Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1895 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1895.

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THE INDIANA TRUST COMPANY OFFICE 23 S. Meridian St CAPITAL - 81,000,000 HOW TO MAKE MONEY. If you wish to be successful In PECt L.ATIO V In Rruin or stocks, Write for pnrticnlnrs. .1. S. BROWNING & CO., 'Bankers and ltrokers, References 21 Monad nock Illdg., In every State. CHICAGO. STOCKS WERE HEAVY THE WEKK OX 'CHANGE MAIIKED BV THE NUMBER OP BIG DECLINES. Loir Point of the Month Reached In Sixty-Eight of the List Local Markets Firm and Unchanged. At New York, Saturday, money on call was easy at 1 per, cent. Prime mercantile paper, 2i$i .per cent. Sterling exchange was firm, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.89'434.894 for demand and at $4.8840188 for sixtydays; posted rates, $4.89 and $4.90; commercial bills, $4.87V44.87. SiTvftr certificates. R9lr. blri- rn Hal pa T!a sliver, 59c. Mexican 'dollars, 48c. At London bar sliver was 27 5-161 per ounce. The weekly bank statement shows the following chances: - . " Reserve, Increase..... I $415,375 Loans, decrease 1(54,300 Specie, increase 3,320,300 Legal tenders, decrease 3,502,500 Deposits, decrease.... 2,790,300 Circulation, decrease 91,200 Thf banks now hold $45,880,450 in excess of the requirements of -the 25 per cent rule. Total Bales of stocks were 62,102 shares, including: American gugar, 6,300; Burlington, 3,400; Chicago Gas, 7,700; Distilling, 1.500; General Electric, 3,500; Louisville & Nashville, 1,900; National Lead, 10.6SJ; National Lead preferred, . 1,900; Northwestern, 2,000; Reading, '1,600; St. Paul. 4.000. The leading feature of Saturday's speculation on the Stock Exchange was the renewal ot the liquidations in Lead common. These shares were heavily pressed for sale, It la believed by Insiders, who are in a position to know the company's affairs. The character of the selling, therejure, rauneu mure creuence 10 u-e given. to the rumor that the common stock was to be taken off the list of dividend-payers. At the opening the shares were per cent, lower and a further sharp decline of 44 per cent. ook place. In the later dealings' a recovery of per cent, was recorded, of which M per cent, had been lost at the close, making the decline 4V4 per cent.; Lead preferred declined steadily throughout the day in sympathy with the common and Is down 2 per cent, from the final sales of Friday. So far as is known there is nothing In the condition of the company to account for this depression in the value of the shares, but the street accepted the Belling as indicative of the views of those acquainted with the true situation. Chicago Gas opened lower, and then advanced on the covering of late contracts, a report being current that a settlement between the opposing interests in the company had been affected. The higher , range of prices was not maintained for long, and a declI.n,e ot 1 Der cent, was recorded, on free selling, the last being the lowest price of the day. Most of the other industrials are down on the day's transactions. London was a small seller of St. Paul at the openln r but without depressing the stock, which was held firmly on the reported Increase of $41,808 in the December net earnings. The other grangers were strong, in sympathy. Most of the railway stocks traded in show declines at the end of the day. Speculation was generally heavy In tone except within the last half hour, when a covering movement set in which was du,Ia belief .that Immediate action would be taken by President Cleveland with a view , to restore confidence In the financial situation, which had about reached a point when such a step Is regarded as absolutely necessary. And on this point of view the market closed firm. The week has -been disastrous to the value of railway and industrial shares, and the low point of the month was reached In sixtysix of the stocks traded in. while some shares (sold below the bottom figure of last - The c6ntinued heavy shipments of gold was one of the most depressing influences of the market involving as It did a serious decrease in the treasury gold reserve and a heavy draw on the gold coin in the vaults of the treasury available for the redemption of gold certificates. Liquidation was plainly dlscernable In the shares of the receivership roads and in several of the low priced stocks. Heavy blocks of L?ad comrhon were thrown on the market, leading It to a belief in current rumors that the payment of dividends on the stock would be discontinued and talk that the forthcoming annual statement would be unfavorable. The net loss on the week is 8A per cent which is within V, per cent of the lowest Lead preferred, also shared in the weakness and made a aecline of 5? per cent. Reading was subjected to a considerable liquidation owing to the threatened foreclosure proceedings, and gave way 4 to xy3, the last ale being above the lowest. Reports that the stock would be heavily assessed were rife and the facst that a prominent Insider was letting his holdings . go was another fnfnr ftf ivnalrnoad TKa V. .3 - i fered severely. Northern Pacific preferred on a reiteration of the statement that an asement would be levied on the shares old down 2 with a final rally ?f v , Northern Tacific common touched 274. the lowest price ever registered. The Cordage shares, while less animated, continued on their downward career, and sal-were made of the common at 4; Cordage preferred at n? Coru..e guaranteed at l. the prices of . the two first named being the lowest yet recorded. On the week these stocks are off 1?, i and l6 respectively. Union Pacific attained an advance of U per cent, in the early part of the week, but towards the close llquidaon of long accounts caused a decline of l'4 to 8M,, the closing pric being U below last Saturday. Missouri Pacific was subjected to a drive which carried the shares down from 23Ti to 21, the last price being inade at 21. The Southern railway secultles were hammered down on a report that the company employes were preparing to strike, which was officially denied. The l?'mtnOIUf" orl Vi to 9-wand th Preferred to 82i4, wh.ch are the lowest figures made since the storks were listed. The respective lowcs on the week are ?h3 per cent. Illinois Central broke 2 to 87. mainly on sales for the foreign account K 1 "T1 r P IVi to 9ut4 n .Monday on the announcement of the decision ill favor of the trust by the Supreme Court Jh ' r?Ste,t , ?, 89'' recovering in the final dealing. and closed unchanged on the week. The g rawer Mej off eirly in the week, but when the senate reported the pooling bin without amendment there was a sharp rally 4 sequent announcement to the effect that the bill would be subjected to a vigorous attack by thoae Senators des'rlng amendment to It. brought about a reaL-tivi which was partly recovered In the tin.il trading mi buying induced -by St. Paul's favorable December abatement The losses on the week are 1 ' 1. the latter in RoMt IrlanO. The coaf slAre made material- recensions extending to i in New Jersey Central and 3ii in Delaware & Hudson, with a recovery of 1 In New Jersey Centr-il. the others closing at the lowest. Manhattan was sold down from MWi, to 105'4. regaining a small fraction, and closed 2U down a the week. The aggregate sales lor the

week were 717,784. Declines of note are: Kvansvllle & Terre Haute. 5 per cent; Erie Telegraph. Z1 Pacific Mail. 314: Lake Erie & Western preferred, 3; Wheeling & Lake Krle preferred and Susquehanna : Western preferred, 2T: Susquehanna common, 1; Leather preferred, 2: Tobacco, 2; Cotton Oil, Cotton Oil preferred, C. C, C. & St. Louis ar.d Consolidated Gas, 2; Louisville & NashvJle. 1. and Chicago Gas, 14. Wells-Fargo express sold during the week at 108, the last previous transaction at 123 being made some time ago. Quick Silver brought 104, against 18, the last sale. A few shares show gains on the week, including: Pennsylvania Coal, 10 per cent; Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg preferred, 3; American Cable, 2, and Erie preferred, 1. The bond market was quiet and generally heavy during the two hours f Saturday. The aggregxte sales were $451,500. The speculation In the bond market for the week has been heavy and the general bond trend of prices downward. The aggregate sales were $6,123,000. The main feature of the trading was the Reading issues, some sales of which were registered at the lowest ever made. There were also some noteworthy declines in some of the usually Inactive mortgages and final prices are generally at a. liberal recession from the previous Saturday's closing. The net losses are: Cordage firsts. 8 per cent; Central Pacific land grants, 5;. Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf firsts, 4, and Reading fours, 2; Reading first income, 2; Reading seconds, Z; Reading thirds, 21,i, and Reading deferred incomes, l. Southern Pacific of California fives gained 4 and Mutual Unicn sinking fund sixes, 4 per cent Government bonds were firm except for fives which are weak and i per cent lower. State bonds are dull. The following table, prepared by James E. Berry, Room 16, Board of Trade, shows the range of quotations: Open-High-Low-CIos-Name. ing. est est' Ing. Adams Express .... 141 Alton & Terre Haute. .... ..... .... 36 Alton & T. H. pref 198 . American Express .... .... UO Atchison..,. 4Vs 414 4 414 Baltimore & Ohio 62 Canada Pacific .... 542 Canada Southern .... 49 Central Pacific .... 13 Chesapeake & Ohio... 16 16' 16 16 Chicago & Alton... .... 147 C, B. & Q . 71 7114 71 7114 C. & E. I. pref 90 Chicago Gas 73 7314 7214 72 C, C. C. & St L 3714 Cotton Oil -.22 22 22V4 2214 Delaware & Hudson.. 129 129 12814-12814 D. , L. & W 160 160 160& 16014 Dis. & C. F. Co 9 Edison Pen. Elec . 33 33 3314 33 Erie 8 9 9 9 Erie pref.. .... .... 20 Port Wayne 157 Great Northern pref .... 101 Hocking Valley :. .... .... 1614 Illinois Central... .... 87 Lake Erie & W .... .... 16 Lake Erie & W. pref 69 Lake Shore 13814 Lead Trust 33 33 28 2914 Lead Trust pref 80 80"4 79 79 Louisville & Nashville 53 53 52 5314 Louisville & N. A...... . ... 7 Manhattan 1.106 106 105 105 Michigan Central .... 95 Missouri Pacific 2114 21 .21 21 U. 8. Cordage 4 4 4 4 U. S. Cordage pref 7 New Jersey Central.. 87 88 87 88 New York Central.... 99 99 99 99 N. Y. & N. E . 31 31 30 30 Northern Pacific 2 Northern Pacific pref.. 15 15 15 15 Northwestern 95 95 95 95 Northwestern pref . .. 143 Pacific Mall 20 20 20 20 Peoria, D. & E 3 Pullman Palace........ .... .... .... 156 Reading 9 9 8 8 Rock Island 62 62 62 62 St Paul 55 55 55 55 St. Paul pref 118 Sugar Refinery 89 90 89 89 IT. S. Express 42 Wabash. St. I & P.. 5 5 5 5 W., St. L. & P. pref.. 13 13 13 13 Wells-Fargo Express N 105 Western Union 87 87 87 87 IT. S. i Fours, reg 113 U. S. Fours, coup .... .... .... 113 Saturday's Bank Clearings. At Chicago Clearings, $10,905,000; for the week. $81,222,000. Money, 434 per -cent, on call; 5g6 on time; New York exchange, 50c premium; sterling commercial, $4.87 4.88. At Philadelphia Clearings. $9,145,054; balances, $1,437,668; for the week, clearings, $64,060,923; balances. $9,229,630. At New York Clearings, $94,880,572; balances, $15,313,404; for week, $495,021,039; balances, $30,706,236. At Boston Clearings, $14,078,041; balances, $1,897,995: for the week, $83,471,434; balances. $10,247,549. At Baltimore Clearings, $2,249,168; balances, $383,558. At St. Louis Clearings. $3,103,242; balances, $818,632. At Cincinnati Money, 26 per cent.: clearings, $1,838,200. LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODI' CE. Steady Prices Continue, with Only n Fair Volume of Business. In all departments prices In the week ending Jan. 26 ruled unusually steady, and In most lines very firm. Dry goods, which had been weak in tone, became steadier, and a fair volume of trade in that line was experienced." The grocers had a good week. Sugars and coffees both had an upward tendency but neither last week advanced as had been looked for. Provisions are moving well; prices steadier than at any time In months. The week closed with poultry and eggs easy at quotations. The cold weather, it is thought, may lead to an advance in eggs, but poultry is In large supply, and present prices are likely to cover that market for some days at least. Choice fruits and vegetables are in good request at the range of prices quoted. Good oranges are very scarce. It is expected that California fruit will be in this market within ten days, but it is very difficult to find a Florida orange which has not been chilled. The local grain market 1 ruled dull all week, corn, in fact, being the only cereal which was in good request, but it will be noticed that corn is lc lower than on Monday for most grades. Little is said about wheat The week closed with track b'ds ruling as follows: Wheat No. 2 red, 52c; No. 3 red. 60e; wagon wheat 52c. Corn No. 1 white, 40c; No. 2 white,40c; No. 3 white, 40c; No. 2 white mixed, 4uc: No. 3 white mixed, 40c; No. 2 yellow 40c: No. 3 yellow. 40c; No. 2 mixed, 40c; No. 3 mixed, 40c; ear corn, 39c. ' Oats No. 2 white, 33c; No. 3 white, 31c: No. 2 mixed. 30c; No. 3 mixed, 29c; rejected, 2820c . Rye-No. 2. 45c for car lots, 43c for wagon rye. - Bran, $12. Hay No. 1- timothy, $9; No. 2, $S: No. I prairie. $7.50; mixed. $6.50; clover. $6.50 per ton. Ponltry and Other Prodnce. (Prices Paid by Shippers.) Poultry Hens. 6c per lb; chickens, 60; cocks, 3c; turkeys, toms, 4c per lb; hens, 7c per lb; ducks, 6c per lb; geese, $4.805.40 per dezen for choice. Eggs Shippers paying 16c. Butter Choice, lW&iZc. - Honey 18c. Feathers Prime geese, 3032c per lb: mixed duck, 20c per lb. Game Rabbits, 6065c; mallard ducks, $2.50 per doz; venison, per pound, 1516c. Wool Medium unwashed. 12c: fine merino unwashed. 8c; Cots wold and coarse combine. 10fffl2cv tub-washed. 16Sil8c; burry and unmerchantable. 5c less. Beeswax 20e for yellow: 15c for dark. HIDES. TALLOW. ETC. Hides No. 1 green salted hides. 6c: No. 2. c. Tallow 4c. Grease White. 4e; yellow. 3c; brown. 8c. Bones Dry, $1213 per ton. THE JOBBING TRADE. (The quotations given below are the selling pricus of wholesale dealers.) Candles and Nats. Candles Stick. 6c per lb; common, mixed, 6c; G. A. R. mixed, tic; Banner, mixed. 10c: cream mixed. 9c; old-time mixed. 7c. Nuts Soft-shelled almonds. 16c; English walnuts. 12c; Brazil nuts. 9c; filberts. 11c: peanuts, roasted. eTc; mixed nuts. 1012c Canned Goods. Peaches Standard, 2-pound, $1.S52; 2pounds seconds. $1.50(31.65; 3-pound pie, $1.15 itl.20; California standard. $2.252.50; California seconds. $1.852. MiscellaneousBlackberries. 2-pound. 90(S95c; raspberries, l-pound. $1.101.20; pineapple, standard. 2pound. $1.25ffjl.3o; choice. $2'32.23; cove oysters, 1-pound, full weight. 9095c; light 6570c; 2-pound, full, $1.8o3l.90; light. $1,100 1.20; string beans. 85t95c; Lima beans. $1.10 1.S0; pea, marrowfat, $1.10fl.20; early June. $t25fjl.50: lobsters. $1.85S?2: red cherries, $1.201.25: strawberries. $1.201.30; salmon (lbs), $1.45(2.20; 8-pound tomatoes, $1.05Ufl.lO. Onnl nnd Cnk. Anthracite coal, all sizes. $7.50 per ton; Pittsburg and Raymond City, $4.25 per ton; Jackson. $4.25; block, $3.25; Island City, $3; Blossburg and English cannel. $5. All nut coals 50c below above quotations. Coke Connellsville. $3.75 per load: crushed, $3.25 per load: lump, $3 per load. Dross. Alcohol. $2.4S2.60; asafetlda. 40c; alum, Otic; camphor, 47350c; cochineal. 50S55c; chloroform, 6065c; copperas, brls, 7585c; " cream tartar, pure. 26&28c; indigo. 6580c; licorice. Calab.. genuine. 3U40c. masnasia.

carb., 2-oz, 2535c; morphine, P. & W., per oz, $2.O52.30; madder, 1416c; oil. castor, per gal, s6c&$l; oil. oergamot, per lb, $3; ODium, $2.65; quinine. P. & W., per oz, 35340c; balsam copaiba, 605c: soap, Castile, Fr.. 1216c; Boda bicarb., 46c; salts, Epsom, 45c; sulphur, flour, 5fi6c; saltpeter. 820c; turpentine. 3610c; glycerine, 1420c; iodide potassium. $33.10; bromide potassium. 4045c; chlorate potash, 20c; bo,rax, I2l4c; cinchonida, 12 15c; carbolic acid, 2226c. Oils Linseed, 56!&59c per gal; coal oil, leal test. 714c; bank, 40c; best straits. 50c; Labrador, 60c; West Virginia lubricating. 2030c; miners', 45c. Lard oils Winter strained, in brls. 60c per gal; in half brls.

c per gal extr. Dry Goods. Bleached Sheetings Androscoggin L, 6c; Berkeley. No. 60. c: Cabot 6c: Capital. ! 6c; Cumberland, 6c; D wight Anchor, I 7c; Fruit of the Loom, Cc; Farwell, 6c; cuenvme, s'-ic; uii wiatn, tvac; uui t.as, 5c; Glided Age, 6c; Hill. 6c; Hope. 6c; Linwood, 6c; Lonsdale, 6c; Lonsdale Cambric, 8c; Mason vine, frjfcc; Peabody, 5c; Pride of the West 10 c; Quinebaugn, 6e; Star of the Nation, 6c; Ten Strike, 6c; Pepperell, 9-4, 15c; Pepperrell, 10-4, 16c; Androscoggin, 9-4, 15c; Andoscoggn, 10-4, 17a Brown Sheetings Atlantic A, 5c; Argyle, 5c; Boott C, 4c; Buck's Head. 5c; ClifDried Fruits. Figs Layer, lll4c per lb.' Raisins Loose Muscatel, $1.231.40 per box, London layer, $1.36(31,75 per box; Valencia, 68c per lb; layer, 910c. Peaches Common, sun-dried, 810c per lb; California, 1012c; California, fancy, 12iai. Apricots Evaporated, 9g'13c. Prunes California, 610c per lb. Currants 45c per lb. ton, CCC, 5c; Constitution, 40-Inch. 7c; Carlisle, 40-inch, 7c; Dwight Star. 6c; Great Falls E 6c; Great Falls J, 4c; Hill Fine, 6c; Indian Head, 5c; Lawrence, LL, 4c; Pepperell E, 5c; Pepperell R, 5e; Pepperell, 9-4, 13c; Pepperell, 10-4, 15c; Androscoggin, 9-4, ' 18c: Androscoggin, 10-4, 20c. Prints Allen dress styles, 4c; Allen's staples. 4c; Allen TR, 5c; Allen robes, 614c; American indigo, 414c; Arnold LLC, 6V-c; Cocheco fancy. 6c; Cocheco madders, 4c; Mamllton fancy, 5c; Manchester fancy, 5c; Merrimac fancy, 5c; Merrlrriac pinks and purples, 5c; Pacific fancy, 5c; Pacific robes. 6c; Pacific mourning, 5c: Simpson Eddystone. 6c; Simpson Berlin solids, 6c; Simpson's oil finish, 6c; Simpson's gTays, 6c; Simpson's mournings, 5c. Ginghams Amoskeag staples, 5c; Amoskeag Persian dress, 6c; Bates Warwick Dress, 6c; Johnson BF, Fancies, 8c; Lancaster, 5c; Lancaster Normandies, Sc; Carroll ton, 4c; Renfrew Dress, 6c; Whlttenton Heather, 6c; Calcutta Dress styles, 6c. Tickings Amoskeag ACA, 10c; Conestoga BF, 12c; Cordis, 140. 9c; Cordis, FT, 10c; Cordis ACE, 10c; Hamilton Awnings, 9c; Kimono Fancy. 17c; Lenox Fancy, 18c; Methuen AA, 10c; Oakland AF, 5c; Portsmouth, 10c; Susquehanna, 12c; Shetucket SW, 6c; Shetucket F, 7c; Swift River, 5c. Kidfinlshed Cambrics Edwards, 3c; Warren, 3c; Slater, 3c; Genesee, 3c. Grain Bags Amoskeag, $12.50; American, $12.50; Franklinville, $15; Harmony. $12.50; Stark. $17.50. Groceries. Sugars Hard sugars, 4.20sf4.S2c; confectioners' A, 4c; soft A, 3.904c; extra C, 3.65&3.75c; yellow C. 33c; dark yellow, 33c. Coffee Good, 1920c; prime, 20921c; strictly prime, 22&23c; fancy green and yellow, 2527c; ordinary Java, 30"54c. Roasted Old government Java, 3334c; golden Rio, 25c; Bourbon Santos, 26c; golden Santos, 25c; prime Santos, 24c; Cottage (blended), 23c; Capital (blended), 21c; Pilot 21c; Dakota, 20c; Brazil, 19c; 1-pound packages, 21c. Molasses and Syrups New Orleans molasses, fair to prime, 3040c; choice. 4045c; syrups, 2330c. Salt In car lots. 95c$l; small lots. $1 1.05. Spices Pepper, 1518c; allspice. 1015c; cloves, 1520c; cassia, 1012c; nutmegs, 659 75c per pound. Beans Choice hand-picked navy. $1.85(3 1.90 per bu; medium hand-picked, $1.8001.85: 11 mas, California. 66c per pound. Twine Hemp. 12(gl8c per lb; wool, 810c; flax, 2030c; paper, 15c; jute, 1215c; cotton, 1625c. Rice Louisiana, 45c; Carolina. 4 6c. Shot $1.2031.25 per bag for drop. Lead 67c for pressed bars. Flour Sacks (paper) Plain, 1-32 brL per 1,000, $3.50; 1-16 brl. $5; brl, $8; brT, $56; No. 2 drab, plain, 1-32 brl, per 1,000, $4.25; 1-16 brl. $6.50; . $10; , $20; No. 1 cream, plain, 1-32 brl, per 1,000, $7; 1-16, $8.75; , $14.50; , $28.50. Extra charge for printing Wooden Dishes No. 1, per 1,000, $2.60; No. 2, $3: No. 3. $3.50: No. 5. $4.50. Wooden ware No. 1 tubs, $5.255.75; No. 2 tubs, $4.505; No. 3 tubs, $44.50; 3-hoop pails, $1.501.60; 2-hoop palls, $1.151.25; double washboards, $2.25SJ2.75: common washboards, $1.501.S5; clothes pins. 5085c per box. Straight grades. $2.5032.75; fancy srad3, $2.75S3; patent flour, $3.253. 75; low grades, $1.50(52. Iron and Steel. Bar Iron. 1.2081.30c; horshoe bar. 2 2c; nail rod, 6c; plow slabs, 2c; American cast steel. 8c; tire steel. 23c; spring steel. 45c. t. Leather. Leather Oak sole, 3040c; hemlock sole, 24(&30c; harness, 2830c; skirting. 31LP32e, single strap, 41c; black bridle, per doz, $6(kJ 85; fair bridle, $6078 per doz; city kip. 5575c; French kip, 85c(ff$1.10; city calfskins. 85c-$l: French calfskins. $131.S0. Kails and Horseshoes. Steel cut nails, $1.10; vire nails. $1.25 rates; horseshoes, per keg. $3.75; mule shoes, per keg, $4.75; horse nails, $45 per box. Prodnce. Frnlts anil Vegetables. Bananas Per bunch, $11.25. Cabbage Per brl, $1.251.50. Cranberries $1112 per brl; $4 per box. box. Sweet Potatoes Jerseys, $3.25(33.50 per brl; Illinois, $2.502.75. Onions Per brls, $22.25; 90c$l per bu; Spanish onions, $1.25 per crate. Cheese New York full cream. 1214c; skims, 67c per lb. Lemons Messina, choice, $33.50 per box. Fancy lemons, $4. Potatoes Per brl, $1.75(32; per bu, 65Wc. Apples Per brl. New York and New EngJand stock. $3(53.25; choice. $3.50. Celery Per bunch, 2535c, according to Florida, $3.503.75; chilled orneep. S3. 50 ner brl. New Cider Half brl. $2.75: brl, $4.5006. Pine Apples $1.502 per doz. Provisions. Bacon Clear sides, 40 to 60 lbs average, 7c; 30 to 40 lbs average, 78c; 20 to 30 lbs average, 8c. Bellies, 25 lbs average. 7c; 14 to 16 lbs average, 88c; 12 to 15 lbs average, 88V4c Clear backs, 20 to 25 lbs average, 77c; 12 to 20 lbs average, 7 7e; 9 to 10 lbs average, 7c. Shoulders English-cured. 12 lbs average, 77V4c; 16 lbs average, 6'37c. Hams Suar-cured, 18 to 20 lbs average, 910c; 16 lbs average, 10(3 1014c; 12 lbs average, 1010c: 10 lbs average, 10llc; Block hams, 10c; all first brands; seconds. c less. California hams, sugarcured, 10 to 12 lbs average, 67c Boneless hams, sugar-cured, 8144z9e. Pickled Pork Bean pork, clear, per brl. 200 lbs. $13.60014.50; rump pork, $12.50. Breakfast Bacon Clear firsts, 10llc; seconds. 10c. Lard Kettle-rendered, in tierces, 88c; pure lard, 7(3774c. Tinners' Supplies. Best brand charcoal tin. IC, 10x14, 14x20, ' 12x12. S6&6.50: IX. 10x14, 14xzJ, 12x12, $8ip 8.60; IC, 14x20, rofing tin, $5.25 5.50; IC, 2Cx 28, $10.50x11; block tin, in pigs, 25c; in bars, 27c. Iron 27 B iron, 3c; C iron, 4c; galvanized. 70 and 10 per cent, discount Sheet Einc, 55c. Copper bottoms, 20c. Planished copper. 24c. Solder. 13gi4c. Seeds. Clover Choice, recleaned, 60-lb, $5.355.K; prime. $5.2505.40; English, choice, $5.25; prime, $5.50; Alslke. choice, $7.2507.50; Alfalfa, choice, $4.755; crimson or scarlet clover, $3.754.25; timothv. 45-lb, choice, $2.75!3 2.85; strictly prime, $2.6032.75; blue grass, 1.65; strictly prime, $2.50(52.60; blue grass, fancy, 14-lb, $1.40O1.50; extra clean. 8590c. Orchard grass, extra, $1.85(32.05: Red top. choice. $1(31.25; extra clean. 90c$L English blue grass. 24-lb. $2.20(32.35. One Remedy for Insomnia. New York Ledger. Some time or other, away back in the course of time, the idea got into the heads of the human family that It was injurious to eat Just before going to bed. This peculiar and unnatural whim has caused many a sleepless night and many a weary day. Just how jt ever obtained its general standing among Intelligent people might be an Interesting study for some one who likes to delve after mysteries. vAs a matter of fact, going to bed hungry Is about the most foolish thing that a sensible person can be guilty of. To be sure, one should not eat heartily of indigestible food, but under no circumstances is the craving for something to eat to be denied. Delicate persons, especially those who have little appetite and who never eat heartily, are frequently kept awake and pass sleepless nights on account of the demands of the stomach for something to work on. The digestive processes continue during sleep, an i. indeed, are carried on in the best possible manner at this time, there being no other forces at work to draw the vitality from what is for the moment its most Important business, it would be well If every family made some provision for this need, and could keep ever ready milk, hot or cold, or a cup of broth or hot soup. It would take very little time and expense to do this, and the mental and physical condition of delicate members of the household would be greatly improved. A Good Field. Atlanta Constitution. We infer from a recent poem it which this line occurs. "I toll but in a barren field," that some of the poets are really plowing for a living. We advise all such to regard cotton only as a surplus crop, and to give their best efforts to the raising of bog and hominy.

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CHICAGO WHEAT COXTISIES OS ITS RECORD-BHEAKIXG DECLINE. Loss of 5-Sc on the Day for the Lending Cereal, with Corn 1-Hc Off and Provisions Tending: Higher. . CHICAGO, Jan. 26. Wheat. continued its record-breaking slide for : oblivion to-day, touching 52c for May and closing c lower than yesterday. Better cables caused' an early advance, but free selling wiped it out May corn closed c lower, May oats unchanged and provisions slightly higher. The wheat market opened In a manner to encourage the hope that liquidation had run its course. May, which closed yesterday at 53, opened at 53c bid with sales at 54c at the same time. After hanging around 54c for a while it gradually weakened and about 11 o'clock It was down to 53c, ' which was Its previous lowest point. The cause of the recovery at the opening was an unexpected gain of Vad in the price of futures of American red winter wheat at Liverpool. That started some local buying, but as .. soon as that ceased the dark view of ; the future again predominated and the decline reported was the result Chicago receipts for the day were forty-eight cars, against fifty-five a year ago. Minneapolis and Duluth received together 220 cars, against 196 last Saturday and 149 a year ago. Bradstreet made the week's exports of wheat and flour from both coasts 2,840,000 bu, compared with 3,564,000 bu on the week before and 2,947,000 bu a year ago. Primary market receipts all told amounted to 212,000 bu, against 224,000 bu the previous Saturday and 196,000 bu on the corresponding day the year before. Guesses of the visible supply for Monday range from 500,000 bu to 'ioO.OOO bu decrease. St Louis shipments of wheat this week amount to 518,000 bu. Selling became liberal as the session advanced. May closing at 53c, having made a new low price record at 62c. . The corn market, compared with wheat, was firm on fair buying although in the end lower than yesterday's close- May started strong at 45c, or c Improvement over last night Owing to the heaviness of wheat and some slacking up in the demand for shipment the opening advance could not be maintained. The close for May was 45c against 45c yesterday. Fair business was transacted in oats. Values at the start were somewhat firmer and gradually eased oft,' closing a shade lower, but within a very small fraction of yesterday's last prices. The steadiness of the cash market and some demand from the stock were reported as th causes of the early firmness and sympathy with wheat influenced the decline. May sold from 29c, the opening price, to 29c, and closed at 2929c. The provision market was steadied by the small receipts of hogs. Shorts were the buyers. The range for May pork was from $10.80 at the opening to $10.60 and back to $10.65 at the close. May lard opening at $0.75, sold down to $6.70 and closed at $6.72 as against $6.67 yesterday. Ribs for May started at $5.60 and left off at $5.56, which was also the closing- price on the day before. Estimated cars for Monday Wheat. 27 cars; corn, 135 cars; oats, 60 cars; hogs, 30,000 head. Hogs next week, 166,000. Leading futures ranged as follows: Open High- Low- ClosAr tides. ing. est' est. ing. Wheat-Jan ... H ; 51 49 , 49 May 54 . 64 63 63 July 55 , 55 53 53 ConWan 43 ' 43 42 42 May 46 45 v 46 45 July 45 ' ; 45 45 45 Oats Jan 28 i 28 28 28 May 29 ' 29 - 29 29 Pork-Jan $10.55 $10.55 $10.35 $10.40 May 10.80 lfl.80 10.60 10.65 Lard Jan 6.57 6.57 6.52 :; 6.55 May 6.75 - 6.75 6.70 6.72 Ribs-Jan- 5.45 : 5.45 5.40 5.40 May 5.60 5.60 5.55 5.55 Cash quotations were as follows: FlourWinter straights, $2.252.50; spring patents, $3.103.50; spring straights, $2.102.80; bakers', $1.752.20. No 2 .spring Wheat, 52' 54c; No. 3 spring wheat nominal; No. 2 red, 4950c; No. 2 corn, 42c; No. 3 yellow corn, 40(341c; Nov 2 oats. 28c; No. 2 white, 32c; No. 3 white, 31fi31c; No. 2 rye, -50c; No. 2 barley, 55c; -No. 3, 53(g65c; No. 4, 51 c; No. 1 flaxseed, $1.42; prime timothy seed, $5.80; mess pork, per brl, $10.40 10.50; lard, per lb, 6.556.57c; short-rib sides (loose), 5.409!5.45c; dry-salted shoulders (boxed), 44c; short-clear sides (boxed), 5.655.70c; whisky, distillers' finished goods per gal, $1.22; sugars unchanged. ' Receipts Flour, 9,000 brls; wheat, 21,000 bu; corn, 119,000 bu; oats, 109,000 bu ; rye, 6,000 bu; barley, 36,000 bu. Shipments Flour, 3,000 brls; wheat, 6,000 bu; corn, 44,000 bu; oats 156,000 bu; rye, 4,000 bu; barley, 22,000 bu. On the Produce Exchange, to-day, the butter market was steady; creamery, 12 23c; dairy, 1020c. Eggs firm at 1320c AT NEW YORK. Rnllnz Prices In Produce nt the Senboard's Commercial Metropolis. ' NEW YORK, Jan.' 26. Flour Receipts, 12,500 brls; exports, ,8,600 ' brls; sales. 2,500 packages. Market very dull and weaker to sell. City mill patents, $4(4.15; winter patents,5 $2.800:3.15; city mill clears, S3.35; winter straights, $2.352.75; Minnesota patents, $3.053.60; winter extra. $1.902.40; Minnesota bakers, $23.60 winter low grades, $1.80 (2.15; spring low grades, $1.751.90; spring extras, $1.852.35. Southern flour dull; common to fair extra, $1.802.40; good to choice do., $2.402.95. Rye flour quiet; sales 250 brls superfine $2.552.80; fancy,' $2.803. Buckwheat flour quiet at $1.6o1.75. Buckwheat dull at 4853c. Cornmeal quiet; sales 20,000 sacks; yellow Western, $1.0S1.12; Brandywine. $2.90. Rye) nominal; car lots, 54'&oic; boat loads, 56&S7c. Barley neglected; No. 2 Milwaukee, 6465c; two rowed State, 60S61c; Canada, 70 72c. Barley malt nominal; Western, 70 S75c. 1 Wheat Receipts, none; exports, 58,600 bu; sales, 980,000 bu futures; 'spot, none. Spot inactive; No. 2 red in store and elevator, 5757c; afloat. 58&58c; f. o. b., 59c afloat; No. 1 Northern, 67c delivered; No. 1 hard, 67c delivered. Options opened with considerable firmness on "higher Liverpool advices and good local covering, but in the late morning turned very weak under realizing, disappointing exports and closing cab.es, the heavy gold shipments and general lack of confidence among the long people; closed (c lower than last night, and the lowest price May ever sold at No. 2 red, January, closed at 57c; February closad at 57c; March, 5Srt58c, closed at 5Sc; May, 58(fj) 59 3-16c, closed at 58c; June. 58 ll-16Sioc, closed at 58C; July, 585i59c, closed at 58c; August. 59c(&59c. closed at 59c. Corn Receipts, 42,200 bu; exports, 5,800 bu; sales, 90,000 bu futures; spots,, none. Spots inactive: No. 2, 4Sc, In elevator; steamer mixed, 47c. Options opened stronger with wheat, but subsequently reacted slightly, closing at c net advance. January closed at 48c; February closed at 49c; May, 49 49c, closed at 49c; July closed at 49c. Oats Receipts, 11,600 bu; exports, 2,800 bu; sales, 10,000 bu futures, 28,000 bu spot. Spots dull; No. 2, Slc; No. 2, delivered, 35c; No. 2 white, 36c; No. 3 white, 35Uc; track white, 36Vi(340c. Options neglected all the forenoon and closed at c net advance. January closed at 33c; February closed at 3:5c; March closed at . 34c; May, 33 33c, closed at 33c. Hay steady; shipping, &355c; good to choice, 6065c. Hops steady; State, common to choice old, 37c; new, 6(311c. . Hidas firm; wet saltfd New Orleans selected, 45 to 65 lbs, 4Jl5c; Buenos Ayres dry, 20 to 24 lbs, 12c; Texas dry, 24 to 30 lbs, 77c. Leather firm; hemlock sole, Buenos Ayres light to heavy weights, 14 QliC. Beef quiet: family. $10.50312.50; extra mess. $7.50(38; beef hams, $16.5017; packed, $99.50; city extra India mess. $16(318.50. Cut meats steady; pickled bellies. 6"37e; pickled shoulders, 4'3 4e; pickle i hams, '&8c Lard steady; Western steam closed at 6.87c; sales, 75 tierces at 6.85c; city, 6c; January closed at 6.85c. nominal; May, 7.05c, nominal. Refined steady: continent, 7.40c; S. A., 7.60c; compound, 5(&5c. Pork quiet and steady; new mess, 1212.50; family, $11.50(312; short-clear, $13.25'315. Butter firm; Western dairy, lou,c: Western creamer, 12ti23c; Western factory. 83 14c; Elgtns, 23(324c; imitation creamery, lKg'ISc; State dairy, 18ftl9c; State creamery. 14'21c. , Cheese dull; State, large, 9(3 111 ic; small, 9fllc; part skims, 31t 8c; full skims. 2&2c. ' - ' ! ' !.-: . Eggs flrmer; State and Pennsylvania, 23 24c; loehouse. 163.18c; Western, 23c; Southern. 2122e; receipts, 2,549 packages. Tallow steady; city ($2 for packages), 44c; country (psckages free), 44c, as to quality. CeUoa saed all rules featureless and In

clined to weakness, with .demand limited. Prime crudev 23c; off crude; 22e; prime summer yellow. 273,27c ; off summer yellow. 26527c; yellow butter grades, 30c; prime white, 30(331c. nominal. Coffee Options opened steady at unchanged prices to 10 points advance, ruled firm on European buying and 1 scarcity of sellers, and closed steady at 515 points net advance. Sales, 1,300 bags, including: February, 14.50c; March, 14.4014.50c; May. 14.3014.35c; June, 14.35c; September. 14.40c; December. 14.50(314.550. Spot coffee Rio steady; -No. 7, 16c; mild steady; Cordova, 18tl9c; sales, none. Sugar Raw firm; fair refining, 2U-16c; centrifugal, 96 test. 3 l-32c; sales, none; refined steady: No. 6, 3 7-163c; No. 7. 3 3 9-16c; No. 8. 33 5-16c; No. 9, 3 3-163c; No. 10, 3g3 5-16c; No. 11, 31-16(33c: No. 12, S'qZS-iec; No. 13, 215-16c; off At 333c; mold A, 41-16(54c; standard A, 311-16 3c; confectioners' A, 311-16W3c; cut-loaf, 4 7-164c; crushed, 4 7-164c; powdered, 41-16(3-4c; granulated, 313-16S4c; cubes, 41-164C t Rice steady; domestic, fair to extra, 4(3 6c; Japan, 434c. Molasses steady; New Orleans, open kettle, good to choice, S3SS8c. Oranges quiet; fancy, sound, $3(g4; others, $2,501(3.50. . BALTTMOR7, Jan. 26. Flour dull and unchanged. Receipts, 11,999 brls; shipments, 754 brls; sales 150 brls. Wheat easy; spot and month, 56(3ti6c; February, 56c; March, 57358c; May, 5868c; steamer No. 2 red, 5353c; receipts, 23.401 bu; shipments, 16,000 bu; stock. 7,250,000 bu. sales, 33,000 bu; Southern wheat by sample 57(3 58c; Southern wheat on grade, 5457c, Corn steady; month and spot, 5614c; May, 49c asked; steamer mixed, 45(345c; receipts, 11,127 bu; stock, 694,601 bu; sales, 14,000 bu; Southern white corn, 4546c; Southern yellow, 46'347c. Oats quiet and steady; No. 2 white Western, 36-3370 ; No. 2 mixed, 34 35c; receipts, 10,943 bu; stock, 135,617 bu. Rye steady: No. 2. 57(f58c: receipts, 1,458 bu;

.stock, 37,497. Hay steady; good to choice timothy, $12.50(313; grain freights better feeling unchanged. Butter steady and unchenged. Eggs steady; fresh, 24c Cheese firm and unchanged. t LIVE STOCK. Cattle Scare and Steady Hogs Active and Higher Sheep Active. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 26.-CattleT-Re-ceipts, - ; shipments, 200. Receipt were very light The market was steady at pre vious prices. Export shipping (choice).... Medium to good shippers... Common to fair Feeders, good to choice Stockers, common to good.. Heifers, good to choice Heifers, common thin Heifers, fair to medium Cows, good to choice Cows, fair to medium Cows, common old. Veals, good to choice Veals, common to medium.. ....$4.505.25 ... 3.75(34.25 ... 2.753.&0 ... 3.253.75 ... 2.25(0.3.00 ... 3.003.50 ... 1.752.25 ... 2.40!g2.7f ... 2.75W3.25 ... 2.002.50 ... 1.001.7a ... 4.0005.25 3.00(3)3.75 Bulls, good to choice 2.503.25 Bulls, common to medium 1.752.25 Milchers. good to choice 80.0040.00 Milchers. common to medium 16.0026.00 Hogs Receipts, 2,000; shipments, 800. The quality wasfalr. The market opened active and a shade higher and closed steady, with all sold. ' Heavy packing and shipping $4.20S4.40 4.104.30 3.904.20 3.003.75 ; shipMixed Light Heavy roughs Sheep and Lambs Receipts, ments, 150. Receipts light The was active at previous prices. market Good to choice sheep .". Fair to medium sheep Common thin sheep Lambs, good to choice Lambs,, common to medium........ Bucks, per head $3.003.50 2.502.85 1.50(2.25 S.764N.25 2.758.50 2,003.00 Elsewhere. CHICAGO, Jan. 26. About 500 cattle arrived to-day. Buyers picked up the few hundred on sale, paying strong prices in expectation of light receipts for Monday. Steers sold from $3.155.60; stockers and feeders, $2.10(33.75; cows, $1.253.60. The hog market was 510c higher than at the best time yesterday and 1016c higher than Thursday. This week's receipts are the second smallest for a week in January since 1889. Buyers are looking for a light run for Monday not more than 20,000 to 25,000 and they were willing to pay the high prices asked by holders. The best heavy grades were salable around $4.50, and choice assorted light weights were in demand at $4.154.20. From these figures sales ranged along down to $44.10 for common heavy and $3.853.90 for common light The close was firm. The prospect of small supplies of sheep for the opening days of next week stimulated the demand and strengthened -prices. The 1,500 head offered were- quickly disposed of on a basis of $2.25(34 for common to extra sheep and $3.254.80 for poor to fancy lambs. . Receipts Cattle, 500; calves, 150; hogs, 8,000; sheep, 1.500. EAST BUFFALO, Jan. 26. Cattle .Receipts 10; strong. Receipts light, very few good butchers' cattle on sale. s Hogs Receipts, 1,550; active and '510c higher. Limited supply; good to choice, $4.35 4.40: pigs, fair to extra, $4.35(34.45; good mediums, $4.40; good to choice heavy, $4.4$ 4.45. s - , Sheep and lambs Receipts, 5,250; active and higher for prime stock; others also firmer; good to prime lambs, $4.805.40; fair to good, $4.35(34.75; mixed sheep, fair to good, $2.25(33.45; export ewes and wethers, $3.50(34.25; extra prime wethers, $4.404.50 KANSAS CITY, Jan. 26. Cattle Receipts, 2,100; shipments, 1,500. Market steady to strong; Texas steers, $3.303.70; Texas cows, $1.75(34.25; Colorado steers, $34.25; beef steers, $2.40(35.55; native cows, $1.353.30; stockers and feeders, $2. 603.90; bulls, $1.50 (33.05. Hogs Receipts, 4,600; shipments, 1,700. Market strong to 10c higher; bulk of sales, $3.804.40. Sheep Receipts, 800; shipments, 1,000. Market steady. ST. LOUTS, Jan. 26. Cattle Receipts, 800; shipments, 2,000. The market was dull; supplies too light to make a representative market on all grades. Prices nominally same as Friday. Hogs Receipts, 1,500; shipments, 4,700. The market was strong and 510c higher. Best heavy, $4.20. Sheep 'Receipts, 100; shipments, 200. The market was quiet. LOUISVILLE. Jan. 26. Cattle Market slow and 1025c lower; light shipping, $3.75 4.25; best butchers, $3.603.85; feeders. $3.25 3.65; bulls, $2(4. Hogs -Market firm; choice packing and butchers, $4.20(34.25; fair to good packing, $4.10(34.15; good to extra light, $4110; roughs, $3.2t)3.75. Sheep and Lambs Market slow and little doing. CINCINNATI, Jan. 26. Hogs Fair demand and steady at $3.504.50; receipts, 2,100; shipments, 100. Cattle Light demand and steady at $35; receipts, 200; shipments, 200. Sheep strong at $l.50&4; receipts, 300; shipments, 600. Lambs fair demand and strong. EAST LIBERTY, Jan. 26. Cattle steady and unchanged; Phiiadelphias, $4.354.40; common to fair Yorkers, $4.104.25; roughs, 534. . -.. Sheep Steady and unchanged. Pensions for Veterans. . The applications of the following named Indianaians have been granted: Original Thomas H. D. Hosier, Franktown, Madison county; William C. .Williams, Indianapolis, Marlon. Increase Jacob Oldaker, National Military Home, Grant; Edward D. Curtis, Valparaiso. Porter; Thomas J. M. Rose, Ire-, land, Dubois; Thompkins L. Barnhart, Roann, Wabash. Reissue William Collison, Leesburg, Kosciusko; David Carr, Burlington, Carroll; Eaton Powell, Sheldon, Allen; Charles J. McKay. Lamb. Switzerland; William L, Denman, Lyons, Green; Isaac W. Ritter, Bedford. Lawrence: Henry R. Bachus. South Bend, St Joseph; Wrilliam H. Honeas, Normanda. Tipton. Original widows, etc. Elizabeth Hall Youngstown, Vigo; Martha E. Porter, Portland Mills, Putnam; Martha Wheeler (mother), Rome, Perry: Lydla Gosshorn (mother). Wolf Lake, Noble; Laura Tipton, Clay City. Clay; Telltha Wilson, Marble Corners, Ripley; minors of Isaac J. Wade, Evansvllle, Vanderburg. Original widows (supplemental) Minor of Francis M. Tipton. Coal City. Owen. Mexican war survivors Increase Jesse M. Hamrlck, Greencastle, Putnam. What Alls Them. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. "Henry!'' "Yes. your excellency?" "Bills which you can't pass are counterfeit, I believe?" "That is usually what ails t.iem, your excellency." "That must be what's the matter with the currency bills offered to Congress." Home Made. New York Press. ' Q'Rafferty Phwat the divil are ye bleedin yer horse for? Have he the blind staggers? Mulhooligan He have notj but wan o' the chlldher has the croup, an" I'm goin to mix him a dose of anti-toxlne, an', make him dhrink it, an he'll be as well as iver In the momin'. The Belle of a Rival Town. Atchison Globe. A St. Joe belle can put a hen's egg In her mouth and close her lips over It

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IXSIDIOCS TEABERRY JACK AT ITS . BEST IX HOG-KILL1XG TIME. jl Festival in Which Prise Hors, Bi Dinners and the Xatlve Beverage Are Prime Ingredients. Philadelphia Record. ' Just at this season of tho year the Inhabitants of Burlington county, New Jersey, are winding up , their big hog and teaberry season, and it is the most joyous of the year. Next to the prize hog, "teaberry Jack" fills a long-felt want. It is a beverage indigenous to this part of the State, and rarely, if ever, found elsewhere. It is a. combination of native ingredients, all of which are raised on the soil where the jack is made. The formula is not furnished with each bottle, but, judged from its effects, it must have a proof as high as brandy and be a near relative to the alcohol of commerce. "Teaberry jack" is made out of apple-jack which is kept in a secluded spot until it becomes a brownish amber and has the odor of age. In the distillation and afterward the apple-jack ' Is mixed with crushed teaberrles, sometimes called wintergreen plums, or checkerberrics. They have the same flavor as wintergreen chewing gum. The odor is pleasant and the taste gives a flavor to the apple jack in which the liquor's original flavor is merged. The odor is a combination of apple blossoms and mountain teaberries, which is so fascinating that the amount of alcohol in the drink is forgotten. There is no burning or harsh taste while the teaberry Jack is trickling down the throat; there is none of that rasping which whisky often causes when It is unmixed with water. Water is not needed with teaberry jatk to make it palatable; it needs no dilution. The natives drink - it without water, and its strength is indicated to the eye or the taste only in the size of the glass, which is the ordinary glass of a country barroom smaller in size. The teaberry drinker is expected to fill his glass, close both, eyes and gulp it down. The season for teaberry jack is the hog-killing time in the winter, when all the outdoor work is done on the farm and the hogs are fat. Old teaberry is valued most, but it is hard to keep it year after year; its taste is so good and the inhabitants requhe so much of it during the winter. The farmers aim to make a profit on everything they raise on their farms except teaberry jack and fat hogs. xnese tney raise for their own glorification and pleasure. Every one of these farmers selects a few of the most promising of his pigs for the fat hog contest in the fall. These pigs are fattened and nourished with care from their youth upward. They are picked out from the other pigs and are fed with everything that can make them fat, and with as much of it as they will eat. The other pigs are only commodities raised for the butcher and sale, and must show a profit over the cost of their care and feed. ' By winter everything is ready for the great event of the neighborhood. All the farmers, with their wives, children, hired men and relatives, have been kept informed for weeks on the growth and size of their respective entries for the great champion killing of the fat hogs. It is the event of the neighborhood, for it decides who is the best farmer. The children of the family, have taken an interest in the pigs as soon as they were selected for the contest, and they have compared notes with the other children in the neighborhood. The hogs may be secretly weighed, but the expert Jerseyman of this section is so good a Judge of the weight of a hog that he can guess within 1 per cent, of the weight of the fattest. At last the day arrives for the prize hog killing, and it rarely rains on that occasion. Nature tn this part of the State takes care of that. The day is cold and crisp, with so much sunshine that it is more enjoyable out of doors than within. The biggest farm house in the neighborhood is selected as the meeting place, and all the people for miles around are notified. The fat hogs are brought in the morning in comfortable wagons. To make them walk would be to reduce their weight. Every man may select his own hog killer, but the choice usually falls on two or three men who have built up a reputation by years of painstaking effort. The people . gather after breakfast. They drive up in all kindt of vehicles, buggies, carriages and wagons. The politicians of the county attend, as a matter of course. 'It is vote-making time as well; They meet their coni stituents there on terms of friendship and cheerfulness that are possible on no other occasion. Strangers are rarely present, unless those can be called strangers who have moved away and come back for this gala day of all the year. AH. THE COOKS! Inside the farm house the cooks are busy at work. The farmers' wives are glad to have this occasion to display their skill in the culinary art. They cook and wait on the tables and talk over the gossip of the year. The home cooking cannot be surpassed. Oyster soup, with the oysters crowding haro the crackers which have been cooked with them, chickens, turkeys, steaks and all kinds of meat, witb celery, Jellies and stuffing, everything raised near by. Then there are all kinds of vegetables raised on the farms and picked out for this great occasion. There are pies of all kinds without number pumpkin, mince, apple, custard, lemon, in all sizes , and all home made. The beverage is teaberry Jack. There may be other sorts of liquor around, but teaberry jack is the appropriate drink that goes with this beautiful dinner. There is coffee for the women and for those who do not drink anything stronger. The teaberry Jack is for the men, and there is plenty of it. In the morning the champion porkers are killed and stretched in a line from stout poles by the feet, their heads swinging clear of the ground. They 1 are masses of white fat gleaming in the sunshine. Their feet are small, and no muscles are seen in the legs or shoulders. The shapes of their limbs are lost in fat, their ribs are buried in fat a foot deep. Some of them have not walked for weeks, for their legs were not able to carry around their immense forms. The visitors walk around and inspect the hogs. The older men tell stories of the fat hogs of their youth, while the small boys point out the particular hog which they helped to fatten, and fight with other small boys who say that their hogs will weigh more. The young men with 'sporting blood bet on the weights. When the hogs have aU been killed a committee of citizens of the highest standing weigh them, one at a time, a pair of steelyards being used for the purpose. The committee of judges sit in silence until the Weight and the hog balance; then they examine the hog to see that It is thoroughly cleaned, and that there is nothing illegitimate to add to its weight. The weight is then recorded and It becomes official. There is no disputing the decision. When the weighing is over the committee makes the public announcement in the farm yard or from the farm house steps. The figures ara read off, and It Is proclaimed who is the owner of the champion hog, 'Then the dinner Is served. At the first table sit the farmers of highest standing, the statesmen of the county, the distinguished visitors and the owners of the contestants. The committee and the owner of the champion hog sit

together at the end of the most prominent table. They dine with the appetites of men who work hard, whetted by the air, the sunshine and teaberry Jack. When they have eaten they withdraw to the porch yard to drink teaberry Jack and discuss matters of Importance, while the guests at the second table get their dinners. The women dine last. Most of them prefer to have their dinner by themselves, so that they may have their neighborly chats and gossip without interference. - SUNSHINE AFTER THAT. By the time everybody has had dinner the effects of teaberry jack begin to appear. It is an insidious drink. It does not make a man want to fight, neither does it stupefy him, but it makes him able to stand off and look at himself and think how delightful It is to be living, and what a great man he is, and how everybody knows It. But with this it does not make him self-assertive or quarrelsome. He Is willing to admit . that everybody else is also great, arid that they are friends of his as he is of them. Official records of the amount of teaberry Jack that one man can hold are hard to get, for at the time of the champion hog killing there is no man present who is so calculating and coldblooded as to abstain from teaberry jack himself and to squander the occasion in keeping track of the capacities of his neighbors. Teaberry i Jack affects a man cumulatively. It begins with his toes, which, if he has had eight or ten drinks, begin to be lively and somewhat Intoxicated. He feels as if the toes belonged to some other human being, and he is somewhat surprised at the exhilarated condition in which he notices they are. The teaberry Jack gives him the mental power to dissociate himself from his toes and to be a spectator of the way in which the effects of the tipple start from his toes to his feet, then up to his knees. This is the danger signal, and should not be disregarded. The native Jerseyman is accustomed to the effects of this drink, but to a visitor they are fascinating and insidious. The effect as it gradually extends upward is cumulative and sudden. The last thing to ba affected is the brain, which remains entirely sober after the throat and tongue have -started on a mad career of inebriety. , The tongue may be runninsr on at, a great, rate, while the brain, in sorry sobriety, stands off In mental attitude by itself, wondering what is the matter with the tongue that it is carrying on and making all kinds of speeches. The legs may be dancing while the rest of the body is sober and amused at ths. antics of the intoxicated legs. When enough teaberry has been taken to affect .the -head the man's condition is that of one filled -with pleasant dreams. fAll the world seems bright. The birds on the trees are singing their sweetest songs to him. Every one the hundreds of people around him la looking at him in the kindliest and most affectionate way, while he can look in their hearts and see them filled with, affection and unselfish regard for him, with the desire to do everything they can to make him ' happy and to make

his way through the world free from care and his life free from thorns. The clouds fall away from the sky, and he looks up and only the clear blue is over him. with enough of the white fleece to make the effect serene and caressing. The whole world seems to proclaim his eloquence, brilliancy and capacity for good and noble deeds. The taste of the teaberry jack is still In his throat, and its fragrance brings to him thoughts of green meadows and orchards all in bloom. This is a great drink. DRESS SUITS IN CHICAGO. "Anything:, So It's a Dress Salt," Is the Watchword, of Society. . Chicago Record. "Anything, so it's- a dress suit." This was the comment passed by a spectator at one of those large social affairs attended by those who always figure In society shows, and also by many who occasionally, seml-occasionally or even rarely attempt to put on wings and fly. There was an immense crowd present and it could easily be seen that the "rarelys" were out in numbers. They hugged the walls like timid swimmers, and some of them would have been happier If there had been a life line to hold to. They showed a distinct preference for the smoking room, and felt of their ties f requently to see if everything was all right "Now, there's B ," said the spectator. "He's one of the best young lawyers in this town, but he doesn't come to a thing of this' kind twice a year. Can't you tell that? Look at the dress suit too small for him. It's probably the same one that he has worn for ten years. He goes into society so seldom that he doesn't think it worth, while to buy a new one. You take him day by day and he's well dressed, but in that suit and with that ready-made -tie he's a sight." Which was undoubtedly true. And then the attention was directed to a prominent citizen who is held in much regard for his learning, as well as his wealth. He wore a dress suit of somewhat antiquated shape. It was of finest broadcloth, but It had raveled slightly at the edges and seemed to oe toucneo Drown nere there by age. The prominent citixen wore ordinary black shoes, which showed art indifferent polish ; his plain cuffs were clasped h rnH .ttuttnntc nrvri his wViltB tl hart sl i oped to one side. Here was carelessness with a vengeance. He wore no studs in his bosom, which had a bad wrinkle across it. His make-up, as a whole, was in violation of the petty rules known so well to the chapr, and yet his appearance did not e'voe smiles from those around him. His personality carried him through.' On the other hand, there were plenty of young men,- faultlessly done up, who seemed to be hunting for trap doors, through which to sink, like the fairy la the extravaganza. Anything, so it's a dress suit. TheTe were some bobbed off short until the claw-hammer point resembled the abbreviated tall feathers of a snowbird. The young men with very thin legs, very small necks and a few pimples affected tails that seemed vainly attempting to encircle their ankles. . There were vests which showed one long panel of dead white about the size of an infant tombstone, and there were others which flared open so boldly that the colorof the suspenders needn't have been a secret. Some men had lhelr handkerchief neatly folded and spread across the shirt bosom under the angle of the vest Just, as a hot cloth would have to be placed In a severe case of cramp. These men moved about with perfect Impunity. , There were white ties 'and black ties, some ready-made, with the buckles peeping coyly over the coat collar. The studs varied in number from none to four per society man, and were mostly white or pearl. One man had a very fetching combination of a large diamond above two bone buttons below. Should have been ostracized? Certainly not Some one insisted on his coming, and he had to do the best he could. N. K. Fairbank and John B. Kitchen could do no more. It may not be Just the thing to wear a double watch chain on a drees vest or have trellised flowers creeping up the bosom of the shirt. But it is purely a matter of individual taste as to whether the trousers shall cling firmly to the limbs or hang loosely and almost hide the shoes. At least the common practice has so decided. The "seml-occasionallys" and the "rarelys" can't afford to purchase a new outfit every time they are hauled into the glare. . Anything, so it's a dress suit. A Matter of Charity. Detroit Tribune. The prisoner stood trembling at the bsr of justice. "What say you," demanded the court, "to the charge lodged against you In the name of the people of the sovereign State of Texas?" The culprit was silent "IfMt please your Honor," Interposed the prosecutor, "we are satisfied this man is a plutocrat, as charged. But for the sake of his family and the recognition of the fact that he had provocation, we are willing to accept a plea of guilty to the charge of murder in the first degree." In ail the assemblage there was none who. looking upon the misery of the aeJustice with mercy. Deterred. Detroit Tribune. The frenzied mob had seized the murder ess. Another moment and the fatal nooss would be about hei neck. "Stay," she cried. The woman was glaring Into their faces defiantly. "Look you." she cried, her voice rising almost to a shriek, "I am a living picture by calling." A shudder ran through the throng. fr tt was composed largely of persons who aa4 tried to hane pictures before,