Timid Totti, “wu Jn walk in the garden, ry pretty | ad? Thank ov, kind sir, T am toy much what you can fear is 8 pumie to wir, the snapdragons might saap oul = "me “On, 1 BE protect you, my pretty wee ‘ome, t on a bonnet.” “Oh, sir, ; afraid.” al hieags Record . Harald . : The Ok is & Dangerons Trew, ateroxting observations made 1 TILANY show thet th: oak is the ‘most dangerous troe that one can seck ter wader during a thunderstorm. Out of 268 treoe sivuck by lightning fo the parks at Dipper, in that country, 150 were oak trees, twenty one were ech, twenty Wers pine, filty nine rere fir, four were tires and five were In other words more taan fmt trees struck werd oak, while not ¢ one-fourth wore firs A Professional onal Viper Killer. Among the strange and hapardons for earning a livelihood which bave devised perbaps there 8 pote more unusual and curious than that followed by M. Courtol, an of sl viper killer iu the perfectire of ate, Loire, Francs. M. Conrtol has own gray a8 well as expert in tis miliar service. It is estimmied that kills on an average of TO00 vipers a His remuneration Is five cenis d for etch one sinin, Anil be man make quite a coatortable Hy. out of bis unique and dangerous yoient., When about his Woik iy bE ween attired in a hunter's made of the skins of the snakes be has captured. His evening does and court attire Is miso cut sue ol snakes’ skins, and is patterned after the style of Louis XV. His head in crowned with a gorgeous cad, ass oped from the satis re Chickens That Would Xot Swim, *Da you know,” sald Mra, Bpeckic to neighbor, Miss Bastam, “I'm #3 worried about my children. The first ¥ § had was so food of the water, they insisted op going to tie brook several times a day for a swim’ What a stravge thing for young chickens to do!” said Miss Banta, “Ro | thought, and it bothered fue far a lang while. But they were yiry aderinl chiciens my fist fainiy, 1 mesn-very wonderfull” 3g sb fluttered her wings 1a pride at the thoug 08, indeed but these new children “Hero they cotie now” said Mrs Speckle, sadly, as ber youug clicks ran to her, loudly chirping. are so Cifferent—quite like 1 Shickens. They wot't go pear I don't kuow what 10 dol” Miss Bantu shook her head riourn. | while Mra. Speckle clicked to siidren and led them down to give you one more chance” she “and then if you turn out only | th you? chickens shivered in fright and : hagplmmorn "Ba hve Sote ute i their tiny wings and all together: “We can't, mje! We can't, we can't!” ust!” cried their mother, x Quick, An with the brook. nrle chicks struggled in it the swift water, bat it | then down, How they ee tke the ducklings! ‘mother torned proudiy to Mra, Bee how nicely they swina? ctied Mrs. Duck. “Drown, n! You stupid Mrs. Speckle, u know chickens aren't made m? Your first children wera and now you're trying to ucks ott of poor little chicks. Tve to drown yourseltH ) _ Speckle was lett : She bad learned the difference Wan Xa, 3 .l...... ono. 9 yellow, 0ar, ...... Gees Braxs--per bushel makes gi = ro timid, you mirange Fan Oil SPORMIOTY. . 11 Fat beedlors i Common to good fat tile A sows Extra miloh oowk, eset... .... 8] eLtrRordinay | Yeni, LOIN 10 fair, oo ; {yerial snd con i makes the outlook especially favor. or has begun to exhib¥ aie FAT No. 2 sell 2 eliow, sheliad FE EAR ¥ a M 63 8 Oars No. 3 2 white. cles 18 ag | gee No. 8 ee at Fron Winter Faney Stralight ters. Hiv No timothy... .... Clover No, 1............. Freep No. 1 white mid ton Brown middlings......... .. Bran, bulk, hd ea Phe Bru Wheat.......o.occoi Dairy Products Errren— Elgin creamery. 8 $1} Ohio srenimery 3 " Faney country roll... 0. Caxpsn Ohio, pew... ove Ne New York, pew... o.oo 11 : onitey, ot Hews por By... 9 3 CRICRENS Armed onan Eoas—Pa and Ghdo, fresh... » Frolts and Vegetables aay Forsroes— Fanoy white ¥ bbl CABBAGE poor barrod., ou ions Oxions--per barrel... a nALTIMORY Frova--Winter Patent 33 ad 3 n Wavar--No. 4 Rid.. Coun--mmixed | flare, BE NR MR i A a rk PHILADELPHIA Froese Winter patent. Wasar—No 2 red | Cox -No* 3 peixed | Oss ~No. while, 0... Borrres--Creainiry, eXtra... Eoos-Pennay varias Sosts .... hie alm NEW YORK, : Froos—Patents. ............ 91 8509 3 85 Warar—No dred, 0 ns ra CORNNO, FT. iiviinanniins Onze No. 2 White ren LIVE STOUR Central Stook Yards Bast Gidarty, Pu CATTLR Prime heavy, 1500 to 1600 bw... 8 § 09 6 ¢ Prime, 1800 to 1400 Ha. oR saan x #3 Medium, 1000 to 1300 te, ...... 5100 Butctior, 500 10 1000 ite... .... Common to fair, Oxen, sommon 16 fat Saw AE Mileh cows, ened, iii Een etEREER UR] none Prisoe minding welgivn, ..,.... 8 6 Lest heavy yorkers aod median Good 10 ehiss Jakes 6H Good pigs and Bett yorker, . .. Vis. cottons $0 gmk caver Prime heavy nods. 0. Common 16 fale, Roughe........... EE OBE BD HND HREER, Extra, median weight wethorad Medium... .. . ces LOmmon 10 ale®. ooo ciiivae LAMBS, Lambs ciipped eh Th, prong LO elyivion. alippnd Laaute, coming to fair, sipped Spring Lamta v Lo ge Se ho) ar " 5 iis Yeni, extra. Veai, good to ancien, ,.... Rl, soTnon heavy ED A PA ENJOY EXCEPTIONAL ACTIVITY. Indications Point to a Record-Break- ing Year in Volume of Legit imate Trade, SA 6G. Dun & Co's Weekly Heview of | Trade savs: Unfavorable signs are rare in the business outiook. Mags facturing indosiries enjoy exceptional! activity, and nast jobbers and retatlers find no occasion for complaint. AL though a 8th of the year is yet to he Leard from, lucluding the usual inter | ruption of olectlons and possibile dis turbance of legislation. there is amply evidence that the volume of legitimate business will largely exceed all prev otis records. HMrength without inflation still summarizes the iron and steel gitastion. Déspite two months of in terruption by the strike, evidence acon mulates that the year will surpsss all records in production of finished ma of ore and pig iron. Orders already booked for delivery far into 1902 prom. | ise that pext year will bring still bBigh r records. and the steadiness of prices Blo, Mills ay a rule have practically | closed contracts for all the urders that can be filed thin year, and future de volopments cen only affect conditions | in 1002 ax to tnished steel Pig ton is hardening under the vigorous de | mand, lorge and southern foandsy ao ruring definite advances, and Bessemer in Pittsburg is frm at $14. Tin pistes | are almost restored to normal prices | Copper rose in the face of reports that | a large reduction io the list price wag contemplated by leading producers ta reduce storks, Footwear factories still have weeks’ full employment on heavy: weight goods for winter. Bupplement ary orders for seasonable lines sill ar rive for Eastern jobbers. Prices are! ANY not quotably higher, though the rapidi rise of leather and hides nas takeni go puch of the profit that shoes must | soon deteriorate in quality If better quotations are not forthcoming. Leath symptomg of speculation, but buying by the leading minnufacturers for actual consumption also reaches a large total Fluctuations In cereals were small, with markets dull and featureless. Corn receded a little further, influenced unta i vorably by the insignificant shipments: from Atlantic ports, only 501.155 bush els for the week, compared with 2.1} 7909 887 last year, and 4.747.208 in 1893, Wheat lost a litttie of the early gain, although declining prices a year ago makes the (ifference smaller than I has been at any time this crop year. Foreign baying of flour is still un | ‘satis actory, but the outgo of wheal {is heavy. For the week United Stated flour Ancaded, amounting t¢ * | cammrs Candy Cathartie, the genise, gL y in metal boxes, every fabled : in beets. i the peat of ; Bis take internal perfost tomb EEERENERQ quently in consumption | Ko matter what ails you, hesndsohs tov cancer, you will got well nntil your never § bowels are put right. Cascarxry halp naters | eure you without & grips of pain, produc | . eamy fatural movements coat ven just 10 | penta to start gefting your health buek. Cas Beware of mn ions stamped on it. Southern California Bas 25300 acres nrg Catarrh Cannot Be Cored, With losal applications, as they samnod reach ¢ dinenne, Catarrh is a Blosd or sosytitational disease and in order to cure if Hall's Ca Care in taken internally. srl ante direct on he Blood and mucons surfses, B Cure is not & quack medicine. It wan ribed by ene of the best physicians in country for years, and WA Tepuisr pre jor. It fw com , combined wit ro Bows blood purifiers, ar on the mucons surfuces. The tion of the two agredionts is what cox such wonderful resuiite in our ing eatarrh. Bend for fewtitnoninly, Tree ¥ J. Cuexey & Co. Props. Toledo, o Rold by Draggists, price, 7 Hall's Family Pils ars the beet. i The newest leather sents for halt SARITY are laced with thongs of the same mate Hall's | § of the best tanion | we want Temerigent Men snd Women | fatives Loeal MN 281 mar Srep. 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