STREET SCENES IN HAVANA. I
Picturesque and Unique Views in Out-of-the
Way Nooks.
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Yon Are taken ashore from the sbip
at Havana by rowboats hooded with
canvas against the sun, end the sturdy
boatmen give the visitor the first im
pression of the rent Cubans. They
re an admixture of African and In
dian and Spaniard, with the blood of
the African very evidently snpreme
among the lower classes. There is a
frowr.y crew of baokmen and hotel
rnnners bawling ont an almost unin
telligible Spanish patois atthe landing
s your welcome to "the pearl of the
Antilles," and the Cuban cochero im
presses yonr American nationality
upon you at on ce. Like other cabmen
the world over he considers the Ameri
can as his legitimate prey, and while
Cubans pay ono price, and foreigners
in general figure one-third higher,
the proverbially wealthy American
must pay two-thirds more, as a gen
eral thing, unless he be an adept at
parrying an overcharge.
Havana is dilapidated and pictur
esque, and the traveler will find as
much of the bizarre and unique in a
stroll np the Prado and about the lesser
treots as he has perhaps ever en
countered in a like distance anywhere.
To me the most interesting hour in
the day in one of those antique towns
(n the very early morning, when the
yilaqe is just getting awake and the
z-incksters are coming in.
These country people arrive in all
j v4jl tit .Brawn fnv l)i. ilni'1 mai'lrai
One group comes afoot, with tremend
ously heavy loads of fruits and vege
tables carelessly balanced on their
heads or swung on their baoks. Here
is a swarthy fellow leading a horse
bearing capacious reeded panniers of
fruits and stalks of sugar-cane, which
latter is a favorite natural confection
WATT VIS WATER-CARRIER.
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I with the masses, for a copper will bny
-a long atiok of it. The fruits are
mostly new to any one not tropic
traveled, and the familiar-looking
bananas are tuoked in with sapotes,
xnamayes, aguacates, chahacanos,
mangoes, and a great variety of other
Jirodncts rarely ever seen outside those
atitadea. This fellow will soon be
shouting out his stock with loud-lunged
persistency about the streets and into
the patios of the houses, and will then
sleep and smoke away the rest of the
day.
Lumbering wains eome straining
into town, drawn by heavy-necked
yokes with restraining nose-hitches.
A four-team of these cattle and their
great cart wiU alone block the average
side-street, so the eonntrv ox-carts
.rarely get very far into town. When
two of them meet there is an ably
-conducted debate on road rights and
considerable native profanity. An am
bulating haystack adds a picturesque
touch to the scene and a breath 'from
the fields. As the diminitive horse
tinder the load swings down the way
the grass often brushes the houses on
either side and crowds the foot-men
to the extremity of the eighteen-inoh
sidewalks. An ox-cart, a load of hay
acd a long-poled volante blankly re
garding each other in a narrow street,
-and each with an eloquent driver, is a
"jam" combination excelled nowhere
on lower Broadway.
The Cubans are like every other
Spanish-tinctured nationality in their
titter indifference to time. Theirs is a
land of manana indeed, and almost
THE CATHEDRAL, HAVANA.
nothing can ever hurry them. Over
in the railroad yards the crews oau
owe times be seen switching the
trains back and forth by yokes of
oxen, while the ' locomotive engine
f 'inds idly by, and the engineer and
-neu amok cigarettes in the cab.
- are consumed by this and like
v i r"inaiSive pnrsuiti, bnt no
-Kit h as to heat hi blood
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by raving over the delay, as do those
nervous Americanos from the North.
"How many cows there are about
the streets!" somebody exclaims, and
then he is calmly informed that the
morning's milk is simply being deliv
ered. A bnnch of cattle and their
driver stop before a house, and the
portero comes out with a onp for the
morning's supply. It is seen then
that the cows are being milked from
A NATIVE
door to door by the dairymen, for this
is the way the aoute Cuban housewives
have taken to assure for their tables a
lacteal supply which is entirely fresh
and absolutely pure. Otherwise the
guile-loving vender might dilute the
milk before delivering it to his cus
tomers, and oraftily stir into the
watery fluid the juice of the sweet
potato to color it up to a duly rich and
creamy cast. Even with the cows
milked before the door one must con
tinue to watch the milkman, for I have
even heard of their having a rubber
bag of water concealed tinder their
loose frocks and connected with a rub-
A HAVANA HTJCKSTKH.
ber tube running down the inside of
the sleeve, its tip being eoneealed in
the hollow of the milking-hand. Only
a gentle pressure upon the bag of water
within is needed to thus cause both
milk and water to flow into the oup at
the same time. The milk-venders of
Italy and India have also learned their
trade to perfection, for they practise
this identical triok.
Havana has many quiet nooks and
corners which escape the American
visitors. The walk from the Prado to
the little park of the Punta takes
hardly more than minute, yet this
spot remains unknown to many.
The Cathedral of Columbus may be
approched from it either by a walk
along the parapets, on the water front,
or by strolling through ont of the nar
row streets lined with substantial
warehouse. Following tho aoju
there is the view of Cabana fortress
across the bay, and of the masts and
rigging of the ships in the harbor.
Commerce had not yet spread its
wings, and the shipping is not exten
sive. A pleasanter walk is through
Cuba street, with glimpses into tho
barracks of the Hpanish soldiers and
chance views of the homo life of the
people who dwell iu their stores and
shops. Heoing the soldiers in the
barracks one is tempted to ask if they
are ever clean. And of the dwellers
in Havana houses tho question will
recur a thousand times: How cau
they help feeling themselves prison
era behind those massive doors and
grated windows?
It is better to come to the CatGe
dral this way than to take a cab and
drive directly from tho hotel. Com
ing in a cab tho two towers stand ont
just like the towers of innumerable
other cathedrals, and the crumbling
gray stones are as other time-eaton
monuments. But coming npon the
FRUIT-SELLER IN HAVANA
Cathedral out of some byway unex
pectedly, the whole panorama of its
history may sweep across the mental
vision in a flash. As for the sacred
bones of Columbus, they are by com
mon report gone. They might have
been removed openly with the consent
of the United States Government if
it had been asked. The ceremony
would have been of historic interest,
but the painful reflections to which it
would have given rise may excuse
Captain-General Itlauco for the mys
tery with which the removal of those
ashes was accomplished. Santo Do
mingo can henceforth dispute with
Madrid instead of with Havana the
genuineness of the ashes.
The Cathedral will lose none of its
attractiveness if the disputed ashes
are no longer in the urn or under the
slab which was supposed to cover
them. And good poetry and good
epitaph writing will be the gainers
that the tomb of Columbus is no
longer subject to the inscription: .
POULTRY VBHDIR,
Ob, rest thou, image et the great Colon!
Thousand centuries remain, guarded In the
urn,
Aud In remembranoe of our nation!
Don Jose Oaroia de Arboleya, a
learned Spaniard who wrote a histori
es' and descriptive manual of Cuba
halt a century ago, pathetically asked
where the muses were when these
lines were inscribed. He received no
answer.
Two Shades.
Two misty shades met in illimitable
space.
' "Ah," oried one, "why sigheBt
thou?"
"I aluli " ron1i.nl Ilia ntha nt,.
the sad deoline of decaying stage."
ilf A . a . ....
- 10a aor- eriea me nrst. "ilow
strange! For, know yon, this lament
able deoline sorely afflicts me as well."
"To think," moaned the other,
"that at tbie very moment a make-up
nose save, tha mar k tj1nf h mnA Ah
groundlings to ardent admiration.
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was ever anytning so grotesque, so
flippant, so coarse?"
"Never," cried the first; "it passes
belief. Thia Cyrano's nose aeemeth
more like the gibing fancy of a Christ
mas mummy than the staid accessor
of a play."
"I am glad," said the wailing one,
'to find such a nick and touohineavm-
pathy. May I ask your name?"
"I." Droudlv renliad the other, "am
Richard's hump. And yon?"
I am Trilby's foot."
And thev drifted awa tmrnther
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Statistics show that th fiAninmtu
tion of hay in the large cities ia aa
large now as it ever has been.
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS
Trees and a Compact Subsoil.
One of the chief difficulties found is
planting trees iu many parts of the
country is that the soil is underlaid
with a compact subsoil, through which
the roots of the trees do not readily
penetrate. As a remedy for this, largo
holes about six or eiflht feot Across and
deop enough to go through this hard
underlying layer are dng. Theselarge
holes or wells nre then filled with mal
low surface soil, in whiou the trees are
planted, the object being to nfT.ird op
portunity for deep rooting aud also eou
serve moisture.
Prepare Oroitml Well For lrrlmr,l.
If the land is no; naturally well
1l1aiued .it should be nnderdrainod by
means or tile, particularly if it has a
still and impervious subsoil. This i
of greater importance tbnu subsoilitig,
for snhsoiling only looseus' the ground
for the time being and it will become
hard nuless it is nndardraineil. Or.
dinai ily all orchard lauds should be
thoroughly gono over with a subsoil
plow before the trees are set. On
prairie soils, where the subsoil is not
hard, this is unnecessary. J t must al
ways be borne iu mind that the care
the orchard gets during the first six or
eight years determines its ultimate
usefulucss. Illinois Experiment Sta
tion. Feeding; Whev to llngi.
Whey contains more nutritive value
than it is popularly supposed to have.
Though most of the fats and caseiue
have been taken from it, there is a
small proportion of both of these that
goes through the press. These have
some value, but not enough with the
large proportion of water to be fed
alone. There is also somo sugar which
makes the pigs fond of whey, so they
will eat until they are disteuded with
whey, while growing poor iu flesh and
not goiuiug in weight at all. But mix
some corn and oat meal with this whey,
and add the least bit of linseed meal,
and the whey becomes altogether a
dificrnut food. It might be said that
the whey contributes nothing of value
to the ration. It does, for it makes it
more palatable if giveu iu moderation.
The sweet in the whey makes it an ap
petizer, to encourage the animal to
(At more thau it otherwise would.
Apples From loans Trees.
The first few crops of apples that a
young apple tree bears nre apt to be
of large size, bnt poor keeping quali
ties. The extra size is usually be
cause the tree is growing fast, aud
furnishes more sap than the fruit set
can use to the best advantage. He
sides, in a young, vigorous-growing
tree, though there may be many blos
soms in spring, most of these are
drowned out, and the blossom fails to
set. This is most apt to happen when
rain comes at blossoming time. But
we have knowu warm, dry weather at
blossoming to cause the fruit to set
poorly, indicating that too ranch Bap
iu the shoot produced as bad an effect
as too much raiu outside. If young
apple trees bear profusely aud grow
fruit less thau the normal size of the
variety it is well to look for evidences
of tho borer on the trunk as the
cause.
Fertilisers For Potatoes.
Hot and scab on potatoes are play
ing havoo with the proper growing of
the crop and show the necessity for a
better understanding of the fertilizers
best suited to the crop under all con
ditions of growth and variations of
seasons. Stable manures and, also
clover-enriohed soil will invariably
rot potatoes iu wot reasons. Fertil
izers containing phosphates mar be
used to advantage iu potato growiug
mainly to insure sound tubers, but
they must be sparingly used and
thoroughly mixed with the soil before
the seed potato is planted.
Potatoes need more potaah than the
average soil will furnish, but it is
difllonlt for the grower to apply this
to the soil without risk of adding it in
a eaustio form that will injure either
seed or growiug tubers. The laok of
available potash in the soil is un
doubtedly the cause of blight and rot,
bnt to apply it intelligently it is best
to experiment with the special mix
tures put up by most manufacturers
of fertilizers. Careful work with
these special fertilizers, together with
the proper use of stable manures, will
enable one soon to learn what just
proportion of the mixture is needed
to obtain the best results. Atlanta
Journal.
Avoiding Disease in Poultry.
The hen is more subjeot to disease
than any of our domestic animals,
nor is this strange when it is consid
ered that she is foroed to work con
stantly nearly all the year in the pro
duction of eggs, when naturally she
would lay bat a few more than ber
wild sister, who lays only enough for
one or two broods a year. It is
usually the old fowls that are most
subject to disease, and even then it
is due to mismanagement, such as lack
of pare air, clean water, wholesome
food or exeroise. Fowls fed largely
on oorn and oonflned at night in olose,
filthy quarters oannot long remain in
perfeot health. It is plain, therefore,
why animals in confinement are muoli
more likely to be siok than those on
the range. ..
The best plan totprevent fowls from
ailing ia to keep tlem when in con
finement as nearly as possible to their
habits on the range. In feeding use
variety of grains, green foods, bone
and meat, with pleuty of pure water
and plenty of fresh air at night.
Avoid crowding them while in the
house and furnish them as rauoh yard
room aa possible, together with a
oratching abed in winter. In case
auy of them are siok from any cause
at onoejpnt them by themselves away
from the rest of the flock. Only by
constant study of their likes and dis
likes can poultry be made to dsv
Urge profits. Atlanta Journal. I
IDi SI1IE NEWS CONDENSED
PAID THE INSURANCE.
Parents Alter Three Veers Identify the Remains
of Their Murdered Bon to the Satli
factlon of s Jury.
A Jury nt MHIefonte hns anunled
John t Totter a verdict RRalnst the
I'nlun Central 1.IIV Innunince t'enn
I'nny, or Cincinnati, O., for HnoTili, be
ma; tho face value nnd Interest of a
II11OO pulley held by his son, OcofRe
Potter, who Is atipponirt to have been
murdered In 1x94. Inunir Potter disap
peared from home In the spring of that
year, and Inter u mangled body, sup
posed to be his, whs found near Cross
Knrks. The company refused to pny
the Insurnnce on the ground of insut
llrlcnt proof of li'Hlli. Three years
niter tne burlul of the ftumlered man
tho father and mother linil the remnlns
exhumed and Identified them as those
of their mm.
The follow Iiir pensions were issued
l:it week: Thornton Vlnblli gll,
KulTnln, Wiinl.lnKton, f6; John C. Keel,
Hamilton, Jeliersnn, X; John H. Ken
nedy, Brook vllle. $6 to UK; Jacob W'ld
uer, Altch, Huntingdon, $6: Itlchnrd M.
Fast, fnlrchunce, ; Busnn Uohn, Jen
ners. Somerset, $8; Asbuia- M. Mas,
1'iinxnutnw ney, $6; Oeot g-e M.lle, West
llrldgewntcr, tfl; Thomas K. Keen.
Pittsburgh, lleorge K. Irvine, Alle
gheny, ; Henry M. Onsklll, Krle,
to $H; Wllllnm C. Ltits, dead, Murrnys
vllle. St); William Kline, Jcnncrstnwn,
1U; Oreenburg B. Nevllng, Bmlth M.ll?,
$f; Hugh Mcpherson, Canal Itldge, U;
Andrew A. Washburn, McKcan, ;
Thomas J. Cameron, l.eutslown, tJ4;
Kmlly A. Keen, Tnmarae, S; Mary
Porter. Hoyer, $8; James Kosm-II, Van
derbilt, $0; Charles C. Hern. Pittsburg,
II to fi; William Btone, Mercersburg,
6 to $8; George M. Dopp. I.enoxvllle,
$8 to 12: John A. Hennett, Indiana, IS
to $12: lienjuinln F. Noel, t 'reign Ion,
to JS: Wllllnm Hob ns. Kcech. 12 tf,
im; Thomns Heehtel. Marketsvllle, fin;
Angelina Davison, Cooperstown: Ellen
A. Hrower, Vail, 13; Henjntnln Cump--on,
Woodbury, Bedford, 18; Keuben
Itubrndall, Liverpool. Perry, $8;
Stephen Atherton. Centerville. 110 ti
Hi!; Uriah Stover, Housevllle, Center,
f8 to $8; Jacob Hitter, Tomxtown,
Franklin. 110 to $12; John A. Yeager,
Center, $6 to $8; George W. Edwards,
Enid, Fulton. 8; John H. Love.
Clarion, 110; Mary Budd, mother.
Sharon, $12; Mary A. Elders, Thump
snntown, Juniata, $12: Maria XV. Wolf,
Erie, $8; minors of William Care. Mor
tis Hun, Tioga. $18: Moses Johnson,
Hedrord. $6 to $10; Workman Simmons,
Elisabeth, $ to $10; Wllllum Dixon,
Harrlsburg, $4 to $8.
Con llumberger of East Pandv had a
tf rrlble encounter with a deer while he
iml his son were hunting lust week.
The son fired ut a deer, injuring It.
The deer limned Into the brush, where
the elder Humberger was. Mr. Hum-
berger whipped out his knife and nt
tucked the deer, which made vigorous
resistance. Humberger cut the animal
several times, but could not reach the
vital spot. The deer cutight the hun
ter on Its horns, and after tossing him
about, pitched him over a bank Into 11
.reek 20 feet below. The son then came
up nnd killed the nnlmal.
During the trial at Allentnwn of a
ase In which the value of a horse was
In dispute. Robert F. Thomas, the
plaintiff, asked the Court's permission
to pray when he took the witness
Mand. He Btated that whenever he
said or did was done under the guid
ance of the Lord. Judge Albright
granted his request, and Thomas
prayed aloud for about ten mlnuies.
The trial was then continued.
Four children of the family of Henry
KoudcnbUHh, of Quakertown, were seri
ously poisoned last week by eating
tainted cheese at supper. Tho cheese
was purchased at a local grocery store,
nd more than a dozen families hnd
bought from the same enke before tho
poisoning had become known. Fhys
iclnns worked with the children all
night, and next rmrnlrr .hey were rj
ported out of danger.
Property owners of Parnassus who
appealed to court from the award of
viewers for damages caused by grad
ing lost money by so doing, as the
ourt adjusted the claims on a tfas's of
IS leas than what the viewers had al
lowed. Mrs. E. N. Glass was awarded
1200: J. S. Alter, $160, and Mrs. M. J.
McMath, $750. These were test cases.
The others will likely accept the award
of the viewers.
Burgess Joseph Vanallmun. of Holll-
daysburg, signed an ordinance taxing
pulea of ull electric light, telephono,
telegraph and electric railways within
the municipality 75 cents for each pole
erected on the street and t0 cents for
each pole erected In alleys. Several
days ago there was an advance In tele
phone charges and street car fare.
Edward Hock, an old cltixen cf Penn
station, died last week under peculiur
circumstances. He went to the home
of Adam ITnderland, a neighbor, who
hod been stricken with paralysis. While
administering to the amlcted man an
rtery, without apparent cause, broke
In Mr. Rock's leg. Before medical aid
arrived he bled to death.
Miss Nellie Thomas, aged 22. of
Pittsburg, who was Injured In a run
away accident Wednesday at Oresns-
burg, died Inst Friday. She was the
daughter of John C. Thomas, of Pitts
burg, who, with six brothers and one
biter survive her. She was engaged to
be .married to Edward Sanders, of
Pittsburg.
A wagon loaded wlfli turkeys, driven
by Charles Johnson, of Upper Rox
borough, was run into by a trolleycar
on the Chestnut Hill & Norrlstown
Rallvay the other evening. Johnson's
wagon was wrecked and he was
severely Injured. The turkeys escaped,
end there was a wild chase to recap
ture them.
At a meeting of the Red Cross at Mt.
Plaant the other evening a net earn
ing of $300 was announced from the
carnival, more than $100 of which was
reaped from fancy work and candy
fccoths. An envelope addressed to the
widow of Jesse Noss. of Company K,
from Admiral Dewey was sold for $).
John W. Larkln, a Neshannock
township school teacher, has sued John
Riley for $6,000 damages, Riley had a
wire stretched along the street to pro
tect gross near the sidewalk. Larkln
fell over this wire, breaking his nose
and sustaining other serious injuries.
Miss Rebecca Martin, aged 87, of
Paris, Washington county, was burned
to death a few days ago while sitting
nt-ar a grate Are.
A, F. Welsh, who claims ts come
from Canada, la in Jail at New Castle,
on a charge of false pretense. He and
a companion are said to have conspired
to bunko the confiding housewives of
the Bhenango Valley by a dress pat
tern scheme.
Andrew Allan, superintendent of
mining engineers of the Pennsylvania
Cool Company, who was burned by an
explosion of gas In No. 4 mine at Pitts
ton Tuesday night, died last Friday at
Wilkesbarre from his Injuries.
William T. Chase, an employe of the
Juniata shops at Altoona, waa run
down by a yard engine a few daya ago
and received Injuries from which be
died.
ay
THI MARKETS.
riTTSBtlBO.
drain, flnnr and Feed.
WHEAT No. tred 109 71
No. a red (16
COHN-Na S yellow, enr 87 88
No. J yellow, he,lcl 88 87
.Mixed e.tr 84 83
OATH No. a white.... 8i 83
No. 8 white 81 81
II YE No. 1 60 61
FLOCK Winter patents 8 80 9J
Fancy straight winter 3 50 8 60
Itye flour 8 85 8 43
HAlf-No. 1 timothy 8 75 8 00
Clover, No. 1 7 75 8 25
FE KD No. 1 white mid., ton. . 16 00 10 B0
Drown middling... 1 13 00 13 50
llran. Imltf i'l ok in 7
BTI1AW Wheat 8 75 8 00
" 8 60 8 00
RF.EDH Clover. GO tin. 8 60 8 00
Timothy, prime 1 20 1 40
llnlrv fmlnnli
BCTTF.K Elgin creamery. .... 9 24g 25
vmu uji-itiDt?ry .... ......... 7i z.l
Fani-v eonntr mil 11 111
CHEESE Ohio, new 10 11
Hew lork, new 11 l'i
Frutta antt Yj.tltiMi.
BEANS-l.lmaVnt 15 18
l'OTATOES l iin-yWIilte.y bil 87 88
C'AHllAOE For 100 head 8 00 2 60
ONIONS Choice yellow, V bit. 81 40
1'oultrv. Kti
CIIirKENS-rerpalr, imniL..$ 85 41
KOUS Pa. and OuYo.' f re"h " " U2 !!3
(INIINNATI
Fl-OCn J) 8 lOrti) 8 80
Wnr.AT No. 2 red 67 68
1IW v n .
COIIN-Mixed 84
OATS 28 2
EOOS in
llCTTEll Ohio creamory ' .. 20
FHIt.AUKt.FUIA.
FLOCT1 3 eoo 3 85
WHEAT- No. 2 red 70 71
COHN-Na 2 mixed 38 89
OATH -Na 2 white 83 84
BUTTEH--Creamery, extra.... .. 21
EUOtS Pennsylvania firsts 24
HEW IUKK.
FI.OUK Patent! 8 7MJ 4 00
W H EAT Na 2 red 74
COIIN-No. 2 40
OATH -White Western 82
IllTTEH (,'renmory. 14 20
EOOM-Htateoll'enn 24 26
LIVK STOCK.
Central Stork Yards, East Liberty, Pa.
CATTLE.
Trlme. 1300 to 1400 It a 4 809 8 00
Good, H!00 to 1800 III! 4 80 4 70
Tlily, 1000 to 1160 lha 4 89 4 60
Fair light steers, 900 to 1000 Hit 8 70 4 0
Common, 700 to 900 ttn 8 49 8 70
aooi.
Medium 8 45 8 85
Heavy 8 60
Houghs and stags 2 75 8 00
SUKEP.
Prime, 1)5 to 105 tin 4 49 4 CO
Good, 85 to !10 Itn 4 25 4 80
Fair, 70 to 80 Inn 8 80 4 10
Common 8 00 8 25
Veal Calres 8 00 7 20
LAMBS.
Springer, extra B 10 5 25
Springer, good to choice t 10 5 85
Common to fnlr 8 60 6 15
Extra yearllugH, light 4 65 4 70
Good to choice yearlings 4 40 4 65
Medinm 8 85 4 25
Common. 8 00 8 85
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Exports st This Suton far Ahesd of Last Year
Improvement In Cotton and Woolen Goods,
R. Q. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade reports as follows for last week:
The most significant thing this week
has been the entire absence of the cus
tomary nervous fright before or after
the meeting of congress, the presi
dent's message and the treasurer's re
port. No one showed the least alarm,
and nobody could find occasloft for
any. Money and stock and grain mar
kets moved on exactly as If the gov
ernment were automatic, certain to do
or say no more than the people had
already decided and expected, and so
the gradual betterment since October
continues.
There is a larger demand for pro
ducts In nearly all the great Industries,
larger export demand for foreign
needs, a more healthy domestic demand
since seasonable weather arrived and a
comforting conviction that November
business, the biggest ever done In this
country In any month, was but a step
toward something better.
Exports lost year in December were
marvellous, but this year are starting
far ahead. The Atlantic wheat ex
ports, flour Included, have bsen for the
week 5,6:.6,767 bushels, aguinnt 4,812,1:17
bushels last year, and Pacific exports
f.56,523 bushels, against 873,083 bushels
last year, and prices have declined 2Vic
for cash, but western receipts of 10.
VVi.U'J bushels, against 8.213.471 bush-U
from last year's great crop, stops ar
gument. Cotton shared In the export move-'
ment fully and nevertheless has risen
S-lBo In price, with a feeling that esti
mates of yield may have been ecces
slve. At the extremely low price yet
quoted, foreign buyers do not stop to
calculate commercial and mill stocks
on hand. The consumption In this
country Is not very large, being but lit
tle chanced by troubles about wages
at the South, though by more volun
tary curtailment to New England, but
tho demand for goods is better, and
has lifted the price of print cloths c,
and some of the other goods a shade.
Woolen goods have been In much
better demand and many of the
smaller mills have been buying after
concessions secured by the larger. The
much broader market is more healthy
and promises far more for the Industry
and sales of 10.6S5.200 pounds In two
weeks past at the three chief markets,
against 10,852,700 pounds In the same
weeks of 1892, are quite in line with the'
demand In prosperous years. Prices
yielded about c In November, ac
cording to 100 quotations by C'oates
Bros., and from Philadelphia dis
patches appear to be about a cent
lower this week.
The rupture of the inchoate rail com
bination, it appears, resulted In lower
prices and larger sales In the first
week of sharp comrfetltlon than wen
realized a week ago. j'rices were mude
In some transactions much lower than
were then or are now quoted, and
while $17 at Pittsburg ts now named,
special orders' are said to command
lower figures. The purchase of 150,000
tons bessemer pig at $10 at a valley
furnace and 100.000 billets for Pittsburg
at $11 60 of which 40.000 tons went to a
hoop mill, with 11,000 tons rods at Chi
cago at $22 and 22.000 tojis plates for
one concern at PittHburg, bosldcs enor
mous orders for bars and plates in car
and ship building, a steamship con
tract on the Delaware and a contract
for 6,000 tons for brldgee at Chicago,
give some idea of the heavy business
coming forward. Just when the works
usually expect a season cf idleness and
waiting. Pig Iron has risen at the East
to $11 50 and quotations average for
pig throughout the country a shade
higher than at any time this year;
though prlcea for finished prodin(
have recently been declining-