Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1892 — Page 7

HIS TOUR ENDS.

Dr. Talmage’s Farewell Sermon In London. Th* Spider Furnishes a Christian Object Lsiwn-It is Made the Theme of an Interesting Sermon. The text selected this week is from Proverbs xxx, 28, “The spider taketh hold with her hands and is in kings* .palaces.” Permitted as I was a few days'ago to attend the meeting of the British .Scientific association at Edinburgh, I found that no paper read had excited more interest than that by Bev. Dr. McCook, of America, on the subject of spiders. It seems that my talented countryman, banished from his pulpit for a short, time' by ill health, had in the fields and forests given himself to the fitudy of insects. And surely if it is not beneath the dignity of God to make spiders it is not beneath the dignity of man to study them. I We are all watching for phenomena. A sky full of stars shining from January to January calls out not so many remarks as the blazing of one meteor. A whole flock of robins take not so much of our attention as one blundering bat darting into the window on a summer eve. Things of ordinary sound and sight and occurrence fail to reach us, and yet no grasshopper ever springs up in our path, no moth ever dashes into the evening candle, no mote ever floats 'in the sunbeam that pours through the crack in the window shutter, no barrracle on ship’s hull, no burr on a chestnut, no limpet clinging to a rock, no rind of an artichoke but would tgacb a if we were ■not so stupia. {-'o'l his Bible sets forth for our contemplation the lily, and the snowflake, and the locust, and the stork’s nest, and the hind’s (foot, and the aurora borealis, and the ant hills. i In my text inspiration opens before us the gates of a palace, and we are inducted amid the pomp of the throne and the courtier, and while we are looking around upon the magnificence inspiration points us to a spider plying its shuttle and weaving its net upon the wall. It does not call us to regard the grand surroundings of the palace, but to a solemn and earnest consideration of the fact that “ The spider taketh hold with her hand and is in kings’ palaces. ” It is not very certain what was the particular species of insect spoken of in the text, but I shall proceed to learn from it the exquisiteness of the divine mechanism. The king's chamberlain comes into the and looks around and sees the spider on the wall and says, “Away with that intruder, ” and the servant of Solomon's palace comqs with his broom and dashes down the insect, saying, “ What a loathsome thing it is 1 ” But under microscopic inspection I find it more wondrous of construction than the embroideries on the palace wall and the upholstery about the windows. All the machinery of the earth could not make anything so delicate and beautiful as the prehensile with which that spider clutches its prey, or as any of its eight eyes. 1 Oh. this wonder of divine power that can build a habitation for God in an apple blossom, and tune a bee’s voice until it is fit for the eternal orchestra, and can to a firefly, “Let there be light;” and from holding an ocean in the hollow of his hand goes forth to'find heights and depths- and length and breadth of omnipotency in a dewdrapzaiid dismounts from chariot of midnight hurricane so cross over on the suspension bridge of a spider’s web. You may take your telescope and sweep it across the heavens in order to behold the glory of God; but I shall take the leaf holding the spider, and the spider’s web, and J shall bring the microscope to my eye, and while I gaze and look and study and am confounded, I will kneel down in the grass and cry, “Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty!" t God is not ashamed to do small things. He is not ashamed to be found chiseling a grain of sand, or helping a honeybee to construct its cell with mathematical accuracy, oy tingling a shell in the surf, or shap- j ing the bill of a chaffinch. What he does he does well. What you do, do | well, be it a great work or a small | work. If ten talents, employ all the ten. If five talents, employ all the five. If one talent, employ the one. If only the. thousandth part of a talent, employ that. “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.” I tell you if you are ■not faithful to God in a small sphere you would be indolent and insignificant in large sphere. Again, my text teaches me that re--pulsiveneffs and loathsomeness will sometimes climb up into very elevated places. You would have tried to have killed the spider that Solomon saw. You would have said: “This is no place for it. If that spider is determined to weave a web, let it do sodown in the cellar of this palace or in some dark dungeon’.” Ah! the spider of the text could not be discouraged. It clambered on, and up. higher and higher and higher, until after awhile it reached the king's vision, and he said, “The spider taketh Irold with her hands and is in'the king’s palaces." And so it often is now that things that are loathsome and repulsive get up into very elevated places. The church of Christ, for instance, is a palace. The King of heaven and earth lives io it. It is a glorious palace—the church of God is, and yet tometimes unseemly and loathsome things creep into it—rancor.

and evil speaking and slander and abuse, crawling up on the walls of the church, spinning a web fram arch to arch, and from the top of one communion tankard to the top of another communion tankard. Glori* ous palace in which there ought only to be light and love and pardon and Home ought to be a castle' It ought to be the residence of everything royal. Kindness, love, peace, patience and forbearance ought to be the princess residing there; and yet sometimes dissipation crawls up into that home and the jealous eye comes up, and the scene of peace and plenty becomes the scene of domestic jargon and dissonance. You say, “What is the matter with the home?” I will tell you what is the matter with it. A spider in the palace. Again, my text teaches me that perseverance will mount into the ■king's palace. It must have seemed a long distance for that spider to climb in Solomon’s splendid residence but it started at the very foot of the wall and went up on the pannels of Lebanon cedar, higher and higher until it stood higher than the highest throne in all the nations—the throne of Solomon. And so God has decreed it that many of those wbo are-down in the dust of sin and dishonor shall gradually attain to the King’s palace. We see it in worldly things. Who is that banker in Philadelphia? Why, he used to be the boy' that held the horses of Stephen Girard while the millionaire went to collect his dividends. Arkwright toils on up from a barber’s shop until he gets into the palace of invention. Sextus V toils on up from the office of a swineherd until begets into the palace of Rome. Fletcher toils on up from the most insignificant family position until he gets into the palace of Christian eloquence. Hogarth, engraving pewter pots for a living, toils up until he reaches'the palace of world renowned art. And God hath decided that though you may be weak of arm and slow of tongue, and be struck through with a great many mental and moral deficits, by His almighty grace you shall yet arrive in the King’s palace —not such a one as is spoken of m the text, not one of marble, not., one adorned with pillars of alabaster and thrones of ivory and flagons of burnished gold, but a palace in which God is the King and the angels of heaven are the cupbearers. A palace means splendor of apartments. There will be no common Ware on that table. There will be no unskilled musicians at that entertainment. There will be no scanty supply of fruit or beverage. There have been banquets spread which cost a million dollars each, but who can tell the untold wealth of that banquet? I do not know whether John’s description of it is literal or figurative. A great many wise people tell me it is figurative; but prove it Ido not know but that it may be literal. I do not know but that there may be real fruits plucked from the tree of life. I do not know but that Christ referred to the real juice of the grape when he said that we should drink new winejn our Father’s kingdom, but not the intoxicating stuff of this world's brewing. Ido not say it is so, but I have os much right for thinking it is so as you have for I thinking the other way. At any rate it will be a glorious banquet. Hark! the chariots rumbling in the distance. I reallj’ believe the guests are coming now. The gates swing open, the guests dismount, the palace is filling, and all the chalices, flashing with pearl and amethyst and carbuncle, are lifted to the lips of the myriad banqueters, while standing in robes of snowy white they drink to the honor of the glorious King. __ “Oh, ” you say, “ that is too grand a place for you and for me. ” No, it is not. If a spider, according to the text, could crawl up on the walls of Solomon's palace, shall not our poor souls, through the blood of Christ, mount up from the depths of their sin and shame and finally reach the palace of the eternal King ? “Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound, that whereas sin reigned unto death, even so may grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. " Oneflash of that coming glory obliterates ' the sepulcher. Years ago, with lanterns and ; torches and a guide, we went down in the Mammoth cave of Kentucky You may walk fourteen miles and see no sunlight. It is a stupendous place. Some places the roof of the cave a hundred feet high. The grottoes filled with weird echoes; cascades falling from invisible height to invisible depth. Stalagmites rising up from the floor of ths cave; stalactites descending from the roof of the cave, joining each other and making pillars of tl}o Almighty’s sculpturing. There are rosettes of amethyst in halls of gypsum. As the guide carries l]is lantern ahead of you the shadows have an appearance supernatural and spectral. The darkness is fearful. The guide after awhile takes you into what is called the “star chamber,” and then he says to you, “Sit here;” and then he takes the lantern and goes down under the rocks, and it gets darker and darker until the night is so thick that the hand an inch from the eye is unobservable. And Chen, by kindling one of the lanterns and placing it in a cleft of the rock, there is a reflection cast on the dome of the cave, and there arc stars coming out in constellations—a brilliant night heavens—-and you involuntary exclaim, “Beautiful!beautiful. Then he takes the lantern down in other depths of {he cavern and wan-

ders on and wanders off until hi comes up from behind the rocks gradually, and it seems like the dawn of the morning and it gets brighter and brighter. The guide is a skilled ventriloquist, anti he imitates the voices of the morning, and soon the gloom is all gone, and you stand congratutating yourself over the won: derful spectacle. Well, there are a great many people who look down into the grave as a great cavern. They think it is a thousand miles subterraneous, and all the echoes seem to be the voices of despair, and the cascades seem to be the falling tears that always fall, and the gloom of earth seems coming up in stalagmite, and the gloom of the* eternal world seems descending in the stalactite, making pillars of indescribable horror. The grave is no such place as that to me, thank God! Our divine Guide takes us dpwn into the great cavern, and we have the lamp to our feet, and the light to our feet, and the light to our path, and all the echoes in the rifts of the rock are anthems, and all the falling waters are fountains of salvation, and after awhile we look up, and behold! the cavern of the tomb has become a king's star chamber. And while we are' looking" at the pomp of it an everlasting morning begins to rise, and all the tears of the earth crystalize into stalagmite, rising up in a pillar on the one side and all the glories of heaven seem to be decending in a stalactite, making a pillar on the other side, and you push again the gate that swings between the two pillars, and as that gate flashes open you find it is one of the twelve gates which are twelve pearls. Blessed be God that through this Gospel the mammoth cave of the sepulcher has become the illumined star chamber of the King! Ob, the palaces! the eternal palaces! the King’s palaces!

What Is so Durable as Water?

Walla Walla Statesman. The proprietor of the Statesman has in his possession a rounded crystal of chalcedony three inches long, of an oval form, white and translucent. It is but a thin shell, and when held to the light is seen to be nearly filled with water, which flows about as the object is turned this way or that. What makes it interesting is that the water has undoubtedly been inclosed and hermetically sealed in this natural receptacle fur thousands and thousands of years. Probably it was there long before Moses was born, and yet not a drop of it has evaporated. Originally there was a cavity in the rock formed by a volcanic buble. Water percolated into it, bringing in solution silex, which was deposited on the walls of a little hollow in a coating of chalcedony. In time it would have been filled solid with beautiful crystals forming those “geodes," as they are called, which are nature’s treasure caskets found concealed in rocky formations where least expected, and revealing wonders of brilliant color. Agates are made in the same way. However, in this instance the small channel by which the water flowed in and out became closed up in some way, and so the process stopped. After a iapse of no one can tell how many centuries the stony mass containing the chalcedony chamber with its liquid conteuts was broken open and It fell out.

A Fine Legal Poiut.

Detroit Free Press, The tratnp was before the examining court for stealing a horse, “Guilty or not guilty?” asked the Court. “Not guilty, Yer Honor,” was the prompt response. “Weren’t you caught riding the horse?” “Yes, Yer Honor.” “No, Yer Honor.” “Or borrow him?” “No, Yer Honor.” “Then you must have stolen him.” “I didn’t Yer Honor.” “What do you call it, then?” “I don’t know, Yer Honor,” and the prisoner was puzzled. “It’s this way: I was goin' along the road and the horse was goin’ the same way, an’ I just got on him an’ rid him. Now, if I had got on him an’ rid him t’other way you might call that stealin’; but I didn’t. Now, what do you call it, Yer Honor?” The Court took it under advisement.

Is Our Sun a Dynamo?

Popular Electric Motor. As we look at the glowing carbon in an incandescent lamp, and know that it is possible for that hair-like filament to maintain its heat and brilliancy almost unchanged for more than one thousand hours, it is an object lesson for us. It is intense heat and brilliant light without combustion. When feeble man has beea able to so far unravel the mysteries ot heat and light as to accomplish this result, a suspension of judgment at least is called for on the part of our scientific leaders who hold to the theory that the heat of the sun must be derived from combustion, and predict that the time may come when the fuel will be exhausted. The light coming from the incandescent lamp is simply another form of motion. Is it not possible that He who sits on high os the ruler of all forces may utilize the motion of the rolling spheres as huge dynamos, and thus give us sunlight and heat, without combustion? The cocoon of a wclifed silkworm, it is said, will often yield a thread 1,000 yards long, and one has been produced which contained 1,295 yards. Insects are destroying whole forests in Virginia, and among other trees the famous pope’s pine. _

VIEWS OF A TENDERFOOT.

Our Western Letter—The Plains sad Bad Landa. MJ mmoth Hot Springs, Wyo., Sept. 6,1392. Dear Editor: My trip as outlinedlsas follows: Indiauapolis to Chicago, to St. Paul, to Yellowstone Park, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, San Francisco over the Shasta mountains, to Ogden, Salt Leadville, Denver, Pike's Peak, Kansas City, Chicago, Indianapolis. In the outset it must be understood that I pfrojMtsetogi vesuoh observations as impress me, a tenderfoot, and without regard to historical data or legends except as they may incidentally interest me and'the reader. All these points have been written about repeatedly and in an abler manner •nd more in detail than I shall treat them. I design before this series Ghali close to give information as to railroads and other like practical subjects as shall be of value to the reader contemplating a visit to the West. We are now at Hot Springs, Yellowstone Park, undoubtedly a wonder of the highest' magnitude. At every stopping place we have been preceded by telegrams fromrailroad managers, and who were under no obligations to do so, which have us the best accommodationsdt hotels, on sleeping cars and in tjiia wonderful park, and for which we are indebted to D. W. Janowitz, T. P. A. of the Northern Pacific and Wisconsin Central, I. D. Baldwin, D. P, A. of the Monon, and the general passenger agents of the roads first named, Mr. Charles S. Fee and Mr. Pond. Our party consisted of eight. We left Indianapolis Sept. 1, Chicago Sept. 2, St. Paul Sept. 4, While in Chicago we visited Lincoln Park and the World’s Fair buildings. At St. Paul, we also took occasion to visit Minneapdlis and readily concluded that these are two wonderful cities, with the last named in the lead as to the amount of business done, and St. Paul the gem of all other cities in compactness, neatness and cleanliness. 1 noticed that both cities bad comparatively few saloons, due to a high license law, it was claimed. We left St. Paul at 4:15 on the 4th. and after an ali night's ride found ou/selves at Jamestown. N. D., speeding westward. Fora short distance wheat fields were observed, growing fewer in number as we proceeded, until gradually the sight of growing grain' or growing farm products of any kind were not to be iven. We had entered the great plaina. To me these vast areas of waste land, extending for hundreds of miles in any' direction, were of absorbing interest. As one passes mile after mile of these lands he wonders why they should be permitted to lie in idlenesss, and then concludes that they ought to be productive. The oid traveler near you, however, tells you that that can never be, and here and there the vacant

house and often the partly cultivated field, impresses you that he speaks from a knowledge you do not possess. I could not, of course, penetrate any distance in either direction from the railroad, but my mental criticism was that the only salvation of this land was iu ii rigation and the growing of trees, either of which would change the atmosphere. This last necessity has been neglected in every instance where a farm has' been attempted. Houses, small, but respectable i« appearance, stand out in the glowing sun, with no apparent effort aver having beer, made to provide the luxury as shade nor the benefits growing trees and foiests give. Here and there die could - see where' the tree squatter had taken advantage of Government generosity by planting a row of worthless cottonwoods, which have now bepomeof a height varying from two feet up to six. These trees, however, were drilled as closely together a& corn is sometimes sown, and nc care was given them from the start. Probably these

trees cannot be made to grow; certain it is no fair test, if we are to judge frpm observation, has been given them. These plains are a boundless rolling sea, upon which nothing grows but buffalo grass and here and there the sage; and yet upon this grass subsist thousands of cattle. four or five car loads of which passed us bound mailketward on this day out. As one rides along he sees • constantly recurringfceries of small ihills and hollows -rather land waves—and he. recalls that but a few years ago Indian and buffalo were disputing for exclusive possession of these lands. Now, neither are to bo seen. The Indian is gathered to his fathers and reservations and the skeletons of the buffalo lie bleaching on the hills over which he roamed, the victim of English llunkeyism. We did «ee two Indian soldiers at Mandan, who, with a body of U. S. troops, were in that place to conduct the paymaster safely to Fort Yat.cs,Botae

sixty miles away. Soon after leaving Dickinson we entered the Bad Lends, so called. To oue, accustomed to plain clay hills, and very small ones, too, these lands were a feast to the eyes. They, extend for many miles. They consist principally of n succession of large fanciful sloped bills or buttes, and are composed of substances giving them a .undated uud oeuulilui appearance. Some of them were of a reddish hue, others of v-rious hues combined in stratas. In size they probably extended in’o he air 100 feet, others 200, and pru» au v others 400 or 500 feet. Ic»A 1 *-c-i estimate their cirt»jfercacc, pr Jt-.oiy covering usi reß > but so thickly st’, together as to render visica ■mpr<etruble for any dutouce. Tuey were of ail .dupec and sizes. Some of them Ifo eibly impressed us as being a ‘great leligLas saactuury with domes

and steeples, others of some ancient moss-covered castle with parapet and others imaginary and realistic pictures. Others were mere cliffs, fine and reflecting in the sunlight the beautiful hues of the rainbow. They are called “bad lands” and nearly every one who has seen them will call them well named. I desire to be entereiwhaying pronounced them beautiful lands and worth any man's time and money to see. In passing through these lands at one point we discover * a vast area covered with petrified logs, stumps, etc., etc. In one case a petrified stump standing over the railroad has a very lifelike appearance of a monster Newfoundland dog kindly keeping watch ever the valleys before him. When in reach of these fields, too, the young man who has been reserving his best story of the “Petrified bird sitting on the petrified limb of a petrified tree singing a petrified song, ” gets in hjs awful work, and there is a silence in these bad lands such as has not been “ heard " in centuries past. Many beautiful stories of heroism are associated with some of the buttes that compose these fields. For instance, “ Young Man’s Butte,” is so-called after the young soldier on picket duty who was surprised and tomahawked by a redskin. While the redskin was scalping, and almost Trith the expiring breath of the young soldier, he raised up, drew his revolver and snot the Indian dead. Both are buried on the butte, and a monument marks the spot. Sentinel Butte is so called from the fact that four soldiers were surprised and killed there by Indians. These bad lands extend for a long distance, and are absolutely worthless, except that they afford good grazing, and many herds of cattle there are who perambulate these hills. Every mile of the way was Of interest to me. In fact, after one enters these lands until he reaches Livingstone, Mont., the views, which are beautiful on both sides of the road, are a succession of delights. The towns along the great Northern Pacific are not in the gas belt, and probably this accounts for the small population. There are a few towns in capital letters on the railroad maps, and which may be important places, but if -so they are hiding their light under a bushel. The question that is always suggesting itself is, how in the world do these people get a living out here. A large prfrt of them are railroad employes. Others are in these towns to supply rangers with the necessities (whisky) and staff (bread) of life. There are no manufactories, with a very few exceptions, for a very good reason—there is nothing here of which to manufacture anything. Many of the “stations " as shown on the map, consist of two posts with a board extending across the top, with the name of the town upon it; At Pallen, at which place we arrived at dusk On the sth, we had the pleasure ol seeing - a dozen cowboys, and on the war path, too. They were on horseback, drunk, whooping, riding up and down alongside the train, shooting and making us all feel that it were better for us had we lived better lives. I was not only entertained by the sight presented by these untutored cattie rangers, but by the impressions of a German fellow passenger when he said that the sight was too important for them to forget, so he ordered his wife to put it down, which she, as a dutiful wife, did. More anon,

OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

London has over 700,000 houses inside its city limits. The lawyers get $658,000 of the $923,788 paid by the city of New Orleans to the Myra Clark Gaines estafeT Foim-fifths cf the engines now working in the world have been constructed during the last twenty-five years. There have been t wen tv seven coses of insanity in the Bavarian royal family dating the last one hundred years. Chinese paper currency is in red, white and yellow, with guilt lettering and gorgeous little hand-drawn devices. John is said to have written the gospel which bears his name at sixty, and the Book of Revelations at ninety five. The baby clothes made by Mrs. John Adams for her son, John Quincy Adams, will be oh exhibition at.the world's fair. Louisiana was named in honor of Louis XIV, of France, and was formerly applied to the French possessions in the Mississippi valley. Twenty-five per cent, of the women of England earn their own living. There are nearly 350 female blacksmiths in that country.

As a rule married men live longer than bachelors; yet out of everyone thousand persons in England more than six hundred are unmarriedPortsmouth, N. H., bears the proud distinction as the place where the first newspaper was established in this country. This was in 1756. Glass type is now used for printing. The jjlhss Is of the malleable kind, and the type is said to make clearer work and last longer tha» that made from metal. Cne of the natural curiosities & Asia is the Great Salt Desert of Persia. It is many miles in extent, and is a solid incrustation of salt several feet thick. ■' ■ Nearly all the small silver coins o! Cuba have holes in them. The holes serve to keep the coins in that uountry, os they do not affect theii changeable value there.

An epidemic of etiblera morbus Is reported at Fortville. Ina collection of relics belonging to Harvey Evans, of Raglesville, Is a pearl btiiton frbai Mad Anthony Wayne’s mat and a broad ax obtained at Valley Forgo In 1777. The Jefferson county grand Its present sitting, has returned seventeen hundred indietmeuts and Is still grinding away. The greater part are for liquor law violations. Frank Slate, near Goshen. Was examining his hay mow. he discovered the dead body of Jesse Ganger partially burled in the hay. Investigation developed that Ganger died of strichnine poisoning, taken with suicidal Intent. He was despondent over property claimed by other relatives. The deceased was twenty-five years old and umarrled. Among the old suits pending in Montgomery county is ono brought by the RevG. W. Swlbert agaist the estate of the late David Rondabush, claiming 110 for services at the funeral. While the court has not formally passed upon the claim, it Is intimated that, as the administrator had nothing to do with contracting the debt., no judgment could rest against him. This refers equally to the deceased. Henry Tow, trustee ol Marion township in Lawrence county, living about six miles from Mitchel), and a party to the noted Tow-Bass feud, being the man who had his lower jaw shot, away a year ago, and a man who has been made i target for more bullets than any other man In the country during the last three years perhaps, Iras at last met his fate. He was shot dead by Town Marshal Moore Tuesday morning, and has left no one, as faros known, besides Moore, to tell the circumstances of his death. Tow and Moore have been the best of frirads, and were ' tiio previous evening walking toget' :ar ■: l;i arm'. Moore hearing tifbws on ft stairway over W. A. Burton’s drug store, hastened out of his house to the place, and found a man In the dark passage way with an ax, battering the stairway and evidenfally trylngto gain entrance to the store. Seeing Moore he began to fire. Striking him In the hand. -Moore immediately returned the fire, sending five bullets into the body of Tow four of which went entirely through him. One entered the head and the others the heart and stomach, killing him Instantly. Moore at once gave the alarm and sent for the coroner, who lives near. While Dr. White was dressing the wounds some one recognized the dead 'man to bo Tow, Moore exclaimed: “My God! I would not have had that to happen for twenty thousand dollars.” * „ _ ... Even to this day certain communities of Buddhists and Mohammedans pray by the hour before their favorite - plant or flower. In India this species of worship seems to be most prevalent. There is, perhaps, no more curious place on the Pacific seaboard than Iquique, which was bombarded by the Chilean fleet last year. It stands in a region where rain has never been known to fall.

iNorANAPor.n. Sept 17. isjy XllquoUliom foi ludi»uatx>U« <rli«u aut awcilUt GRAIN. Wheat—No. 2 rod, 71c; No. 3 red, 65c; wagon wheat, 70c. Corn—No.lwhite, 51c; N 0.2 white.slc; white mixed, 48c; No. 3 while, 48.<c50c, No. 2 yolloyv, 4754 e; No. 3 yellow, 47e; No 3 mixed, 48C; No. 3 mixed, 47c: ear, 48c. Oats—No. 2 white, 36c; No. 3 white, 35c; No. 2 mixed, 32}<c; rejected, 32c. llay— I’imolhy, choice, <14.00; No. 1. 110.50; No. 2, $10.00; No. 1 prairie,<6.so; No 2, <6.50; mixed hay, <7.50; clover, 18.00. Bran <ll.OO per ton. Wheat Corn- OuU. , Bye* Chicago....... Jr*d 75'41 5154 34 ........ ClueiuuaU.... 3 ]••<; 73*4 51 85 SI St Louis 2 r'rt 77 ; 49 31>,4 SI ■New ■ Y-eeter.i-.-f r*< -M- —9T Baltimore.... , 7 7 54' 68 43 79 Philadelphia. Brd 77 so 39 Clover •-3 00 d, Toledo | ;8‘,4 5254 f» 5 70 Detroit, | wb 81 535» 39'4 .. Minneapolis., i 7254 „_.—■CATTLE.

W. H. LEEDY.

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INDIANA STATE NEWS.

THE MARKETS.