Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 June 1889 — Page 6

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 1889-TWELVE PAGES.

CONDITION OF THE MAKKETS

Wheat Weak, 'with Sales Lessened by Obstructed Eastern Communication. A iloderate Speculative Business in CornOats More Active and Finn Hog Products limited, But Quiet and Easy. MONEY, STOCK9 AND BONDS. An Easy Market, with Little Interest Shown In the Dealings, and Few Changes. NEW YOEK, Jane 1. Money on call wss easy, "with no loans, and closing offered at 2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 8252 per cent Sterling exchange dnll but steady at $LKh for sixty-day bills and 4.89 for demand. The total sales of stocks to-day were 03,- , TOO shares, including the following: Atchison, 15,0OC; Missouri Pacific, 20,000; North--western, 4,800; Northern Pacific, 4,425; Northern Pacific preferred, 11,210; Oregon Transcontinental, 2,200; Reading, P.SfiO; Richmond &. West Point, 1,500; 8t. Paul, 2,800; Union Pacific, 16,788; Western Unioa, 2,270. There was little interest shown in the dealings to-day, and only one important movement took place during the day, the fluctuations in the general list being confined to small fractions. Some selling of St. Paul caused aweuk. feeling in the early trading, but the strength of OregonTranscontinental, which rose from S3 to S7 on the bidding of one broker, and the strong tone of tho Pacific stocks, afterward brought about a more confident feeling, and a rally set in which, by the close of the board, had brought prices back again to about the level of opening figures. The Chesapeake & Ohio stocks were also prominent for the comparative animation which they displayed, and the advances made in each of them. The market finally closed dull and firm at close to opening figures. . Railroad bonds were dull and the fluctuations in the few issues traded in were entirely without significance as a rule, though a few bonds show material changes. The ealeswere only SC83.000. of which Denver Ki, Brando Western certificates contributed $05,000. The tone, however, was fx .tiffin-. 1 a' K 9 Tour per ci. re.. .128 Lake Erie A West. 19 UE.AW.pref.... 61U Lake Shore 105a Lou. A Nash 70 Loo. A 2f. A 44 Mem.A Charleston 60 Michigan Central. 90 MIL, L. 8. AW.... 92 MIL Jj.8. A W. pref.H5ifl Minn. A S. L 54 M. A 8. L. pref.... 11 Missouri Pacific.. 74 Mobile Ohio 11 Nashville A Chat. 90 NewJerseyCentrallOlSi Norfolk A W. pref. 527 Northern Pacific. SO7 Northern Pac. pref. 60i Fourner ct. couo.129 Four and as reg.lOGi Four and ass couplOTJ-j Faclflo 6s of '95. ..119 Louisiana st'p'dls. 902 .Missouri us. 102 Teen, new set, 6s.l07 Tenn. new set. 5S..102 Tenn.newset.3s. 751 Can. Southern 2ds. 09 Ten. Faclflo lsts..ll6is in. i K. o. lsts.119 Den. A R. 0. 4s.... 81h X)en.x R.O.W.lstalOO , Erie seconds 104 - M..K.&T. genCs. 58 1 M., K. & T. gen. 5s. 54 Mutual Union Cs.. 102s Northwestern Ill5 n. J.C.mt.cer....ll3 North'n Pac. Ista.ll9 North'n Pac 2d..114 N'west'n consols. .1442 Nweafn deb's 5a..l 13 Oregon fe Trans 6s.l03a etL.ALM.gen.5s. 80 Pt.L.&8.F.gen.m..l21 1 St. Paul consols. ..129 Ht.P.,C.4tP. lsts.121 V.P.L.O.Tr.rcti. 91 Northwest'n pref .142a Newark Central. 1083a N. x ., C A Bt. Li... 163 N.Y..C.A8LL. pref O. A Mississippi.. O. A M. pref Ontario A West... Ore. Improvement Ore. Navigation... Ore. A Trans 70 2258 173a 53ia 94 30 36 Pacific MaiL Peoria, D. A E T. P. K. O. T. ret. 38 24 a lunion Pacific lsts.1 10 West Shore 108 Adams Express... 149 Alton AT. II 432 Alton A T. II. pref. 90 American ExpressllS Bur.. a R. AN.... 20 Pittsburg. 160 Pullman Palace. ..189 Reading 463 Rock Island 9913 8LL.A8.F 282li St. L. A 8. F. pref. 60 StX.&8.F.lstprefll2 St. Paul 73la 8t.Paul pref 115 St. Paul, M. A M.. 1023 St. Paul, A Omaha 35k St. Paul A O.pref . 98 Canada Pacific... 55 Canada Southern. M Central Pacinc... 36 Ches. & Ohio...... 20 C. A O. pref. lsts. 62 C. A O.pref. 2ds.. 34b Tenn. coal A Iron. Texas Pacific T. A O. Cen. rref . Union Pacifio U. 8. Express 37 255g 51 6334 92 crura ro &Alton..l35 C., B. A Q 1021a C., Bt. L. A P 10 CLetL. A P. pref. 403 c. ts. & j i Clevel' d A Colni'bs 70 W..Pt.L.AP 15 W., St. L. A P. pref 29 Wells A Fargo Ex.142 Western Union.... 87 Am. Cotton Oil... 598 Colorado CoaL.... 25 Homestake 8 Dei. A Hudson.... 1394 Del., Lack. A W...14338 Den. ill. O. ...... I6I3 Eat Tennessee... 10 E. Tenn. 1st pref.. 25 i Term. id prer.. ,rH Iron SUver 180 Ontario 34 x.rie... ............. o"p Erie preferred.... 701 Fort Wayne 154 Fort Worth A Den Hocking Valley... 18 J Ion ton A Texas. 9 Illinois Central ...114 I., B. AW 9 Kansas A Texas... 107e Quicksilver 7ig QuicKsuver prer.. Sutro Bulwer Rich, a w. p Atch.,T0p.&8. F. Den., Tex. A Ft.W. Den. A R. O. pref. 38 9 50 20 45U 25 47i " . - - 1 - - i m ioe weekly Biavetueut snows u. ioiiOW' ragenanges: Beserre, decrease.... . Loans, decrease Specie, decrease r m m 449.700 714,900 1,792,500 1,422.100 Deposits, Increase 317,200 -".p 'vaMavao aam V MMV vjrctuauon, aecrease 24,200 ' The banks now hold $14,005,650 In excess of the 25 per cent. rule. TRADING AT CHICAGO. The Ups and Downs of the Market, with the . Range in Prices of Leading Articles. CHICAGO, June L The market was weak and lower. Trading was fair, and would -1 . A. 1 V 1 1 A . a, . . ..iiu uuuuma o uccu liugcr uub ior inoiaCb that telegraphic communication with the " E&st was almost wholly cut off, tho wires, . owing to heavy storms, being down. The .Reeling was week from the start, with opening sales of July at aioo lower, and the prices ruled very heavy andsteadily declined lc more, then reacted 3sc, ruled easy, and closed about lo lower than yesterday, June sold olT21gc, and closed at about lo .. lower than yesterday. The weakness was ; attributed to milder weather. Only a moderate speculative business was reported in corn, tho market ruling quiet most of tho session, with trading confined largely to room operators within 4C range, 'ihe feeling developed was on the whole a little easier. Oats were fairly active and unsettled. The opening was at Sc decline. This was followed by a firmer feeling, and the decline was recovered, and the market closed firm. A comparatively light trade was reported in hog products, and the feeling was easier. Speculative trading was confined mainly to July and September. Prices for all the leading articles ruled lower during the early part of the day, but showed more rtadiness during the middle of tho day. The market finally closed quiet and easy. The leading futures were as follows:

Options. Openfg. Uighcut. Locett. Clofng. Wheat July.. 784 7e4 734 75 August.. 74 74e 734 74 . .Sept'ber. Mh 74 73 74 - . Year..... 734 73 7.-. 738 Corn July.... 34 337 34 August.. 343 343 zih S4a Sepfber. -35 331$ 347 35 Oats July 2.3g 22 22 T2s August.. 222 2.53 Sept..... 22 22 22J4 72 Pork July.... fll.75 fll.87l tll.722 fll.85 Attgurt.. ll.ST U.W 11.872 11.9.1a Sept'ber. ll.5 12.00 11.95 12.00 Lard-JuIy.... . 6.70 C.72ij 6.70 6.70 August.. 6.75 6.75 6.75 6.75 Sept'bcr. 6.S2I2 6.8Q1-2 6.80 6.ia Eh'trl5-July. 6.72 s 6.75 6.72 6.75 r.. AUgUSt.. 5.82 h C.S22 5.80 t. ' feepfber. &.si 6.90 6.87ig 6.S7I9

nmet and unchanged: No. 2 spring wheat, 768c; Nc. 3 spring wheat. 72c; No. 2 red, Wfcc; No. 2 corn, S35&C bid; No. 2 oats, 2l34c; No. 2 rye, No. 2 barlev nominal; No. 1 flax-seed. $1.56; prime timothy-seed, $1.25; mess pork, per bbl, $ll.a10.t5; lard, per pound, 6,&b'2o.C5e:ihort.rib sides, (loose). 6.nva5.70c; dry salted shoulders (boxed). 6.1212'S5.2!'c; short-clear sides (boxed), fa Crib: whislcy. distillers' finished goods. pr gal. $1.02. .Sugars, cut-loaf, unchanged. On the Produce Exchange, to-day, the butter market wis firm; fancy Klgin. IS? cboice to fine, 121 15c; fine dairy, ifo-oi fa,r to ood 810c. Kggs firm at i tiic. J??cciltFIonr' 11.000 brls; wheat, 12,C00l)u; coni, 4a0O0 bu; oats, bu; rje, bA: J?Jle7- -m b,1 ' SWpments-1 V,CCO brfs; beat, 19,000 bu; corn, ilri,2,o6obJ.,'"--ocobR; rre' '-m bn at ircrr yonic. "ls In Irodoes at thm Seaboard's ! fzzzzzzTzm Ilttropolls. -.wYOKK, June 1. Flour ReceipU. -.v : 'Zi espcrt?, 10,743 DriSf 24,265 r.' : -it moderately active and un

changed; sale vl 3,650 brls. Corn-meal quiet and stcadv. IXt-lReceipts, 72.500 bu; exports, 153,010 bu; Rales. 3,4X),000 bu futures, 27,000 bu pot. Spot market dull, weak and 3)4.0 lower; No. 2 red. 80c in store, SlVaS2V,c afloat, 81 i8'2S2i2cf.o.b.; No. 3 red. 74V; No. 1 red, 75c; No. 1 white. 08c; ungraded redr Sl'&HIXoc. Options were unusually active for Saturday, notwithstanding the absence of Chicago quotations, which failed to disturb dealers here materially. There were free sellers on considerable contract deliveries and prices were Vtfc lower, closing weak; No. 2 red. June, bOfe'SOc. closing at 60c; Julv, 81 a 8134c, closingat 81 he; August, 8182, closing at 81:; September, 81V825c, closing at 82; October, 83i2835hC, closing at 837gc, December. 843hC'S8514C. closing at843jc; May (lbtK, 80800 closing at 80c. Karley malt dull. Corn Receipts, lm.fCA bu; exports. 203,021 bu; sales, 232.000 bu futnres, 113,000 bu spot. Spot market dull and steady; No. 2, 404C elevator. -HUic afloat; No. 2 white, 42c; No. S, nominal; ungraded mixed. ZTi) 4214c: steamer mixed, 42J4C. Options dull and tirm; June. 407c; July. 410; Aupust, 42S42isc. closing at 42c; September, 428C. Oats-Receipts, 6S.JXX) bu; exports, 274 bu; sales, 210,000 bu fntnres. 84,000 bn spot. Spot market steady and moderately active. Op t i on s'f airly active and firm; June. 271j2 27:4C. cloning at 275sc; July, 28cc; spot. No. 2 white. JHc; mixed Western, 2630c; white Western. SS'SSDc; No. 2 Chicago, 23c. Hay dull and weak, Hops firm and in fair demand. Coiiee Options opened dull and unchanged to 5 points down, closed steady, aud unchanged to 10 points up. Sales, 11.000 bags, including: June, 16.50; July, 16.05; September. lCWlTc; October, 17 17.05c; December, 17.1017.15c; March, 17.20c. Spot Rio quiet and firm; fair cargoes, 18a4C. Sugar Raw quiet and tirm; refined, firm and quiet. Molasses Foreign firm and quiet; open kettle, good fancy, 28'S40c. Rice quii-t and steady; domestic, 4 34'26y8c; Japan, 434314C. - Tallow barely steady; city, .Sgc. Rosin quiet and tirm. Kggn weak; Western, W-ifaXs; receipts, 2,8m packages. Pork quiet; niess,$13.2.,5'a 13.50- extra prime, 12 12.25. Lard iuactive and lower; Westeni steam. 7.02 7.05c; city. C.50c; June, 7.02c asked; July, 7.03c bid; August, 7.05c bid; September, 7.02c, closing at 7.10c. Rntter quiet and steady; Western dairy, 9filSc; Western creamerv, XZ'cbYic; Western factory, 71'2)12c. Cheeso strong; receipts sold up; Western, 7 8c. LIVE STOCK.

Cattly Dull and Slow Ilogs Weak and LowerSheep Steady.' IsniANAPOLis, June 1. Cattle Receipts, 300; shipments, 400. The supply was light, and quality generally common. Market dull and slow sale on that class, while good stock found ready sale at about the same prices. Export grades $4.1034.30 Good to cnoice shippers. 3.70a4.05 Fair to medium shippers 3.35Q3.C0 Cpmraon shippers 2.8o23.15 fctockers (GOO to 850 pounds) 2.053.15 CJood to choice heifers 3.25S3.05 Common to medium heifers 2.5073.00 Oood to choice cows 2.80a 3.25 Fair to medium cows 2.35S 2.05 Common old cows 1.5032.10 Veals, common to choice 2.7534.00 Hulls, good to choice 1.753.00 Milkers, common to chtoice 18.00333.00 8IIEEP Receipts. 200; shipments, 240. Quality fair. Market steady at yesterday's prices. (iood to choice $3.7534.25 Fair to medium 3.3033.OO Common 2.5033.00 8prlng lambs 4.503 6.00 Rucks, per head 2.0033.00 IIogs Receipts. 6,100, shipments, 2.05O. Quality good. Market opened about steady, but late ruled weak and lower, closing quiet; aU sold. lht. ..$4.5034.55 Mixed 4.403-4.45 Heavy 4.304.45 Heavy roughs 3.5034.00 Elsewhere. CIIICAGO, June 1. The Drovers Journal reports: Cattle Receipts, 2.80G: shipment, 1,300. The market was moderately active and unchanged; steers. $3.50 S 4.30; stockers and feeders dun at $:!.5o3.60; cows, bulls and mixed, $1.753.25; Texans, 1.7032.40. Hogs Receipts, 23,000; shipments, 7,000. The market was active and 5c to 10c lower, mixed, $4.254.45: heavy, $4.2034.40; licht, $4.3034.60; skins, $334.10. fiheep Receipts, 1,500; shipments. GOO. The market was steady and unchanged; natives, $3.254.75; Texans, $3.3593.00; lambs, $3.25 34.10. KANSAS CITY, June 1. The Live Stock Indicator reports: Cattle Receipts, 2.166; shipments, 952. Market opened steady, later weakened, and closed a shade lower. Good to choice corn-fed, $3.8034; common to medium, $3,253 3.70; cows. $1.7533.25; Mockers and feeding steers, $2.25 7i 3.40. Hojrs-Receipts, 12.513; shipments, 1,886. Market weak and 5310c lower than yesterday's closing prices. Good to choice light, $4.2034.25; heavy and mixed, $3.9034.15. Sheep Receipts, 1,574; no shipments. Market steady. Good to choice muttons, $3,753 4.20; common to medium, $2.5033.50. 8T. LOUIS. June 1. Cattle-Receipts. 1,100; shipments, none. Market strong. Choice heavy native steers. $3.9034.40; fair to pood native steers, $3.1034; stockers and feeders, $2,203 3.15; rangers, corn-fed, $2.8033.60; grass-fed, $2.1033. Hops Receipts, 3,000; shipments, none. Market lower. Choice heavy and butchers, $3.30 3 4.40; packing, $4.1534.30; litrht, $4.3034.45. Sheep Receipts, 3,000; shipments, none. Marsteady. Fair to choice, $334.60. CINCINNATI, June 1. Cattle Receipts, 66; shipments, 67. Market quiet. fiheep Receipts, 980; shipments, 1,040. Market li rm. Lambs quiet at $o.50 3 7. Hogs quiet. Common and lljsht, $3.7534.50; Sacking and butchers', $4.2034.35. Receipts, 70; shipments, 1,300. INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS. A Week in Which Trade was Disappointing v and the Fluctuations In Values Fenr. Indianapolis, June 1. The volume of trado for the week closing to-day iras far below tho expectations of the early part of the week, which was wholly due to tho unseasonable weather, all departments feeling it more or less. Dry goods men report it to have been the most quiet week of tho present year. Grocers, as well, did much less than in the week preceding, while prices have ruled steady on all articles in the grocery line. The produce markets showed more activity than most other lines of business. The arrivals of strawberries during the week were light, consequently home-grown have been iu demand and sold at good prices. Cherries have been in light suppl3 and sold all the way from $4 to $7 per stand. New tomatoes have been more plentiful, but brought good prices, ranging from $2.50 to $3.50 per box. Gooseberries sold at $4 per stand most of the time. The supply is only fair. Lemons and oranges aro both in large supply, and prices rule easier, but not quotably lower. Now potatoes are in good supply and weak at quotations. The supply of green beans and peas is meager and prices rule still. Butter, this cool weather, has been sellini; better. The receipts of eggs are liberal and prices easier. The poultry market is firmer. Other markets are featureless. GRAIN. A heavy, dull market covers the local situation. The Market Report gives the following quotations: Yhcat-No. 2 red, 77a379c; No. 3 red, 71 74o. Corn Receipts. 3.600 bu; yesterdav. 10.000 bu. The demand for white grades Is good aud quotations higher, mixed and jellow slow sale, shippers report the Eastern demand verv small. No. 1 white, 33ar; No. 2 white. 35s No. 3 white, :i2LjS33r; if one color, 34 34 ft 35c: no color, 34 hc No. 3 yellow, 32333c; No. 2 mixed, 32s-33c; No. 3 mixed. 32cc;ear, 3ia32c. Shippers are bidding for direct shipment from country points, on basis of Indianapolis rates of freight, mixed .corn, 29c; hixh mixed, 29c. Oats Receipts, 31,000 bu; yesterday, 25,000 bu. Market weak and demand limited. "So. 2 whit. 279 2c; No. 3 white, 26c; No. 2 mixed, 24a3243e; relected,22c. Bran-The snipper reports demand to be ltent. They are bidding $8.50 per ton. Local dealers are psyin g $0.50. Hominy Feed-Selling at $10310.25. Hay and htraw Receipts, o cars; yesterday, 8 latter figure for Iowa. Straw. $3. Jobbing Trade Trice List. COAL AND COKE. Anthracite, $0.75 3 7.00 ton; Jackson lump, $4.00 ton; nut, $3.50; Brazil block, $3.50 V ton: nut. $3.00: IMttftburjr. $-1.00 ton; nut. $3.75; Raymond and Winlf rode, $4 00 V ton; nut $3.75; Dugjrar lump. $3.75 4 tot;; nut. $2.75; Island City lump, $.1.25 ton; nut, $3.00; Highland lump, $3.00 "v ton; nut, $2.50; Piedmont and Biossburg, $5.00 4 tou; Indiana cannel, $5-s ton: gas-honse coke. lie. 4 bu, or $2.75 V load; crashed coke. 12c bu, or $3.00 i load. CANNED GOODS. Peaches Standard 3-pound. $1.80 2.00; 3-

cars. Alaruet quiet, aunoujeu nuoiea wignuj higher. Timothy hay, choice, $12 per ton; No. 1. $11.23: No. 2. S9: prairie. No. 1, $7.2539, the

pound seconds. $1.4031.60. Miscellaneous Blackberries 2-pound, SOaOOc; raspberries, 2pound, $1.1531.30; pineapple, standard. 2found, $1.4022.50; seconds, 2-pound, $1,103 .20; cove ovsters, 1-pound, full weiebt, 05c a $1; lljcht, 6570c; 2-pound, Nil, $1.701.90; light, 90c$l: string beans, S.295c; Lima beans, $1.20 a 1.30; pea, marrowfat, $1,2031.40; small; $1.0031.75; lobsters, $1.853 2; red cherries, 05o 'd $1.10; strawberries, $1.2031.30; salmon, (tts), $1.0022.50. DP.Y GOODS. Bleached Buketisgs Blaeirstone AA, 7ic; Ballon 6c fonc; Chestnut Hill. Cc; Cabot 4-4, 74c; Chapman X, Oc; Dwicht Star 8, 83ic; Fruit of the Loom, 80; Lonsdale, 8 he: Lin wood, 8c; MaaonviUe, ShiC New York Mills, 10c; Our Own.5ftc;reppcrcll, 0-4. 22c: 1'epperell. 10-4. 24c; Hills. 8c; Hope, 7kc; Knicnt's Cambric, 8c; Lonsdale Cambric. 10c; Whitlnsville, 33inch. Oc; Wamsutta, lOc. Brown Sheetings Atlantic A, 74c; Boott C 6c; Atrawani F, oc: Bedfonl R, 5c; Augusta Osc; Boott AL, 7c; Continental C, Gc; Dwteht Star. 8c; Echo Lake, She; Granite ville EE. Oc; Iwrence Lli, 5'4c; PepperellE, 7X4C; refperell R, 6?ic; Pepperell 9-4, 20c; Pepperell 10-4. 22c; Utica9-4, 22ic; Utica 10-4, 2oc; Utica C, 4c. GreoiiAMS Amoskeap, Oc; Bates, 6, Gloucester, 6X4C; Glasgow, 6c: Lancaster, G2;c; Ranelman'a, 71ic: Renfrew Madras. 84C; Cumberland, 6c; White, ec; Bookfold, 9hc. Grain Bag? American, $16.50; Atlanta, $18: Franklinville. $17.50; Lewlaton, $18; Ontario, $16.50; Stark A, $21. Paper Cambrics Manville, 6c; S. 8. & Son. Cc; Mason ville. 6c; Garner, 6c Pkixts American fancy, 62c; Allen's fancy, 62C; Allen's dark, 6c; Allen's pink, 6c; Arnold's, 7c; Berlin solid colors, 6c; Cocheco. 6ic; Conestoga, 6; Dunnell's, 6c; Eddystone. ec; 1 1 artel, 6c; Harmony, 5c; Hamilton, 6c; Gi-eenwicb, She; Knickerbocker, 52c; Mallory pink, 7c. Prices on dress styles irregular; depends on pattern. Tickings Amoftkeapr ACA, 12ec; Conestoca B F, 15c; Couestosa extra, 13-2c; Coucstoga Gold Medal, 14c; Conestoga CCA, 12c; Couestoga A.V, 10c; Conestoga X,9c; Pearl River. 12c; Falls OBO, 32-lnch, 13ic; Methuen AA, 12c; Oakland A, 7c; Swift River, 7; York, 32-inch, 12sc; York, 30-inch, 10hc DRUGS. Alcohol, $2.223 2.30; asaf cctida, 153 20c; alum; 43 5c; camphor, 303 33c; cochineal, 50c 55c; chloroform, 50 3 55c; copperas, brls, $333.50; cream tartar, pure, 40a4.2c: Indigo, 8081c; licorice, Calab., genuine, 30ft45c; magTiesia, carb., 2-oz. 25335c; morphine, P. & W.. oz, $2.80: madder. 12314c; oil. castor, pal, $1.10; 1.15; oil, bergamont. Ift, $3 3.25; opium, r O r r i i k a s.

jrJa.i.io; quinine, r. & r oz.DOffiOjc; Daisain copaiba. C03 65c; soap, Castile, Fr., 12316c;

phur, flour, 4a Gc; saltpetre, 8 a 20c; turpentine, 59362c; Rlycerine, 253 30c; idmlide potass., $3 3.20; bromide twtJiAs., 4()342c; chlorate potash, 25c; borax, 10 ?tVZc; cinchonidia, 12a 15c; carbolic acid,45350c. Oils Linseed oil, raw, 62c pal; boiled, 65c; coal oil, legal test, 93 11c; bank, 10c; best straits, 50c; Labrador, 60c; West Virginia, lubricating. 203 30c; miners. C5c. Lard Oils, No. 1, 50 355c; do, extra, 65370c. WIIITE LEAD-Plirc, 7. FOREIGX FRUITS. Raisins, California London layer, new, $2.50 "32.75 4 box; California, loo?, luuscatelle, 3crown, $1.8032 per box; Valt ncia, new, 7,2t 8o ft; citron, 243 26c ft; currants, 0&7c V ft. Bananas .Jamaica, $1.503 2; Aspinwall, $1.50 2.50. Oranges Florida russets, $3.01)33.25; brights, $3.50 4P box; Messina, $4.5035; Imperials, $4.50; Valencias, $6.0036.50 case. Califomias, Riversides, $3.5035; Mediterraneans, $3.50; Tustins and Los Angeles, $2.75 33 V per box. Lemons Choico and fancy, $5.50 a 6.25. Messinas, choice, $4.50 3 1.75 box; extra choice, $1.0035.00. Figs, 12314c. PrunesTurkish, old, 4143412c; new, 53 5. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Green aiti.es $323.75 V bii. Btking Beans Green, sound, 3 peck boxos $1.25; 11at.$l; wax, $1.75. Gooseberries $4 V stand. Tomatoes $223.50 V box, sizo and quality regulating price. Beans Choice hand-picked navy, $2.1032.25 ? bu: medium hand-picked, $2.10 ft 2.25. Potatoes New potatoes, $1.25 1.50 bushel, or $4.00 a 4.75 V brl. Cabbage $2 n 2.50 per crate. Potatoes Per brl, $1.0091.35; from car, 3o" 40o per bu. Onions Bermuda, $1.25 per crate: Louisiana, $1.32; $1.25 per bu and a half wick. GreenPeas $1.2591.50 bu. GROCERIES. Coffees Ordinary irrades, lS'210c; fair, 1914193!ic; good, 20921c; prime, 22523c; strictly prime to choice. 23324c; fancy preen and yellow, 24325c; old government Java, 33334c: ordinary Java, 281s32912c; Imitation Java, 27223c; roasted coffees 1-ft packages, 244c; Banner coffee, 24 e per lb. Flour Sacks No. 1 drab H hrl, $33 1,000; h brl. $17; lighter veiirht, $1 1,000 less. Dried Beef 11913c. Leai 6 3 7c for pressed bars. Molasses and Syrups New Orleans molasses, fair to prime, 30 a 35c; cnoice, 40 a 50c. byrups, 25 340c. Rice Louisiana, 52 7c. Phot $1.2031.25 bag for drop. SriCES repper, 19220c; allspice, 12215c; cloves, 26330c; cassia, 10312c; nutmeg, 709 85c ? ft. Starch Refined pearl, 33 30 ft; Champion gloss, 1-K aud 3-m packages, 5350 V ft; Champion gloss lump. 3Ie34c. Sugars Hards, olOc; confectioners A, f7s -SOc; on A. 8a 8rc; coffee A, HaSSsc; whito extra C, SsS 8: extra C, SSftc; good yellows, 7S8c; fair yellows, 73827; yellows, 797. Salt In car lots, 95c; small lots, $1.053 1.10. Twine Hemp, 12f18c Its; wool, 8 310c; flax, 20330c; paper, 18c; jute, 12 ft 15c; cotton, 165 25c. Woodemvare No. 1 tubs, $7.2537.50; No. 2 tubs, $(15 3 6.50; No. 3 tubs, $3.25 35.50; 3-hoop nails, $1.6091.65; 2-hoop pails, $1.4031.45; double washboards. $2.0032.75; common washboards, $1.403 1.85; clothes-pins, 50 3 850 box. Wooden Dishes Per 100, 1 ft, 20c; 2fts, 25c; 3 ft s, 30c; 5 ft 8, 40c. Wraitisg-paper Light-weight straw, 2?423o ft; light-weight rnc, 2393c IS; heavy-weiKht straw, li92c V ft; heavy-weight rag, 23i33o V ft; Manilla, No.l, 839c; No. 2,536; print Iaper, No. 1, 637c; book paper. No. 3, S. fc C, 0311c; No. 2, S. & C., 839c; No. 1, S. &. C, 74 IRON AND STEEL. Bar iron (rates), 1.903 2c; horse-shoe bar, 3.00c; Norway rail rod, 8c; German Meel plow-slabs, 4c; American drill steel, 10212c; Sanderson tool steel, 16c; tire steel, 3c; spring steel, 5c; horseshoes. keg. $4.2524.50; mule's shoes. V kear. $5.2525.50; horse nails, 4 box, 8d, $5; steel nails, lOd and larger, $2.102 2.35 keg; other sizes at the usual advance; wire nails. $2.65. Tinneks Bupti.ies Bet brand charcoal tin, IC, 10x14, 14x20, 12x12, $0.75; IX, 10x14. 14x20 and 12x12, $8.50; IC, 14x20, roofing tin, $5.25; IC, 20x28, $10.50; block tin. in pigs, 27c; in bars, 29c. Iron 27 B iron, 3c; 27 C iron, 5c: galvanized, 50 and 10 per cent, discount. Sheet zinc. 7c. Copper bottoms, 30". Planished copper, 36c. Solder, 16318c. LEATHER, HIDES AND TALLOW. Leather Oak sole, 33237c; hemlock sole, 2G 932c; harness, 305 35c: skirting, 3723c; black bridle, V doz., $0O 65; fair bridle. $(50378 doz.; city kip. $HOSSO; French kin, $859120; city calf-skins, 85ctt$1.10; French calf-skins, $1.1531.80. Hides No. 1 green. 4c; No. 2 green, 3c; No. 1 green salt, 5c; No. 2 green salt, 3c; calf same as hides; No. 1 green salt kip, 5c; No. 2 green salt kip, 3c. L,amii8K.ins relts, 25o and yearlings 25c Tallow No. 1, 4c; No. 2. 3c. Grease Brown, 22C; yellow, 2c; white, 4c. OIIj CAKE. Oil cake, $23 ton; oil meal, $23. PRODUCE. Buttek Creamery, choice, 15217c; fancy creamery, 20222c; country, 10312c; common, 729c. ogs Shippers paying lOc; selling from store at 1122 12c. Toultky Hens, 8c; young chickens, 163 18c IS; ben turkeys, loc; turns, 5c; roosters, 32 320; geese. $3.00 4 doz: ducks, 6c. Feathers 1'nmo geese, 35c V ft; mixed duck, 20c re. Beeswax Dark, 18c; yellow, 20c. Wool Tulnwashed and picked, 33335c; unwashed, medium aud common grades, if in good order, 25c; burry and cotted, 17 320c; lleecew?.shed, If light and in good order, 282 30c; hurry and nnmerchau table, according to their value. PROVISIONS. JonntNO Prices Smoked meats Sugar-cured hams, 10 to 12 fts average, 12c: 15 tts average, 11c; 170 fts average, 10 jc; 20 fts average, 104C; 22 to 25 fts average. 10c. Englishcured breakfast bacon, light or medium, llc: shoulders, 10 IBs average, 7c; shoulders, 12 fts and over average, 034c; California hams, light or medium. 73c; cottage bams, lltfht or medium, 9c; dried beef hams and knuckle pieces, lOc; dried beef hams, thin pieces, 8e. Bacon Clear sides, 30 fts average, 8c: clear backs, medium average, 734c; clear bellies, medium weight, 834c; 45 fts average sides and 25 ft saverage hacks, io less than above quotations; 20m average bellies, 3o less. Dry Salt and Hcklcd Meats-Gear sides (unsuioked), 73c; clear backs (unsmoked), 73jc; clear bellies (unsmoked), 7c; bean pork. 4 brl 200 fts, $15.50; ham or rump pork, V brl 200 fts,$13.00. Bofogna Skin. larceorsruall.Oicc: cloth.largeor email. 6c. Lard Pure winter leaf, kettle rendered, in tierces, S'.ic; in one half barrels, 8c; iu 50-to caw In 10U-D cases, ic In 20-tti cans In SO-tn cases, 8 c. Prime Iaf Iarri In tierces, Tc. Hoosicr Packing Co. Lard Iu ' lierces, 74c; in 50-ft cans In 100-ft cases, 71cc Wholesale Prices Car-load lots 9. P. hams. O loc, aa to average; s. l fchotililers. Offec, as to average; short-rib sides, dry salt, Cc; prime steam lard. 7c. Hi Wants Aro l ew. Monongahela Republican. . Pittsburg papers are making abighnrrah about the cheapness of nig iron just now. Well, what good will that do us? An editor needs but little pi iron at any time, no matter how cheap it is. What we want to see becomo cheap is cow-cumbers. m m The Returning Boomer. Chicago Tribune, lie went out West, but he did not stay, for the life of a boomer is far from gay. He was out of cash, but he turned in his track, and painfully worked hi passage back, and as hb trudged be softly Rang: 4,A returning boomer is a boomerang."

FRATERNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS. Odd-Fellows. Capital Lodge conferred the First degree on Friday night. Metropolitan Encampment meets to-morrow night. The Golden Kule degree will be conferred. Greenfield Lodge held a picnic on Saturday. B. F. Foster, grand secretary, delivered the address. The grand instructor will go to Logansport on Thursday for three days to instruct Prudence Lodge, D. ot R., in the beautified work. The Grand Lodge approved the consolidation of Centennial Lodge with Phlloxenian. This will give the latter nearly four hundred mem bers. The new hall of Anoka Lodge, at Anoka, Cass county, was publicly dedicated on Saturday, May 25. W. II. Leedy. grand warden, conducted the ceremony and delivered an address. The meeting of Pendleton Lodge on Monday night last was very interesting, and the attendance good. The grand instructor gave a practical talk on the ritualistic- work of the Second degree. It was found that the time allotted for the recent Kebekah convention was too limited to properly transact the business, and the convention of 16 'JO will meet on Monday and hold two days. Tho new building erected at 8r. Louis by tho lodges of that city is one of the flu est in the country. It was dedicated last week to the purposes of Odd fellowship. Grand 61re Underwood officiating. Captain Bodine. of Canton Indinnapolls, went to Lafayette on Monday and assisted Canton Lafayette in mustering a number of members. Fourteen new members were added to the muster roll and new otneers elected. A Patriarch Militant encampment this summer at some poiut of easy access would be the proper thing to hold. There are a number of resorts where a week could be spent profitably during the warmest wtather, nni with much cemfort to the participants. General MJlice's attention Is called to the suggestion. Knight of Pythias. Saline City Lodge was organized on the 29th of May. Prairio Lodge, of Fowler, is having a rapid growth. New lodges are in prospect at Albion, Winnamao and Loogootee. The Grand Lodge will begin its twenty-first annual session on Tuesday. Dispensations to organize lodges in South Whitley and Shoals have been granted. During May twenty applications for new divisions of the U. K. were received at headquarters. T. X. Arvin, of Fort Wayne, and J. A. Tratt. of Omaha, are in tho city iu the interest of tho Pythian Life Association of Oiuaha. Col. A. D. Vanosdol, of Madison, a member of the committee on law and supervision of tho Grand Lodge, was in the city on Friday. J. A. Hill spent the past week in Ohio, and organized temples of the Pythian Sisters in Arcanum, Columbus, Cleveland and other places. Capital City Lodge ha made needed improvements in It- lodxo-rooui. Other improvements, are contemplated, which when done will give facilities for work equal to tho best. The Pythian Sisters of Indiana will meet on Tuesday in tho hail of Capital city Lodge, and organize a Grand Temple. All members will be allowed to sit as visitors. The P. C, the M. IS. C. and one other member selected by tho local temples will be recognized as tho delegates and entitled to a vote. The Grand Lodgn finance committee, C. F. 8. Xcal. of I banon: 11. V. Grbhs.of Union City, and C. E. Hoohe, of Covington, rfrero in tho city on Monday. They completed tnv work of examining the books and account s of'the G. K. R. 8., Frank Uowera, and th G"." M. Of L. D. B. Shldeler, and found them correct, and returned homo Monday evening. Center Lmlgo has extended an invitation to tho team of Indianapolis Lodge to confer the amplified first and third nuik, on Tuesday evening, before the members of tho Grand Lodge. The invitation la been accepted, arid the team will use the new 2.000 ontllt on this accasion. It will rehearse the work this afternoon nt tho hall of Center Lodge, in tho I. O. O. F. building, 'o. 406 Virginia avenue. : , Pythian Slaters. Myrtle Temple, No. 7. Order of Pythian Sisters, will meet at their hall. Nj. GO East Market street, Tuesday morr.lcg at y o'clock, to attend their first G rand Lodge. All members, aro requested to attend. " vn Knights and Ladies of ITonor. Washington and Indin?ia lodges are arranging to give a picnic in the near future. Phcrnix Lodge has Arranged to civc a picnic at Broad Ripple oa Tuesday, June 11. Kdith Hole, May Tlioniberry and M&tilda Bumb, of Indiana Lodge, are on the sick list. Misses Hutchison and Jmnney, of Indiana Lodge, visited Washington Lodge, on Monday evening. This week all the local lodges. Knights or Honor, elect otticers for the new tenn, commencing July I. Prospect Lodge has returned to Its old home in the K. of II. building. It now.roeets every Thursday evening. ..; :::,!... :; . The initiatory degree was conferred upon Jessie Bcatt3 by Indiana Lodge, K. and L. of H., Thursday last. Compton IiOdgo had a very good attendance at its last meeting. It will initiate two persons Wednesday evening. Fraternity Lodge had seven new applications at its last meeting, in addition to the four that had been received at a preceding meeting. Washington Lodge pays on au average about $'20 each' week for sick benefits. Th3 other lodges of the city are doing alwutthe same. Three petitions for membership were received at the last mcetfng of Washington Lodge, and it will havo work in the degree to-morrow evenin?. Mr. W. C. Hall and Miss Xcna Chadwich, of Washington Lodge, were married last Tuesday evening at the residence of tho bride's parents, 'o. 07 Belmont avenue. Tho law of the order in regard to suicides remains as it was before the recent Supreme Lodge meeting, and the beneficiaries of suicides will be raid their benefits the same as ever. Washington Lodge has arranged to have the degree team of Indiana Lodge confer the degree of Protection at the hall, corner Indiaua avenue and Mississippi street, to-morrow evening. Pleasant Lodge, of Brightwood, Is prospering nicely, having conferred Ihe degree on some fifteen or sixteen applicants this term. It now has between sixty and seventy members. Among the visitors from other lodges to Indiana Lodge, Thursday, was Mrs. Arthur Kceley, of Omega Lodge, of Mattoon, 111. There were also present a number of members from different lodges of this city. Tho Travelers Protective Association. Delegates from Post B have been Instructed to vote at the annual convention, at Atlantic City, In favor of restoration of dues to $2 instead of $3; also, in favor of a general manager or post organizer. All members of T. F. A. belonging to Post B, Indianapolis, will be given, free, a new metal tag for sample cases, private bags, etc. Each one will have its number registered upon it, to correspond with number on filo at secretary's onice. The tag being made of the finest quality steel, cannot be destroyed in case of an accident or by lire, and will always serve to identify the holder. An effort will be made to induce ono member from every wholesale and manufacturing firm in Indiana to becomo an associate member of the Travelers' Protective Association, and hereafter give the association cordial support and co-operation in all matters of interest to both the commercial traveler and the wholesale merchant. Although the T. P. A. is at present recognized ns a powerful organization, with the assistance of the. manufacturers, jobbers and wholesale bouses, it can obtain better results, act quicker, and gain more concessions from railroads, corporations, etc. Indianapolis being a great railroad center, also a large distributing point, it is necessary that some organization should exist that can properly, and with the power of all the wholesale houses back of it, present their grievances, and not do so without effect. At a meeting of Post li at the Grand ITotel, last evening, the following officers were elected; President I). C. Griliith. First Vice-president J. C. Xonis. Second Vice-president II. C. Thornton. Secretary ami Treasurer P. A. Lcwald. 'Directors John A. Kurtz, W. D. Cooper, C. W. Leller. W. F. Winchester. It was decided to print and forward to all members a report of the financial standing of Post B up to the present time; also, to havo printed a list of all concessions gained. Chosen Friends. Venus Council has one candidate for Initiation next Tuesday night. Alpha Council received three new members last night, two by Initiation and one by reinstatement. Last Tuesday being the tenth anniversary of the order an excursion to fcheridan was given. A coach filled with active members of the several councils in the city was attached to the regular train that left the Union Htatlon at 6 o'clock r. m. that day. The train arrived at Sheridan at about 8 o'clock, and the Friends were conducted to the or era-house by the receptiorweommittee. the house being filled with tho best citizens of the place. An address of welcome was delivered by Dr. JDavenport. This was responded to by Supreme Recorder T. B. Linn, who spoke of the principles of the order, and or the benefits received by the widows and orphans of the deceased members. At the close of this address members and their friends were invited to the council-room, where everything was in order for a general good time. Tables were loaded with good things for the inner man, which were eaten with a relish. Then the games began, and they were kept up until train time 2 x. m. Knights and Ladles of the Golden Rule. Castle Good Will boasts of the best attendance and best drilled officers. Castle Marion is doing well. While there has not been much of an increase In membership of late, yet the castle Is holding its own. Castle Hope is crowing, and blda fair to have the largest membership in the city in a short

time. The attendance Is excellent, and the interest earnest. The castle has proposed a union picnic, and, as in everything else it nndertakes, will be certain to accomplish its object. Castle Enterprise Is doing fairly well. Meetings are generally well attended. This castle will give another musical and literary entertainment, together with an lc-cream and strawberry 6oclal, at its hall, southwest corner Tennessee and Washington street s, Thursday night. United Commercial Travelers. Mr. Gelger has commenced his history. The membership of this order Is rapidly increasing. Bix representative candidates will be initiated next Saturday ni ght. Every firm should be represented in the council. The alms of the order are high, and tend to materially advance the interests of commercial travelers. All traveling men of good character and habits are eligible. All ages find In our order congenial companions. Regular council meetings occur every second and fourth Saturday evenings in the month. The council chamber is open other Saturday evenings for social meetings. Members are requested to attend social meetings and bring with them friends, whether members of the order or not. Knights of Honor. Victoria Lodge will elect officers for the ensuing term on to-morrow evening. It will also confer the degree on two candidates. All members should attend, not only to eee that good officers are elected to nil the chairs, but to witness the degree work as given by the new team.

THE SULTAN BADLY BATTLED. And AU Bis Troubles Arise from Being1 Too Much Married. Glasgow Herald. There is a screw loose in Turkey. Some plot or other has been discovered, and tho consequences are being seen in a number of mysterious arrests and in wholesale measures of punishment against the press. The Times has been three times confiscated within a month, and the Daily Chronicle has been interdicted altogether. The fact appears to be that a serious palace conspiracy for deposing the Sultan was detected in the very nick of time. The Sultan was so unnerved by the discovery that ho sent for Sir William White and asked for his advice. Sir William answered that the Sultan could only live in safety if he put down his harem, not as a question of morals, but as a matter of policy, seeing that it was impossible to exercise supervision over an establishment of three hundred ladies. The Snltan, who is practically a monogamist, would be glad enough to get rid of his 299 brevet spouses, but the customs of his dynasty forbid him to do this. On his birthday aud on twenty other days of tho year he invariably receives from his mother the present of a beautiful slave, and this young lady has forthwith to be transferred to his establishment in the capacity of harem dame, with a household of her own, consisting of at least four eunuchs and six f emale servants to say nothing of horses, carriages and grooms. Multiply the number of these households by 800, and it ceases to bo astonishing that the expenditure of the SultanTs civil list should amount to 4,000,000 a year. A large item in this sum represents the dowers which the Sultan pays to his slaves when ho marries them. To favorite officials about 100 girls are married from the palace yearly, and each of them is entitled to receive 10,000. Unfortunately, tho bridegroom who takes a wife from the Sultan's hands must, at his earliest convenience, make a present of a slave to keep the staff of the imperial seraglio up to its proper figure. The Sultin loathes the whole thing, but what is he to do! Thero are too many vested interests engaged in keeping the imperial harem supplied with wives, and if tho Sjultan were to cashier his entire female establishment he certainly would bo deposed or murdered. Sir William White is said to have advised his Majesty to reduce his establishment by not tilling up the vacancies, but this is not easy, seeing that every Cabinet minister and Pasha of note looks to passing his daughter through the Sultan s harem as a simple means of securing her a marriage portion, with the title of Valide, which may be construed as Princess. The man who would come to the throne if Abdul Hamid were deposed is his brother, Kechad Pasha. This Rechad is virtually a prisoner in Yildiz Kiosk, for he cannot go outside tho garden gates without leave, and he never gets permission to take a walk or drive alone. Ho must always he surrounded by guards and eunuchs. Rechad, however, is a man of modern ideas, and lately he fell in love with an English cirl whom he met boating on the Hosphofus, and to whom he proposed marriage after a week's acquaintanceship. The Sultan, hearing of this ntfair, has nipped his brother's suit in tho bud by ordering the young lady to leave Constantinople. CATCHING A BIO BASS. An Incident That May Have Been Dreamed by an Imaginative Fisherman. A. F. Higgins, in June Scrlbner. 'I3y George! I've got him," exclaims our friend in the chair, and, as we hastily look up, he is seen apparently righting to keep his rod erect, whilst something at the other end is convulsively dragging it downward, with such jerks as threaten to part the line or break the rod. The reel is whizzing in a threatening way, and our friend has a hard time to keep his thumb on the barrel of the reel, and at the same time avoid haviug his knuckles rapped and torn by the rapid-ly-rovolving handle. His left, as yet, grasps the rod above the reel aud forces the eocKet into his groin. "Bring out that belt, Tom," he yells, and Tom comes jumping down the rocks, in one hand his gaff-hook and in the other a leather belt with a short round pocket sewed on its center. This Tom hastily buckles about the waist of the fisherman, when, carelessly shifting the pole, he places the butt in this pocket and is thus protected from possible injury, which the grtat leverage of the fish's pulling on the top of the rod can easily produce. The fish, in the meantime, has succeeded in getting away, say three to four hundred teet now, and shows some liesitation. Onr friend has carefully kept a pressure on the reel whilst indulging his majesty in imaginary freedom of running but which he begins to realize as "uncanny" and as our eves follow the slender thread of the line in its distant entry into the water, it is seen to rise, and presently, with a whirl of his tail, the fish shows himself, looking then to our unskilled eyes a very room .er, and as he again disappears we unhesitatingly pronounce him full six feet long. "Oh, no." says our friend, in reply to our exclamation, 'ho is not over a thirtypounder, but he is a good one; see him tight!" and the victim tugs and tugs, with a desperation born of a foresight of his calamity; but in vain, and in another ten minutes he loses heart, and sheers into toward the shore, when our friend is put to all his skill to check and reel him in Defore he reaches & huge rock inshore for which he heads just in time! The next wave moves him bodily this side of that rock, and the road is clear to waiping him in. Why One Side of the Mustache Is Short. Pittsburg Dispatch. Said the barber: "If you will observe tho mustaches of the men you know you will discover in nine cases out of ten that one side of the mustache always flourishes better than the other. Mostmen are aware to some extent of this pecularphenomenou, but I do not believe that anyone who is the victim of it can explain it to you oil hand. Yet the reason for this difference in the opposite sections of the mustache is simple enough. This is the secret: The side a man sleeps on most often will always be found to correspond with the side of tho mustache which does not gTOw properly, is straggling and very often bleached. Naturally, yon see, the pressure of the face on the pillow brings about the falling out of the hair, and the tendency of the saliva to How from the lower corner of the mouth during a man's sleep doubtless assists in the process of disintegration." Professor Huxley on Bible Reading-. Popular Science Monthly. Greatly to the surprise o many of bt friends, I have always advocated the reading of the Bible, and the diffusion of the study of that most remarkable collection of books among the people. Its teachings are 60 infinitely superior to those of the sects, who are just a9 busy now as the Pharisees were eighteen hundred years ago, in smothering them under "the precepts of men;" it is so certain, tp my mind, that the Bible contains within itself the refutation of nine-tenths of the mixture of sophistical metaphysics and old-world snperstition which has been piled round it by the so-called Christians of later times; it is so clear that the only immediate and ready antidote to the poison which has been mixed with Christianity, to the intoxication and delusion of mankind, lies in copious draughts from the undefiled spring, that I exercise the right and duty of free judgment on the part of every man. mainly for the purpose of inducing other lavmen to follow my example. If the. New testament is translated into Zulu by Protestant

missionaries, it must be assured that a Tvihx convert is competent to draw from ita contents ail the truths which it is neceiary for him to believe. I trust that I mny, without immodesty, claim to be put on tie same footing as the Zulu. SATURN'S RINGS.

An Astronomical Phenomenon as Viewed In the Ught of Modern Science. Prof. George IL Darwin, in Jane Harper. It has been shown by several lines of investigation that Saturn's rings consiitof independent meteorites, moving, each in its orbit, about the planet, and this conclusion may be safely accepted as correct, lint every field of thought is now seething with the evolutionary ferment, and as we cannot rest satisfied with any conclusion as a finality we here merely "find ourselves at the starting-point of new speculations. What, then, is the history of the rings, and what their future fateT They are clearly intimately related to the planet, and tneir history would be complete if we could with the mind's eye watch their birth from the planet and follow their subsequent changes. Now, although the details of such a history are obscure, yet at least a shadowy outline of it may be confidently accepted as known. In the remote past all the matter which now forms the baturnian system of planets, satellites, and rings was far more diffused than at present. There was probably a nucleus of denser matter round which slowly revolved a mass of rarefied gases and meteorites. The central portion was intensely hot, with heat derived by condensation from a state of still greater dispersion. As this nebula cooled it contracted, and therefore revolved more quickly. If you watch the water emptying itself from a common wash-hand basin when the plug at the bottom is removed, you will see an example of 6uch quickened rotation. When the basin is full, the water is commonly revolving slowly in one or the other direction, but as the level falls and the water approaches the hole, it spins more quickly, and the last drops are seen to whirl round with violence. The revolving nebula is flattened at the poles like an orange, and the amount of flattening increases as it contracts and 6pins quicker. At a certain period it can no longer subsist in a continuous mass, and au annular portion is detached from the equator, leaving tho central ball to continue its contraction. .We are pretty safe in saying that the rings of Saturn took their origin in some such mode as this. Rut it cannot be maintained that wo understand it all, for we have not more than a vague picture of the primitive nebula, and the mode in which ihe matter aggregated itself into a ring and detached itself is obscure. M. Koche has done perhaps more than any one elso to impart mathematical precision to these ideas, but even he has not been wholly successful. This theory, commonly called the nebular hypothesis, was advanced independently both by the philosopher Kant and by Laplace. Various modifications have been suggested by others, but the theory, in whatever form, is replete with difficulties, and must at present only be regarded 3 an approximation to the truth. if the past history of the ring is not wholly clear, it is at least more ascertainable than its future development. It is nearly certain that the ring now presents a markedly ditierent appearance from that which was seen by its discoverers. Indeed, the only doubt lies in the uncertainty as to the amount of allowance which must l)o made for differences of observers and of instruments. Huygens describes the interval between the bright ring and the planet as rather exceeding the width of the ring, but this is now flagrantly incorrect. It is improbable that Huygens was incorrect, although, on the other hand, by the most delicate niicrometric measurements Struvc has been unable to detect any change in an interval of thirty years of this century. We may call to mind that Maxwell showed that a spreading of the rings both outward and inward was a theoretical result of the inevitable impacts between the constituent meteorites, which he nsed to describe as a 6hower of brickbats. Thus, whether or not the immense changes suspected since 1659 are true, it remains almost certain that changes of this kind arc in progress. I venture, then, to hazard a few words of speculation as to the future of the rings. The outward spreading will in time carry many meteorites beyond Roche's limit; hero there will no longer be an obstacle to aggregation into a celestial body, such aggregation will probably ensue, and a ninth satellite will be formed. The inward spreading will in time carry the meteorites to the limits of Saturn's atmosphere, where, heated 03 friction as they rush through tho air, they will disintegrate and fall on to the planet asdust. After a time, of which no estimate can be formed, the ring will have vanished, leaving the ninth satellite as its descendant. But it must be admitted that all this is highly speculative, and we can only hope that further investigations will give us firmer grounds for a forecast. THE PROVINCIALISM OF AUSTRALIANS. Peculiar Social and Intellectual Tendency of the People of the Colonies. Joslah Royce, In June Atlantic. Provincialism, then, is tho great curse of the Australasian, and to it must needs be for years. Especially unfortunate, however, is the tendency already existent among certain young Australians to feel indifferent towards all influences from other parts of the world. I heard, indeed, more of this indillerence than I saw. "Many of our young men," peoplo said, "know nothing of the older world, fancy that nothing can be of great value in civilization which has not already been transplanted here. They aro intolerent and narrow." I confess that such bigotry is not very noticeable on the surface of things as yet. The Australian newspaper preserves, on the whole, the sound old English traditions; dovotes large space to tho rest of the world; has correspondents in England, and often also in America aud on the continent of Europe; aud discusses many of the world's tnrrent social and literary questions almost as much as we do. But the healthy sporting life of the intelligent young men does not leave them much time for reading or thinking. Their parents 6till speak familiarly ot "home," meaning England; but ere long this home feeling will pass away; and one questions whether that intimate union with the world's intellectual life, which we ourselves have cultivated with a verv warm zeal only within the last quarter ot a century, will be possible for the coming generation in the colonics. Nothing could be more dangerous for Australia than to "cut tho painter" in intellectual life, whatever may be tho result in politics. And the fact remains that a land which at best is about three weeks further removed from Europe than is our eastern border can only too easily become apathetic about so difficult a matter as tho course of modern thought. Meanwhile, the very tendencies that make the Australian journals so well edited and so encyclopa?dic seem to threaten in another direction the cause of popular education. In early California days, newspapers were almost tho only printed matter that the mining population read. Knowing this fact, I was rather strongly impressed by the very first remark that I heard from one prominent gentleman as to the intellectual condition of Australia. "You must know," he said, "our people do not read books; they devour journals." Against this opinion one must of course put the existence of the splendid public library at Melbourne, the numerous town libraries scattered throughtout the colonies, and tho very respectable trade of the booksellers in Blelbonrne, in Sydney, and even in the much smaller city of Auckland. Yet, after all, there are undoubtedly many influences at work in the colonies against the formation of a strong literary class. I do not think these influences at all remarkable in their results to far: what I fear is the future, when the beiter part of the people will have forgotten the old home, and when a provincial self-consciousness will tend more and more to light against the vast industry required to keep pace with the world's mental work. Think now vastly onr own intellectual life, such as it is, would sufl'er if we were two or three weeks further removed from Europe. Styles in Hair-Dressing-. Philadelphia Times. In Paris, which sets the style in both hair-dressing and millinery, the coffures of the grand ladies are nearly all after the manner of the first empire, like tho gowns. There are three features that are prominent in this empire style of head-dress, which of course is mostly used with evening dress. They are curls, bands of ribbon and wreaths. Curls are clearly coming in. and by next winter will be the heignt of fashion. Even now no really fashionable headdress for evening Is complete without short

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It began some sixteen . years ago. First by taking repeated colds, which set-' tied on my lungs, aud before I was aware), of it I had to go to bed "titb a severe at-" tack of asthma. Then for sixteen years Ij did not see a well day. I wes in bed f or three weeks with the first attack, and only; those who have felt the tightening grip of) M n. .1 a m ns A ustix, ' Brazil, lnd. ' 1 this dreadful malady can realize what I) suffered. Then the slow wearing months and years after, with tho fearful knowledge or ine ever-increasing pain ana trouble 1 win nor attempt 10 aescriDe. The cough, the sleepless nights, with toss ing and sweating, the pain in the head ant throat, are all too familiar to any sufferer to dwell upon. 1 was troubled particularly by tho loss of memory, hoarseness, los of appetite, anl a tired, exhausted ieeling. which troubled me mostly in tne mornings,' notwithstanding 1 would frequently sleeri TwnLVE or fourteen nouns. J This was my condition when I began taking the Blair Treatment, six months ago, and I am glad to say to you it was the bes day for me that I have 6een for some time," I am now a well man, work hard every. day, mv appetite is excellent and I re6t al nicht loug. do not rough or have thosi awful smothering spells, and I heartily and1 emphatically recommend the lilair ireatmeut as both efficient und economical." j Mr. James Austin lives at Brazil. Ind. He has many friends and acquaintances inri this city who will testily to his truth and veracity. Office at 203 North Illinois street. Hours ! 9 to 11 a, m., 1 to 4 p. m. aud 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays, 9 to 11 a. in., 2 to 4 p. in. Consultation, $1. No letters answered Unless ac companied by 4 cents in stamps. Address all mail to Blair Treatment, 1X0 North llli nois street, Indianapolis. DRUNKENNESS OR ALCOHOLISM, CAN BE CURED. The liquor habit is one of the most depraved appetites to which human flesh is heir, and it can be positively cured by using Haps's Ptoyal Specific for Drunkenness. It can be administered either with o without the knowledge of tho patient. If is equally as effective in the case of old drinkers as in the case of acute alcoholism. It never fails if administered according to direction. The appetite for liquor cannot exist when the patient is taking the Koyal Specific. For sale by Ward Bko.'s, 40 Eat Washington street. Mail orders will receive prompt attention. Price, $2 per bottle. F. C. HUNTINGTON & CO.. Leading Wholesale and Bttail SEED MERCHANTS, 78 & 60 East Market St., Indianapolii curls in front where the bang used to be, and at least one ringlet curl hanging down the neck. The Josephine head-dress, which promises to be so popular, allows doing the hair high, but involves a mass of curls on top of the head at tha back as well as over the forehead. Tho new style of hairdressing of course again brings curlinK-ironsto the front. With this way of doing the hair bands of ribbon or fillets are used, which briugsout the fact that tho tendency in arranging hair; as in clothes, is all towards the Greek. Not only ribbon, but gold and silver bands are used, and for dressy occasions diadems of jewels or flowers, and, above all, wreaths, either of leaves or flowers. In a high head-dress foi evening which will bo very generally adopted by tho most fashionable women who prefer the hair high, the hair is parted in the center to form two crimph d bandeaux, over which rests the Watte.au wreath, encircling the cluster of loops of hair arranged on ton of the head. In some of the latest of coiffures for evening which will be adopted for summer use the front hair is lightly waved and allowed to falloa the forehead in loosely curled masses. Credulity and Chriatlan Science." Topular 8clence Monthly. The fact that such a baseless speculation as Christian science" can find believers shows that the fancy of the multitude for theories which save them trouble and minister to their love of the marvelous has not yet disappeared from the world. Ihe fascination tor holding odd notions 6eema to be a weakness of the human mind which is hard to eradicate. Such beliefs have been pretty well driven ont of chemistry, physic, zoology and other fields of ecienc which can be searchingly investigated, and thev remain only in psychology and medicine, dealing with the living human organism, which cannot bo freely experimented upon. Human crenulitv has bn greatly lessened by the march of scientific enlightenment, and what remains has taken on a new form. In earlier times it delighted in the supernatural, now it revels in its own false idt as of the natural. Then it trusted tho revelations of self-appointed prophets, now it pins its faith to the slip-shod reasoning of sham in- -vestigators. Science has done such wonderful things of late that. a certain class of people, includniir tmuv ot extvil- u judgment in other fields, has come tobelievauy marvels rut forth uudcr Us name. Hence we have a modern rhmot mystcry-iuon,:-era which will flourish until the spread of scientific culture has diffused tho power of discriminating bctwecu science and bau imitations ot cieisc.

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