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WIVESOF FARMERS.) The Same In the South as the Beat of the Country. SOME PITIFUL STORIES TOLD Of Their Hardihlpi and Drudgery. Pointed Papers Bead on Their Condition?Slaves or Mistresses?Partnerships With Husbands Suggested?The Eternal Toll, Bush and Hurry of the Farm?Some Cold Pacts Beclted. Southern Farm Magazine: The position of the farmer's wife, her trials and incuna by which her burden* may be lltfllienuu uro revciviub itjuuii ui uw attention which they desorve. They are <lincusned at farmers' meetings, and It |h hoped that practical Rood may ultimately be accomplished. Recently two paper* on the subject have been read by women. One was by Mr*. Lizzie Cleaver McElroy, of Lebanon, Ky. Hhe wus talking to the men. She described the visions of the wedding day, with the glamour and brightness, and then Raid: "After that day comes the homeh .rnemaklng, the nest building, and, oh! how it absorbs the farmer's busy young wife. Unlike her city sister under Hlmilar circumstances, she has no cont}tintt streum of guests, full of Interest and suggestions for the new surrounding; her life Its necessarily one of loneliness, even her husband being absent from day to dark. But she Is happy as she works. For the ttrsl few years there ure gay little visits home and to girlhood friends, there are guests to entertain now and then, Sabbaths are always a pleasure?they give husband and wife so much of each other's society?and churchgolng seems quite a social dissipation. "Thus time rolls on till the children ntme. nnd nn the mothor'n rnn-s In create the hopes for the future are mingled with fears, Interest in outsidethings are lost, pleasures are dropped one at a time, seeing which tho huslmnd becomes more and more absorbed In money-making until well nigh all else Is forgotten. "At the lirst gray streak of dawn the wife's peJ rooster crows long and loud. He docs It on purpose to awaken her from her beauty sleep and Is alwas successful. She has obeyed the summons so often that It has become second nature, and before sh;* realizes It she (s out of the warm blankets, noiselessly trembling In her clothes lest she awake the sleeping baby; hulf clad, her cold figure still fidgeting with her brooch, she scampers to the kitchen. Once there a nervous fear that breakfast may be late seizes her, and she rushes about until it Is on the table and the family seated, when she draws her first long breath while blessing Is being asked. The breakfast bolted In hot haste, and the men off to work, she resumes her hurry, scurries through the dish-washing and kitchen work, hnstens through bedmaklng and housecleaning, skims over milk vessels, refrigerators and churning, hurries to the garden for vegetables, rushes through dinner, makes her Angers fly on the afternoon sewing and scouring, so she rnuv worry through suDDer at the nron er time, to sink exhausted Into a chair at bedtime, too weary to apeak or even think. "She has not only done the thousand and one dutlea that fell to her lot that day. but she has done them well, has slighted nothing, and before falling to sleep has thought In utter weurlness. 'Oh, If to-morrow might never come!" Hut It does come and It la always Just the Mime to-morrow, the same unceasing routine of labor and rush. Duy after day, year after year, nothing but toll, toll, hurry, worry, rufeh: that Is the strange thing about It?the eternal rush. Amid the pence and quiet of the country, who not go on peacefully und quietly doing one's duty as It comes? There is but one solution to the problem, and that is, her work exceeds her time, nnd she is constantly trying to establish some equilibrium. What does the hard, barren existence yield in return for all her efforts? Not hnppiness; one look in the face of the farm woman of the dark side tolls no. Not money: caretalnly not. Though she Is the hnrdext worker on the place this farmer's wife hus no bank account of her own. i will tell you what she gets?her 'vlttles and clothes,' that is nil, though In nearly every case her husband Is well able to grant her reasonnblo wishes, and the poor creature never hns unreasonable ones. "Hut, thank heavens, all farmers' wives do not live like this; there In a bright side to this, as to all pictures. Life on the farm ought to be to a woman the happiest, most care-frce of xHtencM. Whiit with noultrv and bees, flpwers and vegetables, she gets outdoor exetclaei enough to keep her >'?un? a long time and her labor* are all health-giving and pleasant. Labor l.< a necessity and a part of every u?efu), happy life. Woman should share man's toll and hardship in the name proportion In which nhe shares his Joy and east, and she usually does it cheerfully. On a farm It hau been a wife's share of the duties to do the housework and rear the children ever since live gathered fig leaves for clothes and raised Cain In the Harden of JSden. ' rtalnfy work must he done, hut let li li<- 'lone cheerily snd bravely; do ' f make life a drudgery. "In contrast to the farm sluvc as we have Just seen her. let us have the fur mmistress, the queen of the beautiful r? aim called home, one whom the Muk'-r. (Jod, may look upon as He did "t th Mrst, and say, 'It In very good.' f.?t us it-am to have our farm houses lutni' M. where comfort and good cheer abound, where labor 1b evenly dlstrlbui i to all, and made u burden to none, where there are books and magazines, Wh-rv tlino Is had for reading, music, i '-?y r. and all proper effort for higher, better things of life, so that we may ' 'W morally and Intellectually as well , phyih ally. Thi s:- things attained, utid ihe milt h-vexed question of how to ; l> the hoys on the farm will by answered onoe for all." Another paper was by Mrs. Arthur Tortured by Nervous Diseases, Women find In Celery Kin? the great healing tonlo that free* tbem from pain and makea living a Joyful experience. Constipation, headache and stomach, liver and Jcidney diseases all yield to the lnlluenoc of this grand medicine. Celery King Is a peculiarly pleasant modicine. It is sold In 25c. and GOc. packages ly druggists, 7 GrabowskJ before the Richmond County Agricultural Society, at Augusta, Ga., who said: "The hride, wooed with the ardor of youthful affection, to often becomes the household drudge, the higher servant, bearing most of the burdens of the domestic economy and sharing scantily in the results of the farm's business. A pathetic little incident illustrating this came lately to my notice through the medium of one of our city papers. The editor, present at a bank on business, saw a farmer coming in, hU hands full of the bills paid to him for part of the year's cotton crop Just sold. He was accompanied by the patient wife, the result of whoso faithful domestic labor was part of the money , In the farmer's handa. Dressed in tier best?and yet how shabbily?with a little one clinging to her, much in need of proper clothing, the wife wistfully looked at the money being deposited, and tlnally touched the farmer's arm and plead for a small share of that deposit. The farmer's brow cloudcd at such unlooked-for appeals, but being In good spirits after the successful sale of the crop, he recognized the occasion as meriting generosity, and, reaching Into his pocket for u well-filled purse, I he fished out from it the magnlllcent coin of one-half dollar, and giving It to his wife told her to go and buy what sin wanted. "By the natural fitness of things the work of the farm has divided Itself Into the outside larger operations and the work pertaining to the homestead and Its lmm?dlutf> surroundings of the uuir; , nu* puuiu.v juiu, mi: huiucui etc. The forme;- have fallen to the share ol man. the latter to the share of woman. It Is not often a fact that nearly the whole proceeds of both di! visions of the furm go into the Held operations, attempting to make possible a five-cent cotton crop, or an equal ly unremunerative crop, while the I dairy, the poultry yard and neglected garden Will be sad Illustrations of ! furmlng done without a just proportioning of the farm's resources to the | furm's productive industries. Is It the true position of the farmer's wife to be I the head of a part of farm work that is to contribute to the farm's assets, but is to receive no help, no working I capital from the same? "If there is truth In what I have hcurd those say, better Informed than j I, which meets me as nn old chestnut In the papers of the south, that diver' slflcatlon of crops and the production I of everything the smaller Industrie's arc ! capable o^ adding is needed for successful southern farming, then there should J be placed for the use of the heud ol those Industries, for the use of the I wife, proportionate amounts of the proceeds of the farm to carry on' her work I satisfactorily. The same lino of argument would point out the good effect j a more just apportionment of the-money earned on the farm to the domestic j economy would have. "How would our southern farms Im| prove If the southern women would but | know that a part of their true poslj tlon on the farm is to make farm life beautiful. Can there, then, be a question that the true position of woman j on a farm Is yet among the problems of the future? When the farm pro' gresses to a position of a well-ordered | business, having Its debit and credit account with cacti or us ucia ana in| dustrles; when Its capital in fairly apI portioned to the different branches ol | work, and Uh receipts are correspondingly divided; when the farmer admits I his wife as the business partner, unI titled to her just share of the profits' of the farm, and when ha remembers that 'woman won' does not necessarily , mean that neglect and Indifference arc as acceptable to the wife ns ardor and l attention were to the sweetheart?when the woman on the farm realises- thut upon her depend not only the cooking, the care of the children and other domestic duties, but that everything that | makes life on the farm pleasant as far j as neatness, taste and embellishment can make It, are her special charge and I that she also inu?t remember In the hard-working, uging husband the lover of her youth, then, and only then, will i woman's true position on the farm be reached, and the Garden of Eden will I find again a place on the earth; a , rural life will become the envy of | those bred and dwelling In the confinements of city life." EMPHATIC TALK. The Kind That Carries Conviction to Evory Wheeling Reader. Conviction must follow such emphatic proof as'ls given here. The testimony of Wheeling resident* should satisfy the i moat skeptical. Here Is u Wheeling cast-. Head It, and set* If doubt can ex| 1st in the face of this evidence. Mrs. George W. Thompson, of No. 24111 Market street, says: "1 had constant dull, aching pain across the small of my back and heavy beurlng down pains In the bladder. I could not rest at nights on account of my hark, and lav . for hours In u vain effort to get to sleep, ( rising In the mornings tired and Ianguid, more ho than when I went to bed. When I saw Poan's Kidney PHI advertised my buck and kidneys were very bad. I went to the Logan Drug Company's, and K?it ? box and took them. A few doses did me good, and when 1 had completed the box I was cured." For sale by nil denlers. Price, BC cent*. Foster-Mllburn Co., Huffalo, N. Y? sole Agents for the United States. Hemembcr the name ? Doan's ? and take no substitute. THK second <>f uur series of Pianola ! and Aoollan recitals will be given on Monday afternoon, June 11. from ,1 to I o'clock. P. W. IIACMK'U CO. ! WHEELING WriOLESALH Mite.! Weekly Clianee of Quotations in all , Lines of Local Trade. Office of iht? Intelligencer, Wheeling, June 5. Fruit* quiet, with the exception of j strawberries, which are in good demand at a decline. Shipments are not heavy. Potatoes, cabbage, tomutoes. cucumbers and beans, homo grown, will be coming forward soon. Peaches, watermelons, cantelopcs, etc., can be soon looked for, as southern points have a , large crop. Peaches to market In the ' , north. No change In butter and eggs. , | Live stock has dropped a few pegs. Wool Is quiet. Provisions. 1 1 Flour?Fancr roller mill winter wheat, wood at ti 65 per barrel*, paper . at 13 50 per barrel; spring wheat, Mln- 1 nehaha, $4 00 in cotton sacks, $4 00 per barrel; $3 80 in paper socks; Galaxy < . 13 80 in paper sacks, 14 00 per barrel; Gold Coin flour $4 00 In cotton or $3 fcO i in paper; Loyal % paper. $3 GO; Hell- i ance, $3 90 in wood, $3 70 In paper; i Plllsbury, |3 90 In paper, $4 10 In cotton < and wood. Ceresota and Electric Light, i wuuu una nuuon, vv, pupcr, ?<i ou. Syrups?Choice sugar syrups, 27c; i 1 Fancy drips 23c; Sliver drips- 19c; New I Orleans molasses, choice crop, 40c; prime 35c; fair, 33c; mixed good, New : Orleans, 26c; bakers' good, 18c. i Provisions?Large 8. C. hams. ;lH4c medium hams, ll%c; small hams, ll<VJe; S. C. breakfast bacon. 9*4(P%c: should- i era 8%c; sides 8^c; ordinary beef 13%c; ; ham dried beef, 15^ic; knuckles, 10c; ? family mess pork, 5-pound pieces, 59 50; fbean pork, bbls., S9 00. Lard?Pure refined. In tierces, 8>/4c; , the advance for smaller packages Is as I follows: 50-Ih. tins *4c over tierces; fancy tubs %c; 20-lb. tins %c; 10-lb. tins 1 %c: 5-lto. tins Tic; 3-Ib. tins lc. Sugurs?Cutloaf, 6.12c: cubes, 6.00c; i powdered. 5.87c; granulated standard j 5.75c; American A., 5.45c; standard line i ' granulated, 5.75c; standard confection- ; era' A..5.50c; Columbia A., 5.45c; stand- i ard Windsor( 5.45c: white extra, 5.25c; ] extra C., 5,12c; fruit sugnr, 4.87c. Coffee?Green coffee, fancy Golden Rio, 16c; fancy green 15c; cholco green I 14?4c; roasting grades 10^c; Java 2fi*4c; roasted In packages. Arrow, 17.14c; Pan- . nannie, J2.11c; ^\iuiickip x ^o.? roam ed, 12.14c; Lion, 10.64c; bulk roasted 11c; 1 Old Government Java roasted 29c; Mocha and Java 29c; A grade Rio, 23c. 1 Teas?Young Hyson, per lb.. 30055c; 1 Gunpowder. 30080c; Imperial. 400 55c; Japan, 28075c; Oolong 27080c; Sou- j chang. 27070c. \ 1 Candles?Star full weight. ll%c; Parnllne, per lb., ll%c; Electric Light, per 1 lb.. 10c. Vinegar?Choice cider 12014c por ga\- ' Ion; standard city brands 10011c per 1 gallon; country, 13015c per gallon, as ' to quality. Cheese ? Choice cider 909Hc; Swelt- I ter lo*4c; Lhnburger 12 Vic; factory 110)1 l%c. Fish?No. 2 mackerel. 100 flsh. 75 tbs.. $7 50; No. 2 extra mackerel, tuba, 00 fish, J." 00; new, 100 lbs.. SP 00 No. 2, SO Tbs.. $11 00; No. 3 small H 00 for 100 lbs.; No. 3 large 100 tt>? . $10 00. Seeds?Timothy $1 3S01 50 per bushel; clover, small seed. 55 0005 25. Salt?No. 1 per barrel, $1 20- extra per hbl., $1 25; dairy, fine, flve-bushel flacks, $1 10 per sock. Seed Corn?11c per tt>. Wooden Ware?No. 1 tubs. S7 50 No. ?. $6 r?0; No. 3. *5 50; 2-hoop pnllij, 11 BO; 3-hoop, $1 70; single washboaids, tl 75; double do., $2 50; One crimped doublo do., $2 75; Single do.. $2 25 Grain and Feed. Grain?Wheat 65?68c: new or old. Cora ! 48@50c per bushel. Oati out of Htore. western crop. 33c per bushel; home crop, 30@33o per bushel. Feed?Bran <18 per ton; middlings $18 per ton. Hay, No. 1 timothy; baled. , $12; mixed. $S 00?9 00; timothy hay, loose, $10 00$ 13 00- straw, wheat, baled. $6; straw, wheat, loose. $6. Fruits and Produce. (Quotations by Parker & Co.) Butter?Creamery, 1-Tb. prints, fancy 23ft 24c; tub, 22c: country choice, per It)., 18@20c: country, fair, 13@15c. Eggs?Firm; fresh in case, 12c per dozen. Poultry?Old roosters, 9c per pound: snrinc nhlrkpns ll!V.rt?rr wound: hens.fic , per pound Turkeys, 48c. Dressed chickens. 11c per pound. Tropical fruits?Lemons, fancy, |t 25 @4 00. Oranges, naval, $3 7ft per box: seedlings. $3 25 Bnrnnu.s, 00@ 2 25 per bunch. Pineapples, 10c each. Strawberries. ti?8c. VfKKables?Egyptian onions $1 40 per , bushel; $2 Sf? per suck. Potatoes, 55c per , bushel: new potatoes, S.'J 2503 50 per barrel; $1 25 per bushel. New cabbage, $1 60? 1 90 a crate. Cucumbers. 40c p?r dozen. Tomatoes $8 50 a crate. Pens $1 00 pur bushel. Means. $1 50 per bushel. Snuer kraut, $4 50 per barrel. Bermuda onions $1 50 a crate. Miscellaneous. Hoots and Barks?Ginseng, dry, per lb., $2 50@3 00; tmssafras, bark, kraut, $4 50 per barrel. Kale, 90c per barrel. Bermuda onions, $1 C5 pur crato. per pound. 8@9c; sassafras oil, per It).. 50li 60c; May apple root, per lb., 6&e; yellow root, per lb., 60c; Seneca snake root, p?r 'b.. free of top. L'0@35c; West Virginia snake root, per lb., 25if35c; pink root, per lb. fine, 20? otm Jmrk. nor th.. 7e: wild ehorrr bark, per 11).. 8?l2c. Beans?Prime new hand-picked, medium SI 7501 S5; prime new hand-pickcd $1 75? 1 85; navy, $1 50. Wool?Very little new wool moving, i Prices nominal for the present. Wheeling Live Stock Market. (Quotations by Goodhue & Co.) , Cattle?Exro, l.ooo to 1.200, jr. 00^ 1 5 25; Kood, 900 to 1,000, $4 7605 00; 800 to ! U00. $4 60?4 75; fair, 700 to W0, J4 IW\ &>; common. 000 to TOO, $4 00@4 25; bulls, 3?i4c; cowh. lH?3c. Sheep?Extru, S3 5004 00; kooO, $3 251/ 8 f.0; common, $3 0003 25; spring lambs, 15 50?C 00. Hogs?Extra, J!> 10?G 20; good, $4 ."Otfc 4 75; common, $4 OOff4 40. Fresh Cowh?$25035; calves, ?VaC. . 1 FINANCE AND TRADE. i The Features of the Money nnd Stock 1 Markets. < NEW YOKK, June 5.?Money on call , st?udy at 1%@2 per cent.; last loan, 1 l?i. . Prime mercantile paper, 3&<0>4 per 1 cent. i Sterling exchnnge firm, with actual j business In bankers' bills at $4 87H for 1 ilumuml fifirl llf 41 -SIVf. for Hlxtv (InvH: , posted rates, $4 #r?M>?4 SK^. Commcr1 clal bills. J4 83Vj4t4 83^. Silver certificates, G0?61c, Bar silver. 60c. , Mexican dollars, 47%e. !, I, Government bonds steady* State bonds inactive. Kullroad bonds Irregular. The stoc k market showed symptoms of strength at various times to-day. but the pressure to a sll at the advance 1 proved too much for the limited de, mnnd to absorb, and the latotr part nf the day was Klven over to a desultory 1 downward movement, which carried prices below last night's level, except for a few stocks. The strength of a few shares was In fact the main sustaining influence of the market at all times. The best support of this character came from Atchison preferred, which began to move upwards early In the day In nnticlputlon <>f the dividend announcement. The declaration of 2M, per cent, for the seml-annunl period had been accurately forecasted, and the advance in the stock came to a standstill when the dividend won anj nounced. After hanging sluggishly for u time, the advance was resumed on the giving out of the directors' stlnmtos of the net earnings for the ilscal year, shewing a handsome surplus over the full r> per cent, dividend requirement for the preferred stock. Atchison preferred thereupon rose to 74%, which BROKERS. Buckman & Kraus,! BROKERS. j STOCK, CHAIN. BONDS AND PROVISIONS On MoriUmi or Outright. 1202 Market Street, Mure House Block. FOR SALE. IS r-hares Wheeling Steel & Iron. 15 shares Mall Pouch. Telephone No. 200. ADlrffMVjreto^l^ Is on a level ^vlth the high record price made two *nfonths ago. a number of j other railroad stocks whose proapects jf dividends or lncreaaed dividends have < been much exploited, but not yet realized. showed the greatest sympathy with Atchison. Baltimore & Ohio, I Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific were the prlnclpul Instancea. The response i elsewhere was moderate. Owing to the | heavy outlay for betterment made i after the reorganization of the Atchison system that railroad is able to show large reductions at this time in operating expenaos. and Ib almost alone among the railroads of the country In I that respect. The other incident of the ) Jay to attract most attention was the Sugar dividend, which wns maintained at the same rate of 1% per cent, as the last. The movement of this stock showed that the recent buying has been based on accurate foreknowledge of i this result to take apeculatlve prollta, and made so light a demand that the ; price fell away weakly and had a de- j cldedly depressing effect on the whole murnri. me i ioc ui v* ui ?.??c vi?c?????b i was followed by a decline of 3% on profit-taking, nnd the rally was only I feeble. Aside from the sympathetic In- J (luences of these Influences, the market was dull and apathetic throughout. | l'here was a general but slight advance Bt the opening In expectation of the | favorable effect upon foreign markets | af the occupation of Pretoria. This ex- I pectatlon proved delusive. Rejoicings I t?ver the news was offered as an explanation of London's failure to spend | time In buying stocks, and the Berlin market was affected by weakness of iron mining shares on the condition of the iron trade in the United States. Advices from Paris admit a feeling of apprehension over the unsatisfactory L-onditlons in China, and the international complications that may follow the end of the Boer war. Fears of demoralization in freight rates were an Influence in causing the relapse in I prlees here. The closing was dull and Jlstlnctly heavy. There was a large demand for West rn New York & Pennsylvania general mortgage ^s. but the maximum ad- I i\*mce was not maintained. Otherwise [he bond market was dull nnd sluggish.1 l'otal sales, par value, 51,345,000. United StntPB bonds were unchanead In bid quotations. 17. S. Bonds. (J. S. Refunding U. 8. new 4s reg.lWftl 2s wh'n lss'ed.103% U 8. now 4s cou. 131ft do coupon 103% U. S. old 4k reg..114ft !J. S. 2s reg 100 U. 8. old 4s cou.115ft U. S. 3s rcif 1W% U. 8. 5s peg 113V, U. S. 3m coupon. 1*JV< U. 8. 5s coupon..122ft Stocks. Atchison 26% ,\Io. Pacific 65*4 do preferred .. 73% Mobile & Ohio... 39 Bnlto. & Ohio... t>0ft Mo. Kan. & Tex. 10% Can. Pacific .... 91 do preferred .. 33 Can. Southern.. 61 N. J. Central.... 120 Chen. & Ohio.... JJ7* N. Y. Central... 130% Chi. G. W 128 Norfolk & W Sift Chi. B. & Q 129 do preferred .. 7Sft Chi. Ind. Ak Lou. il North. Pacific .. 60% do preferred .. 02 do preferred .. 75% Chi. it East. III. 97 Ont. & Western. 21% Chi. & N. W....10BH)Ore. R. & Nav... 42 Chi. K. I. Ac P..107ft do preferred .. 76 C. C. C. & St. L. 59ft Pennsylvania ...130ft Col. Southern .. 6 Heading 17ft do first pre.... -13^ do first pre.... 57ft do second pro Itft do second pre. 29 Del. & Hudson .111% Rio Grande W... Wft Del. Lack rt: \V.17!? do preferred .. 87ft , Denver & R. G.. I8'?i 8t. L. & Sun F.. lo I'n-irnvu u? mm w?c. .. uoyg Eric Jl*,y do second pre.. 33% do first pre.... 3.V* St. Loula S. W... 11U 0. North, pre... 1674 do preferred .. Hocking Coal... 15 St. Paul 117 Mock ng Va 1 y. :?74 do preferred ..173 Illinois Central. 1134 St. Paul & Oni..ll6 Iowa Central.... 1!? South. Pacific .. 34% do preferred .. 48 South Railway.. 12*4 K. C. Pitts & G. 17 do preferred .. 54 Vv Lnkc Erie ? W. 27 Texas & Pacific. 16S, do preferred .. 024 Union Pacific ... 554 Lake Shore 224; Jo preferred .. 74N, Louis & Na.Mh.. Wabash 8 Manhattan L... .'?Vn do preferred .. 20% Met. St Ry 154 | Wheel. & L. E... Mex. Central.... '2U.I do second pre.. 2u& Minn. & St. L... (L'4 Wi?. Central 14% do preferred .. US^j Third Ave 113' Express Companies. Adams 115 I United States ... 45 American ISO | Wells Fargo 117 Miscollnnoous. Am. Cotton Oil. 34?JINat. Biscuit 21U? do preferred .. fO do preferred .. SO Amur. Maltlmr.. "'si National Lead .. 1S% do preferred .. 20HI do preferred .. 94 Am-r. S. A- R... 37tf| National Steel .. 2< do preferred .. 89Ml do preferred .. 8S14 Ainer. Spirits ... 2v< N. Y. Air Brake. 132 do preferred .. L N. American .... 14% Am. Steel Hoop. 21 PsicMe Const .... C>1 do preferred ..71 I do tirst pre.... S4 Am? r. 8. & W... 354! do seconn pre.. C % do preferred .. 76'.< Paclllc Mall :7% Am. 1 In Plate.. 2J4 People's Gas .... I*** do preferred .. 734 Pressed Steel C. 474 Amer. Tobacco. 02VJ do preferred .. 77>i in |in-ierr?'u run. raiuce i_'ur.iN> Anaeonda Mine. 41 ft Stand. R. & T.... 5 Brooklyn R T.. I3? Sugar 115ft Col. ! '. ?Vr Irop . do preferred .. 11*5 Cont. Tobacco.. 24ft Tenn. Coal & I.. 72 do prof or red .. 7:?ft| t*. s. Leather .. 10ft Foderal Steel .. S3?ji do preferred .. C:>ft do preferred .. '?U|U. S. Rubber .... 2G Gen. Electric... 131ft| do preferred .. H3 GIucokl* Sugar.. 49*4 Western Union.. SO do preferred .. I?7 1 Republic I. & a.. 13ft Inter. Paper 217(1 do preferrod .. r>7ft do preferred .. niVil P. C. C. & St. L. CO Laclede Goh .... 73 | Total auloa of Mtocks were 273,300 shares. New York Mining Stocks. Hholor 201 Ontario 700 Crown Point .... 7'Ophlr To Pol. Col. K' Va... 14f Plymouth 10 Dcadwootl 50 Quicksilver 151 Gould & Curry.. 11' do preferred ... 7'4) i Hale x- N'rcroHM -o Sierra Nevada .. 28) llomestnlc: 5,00") Standard <W) i Iron Silver ?'0 Union Connoll.... 17 j Mexican 20 Yellow Jacket.... 10 Breadstuffs and Provisions. CHICAGO?Corn led the markets on the board of trade to-day. There was 1 Rood demand nnd the close was nt the top?ft Improved. Wheat ivoh dull, but fcustalned by corn and a 4tnnll demand on drought reportn.' It losed firm; July higher. OntH clone I Improved and provisions a shade :o 7Vi?* better. Corn was strong and moderntely active. There was a demand for II reported by the cash pen[do, and the speculative trade also jhowed an Increase. The situation to ill appearance* remained unchanged as :o crop prospects, which wore still d dared to be of a rosy hue. Offerings lYnni Nebraska were larger, and sotn >f the elevators sold, but th" demand from* outsiders and local bulls uf Inluonce, together with covering by the shorts was sufficient to advance the market, despite the large offerings 'rem first bands. Receipts here were MS ears. July opened unchanged at l7"ft<Tfn8c tinfl closed over yeslerday at 38?/jc, the top price of the lay. Th wheat market was a small one, md tin? pit where this commodity Is ! lenlt In was a dull pluce. The northvest was a Roller, thus giving support j n a practical way to reports of good i rains In that section of the country, rhero were other reports, however, kvhlch assorted that the Dakotas and jolghborlng territory could stand much noro moisture than h is been received lhin p '(tson. The Missouri condition vas reported off il points, which was a nlnor help, but the corn strength furnished the main support. Shorts ought because of the firmness in the neighboring pit, while there was a imnII demand from outsiders, evidently mder the belief that the northwest sitin il??n In serious. July opened at C6li<8> iOftc, sold between C6H<f< and G7? 17Uc, Closing firm and '.ie higher at 17c. Local receipts were 71! cars, M of 'ontract grftd \ Mlnnenpoiin and Duuth report d r?"l cars, against 43S last vcck and 093 a year ago. Primary re \ csipts wore 632,000 bushels, against 875.000 hist year. New York reported 15 I loads taken for export. Clearances at I the seaboard in wheat and flour were j equal to 431.090 bushels. I The onts murket was slow, but Arm. [ helped by o better cash demand and ' sympathy with corn. July sold between 21*4@21!4c, and closed Viftlic improved at 21 Vic. Local receipts were I 331 cars. I Provisions were firm, but quiet. .Moderate hog receipts, higher prices at the I yards and the corn strength were the I sustaining influences. On profit-taking | the list eased off a trifle, but closed flrm. There was a fair cash business and a fair support from local Interests, j July pork sold between 111 27^ and | 111-35. closing 6@7W|C over yesterday nt ! Ill 32HW11 35; July lard, between |6 75 | and 16 77^6 80, closing 2%c better at I |fi 7506 77?i. and September ribs beI tween.|6 65 and 16 70. with the close a 1 shade higher at *6 65@6 67ty. I Estimated receipts for to-morrow: | "Wheat. 45 cars; corn, 2M cars; oats, 255 cars; hogs. 33,000 head. The leading futures ranged as follows: Articles. . Open. High. Low. Close. I Wheat. No. 1 June 65*4 C6H 6574 6^ ! July Wt 67Vi 66% 67 Corn, No. 2. June 37% 3SH 37-i tttt | July 37T> m 37* fcfc Oftta, No. 2. June 21H, 21'i 21H 21U 1 July 21 Vt 21% 21?? 21tf Mens Pork. ! July Ill 27# 111 35 # til 27% til 35 Sen u ai? " wj ? ^ LJS^ cm 6 80 0 75 6 77fc s*;, :::::::. .6 76 OTTH am C7s SJu1yK1.b*:... 0 70 6 70 6 65 6 CT? Sep. ... _66S_ _6_67H _6 G2i4 6 65 rash quotations were as follows: Flour steady. Wheat?So. 2 spring. 65!Vi?C6?lc; No. 3, 61066c: No. 2 red. C9K?70Xc. Corn?No. 2. 3814c; No. 2 yellow, 3SV4? 3894c Oats-No. 2. 22??22%c; No. 2 white, 24V4?26?ic; No. 3 white, 24%?2<<ic. Hyp?No. 2, 64?c. Barley?Good feeding S.c; fair to choice malting. 4?Vi??c. Flax seed?No. 1, 51 80: No. 1 north" western, (1 80. * Prime timothy seed, ?2 40. *t ? 1- rvr.M lin priil (11) "fl'Tl 11 7.'l I luero iiuriv. pui ?? ?. Lard, per 100 pounds, $6 62%@6 77ft. Short J ib sides, loose, $6 55(fj!6 80. I Dry salted shoulders, boxed, G'^G^c. Short cleur sides, boxed. $7 0507 10. I Whisky, basis of high wines, $1 23. Clover, contract grade, J7 50. Butter steady; creameries, 15?19Vfec; dairies, 13^^17c. Cheese steady at S'4@9c. Eggs steady; fresh, ll^c. NEW YORK, June 5.?Flour?Re| celpts, 22,818 barrels; exports. 15,376 barrels; firmly held and moderately active. I Rye flour steady. Wheat?Recaipts, 22,200 bushels; exports, 105,950 bushels; spot firm; No. 2 i red. 78%c elevator; No. 2 red, 82%c f. t o. b. afloat, nominal spot: No. 1 northI ern Duluth, 74%e f. o. b. afloat prompt; I No. 1 hard Duluth, 76"?c f. o. b. afloat; | prompt; options were steady to lirin all i day on the strength in corn, pupple, mented by various bullish winter wheat ! crop reports and a liberal reduction in I the world's stocks. The market closed j firm at He net advance. July, 72(g) 72 5-16o closing at 72%c; September, | 731A@)73V?c, closing at 73%c. Corn?Receipts, 18,525 bushels; exports, 30,883 bushels; spot strong; No. | 2, 44%c f. o. b. afloat, and 43V&C elevator; option market ruled very firm | again under mo mnuence 01 renew eu buying for outside account, light ofI ferlngs and a good rash demand; mar1 ket closed Btc-ady at %?%c net advance: July, 43fi"43%c. closing at 43%c; September, 43??@44%c, closing at 44tye. Oats?Receipts. 47,COO bushels: exports 325 bushels; spot quiet: No. 2, 26c: No. 3, 25%c; No. 2 white, 27^c: No. 3 white, I 26^c; track mixed western, 25Vfcc: track white, 27V3?84Hc; options neglected, but | firmly held. Hay weak; shipping, 65?70c; good to choice, 80@85c. Hops quiet. Hides firm. Leather steady. Coal quiet. Beef steady. Cut meats steady. Lard steady; western steamed, $7 05; refined firm; continent, 7.30c; S. A., 7.80c; compound, 6.38c. Pork steady. Butter barely steady; Imitation creamery, 15&c. i Cheese strong. Eggs firmer. Potatoes steady. New York, *1 00(7*1 50; Jersey sweets, $3 00(f?4 50. Tallow weak: city, 4*4c; country, 4%<g) 4ftc. Cotton seed oil weak; prime crude, 31c: do yellow. 35c asked. Petroleum easy. Rosin steady: strained common to good. 15c. Turpentine easy at 48%? 49c. Rice steady. Molasses steady: New Orleans open kettle, good to choice 44068c. Coffee?Spot Rio linn: wo. < invoice. SVfcc: mlhl?market steady; Cordova. 9V4 (7'13^c; futures opened steady and unchanged to 10 points advance, and soon became very firm, with prices slowly climbing upward on bullish foreign news, bullish turn of statistics, ilrmer ruling of the spot department and rumors of further bubonic plugue spread in Klo. The shorts and the Investment public were liberal buyers all day. The market Anally eased off under realizing unci light bear selling. The close was barely steady in tone at unchanged prices to f> points net lower. Total sales. 16.750 bugs. Including July. $7 33^7 40; August, 7 3.riif?7 40: September, $7 35: October. $7 35<ft'7 45: November, $7 35(? 7 40; December, $7 50@7 55; March, $7 CO (i 7 65, Sugar?Raw strong: fait refining, 4Hc; Centrifugal, 95 test. 4%c; molasses sugar, 3 15-10c; refined strong. BALTIMORE - Flour quiet and steady; unchanged; receipts. 15,244 barrels; exports, 4,771 barrels. Wheat dull; spot and June, 70*Hi@?0%c: July, 70^5? 70?{,o; steamer No. 2 red, G5%065%c; receipts. 5,701 bushels: exports, none; southern wheat by sample, 07fa72c: do on grade, 67%?71^c. Corn strong; snot and June. 43,4<0:43%c; July. 4:i?V::43Vic: August, 43Vie; steamer mixed. 42%c: receipts, 167;79l bushels: export*?, 197,143 bushels; southern white corn. 44 <ft>46c: do yellow, 43ff?44c. Outs steady: No. 2 white. 28*4<f/28%c; No. 2 mixed, 2Ctfi2fi,?c. Hay firm: No. 1 timothy, flfi HO bid. Butter firm and unchanged. Cheese steady and unchanged. Eggs firm at 13H-c. TOLEDO?Wheat dull and unchanged; spot. 7:!?ic; June. 73%c: September, Corn dull and higher; No. 2<ash, 33%c. Oats wenk and unchanged: No. 2 cash. 23V?c. Rye dull nnd steady; No. 2 cash, 58c. Clover r;. <1 active and higher: cash prime old, $1 85: cash prime new, $5 15; October, *5 35. Oil unchanged. Live Stock .J2K!P*L ?T0CK yA^ns. CLARE muni, uuiuniori'. iwu.. June aii stork sold at Kross weight. Hogs ? Receipts for the week, 11,01?. head, against 11.317 lust week: mnrknt about steady. Quote: Far westerns. $3 60^6 76; far western pigs. 16 30 <T/T? *10; from other points: Heavy, $6 40 ?6 60; IlKht. $r. 250-6 40; light pigs, $6 60 to $4 66; rough sows, 54 00 to $4 60; stags $3 6ft to 54 00. Sheep and lambs?Receipts for the W'-'li. v.2S7 head, against B,2G6 head last we?k; fair receipts of sheep and lambs for the market; market about steady on sheep; spring lutnbs firm; quote: common to prime sheep, $1160 to jf> 16; clipped lambs, common to good, $4 00 to $6 76; spring lambs ftlOO to $7 76. Consignees of sheep and iambs?L. P. Rrockley. l head: O. P. Fuhrman, 34 head; Patterson Pros., 18 head; J. Q. Senseney, 32 bend; H. Cramer. 2 head; S. Sanders, 219 head; W. A. Merrltt, 318 brad; Kden ??* Co.. 410 bead: O. IX MlUer & Co., 263 head; K. A. lilncksbere, 784 head; P. W. II111. 7 head: F. I"). Birch. 230 head; John Wblteblll. 9 hen?* Driver. 798 Head; W. A. SiiKer. If-1 ad: Newton ?* Co., 260 head: J. Masi 12:? bead; McPherson Co., 242 bead; J. S, K?mni<\ 193 head; Milton C. Oreer, 120 h -ad; Rodgars Glenn, 1 head; Henry Eckert, 26D head; M. Uano & Co., 291 head; DouUNfc Keefcr, for export. 3.458 head. Calves? Market firm; receipt* for wevk, *22 head; quote: common to good, 15 00 to 50 73. CHICAGO?Cattle ? Receipts, 3.000 head; market quiet and steady; natives. best on vale to-day. one car at & 35; god to prime steers. $5 10ft 5 65: poor to medium. $4 50?5 00; selected feeders, $4 60@6 00; mixed Blockers* 14 00tJ4 50; cows, $2 40*i4 60; helfets. $3 r.0(fi 4 90; canners. $- 40CJ3 00; bulls. 12 80CM <0; calves. $5 0007 75; TVxnna. receipts to-day. ?500 head; Texas bulls, 12 75(j$3 50. Hogs?Receipts to-day, 23.000 head: estimated for to-morrow. 33,000 head: left over, 2.500 head; market 5$ 10c higher; mixed and butchers, 14 95&5 20: good to choice heavy, 14 5 20: rough heavy. 14 90(??5 00: llffht, 14 95@5 17%: bulk of sales, 15 1*VH*5 15. Sheep?RceHpts, 8,000 h?*nd; market steady; lambs strong; good to choice wethers. *5 00fo5 40; fair to ctlolc* | mixed, 14 4065 00; western sheep, 14 75 ?5 40; yearlings. 15 50@6 00: native lambs, 15 00@6 76; western lambs, 16 75 Ci 7 15. EAST LIBERTY?Cottle steady; extra, 15.50^5 60: prime. $5 4005 50; common. J3 f>0?4 23. Hogs higher: prtmo heavy hogs and mediums, 15 3005 35; heavy Yorkers. $5 2SVCttG 30; light Yorkers. 15 20: pigs. S5 0005 15: skips. $4 00ft 4 60: roughs. $3 50?4 80. Sheep steady; choice wethers, $4 70'?4 75: common, $2 50ft3 00: choice lambs. *5 S5{?6 10; common to good, $3 50(15 75; spring lambs, $5 00@7 00. Veal calves, $6 50? 7 00. Metals. NEW YORK?There was considerable Irregularity developed in the murket for metals to-day. Tin, in sympathy with an advance in London, jumped some 20 to 50 points higher; the market, however, ruled very quiet and at me Close wus quiet uu unsia ui $30 20(g)30 CO. Lend, on the other hand, ruled weak and unsettled at $3 850)3 90, and spelter was also weak owing to an Increase. In receipts and the scarcity of buyers, closing weak at 14 40@4 45. Lake copper ruled very dull at unchanged prlccs?$16 75. Pig Iron warrants were very weak (no quotation given). The brokers' price for lead waa $3 70, and for copper $16 G0@16 75. Wool. BOSTON ? There Is no material change In the wool market here this week and the trade continues quiet. The price for territorial wools is 53Q G5c scoured, for fine, medium and fine. Fleece wooib snow very mue me, wnn prices nominal. There Is some demand for quurlerblood, but offerings are small. A line of Australian threeeighth blood sold only on the Bcoured basis of f?8c. Following are the quotations of the leading descriptions: Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces, X and abovo, 28?29c; XX and XX and above, 30c; declalne. 32@33c; No, 1 combing, 32? 33c; No. 2 do and three-eighth blood, 32?'33c; quarter-blood washed, 31032c; coarse and braid washed, 30c. NEW YORK?Wool steady. Dry Goods. NEW YORK?The market to-day In dry goods' has ben absolutely without new feature in any direction. Tho'general demand continues slow and la readily met in all directions at current prices in cotton, woolen and silk fabrics. Petroleum. OIL CITY ? Credit balances, $1 28. Certificates, no bid; shipments, 147,4G? barrels; average, 171,992 barrels; runs, 102,208 barrels: average. 80,092 barrels. PHILADELPHIA ? Standard Oil stock, S0@5 53. A Life and Death Fight. Mr, W. A. Hlnes, of Manchester, la., writing of his almost miraculous escape from death, says: "Exposure after measles Induced serious lung trouble, which ended in Consumption. I had frequent- hemorrhages and coughed night and day. All my doctors anld I must soon die. Then I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, which completely cured me. I would not be without It even If It cost $5 00 a bottle. Hundreds have I us**d it on my recommendation and all say It never fails to cure Throat. Cheat and Lung troubles." Regular size COo and II 00. Trial bottles free at Logan Drug Co.'s drug store.?I. STEAMERS. I Oftt II f^wd f'l um follow*: 8tumner KEYSTONE STATE?Charle* W. Knox. Master; Will D. Kimble. Purser. Every Tuesday at S a. m. For Freight or PnKgage Telephone 930. CROCKARD & BOOTH, Jul9 Agents. RAILROADS. THE CLEVEUhO UEMH & V/ffiUM RAILWAY CO:v ,w.?* TIVC SCHCDUte. ^ | I IT" I "i ' >>> L""?? .:-' ' I ( I " t IBf :j| iiSfMSs Will J fig rffiH&p iff PpSiS aieBto: I' - Krn|% l,rM> w< l|tna (?itur?fT. IbuilL U?t* '???* " ewBSSSBSttES. * OHIO HIVER %S$'. pC KAILKOAD CO. - V- v_. Time Tnbln In effect May 27. 1900. ACCOMMODATION. 8:00 a. m.?Dally?For Parkeraburc and Intermediate points. OHIO VALLEV EXPRESS. 10:00 a. m ? Dally except Sunday?For j Moumlsville. Now Martlnavlllo, Sl?tersvllle, St. Mary.". Marietta. Par* I kersbun;, RftvenaWood, Millwood, I Pojnfroy, Ft. Ploawutt. Charleston, , Unlllpoll*. 11 tintiiijctun. Kenova> IronI ton. PnrtNtnoutli, Hlllnlioro, Cincinnati. and all point* South and Wmt. Ruhr solid to Cincinnati Parlor Car. KENOVA EXPRESS. 11:46 a. m.? Dally? For Sl.?tornvJUe, Marietta. Pork< rnl)ur?, Pomeroy, Point Pleaeant. Charleston. (inllipolla. Huntington. Kennva, and principal Intermediate points. Parlor Car. ACCOMMODATION. 3:45 n. m.?Dolly?For Purkeraburg and Intermedia to point*. UXPHKSB. ";00 p. m.?Dally except Sunday?For Bis* tcrnvlllf, St. Mary81 Wavurly, .Marietta. Parktr*bui>r. and InterniedlaU poluia north of Sliuen<\ille. L. E C1IALENOR. Gen. Pas*. Agent.