Notwithstanding the development vt nntorudbiles the prices of horses in the Went are fining. mm . ) - The Intent methods of raising chnrch funds, is thnt practiced by nn English vicar who makes and sells walking ticks in order to got a new organ. There are many signs of improved conditions in Hnnln, and increasing canon to hcliove thnt the country wilt before long enter npoti an era of com parative prosperity. Judge Foirls of Cincinnati 1ms rnlod that the costs incurred in con tenting n will cannot be ordered paid out of the inhorltnnce. This is likoly to make some of the Cinciuunti law yers weary and w ary. Salvation Army folks nre forbidden to use truuipot, drum, or tambourine in the ntreotn of Philadelphia, and speech only is tuft to thorn in their public worship. They feel much ag grieved by the net ion of the police. It usually holds good thnt when a man says ho hns been bumpered nud kept down by his wife and children, he is indulging in that pitiful pnsnion for self-excuse which makes so many human animals unjustly prond of themselves and justly ridiculous to their fellows. The supreme court of Massachu setts has suntaincd the action of a lower court in awarding 810,0110 to a little girl against the Boston Ice company for the Ions of one of her feet as the result of n enke of ice full ing upon it from n enrt as she was crossing a street iu company with her five-year-old sister, the injured child t the time lacking two months of be ing three years old. Electricity is now employed for the purpose of removing the wool from sheep which have been slaughtered. Hitherto the skin hns by means of chemicals been put in such a condi tion that the wool cun be pulled of! by hand. With the new process the wool is removed by pushing a knife heated red-hot by electricity along the sur face of the skin. By this means it is estimated that a girl with a few hours' practice can shear from eight to a dozen skins per hone, the saving in cost of removing the wool being obvious. It may or may not be true, ns a great physician has said, thnt "disoaso is dirt." But it is dourly demon strated now that yellow fever and cholera have dirt alone for their pro genitor. Tho existence of such diseases in epidnmio form is always and everywhere a disgrace to tho community thnt suffers from them. The same thing is true of bubonio plague and typhus and every other form of dirt disease. Modern science has changed the reading of the prophet's injunction "Wash and be clean" into "Wash and be healthy." The disease called tho yellows hns been known to pench-growers for 100 years, first appearing in this country in Pennsylvania, and then traveling southward. "It has only traveled 100 miles in as many years," said a well known peach-grower. "The only proper way to denl with the trees affected by it is to take them np and burn them root and branch. This all enterprising and intelligent farmers do as soon as the disease develops. By using this method many farmers have not lost more than one or two trees to the 1000 in ten years. Iu ad dition to being damaged by the yellows, the crop has been diminished by tho multiplication of the curculio. The farmers, since peach-raising has keen less profitable, have been turn ing their attention more to pear-raising an 4 to smaller fruits. In a few years pears will largely supersede peaches." Naval Constructor Neudeck of the German navy had opportunities for eeing things while on a visit to this country. Speaking of our shipi he aid: "As a result of my visits to all your great shipyards, I can say that the Dew ships now building for the navy are among the finest in the . world, if they are not superior to all others, as I am sometimes inclined to think. The reason for the excellence est these ships, and others that arc ready, I seek in the intelligence of your, workmen, and in the mechanloal genius of the whole nation. Work is expensive here, but the result is better work, and a greater feeling of re sponsibility on the part of the work men, who draw high wages. A eooudnry result of these conditions ia that the workman has both incentive and opportunity to obtain a better education." Testimony of this sort, coming from snoh a quarter, d ight to reassure even the most critical that we re getting good value for oar inour. A MIGHTY HOT TIME. It's mighty hot time In the country, but somehow there' room for a souk, For In spite o' thn Lints o' the weather the old world Is rollln' along! It's hot on the topi o' tlm mountains It's hot on thn slopes o' the sen, An', take It nil round, weather covers the Kround, lor It's too hot fur you an' tor urn. It's a mighty hot time In the oltlns; but whnt Is llm use to complain? The streets mid thn highways, I reckon, will somo day ho dimpled by rain ! An' tlm ernps to thn harveet air cllmbln'.au' thn violet sheds Its perlumesi Tho plum's lookln' rnd In tho orehnrd, nn' a uiocklu' bird slugs In tho blooms I j MR. NUBBINS' PROPOSAL It lucked five minutes of the time for the departure of the Montrent ex press from the (Irand Central station, nud tho enrs were rapidly filling up. Kutlitinlol Nubbins, a well-dressed, meek-looking little go'itleiunu, bail just got tomfortnbly settled down iu a corner seat of the car next to the smoker when ho hoard a familiar voice addressing him: "Vhv,hello,Nubbins; how nre you? I'm right iu luck today. I wits just looking for some one to take charge of Aunt Abigail's bundles and assist her oil' the train villi them when she reaches Troy. You're going through, of cotirso?" "Y yen." answered Nnbbins, faint ly, ns he glanced tip and recognized his friend Travers with his arms full of bundles of nil shapes and sizos and "Aunt Abigail" grimly looming up in an aisle behind him like one of Napo leon's grenadiers. Now, Nathaniel Nubbins was of a decidedly shy nnd retiring disposi tion, besides being n dyed iu-tlio-wool old bachelor (Nubbins was 50, still single, aud not only willing bat anxi ous to remniu so), aud if he could have bad his choice he would sooner lead n bayonet charge, face a gnnrr of mutineers or a miduight burglar, or encounter most any other trifle iu that line rather thai take charge of a woman and her luggage for a 150-milo railroad journey. Therefore the render will kindly imagine the remarks (they will hardly do for print) thut Nubbins made under his breath an he got up and, with forced politeness, bowed the waiting female to the sent next to the window. "Thank you," said Travels, ns he begau piliug tmiml-son Nubbins' feet and into his lap, whichever came the handiest; "I knew you'd just as soon do me the favor to take charge of Aunt Abigail as not, and I'm glad I happened to run across you. She in n trille hard of hearing, ami er n little eccentrio in some rejects, but you'll find her first-rate company when you get acquainted with her. By the way, I caiuo nenr forgetting to introduce you to each other. Mr. Nubbins, this is my auut, Miss Abigail Doolit tle." Then, raising his voice, he shouted: "Aunt Abigail, allow me to present my bachelor friend, Mr. Nub bins, who will look nfler you and nee you safely oil' the train with your ling gage whon you rench Troy." ".So good of him, I'm sure. Happy to meet you, Mr. Nubbins," responded Miss Doolittle, with what was meant to be a winsome smilo iu Nubbius's direction. At this moment the starter's boll rang, tho traiti bogan slowly moving out of the station, and with a hurried "goodby" Travers dashed out of the car, leaving Nubbins alone to face the responsibility of delivering Mise Doo little aud her collection of baggage safely at the Troy station a respon sibility which even the bravest of Nubbinn'e sex might well have hesi tated to fa oe. Now, Nubbins, as I have previously intimated, was not cast iu a heroic mold, lie was a timid little gentle man, measuring probably 5 fcot 2 in his patent leathers, and his great aim in life, so far as the so-called geutler sex was coucernod, was to leave them severely alone and quietly flock by himself, as Lord Dundreary used to express it Miss Abigail Doolittle, on tho con trary, though she had chiefly flocked by herself through five-aud-forty aim nieriug summers and the same number of dreary winters, had doue so unwil lingly and under protest, as it were. For a full quartor of a century the tall and stately Miss Doolittle (who loomed nearly a foot abovo Nubbins nnd looked every inch a grenadier, an I believe I have before hinted) had been on the matrimonial bargain counter she had a snug little fortune iu her own right waiting patieutly for some enterprising aud apprecia tive gentleman to appear on the scene and take possession of her willing heart aud other personal property. But alas) Thus far her waiting had been iu vain. Among her list of ac quaintance other maidens,yonng and old, attractive or otherwise, some with fortunes aud some without, had been taken, and she alone had beeu left to mourn over the porverseuess of man kind. Muoh brooding on the subject, coupled with her infirmity of hearing, bad at last resulted in tho h delusion thnt every man who treated uer at an politely was desperately in love with her, and as Nubbins had not been warned of this fuct.it can roadily be surmised that his present position was one of extreme peril thnt is, so far as his peace of mind was con-1 cerned, at least. After the Forty-seooud street tunnel had beeu passed and the train had emerged once more into daylight Nubbins transferred the most of the bundles from his lap to the rack over head, and presently veutnred upon the remark that it was a flue day. "Beg pardon, irl" said the female grenadier, suddenly straightening no and glancing inquiringly at Nubbins, "I said it's fine dny," explained Nnbbins, raising his voice to a shout "(lay? Oh, well I try to be, but if rather hard sometimes for a lone fe male to ketp tip her splr " A clammy perspiration broko out ou Nubbins. "Excuse me," he inter rupted, hastily, "I said a flue day) not gny, but nny, d a y, dayl" "Hny? Let 'em say whnt thoy're a mind to. I guoss Abigail Doolittle hns got money enough so she don't nsk nny odds of anybody present company excepted. Of course it is different with you. The minute my nephew introduced ns to each other I felt thnt we wore going to bo friends intiinnln friends, an I may sny." Nubbius's face wan now tho color of an Italian sunset, nud he wnn earnest ly longing for the bottom to drop out of the car and lot him through, or for some other catastrophe to come to bin rescue, but as usual in such cases his longings worn in vain, nud amid tho subdued siiickerings of tho more thoughtless of the passengers his companion calmly went on: "Yen, Mr. Bubbins,tho very instant I sot my eyen on you I said to myself, bore is n congenial soul, a mnn thnt I cnu trust; and I hope we shall bnve no secrets from each other. I Mil rich but wealth is not nil that is worth liv ing for. You may be poor, Mr. Bub bins" "My nnme is Nubbins, madam, not Bubbins," shouted the embarrnsned bachelor, "and if you will change thn subject to something less personal I shall be grently obliged lo you." "Obliged to me? Not at all, Mr. Orubblns. No obligation whutover. I nin only too happy " "Oreat Peters!" groaned Nubbins; "what ou earth istheold lady driving at, anyhow?" And then raising his voice he fairly howlod: "Madam, your tiophow expects me to see yon nicely off the train at Troy, and I'll do it, but iu the meantime I pro pose " "To ndjourn to the smoking car nnd stny there until we ren-h your sta tion," .Nubbins was about to say, but Mise Doolittle was too quick for him. Her ear caught the word propose, and that was enough for her. The supreme moment of her life hnd arrived at last or nt least she thought it had nud with a cry of joy she flopped over on Nubbius's shoulder, knocking his bat oil' and sending it spinning ncross thn nisle.nnd nearly smashing his ribs against tho side of the sent. "Oh, you dear, good mnn, I felt sure right from the start thnt yon were going to propose! I knew the symptoms right off, nnd Whnt's tiie matter, lovey? Hain't beeu taken sick nil of a sudden, have yon?" But Nubbinn, who hnd wriggled out of the seat and (without waiting to secure his 'mt) wnn frantically sprint ing down the aisle in the direction of the smoker, answered not. Dashing out of the door and nlam ming it shut behind him, ho scouted across the platform and disappeared into the car ahead, nud as he droppod into a corner sent next to the coal box ho gnspod: "By (leorgo! Thnt wnn a pretty narrow escape for me. Jf I hain't got away just ns I did she'd have bunted up a minister, in cane thoro was one to be had on the train, aud married me in spite of tnysolf !" Half nn hour later, whon his courage had begun to return (but not sulll ciently to iudiico him to again enter the enr containing Miss Doolittle), Nnbbins called abrnkomnu to hiiuaud said: "Wonld you like to earn 8"?" "Just try me and see," responded tho brnkeman with a wink. "All right; go back in the next car and toll the six-foot femnlo in the last sent that I'm dead nnd that the corpse would like his hat," Yes, sir." "And then, after yon bring me my hat, if you will stand guard and see that she doesn't got in hero to slobber over my remains between here and Troy, and when the train reaches there help her oft' with her bundles, and see that she stays off, I'll see that you got the V and another on top of it." "Yen, sir; just leave it to mo and I'll fix it all right, sir." And five miuutes later Nubbins hnd his rescued hat, now somewhat the worse for wear, pulled down over his eyes, and wan peacefully doing in his seat, while the vigilant brakeman, with one 9" fee in his pocket, and a second in view only forty miles away, was doing picket duty at the door, New York Mail and Express. A Fowl That Won a Untile. A singular story is told of a gallant cock whose moral influence at a critical moment during the battle of St. Vincent helped to save a Britinh man-of-war from the band of the euomy. The fowl iu question formed part of the live stock of tho Marl borough a vessel which had suffered so neveroly that her captain was con sidering tho advisability of striking his flag. The ship was entirely dis masted, while the chief officers bad beeu carried below severely wounded, and the crew, without anybody to cheer them up, were beginning to grow sullen under the heavy fire of the enemy, to which they were hardly able to respond. At this emergency a shot struck the coop iu which the fowls were con fined. The only surviving occupant, a cock, fiuding himself nt liberty, fluttered np nud perched himself ou the stump of the mainmast and sur veyed the scene of carnage around him. Then, flapping his wings in defiance, he began to crow vociferously. He was answered by threojhearty and exhilarating cheers from the crew, who all had a good laugh, and with . spirits thus re newed coutinuad the aotion with a vigor that lasted until a turn in the battle rescued them from their tight Dositiou, London Mail. NEW YORK Designs For Costumes That Havo Bo ll como Popular in Nrw Yon Cmr (Special). Very long wraps are tho most prominent among fall models. The peplum cloak, fastening in a drapery on the left shoulder, is the latest novelty. It Cf.OAK. flUITABLB FOR LATE FALL, certainly will be a success, as it is ex ceedingly stylish. Though it is of considerable length, it does not reach the foot of the skirt, but terminates I DOUBLE I VS? Jf I JACKET I J4A fW mm Wi i will a 8HOHT D0UBLE-M1EA8TED JACKET FOR FAT.T,; ONE COAT MADE TO LOOK A3 If IT WEItE TWO. ten or twelve inches nbove it. A very elegant rodingote has a triple pelerine covering the shoulders, while in front shaped rovers run tho entire length. Hhown iu the accompanying illus tration is a new-model cloak suitable for late fall of white cloth, fitting closo ly over the shoulders, and from thence downward, flaring slightly and open ing iu the ooutre of the back over a doublo fold of white volvet. Garni ture is of. chinchilla; collar lined with the same fur. Lining is maize surah, slightly wadded. The design is from the Dry Qoods Economist. It appears now very distinctly indi cated that wraps, cloaks and redin gotos will be far more fashionable than jackets as the season advauoes, not, howover, to their entire exclusion, as they are far too convenient and pretty for that to be possible. Another stylish redingote, also loped off in front, has three very nar row shaped flounces surrounding it, and continning np the front, diminish ing as they ascend, they are repeated on sort ot small pelerine covering the shoulders. Smart Autumn Jacket. This season's jackets ar&Zaseinating with their wonderful curves and tailor finish. It is a mistake to suppose an outside garment can be made at home. It is the one thing that must have the stamp ot the tailor, and an exceeding ly "smart" one at that. Btitchiug is generally used on the new fall coats; and, although it is a finish, it must be kept thoroughly brushed, or the dust whioU settles on its threads will give even new ooat the appearance ot having been worn a long time. The short doable-breasted type ol jacket shown ia the large engraving FASHIONS. tho Metropolis. in mont nnefnl for antnmn wear. This style is especially adaptable in blue cloth. Blue is a shade that always is serviceable, nnd seldom looks shabby even after a season's hard wear. The model is blue cloth, with white facings, and is lined throughout with white satin, which, by tho way, is one ot tno host linings ever employod. Cryntal buttons add considerably to tne euoci. inn jacKet flnps and a narrow band at the wamt aro of white. The other jacket shown iu the large engraving is an open one, and simulates a double coat. This has a shaped edge inserted between the cloth and the lining. Thin inner coat is fitted with rnvers which turn out ward ovor the other rcvers, and both are faced with white cloth. A vest of ivory satin or silk, with jnbot of auti.pte lace, adds much to its utility when something out of the ordinary is needed for afternoon or evening smart functions. Oray t.eaiU For Tailor downs. The new tnilor-mado gowns, or rather the stuffs from which they are to be made, greet one as true and tried old friends, for they aro chiefly the ever-popular gray shades. Those Light-Sleeved Gowns! The shoulders and the tops of the arms are so closely defined in the newest gowns that the woman with "wooden" shoulders, thin arms or a bad carriage is looking wistfully for ingeuious ways of concealing her de fects. The smart dressmakers say they will not attempt to clothe young girls or too slender women in these severely simple bodices. A fold or two or a suspicion of a frill of lace or chiffon covers deficiencies and docA not interrupt the line which fashion ordains. A becoming pinafore dress is produced by wearing over a laoe bodice a second halt bodice of foulard or fine cloth, and inserting pauels of the lace in tho skirt, narrowing from tho waist downward. The open part D0U0U& BREASTED MCKET FOR, of the overdress may be connected by bands of velvet or stitched straps of cloth or silk, and similar bands oan be adapted as Bhoulder-straps, Ever SAINTt COTTON UOBH1HO PBOCK. these lines render the closely .fitted laoe bodise less trying. m JM 'V ipf THt MARKETS. F1TTSBURO. (train, Flnnr anrt Fm4, WnF.AT a J rod. f Mm 67 WHEAT No. 1 new fit t COHN No yellow, ear. 41 i No. 2 yellow, shellad 40 41 Mixed enr 87 Si OAT8 No. 9 white 28 it No. 8 white !9 17 FLOUIl Winter patent S 70 8 80 Fancy strlht wlut.r 8 40 8 60 live No. 65 60 flAi No. 1 timothy IS 00 IS ftO Clover, No. 1 10 00 10 W FEKI) No. 1 white mid., ton.. IS 50 IS M Ilrown mltlilllnst 15 78 10 00 flrnn. bulk 14 3 14 50 BTHAW-Wbent. 6 01 6 Si tint 6 10 8 25 6F.i:i)R Fancy Plus (Irons.... 1 25 180 Timothy, prime ... 120 140 Delry Prixtneta IltTTF.n F.luln creamery.....! 25 20 Ohio ernamnry. 2i 23 Fnnry country roll 10 17 CIIKKKK Ohio, new 11 13 New York, new 12 13 Fruit anil Vegetable. fiFANH Oreen V ha 60 75 J'OTATOKS Fancy White bu f 5 61 fAllliAOE l'erbnrrnl 00 109 ONIONH per bu i) 60 fonllry, Kte, HFNR r"r pair 70 75 (1IKKKNH dressed 13 14 1 1'ltKF.YH drifted 15 19 F.UOU I'a. aud Ohio, freah.,.. 16 IT 1IAI.TIMOKK. FLOtTTt f 8 75 4 00 WIIF.AT-No.lnd 75 78 COKN-Mlxed 8 n IMIH 2f F-flOH 17 UUTTEH Ohio creamery.. ... 13 PHILADELPHIA FT.orn rsa n iij-.avj Ml, X red 71 COliN No. 2 mixed 87 OATH No. 1 whit 20 x.iuo . nuiwf iTiiuin liraie.... If 19 VKIU I-. i . I n .m - NEW VUltK. FI.OTjn Pntenti f 8 C0( 8 80 W 1IKAT No. 2 red . 7 COIIN-No. 9 40 OATH Whit Western ,. 27 ULTTEK - Creamery. . is 29 tOOH mat of I'onn 14 19 U VIS STOCK. Central Stock Tarda, Kait Llbarty, Pa. CATTLE, Trims. 1300 to 1400 tt $ 6 611) 6 70 Good, 1200 to 1S00 His 6 SO 6 65 Tidy, 1000 to H60 Iti. 6 00 6 10 Fair light (teen. ("00 to 1000 lbs 4 15 4 80 Common, 700 to bOO lbs 8 40 4 05 Boos. Medium 4 no 4 05 Heavy 4 M 4 75 ItouKUa and stags 8 75 4 01 SIIIEP. rrlrn. 05 to 10 lbs 4 flu 4 75 Oood, 88 to W) If. 4 6') 4 80 Fair, 70 to bO lbs 4 75 5 60 ( ommon. 4 00 4 69 Veal Calves 6 03 7 25 LAxas, Pr rlnRer, extra 8 809 8 7 HprliiKer, Kood to choice 8 00 6 (0 Common to fnlr 4 85 4 69 Kxtra yearllriK". Ilflit . 4 73 5 00 Oood to choice yearlings. 4 6) 4 75 Medium 4 00 4 2 Common. 8 0) 4 00 REVIEW OF TRADE. The Increased Purchasing Powor Is Greater Than the Advanci In Prices of Commodities. II. O. I)un A Co.'s weekly review of trade reports a follows for Hut week: The ro iK iion In the Ktock imirket la not uiffrnof unvlliiiil? outxlilo tbul murknt, but bus set ninny to look for turn mcwhr". Hueh PlKlin have been nnrd to find. It hit been fur months a wonder thnt tho domund for product was suNtnlued at rule exceeding pust oonaumptlon In unyyenr, nolwlthatand liiKthe Konornl rise In prions, but the de nvind doe not appi-ur to abate, and the rise in prleus continue. A partial explanation U that scarcely any cInk of product illrnrlly soimuinod by Indi vidual hns udvauced a much a tho wk"s and nmploymttnt of labor. With more hands ui work, more hour, nnd at 10 to 15 per cent, hlirher waire, the gain In purchasing- powor ha boon quite buyond tho rle ot : per cent In boot and shoe this year, or 8 per eiit in leather, 6.2 per cunt In woolen goodH, or M.9 er cent In wool, and even beyond the rl of 17 per cent in cotton good, mainly due to the rise of 13 per eenl In cotton, liut produot uneil In manufact uring and transporting have advanced much more beonuae of the enormou looraaae In the volume of buslnea done and In anticipated builnc for the fin urn. Higher price cause shrinking demand, other things being equal, but till year other thing are not equal. Wheat export fall a little below last ?6nr', but in three weeks, Hour Included, isve been 8,Ufci.h77 bushel from the At lantic ports, against 9,2V 1,21 last year, and 1,021,298 from 1'aWtlo port, against j7.iol lait year. Hut wnstera raoeipu liar boen di.ioi.r.u uusneis, gaint iat year, and even more iuiptttgsiv aie the re reliits of 1H.51 i.M'i bUHliids of corn, aguinft 11,177,4X8 lust year, and the export of 9, 2ol,42 biMhel, againxt ,r,V4'J,0 6 last year, l'rieea moved either way until Friday, when a sharp advance made the week' gain IVs Further governmen t report have I men so fur oredited abroad thi.t cotton has risen 0 62o, but It comes forward mure fraely than In yeara of maximum crop. When men pay 84 to 83 per ton mora than the latest quoted price for Iron product In order to get early deliveries it 1 beoauae de ley I threatened on work or railroads or bridges, vessel or maahinery, promising a net profit many times the cost of a small fraction of the material. In such olrcum (tuncna, n In much of the reconstruction and expansion now going on, the preaent cost count for little compared with the earning power of the Unianed product In a time like this licssemcr and anthracite pig: are unchanged, proy forgo at I'iiuourg and Chicago aud southern Iron are higher, bars 8,2 pur ton bighr and p ate 3 per ton, and rulis tl per Ion. Most of the business t for next year with p:amiumpald for speedy de livery. Negotiation for the consolidation of the Fall hlver cotton mlUs have developed a contest betweeu thoe favoring a local or non-local management, with a new aelllng arrangement announced for other plain goods, a well a lor cloths. The American Woolen Compauy bat announced that the whole production of all iu worsted mills bv been sold, which may give unexpected opportunities for other mills. It eoutraots for a great quantity of new machinery Indi cate a belief that within its field tint demand for good will uiucb exceed tu capaolty of iu work. Failure for the week have been 154 In the United Mates, Hgamt 173 last year, and 18 In.Cansd, against 16 last year. Serious Strikes In Havana. The strike Idea has assumed serious proportions in Havana. It Is now esti mated that there are 12.000 striking; masons, painters, carpenters, cartmen and laundry workers, and If, as Is threatened, the ho.ckmn, stevedores and vigarniakers strlks within the ntxi few days, there will be another 4,000. The cartmen went out Thursday there by paralysing the wholesale businssa beusee.
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