Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 August 1888 — Page 10

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUKNAIi, SUNDAY, AUG-UST 12, 18S8 TWELVE PAGES.

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CONDITION OF THE MAEKETS

Wheat Fairly Active, Closing at Slib tly Bislier Prices than on Friday. Corn Quite Active, tut Weak and Lower Oats Easy, with a Potto ward Tendency Provisions Irrenhr and a Trifle LoTter. MONEY, BONDS AND STOCKS. A Quiet Day in New York, the Chances In Prices Being for Fractional Amounts On!. KFW YORK, Aug. lO.-Money ca cU was easy t 13 Ha per cent. Prims mercantile piper, 4?2Gifl per eeat. - Sterile; exchange was quiet and hear, with aetaal Tbuainess at $4.84 fcr sixty -day bills, and $1.8 7 &r daman i. The total sales of etocls to-day were 03,077 bares, including the following: Delaware, Laeka Vanna & Western, 7.700 Erie, 1,115; Lake Sr-re, 2.910; Louisville & Nashvine, 2,100; Northwestern, 4,500; New Jersey Central, 2,750; Heading. 23,230; Hichniond & West Point, 3,020; St. Paul, 9,480; rnion Pacific, 4.GS0, Western Union, 9,363. There was an exceedingly slim attendance at the toard this morning, and the "bears' seized the opportunity to assume control of affairs; they were successful in getting quotations in most of the list off a fraction. The temper of the room at the opening was still conservatively bullish, and the buying orders in the - market were sueient to raise prices st the opening from s to 3(j per cent, above last evening s closing gures, but the brokers with Western connections ere free sellers of the list, and Chicago also had sell4sgcrders in Its specialities. The unfavorable crop ews of the day was supposed to be responsible or this, tut the selling was very .toneentrated. while the buying, except in Reading, was scattering all through. Reeding was run up over 1 per cent, in the face of a falling market, and its example Lad some e fleet upon the general list, for after nhe first half hour the pressure sgainstthe list became lese, and everything rallied, though sv portioa only of the loss was retrained. The dealings in the last boar were small, and possessed of no feature of interest, and the ehanges in quotations in the list were for the J smallest fractions eiid had no special significance. Ie'aides Heading. Delaware & Hudson and tan Francisco preferred showed some strength, but the trading In those rtocks was very small, and of no iniluenee ,v xpon the market. The close was quiet and steady, vrr$lj at small fractions under the opening iigures. jhefnaiian5ss in no case are for more than fractional amouVfa."The railroad bond market was fairlr active, the tales of the two-hours' session being $618,000, but there was no special activity in any portion of the list, while the tone of dealings was strong: the ebang ee in quotations for the day were for slight fractions only, exe apt for a few issues. There was a csin in Spokane Pacific firsts of 2, to 101, and Pittsburg & Western firsts, 2 to 75. Government bends were dull and steady. State bonds were neglected. Closing quotations rere: Four per et, bonds..l27Sg!Kansas & Texas.... J 'our per cent. eoup.l273e!Lake Eri & Wesfn. 'oarandah'fperet.l068ila E.& W.pref.... "Four and a e conp.l07ls' Lake Shore FeeiSo 6s of '95 120 Louv. Se Nashville.. Jxmisi's stamped 4s. r8s'l4. & N. A.......... Jliisourl 6s -100 I Mem. & Charleston. Tsan. settlem'nt Cs.l03WlIiehigan Central... 14 17H 50U 95g 40 50 871a ?enn. settlem'nt 5a. 64MiL. I S. & W 5o enn. settlem'nt 3s. 70:MiLL.S.& W.pref, 00 Can. Southern Eds.. Central Pacific lsts. 114 Jen. fc Rio Q. 1 sts . 12 1 Minn. & St. Louis.. 7 Minn. Ss St. L. pre?. Missouri Pacific... 15 83 b7?9 503a 50Ta Den. & Rio 0. 4s Mobilo & Ohio. Ten,A K. O. W. lsts 83 !! Nashville Sa Chattaneoconds. ....... U"1 M.. K, & T. gen. lis. iiTt New Jersey Central. Norfolk & W. pref.. Northern Pacihe.. . . Northern Pec pref. S.L.1L &T. rn. 5s. 61U Mutual Union 6-.. 97 ij N. J. C int. cert...l05 North'n Pae. Ists..ll6 Xorth'n Pac. 2ds...lll North west'n consols 141 K' A .K'w Km 1111, Chic ANorthwesfn. llSSg G.& North w'n pref. 1434 New York Central.. 1 07 Oregon ATrans. 6s100 I t.L.&LM.een5s. 86 Ohio & Miss, pref KtJjL & S. P. gen m.l 15 fl. Ontario & Western. Bi. Paul eonsols....l24aj!Orv Improvement.. t.P.,a & PaclsU. 120 Oregon Navigation. Tex. Pacifle lsU. ... 43'Ore.4S:Transcontin,L Tex. Paeifie 2JJ... 4 4 H Pi5o Mail Union Paciea lsts. 11 A 1 Peoria. D. & E I6I4 08 94 254 West Shore -..103U: Pittsburg 158 mkituoM Express.. ...147 Pullam Palace-Car..l675. JlIujm A T. Haute... 45 Alton & T. H. pref. 80 American Express. C. R. A N 20 Reading 69a Rock Island 109 a StL. & San Fran.. 32V St. I & R. F. pref.. 72 St. L AF.lst. pref.H3ia Canada Paeifie...... 69 Canada Southern. Central Pacific...... Chesapeake & Ohio. C & O. pref. lsts.. 548 SL Paul 73 85 VSt. Paul preferred. .1114 12Hj St. Paul, M. & M.lOG 10 St. Paul & Omaha.. 40

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r.0. 2ds 104 t. Paul & O. pref..l09 Tenn. Coal & Iron.. "SH Texas Paeifie Toledo & O. G pref. 40 k?.tref. 341 UnionPaeifie.. 60 ,C...V U. S.Expresjl... 76-' Delaware & Hndson.11789 W., St. L. & P. pref 27 5eh, Lack A WesU.137a Wells A Farsro Exp.136 V. A Rio Grande... 1BH W. U. Telegraph... 8319 KastTannesseeu.... 10 Am. eot.-eeed cert'f. 374 JUst Tenn. pret 1st. 70 Colorado Coal 37 tast Tenn. pref. 2d. 24T llomestake 10 4ie 295a Iron Silver -200 preferred t''2 Ontario. 31 yort Wayne Uuieksiiver ; ft. Worth Denver. 21 Quicksilver pref. . llotking Valley..... 29T8 Satro . ilouston A Texas.. 13 iBulwer 5li!noisCentral...ll919 Rich. & W. Point IOI4 8 50 21 I.B. AW 14 I The weekly bask statement shows the following ehengeax eserve decrease. 4. ....... $2, 643, 550 .Loans, increase 4,097.500 fipcie, deereasew.... ..,,... 1,734,600 Legal tenders, decrease.vMfc.. .......... 359,300 iDepcsits. increase M 2.199,600 .'Circulation, increase... 23,300 I The banks hot hold $21,306,835 in excess of the C5 per cent. rule. - NEW YORK. Aug. 11 Bar silver, 9135. NEW YORK AND CHICAGO. Teeterdtyt Quotations on Produce) at the Two Great Cotnmerctal Centers. ; NEW 'YORK, Aug. 11. Flour Receipts, 16,217 rtcitSj experts, 000 aW and 2.240 sseks. inli and weak. Sales, 13;70O brls; common to choice iwhite wheat Western extra, f4.4034.C0; fancy white jwheas Western extra, $4-4035.15; common to 'choice extra St. Louis, S2.8535.15, patent Minnetota, eitr jocrl to prune, .4.4034.SQ; cboico to inT. 4.835.15. ' "Wheat Receipts, 149,677 buj exports, 800 bu; jV.es, 3,760.000 bu futures. 46.000 bu spot. Cash iT-oiot. with an absence of export demand. iOpUo:. s rstiier nasettled, opening Jle higher, later Reclined 1 3 7a, only to sell np Tto. closing 1 atodr speriiation moderate; n-ntcraaaa. euwwee; fNo. 3 red, 873je storei November red, 81c; steamer .So. 3 red. BOe; Ko. 1 hard, 938 delivered; No. 2 red. Aaffnat, 93 V394le, eloeinc at 03ic SDtmIter. 93 9 93 c; closing at 93c; October. )3a 11)4393. cioslcj at SKiei NoTember. 943954e, leWoc at 94 DetnW. 933839Gi4e. closing ,st 95390; My. 995oa1.00e. elosins; atOOo. Corn Rceipts, 2U9.500 bui exports, 350 bu; sales, 1 872.000 tu futures, 114.000 bn spot: cash quiet od rather weak. Optione opnd lower on .August and September; then all months declined 15 J 13, clojlnr heavy st the bottcza. Ungraded, 49 a f3 No. 2. 6333c. deliTered: No. 2, Aosnst, p3iv53ee, closing at 53c September, 53353 o, yrlosing at 53 October, 53i4354e, closing at QiJVis November. 52-3327g. closing at 523bc; 4;eeember, 5O J50M, closing at 50o. . Osts Receipts, 4tj,900 bo; exports, nous; tales, 125 000 on futures and 56 000 bu snot; 143190 XU2"?; mixed Western, 33339c; white Western, 42 245c Hay quiet and steady. Hops nsehasfred and quiet. Cofiee-fipot f a-tJBm at 14e: options 5 3 10 points 'X 'ieT tfrd fairlj activej sales; 40.750 bajs; August, illilOet September. 10.5010.60: Octob-r. $.9V(VCVct November, 9.8339.95c; Deoember, 9 70 5)9.95 January, 10c; February. 10.053 10.10c; hlaroh, J0S5c Sngar firmi fair refining, 5 5-1 60; fcaned eadyr C, 6r6c; extra C. 6 5-166c; VHte t ira C. Q 71636 ll-lOc; yellovr. 636 1-1 6c; rtfA, Jbi3678e; standard X 71c: confectioners' A. "7 3s t9-16 powdered, 7 o. ilolasses quiet. Rice TaUoir steady; rimt el ty4 59a. Rosin qmet. Igge' quiet and steady; Western, 1731ias; re- , ere'vpi. 3,023 packages. Porir qiiet and firm. Chit meats qiiet but firm. Jard 53d points lower and dull; Western steam. po r, Sentemer. 8.74S.77c; October, 8.6338.6acj November, 8.12c; city steam, 8.70c. Butter quiet and steady; Western, 10 2l9e. Cheese 4yiUl and weak; Ohio cat, 7 38c CHICAGO. Ana 11 Wheat was farlr active. isrita ' the greater portioa of the business ransaed ourixg the early part of the The feellog was unsettled, and while prices ruled considerably higher, the advance jras not suttained. The opening was decidedly strong; tod pricos 'g3 180 higher than the dosing figures on asnge yesterdix. This advance was due to the gov eminent erop report; but the advance brought out some free realizing, a local trader selling freely, which Induced others to sell, and a weak feeling set in, prices inclining Sgo. Then, later on, tbe rumor that a sup- ' -piemen Ury report had been issued by tbe agricultural department, making the yield of spring wheat jarger than the figures of percentage and acreage erould indicate, helped to further weaken the market -ad prises declined 0 more. There was a slight recovery from inside prices, and the market closed about 3 higher than yesterday. Corn was active, but weak and lower. Offerings were large from all sources, while riraacd was limited to the we-is c! local "shorts. Prices opened a hade bettr.- than yesterday, but soon ruled weak, declining in all 13ge: ruled steady and dosed S43II30 lower than yesterday, Tbe wearing features were the hsaTT receipts and the crovernment erop jepcrt. . Oats were easy, with a tendency downward, and eiosing prices show a decline all around. The market was quite inactive. Speculative trade was reported in meso pork, and prices ruled with considerable irregularity. The opening sales wrre made at S37ia advance, but the market weakened under the pressure to jell; and prices

declined 3 ) U 35a. Later the demand showed some

Improvement, and prices rallied 15 2?0e, and closed comparer:? stea-ly. Lard was in i:gat request ana slightly irregular, closing about .02 under yesterday's closing figures. A fairly active speculative trade was reported in tte" market for short-rib sides, acepricw, on tbe whole taae, exhibited a little improvement, they fluctuating considerably. The leading futures ranged as follows: Qpt.iinj. . Loieent. Ctoiiaj. Wheat-Augnst. SJ 21, 82 SeptemUr M 4 ITJS fi7(j October. . f4 MS$ 8Uo S3-i May 69? &J ES W1 Corn August...; 448 447g 44 44 September 43 14 454 74 4-7 October... 4414 443s l 43 May 3o34 39 34. Oats August... 251 253 25 September 24 243 24 211 Ccber... 24 Su 24 V 24 14 24 J9 May...?.. 277a 2778 Pork-Sptember$13.65 $13. 6-5 13 65 12.70 8.65 8.671a 7.55 8.07 1 8.10 $13.3) 12.55 8. CO 8.C0 8..'5 7.50 7.92 1 7.82 lj $13.50 13.50 12.70 .62ta 8.65 8.60 7.53 S.U71s 8.07l October.. 13.C5 . Jancary.. 12.Q Lard August SeDtember 8.6lo October... b.C5 January.. 7.50 Shcrt Riks sep 8.05 October... c.Uo Cssh Quotations were as follows: Flour firm and unchanged: No. 2 spring wheat. 62140; No. 3 spA)g wheat, 7637Uc; No. 2 red. 3e: No. 2 corn, 443a 3l4a?; o. 2 cats, 2oc; o. 2 rye, 4a3474C: No. 2 barley, nominal: No. 1 flaxseed, $1.14; prime timothy-seed. $1.9332.00; mess pork, per brl, $13.503 13.(i02; lard, rer pound. 8.603 S.62ac; short-rib sides (loose). 7.933SC; dry-salted shoulders ii t 1 i.ta T . . - v. . j i.. it......ii (1 rn ti'Jri whisky, distillers' finished goods, per gallon. $1.20. On tie Produce Exeharare. to-dav. the butter mar ket wss attalr; ext'a creunery, lSlStc; firsts, 144 3l3e;fiicy dairv. lo-lGc; firsts, 123l3la. KeceiDts Flour. 15.000 brls: wheat. S5.00O bu: corn. If 5.000 bu: oats, b3,000 bu; rye, 5.000 bu; barley, 3.000 bu. Shipments Flour. 19.000 bu: wheat. 1 KS.OOO bu; corn, 232,000 bu; oats, 283, OOO bu; rye. 5.0UU bu. BALTIMORE. An. 1L-Wnat Western opened higher, sold off ise. and dosed steady: No. 2 winter. red. sfot. OOSgaOOSic; August. U0i3903: September. 9039Oc; October. 9l391ifl?r JJeceuv ber. 93a93li':. Corn Western doll: mixed. tt. 5v383V25sc; "eptember, 533534C; year, 453 M . e-e s - a s y. JO TT t vars qn:et; v esrern wane. iroc; esierB mixed, l?5337f. Rve steady at 53&35c. Hay firm; st?aJy and unchanged. Receipts Flour, 10,000 brh; wheat. lO,00 bu; corn. 1,600 bu; oats. 11,000 ba; rye. 1.O0O bu. fchipmentsFlour, 60O brls; wheat, 'i.'i OOO bo; corn. 85.00U bu. Sales Wheat, 105.000 ba: corn, 17,000 bu. CINCINNATI. Anir. H.Hour easier. Wheat easy; No. 2rtrl. ts4c. Keoeipts. SO.OOO bu: shipments, 25,000 bu. Corn easier; No. 2 mixed, 48 c. Oats eas-.cr; .No. - m-xed. 230. Itye dull atoic t'crz qu:el at ll.r0. Liard firm at 8.3 1 sc. i2 oik meats quiet; short rit, 8.25c. Bacon steady and unehanged. Whiskv stvadv: salo. 711 brls of finished goods on a bais of $1.14. I'utter Quiet, t'ugar stronger. Eggs dull at 10 3 10;. Cheese steady. LIVE STOCK. Heavy Receipts of Common Cattle, Which Are Dull and Lower Corn-Fed llogs Higher. IS&IANAFOLIS, Aug. 11. CATTLE Receipts. 1.200-. shipments," 1.5T-0. Today was tbe heaviest run of the season, and most of the offerings were cf common and medium grades. The market was dull and lower on that class, while the top grades were strong, and a few fine loade sold at $3.95. . A number of other grades went through in first hands. Exports (rood to cSclje shippers.... $3.4023.95 4.G0S5.10 ...... 3.60a 4.2 2.753 J.oO : 3.'2l 3 4.00 2.23 a 3.0O r air to medium shippers. ............ Common shippers Feeders .Sto kers Good to choice heifers Common to medijm heifers... ......... Oood to choice cowi .................. ,. 3.0033.40 2.0O32.73 .. 2.6533.10 .. 2.003 2.50 .. 1.0031.75 .. 3.0031.00 1.503 2.50 15.00 330.00 Fair to medium cows... Commcc old cows Veals, common to good................ Hulls common to good Milkers common to good Hoas Receipts. 2.770; shipments, 1,200. Quality somewhat improved; market active and a shade higher oa common hegs, while half-fat grassers are dull and lower; closed stcaJr; all sold. Heavy packing Mixed packing Common to good light.. Grassers .$0.3030.40 . 6.0030.23 . 6.103 G.30 . 5.5020.00 Sheep-Receipts, 2,370; shipments. 2,500. Fair supply; market strong and active, bat not quotable higher; all sold. Good to choice sheep ..$4.0034.50 .. 3.4033.75 ... 2.5033.00 .. 3.2335.25 k air to medium................ Common.. Spring lambs, common to good Eueas per nead... 2.0033.00 Elsewhere. CHICAGO. Aug. 11. The Drovers' Journal retorts: Cattle Kec:nts 3,700, including 3,000 Texas and Western cattle; shipments, 300. Market slow and weaker; common to good steers, $3,903 5.75; stockers and feeders, $2.0333.50; eows, bulls and mixed. $1.5033.10; Texas cattle 15c lower; steers. S2.4033.3l: cows. $1.7532.35; Western rangers, weaker; natives and half-breed, $334.50; eows. $2.6033. Hoes Receipts, 6,000; shipments, 3.000. Oood, steady; others lower; mixed, $5.8036.30; heavy, $5.90 36.45; light. $3.75 3 6.40; skips. $3.8035.75. Sheep and lanobs Receipts. 1 .OOO; shipments, . Market steady; natives, $2.7334.90; Western, $3.4024; Texans. shorn, $333.80; lambs, $1 -36. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 11. Cattle Receipts, 300; shipments, 2.200. Market steady. Choice heavy native steers, $5 35.50: fair to good native steers, 4.4035.15: butchers' steers, medium to choice, $3.4034 50; stockers and feeders, fair to good. $2.30t3.5O; rangers, corn-fed, $3.5034.40; grassfed. $2.2033.60. Hogs Receipts, 700; shipments, 60O. Market strong. Choice heavy and butchers' selections $6. 30 S 6.45: racking, medium to prime. $8,209 6.35; light grades, ordinary to best, $6.2030.35. Sheep Receipts, 60O; shipments, 3,400. Market firm. Fair to choice, $3.4034.t0. Horses Receipts, 225; shipments, 105. Texans and Indians, in ear-loads. $20436. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 11. The Live Stock Indicator reports: Cattle Receipts. 2,129; shipments, none. Market alow and weak for eonamont choice fat steady; good to choice corn-fed, $4.7535.50; common to medium. $3.2534.50; stockers and feeding steers, $1.603.65; grass range steers. $1.8023.25; cows, $1.2592.80. Hogs Receipt?, 267; shipments, cone. Market slow and lower: rood to choice, $6.10 36.20; common to medium, $536. Sheep Receipts, 929; shipments, none. Market steady; good to choics muttons, $334; common to medium, $1.5032.75. EAST LIBERTY, Pa Aug. 11. Cattle Receipts, 323; shipments, 532. Nothing doing; all through eonsiemtnents. Thirty-four ears of cattle ahipped to New York to-day. Hcss-Kece'DtN, 1,800; shipments, 2,300. Market slow. Philadelphias, $6.4036.50: mixed. $rt.35; Yorkers, 9-6.15 3t.25j common to fair. St36. IO; ig. $0.4060. six can 0: nogs lairred to .New ork to-day. Sheep Keeeipte, 1,'JOU; shipment, x.aou. Nothing doing. CINCINNATI, Ang. llCattle-Receipts, 80; shipments. GO. Market firm. J-'heep Receipts, 2,100; shipments, 2,2C0. Market steady. Lambs ooiet at $3.25 7t 6.50. Hog Market dull and lOo lower; common and light, $530.25; packing and butchers', $5.9036.40. Receipts, 330; shipments, 2-0. INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS. The VolnmsofTrads for th tVeek CHoslna ' To.Dsy Very Satisfactory. IXDXAXAPOLIS, Aug. 11. In nearly all departments merchants speak of trade in the week closing to-day as having been very satisfactory, and fluctuations in values have been few. Within the last few days a feeling of confidence and assurance that the trade of the fall U to be fully np to, if not considerable ahead, of that of last year has presented itself. This change of sentiment is developing in several directions, and the croakers have been driven from the field. It is no longer necessary to present arguments to ahow that the coming season is to be one of fair business activity; it is perhaps more advisable to counsel the over-sanguine against counting upon too great a revival. The conditions have continued to grow steadily more favorable. The most important element in estimating the prosperity of the autumn is the extent of the crops. This is no longer a matter of doubt. An unprecedented corn crop is insured, and as to the other crops, the final results promise to considerably exceed early expectations, while the early damage to wheat is being compensated for by better prices and a mors certain foreign demand. Through the bountiful yield of some crops and better prices for others, therefore, the farming interest ist almost sure 0! enjoying a greater degree of prosperity than for several years past; and this ia a factor already having a marked effect on several branches cf business. Grocers report prices steady and on most staple artidee firm; even coffees, which wereofiisa on Thursday and Friday, were steady to-day. Sugars rule firm with the continued large distribution. In the produce markets there is a good deal of activity; the receipts of nearly all of the leading articles in the produce line are large; still, prices are maintained at above the averare figures of August for some years past; especially is this true of butter, eggs and poultry. Apples and potatoes in good s apply, prices a little weak. Oranges are still scarce and high. Lemons more plenty at unehanged prices. The flour market continues to improve and the local mills are running to their full capacity, and with the bomiay mills an improvement In business is reported. The hide market is still under a cloud. GRAIN. There was a fair attendance on 'Change to-day for Saturday. On wheat and the better grades of cTJrn biiidi eg was quite spirited. There is a fair demand for oat, both mixel and white grades, and there is an increasing demand for May. Tra:k bids to-dsy ruled as follows: Wheat N. 2 red , M No. 3 red , 77 Unmerchantable..... 53 October- $1

49 48 42L 43 28i 241 24 211 ... 19 45 ...$12.25 ... lfS.OO ... 1S.00 e e Tbe Jobbing Trade. COAL AND COKE. Block, $3.25 f ton: Minshall. $3.50 V ton; Jackson, $3.75 4 ton: Pittsburg, $4 ton; Raymond city, $4 ton; Winifrede. $4 V ton; Campbrllcroek, $4 f ton; Hocking. $3.75 r ton; Island City. $3 & ton; nut, $2.75 V ton: Highland, $2.73 ? ton: Duggar (Peacock) lump. $3 P" ton: nut. $3 F ton: chest, nut. No. 4 ard stove anthracite, $7 4 ton: egg an I grate anthracite, $6.75 ton; gas coke, 13o bn; crushed coke. 14c bu. All soft coal, nut sixe, 50i ton less than the above prices on the same quality of lump coal CANNED GOODS Peaches Standard. 3-pound. $2.2532.50; 3-pound seconds $2.0032.25. Miscellaneous Blackberries, 2-pound, 90c3$1.00; raspberries, 2-pound, $1,153; 1.30; pineapple, standard, 2-pound. $1.6032.50; seconds. 2-ponnd, $ 1.20 3 1.30; cove oysters, 1-pound, full weight. 93c3$l; light, 65370c; 2-pound, full, $1.7031.80; light. 90c3$l; string beans. 85c3$l; Lima beans, $1.2031.30; peas, marrowfat. SI. 200 1.40; small, $1.5031.75: lobsters, $1.8532: rel cherries, $1.0031.10; strawberries, $1.3031.50; salmon (Ds), $232.75. D11CG3. Alcohol, $2.22 3 2.30: asafoetida, 15320c; alumf 4 35c; camphor, 30332c; cochineal, 50355c; chloroform, 55 360c; copperas, brls, $333.50; cream tartar, pure, 40342c; indigo. 803$lc; licorice, Calab, genuine. 30345c; magnesia, curb., 2-oz, 25335c; morphine, P. & W. oz, $2.60; madder, 123 14c: oil. castor, gal, $1.2531.30; oil, bergamot, $ IB, $333 25: opium, $3.0033.15; quinine, P. & W., 4 ox, 50355c; balsam copabia, 60365c; soap, Castile, Fr., 12316c; soda, biearb., 4436c; salts, Epsom, 435c; sulphur, flour. 436c; saltpetre, 83 20c turpentine, 40342c; glyearine, 23330c; iodide potass., $333.20; bromide potass., 40342c: cnlorate potash, 23c: borax. 10312c; einchoniiia, 123 15i earbolie acid. 45350c OILS Linseed oil, raw, 47c gk boiled, 50c; coal oil. legal test, 9314c: bank, 40e; best straits, 45c; Labrador, 60c; West Virginia, lubrieati nr. 203 30c; miners'. 63c Lard Oils No. 1, 50355c; do; extra, 65370c Whits Lean Pure. 6e: lower grades, 514369 DUY GOODS. Tickixos Amoskeag ACA, 13c; Conestoga BP 15c; Conestoga extra, 131?; Conestoga Gold Medal14e; Conestoga CCA. 12e; Conestoga AA. 10c; Con, estogaX, 9c; Pearl River, 12c; Falls OBO, 32-inch, 13ijc; Msthuen AA, I2ie; Oakland A. 7le: Swift River, 6flc; York. 32-inch. 13sc; York. 30-inch, imo. Bleached Sheetings Blaekstone AA, Sc; Ballou & Son, 7ie"j Chestnut Hill, Ga; Cabot 4-4, 7ic; Chapman X, 6iflc; Dwight Star S. 9c: Fruit of the Loom. 8c: Lonsdale, 84C: Linwood. 80: Masonville, 914c; New York Mills, lie; Our Own, 5c; Pepperell, 9-4. 22c; PepperelL 10-4, 24c; Hills, 80; Hope. 7-e; Knight s Cambrie, 8c; Lonsdale Cam brio, llioc; Whitint ville, 33-iach. 6iflc; Wamsutta, 11c Ginghams Amoskeag. -7c; Bates, 7ic; Gloucester, 7io.e; Glasgow, 69c; Lancaster, 740: RaneU znan's, 7c: Renfrew Madras, 9c; Cumberland, 6 3; White, 7c; Bookfold. lOiflo. Grain Bags American, $16; Atlanta, $18; Franklin ville. $17.50; Lewiston, $18; Ontario, $16.50; Stark A, $21. Paper Cambrics Manville, 6c; S. S. &Son. 60; Masonville, 6c; Garner, 6c Prints American fancy, 6c; Allen's fancy. 50 Allen's dark. 54c; Allen's pink, 6 19c; Arnold's, 6u j; Berlin, solid colors. 6c; Coeheeo, 60; Conestoga, Dunnsll's, bHc; Eddy stone, 6 c; Uartel, Sc; Harmony, 5e; Hamilton. 6c; Greenwieh, 51e; Knickerbocker, 5c; Mallory pink, 6c; Richmond. 6c Bbown S h e kti m a s A tlan tio A, 719c; Boott O, 6c; A 5a warn E, 54c; Bedford R, 4i; Augusta. 5c; Boott AL, 64e: Continental C, 6c: Dwight Star, c; Echo Lake, Cc; Granite ville EE, 619c; Lawrence LL, Cc; Pepperell E. 7c; Pepperell R, iihe Pepperell 9-4, 20c; PeppereU 10-4, 22c; Utica 9-4, 22ao; Utica 10-4. 25c; Utica C, 4ic. FKOlTS ANL VhGETABLES. Apples Per brl, $2.003250; common, $1,003 1.50. Blackberbies Per stand, $1.0034.50. GRAPES Ires. stand, $3.5034.00. HrCKELBERRiES Per bo, $3.003 4.00. NUTMEG Meloxs Indiana grown, 50c3$2.00 brL Osioxs Southern. $2.5033.00 brL Peaches Per box, 50375c; eommon, 30340c Pears Common, $2.00 4 brl; better varieties, $3.5034.001. Plcms Red, 4 stand, $1.7532.50; Damson, $3.5034.00. Potatoes Per brl. $1.10 3 1.50. Watermelons Fer hundred, $14317. FOREIGN FRUITS. Raisins, London Hyer, new, $3.40 33.50 box: loose, muscatelle. 2-erown, $2.2032.40 box; Valencia, new,7Ai9So lb; citron,23 32 lo I&; currents, 7i38e & t$. Bananas-Jamaica, $1,503 2 00; Aspinwali, $L50 32.50. Oranges Rodi, $7.0039.00. Leraons-$6.50 37.00; ehoice, $7.50; extra, fancy, $8.50. Figs, 14316a. Prons Turkish, old, 4H34ie; new, 5 3 515. GROCERIES. CorriZ8 Ordinary grades, 13l3l4iae; fair, 15 1 3 16c; good, 161g3l71se; prime, 18319c; strict Jy prime to choice, 19320c; faney green and yellow. 20321c: old government Java, 2Ste329Lje; ordinary Jara, 25320; imitation Java, 23324c; roasted coffees, I8I4.C Molasses axd Syrcps New Orleans molasses, fair to prime, 30 3 35c; ehoice, 40 350c Syrups. 33 340c Flouk SACKS-Na 1 drab J4 brl- $33 ? 1,000; H brl. $17, lighter weight. $1 1,000 less. Lead 73 80 for pressed bars. Dried Beet 11313c. Spices repper, 1819319c; allspice. 103l2e; cloves; 25328e; cassia, 10312c; nutmegs, 70385c; V lb. . . STARCH Refined pearl. 33340 D; Eureka, 5 36; Champion gloss lump, 536c; improved eorn, 636ic RlCX Louisiana, 5 37c . Shot $1.2531.30 f bag for drop. Sugars Hards. 8s39c: coctectioners' A. 78s3 8c Standard A. 73778C; S A, 7i37eic; wnitc ex'ra C. 63e37ic; fine yellows, 7J437V; Rood yellows. 7133740; fair yellows, 67s37c; common yellows, 6 1 3 6&4C Salt In ear lots, 95o 4 barrel; less than car lots, $1.0531.10. Twivr-Hemp. 12318 1U; wool. 83l0e: flax 20330e; paper. 18c; jute. 12315c: cotton. 16325c WoodixwabeNo. 1 tubs. $737.50; No. 2 tubs, $636.50; No. 3 tubs, $535.50; two-hoop pails, $1.4531.50; three-hoop nails, $1.5531.65; double washboards, $232.75; common washboards, $1,203 1.85; clothes-pins, 50385c ? box. Woodix Oishes Per 100, 1 IB, 20c; 2 , 25c; 3 Itts, 30c; 5 IBs, 40c Wbappino-papeb Crown straw, 18o bundle medium straw, 27c; double-erown straw, 36; heavyweight etraw, 1 V2o 4 lt: erown rag. 20o ban; die; medium rag, 30c; double-crown rag, 40c: beavy, wei?htrag. 2230 15; Manila, No. 1. 839c; No. 2. 5fl36iei print paper. No. 1, 6 37e; book paper. No. 3, S. &C, 10311c; No. 2, S. & C 839c; No. 1, S-ACHSc 1KOS AND STEEL. Bar iron (rates). 292.25c; horse-shoe bar, 3.25c; Norway sail rod, 8c; German steel plow-slabs, 4c, American dri.l steel. 10312c; Sanderson tool steel; tire steel. 4e; spring steel, 6c; bor shoe kear, $4.2534.50; mules shoes, f keg, $3.2535.50; horse nails, box, 81, $5; steel tails, 101 and larger, $2.25a2.35 V keg; other size e.t the nsuaJ. advance; wire nails, $2.90. TIKITIM'SUPPLIES Bit brand charcoal tin 10, 10x14. 14x20. 12x12, 57; IX. 10x14, 14x20 and 12x12. $9.75; IC, 1420. roofing tin, $5.30; IC, 20x .23, $11; block tin, in pigs, 36c; in bars. 41c. Iron 27 B iron, 3lc; 27 C iron, 5e: galvanised, 50 and 10 per cent, discount. Sheet zinc 690. Copper bottoms, 30c Planished copper, 36c; solder, 21 23c LEATHER. HIDES AND TALLOW. Liathik-Oak sole, 33337e; bemloek e ole, 26 a 32c; harness, 30335c; skirting, 37338c; black bridle, V doz. $60363; fair bridle. $60378 ? doz.; city kip, $60380; Frenoh kip. $35Wl20: city calfskins, 853$1.10; French calf-skins, $1.1531.0. HlDiS-No. 1. cured, 6c; No. 2, 434k?; No. 1 green, 5o; No. 1 calf, green, 5c; No, 1 calf, cured, Gjc; No. 2, 2o off; dry salt. 7c; flint, Sc Sheepskins Shearlings, 23c; lambs, 40c Ta LLOW Prime. 3 1 3 4 e. GXASK Brown. 2as; yelloW, 2; white 3134c OIL CARE. Oil cake $23 V ton; oil meal. $23. PttODUCff. BtAXS-Choice hand-picked navy, $2.8333.25 bu: medium hand-picked. $2.4092.80. Butt eb Fair creamery, 15 3l7oj choice, 20322c; country, 12314c; common, 729c. Beeswax Dark. 18c; yellow, 20c EGGS Selling from store at 13314c; shippers paying 1231280? dot, eandled. POULTRY Hen 10e: roosters, 330; turkeys, hens, 7c: toms. 5c; geese $3.50; goslins. $3.00 doz: ducks, 5o ? IS; young chickens, 12o ? 10. Feath IRS Prime geese, 35o ? IB; mixed Jack, 20c 4 is. Wool Tub-washed and picked. 33335c; unwashed, medium and common grade, if in good order, 22c; unwashed fine, 17328c; fleeee washed, if light, well washed and in good order, 23330c; burry and unmerchantable, according to their value. PROVISIONS. Jobbing Prices Smoked Meats Sugar-eured hams, 10 to 12 IDs average, 13c: 15 15s average, l Jtjo; 17ifl IDs average, 13'eC 20 ISs average. 13c 22 ISs average, 12c; llnglish-cured breakfast bacon, light or medium, 1380; sugar-cured snoulders,10tol2 IBs average. 99C; California hams, light or medium, 93C; dried beef hams, 13c; dried beef hams, knuckle pieces. 12e; dried beef hams, thin pieees, 10c Baeon Clear sides, medium average, lie; 35 Ins and over, average. 10V't clear backs, medium average, lie; clear bellies, medium weubt, 11c Dry-salt and Pickled Meats Clear sides (unsmoked), 1020; clear backs (unsmoked), I0lc; clear bellies (unsmoked), lOiac; clear pork, brl 200 Os. $19: family mess POTk. brl 200 IBs, $17; ham or rump pork. trl 200 Bs.$15. Bologna Skin.large or small,7i3c; doth, large or small. 7c Lard Pure winter leaf, kettle rendered, in tierces. 10 4c; in one-half brls. 1030 in 50-13 cans in 100-Hi cases, 108C; in 20-B cans in 80-tt eases, 10 ife; prime leaf lard.in tierces. 9 ac Kefined Lard In tierces, 8a; in 50-15 eans in 100-13 eases. 9c SEEDS. Clover Common red or June, prime (recleaned) $1.2534.50 4 bu; English or mammoth, prime (re eleaned), $4.1534.35; Alsika, prime, $7.2337.50; Alfalfa, prime. $7.50 38.00; white. $7.50 3 3.00; prime tiraotli". $2.5033 00 4 ba; extra clean blue gras. $1.1391.3(1 e bu: rel top. 50375o bu. orchard grass, $1.5031.65 4 bu; German millet. $2.1532.30; eommon nii!i $1.503 T.65; Huagarian, $1.6531.75 per bu: buskwheat, ailrer bull, $1.3531-75 per bu; buckwheat, common. $1,303 1.50 per bu; flaxseed, file: ted, $1.6031.75 per bu; hemp 3bc; canary , 'c; rape, 9o per D; Acme

Corn No. 1 white..... No. 2 white No. 2 mixed............ Sound white ear , Oats No. 2 white (old) No. 2 white (new) No. 2 mixed (new) Rejected mixed........ Rejected white Unmerchantable Rye o. ... ................. Bran Hay Choice timothy. No. 1 timothy...

awn grass seed, 20a per ft, $2.25 per bu. 8panich Bloomsdale saroy-leaf (sealed bags), 30e par O. Turnip seed. 403 60c per 3

FIELD SEEDS Wholesale and Retail at F. C. HUNTINGTON & CO.'S, successors to Huntington & Hoss,73 and 80 E. Market St.. Indi inapoiia. Samples and prices on application. FRATERNITIES AND ORGANISATIONS The Secret Societies. ODD-FELLOWS. John Lang Jon, of PhUoxenian Lodge, is seriously sick. J. B. Kenner, grand representative, of Huntington, has been appointed, by Grand Sire Wnite, on the committee on appeals in the Sovereign Grand Lodge. . T. W. Kizer. P. G of Winchester, visited the city on Wednesday. He reports every branch of the order as prosperous in Winchester. The Rebekah Degree Lodge especially so. Two candidates were initiated in Philoxenian Lodge on Wednesday night, and two applicants received and referred. The first degree will be conferred on several candidates on next Wednesday night. The Odd-fellows' Mutual Aid Association has paid Mrs. Sadie Rooker, this city. $2,500; Mrs. Anna Damerich, Seymour. $2,500; Mrs. Margaret Wooliev, Bloomington, $1,000, and the executor of John M. Balduff, Blotfmington, $2,500. The question has been asked whether any persons not members of the order could participate in the ex cursion to ixs Angeles. JaL M ho answer Is, they. can. a special tram will leave Kansas City a. lU:dO A. M., iept. 10, making stops at Topeka, Wichita, and Las Vegas. At the latter place a banquet and ball will be given the excursionists by the Santa Fee road. The train will reach Los Angles on Sunday, sept. ao. Grand Master Miehener. accompanied by a number of members of the various lodges of the city, went to Mount Jackson on Monaav night and instituted Har ris Lodge. No. 644. Twelve petitions for membersmp were received, and the petitioners were eiectel ana initiated. The first degree was conferred on five candidates. . By this time the hour was late and the work vas postponed until next Monday, when it will be completed and the officers elected and installed. 'lhe visitors were, at the close of the work. Invited to partake of a sumptuous lunch set by the ladies. The party returned to the city at 12 o'clock. order, of the iron hall. Local branch No. 32 had two candidates last Wednesday evening. There will be three initiated at next meeting. Sisterhood branch No. 495 initiated two candi dates last Monday evening. Addresses were made by Supreme Accountant Lander, and Supreme Cashier XJavis. Local branoh No. 1 had an interesting meeting Thursday evening. It was voted to purchase a new banner, and take part in the Iron Hall reunion; to be neia on the xuth. Up to Aug. 10 161 benefits have been raid to mem bers whose term of seven veers has expired, amount ing to over $150,000. Total amount paid for sickness and final benefits, $1,463,895. Sisterhood branch No. 745 will have one candi date for next Thursday afternoon. This is the German sisterhood of the crJar. and has already dosed its charter with thirt four charter members. 31. Aarons. a member of local branch No. 55. of Philadelphia, Pa., called at the offioe of the Supreme Sitting yesterday. He reports that the branches of Philadelphia and Baltimore are in good condition, and rapidly increasing in membership. Sisterhood branch No. 6751 is growing rapidly in membership. It now has four candidates for initia tion on next Tuesday evening. A committee was appointed at last meeting to co-operate with tbe other sisterhoods in the reception of the sisterhood branches arriving from St. Louis and Terre Haute Arrangements are being perfected for the reception and entertainment of a large delegation of members of the order from St. Louis, Terre Haute, and various branches of the order outside of the city. The local branches of Indianapolis are expect d to turn out in full force, and make the celebration a success. Mem bers of all branches will hold a meeting at Iron Hall, 3U Circle, Monday evening. Aug. U. L.NIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR. Supreme Protector John T. Milburn is expected to attend the session of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge will meet here Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Quite an interesting session and a full representation are expected. All the city lodges have degree work on hand, and extend invitations to the members of the newly-instituted lodges to visit them. The entertainment to be given by the home lodges. Tnesdav evening, in honor of the members of the Grand Lodge, will consist of.many attractive features. Compton Lodge will hold its regular session in K. of H. Hall Wednesday evening. - The degree work will be given. All the members of the Grand Lodge who remain in the city are invited to attend. Twa tiaw rA Tarn intittifjul t V vtAtfc vulr Supreme Treasurer E. J. McBride. One was instituted on Wednesday evening, at Vansiekle's Hall, with fifty-seven charter members, the other on Thursday evening at Bright wood, with thirty -eight names orx the charter list. IMPROVED ORDER OP RED MEN. Palmetto Tribe at its last meeting a'dopted three pale faces, and the chief reports several more in readiness for future meetings. Alfrata Council. Decree of Poohantas. enjoyed the special exercises at its last xaeevioT alter which re freshments were served. f - UNITED ANCIENT OBDEK OF DRUIDS. Cspital City Grove is in a good condition, and at the last meeting an enjoyable time was had, when several speeches were made. Misquoted Lines. Philadelphia Times. It la a peculiar faculty of heman memory to misquote proverbs and poetry, and almost in variably placa the credit where it does not be long. Nine men out of ten think that "The Lord tem pers the wind to the shorn lamb" is from the Bible, whereas Lawrence Sterna ia tbe author. "Pour ing oil upon the troubled waters" is Also as cribed to the sacred volume, whereas it is sot there; in fact, no one knows its origin. Aealn, we hear people say The proof of the pudding Is in chewing the string." This is ar rant nonsense, and tne provero says: "The proof of the podding is in the eating thereof, and not in chewing the string." Nothing is more common than to bear: "A man convinced sgalnit his will Is cf the same opinion still." This is an impossible condition of mind, for no one can be convinced of an opinion and at the same time hold to an opposite one. What Butler wrote was eminently sensible: "He that complies against his will Is of bis own opinion stilL" A famous passage of Scripture is often mis quoted thus: "He that is without sin among 70a, let him cast tbe first etone." It should be: "Let him first cast a stone." , Sometimes we are told: 'Behold how great a fire a little matter, kindletb," whereas St. James said: "Beuold how great a matter a little are kindletb," which ii quite a different thing. We also hear that "a mies is good ae a mile,a which is not an sensible or forcible as the true proverb: "A miss 0! an inch is as rood as a mile." "Look before you leap" should be: ''And loolr, before you ere you leap." Pope is generally credited with having written: "Immodest words admit of no defense. For want of decency is want of sense, " Though -it would puzzle any one to find the verses In hie writings. They were written by the Carl of Roscommon, who died before Pope was born. Franklin said: "Honesty la the best policy." but the maxim ie of Spanish origin, and may be found ia "Don Quixote.0 A Serious Typographical Error. Texss Sif tings. No long sinee a stranger from the East entered the office of the Crosby County (Tex.) Clarion and Farmers Vindicator, and approachlog the desk of Colonel Snort, asked that brilliant Journalist: "Have you got a reporter named Peter Dinks on your paper?" "No; but I did have one by that name," replied Colonel Snort." "Whereis he nowr "I don't know. Hell dead. "What killed Mmf Colonel Jim Stivers." "What for? v 'Well, you see, the reporter wrote up a ball, and when tbe account of the social gathering appeared in the paper it should hate read: 'Miss Stivers is a beautiful demi-blonde;'but, owing to a typographical error, it read: 'Miss Stivers is a beautiful demt-monde.' Colonel Stivers could not satisfy himeelf whether the reporter or printer was to blame, so shot 'em both. When you enter the cemetery gate tarn to your right until you come to a mesquite-tree. That's where they are planted." A Traveling Outfit, Philadelphia Press. When women travel by sea the steamer dress proper should be a severe tailor gown, cot too tight, and cow, happily, guiltless of steel and bustle. Dark blue or some plain, mixed cloth, trimmed with stitching and dark braid, the popular tinsel cords beiogprone to tarnish in tbe salt air. Either a long, smooth ulster, with a cloth traveling cap or a Connemara el oak, heavily weighed at tbe loose corners, and a dark blue or red trouville beretta should be provided for wear on deck, with a lap-rug and a pair of cushions. A loose, warm wrapper of some woolen stuff should be provided for use in one's own state-room. This had better be tied with cords or ribbons instead of buttoned, as being more convenient A full suit of light flannel underclothes should be provided in ease of cold weather and fogs, and the white petticoat is replaced with a skirt of dark cashmere or surah. For foot-gear sr.ould be provided a pair of stout tios. to obviate the necessity of leaciog over and and struggling with buttons when net quite sure of one's self, and for tbe state-room a pair of leit-soied. Knitted bedroom sboes are an infinite convenience. .

INDIGNANT WATER NTMPIIS.

Asbury Park In a Ferment Over Gay and Pretty Bathers. New York Press. James A. Bradley, the proprietor of the As bury Park police force, is in a bad fix. So are the'members of his force. Mr. Bradley is a modest and prayerful little man who everyday grieves much over the concupiscence to which flesh has been heir since the sin of Eve. It is only a thoughtful care for tbe feelings of others that has prevented him from wearing in this vale of tears tbe wings which he will eventually don and with which he will float through ce lestial spheres, singing and twanging on a tune ful lyre as he wafts himself along. Away down at Asbury faric he chose a local habitation for himself, where he might commune with his souL He had an idea at first of leading in it a hermit e life, but soon he discovered that that woold be too selfish a way of living. He de'ito remove sin as much as possible from he world, and perceiving that wealth was one tbe great obstacles to salvation, he decided upon establishing a bathing pavilion. lie had seen it stated In the newspapers that sea beaches were conducive to comparative poverty on the part of the patrons, and Mr. Bradley, in his zeal for souls, decided upon foun ling one. He did so. "Asbury Park became a social success, but Mr. Bradley's venture, spiritually considered, was a failure. Beautiful girls came trooping down in gorgeous costumes, fair, lovely creatures whom even Mr. Bradley had cot the courage to lecture. He might sally forth in the mornings determined to save a soul, but noon time would find him behind some sand hillock entranced with the visions of beauty which flit ted about the beaeh. It gradually became so positively dangerous to the utter destruction of the Christian policy he had marked out so positively tempting to him to join in the revelry, that St Anthony's famous trials were only a bagatelle to those of the missionary Bradley. Ia desperation, the latter established a police force, but so complete ly had the worldlings become wrapped up in the beauties ox tne beach that they refused to leave it, even when policemen began to flit about It only became a question of time; the force began to be of the earth, eartb, and they, too, used to burrow themselves in tbe sand and watch the merry bathers. In despair, Bradley concluded he would go upon another tack. He would at least compel tbe bathers to wear a modest uniform, and thus gradually drive them off. Mr. Bradley s ideas of modesty are not shared by the lady surf swimmer. War has been declared between him and them. and as matters look now Bradley will be worsted. On Saturday he made a gallant attempt to capt ure a number of fair ladies, but his own transcendent modesty, which has smitten his force as well, prevented their success. Dancing before him some cf them lolling in the sand, some co quetting with the ripples which played upon their feet were ladies in tights. The condition which confronted him was more than a theory, and yet he did cot grasp it. Straight onward the force with himself at its head marched nntil be came within half a dozen lengths of the beauti ful modern nerelds. "Shut your eyes, mice men. that you may cot behold vanity. Theo charge and bag the game. lhe men did as ther were told, and a more ludicrous ight than these Christian policemen charging with closed eyes upon these ladies in tights can hardly well be imagined. Down the beach they tore amid the laughter of the siren until they deposited thomstlves in tbe breakers. Then they charged up again, but always with their eyes closed. lest their modesty rnieht snrrer violence. It is hardly necessary to say that they did cot effect a capture. Bradley was disheartened, and cow has of fered terms of capitulation. He has issued a permit to ladies to bathe who may either sew themselves up in a bag or drive down into the the water in a coach, and who will sign a pledge to not kidnap or countenance the kidnaping of himself or any of his officers. In the meantime, Satan himself has been busy sowing jealousy among the women. Those who appear in tights, or at least who affirm with all the positiveness and semblance of truth that tbey do actually wear such apparel, say they are opposed by the skinny femininity and denounced as immodest simply because their traducers are so ill-favored by nature as makes the loose blouse and the ample trunks and the apparel which bags at the knees a neces sity. Thus 'the fight goes on at the beach. The well-formed, or those who believe they are, will continue to disport themselves, however great the shock may be to Chief Bradley or to tbe other old ladies, in tbe way that to them seems most piquant and debonnair. The well-formed girls believe tbey are persecuted, the others be lieve they are shocked, while Bradley and his force continue to pray with great fervor that they too, may cot be led into temptation. The Puritan Idea. Boston Transcript Some Boston people who are spending the summer down on tbe North shore have been visited by a young female relative from Maine, who showed no great interest in the surroundings of the pretty seaside home. It has been a little hard to know just what to do to amuse the young lady, and the other Sunday, after church, her hosts, fearing that perhaps the time was hanging heavily on ber bands, proposed to take her for a walk aloog the shore. The young girl from Maine held np her bauds in holy horror. "Go to walk!" she exclaimed. "My! I guess cot! I guess tbe folks down to Booth bay 'd tnink I was pooty savage. If I went to walk on SundayP The young lady's entertainers thought best to say nothing more on the subject Her protest was a revelation to them, however, of the oldfashioned ideas which still prevail in some parts of New England. So far as tbe listener has observed, the notion that ic is wicked to "go to walk," for pleasure, on Sunday, has survived longer than the notion that it is wicked te drive on that day. Why it should be wicked to walk on Sunday, but cot to drive, is rather hard to understand, except on the assumption that the weariness and distress inflicted upon the horse takes off something from the guilt of the hunTan being. Macaulay's remark that tbe Puritans reprobated bear-baiting not oa account of the pain that it gave to the bear, but on account of the pleasure it gave the human beings, wap founded on a profound knowledge of tbe Puritan nature. The Listener fully believes that the thought that Sunday driving inflicted upon the horse the paiu of unnecessary toil never eut any figure in the old-fashioned time when Sunday driving waa etill regarded ae wicked; and with tbe relaxation of tbe old rules the prejudice sg&iost Sunday driving was consequently one of the first things to disappear. The Listener is aware that in some places exactly the opposite state of things prevails; at Newport' for instance, everybody walks on the cliffs on Sunday, but nobody who is anybody ventures to drive on that day. But that is not because people think that driving on Sunday Is wicked, but became it is not good form. The Message Never Came. Courier-Journal. Courtlandt Palmer. and Stephen Pearl Andrews had an agreement that the one who died first was, if possible, to communicate from the spirit land with the survivor. A year was to be allowed for tbe phenomenon to take place, and, in case it did not, the conclusion was to be that the theory of spiritualistic intercourse was false. Andrews was a spiritualist It was he who did most of tbe writing for Victoria Woodbull and Tennie C ClaSin, at the time of their spiritualistic fame. Palmer was an unbelieving investigator. He and Anddrewe, who was commonly called the Pant arch, together founded tbe Colloquium, a society of philosophers of diverse views, to meet for discussions. That was the original of the Nineteenth Century Clcb, of which Palmer was president and the chief financial sustainer. The two men were anxious to settle tbe question, while at least one lived, whether the spirits of the dead communicated with the living. So they made tbe agreement described. Each memorized a sentence, and this was, If feasible, to be sent by the one who died to tbe one wno yet lived, through some medium hundreds of miles away. Nobody else was to know the word. Andrews died last autumn, and Palmer, although without faitb, waited for the promised message. It did cot come. Tbe Pantarch was frequently represented as speaking throngh various mediums here and there, but he did net mention Palmer or the compact. Not long before Courtlandt Palmer's death he talked with several friends about the unkept promise by Stephen Pearl Andrews, and declared that if the expiration of the year did cot bring the proof to the contrary he would set down spiritualism as a sure delusion. As he died before the end of the year, and without so far as is known, disclosing the test sentence to anybody, this attempt by two of tbe Nineteenth Century Club men to ascertain the truth as to athe spiritualism comes to nothing satisfactory. How She Mounts a Bicycle, rittsburg Dispatch. You may wonder how a lady can mount a bicycle gracefully, but it's quite easy. Von know a man puis his left foot on the pedal or step, and throws bis right leg over tbe rear of tbe saddle. A moment's reflection will convince you that this would never do for a lsdy wearing skirts. Bicycle inventors racked their brains for a long time to invent a woman's bicvele, and the appearance cf the low machine with chain gearing and wheels of equal size solved tbe problem. All that remained to be done was to get the "backbone" between the band'es end tbe seat out of the way so tbe lad r could step 00 tbe pedal and tbrow ber right leg around in front of the saddle instead of behind. This was easily done, and the fate of the ladies' triejele

was sealed. I see almost every day a lady of at least forty-five years, who, only a few months ago. took her first lesson, and she cow cuts graceful eaoers on her machine and skims about like a swallow. A LUXURIOUS RESIDENCE. The House Which Mr. Jay Gould Thinks or Buying. Saratoga Special. Jay Ooold is still considering the advisability of purchasing Charles Reed's ' magnificent residence and charming grounds on Union avenue, near the castle owned by Harry 5. Leech. Mr. Reed has not occupied his hoase for five years. He is cot in Saratoga and will not come .-here this season. Ha was formerly one of the owners of the Saratoga Club-house and the rate-track. The house was built ten years ago and cost 8175,000, and the furniture, which was picked np by Mrs. Reed in various parts of Europe, cost over $50,000. The house is in perfect order, and is kept ready for occupancy at all seasons of the year. Mr. Gould might move his family into it to-morrow, send for some groceries, and have a home of his own at once. The house is of brick and contains twentythree rooms. It is of the massive style of architecture of many years ago. The grounds are surrounded by an iron fence, painted black, and there are fine stables in the rear. Tbe house U cot as showy as tbe one occupied by Mr. Leech, the nearest . neighbor, but it is probably more comfortable. The kitchen, of tbe Delmonieo style, is in the basement The parlors, diningroom, billiard-room, butler's pantry and grocery-room are on the main floor. The house is finished in hard wood, and there are no carpets in any of the rooms. Beautiful great rugs are used instead of carpets. The furniture of the parlors is magnificent, many cf the articles having been carved by hand long before Columbus discovered Ameriea. Neither tbe furniture, bric-a-brac, nor trappings of these parlors, or of any of tbe rooms for that matter, could possibly be duplicated. Clocks hundreds of years old greet the visitors to the rooms and hallways, and priceless little ornaments are tastefully placed everywhere. Mirrors in which tbe belles of Naples and Paris beheld their pretty faces are pientifuL Two life-size figures carved out of stone in Naples 400 years ago stand in the main hallway and are apt to startle a stranger. The dining-room is, as it ought to be, one of the most cheerful rooms in the house, and the furniture must have oome from the banquet-ball of some monarch's paiace. The sideboard is of immense size and exquisitely carved. The table and chairs are of the most costly description. The chinaware was used by Napoleon HI while he was Emperor of France. Tbe billiard-room is a surprise to every one who enters it for the first time. Painted in colors unon tbe glassdoor is a full-length portrait of "Pat" Meanev, the famous jockey who used to ride Mr. Reed's race-horses. On the windows of the billiard-room are portraits 0! the horses. Everything needed to make a billiard-room comfortable and inviting ' for tbe players is to be found here. The sleeping apartments np stairs have sets of antiqne furniture of the rarest and costliest Kind, and the bedding, coverlets, quilts, eta, were purchased in St Peteraburg. The coverings are gorgeous. There are five bathrooms in the house, and hot and cold water, electrie bells, and speaking-tubes in every room. The piazzas are spacious and very tastefully decorated. All the visitors to Saratoga who drive out to the lake pass this splendid property, and wonder why tt is'unoccupied. Men are daily at work keeping the lawns and flower-beds in proper condition, and the fountains are in full play each day. Messrs. Conkliog & Knapp, who have the selling of the house and grounds, offered the property to Mr. Gould for A$140.000. or about 565, 000 less than it cost Mr. Reed. Mr. Goald was highly pleased with the dwelling and grounds, but his no faney for antique furniture. He is to decide in a day or two whether he will purchase the property. DOW GAS IS MADE.

A Simple Explanation of the Manufacture of Illuminating Gas. Hew Tork Graphic. How few people can intelligibly explain some of the most ordinary things in everyday life. An official of the city gas-works was heard to say not long ago that if he might judge by the number of times be was asked for information not more than two people in ten know how common illuminating gs is made. They all seem to understand, he said, that it Comes out of soft coal, but they are ignorant of tbe process by which it is extracted. .Ws do not doubt this at all, for, as we have said to yoa several times, it is the very common things that we are apt to overlook in our search for information. You will understand, therefore, why we select sub- -jeets to talk about with which yoa and everybody else ought to be familiar. Now. let us give you a very simple explanation of gas-makine. Break: up a pieee of bituminous coal into small fragments and fill the bowl of a clay tobacco pipe with them. Cover the mouth of the bowl with wet clay and then thoroughly dry it Put the bowl of the pipe into a fire where it will get ted hot, and you will soon see a yellowisn smoke come out of the stem, and If you touch a light to the smoke it will burn brightly, for it is nothing more cor less than the gas from the coaL You can purify and collect this gas in a very simple way. Fill a bottle with water and turn it upside down in a bowl of water. You know the water will not run out of the bottle because tbe air pressure on the water In tbe bowl will prevent it Put the end of the pipe-stem under the mouth of the bottle, and the gas will bubble up through the water into the bottle, gradually displacing the water, and if the pipe were large enough to make a great deal of gas, the bottle would be entirely filled with it You have seen the immense quantities of coke which tbey "have at the gas-works; that is what is left of the coal after tbe gas has been burned out of It Coke is carbon, only a smell part of what was In the coal having gone off with the gas. Take the elay covering off your pipe and you will find the bowl filled with this coke. Now, that is precisely the way gas is made in large quantities at tbe gas-works. Instead of pipe bowls they use big retorts, and these are heated red hot by furnace, for the fire must te outside of the retorts. Heating coal red-hot in a closed retort ie very different from burning it in the open air. A large pipe from the retort carries off the product of tbe coal, consisting of steam, tar, air and ammonia, ae well as gaa. Tbe ammonia and theta." gc into tanks, and the gas into coolers, and then oyer lime, which takes np the acids in it into the immense iron gas-holders which you have seen at the works. These holdfi are open at the bottom, and etand. or rather swing, in tanka of water, being adjusted by means of "weights. As the gas comes into them tbey rise np out of tbe water, but the bottoms are always submerged, so that the gas cannot escape. The large gas-pipes, or mains, as they are called, connect with the holders and conduct the gas through the streets to the houses where it is used. Tha pressure is given to the gas . by the weight of the iron holders. which are always bearing down on the gas they contain. A Robust Rat Story. A seaman tells the following story: He was once shipmate with a Russian Finn who had all the born buttons eaten off his oilskin clotbiog by tbe rats. So on tbe next dog watch after be found it out the Finlander went to the fore-batch, and, sticking his sheath-knife upright in the dock, called upon all the rats in tbe ship to appear before him. Up came all the rats, one after the other, and crawled before him ia solemn procession, rat after rat every rat in the ship, until hundreds of rats had passed close by his feet Then there was a delay, and the Russian Finn called in a louder tone the same words he had called at first. Instantly a poor little perspiring, bedraggled rat with all its hairs tnrned the wrong way, limped out of the hatchway, and went np to the upright sheath-knife and sawed its own head off. Moments of Torture. FliiTadelphia Record. She "Hush! Not another word. He "Oh. don't decide now; don't I beg of you. Take time to consider. Remember Jthe happiness of a life " "Do hush! For mercy's "sake stop. Walt " "Wait ni wait a centory if need be. Like Jacob, I'll serve- n - She (after sushing frantically around the room and peeping into all the corners) "He isn't here, after alL" "Who who? Oh. have I a rival have "Calm yourself. Mr. Nicefellow. 1 I thought I heard my little brother iu the room. Go on." The OMeit Man in the World. It is said that the oldest man living anywhere 1- t t t o i 11 : 13 ilBisei iismvs, uvru ui oiuia itosa, .urAicu, who was born near Dorchester, 8. C.. in 1752. He was with bis master in tb Revolutionary war. was forty years old when Washington was elected President went to Texas when 101 years old. moved into Mexico five years later, and now, at tbe ripe age ot 1 20, lives ia a little hut, to which he is confined by rheomatism, and is supported by contributions from the citizens of Santa Roea. Poston Berry Cakes (Eaten hot with butter, for breakfast or tea; black-cap raspberries, huckleberries or blackberriti may be used for it) One cupful, of berries, one cupful of milk, one cupful of sugar, one cupful of molasses, three eggs, three teaspoonfnls of baking powder, three pints ot berries and "flour to make it as stiff AS pound-cake. With huckleberries use spices.

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Pleasure Excursions in the Underground . Streets of the Trench Capital. Galignani's Messenger. Place du Chatelet, a quarter to 1. Jostia t front of the fountain, a trim little tent ov.r a raised trap-door, a crowd of gazers, an empkT clad all in white. This must be it "Voa earus? demands an official in a frock coat with several gold bands on his cap. emerging from the trapdoor. We descend about forty steps, lllow very strsnge! a world of its own; electric lights, oil lamps, colored lan ten. s; a host ot employes clad all in white, a host ot officials in frock coats, with gold bands on their caps; a line of open cars with brightly-polished nickel-plated fitting. Ahead, behind, to the right as far as the eya can reach, endless tunnels. The officials are bowiog one to another and to the ladies as they assise the latter on to the car. Our car is the last but one. "Qusnd vous voudrez!"' Four men in white) seize the poles: tbey push and pull; we are off. beneath tne Boulevard Sebastopol. Suddenly a revolving movement gives as rather a shake on a turn-table. Now we follow the Rue de lUvoli at a good speed, more smoothly than ia any drawing-room car. Everything is so clean, that were it cot for the miniature canal immediately beneath the car, we would fancy ourselves anywhere but ia a sewer. The atmosphere is soft and fresh cot the slightest unpleasant smelL Our "conductor one of the officials is doing the honors in true French style, explaining everything as .we wheel on: 'The stream is about a meter and a half deep just cow, but when freshets eceur it risee considerably, and circulation is often interrupt" ed. You may have noticed on your invitation, cards that visits are liable to be postponed. Those big pipes along tbe ceiling are freshwater conduits. Here we have telegraphic wires: and here, telephonic wires and pneumatic tubes for working office clocks and for sending messages." "Canyon tell what is in thenar inquires one of our fair travelers, with a laugh. ''Can you teli whether my dress-maker's message, informing me that my light pink dress is ready for to-night's ball, is on its way to my house!" A smile is the only reply. "Look out for your .bends!" comp!a:ently shouts some one from a front car. We duck in time to avoid tbe lantern, but receive a slight shower from a leak. "Whet is the total length of these subterranean'' arteries!" I ventured to ask. "At tbe present time there ara 830 kilometres, three-fourths of which were made during the past thirty years. Thank you sir. I prefer a cigarette to a cigar." A noise like that oC thunder is heard overhead; a stone cart is passing. Plates bearing the cumbers of corresponding buildings in the streets tell us our whereabouts. A pretty little parasol points out a very familiar cumber, "221 A few moments mora and our ride is over. Now for a cruise under the Rue Royale. A fleet of long flat-bottomed boats are moored. We embark. The horn is blown and the rnsn in white tow ua very slowly, that our pleasure may be prolonged. Even here, though we are on the water itself, there is a total absence of unpleasant smell. Ten minutes, and our cruise is also over. Another staircase, another iron trap-door, an employe, clad all in white, under a tent to bow us out on to the Boulevard Malesherbes, on the right side of tbe Madeleine. We had passed ' under a regiment of cavalry! Who would suppose the cleanest city in the world to be so clean and attractive underneath! We cannot but advise our friends, who are fond of novelty and -would like a "change of air" without going too far and without spending any more than a sheet of letter-paper, an envelope, a three-sous stamp we cannot but advise them to while away an hour In tbe sewers. Admission is to be obtained . in the same way as for tbe catacombs, by merely writing to the prefecture. A Beautiful Mouth. New Tork Graphic. A woman with every other natural charm is cot beautiful without & mouth that adds a new soggestiveness to her loveliness. She ceases to be even pretty if, when she speaks, her breath, is hot and feverish, or, worst still, is absolutely -tainted. Naturally she does not know this, and it is only proper that somebody belonging to her should tell her. If it comes from her teeth it ia ; something quickly remedied. If it comes from her digestion then it is her doctor's business to get her in good order; but often in this country of invalid women it comes Uovx the use 'of strong medicines. Physicians advise for this the use of lemons. ' claiming that tbey are the most purifying of all fruits, and tbe aromatic odor produced by lemons rubbed on the teeth, gums and lips lasts; longer than any other. For a feverish breath that results from the stomach, a few drops of lime-water, used as a gargle, or, better stilL a half teaepoonful of bicarbonate of soda in a little water, will have the desired effect Half tbe badly shaped mouths that are tbe sorrows of the young wemen of to-day result from their being permitted, when they were children, to suck their fingers; one of tbe pret-' tlest women in town has coarse thick lips that game from having been allowed, when she was coing to sleep, to pnt her thumb ih her month; while another whose lips protruded in the; center, and whose mouth is large, blames her mother for allowing her. to find consolation in har two forefingers. If persuasion will not break a child of this habit then stronger means should be resorted to, and if necessary its hands should be tied together. Another unfortunate habit among school-girls, and one which results in thickening the lips and making them snperrea eitive. is tbe continual biting of the lower lip. The entire shape of the face is spoiled ia this way, for when nature molded it there was cot tbe intention that tbe lower lip should be larger' and a coarse look given to the fare. Red lips are theannouneementof good health and good health is the fashion; women who hsvs very determined wills frequently get into ths very bad habit of drawing their lips together ins ' way tbey think expresses determination; tbs lips sre pliable and naturally assume the pos tion which is oftecest given them, so she whs feels on pleasant terms with the world at large who makes it a point only to say pleasant things, will have about her mouth that whicl the French call rtante the look that tells of a UogQ without the sound and a smile that is not a smirk. With ail his gallantry it took a Frenchman to say this: "To be beautiful a womat must cot say much or she will contract btf. mouth in an unbecoming manner." Lctater Poisoning a&l Its AntidoteThe last DQtDOsr.of the Philadelphia Medifel World conlaini a contribution from Dr. A. I. Cushing, of Springfield. Idaee.. on the subject of lobster poisoning, in which he describe some recent experiments made by him relating thereto as follows: "A cumber ot cat having come under my observation where persons having eaten lobster and within a short time baring drank miik, were soon after "takea with sever distress in the etomacb, and, after fearfal suffering, died. When a post-mortaq examination was made the milk was found n a solid ball or coagulum. For my expert men j I took the thick, dark, reddish liquid found jm back of the mouth in live lobsters. I place some cold milk In a vial and then added some it the lobster fluid, and it bad no apparent effect upon tbe milk. I then placed some of the lot ster fluid in warm milk, and in tea minutes 11 was a solid coagulum. I then began a search for a solvent of this eoagulam. I tried alcohol and ether, both of which hardened and toughened it, Acids and alkalies afforded no better results. Later I tried Papoidaod pepsin. Papoid softened the mass in about three miuutes (pepsin required a much longertime), so that it could be easily diluted with water, so, if necessary, it could be removed from tbe atomach by an emetle. My experiments were repeated several times. n Tne inference to be drawn from the) above facts are, first, that it is exceedingly dangerous to drink milk after eating lobster; seoond. that where these two articles are combined in the stomach, and the symptoms above described are developed, the aufTererahould.be gir en Pspold, followed In three minutes by an emetic. Papoid is a new digestive drug, made from the fruit of a South American tree and has been recently highly recommended by tbe medical journals for dyspepsia and kindred ailments. It is said to possess most remarkable digestive power. In this country it is sold by the drug cists in the form of Papoid Tablets.Qch Debenture Ooiirls. Uj v e cner. in denominations of sssoo.oo ana rtJU00.00, one series of KloO.WOof te 7 rnd. eecured by VI IC ST mortgages on l'KO Villi PAUM m in tht- rhout rartof the great corn district of Iowa. Tbe loans never exceed 4J percent, of tbe ra-h value of tne property su mortgaged. 8110,000 of these mortt'ajes are In tbe handsel a tesponsiMe Trustee as security for the payment of the Bond. The Oomr-any issu ngttieui has Hospital etoox Tsid tn ff S.VV.iaIU, SAFE AS GOVERNMENT BONDS, and vithln the reach of thoe having but moderate lueans. W'ntn for lAMH?r.fcT9 and I'AKTICL'UtUS. rmcui. akiYrs, m lasiixk m:sn. cuicaco. SUMMHi; BKsOKTS. CRESSOX SPRINGS, PENNA. MAIN UKK TESNA. RAILROAD. On Top of ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN?. The MOUNTAIN HOUSE NOW o PEN. All train s stoi at Cm sox. For circulars, etc, address - YJL lw DL'NilAM, Superintendent, CxsaaaaaQ