THE BEACON. Trim dusk to dawn a golden star, Hung stead fust Imlwwill sky nml sward,' Kent (or tli nor oKn tlm tuimnlnit bar The smiting of III" two-edged sword, Gesturing men with babes lit limiin Al- i nml rosy In their cribs, Jteitt Inward through the ciirilllnit form That tow to the skivering J"s. Ami wistful wIvkk who cannot sleep 1 Kami Hula lii-nrtli-llri' warm nml red, Ami itiiinliirii'il their vigil keep Willi tin I Kf in sttir;llitme overhead. Might innw npnwi tlm blackest night Wnn.'t when the wmnh of morning breaks. With Ihiu'h ami sicir from heavenly ! t 1 1 1 Her uuniiicrliig way the new day takes. Anil "li" lv nn tlm weary botit. All drenched nml nn'iit, are bcni'hcd at lusi ; The children hug tlm wet seii-emil-, The good wives sing nf pirlN past, -Margaret K.HiiiiUMtor.lu llarptir's linzur. 0 1'Iict li mt been fricmla all their lives. 1'linra hail been, in their unlive vil -(Inge, two vine-covered I'ottiiKea Mill ty shle, nml all mm niiininer on tlm veranda of una ur the oilier of lliese little homes two young women had nut sewing through the long afternoon on dainty white Riiiiuonts, Retting each lit itch with n prayer und wenving with the flying needle more precious things thnu cross-stitch and fenthor-edge, M they talked of their linbies' future, is loving women will, nnd planned great things for the coining ones to accomplish. Then these inothera conferred to gether about the moineutona question of "shortening," and, this derided, the baby bora hud each become ac quainted with the restless pink play fellow at the edge of his petticoat at the identical moment. The women bore each other coiupauy during the trying period of the little ouch' teeth ing, their croup aud measles, and, in due timo, cut from one pattern their first abort trousers, their little coots. When the boya were aix, they wore ready for the Heptoiuber term of school, and the two mothera led them up to begin the second chapter, as they had done the first, together. Hed-mitteued and tippeted in winter, they pluyed with their aleda ou the long hill on wlioaa top the schnolhoiisa stood, and one day a little girl watched them u a they flew down, and began crying. The two boya trudged up to her together. "Von can ride on tny alod," aaid one. "I'll pull you tip again on tny sled," aaid the other. Aud ho the story began. Tue years went by, and ('buries Paxton and Sidney Harper fulfilled their promises. Nellie liiiiiBom rode ou both sleds; and the boya were ber chivalric defenders nnd champions m in every cause. If she fuiled in her arithmetic the teacher received black looks, and if she cried over her gram mar each boy felt a ersounl euconu ter with Liudley Murray was all that could wipe out the stain. Ho fur the old friendship was as strong as ever, and they fought, as one, the battles of the yellow-haired girl, There came the swift, strange trunsforuiu tion of the heart which makes a boy a man; those lads turneil.tm one day, any, troubled eyes each to the other's face; and when their gbiucos fell, somethiug from within had risen to veil forever their frauk nud friendly glances. They were rivals; and the pretty, shallow little thing, pouting now, under her wide-brimmed hut, had known it all along. Nell Hansom was the beauty of the neighborhood; a little creature, soft eyed and golden-haired, 'with youth ful curves aud dimples. Hue was the daughter of a farmer; one of a half dozen girls, but the only one among tbein with auy pretensions to good looks. Ho the rough old man spoiled her.' "When I'm plowin'," he aaid, in reply to some one who reproached him for treating Nell better thau be treat ed her sistera, "I run light through the bouncin' betties an' stum-tweed, but I vanuy et I can rnu over a wild rose. That little gal of mine wan't meant for ooinmou folks like na. I feel a good deal like 'pologizlu' to her fur beiu' ber father. But, seein' she's ours, I'm goiu' to make life jest as easy aa I cuu fur her, an' kinder keep ber ou the warm aide of the shack." Ho the little girl was sheltered aud petted by the rude but tender bauds, and it is not strange that she grew up with no care for any oue but her own pleasure and comfort When she was 16 there were many moths singed by the brightness of her hair; many hearts wounded by the darts from ber blue eyes; but she didn't realize that there was any barm. Hers was not a bad or cruel heart she simply Didn't, sad wouldu't and couldu't know why. And did not understand. " The two friends whose hearts bad been pushed apart by her little, un feeling bands bad grown to love ber ost in proportion to the way they had oome to hate one another. Charles Paxton tried-drst; was refused and vent awsy; no one knew whither, but woman grew gray a ahe sat ou the tittle, vine-covered veranda and turned bar eyes, with their waiting and lis tening look, westward. Then Sidney Harper put bis fate to Cb touch; be, too, left the village.aud two women again sat together praying ad fearing on oue of the porches through a loug summer. It w as midsummer in the Klondike, but the air was as chill as it is when redcheeked Cauadis'ia start journey tax ou suou'-shetu over oi lap fields ot sparkling snow. On left aud right wore stretches timbered with the sturdy pines that atruggled like an army over plain and hill, nud sent a vnliguardltp the mountain from w hose further timber line it seemed to signal to the troops below. In front lay the river coiling like a twist of silver lirnid, nud further on the everlasting hills rose, height on height, to pierce the perfect a.ure of the sky. Two men stood in this amphitheatre of the north, their rough and bearded faces turned toward enrh other us they had been turned in the cradle swaying on a cottage veranda so many years ngo. Their eyes flashed like steel to ateel in the morning light, nud their lips wore set in lines never seen by those two waiting mothers. "It's the only wuv out of it," said one, lit lust, doggedly; na if to bring to a close a long and useless argu ment. "We didn't come here to meet each other, and the place isn't big enough to hold ua both. We've both struck it rich, nud Nell Riinsom own ua and our mines. One can go buck to her with all Nje gold of both " The other finished the sentence: "The pistol ahull decide which one italial! be." Calmly the men paced the distance and took their places, the revolver cittcliing each added gleam that faltered throngh the pines against the eastern sky. "Onel" and the line of light rose to the level of those strong, bared bosoms, "Wait a minute, boys Wait a minute." An old miner slopped out of the thicket nnd walked leisurely between the duelists. He was know n to both men as a quaint character of their owu village, a man who had been among the defeated gold-seeker of '4'.i and '50. He had struck camp but the day previous to this meeting, "I've beu watehiu' ye a leetle, boya," he aaid. "I ain't aaid much, but I've kep' a-thiukin,' f know young blood, an' I calc'loted it was juat about time fur it to bile over; but I've got a powder to cool it." He lighted bis pipe and puffed medi tatively. The young men turned angrily. "Oh, ye ueodn't got riled, now," he continued, pulling a lino grass aud cleaning his pipe-stem with it, "but I reckon there ain't either oue of ye mean enough to fight over another man's wife!" He stoped aud looked at the rivals sidewiae; the words had gone home. "I cnlu'late ye don't git the papers reg'lar here; trains is sometimes late, ye know; bein' there ain't no tracks fur 'em to run on, uu' like aa not yet nail ain't real prompt, an' ye don't use yer dust fur telegraphiu' when ye ain't got no lightuiu' chained. Ho p'r'upa ye dou't know that that gat of Hansom's there, stand atill an' gu with yer ahootiu'l is married." Two lines of light auuk suddenly downward na the pistols fell with the nerveless hands. The old man saw it with a twinkle of his faded eyes. "That's right, boys; now come here, aud I'll tell you about it." Hlowly and with ahniiied faces Sidney Harper aud Charles Taxton drew near nnd hoard the old miner's utory. "Yea," he auid, after the whole had been recited, "she married a uo-au- count feller, uu' bus taken him home to the old folka. She wasn't never wuth dyiu' fur lads; but when I came away I seen two other wim tnin' wuth livin' fur. They're await iu' on their cottage porches now us I've seen 'em ait lor :tt) years. Only them babies, them little shavers they uster hold an' cuddle in th.ir arms aiu't there; they " "Stop! God bless you, you old meddler " Oue mnu spoke, but the other's eyes made answer. "Those are the women we'll live for and care for aud go borne to see!" And, single file, with strange new looks the men went back to camp. Grace 1). Boylau, in the Brooklyn Standard-Union. Uulnt Old Curarao. Curacao is a Dutch colony, and the quaintest little island in the world. It is not bigger than the District of Columbia, but has abont 4(1,000 in habitants, aud has played an impor tant part iu the history of America. It has belonged at diffeieut times to England, Spain and Holland, and its cozy harbor has been the acene of many a' bloody battle between the navies of the old world, as well as between the pirates aud buc caneers that iufested the Carribean sea for two centuries. It has been for 100 years and still is an asylum for political fugitives, aud many of the revolutions that rack aud wreck the republics on the Hpauish main are batched under the shelter of the pre tentious but harmless fortresses that guard its port. Bolivar, Kauta Anna aud many other famous men in Spanish-American history have lived there in exile, and until recently there was an imposing castle upon oue of the bills called Bolivar's Tower. There the founder of five republics lived in bauisbment for several years aud wait ed for rescue. The bouses are built iu the Dutch style, exsotly like those in Holland; the streets are so narrow that the peo ple can almost shake baods through their windows with their neighbors across the way, and the walls are as thick as would be needed for a for tress. The Dutch governor lives in a soleinn-lookiug old mansion fronting the Hhattegut, or lagoon, that forms the harbor, guarded by a oompauy of stnpid-lookiug soldiers with a few old fashioned cannon. The entire island is of phosphates, and the government receives a revenue of 500,000 front companies that ship them swsy,- Chicago Record. lAAAAAAAAA'AAA FOR FARM AND CARDER I'n bating Htraw, Wherever milch grain is grown, and the grain ia alaeked in the barnyard, it ia necessary to build a stuck around it to keep cows from eating it. Freshly threshed straw, even when all the grain i out, ia pnlutable to cow at this scaiuii of the year. Hut they should be kept from it if the milk yield is to be iniiilituilieil. Kveu H little straw will dry off the cow very fast, uud if grain ia fed 'w ith it, the effect will only bo to fatten the eow i a' her than to keep up the milk flow. lux Oriiwii Wild Other (llillll. Under some conditions it may be advisable to grow flux with other gruiii. PI u is a very exhaustive crop but in this fact, lies the advantage when grain is sown on very rich land iu mixing some flaxseed with it. If the flux is not grown tho grain will grow too rank a straw, while with the flux to help exhuiist the superfluous fertility there ia less danger of this. There w ill be more of the grain grow n, while all the flaxseed that is harvested will be so much clear gain. Barley is one of the best grains to grow with flux, na both are ready to cut at the mine time. Hut both should be very lightly seeded if clover Heed la sown the same spring, else there will be a poor catch of clover. ttai-klna In ll" Kit-lit. When drawiug in grain after the barus are all tilled it is ofteu a great .onvenieiice to build a stack of grain iu the Held and leave it there until threshing time. It will make some extra labor in threshing, but at this lime labor is not so valuable as it ia at harvesting time. In fact, stacking iu the Held may be the only means of securing the crop of Holds distaut from the farm. In winter some stock may be kept around the stack, aud grain or hay brought from the barn to feed them there. This will anve drawing manure, and the stock may be kept as warm by cutting holes through the itack ns if it were kept in the burn. In fuel, the stack -fed animals are likely to go through the winter with more gain at less expense than any ;ther. Killing; ami Firming. Lnck of thoroughness in these ia perhaps responsible for more poor srops thnu all other cause over which iiiiiii has control. Five out of every lix fanners atop too soon and call it "good enough." The anil must be made line and well compacted for best results to follow. Either alone is not stillicieiit. The middle of the road is .ompact, but uot iu condition for it good seedbed, for cohesion has taken place between the particles of earth, a thing which should not occur iu the wheat lloid. Ou the other hand, u light, friable soil may plow up perfect ly tine like an ash heap, yet w ill , re liiire much burrowing, rolling and trumping before it ia right to seed. The aoil must be reduced to small par ticles and these pressed close together when uot wet enough to cause them to adhere one to 1111011101'. Thus the ground will be solid enough ao thu horses' hoofs will not sink fur into it, yet porous eno'igh for the little wheat roots to readily penetrate by pressiug v'lose ngninst the soil purticlcs, and the thousands of little pumps will draw moisture from below, where thu "big bore" pumps formed of clods would fail to "suck." Clayey soils plowed sometime become too bard, loo much like the middle of tho road, and require to be thoroughly loosened with cultivator or disc before a good Seed-bed cuu be secured. Nothing better for the purpose than a good riding cultivator with plenty of team tttauhed. It pays, aa a rule, to put at least aa much work 011 the wheat ground as would be required to raise a crop of corn. Of course, some sea ions and soils roqnire more work than athers. Time In 'ut (lr for llav. No bard and fast rule can be laid down as to the proper time for cutting grass for hay; but it may be safely asserted that grass ia neurly nl way's cut at a period when it has lost much of its succulent and nourishing qual ities. That is, it is a common fuiliug with furiiiers to let their grass got too ripe. The reason for this in moat cases is that tho heavy pressure of farm work nt this season makes it an easy matter for the farmer to be deluded iuto the bolief that a few more days of postponement will not make much difference. Another reason is that the grass in some fields does uot mature erenly.aud while there may be patches of young green grass, other parts will be turning yellow. Hhonld the whole field be sacrificed for these few patches of green? Now it is a demonstrated fact that took aud cattle futttu much more quickly ou grass or hay that ia cut just prior to the stage of complete maturity. It is the young grass of early spring that makes stock look sleek and fat.aud which adds strength nud milk to the cows. After "haying time," the stock put to gVass rarely make any great gain. A cow in the August pasture is uot worth nearly as much as a cow in a June pasture. These observations should lead oue to cat the grasa for hay earlier, evou if other pressiug farm work must be postponed.- The proper timo to out grass is when it reaches its fullest growth, but before the animals fail t,i relish it. Usuully this me.ius that the grass must be cut before it has bended. To many this may seem like inviting waste, for the crop certainly would uot weigh as lunch per . acre; br.t ou the other band nil that is cut is nutriment. Tt Is doubtful if the plants add anything more after this period that is nt all beneficial. Hay maker, rmitiiterc lal Apple drafting. Nurserymen never use two-yenr-ohl roots for grafting if one-year-old cnu be obtained. At lifting time all apple seedling roots are assorted into thret lots. No. 1 contains nil roots lflinhef long and il-lll in dinmetor at collar. No, '1 all broken roots and less than .'l it! diameter that will make one graft. No. H all refuse roots. No. 1 w ill make more grafts per 1000 loot lliiin No. 'I, but the Inst will grow larger per cent, of those planted fot there will be more collar grafts in those made from No. '2 than No. 1, a root an I scion will unite better at collar than below. Double worked trees are hardiet than simple root grafts. That ia, hnrdy trees root-grnfted nud top worked, a for instance Duchess, root grafted in the ordinary manner and then used for a atoek upon which to graft u tender variety, a maiden blush. Simple top-working a seedling will uot increase hardineaa, for only comparatively few seedlings are hardy. Scions should be put away full length aa cut from the tree, fur there in less liability to become dry. When ready to grnft, cut with slope and tongue ready to tit together, from 100 to U0U scions; cut them 5 to II inches io length and throw out on the table. Trim all side roots from a root; cut slope aud tongue at collar; select s scion ns near a possible the same si na the root, crowd them togethoi closely aud cut off the root '2 inciter in length. Hepent till the root ia used up. For tieiug use No. 10 tidy cot ton, drop a ball iuto hot grafting wax. A long seiou nud short root is beat, for then the joint- is well below ground and the sciou will throw out mors roots. North of 4')th parallel 75 pet cent, of the aeedliug will winterkill the tlrat wiuter,hence the necessity of having the scion rooted. America? Agriculturist. Improving latiir. If there is' any one part of the lartn that ia neglected in the summer time when the rush of harvesting takes up most of the time and attention of all, it is the pasture fields. While thers may be some little excuse for this ou lurge grain farms, it can hardly b overlooked on a dniry farm, where grass and green pasture are the chief dependencies for success. The im provement of pasture fields is a cryinp need ou many old places. As a rule, the roughest aud most sterile fields are given over to pastures, and it ir not giving a cow a fair show to maki her pick up a living ou bind tha' would not produce anything else This ia often the case, however, and then we blame the cow for not giving more milk. Hnlf the fault against our dairy cows cun be traced to iinpropei feeding. Because a cow bus a lurgr Held or meadow to graze iu it does nol follow that she ought to give a large flow of milk. A much smaller piece of laud would produce much bettei results if the pant 1110 was rich and well cared for. Jt is all right to give cows for pas ture the roughest and rockiest part of the farm, for naturally oue does not select that portion f.ir plowing uudor other, crops. But it is the part of wis 1I0111 to bestow 11 little care upon such fields to improve them each yonr. A few days labor devoted to the post 111 1 Holds every season will surprise the owner in the results five years later First, hoi e are rocks and stones that can gradually be enrriod otT the field and piled up. Clearing tho pustur Held iu this leisurely way will yield Hp reward some duy, w hen it is found do sirable to eultivuto the meadows 01 hillside for orchard or field crops. Along with this work should gc that of clearing the lund of wild berry bushes, brush, roots aud weeds. The roots once taken up will kill the bushes aud trees for good und so with the weeds. Hee that they are rooted up and uot simply cut off. Noxiour weeds prevent grass plants from grow ing, uud generally they harbor para sues ami rusts ot gram which ma; spread to the cultivated fields any duy nnd do n great amount of damage. This work of clearing the pastures o foreign growths is very importaut at this seuson of the year, .when weed ure about reudy to produce their seeds, Oue plant destroyed root and brunch uow may prevent ' the growth of AO next Hummer. So it is wise tr begin at ouce, for every year that th work is postpoued the pasture field degenerates so much more. While engaged iu this work of de struction it might be well to recon struct, too. Plant a few shade trees io the most convenient places of the field aud if necessary for their protection fence them ia until they attain a good grow th. Years later they will be ap preciated by both man aud beast. When the weeds are pretty w ell root ei' out, it will pay to sow the field in thr fall with grass seed, spreading il thinly around to reinforce the oh' grass. Americau Cultivator. Farm ami (iarilau Note. Keep your iust box full of dry dusi nud keep it where the hens can get a it at will. Hound, sweet feed, plenty of grit freedom from lice, pure w ater. Tues are the requirements to maintain goot' health in chicks from healthy stock. Let fowls have free run of theclovei field two or three times a week, turn ing them iuto it during the Inter part of the day, but never after a raiu 01 iu the early moruing whe:i the dew il ou the grass. Dry sand has been found the bes mnterial for putting iu heuhouaes, ai with that the manure mixes withou caking up, but where such saud is uot to be easily obtained dry loam or rust' dnst is aa excellent substitu te. U STATE NEWS CONDENSED A DISTRACTED MOTHER. itUafUi laltlii Wkta ti tttn ttyt Wn fml DrcwiN Is s Ornk. William Mnchart. of Couili rsport, was atrilliiiic nlonif Kettle t'rei-k, nrar Cruse Forks, one day last week, when he illwnverd n hoy's clnthea on the hunk. He sunt a "ilus; rnrt" and rowed out Into deep water, where he dlscov eied the hody of 7-year-old Henry Hlti hle, the son of a neighbor, lying at the bottom. Two other suits nt clothing; were then found and a fur ther smirch disclosed the bodies of sr. other Kltchle Ix y, ased 4 years, and that of Harry loodravla. a playmate, '"'"' ' The hoys left home eurly to attend the cows, and It la supp ed that the trio went Into the creek to liHine. When the mother f the Itltchl boya learned of her eons' fate she ran to the creek and threw herself In. Hha was rescued. The follow ln pnnsiona were granted h.st week: John F. I, amine. Frank fort Hprlnffa, Heavfr, $H to tin; tmniel VanI,oan, Athena, tit to 917; William Mlll.uin, Jr., Iledford, $Jt to $30; Ha mil"! Dasliury, Canonshurs'. IS to $10; Hannah J. Nelah. New Mrlahton, $K; James Hwlft. Woodenck, Crawford, IS; Harah C Huilera, McConnelaburaT, $8; John Crawford, Hennlnujton Fur nnce, lllulr, $8; Wlnllchl H. Hose. Miadvllln, IK; Henry Kltner, New tlloomttcld. $8 to M; James Campbell, Indiana, 16 to 18; Hamuel T. Dixon, Pnnwahoe, Center, $8 to $12; Charles flarrett, liellcfonte, II to 11"; Joseph M. Miller, Hrockwayvllle, 16 to 110; Jamea Hlark, Plttahura', Id; Jeremiah II. Koulke, Mononaahela, IS; Michael J. Cooper, Lcretto, IU; Jamea Klley, Wllllamahura-, 18; Charles W. Tart, (ieneva, 110. Andrew Gardner, an a-ed Tyron bridegroom who dlaobeyed an injunc tion laaued to prohibit him from enter ing Into matrimonial alliance with Misa Ha rah Kllen Oratflus. pending an examination Into his mental condition, was fined 1100 nnd costs by Judge Hell recently for contempt of court. Mr. Gardner and his fiancee were married In Huntingdon county, after the court's Injunction hud ben served on them. A commlaaion laat week ad judged Gardner to be of sound mind and an eligible candidate for matri monial honors. The Injunction has been sued out by Gardner's children. A terrific cyclone swept over 8prlng fleld township lust Wednesday. At Pprlngfleld Tenter, William Hrace, aged 24, was In his barn milking. The building was destroyed and Hrace was Instantly killed, ns were 14 cows. C. M. f'omfort and Frederick A. Voorhls. of Mansfield, who were touring the country with an advertising wagon for the Tioga County Fair, sought shelter In the barn of Rchuyler Gates, near Ppringfleld Center. The building waa blown down und both men were klll?d. Their horses were also, crushed to death. Two fine horsen belonging to Uatea also were killed. William T. Ward, aged about 44. head roller at the Sharon iron works, was killed Tuesday afternoon. He waa engaged in straightening a piece of cold sheet Iron, when he fell on the edge, striking on his neck. His throat was cut almost from ear to ear, and his windpipe and Jugular, vein waa severed. He lived juat twenty-five minutes. Mr. Ward was president o'f the borough council and a Republican. He leaves a widow and three children. The westbound Erie mail train on the Philadelphia, and Krle Knllroud was wrecked a few day ago at North Rend, near Ick Haven, caused by the locomotive jumping the track. En gineer John M. Hutler, of Harriaburg, had both legs cut off and died soon af ter. Fireman John Kuts und II. ik gagemaater Devlctor, both of Harria burg, were also slightly Injured. Fire and an explosion of dynamite the other night destroyed the glue and phosphnte works of Hymen Khrhart. on the banks of Coneatoga Creek, east of tancaater. Stored In one of the buildlnga was a considerable quantity of dynamite, used for blasting. While the fire waa rnglng thla dynamite ex ploded. No person waa Injured. I.oas, Iii,000: no Insurance. K. D. Powell, of West Middlesex, has begun proceedings against the borough for damages for unlawfully Imprison mcnt. His cow broke out nf the shed and ran loose In the streets. He was arrested and fined 12, but refused to pay It, whereupon he was locked up for 48 hours. He aaya hla reputation was damaged several thousand dollars. Voluntary manslaughter waa tho verdict of th- Jury at I'rlontown, try ing Thomas Brow nlle d for the murder of "Bud" Uraddee. grandson of the oldtime mail robber. Dr. Hraddee. Braddee waa quarrelsome, attacked BrownftelS, who ia a cripple, and after Hrownrield had been kn cite own, te shot Braddee. William J. Willlama, aged 18, was ac cidentally killed while hunting on the mountain near Wilkebarre, the other day. He stood his loaded gun against a tree, and then, unthinkingly, struck the trigger with his foot. The weapon waa discharged and the entire load nf shot entered his side. He died an hour later. Lizzie Russell, a 7-year-old girl, was shot and instantly killed a few days, ago at Hcranton. by Mary Moran, 1. 14 years of age. The Moran girl was playing with her father's self-cocklrg revolver, when It accidentally went off. 6he was arrested, but waa later released on the Coroner's advice. Greensburg may yet secure the gift of a library offered by Andrew Car negie. As the Council refused to ac cept the conditions laid down. It has been suggested that the public aehool board assume the responsibility of maintaining the Institution, and this likely will be the result. Grant Kltt, a former clerk In the Juniata shops at Altoona. of the Penn sylvania Railroad Company, has been sent to jail, charged with fi rglng com pany passes. Albert, alias "Kid," Roes.and Samuel March, who were ac cused as accomplices, nave been dis charged. Frank L. Wilson has received a let ter written at St. Michaels. Alaska, which stated that George Bevlngton committed suicide August 5. Bevlng ton wss a son of the late Capt. James Bevlngton of Freedom and 36 yesrs old. For several years he was a river ateamboatman. A statistician has estimated that an average man of 0 years old worked 1,600 days, has slspt 1.000. has amused himself 4.000. has walked 12.000 miles, has been 111 100 days, has partsken 36. COu meals, eaten 15,000 pounds of meat and 4,000 pounds of fish, eggs and vegetables, and drank 7.000 gallons ot fluid. To give an alarm when any prede termined temperature is reached 41 new thermometer has wires Inserted In the side of the tube to complete an electric circuit aa soon as the mercury rises, the wire being led to a switch board, which la ast at any desired temperature. THE MARKETS. PITTSBURG, drain, Floor and Fead. WrtHAT-No. 1 red. l tt No. S red 6 SO COlIN No. a yellow, ear. M M No. a yellow, sbsiled 8t :i' Mixed ear .15 ST Oath-No. a white w : ! No. 8 white 5 S 11 VK No. 1 49 Ml TOl'lt Winter patents 4 00 4 10 Fancy straight winter H 8 live flour on lis IIAT-No. 1 timothy s 78 00 lover. No. 1 B SO 10O f'KKD-.No. 1 white mid., ton.. 17 Ml IS 00 llrnwn middlings 14 60 15 Oil llran, bulk 11 00 It 60 STHAW Wheat. 8 90 6 Ml Oat 6 00 lii HKKfJH Clover. 00 lbs. 3 60 8 00 Timothy, prime 1H0 160 Dairy Product IltTT Kn-K.lKln creamery. Ohio creamery Vnnrj country roll C1IKKHK Ohio, new New York, new 51 is ' lit s s III IS 7 1 i 1 00 4 Fruits and Vegetable, IlKANH Oreen, Vba OTATOKM White, w bbl 1 Mt 7!i 8) CAIIIIAOE- Per bbl ONIONH Choice yellow, V bu. Poultry, Kir. t UK KKNR-Per pslr, smaiL. t Tl'HKKYH-Fer It, ROOD 14 14 ft IA 14 KOOH-I's. and Ohio, fresh.... CINCINNATI. Ff.OlR WHEAT No. and KYE-No. a 8 10i 3 '. if ao 21 i'i 8 ii6 47 81 rt li 1 COHN -Mixed OATH EI(H.... UUTTElt Ohio creamery., .. PIIILA DELPHI A. Ft. OCR 76 I 0 wheatNo. a red n h COItN-No. a mixed 84 1U OATH -No. 8 white M i h V TT E It Creamery, extra 1! EOOH I'ennsylraula firsts It NEW TOItK, H OUR Patent 4 6Cfo 5 00 W HEAT No. a red 70 CORN No. 8 80 87 OA'IH -White Western W fit: Tl Ell-Creamery. 14 I EOOH- Htate of I'ena HI LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Yards, East Liberty, Pa. CATTLB. Prime. 1300 to 1400 lt.s 5 M S 15 Oood, laOO to 1800 Itis 4 U0 6 Oil Tidy, 1000 to 1160 tl. . 4 75 4 Ml Fair light Meera, 000 to 1000 It 4 2ft 4 7(1 Common, 700 to 900 lts 8 70 4 10 00s. Medium 4 12 4 15 Heavy 4 10 4 li Roughs snd stsgs 8 40 8 5- SHSSF. Prime, 95 to 105 lbs 4 4 61 3 SO 8 4 iS 4 76 4 SO 4 60 8 80 4 70 Oood, S6toM tt,a. Fair, 70 to MO lt.s. 1 ommon Spring lambs.... TRADE REVIEW. y Ciaj Onr Frm Ftrilf UrMUri-lm is Wkttt Biavy Orltrt ftr Ina. H. (i. Dunn Co.'s weekly review of trade reports as follows for last week: The volume of business Is larger than It ever has been. Investors across the water have caught the cue, and thetr purchases of American bonds and stocks have been heavy for several weeks. Wheat has been about le higher In price for spot, with western receipts only about as large as those of last year for the week. No doubt some farmers have learned that It la a poor business to hold back for higher prices, end yet very many ore doing It, and so are making Inevitable a more disas trous decline In prices after a time. Atlantic exports for the week hnv been 2.32."i.lu0 bushels, against 4.?4::,3ai bushels laat year, flour included, and l'aoltlo exports, 163.192 bushels, against 713.434 last year. Corn Is a shade high er, one estimate promising only l."0, 000.000 buahela. The cotton year has closed according to the Financial Chronicle, "with 11 yield of 11.180,960 bales In 1897, of which 7.646,085 were exported, 1.866,000 were consumed In northern mills, 1,327.3 In southern mills, 420,079 were added to northern mill stocks and 8,91 to com mercial stocks. It Is but fair to say that the Financial Chronicle makes no calculation of the quantity produced hut not marketed, which the New Orleans cotton exchange reckons at 830,000 bales, presumably Including cot ton owned by southern mills, but not yet consumed. The European mill stocks, accordinr to Mr. Ellison, are 770,000. against 398. 000 boles a year ago; the American 499,75, against 79.696 balea a year ago: the commercial stocks here and a broad. 1,641,000 bales, sgalnst 6x.r,.00o a year ago, and other allowances leave on hand for the coming year 3,0.11 .000 bales, about as much as was estimated a month ago, and Indicate a consump tion of 3.083,939 hales In this country, against 2,893,352 bales In the largest previous year. The Increase of 44 p-r cent In southern consumption during the past three years, with a decrease of nearly 9.3 per cent in northern, is significant. Nobody can guess how great the de mand for Iron and steel products may be a month hence, but the manufac turer has the rare good sense to wait for the actual orders before hoisting prices. Ho far the advance has been remarkably moderate, In the average of all finished products only 3.3 per cent from the lowest price this year, w hile pig Iron has risen less than 3 per cent. Orders this week Include lO.OOo tons rails at Chicago. 6.000 tons pipe at Boston, with 16.000 to 24.000 tons com ing at Philadelphia, 10.000 tons plate for a Baltimore shipyard, and heavy orders for bars, rods, and especially sheets, at all markets. The sales nf wool have been only 2.- zsv.ouv pounds at tne tnree cnier mar kets, against 18,010,400 pounds for the same week last year, and 8.812.000 for the same week.. In 1892. The feeling grows that the prices demanded at the West cannot be maintained, and until wool sells at materially lower prices the manufacturer cannot meet th existing market for goods. Prices for goods do not change, and a consider able amount of the mills will shortly shut down unless the situation Im proves. In the cotton manufacture there Is still a fairly strong demund. w ith print cloths and staple good un changed In price, but the stoppage of some eastern mills continue. Failures for the first week of Sep tember have been In amount of liabil ities 11,111.693. manufacturing I2SI i3. snd traJing 1703,991. Failures for the week have been 164 In the t'nllivt tftutes against 215 last year, a id 16 lit Cunudu against 35 last year. CitaM 0 U Wirk. The Cubans at Santiago have begun to disarm. Two hundred of them came In from their camp at EI Cobre the other day, turned their arms over to Gen. Law ton and asked for work. They were given employment on th- vamr front and will be paid In rations.
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