The midland journal., February 03, 1905, Image 6

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STABLE MANURE.
>hmr regard to liatiling manure on to
K or rolling land there is little
of loss on that account —far
W Jes, Indeed, than if allowed to lie in
the barnyard under ordinary condi
tions. says C. L. Gabrlelson in Farm
Btock and Home. To test this mat
ter on sloping ground a load was
left in a heap on land having an in
clination of 20 feet in 30 rods, or
•bout eight inches per rod. As a
beau It the increased growth of grass
did not extend six feet from the pile.
The .soil lies open-mouthed, so to
•peak, to get elements of plant food,
and quickly absorbs what comes in
Its way. Where stable manure must
be piled outdoors the place should be
exempt from flooding by surface
water. Prepare a foundation for the
manure pile by spreading a liberal
quantity of straw, making the founda
tion broad so that the pile shall not
be over high. A wheelbarrow and
plank are needed for efficient work.
This pile may receive all the waste
f the farm that is not otherwise
cared for. Under good management
• gentle fermentation may be kept
Sp, preventing freest g, so that before
je hurrying days of spring there will
fee a Quantity of f?nillzing material
which the earth wi'l gladly receive
•nd convert into golden grain and
fragrant grass.
Many readers will recall the fact
(hat in England, at Rotham3tead, the
estate of Sir John Lawes, this gen
tleman began a series of experiments
way back in 1843 to test matters in
connection with agriculture, one of
which was to discover how long wheat
could be grown on the same ground.
I hope later to lay before my readers
information on the wheat question,
but just now will quote from the re
port.
"A similar limit to accumulation is
obaerved with case of arable lands
receiving each year a liberal dressing
of farmyard manure. If such a soil
la analyzed from time to time it will
be found that the annual accumula
tion of nitroger in the soil due to
liberal manuring steadily decreases
till at last a point is reached at which
the percentage of nitrogen no longer
increases, notwithstanding the large
•mount supplied each year in the
manure.' The farmyard manure plot
In Broadbalk wheat field has received
cverj" year since 1843 at the rate of
IL4 lons per acre. This supplied an
(toally about 20 pou Is of nitrogen
per acre. In 1865 and again in 1881
the soil was analyzed. The gain to
the soil in nitrogen, during the first
•1 years averaged about 66 pounds
per annum; on the second period of
16 years the gain averaged about 11
pounds per annum. The rate of gain
was of course much larger than 53
pounds at the commencement of the
whole period and much smaller at the
end of it. We have here a very strik
ing lesson as to the wastefulness of
large dressings of dung."
CATTLE FEEDING FOR MARKET.
In the past few years many with
out experience have rushed into the
cattle-feeding business on more or
less of a large scale, and made fail
ures of it. An old cattle feeder men
tions what these mistakes were.
These people rush into the market
yards and buy many rough and in
different bred cattle, have poor shel
ter in stormy weather, and give them
irregular and indifferent attention.
He says; The feeder In his rush to
make all the gain possible in a given
length of tim'e, rushes them on to
full feed in seven or eight days, which
is a very serious mistake, as a rule.
And then, some days they do not feed
nough, and then the next day fill
the feed boxes to overflowing. As
the cattle did not have as much as
they should have had on the previous
day they gorge themselves, resulting
In Indigestion and perhaps, founder
and several days’ loss In producing
flesh.
Then, there are those who are just
dinbarking in the cattle feeding busi
ness, who have heretofore been rais
ers of grain for market. They are not
accustcmed to getting out in the ccld,
severe weather. Therefore, when
they commence the fattening of stock
(or market they find it is mighty
tough on the constitution to get out
in all kinds of weather to give their
stock the proper care and attention.
So we find a great many times the
cattle are sadly neglected at just the
time when they should receive the
Wt care possible for their comfort.
In his fattening lots you will find
the successful feeder diligent and reg
ular, for here is where the expensive
feed is used. To make profit every
precaution is taken to prevent loss of
costly feed. He feeds economically,
but is not stingy. He does not rush
. "he catttle on full feed, but gives them
plenty of time to get their stomachs
accustomed to the strong diet that
there may be no founder. After get
ting them on feed every steer must
bave all he wishes.
The morning feed must be all clean
ed up In from one to two hours from
the time of feeding, so that when the
evening feed is put in the box clean
and fresh the steers are ready for
their supper, and devour it eagerly
and with a relish.
By this method the stock have fresh
teed twice a day, and are fed just
#hat they will eat up clean, and no
more. By feeding this way the steer
eats more corn; consequently he
makes a greater gain.
The successful feeder sees to it that
hts corn is kept as clean as possible
allowing no muddy, dirty or ratty
corn in the boxes, if he can pro
vent it. —Indiana Farmer.
BENEFITS OF POTASH.
The urine of domestic animals con
tains ninety-five per cent, of the
potash in the food they eat and about
four-fifths of the total potash of theii
excrements. Therefore when the
urine is allowed to waste the manure
is poor in potash, and when manures
are exposed to rains much of the pot
ash, being soluble, is washed away.
Nearly all the special fertilizers are
rich in phosphoric acid and do not
contain enough potash. When a farm
er buys a fertilized he too often calls
for a phosphate, whereas our soil
seems to be quite generally in need
of more liberal applications of pot
ash. In the case of corn, the need
of potash appears to be particularly
prominent. For a good crop of corn
the fertilizer used should supply 100
to 125 pounds of actual potash per
acre; 200 to 250 pounds of muriate
of potash or one ton (fifty bushels)
of good wood ashes will do this. With
ordinary stable manure it will gen
erally pay to use some potash foi
corn; 125 to 150 pounds of muriate
of potash has given profitable results.
The liberal use of potash means more
clover on the farm, more nitrogen ,
taken from the air, more milk from
the cow, a richer manure heap and
big crops. It means also a sod which
when turned will help every other
crop. For the potato crop the sul
phate seems to be much superior to
the muriate of potash, promoting both
yield and quality of much higher de
gree; 300 to 400 pounds of high grade
sulphate of potash furnishes enough
of this element. For oats, rye and
grass, nitrate of soda applied just as
the growth begins in the spring has
proved very beneficial; 300 pounds
per acre should be applied. Fodder
crops, pasture grasses, com stover
and hay all remove large amounts of
potash from the soii, and these crops
occupy a large portion of our improv
ed lands.—D. B. White In The Epito
mist.
FEEDING HOGS.
(E. R. B. in Epitomist.)
A hog fed at fair profit until it
reaches 200 pounds will give less
profit with each additional pound, and
a point can be reached at which fur
ther feeding can be done only at a
loss. A reliable authority says that
a certain amount of food being re
quired to make a gain on a hog of 35
pounds, it will require four per cent
more ford with a hog of 70 pounds
to make the same gain, fourteen per
cent, more .with one of 125 pounds,
twenty-two per cent more on hogs of
225 pounds and seventy per cent,
more on those weighing 325 pounds.
The tests upon which these figures
are based were not official, but it is
a well known fact that with Increase
of age more feed is required to effect
a gain than at earlier age. But the
light weights, those under 200 pounds,
cannot be so well handled at pack
eries, and hence those who are feed
ing for market should bring them to
that weight, smooth and well finish
ed. At less weight or in bad condi
tion, it will be found that the dis
crimination against them is strong, so
that it will always be best economy
, to bring them to the most rigid re
quirements of the market. —E. R. B.
In The Epitomist.
FOR FATTENING FOWI.S.
In fattening poultry for market, be
sure and produce, as nearly as Is pos
sible, the color of flesh desired. If
the market demands fowls with white
flesh, feed during the fattening period
a mixture composed of two pounds of
ground oats, two pounds of ground
buckwheat and one pound of ground
corn one pound of ground oats and
make to the consistency of thin pop
ridge. If a yellow flesh is wanted,
feed rations of two pounds of ground
cron, one pond of ground oats and
one pound of ground buckwheat. Iu
either ration a small quantity of salt
should be added tc give flavor.
In the absence of skim milk for
mixing the ration, use* water, but in
, elude with the ground food a little
meat and a few finely chopped vege
! tables. No matter what the breed of
fowl to be fattened, care should be
used not to feed too much corn, foi
. it will not be possible for the birds
i to relish tt long, hence they will not
eat greedily enough to fatten them
; quickly and profitably.
The Wedding Ring Finger,
i The wedding ring was placed on
; the left hand, as nearest the heart,
: and on the fourth finger because that
. finger was supposed to have its owl
; "private wire" (in the shape of a
delicate nerve) to the heart. That
. finger, too, was called the medicine
i finger, and the belief was that by
- virtue of the little nerve it could de
\ tect a dangerous liquid From that
■ belief the idea that wedding rings—
- the rings worn on that finger—had
special curative qualities, had its
, rise. To this day wedding rings are
- rubbed over an obstinate sty on ao
> eyelid.—London Chronicle.
FICHUS AND TUCKERS.
It is remarkable how decorous, fem
inine, and altogether delightful an ef
fect a fichu imparts to a dress. No
wonder so many women decided to
vary the changes with fichus of lace
and fichus of muslin, fichus of fur,
and fichus of velvet, such as Marie
Antoinette and her ladles liked, upon
their toilettes this winter.
For we are playing the part of our
i great-grandmothers again, and it is
surprising that such words as genteel,
ladylike, elegant, and graceful are not
often on our lips, seeing that‘it is of
that vogue our manners and fashions
are made. The very lowest walk may
most honestly be described as minc
ing. The athletic stride is gone, and
we glide along as if there were little
wheels beneath our feet, with here
and there a limp, suggestive, perhaps,
of feeble knees, but only feeble
enough to serve as a demonstration in
total opposition to the strenuous
movements that were deemed modish.
A fichu worn by a bride the other
day was over a robe of ivory white
supple satin, set in quite full at the
waist and flounced with lace, which,
to be correct, was Brussels, a lace
■ that every bride who can will wear
now, owing to its smartness and to
the further fact that it, too, breathes
memories of that same distant day
when Brussels was the only wear.
Above this rich yet simple skirt a
corsage a pointe was seen, made with
' a chemisette, drawn into a collar
less band edged with lace and a fichu
modestly draped about the shoulders
and in front tucked inside the corsage
beneath a knot of orange blossoms,
myrtle, and white heather. The
sleeves were of elbow length and
flowered with lace, but it was the
fichu that gave the frock its sign
manual.
The fichus of the hour have no
ends; they are Puritanical in their
sweet simplicity and effective.
A tucker is another adjunct of the
evening toilette that is charmingly
prim and pretty, but not quite new
even as a revival, for early in the
year we discovered its advantages,
and entered it as a noticeably desir
able item of our full-dress frocks.
Made of net or lace, it borders the
decolletage, and has a draw-string
of ribbon run through it which is tied
in front. There are many deviations
of the tucker. One is applied to the
day gown and is a Toby frill in
miniature made of lace pleated in the
center, so that one edge stands up
round the throat, and the other lies
down; and another is a quilling of
point d’esprit or lace. —Washington
Times.
HANDSOME BLOUSE EFFECTS.
One of the salient feature of the
season’s fashionable blouses is the
heaviness of the material employed for
their construction. Women have
fought long and hard against the
heavy fabrics being utilized for sep
arate waists, but the inevitable has
happened. Velvet is among the heavy
waist materials which are demanding
a great deal of attention. Very hand
some models are turned out of the
modiste shops of it. Velvet will al
ways hold an important position in
the fashionable world and although
many cheaper editions have come to
light within the past few seasons,
the expensive quality will hold its
own. Heavy waists are, as a rule,
not becoming, and the beauty lies
entirely in the fit of the garment.
The lines, so to speak, must be per
tect, and one who does not possess
j an extremely shapely figure will not
! look exactly smart in one. Of course,
the long shoulder efTect must be tol
erated, but any bagginess around the
arm-hole Is unpardonable. There are
only a few styles in which a waist of
heavy material might be made. The
most becoming one is the perfectly
plain affair, with a pocket on either
side to break the severeness. The
velvet models are sometimes trim
med, but the greatest skill is neces
sary to make them look at all pre
sentable. One pretty affair, which
was, by the way, extremely becoming
to the wearer, was of black velvet.
The entire front was beautifully em-
I broidered in white roses. There were
!no frills or puffs to make it look
clumsy and a prettier waist could not
be wished for. Another striking one
was made of gunmetal colored velvet.
It had five deep plaits in front, each
an inch and a half wide and finished
severely with sticking. The sleeves
had very wide cuffs, stitched to match
the front. —Newark Advertiser.
SILK WOVEN TO IMITATE RIB
BON.
Silk a yard and a half wide, woven
to imitate pompadour ribbon, is an
other newcomer at the counters de
voted to evening fabrics. This is es
' pecially effective for stately robes in'
combination with velvet. Brocades
grow in favor and many of them are
woven in dress patterns, each gore of
the skirt a study in itself.
An imported gown on these lines is
! composed of rich ivory brocade show
ing an exquisite design in large rose
sprays." The pattern is picked out in j
finest gold thread with crystal drops |
sprinkled on the flowers for all the j
world as though they were freshly
plucked from the dewey beds. The
t pattern Is outlined by tiny icicles
1
done in crystal and silver beads. The
skirt is slashed up on either side and
. in the front over a petticoat of chiffon
- and lace, the lacing being accomplish
, ed by very soft ribbon. The tight
> fitting, pointed bodice has a softly
> folded ribbon which, brought across j
, and around the arms, forms the little j
. sleeves with an additional fall of -lace. !
l From both sleeves and bertha depend
longer Icicles built of the crystal and
- silver beads. —New Haven Register, j
t
, ABOUT SASHES,
t One woman has adopted a charm
[ ing way of wearing her ribbon sashes.
i After the ribbon has been formed
r into a boned and well-fltte<f girdle
. slightly pointed on the lower side, ,
[ both back and front, a flat twist of
i the ribbon hides the back fastening,
i with the top finish that in no way dis
turbs the back, so desirable. From
, the girdle point in the back, on either
l side of it, the ribbon is plaited intc 1
i a strap perhaps ten inches long. A
loop of 12 or 14 inches is added to
• each strap, with an end of ribbon lefl f
, hanging some three inches below th i
, loop. A tight twist of ribbon at the
head of each loop suggests a natural
, knot at that point. A long sash end,
. falling within a few inches of the hot
, tom of the skirt, is added to each ol
, the two loops, but that should be done
by attaching it under the loops at the !
top before the heading or twist is
made, so as to have it hang well, be
sides insuring a perfect finish under .
. neath. a
Six or seven yards of ribbon will be '
required to follow out this sash
, model, but when complete it produces
the prettiest ribbon trimming that one
can imagine for a gown.—Boston
Traveler.
THE HANGING OF PICTURES.
In hanging pictures the guiding
principle as to height is the level of
the eye, but combined with that are
equally important considerations of
size, shape and color, in relation both
to wall spaces and to each other. The
inclination seems to be to hang pic j
tures too high, giving an impression
of being skied.
Too high, too far apart, poorly bal
anced and forming steps or gables are
pitfalls to be avoided. When one's
pictures are large and can be hung
one in a place, with a thought only
for the proper height and lighting, the
problem is a comparatively simple 1
one. The eye must rest directly upod :
it; it must not give the impression I
of weighing heavily upon the piece oi
furniture beneath, nor must it float off j
into space above. The shapes must
harmonize with the shape of the piece
of furniture beneath, as well as with
the space. That the dark places must
be lighted up with the light pictures
and the dark photographs hang in the
high lights can easily be seen.— j
Harper’s Bazar.
DIFFERENT WAYS OF RESTING j
“I bold, in theory, that every wo
man should lie down every afternoon 1
and relax, taking an hour’s interval
of entire repose, not even thinking of
anything that taxes her, and thus re 1
pairing the waste places of her life ,
after a busy morning. This is my
theory, firmly held and warmly rec
ommended to you. Let me whisper,
in strict confidence, that this is not
a thSg I ever do myself. To take ,
a nap in the daytime would be for j
me one of the impossibilities, and the j
mere suggestion is enough to keep
me wide awake. My preferences," :
says Margaret E. Sangster in the
Woman's Home Companion, “are a
rocking chair and footstool and a
bright story in the half hour after the
mid-day meal. A neighbor of mine
has always a white shawl on hand
and knits when she wants to relax. I
could not tell you how many white
shawls this lady has made and given
away, but she is so proficient in their
manufacture that she knits like an
automaton. This pastime is her seda
tive, and she would cot forego it on
any account.”
FASHION HINTS.
Wrist bags are made in three
■ shapes. There is the bag which is
perfectly square and which opens its
full width. Then there is the oblong
bag. And there is the bag that is
very deep, but not very wide. The
most popular is the oblong bag, about
nine inches long and about five inches
deep.
The woman who wishes to appeal
fashionable this season must insist
upon three small but essential points
when choosing her winter costume. >
She must demand- width across the
shoulders, a slender waist and nicely
rounded hips. Nor is it necessary to
contract the waist to give it the prop
er slim effect. The smallness of the
waist, and a good modiste can ac
complish both with little inconven
' ience to her customer.
Zlbeline and fancy mixtures are
fighting hard for a place on the fash
ion register, and some of the best
dressed women are wearing plaids
In dark blues and greens is a smart
walking suit made with a plaited 1
skirt, devoid of any other trimming,
I save row’s of heavy stitching.
The Italian Minister of Public In
; etruction made uzs at 67,000 visiting
cards during his thirty-two months of
ofMee.
1 • i
SWEET POTATO PATES,
j Boil the desired number of pota
toes, then drain, season and mash.
Make a sance of one-half cupful of
i milk, two tablespoonfuls of butter,
ouohalf teaspoonful of salt and a
dash of pepper. Cook until perfectly
smooth; then mix with me sweet po
tato. Fill shells with the mixture and
serve.
DATE BISCUITS.
Mak£ a milk sponge and set to rise.
! Add two tablespoonfuls c-f sugar and
two of molasses, -three' cups of siloed
dates and enough entire wheat flour
! to make a rather stiff dough. Set to
! rise again, then turn into pans and
I bake for three-quarters of an hour.
Set (the biscuits aside for twelve hours
after they are baked before cutting.
BAKED EGGS.
Drop six eggs into a shallow cake
pan, taking care not to break them.
Give each a thick sprinkling of grat
! ed cheese and cover the entire dish,
including the eggs? with bread and
cracker crumbs. The pan should be
well buttered before the eggs are
placed in it. Bake ten minutes in a
! very hot oven.
r
j CREAM OF ENGLISH NUTS.
Blanch one pint of English wa.nuts
meats and cook until tender in boil
ing salted water; drain and press
through a sieve into a cooking pot.
Simmer three pints of clear brown
stock for half an hour, -with the addi
' tion of a pinch of paprika, six cloves, j
a saltspoonful of grated nutmeg and
tiny piece of vanilla beau. Strain j
- into the pot containing the nut pulp.
' season with a teaspoenfu! and a bait
of salt, reheat and serve in shallow
plates with a tabJespoonful of whip
ped cream on top and accompanied by ;
crisp wafers.
CHOCOLATE CREAM CAKE.
Two eggs, a cup of granulated su
; gar and two taSlespoonfuls of butter
must be thoroughly creamed; then
add a cup of milk in which has been
dissolved a spoonful of soda and a cup
and a half of flour into which has
been sifted two teaspoonfuls of cream '
of tartar. The soda and cream of tar
tar are here preferable to baking pow- :
der. Stir the mixture until as light '
! as passible, add a teaspoonful of va- j
1 nilla and bake in a long cake pan.
When done, spread a layer of white ;
icing of broiled frosting about a quar- j
ter of an inch thick, and when cold
cover this with a thick coating of i
dissolve chocolate. Cut in squares. j
HINTS TO THE HOUSEKEEPER, j
| In sweeping carpets use wet news
papers wrung nearly dry and torn in
, pieces, or fresh cut grass. These col- |
: lect the dust and do not soil -the car
! pet.
To brighten the carpet you can i
iprinkle with salt or go over once a
week with a broom that has been
iippetd in hot water to which a little
; ipirits of turpentine has been added,
j Wring a cloth iu the hot water and
| wipe under pieces of furniture too
Heavy to be moved. This is a precau
fion against moths.
i Use a few drops of carbolic acid on
)he damp cloth with which you -wipa
pff the mouthpiece of the telephone.
The reasou is obvious in this "germ
ge."
Washing the window curtains in
cold weather can be easily accom- !
pushed by rubbing them in dry com j
meal, and thien allowing them to hang j
i little while in a brisk wind.
Have a little bag hung on the inside ;
' of the sewing machine frame at tne ,
j left hand to receive clippings that so (
juickly accumulate when working at
the machine.
Space in a crowded closet can be
laved by using the patent hangers i
made for men’s trousers, the little
metal strip holding a dress skirt j
smoothly across the front breadth. !
Keop a bottle of liuseed oil and
limewater, together with a roll of ab- j
sorbtnt cotton and pieces of strips j
bf old linen for bandages, all in a
convenient place to use iu oase of
burns.
i Take an old piece of carpet or a
new piece of burlap 45 by 27 inches, i
Bind or hem the cut ends. Sew on
strong leather handles. Use to bring
kindlings and small wood In.
A cluster of galyx leaves makes
a pretty decoration for the dining
table. They can be bought at a flor
ists, and will keep their fresh, bril
tiant reds, greens and yellows all win
ter, if kept in fresh water.
Gather up all the small brokeu bits !
of white soap in the bathroom and
kitchen, pound to make fine, melt to- j
gather, and pour Into a small mould
ur old teacup, -that has been wet with -
cold water. ,
Use a silver knife to peel apples,
and the hands will not be blackened
as whjen a steel knife is used. The
acid of the fruit (acetic acid) act*
on the iron in the latter case, but
does affect -the silver.
Losing his new hat out of a window j
of a bwiss express, an American pas ;
senger pulled the alarm cord and the
train was stopped. He recovered the
hat and cheerfully paid a |lO flue.
A scientist of Switzerland has test
ed the mountain air of that country,
and found that not a mircrobe infest*
the air above au altitude of two thou
sand feet.
Real lace is enjoying a new reign
of popularity.
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
R G. Dun & Co/> “Weekly x Review
of Trade” says:
I Storms at home and complications
| abroad tended to check activity in cotn
j mercial and financial markets, but most
| industrial lines continue busy, testifying
| to confidence that trade interruption will
|be brief. Prior to the bad weather
1 there was liberal distribution of mer
j chand'se at steady prices, but subse-
I (juently a sharp advance occurred in re
j tail prices of food products, owing to
| restricted receipts at points of heavy
j consumption. Country merchants at the
South have large stocks that move slowly
because of the decline in cotton and col
lections are slow.
New' Kngland manufacturing plants
are well engaged, especially in machin
ery, jewelry and textiles, but buyers have
left the Boston footw'ear market without
placing contracts, owing to disagree
j ment as to prices.
| Production of pig iron continues at-
I the maximum rate, yet there is no evi
j dence of a reaction. Ample water suppl>
i has made it possible to maintain Con
| nellsville coke production at the reraark
! able average of 300.000 tons weekly.
I Failures this week numbered 305 in
I the United States against 302 last year,
j and 43 in Canada, compared with 28 a
I year ago.
1 Bradstrect’s says: Wheat, including
• flour, exports for the week ending Janu
ary 26 are 1,101,587 bushels, against
1,138,974 last week; 2,917,602 this week
last year; 4420,065 in 1903 and 3,702,368
} in 1902. Corn exports for the week are
j 3,035,733 bushels, against 3,186,529 last
I week; 1,469,396 a year ago; 2,045,00® in
1 1903, and 427,018 in 1902.
WHOLESALE MARKETS.
Baltimore.—FLOUß —Quiet and un
! changed; receipts, 4,751 barrels; ex
ports, 312 barrels.
1 WHEAT—Unsettled; spot, contract,
| i.14@i.1414; spot, No. 2 red Western,
j [e-mail]4; January, 1.14(81.1454; Feb
! ruary, 1.1414® 1. 1454 ; March, 1.1554®
11554; May, 117 asked; steamer No. 2
1 red, i.0654@i.06J4 ; receipts, 12.089 bush-
I els; Southern by sample, i.00@1.X5;
, Southern on grade, 1.03®!.15-
; CORN—Easier; spot, January. Feb
j ruary and March, 5054@50}4; May, 50@
; ;oVs; steamer mixed, 4854(84854; re
; ceipts, 4.5,503 bushels; Southern white
; and yellow corn, 44'>i@4914-
OATS—Steady; No. 2 white, 3/54®
; 3754; No. 2 mixed, 3654@37; receipts,
6,912 bushels.
! RYE —Steady; No. 2 Western iip
. town, 86(987.
| BUTTER Firm and unchanged;
1 fancy imitation, 22(0 23; fancy cream
ery, 30@3t; fancy ladle, i9@2o; store
i packed, 15® 18.
j EGGS—Easy, 23c.
| CHEESE Firm and unchanged;
i large, 12,’4® 12J4; medium, 1254@u54;
j small, 1254@13.
j SUGAR Strong and unchanged;
coarse granulated and fine, 6.25.
j New York.—BUTTEß—Easy; re-
I ceipts, 2,967; street price, extra cream-
I ery, 29@29'4; official prices, creamery,
J common to extra, 19(829; State dairy,
thirds to firsts, 2i@26; renovated, com
mon to extra, 15@23.
CHEESE —Finn, unchanged; re
; ceipts, 323.
I EGGS —Weak; receipts, 6,021; State,
' Pennsylvania and nearby, fancy selected
: white, extra, 30@32; do., choice, 26025;
do., mixed, fancy, 27; Western, selected,
choice, 26; do., average best, 25; South
erns, 19@25; refrigerators, 17@22.
POULTRY —Alive firm; Western
chickens, 12; fowls, 14J2; turkeys, 13®
14;; dressed firm; Western chickens, 13
@l4; fowls, 13@i354; turkeys, 15@20.
FLOUR—Receipts, 30,649 barrels; ex
ports, 4,579 barrels; dull and lower; win
ter patents, 5.30(0)5.85; winter straights,
5.25(0)5.40; Minnesota patent, 5.80®6.20.
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR—DuII; per
100 pounds, 2.00®2.10.
HIDES—Firm; California, 21 to 25
| pounds, 19.
PORK —Barely steady; short clear,
I 13.00@15.50.
1 COTTONSEED OlL—Firm; prime
I yellow, 23)4@2454.
j ’ POTATOES—DuII; Long Island, 1.75
j @2.00; State and Western, [e-mail];
, Jersey sweets, 2.00@3.75.
PEANUTS Steady; fancy hand
i picked, 554@554; other domestic, 3M@
i 554.
1 CABBAGES —Easy; flat Dutch, per
j too, 2.00@3-00. ______
Live Stuck.
New York. —BEEVES—Steers slow
; and lower; some sales of good cattle 20c
I to 25c lower. Steers, 3.70 to 5.60; bqlls,
! 2.75 to 3.80; cows, 1.50 to 3.65. Ca
bles quoted live cattle and sheep stuady;
refrigerator beef selling at loj4c to ioJ4
per pound. Exports tomorrow, 553
I beeves, and 5,416 quarters of beef.
; CALVES—VeaIs about steady, qual
j ity considered; Western and barnyard
calves lower. Veals, 5.00 to 9.25; 110
prime veals here; Westerns, 3.00; barn
yard calves, 3.23. Dressed calves steady.
SHEEP AND LAMBS —Sheep nomi
nally steady; lambs slow and easier.
Medium to good lambs, 7.25 ta 7.7a
No sales of sheep.
I Chicago.—CATTLE—Market strong,
j Good to prime steers, 5.70(86.25; poor
I to medium, 3-75@5-6o; stockers and
i feeders. 2.25(84.25; cows, 1.25Q4.40;
| heifers, 2.00(85.10; camiers, 1.2502.45;
: bulls, 2.i0@4-oo; calves, 3.90(87.00.
HOGS—Market strong. Mixed and
butchers, 4.45(84.65; good to choice
heavy. rough heavy, 4-4 S&
455; light, 4.40<_j*.5754 ; bulk of sales,
4.50@4-6a *
MUCH IN LITTLE.
There are more than 50,000 electricians
in the United States.
Russia has a per capita investments in
i industrial enterprises of $4, while the
I United States has $125. 1
Wages of the switchmen of the Dela
-1 ware, Lackawanna and Western Rail
road have been increased 4 to 6 cents
an hour and their hours have been re
duced.
By the recent invention of an auto
matic machine for the blowing of beet
bottles it is said that 2.220 beer-bottle
blowers throughout the country will be
thrown out of employment.
Justice Scott, oi the Supreme Court
of New York, has denied the right of a
labor union to expel a member without
permitting him to be present when
charges against hint have been oreferred,