HAVANA'S AMERMNIZED POLISE.
)hq Thousand of Gorncz's Veterans, Drilled by West Point-
i crs, Now Keep Order in Her Streets.
A REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATION WROUGHT.
One mornina not lotia nao Hie rooiI
iconic of Havana woke up nml found
themselves in possession of a brand
Aiew, nisde-to-order police force, fully
eqmpped nml oln l in handsome uni
forms, burin? the past few months
band of nearly one thousand men
liava been drilling undor tlio direction
of United States army officers, and nt
tbe same time becoming fully
acquainted with all the duties which
"one of the finest" is supposed to
know. The larger number of the now
force' had nerved in the Cuban nrmy,
but in their selection no distinction
ban been made liecnuao of previous
aflllintions, the preference being given
to those who were physically superior
and who understood the peculiar con
oViona of government . aud people
which obtains 1? Havana.
At' hail John McCullagh, the famous
M-Chief of Tolice, wont from New
York City to Havana to help reorganize
the force, and the polico system gener
ally,' he undertook a moro dilllcult
task than he had at first anticipated.
Under the recent Spanish regime
there were three diflcrent kinds of
police, each responsible to a different
Lead, and whose duties, of) on conflict
ing with eao'l other, created friction
and jealoir Under the new rnlns
vorning .avana s constabulary this
nftict r .uthority has been avoided.
here J Jut one executive, Ooneral
eno' A Chief of Polico, whosa
wr fire supreme, and responsible
; fe except General Ludlow, the
Ary Governor of Havana. There
Hoard of Commissioners, but in
her respects it is patterned closely
poo New lork s police organization.
There are six inspectors, twelve cap
tains, twenty-four lioutenants aud
sergeants, aud nearly one thousand
patrolmen, all of whose duties are clear
and well denned.
I'l-ederie llemington gives in Col
lier's Weekly an entertaining account
of police conditions in Havana before
and after the Americans reorganized
the force. He says:
The last time I was in Havana Wcy
ler sat in the palace and dirty Hpanish
soldiers prowled the streets by day
and by night. These much starved
an''. abUBed men held np the honest
wayfarer on the principal streets aud
got from hira wherewith to buy bread.
The stretches down by the wharves
wore little battlefields for decently
dressed men after dark. The old
Havana gendarme walked about or
ned against buildings, firing their
arettes, but no one ever took them
rionsly they interfered with no
)cly, no matter what his purpose
i ght be.
The Prado at evening was a gay
I a -ene. with its swarms of Hpanish
ofrfloers and pretty women strolling
afyowly abont to the music of the mili
ary bands. Much more cheerful than
ill these days. I must confess: but the
I suck streets were made dangerous by
arved soldiers; the insurgent bands
tided the country abont to the out-
osts on the neighboring hills, and
he people in the theatres insulted
mericans, thirsted for their blood,
nd told them ao by word of month.
tansul-Gener-l Lee employed his
lme in saving American newspaper
brrespendents from the Cabanas, and
United states Government signi-
ed no more to these poor ignorant
fits than a yesterday's edition the
an Lee in person was tuo united
Kates of America. He was not sup-
Irted by Washington, but he ponnd
the table in Captain-General Wey-
t's presenoe, talking load and vigor-
fisly, to good effeot.
This baa all changed. The eity is
Tided into four districts, aud onr in-
e new Havana, police-, chief,
(Drawn for Collier's Wkly by
r soldiers walk alonor the streets
h loaded Kras-Jorsensens over
,iir shoulders, and no eity in the
rld is policed to well. The private
t infaatry does not understand the
anUh language, but he eompre-
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bends a row, and at the least flicker
of disordei ho precipitates himself in
to the middlo of the throng, using
language fierce and loud and pictur
esque. No one understands the Inn
gunge, but every one comprehonda
that the vicinity of the big man with
the gun should be vacant and bushed.
At night the streets are quint al
most deserted and tho criminal
knows tlliit the inarticulate Yankee
will shoot him dead at tbe leant sus
picion, because how can a Yankee
cixn uniMi of the ioltith
soldior know what else to do? At first
thore was somo warm work, though
the butt, the bayonet, and the small
calibre soon brought things right.
I employed an evening with an of
ficer going bis rounds. The thing
was distressingly without incident.
The lights from the buildings grid
ironed the narrow streot, the small
life of the people could bo scon
through the open door, and slowly
down the middle paced tin majosty of
the Great ltcpublio in tho person of
Jimmio Green from Poke County, or
GENERA!, MARIO M UNOCAL. HAVANA B
CHIRP OP rOLICK.
Paddy O'Brien from "de Ate Die
trio'." But make no mistake about
Jimmie and Pat with the "setting
np," the silence of discipline, the
fetich of orders and the loaded gun.
There on the streets of the strange
tropio oity they are as impersonal as
gods.
It all made me sigh for the riot and
roar of Whitechapel or the lower East
Side, or some of the ginger of Chicago
otter candle-light, and I appealed to
mv officer ffrieud. I aBked him to
kindly hit some passing straggler over
the head with bis six-shooter, since I
could make nothing ont of all this but
a pastoral.
"Well," he said, laughing, "it was
gendarme of old Spanish force-
Frederlo Remington, at Havana.)
more interesting at first. There was
a function here, and I was told off with
my company to keep the crowd back.
The people pressed the marohing ool
nmn, and as I passed along I said to
the sentry at that point, 'The crowd
must be kept back.' 'Yes, sor' anil
I noticed that it wai Private Hhaun
nessy, a good old vet, and passed on.
Casually turning aronnd, I beheld the
greatest commotion and rushed back.
" 'Htop, stop!' I yelled, 'I don't want
yon to kill them)'
"Tho crowd was flying from tha
quickly placed Mintts to the fronts,'
and Private Hhattunessy soon had
room.
" 'My dear man, yon mnst not kill
them,' I said.
"'1 was not killing them, captain,
T thnnirbt it best toasstimo a threaten
ing attilndo sor.'
"Another soldier in dispersing a
crowd pointed with bis finger at thrm,
and observed in a long southwestern
drawl: 'Now T want you people
to get back. I know you don't under
stand what I mil talking about but I
understand my orders, nml now I am
going to plow into you,' with which
calm statement he moved forward with
iiATTAUoN - 'TitKHUNT amihi"
the light of battle in bin eyes. The
crowd was as feathers in a wind."
But wheu Havana thinks over her
vicissitudes in tho coming years, alio
can say the American inudo Havana
look like Hunday morning in a Now
England village on a summer's day,
and a Spanish-American town ia not
like that by nature.
THE NEW RURAL POSTAL SYSTEM.
Delivery Wimnni Hint Will llnplaco 40,.
OOO Minor l-natofllces.
Tho Government baa commencod to
operato postal wagons which aro in
tended to replnco a majority of the
stnr route postofllces in tho United
Htntes. The star route ollleos nre
those which nro called tonrth-clnsa
postofllces, aud the postmasters in
charge of theso liavo been paid a per
centage on the postal business they
trnusactod. As fast ns possible thoso
wagons will be introduced through
out the United Htutcs. Kneh Hlnto
will be divided into circuits, these
circuits being of tho length that a
wagon can cover in a day. Tho postal
clerks in chargo of these wagons issuo
money orders, register letters nnd
trausaot a general postal business.
The mail is dolivered either nt the
bouses of the poople nloni' the route
or placed in what ia called n rural free
delivery box near a residence. The
postal clerk has one key to this box
aud tho occupants of the residence the
other. In this way the postolTlce
DELlVF.HIXO LETTEUS AT TUB B0ADHIDR
UNDBn TIIB NEW SYSTEM. A 1IORN
BLOWN BY THH DRIVER NOTIFIES THI
FARMER FOLK THAT THERE IS MAIL
FOR TIIEM.
comes to the people instead of theii
going to the postoffloe.
The inventor of this postofTice
wagon is Kdwin w. BUnver, of West
minster, Md. It is estimated by the
Fostotllce Department that about 40.
000 of the minor rural postofllces will
be done away with by the ubo of these
wagons.
Million ol Birds on Larson Island.
Leyson Island, whioh lies about
800 miles west of Honolulu, is a gi"
gantio birds nest. About twenty
five different species are found there,
including ducks, boobies, gulls and
frigate birds. On this speck of land
BIHDS ON LETSON ISLAVP.
the birds lay, hatch and die by mill
ions. They gather on the railroad
track in snob numbers that they im
cede tbe Droaress of tli mnlo
and a man sits in front of the oar with
a stick and pushes them out of the
way. The inhabitants frequently are
oompelled to close doors and windows
to prevent the birds from coming into
their nouses in numbers. A wheel
he w full of eggs may be -gathered
in . time.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOI
FARM TOPICS
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Oats For Young l.amhi.
A healthy, thriving lamb will very
soon require more fond than the lim
ited atnouct which its dam furnishes,
aud when not more than a week old,
it will begin to pick at bay or clover
ts It sees its dam doing. This la an
indication that it needs additional
food. Clover bay is excellent, but it
should be supplemented by a feed of
half a gill of oats given morning nnd
night. There ia no bettor nntrition
for growing animals than oats. It will
enable thetn to oat and digest other
fo)d and put thnmin tho way of being
thrifty nil the rest of their lives,
nntiltheir teeth nre too much worn
by use to mastioato well.
(Itilnea Fowls.
It would bo a good plan for nil
poultry raisers to have a fow guinea
fowls about their poultry premises.
They nre hardy, good naliired nnd
eautiful. Jt Is well to keep them ns
tame as possiblo and always have
them around tho home, ns they make
an excellent "watchdog," their shrill
ry frightening nway hawks and other
murderers. The poiiltrytnau's great
est enemy in the Hotith is tho sparrow
hawk, and our neighbors have lust as
many as a dozen chickens a day by
hawks nlotie, whilo wo never lost but
three chicks from that smirco, nnd we
believe all credit is duo tho glinca.
They will live nnd Prove profitable
for eight or ton years, and no farm
should be so crowded but that it could
make room for nt least ono pair of
guineas. Thoy destroy a vast amount
of insects nnd clean the Holds of seeds
that would othorwlso go to waste,
costing almost nothing to raise, and
no better meat can bo found in the
poultry lino unless it bo tho turkey.
I'oii 1 try Herald.
Secure flood Seed Potatoes.
Tho importance of using sound, nn-
sprouted potatoes for seed cannot be
too strongly omphnsized. Just whore
to got tho seed is a matter of opinion.
Home would send North each year for
new stock, while others prefer to get
their seed potatoes from the Hoiith.
The Ohio Experiment Station in its
tests has round that the locality from
which seed is obtained is a matter of
less iniportanco tlmu tho manner in
which tho seed ia kept during the
winter. Cold storage Ohio potatoes
have given as good crops ns those
from Maine or North Carolina. Cold
storage, however, ia not coiivoniont
for all, bunco tho easiest plan ia to
Mecui'O seed potatoes late in the season
by planting them tho last of July.
t'o carry out tins plan preparations
must bo begun ns early as the first of
May. Ordinarily potatoes will not
keep in condition for planting until
the first of July, but if they are taken
from the collar bofora they begin to
sprout or whon the sprouts are just
starting aud spread on a barn lloor or
loft, or somo other place where they
will receive little light, thoy will throw
ont short stubby sprouts about ono-
half inch in length and then remain in
that condition for months. Tho po
tatoes must bo only one layer deep
proferably, and seed enus np. Wheu
planted tho potntoes will oomo np
quickly aud make their growth in a
short time and almost surely give a
good orop. The potatoos produced by
this method will koop iu a common
collar without sprouting and for this
purposo are much superior to seed
grown in tho ordinary way. Now
buglaud Homestead.
llreerilng Fancy rnultry.
Breeding fancy poultry is a fascina
ting science, and those who follow it
carefully and use fair intelligence can
make it a paying industry. The
trouble often is that people take it up
without adequate knowledge of thf
work. There is science in all poultry
breeding, but more so in raising fancy
breeds than the ordiuary farmyard
fowls. Thero are several points that
the breeder must keep well in mind.
It ia shade and feathers that he i
breeding for, and not for the qualitief
whioh makes ordinary poultry valu
able. Without perfect shape and ap-
fiearanoes the fancy birds would be of
ittle use in a show, and it is for ex
hibition qualities that he must strain
for. One may ignore the exhibitions
of poultry when raising the birds foi
market, but he cannot do this if fancy
fowls aro his objects.
In order to understand tho bus
iness, one mnst read and study upon
the subject of fuuey fowls. Ho niUBt
have the shape of his breeds firmly
fixed in his mind. Half the battle de
pends upon the shape of the bird. By
conforming to tho ideal shape on lays
the foundation for all other snccesses.
No matter how perfect the carriage or
marking of the birds may be, if the
shape is poor thoy will nover couio tip
to the standard set by the exhibitors
of fancy breeds. Good shape general
ly indicates the rest o! the essential
points.' But ngt always. Otherwise
it would never be riecoiaary to breed
for carriage and plumage.
A well-shaped fowl will usually
have a good carriage, but occasionally
this can be improved by selecting foi
further breeding the birds that ar
stately andgraoeful in their walk and
deportment. Breeding for plumage
is not tbe least fascinating part of the
fancier's work. It probably yields
more gennine pleasure than any other
part of the labor. Starting with birds
of excellent constitution and shape,
it is remarkable what changes can be
made in the markings of the feathers
without in any way destroying or in
juring tbe type. But it takes long
years of care,selection and breeding to
accomplish this in a way that gives
satisfaction. It is a work of love as
well as for wages. W. gtillweil, ia
AmerioAO Cultivator.
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS COHDEHSED
DREADED DEATH.
two 01r!i Atttmpt lulclds But thl Ceursi
of Ont Palls and Both Uvm art
avid Used Uudinum.
HMIn. Ilmlmniid. n 17-year-old glrWof
(tree nvllle, attempted snlHdn the other
ilKhl t'T tiikhiK lit'tiln tillftl. It Is ft I -I'Krd
that Miss Iteilnmnd nml Mnry
Items, nn Intimate friend, had planned
to din lone! her. They proeured the
lit UK and went In I he home of the
Itedmoiid Kill. The Iteilitiotnl Hill, It Is
on hi, took the first dose, nnd her friend
rim to follow suit. When Miss Hops
HIW Hie e fleet of Hie tneillelne on her
friend she run for it physlelnn. Mlxs
lleiliiiond whs tmennaeloua and was
Hived vvlth dllheiilty.
The following pensions were Issued
hiHt week: John r. Hehnelder, I'ltts
Imiik, $1; .fumes I,. Iloiinlmiin, I'llln
ImiK, Kriink A. II. Itoon, HiintliiK
(lim Mills, S; William WlKKlna, deii'l,
luluiel.iM n, $11; I'Mwiml Nevlll, ilesd,
Heaver Kill In, tli; Josliih II, Melkhip,
Meiulvllle, if; John NiikI", I'IUhIoiik,
f H; John Iteynolds, liiiflltmton, fs;
jiimes K. Iii-tneur, Vniidergrlfl. JIJ;
l.nliniiil H. ('line, l.eei hlun K. tl; Jos
eph II. IHITeiiiliirrer, iinkliinil Mills,
112; l.ttey M. II. nil', fenleivllle, Kj
Mm I ha H. Whmhis, Johnstown, SK;
Miitlhlit Nevlll, Heaver KiiIIh, s; Mllve
J. I Instill, Westlli-lil. fK; ,.n-eeii M,
Smith, Anderson, m: Hophla MherK,
tlleliHItVIIHe, H; Nellie K. (lot nil. y,
III lllfn.. $H; KlIth'Tllle Kill, del
mniilii, fx; Fliriiif I A. Momley, Piilti
linrir, ttt; lllehiml II. (lici-iniwnlt, West
Newton, $n; Wlllliim M. Mmritr, Wll
llinimport, f 10; Jiieoh Hmetser, (Jillnev,
fH; l(nl... p. Miller, I'lllllHlMlllVlliy,
10 to $17: Levi Mook, Iteno, ID; Idinl.-I
HoIIiirit, I'VrtlKH, VeiiniiKo, M to flu;
John It. MeKee. Illnii, In to K; .lumen
('. tlreen, I'mixsiitawney, n to IS;
Thompson Unit, llurd, lleilford, tfl to
IX; Kinersoti Hweel, Knetory vllle, $17:
Jonathan Met'nrily, Hint" I, Irk, $0 to
I"; CiinhIiin l.ueas, Allegheny, $0 to $H;
James t rireenley, WllHhltlKton, $'l tt
ll'l; John 'I'lm l.hcr. Holdli-rs' liome,
Krle, $k lo $HI; Cnrollne Clilleont,
Koekhlll Kurnaee, lliiMlliiRdun, sj
l;ilul,eih Hehults, Allegheny, $8; Maiy
I'. 'I'honins, HIinlTer, Westtiiorehiinl,
$X; l.lleliidn Hrlr.see, (inwnyo, Toiler,
Three fiiiiihrhi woikim-n were llter
ully eookeil iillve l,y nn explosion at the
hliiHt riiriiuees of thi riiinlirla Hleel
t'oinpiiiiy-M phmt In Johnstown hint
Krldiiy, nnd three other workmen were
badly Injured nt the siitne lime. The
deiilhsiif the Mist three oeeurred nt the
ruin In hoHpltnl within short lnterviils
lifter they tvero removed to that Inntl
tutlon. The deiul me lleol'Ke I flieli ppiT,
of HtrotiKKtown, Indhiliit eounty, iiid
John C. Iliirrett, of lluffiilo. N. V..
HKed Il'.l. I'hllfles Welly, of IhlH city,
lined 27. I'lienpper and Iliirrett weio
siiiKle; Welly lenves a widow nml sev
eral children. The tin M were lit woi k
icpiilrliiK hi, ml fiiinii. it No. 2. Tin y
were on a HrnfT..I. ii short dlstmii e
nliove fiirnii.e No. I when the Intier
"(Iropped" nml tin, workmen wire en
veloped III II IIIHKS of molten lllellll
thrown out hy the explosion Hint fol
lowed. Koremini Juhn Jliiinlltoii wns
Imilly huriied In trylnif lo cxtliiKulxh
the lln mi s iiround the men.
Kllii MeKiiii,, a hcnutllul Kill of IH.
comiultted suicide nt h.-r home tienr
lllllsvllle, n few dnys hko. Hhe not her
mother to nn vImIHiik, nnd when .Mrs.
iiicr nie nrrivi i home she rouiul her
ilnimhler lyliiK In he., ih a. I. An i iupty
liiil Hi. hihch'il cnrholle Held nnd a
Itimlil'-r on h stand told the Hory. h;ilu
wns II llllUKhter of Alex. MeKntn. Two
old iIiikm found on her llner, Imth
Klfts to her, hd to suspicion that the
sulfide was hrouicht ahout hy a love
ulTnlr.
The y.niim- woman who was shot hy
Jos. llermliiKer at ilreciiahuiK a few
days H ko Is Miss Koscnwclnia of Jenn
l: title. Her father will mnke an Infor
tmitlon aniilnst the num. ehnricliiR;
felonious shootlnK. The bullet passed
throiiKh the llishy part of her lea; nnd
toilitod In her brenst. While llerinlrmi r
was supposed to be flrlnn blank carU
tldaes, a 1)1 k supply of nKular bullets
were found In his pockets. Mayor
l.oor fined him $." for shooting on the
street.
Thieves entered the ticket nmep at
Van.l'TKi Ift, on the West f'enn rail
road, blew open lh safe and almost
completely demolished the ofllee Inst
wees. - ne sure was Mown Into a hun
dred pieces, ono piece K'iIiik throiiKh
the lloor to the eellur, and another
throuKh the window nnd throuKh the
nun on the station house, which Is
niiulo or two-Inch plank. Axent Jjun
run says cverythliiK waa taken, but
mat llie loss would he less than $IW In
cash.
James K. Norton, a Job printer was
arrested at Heading a few days ao. on
inn chance of printing bogus rigar
union laoeis. ne was held In $1,000
oan. uver ia,wu worth were captured
and 18 tons of paper on which they
were printed was seised. It Is said
that this counterfeiting scheme has as
sumed extensive proportions. In Iin
caster. John Ilurkholder. of Martin
dale, and I W. Frankhouser, of Terre
Hill, were arrested on the same eharae
Martin V. Strait, of Kharon. who died
last week In the Auburn penitentiary
where he was serving a life sentence
for killing his wife and sister-in-law,
waa a member of the Protected Home
Circle, but was expelled when he com
mitted the crime. His relatives have
tendered dues each month, and the of
peers have refused to accept. They
win inKisi upon payment, una a law
suit will result.
The posto'nee at Orove City was en
tered by robbers a few days ago and
over $lS:i, the funds of the money order
uepariment, tuKen from the safe. The
robbers were discovered at work by
Mrs. Filer, living overhead, who gave
the alarm, when the robern fled, In their
haste missing over $100 In the stamp
drawer. The men are believed to be
professionals, as they easily picked the
s&fe lock.
Information hns been received from
Auburn, N. Y., that Martin V. Strait,
formerly of Kharon, died In the peni
tentiary In that city, where he was
serving a life's sentence for murdering
his wife and sister-in-law. He was
twice convicted and sentenced to
electrocution, but his sentence was
commuted to Imprisonment for life.
Charles Johnson, recond sergeant
Company M. Ninth Immunes. acciden
tally (hot and killed himself In the
Pennsylvania railroad statlAn at Har
rlfburg last Friday.
Henry Hmlley of Haiel Dell, near
Elwood City, was at work on the top
of the Baker Forge Company's plant
when he slipped and fell to the ground.
44 feet. In failing he turned over and
managed to alight on his feet. He was
able to be at his work again In five
minutes.
One man was Instantly killed and
another so badly Injured that he died
soon by tho explosion of a steam cylin
der in the mill of James Martin A Co.
of Philadelphia. The dead are Daniel
Huston and William Lang.
John T. Brenneman. secretary and
treasurer of the Philip Frank Malting
Company, of Mt. Joy, was found drad
In the fcfBce with tbe gas turned on.
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KEVIEW OF TRADE.
Buppliit Being Lias Thsn Iht btrnand ia the
Iran Markat, Prlcm Hava Oona Up.
It. O. Iun A Co.'s weekly review of
trade reports as follows for last week.
There Is some fear that has no other
source than the habit of fear. Men
have found for so many years disaster
treading on the heels of apprehension
that they luck faith In good things
present and to come. Fvery year there
Is worry about short crops, and yet the
crops grow larger. The spectre of
monetary trouble, haunts men who
k2now that tho country Is strong be
known that the country is strong be
alarm men who are really tilte aware
that It Is only needful to put promoted
Stocks In a class by themselves.
All the time the volume of business
Is rising, and the week's payments
through tho chief clearing-houses are
3.1 per cent larger than last year and
f. per cent larger than In 1H!I2. For
month thus far the dally average la
61. tt per cent larger than last year and
66.4 per cent larger than In ixai. More
over, this week and every other bring
linger wages to many, and Increased
purchasing power and the demand for
products is consequently expanding In
all branches of consumption.
Tho rise In bessemer pig Iron to $17 65
at Pittsburg. $2 In two weeks In gray
forge to $15 2.',, In anthracite No. 1 to
$16 75 and In local and southern iron
at Chicago results directly from the
fact that supplies are for the time less
than the lemand. Mnny more fur
naces are In haste to begin work, aome
succeeding, but others hindered by dif
ficulty of getting prompt deliveries of
needed parts of machines, or prompt
supplies of ore and fuel.
The natural remedy that few orders
now call for less work than was dona .
In April or March Is for the time hid
den by engagement cf nearly all con
cerns for months ahead. The largest
and best works are catching up with ,
their orders, though much behind and
obliged to refune many, while others
are entering the field. It Is proof of an
astonishing demand that after nearly
five months this congestion continues,
and the rise In prices. Including ad
vances of $2 per ton In plates and bars,
are not force J of unnatural. -t
Minor metals have followed London
so long that tin sticks at 2.V65 cents,
though stocks are large and the de
mand Is remarkably poor, and lead at
4.45 cents, though the demand Is slow,
while ropper weakens to 114 cents for
(tike, UrlUnh statistics Indicating a fall
of nearly a quarter In consumption for
four months this year compared wltn -last.
The heavy sales of wool. W,54,OJ4)
pounds, at the three chief market.
three weeks, against 24,70.31)0 pOMnds--
for the same weeks In I '97. when the "
disastrous speculation of that year had
begun to turn, and 14.212,150 pound in
Wtl. are mostly to speculators, aa
manufacturers are doing scarcely any
thing. Weeks ago they held that prices
were too high even after some decline
for the prices at which goods cloavd
could be sold. But western and east
ern speculators have settled It that the
manufacturer will be forced to buy at
such prices as they may fix and ar
taking large quantities.
Wheat advanced 3 cents, but lost
nearly all the gain on Friday. Western
receipts have fallen to about half last
year's and esports In four weeks from
Atlantic and Pacldc port have been
10.MO.168 bushels. Hour Included,
against !3.s!tl.aS2 burhels last year,
while from northern lake ports 7.i 03)
bushels have gone out this year. Hut
men forget that the foreign demand. If
not as large a it was Ut year, with
famine Impending. Is much larger than
In the same weeks of 187. when wheat
exports were only &.704.U4 bushels.
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