Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1893 — Page 7

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A TALK OF FARM WAGES.

THEY HAVE XOT DErMM'D WHILE PRODI CT PRICES HAVE. Some Interesting; Stnttatlrs ReRrillnjr Theme Maltern The Future of Wheat Production Preparing farm rrodorti for the Market Debornln Cnlves Tradln Home Short Ho Crop A Touch In st Appeal Horae Notes Household Matters Recipes. The department of agriculture has made an investigation of farm wages In each state and the results have a direct Interest for every farmer. The fact Is made most apparent that no one locality has cause to lament the existence of conditions under which farm wages are no longer governed by the price of farm products. All states alike find that the wages paid for the production of low-priced food products are governed by the inducements held out by highly protected manufacturers or else by our own government in the prosecution of public works. Our national government is always rich, by reason of the exercise of its taxing power, and pays high wages, thus tending to keep the employes of private Industries dissatisfied with the remuneration commensurate with the profits of business. From Maine to California and from the-lakes to the gulf the statistics show that farm wages have not fallen, while the price of farm products has gone down and down, and in most of the states the cry is that the mine, the factory and public works are drawing the laborers from the farms. As our statistician says, the laborers .prefer the higher wages with the greater cost of living to farm wages and chopper living. The highest wages are paid in the Pacific coast states, being $3.15 per month, without board. The mountain states follow with a wage rate of $32.16. Next come the eastern states, paying $24.4 per month, followed by the middle states with a rate of $23.83, and the western states paying $22.61. The southern states with their colored farm help pay only $14.S6, but when the work accomplished is taken Into account this last räte U about as high as that of any section. California can well afford to pay the highest wages, as her climate and soil are of such character that her products are subject to but little competition from those of other states. The growing of vegetables, fruits and nuts of tropical character makes her agriculture remunerative, and the laborers share the prosperity of the owners of the land. This is not the case in the eastern and northwestern states, where grain and vegetables give comparatively small returns from which to pay wages sufficiently large to compete with the attractions of town life and the wages possible to industries that thrive at qublic expense. The tendency to increase the gardens and orchards is creating a great demand for transient labor, and not in a few sections the harvesting of perishable stuff is becoming a serious problem. "While the towns are too full of idlers the gardeners and orchardists often suffer loss from failure to get their fruits into market. As this business increases in volume the difficulties will increase so long as Jhe farmer is handicapped by the prevalence of conditions made hard for him by class legislation. The count ry is at a discount in the estimation of the mass of laborers, even when the farmer is paying .V per cent, more in food products than he did years ago. Ten years ago the, average monthly wage rate of Indiana was $23.11. Since that time it has not varied one dollar per month, and in 132 it was placed at $22.75. Ohio's rate is $22.63. and that of Illinois $24.25. The average harvest wages of Indiana without board is ll.r.S and that of Ohio $1.55. North Dakota and California pay the highest harvest wages. $2.25. many other western states paying $2. In the southern states it is noteworthy that while cotton has declined in price nearly so per cent, within the la.st twenty-six years the wages of labor has declined only 11 per cent. The difference between average monthly wages with board and without board in Indiana is $7.75 and in Ohio $7. The average day wages without board for ordinary farm labor in Indiana is $1X6 and with board 76 cents. Twentyfive or 30 cents form the estimated cot of board per day for men in farmers' homes. These statistics are given as a matter of special Interest to every employer. The statistician says: "Many a farmer complains that labor costs too much, that values of products do not warrant the rates demanded, and yet he must have it and promptly makes the engagement. It is the compulsion of competition and not an indication of general employment and a fair degree of prosperity." It does indicate prosperity, but it is the prosperity of employers in other lines of business rather than agriculture. The Future of Wheat Production. We rannot wholly agree with all the conclusions of the noted statistical writer and Kansas wheat grower. C. Wood Davis, but we make the following extract from a recent article by him for the consideration of our readers: "That this excess in supplies Is wholly due to the remarkable acreage yields of the last two American crops seems beyond question, and this fact shows that yields may be too abundant for the welfare of the farmer. In the case of thö crT'S of the United States In 1S91 and 1892, a yield officially estimated as having been 31 per cent, above the average has certainly reduced the value of wheat by a greater percentage and added nothing to the gross returns from the crop, although a third more grain has added largely to the cost. These enormous crops, and an acreage that, until recentlj, was too great for the world's needs, enables us to see more clearly the effects following from the too rapid development of the treeless plains of the Mississippi and Missouri valleys, and that in gloating over this unexampled agricultural development, we have lost sight of its effect upon the elder and more valuable farming lands. Other crops may yield as greatly, but it Is certain that such yields have not been known since the civil war, nor are the probabilities in favor of their obtaining during the coming decade; yet if they do, so greatly do the annual requirements augment that In two or three years, at most, the world will require just such additions to its supply. "The destruction of the crops of Algeria and Tuni. the certainty that the harvests over much of western Eurojwj will be below an average, the probable reduction of the outturn in Kansas by some 50,00.000 bushels, and an equal reduction f.V,cKMHo bushels) In the rmainder of the winter wheat belt, afford a reasonable assurance that such extraordinary exports will not result from the current harvest, and that an equilibrium will once more be established between supply and demand, with every probability In favor of the statement that we are seeing the last cheap wheat of this century. "May not the farmer take heart of hope when he remember that the towns of th world are growing like Jonah's gourd, that the land is a fixed and unalterable quantity, and that In the United States, the annual additions to the cultivated area are ir, equal to l-s than one-fifth the added domestic requirements?" rreparlnw; Farm I'rodnel fr Market. The following from the p-n of K. H. Valentine Is full of useful hints: "The most Important essential i preparing

farm products for market is a fine appearance. Of course the quality must be good, but no matter how desirable in other ways if not so arranged as to produce a pleading impression upon, the eye of the would-be purchaser a great advantage is lost. Another essential is uniformity of quality. If a purchaser finds a particular brand extra nice he naturally wants more. If this next purchase Is inferior he Is disgusted and a good customer is lost. If, however, a uniformly good quality is maintained the brand establishes a reputation for Itself, a steady and constantly increasing demand is created, and the inevitable result is higher prices, and quicker sales. It pays to catlr to the wishes of purchasers. If they wish goods in a certain kind of package it is good policy to humor them. "As a general thing each part of the country uses styles and sizes of packages peculiar to itself. The beginner can learn best about these from some older producer in his own nelghborhoood. A few general hints as to the best styles of packages for the New York market may be helpful. "Every package of whatever kind should be plainly and neatly marked with the nature and quantity of Us contents, the gross and net weight, or the number of dozens or pieces. Commission merchants will furnish stencils to all intending shippers if requested to do so. A receipt should be taken from the transportation company and forwarded by- mail to the consignee, together with a description of the goods sent. It is generally better for a new shipper, or for any one having any great quantity of produce to ship, to write beforehand, stating what he has, and asking for advice. He may often be guarded against loss by so doing. Goods should never be shipped so as to reach here on Saturday, a holiday, or usually the day before a holiday. Ordinarily Friday morning is as late in the week as goods should arrive. Some articles, like dry beans or the like may be sent when convenient, and perishable products, like strawberries, must be sent when ready, but such articles as poultry, etc., should be timed as to their shipments so as not to arrive on por market days. Saturday is a poor market day in the wholesale markets." Dehorning; Calves. A few good people are still opposed to all methods of dehorning cattle. Mr. John L. Shawver says that no one who has any practical knowledge of the change of disposition among cattle thus treated, can conscientiously advocate horn development any more than they can prize-fighting among men. Men of brutal Instincts, and sufficient muscle and activity, right for the amusement of those who possess the same instincts, but are fortunate in not possessing the muscle and activity. Cattle left in possession of their weapons of warfare are almost constantly using them, and for milk or butter purposes are of much less value than if dehorned, in which case the energies of nerves and body may be devoted to their legitimate uses. Some tell us that horns were given the cow for self-defense, and if we remove them we violate the laws of nature. Such should remember that cattle are no longer required to battle with wild beasts, and therefore have no longer any use for the horns. I began dehorning all heifers at the ase of three weeks, with caustic potash, by simply removing the hair from the small, button-like protuberances and rubbing with the potash after moistening the button with water. It was quickly done, gave little pain, soon healed, and did the work perfectly. A few cents' worth of stick potash would dehorn fifty calves. Precaution should be taken to wrap the stick with paper or cloth, for if you have any sores or cuts on the fingers It will give you more pain than the calf, because of the higher development of your nervous system. Lately, however. I have used concentrated lye with even better satisfaction, as it works more quickly, causes no soreness whatever, and does the work effectually. In the operation care must be taken not to put on too much water, as it would run down and endanger the eyes. Tradlns; Horses. While there is a deal of good advice in the following from Farm and Home, yet we do not like to be compelled to admit that matters are so bad. Here it is: When trading horses never take the word of your own brother. IJuy the horse on your own responsibility and then there will be no one but yourself to blame if it shows defective points after purchase. Your eye Is your market. Don't buy a horse in the harness. Strip everything off but the halter and lead him around. Trot him, back him, run him up against a building to see if he is blind a horse with the brightest eyes Is often as blind as a bat and do everything in your power to bring out any tricks or other shortcomings that would not be noticed under ordinary circumstances. Try as hard as you may, you'll get caught sometimes. Always look for the worst. v Short Hob; Crop. We have scanned carefully the reports that come to us through our correspondents, from our exchanges and from the reports both state and national, and there seems to be but one conclusion, that the pig crop will be almost if not as short this year as la.st. In many sections it will be worse. While no doubt it will be partially made up by an Increased crop of fall pigs, yet the evidence is conclusive at this date that so far as the American product is concerned at least, the world will be hungry for pork for twelve months to come. We do not care to go into a discussion of the causes which have led to this shortage. Wise men in the East have been lictuilng farmers a good deal about not taking care of their pigs, and therefore being accessory to the wholesale slaughter of the innocents. If the farmers could control the clouds, make the sun shine at will and could do various things which are reserved by a higher power, they possibly could control the pig crop. Whatever minor and secondary causes there might have been, whether from excessive care or the lack of It, the main causes are evidently climatic. The crop of pigs is evidently somewhat greater in the dryer and warmer sections of the West than in those, which had the unusual rainfall and scant sunshine of April and May. How profitable the present crop of pips may b depends upon circumstances over which the farmer has but little control at this date. Should there be a large crop of corn there will be very great profit In feeding stock hogs, and the pig's foot will be golden, and the snout silver. If, however, the crop should be no more than last year the profits will still be entirely satisfactory. It must be remembered, however, that no matter how great the shortage of hops or how cheap the price

or corn, mere is a point beyond which It is Imjtossible permanently to push the price of either live hogs or hog products. The consumers of the world are not obliged to eat pork, and will not as a rul eat It when they can provide themselves with something cheaper. Lard, to a certain extent, they must have, but even for this cotton seed and other oils can be substituted. The short crop of pigs will have an important bearing both on the beef and on the mutton markets. Live Stock Ind.Vator. A Touching Appeal. Critics say that the farmers are too dissatisfied, but we are sure that this Is false. Who but a city man could have made such an appeal as the following, whic h lately appeared In the Oeala Capitol: "Forward, turn forward, oh. time. In your flight; turn me a fortune and set me up right. I am weary of ;unnlng In debt for my clothes and owing for grub that down my throat goes; weary of working for what I have not, weary of, working for what I have got. Never, no never, turn backward for me, for well I remember my good mother's knee; I remember the flipper came down with a slam whenever I got In the blackberry

Jam. The days, too, at school were a terrible bore. - when I was " obliged to stand on the floor, and all In the world that I ever done was to wink at a girl pure matter of fun. The days of the past, like the days that we meet, composed a fair mixture of bitter and sweet. So forward, turn forward, oh. time, in your way. and give me some cash. Just enough for today. Horoe Note. Make haste slowly. Do not feed green hay too freely. The lighter the harness the better. You cannot water your horses too frequently. Keep the flies off the horses. It pays to do so. Thin gauze fly nets are best and cost but little. Worry will kill a horse as quick as hard work. A few minutes of worry may cost a good horse. Clean the water troughs out once a day at least. Cold baths and clean collars will save sore shoulders. Clean stables will add much to the comfort of the hard working teams. A quiet and comfortable night's rest goes a long way toward a good day's work. It majr be a big job to keep the flies out of the stable, but it would pay to do It if you can. Feed the horses at noon under the shade of a tree where they can get plenty of fresh air, if the stables are hot. Tt Is better to commence early In the morning and work late In the evening than to push the horses In the heat of the day. Do not think that because the horses drink warm water with a relish that they prefer it. Cool, fresh water Is cheap and abundant. The man who is Indolent enough not to provide It for his horses should not own a horse.

IIOl'SEIIOLn MATTERS. A Collection of Seasonable Direction for Krnlt Canning;. Success In canning fruit depends upon: Using a reliable make of glass jars and testing the air-tight quality of each by pouring a little water into it, adjusting the rubber and cover, and standing it upside down. Thoroughly cleansing all jars that have been used by washing them first in warm water then filling full of scalding hot water, to which borax, ammonia or washing soda has been added, and allowing them to stand at least two hours before rinsing. Rejecting all old rubber bands that are stretched out, discolored or in the least hardened. Using firm, large fruit of suitable varieties and having it under rather than over ripe; rejecting all that are crushed, over ripe, stunted or knotty, and carefully preparing the rest. Washing currants on the stems and strawberries before they are hulled; washing all small fruits quickly and by placing a few at a time In a colander, then, holding it over a sink, pour cold water on the fruit and spread it on a towel to drain. Allowing the pits of cherries and peaches and the seeds of pears to remain in the fruit; or, if this is objectionable, distribute Ave or six peach pits through each Jar and put in a small white net or thin muslin bag containing a handful of cherry pits or pear seeds in each similar-sized Jar. Paring peaches with a thln-bladed sharp knife Instead of scalding them in lye; not removing the skins of plums, but piercing each one, two or three times with a fork to prevent the skins from breaking badly while they are cooking. Using only fine-flavored sugar, either granulated or loaf, and only enough to impart a pleasant, palatable taste. Cooking the fruit In the jars so that it Is not broken by handling or its flavor lost In escaping steam. To do this place the fruit in jars as fast as It is prepare!, cover with sirup to the neck of the jar. then put on the cover, but not the rubber band. Set a common wash boiler or other suitable vessel on the back of the range, place the jars of fruit inside, but not close enough together to touch, fill the vessel with hot water until it reaches to within an Inch of the top of the jars, draw it to the front of the range, cover closely, and bring to a boil. Continue boiling ten- minutes (longer for large, firm fruits), or until the fruit can be easily pierced with a fork, and then draw the vessel to the back of the range. Take out a jar, set It on a folded wet towel, fill it to overflowing with boiling water, wipe off the neck, adjust the rubber and cover, and screw the latter tightly. Treat each jar in this manner, and. as they cool, endeavor to tighter, the covers about once an hour. When nearlv cool Invert them all, as a final test that they are airtight. Wrap each jar In paper or draw a paper bag over it from the top. label plainly on the outside and keep in a cool, dry place. The flavor of canned fruit Is greatly improved by opening it two or three hours before It Is needed to restore the oxygen. This is neither a new or a difficult method of canning fruit, but Is -virtually the same as that used by all manufacturers of such goods. And yet. for some inexplicable reason, the majority of housewives fall to appreciate its superiority over the method commonly employed, and are content to produce a third or fourth-rate article a sort of canned Jam If only It "keeps." New York Times. Valuable Recipes. Chilled Raspberries Cover the raspberries with orange juice, then sprinkle them heavily with sugar and put them In an Ice cream freezer for thirty minutes. Serve with plain cream. Blackberry or Raspberry Pudding One pint of sweet milk, six eggs, one cup of butter, a pint of flour and ten tenspoonfuls of baking powder. Mash a quart of berries, sweeten and stir in the batter. Summer Salad One-half small head of cabbage, two heads of lettuce, one onion and one cucumber. Chop all together, salt and pepper to taste, using both black and cayenne pepper, and cover with mayonnaise sauce. Banana Hems Beat together one cupful of sugar with three eggs. Add onefourth of a cupful of water and stir in one cupful of flour, mixed with one tea-sp-onful of baking powder. Stir in two thinly sliced bananas and half fill cups, which should be steamed one hour. Rasplerry Charlotte Russe Line a mold with stale sponge cake; whip a pint of sweet th'ck cream; sweeten with two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar and flavor strongly with fresh raspberry juice; set the cream on !ce until solid; fill the mold; garnish the top with raspberry Jelly. Banana Ice Cream Cook two quarts of milk, the yolks of sixteen eggs and two pounds of sugar to the consistency of a soft custard. Steam. Cut one pound of banana pulp into dice, mash and steam through a colander. Add the Juice of one lemon. Mix well together and stir into the custard. When cold freeze. Blackberry Syrup, New Style Take four pounds of fully ripe Lawton berries and add to them three pounds of granulated sugar and one pound of some tart, well-flavored apples, pared, cored and sliced. Roll altogether for forty-Pve minutes. Skim, pour into glasses and cover closely. To Wash Lace Curtains Make a good suds and let the curtains soak In It for half an hour. Use no board, but squeeze with the hands. Do not wring them with the hands. To starch them put a little thin starch in the rinse water. Unless you have frames to dry them In. iay sheets over the carpet and pin your curtains to them. Never iron. Banana Pie Beat the yolks of two eggs to a cream with one-half cup of sugar. Peel and mash two large bananas or three small ones. Sift them nnd beat Into the eggs together with one and onhalf cups of milk, or enough for a large

pie. Bake with one crust and when done cover with a merringue made of two whites and two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Serve cold. Raspberry Jelly Crush the raspberries and strain them through a wet cloth. Put the Juice Into a preserving pan with three-quarters of a pound of hot. but not burnt, sugar to one pound of Juice; boil it ten minutes and take, care that it does not darken; remove the pan off the fire, strain the juice through a bag and pour It into pots. Do not touch the bag until the Jelly has passed through, else it may become thick. Raspberry Jam Use three-quarters of a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit. First boil the fruit alone a few minutes, then add the sugar. Boil three-quarters of an hour, stirring well. Fill little Jars or glasses while the Jam Is boiling hot; when the glasses are cold, cover them first with paper soaked in sweet oil or brandy, and then with second papers moistened with the whites of eggs, and pressed against the sides of the glasses to exclude the air. Compote of Apricots Twelve ounces of sugar to one pint of water; some ripe apricots; boil twelve or fourteen ounces of sugar in a pint of water for a quarter of an hour, removing all the scum as it rises; put as many ripe apricots into it as required and let them simmer gently for a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes, until they are tender, but do not let them break; then take each apricot carefully out on a glass dish, arranging them as taste directs, and when the syrup is cool pour it over them and set It in a cool place. A New Preserve The housekeepers of one neighborhood, says a writer in the Boston Journal, are making a new preserve, the receipt of which has been a great secret until the cook finally, in an unexpected mood of good humor, told a neighbor, who ventured to search into the mysteries. It has' not yet received a name, but Its origin is reputed to be somewhere in the sunniest part of the South. These are the ingredients: Five pounds of fresh currants, stew them; two pounds of Malaga raisins, stoned; one pint of raspberry' juice, five pounds sugar, three oranges cut in small squares like dice: do not peel them. Put all ingredients together, and boil twenty minutes. Apricot Jam Pare the apricots, which should be ripe, as thinly as possible, break them in half and remove the stones; weigh the fruit, and to every pound allow the same of loaf sugar; pound the sugar very finely In a mortar, strew It over the apricots, which should, be placed on dishes and allowed to remain for twelve hours; break the stones, blanch the kernels, and put them with fruit and sugar in a preserving pan; let simmer very gently for about threequarters of an hour; take out the pieces of apricot, boil this syrup a little longer, and as fast as the scum rises remove it; put the apricots into jars, pour over them the syrup and kernels, and cover in the usual way. Apricot Bavarian Cream Prei are one quart of whipped cream. Pare one quart of ripe apriots and press them through a colander into a tin pudding pan. Soak half a box of gelatine in half a cupful of cold water for about half an hour. If not thoroughly dissolved, stir over a kettle of boiling water: strain and pour over the apricots. Mix well, and set the pan into a pan of Ice water or finely cracked ice. and stir slowly and constantly until the mixture thickens, then add one-half of the whipped cream, pour into a mold and set away to harden. This may be prepared in the morning for lunch or tea. but should not stand over night. When it is to be served, turn out on a flat dish and serve with the remainder of the whipped cream heaped around the jelly form. A Raspberry Dessert Put one pint of fully ripe, fresh raspberries into a porce-laln-limd sauce pan. with two tablespoonfuls of water and three tablespoonfuls of pulverized sugar. Place the sauce pan over the fire, shaking It continually until the juice flows freely. Before the raspberries lose their shape entirely take them out carefully. Now boil the sirup till clear and pour it out. Beat to a cream a piece of butter the size of an egg, add a tablespoonful of pulverized sugar, a tablespoonful of grated bread crumbs, two drops of almond flavoring and the yolks of two eggs (well beaten). Mix all thoroughly together and add the whites of two eggs whipped to a froth. Now have some small, deep pastry pans, line them with good pastry, put the raspberries on this, pour over them the sirup, and spread the mixture on top of all. Bake half an hour In a brisk oven. St. Patrick's Pudding Two cups milk, one cup butter, two cups flour, one cup sugar, ten eggs, one teaspoonful vanilla extract and the grated rind of one lemon. Put the milk with one-half of the butter over the fire; as soon as It boils stir in

! the sifted flour and keep on stirring i until the contents of saucepan form into I a smooth paste and loosens itself from I bottom of saucepan. Then transfer it to a dish and set aside to cool; stir the remaining butter to a cream and add alternately the yolks of eggs, the sugar , and the paste; stir thoroughly and add i the lemon, vanilla and the ten whites, beaten to a stiff froth; fill in a well-buttered and floured form, boil two hours, and serve with shamrock sauce, made as follows: Into a lined saucepan put one-half bottle Rhine wine, four tablespoonsfuls sugar, one teaspoonsful cornstarch, the peel of one-half lemon and the yolks of six eggs. Place the saucepan over the fire and beat the contents 1 with an egg-beater until Just at boiling point, then instantly remove from fire; color it a delicate shade of green with a little green vegetable coloring; serve with the pudding. XAPTHA EXPLODES. Killing; Four Men In m Srent Hand Factory. NEW YORK. July 20. Late this afternoon a can of naptha exploded In the sweat band factory of J. D. Campbell. 211 Walworth-st., Brooklyn, killing four persons. The dead are: J. D. CAMPBELL. ' SAMUEL K CAMPBELL, his son. JOHN WEISS, twenty-five years old, 5f 2iS Walworth-st. JACOB WEISS of 218 Walworth-st. MATTHEW DEERING was badly injured. The building was completely wrecked. It was a two-story frame structure. There are twelve persons employed In the factory. All excepting the five named were in the basement and escaped without Injury. Joseph Jefferson's Affection. ' NEW YORK, July 23.-The Press says: "Joseph Jefferson, the veteran actor, is nfar .lenth. and a cancerous affection of j the neck is the cause of It. Mr. Jefferson's ' physicians have been so far badly baffled by his uisease, wnicn is aiiriDuiea pratiy to an inherited tendency and partly to carelessness in the treatment of a boil that appeared near his cervical vertebrae some time ago." Sealer fa pin red. PORT TOWNSEND. July 18. The revenue cutter Richard Rush seized the steam 4 lw n.l.l ...4 C O.. . . t . I eis mcAauuiia muu ol. x aui ucui I uc , OkkormoK islands, eighty miles south of the ivottlaK Islands. July l. The Alexandria had sixteen Heals and the tit. 1'uul SIX. There is Hope For every one who has blood trouble, no matter fcn what ha or how long standing, provided none of the vlti organs have been so far impaired as to render a cur Impossible. 8. 8. i. goes to the root of the disease, and removes the canoe, lv eipelllng the poison from the body, and at the einr.etime If a tonic to the whole nystew. However bad your caae may be, there U hope FOR YOU. Cnred irt of a roost malignant typa of chronic blood trouble, for which 1 had used various other remedies Without effect. My weight increased, and my health improved la every way. 1 consider 8. 8. b. the beat tonic I ever used. "S. A. Wright, Midway, Ga." Treatise on Mood, skin and contagious blood poisou mailed f iv-e. bWIKT Sl'Et J Kl: COA Atlant. G J

THE MARKET REPORTS.

CHICAGO, July 24. There was a stirring up of the whole grain trade today. For the first time in three months great bull movements were started in all the pits. Bullish sentiment has been so much suppressed for weeks and the trade was so largely oversold in all markets that the turn In the tide was of a sensational character. The wheat trade had the Siam war cloud, the light Indian shipments, the promise that farmers will not ship much new wheat at present prices, a decrease of nearly 1,000,000 in wheat on ocean passage, following clearances last week of over 5,000,000 bushels, and more than all this, reports of fresh damage to spring wheat in the Northwest from the heat. The bulls seemingly let themselves out, regardless of any after clap. The market was given a twist of 2 cents for the day, closing at the top, at 6S4c Sept.. and 74ic Dec. First sales were made at filc advance, and after some fluctuations advanced c more. "Shorts" were anxious to cover and there was a very strong feeling developed with but little wheat for sale. Then followed an easier feeling, influenced partially by the reports of rain in the Northwest and cooler weather, and also by the decrease in the visible supply, which was rather a disappointment to operators. Prices receded c, then held steady for a while, but again advanced, this time lc, closing at the top. The scramble In corn and oats began Saturday, when prices were marked up lc on reports of damage from dry weather. This morning the reports were even more alarming. The weather was hot everywhere and crops In a serious way in many sections. A sensational bull market started. The excitement lasted to the close, when the September price was 2c up and the May price nearly 2Vsc up at ilc. Shipments for one day were nearly 1,000,000 bushels, and stocks light. The visible supply decreased 1,243,000 bushels and the country buyers added terrors to the shorts, who were on the run. There was a good trade In oats and a stronger market. The Improvement was due to the continued reports of rust in the West to the advance in corn and to the covering by shorts. The market opened strong at nearly lc advance, and after frequent fluctuations, closed strong at about the top, at a net advance of U;ifilc. The provision market was without much change from Saturday's closing prices for a long time, but finally the managers of the deal saw an opportunity in the great strength of the grain markets to give the shorts a gentle squeeze toward the close, and the shorts themselves did the rest. The closing prices show a gain in September and October lard of 27c, and in Sept. ribs of 324c Ribs were the most active of the articles traded In during the greater part of the day, but lard woke up toward the end and led in the activity. Pork was left alone and closed without a single trade, being nominallly worth about the same as on Saturday. Freights were easy with a moderate demand for vessel room at l?c for wheat and ll8c for corn to Buffalo, and 2r- for corn to Kingston. Estimated receipts for tomorrow: "Wheat. 220 cars; corn. S40 cars.; oats, 310 cars; hogs. 22.000. The leading futures ranged as follows: Articles. Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat. No. 2July $ 64 $65 $ 6.14 $ 65 Uec Corn, No. 2 July Aug Sept Oats. No. 2 July Sept May Mess Pork Julv Sept 74 734 74 'i 40i 41 'i 40; 40-J 41 41 40i 2 4i i4 41 '4 41- 40- 41 28 24 2S 2S4 2f--i 2S 2T4 25", 29" 30T8 204 30'i 9 1!7) .... . 20 50 Lra July 9 90 Sept 10 fC'4 10 20 9 924 1" 20 Oct 8 90 9 20 8 90 9 20 Short Ribs. July 8 12i 8 37 Mi 7 97H 8 374 Cash quotations wer s follows: Flour, in fair demand and prices practically unchanged; No. 2 spring wheat, 6."c; No. 3 spring wheat, f. o. b.. 61iÖc: No. 2 red, t.c; No. 2 corn. 40c: No. 2 corn, 39c; No. 2 oats, 2Sl.2c: No. 2 white, f. o. b.. 31-Vi334c; No. 3 white, f. o. b., 2S4fr31' jc; No. 2 rye, 51c; No. 2 barley, nominal; No. 3, no sales; No. 4. f. o. b.. 3:K4c; No. 1 flax seed, $1.10; prime timothy seed, $4.20' 4.25; mess pork, per brl, $19.7ö'?il9.(4; lard, per 100 lbs. $9.909.95; short rib sides (loose). $S.274 (fjS.471: dry salted shoulders (boxed), il.TZ'a 8.00; short clear sides (boxed), $S.50fi8.C24; whisky, distillers' finished goods, per brl, $1.12. Articles. Receipts. ShiDfs. Flour, barrels 32,-iOO H,0 Wheat, bushels 4S.M0 97.1 Corn, bushels 4U.4 &r.r,8'i0 Oats, bushels 2."3,100 241,800 Rye, bushels &0 Barley, bushels 7.'j0 On the produce exchange today the butter market was steady; creamery, ir4$ 194c; dairy, lolSc. Eggs Weak; strictly fresh, 13c. INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. Monday Evening, July 24. J. E. Berry's Chicago advices report: Our grain makets all cut loose from financial distress this morning and shot up in an old-fashioned way. TRe extreme hot weather, the cry of drought In a large section of the West, the very light receipts of winter wheat at all receiving points and a large short interest in wheat were the chief reasons for the advance. Saturday's market acted all day as If our grain pits were f'-rgetting nnances and looking more to the prospects of our new crops and our low prices. The talk of war in Siam is not generally considered drr-gerous, but the newspapers talk of it, causing some shorts to cover. Wheat broke tic quickly on the announcement of only 425.0DM decrease in the visible, when nearly 2,000,000 was expected, but even this did not prevent a quick rally again. Seaboard clearances of 800,000 bu again today shows that Kurope can take it t these iow prices. The decrease of 728.0") bu afloat and Increase of 1, BOO, 000 bu in so-called English visible had little effect. No financial disasters of account are reported. Cables show but little change, but close with a better tone. September wheat closes Vc over Saturday's. In corn it was almost wholly the dryweather talk and Its sympathy with wheat that put the price up. The liberal decrease of 1,243,000 bu in the visible was also a bullish factor. The estimates for tomorrow, 840 cars, being large, with some free realizing by some heavy longs, set prices back a trifle, but the extraordinary good shipping demand gave the market a strong tone. In sympathy with wheat and corn, and from so many reports of a light yield of oats from rust and other causes, gave us a strong oats market as for other grains. Provisions dull, with no new feature. Close higher and strong. PIlODtCi: MARKETS. Quotation from Xevr York, Cincinnati nnd Rlirnher, The markets open with a somewhat more confident feeling among merchants than characterized the opening list Monday. The financial condition of the country is on a slightly firmer basis and business Is quick to feel the renewed energy flowing from such a state of affairs. The local markets show no change of moment. Fruit and vegetables fluctuate with the day nt this season so much that it Is impossible to undertake to keep pace with the different movements. Today there Is a brisk trade, with slight Increase in the price of some fruits and reductions in the price of others. Groceries are firm but quiet. There are no increases. Sugars are unusually firm for this season, but the firmness Is caused by the large demand for canning and preserving purposes. Other groceries are quiet, but steady. Poultry trade is weak. The broilers brought in are not up to the average In many case and the price rules weak. The dry Kotxla market remains as It closed last week. Provisions are not chanced, though there are indications of & weakening In the market, owing to a large increase in hogs and hog products. Trade has a better outlook than it had last week. Traveling men reported last week that country merchants were In no hurry to place orders, preferring to wait until the financial disturbances were settled before

they invest In poods for the fall trade. When business does revive, however, it ; will be brisker than ever because the ovside buyers must have goods and they will

want them all at once. NEW YORK, July 24. Flour Receipt k. 22.000 packages: exports. 3,0o0 barrels. 59.0) sacks; sales. 18,000 packages; market more active; held firmer; checking business. Corn meal Steady and in fair demand. Rye Dull; western, fäftöic. Barley MaltDull but steady. Wheat Receipts. 143.000; exports. 169,000; sales. 4,605,0) bu futures. 72.0110 spot: spot market dull but 1 41140. higher; advance checking business; No. 2 red store and elevator 72 724c, afloat 734c f. o. b. 7-Ti74c: ungraded red. 704714c; No. 1 northern. 72Vii724c; No. 1 hard. 76c; No. 2 northern. 714c; No. 2 Milwaukee. 704c; options were fairly active and closed tirm at l4'al4 advance. Influenced by higher western markets, decreased stocks, decrease on passage and in the visible supply with shorts covering; No. 2 red. Aug.. 71,4ft72c, closing 724c: Sept., 734,&74 9-lc. closing 744e; Oct., 751&7Ha4C, closing 76s4e; Dec. SOfi&O'.c. closing 804c Stocks of grain In store and afloat July 22: Wheat, 9.0P.6.8G1; corn. 263.348; oats, 257,524; rye, 87,695; malt, 190,959; peas, 92T bu. Corn Receipts, 38.000 bu; exports, 27.000; sales. 2SS,0o) futures, lO.OuO spot; spots firm at 2fi2l4c advance but dull; No. 2, 49i'(?50e elevator. W4ft5le. afloat; options dull but firm; 24W 3jiC advance on dry weather west and as following wheat and the West; Aug., 49f 497nC. closing 43c: Sept.. 44M94c clos494c. Oats Receipts, 155.00 ; exports, 27,000 bu; sales, 270.000 futures, 118.000 spot: siots firm and quiet, 4'gl4c up; options stronger and moderately active: Aug., 31 (fi3214c, closing 32'ic: Sept.. SOSHsC. closing 314c; spot No. 2 white. 374'n3Sc; No. 2 Chicago, 37Vi3Sc; No. 3. 36c; No. 3 white. 3C237c; mixed western, 364fr3S4c: white do, 3&?i43c. Hay In fair demand and steady. Hops Ouiet and firm. HidesDull but weak. Cut Meats Weak and quiet; pickled shoulders, 7c; pickled hams. llfJ12c; middles, quiet. I.ard Quiet and lower; western steam closed at $10.05; sales, 2r.O tierces at $10; option sales, none; July closed at $10.10 awked; Sept. closed at $10.25 asked; Aug. closed at $10.05 asked. Butter Quiet and easy; western dairy, liijlSc; do creamery. 17ft 204c; Elbins. 204c Cheese Easy and quiet. Eggs Quiet; fancy, steady; receipts, 8.4J4 packages; western fresh, 14V4fji:)c; western, per case, tlJWti. Tallow Firm and quiet: city per package), 5Kj3 3-16c. Rice Firm and fairly active. Molasses New Orleans open kettle, good to choice, dull but steady. Coffee Options opened barely steady. 10 to 25 points decline; closed steady, 1030 down; sales, 21.50) bags, including Aug., 15.6iri 15.70c; Sept.. 15.6015.650; Oct., 15.4.Vfil5.5oe; Dec. 15.20'.j 15.25c; March, 14.901 14.95c; spot Rio, dull ond nominal; No. 7, 164tl7c. SugarRaw, dull and nominal; fair refining, Srs,c; centrifugals. 96 test. 44c; refined, dull and 4c lower; off A. 4 15-1654c: mold A, 545 11-160; standard, 5 5-16,fi54c; confectioners' A, 5l6'(i5aBc; cut loaf, 5x4T5 15-ltc; crushed, 641515-160: powdered. 5 9-16'!i514C; granulated. 5 5-16?J54c; cubes, 5 9-16'g5c. ' CINCINNATI. July 24. Flour Firm. Wheat In good demand; No. 2 red, 59c; receipts, 12,000; shipments, 14,000. CornStronger; No. 2 mixed. 414'q42c. Oats In fair demand; No. 2 mixed, new, 30c. Rye Dull. Pork Quiet at $17. Lard Stronger at $919.25. Bulk Meats Quiet at $$.374'tf 8.50. Bacon Stronger at $10.874. Whisky In good demand: sales. 691 barrels at $1.12. Butter Firm; fancy Elgin creamery, 22c; Ohio, 19T20c; choice dairy. 1617c. Binseed Oil -Dull at 45'ö47c Sugar Heavy; hard refined. SliS'-c; yellow, 4 '3 54c. Eggs Firm at 10c. Cheese Quiet; prime to choice Ohio flat, 8ft 9c. BALTIMORE, July 24. Wheat Strong and higher; No. 2 red. spot and Aug., fiSc; Sept.. 704c. Corn Inactive and higher; mixed, spot and July, 47c; Sept., 48c. Oats Quiet; No. 2 white western, 384c. RyeDull; No. 2, .Wie bid. Hav Firm. Grain Freights Quiet: steam to Liverpool, 3d. Provisions Steady, in light demand and unchanged. Butter Quiet; creamery fancy, 21c. Eggs Slow at 13c. Coffee Dull; Rio No. 7. 17c. TOLEDO, July 24.-Wheat-Active; No. 2. cash. 64c; Aug.. 65c; Sept.. 67s4c; Dec. 74V. Corn Dull; No. 2, cash, 41Ac. Oats Quiet; cash, 31c. Rye-Dull; cash. 60c. Clover seed Active and higher; prime Oct., $6.95. Receipts Flour, 165; wheat. 124,672; corn, 620: oats, none; rye, 300. Shipments Flour, 1.697; wheat, 130,000; corn, 1,500; oats, none; rye, none. LIVES STOCK MARKETS. Union Stock Yards, Indianapolis, July 21. 'Cattle Receipts light; market steady at Saturday's prices. We quote: Export grades, 1,450 to 1.650 lbs..$ 4 4 75 Oood to choice shipping, 1,200 to 1.400 lbs 4 003 4 40 Fair to good shipping, 1,000 to 1.200 lbs 3 75f? 4 00 Common steers. 900 to 1,100 lbs... 3 00 3 50 Choice feeding steers, l.OoO to 1.20 lbs 3 75$ 4 00 Fair to medium steers, 850 to 1,000 lbs 2 75 3 23 Common to good stockers. 500 to 800 lbs 2 25ft 2 50 Oood to choice heifers 3 50ft! 3 75 Fair to medium heifers 2 75& 3 25 Common and light heifers 2 Xft 2 50 Good to choice cows 2 75' 3 25 Fair to medium cows 2 00ft" 2 50 Common old cows 1 OOft 1 75 Veal calves i 00ft) 5 00 Export bulls 3 noft 3 25 Good to choice butcher bulls 2 Z oo Common to fair bulls 1 75ft 2 25 Good to choice cows and calves.. 25 OO'm'SS 00 Common to fair cows and calves. 15 00525 00 Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 150. The receipts fair; market generally steady. We quote Good to choice lambs $4 5015 00 Fair to good lambs 4 25f4 f.0 Good to choice sheep 3 75ft'4 00 Fair to good sheep 3 00-3 75 Common sheep 1 50ft"2 50 Bucks, per head 1 50ft 4 00 Hogs Receipts. 500. Market active and 5 to 10c higher; closed steady. We quote: Choice heavy shipping $5 softe 00 Heavy and mixed packing 5 7Tft6 00 Lights 5 90ft 6 10 Pigs 5 0-v,. no Roughs 4 Ouft a 25 REPRESENTATIVE SALES. No. Average. Trice. 10 258 $5 20 128 217 5 90 30 1S 6 00 17 ISO 6 00 70 214 6 05 4S 139 6 05 NEW YORK, July 24. Receipts of beeves for two days, 4.205; trade active for all grr Jes at an advance of 15c; poorest to best native and corn and grass fed steers, Sift 5.25: Texans and Colorados, $3.35ft3.K5; dressed beef firm at 6Vi'iHc; shipments tori a v. 322 beeves; tomorrow, 930 beeves and 2.20C quarters of beef. It . ipts of calves for two days, 2.82.: aciiv and He higher; veals. $5ft7.73; mixed lots, $3. 75fr 4.624c; buttermilk calves, $3.50'n4. Receipts of sheep and lambs for two days 16,479: dull and lic lower except for choice lambs; sheep. $;5ft4.50; lambs, $4.25 6.25; dresseri mutton lower at 6"tJ&V2c; dressed lambs dull Jllc. Receipts of hogs f . r two days. 6,500; market firm at $6.2!i6.75. CHICAGO, July 24. The Evening Journal reports: Cattle Receipts, 17.000; shipments, 2.700; market opened steady and closed 10ft 13c lower; top beeves, $4.80ft3.20; good to choice. $l.35ft4.65; medium. $3.75ft4.25: common. $3.10 ft. 1.60; stockers, $1.5012.50; Texans, $1.40ft' 3.75; westerns. $2.25ft3.25. Hops Receipts, 17.0O0; shipments, 7.000; market 10ft 15c higher; closed weak; mixed and packing. $5.65ft5.85; prime heavy and butchers' weights $5.9053.95; sorted light, $6.1YyG.15: choice mixed light. $5.95u6. Sheep Receipts. 10,'JOO; shipments. 1,900; best trades steady: others weak: natives, $ift4.75; Texans, $3. 90 4.25; grass westerns, $3. 90ft 4; stockers, $2.50ft3; culls, f 1.50ft 3.25; lambs, $3ft5.83. BUFFALO, July 21.-CattleFa!rly active; 15ft25c higher for all but common; stock export steers, $4.8R; fat heifers, $3.50; cows, steady; bulls, $2.50. Hogs Market fairly active and higher; good to choice yorkers, $6.50; pigs and light grades, mixed, $6.65. Sheep and Lambs Market stronger for good grades, slow and weak for common; sales of good lambs, $5.75; choice sheep. $4.: choice heavy wethers quotable at J4.T5. EAST LIBERTY. July 24. Cattle Receipts, l.SSO; shipments, 1.1G0; market active and 10 to 15c higher than last week's closing prices; 4 cars of cattle shipped to New York today. Hogs Receipts, 3,700; shipments, 2.60); market active; medium and light weights. $6.26.35; extreme heavy; $5.K,i.10; 14 cars of hogs shipped, to New York today. Sheep-Receipts, 6,200; shipments, 4,000; market slow and unchanged on best grades: common and medium a shade lower; lambs, 50c off from last week's closing prices. Oil Mrkf. Open. High. Low. Close. Oil City &7 5ii 57 M Pittsburg 57 58 57 58 NRW YORK. July 24. Petroleum was neglected. Pennsylvania oils Spot sales, none; Aug. option sales, none; 57c bid, offered at 5S4e. Lima oils Sales, none; 3öc bid; total sales, none. Dry Good. NEW YORK, July 24. The dry goods situation remains unchanged as regards demand. Inquiry continues and the day of necessity for buying more freely draws nearer, while the closing of many mills would indicate that .prices are not likely to be materially lowT. Print cloths have gotten down nearly to the lowest basis, but no similar decline Is practicable in other directions, as no other values have

been on the same high plane. The market will probably be stationary where it is until an Improved movement becomes general. Something better is doing with a portion of the manufacturing trade and for export. Between agents and distributors new business remains quiet in all classe of goods except that the new season for clothing woolens widens out a little every day. In a general way confidence seems to be on the mend.

WHOLESALE MARKETS - J Provision. SMOKED MEATS. Sugar-cured hams Reil- Indl. able, ar.a. 20 lb average 14 .... 18 lb average 14 .... 15 lb average 14'i 134 124 lb average 144 13 10 lb average Ui .... "Reliable" brand Plock hams UM Block hams, "Indiana" brand 14 breakfast bacon clear English cured "Reliable" brand 15; Knglish cured. Morgan & Gray 134 Choice sugar-cured-Parter" brand, 7 to lbs average 134 10 to 12 lbs average 13H Breakfast rolls, boneless 124 Boneless ham Sugar-cured, -reliable" 134 c alifornia hamsBacon Sugar-cured, "reliable." 10 to 12 lbs 17 t ear sides, 4-1 to 50 lb average 12'i ear sides, so to 40 lb average 12 C ear sides. 20 to 30 lb average 13 C ear dtllies, IS to 20 lb average 12'i C ear bellies. 12 to 15 lb average IS t lear hacksheavy. 2o to 30 lb average. 124 t ear backs, heavy. 2) to 15 lb average. 2 t lear backs, light. 8 lb average 13 trench backs, 12 lb average U'4 , DRY SALT MEATS. C ear s'des. 40 to 50 lb average 114 J ear sides. 30 to 40 lb averaKe 12 C ear sides. 20 to 30 lb average H' Clear bellies. 18 to 22 Id average 11 Clear bellies. 14 lb average 12H Clear backs, heavy. 20 to 30 lb average. 10", trench backs. 12 lb average I04 Mioulders English cured shoulders, "reliablebrand, 16 !b averag 104 12 lb average 11 Morgan & jray, 16 lb average 104; 12 Jb average v, Morgan & Gray, 16 lb average 10' I Morgan & uray, 12 lb average 10 4 Dried Beef "Reliable" ham, inside pieces and knuckles 14 Special selection of "kniickie" "pieces or inside pieces. 4c advance. Morgan & Gray" ham, outside only.... 9'4 PICKLED PORK. Bean pork (clear) per brl 200 lbs $21 59 F amily pork 18 50 Rump pork . .... 18 00 Also half bris. 100 lbsi'ät" liaVf "the price or the barrel, adding 50c to cover add tlonal cost of package. ..ILar1 Kettle rendered. In tierces. 114et Reliable" brand, :14c; "Indlnna" brand. 10' ,c; also In tubs. 55 lbs net, jc over tierces; buckets, 20 lbs net, 4c over tierces. Cans Gross weights 50 lbs. In slngl rases or cases of 2 cans, c advance on price of tierces. 20 lbs in case of 4 cans, c dvartee on price of tierces. 10 lbs in case of 6 cans, 4c advance on on price of tierces. 6 lbs In case of 12 cans, Tc advance 0 price of tierces. 3 lbs In cae of 20 cans, lc advance oa price of tierces. FRESH PORK. Loins (short cut), 14 to 2 lbs, $c; (short cut) 13 lbs and under, lOVic. Cottage hams 29 Roston shoulders (skinned) Ham buta or pork roast 8 Tenderloins jj Spare ribs ( Trimmings frfj Sausage, etc Fresh pork sausage. In link 8 Fresh pork sausage. In built. 20 lb palls 7 14 Smoked pork sausage $4 Rologna Cloth. 6c; skin, 64c. Wienerwurst HVwr". Spiced boneless pigs feet in S lb crock. 94c Lard Oil 75c per gaL The Moore packing company Quotes: Sugar-cured hams 15 to 20 lb average. "Moore," 134c; "Empire," r,c. California hams li4 Boneless hams 13 Shoulders "Moore.- "Empire."! English cured, broad cut, 16 lbs average 104 lOVi English cured, broad cut, 11 lbs average 10?; 10'$ Bacon Clear sides. 20 to 30 lbs average 12'i Clear bellies, 13 to 22 lbs average 124 Clear backs, 16 to 18 lbs average 12 LardFine leaf. "Moore packing company's kettle rendered, in tierces 114 Choice pure, Spencer packing company's, in tierces 10-4 Groceries. Trade steady. Canned poods Blaskberrles. 2 lb. 90c; cove oysters. 1 lb. full weight, $1; 1 lb, light weight, 75c; 2 lb, full weight, $1.9002; light weight, $1.20fil.30; peaches, standard. 3 lb. $2.5ciy2.75; seconds. 3 lb. $1.SCXU1.!; pie. $1.30; pineapple, standard, 2 lb, $1.4v'gl.75; seconds, 3 lb, $1 'a 1.10; string beans. Wi;iWc; salmon. I lb. $1.0";2; pineapples, Bahama. $2.Sca2.65: peas, sifted. $1.85' 2.2o; early June. $1.15 1.25; marrow. $lfal.25; soaked. 75'as5c; tomatoes. 2 lb. $1.251.35; corn, standard. $1.159 1.25; cream. 51.35'u 1.60. Splee Pepper, 15c; allapice, 12 15c: cloves. 20i25c; cassia. 10iil2c; nutmeg. ferttSoc Sugar Hard, jViTc; confectioners. A, 5&64c: off A, 6''i64c; white extra. C, h'f 4e; extra C, 5-Vj5;t4e; good yellow. 44J 5-c; fair yellow. 44c; yellow, 44'i4c. ätarch Reiined pearl, 34ij34c per lb; champion gloss, one and three-pound packages, 5ti5V4c; champion gloss, lump, 3üc: one and three-pound packages. 554c; Improved corn. 6p64c Molasses New Orleans, 30340c; fair, 40c; choice, 42ü ISc. Salt I:i car lots, 95e; In small lots, Jl. Coffee Common to good, 20'u2ic; prime to choice, 22ö25c: fancy, 2(54fj274c: golden Rio. 274'i2yc; Java, 2'jUZQ c: Banner packages. 24;:4c; Arbuckle's, 24c; Lion. 24c; Jersey, 2ic Miscellaneous Rice, Louisiana, 364c; coal oil. 641 lo4c: beans, navy. $2.2i; medium. $2.20; marrowfat, $2. -i;2. Fruit nnd Vegetable. New Onions $2.502.75 per brL Potatoes J2.50 per brl. ucu"ntrs 5c per doz. Heans Pea t-eans, $2.2i per bu. Oranices California riversides. $3; California navals, $3..V; Messina, $3.50; mountain seedlings. 303.50. Red Plums $1.50 per 24-nuart crate. Apples ..ew. 3.Vff4fc per peck. Cabbage H.ü-X'il.75 per brl. Onions 6c per dozen. Cherries 2.50 per 24 quarts. Peaches SSiT.c 1-3 bu. Tomatoes kc per box. Watermelons tl2ru 15 per hundred; fancy, JlS20. S-veet Corn $2 per brl. Lemons Fancy. $5: choice. $4. Bananas Fancy, $11.50 per bunch. Pop Corn Pearl. 3c; r.ce. 34c Coeoanuts $5 per hundred. New Honey 20c. Green Beans 75c pr bu. New Potatoes $2.2512.50 per brl; new sweet potatoes. $1.60 per brl. IntlLAnn Pensions. Original Denton A. Fleming, John Fullerton, Sample C. Ryer, John Fahringer. Reissue George Ilapner, Frederick Sparcke. Original, Widows. Etc. Dorothy J. Livingston, Maria Hawkins. Martha Lightner, Mary Jane Marbry, Anna Rodibaugh. Elizabeth Atchason, Martha J. Rice. Zilpha M. Gregory (mother), minor of Frederick YVobler, minor of Barnabas J. Payne. ANNOUNCES! EN TS. 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