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G —if how to buy spring vimis^^ i Best Way to Make Selections for Summer Planting. In purchasing the plants that are to give a wealth of bloom during the summer months it will be wise to ko to a practical florist, who ran give sug . , Btiona for culture at the time of te lection The exaggerated accounts ot wonderful novelties thai are some times catalogued are not always satis fttctpry. even if their culture is under stood. There are few things the novice makes more mistakes about than tfte common one of buying plants, mere are so many things to be considered, and one does not always stop to con sider The beautiful catalogues fire Bent out We look them over and our hearts beat fast; our pulses quicken; our very eyes shine as we look them over and read of the wonderful, magni ficent, glorious; glowing flowers; >es, we mentally admit w* simply must ] aye that wonderful novelty. We look a little farther and we read of a flow er so delicate, so transcendently lovely, bo rare, a living snowflake, or a bird Bong petrified, words fail to describe Ita aerial delicacy raid tender beauty. [ta cultivation is so simple any one can grow it. and well— this is another Of the -must haves." Its price is small in comparison to its wonderful worth. Then we come to some of the most tmique, odd, peculiar-looking plant sp> litmus, "easy to cultivate," "al tracting the notice of all beholders," etc So we go on through the entire catalogue, we find our list of "must Si.iv, b" a long one, and (must we admit it?) a rather expensive one, too. But then the plants are so rare, set uncommon in so many remarkable ways, that we conclude after all that we* can't give them up. We look the list over and over, trying to find on we are willing to give up, but they have fascinated us and enthralled us, and we can't make up our minds to relinquish them. So we "scrimp" here and we "skinch" there, we can get along somehow, and so we make out cur neatest order and send it to the Plant Novelty company, of Blankville. Fraud county, state of Anywhere. In due time our box of plants arrives. They are small and they don't look much like the gorgeous-colored plates in the Plant Novelty catalogue. We take them up tenderly, a littl" mystified. They are quite a jumbo in our hands, after all. We don't know what kind of soil or treatment they want, but we want to be good to them, co we get some good big pots (we are euro they will need them, for the grow bo big, you know). "We have heard that some folks pul bits of broken crockery in the bottom of the pots. We do not think it neces sary; it takes up too much room, and we want our plants to have plenty of room to grow. We take infinite pains to get some fresh manure, for surely plants grow better in a rich soil than a poor one. We pot the plants, and we keep them out of the sun for awhile and water freely. They don't do well, so we put them in the south window, until time for planting outside, and 10, and be hold! they all shrivel up; we give more ■water and we tend them, hoping against hope that they will sprout up from the roots; they don't sprout, and finally we set the pots away. Perhaps you will think my pen pic ture resembles the cheap chromos, in that it is too highly colored and hasn't a good perspective. Well, your judg ment is better than mine, no doubt, but tbere are jus* such cases as the above. There are some florists who make a specialty of novelties, of bringing out piants, both new and old, under won derful descriptions, to allure the un wary. It is better always to buy plants and seeds of old and reliable firms. There is another thing it is always better to do, and that is use a little common sense in selecting. There is Dne thing about most of the flower cat alogues that I always regret, and that Is that along with the description of plants they do not state, in every case, their requirements in regard to soil, Bun, atmosphere and water. These are things I always want to know: Does a plant want rich soll.plen ty of water and all the sunshine pos sible or does it need a poor sandy soil, little water and shade? These things are so important that even with some experience, and using the best judg ment I can muster, I lose plants that I very much desire to grow. I believe it Is so with most plant growers. If you don't know just what plants to buy be sure and get something itandard, something you are fairly sure has been partially tested at least, in- I THE PEOPLE'S PAPER. / I THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE | *^ Delivered at your door, bright and early every day, tX I FIFTY CENTS A MONTH. 7 yst Do you want the best Local News? life <s» # Do y° u want the best Telegraph News? Yg JJ& Do you want the best Political News? \A Do you want the best Society News? ttjL mm Do you want the best Harket Report? djl yk Do you want the best Editorials? M %j& Do you want the best news of all kinds, told jn jjgf crisply, concisely, and without fear or favor. Iff m . W Uk If you do, fill out this blank and send to Aa? •<L The Daily Globe, Newspaper Row, St. Paul. I £\jf l|j Deliver Daily and Sunday Globe to i fcjS S Jm;} Name || | fgf ''|jj| Address '' stead of always running after high priced novelties. As a general rule, the novelties are no finer or handsomer than other plants not so high-priced. Their chiof value, or rather one of their chief values, consists in their not being common. For summer bedding, the geranium is an old plant, but it is an excellent one for those who want a good show of flowers. If the blossoms were perfum ed, the double varieties would be nearly as handsome as small roses. The pmail geraniums, so far as my experience goes, are not troubled with in=-ec's. Still, if one prefers roses, theee can be bought at lower prices than even gera niums, and none need be without them on account of their cost. I believe if one does not know just what kinds to select, it is far better to let the florist send his own selection. Tell him just as nearly what you want as you can, whether for house or outdoor culture, color, etc., and, my word for it, you will get ro?es that will give you better satisfaction than you would if you se lected them yourself, unless you really do know just what you want to make up your collection. In that case, of course, your own choice is best. The abutilon is one of the most flo riferous plants I know of, and they are fine plants, too, with their tender sfeen foliage, in some varieties splotched and spotted with yellow. They are easily grown and make fine blooming plants in a little while. For beauty of blos som I think the abutilon. new double, is the finest of any I have had. Its flowers are bell-shaped, like all true abutilon blossoms, and of a golden orange color, spotted with red. It Is "?' ' AX w.m r // I ill Will Dunhim (looking at sign) — Lawyer Windy reminds me of a bad base ball player. He always manages to get "out on the first." full and very handsome. For me it has not bloomed as freely as some of the single ones, but I have hardly given it a long enough trial to speak posi tively. These plants, however, though so easy of cultivation, ready to bloom, etc., have a little against them. They are troubled with insects. If there is an aphis, a mealy bug or a scale any where around, it finds its way to the abutilon. With a little care they may be kept healthy and free from these pests. Abutilons and geraniums flower both summer and winter. Begonias are a lovely class of plants. The tuberous-rooted are mostly sum mer flowering. The other varieties, ex cept the Rex, are excellent winter bloomers. Even without a flower they are very handsome and ornamental. The one thing about begonias that makes them a little difficult for growing in a common window garden is that they are tender, and if the mercury goes down, your handsome plants go, too. They can be kept with care, and they are worth all the care they need to keep them. It is only that I want to give those who do not have a true idea of these various plants that I tell their bad qualities along with their good ones. Fuchlas are good summer-blooming plants; a few bloom in winter. Speci osa is one of the winter-blooming va- THE SAINT PAUI, GLOBE; MONDAY, MAY 17, 1897, rleties. These may have the mealy bug, that most disgusting of all plant pests (except the rose bug), but with a little care they are kept free from in sect pests and grow rapidly. They need a good soif, plenty of pot room, a moist soil and plenty of moisture on the foliage. Frequent syringing is ben eficial during the hot summer months. Let those who contemplate buying plants think the matter over well, con sider their location, the climate, soil, atmosphere, etc. There is no need to keep a lot of plants around that do not bloom, unless their foliage is their chief beauty. If one manages right in se lection and cultivation, a constant suc cession of bloom may be had. Let the novice buy as intelligently as she can, and not be enticed by euphonious names. One intelligent woman whom I knew once ordered some convolvulus seeds, expecting something rare, and you can imagine her disappointment when she found out they were only morning glories. An other bought some helianthus seed, and raised what grows wild in many parts of the country— small sunflowers. 1 well remember the first Russian thistle I ever saw. A neighbor had a beautiful plant growing outdoors. Its foliage was soft and mossy looking. It grew very large, like a shrub, and was very globular in shape. It was a beauty; no one knew what it was, and she preserved it carefully. That was two or three years ago. Today this section is overrun with thes« beau tiful plants, with thir soft, moss-like foliage. The wind takes them and rolls them and scatters the seed from east to west, and from north to south. I have actually seen those plants adver tised for sale as beautiful novelties; their description is taking, and so are the plants— they have been known to take all the farm lands in the vicinity in which a single specimen has been allowed to develop. There are so many handsome plants that have been thoroughly tested, and their possibilities in the way of de velopment and flowering, In the par ticular vicinity in which they are to be grown, made known to the would be cultivator, that it seems" decidedly foolish, to say the least, to Invest in novelties about which little Is known; at least until there is a good supply of the tested standbys in the home garden. If the grounds are large there should be a certain amount of perennial plants and hardy shrubbery grown for a suc cession of bloom, and these can be de pended upon even when the season is rather dry for developing the annuals, as they live from year to year, and consequently increase in size and beau ty. Then let the first purchase be made among the roses, the hardly chrysanthemums, the good old-fash ioned Canterbury bells, fox gloves, sweet William, and various hardy pinks; even the double hollyhocks and the dahlias should be found in large clumps wherever there is room to grow them, great clumps of the hardy phlox and iris and perennial popies and the numberless varieties of blooming shrubbery, which offer such a wealth of beauty that it is difficult to choose among them. Then a few seeds of various annuals may be scattered among these tall bloomers, especially the self-sowing kinds that will come up again next year; and there will be many years of beauty from the season's buying. WHEAT WAS SOLD GENEROUS LIQUIDATION WAS THE FEATURE OP the DAY IN THE CHICAGO PIT. LOSS OF ONLY, ONE-QUARTER. THE EXTREME HUai VK FOR THK DAY WAS LESS THAN A Poil*. *■ s MINOR MARKERS BIATHEtt WEAK. ol I • Sharp Fraction? Lout by »•••* Coartte Grains and r»-«»vlslon* Clotted Substantially Lower. i « MARKET SUMMARY. ! Previous Wleat— Close. Day. July, Chicago 72% 73% July, Minneapolis 73% 74 1-16 July, Duluth 7BV'i 75=4 July, New York 78^. 79 FINANCIAL. I Money, New York 1^4@1% 1%@1% I Bar silver. New York.. 61% 61% | i i CHICAGO, May 15.— Liquidation of wheat was the feature of the market today, but at its height was only strong enough to cause a %c break. By closing time all but a quar ter-cent of this had been recovered. The minor markets were relatively weaker than wheat, corn declining %@%c, oats the same amount, and provisions 7y 2 @loc. In wheat the market got a little encouragement to begin with from Liverpool, which appeared to have been unmoved by the knowledge of yester day's decline here, that market closing un changed. That appeared to be the only bull ish influence, but it was strong enough to open wheat at %@%c advance. The strength faded almost immediately. The majority of the speculators took more account of favor able crop news, such as showers in California, which were taken to mean more than steadi ness in Liverpool, which they knew would not continue in theiface of cheap wheat here. They supplied the early demand, and had to shade the price every few minutes, until the price of July had tumbled from 73 1/ « cto 72 1 ' 2 c, at which there were sellers about 11 o'clock. The shipments abroad of wheat and flour from both coasts this week were equal to 2,183,541 bu, against 1,903,000 bu on the cor responding week last year. Argentina shipped no wheat to Europe this week. Receipts at Minneapolis and Duluth amounted to 340 cars, against 255 last week, and 337 a year ago. Chicago receipts were reported at 7 cars. The liquidation, although not heavy enough to make an active market, was still sufficient to keep prices down until near the close, when some recovery ensued on the announcement that 230.000 bu of cash wheat had been worked here. The market on this advanced to 72% c, which was the closing price. Corn was weak a^ter the first few minutes of the session. July opened %c higher at 25^0, sold at 25% c and declined to 24% c, clos ing at 25@25%c. Quite aa active session was passed in oats. July opened a shade higher at 18% c, declined to 18c, and recovered to 18% c, where it closed. Provisions were very weak. At the close. July pork was 10c lower at $8.45; July lard 7%c lower at $3.87%. and July ribs about 10c lower at $4.55@4.57%. Estimates: Wheat, 8 cars; corn, 90 cars; oats, 183 cars; hogs, 43,000 head. The leading futures ranged as follows: 2 k r 2 *I i I £ ft r t Wheat— .;.,.„.. May 74% 74% 73% 74% July 73% 73% 72% 72% September 68% 68% 67% 68% Corn- May 25% 25% 24% 24% July 25% 25% 24% 25% September 26% 26% 26 26% Oats- May 17% July 18% 18% 18 18% September 18%| 18% 18 18% Mess Pork — May 8 42% July 860 860 840 845 September 8 65 8 65 8 50 8 50 Lard- May 3 85 3 85 3 82% 3 82% July 395 395 3 87% 3 87% September 4 02%| 4 02% 3 97% 3 97% Short Ribs— i May 4 55 July 465 465 455 4 57% September 4 67% 470 460 460 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour steady. Wheat— No. 2 spring, 74% c; No. 3 spring, 70@74c; No. 2 red, 94% c. Corn— No. 2, 25@25%c. Oats— No. 2, 18c; No. 2 white, f. o. b., 22%@23%c; No. 3 white, 21%@22%c. Rye- No. 2, 34%e. Barley— No. 2, nominal; No. 3, f. o. b., 28@33c. Flax Seed— No. 1. 77@7?c. Timothy Seed— Prinie, $2.85@2.90. Pork— Mess, per bbl, $8.45. Lard— Per 100 lbs, $3.82V.-Js> 3.85. Short Ribs— Sides (loose), $4.50@4.70. Shoulders— Dry salted (boxed), fiiSJo^c. Sides- Short clear (boxed), s<§>s%c. Whisky—Distill ers' finished goods, per gal, $1.19. Sugar- Cut loaf, 5.39 c; granulated, 4.77 c. Receipts- Flour, 7,000 bbls; wheat, 6,000 bu; corn, 112,000 bu; oats, 245,00 bu; rye, 2,000 bu; bar ley, 19,000 bu. Shipments— Flour, 4 000 bbl wheat, 140,000 bu; corn, 352.0C0 bu; oats 348, --000 bu; rye, 35,000 bu; barley, 1,000 bu. On the produce exchange today the butter mar ket was steady; creamery, 10@14%c; dairy, 7@ 1 2c. Cheese weak at 8%@9%c. Eggs steady: fresh, B%c. MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN. MINNEAPOLIS, May 15.— The local wheat market opened fairly strong, but soon weak ened under moderate offerings and ruled weak during the greater part of the session. Trad ing was light and largely composed of scalp ing transactions. All other markets of the country were much the same, being left on their own resources for lack of outside inter est A significant feature of the market is that while wheat Is now 10c higher than it was four or five weeks ago it is being pur chased more freely, and it is in better de mand than H was on April 9, when the price touched about 64c. The news of the day was short of the usual quantity today, because of short sessions at all points and generally lower and Inactive markets. Boston and Bal timore reported an active inquiry. Buffalo reported sales of 25,000 bu of cash wheat to be shipped back to Toledo by boat. St. Louis reported good inquiry, but their market sagged off, throwing some doubt as to the first statement Duluth reported large sales made yesterday, and that the chief features of the market was the buying of wheat to arrive, the e!evator companies paying %c over the May price, and the latter l%c over July. It was estimated that fully 1,250,000 bu or perhaps 1,500,000 bu had been bought in this manner. Of this amount, 500,000 bu were bought by millers. July wheat opened at 74% c, against 74 l-16c yesterday, sold at 74%@74%c. gained l-16c. dropped to 74c, firmed up to 74%@74%c, sold down to 73% c, gained %c, declined to 73% c, gained %c, firmed up to 73% cby 11:40, and finally closed at 73%€>73%c. September wheat opened at 66c, being the same as yesterday's close, gained %c. lost It, firmed up to 66i&@G$Vi<!, sold at 66c, gained l-16c, declined to 65%@65%c, sold at 65%@ 65% c, declined to 65% c, firmed up to 65% cby 11:40, and closed at 65%@65%c. The demand for cash wheat was very good, especially for wheat to arrive. No. 1 northern sold at 1%@1%c over July, and sales to ar rive were made at 2c over July. Low grades were slow to move, and holders had to grant concessions in order to sell, rather than to hold over till Monday. Sales were made as per statement below. Receipts here were 185 cars, and shipments 29 cars. RANGE OF PRICES. Open- High- Low- Closing. Wheat— ing. est. est. Today. Yes. July ""I;"!'. 74% 74%' 73% 73% 74 1-16 September .. 66 | 66% 65% 65% 66 On Track— No. 1 hard. T^c; No. 1 northern, 75% - No. 2 northern} 73%' c; May oats, 19% c; flaxseed, 74% c. Curb on July wheat 73% Puts on July wheat 73 1-16 Calls on July wheat 74% SAMPLE SALES. No 1 northern, 600 bu, to arrive, 76% c; No. 1 northern, 600 bu, to 75% c; No. 1 northern, 2,500 bu, to arrive, 75c; No. 1 north ern, 2,900 bu, to arrive. 75% c; No. 1 northern, 6 700 bu to arrive, 75% c; No. 1 northern, 2, --000 bu, to arrive, 75% c; No. 1 northern, 1200 bu, to arrive, 76c; No. 1 Button, 6 cars. 75% c; No. 1 northern, 6 cars, 76% c; No. 1 northern, 4 cars 76>Ac; No. 1 northern, 1 car, 75% c; No.< 1 northern J I can. to arrive. K\ic; No. 1 northern, 1 car, to arrive, 75% c; No. 2 north ern, 1 car, 71o; No. 2 northern, 1 car, 69c; No. 2 northern, 3 cars, 74c; No. 2 northern, 1 car, 74V4c; No. 3 wheat, 1 car, 70c; No. 8 wheat, 1 car, 69c; rejected wheat, 2 cars, 2 lbs off, 72% c; no grade wheat, i car, 2 lbs off, 68c; no grade wheat, 1 car, 2 lbs off, 86% c; no grade wheat, 4 cars, 2 lbs off, 65c; no grade wheat, 1 car, 6 lbs off, 65c; no grade wheat, 1 car, 2 lbs off, 73c; no grade oats, 1 car, 18% c; sample oats, 2 cars, to arrive, 20% c; No. 3 oats, 1 car, 1914 c; No. 2 rye, 1 car, 33Vfec; no grade barley, 1 car, 23c; No. 5 barley, 1 car, 25c; No. 5 barloy, 2 cars, 25% c; No. 5 barley, 1 car, 26% c. FLOUR. Flour— The floui market Is reported as dull. Bids are numerous, but at prices slightly un der the market. First patents, $4.10@4.30; second patents, $3.90@4.15; first clears, $3.15@3.35; second clears, $2.10@2.30; rye flour, per bbl, pure, $2.00. Corn— No. 3 corn sold at 22c; no grade, 20c; no sales. Oats— No. 3 oafs, 19@20e; No. 3 white, to ar rive, 19%@20%c. Rye— No. 2, 33% c. Barley— No. 4 barley, 25%@25%c; No. 5, 25@ 25y 4 c. STATE GRAIN INSPECTION. Northern. Railroads. N0.1hd.N0.1.N0.2.N0.3.Rjd.NG. G. N.— B. Div 85 11 3 2 7 G. N.— F. F. Div. .. 5 1 2 2 C, M. & St. Paul 26 7 1 1 10 M. & St. Louis.. .. 18 4 Soo Line 18 Northern Pacific .. .. 1 C.,St P, M.&O. .. 19 11 •• •_•_ J Totals 171 34 5 5 22 Other Grains— No grade corn, 2 cars; J>,o. 6 oats. 45; no grade oats, 2; No. 2 rye, 2; No. 4 barley, 1; No. i barley, 1; no grade barley, 4; No. 1 flax, 7; rejected flax, 2; no grade flax, 1. Cars Inspected Out— Wheat, No. 1 northern, 205 cars; No. 2 northern, 4; No. 3, 1; no grade, 1; No. 3 oats, 25. DULUTH GRAIN. DULUTH, Minn., May 15.— The market fell %c today and was fairly active. The open ing was at TCc, an advance of %c. It sod down to 75i4e, then gained V&c, selling a little later at 75% c. The close was at 75V4c bid. Cash sales were about 50,000 bu to the ele vators. They paid %c over May for round lots and May price for car lots. Close: Wheat, No. 1 hard cash, 77^4c; May, 77»4c; No. 1 northern, 77c bid; May, 77c bid; July, 75Uc bid; September, 68^0 bid; No. 2 northern, 74% c; No. 3, 70@71c; rejected, 53%@65%c; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 77% c; No. 1 northern, 77%e; rye, 35c; No. 2 oats, 2V/ 2 c; No. 3 oats, 21c; flax, 77% c. Car inspection— Wheat, 161 cars; oats, 29; rye, 1; barley, 12; flax, 22. Receipts— Wheat, 91,418 bu; oats, 61,750 bu; rye, 3,396 bu; bailey, 20.285 bu; flax, 7,928 bu. Shipments— Wheat, 103, C0D bu; oats, 162,144 bu; flax, 31,585 bu. ST. PAUL GRAIN. Quotations on hay, gra'.n, feed, etc., fur nished by Griggs Bros., grain and seed mer chants: Wheat— The wheat market yesterday was weak and slightly lower: No. 1 northern, 74% @75'/ 2 c: No. 2 northern. 73@74c. Corn— No. 2 yellow, 23@24c; No. 3, 22;22',4c. Oats— No. 3 white, 20@20'.ic; No. 3, lS I ,i@i9c. Barley— 22@2sc. Rye— 32@24c. Seeds— Timothy, 95c@51.10; red clover, $3.80 6 4.40; flax, 73@74e. Flour— Patent, per bbl. $3.80<54.30; straight, $3.C5@3.50; bakers'. ?3@3.40; rye flour, $333.23; buckwheat flour, J3^3.5C. Ground Feed ar.d iinistuffs— No. 1 feed. $8.50 (r?5.75; coarse cornmna!, $5.2558.50; bran, bulk, $C.50@7; shor.s, ?6.7C><1:7.25. Hay— Choice to fancy upland, $6. 5007.50; good qualities v/ild upland, $5@G; inferior quaiities, ?4@5, according to the quality and condition: No. 1 timothy, $7JB; oat and rye straw, $4@4.50. OTHER GRAIN MARKETS. NEW YORK. NEW YORK, May 15.— Flour— Receipts, 18, --737 bbls; exports, 8,000 bbls; weaker with wheat; Minnesota patents, $4.25@4.50; do back ers', $3.50@3.70. Rye flour dull. Cornmeal dull. Rye steady. Barley dull. Wheat— Receipts, 61,050 bu; spot, weak; options opened steadier, but declined sharply, closing 1 / <>@%c net lower; sales included No. 2 red May, 81%@82V 2 c, closed 81%e; September, 72<?i>74%c, closed 74% c. Corn— Receipts, 37,050 bu; exports, 94,039 bu; spot, easier; No. 2, 30>4c; options declined with wheat, closing heavy at '/4c net loss. May closed 30c. September, 31%@32%c, closed 31% c. Oats— Receipts, 139,200 bu; exports, 67,991 bu; spot, market steady ; No. 2, 2314 c";" options, dull, closing unchanged; May closed 22% c. - MILWAUKEE. MILWAUKEE, May 15.— Flour unchanged. Wheat stronger; No. 2 spring, 76c; No. 1 northern, 79y 2 c; July, 72% c. Corn quiet and steady; No. 3, 24% c. Oats steady; No. 2 white, 21U@23c. barley steady; No. 2, 32@ 32% c; sample, 27@31c. Rye dull and lower; No. 1, 36% c. ST. LOUIS. ST. LOUIS, May IB.— Wheat unsettled; No. 2 red cash, elevator, 90c bid; track, 95c; July 77% c bid. Corn lower; No. 2 cash, 22c asked; July, 22% c. Oats weaker; No. 2 cash, 2OV2C asked; July, 19c asked. Rye nominal, 34c. Flaxseed lower, 74 %c. LIVERPOOL LIVERPOOL, May 15.— Closing— Wheat easy, unchanged; May, 6s %d; July, 6s %d; September, 5s ll%d. Corn steady; May, 2s 8d; June, 2s B%d; July, 2s 9%d; September. 2a lid. MISCELLANEOUS. SEED MARKETS. CHICAGO, May 15.— The flax seed market ruled lower and weak because of continued large receipts here and in the Northwest. Re ceipts here were IB cars, 22 cars at Duluth and 6 cars at Minneapolis. The official close, as reported by the Weare Commission com pany, is as follows: Cash flax at 78c, May at 77c, July at 77% c and September at 77% c per bu. Timothy seed closed at $2.90 per 100 lbs. Clover seed closed at $7 per 100 lbs. Minneapolis flax seed quoted at 74% c per bu. BUTTER AND EGGS. NEW YORK, May 15.— Butter— Receipts, 5,306 pkgs; dull; Western creamery, 11%® 14c; Elglns, 4c; factory, 7 J ,2@11c. Cheese- Receipts. 817 pkgs; quiet; state, large, 9® 10c; email 10@llc; part skims, 4@7c; full skims, 2%@3c. Eggs— Receipts, 7,519 pkgs; steady; state and Pennsylvania, lie; Western, 10V4® 10% c; Southern, 9@9%c. Chicago, May 15.— Eggs steady; fresh, B%c. Live poultry steady; turkeys, 7@Bc; chickens, 7c; ducks, Be. LIVE STOCK. MINNEAPOLIS. NEW BRIGHTON, May 15.— Receipts, 86 hogs, 167 cattle, 1 calf. Cattle— Receipts light; trading at firm prices for best, common steady; stockers in strong demand; beef cattle steady. Sales: 7 steers, ay 666 lbs, $3.75; 2 cows, ay 795, $2 50; 1 cow, 960, $2.35; 2 cows, ay 860, $2.35; 1 bull, 1,290 $2.40; 2 oxen, ay 1.605, $3.00; 1 heifer 355, $3.50; 2 bulls, ay 1,186, $2.70; 2 cows, ay 820, $2.50; 1 stocker, 430, $3.25; 2 cows, ay 940, $3.25. Hogs— Very light re ceipts and small amount of trading; market failry steady. Sales: 4 hogs, ay 465 lbs, $315; 1 hog, 430, $3.15; 10 pigs, ay 127 $3.60; 44 hogs, ay 288, $3.57%; 47 hogs, ay 223, $3.55; 61 hogs, ay 231, $3.57%. Sheep — Nominally steady. CHICAGO. CHICAGO, May 18. — Cattle — Receipts dwindled to almost nothing today, and the market as a consequence was practically nom inal. The feeling was firm, as has been the case nearly all the week, and the few scat tered offerings were disposed of easily enough at strong prices. Hoga were well taken, but prices suffered a further reduction of about 2%c per 100 lbs an* closed 10@15c lower than a week ago. Sales were made at an extreme range of $3.40@3.85, largely at ?3.77%@3.80. Coarse sows and stags were discriminated against. The small receipts of sheep sold at firm prices. Sheep were salable at $2.23@4.65; sales being mostly at $3.80@4.50 with Texans and Westerns predominating. Texans sold around 53.80@3.90, and Westerns at $4.00<§>4.50. Lambs sold at $3.50@C.40. Receipts: Cattle, 200; hogs, 16,000; sheep, 3,000. MIDWAY HORSE MARKET. Barrett & Zimmermann'a report: Market onened fair, with a large assortment of all Masses of horses on hand. Local trade the nrinclpal one. The following representative sales are horses, service sound, unless other wise mentioned: 1 Dair bay horses, 5 and 6 years 3,200 $168 1 pair bay horses', 6 years 3.000 150 1 pair black mares, 5 and 6 years. .. .2,800 143 1 nalr way mares, 5 and 6 year 5... .2,600 1W 1 |ray g horse, 6 years 1,500 80 1 gray horse, 6 years 1.400 7o 1 |ray horse 6 years t|oo 60 1 c7nv mare. 5 years i,jju bu 1 S mare, / years 1.000 80 1 sorrel driver, 6 years 1.100 75 SIOUX CITY. SIOUX CITY, 10., May 15.—Receipts-Cat tie 300. Yesterday, 291. Shipments, 760. Market unchanged; good clearances. Cows, blills and 1 mixed! |i.60@3.75; veals. $4.00@6.00; stockers and feedera, *3.65@4.60; calve, and yearlings, |3.65@4.65. Hogs— Receipts, 900. Yesterday, 481. Market active and 5c higher, telling $3.57%@3.60; bulk, $3.60. Good light quotable, $3.65. OMAHA. OMAHA, May 15.— Cattle— Receipts, 1.200; cows and heifers, $3.00@4.00; stockers and feeders,|3.7s@4.6s. Hogs— Receipts, 4,300; bulk of sales, $3.60@3.62%. Sheep— Receipts, 1,700; common and stock sheep, 53.00@4.00; lambs, $4@5.25. KANSAS CITY. KANSAS CITY, May 15.— Cattle— Receipts, 200; unchanged. Hogs— Receipts, 9,000; bulk of sales, $3.57%@3.65. Sheep— No market. NEW YORK STOCKS. NEW YORK, May 15.— Chicago Gas and Sugar absorbed over one-third of the total sales at the short session of the stock ex change today ,the dealings being about equal ly divided between them. There was so lit tle to encourage selling in the course of the I price for Chicago Gas that the motive for It I must be attributed to doubts of the value of the stock being equal to the price. There were, In fact, evidences of heavy liquidation In that stock, based on apprehensions that the consolidation measure will fail of enactment in the Illinois legislature, and with it the arrangement for division of territory with a rival company which was made contingent upon Its pastftge. Stop orders were reached on the way down, bringing large blocks of stock on a sagging market. Sugar also showed weakness on the probable effect of pending proceedings against members of the company for contempt of the senate, but recovered the loss. The grangers also were subjected to special attack by the bears on account of the weakness of the wheat market. There was but little encouragement to buy In the course of the London market, where Ameri cans were largely neglected and prices were weak. There was manifest apprehension also as to what phase the Cuban question may have taken on by the time trading is re sumed Monday. The impression prevailed in the street that the Intention of the adminis tration towards Cuba was in a formative state, with a possibility of taking on an aggressive tone. The anthracite coalers displayed some flrm | ness, due to covering of shorts over Sunday, | and only trivial changes occurred In their ! prices. The Gould shares also manifested a continuance of the strength they displayed yesterday, but It did not outlast the day, and their prices declined in the later dealings in volving them in net losses. There was a general cove-ring movement at the close of the sevision, which rallied prices slightly nearly all through the list from ',£ to % per cent, from the lowest, the latter In Chicago Gas. Some of the extreme declines were Chicago Gas, 2%; Burlington, 1%; Northwest, 1; St. Paul %; Rock Island, 1; Omaha, %, and New York, Chicago & St. Louis second pfd, lVfc, the latter without rallying. The total sales of stocks today were 77,810 shares, Including: Sugar, 14,000; Burlington, 8.700; Chicago Gas, 12,000; Omaha, 3.000; Read- Ing, 3,700: Rock Island, 2,300; St. Paul, O.i'00; Western Union, 3,100; N. J. Central, 2,>00. The following were the fluctuations of the leading railway and industrial shares fur nished by C. H. F. Smith & Co., members New York stock exchange and Chicago board of trade: .II S I * O CO H. Ji n r ; f S. R. &T. Co 6%| 6% 6%| 6% Am. Tobacco 707, | 70% 70% I 70% Am. Spirits I j 104 do pfd i J!BV6 Atchison lOV; 10% 10VSI 10 's do pfd 19 ! 4 19*4 19 19 Am. Cotton Oil | 10 i Bay State Gas I | 9 j Bait & Ohio HVi 11% | 11% ll^i C, B. & Q 73 3 A 73% l 72%! "2Vi C;, C, C. & St. L .... 27341' 27%| 2"% i 27% Ches. & Ohio 16>,4l IsV*\ 16 I 16-.g Chicago Gas 81% 8!% 78%! 79% Canada Southern I 464 Delaware & Hudson.. 101% 104% 104% | 104 Del., Lack. West I I 148 Erie I I 11% General Electric 31 31 31 | 307s Great Northern pfd I 120 Jersey Central 75% 75% 75V41 75% j Kansas & Texas I 10% do pfd 27 27 26% l 26% ! Lead ! 23% I Linseed Oil 10 10 10 10% Laclcde Gas 22 Louis. & Nash 43% 43%! 43% 43% Lake Erie & West I ! 61 Leather pfd 52% 53% 52%! 53 ! Lake Shore ! 162 I Manhattan Con 85 85 84% 84% ! Missouri Pacific 13 13 12% 12% Michigan Central 95 N. P. Common 12 do pfd 38 36 35% I 35% New York Central ..' 98% 98% 98% | 98% Nc-rth western 104% 104%) 103%! 103% North American 1.. 3% Omaha 55% 55%| 55 55 do pfd 138 Ontario & Western 13% Pacific Mall 27% 27% 27 27% Pullman la 7 Reading 18 18% 17% 1 18 do first pfd 40 40 39% I 39% do second pfd 23% Rock Island 63 63 62 62% Southern Railway .... 7% 7% 7% r% do pfd 25% 25% 25%| 25% Silver certificates 61% Sugar^Reflnery ...... 112 112% 112% llg Tennessee Coal 19% 19% 18% 18% Texas Pacific ■•• •••"• £ Union Pacific 6% 6% 6% 6% U. S Rubber 12% 12% 12% 12 Western Union 76% 77% 76% 76% w d a o bas P fd •::::::::::::: m m "m :**» Wheeling & Lake E 'k The following were the closing quotations of other stocks as reported by the Associated Press : : Adams Express.. ..148 ,Ontarlo & West... 13% Alton & Terre H.. 60 lOregon Nay 10 American Ex 113 O. S. L. & U. N. . 15% i Canada Pacific ... 54 Peoria. D. & E... % Canada Southern.. 46%PIttsburg 160 Central Pacific ... 8 Rio Grande West. 12% Chicago & A1t0n.. 150 do pfd 30 Con Gas 159 St. P. & Omaha.. 55% Colorado C. &L. %' do pfd 138 D & R. G. pfd... 30% Southern Pacific . 14% East Tennessee .. ll%Tenn. Coal & Iron. 18% Fort Wayne 160 |T. & O. C. pfd.... 40 Great North, pfd.. 120 iU. S. Express. ... 38 C & E I. pfd 95 .Wells-Forgo Ex. ..101% St P. & Duluth.. 16 Wheeling &L. E. % Kan. & Tex. pfd.. 26% do pfd 2% Louisville &N. A. %Minn. .& St. L.... 16 I Manhattan C0n.... 84% Den. & R. G 9% I Memphis & Charl. 15 :Nat'l Linseed 10 Motile & 0hi0.... 16 Col. Fuel & 1 16% Nashville & Chatt. 66 | do pfd 87 N. J. Central 75%T.. St. L. & K. C. 5% Norfolk & W. pfd. 26%| do pfd 18% U. P.. D. & G 1% Southern 7% Northwest, pfd 154 do pfd 25% N. Y. & N. E 37 ' BOND LIST. U. S. new 4s reg.122% C. P. lsts of "95.102% do new 4s c0up.123 D. & R. G. 7s 112 do 5s reg 113 do 4s 87% do 5s coup 113%' Erie 2ds 62% do 4s reg 110% G. H. & S. A. 65. 102 do 4s coup 112%' do 7s 110 do 2s reg 96 |H. & T. Cen. 55.110 Pacific 6s og '95.104%! do 6s 101 Ala., class A ....107 M. K. T. Ist 45... 84 do B 106 do 2d 4s 56 do C 101% Mut. Union 6s ..107 do Currency ..100 iN. J. C. gen. ss. 110% La. new cons. 4s. 96 Nojt. , P»e. lsts ..117 Missouri 6s 100 40,24 i .,..,..., 52% N. Car. 6s 124 N. . WV., c'cjns ... . , .' 444% do 4a 103 do S. 'F. d«b. 55. 113 S. Car. non-fund. % Rio G. W. l«fs... 73% Term. new set 65.. 81 St. P. eons. 75.. 132 do 5s 105 do C.&P.W. 55.116 do old 6s 60 St. L.&l.M.gen.ss. 67% Va. Centuries ...64% St. L.&S.F.gen.6slll% do deferred 6 I Tex. Pac. lsts ..83 Atchison 4s 80% ldo 2ds 20% do 2d A 44% U. P. lsts of '96.102% Can. So. 2ds 106%We6t Shore 4s ..109 NEW YORK MINING STOCKS. Cholor $0 60Ontario $7 00 Crown Point 27 Ophlr 90 Con. Cal. & Va.. 1 00 18 Deadwood 1 00 Quicksilver 1 00 Gould & Curry.. 25 »do pfd 10 CO j Hald & Norcross. 80 Sierra Nevada .. 40 Homestake 29 00 Standard 1 55 Iron Silver 35 Union Con 36 Mexican 35 Yellow Jacket 22 ""•Asked. BOSTON MINING SHARES. Allouez Mln. Co. 90 Franklin 11% Atlantic 19% Kearsarge 15 Boston & Mont. .119% Osceola 30% Butte & Boston. 16% Qulncy 107% Calumet & Hecla. 37 Wolverine 9% Centennial 5% WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT. NEW YORK, May 15.— The weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Reserve, increase $349,545 Loans, increase 1,031,000 Specie, increase 561,000 Legal tenders, increase 295,000 Deposits. Increase 1,851,000 Circulation, decrease 185.200 The banks now hold ?44,490,500 in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent rule. NEW YORK MONEY. NEW YORK.May 15.— Money on call easy at I%@lV- per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 8%®4 per cent. Sterling exchango easy, with actual business in bankers' bills, $4.87%® 4.87% for demand, and $4.85%'iJ4.56% for sixty days. Postal rates, $4.87@4.hi5%. Commercial bills, 54-85%(&>4.85%. Bar silver, 61% c. SPECIE MOVEMENT. NEW YORK, Hay 15.— The exports of specie from the port of New York for th« week amounted to $2,860,150 In gold and $899, --000 In sliver. The Imports were: Gold, $71, --644; silver, $64,466. BANK CLEARINGS. St. Pau1— 5470,773.25. Minneapolis— s96B,422. New York— Clearings, $53,816,602; balances, $5,813,126. Boston— Clearings, $17,339,737; balances, $1, --913,263. TREASURY STATEMENT. WASHINGTON. May 15.— Today's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Avail able cash balance, $229,151,219; gold reserve, $147,651,229. CHICAGO MONEY. CHICAGO, May 15.— New York exchange, 70c premium. Foreign exchange dull; de mand, $4.87%; sixty days, $4.86. ■ MONEY ■ To loan on approved property in St. Paul and Minneapolis. fiOy X "OW OR O/o BEFORE" In fam to <ult. R. M. NEWPORT & SON, Reeve Bldg., Pioneer Presi Bldg., Minneapolis St. Paul. G. H. F. 6OTH A 39. Me-bers { fitncka. IlimrlK, <ir,ti., "rt»lii->>n a \ I '>•'■> %. Private wires to If"iv York an I C»iij(». HOii I'ioneer Press Huildinif, St. Paul, Hinn. Aficliael Ooran. Jauie* Bonn, | M. DORAN & CO BANKERS AND BROKERS. 311 Jackson St., St. Paul, Mini Griggs Bros. Wholesale FETUS Dealers In 9btU9l Buyers of Timothy and Clover. Our Northern grown Garden deeds are unexcelled. Third and Cedar mm., St. Paul, 'Iliia. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. Trains Leave & Arrive at St. Paul as Follows: UNIOX DEPOT, SIIILEV STREET. jom TICKET OFFICES, fwSgjjf 3!>5 Robert St., Cor. Otix. tßJfft-^ {'Phone 480), and Union Depot. Leave. | b Except Sunday, a Dally. | Arrive. aß:lbam| /-* ■ ■ ■ x~» a g~* g~\^ a.7 :6oam bs :sspm L, T~\ IL^ At 111 all :35am a8:10pm " " * w l m ' VJV -' b9:sspm bl0:10am .Duluth, Superior, Ashland. bs :sopm all:00pm Duluth and Superior a6:boan» al0:0oam Su. City, Omaha, Kan. City a6:r«pnj blo:o^am Elmore, Su Fails, Pipestone b6.sspra b4 :3opm Mankato. New Ulm, Tracy blOtOOam l'10:05am W'atertown, Huron. Pierre bfl:s3pm aß:lspmiSu City, Omaha. Kan. City a7:2sam aSrinpmi'TTHfnrnla 1" Three Days"' a7-2nam /^^ TICKET OFFICE nQri -162- W^Q^O/ EAST THUtD STKEfJT. Union Station, Su Paul. Milwaukee Depot, Minneapolis. Dining and Pullman Cars on I ST. PAUL* Winnipeg and Coast Trains. [Leave. |ArrlV9 PaclSc Mail (daily); Fargo, Bozeman, Butte. Helena, Mis soula, Spokane, Tacoma, Seat tle and Portland 4:3opm 4:4opm Dakota and Manitoba Express (daily) ; Moorhead, Pargo, Fergus Falls Wahpeton, Crookston, Gr'd Forks, Graf ton, Winnipeg 8:00pm 7 :lsam Pargo Local (dly ex. Sun.); Stf Cloud. Brainerd and Fargo :B:3oam s:ospm ***aT ticket office. § Pb >ne 1 ***• BtfD>* .itl/Ai T ° Ked River Valley. Du ll ff AlLiW** luth - Winnipeg, Montana, Kfljl* Kootenal Couuiry aud %9 r^ Pacific Coast. Leave | a Daily, b Except Sunday. | Arrive. bß :3sam |...Breck. Dlv. & B'nchea... b6:oopm b9:ooam|.F'guß Falls Div. & B'nches. b7:ssam b6:oopml...WUlmar. via St. Cloud. .. blO:4sam a7:sCt>m|Breck., Fargo, Gd Fks, W'pg| a7:4sam a4:3opm|. .Montana & Pacific Coast.. | ao :15pm b4:sopru|.. .Excelsior & Hutchinson.. .|bll:4sam EASTERN MINNESOTA— G. N. R'Y. all S ;gm/ Duluth aDd West s °P» rtor - 1 a7Jg ST. PAUL & DULUTH R. R. Route of the "Lake Superior Limited." Leave. I I A/rive. St Paul. [ a Dally, b Except Sunday. Ist Paul. a9 :ooam DULUTH a7 :lsam b2:lspm Jj auiA^amnwm b2:6opm all :lspm W. SUPERIOR s6:2spm From Union Depot. City Office, 396 Robert street. For suburban trains see small Folders. ChlcagoT Milwaukee & St. Paulßliiml ILv.St.P.IAr. St.P. Chicago "Day" Express bß :lsam iblO :lopm Chicago "Atlantic" Ex a2:6spm all :3sam Chicago "Fast Mail" a6:sspm a2:oopm Chicago "Vestibule" Lim.. a8:10pm a7:sOam Chi. via Prairie dv C. Div. b4 :4opm bll :lsam Dubuque via La Crosse bß:lsam bl0:10pm Peoria via Mason City a4 :4opm all :15am St. Louis and Kansas City. aS :35am a6 :2spm Mllbank and Way bß :2oam b6 :3opm Aberdeen and Dakota Ex.. a7:ospm aS:lsam a Daily, b Except Sunday. For full Information call at Ticket Office. (taGO Great Western Rk "The Maple Leaf Route." JTicket Office: Robert St.. cor. sth St. Phone 150. Trains leave from St. Paul Union Depot. •Daily. t Except Sunday. Leave. Arrive. Dubuquo, Chicago. Waterloo, J t7.3o am -ft. 2Bpm Marshalltown. J)es Moincs. . . < *8.10 pm »7.45 am St. Joseph and Kansas City., f *«.io pm *!.."> pm M:mroi' ! "'- Tj — ' ' ~~ -= T^ni fnjsnam M. ST. P. & S. S. M. RY.~ IMO.V STATION. Leave. | EAST. | Arrive. 7:2opm ...Atlantic Limited (dally)... S :4sam 9:osam .RhinoUmder Local (ox. Sun.). s:4opm WEST. o:2oam Pacific Limited (dally) 6:45pm St. Croix Falls Local. Except Sunday. From Broadway 6:oopm Depot foot 4th St 9:l6am GlenwooS Local. Ex. Suuday. 6:oopm|.. "Milwaukee" Depot, Mpls... B:3sam M. «£ St. L. Depot— Broadway & 4th. MINNEAPOLIsTsf. LOUIS R. R. "ALBKIIT LEA ROUTE." Leave. | a Dally, b Except Sunday. | Arrive. Albert L«a. Dcs Moines, Cs b9:lsam ...dar Rp'ds, Kan. City... b7-lopm bS :3sam . ..Watertown, New Ulm .. b4-55pm bs:oopm New Ulm Local blo:2oam a7 :oopm .Dcs Moines & Omaha L'm. a.S:.V>am a7 :oopm .Chicago & St. Louis Llm. aßSjam b4 :4spm Alb't I-sa k Mu.nkn.to Local tlC:3sam WISCONSIN CENTRAL City Office. 373 Robert Street, 'Phone No. 694. Leave) '" JArFw^ StPaulj All Trains Dally. 'stPaul Eau Claire, Chl^pewa Falls, 8:00 am ?.lllwauko« and Chicago S-!sam Ahlond. Eait Claire, Oshkosh, 7:4opm Milwaukes and Chicago 14:10pm BURLINGTON ROUTE. Lv. For | STATIONS. |Ar.From 8 :15 a.m. (.. Chicago, except Sunday.. 2:15 p.mT 8:15a.m.|..5t Louis, except Suuday 8:05 p.m. l Chicago, daily 7:15 am. 8:05 p.m. St. Louis, daliy 7:45 a.m. 8:03 p.m. l. Daily, Peoria. ex. Monday. 7:45 a.m. STEAMER *^H^ QUINCY will leave for St. Louis and intormodiate lahd isißs TiJU-IDATt, May IS, at 10 a. m. For full information regarii>.;:K pissen,-or nud freight rates address C. It. BBOCXWaY. Cen tral Acc:it. Office foot r>f Slb'.ey street, oppo site Union Depot, St. Paul. Te.ephonc call to.