CHILDREN'S COLUMN. Home Queer Thing. It's qileiT, when thn worlil seems steady, It really In whirling not lt'l qunor thut thn plants get larger. When no one can see them growi It's queer thut the fountain's water Leaps high In thn sniiHhlnn bright) Anil queer Hint thn moon cnn never Fall out of the sky at night. It's qtienr thut nnn ctovnr bloiom In white Ami tlllnthor red. v When thn mime black earth surrounds them, 1 no Minn nun wilier meir ueo. It's queer thnt of nil these wonders . We take no little heedi And Hint, ss for feeling th.uiktul, u Wa seldom see the need. We scold If thn weather's chilly, And frvt st thn hot sunlights Don't like to get lip In tli morning, Hang linck from the bed nt nights And queerer than nil thn qitonr thine Arn sumly thons girl nnd hoys Who live In thn world of beauty, And rutber see woes tlmn Joy. Illustrated Lesson raper. flow Klnh Honks Am Msrte, klloys enn mnke a primitive pin fish kik with a single lieiul, lint it takes strokes of a little machine to turn ftue regulation fish book of steel Ire. the nrst stroke snips on a bit ' the wire, the second stroke forms lie loop whore tho line is fasteuod, n third hacks the other end, the i th flattens and bends back the the fifth makes the point, the lh bends the wire and the hook into little holder, ready to be fished. This is done by either Japanning it or giving it a finer finish by beating it led hot. then cooling it in oil. A dever Imitation. A certain Cleveland attorney has two bright little children. They are quick at imitation, and have ft talent for making np games in which they cleverly burlesque their elders. A few days ago their mamma found they were playing '"Doctor." The young est child was the patient, with heud wrapped in a towel, And the older the physician, with a silk hat and a on ne. The mother, uuseen by the little one?, listened at the doorway, ' "I feels awful bad," said the pa tient. "We'll fix all that," said the doctor, huskily, "Lemnie see your tongue," Out came the tiny red indicator. x "HiunI Hum! Coated!" snid the doctor, looking very grave indeed. Then, w ithout a word of wnruing, the skilled physician hauled on", and gave the patient a smart slap in the region of the ribs. "Ouch I" cried the sufferer. "Feel any pain there?" inquired the doctor. "Yes," said the patient, "I thought so," snid the healer. "How's the other side." "It's all right," said the patient, edging away, Thorenpon the doctor produced a small bottle filled w ith what looked like either bread or mud pills, and placed it on the table. "Take one of these pellets," the physician said, "dissolved in water, every seveuteeu minutes al-ter-nit-ly." "How long mnst I take 'em?" groaned the patient, "Till you die," said the doctor. "Good morning!" Cleveluud Tlaiu Dealer. Our Bennln. Our Besie is jnst fonr years old, And dearly lores Aiiut liessie, for whom she was named, One bright morning she danced into mamma's room just as the sun was making rosy clouds in the east. i "See, mamma, see!" she cried, ex citedly, holding something above her bead. "Aunt Bessie earned while I leeped, where is she?" "How do yon know that she has come?" smiled mamma. "Because I iinded this on my pil low." And she laid a wonderful doll beside mamma. Such a wonderful doll! Not a pink nd white one, with fluffy yellow hair aud staring bine eyes. Oh.'nol Bessie bad half a dozen such in her play room. This dearest, loveliest doll that she bad ever seen had a fnoe as black as a rubber shoe, which shone like patent leather. It had lips as red as a cranberry, aud great black eyes that glistened like jet because of the white around them. "Isn't she a darling?" demanded wee Bessie, with a loving squeeze, aud just then Aunt Bessie herself came in. "Do you like your dollie, pet?" she asked. "he is the nicest, bn'fullest one 1 ever had," answered Bessie. Bo she played with Dinah all day, nd Aunt Bessie made a wee night dress for her, so she could sleep in Bessie's little bed at night The next morning Betty, the wash erwoman's little girl, brought note to Bessie's mamma. Betty stood near the door while mamma read the note, looking at the new doll with longiug yes that made Bessie's little heart ache with sympathy. Aunt Bessie gave her some candy, but ahe held it in ber band and looked at Dinah. Bessie tried hard not to see ber. She turned aronud aud sang little songs a she slowly rocked Dinah aud hugged ber tightly, bnt she told Aunt Bessie utter Betty went away, "I could feel ber looking at Dinah, just the same, Auntie Bess, an' ws didn't bare a bit of comfit till I let ber uae ber in ber arnia." This is what Bessie did. She kissed Diuab, laid ber iu Betty's arms, theu ran to mamma, bid her face, and Mbbed a if ber heart would break. Betty looked after ber w ith wouder ing eyes, then tnrnel Diuab llowly round until abe bad teen all about ker, front ber kinky black balr to ber (tuttrr red boot. Then, with deep sigh of satisfaction, ahe gave ber back to Ilessle, "Law, miss, I jett wanted to see her close: I wouldn't take her from y":" . ..... .... was liesnie ghui? If you nail been there you would not need to ask. After Aunt Bessie went home she sent another doll exactly like Dinah, and jnst as soon as our Bessie could put on her hood and cloak she carried it to Betty, and this time she laughed wheu she laid it in her arms. Youth' Advocate. A Ileal Cilnnt. It was a warm siininipr afternoon. Mamma was sewing on the pinch, and John and Jane were playing in the shade of a large oak tree. Hearing the children laughing an merrily, liinmmn came to see the cnuao of so touch fun. rinding a huge brown beetle, they had turned him on his linck, nnd Jane was tickling bis stomach with n. !ng piece of grass to make him kick. It certainly was funny to see him draw up his legs so quickly aud so tight to bis fat shiny sides. Mamma looked on forn moment, ami then snid: "I fear the poor little bug is not laughing or having n good time, lie member, he can see you; nnd to him you are teal giants monsters with immense round eyes, and mouths as targe as a linn's. l)o you wonder he is in a great fright and tries to ruu away?" While the children were listening t their mother, the beetle turned over and begau runuing off very fast. "Oh, do let's nil follow him, and see where be lives!" cried Jane. So away they run iu quick pursuit, mamma following more slowly, across the street, over Mr. Paine' lawn next door, to the woodpile. There he went under a log. On liftiug the log very quietly and slowly, without disturbing him, tho children found Futhor Keotlo, with Mother Beetle and all the little Beetles crowding eagerly around him. "I wonder," said mamma, "if he is telling his family of what befell him this morning how ho was soized by terrible looking creatures, treated in a most cruel muuner, and just oscaped with bis life." "Dear me!" said Jnne, looking sorry. "I didn't mean to ncare him. 1 suppose a boy or girl is a giant to a bug. Better come, away, John, and lot him hare a rest." Mamma was glad to see the children carefully replace the log and leave the Beetle family to themselves. Khe knew Jane and John wished to be geutlo and good to nil living things, that they did not mean to be cruel, lint they did not always know what would hurt (iod's littlest ones. Another day John's mother was shocked to seo him thrusting a long bi ass rod down nn ant-hole. Think bow terrible that must have been for the little helpless ants! fjuickly she culled him to her, nnd asked if he would like to hear a story a story about giants. There was uothiug the children loved so well. Ho John called Jane, anil they ran to the porch and perched themselves on the great arms of mnmiiia's rocking chair, each Hinging a little hot nrm around her neck, nnd pressing their velvet cheek against hers to show how they loved and how good they thought her. This made their mother feel rested and happy. Then she began: "Ouco upon a time there wos a pretty little house, painted all white, with climbing roseviue over the front, covered with the pinkest nnd sweetest of roses. But sweeter than the roses were the little children who played about thnt bouse, and very happy they were in thnt dear home. One afternoon the mother, with the little ones, was sitting before the open tire popping com and roastiug apples hung by long striugs from the mantel over the tire, when suddenly a great wooden club as long and large as a forest tree came crashing through the ceiling. The whole top of the bouse seemed to be tumbliug iu upon theml The cruel club went crunching, pound ing aud destroying, and the family, who a moment before had beeu so happy, lay bruised and crushed on the Hour, aud the pretty borne of which they were so fond was ruined, A great giant bad done it as be passed along." "Oh! that is not a true story, is it, mamma?" asked Juno, in distress. "It couldn't be," exclaimed John, soborly. "There are uo real giants nowadays. " "It is true there are no giuuts now of that kind for my children to fear," answered their mother, very gravely. "But todny my little boy was a cruel giant. With a great brass rod he broke through the roof of an auts' happy borne a house that had taken thein weeks of bard work to build aud killed mother and babies, bruis ing some, and crushing others, aud ruining their homes." "O John," cried Jane, "the poor auts!" Then both children sat very 'still and grave, thinking over mamma's ginut story. At last John put bis bead down on bis mother's shoulder and whispered earnestly, "I forgot that time; I'm so sorry. But I'll try to remember after this, aud, if I am a giant, I can be a good one, anyway can I not, mamma?" Aud after that the children seldom forgot. They remembered they were giants, and tried to bo good ones. Instead of hurting or tonueuting tbest tiuy little creatures, they learned t lore aud watch them, aud now Jnne aud John know many curious aud in teresting thing" about these insects and their habits. Hut' day Hchool Times. Persous aTioted with epilepsy are almost certain to have an attack of it when on sea voyage, especially if suffering from aeasiekuess. BUND AS HE WAS. ONE OF THE PLAINEST MEN IN THE COUNTRY. Ills Rrrent Death, tanned Widespread arrow rialit Kvnryilsy Parmer Who Cam Near to m Presidential Nomina tion, Tho Into Richard forks Bland was born near Hartford, Ky., Aug. 19, 1835. He received an academic education. He moved to Missouri In 1855, thence to California, and thence to that por tion of t'tah now Nevada. He located at Virginia City and practiced law. He was Interested In mining opera tions In California and Nevada. He was county treasurer of Carson county, I'tah territory, from 1800 until the or ganization of the state government of Nevada. He returned to Missouri In 18G5, and located In Holla, where ho practiced law with his brother, C. C. Illand, until he removed to Lebnnon. In August, 1869. He continued his practice there. He was elected In the Korty-third, Forty-fourth, Forty-firth, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, Forty eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth. Fifty first, Fifty-second and Fifty-third con gresses. He was elected to the Fifty fifth congress as a silver democrat, re ceiving 24.806 votes, against 19,754 votes for T. D. Hubbard, republican, and 1,407 votes for J. II. Btelnclpher, populist. He was elected to the Fifty-sixth congress by a handsome mar gin. Mr. Bland was never more Interest- RICHARD Ing than at the time of the democratic national convention in 1896. As every one knows he was a strong figure be fore the convention. At one time there was a belief that bo stood a strong chanco to become the nominee. At that time Mr. Bland was at his home, two miles away from the town of Le banon. He had no telegraphic or tele phonic connection from his comfort able home to the town near which he lived. Instead of remaining close to means of direct communication with the exciting scenes in Chicago, he con tinued to pursue his dally habits on the farm. Along toward the evening of ene of the most ercltlng days of the convention there were signs that there would be a Bland landslide. In the minds of the knowing ones In the con vention it may be that this was not o but this impression got abroad and was felt in most part of the country. Every telegram that reached Lebanon said something about It.' The same thing, in a moderate way, had hap pened a number of times In the two or three days' proceedings.. Each time there had been a rush for Bland, and each time be astonished the rush ers by showing them that his concern was much less manifest than theirs. On this particular evening an effort was made to make Mr. Bland come to town. He had been in for the mall In the afternoon and had purchased some groceries, but he announced to his friends, before starting for home, that he would not come back except under extraordinary conditions. Some one told him that the conditions were ex traordinary, and that his nomination was imminent. Mr. Bland (hook his head and Bmlled. "If I am nominated tonight," be said, "I will bear about it In the morning." Accompanied by two or three of the children he climbed llowly Into hi not too gorgeous equlppage and drove out the dusty street In the direction of his borne. Mr. Bland bad another reason at this time for sticking close to the farm. "Help" is scarce down that way, and at that time Mrs. Bland' "hired girl" had left her, leaving only mere slip of a child to assist in the large amount of general work and the care of the children. So it became a part of Mr. Bland' duty to assist about the bouse when be could, and this duty be performed. About that time some friendly biog rapher wrote to him thus; "I'c'.ciu be wears. socks, be doe not wear r. roller except on Sunday. He wear Ur-.--hlKb hoots, and hi trous sr JT iwr k ti.;. I nabs to short. He chew quarter of a ponnd of to bacco (lay. He la poor, honest and In dependent He Uvea on farm near Lebanon, which, he says, he would sell for the value of the Improvements. His house Is built of red brick and Is two stories high. His family consist of wife and six children. Ills oldest child, a girl of id. Is at school In Washing ton. The younger children run around barefooted and are healthy and happy. Mr. Bland Is 61, and his wife, who Is 43, hns the placid, quiet face of Madon na, filio believes that her husband' chances of landing In the white house are al 1 in. and so far as she Is concerned she would rather continue to live on tho farm. She does all the housework herself. One hired mnn Is kept, and he ents with the family. The great silver agitator Is plain-looking. He ha plain, sallow face, with a square fore head, running Into baldlsh expanse surrounded by blonclo hnlr. He hns a rough, brown heard, tllgh'.ly touched with gray, cut in the plainest way, and the hoarse voice which comes over It has a sort of twang In It which car ries out the plainness of Its owner. Illand dresses plainly, and he prides himself nn being one of the plain peo ple. He Is one of the few Congress men who mnke farming pay. He has one of the largest apple orchards In this country, and for some years has been making more out of his apples than his congressional salary." SEEKS THE NORTH POLE. Prince Lnlgl, the Duke of'AbruzzI, who Is now on his way to the north pole, la the only royal personage who P. BLAND. has ever undertaken that very hazard ous journey. The prince sailed In his good ship Stella Polare (Polar Star) on Monday from Chrlstlaula, In Norway. He is accompanied by the Crown Prince and Princess of Italy, who will go with him as far a North Cape. Prince Luigl belongs to the house of Savoy. He Is a nephew of the King of Italy and the son of the .late Prince Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, and for time the King of Spain. Lulgl was born on April 30, 1873, and Is al ready distinguished a a traveler and explorer. In 1S97 be ascended Mount Ellas, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Prince Lulgl is taking with him twenty-one persons. Including Count Qulrl, a lieutenant in the Italian navy; Dr. Cavilll-Mollnelli, two Italian Bailors, four guides, ten PRINCE LUIGI. Norwegian sailors and one Eskimo. The Stella Polare was formerly the Jason. American 8panlah. Manila Correspondent New York Tribune: What seems remarkable to me Is tbe ease with which Americans pick up Spanish and the confidence tney seem to have In their llngulstio ablltlles. Many of them appear to think tbey are more masters of Span Ish than it would be possible for any Spaniard to become master of English. Mr. bas only been In Manila a few months, not more than a half dozen all told, and the ease with which be rattles off Castlllan Is something amaz ing, as tbe following will show; Mr. (to a Jeweler on the Escolta) M watchee muches brokeen, muchee dlr tee, me wantee watchee flr.ee. You utbe, see? Jeweler Yes, I understand, ill gentleman over there will fix your v.-.i. rai suit coused UNACCOUNTABLE DEATHS. Four Children Past Away Predicting lh Tims ol Their Departure Had Eaten Csnned Vegetables. A mnlnriy that tins nrnvnn a mm. plete puzzle to the doctors has affect-id inn family or Ninory Htokcs, of (Ireens. burg. Within thn pant four month, throe children of the fnmllv hnv .1 and a H-ctillnr matter In relHtlon to their Illness In thnt, ns they wr stricken with the sumo mysterious dis ease, fine by tine, they would tell their parents of presentiment of their death and would predict the time altnoHt t me nour wnen thnlr Hplrlts would take fllRht. The children were always in the best of health tin until i-ncpntlv. One Sundny the whole family lieriuin ill tnroiiKh eallna; canned vewtuliles. The little dntiKhter a few days after wards, when It wns thought all mem bers of the family had fully recovered, became very nick, nnd In the course of two weeks she died. While returning home from his sinter's funeral How ard, a hoy of 12 yenrs, hecntne III, and. Just before he wits In ken Into the liotmn, he called his father and t.rhl hlin thnt he was Roitifr to die, nnd that hn would he plnced beside hla sinter wlthUi a month. Within two weeks thn boy died. Willie. 14 venrn old. tin- cam III two months ao. 'Che boy f It ci. nddent that he would recover until a week no. Then he cnlled tra Ills father and told him thnt he would die within a week. In Junt one week from thnt liny thn hoy died. The following pensions were Issued Innt week: Thotnns Hewitt. North Clarendon, Warren, ; tiarles ' J. HotlKklnnon, Mrookvllle. $i; l.ytunn Humes, HnrrlHlnira, John M' ,ra- lloxbury, Franklin. $; Denjnm'n Long, West Lebanon, Indiana. 110;' Adam W. Loni-necker, . Mnrh tin,, Lancnnter, iff; William II. IieLnna-, Kmporlutn, Cameron, R; I'at HIkr ns, Hhamokln, til): I ten hen Ilnlni?'T, Punheain, Franklin, !: Philip Henler, dead, Warren. It2; Wescntt Corbin, dead, HollldnysburB;. 110; Joph Fisher, dead, llrndilock. Alle. Rheny, 18; Asa H, Corse, Lake View, Hiisiiuehannu, $24; Ocnige mil, Fort Palmer, Wentmorelund. $14: Hehueea J. Heck, New lllomnfleld. Perry, $8; Dora Corbin. HollldayKluirg, $K; Cath arine Koy, llellwood. ltlalr. $H; M.try Masters, Holllntervllle, Wayne, $8; I'erclvol Dirk. Hhnmokln, $: M'chal Kline, Leetonla, Tioga, $6; Philip Lamoreux, Lehman. Luxerne, $(l; Levi W. Hitrtrnnft. West llnxleton, $; laaac Plnkerton, Kinswnrth. Alleghe ny, $: Km hen H. Lynch, Mechanics burs;, $12; drove H. Adams, Oregon Hill, Lycoming. $; Innlnh D. lllair, Jersey Hhore. $10: William II. Free man, Bradford, $0; John Iliirnhnrt, Mt. Cnrmel, $(!; Wm. Hennett. llrnd ilock, $: lttiHHcl! J. Mcyiilllen, Hol dlers nnd Hullois' Home, Krie, H; An drew Clnrk, Cowntisvllle, Armstrong X; ,Kdwln C Fairfax, I'ltcalin, A:i gheny. $ii; Win. Frew, Johnstown, $8; John Henry Itlcn, Klttnnnlng. $l; Oeo. W. Flceger. Hutler, $12. Widows F.llznlieth lmvln. Hcrnnton, $8; minors of Win. Linn, Itoblnnonvlll.-, He Iford, $11; wnr with Hpaln, Louis A. Kn nch, Northvllle, F.rle, $12: Thomnn C. Inn k Inghmn. Hcemry Hill, Washington, IN; William Heeler, Alderson, Luxerne, $K; (leorge Hilyun, Munongnhela, $S; Jared C I'lanen, Hole, $6. Th bark ItandanelrH, dipt. Fnhk. which Is now dim hurling her cargo at Philadelphia, on the Jerxey Hhore, was visited on Wednesday night by n hor rible looking Insect, which the captain believes to havo been a Renu.ne "strangling bug." The bug attacked the captain's wle. The mate heard her screams and struck the bug d own repeatedly. It returned to the attack and was only subdued by tho mate at tacking It with a heavy handHplkn. Thn bug was threo Inchen long and had nippers like an Icemun's clip. A boiler explonlon occurred at the Zudock Whltehill sawmill. In Wayne township, near Wayncsburg, a few days agii. Kit Whltehill, a son of the proprietor, was blown a distance of over two hundred yards and killed. Another son was carried as great a distance, but alighted In the creek nnd was not seriously Injured. The father, Zndoik Whltehill, Is reported fatally hurt. Thn boiler divided Into two parts, each being carried over 200 yards from the scene. Justice of tho Peace John J. Hare, of Chester, has a strange bug that can lift three pounds with hla pincers. He captured the bug on the sidewalk and took It Into Ms store, and, while hold ing It In a pair of pincers, the bug took hold of a box of watch, screws weigh, lug three pounds, and when Mr. Hare pulled the bug away It held on to the box and held It suspended for three minutes and had a good hold nt the end of that time. At the preliminary hearing before Alderman 8wap at Erie a few days ago, C. A. Swartsfager was bound over to court on a charge of the murder of C. K. Khattuck on July at Four M.le creek. Mrs. Hhattuck was d scnargdd, and then put on the stand by the com monwealth. The woman said Hhat tuck met her on the trolley trestle with Hwarttfager, and that she lan and that she heard shots. The first monument erected over the grave of a victim of the Spanlah Amerlcnn war In Westmoreland coun ty was unveiled at Harrold Cemetery Tuesday. Thousands of people attend ed the ceremonies. It was In memory of Isaac K. Wentzell, who died at Mld dletown while In camp with Company M, Sixteenth Iteglment, Augunt 26. It Is a massive granite shaft. While engaged In prayer at a pray-r meeting in a church at Galloway, n nr Franklin, Mrs. Hannah L. Mead, of Pleaoantvllle, aged 63 years, d ed. She was kneeling In her pew, when the gave a sudden gasp and fell to the floor. People went to her assistance, but che died In a few minutes. Heart disease was tho caus?. Wllber Taylor, superintendent of the Elco brewing Company at F.lou, two miles north of Coal Center, was over come by the fumes of ammonia used at the brewery. He was about 49 years of age and a widower with four chil dren, and was subject to heart troub , which, with the fumes of ammonia, caused his death. New Kensington coasts of a woman carpenter In the person of Mrs. Steph en Bedorlc, a Polish woman. She ha built three houses and did all the vtnrk herself, even to painting them. Mrs. Sedoric digs the cellar, lays the foun dation and builds the house from be ginning to end, Including shingling, plastering, etc, Ex-fenutor Oerard C. Drown was the other evening gored to death by a ferocious Alderney bull at his burn yard neur Yorkanu, near York. Hi was dead when found, and a gah on his leg, a severed artery, and the bull's bloody horns and face attested the cause of death. Triplets .were born to Mrs. William Evans, of Plains, near Wllkesbarre. last week. They are strong and I here Is every prospect of keeping them alive. They are two girls and a boy. The mother weighs only about 100 pounds and these are her first chil dren. William Btrubble, of Wilmington township, was gored by a bull in hu pasture field and fatally injured. He had on a red shirt. 1 THI MARKETS. riTTRHUita ftrnln, lrlmir anil Fend. WRTMT No. 9fnd WHKAT-No. 1 new CORN No Synllow, ear No. 1 yellow, hnllnu Mtied ear , OA1 H-No, a white No. I while ItYE-No. H,Ot!H Winter patnuts 4 Fancy straight whiter 8 HA-No. 1 timothy 11 Clover, No. I..... B FF.KD Ho. I white mid., too,. 10 Ilrowa middlings 15 Itrsn. bulk 14 STHAW Whesu 6 nt BF.KIiH I'aney Illue (Ira.... S Timothy, prime . .. 1 Hairy Product, BPTTEn-rigln creamery..... Ohio creamery Fsn'-y eonntry mil CnKI.SK Ohio, new New York, new r rolls ami Vegetable. . UFANH-flrcen l bu.... fOTATOK.H Fancy Ronn.V bill 1 CAIIIIAOE I'nr nrntn 1 UNION per dosbnnchns ; 41 8t 7 81 70 41 II 81 81 4 10 8 80 12 00 9 60 17 O'l 15 25 14 50 60 6 bO 4 00 1 60 80 (7 00 0 78 SB M 00 01 no no 75 25 1DI 17 10 01 ov 20 IS It 10 10 609 eo 75 2 25 25 1 60 10 12 rultry. Kte. HFNR per pair .' IS ' rillCKKNS drmund 14 TUHKEVH drmnnd 14 KOUHl's. and Ohio, fre.h.... 12 80 18 15 18 " IIAI.TI IKlltK. rrorn i WHKAT-No, 2 red 4'OltN-Mlxed fATH E'lOH. ... fcl'Tl 11 Ohio creamery rniLAiiKLpiiiA n.oirrt i WHKAT-No. 2 red COIIN-No. 2 mixed OATH Na 2 while HU'lTEll Creamery, extra.,.. EOCJH Pennsylvania firsts..... KKW VClltK. ft.Ol'n Patents I H KAT-No. 2 red COHN-No. 2 OATH While Western Hi;T'l Elt-Crenmnrv. EOO U Htale of I'en'n 8 1f"9 4 00 70 71 88 87 80 . 81 14 15 12 20 8 M 8 73 70 71 80 87' 81 18 IU 13 14. 8 759 8 00 22 18 16 15 14 I.IVK STOCK. , Central Siok Yards, East Liberty, Pa, C1TTLS. Trims, l.tOOto 1400 It, ... 6 81? S 40 Oood, UW to I MOO It.s 5 20 5 80 Tidy, 1010 to 1160 It. t 00 5 15 Fair light fleers, WH to 1000 Ibi 4 60 4 SI Common. ,10 to 00 Mis 4 15 4 40 Boos. Medium 4 15 4 20 Heavy 4 16 111 Houghs sod stags 8 41 8 80 SUEKF. rrlme, 85 to 105 Ins 4 75 4 85 Oood, r6 to 00 Ihs 4 60 4 65 Fair, 70 to bU lhs 8 60 4 2i Common 1 60 t 25 Veal Calves fi 0J 7 2i la Mrs. Rprlnger, extra 5 75Sp 8 00 hprlnger, good to choice. 6 60 6 76 Common to fair 6 25 6 60 Extra yearling, light 4 2) 5 00 Oood to choice yearlings , 4 85 4 90 Medium 4 (0 4 8 Common 8 25 4 10 REVIEW OF TRADE. No S:gm Indicating a Cessation ol (he Prasant -Prosperity. It. O. Dun & Co. In their weekly re view of trade repoit as follows: Op- 1 tlmlsm Is always popular, but more than half the time dangerous. Seven years of halting and reaction hlntor.c ally follow three of rapid progres.4. But tho three of progress have not yet passed, and the most cautious searcn discloses no sign of halting. Foreign anxieties have been real, but seem to ' be panning, nnd Europe has begun paying liberally for more food without expectation that securities can be sent In settlement. Above all the general evidences cf prosperity continue convincing, fall urea are the smallest ever known fi.r the senson, railroad earnings the larg est, and solvent payments through clearing houses in July have been 4S.6 per cent, larger than last year and 62.3 per cent, larger than In ld!2, the"' ' best of previous years.. , Olliclal returns of the most wonder ful year In the nation's commerce show a decrease of S5,tKlti.00O in value of the great staples exported, largely . owing to prices, but an Increuso of about $80.0M).ooO in other exports, mostly manufactures. Fear of deficient crops has b?en burled under western receipts from larms amnHntlng to 13.8til,044 bushels of wheat for the month thus far. USalnHt 3,773,108 last year, and 15.29s, 6..5 bushels of corn, against 6.612, 1,15 last year. Exportts of wht-at Atlant.c nnd Pacific, have been 7,709.193 bush els during the month thus far, ngaln't 7,3!itf,:'Sa last year, and corn 9,U'Jl,041 bushels, against 6,097,847 last year. Prices declined thnrt.ly with assurance . of ample supplies, wheat 3 cents and corn 2Vt cents, which Is tne more sig nificant In view of the previous heavy exports of both. Cotton Is also going abroad largely, though the pr.ee re mains C.lUc. Pig iron has not advanced this week, but mainly finished products steel rails to IM at Pittnburg. billets to 1.14, sheet bars to 135.60, sheets to 3 cents at Pittnburg and cut and wire nails both 33 per ton. The American Tin Plate Company settled with its hands by granting IS per cent, more wages, and raised the price of plates 60 cents per box. Still demands do not abate, -though works huve to refuse many or ders. In plates, one large order for shipment to the Clyde was received; In, bars, less urgency of demand ap pears at the Kant, but in sheets, works ure about filled for the year, and In , structural shapes, besides 3 500 tons for bridgea and 1.200 for buildings at Chicngo, a proposal Is reported for 3,000 tons to build a palace for the mikado of Japan. Coke Is unchanged In price, and like ly to break the record for production this month. Tin is lifted to 28.9 cents by wild speculation at London, copper Is firm at 18i cents, and lead Is tfald to be sold by the smelting company be low 4.60 cents, the quoted price. Wool Is still advancing. Coates Bros.' circular of the 16th showing rise of 2.19 cents since May 16. specu lation being particularly active In rtne wool because It Is rising abroad, though In less demand for manufac ture here than combing and 'medium grades. At the three markets 36,956. 100 pounds have been sold In three weeks, against 34. 124. 700. In the urn weeks of 1S97, before the prison t tariff was enacted. Leather Is In good demand and slightly higher, and hides at Chicago rose slightly with llm'ted receipts. Failures for the week have been 14S In the I'nlted States, aga'nst 207 last year, and 23 In Canada, agiinst 17 last year, Carlos Oarcla says that Cuba n ds the abolition of the present restrictive military government. He th'nks the people ar capable of self-givrnmenL r ' i
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