THE ULTIMATE NATION.
Once Babvlon, by beauty tenanted.
In pleasure palaces and walks of pride,
Uke a great scarlet flower reared her
head,
Where Tyre and Bldon teemed with ships
aload,
The wharves are Idle and the waters
lone;
And to the Temple that was His abode
In vain Jerusalem recalls her own.
Brooding the bygone from her sculptured
seats.
In living rock her mighty memories
hewn, .
Along the Nile, wonder of waler streets,
Old fertile Egypt Is a stranger's boon.
Mark Athens, breathed upon by breath of
gods, , .
With bards and sages to reveal her
signs, . ,
Leap like a flame above life's Iron clods,
To fall In ashes upon vacant shrines.
And Rome, firm-founded In a wide em
prise; Her laws and legions, her imperial goal.
Avail not when her sometime honor dies,
Smothered in shows that kill the
mounting soul.
Buch names of pride and power have be-jn
brought low,
Lapsing alike Into the cavernous years;
Out of the grayness of the long ago
Their ghosts flit homeless and we guess
their tears.
The destiny of nations! They arise,
Have their heydey of trlump, and In
turn
Sink upon silence and the Udless eyes
Of fate salute them from their final
urn.
Bow splendid-sad the story! How the
gust
And pain and bliss of living transient
seem!
Cities and pomps and glories shrunk to
dust,
And all that ancient opulence a dream.
Must a majestic rhythm of rise and fall
Conquer the peoples once so proud on
earth?
Does man but march In circles, after all.
Playing his curious game of death and
birth?
Or shnll an ultimate nation, God's own
child,
Arise and rule, nor ever conquered be
Untouched of time because, all undefllod,
Bhe makes His ways her ways eter
nally? Richard Burton In The Century.
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Powerby that's not his real name,
but it will serve for the purpose of
this story Is the executive head of a
great manufacturing corporation. He
started in at $5 a week as a shop boy
and sow he is drawing $50,000 per
year, with the prospect of an increase
If times keep on getting better for the
company. His rise was altogether due
to his mechanical ingenuity, with
which was combined a rare faculty for
managing men. He had progressed so
far on his upward career as to be in
charge of one department of the works
when he was coming from the mills
one day to eat his noon dinner at hie
home. He bumped up against a "con"
nan, whose star game was a variation
of the ancient lock swindle. Powerby
Was not wearing much besides his
working clothes, and a few streaks of
grease marked his hands and gar
ments. The fellow who was looking
for easy money picked him out for a
victim and approached him with the
mile that Is burned into tintype photo
graphs. "Now, nay fritnd," the stranger said,
"you look like a mechanic and I'm sure
' you will be interested in one of the
most remarkable puzzles of the age.
It is this little lock which I hold in
my hand. It seems easy to open, but
just as you think you have solved the
mystery you are due for another guess.
I will show you how nice I can handle
If
His interest in peculiar mechanism
being excited, Powerby took a close
look at the "con" man while he locked
and unlocked the little piece of metal.
"Doesn't seem to be difficult," said
Powerby.
"Yes, but it is," said the operator
' "Try it."
Powerby tried and the lock flew open
easily enough, juBt as the "con" man
bad Intended it should. Powerby lock
ed and unlocked it several times and
banded it back to the owner with the
remark that it would take more than
that to bother him. The "con" man
made a few passes over it, asserted
that he had got It fixed now and offer
ed to bet Powerby anywhere from $5
to $100 that he couldn't open it again.
"I'm a church member and it's
against my principles to take money
from the poor," was Powerby's reply.
At this moment the confederate
came along the street He inquired his
way to a certain railroad station and
was about to pass on when the man
With Oie lock said: "This gentleman
, and myself were having a little dis
cussion about this lock. He says that
he can open it without any trouble
and I say that he cannot. Just watch
the proceedings for a few minutes if
you are not in a hurry to catch your
train.
As a matter of course the third man
opened the lock and then the inevitable
betting proposition came up. The lock
man offered to put up $10 that he could
not do It again, and when the wager
was accepted the confederate insisted
that Powerby should hold the stakes.
The lock quickly flew open for the
third man and Powerby handed him
the $20. Thereupon the "con" man de
clared he couldn't understand it, but
be demanded satisfaction and the con
federate agreed to a bet of $25 a side.
This time the lock man won, and then
he turned to Powerby. . "Now," he
aaid, you were smart enough to work
It before, but I'll bet you $50 that it
will fool you now."
"Done," replied Powerby. He had
caught the trick of the mechanism and
opened the lock without an Instant's
hesitation. Just as the confederate,
who had been stakeholder, was produc
, ing the bills a fourth man came up and
demanded to be told what the trio
were doing. He got an answer that
It was none of hie business and a
warning to clear the sidewalk. "Oh,
no," he said. "I'm a detective and I'm
going to run you all in for gambling."
He threw back the lapel of htB coat,
displaying a shining big tin star. "N
use making resistance," he continued,
"You'll have a chance to explain at
headquarters."
Powerby knew that the assumed de
tective was a fraud and connected him
in his mind with the two others. He
loked around for a real policeman but
could see none. "I don't' like to be
taken to the station in this notorious
fashion," he said. "Can't you send for
the patrol wagon?"
The "detective insisted that the wag
ons were all busy and that if his pris
oners did not come willingly he would
urge them along at the point of his
gun. They walked a few blocks and
Powerby saw that he was being steer
ed toward a dark alley, where he would
have met his finish. Just sb he was
thinking of knocking down the nearest
"con" man and making a rush for lib
erty he sighted a policeman. He back
ed up against a wall and declared that
he would go no further unless the pat
rol wagon was called. The policeman
hurried to the group.
The fraudulent detective drew a re
volver and fired at Powerby at close
rat ;e, but missed him because he had
anticipated what was coming and
dropped to the ground. Like a flash
the three swindlers disappeared up the
alley and Powerby was answering the
questions the "cop" fired at him. "It's
nothing much," he said, "but if you
happen to see a man around here of
fering to bet that he has a lock that
nobody can open Just remind him that
he owes ms $108 and I like to collect
all the money that is by rights coming
to me. Or anyway, I'd maybe be sat
isfied if I could get back the $50 that
his side partner has tucked away Id
his clothes." Pittsburg Dispatch.
FATERNALISM NEAR.
Dr. Lyman Abbott Predicts Its Rule
in the Age to Come.
Speaking before the People's Insti
tute at Cooper Union, the Rev. Dr.
Lyman Abbott declared his belief
that "the coming age" was one of fra
temalism in religion, in industry and
in government Itself. He said that the
trade unions and corporations in their
ideal state were examples of the
growing tendency toward union in
brotherly bonds for the good of the
majority.
FraternaliBm In government, he
said, was far more prevalent now than
most persons thought "The people
may own their own postotllce service,"
said he. "May not the nation carry
on its own express service? May not
it operate its own railroads, its own
grocery store or stores? I will say
this: The people of a city may do
for themselves, the people of a state
may do for themselves or the people
of the nation for themselves whatever
they can do cheaper and better than
by private enterprise."
In religion Dr. Abbott said there
should be not mere tolerance of other
creeds, but religious brotherhood. "I
do not tolerate Cardinal Gibbons or
Felix Adler," he said, "I honor them."
Many people might not see the drift
toward fraternallsm in Industry, con
tinued Dr. Abbott, yet it existed. This
was made certain by the great propo
sitions which' leaders of thought were
putting out "There is the proposal
made by President Roosevelt," aaid
Dr. Abbott, "to lay a tax on all wealth
as it passes through the gates of
death. There is the suggestion made
by Mr. Bryan that a tax be levied
on the incomes of the rich during
their lifetime; that they be made to
pay back to the community a certain
proportion of what they have got out
of It.
"Then there is the proposition of
Henry George, that there be a tax
on all property in its various forms
the wealth of mines, the wealth of
forests, the wealth of stocks or real
estate. And then there is the propo
sition of the entire country, that the
country adminster the affairs of the
railroads, these great highways of
the nation. All these ideas run di
rectly contrary to individualism."
Then Dr. Abbott cited figures from
William Qrinnell's "Social Theories
and Facts" to show that while the
Standard Oil Company or organiza
tion had only forty-five stockholders,
it now had between four thousand
and five thousand; and while the
Sugar Trust at the beginning had only
three hundred stockholders, it now
had twelve thousand.
"I am not defending the Standard
Oil Company," he went on, "only cit
ing' an example. I grant that cor
porations often are used unjustly
and for the concentration of wealth
and power. The remedy is not the
destruction of the corporation, but
the making the men who manage it
conduct it honestly and for the bene
fit of the people."
After his address many questions
were asked of Dr. Abbott by persons
In the audience, who wanted him to
explain his Ideas of the difference
between fraternallsm and socialism. He
said that if Lowell's kind of solicallsm
were to prevail the kind that brought
a better reward for the work of one's
hands he would favor it, but never
state socialism, meaning that kind
where the government controlled all
the tools and Implements of indus
try. Another question was whether he
thought it would be dangerous to
have a boss if the people elected or
controlled that boss. He said he
thought it would be dangerous to con
centrate all financial and political
power in one organisation. New York
Tribune.
Electric light has been Introduced in
to the Beauchamps tower (the old staU
prisoa) In the Town of London.
Friends and Foes.
Bald a Kiss to a Smile, "Why, how do you
do?
I'm sure I should like to live always with
you."
Bald the Smile to the Kiss, "I'm sure I
shall be
Delighted to have you live always with
me."
Bo they live and they love, and neither
offends;
They're always together and always are
friends. ,
riald a Frown to a Word. "Now, don't
look so sour;
Let's see if we can not be friends for an
hour."
Bald the Word to the Frown, "I'm willing
to try,
Altho I'm afraid of the look In your eye."
In less than a minute a quarrel arose;
They fought and they parted, and now
they are foes.
Arthur Maty, In The Youth's Compan
ion. What Red Coral It,
The red coral that is used for neck
laces is a horny axis which supports
a number of soft-bodied, coral-like
anlmalB, or polyps, the entire struc
ture bearing a strong resemblance to
a small Bhrub. The flBhermen, after
they have brought this Bhrub-like col
ony to the surface, clean the soft ani
mal matter away, preserving the red
core, or axis, which is Bold as jewelry.
Although red coral contains some
lime, it is largely composed of a sub
Btance akin to horn, and, like horn, it
takes a fine polish. Horn, wool and
other animal substances of O1I3 na
ture almost Invariably change their
color when brought Into Intense heat.
From "Nature and Science" in St
Nicholas.
Friendship with Wild Life.
If a fairy had ever offered to grant
me three wishes, "the full confidence
of wild animals" would surely have
been one of them, and probably the
first. If we seek opportunities to be
friend wild creatures, and take advan
tage of them, we shall often find, as I
have done, that there is no lack of re
sponse on the part of the animals. I
once walked up to a pine siskin, as
he was feeding oh the ground, and
picked him up in my handi He did
not seem a bit alarmed, and when a
few minutes later, I set him down, he
continued his search for food within
a few inches of my feet. On another
occasion a yellow-throated vireo al
lowed me to lift her from her nest
when I wished to count her eggs, and
nestled down comfortably on her
treasures the moment I put her back.
With a forefinger I once stroked the
back of a red-breasted nuthatch as he
was busy feeding on a tree. From
Ernest Harold Barnes' "Keeping
'Open House" for the Birds" in St.
Nicholas.
United States Stamps.
The government of the United States
has decided to give up printing its post
age stamps. The Bureau of Engraving
and Printing in Washington has done
the work since 18!4 at a loss which has
amounted to considerable each year
and has been made up by deficiency ap
propriations by congress. The Ameri
can Bank Nate Company has now se
cured the contract, and its work will
be done in the same manner as that
which this company turned out before
1894. The main feature of the new
printing will be the engraving upon
the stamps themselves of the names
of twenty-six postofllces in the United
States which do the largest business.
There are six thousand smaller offices,
and the stamps of these will have their
names printed upon them. This is
done in order to prevent postotllce rob
beries, as it will be impossible to dis
pose of any large number of stamps
with the name of the office printed up
on them after a robbery has been com
mitted. An Interesting field for col
lection is opened by this action on the
part of our government. The attempt
to gather a collection of stamps issued
from every different postoffice in a
state or in the United States may be
made, and in many cases will undoubt
edly he successfully accomplished.
This form of stamp collecting will
naturally take the place of postmark
collecting, and in many ways is likely
to be more interesting and instructive,
as it will be the stepping-stone to the
general collection of the stamps of
the world. From "Stamp Page" in
St Nicholas.
Clever Mr. Thrush.
Myra and Tessle were starting for
school one blowy day in spring. The
wind came puffing through the trees
and up the road. It twisted Tessle's
coat around her body until she could
hardly walk. -
"What a windy day!" she exclaimed,
when she got her breath.
"But it's getting spring," said Myra.
"The brook just sounds as if it was
singing 'Spring is coming! Spring is
coming!' And there's a pair of
thrushes beginning to build a nest in
the old apple tree near the fence. I
gave them some crumbs from my own
breakfast this morning."
As they came to the apple tree near
the fence a great gust of wind rushed
through its branches and blew Myra's
hat off.
"There goes my hat!" said Myra.
"Catch it!"
The hat flew up in the air, circled a
few times, and settled on a little
branch of the apple tree and stuck
there.
Myra began to cry, "I can't igo to
school without a hat, and oh what will
mamma say?"
Ponto, who always went with Myra
aa far as the gate, was sorry. He
sat down and barked at the hat, but It
did not budge.
Then Tessle threw up a stone but the
stone only shook the branch a little.
Then Patrick came and good natur
edly climbed the tree, but the branch
was too slender fo: him to get near
the hat, and he could not touch it,
even with hiB stick. Myra cried harder
than ever.
Then Mr. Thrush came along. "Dear
me," he chirped to Mrs. Thrush,
"there's that sweet little girl who gives
us crumbs crying for her hat I'll have
to get it for her myself?" He flew to
the twig where the hat was caught,
gave two or three little pecks at the
ribbon that held it, and the hat swung
off, flew around, and fell at Myra's
feet!
"I always knew, dear," twittered Mrs.
Thrush, "that you had more sense than
those stupid human creatures! Why
didn't they think of flying up and
pecking the ribbon loose?" Eva Lov
ett Carson.
Glaciers.
Although we are far removed from
the ice age in point of time, the tour
ist agencies have made it easy for
any one who has a week or two to
spare and a few pounds in his pockets
to visit countries where glacial condi
tions still prevail. Probably the first
Impression of most visitors to a gla
cier is that it is very like its picture
There are the snow crowned moun
tains. There is the ice filled valley.
There are all the varieties of moraine
just as the textbooks depict them. This
first impression, however, is a very
superficial one. Glaciers are just like
most things in this world. When we
get to know them we find they are
quite different, in some respects at
least, from what we expected. As ac
quaintance ripens we find out all sorts
of little things which the writers of
textbooks doubtless know perfectly
well, but never thought of mentioning,
things which, perhaps, were bo familiar
to them, that to describe them would
have seemed like saying that rain
is wet or that snow is cold, but which
nevertheless fill the novice with the
pleasure of having discovered the un
expected. One of the things which first struck
the writer when he first spent a few
days in the near neighborhood of a
glacier was to find what a noisy creat
ure it was. Somehow one associates
with snow and ice the idea of intense
quiet, and no doubt if one climbs high
up among the snow on the mountains
one will find it quiet enough. But
lower down, on the surface of the
glacier, there is, at least in summer
time, continuous noise. The noise Is
the voice of many waters. All around
are innumerable little rivulets caused
by the melting of the Ice in the heat
of the summer sua. These trickle and
babble and splash their sinuous courses
for longer or shorter distances, but
none go . very far before they plunge
headlong down one of the numerous
fissures, or crevasses. Some seem to
fall into a larger torrent far . below.
Others make their way into some gla
cial mill where stones are churned
round and round just as one may see
In the. potholes In the stream at East
Linton.
By listening Intently one may be
able to hear the churning sound min
gling with the voice of the waters.
Miniature avalanches contribute their
quota of noise. Now some pinnacle of
ice topples over and splinters into a
thousand fragments. Anon a hand
ful of stones come sliding down the
side of a ridge of ice perhaps to splash
into the pool. All these various causes
combine to produce a wonderful
amount of noise. Another curious feat
ure of glaciers is that the surface of
the ice in many Instances appears quite
extraordinarily dirty. This does not
seem as It should be. Snow is one
of the symbols of purity. Surely the
ice descending from the pure white
snow on the mountains should be pure
also. Yet when we view the glaciers
from a little distance we are often
surprised at the enormous amount of
debris gathered on its surface. Be
sides the central moraine or moraines
often there are several composed
of considerable masses of stone, we
find finer particles of matter embed
ded in the Ice all over the surface,
often In sufficient quantity to give it
a grayish color.
All this solid matter has at one time
fallen upon the surface of the glacier
and is being borne along by It as a
river bears along the sticks and leaves
that fall into it. But in the case of
a glacier we may have exposed to view
the accumulations of hundreds of
years. At the lower end of the glacier
there is much of interest. In the first
place, there is very often a great cave
in the Ice, and from this there issues
the glacier stream. This cave often
looks as if it ought to be explored,
and it may be possible to make one's
way under the ice for a considerable
distance. But let the traveler beware.
Expeditions of this kind are far from
safe. The interior of a glacier may
be studied safely enough in the grot
toes and tunnels which are carved into
the living ice of many show glaciers,
such as that of the Rhone, but the ice
at the debouche of the stream Is in
an unstable condition. Every now and
them the cave partially collapses, or
great masses of ice fall upon the roof,
and in a moment an unwary tourist
may be trapped or crushed to death,
Edinburgh Scotsman.
QUEEN HATAtU'8 CAREER.
Prof. Navllle't Account of the Woman
Who Ruled All Egypt
Prof. Navllle traces the life and
monuments of the only woman who In
the course of 5000 years ever ruled
over United Egypt Hatasu, Hatshep
sut or Hatshopsitu, as the vagaries of
Egyptian transliteration have caused
her ito be successively called, was the
daughter of Thothmes I. and Queen
Aasmes. Ab she was of royal blood on
both sides, she had claims to the
throne superior to those of her half
brother, also called Thothmes, and as
she must have early shown a capacity
for sovereignty, she was during her
father's lifetime associated with him
on the throne and brought up with the
masculine name of Ka-ma-ra, or, as M.
Maspero prefers to read it, Makerl.
Yet the Egyptians evidently did not
take kindly to the Idea of a female
sovereign, and Hatasu found It expe
dient as M. Naville thinks, while her
father was alive to marry her half
brother, who later reigned with her as
her consort under the title of Thoth
mes II.
On her huBband's death, which, ac
cording to M. Naville, occurred about
the third year of his reign. Hatasu
usurped the throne, though acknowl
edging the right of her nephew to snc
ceed her husband. For some twenty
years she reigned, calling herself
King and not Queen of Egypt, as she
had done during her husband's life
time. Yet she associated her nephew
with her on the throne, as her father
had done with herself, and when she
died he succeeded her and became the
greatest conqueror that Egypt ever
produced. M. Navllle thinks .that the
relations of the aunt and the' nephew
were better than is generally sup
posed, and points out that the whole
sale erasure of Hatasu's name from
the monuments did not take place un
til the close of the conqueror's sole
reign. But all the facts that can
be verified about Hatasu are as here
stated, and the recent attempt of the
Berlin school to establish a series of
dethronements and restorations, in
the course of which Thothmes III.
married his aunt and Thothmes II. al
lied himself with his still living father
and cast the pair off the throne, has
been entirely knocked on the head by
M. Legraln's discovery at Karnak of
many bas-reliefs showing Thothmes
II. as king, with Hatasu, in the de
pendent position of queen, standing
behind him.
In other matters, too, M. Naville,
without traveling out of the record of
ascertained facts, gives us much need
ed information. He was still suffer
ing from the waste and ruin of the
Hyksos Invasion, and that it was prob
ably due to her wise and peaceful rule
that Thothmes III. found the land able
to support the drain of blood and
treasure impoBed by his own Napo
lenoic policy. That she throughout
strove with success to establish com
mercial relations with neighboring na
tions Is shown by her fnmous expedi
tion to Punt, and M. Naville explains
that much of the treasure which Egyp
tian kings were In the habit of dis
playing on their monumentB as tribute
really consisted of foreign goods ob
tained by purchase or barter.
He 1b also very instructive on the
ceremonies attaching to Egyptian roy
alty, and shows from many examples
taken from Hatasu's monuments that
the royal ka, or double, was wor
shipped during the life of its living
counterpart, and that the many cor
onation scenes where the Pharoah Is
depicted as being crowned, baptized
and installed on different thrones by
various animal headed gods represent
ceremonies that were actually per
formed, the parts of the deities belAg
filled by masked priests. It is curi
ous also to note that the cutting out
of a former king's name from public
monuments a practice which has de
scended to modern times was
thought really to lead to his annihila
tion in the under world, and that the
fashion of walking backward in the
presence of royalty seems to be also
derived from the ways of the priests
in the sanctuary where the royal
image was set up. In all these mat
ters M. Naville's long study of the
temples that he has for many years
successfully excavated at Delr el Ba
bar! makes his conclusions especially
valuable. From the Atheneum.
The Walter Gave the Tip.
William C. Whitney, Jr., who has
spent a year in Indian Territory learn
ing practical mining at Quapaw, de
scribed at a dinner party in New York
a Quapaw restaurant
"One evening at this restaurant,"
he said, "two miners near me got into
a botanical argument about the pine
apple, one claiming that it was a fruit
and the other that it was a vegetable.
In the midst of their argument the
waiter entered in his shirt sleeves
and looked about to see what was the
the cause of the loud talking.
"The miners decided to let the waiter
settle their argument, and accordingly
one of them said:
"Pete, what is a pineapple? Is it a
fruit of a vegetable?"
"The waiter, flicking the ash from
his cigar, smiled at the two men with
pity.
" 'Neither, gents,' he said; 'it's an
extra." Boston Herald.
How to Moke a Magazine.
The truth Is that magazine editors
ought to be kept fresh .all the time.
They should be sent about the country
and over the world at frequent In
tervals. They should marry often
In order to get constant new jolts
in the matrimonial line. They
should belonir to nil thfl churches
and on occasions be heretics. And
every few years they should be taken
out and drowned. Life.
NO REACTION IN BUSINES3
Fall In Average of 60 Active Railway
Securities Does Not Affect Other
Business.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade," says:
Although the average of the 60
most active railway securities fell
this week to the lowest point since
1904, there was no corresponding re
action in commercial activity, which
continued beyond precedent. Reports
from leading manufacturing centers
Indicate that scarcely any idle ma
chinery can be found, preparations
for future trade evidencing a confi
dence in well-maintained consump
tion. Forward business is most) exten
sive In the iron and steel manufac
ture and the cotton industry, but oth
er prominent producers have liberal
contracts on hand also, and the mer
cantile outlook is bright Wholesale
houses receive large contracts for
spring delivery, especially In dry
goods lines, and the unsettled winter
weather has produced a wholesome
reduction in retail stocks of heavy
weight wearing apparel and oyier
seasonable merchandise. '
The situation as to steel rails Is
shown by offers of premiums to se
cure delivery during the first half of
1907, while total contracts on ( the
books of producers render a new high
record output almost certain.
Prices of minor metals are sus
tained by a steady demand, the elec
trification of steam railways supply
ing a demand for copper that is not
facilitated by the delay in moving fuel
and machinery.
Notable strength Is still the feature
In primary markets for cotton goods,
and predictions of further advances
are being realized constantly, despite
apparent precedents to the contrary.
As to woolen goods, the next de
velopment of Interest will be the
opening of higher grades, notably
fancy worsteds, about which nothing
definite is known.
New England footwear manufac
turers report liberal supplementary
spring orders from Eastern wholesal
ers, and are operating all machinery
In filling these contracts, while ship
ping departments are busy forward
ing the shoeB when completed.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Wheat No. t red I 78 75
Rye No. 2 71 7j
Corn No. 2 yellow, ear 61 vBJ
No. 8 yellow, shelled 47 48
Mixed ear 40 47
Oats No. 8 white 88 39
No. a white 87 84
Flour Winter patent S 93 4 09
Fancy straight winters 4 00 4 14
Uay No. 1 Timothy SO 00 to SO
Clover No. t IS 01 18 60
Feed No. 1 while mid. ton I!2 60 28 00
Drown middlings BO 00 41 00
Bran, bulk AfiO WW
Btraw Wheat 10 50 11 00
Oat 10 i.0 11 00
Dairy Products.
Butter Elfin creamery I 84 83
Ohio creamery B 3;
Fancy country roll IS 80
Cheese Ohio, new 14 14
Hew York, new 14 15
Poultry, Etc.
Hens per lb I 11 is
Chicken dressed in 17
Eggs Pa. and Ohio, fresh u ' S3
Fruits and Vegetables
Potatoes Fancy white per bu.. 50 65
Cabbage per ton 1ft ttO IS 'XI
Onlous per barrel 160 II
BALTIMORE.'
Floor Winter Patent I 145 a 90
Wheat-No. red M 74
Corn Mixed. 4s 47
2gs SB 88
Butter Ohio creamery 25 J it
PHILADELPHIA.
Flonr Winter Patent 1 I SO 8 78
Wheat No. S red 77 . 78
Corn No. Smiled 47 49
Oata No. white 41 45
Butter Creamery W 84
Eggs Pennsylvania nrsts 86 7
NEW YORK.
Flonr-Patents I M
Wbeat-No.il rod M M
Corn No. S W M
Oata No. S white 43 43
Butter Creamery S JJ
Eggs State and Pennsylvania.... 26
LIVE STOCK.
Union 8tock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Extra, 1.450 to 1,600 lbs I 6 75 6 00
Prime, 1,H to 1.4110 lbs 5 60 5 75
ood, 1,21)0 to 1.110 lbs 6 S 5 60
Tidy, 4,050 to 1,160 lbs 4 86 5 25
Common, 700 to 9J0 lba 8 00 8 60
Oxen, a 75 , 4 00
Bulls , 8 50 4 15
Cows 1 60 8 75
Heifers, 700 to 1100 t 50 4 40
Flesh Cows and Springers 16 00 50 00
Hogs.
Prime heavy ( 7 85
Prime medium weight 7 2J 7 SB
Best heavy Yorkern 7 ml
(food light Yorkers...., 7 80
R" 7 10 7 20
Kougha s 40 . 5 go
Stags 4 00 6 25
Sheep.
Prime wethers 5 8 75
Good mixed 5 26 ft 50
Fair mixed ewes and wethers 4 50 6 10
Culls and common 1 00 8 00
Lambs 6 00 7 60
Calves,
Veal calves a 09' ago
Heavy and thin ealves 8 60 8 (0
It has been established that ordi
nary cooking does not kill bacilli, or
deprive them of their infective char
acter, if they are situate In the deeper
portions of the meat, or in the Inner
layers of a butcher's "roll."
The dusky warriors of BomainanO,
Central Africa, when engaged in war
fare, exist entirely on a species of
nut, about twice the size of a walnut.
Twenty of them are a day's rations
for a warrior, and he eats them boll
4. -rte usual wage for laborers h
Chile Is $1.50 to $1.80 a day, hut
laborers are so scarce that they de
mand and get up to $3 at present.
There is talk of Importing coolies.
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