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

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1895.

STILL GOING DOWN

SDW YORK I1CARS !OT YET UOE "WITH INDUSTRIAL. STOCKS. Henry Trading lu Tobacco Share Leather r refer red Ofl 2 :t-S PointsLocal Hnslaesa 3Ien IlopcfnI. At New York, yesterday, money on call was easy at lz&2 per cent; the last loan being made at 2i. closing offered at 2i per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 34 t5 per cent. Sterling exchange was steady, with actual business In bankers bills at HS0 4.83'; for demand and H.STHtftSi 'or sixtydays; posted rates, $t.8SVj'31-90; commercial bills, U.SV. Silver certificate?, STHQCSc; bar silver, $irc. At London bar silver closed at S0d. The total sales of stock on 'Change were 13"2.D2I shares, including: American Sugar, 56,900; American Tobacco, 7,000; Burlington, 4.SCO; Chicago Gas, 9,i0; Distilling and Cattle Feeding, 3,700; Manhattan consols, 2.800; Reading. 3,400; St. Paul. 9,300; silver certificates, 5,000; United States Leather preferred, 23,300; Western Union, 7,000. There was little if any change in the character of the stocks of speculation at New York yesterday. Dullness was the main feature and the bear' professionals monopolized the dealings, especially in the Industrials. The railway list proved superior to the easier tendency In the Industrials on the same influences as were noted Monday, namely, moderate buying of the international shares for foreign account and more cheereful Advices as to the European speculation situation. The foregofig conditions tended to offset the renewal of gold engagements for shipment to-day, aggregating $1,200,000. It is understood that the gold to be forwarded affords a minimum of profit. Indications as to the probable extent of the shipments for the week are leas clear. The exchange market continues very dull, with the supply of gold and cotton bills sufficiently large to cause an easier tendency though without noteworthy change on quotations. There was no news of importance bearing on the general market aside from toe gold engage- - menu and they appeared to be ignored by the traders, owing to the assumption that action to relieve the treasury will not be Song delayed. A more tangible explanation of the steadiness of the railway list is the excellent statements of earnings by roads in nearly all sections, aside from the Southwest, and the abatement of foreign selling of our securities. Business was poorly distributed. Tobacco, Sugar and Leather preferred completely outran the market In point of activity. The first mentioned were the leaders in this respect and Sugar came second, reversing the order of Monday's market. The transactions in Tobacco footed up one-fourth of the entire dealings and at the low point was. down 2 per cent. It closed within per cent, of the highest and recorded only an unimportant net decline. Leather preferred wa3 relatively much less active, but was unpleasantly conspicuous by ending with a net decline of per cent. The move- ' tnent was again attributed to a leading manipulator who has been persistent for some time past in his attacks on the industrial shares. General Electric on limited trading scored the only other important loss. The general market had intervals of decline and reaction throughout the day, but closed quiet with net changes about evenly divided between gains and losses, none of which, aside from the stocks noted, exceeded small fractions. The market for railways bonds, as usual recently, was dominated by the course or the stock speculation. The business was fairly large, exceeding Monday's total. Sales, 51,130,000. The course of ptices was Irregular. The more noteworthy v declines were in Wisconsin Central flr&ts, trust receipts, .1 per cent: National Chattanooga consols, i, and Atchison fours, Missouri, Kansas & Eastern firsts, Oregon Short Line, Union consols, trust receipts, and Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas Ciiy firsts, trust receipts, per cent. The chief advances were in Louisville & New Albany generals, Atchison second As, Denver & Rio Grande consols and Edison Electric Illuminating firsts, H Pr cent. Government bonds were steady and State ' bonds Inactive. Closing quotations were: Atchison 17 Adams Express 14S Alton & Terre Haute 58 American Express .11a Baltimore & Ohio sv,z Canada Pacific '. 55 Canada Southern W4 Central Pacific 167s Chesapeake & Ohio 1SH Chicago & Alton 160 Chicago. Burlington & Qulncy 85U C. C, C. & St. L 40V , Cotton Oil Certificates U Delaware & Hudson ..: ....128 Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. ...165 Erie 124 Erie, preferred 22 Fort Wayne I....... 167 Great' Northern, preferred . 117 Chicago & Eastern Illinois preferred.. 100i Hocking Valley 19 Illinois Central 97i Lake Erie & Western 21 V Lake Erie & Western, preferred 72Vj Lake Shore '. . 113 v3 Lead Trust Vf. TOH Louisville & Nashville Louisville & New Albany &Vi Manhattan Consolidated 101 Michigan Central 101 Missouri Pacific 304 National Cordage .. 64, National Cordage, preferred 13f New Jersey Central 107 Northern Pacific 44 Northern Pacific, preferred 15Northwestern ...... 1CC? Northwestern, preferred 150 New York Central 99?; New York & New England GO Peoria, Decatur & Evansvllle 4V& Pittsburg 167 Pullman Palace 163 Reading 10s Rock Island 731; St. Paul 75 St. Paul, preferred ....124; Southern Pacific 22 Toledo & Ohio Central, preferred 75 Union Pacific 9U United "States Express 42 Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific 7 Wabash. St. Louis & Pacific, preferred. 13t8 Wells-Fargo Express 97 Western Union 87 United States Fours, registered lliH United States Fours, coupon ..1114 United States Fours, new, registered.. 120, United States Fours, new, coupon 120 MINING SHARES. Doubleday, Rope' & Co., of Colorado Springs, Col., give the following quotations: Anaconda 63 Argentum 44 Mollle Gibson 41 Portland 203 Isabella 4W Mount Rosa 19 Yaterdnya Hank Clearing. At Chicago Clearings, J12.8S1.000. Money, VqWz on call, 6563 on time. At St. Lcuis Clearings. $3,5S7.5SI; balances. $723,921. Money. 5;7 per cent. At Cincinnati Clearings, S1.951.ST.0. At New York Clearings, $k'8,837,S76; balances. 6.760,)i. At Boston-Clearings, $16,XX),9G3; balances. Jl.678,241. - At Baltimore Clearings, $2,616,870; balances. $u2,9u2. At Phila'defphia-Clearings. $13,561,227; balances, $1,976, LOCAL GltAIV AXD PRODICK. Trade a Little Slow, but Better Things In Project. As was to be expected, under the weather conditions prevailing yesterday, trado. was dull, but the prospects of -. settled fall and winter weather encouragei the wholesale merchant In the belief that a marked Improvement Is near at hand. Prices In all lines carry a steady tone and the changes of several days past have been slight Dealers In holiday goods report their business as Improving and they look for a very active trade the next four weeks. The egg market, rules steady. Poultry, unless it be fine, fat turkeys, rules weak. Receipts of poultry are large as usual at Thanksgiving time. Game Is In good request at prices quoted. In fruits and vegetables there is a better request, but' not enough to Influence prices for the better. Good Irish potatoes are felling at 30 to 35 cents. Onions and cabbage are in larger receipt and rule easier in price. The local grain market Is rather tame shippers and deaiers. governing their business by Immediate requirements. Track bids yct?rday ruled as follow: Wheat No. 2 red, Ci'.o; No. 3 red, t$3 CUc; wa-on wheat. Cc. Corn No. 1 white. 27c; No. 2 white. 27c: 3 TThlte. 27c: No. 2 white mixed, 254c:

No. 3 white mixed. 26'c; No. 2 yellow, 27c; No. 3 yellow. 27c; No. 2 mixed. 26Uc; No. 2 mixed, 26Vic; ear corn, 25c. Oats No. 2 white, 21V2C, new No. 3 white, 20' ic; No. Z mixed, 19'c; new No. 3 mixed, 1S2C. Hay-No. 1 timothy. $13314; No. 2, $10.50 11.SQ: No. 1 prairie, 10. Poultry and Other I'roduce. (Prices Paid by Shippers.) Poultry Hens, 5c; springs. 6c; cocks, 3c; turkeys, old hen., 6c; old toms, 5c; young turkeys, 6c; duck3, 6c; geese, $1.80 per dozen. Butter Choice country, GfilOc. Eggs Candled, shippers paying 18c. Honey New, lS'&lSo per pound. Beeswax 20c for yellow; 15c for dark. Wool Medium unwashed. He; fine merino unwashed. 10c; tubwashed. 20 22c; burry and unmerchantable, 6c less. Feathers Prime geese, 30ft32c per lb; mixed duck, 20c per lb. Game. Rabbits, '73C5I1. Quail. $1.251.50. Ducks, $2,501(2.73. HIDEi?. TALLOW, ETC. Green-salted Hides No. 1, 5ic; No. 2, Cc; No. 1 calf, 7c; No. 2 calf, &V2C. - Green Hides No. 1. 4'c; No. 2, Z'2c; No. 1 calf, 6c; No. 2 calf, 4c. I Grease W hite, Sc; yellow, 3c; brown, Sc. ' Tallow No. 1. 2c; No. 2, 314c. Bones Dry, J12& 13 per ton. TIKI JOBBING TRADE.

(The quotations given below are the selling prices of the - wholesale dealers.) Caudlea and IVuts. Candies Stick. Cc per lb: common mixed. 6c; G. A. It. mixed. 6c; Banner stick. 10c; cream mixed, 9c: old-time mixed, 7c. Nuts Soft-shelled almonds. 12jl6c: English walnuts. 12c; Brazil nuts, 10c; filberts. He; peanuts, roasted, 6a7c; mixed nuts, HQ 12c. Canned Goods. Peach 'S Standard 3-pound, $1.50Q1.75; 3pound seconds, $L201.40; 3-pound pie. 83 90c; California standard. 1.7Vi2: California seconds, $l.4Ol.60. Miscellaneous Blackberries, 2-pound. SoffOOc: raspberries. 2Ljiound. ftoJ95c; pineapple, standard. 2-pound, pi.25ft 1.35; choice, $22.50; cove oysters, 1poum. iui weignt, wnttc: light. 6065c; 2pound. fuil weight. $1.60 1.7Q; light, $1.107i 1.20: striur beans, 7585c; JLlma beans, $1.10 fa 1.2); pras. marrowfat. 90ciS$1.10: early June, 90eS1.10: lobsters. $1.85S2: red cherries, 90c7i$l: strawberries, 90fj95c; salmon, 1-pound, $1.102; 3-pound tomatoes, 70gS5c. Coal and Coke. The following are the prices on coal and coke as retailed in this market: Anthracite coal. $6.50 per ton; Pittsburg nut, $3.50; Blossburg coal, $4.50; crushed coke, $3 per 25 bu; lump coke, $2.50; foundry coke, $6 per ton. Dried Fruits. Figs Layer, new, 13c. Apricots Evaporated, 9U13c. Prunes California, 61il0c per lb. Currants 4fefj 5c per lo. Peaches Common sun-dried, 610c per lb; California, ,10gi2c; California, fancy, X2'-z1fi 13c. Raisins Loose Muscctels, $1.2501.40 per box; London layer, $1.35'ul.73 per box; Valencia, evc per lb; Uyer, 9 10c. Drugs. Alcohol, $2.51'S2.65; asafetlda, 3035c; alum, 2V454c; camphor, 70g!75c; cochineal, 505.c; chloroform. 6065c; copperas, brls, 45'a50c; cream tartar, pure, 2S'a30c; Indigo. 65580c; licorice. Clab., genuine, 304)c; magnesia, carb., 2-oz, 2535e; morphine, P. & W., per oz., $1.73fz-2; madder. 14&16c; oil, castor, per .gal., 96c3$l: oil. bergamot. per lb, $2.75; opium, $2; quinine. P. & W., per oz., 35 40c; balsam copaiba, 50Jt55c; soap, castile, Fr., 12916c; soda, bicarb., 414'Q,6c; salts, Epsom, 4Ti5c; sulphur, flour, &56c; saltpeter, SiOc; turpentine, 32'338c; glycerine, 20c; iodide potassium, $393.10; bromide potassium, 4547c; chlorate potash. 20c; borax, 12 WUc; clnchonldla, 12315c; carbolic acid, 22'3 26c. Oils Linseed, 41943c per gal; coal oil, legal test, 7914c: bank, 4Cc: best straits, 50c; Labrador, 60c; West xVirglnia lubricating, 20930c; miners 45c; lard oils, winterstrained. In brls, 60c per gal; in half brls, 3c per gal extra. Dry Goods. Bleached Sheetings Androscoggin L, 7Uc; Berkeley, No. 60, Sc; Cabot. 7c; Capital. 6c; Cumberland,. 8c; Dwight Anchor, 8c; Fruit of the Loom, 8ic; Farwell. 7Vic: Fitchville, 7c; Full Width. 6c; Gilt Edge, 5c; Gilded Age. 52c: Hill, 8c; Hope, Tic; Lin wood, 7c; Lonsdale, 8c; Lonsdale cambric, 9c; Masonvlile. 8; Peabody, 6c; Pride of the West, 11c; Quinebaugh, 6c; Star of the Nation, 6Uc; Ten Strike, o&c; Pepperell, 9-4, 19c; Pepperell, 10-4. 21c; Androscoggin, 9-4, 20c: Androscoggin, 10-4. 22c. Brown Sheetings Atlantic A, 6c; Argyle, 5Hc; Boott C. 5c: Buck's Head. 6; cilf7c; Indian Head. 62c: Lawrence LL, 5c; Pepperell E. 6V2C; Pepperell R, 6c; Pepperell, 9-4. 17c; Androscoggin, 9-4, 18c; Androscoggin, 10-4. 20c. Prints Allen dress styles, Cc; Allen's staples, 44c; Allen TR, 5c; Allen robes, 5c; American Indigo, ir; Arnold. LLC, 7c; Cocheco fancy, 5ic: Cocheco madders, 4ic; Hamilton fancy, 5&c; Manchester fancy, 5c; Merrlmac fancy, 5Hc; Merrimac pinks and purples, 5c; Pacific fancy, 5Hc; Pacific robes. 5Vzc; Pacific mournings, 5c; Simpson, 5Vsc; Simpson Berlin solld3, 5Vic; Simpson's oil, finish, 6c; Simpson's grays, S'ic; Simpson's mournings, 54c. Ginghams Amoskeag staples, 5c: Amoskeag Persian dress. 6c: Bates Warwick dress, 6e; Johnson BF fancies, 8Vc; Lancaster, 5Vc; Lancaster Normandies, 6c; Carrollton, 4?4c; Renfrew dress, 6Hc; Whlttenton Heather, Cc; Calcutta dress" styles, 5Hc. Tickings Amoskeag ACA, llc: Cones'toga, BF, 12Hc; Corais 140, 914c; Cordis FT, 10c; Cordis ACE, lUic; Hamilton Awnings. 9c; Kimono fancy, 17c; Lenox fancy, 18c; Metheun A A, 10c; Oakland AF, 5'ic; Portsmouth, Uc; Susquehanna, 13c; Shetucket SW, 6ic: Shetucket F. 7c; Swift River, 5Tc. Kldflnished Cambrics Edwards, 4c; Warren. 3ic; Slater, 4c; Genessee, 4c. .,P,ralnBaPAmoskeaK- '11-5i American, $11.50; Franklinville. $13.50; Harmony, $11; Stark. $14.50. Groceries. Sugars Cut loaf, 5.12c; dominoes. 5.12c; crushed, 5.12c; powdered, 5.12c; granulated, 4.50c; coarso granulated. 4.62c: line granulated. 4.50c; extra fine granulated, 4.62c: cubes, 4.75c; XXXX powdered. 4.87c; mold A. 4.75c; diamond A. 4.50c; confectioners' A, 4.37c; Columbia, 4.25c; Windsor A, 4.25-; Ridge wood A. 4.37c; Phoenix A. 4.18c: Empire A, 4.06c: Ideal ex. C, 4c; Windsor ex. C, 3.5fo; Ridge wood ex. C," 3.87c; yellow ex C, 3.81c; yellow C. 3.73c; yellow. 3.69c; yellow 3, 3.62c; yellow 4, 3.56c; yellow 5. 3.50c. Coffee Good. lSViOc; prime. 20921c: strictly prime, 2223l.ic; fancy green and yellow, 24Ms925c; Java. 23932c. Roasted Old government Java, 33933Hc: golden Rio, 25Vic; Bourbon Santos, 25lc: Gilded Santos. 25fec: prime Santos, 24c; Cottage blended. 22c: Capital blended, 21Vc; Pilot, 22c; Dakota, 20c; Brazil, 19Hc; Puritan,' 1-lb pkgs, 21ic. Salt in car lots, 9099oc; small lots, $1 1.05. Spices Pepper, IO91?: allspice, 10915c: cloves, 15920c; cassia, 13915c; nutmegs, 65 73c per lb. Flour Sacks (paper) Plain 1-32 brl, per 1.000, $3.50; 1-16 brl, $5: 4 brl, $8; i-brl. $16; No. 2 drab, plain, 1-32 brl. per 1,000, $4.25; Flour. Straight grades, $3.503.73 fancy grades, $494.25; patent flour, $4.2594.75; low grades, $2.509 2.75. 1-16 brl, $6.50; V brl, $10; brl. $20; No. 1 cream plain. 1-32 brl, per 1,000, $7; 1-14 brl. $3.75; 8 brl, $14.50; U brl, $28.50. Extra charge for printing. Shot $1.3091.35 per bag for drop. Lead 4H9c for pressed bars. Molasses and Syrups New Orleans molasses, fair to prime, 20930c; choice, 35940c; syrups. 20930c. Beans Choice hand-picked navy, $1,409; 1.50 per bu; medium hand-picked, $1.3591.40; llmas. California. 595c per lb. Twine Hemp. 12918c per lb; wool, 8910c; flax. 20930c; paper, 15c; Jute, 12915c; cotton. 16925c. Wood Dishes No. 1. per 1.000, $2.50; No. 2, $3; No. 3. $3.50: No. 5, $4.50. Woodenware No. 1 tubs, $696.25; No. 2 tubs. $5.25(i5.50: No. 3 tubs, $1.2594.50; 3-hoop palls, $1.4C1.S0: 2-hoop pails, $1.1591.20; double washboard?. $2.2592.75; common washboards, $1.2592.50; clothes pins, 4095c per box. Rice Louisiana. 495c: Carolina. 4496'4c Iron and Steel. Bar iron. 1.6091.90c; horseshoe bar, 2V2f$ 2c; nail rod, 7c; plow slabs. 2ic; American cast steel. 9911c ; tire steel, 2'(293c; spring steel, 4Hl!5c. Leather. Leather Oak sole, 30935c; hemlock sole, 25931c; harness, 3194uc; skirting, 349m1c; single strap. 4lc: black bridle, per doz, $7o9 75c; fair bridle. $S09 per doz: city kip. 6O9 75c: French kip, 90c9$1.20; city calfskins, 90c9JJ.10; French calfskins. $1.2092. Provisions. Bacon Clear sides. 40 to 50 lbs average, Cc; 30 to 40 lbs average, 6"c: 20 to 30 lbs average, 7c. Bellies, 25 lbs average, GVc; 14 to 16 lbs average, 6Uc; 12 to 15 lbs average, 6T;c; clear backs. 20 to 25 lbs average, 6Hc; 12 to 20 lbs average, 6-c; 9 to 10 lbs average, 6c. i Breakfast Bacon Clear firsts, llf,c; seconds, 10c. Lard Kettle-rendered, In tierces, 7c; pure lard. C c. Shoulders English-cured, 12 lbs average, 8c: 16 lbs average, 8c. Pickled Pork Bean pork, clear, per brl, 20O lbs, $13: rump pork. $10.50. Hams Sugar-cured, IS to 20 lbs average, lOUc: 16 lbs average. lOic; 12i lbs average, 11c; 10 lbs average, ll'ic; -block hams. lOc; all first brands; seconds. lc less. California hams, sugar-cured, 10 to 12 lbs average, 7V4c; boneless hams, sugar-cured, 89Sc. - Dry-salted Meats Clear sides, about 59 to

lump, ; Brazil block, $3; Wlnifrede lump, $4; Jackson lump, $3.75; Green county lump, $2.75: Paraxon . lumn. X2.50: Orten rountv

ton ut'u, tc; constitution, 40-inch. 6Vc; Carlisle, 40-inch, 74c; Dwight Star, 7c; Great Falls E. 6c: Great Falls J. 5c: Hill Fine.

60 lbs average, 5x4c; 23 to 40 lbs average, 5Tc; 20 to 30 lbs average, 6lic: clear bellies. 20 to 30 lbs average, Zc: 15 to 18 lbs average, 5;c Clear backs, 20 to 50 lbs average, 5:kc; 12 to 15 lbs average, 6sC. .nlls nud Horseshoes. Steel cut nails. 12.25; wire nails. $2.50 rate. Horsphoes, per keg. $3.75; mule shoes, per keg. $4.73; horse nails, $195 per box. Produce, Fruits and Vegetables. Bananas Per bunch, $191.25. Cranberries New, $2.75 per box; $7.50 per brl; fancy Cape Cod berry, $3 per box; $3.50 per brl. Cabbage S0c9$l per brl; sauer kraut, $4 per brl. Cheese New York full cream, 10912c; &kims. 6fr 8c per lb. Lemons Messina, choice, $i per box; fancy lemons, $5. Apples Choice. $2.23 per brl; common, $1.23 1.75 per brl; choice eating apples. $2.5093. Oranges Jamaica. $6.5097 per brL ' Onions 50960c per bu. Potatoes 3i935c per bu. Celery 20930c per bunch. Grapes Malaga grapes, $5.5096 per keg. Sweet PotatoesBaltimore new sweet potatoes. $2.2592.50. Chestnuts Per bu, $4. Cider New. $4 per brl; $2.23 per half brL Cocoanuts 50c per dcz. Seeds. Clover Choice recleaned, 60-lb, $4,6594.83; prime, $i.5X'4.65: . English choice. $595-25; prime,. $194.50; alsike, choice, 1593.50; alfalfa, choice, $4.2595; crimson or scarlet cloVer, $2.9093: timothy, 45-lb. choice, $2 2.10; strictly prime. $2.1592-20; fancy Kentucky, 1Mb, 80cS$l; extra clean, G570c. Orchard gras. extra, $1.3591.50; red top. choice, $191.25; extra clean, 90c9tt English blue grass, 2Mb, SI.S592. Tlcnent Supplies. . Best brand charcoal tin, IC, 10x11, 14x20, 12x12. $5.5096: IX, 10x14. 14x20, 12x12. $797.50; IC, 14x20. roofing tin, $4.Wj5; IC, 20x28, $9 10; block tin in pigs, 19c; in bars, 20c. Iron 27 B iron, $3.20; C iron, 22c: galvanized, 70 per cent, discount. Sheet zinc. 696Hc. Copper bottoms, 20c. Planished copper, 20c. Solder, 11912c. j'REAL-ESTATK TRANSFERS. Twelve Trnnnfern, with n Total Consideration of 9104181. Instruments filed for record In the recorder's office of . Marion county, Indiana, for the twenty-four hours ending at 5 p. m., Nov. 26, 1895, as furnished by Theo. Stein, abstractor of titles. Hartford Block, No. 86 East Market street. Pressley Berryman to Amanda A. Thomas, lot 300, in John W. Brown's southeast addition $300 Emma O'Donnell to Harry A. Metzger. lot 38. in Hadley's Grandview addition 3,700 Alphonso p. Pettis to Charles F. Sayles, parts of lots 5 and 6, in square 65 90,000 Harry Ferris to Anna C. McCormick. lot 28, block 6, North Indianapolis 1,500 Anna C. McCormick to- Harry . Ferris, part of the northwest quarter of section 4, township 15. range 3.... 700 Francis M. Boone to William M. Johnson and wife, lot 9, In Julian et al.'s subdivision and addition to Irvlngton 2,500 George W. Bryer to Ralph P. Hoover, lot 35, Fanneman's heirs addition 520 'Ann Mather to Annie Bushaman. part of lot 13, in Hubbard et al.'s subdivision of square 12, southeast addition 1,500 Same to Catherine C. Mather, part of same lot 1 Theodore W. Helming to Fred L. Iurdy, part of lot 29, in Atkins & Perkins's University Place 1,100 Elizabeth C. Davis to John M. Hatton et al., lot 56, in Cooper & Pickens's northeast addition 1,300 Eliza 11. Stringfield to Cornelia F. Dowllng. part of lot 127, in Fletcher et al.'s subdivision of outlot 96.. 1.060 Transfers, 12; consideration ..$104,181 Snn dorr's Chest Expansion. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: In the Interesting newspaper descriptions of the marvelous physical maks-up nnd performances of Sandow, "the monarch of muscle," who has just finished an engagement here, appears an erroneous statement regarding his chest expansion, . which deserves correction, viz.: "Probably ihe most wonderful thing about Sandow is his chest expansion, which is 14 Inches, greater than that of any other man known." There are two men who surpass Sandow in this . particular, and . one of them has twice performed In this city. This one Is James Wilson, "the expansionist, or human balloon," whose stage act Includes an expansion of 13 inches, and whose record is 17 inches, or from 36H to 53 Inches. His performances have been repeatedly tested by physicians and experts, notably at Chicago by those keen hospltul clinicians, Drs. Steele and McWilllams. Dr. Whitbeck, at the Rochester Hospital, and Dr. W. A. Ford, police surgeon, Brooklyn, N. Y. The latter also wrote an interesting account of it all for the New York Evening Sun, and W. J. Rouse, of that paper, wrote up Wli son and his life. The other man who has a greater expansion than Sandow (and each man is smaller than Sandow) is Romulus, the strong man who performed In Chicago last winter and challenged Sandow in feats of strength. He gave a private exhibition to medical and newspaper representatives in the Auditorium clubroom entresol last February, and one of th feats performed Aas the chest expanskti of 15a Inches, from 56 to 51i. A great part of all these so-called fx par.sions are not the true article as indicating actual lung capacity, but are of the nature of a triok, depending largely tpon the ability to draw the stomach and 'Mtestines up Into the territory inclosed by ihn lower ribs. Thi3 is especially noticeable in the case of Sandow, who expands quickly, almost instantly, and far less s' with Wilson, who expands very slowly, until he more closely resembles a pouter pigeon in appearance. Romulus I have rever ?ten. An interesting and pertinent point may be mentioned here, and one vary rarely taken note of even by professional examiners of the lungs, viz., that the extreme reduction of the chest measurement is largely a matter of muscle juggling rather than real lung action, and in the expansion that follows no drawing up of abdominal orgtan3 should be allowed. In. the etrx-rt measurements more Importance Fhould be attached to the actual che?t expansion which slowly occurs in excess of the point reached in ordinary breathing. When this supreme test is applied few will be :.bli to show many inches. The true test of lung capacity is not chest expansion, but the measurement by cubic inches of the air blown into a suitable registering receiver. The lesson to be learned from these splendid teachers certainly Is that ell nh)uld practice deeper breathing, as by filling the lung3 their power Is Increased, the chest made larger and deeper by thus t.te;cifclng otherwise unused muscles, and, chief cf all. the whole body Is thereby provided with purer blood, and In greater volume. Especially should the sick and feeble do this and they are the very ones who neglect It. W. B. CLARKE, M. D. Indianapolis, Nov. 23. Feminine Wit. Philadelphia Times. It is pretty well acknowledged that women are as witty and clever in conversation when they get started as men. It is a woman who says that if men quote a woman's wit they usually credit it to some man, as in the instance of a bright New York woman's off-hand definition of a ladies' luncheon as "giggle, gabble, gobble." This "has always been given to Dr. Holmes, adding "git," which has no force or fun, as women never do "it" when gabbi.ng together. Dr. Holmes once wrote a most charming letter avowing his utter Ignorance of the authorship of this epigram an autograph letter. But still the little lie rushes over the globe. A lady says she can always tell when she has taken too much wine at dinner; her husband's Jokes begin to seem funny. And when another woman was told that her pocket was sticking out of her placquet in an absurd way. she cried: "For pity's sake, let it stay. It's such a mercy to know where 'tis." It was a brilliant Boston woman who said that Emerson quoted, without giving her credit, that "the consciousness of b?Ing well dressed gave a sense of tranquillity which religion failed to bestow." It was the wife of Rev. George Trask (who used to lecture on the evils of tobacco)1 who. In answer to his remark soon after marriage. "I am somewhat disappointed In your height." remarked quietly; "No more than I am In your depth." There is a deal of woman's wit which does not bear transportation, like the seaweed in Emerson's "Each and All." But It exists all the same. While the humor of men often lies on the border line of vulgarity, that of women Is efTerescent and evanescent. As the late Mrs. Botta's gentle inquiry at one of her Saturday evening receptions of a man who went about-gazing at pictures and precious bric-a-brac, idly humming "Do you play also?" Most of the loudly-vaunted wit of men has been leveled at woman and her foibles, from false hair to shoes several sizes too small, or sleeves or hats as many sizes too large, and how tired ail are of the moldy allusions (not jokes) to the poor mother-in-law, who. too often, has to support the worthless creature who ridicules her. - . . . - ,

LITTLE TRADING DONE

CHICAGO SPECULATORS AVE RE AT SEA FOR LACK OF SEWS. Fluctnatlons Were Narrow and Wheat Closed Slightly Lower Provisions Weak nnd Off at the Close. CHICAGO, Nov. 26. There was hardly anybusiness on the board to-day, as the wires were all down and there was nothing in the way of news to base operations on. There was not a wire working in any direction at the opening of business, and it was an hour or two before any communication was established with the outside world. Then the Kansas City wire got In shape, and Milwaukee and St. Louis followed, but these brought little of Importance in the way of news. Up to noon nothing had been heard from the seaboard, and the trade was In ignorance as to the condition of foreign markets and of shipments abroad, in which so much Interest centered yesterday. There was an unofficial report yesterday that tha shipments had been 9.600.000 bushels, but the trade was hoping to have this enormous amount reduced by the official report to-day. In the absence of advices, whatever trado there was was conducted without any reference to current news and wnolly on the individual opinions of the traders. May kept narrow all day and sold at fl'8Sl'4.c. and December at 66i957c. During the last hour the market had a little spurt on the better cables, and May sold to C-1U9 31 fee, and December to 57V4c, but soon turned weak and fell to WTi$j'61c for May and 56Ti9 57c for December. May closed at 6033c. Corn was inactive and featureless, the trade being hampered by the same reasons which kept wheat inactive. The few early transactions in May were at SHic and 29Vfc9 29Uc There was nothing of importance in the. way of news. During the closing hour Ma held at 29V&9 29Uc split; November sold at 27c early, but fell off to 27aC Oats were held very steady and with hardly any business. May sold at 20VjC, and 20!A92uc split, and closed at 20Vic. Hog products were slow. May pork sold at $3.3799.40; May lard at 5.759 5.i71c, and May ribs at 4.7794.800, early. The market was weaker during the last hour, and May pork fell to rJ.27Hti9.30; May lard to 5.721i9l 5.75c, and May ribs to 4.729 4.75c Cash quotations were as follows: No. 2 spring wheat, 66957)ic; No. 3 spring wheat, 57fiG7c; No. 2 red, 63jQc; No. 2 corn, 27Uc; No. 2 yellow, 27c; No. 2 oats, lSy; No. 2 white, f. 0. b., 20921c; No. 3 white, f. o. b., 18U20c: No. 2 rye, 36c; No. 2 barley, nominal; No. 1 flaxseed, 93lic; prime timothy seed, $3.60; Mess pork, per brl, $7.90cj8; lard, per lb, 5.45c; shortribs sides (loose), 4.5091.55c; dry-salted shoulders (boxed), 4VL&4c; short-clear sides (boxed). 4Wc; whisky, distillers' finished goods, -per gal, $1.22. , Receipts Flour, 14,000 brls; wheat, 143,003 bu; corn, 208,000 bu; oats, 214,000 bu; rye, 6.000 bu; barley, 126.000 bu. ShipmentsFlour, 9.000 brls; wheat, 85,000 bu; corn, 180,00) bu; oats, 180,000 bu; rye, 5,000 bu; barley, 301.000. . AT NEW YOH1C. Ruling: Prices in Produce at the Sea hoard's Commercial Metropolis. NEW YORK, Nov. 26. FlourReceiptsv 43,500 brls; exports, 23,200 brls; sales, 15,000 packages. The market was dull, with winters firmly held, and springs neglected, except special brands. Southern flour nominal. Rye flour quiet. Buckwheat flour quiet. Buckwheat dull. Corn meal quiet. Wheat Receipts, 435,600 bu; exports, 20,400 bu; sales, 55,000 bu futures and H4.000 bu spot. Spot market dull and easy. No. 2 red, store and elevator, CTV&c; f. o. b., 68V2C; No. 1 Northern, 65c; No.l hard, 67Uc delivered. Options opened : active, advanced on foreign buying,, reacted and ruled dull In absence of Western news, communication being interrupted,' and closed weak. No. 2 red, January closed at. 65ic; March, 07lfc96Sc, closing at 67Tic; May, 67c; June, 67ftj$8fcc, closing at 67c; July, 6896&'2C, closing at CSc; December, 64963&c. closing at 65c - H ' ' . Corn Receipts, 109,100 bu; exports, 112,700 bu; sales, 90.U00 bu futures and 30,000 bu spot. Spots dull, closing nominal. No. 2, 3Jc, elevator; 37c delivered afloat. Options opened steady, but ruled inactive all day. January, 35c, closing at 35c; May, 359 25c, closing at 354 c; November closed at 36c; December, 259&VfiC, closing at 35HC Oats Receipts, 13,200 bu; exports, 2,000 bu; sales, 60,000 bu futures and 100,000 bu spot. Spots steady; No. 2, 224 923c; No. 2 delivered. 234924c; No. 3. 22c; No. 2 white, 249244c; No. 3 white, 23923UC; track white, 24H97c Options opened inactive and ruled featureless, closing nominal; January, 2340; February closed at 2'c; May, 25iic, closing at 25Hc; November closed at 23c; December, 23Vfe923V;c, closing at 23c. Hay quiet. Hops quiet. Hides quiet. Leather quiet. Wool dulL Beef dull. Cut meats easy; pickled bellies, &kr&5c; pickled shoulders, 5ft9Sc; pickled hams, 84990. Lard nominal; Western steam closed at 5.85c asked; November, 5.80c nominal. Refined quiet; continent, 6.20c: South American, 6.50c. Pork dull and Tallow dull. Cotton seed oil steady. Coffee Options opened steady and unchanged, also 10 points advance, reacted under local and foreign selling pressure and closed easy at 5910 points net decline. Sales, 23.50-) bags, including January, 14.109) 14.15c; February, 14c; March, 13.75913.S5c; May, 13.25913.35c; September, 12.50912.60c, and December, 14914.30c. Spot Rio easier; No. 7, 15915V4c; mild dull; Cordova, 1S9) ISV4C Sales, 50 bags No. 7, about 15c spot. .Sugar Raw quiet; refined dull. TRADE IN GENERAL. Quotations at St. Louis, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Other Points. ST. LOUIS. Nov. 26. Flour dull and un-i changed. Wheat dull and weak early on' the absence of market news, later a recovery set Jn, but this strength was not maintained and the market closed 494c below yesterday. No. 2 red, cash, 62c; December, 554c asked; May, 61c asked. Corn easier early,, but closed firm at He above yesterday. No. 2 mixed, cash, HYc; December, 24gc asked; January, 24c; May, 26Vfec asked; Oats Futures firm and Uc higher for December; trading light. Spot higher for mixed. No. 2, cash, ISHc; December, ISc; May, 20920i,ic. Rye quiet and firm. No. 2, 33c bid on call. Barley steady. Corn meal, $1.351.40. Bran dull; Eastern buyers out at not above 46c, east track. Flaxseed firm at 87c Timothy, aeod, $393.50. HayTop grades timothy firm: prairie not so strong. Prairie, $7.50911.50; timothy, $10? 14.50, this side. Butter quiet and fancy grades higher: separator creamery, 21922c; fancy Elgin, 25c; dairy. 16918c. Eggs firm at ISc. Whisky, $1.22. Pork Standard mes3 jobbing, $S.37H.' Lard Prime steam. 5.30c; choice, 5.40c. Bacon Boxed shoulders, 5.50c; longs, 5.12Hc; ribs. 5.25c; shorts, 5.37c. Dry-salt Meats Boxed shoulders. 4.87-c; longs, 4.75c; ribs, 4.87ic; shorts, 5.12c. Receipts and shipments, none. BALTIMORE, Nov. 26. Flour quiet and unchanged. Receipts, 28,720 brls. Wheat dull and firmer; spot, month and December, 65965Uc; steamer No. 2 red, 62962UC. Receipts. 3,221 bu; Southern wheat by sample, 659660: on grade, 62,,j!965Vsc. Corn firmer; spot and month, 3lVi3Tsc; year, 33934Vc; steamer mixed, 3393314c. Receipts, 147.8G3 bu; Southern white corn, 32934 c; yellow, 3349 344c. Oats nuiet and steady; No. 2 white Western. 23923Vfec; mixed. 2222c. Receipts, 10,794 bu. Rye quiet; No. 2 Western, 46917c. Receipts, 954 bu. Hay steady. Choice timothy, $15.50. Grain freights quiet. Rates easier and unchanged. Butter, eggs and cheese firm and unchanged. TOLEDO, Nov. 2. Wheat dull and easier; No. 2, cash, November and December, 65;c. Corn dull and steady: No.2 mixed, 2Sic;No. 3 mixed, 28c; May. 294c Oats quiet; No. 2 mixed. 19oc; No. 2 white. 21c. Rye dull; No. 2, cash, 39c. Clover seed higher and easier; prime, cash an 1 December, 54.57'i. Receipts Flour, l.OoO brls; wheat. 4.000 bu; corn, 4.500 bu; clover seed, 240 bags. ShipmentsFlour, 6.000 brls; wheat, 8,000 bu; corn, 22,000 bu; rye, 500 bu; clover seed, 269 CINCINNATI. Nov. 26. Flour dull, but steady. Wheat steady: No. 2 red. 669 37c. Receipts, 3,500 bu; shipments. 500 bu. Corn dull. Oats dull. Rye steady; No. 2, 41c Lard steady at 5.37Uc. Hulk mats quiet and steady at 4.509 1.62'ic. Baoon steady at 5.75c. Whisky steady; saleti, 538 brls at $1.22. Butter stronger: Elgin creamery, 25c; Ohio. 16920c; dairy, lie. Surar steady. Eggs qu'et at 17c Cheese dull an 1 steady. DETROIT. Nov. 26. Wheat dull; No. 1 white, 67c: No. 2 red, 60c; May, 67c. Corn -No. 2. 294c Oats No. 2 white, 214c; No. 2 mixed. 20c Rye No. 2. 39c Clover seed. $4.35. Receipts W heat, 6,700 bu; corn, 9,00 bu; oats, 15,000 bti Cotton. NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-Cotton closed quiet; middling upland, 8c; middling gulf, S7c; sales, 207 bales, r LIVERPOOL, Nov. 28. Cotton Good business done. American middling. 4 21-32 J. The tales were 22,000 tales, cf which. U

were for speculation and export and Included 10,700 bales American. Receipts. 33,000 bales. Including 2,500 bales American. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 26. Cotton quiet; middling, t5sc; low middling, 81-16c; good ordinary. 74c. Net receipts, 16,412 bales; gross, 17,793 bales; exports to Great Britain, 3.8O0 bales; coastwise, 1,989 bales; sales, 3.000 bales; stock, 346,832 bales. MEMPHIS, Nov. 26. Cottor, steady and unchanged; middling, 8 5-15c Receipts, 3.654 bales; shipments. 3.2CS bales; sales, 1,900 bales; stock, 130.907 bales. Wool. BOSTON. Nov. 26. Prices of wool are steady. Fleece wools are steady, with moderate demand, while Territory wool continues active, with strong prices. Australian wool meets a fair demand, with prices fairly well maintained. Following are qudtations of leading descriptions: Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces. X and above, WiiP 18c; XX and above, 199 W1; No. 1 combing, 23c; No. 2 combing. 23c; dalalne, 20921c; Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois, 17c; No. 1 Michigan combing, 21c; No. 1 Illinois, 21c; No. 2 Michigan combing. 22c; No. 2 Illinois, 22c; X New York, New Hampshire and Vermont. 16316Hc;- No. 1 New York, NewHampshire and Vermont, 19920c; delaine Michigan, lSS919c; unwashed medium Kentucky and Maine quarter-blood combing, 19c; Kentucky and Maine three-eighths blood combing, lS1-i919c; Indiana and Missouri quarter-blood combing, 18V219c; Indiand and Missouri three-eighths blood combing. lS9,l&ViiC; Texas wools, spring medium, twelve months, 12914c; scoured price,31932c; spring medium, six to eight months. 9912c; scoured price. 30931c; Territory wools. Montana fine medium and fine, 11914c; scoured price. S59-37c; Montana No. 2 medium. 14 16c; scoured price, 32933c; Utah, Wyoming, etc., fine medium and fine, 10913c; scoured price, 33S35c; Utah, Wyoming, etc.. No. 2 medium. 12914c; scoured price. 32c; California wools. Northern spring, 11915c scoured price, 33938c: middle county spring, 11913c; scoured price, 33c LONDON. Nov. 26. The sixth and last series of. the colonial wool sales for the year opened at the Wool Exchange with an excellent attendance of buyers, both English and continental There were also some representative American buyers present. The number of bales offered was 7,501, of which four , hundred were withdrawn. The offerings contained a lot of new clip. The demand was strong with competition spirited. As compared with the closing prices of the fifth series best merinoes and all cross breeds sold at unchanged prices. Lower grades of merinoes, however, sold at 5 per cent, lower and Cape of Good Hope and Natal wools showed a decline of 59 IV2 per cent. The result of to-day's sales was considered favorable, as a 10 per cent, reduction was expected. The sales will likely 'be extended. Sales in detail were: New South Wales, 1.C16 bales; scoared. 6iid 91s 3d; greasy, 6v499d. Queensland, 1,571 bales; scoured, Sd91s2d; greasy, 5498d. Victoria. 946 bales; scoured, 4Hd91s5d; greasy, 7U991d. South Australia, 797 bales; greasy, C99d. Swan River, 19 bales; greasy, 5V496Vad. Tasmania, 12 bales; greasy, 99 lid. Cape of Good Hope and Natal, 1.456 bales; scoured, 6id91s3d; rrreasy, 5U97d. . Oils. WILMINGTON, Nov. 2C.-Rosin firm; strained, $1-30; good, $1.35. Spirits of turpentine steady at 24925';8C. Tar steady at 95c. Turpentine easy; hard, $1.10; soft, $1.50; virgin, $1.60. OIL CITY, Nov. 26. Oil opened at $1-55; highest, $1.57; lowest, $1.55; closed at 11.55. Sales, 1.000 brls; clearances, 1,000 brls; shipments, 87,179 brls; runs, 80,000 brls. NEW YORK, Nov. 26. Petroleum steady; United closed at 1.57c bid. Rosin firm. Spirits of turpentine dull. CHARLESTON, Nov. 26. Rosin firm at $1.209L25. Spirits of turpentine firm at 25c. SAVANNAH, Nov. 26. Spirits of turpentine firm at 25Vc. Rosin firm. Butter, Egg(nnd Cheese. NEW YORK, Nov. 26. Butter Receipts, 9.072 packages; market steady; Western dairy, 10y2915c; Western creamery, 15923l,c; Elgins. 2320. Cheese Receipts. 3.496 packages; market quiet; large, 74910c; small, 749104c; part skims, 36 7c; full skims, 2'?! 3c Eggs Receipts. 11.844 packages; market steady; Pennsylvania, 2226c; Western, 21923c PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 26. Butter firm; fancy Western creamery, 23924c Eggs steady; fresh nearby, 24925c; Western, 23 924c Cheese dull and unchanged. CHICAGO, Nov. 26. On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was firm; creamery. 17923c; dairy, 11920c Eggs firmer at 18920c. DIetnls. NEW YORK, Nov. 26. Pig Iron steady; Southern, $13914; Northern, $129H-50. Copper dull; brokers, lie; exchange, 119H.15c. Lead quiet; brokers, 3.20c: exchange, 3.259 3.272C. Tin barely steady; straits, 14.259) 14.30c Plates quiet. Spelter dull; domestic, 3.5d93.55c Sales on change, 100 tons tin to April 30, 14.25c. . ST. LOUIS.Nov. 26. Lead strong with an upward tendency at 2.9793.050. Spelter dull and declining at 3.17c. Suenr and Molnsses. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 26. Sugar-Open kettle steady; inferior to choice, 292e; centrifugal strong; off-to-plantation. grade, 37i94 U-16c; gray to choice white, 39 3c; otfto choice yellow, clarified, 3 3-1693Tc; seconds, 2'493V8C. Molasses steady; open kettle, Inferior to fancy, 17930c; centrifugal, inferior to fancy, 4913c; syrup, 17931c. Dry Goods. NEW YORK, Nov. 26. The market was quiet and somewhat intensified for lack of mail orders, and by the very dull and rainy weather; brown and bleached cottons In very nominal demand. In fancy cottons domets have the call with the plaid styles as second choice. Printing cloths dull at unchanged quotations. ' LIVE STOCK.

Cattle Scarce and Stronger Hojrs a Shade Higher Sheep Stronger. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 26.-Cattle-Re-ceipts light; shipments light. There were but few on sale. The demand was good for all decent grades at stronger prices and everything' found early sale. Export grades $1.3594.7i Good to choice shippers 3.7594.25 Common to medium shippers .... 2.7593.50 Stockers and feeders 2.5093.50 Good to choice heifers 3.009"3-50 Fair to medium heifers 2.5092.85 Common thin heifers 1.759 2.25 Good to choice cows 2.7593.25 Fair to medium cows 2.OO92.50 Common old cows 2.0092.50 Good to choice veals 4.0095.00 Common to medium veals 2.75'a3.75 Good to choice bulls 2.5093-25 Common to medium bulls 1.7592.25 Good to choice milkers 33.00940.00 Common to medium milkers 18.00927.00 . Hcgs Receipts, 5,500; shipments, 1,800. The market opened sluggish, which was due principally to buyers asking higher prices; later business ruled steady to a shade higher, packers and shippers buying and closed steady, with all sold. . Packing and shipping .$3.5G93.65 f Ilxed ..... ................ 3.5093. 622 Light 3.4593.60 Heavy roughs 2.7593.25 Pigs 2.0093.25 Fheep and lambs Receipts light; shipments light. But little business transacted for want of stock. The 'demand was good and the market, active at stronger prices for good grades. Sheep, good to choice $2.9093.35 Sheep, fair to medium 2.4092.70 Sheep, common, thin 1.5092-25' Limbs, good to choice 3.5094.00 Lambs, common to medium 2.5093.25 Bucks, per head 2.0o94.00 N. B- Thursday (Thanksgiving) there will be no market. Elsewhere. CHICAGO, Nov. 26. The widely extended big snow storm delayed stock trains on all the railroads and during the morning cattle business was almost at a standstill. A few cattle remained over from yesterday and a few trains kept arriving on the various roads, so that eager buyers succeeded in making limited purchases at somewhat higher prices than were paid on Monday, As the railroads were not taking any cattle, hogs or sheep for shipment, shippers were out of the market and the buying was left to city slaughterers. Prices were 5c higher, and hogs that would not sell above $3.00 yesterday sold readily at 53.65. Very few sold below $3.50 or as high a $3.70. most of the sales being at $3.5093.65. Toward noon trains began to arrive more freely, and the advance was checked. Sheep sold at about steady prices. Inferior to choice native sheep being worth $1.5093.50; Westerns, "$2. 20V 3.20, and lambs, $394.50. Few of the sheep now arriving sell as high as $3.25. Trade in provi?ions,partook of the same general character as that In the other markets. There was very little of It, and the tendency was to sell. The consequence of the selling was a decline of 10c in January and 12V in May pork, and a loss of .05c each in January and May lard and January ribs, with .QVc decline in May ribs. EAST BUFFALO. Nov. 24. Cattle Offerings fairly liberal. Ail of nine . loads of fresh arrivals and several of heavy cattle also holding over. Market about steady. Hogs Receipts, 40 cars. Market easy. Yorkers, fair to choice, $3.7093.75: rough, common to good, $393.25; pigs, common to fair, $3.2593-75. sneeo and iamc neeeoUt l-v cars, zi:

ket lower. Lambs, choice to prime. JIT 4.20; Canada lambs, fair to prime. $3,909 4.15. Sheep, choice to selected wether?. $.115ft3.35; culls ani common sheep, $1,259" 1.75. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 26. Cattle Receipts, 3,000. Market active and firm. Export steers, $4.5094.75; fain to choice shipping. $3.7531.40; coarse, heavy steers. $3.593.75; dressed beef steers. $394.25; bulk of sale:. $3.2594: steers under 1.000 lbs, $2.3o93.4,;. bulk of sales, $2.7593; Blockers and feeders. $293.30; bulk of sales. $2.2593: cows and heifers, $1.8093.23; bulk of sales. $292.75; Texas and Indian steers, $2.5)93.50 for grass and $3.2593.80 for fed steers: cows and heifers. $1.75?i 2.75; bulk of sales. $2Ti2..V; native calves, $493-25; Texas calves, 1!Lj9: bulls, $1.7592-20. Hog market 5c higher. Heavy. $3.4093.C5; mixed. $3.313.60; light. $3.3593.55. Sheep Receipts. 1.200. Market strong. Native muttons, $2.5093.50; bulk of sales.$2.50 ffSi lambs. $39 4; stockers and culls; $1,509 2; Southern sheep, $2.2092. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 26. Cattle Receipts. 8,200; shipments. 2.600. The market was slow but steady. Texas steers. ranged at $2.753.45; Texas cows. $252.73: bef steers,' $2.859 4.75; native cows. $1.553.25; stockers and feedens, $2.2593.50; bulls. $1,751 2.65. Hogs Receipts, 10,400; shipments none. The market was steady to strong. Bulk of sales. $3.4593.55: heavies. $3.45ri3.CC; packers. $3.4393.00; mixed, $3.45'm3-55; lights, $3.303.45; Yorkers, $3.4)93.45; pi?s, $3t?3.4. Sheep Receipts. 2.700; shipments. 700. Market steady; lambs, $394.40; muttons, $2,5093.25. NEW YORK. Nov. 26. Beeves Receipts. 171. European cables quote American steers at SlOVjC, dressed weight; refrigerator beef at 7U9S"cCalves Receipts, 57. Market quiet and weak. Veals, poor to prime, $v9S. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 2.259. The market was steaCy. Sheep, poor to rrime, $1.5093.15; lambs, common to choice, $3,509 4.55. Hogs Receipts, 2,032. The market was steady at $494.25. EAST LIBERTY, Nov. 25. Cattle slow. Prime, $4.3094.50; good butchers', $3.8094; bulls, cows and stags, $1.5093. Hogs The market was slow. Prime light. $3.7093.75; common to fair Yorkers, $3,509 3.C0; roughs, $2.2593 25. Sheep Demand fair. Extra, $2.5092.90; good, $2.2592.50: fair, $1.5092.10; common, 50c9$l; lambs, $294. Veal calves, $69175. LOUISVILLE. K. Nov. 26. Cattle slow. Extra shipping, $494.25; light shipping, $3.5094; best butchers', $3.4093.75; feeders, $r3.40; stockers, $1.7593. Hog market active at an advance of, 10c Choice packing and butchers', $3.609 3.65; fair to good packing, $3.554: good to "extra light, $3.5093.55; roughs, $393.25 Sheep and Lambs Market unchanged. CINCINNATI, Nov. 26. Cattle steady at J2.2594.15; receipts, none; shipments, 430. Hogs active and higher at $3.1093.70; receipts, 2,700; shipments, 2,400. Sheep easy at $192; receipts, 600; shipments, none. Lambs steady at $2.504. JOHX REDFERX.

lie Conceived and Created the TailorMade Gown for Women. New York World. John Redfern. who died in London on Friday, was the man who created, perfected, and distributed the tailor-made woman. But for him she would not be. Because of him she is found wherever garments are found, even in the semi-barbarous countries of the world. It was in the days immediately after Sedan. The men dressmakers of Paris, working upon and through the Empress Eugenie, had made Paris not only the center but the sole arbiter of fashion. There, and only there, were perfectly dressed women to be found. There, and only there, could perfect gowns be had. And what gowns they were In those days! all flounces and furbelows, padding and stuffing and bustles and hoopskirts. until n woman looked like an artistically arranged and inflated bargain counter. Then came Redfern. The empire had fallen. Paris was temporarily in eclipse. Nobody wanted to go there, with the corpse of the empire unburled and the mourners going about the streets. Redfern was an underling In a London dressmaking establishment. He saw that there was a chance even for London, then and now and always the home of the hideously dressed woman, to do something towards restoring and rehabilitating a ruined world of fashion. He decided that nothing further in the way of flounces and Inflations could be done. And he remembered that human nature, and especially feminine nature; loves to rush from S3e extreme to the other. So he . left the establishment in which he amounted to nothing, and, taking his great idea with him he opened a small shop, very small indeed, in the fashionable part of London. Then he proclaimed a new gospel of fashion. "We have had exaggeration and comElexlty," said he. "Let us leave all that. ,et us be simple. Let us wean light and airy goods no longer. Let us wear heavy, strong and sensible clotn. And instead of yardd and yards of useless material, floating and flapping and flirting about, let us draw the cloth tightly over our bodies, revealing their graceful outlines in all their natural beauty." Thus spoke Redfern, using "us" In the sense In which your valet uses it when he remarks: "Shall we wear our brown lounge suit or our long coat and top hat to-day?" For by "us" he meant the women of the world of fashion. He spoke, and the women of fashion heard and obeyed. He was born in the same year as Queen Victoria. As you see, he did not ascend his throne of fashion quite as soon as she ascended her throne of society. But he ascended and was crowned and ruled for several years without- a rival. When Paris heard of the tailor-made gown it said: "Can any fashionable thing come out of London?" When it saw the tailor-made gown It doubted no longer. Soon Redfern's big shop In London had a successful branch In Paris. And tailor-made garments for women began to spread throughout the world. The original doctrine of Redfern, which was narrow and did not aspire to any great conquests outside of street gowns and riding gowns, was taken up and was adopted into gowns of every description, and so far as its central Idea is concerned that Is, the idea of simplicty it rules to-day In spite of many savage attacks from Paris. Of course, Paris soon regarded its supremacy as a center of fashion. But Redfern never lost his hold. He had got most of the royal highnesses and grand duchesses and the like into his order books, and. for certain things, he kept them there without a defection until It was forgotten that he, and he alone, had thought out the tailor-made Idea. Then men tailors for women became as thick as men dressmakers for women, and Redfern was supreme no longer. But he had built up a vast business, too vast and too scattered for one man. So Redfern became a stock company, with practically independent houses In half a dozen European cities and in New York, Newport and Chicago in this country. There was some talk of selling the good will of the American branches a few years ago, and the London company was offered $575.000 for It. But, after some hesitation, the offer .was refused. For several years this old man who has just died has been out of the business entirely. In this country the name of the old man Is pretty well known. Indeed, the Importance of the American trade caused nlm to send one of his sons over here. And many a quarrel has the American house had with the customs authorities over the bringing In of gowns made in London, where material and labor are so much cheaper. But on the continent of Europe the name of Redfern Is as well known as that of any Englishman except Gladstone. In many places it is used In a general ense to express anything English for a man or woman to wear. The man who made H.o tailor-made girl is dead. But the tailor-made girl is matching on. INVENTOR WESTINGIIOISE. Why McKce Itnnkln Refrreta that He Did ot Tat In Money for Hlni. Boston Evening Transcript. A number of years ago a Pennsylvania inventor wanted to sell Mr. McKee ltankln, the actor, a large Interest In a patent airbrake for railways for a email sum. The actor did not feel like investing, even on the solemn assurance of the confident inventor that the apparatus was greatly needed, but he has always wished he had advanced the num denired, for the young Inventor was George WestInghou?e, and the air-brake has proved one of the most important and valuable Inventions of the century. Westinghouse is lik? Edison In his capacity for hard work. After a day ppent Jn directing the great commercial organizations of which he is the head, he goes to his laboratory and private shop to conduct the experi-" ments which it is his delight to carry on. To such a man the invention of the airbrake was merely a stop In a career of fertile planning and investigating. When his brake was well started on the high road to success, he turned to the steam entjlr.e, and brought out a practically new type in that field. By the time this engine was placed on the market, electricity was attracting the attention of inventive minds throughout the country. Westinghouse viewed the situation and decided that the then common ue of low-tension, continuous currents, while good fcr Incandescent lighting and power purposes on circuits of limited extent, was unsatisfactory for longer circuits. He looked forward into the future of electrical distribution of power and saw that hlgh-tenion, alternating currents would prove the most important In a few years. So he bought up tb9 ltdirj fsreija and domestic patents

In thi3 branch of electrical development, then neglected, end went to work improving and perfecting his apparatus. He had erl:ted in hia eervlce the young Servian, Nikola Tesl.-i, an electrical wizard of t mos: astoni?hIng boidn-;-s: enl when thf great General Electric IVmpany gave hin notic- that he mu.t be aborhfd into ll spac!ous maw or be de;roed commercial;, tho sort of iirht he put u; is bft ini!caiJ by the act that the stock of the Wi. hou?? Electric and Manufacturing Comra-. Is worth to-day nearly twice as much -V that cf its would-be destroyer, allowao t. beln made for the difference in par valu of the f-harcs. Lately readers of the Patent Office Gzctte have noticed that Westinghoure hr fone Into a new full, for a n.imbtr of patents on gas engines have bven given to bis sunerirvtenJmt. Alfrcl Schmidt. These indicate! that the mechanical world would soon learn of a new prime motor. r.nl engineers havo been waiting expectantly for an account of the apparatus and wor. lerlr.g if it woull be as great nr. Innovation a the steam engine Whllo nothing definite has beri said yet by West'nghouse concerning the gas engine Itself, he made a remarkable address to the directors and officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company when they visited him a short time ago. He Is a man who never "employs Ms hat" in conversation, and for that reason what he sail is worth considerable attention. In the first place he pointed out that the Pennsylvania railroad uses about 5,0.000 tona of coal annually. Gas engines are now male that r.re guaranteed to consume not more than threequarters of a pound of coal per hor power per hour, whon the gas Is obtained by rras producers. such as are used In iron and steel mills. A locomotive requires about eight times as murh coal. Consequently. even with all the losses incident to the generation and dls-

f trlbutlon of power by electricity, he be lieve! that several million dollars a jear could le saved by running trains on th Pennsylvania road by electricity. A strong argument against operating standard railways electrically has been the enormous cost cf the new apparatus necessary for the purpo?e, but a saving of several million dollars a year will warrant the expenditure of a largo sum for & new piant. To operate a Ftan lard road by electricity, it is proposed to locate stations with electric generating machinery', g5 'engines and gas producers at intervals of ten to twenty miles, so that there would always be two or thrc-e stations furnishing current for any particular part of . the line. The electric locomotive for h-uling such trains would 1 entirely different from the present locomotive, and could be operated by cne man. The electric current could be used for lighting the track, for operating the machinery' in all the shop. for pumping water, for handling- freight in the numerous stations along the line and for lighting and heating traiqs. CTfcere the railways branch out into yards, It is proposed to use the electro-magnetic traction system of underground circuits for the operation of switch-engines and for other purposes. In this system the electric current is only active in contact pieces immediately unler the electric locomotive, so that danger to trackmen is guarded against carefully. No Government Can Hon Itself. General Harrison, in Ladles Home Journal. God has never endowed any statesman or philosopher, nor any body of them, with wisdom enough to frame a system or government that everybody could go oft and leave. To pay taxes and to submit to the laws are far short of the whole duty of the citizens. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. SAWS AND MII.I. SO'IM.II'S. 1 TI'fcTr E. C. CO- Manufacturer an$ A I IV I Kepalrerof CIHCrLAR,CliOSSm. m CUT, UAM) and ail other BELTING, EMERY WHEELS and MILLSL'ITLILS. IDinola street, one square south Union Station. SAWS C X 1 A 7 d BELTING And 3ArV5 EMERY WHEELS SPECIALTIES OF W. B. Barry Saw and Supply Co. 1S2 8. PENN. ST. All klnda of Saws repalraL HORDTKE a UiRUOK CO., ESTAB. 1851. Founders acd Mschlcisb, MIU aud Elerator Builder, in. dlanapolis, lod. Roller Mills. MIU C.eartnr. Belting. Bolting rloth. UralD-cieantng Machinery. Middling. Purifiers, Portable Mills, etc Take streetcars for stock yard. JHJfCIANS rr. c. x. FLrKTCiiKK RESIDENCE 535 North Pennsylvania street. OFFICE 3W South Meridian street Office Hours V to 19 a. in.: 2 to 4 p.m.; "to9p.ro. Telephones Office, W7; residence, 421. Dr. W. B. FLETCHER'S SMATORIITJ, For Treatment of Kerroas and Mental Dlaeaaea, 124 NORTH ALABAMA ST. rir. j. a. sixtoiiffo, sincno. OFFICE f5 East Market street. Flours 8 to 10 a. D. 2 to 3 p. m.: Sundays eice ted. Ttlcpnons fril. ri. rtKAVTOx, OFFICE 28 East Ohio st, fromL Mil al!; . RESIDENCE 615 Broadway. House Telephone 12M Office Telepboaclttk Dr. Sarah Stockton, m NORTH DELAWARE STREET. DR. REBECCA W. ROGERS, niNenneH of Women and Children. OFFICE 11 Marlon Elock. Office Honrs I to tl. m.; 2 to 5 p. m. bondays 4 toi p, to, at realise LM9 1) road way. SAFE DEPOSIT. Safe Deposit Vault Absolute safety against Fire and Burglar, Finest and only vault of the kind In th State. Policeman clay and night on guard. Designed for the' safe keeping of Money, Bonds. Wills, Deeds, Abstracts, Silver Plate, Jewels and valuable Trunks cr3 Packages, ets. - S. A. FLETCHER fi CO., SAFE DEPOSIT, JOHN 8. TARKJNGTON, SUnirer. OPTlClAJKa. IHDIANAP0L15-IND. JAJTKTATTOIlXEl Choater Bradford PATENT LAWYER. Practices la all Federal Courts and before Ua 1'ateut office. ROOMS 14 and 15 JIUliDARD BLOCK. Cor. Washington and Meridian iUl, Indianapolis, Xc3, Long-DULance Telephone. V Tbe Brill Dvdnr, Cleaning and Rcparlsx Co. Hare reduce d i-rlre to meet the times. Halts cleaned. fl.:0; orercoan. 1130 and up fr dyeln. and suits t! and i'l.lnl First - las work. F-stablmhed 171. k North I.linots street aud 3i MastarhusKU ar . Indian ajrfjl'a. Our wagc-ns call for and deliver fwxK AlISTIt ACT OF JTJTgg' THEODORE STEIN, Abstracter of Titles, 8G East Market Street SKALS, STKXCILJt. STAMPS. 5?- STENCILS.SrAn?5J r at At m'tttirr nADGKS. CHECKS gfry.ICLUSS. 15SLMERIDlANST.Grouicn.03R. lUtAJjVmtKS. PIONEER URASS WORUO Fancy Brass Curtain Poles To Orel or. U5 tJ IIS S. Per:: jltnla L TcL c::