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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1889.
HIE LNDIANAP0LI3 NATIONAL CAM
Denigrated United States Depository.
Corner Room. Old Fellows' IU1X
Theo. P. II acg ret, Pres't. E. K. RExroitD. Cash .
CONDITION OF THE MAKKETS
Trices of Grain Continue 'Strong and
Score Another Slight Advance.
July Option Closed Quietly and "Without a
Squeeze Expectations of a Drop When
Northwestern Wheat Mores.
MONET, STOCKS AND BONDS.
Jd
Trust TaTies Another Drop Grander
Stocks Advance In Prlc.
NEW YORK, July Sl.-Money on call
tras easy at 2'S"X per cent., the last loan
being made at closing otlcrcd at 22.
Prime mercantile paper, SCjper cent.
Sterling exchange quiet and steady at
$1.65 for sixty-day bills, and Sl.SGPi for de
mand. -
The total sales of stocks to-day wero
145.C05 shares, including tho folloxrins:
Atchison, 5,810; New Kn island, C,93; Head
ing, 42,000; St. Paul, 15,4i; Union Pacific,
5,350.
Tho stock market was ngain dull to-day,
and the business of tho forenoon was the
smallest during that time for weeks. The
operations were principally professional,
and the changes in quotations reflected only
tho scalping for fractions of that class
of operators until later in the
day. London after that time was
prominent as a bnyer, and tho
Western operators also came into the mar
ket upon the long side and bulled the gran
gers. Tho unexpectedly favorable report
of the Chicago, linrlington & Quincy for
June stimulated buying of the granger
stocks and incidentally the entire market.
Tho opening prices were in most cases
slightly higher than last evening's closing
figures, but there was no demand for stocks,
aud the professionals and traders had the
market tor the time being all to themselves,
and some of tho late strong stocks, such as
the Chesapeake & Ohio, developed con
Kidcrabie weakness npon the realizations of
tho traders. The selling of Lead Trust was
continued and it dropped down to 217,
while it became more active than for some
time back. New Kn gland was well sup
ported, and was in marked contrast to the
rest of the list, advancing a fraction.
The issue of tne Huriington report toward
noon, however, pnt a different face upon
matters, and buying began at lioon. when
the whole list moved np with a marked in
crease in activity, Burlington crossing 101,
Heading 44 and St. Paul 71. Some of the
leading drawersof exchange made a chango
in their rates to reduce the difference be
tween the demand and sixty-day rates,
which helped the buying to some extent.
The new Olivine continued nn to nearly de
livery hour. wLen tho demand slacked off
nnd the realizations were renewed, but
toward the close, which was dull,
though firm, the market again stiffened up.
and prices again advanced slightly. Owing
to the renewed interest in lead, tho unlisted
stocks furnished a larger proportion of the
day's business than usual of late. In the
fcnal changes only ono important change is
to be noticed, an advanco of l'J in Dela
ware & Hudson.
There was a little more animation in rail
road bonds, tho sales of all issues aggre
gating $1,024,000, but there was no specially
active bond on the list. Tho tone of tho
market continued generally steady.
Government bonds wero dull and steady.
State bonds were dull and without feat
ure. Closing quotations were:
Four per ct. reg...l21;La1co Erie & Wen. lGa
lour rer c:. coup.lilSV.L. E. A W.pref.... 57
Fourand a2sreg105VLnke Shore 102
Four and acouplOG'-i'Lou. & Xash bin
raeltte Gsof '9r...im Lu. AN. A 3H
Louisiana st'rnl 4s. 83tjMein.S: Charleston GO
Missouri 6s 1001 Michigan Central. 803
Tenn. new net. T.s.100 Mil., L. 8. fc W .... feSa
Term, new net. Ss.lO'-lig MH.X.S.& W.pref. HO
Tenn. new set. 3s. 727 Mlun. &. St. L. 4
Can. Southern 2ds. 0i M. A 8t. L. pref... l
CeiuPacttto l8ts..ll4'4lMl.sftnuri Pacittc... 67&j
Den. fc K. G. lst.l in . Mobile A Onlo I2a
Deu. A R. O. 4a... 7fl4
Den. ARG.W.lstslOl
Erie seconds 102 h
M., K. & T. gen. 6s 62
M., K. A T. xen. 5s 57
Mutual Union (JS..IOOV4
. J. C. Int. cer....H3
Nashville A Chat.. 03
New Jersey Cent..llO
Norfolk & W. preL 50
Northern Pacinc. 281
Northern Pacpref
Northwetcrn.-..10S18
Ntorthrestnpfef..l39
North'n Pac. Ists..!! New York CentrallO30
North'n Pac. 2d. . 1 1 53& X. Y C. A at. L .. 1 fl
N'wesfn consols.. 140 NY..C.&St.L.prcf Gh
Vweit'n deb'aon.lM O. A Mississippi... 228
Oregon fe TTans OhIOIm O. A M. pret 87
6t. L.vVI.M.j;en. 5s 84Tg
Ontario A West... lG7a
Ore. Improvement S4
Ore. Navigation... ;4
Ore. A Trans 31
Paclllo Mail 33
l'eoria, D. 5t E 20a
llttsburg 100
Pullman Palace. .182
Keadiug 44
Kock Island dSh
8t. Ij. A H. F
.St. L. A 8. F. iref . Qb
Ht.I&8.F. 1st pref 109
Ht,Paul 705
i
ht. L. AH.F.gen.m.118
fct. Paul consols... 125
PL P.,C. A P.l8ts.ll7
T. J'. U CI. Tracts. RtAi
T. P. K. G. Y. rets.
Union Pacille lsts.115
West Shore 10i
Adams Express.. .141)
Alton AT. II 41
Alton AT.H.pref.105
American ExiresslHJ
Eur., C. K. A N.... 21
Canada Pacific. .. 552
Canada southern..
Central Pacinc...
dies. A Ohio
C. A O. rref. lsts..
(i AO. pref. 2d..
51? St. Paul pref 1093
3 1 a t. Par. 1, M. AM.. 97 h
23 jst. Paul A Omaha. 33U
OSVHt. Paul A O. pref. l4a
3s3e Tenn. Coal A Iron 3914
t hirnjro A Alton. .12.
('., B. A Q 4. ..101 I
C, bt. L. A P 14
C.,ft.L.AP. pref. 34 i
C..KA C iV.
ClevrdAColuiubV. bO
11. A Hudson U li
Texas Paciflc 19
T. A O. Cen. pref.. 53
Union Pacinc
U. fc. Express 90
W.,St. L. & P..... 14
W Bt. E. A P. pref 28
Wells A Farico Ex.139
Western Union.... 848
Am. Cotton Oil.... 53
Colorado Coal 20 H
Uouietake
Iron Silver 150
Ontario 34
Quicksilver 64
Del.. Lurk. A W...14:F
Deu.AK.0 ir,i4
Kat Tennessee.... O1
J;. Tcnu. 1st prer.
E. Teun. 2d pref.
Erie
Erie preferred...,
70
2;o
Tort Wayne... 157
Ouicksllver pref.. 3(
Fort Worth A Den
Hot-kin Valley....
Houston A Texas. 8
wutro
Hulwer
Htcn. A W. P
Atch.. Tod. A 8. F.
5
20
22
35 34
214
45
Illinois Centrul....ll43
I., 11. AW
Kaunas A Texas
fW I)cn..Tex. A Ft. W.
lOIDen. A li. G. pref.
Ex. interest.
EV YOEK, July 31.-Bar silyer, 92Uc
TKAMING AT CHICAGO.
The Ups and Downs of the 3Iarket, with the
Ttanc In Price of Leading Articles.
CHICAGO. July SI. To-day's session
closed without aensational features in the
wheat pit. July did not sell above the
closing figures of yesterday, and there were
no indications of any attempt at manipula
tion, the price being down to within a
small fraction of August before noon. The
general market opened in rather a nervous
and hesitating manner, with some 'shorts"
disposed to coyer, as initial trades were at
a decline of He as compared with yester
day's closing. The early weakness, how
ever, was but temporary, and notwith
standing the largo receipts posted here and
at other points, tho market gradually hard
ened under tho inlluenco of ostentatious
and rather largo buying of August wheat
by brokers for a prominent local operator.
Without scarcely a reaction September
moved up c from tho opening figures, and
December 2C. Local sentiment, in fact,
fa vored the bull side throughout tho first
half of tho session, early cables being firm.
A dispatch from northern Dakota said that
the spring w heat harvest had begun, and
would bo under full headway by Aug.
5; also, that threshing would bo
practically over in two wtMks.
which puts all danger from frost out of tho
question. Tho market closed quiet with
August a shade stronger, September and
vear unchanged. December lower and
lfuiyl7fcc oil". Only a moderate business
was transacted in corn, trading being
mainly local. Tho feeling was compara
tively limi, and higher priced wero the
rule, especially so on the near futures. The
principal feature was trade in Jnly, which
was wanted and sold at one time at lc
premium over September. The market
opened at about j'esterday's close; was tirra
and advanced h1-', reacted, losing the
advance, ruled steady, and closed at about
the same ligures as yesterday. Oats were
weaker and a shade lower, with a fair in
crease in the volume of the transactions.
In mei s pork very little business was trans
acted, and the feeling was firmer. Prices
advanced 2H'25c, but this was lost. To
ward the close a littlo demand from
"shorts" attracted some attention, nnd
prices were advanced suddenly 151720.
and the market closed rather firm. In lard
rather light business was reported, and a
ctead? feeling prevailed. Prices wero ad
vanced .Oa.aic, and the market closed
linn. Only a fair trade was reported in
ribs. Prices Tuled comparatively steady
early, but rallied .OT.iOc near the close,
and ruled rather Jinn. The leading futures
ranged as follows:
Option. OptnCg Iliyhext. Loxccst. Cloning.
Wheat July.. . 7D'i :si 77ra
August.. 774 784 774 77
Sept 77 77 m 77 77
Ucc 1h 73U 7S' 78"j
Corn August WU &l
Sept 3o 3Gi so, zcH
October.. sr, c5i 36 H
Oat August. M- 23 21i 21?
Septa... 2l7 2l7e 213 ' 31?
October. 22
Pork Ansrust, io.5o V0.&2h t!0.62a
Stpt 10.57 10.70 10.52 h 10.70
October.. 10.10 10.45
Lard August, coo 6.073
Sept 6.15 M 6.1711
October.. 6.17a C'JO 6.15 6.17
. Sh't rihs-Aur 5.53 6.420 6.:s 5.424
Sept....". 6.45 5.5.5 6.40 5.52
October.. 6.45 5.522 5.40 5.52
Cash Quotations were as follows: Flour
dull nnd unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat.
TTVSTc: No. 3 spring wheat, TSST'Jc; No. 2
red, 77 Va 78c; No. 2 com, CCHc; No. 2 oats,
21 c; No. 2 rye, 4Gc; No. 2 barley nominal;
No. 1 tlnxsecd, SLSi1?: prime timothy-seed,
81.43; mess pork, per brl. $10.2i2'310.70; lard,
0.07 W& C.lOc; short-rib sides (loose), 5.4C&
5.4."c: dry-salted shoulders (boxed) 5.122
G-a.ZTtc; hort-clear aides (boxed), 5.G33
&5.73c; whisky, distillers' linished goods,
per gallon, $1.02; sugar, cut-loaf, un
changed. On tho Trodnce Exchange, to-day, tho
bntter market was fairly active and un
changed. Kgxs qnlet at lie.
Kcceipts Flonr, 17,000 brls; wheat, 211.000
bit; com, H52.000 bu; oats. 143.000 ba: rye,
9,000 bn; barlev, 1,000. Shipments Flour,
5.000 brls; wheat, 14,000 bu; corn, 845.000
bn; oats, 263,000 bn; rye. 2,000; barley, 2.000 bu.
AT NEW YORK.
Kultng Prices in Produce at the Seaboard's
Commercial Metropolis.
NEW YORK, July Sl.-Flour-Receipts,
27,802 packages; exports, 5,113 brls. 1,521
sacks. The market was heavy and quiet.
Sales, 1C.C50 brls.
Wheat Receipts, CS,S50 bn; exports, ttf,4$0
bu; sales, 3,9S4,000 bn futures, 191,000 bu spot.
Spot market was unsettled, ilc lower
and fairly active, chiefly for milling. No. 2
red, 87 8740 in store and elevator, SStyS
69:rc afloat. 87800 f. o. b.; No. S red.
8112 2c; No. 1 red, tfc; No. 1 white, 4c;
ungraded red, 711'5'8y2C. Options were
fairly active; July was 7sc lower on com-
?lete settlements of contracts; othermonths
H'Sn-iC lower, witli free sellers and weaker
cables: No. 2 red, July, 8CVa$734c; August,
854'as'5-10c, closing at Soc: JSepterubor,
84785 5-lCc, closing at 85c; October. 8558
'28.'8C, closing at853gc; November closing
Uve firm. Barlev nominal. H.itIpv malfc
dull; Canada. ttc$l.or for old and new.
Corn Receipts. 203.900 bu; exports. 25,014
bu; sales, 1,410.000 bu futures, 161,000 bu
spot. Spot market was less active, VSo
lower and heavy; No. 2, 4334 44c in ele
vator, 44 V24434C afloat; No. 2 white, 50
51c: No. 8 nominal; ungraded mixed, 4234
S45e; steamer mixed nominal. Options
more active and steady; August, 444414C,
closing at 44c; September, 44VN47se. clos
ing at44c; October. 44Vtf44 ll-16c, closing
at 44V; November. 4434 44 7&c. closing at
4434c.
Oats Receipts, 18,000 bu; exports. 50 bn;
sales, 505.000 bu futures, 181,000 bu spot.
opot market more active aud lower; An
AVestern, 8440c; No. 2 Cnicago, 29c.
liay nrm aud in fair demand.
Hops quiet and easy.
toilee options opened barely steady
from unchanged to 10 points up; and closed
weak, with near months 510 Doints dowu
and far months up 5 points. There was
moderate business; lirm cables. Sales, 06,
500 bags, including: August, 14.7514.80
September, 1 4.80a 15.05c; October, 14.S0ft
14.90c; November. 14.80 14.WJc; December
and January, 14.70 14.85c: February, 14.70
rj 14.80c; II arch. 14.f- 14.85c; May. 14.70 a)
14.90c; spot Rio quiet; fair cargoes, 17H:c.
Sugar Raw quiet and easy; fair reiining,
611-lCc; centrifugal, 90 test, 734c: refined
quiet and steady. Molasses Foreign dull;
New Orleans quiet. Rice weak and quiet.
Kosin quiet and steady; strained. Si. 10.
Tallow easier; city (half for packages), 45dc;
out of town (packages free), common to
strictly choice, 4 9-lGc.
Eggs in fair demand and firm; Western
best, 13V2)14c. ,
Pork unchanged, gales, 250 brls; mess,
inspocted, $12012.50; mess, uninspected,
$11.7512; extra prime, $11. Cut meats
strong; pickled bellies, 7814c; pickled
hams, 11 L 1184c: pickled shoulders, oh
54C Middles ifnu. Lard stronger and
quiet; Western steam, 0.45c; city, 0.10c; Au
gust (1.40c bid; September. G.51c bid; Octo
ber, 6.51c bid: November, 0.35c bid.
Buttor in liberal supply and easy; West
ern dairj 10 12c; A estern creamery, lKz
17c: Western factory, 8-122C. Cbeeeo quiet
and steady; Western, 070.
TKADE IN OENER.L.
Quotations at St. EouI, Philadelphia, Daltl
( more, Cincinnati and Other Points.
ST. LOUIS, July 31. Flrur quiet an.I steady.
Wheat better. Receipts wre disappointing, and
thcra was a decrease in stock, while cables wero
higher. This so alarmed some Auut "shorta"
that they hastened to get out. The result was a
rapid advance of o. with which the balance of
the market sympathised enough to move up 4
ape. When the early buyers wants were atis
ned the market weakened off, but rallied late,
cember, T778S784C, closing at 78o bid: year,
733h733ic; closing at 733; May, 83o. Corn
Cash was again forced up, with sales at 40c, and
this bid for more. The July option was advanced
to 40c, at uhlch the "long" interest ottered to
pell ou settlement or buy, but no settlement was
eilected, and tho deal will be arbitrated. The
balance of the market closed weak and lower;
No. aJ mixed, cash, Uc; August closing at 33lic;
Feptember, 3314c; December, 3240 asked; year,
3l5ie bid: May,345sc. Oats weak; No. 2, cash,
2"e asked; July, 'El 3te bid on pettlenaent; August,
'JOc bid. Uye unchanged. Hay qtdet but strong;
prairie, $8; timothy, $10.50M4. Brau Noth
Ingdoiug. Flaxseed 8iHt, 1.30: August, SI. 23
ai.S'i. Butter and eggs unchanged. Corn
lneal lower; $2.0532.15." Whisky, $1.02. Pro
visions dull nnd weak. I'ork,$ll.l.. Lard rrime
ste&nidull at .".75c. Dry-alt meats Shoulders,
5c: longs and ribs. &.G0& 5. rt3e; short clear, 5.80
'&5.85o. Bacou Hoxed shoulders, 5.50;; longs
and ribs, O.'.'da 0.35c; short clear, 0.40 a 0.55c.
Receipts 1 lour, 4,0tK) brls: wheat, 80,000 bu;
com, 52.O0O bu; oits.4S.OOU. thipmer.ts Flour,
lO.0Oibrl.: wheat, 40,000 bu; corn, 27,000 bu;
oats, 10,000 bu.
PHILADELPHIA. July 31. Flrar-Cholce
old winters very tlrm. New winters offered
freely to arrive, but met with very little demand.
Springs sold slowly at former rates. Wheat ruled
linn for futures. Cash wheat dull, and conces
sions of so had to bo made in order to clean up
receipts of No. 2 and steamer: No. 1 Pennsylva
nia red, on track, $1.04; new No. 2 Pennsylva
nia red, in export elevator, 90c: steamer No. 2
led, in export elevator, 83c; No. 2 red. In export
elevator. s5ac; No. 3 red, July, 85c80c; Au
gust, yiVtfSO'-ic; September, Hl'ufcUe; Oc
tober, S1?4'?8514C. Corn linn; No. 2 yellow,
on trark, 45c: No. 2 mixed, on truck, 45c, with
45c bid and 45se asked for No. 2 mixed, in
Twentieth-street elevator and grain depot; No. 2
mixed, July, 444 44 Hc; August, 44 44se; Sep
tember. 444c 44ic; October, 44ofr45c. Oats
quiet aud barely steady; No. 2 mixed, in grain
depot, yoec; No 8 white, 333333; No. 2 white,
34c; futures stjady but quiet; No. 2 white,
July, 3ti434cc; August. 31"sa324C; Septem
ber. 30 a 31 4c; Octolter. 314'a3HiM Butter
dull and irregular, Pennsylvania creamery, ex
tra, 18e; rennsylrani.i prints, extra, 2527e.
Kggs tlrm and in fair demand; Pennsylvania
Ursts, 1413c Receipts Flour, 2.000 brls;
wheat. 13,000 bu: corn, 13.300 bu: oats, 20.5OO
bu. Sblpuietts Wheat, 700 bu; corn, 20,000
bu; oats, 10,800 bu.
MINNEAPOL1P. July 31. There was very lit
tle business done In cash wheat during the fore
itoou, aud seller who wero anxious to dispose of
their stocks were offering some concessions in
the matter of prices. Mot sellers wero holding
grade wheat at about yesterdu3s figures, but as
it was the last day of July buyers took very lit
tle grain. Ihey reason that after the opening of
August the prlco of No. 1 Northern will drop
considerably below 90o, and carry tho other
grades with it, and that in a few days prices in
iah wheat here wHl fall several cents. With
this in view, there wav ve ry littlo taken to-day.
The receipts lor the day were 74 car loads, aud
04 were shipped out. Closing quotations: No.
ern, July, 83c; on track, 84aSb'c.
BALTIMORE, July 3i. Wheat Western quiet
but tlrm; No. 2 winter red, spot, 8Goc; August,
83-e33ic; September, 834t3i.c; October,
S44c; December, HSe. Corn Western flrruer;
mixed, spot, 45c; August, 43f43'Uc; Septem
ber, 43-1 a43c; October, 444 e Md; steamer.
4iX Oats Bet grades in deiuaud; mixed
pleutlful; Western white, 33334cc; Western
mixed. 29831o. Bye Ann at 50252c. Hay
Old in fair demand; rriuio timothy. $11.5ui.l5.
Provisions dull. Butter steady: creamery, 10 W
1640. Eggs firm; fresh. 13 a 132C. Coffee nom
inal: Rio. fair, 18c Receipts Flour, 10.000 brls;
wheat, 03,000 bu; corn, 19,630 bu; oaf, 3,000
at bOJ4c; December, eT'&SSc, closing at
673ic; January, S3782:$9i4C, closing at8b7ac;
Mav. 92la'392SAC- closing at ft?3wc.
gust, 27''a!28c, closing at277sc; fecptember.
27'S273c, closing at 270; spot No. 2
white. S42c: mixed Western. 20290: white
anaemia 4o auovo yereruay; No. area,
cash, 73-744c; July, 3aa74e. closing at
74c: August. 73s'i74c, cioing at 7330 bid; Sei
tembcr, 742a747,e. clonic at 7 4 '40 bid: De
l nam. July, 982: on true. i.ui: o. i ortn
era, July, 93e; August, blc: September. 7Sie;
Dcccmbrr, 79c: on track. 92393c; No. 2 North
rnn 11 Clitnmanta TTfnT. T JifiCi 1r1a
wheat. 5,000 ba; corn. 9.000 bu. 8ales NTieat,
131,000 bu; com, 2,00 bu.
CINCINNATI. July 3l.-Flour quiet Wheat
arco and firm: No. 2 mixed. 79c. Receipts.
11,000 bu; shipments, 10,000 bu. Cora tlrm;
No. 2 mixed, 3Hc. Oats quiet; No. 2 mixed.
20co. Bve quiet: No. 2, 4748c rork firm
at $11.373. Lard stronger at 5.87se. Bulk
meats in fair demand; short ribs, 5.05c. Bacon
steady; short clear, 0.75c. Whisky active; sales,
891 brls of finished goods on a basis of $1.02.
Butter steady. Sugar Arm. Eggs stronger at
lOailc, loss off. Cheese stronger.
TOLEDO, Jnly 31. Wheat active but lower,
cash, 76aSOc; August, 787ac; September,
794c: December. 83ic. Corn dull but flrra:
cash, 37ic; August, 377$c. Oats quiet; cash No.
2 white, 292C. Clover-eed dull; cash, $4.50;
October, $4.45. Receipts Wheat, 171,000 bu;
corn,4,0C0 bu. Shipments Wheat. 83,000 bu;
corn. 3.00O bu.
DETROIT. Julv31.-Wheat-No. 1 white, cash.
83c; No. 2 red, 81c: Augnt. 794C. eeptcmber.
792c; December, 8220. Corn No. 2. cahana
August, 37c; September, 37c. Oats No. 2,
cash. 24tjc; No. 2 white, cash. 2840. receipts
Wheat, 27,000 bu; cats, 9,200 bu.
Oils.
NEW YORJT, July 31.-Petroleum-fitoelr Ex
change Ope ning, 99e; highest. 09c; lowest,
982c; closing at 9Se. Consolidatod Ex
changeOpening. 99ac: highest, 99ec; lowest,
iSc: closing at 9-jSfO. Total sales. 933.000 brls.
Turpentine firmer aud quiet at 3934,340120.
OIL CITY, July 31. National Transit certlu-
catfn openel at 90c; highest, 99 oc; lowest. 983sc;
closed at 935C. Sales, 403,000 brls; clearanees,
1.110,000 brls; charters, 83.093 brls; shipments,
85,974 brls; runs, 87,594 brls.
PITTSBURG, July 31. Petrolenm duTl and
heavy. National Transit certlllcates opened at
987aC; closed at OSa; highest, 99sc; lowest,
9S4C
CLEVELAND, Jnly 31. -Petroleum easy;
Standard white, 1103, 7ac.
CHARLESTON, July 31. Turpentine Una
at 39o.
SAVANNAH, July 31. Turpentine Ann at
39c.
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Cotton.
NEW YORK, July 3l.-Cotton dull; middling
uplands, 115-16c; middling Orleans, 119-lCe;
sales. 362 bales. Futures closed steady; sales,
20,500 bales; August, 10.07a10.63c: September,
10.19 a 10.20c; October, 9.90: November, 9.88c;
December, 9.90c; January, 9.95-51 9.96c; February,
10.02310.03c; March, 10.09ai0.10c; April.
10.icai0.17c; May, 10.23 a 10.25c; June, 10.30
10.320.
NEW ORLEANS. Jnly 31.-Cotton steady; mid
dling, lie; low middling. 104C; good ordinary,
93mc; net receipts, 78 bales; gross receipts, 334
bales; exports coastwise, 545 bales; sales, 50
bales; stock, 11,391 bales.
LIVERPOOL, July 31. Cotton firm with a
good demand. Pales, 10,000 bales, of which 1,
50O bales were for speculation and export, and
included 0.200 hales of American.
Dry Goods.
NEW YORK, July 31. The dry goods market
was without new feature, except an increasing
deuiand for cheap brown and bleached cottons.
Hosiery and underwear were in improved re
quest, and there was a better tone. oolen fab
rics were in fair demand.
Metals.
NEW YORK, July 31. rig-iron steady: Ameri
can, $15.50317.50. Copper firmer, lake, Au
gust, 11.75c Lead dull but strong; domestic,
3.97sc. Tin quiet but firm; Straits, 19.70c
ST. LOUIS, July 31. Lead unchanged.
Wool.
ST. LOUIS, July 31. Wool dull and lower;
bright medium, 19325c: coarso braid, 1522c;
low sandy, ll218o; line light, 10323c; flue
heavy, llai9c; tub-washed, cholco, 30c; in
ferior, 30334c.
LIVE STOCK.
Top Grades of Cattle Strong, Common Dull
Hogs Weak and Lower Sheep Actire.
Indian afo lis, July 31.
Cattle Receipts, 450; Shipments, 150. The
quality was fair. Tho market was strong on top
grades, while common were dulL
Export grades
(Jood to choice shippers
Common to medium shippers. ......
fftockers, 500 to 850 Bs
Oood to choice heifers
Common to medium heifers
Ooed to choice cows
Fair to medium cows
Common old cows
Veals, common to choice
Bulls. common to choice
$4.0034.25
3.00 3.90
2.753.25
2.2532.75
... 2.05W3.0O
... 1.752.40
... 2.50 2.80
... 2.0032.35
... 1.251.75
... 2.754.00
... 1.50&2.50
Milkers, common to good...
IIocs Receipts, 2,500;
15.00330.00
shipments, 1,475.
Quality good. The market opened weak and
sharply lower, especially on heavy grades. '
Light $1,509-4.60
Mixed 4.3.Tft4.4.t
Heavy. 4.2034.30
Sheep Receipts, 400: shipments, 223. Tho
market was actlvo at strong prices.
Good to choice
Fair to medium
$4.00 4.55
3.5033.80
2.75(43.25
2.0093.00
Common
Bucks, per head
Elsewhere.
NEW YORK, July 31. Beeves Receipts, 1.
540, including 04 car-loads for the market and
20 car-loads for city slaughterers direct. Good
cattle were about steady; ordinary to fair native
eattlo dull and lOo per ICO pounds lower; Texas
stc ? rs very hard to sell at any price. Native
Steers sold at $3.5034.60 per 10O iouuds; Texas
steers at $2,802 3; native, bulls uud cows, $1.90
2.90. Exports from this port, 660 beeves and
2,000 quarters of bsef.
Calves Receipts, 2.COO. The market was act
ive and firm at $4.50 6.50 per 100 pounds for
veals, and $2.5033.50 for buttermilk calves.
fcbeep and iJumba Receipts, 7,700. The mar
ket wus firmer for both sheep and lambs, and all
sold, including common to choice sheep at $3.75
'a 5.50 per 10 pounds, and common to choice
lambs at $5 a-7.
Hogs Receipts, 0.900. Tho market was dull
for live hogs at $4.5095 per 100 pounds, with
several lots of State hogs sold at $4.5034.90.
KANSAS CITY, July 31. The Live Stock Indi
cator reports: Cattle Receipts, 3,813; ship
ments, . The market was more active.
Dressed beef and shipping steers strong to 5o
higher; best Texas aud Indian steers a shade
stronger; common steady; calves lirm at $5 a
7.23 each. Oood to choice corn-led steers, $3.85
34.15; eommon to medium, $333.05; stockers
nnd feeding steers, $1.60 &3; cows, $1.5052.05;
grass rango steers, $1.6032.70.
Hogs Receipts, 3,089; shipments, 1,C02, The
market was about steady with yestcrdav. Good
to choice light, $4.1524.22s; heavy and mixed,
$3.65 34.10.
Sheep Receipt. 1,935; shipments, 521. The
market was steady. Good to choice muttons,
$3,7574; common to medium, $2.5033.50.
CTIICAGO. July 31. The Drovera Journal re
ports: Cattle Receipts, 12,000; shipments, 4,
000. The market was steady; good grades strong
er, beeves. $4.2024.55; steers. $3.35 3 4.25; stack
ers and feeders, $2.1033.15; cows, bulls and
mixed. $1.0033; Texas cattle, $1,7533; natives
and half-brecdP, $3.253.50.
Hogs Receipts. 13,0C0; shipments. 5,500. The
market was steady; mixed, $4.2034.45; heavy,
$4 V4.35; light. $4.3034.05; skips, $3.8034.50.
Sheep Receipts, 5,0OO; shipments, 2,000. The
market was steady; natives, $3.9034.80; West
erns, $3.50 a4; Texans, $3.404.25; lambs, $1.90
-33.75. Thirteen car-loads of cattle shinned to
New York to-day.
Hogs Receipts, 1,400; shipments, 000. Mar
ket Jow. LOgnr xorKcrs, 9i.U0 34.75; medinm
and light Phlladelphlas, $1.70; hevy hogs, $1.40
34.50. Three car-loads of hogs shipped to New
York to-day.
Sheep-Recelpts.S.COO; shipnients,2,000. Mar
ket steady; prime, $4.75'35; fair to good. $4.5
4.75; common, $3.5034; lambs, $4'35.75.
BUFFALO. July 31. Cattle Receipts. CO car
loads through, 8 car-loads for 6alo. Nothing do
ing. sheep and Lambs Receipts, 19 car-loads
through; 2 car-loads for sale. Market un
changed. Hogs Receipt., 15 car-loads through; 21 car
loads for salo. Market dull; light Yorkers, $1.70
3 1.75; Inferior Yorkers, $4.5031.75; mediums
nud heavy, $4.50; mixed Yorkers and mediums,
$4.00; common heavy, $1.25r4.45.
ST. LOUIS. July 31. Cattle Receipts, 5.100;
shipments. 000. Market for shinning cattlA
active and steady at $3.0534.35; good, fat rural
cattle in large stinpiy ana selling a shade lower;
common to fair Texas cattle 10 15c lower.
Hogs Receipts, 3,400; shipments. 800. Man.
Icet about 5e lower; Yorkers. $4.1034.45: mixed
Loc-s, Jf4.3U' Heavy packing. .4.1034.2..
Sheep Receipts,4, 100; shipments, 1, UK). Mar
ket active and steady.
CINCINNATI, July 31. Cattle Receipts,
720; shipments, 150. Market stead v.
Hogs in light demand and lower; common and
light. $3.t: tf4.iK; racsing and butchers, $1.35
j4.A0. Receipts, 2,9 40; shipments, 270.
Sheep Receipts, 9,700; shipments, 7,150;
Aiar&et strong, iimus raster at a o.
INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS.
NothLnjr New to Not in Any Line of Trad
Business Moderately Good.
Indianapolis, July 31.
With a fairly good volume of trade in
progress there is nothing special to men
tion. Dry goods men report a good local
trade. A good many buyers of small lots
are coming in, while the traveling men aro
sending in very fair orders. Orders for
future delivery are being placed in liberal
amounts. Groceries are steady and quiet,
with tho exception of sugars, which are
again stiflening, with an advance in the
East of o cn some grades, though no
change is made in quotations in this mar
ket. Produco remains without change.
EAST LIBERTY, July 31 .-Cattle-Receipts,
OGO: shipments, 1,500. Market fair: prime,
$4.23x fair to good. 3.904.10: common.
Fruits and rccgt.iblcs are plentiful, and
prices are generally low. Apples rauge all
the way from $1.50 to 5.50 per barrel, and
blackberries from 4.5035 for nice home-
crown down to almost nothmc for shinned
stuff, which mostly arrives in a badly do
moralized condition. Pears of good quality
are making their appearance in limited
quantity. (J rapes and good plums are still
scarce.
GRAIN.
The grain markets present no new feature. An
Improvement in the weather is anxiously awaited.
as a few days of dry and warm reather will in
crease the supply of good merchantable and
milling wheat. There is an over-supply of re
jected and unmerchantable, which it is a hard
matter to aisiose or, while good No. 2 red is m
request at quotations. Corn is without change.
and osts also retain the steady tone which has
characterized dealings in that cereal for the past
month. We quote:
Wheat No. 2 red. 7Cs377c: No. 3 red. 73c: re
jected, 62365c; unmerchantable, 57ac; July,
702 377c; August, 75375c.
Corn No. l white, 33cc; No. 2 white, SS?;
No. 3 white, one color, 38c; No. 2 color, 37sc;
No. 2 mixed, 35a336c; No. 3 mixed, 35cc;
No. 2 yellow, 352c; No. 3 yellow, 342c; ear. 34-j
Oats No. 2 white, 28sc; No. 3 white, 2Ga
27c; No. 2 mixed 24cr rejected, 21tf25c.
jjran ;i ru.vD. wmppers paying $-4.dost9.
Hay Timothy, choice. $12: No. 1. $10.50:
No. 2 not wanted. Prairie. No. 1. $77.50.
The inspections were onlv seventeen cars of
wheat, twelve of corn and one of oats.
Jobbing-Trade Price List.
CANNED GOODS.
Peaches Standard 3-nound. Sl.8032.00: 3-
gannd seconds. $1,402)1.60. Miscellaneous
lackberries, 2-pound, 8090c; raspberries, 2
pound, $1.1531.30; pineapple, standard, 2-
iound, $1.4032.50; seconds, 2-pouud. $1,103
.20; cove oysters, 1-pound, full weight, 95c 3 $1;
light. 65375c: 2-nound. full. $1.7031.80: lieht.
90c7$l; string beans. 85395c; Lima beans.
$1.20 a l.nv, peas, marrowfat. $1,209 L40; small,
$1.5031.75; lobsters, 551.8522; red cherries,
9.c21.10; strawberries, $1.2091.30; salmon
(Bs), $1.9092.50.
COAL AND COKE.
Anthracite, $6.7597 4 ton: Jackson lunin.' $4
V ton; nut, $3.50; Brazil block, $3.50 p ton; nut.
$3; rittsbnrg, $4 Y ton; nut, $3.75: Raymond
end Winifrede, $4 ton: nut, $3.75; Duggar
lump. $3.75 Hp ton: nut. $2.76; Island Cltv lump.
$3.25 V ton; nut, $3; Highland lump, $:i ton;
nut, S2.50; Fieumont -ana JJio&sburg, $o ton;
Indiana cannel, $5 if ton; gas-house coke, lie
bn, or $2.75 load; crushed coke, 12o Hr bu, or
$13 V load.
DRUGS.
Alcohol, $2.2232.30; asafa:tida,15S20c: alnra,
4ft 5c; camphor, 30 c; 33c; cochineal, 50355c;
chloroform, 50355c; copperas, brls. $333.50;
cream tartar, pure, 40342c; indigo, 80381c;
licorice, Calab.. genuine, 30945c; magnesia,
carb., 2-oz, 25935c; morphine, P. fc W oz,
$2.80; madder, 12914c; oil. castor, gal, $1.10
91.15; oil, bergamont, O. $333.25; opium,
$3 9 3.10c: quiuine,IfcV.,4' oz, 509 55c; balsam
copaiba, 60305c: soap, Castile, Fr., 12916c;
soda, bicarb., 4 a 3 Ce; salts, Epsom, 495c; sul
phur, flour, 490c; saltpetre, 8 20c; turpentine,
583 62o; glycerine, 25 330c; idodide potass., $3
93.20: bromide potass., 40342c; chlorate pot
ash. 25c; borax, 10312c; cinchonidia, 129l5c;
carbolic acid, 45 9 5oo.
Oils Linseed oil, raw, C2e gal; boiled, 65c;
coal oil, legal test, 99 14c; bank, 40c; best straits,
50c, Labrador, 60c; West Virginia, lubricating,
02930c; miners', 05o. Lard Oils, No. 1, 50955c;
do, extra, 65970c.
Wiktk Lead Pure, 7c.
DRY GOODS.
Bleached Sheetings Blackstone AA, 7c;
Ballou & Son, 7 he; Chestnut Hill, Oc; Cabot 4-4,
7sc: Chapman X, bc; Dwlght Star 8, 8$ic;
Fruit of the Loom, 8i,c: Lonsdale, 8 se;Llnwood,
8c; Masonville, Sc; New York Mills, 10sc; Our
Own, 53ic; Pepperell, 9-4, 22c; Pepperell, 10-4,
24c; Hills, 8c; Hope, 7e; Knight's Cambric,
8c; Lonsdale Cambric, 10c; Whltinsville, 33
inch; 6ac; Wamsutta, 1020.
Bkown Sheeting Atlantic A, 74c; Boott C,
6c; Agawam F, 5ac; Bedford R, 5c; Augusta,
5o; Boott A L, 7c; Continental C. 63c; Dwight
Star 8c; Echo Lake. 6ac; Graniteville EE, 62c:
Lawrence LL, So; Peppered E, 74c; Pepperell
K, 6c; Pepperell 9-4, 20c; Pepperell 10-4, 22c;.
Utiea 9-4, 22ac; Utica 10-4, 25c: Utica C, 4ae.
(jInuuams Amoskeag, 6c; Bates, 0c; Glou
cester, 64c; Glasgow, 6c: Lancaster, 6c; Ita
nelman's, 72c; Renfrew Madras. 8ic; Cumber
land, 6c; White, Oc; Rookfolrt. 9ae.
Grain Bags American, $10.50; Atlantic, $15;"
Frankllnville, $1: Lewiston, $18; Ontario;
$10.5O; ctark A, $21.
Pai'EK Cambrics Manville,Cc; 8. 8. k Son,
6c: Masonville.Oc; Garner, (5.
Prints American lancy, 6 c; Allen's fancy,
62c; Allen's dark, Oc; Allen's rink, 62c; Ar
nold's, 6flc; Berlin 6olld colors, 6c; Cocheco,
(c; Conestoga, Oc; Dunnell's, 6o; Eddystone,
0ac; Hartel, Oc; Harmony, 54c; Hamilton, 6?c;
Greenwich, 5vc; Knickerbocker, 5c; Mallry
pink, 6?c. Prices on dress styles Irregular; de
peuds on pattern.
Tickings Amoskeag ACA, 12e; ConestogaB
P, 15c; Conestoga extra, 13HJC; Conestoga Gold
Medal 14c; Conestoga CCA, 12c; Conestoga AA,
10c; Conestoga X, 0c; Pearl River, 12c, Falls
OBO, 32-iuch. 132c; MethuenAA, 12ae: Oak
land A, 6c; Swift River, 0tc; York, 32-inch,
122C; York, 30-lnch, 102C
FOREIGN FRUITS.
P.alslng, California London layer, new. $2.50 a
2.75 V box; California, loose, muscatel!s3-crown,
$1.80 32 box; Valencia, neT, 7e9yc n;
citron, 242(o f lb; currants, 67c f IB.
Bananas $1.5032 f bunch. Oranges Messi
na, $1.50&5; choice, $5.50aO. Lemons Messi
na, choice, $1.7525$' box; extra choke, $5.50
96. Figs. 12 3 14c. Prunes Turkish, old, 44
?41sc; new, 03 50.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES'
Peaches Per crate, $2.50 for choice.
Plums Bine, $1.25 per half-brtshel box; Datn
sons, $44.50 f stand; wild, $232.50 r stand
Ari'LEs Choice, $1.75 32.50 4 brl; common,
$1.2591.50.
Pears Barfletts, $1.7532 V bu; common, $1
91.50.
Tomatoes Per peck box, 15325c; reassorted,
40e.
Watermeix)s $16322 100.
Cantaleui'S $3.5034.."0 4" brL
Celery Per bunch, 2092Ae.
I'otatoes $1.1091.25 V brl.
Bi.ACiUiERKiE& Home grown, $4.5095 per
stand.
GROCERIES.
Coffees Ordinary grades, 18491 8 ?c; fair,
19319i0; good, 19920?iC; prime, 2134322 4c;
strictly prime to choice, 223i9233ic; fancy green
and yellow, 23a4924ac; old government Java,
32a933$4c; ordlnarv Java, 2849294c; imita
tion Java, 2G'-49273ic. Roasted coffees, 118
package, 224c; Banner, 224c; Lion, 224c;
Gates's Champion. 21 Uc; Arbuckle's, 22 Uc
Si OAlia Hards, Ua9109ic; confectioners A,
94392c; off A, 83 9ic; coffee A, ?5tS87c;
white extra C 88c; extra C, 833985hcj
good yellows. HaS3; fair yellows, 6s984C;
jcllows, 77sf 8e.
Flour Sack No. 1 drab U brl, $33 1,000;
2 hrl, $17: lighter weisrht, $1 4 1,000 less.
Dried Bkef 11313c.
Leal 6237o for pressed bars.
Rice Louisiana, 537c.
Salt In csr lot?, 87c; small lots,95c9$1.00.
Molabes aki Svrlts New Orleans molasses,
fair to prime, 30335c; choice, 40350c. Syrups,
273400.
shot $1.3031.35 V bag for drop.
SriCES Pepper, 19320c; allspice, 12315c;
cloves, 26330c; cassia, 10912c; nutmegs, 809
85o V .
Starch Refined pearl. 32340 V 16; Cham
pion g!ons, l-t& and 3-lft r&ckages, 5350 fl;
Champion gloss lump. 3294o.
TwisF Hemp, 129180 B; wool, 8910c;
flax, 20930c; paper, 18c; Jute, 12915c; cotton,
10325c.
Woodknware No. 1 tubs, $7.2597.50; No. 2
tubs, $0r 0.50; No. 3 tubs, $5.2535.50; 3-hoop
palls. $1.6031.05; 2-hoop pails, $1.4031.45;
double washboards, $2.0032.75; common wash
boards, $1.4091.85; clothes pins 50985c ? box.
Wooden Dimiks Per 100, 1 O, 20c; 2 Ds, 25c;
3 13 s, 30c; 5 It3, 40c.
Beam Choico hand-picked navy, $2.4092.50
f bu: medium hand-picked, $2.4032.50
Wrapi'INO-paixr Light-weight straw, 24930
V 1U; light-weight rag, 293c$,ra: heavy-weight
paper. .
3 11c; No. 2,3. &C, 899c; No. 1, S. Si C, 74
8c.
IRON AND STEEL.
Bar Iron (rates), 1.9032c; horse-shoe bar, 3c,
Norway rail rod. 8c; German steel plow-slabs;
4c; American drill steel, 10312c; Sanderson tool
steel, 16e; tire steel, 3c; spring steel, 6c; horse
shoes, P ket;, $4.2594.50; mule's shoes, V keg,
$5.25 S 5.50; horse nails, 4 box, 8d. $5; steel
nails. Inland larger, $2.1032.35 V keg: other
sizes at the usual advance; wire nails, $2.65.
Tinners' Slitlies Best brand charcoal tin,
IC, 10x14, 14x20. 12x12. $0.75: IX. 10x14,
14x20 and 12x12, $8.50; IC. 1 1x20, roofing tin,
$5.25; IC. 20x28, $10.50; block tin. In pig?, 27c;
in bars, 29c. lron-27 B iron, 3oc; 27 Ciron,
5c; galvanized, 00 per cent, discount. Sheet
xiuc, 7c. Copper bottoms, 25c. Planished cop
per, 30o. Solder, 16218c.
PROVISIONS.
JonntNO Prices Smoked meats Sugar-cured
hams, 10 to 12 15s average. 122c;15tts average,
Il4c; 172 ris average, 114C; 20 tts average,
10:4c; 22 Pis average, I04c; 25 tfts average. 10c.
EngllshHHired breakfast bacon, light or medium,
llsc; shoulders, 30 to 12 rts average, 7 -e;
shoulders, 14 to 1G tss average, 7c; California
haras, light or medium, 8c; cottsge hams,
light or medium. Oc; dried beef
hams aud knuckles pieces, 102c; drief beef
hams, thin pieces, 8c. Bacon Clear sides, 30
R s average, 7 sc; clear backs, medium average,
74c; clear bellies, medium weight, 8J4C; 45 las
average, sides and 25tts average backs, 4V less
than above quotations; 2U rt average bellies. so
lea. Dry-salt and Tickled Meats Clear sides
(iinsniokcd), 7c; clear bat ks(nnsmoked), 7c; clear
bellies (nnsmoked).72C; bean pork brl 200
ts, $15; ham or ruujp pwrk. brl2O0rfls,S12.5O.
Bologua Skin, large or small, 6; cloth, Lirge or
small, 6c. Lard Pure winter leaf, kettle-rendered,
in tierces, 8e; in one-half barrels. S4C; in
50- cans in 100-ra cases, Sc; in 20-m cans in
80- cafes, 84C Prinze Leaf Lard in tierces.
7yc. Iloosler Packing Company Lard In
tierces, 7Uc; in 50- cans in 100-Cj cases. 7c.
Wholesalo l'rices-Car-load lots B. P. hams.
lOSllc. an to averatre; S. 1. shoulders, 6c, as to
average; short-rib sides, dry alt,6c; prime (team
lard. Oc.
PRODUCE.
BuTTEa-BeUlcgprlces-rancy creamery, 189
straw, i of d; neavy-weignt rag, 24930
D;ManiUa,No. 1, 839c, No.2,5$:92c;rrint
per. o. i,uic; nook paper, No. 3, 8. A : C.
20c; choice creamery, 1531 8c; flno dairy, 12a
15c; choice country. 10312a
Eogs Shippers paving 10c for candled stock,
selling from storo at 119 llcc
Poultry Hens. 8o ft; young chickens,
8 90o ken turkeys, 10c;toma, 5c; roosters. 3e;
geese. $3.80 V dot; ducks. 6c
Feathers Prime gecscSSct D. mixed duct
20arnj.
Beeswax Dark, 18c; yellow. 20c
Wool Tnli-washed and picked. 33935cf un
washed medium and common grades, if in good
order, 25c; burry and cotted. 17320c: fleece
washed, if light and in good order, 28930c;
burry and unmerchantable, according to their
value,
OIL CAKE.
Oil cake, $23 4" ton; oil meal, $23.
LEATHER, HIDES AND TALLOW. -Leather
Oak sole. 2S333c; hemlock sole,
22929c; harness, 23333c: skirting, 30334c;
black bridle, doz., $00 3 65; fair bridle, G09
78 4 doz.; city kip, $00380; French kip. $859
110: city calf-skins, C0c3$l; French caif-skins,
$191.80.
Hhes No. 1 green, 4c; No. 2 green, Jc; No. 1
green salt, 5c; No. 2 green salt, 3uc; calf same
as hides: No. 1 green salt kip, 5c, No. 2 green
salt kip, 3o.
La m hskixs 40 3 45c.
Tallow No. 1, 4c; No. 2, 32C
Grease Brown, 2ac; yellow, 24C; white,
42C,
SEEDS.
Clover-Red. choice. 60 bn, $4.0094-35; En-
IUue-graM. fancy, 14 m bu, SOo9$1.00. Orchard
grass Extra clean, 14 a bu, $1.2591.40. Red
top-Choice. 14 & bu, 85c9$1.00. Bird seed
Choico Sicily canary. 5 3 8o 4 ft. Pure Germn
millet, &Oo z $1.00 i bn; choice Hungarian, 70 n
80c 4 bu. B. & W. Ensilage Corn-00c$1.00 K
bu: red cob, $1.0031.25 P bu: evergreen sweet,
$1.3591.50 V bu. Popcorn Dry, 233o.
F. C. HUNTINGTON & CO.,
Leading Wholesale and Retail
SEED MERCHANTS,
73 & 60 East Market St., Indianapolis.
Clover. Timothy and Blue-Grass
The IL T. CONDE Implemext CO.
The largest wholesale seed house la Indiana.
Strictly prime seed a specialty.
7G and 78 West Washington Street,
Indianapolis.
GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS.
ABNER L.. BACKUS & SONS
18 A 19 Produce Exchange, Toledo, Ohio.
Solicit correspondence and consignments, and will
make mail and telegraph bids.
An Attack on Certain Indiana Farmers.
Iowa State Register.
1 Tiere is an unprogressive, si copy class of
politicians who think they are voting for
General Jackson every time they go to an
election. And there is a very numerous
class of drones on the farms, who are really
wooden mold-board farmers. Like the
politicians, they hare not advanced an
inch in fifty years, in enterprise or improve
ment. They are in a rut, and they aro de
termined to stay there. They have no faith
in the teachings of others, and they will
not think and investigate for themselves.
They are neither lazy nor idle, but are con
tent to accomplish their aims by the most
difficult ways, with the least profitable re
sults. This is distinctly the wooden mold
board system of farming. But there are
several classes of non-progressive farmers.
There is another class, numerous and de
termined in their ways, who can be termed
"corn and hog" fanners." They continue
year after year, no matter what the im
pediments or the prices of such products, to
raise corn and hogs extensively. "Men may
come and men may go; markets may rise
and markets may fall, but the hog and corn
man goes on to tho end of his hoggish
ways."
And there are the "scrub farmers, On
tho theory that water never rises higher
than its source, they are never anything
but scrub farmers, raise scrub stock, pro
duce scrub crops, and sell them all for
6crub prices. We know of places where
large colonies emigrated to parts of Indiana
eignty-tive years ago, from North Carolina
or eastern Tennessee. They were poor
white trash then, and all of the generations
(and they are numerous) are scrubs to
this day. The conntry where They live
looks as if it had the consumption, the
jaundice, themuligrubs, and the seven-year
itch. And they will always be scrubs, as
they have no energy, enterprise or vim to
rise. Such people are evidently intended
an living demonstrations, to warn the world
of the folly and hopelessness of all the
ways of the "old mold board," of "hog and
corn," and Carolina scrubs as farmers.
Profit in Potato Growing.
Ohio Fartuer.
Mr. K. Scott, a successful potato-grower
of Wisconsin, gave his experience at one of
the institutes of that State, last winter,
lie cuts the seed end of the potato off and
throws it away, then cuts the rest in two
eye-pieces, lie plants in hills, in rows
three feet apart both ways, drops onq piece
in a hill, and covers four to live inches
deep. He harrows the ground once before
the potato tops appear, with a slant-tooth
harrow, and continues at intervals until
all the plants are above ground; then he
uses a lino-tooth single cultivator, and stiTs
the ground immediately after every rain.
The hilling is done when tho Tines are in
full bud to blossom. Ho figures up the cost
as follows:
DEBITS.
Rent of one acre
Preparing ground
Planting ;
Plaster, 250 pounds
Applyiug plaster
Paris-green, two pounds
Dragging and cultivating
Harvesting 100 bushels
Five bushels seed and cutting..
Marketing
$4.00
2.00
1.50
1.12
50
50
1.73
5.95
1.75
2.50
Total
.$21.57
CREDITS.
100 bushels at 38c..
$38.00
50 bushels at 20c
10.00
2.00
20 bushels at 10c
Total $50.00
This leaves a profit of $28.43 per acre.
This crop of 170 bushels is about an average
one. and the prico is also an average ono.
He told of one crop raised near his farm
that brought $90 per acre grosn. He advises
every farmer to raise a single standard sort,
as they sell better, especially by tho car
load. One man, last year, was offered 25
cents at home, but he shipped by the car
load to Chicago, and netted 31 cents.
They were assorted, the smaller ones going
into market by themselves on their own
merits.
Good to Eat.
Bananas baked without the skins, and
eaton cold with cream and sugar or hot
with wine sauce, arc considered delicious
for desert.
Slip is an old-fashioned concoction of
Southern origin. Its simplicity recommends
it. Warm a quart of new milk, stirring in
a tablespooniul of prepared rennet. After
it has thickened set it on ice and serve
with cream and sugar.
Spiced currants, to serve with meat, are
an agreeable relish. To four quarts of cur
rants, washed and stemmed, add two and
one-half quarts of light brown sugar, ono
spoonful of ground cinnamon, one of
ground cloves, and half, a spoonful of
ground allspice, also one pint of wine vino
gar. Mash tho currants, 6tir often, and
cook slowly .for two hours.
Almost any baked fish is wonderfully im
proved by the addition of cream, and
mackerel i9 no exception. This is one of
the very best ways of preparing salt mack
erel, and if the lish is strictly iirst quality,
it makes a delicious dish. Lay the well-
freshened fish, skiu-side down, in a baking
pan. and cover with cream a pint of cream
to three or four mackerels, lake up care
fully, and butter liberally; pour over tho
hot cream . sauco and serve at once. No
other llavoring will be desired. Canned
iish, salmon, blue fish, etc.. may be most
satisfactorily served iu the same way.
They will need salt, and as they only re
quiro to be heated through, they can be
prepared in a very short time.
The little province of Friesland, the na
tivity of the Holsteins, has a remarkable
record in the production of live stock, but
ter aud cheese. It has an area of 1.2b0
square miles. Of this 204 aro devoted to
vegetables and grain. SU7 to grass aud hay,
the remainder beinir under water or occu
pied by cities and villages. The live stock
comprises 210.000 head of cattle, 115.000
sheep. 24,000 horse and 12,000 hogs. The
exportation of 1W7 was 40,000 cows, H.OOO
steers. 70.000 sheep, 18.000 lambs, 19,000 calves,
17,000,000 pounds of butter and 5,000.000
pounds of cheese. According to their sta
tistics, from every acre of grass-land were
exported Cd pouDds of butter, lb pounds of
cheese, and, in addition, from every five
acres wero exported five cows, one steer,
two Calves aud nine sheen.
gnsn, cuoice, $.4U4au; wnuo, cuoiec,
7.75; alsike, $8.50 3 9.00; alfalfa, choioe, $7,753
8.00. Timothr-Choiee: 45 m bn. $1.7022X0.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
STll
d.J-A: Hr'w' ciitcuLAK. ;uo
uur, ls.KTsu. win s.t ctnrr r i irrn
Belting. Exacry Whctls saJ
Eanidies.
Illinois street, one square south
union siauon.
SAWS BE-Isi-NO
0A ) u EMERY WHEELS.
St'ECULTlU CF
W. B. -Barry. Saw & Supply Co.,
132 A 134 S. Penn sL All kinds of airs repaired.
THE SINKER-DAVIS CO..
Saw-MSl Jlictincrj, Ei&iaes aa
Pipe-Fitilsff and 2?&tural-gs ScppUes.
Ill to 149 South Pennsylvania Street,
f HOLUDAY & WYOX,
ruuiaio iuanaucTurers or uoupe, a-arrer, tsngzf
and Express
No. 77 8onth Meridian street, Indianapolis, lad.
ty Price List sent Cis trads on apyltcaUon.
SAFE-DEPOSIT VAULT
t!!at0 fT7OinFire anfl Barter. Fines!
ana only vault of thekiml in the dtste. Policeman
jlsy and night on irua.nl DesSirnM for the sare-fc
in ot Money, Bourt. Will. li. Altrnct. S.;tc
plate, Jewels, sad VaaiaVU) Trusts sd PackSC3, 0tO
S. i Fit & k Safa DapasiL
D. M. Ransdell, Manager.
LEO LANDO,
Manufacturing Optician,
Jobber and Retailer in
Spectacles, Opera and Field Glasses, Micro
scopes, Barometers, Thermometers, etc.
IV Oculists' Prescriptions a specialty.
C3 East Market Street, opp. Postofllce,
NEW YORK STEAM DENTAL CO.
From $4. $5, fs. Sid, tft
$.ix? tot. All ktnls of
tine iltntal work at rMuce4
Vricts. l ine gold liiiin as
fl a.ul upward. ' Silver
amalgam. 50c and ' 7W
1-tu extracted lur 2a.
TeUi extractfxl without
rain. All wurV warranted.
as represent!.
Fifteen years' experience
A 1 HF.HRDV MuflsfM.
Booms 3 and 4 G rand tiera house.
The Indianapolis Glue Company
Manufactures all kinds of
CABINET CSLUKS AND CUKLED HAIR.
PATENT SAW WILL DOG.
IMFEOVID,
2EX-A-X2T OE UXyiX.223C
Simple, Dtrmbl. Kild. IffveUvt. Bt
DcMal. Wlkldftmtukuwuu
MTi. Ctt Iw uttail ( u; But IImK.
R0CKW00D. XEWCOJIB & CO
. 18C ts .00 ft. TscnsylTania ft,
lif uiwayoLi a. iirx).
ADAMANT WALL PLASTER.
The nsw. cheaoett and het WM Pl.i.arp L- nmm tA
thetraUd. ManuUc;orv at lytJWr.at MarTlJunlnrrr.
INDIANA ADAMANT PJLAbTlili CO.
Bicycles and Repairiiig,
WORLD TYPEWRITEF.S,
Price $10. bend lOr cat-'
Logue.
H. T. nXvssEY
.P 147 & 149 y. Delaware St
T-T. RMITHER.
Manafaetarcr and Dealer In Roofinc Felt, ooflcr
Pitcn. Coal Tar. and 3-ply Rfady Booing. Metal
and other Root i'aint. Slaters' Fclta, SheaUung iTeits,
Asbeatos y Ire-proof felt, Straw Board, lcs W. JitL fct.
E'EMIN"GT01Sr .
STANDARD
TYPE WRITER'
It has been for fifteen yenrs the STAND
ARD, and cmhraces the latest and highest
achievements of inventive skilL
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict,
34 East Market SL, Indlanaiolla.
J. C. HIRSCHMAN & CO.,
Manufacturers ot Mattresnes, Dealers and Renovat
ors ot Feathers. Our Kenovator beau Hit world, ov
Xozlh New Jersey street.
COMSTOCK & COONSE,
WOOD. CHAIN and WfK)DEX FOr.CE PUMPS.
Deftlwe in Iron Pipe, Driven-well points and all
Drlven-wcU Sanpllea. 197 and luJ S. Merullau St.
INDIANAPOLIS
STOVE CO.
Manntactures ot 8toves
and IIOLLOW-WAUK, Not.
bi and 67 tiouUi iluridLia
strtJU
PAIIIIOTT A TAOG AR T
WHOLES A.LX
BAKERS.
Crackers, Broal and
Nordyko & Mnrmon Co. Estab. 1S31
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
MILL AXD ELEVATOR BUILDERS,
1 IndianaioUs, Ind. lloller Mills. Mill.
evrUi. Btitlnjc, BoIUuk-cUHU. Grain.
lkninjc ilacliinrj, MiddUngs-gunners,
Fortablo Mills, etc, tie I'aie sLreeUucs
lor sUM)kjr&rd.
PENSIONS
New Jaws, new Itniinf . Erery aolrtier or soldlerr
widow should send to to the Old Established Claim
Agencyot V. II. FITZGERALD and cct hlil2-paEt
pamphlet on War Claims mailed free. No. 63 4 East
Market street. P IL FITZOERAL.
ANCHOR LINE
Atlantic Express Service.
LIVERPOOL via QI7EENST0WX.
Steamship "CITV OF ROME." from New k'ork
Wednesday. An. ii. t?ePu is. Oct. ic.
fialoou Iaswige, Jf GO to i 0i S.cond-clas, 30.
GLAS(;OW SKIIYICE.
Steamers evrrj- Saturday from New York to
GLASGOW and LONDOXDKHHV.
Cahin Passage to (UjPow.LfOudon.lei mr Liverpool,
50 and ?bO. Sh oo l-cla. $30.
Htcerao passre, either service
Balooft Excursion Tickets at Rwluce-1 Ratea
TraTelers Circular Lettei a ot t;retit and Drarts
lir any Amount Issued .it lowest current ratt-.
For lkks of Tours, Tickets or otl.er lflToncailon
Apply to JIKNDKKSorC BltOrHti.ss irw
r ALEX. MEr.(E!l, r Odd J-ellowa Hall o
RENZELlUtOTlllCRS, MerchSDis' National Uaiik.
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IndULapohs.
For Old and Young.
Tnltg liver rill as Nf nftly on tho
child, 1bdellcte femnlo or luflriu
old ase. as upon I he vlorou mu.
ll
clvo tone to tho week stomach, bow-
CIS). KIU"" "V . . 3u
arcBii their Blrcnctheulncr qurtllile
are wopUerful, causing litem to prr
form tnclr functions m in youth.
Sold Everywhere.
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