the j
.raesp.c...i7iD..vorjnaxnowioriuo
new cloth gowns made for early spring
wear, and so is a 1 tie and gray ma-
ture which is
useful in all kinds of
weather.
Velvet to Helen.
Lady Violet Greville, whose tips on
the fashions are always accepted as
gospel, writes from Paris saying that
velvet will reign supreme in the fash
ionable world. She says. "Velvet in
every style, shape and color, black,
cornflower blue, sapphire, silver, gray
shot with gold, and a host of other
startling shades" will lead in the world
of fashion.
Ladies' Homo flown.
Among all the tempting materials
which the spring display has brought
forth, there is nothing shown in
greater variety nor more lovely col
ors than the challies which make such
ideal gowns for home wear. The
tasteful model shown is in gray with
figures in cream-white, made with a
trimming of lace-edged frills, but
combinations without number can be
devised and such materials as cash-
mere or louiara substituted, u pre
ferred. i
The backs are snuzlv fitted to the
figure by means of a centre seam and
ourving back seams, and the fronts by
means of double bust ana anaer-arm
darts. The full front and back, whioh
give the Watteau effect, although
they are gathered in place of plaited,
are adjusted at yoke depth where a
frill of the material, laoe-edged, gives
a bertha effect. The portion below
the waist-line gradually increases in
fulness to form the skirt, the edge of
whioh is finished with a single frill.
The sleeves are two-seamed and snug'
fitting, including only slight fullness
at the shonlders. At the wrists are
frills of lace whioh fall over the hands,
and at the neck is a simple turn-over
collar.
To make this gown for a lady in the
median else will require eight yerdi
of forty-foar-ineh or thirteen yerdA
cf tvs. yaeTM-uca nateriai.
1 . IM.iL OOWV FOB KOXS WBAC.
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AGRICULTURAL TOPICS,
The Gospel of Pruning,
A man ought not only to prune hta
fruit treet for profit, but he ought to
prune his shade trees for the pride ha
lakes in his farm and in the land
cape. President Einne, of the Ver
mont Horticultural Sooiety.
Holding Glanders la Cheek.
A few years ago veterinary surgeons
thought glanders in horses could not
be controlled. By slaughtering all
iffecled animals it could be held in
heck bnt not stamped out altogether.
The discovery of mallein has put an
intirely new complexion on the ques
tion. With its aid any horse owner
)an now 1teep his stock free from the
lisease without having to kill a sin
tie animal except those actually at
'ected.
tons Rleds For Winter Work.
The ordinary stone boat has not tilt
nough in front to pass through or
ver snow so that it cannot readily be
ised in winter. In place of it many
armers have devised what they call
t snow sled, taking for the runners
,ome stout pieces of hard wood, if
ible witu'a t , bend ,Q th
iufflciently large to fasten sup-
sorts into, which will make a platform
twelve to eighteen inches high. Snch
ileds are very convenient for hauling
leavy weights upon, as they are esily
loaded. On many farms such sleds
ire used in preference to stone boats,
ven during the season when no suow
Is on the ground. They draw more
lasily over the bare ground than does
the stone boat, and will usually last
lully as long.
Water Over Untlerd reins.
It sometimes happens when severe
told comes before snow and rain that
the ground freezes so hard over drained
land that when the snow is melted the
mrplus water cannot at once make its
ray to the drain beneath. Sometimes
In winter these sheets of water will be
frozen over, during some cold spell,
nd while thus covered with ice, the
rater beneath it will find its way
through the tiles and disappear. No
harm comes to grass land thus left
eovered with ice for two or three days.
But winter wheat is sometimes winter
killed by ice on the edges of the pond,
where the freezing of the water catches
the wheat plant in its icy embrace, and
often snaps the stem where it is joined
to the root at the surface of the ground.
Roadside Tree Planting.
TLe planting of trees and hedges
.long country roads should be en-
louraged. Shade prevents rapid dry
ing of macadam, and hedges break
the force of the, winds which on un
protected highways blow toe dust
twav.leaving the stone foundations ex
posed. This point is urged at length
in a road article by Colonel A. A. Pope
in the Outlook. It is a mistake to as
sume that dust is detrimental to
wheeling. On the contrary, it is es
sential to the preservation of the road,
and should, if possible, be kept on
the highway, as a shower will convert
it into binding material. Trees and
hedges cost little, and money expend'
ed in this way will be offset by de
creased repairs. This is only a utili
tartan side of the question. The
attractiveness of the country is en
hanced by trees and shrubs. A farm
ing country without shade is not in
viting, and whatever improves the
roads and adds to the beauty of rural
scenery is worthy of enoouragement,
The suggestion is deserving of consid
eration by town councils, because it is
suggestive of deoreased cost in road
maintenance and higher values of
property. The city man looking for a
summer home in the country is certain
to note the difference between a farm
bordered by trees and one that is bar
ren of shade. It is not difficult to
predict which willlbe his choice.
Providence Journal.
The Blpenlog of Cheese.
A well-cured oheese oontains a higher
per centageof fat than the same cheese
does when green, and this gave rise to
the idea that the action of rennet, oc
of the fermentation process, caused
certain of the constituents of the
oheese to be oonverted into fat. Part
ly with the object of testing this
theory, Dr. Caldwell has undertaken
an investigation of the changes which
ooour in the curing of cheese. The
course pursued was to take several
green cheeses frcsn from the coop,
analyze the same, and then keep thoiu
in air-tight roceirers to care. By
daily examination of the air in the re
eeivers, everything that was given 08
from the cheese, or absorbed by it,
was traoed and noted.
Without going into minute details,
it will be enough to say, in brief, thai
the examination of the air in the re
ceivers showed that the cheeses all
alike rapidly gave off carbonio acid
and water, and as rapidly absorbed
oxygen, in the early stages of curing,
but afterward this steadily diminished,
The weighing showed a steady loss in
the total dry substance of the oheese
from oxidation, and a loss in the total
of each aolid constituent fat and
casein and that the casein lost more
than the fat, thus leaving the fat
the cured eheese in larger proportion
than in its greeustage,aad demonstrat
ing that the increased percentage of
fat in the ripe oheese over that in its
unripe oondition was not due to any
increase of fat in the caring process,
but to a greater loss of casein than fat
by oxidation. 0. O. Freer-Thouger,
in Farm and Home, England.
j ' 1 A Remarkable Bouse.
The Esourial Palace, in Spain, con
tains a cathedral, a monastery with
200 cells, two colleges, three chapter
houses, three libraries and nearly 3000
other rooms. '
The 1100,000 needed to insure the
continuance of Elmira College, the
oldest institution of the kind in the
United BUtea for the education of
rones, has praoti gaily all been raised,
INHERITANCE TAX.
As Oplniea Olven ly Depnty Attoraey Oener
al
Deputy Attorney General Reeder last
week gave Auditor General Mylln an
opinion In fixing the value of life es
tates, to the effect that they are to be
appraised at their cash value In the
same manner aa annuities. The opinion
grew out of the effort to fix that por
tion of the estate of Justus Van Stolen,
uf Bcranton, subject to collateral Inher
itance tax. The estate was valued at
175.000, the widow to enjoy the Income
for life, and It was then to go to col
lateral heirs. By the rule laid down for
computing life estates. Mrs. Van
Btolch's Interest Is valued at (43,000, and
he remaining 132,000 la subject to tax,
It the collateral heirs desire to pay It
ow. If they prefer to wait until the
widow dies, they will pay tax on the
175,000.
The following pensions were granted
last week: George W. Talley. Williams-
port. $8; Joseph Hoenlg, Tltusvllle, $6;
Jacob Phillip. Crelghton, Ifl; David
Potts, Georgetown, Beaver, $0; Jospph
Johnston, New Castle. Ifl: Cyrus P.
Hlaven, North Warren, $10; James R.
Hlal. Venetln. 16: John Dice, dead. El
llottsvllle, Fayette, 117 to 130; Isaac)
Wraidworth, Cochranton, Venango, $8
to 110; Edward 8. Bennett, Windham
Center. Bradford. 16 to $10; William C.
Nans, Punxjiutawney, 18 to 110; Andrew
A. Wood, Norrlsvllle. Crawford, 110 to
$12; Timothy Foley, Meadvllle, $A to 18;
John W. Dean, Bellevernon, $8 to $10;
Michael H. Crouse, Waterloo, Juniata,
$6 to $H; David P. Showers, Port Roy
al. Juniata. $6 to $10; Barbara E. Dice,
Elllottsvllle. $12: flarnh Sinter. Fox-
burg, $8; Anna Dougherty, Green Tree,
$8; Ella L. Beaaell, Pittsburg, $8; Guy
an M. Irwin. Allegheny, $8; Edward A.
Keanedy, Glrardville, $6; All A. Brings,
Wellshoro, $8; Charles Ranch, Haste-
ton, $0; Richard Dought, Saltnburg, $8;
Calvin Williams, Martha Furnace,
Center, $6 to $8; Joseph R. Borland,
Mill Village, Erie, $8 to $10; George R.
McElhaney, Beaver Falls, $6 to $12:
John Finn, Hollidayshurg, $8 to $12;
James H. Roger, Flora, Indiana. $8 to
$H; John Evans, Punxsutawney, $10:
Electa J. Fuller, North Bingham, Pot
ter, $8; Marge, retha Klmniel. North
Springfield, Erie, $8; Amos Corwin,
father. Elbrtdge, Tioga, $12; Frank
Coleman, Canonsburg, $8; William D.
Collabln. Mill Creek, Huntingdon, $6i
Blraey Marshman, Claysvllle, $6; Peter
Herbetrttt. St. Marys. Elk. 16: Heae-
klah Barnett, Markleysburg, Fayette,
$8; Robert Allison, Harlansburg, Law
rence. $8 to $10; William O. O'Hallahan,
Soldiers' home, Erie, $6 to $12; John C.
High, Pittsburg, $10 to $12; John Pick-
ard. Frenchvllle. Clearfield. $6 to $8:
Samuel A. Rice, Union City, Erie, $8 to
111; Philip Cradle, Zellenople, $2 to $6;
William F. Loveland. Lamar. Clinton.
$6 to $17: Asa Walker. Alum Bank.
Bedford. $10 to $17; Andrew G. Mallory,
dead. Coons Corners, Crawford, $8 to
$12; Joseph Greer, Troy, Bradford, $14;
Ell N. Titus, Greensboro, $2 to $6; Rob
ert A. McDonald, Coal Center, $6 to $10;
Charles E. Owen, Big Pond, Bradford,
$10 to $12: Lewis Bnow. Centervllle.
Crawford, $6 to $8; Georgo W. Bcott,
McLane. Erie. 117: George W. Bcott.
Rutan. Greene. $4 to $14: Eunice B. Mal
lory, Coons Corners, Crawford, $8; Sar
ah E. Bright, Folta, Franklin, $8.
The Pennsylvania Fish Commission
at Its meeting recently announced that
It Is ready to receive applications for
trout fry. It also announces that In
consequence of the State having failed
to make any appropriation for lish cul
tural work, there will be no bppllca
lions received or filled for any species
of nsh other than trout: that It hoa
been able to make distribution of trout
only through the generosity of public'
spirited cltlxuns. As the next quarter's
payment on subscriptions will be due
April 1, It asks subscribers for pay
ment, so that expense bills may be met.
The Lawrence county soldiers monu
ment will be dedicated on April 9. It
cost about $10,000 and Is a granite shaft
46 feet high.
Rev. J. 8. Fink, of Harrison City, was
killed at Irwin by a train the other
day. He was at the depot and walked
onto the track. A freight was coming
and he stepped out uf the way directly
n rront or a passenger train and was
Instantly killed, his body being badly
mangled. Rev. Mr. Fink was about 65
years of age and was one of the best
known Presbyterian ministers In this
section.
uurgiars tne otner night started a
lire in Uua Spies jewelry store, at Ir
win, that drove them away, but dam
oged the store about $2,000. The fel
lows were In the cellar, boring holes in
tne floor. Their augur struck a bottle
or benxlne, and It tipped over and war
Ignited. The fire was discovered by the
nignt watenman, but the burglara had
Tone.
While working In the new Burnslde
shaft at Shamokln the other day one
or me workmen exploded a stick of ay-
namite by accidentally striking It with
his pick. John Delaney of Pittsburg
una reter yuinn or Boston were fatally
injured ana William Kellerman bus
tnlned serious Injuries In the explosion
mat ensued.
Joseph Weaver, a farmer of Llsard. i
villape fm. ml'ra frcm Tamaqua, wo
uhot urU kllad Inst week by an on
l:r:cvi tramp. Weaver found the man
Bleeping in the barn, and ordered him
to leave. The tramp fired, and Weaver
died almost Instantly. The tramn es
caped, ami a posse of farmers U search
ing for him.
While attempting to cross the Penn
sylvanla Railroad tracks at Sheridan
near Johnstown, Mrs. Margaret Upde
graff was Instantly killed by the second
section of the Pad do express u few
days ago. She wai a widow, 79 years
oia, ana is survived uy rour sons and
daughter.
. When Miss Austin was combing her
hair the other night at Rochester, tha
heat from the gas Jet caused one of her
celluloid sidocombs to burst with a loud
report, and catch Are. Her hair was
set on fire, and In tha effort to put out
tne names she nau nor Hands severely
burned.
The other evening John Reed, nged 18
son of Dallas Reed, of Beaver Falls, at
tempting to jump a moving freight
train et Brighton station, on the Was
burg and Lako Erie Itallroad, fell un
dcr the train and had both legs cut ftr,
lie was taken to tne nuaoittu.
Bister Gabrlech, aged ES, one of the
nuns connected with the convent at 8t.
Bridget s church at Lilly, was struck
by a passenger train near Lilly tha
other afternoon and Instantly killed.
The body of Mrs. Kate Sherman of
Port Kennedy, who attempted to mur
der her husband January 28, and sub
sequently disappeared, was found In the
Schuylkill river at Norrlstown.
Borne one ahot Into a passenger train
near Falrchance and knocked a cigar
out of the mouth of William Irwin of
Wilkinaburg. Lewis ..Johnson wss cut
by nying glass.
J. Edward Riley, of Altoona, recently
took laudanum and died. He was-87,
ana was assistant car olerk in Oeneral
gtiarl(ee4s fhanBaMl'a oaHwe
CONGRESS,
snate.
Tn the senate Tuesday a resolution
Was offered by Mr. Allen (pop. Neb.)
and waa agreed to, railing on the at
torney general for certified copies nl all
injunction and restraining orders by
1'nlted States courts or Judges In 1897
and aa against labor organisations,
leaders, ofllcers and members In con
nection with labor strikes.
The President Monday sent to the
Fenate the nomination of James B.
Holland, of Montgomery county. Pa., to
be naval officer of customs at Philadel
phia, to succeed J. Marshall Wright, of
Allpntown.
The Senate Wednesday passed the
Mil appropriating $ri0.ooo.COO without a
single word of opposition. Seventv-slx
senntors were preaent and all voted
aye.
The Senate committee nn commerce
Thursday derided fo rennrt adversely
upon all proposed amendment to the
sundry service appropriation bill, pro
viding for river and harbor Improve
ments under the continued rontrart
system and for which rstlmntcs have
pot been made. This dorlsloti had the
effect of ruling out all the nni"n(lmnnts
of thil ehnrnctf-r exuept th ore rffer-:t1
by Pcnator MoHrlMSe providing for tn?
Improvement of Ynqulrn hntlmr. Ill
Oregon, nml aopninrlnlln!; $l"00i0 for
this purpose. On tlili fav-irnllr action
was recommended. The cmmltte alio
euthorlsed a favorable report upon
Senator Nelson's sm"ndment for the
appropriation of $ino,O00 for the repair
of Lalte Wlnnlbigosh reservoir in Min
nesota, but as an Independent bill, l.lko
action was taken on Penator Vest t
amendment for Improvement at New
Madrid on the Mississippi.
In the Senate Senator rrltchard.
Chairman of the Committee on Civil
Service, Wednesday present -Ml the re
port of that committee on the recent
Investigation of the classified service,
embodying the conclusions of the com
mittee.
Hcon.
The reading of n proposition to place
war fund of S'O.OOOiOO at the disposal
of the president was greeted with a
great clapping of hands by the mem
bers on both sides of tne House mu
Tuesday. It was arranged that the de
bate should occupy four hours. '1 ho
War fund came to the house as a part
of the urgency deficiency bill and not
as a separate bill. Cries or "Vot.
"vote," on both sides of the house
greeted the proposition to have four
hours' debate. The debate oegan at
12.25 o'clock before one of the greatest
crowds that has ever assembled in the
capltol this session. Chairman Cannon,
of the committee on appropriations.
briefly explained the provisions. It had
been decided by the committee, he said.
to placp the $f0,000,ono at the disposal
of the president until January l. i.
That would cover the time until con
gress shall meet again and leave the
President with funds at his command
during the vacation.
Chaplain Couden In the house W ed'
nesday returned thanks for the mag
nlflcent demonstration on the floor of
the house Tuesday of patriotic fervor
which tends to the perpetuity of the
Institutions of this country to all time.
The house agreed to the conference
After a debate In the House Thursday
asked by the senate on the bill relating
to the extension of the homestead laws
over the territory of Alaska. The
house approved the report of the con
ference committee on the executive,
legislative and Judicial appropriation
bill. No changes of Importance were
made. The announcement that the
senate had passed the $10,000,000 finer
gency bill was received with a round of
applause.
which lusted more than five hours the
Senate amendment to the Tndlan ap
proprlatlon bill, providing for the free
entry of ceded Indian lands, waa nnn
concurred In by a vote of 99 to 136. The
Senate amendment for the ratification
of the Beinlnolo treaty was also non-
concurred In after the substitution pre
position offered by tho conference to
rutlfy the Kiowa, Comanche and Ap
ache treaty had fallen under a point of
order. The action of the House sends
the bill back to conference with non
concurrence on all the Senate amend
ments. The Mnrsh bill to promote the effici
ency of the national militia was re
ported to the house Wednesday with
several minor amendments. Among
other things the penalty for disobeying
the call of the president is made sub
ject to court martial and old and un
serviceable material used by the mili
tia is allowed to be turned in by the
states and credited at their value.
The leglHlatlve, executive and Judicial
appropriation bill went through Its last
stages In the House Wednesday in the
adoption of the final conference report,
and tho remainder of the day was con
sumed in- the consideration of the Sen
ato amendments to the Indian appro
priation bill. The substitute for the
Senate provision regarding the opening
of tho Uncompahgre reservation was
knocked out on a point of order, and
the amendment goes back to confer
ence. The desire of the conferees to
nonconcur In the Senate free homestead
clause encounU-red bitter opposition.
Mr. Sherman, chairman of the Indian
Committee, declared that the tree home
stead provision would cost the Govern
ment $55,000,000. Ho desires to elimin
ate It from tho bill, and has the support
of the Secretary of the Interior.
The bill to pay the Bowman act
claims, aggregating Il.i03.0lj0, for stores
nnd supplies furnished the union army
during the war, was before the house
Friday but beyond completing lh-i gen
eral debate little progri as was made. Of
the 800 odd claims in the bill, all but a
few come from the South, and dilatory
tactics were restored to prevent pro
gress with the bill. During the filibus
tering tho house was in an uproar. At
5 o'clock after completing two pages of
the bill, the house recessed until 8
o'clock, for an evening session, to be
devoted to pension legislation. After
the evening aeaelon the house adjourn
ed over until Mondav.
The stained-glass windows to be p'ao
ed in St. Paul's Episcopal church, Rich
mond, in memory of Jefferson Davl
will be unveiled on Easter Sunday.
Some well-known clergymen will be in
vited to preach, and an appropriate mu
sical program will be rendered by tht
vested choir. The window will bear tht
following inscription: "To the glory ol
God In memory of Jefferson Davis,
President of the Confederals states of
America. Born Juno 3, 1808: died Deo
C. 1889." The amount neceseary to pay
for the window has all been subscrlb.d
Four generations of one family are
living happily under the same roof at
Belleville, Mich. The young-it 1 'i una
the oldest 82. Mrs. Mary Ann Frln li
tho great-grandmother, and her ilansh
tar Is Mrs. Ellsa Smith, the mother ol
Mrs. Frank Pullen. Frank C. Pullen li
the latter's son. All of them are Ir
good health and practically all the peo
ple in the township, It Is said, are con
nected or related to them.
Kin Beung Burb, a young Korean,
will be graduated from Roanoke col
lege, Vs., In June, and will be the first
of bis countrymen to take the degree ol
Baohaior of Arte tn America and proba-
I bly in Ue world,
INDUSTRIES ACTIVE,
large Order for tht If aaafaetart ef Tla FUtet
IMsohluery.
What la rennrted tn be the l&ra-est sin
gle order ever placed for hot and cold
mills for the manufacture of tlnplate l
almost ready for shipment from tha
plant of Mackintosh, Hemphill it Co.,
engine builders and foundera of Pitts-,
burg. The order Is from the Shenangd
Valley Steel Company of New castle,
which proposes going into the manu
facture of tlnplate on a moat extensive
scale. When completed Its plant will
nrohnblv be the largest of Its kind In
the State. The shipment, which will be
made In a few days, wll consist of zi
cold mills and 20 hot mills, all built
ready for Immediate installation. The
big reversing engine for Carnegie's new
blooming mill at the Homestead Steel
Works Is also being built by tne Mack
intosh-Hemphill plant. It Is to have a
Wix72-lnch stroke and when put In posi
tion will be coupled direct to the mill,
no gearing being used. The engine Is
practically a duplicate of the one built
I short time sgo for the Jones ft Laugh-
Itn plant.
The Westlnghotiso Electric and Ma
Milne Company, of Pittsburg, Is very
busy Installing power plants in fac
tories throughout the country. There
Is a general rush to do away witn
hnftlmr nnd loet power in big factories,
and large generators with small mo
tors for eai'h mnchlne are now being
Installed. Tho W. W. Kimball Com
pany, manufacturers of pianos of Chi
cago and Swift & Co. and Nelson, Mor
ris A Co., new stock yards at St.
Joseph, sre being equipped with elec
trical pnwi-r and transmmlsslon plants.
The strike at the Whlttenton Cotton
Mills at Taunton, Mass., is practically
ended. A delegation of loom fixers
waited upon Superintendent Levering
and Informed him that the operatives
were ready to return to work at the re
duced rnte of wages. The help probably
will return to work next Monday or a
week from Monday. About 1.000 per
sons were affected by the movement.
Plans are well under way by the
Reeves Iron Company for extensive en
largements of their sheet Iron depart
ment at Cannl Dover. O., whereby em
ployment will be given to a large num
ber of men. Heretofore the Reeves peo
ple have had but one sheet mill, but
they are about lo start three new sheet
mills, which will triple their output.
The first one will be ready to turn out
sheet In two weeks and the two others
shortly thereafter. About 100 men will
be given employment.
Pittsburg and Beaver capitalists are
projecting an electric railway to con
nect the town of New Sheffield. Beaver
county, with Woodlawn, on the Lake
Erie Railroad. The distance Is about
two miles. Part of the route has been
surveyed.
Plans are completed for a second
plant In Braeevllle. O.. to crush rock
into sand. The sand will be for mak
ing glasH, and from 100 to W men wilt
be employed. 4
The Srottdale Iron and Steel Com
pany recently started two new sheet
mills, making eight now In operation,
employing about 375 men.'
The Ohio Steel Company at Youngs,
town. O., has again broken Its record
for output of Ingots, one turn producing
K91 Ingots, amounting to 947 tons.
The Richardson Clutch and Gas En
gine Company has accepted the offer by
the board of trade of Grove City. Pa.,
lor a free site and $5,000 cash bonus for
the location there of Its plant.
Now marhlnery to cost $40,000 Is to ba
put In at the Greenville (Pa.) tube
works, nnd It Is expected 400 men will
be employed when Improvements are
completed.
Workmen In the finishing department
of the Dut-ber-Hampden watch works,
Canton, O., have accepted a 10 per cent,
reduction.
A five-acre crop of tobacco was sold
In Kentucky the other day for $768.87.
A new kind of apple, red within aa
well aa without, has turned up in Cali
fornia,
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Oraln, Ifioux and iPaed.
WHEAT Mo. Ired 049 Ot
No 3 red 93 B4
COltN No. 8 yellow, ear 87 88
No. 3 yellow, shelled 85 81
Mixed ear 84 83
OA IS No. 2 white 82 S3
No. 8 white 82 89
BYE No. 1 85 61
1 LOU It Winter patents S 15 6 21
fancy straight winter 4 75 4 80
live Hour 8 80 8 60
HAY No. 1 timothy 10 00 10 Vt
Clover, Ho. 1 660 7011
Hay, from wagons 10 00 10 &0
FEED No. 1 White M.I., too.. 16 00 16 60
llrowo middlings ' 14 00 14 5u
Bran, bulk 15 00 10 00
BTKAW Wheat 6 00 25
Oat 8 00 6 28
BEED8 Clover, 00 lbs 8 60 8 78
Timothy, prims 1 85 1 68
Dairy Produots.
BTJTTEB Elgin Creamery...., 21 29
Ohio creamery 18 18
fancy country roll 13 14
CUEEME Ohio, Dew 8 10
New York, new 10 11
Fruits and Vegetable
BEANS Hand-picked, V bu.. . 1 10 118
POT Al OKU White, per bu.. 76 78
CAUI1AOE Homegrown, bbl. W 1 00
ONIO.NB per bu to 85
Poultry, Etc
CHICKENS, V pair aniui! 40 60
UUKKKVa. V 10 14 16
EiitiB fa.aud Ohio, Irusu. . 11 12
CINCINNATI.
FLOUR 4 433 4 65
WHEAT-No. 8 red 87 91
BYE No. 8 64
COUN Mixed 8:1
OATH 9H
EOOH 18
BQTTElt Ohio creamery 14 8
miLAoitLriiiA,
Flour . 5 oo 5 s
WHEAT No. 8 red 1 Ou 1 ol
COllN No. 8 mixed 84 j
OATH No. 8 White 88 84
BUTTEM Creamery, extra.,.. 10 81
EUOH Pa. llrsts 18
NBWTOBX.
FLOUR PstenU 5 85 6 60
WHEAT No. 8 red 1 01
COHN No. 9 81
OATH W bite Westeru 81
UU ITER Creamery 15 30
bUUO o.ale of Pouu. , 19
. iivB'eiocitr
CXXTBAI. SIOCI USDS, KaST LIBBITI, t.
CaTTLB.
Trims, 1,300 lo 1,400 lbs 4 TD(j) 4 85
Good, 1,300 to 1,800 Iks 4 66 4 65
Tidy, 1,000 to 1,160 toe 4 40 4 60
I'alr Ukui ieir, 800 to 1000 lbs. 4 1 0 4 48
Common, 700 to 900 lbs.,....,. 8 i) 4 00
ooa.
Medium 4 0 '4 85
Heavy 8 8 4 00
Roughs and stags $60 I 65
saiss.
Prime, 86 to 105 lbs, metuers. . .i 4 torn 4 so
Good, 86 to 80 lbs. .... 4 60 2 8
Fair. 70 to 80 lbs iW 4 1
Commoa 1 95 8 7
Culls , loo 9 84
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