Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 22, 1888, Page 13

THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS. Wheat Trading Still Active But More Conservative. A SMALLER AREA BEING SOWN, Corn Rules Considerably Lower—Oats Quict But Steady—Much Interest Shown in Provisions—Hogs Remarkably Active. CHIOCAGO PRODUCE MARKET. Cmicaco, April 21.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.]—The temperature of the wheat pit was Jess feverish to-day than for the past week. There appeared to be but little trad- ing for outside account and the local element, left to itself, kept within close bounds, as is its custom of Saturday. The market had closed weak last night, and opened about 3¢ Jlower this morning, and soon declined from 3{c to %c more under offerings of holders who feared the drop would go still furthe At the decline, however, there was good buy- iug, local talent evidently working for a re- action, and it came. But at the top there was nobody to take wheat at the price, and the scalpers, in their efforts to.even up over Sunday, sold the market down again, until about half the early advange was lost. Tho holders of wheat and the wheat bears had but one incentive to sell to-day, and ' that was found in larger receipts of wheat in the northwest, where the movement had heen expected to ease up a little by this time. But there is no easing up in 188,000 bushels of wheat in one day at Minneapolis. Exports were better to-day but are still small. Itis expected that the visible supply statement will show a decrease of from 400,000 to 500,000 bushels. The bullish influences were rather better—cables, talk that former wheat bears had gone over to the other side and ‘were buying for a rise, and crop news, This last, as far as the winter wheat belt is con- cerned, does not change much in_character, but it gathers intensity from day to day. Nearly all, if not all, the commission houses have reports of great damage to winter wheat and general newspapers are printing reports of that kind. by the column. The wheat bears think that all this damage has been discounted, and has had its resnlt in the advance in prices already gained. An- other kind of crop news, however, is only now becoming (mp(n tant, and that is from the spring wheat seeding in the northwest,which reports now indicate will be considerably de- creased in amount on account of the lateness of the season. As an offset to big receipts of grain in the northwest, the report of a repre- sentative of a large harvester manufacturer of this state was given. He said that their eighty-four agents through Nebraska, Min- nesota and Dakota reported the amount of wheat now remaining in farmers’ hands less than they had ever known at this season. Seeding was also much later than last year. hlny wheat opened at 81lge, sold down to 037, by the oficial quotations, but _transac- tions must have been small at that figure, as most traders guve 80%c as the low price, then ndvanced to S13{c, fell to 81%fc, sold up 815¢c, then down to and closed at 813{@S13c. June wheat opened at 82%gc, sold at 813 10 52%c, back to and closing at 823 @s: Large receipts and the increased p tion of corn of contract grade were the weak- ening factors in the corn market this morn- ing, particularly in the May delivery, which opened just 16 under yesterday's closing price, This was the bottom price for the day, however, as strong partics were taking all that was offered at that figure. From 1{@!gc higher, however, the market ruled quite steady for some time, The selling did not appear to be for short account so much as by the longs, who in_a slowly droppmng market despaired of doing better. That it was not short selling was seen when two Tocal scalpers bid the price of May corn up from bdlsc to bile without getting much grain. In trying to scll what they did get, howeuer, they ran the price down e quité as quick as they had put it up but found no buyers on tho way dow In the cash market, there was & good demand for corn £.0. b. tnd_for lower grades in store. May corn opened at bic, advanced to 5iide and fluctuated between that price uml e for some time, thon advanced to doie, dropped to and closed at June_corn B L B e tB3I4C, Up 10 5 and closed at 544e. Phe speculative trade in oats was quiet, with a very slight change in prices. May outs opened und clom«l at 8137c, selling down at one time to 313 @315, June onts opened at 313¢c, sold at 813ge, up to and closing at 315¢¢. July outs opened and closed at 81izc, ranjzing from Jthat price to_ Slic. August, outs runged from 9Sige to 28%¢, opentig und closing ut former pric Provisions claimed considerable attention. Lard. however, again led in interesi and ac- tivity,sthough short ribs were traded in quite frecly, and pork was by no means negiected, The lutter article was also well held and at the adjournment showed a_decline of 23 from lust night's final ) S were confined to narrow limits in - their fluc- tuations and rested unchanged to a shade lower, In lard the buiyng of English houses ‘was the feature of the trade, They bought on bulges and breaks, and with a good follow- ering they controlled the '8 actual advance inlord 3gc. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Cmiesco, April 81.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.] -Carie—Tho light run of to-day was sold ut an early hour, and one or two buyers wore left with their orders not filled. "Phere were a few lots of Texans on sale that were disposed of at satisfactory prices. Butchers' stock was rather scarce and mak- ing more money than last week. This is owing to the light run_of Texans. Shippers should keep in mind all the time that the run from Texas is liable to increase any week and at first the increase of native butchers’ stock and [eanning stock must sell lower, Tho stocker and fecder trade has ruled ex- tremely dull for a week and presented no en- couraging features to-da calyes con- tinue to arrive in large number, ard prices are ruinousiy low. Steers, 1350 to 1500 1bs, $4.50@5.00; 1200 t0 1350 1bs, $1.10@4.00; 950 to 1200 1bs, $3.70@4.15; stockers and feeders, L.(gl'l] Cows, bulls and mixed, $1.65@ 05 bulk, $80CKE00; Toxas grase’ atéors, 3 JU COWS, Hloas—We have had a remarkably active market considering the sudden and unex- pectod inerease in supply. From Monday to Veduesday values dropped 25@i0e, und there the decline was checked; from Wednesdny until_to-day thero has been a quict but substuntial udvance until the loss of the early part of the week has been nearly regained, Lost heavy malking §.05@5.75, and the best mixed #.50@5.60, vzith assorted butcher weights at §5.02)4@5.6 Light sorts were scarce and but few wanted; nominal at ®.50@5.3 for 100 0 170 averuges, Closely assorted Lght sold ut § 2025, LI\'I& BI‘OLK. Chicago, April 81.—The Drovers' Journal seports as fOllow Jattle—Receipts, steers, §1.70H.00; 69,95 i cow 8.70; Texas cattl 3 Hogs—Receipt Be lower; mixed, 2,000; market strong; “stockers and_feeders, 1s and mixed, $1.65@ £2.1214@83.40, 000 wmarket slov; and 5as85; b .50 n\ull.w weatern, $5.00@0.50 lanibs, 5.50@7.00 per Kansas Oity, April 21 = ceipta, B00; shipimients, nono; et quict and steady; good to choice corn-fed, #4.20@ 4.00; cowmon to medium, §3.25@4.20; ers, uw@)w feeding ' stecrs, cows, §1.50@3.00. Hogs- »'llu.mmn, 5,000; &l markét steady for common; common skips and pigs, §.55@ National Bjunk \ rds, Louis, April 2 shipmen heavy na native stee W5 butchers' stecrs, mediviu b piliy, 82006450, siocsers and natives, $1.00@6.00, Texaus, §3.2(b.i head. pments, unone; 50 lower for Choice, $1.75@5.0; Eest St u |u feeders, falr to good, $2.10@3.80; rangers, ordinary to good, $2,25(@4.00, Hogs—Receipts, 400; shipments, 1,800; market strong; choice ‘heavy and butchers’ sele 50@5.85; packing, medium to choice, #5.90@5.50; light grades, ordinary to best, $5.15@b.40, FINANCIALL New Yorg, April 21.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Srtocks—The stock market to-day was active, sales being 155,304 shares, The bulls had full control and held the market firmly but did not advance prices with any degree of rashness, net gains frang- mg from 1 to 1%, Manbattan having the lead. Coal stocks were strongest, Reading advancing %. The bank statement showed an increase in the reserve of £3,370,875, tnd a decrease in loans of $3,014,600. The latter was not regarded as a good feature, as it in- dicates a lighter demand for money. ~Q@overnment bonds were YESTERDAY'S QU o, . Bdsregistered, 124%(C. & T8.48 coupon.. . 124 ‘ o pmem-d U.8. 4l4sregistred. |m~. N.Y.Central . U.8 115 cony mu .uru‘u N. Pacific s of ' 12144 | Canada fiumlu\m M‘4 l’l"""' Mail Central Pacific. . D. C B! I‘nllmnn l‘llllC\‘ ax ll 1 JII““. Readin, l ... 1204 Rock . L1838t L, &8, F L2 | dopre ‘mrl . Biglo, nf‘n St. Paui.. a v;w (Io, |yrerern'd do preferred "2‘& Tllinols Central 112 LB &W UmouPncmc L 51 S g do iy W, _asigl Michigan Cent: Missouri Pacific. = Missouri Pacific. . Y Qo preferred. Moxey 0N CaLi—Ensy at 11@2 per cent; lnst loan 134 per cent; closed offered at 2 por cent. RIME MEROANTILE PAPER—5@7 per cent, STERLING EXCHANGE—Quiet and firm at $4.8014 for 60 day bills; $4.88}¢ for demand. PRODUCE MARKETS. rl‘f«rrm 3 + Telograpii. , April 21.—Following are the prices: rm: winter wheat, in sacks, i ; inbbls, 82.75@4.40; spring wheat, In sacks, #1.75@3.85; in bbis, $.50@4.50; rye flour, ' sacks, 2,70@2.00; in bbls, ' §2.00 When(.—()]mnod casy and @%c lower, closed Jee below yesterdays cash, S03{c May, 81 l‘»ll»c' June, 815¢e, Corn—Moderately 'active but unsettled; opened excited about 1o under yesterday and closed 3¢ lower than yesterday ; cash, 5875c; ) June, b4 i-16c. 0. :s—Moammm active and easier; May, Ohica, oy~ Primo Timothy .60, Flax-sced—§1.45. Whisky. Pork—Fuir trading; and closed 5@10¢ lowe @126 Tune, $LL17 Lard—Advanced provoment was well June, $8.1214(@ fluctuated slightly cash and Moy, §14. (@14.20. Z@ide, and the im- ipported ; cash and May, Dy Saleed. Montg oulders, $5.75@0.00; short clear, $7.80@ short ribs, §7.30. Butter — Unichanged; creamers’, $0@250; @2 u.lum;:cfl full eream cheddars, flats, 10}4@107%¢c; young Amer: Eggs—Unchanged; fresh, 12}3@13c. Hides — um.m.ml- green hides 41{c; heavy green salted, bige; light green salted, 6c; salted bull, 41¢o; groen bull, Bles green salted ealf, Sc: dry flint and dry eal, 13@1303 dry salted, 10¢; deacons, 0 “Tallow—Unchan; 2,4){c; cake, 434 Flour, bbls Wheat bu Country, 5@ ¢ per 1b, 1{u(‘cl|ltl Shipments. )00 17,000 64,000 3,000 9,000 " ay, 5015c. Oats—Lower; Lash 896; May, 503 Pork—§14.50. Lard—§7.50. Whisky— -$1.00, Butter—Firm; creamery, 20@25c; dairy 18@? Cln(,lnnnlL A]ml 2 demand; No. 2 red, SSc. ht (knmnd and weaker; No. 2 nd easicr; No. 2 ~Wheat—TIn light mixed, $@ —Actiy Milwaukee, 3 May, Lower; ‘\' O'nxs——l)nll' No 2 wh April 21— Wheat— Steady; Junic, S03e. Minneapolis, April 21, 0 cars; shipments, 49 cars; prices sime yesterda Clos| No. 1 hard, May 1 northern, ‘\lll} 2 northern, May, 76l track—No. 1 bLard, 81} ern, T8@70c; No. 2 northern, Flour m; patents, in Sacks to ship in car lots, #4.204.40; in barrels, $4.40@4.55. New York, April 21.—Wheat—Receints, 1,100; exports, 3 cash grades a shade lower; options ' wi but broke early %@sce. lator doclined J{@se more, sul sequently strongthencd 350 5, closing firm Ln}.xu ded red, U5 {@V7c; No, 2 red, 95¢ f. . in_store and _elevator, 0}{@ 9014¢ delivered; May closing at 933¢c. Corn—Receipts, 17,000; exports, s]mt o uh.nlccu«wl and dull; options dec lined cly, later to near the close of yes- g off firm : ungraded, 6614 @0Sc; i5¢; No. 8, LNK‘@US,"‘, nominal in store; Muv ‘closing at 63l Oats~Itecoipts, 45,000 oxports, 73; mixed a shade lower; \\'hllu, nlu(\d; mixed west- "white Western, 42@4c. ern, 86@40c Coffee—Spot, fair; Rio quict at £14.25; op- tions opened 106 points lower, later reacted 20@30 points and closed firm; sales, 87,000 bags; April, #11.00@11.80; May, $10.90 @11.25; June, §10.50@10.50; July, §10.05@ 10.80; August, $0.80(w10.05, Petrolenm—United closed strong at 86%c, Eggs—1irm aud in fair ingu western, 183 (@14}, i'kaqnn and fairly active; mess quoted l\}.‘ilu{)d((l 25 for new; §14.50@14.75 for old. Lard—QGaived ¢@12 points, closing with a reuction of 2(14 poiluts; western steam, spot, §5.40, 16 Butter—Steady, but quict; Quiot aud weak; western flat, 111§ On 1 north- western, Cheese— @11 #e, Kansas City, Aprll 21, —\\'hont Steady; No, 2 soft, cash, 801¢c; May, 80c bid, Corn—Steady; No. cm,h, 46)4c asked; 46105 June, 461¢c bid. 1 21,—Corn-—Easier; white, 65¢, Corn \lcdl‘Quwl al'$2.80, THog Products—Steady with fair demand, Pork—§14.» Lara X houlders, $6.20; long clear, —Wheat — Quiet rato; Cali- centul; red and steady ; b foruia No.'1, moderately; ital, UMA\HA l4l\ o nlll(.‘. Uxi0x S10ck YADs, 60, m. Saturday, April 21, 1888, As usual on Saturday the receipts of were light, ‘The market opened a little lior than usual aud was quite brisk for a time, about everything being sold. The prices paid wero 1o most cases 100 higher llmn yes- :\I\lal\ & market. S1T0CK. was & fair ship- ut to take the surplus. le coutinue in ratler light r quest, aud do not seil as readily as tidy little cattle, Hoge. d with liberal roceipts of & over sovonty loads on sale, cases the best loac of heav hogs sold ai about steady prices, tho general wiarket on that g was 4 shade lower. Mixéd bogy ‘were fully 5c lower and lighi hogs 5@10c lower. ward about accepting the The market was a little inclined to be slow, salesmen being back- decline, but the hogs were all sold before the close, Sheep. There were a few here, but there was noth- ing doing on the mnrkc( The following i8 a table of prices paid in this market for the grades of stock men- tioned. Prime stoors, 1300 to 1500 1bs. J84.20 Prime steers, 1100 to 1300 Ibs. . 3. Fat little steers, 900 to 1050 1bs, 8. Common to choice cows. .. Common to choice bull Fair to choice light hogs. Fair to choice heavy hog Fair to choice mixed hogs. . 200 vees 200 . 4 @1 50 50 @5.10 @5.35 @s. Itepresentative Sales. CATTLE, 21 steers 1 steer, 55 steers, 11 steers 18 steers Av. 1620 .1630 &888E333 4. 4 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 5. Av. Shk. Pr. 254 N\l{‘w Lave Svock Sold. Showing the numbor of healof stock sold to the leading buyers on the market to-day. Omaha Packing Co. Armour & Cudahay P, C G. H. Hammond & Co. E. L. Speculators. ... ‘Armour'C, Packing Co J.E. Hunt & Co. T, Carlin.. G. H. Hammond & Co Hogs Packed. Special reports to the Cincinnati Price Current show the number of hogs packed from March 1 to date and latest mail dates at the undermentioned place s, compared with responding time last icaio nees Gity Omaha St. Louis.. . Indianapolis Cincinnati. Milwaukee. .. Cedur Rapidy Cleveland Nebraska Ottumw; Live Stock Ord, came in to-day to look J. E. Hale, over the market. Notes. Among those who marketed hogs w. Parks Bros. & Ci Ja 0., Ord. John Wiggins, the well % Long, Stromsberg, with a 1oad of 254-1b hogs. topped the market known shipper of Columbus, was in with stocl Three loads of the 13 with & Quinn cat- tle, fed at Chapman, sold on the market. C. F. Way, of the firm of Way & Munn, came in from Ord with four loads of cattle. Shelton was repr George Meisner, the well shipper. J. M. Bennett, of the firm Benaett, Hoag, cattle and hogs. nted at the yards by known banker and of Scheve & was in with a load each of Hale & Berryman, of Cordova, marketed a load of cattle and a load of hogs. Mr. Berryman came in to look after the ship- ment. From March 1 to date Omaha has made a in over last year acked of 17,000, in the number of hogs During the same time us City hias fallen oft 5,048, —— OMAHA WHOLE! LE MARKETS. Produce, Fruits, Nuts, Etc. Saturday, April 21, Thefollowing quotations are wholesale and not retail. are the rates at. this marke requiring Prices quoted on produce phicl round lots are sold on Fruits or other lines of (oods ra Labor i packing cannot al- ways be supplied on outside orders at the same prices quoted. for the local trade. Rates on flowr and feed are johbers' prices. Prices on_grain are those paid by Omaha millers delivered. chandise ar and are corrected dailyy. ers, ches, cte., are those manufacturers. BurE—Fancy 25@20c with solid packed country butter 17@}8c, inferior quality. EaGs—Strl OsTEK PLAN —00c per doz. stuft 12 treamery 2A@2e, 15e, AL quotatlons on mer- btained from le ding howses Prices on crack- glven by leading roll hulIAr at” 21 @ commo ac unhm; to tly fresh 11@ —S¢ per pound —$3.00 per bbi. RIUBARE & ONI0N; per 1b, Native stock, 81.50@1.75, Spanish per bux of 5 1bs #1.75@2.00, l,ullt'ulnm on- 1b. Choice home grown, Utah and Colorado stock, rades, &' pou live chickens, & g@l1e per ib; g Cue [ull ereal BANA bunch; choic TuRNIF ver bushel. LM Dates—Persair Savk Kiaur— 5,005,005 3 bbl., of ’il gal. , $3.00(@3.50, 4,00 ER—C| lmn‘l\' Michigan cider, $4.5 al, per bbl. of Porcox @e per 1b. $2.25@2.50 pe —Rutabagas, 50@60c; ~§3.50(@4.00 per 3470 per 1b, $1.10@ No dressed fow] in the market; 1,00 per doz; turkeys, X0(@10.00 per doz. am, 1514c, As—Common medium, $2.50@8.00 per white, 40c box, per bbl. of 82 gal. 4.50; $11.00 per bbl. @0.50 ce corn is quoted at 8 other kinds, 2} o per Lb. ©bbl; new stock, -New stack, $3.00@3.50 per bbl, Caunaces—$1 per doz. for native stock and 81g@ic per 1b. for California, JAULIFLOW ER—Good stock, §2.50@2.75 per dozen. Ees—California I(wornulu 8.15@ Angeles, $.00 75; California cake 10¢ per lb. raw Brazil nuts, nuts, 15@18c; filbarts, 15¢; pecans, 15, Hoxry--16@16" foF 1 1b frames; canned honey. 10@12¢ per 1ib, Panstey—80c per dor. GRERN ON10N 84350 AspARAGUS—22¢ STRAWBERRT S@10 per box. Cucumnens—81.00 per dozen for choice. Lrerruce—40c pet doz, CrrLery—California stock, $1.50 per doa isis —40c per dor. v BEANS —$6,00 per bu, sEN PEAS—&4.00 per bu, A ToR8 - 4,00 nef B, Grocers' List. Rerrxen Lann-Tierce, 73c; 40.1b_square cans, %05 50-1b round, 7ic; 20-1b round, gos " 161p’ pails, 8%c; 51b pails, 83c; 8-1b Dails, Sigo Syhups—New Orleans molasses, per bbl., A7@46c per gal.; corn syrup, 85¢; half bbln, 87c; 4 gal. kegs, §1.55; sorghum 8sc, Provisioxs—Hams, 10%@10%c; breakfast bacon, 101¢@11c; bacon sides, Sg@sd{c; dr: salt, Tigei@iige; shoulders, 6ig@rc; dried beef, 10a@11c, rs—Medium in bbls, 8.75; do in half 3.40; small in bbls, '#.75; do in half bbls, .00 gherkins, in bbls, §7.75; do in half bhls, $4.40. CixxEp Goops—Oystors, standard, per { strawberries, 2-1b, per’case, rnwbcrrlcn, 21b, per case, #3.00(@ 3,103 Lul fornia pears, per case, 04,803 appricots, per case, $1.90@4.40; peaches, per case, $.00@5.75; Whito cherries, per case, £0,00; California plums, per case, §4.50@4.60] blueberries, per case, §2,20@2. 407 egg plums, 2.1b, per case, 82.50;pineapppies, 21b per case, £.20@5.70; 111b salimon per doz, $1,85(@1.053 21b gooseberries, per case, $3.5 21b string beans, per case, #1.76@1.80; 2-1b Lima Dbeans, per case, 1.65; 21b marrowfat poas, §2.00@2.70; 21b early June peas, per case, $3.85: 31b tomatoes, $2.40@2.50; 2-1b corn, $2.80@3.40. JELLIES—80-1b pails, $1.95@1.50. Sav7—Per bbl. in car load lots, $1.80. Rore—Seven-gixteenthis, 103{@11c. Crnr_Mized, b@llo: Mick, vané. HoLLAND HERRINGS. dTlc per Mabih SuaAR-Ericke, 135go per 1b. | ponny cakes, 18@14e per 1b, Brooys—Extra, d-tie, $2.60; No. 1, $2.005 No. £1.75; heavy stable, 4.0 Srancii—Mirror gloss, d(c; Graves' corn, 0103 Oswego gloss, 7c; Oswego corn, 7, ‘EAs—Japans, 20@obe: gunpowder, 20@ %c; Young Hyson, 23@sc; Oolong, 20@ Bowper Axp Sitor—Shot, §1.45; buckshot, $1.30; Huzard powder, £.00; half kegs, .75} one-fourths, §1.50; blasting kegs, §2.85; Iuscn, 100 ft., 45@75e. Sugan — Granulated, Jamge; eont. A : white extra C, %ulu*gc extra C, oy 'yellow C, b3g(@bge; cut loaf T9@ ; powdered, D@ ‘New Orleans, 5% v doz. <~ Fresh’ Florida, Ordinary grades, 16@17c; fair, 17@18c; ]\rlmL 18@10%c; fancy green nml\(‘l« low, 22@2¢ oln\gnurnmcut Java, 28 interior Javi, 25@23c; Mocha, 25G@80c; bucklo's roasted, 19%¢c; McLaughlin's XXXX, 10%c; Dilworth's,’ 10i4c; Ked Cross, 103g0: alaroma, 1937c. opExwARE—Two-hoop pails, per dor, £1.40; three-hoop pails, $1.65: No. 1 tub, $6.75, No. 2 tub, 86.75; No. 3tub, &.75; washboards’ $160: fancy vushboards, #3.50: assorted bowls, $2.75; No. 1 churns, $0.50; churns, $4.50; No. 8 churns, 7. tubs, $1.70 Ar 01 Mechanics’ Delight, Meyer’g Star, 45¢; Cornerstone, mond’s Horseshoe, 45c; J. T., 42c; Sorg's Spearhead, 45: Cattin's Meerschaum, 8ic; Catlin's Old Styla, 230} [’|||or Heidsicl, 64c Sweet Tip Top, 3¢ U. N. 0., 17c; Red, White and Blue, 18¢, Crackrns, CAxEs, Erc.—Prices suh)Cctw change. Soda, fie; Soda (city goods), soda snowflake (in 'tins), soda dand, 5ige: soda wafers(in tins), 10¢; soda zephyr, 8¢3 city oyster, 6ljc; excelsior, 7c: farma oyster, gom_ oyster, monitor, 7c; ; pear! 5e; snowdrop oyster, (7o Sc! Omaha butter, 76: saw tooth butier, 63 e cracker meal Bifei graham, Se; granam wafers, 10¢; graham Wafers n_pound s, 193¢c; hard bread, 5e: milk, 7 I, Sc: out meal wafers, 10c; oatmeal wa- fors {n pound paekages, 12}¢c: animals, 12c; or ginger(round), cam,Sc;Cornhill, 10c; cracknells, 10c;’ frosted cream, Siicl ginger snaps, Be; ginger snaps (et de home made ginger snaps, in boxes, 1sc; home mado ginger _snaps b cans) per dozen, 2,50 lemon creams, S¢: pretzels (hand made) 11ic’ assorted cakes and jumbles, 11153 as- sorted fingers, 15¢; afternoon tea (in tins), per box $7.00; banana fingers, 14c; butter jumbles, 113g¢; Brunswick, 15c; brandy snaps, 150; chocolate drops (1ow) 1ic; choco- Iatd wafers, 15c; Christmas lunch_ (in tins) per dozen, £4.50; cocon taffy snaps, 14¢; coffee eake, 12¢; Cuba jumbles, 11ige; cream puffs, 30c; 'egg' jumbles, lic: ginger drops, 1lc} honey jumbles, 113¢¢; jelly fingers, 15¢; ‘Jelly wafers, 15¢; jelly tart (new), 15c: 'lady fing- anilla bar, 14c; vanilla wafers, 14c; Vienna wafers, 1 dozen packages in a box, per dozen, £2.50. All goods packed in cans 1c per 1b, advance except, snowflake and wafer soaa, whichare v in_cans. Soda in 2 Ib. and 3 1b. paper boxes, ge per 1b. advance; all other goods 1 per' 1. advance. Soda in 1 1b. paper boxes, 1c per Ib. advance. The 2 b, boxes in cases holding 18 in a case, The 31 boxgs ave packed in cases holding 12 in The 1 1b. boxes are packed in cases 86ina case. One b, Graham and wafers pacied 2 doz. in a case. Show tops for boxes, with glass opening to show goods, 78c. Cans for wafer soda, not returnable. Cans for snowflake soda, $6 Tin cases with glass face to display , The each. No charges for pa except for caus and returnable cases. front tin cans and *‘snowflake” soda cans arc returnable at prices charged. ey Dry Goods. PRINTS— Corons — Atlantic Slater, bigc; Berlin oil, PIND AND RoBEs i River Poin Steel River, Rictimond, Ge; Pacliic, (g, Ixpigo Bi Wuuln-m!nn 4< Century, digo biue prints, 12¢ Arnol (.ohl Seal, 101 ——(.lmrh,r Onk 3 R 4} e Allen, 6c; : 3 Eddystone, 6 N Suee Atlantic H, 4- Atlantic P,'4-4, 6 Aurnm LL, 4- rora C, -(«l, 5e;' Crown XXX, 4- 1, C3 sier Ll;, 4-4, 6c; Indian lloml 44 Lawrence LI, 4.4 l, 6e; Old Dominion, 4- 4, ge; Pepoerell, R, 4-4, 7Tijc; F c; Peppe 11,»4 181gc 21¢ Pépper Wachusett, b Aurora R, 44, B30, anaard, 9e; Gem, lm-; llumny. Byone, 14c; 13, cased, $3.50. Wanp—1ibb, white, col- ; West t, "Join. 13 Checks 10}4e; 19¢; West Point 29 in, § 0z, 10! in. 10 0z., 121503 West Pol t Point 40 10, 11 0z,, 16¢ Jaledonia’ XX, Ois, 91 —Memorial, 15¢; Canton, Hercules, 18¢; Leaming ttswold, 2730, vehs' B, 6} bie Seonomy, 914¢ KENTCCKY ) 2s¢; Durham, lnn. 3. C e vens' A, 7ige; bleachied, 8ige; Dleache i bleached, 10} ed, T3 Summs' SRT, 3 s—Table ol _cloth, §2.83 mn Ilull.md \‘(A th 9ige; Dado llolluml 5§06, 00 235,00, — White, $1.00@7.50; colored No. 60, 914 00, 43¢ of Loom, ]’hil]! D catn dale, 42 i“v 64, 16¢ l wn‘n 1, 280 l'4|)]n| n 104, 95c nton, 44, Sie; (uulun 44, e, 1rmm|rl|, 6o; Wamsutta, le; Valley, e GINGHAM— A e cloth, Fruit Hope, Bc Lonsdale, 11} ks, 734 Normand dn 5 Whittendon dress, 815c} S nu. 12}4c; Lew | 'y nurml\k Thorndike 120, Sordis, No. 5, §14¢ Cs Amoskiea, 1, d-oz., 160; York, 7oz, 18c; Haymalker, , XX, 113c; Jnfluy XXX, o3 ‘reek, AA, 1 er Creek, un, 20c; Goshen o5 Mago Cily, No! 3,;. B, \ Auawan, Sd-in, 193¢0 HA'F, % Wi \lc -G H N hee No. Quwhcu!\u 4 5 wdsor, 2060; Ked Bith 2loy GG 24 uuh 273 4 XC," lM 4l ) R p xw almonds, Tarzagona, 22¢; Eoglish \v.uv] Cortox l’l.uml.v-)u pu um. Lrade dis- connt—LL, 6%0; CC, Tife; §S 8i¢e; Nameo- Joss, 5‘{0, No. 5, 60i EF, 0403 4G, m'«" xx fil‘c oa 14c; NN, 16e; RX, 180; R, 80, 10143 60, 1210, 80, 16c} 30, Solored. 100, 50, colored, 70, ‘colored, 2c; Bristol, 13}c; Umonllclflc‘ 180 General Markots. Frovr AND FrEn—Minnesota patents, $2. 4'5 @32.50 per cwt; Kansas and Missouri fan Winter patonts, §3.50@2.55 per ewt; Nebrasks patents, §2.45@@9.50 per cwt; rye flour, §2.00 per cwtiwheat graham 1. 0 per oWt rye graham, $1.851.40 per cwt; New York buck- ‘wheat, £.50 per cwt; Excelsior, £3.00 per cwt ready raised, 5,00 per 100-1b case; cornmeal, \l-llow. $1.00@1.10 per cwt; white #1.10@1 |-') per cwl; bran, $16.00@17.00 per ton; screen- ings, $12.00 per ton; hominy, $3.25 per bbl: chopped feed, $18.00 per ton; chopped corn, £16.50@17.00 per ton LEATHER—Onk _soles, 85@37c; hemlock slaughter sole, 21@30c; homx.u-k dry sole, 13 @25c; heml: . & B. runner Kip, H0@75 ’ Iv 00c@$1.00; A. A. 'hemlock calf, “backs, 7be; hemlook upper, 19@e; English grain upper, 250; hemlock grain upper, 21@2e; Tampico 13. L. Morocco, 2H@33¢ ; l'nmphn prl\pll‘ 0. D. Mo., 2‘.!:?‘.)1“" l. 0.D, 0., §2.7 id, X. M. knngnr(m. W0c;, Amorioan calf kid, 5 ids, §.00(@3,50; French glazed kids, ) “rench calf kids, $8.20; oal kip Sking, 800a81.00; ok calf skins, $1.0001.5 Trranch oall. shins, 81.owndnse French ki sking, $1.10@1.50; Russitt linings, $6.00@0.50 per doz.; pink cream and white linings, @000 bér don.; colored toppings, $.00@ Extnors-Sandorson's ofl bergamot, por 1b., $#2.75@3.00; oil lemon, per Ib., $2.50; o peppermint, $3.003 oil wintergreen, ce.so; olive oil, Malaga, per gallon, $1.25. WiNDOW GLass—Single, 70 per_cent and 5 per cent; double, 70 and 10 per cent discount. PAIxTs—White lead, pure, 6i5c; white lead, fancy, lgc; putty, in bladders, 8c; Paris white, 8¢} common, 21¢c; red lead, 7. Orrs—Carbon, 17 dogrecs 1ic; linseed, boiled, 60c; Hnucud raw, bm, cnnwr No. 1 10, sperm whale, ' 81,003 whais wnlur, \flemncd 8oy flnh bank, 85c; neatsfoot extra, 65c neatsfoot No. 1, b0c; gasoline, ’fidckrocs, 150; W. 8. Jard, 65c} No. 1 lard, 50c; No. 2 lard, 50 @5be; W. Va. zero, 14c; W. Va, summer, 12c; olden No, 1, 40c; golden No. 2, 25c; whale, 20c; naptha, 1 degroe, 14c; headlight, 150 degrees, 12¢; headlight, 175 dogree, 163 tur- pentine, 48c; castor, pure, §2.45 ver gal. Duuas—Acid, carbolic, crystal, per 1b, 50c; citric acid, per Ib, 60c; tartaric, por 1b, b0c; sulphuric, per 1b, 5¢; ammonia, carb, per 1b, 15c; alum, per ib, bo: alcohol, 5. per cent, per gal, $2.26; blue vitric, per Ib, 8c; borax, refined, per ib, 10c; camphor refined, 80 cream fartar, pure, per Ib, 45c; eream tartar, commercial, per 1b, 20c; cloves, per 1b 8dci cuttlefish bone, per lb 80c; dextrine, per b, 15c; elycorins, pure, pos. 1b, 80c; hops, fresh, per ‘b, 40¢; indigo, Madras, per Ib, 80c; insect powder, per_Ib, 60c; morphine, P.'& W. per oz $300; opium, per 1b, 3.00; quinine, P. & W., per oz, 61¢; qui- nine, German, per oz, 56c; rochelle salts, per 1b, 85¢; saffron, American, per 1b, 40c; saf- fron, truc Spanish, per oz, $1.00; saltpetre, pure, por Ib, 1og;. sulphur, Rlowers), per b, ; soda, bicarb, per 1b, e; silver, 'nitrate, per b, $11.50; spormm‘elt‘. per 1b, 60c; !(r)dmmo, per oz, $1.25; wax, whllc pure, per Ib, 55¢3 wax, yellow, pure, per Ib, 35c. Sprnirs—Cologne spirits 188 proof, $1.14; do 101 proof, $1.i7; spirits, second quality; 101 proof, $1.1; do 188 proof, $1.13; alcohol 188 proof, per wine gallon, $2.12; redistilled whiskies, §1.25(@1.50; gin bien BO@2.00; Kentuclybourbons, *$2.00@6.00} Kentucky and Pennsylvania ryes @0.50;_Golden vhiskies. $1.5003.00; imported,* $5,00@8.00; - domestic, , imported, $5.00@0.00; do- i 007 champugnes, imported, per case, $35.00@33.000; American, per case, $10. U()(lllb()\ butchers’ green . dry flint, 8c; dry salty 80 green finm-.mn Tig(@se; damaged’ I des t thirds price; dry salted’ dea Tallow—No. 1, 814¢; No. 2, Prime white, 414¢; 'yellow, Sheep pelts, 10c@$1.00, according to quality Branded hides classea s dnmaged, Funs—Raccoon, No, 1, 30@15e; No. 2, 25@ 80c; mink, 10@s0c; muskrat, fall, b@ses muslrat, spring and winte: @Lll(“str1p|lul skuuk. 10(@40¢ mt)lmmm wolf, X\l) , $1.5: 2.50; No. 2, prairie, 50@70c eager, Mo §, per b, " ot 000 N $1.00@6.005 dry deor skins, 20@ 50 por 1bs dry antelope, elk, moose, etc., 15@ 5¢; deer skins, per 1b, 20@2be. Lumber. NSIONS AND TIMBERS. iser [oore.Jooee.laast 4N 16t BOARDS, No. 1 com, 5 1s8.18.50 | No. § com, 515.815.50 No. 2 com, 8 1. 17.00 | No. 4 com, 8 1 5. 13.00 1,4&6in 12 CEILING AND PARTITION. Ist com 8¢ in White Pine ceiling 2d .. 4 in Noryay ' 0 2d com % in “ FLOORING. A6 in White Pinc Sel. Fencing) . g 50c per M ¢ 1 12 in Grooved roofing, §1 per M more than 12 in Stock Boards same length, 10 in Grooved roofing same price as 12 in Stock Boards. SHIP LAP, No-1 mmu 8and 10in. Vu. l 00,8 in. 1, all 16 1t, $1 extra. Ceiling Clear Finish, 1 and 1% inch, 828, Clear Finish, 13¢ and inch, 8 2 s Clear Corrugated Ceiling, 4'incl Clear Yellow Pine Casing and Basc SOUTHERN YELLOW FINE, m. 4 ineh Flogrini. S 18t uml Clear 5% unh C Jle i inch Partition r 5¢ inch, Pa rtition § 5 D & H flat. D H 8. | Lath The Condition of Trade, Affaivs in commercial circles, which haye not been in as good condition as could have been wished for, for some time past ar more assuming their wonted aspe trade was never better than at prese while future prospects never were brighte Grocers report a growing business an note tifying increase both in the number of country orders received and the quantity of goods sold, Prices have remained uni- formly steady for the past week, with one exception, Jard advancing 3¢ cout Jesterday, Outside this but little chang “The dry goods trade is in @ flourishing condition, with heavy salcs and steady prices, excepting cotton goods, on which the tendency of prices is downward, and d alers who anticipate replenis would do well to hesitut about a week longer, W @ yery grat- ifying chauge iy eluivst sure o cccur, " desirable to i The leading grades of indigo prints are also declining, Arnold having went off one-half cent per yard. The boot and shoo trade is very healthy for this_season of the year, and the amount of #0048 sold is by one dealer estimated to ex- ceed that of last yoar by at least 15 per cent. General merchandise is steady, generally speaking. A change in rates had i tendenc to advance the price of lumber somewhat, but notwithstanding, trado is very good when the amount of buildings in progress is con- sidered. The bricklayers’ strike has had much to do in retarding work, hence there is not the demand there otherwise would be. Hides are quict but firm_at prices about steady with those of thirty days ago. Furs are dull, with but few handled. Leather is growing slightly more active, with very fow change The retail houses in the city are all doing & thriving business, and more especially cloth- ing merchants,dry goods and grocery houses, which are disposing daily of enormous quan tities of stock. Produce commission men report trade as more active with some lines falling in price, while the tendency of the market on others is higher. Garden stock, which has been im- ported from southern points for some time, is becoming more plentiful, and rates are consequently lower. Butter, Which has been elling for very high prices, will probably do as grass comes on,and partios holding choico creamery for higher prices would do 11 not to retain it too long. Foreign fruits are declining, the market boing heavily sup- plied. —— Real Estate Transfers., South Omaha Land Co. to Frank Piv- onkm lot 11, blk 70, South l)xuulm,. 8 MéGormeic ot 'al {0 dameon Peter. son, lot 24, blk 5, Deer Park, wd. . Williim Collen (wid) |osuumnnrm . man, lots 7 and 8 bik 2, Oxford lace, w d J H Horbach and wife to it § iorlin, s 20 £t lot 6, bik 9, Horbach's 2nd add, Sl\m\lcl Mortenson et al to J P Mai- lander et al, lot 10, blk 2, Baker place J W Griftith, trustee, to Mattie E Cooper, lot 3, blk 3, Baker's plac w d Pionee 16, blk 6, 'lown of lh‘nlu"glon wd.. The Benson Land Syndicate to ‘school district No. 9, lots 13, 14, 15 and 16 blk 9 Benson, wd......... R M Patterson et al o (Goorge Voss, lot 6 blk 2 Folsom Place, w d o Solomon Seligman to Eva L, G son, lots 31 and 31 in Bellair, w d. A L Reed (single) to Benjamin Mol quist, e 40 ft 1ot 18 blk 6 Shull's 2nd add, wd.. b(mc 'of Nebraska to heirs at jaw of ? Peets, 80 acres in 16, 15, 12, pat- cnt, .. John D Y blle 4 Grommeroy Park, w d. Frank Nofek and wife to Kdwary Havlick, lot 18 blk 4 Kountze 3rd add, wd. . Margaret J Cooper et al to Mary L Blackburn, lots 17 and 18, blk 2, Table Land, w d. Balltras Jetter and o'to John Yate lnl,, blk 2, Jetter's add, wd.. rv Kaufman to his \\lfo. \\'lllfl all property to her. Henry Ambles and wife to C F Harr son, lots 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 23 and 24, k lots 3, 4 and 6, blk 4; lots 1, , blk 7, Eckerman place, q ¢. J A Hassett et al to Florence C Pro tor, south 30 feet lots 6 and 7, blk Patrick’s add, wd, Joseph Mecks, (sing) to J G W lot 6, blk 125 Walnut hill, w Mary, Byvon 1t glot 1 et al to Josepl S block 2,Campbel! Florence Land Co to Milton Rogers; 89 lots in Florence and 8 out lots, q ¢ Thirty-three transfers, aggregating..§16,500 Building Permits. Yesterday the following permits were sued by the superintendent of buildings: E. C. Erfling two-story frame packing house, Twenty-cighth and Corby Mrs. Leonora Z. Johnson, t frame residence, Wirt, near Twenty- second .. Paul Seuf, frame summer house, ton, near Klm C. Homelius, addition Twonty-nfuth “and Bd Creighton e Androw. Andersor, fifth and Decatur C. K. Bme and ba J. H. MeC is- me cottage . Nelson, near Lowe avenue lloch, addition to d \vullmy ‘Twenty-fourth and Hickory. Ten permits, aggregatin .08 5,100 CHURCH NOTE! rs of the city will notice in another It is “ongregation d to have each one ors mude known z will be promptly eorrected. vices at Walnut Hill on Thursday eyen- ulL’ at \\ alnut Hill at 8§ o'c at the resi- dence of Mr. John Epeneter, H. W, Kuhns will preach ng, at the Fir Congregation church, Nineteenth and Davenport. The subjects of Rev. J. A. Henderson's sermons are: Morning, “The Press and The Truth;" evening, *I'he Last Cli 0,12 The subject of Rev. J. ing scrmion, *I'hat your joy Evening sermon, *The muking of How! Why " A. W. Clark of Calvary church will puipits with Rev. A. W. Lam vening themie, “How Christ adds members 10 the churches” by the pastor. There will be revival services at the Hill side Congregational church every night dur- ing the coming week. Kev. H. S. Wanna- malker, of Geneva, will as istor, A mission Sunday school of the Episcopal chureh will be opéned on inst., at the corncr of Tenth and streets, at 3 p. m. John Williams, pastor, At the Walnut Hill M, . chureh, at man’s hall, there will be Sabbath o'clock and pre ock afternoon. Ministe olumn a condensed church di of all denon Man. Sunday 1 preachi, ) 1 ch 113 North Seventeenth street, , John W) Il liamson, pastor, will take for his subject in the morhin, © eople,” and in the near Cuming, Rev in the morning. Clark w begin a At the Seward St Charles W. Savidge Sabbath morning Light;” evening, “The bane and disgrace or our ¢ At the North Omaha Baptist church, 2400 Saunders street, the morning theme will be: “Tho Touch of the Unseen)’ Evenin “What Shall We Do with Jesus.” Regular prayer meeting on Wedncsday evenin, Rev. A. B 4 the Plymouth Congregational church v ce for his sub sunday morning: *Thiats and Camels.” d, will bea sermon up- discussion of Subbath dese- 3. church Rev, us his_subject he inst Wine oow, Tho ,..-.,,u-ml« 1o the cration, Arrangements have been made to establish Hanscom Further . Brown, of ill oficiate. notice will b given next week. At the Hanscom Parl M. E. church Roy. for his subject Sunday morning, “False ldeas of Religious Life.”" In the évening Joe Critchfield, “‘the rough diamond of Indiana,” will give one of his charactecistic tomperance talks, Roy. William R. Henderson, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church,Saunders street, will preach in the morning on *“The Jrigin and Universality of the Sabbath.”” At night he will deliver the fourth lecture on Jonat. 1 and Nineyeh.” ) soretary o w. C. a0 will bé at the headquarters, 1218 Ddge cry day from 10 4. to 8 p Gos- ¢ Sunday and_Tuesda, ‘ Chinese class Su the unioy Tuul welcowe, " 11 ECHOES FROM THE ANTE-ROOM Items of Intorest to the Members of the Secret Ordors: A TRIBUTE TO PYTHIANISM. Masonic Items—Doings of the Odd Fellows—General Pythian News- The Foresters—The Knights and Ladies of Honor, Rerv. N. B. Tnomrsox gives in the Pythian Knight a very complete endorsement of Pythianism. ‘Among other things, M# Thnlmlmon say: ? i i ‘Lot me say to some of you good peo who have almost prayed that your Nisband) son or brother might talk in their sleep, or you have carefully folded away their gau uniform,, looked, if perchance some littl clne to what they keep from you in sec might be known, no matter what they tel tolt you the lodgo consists of, how long it is needful for them to stay away once a weeky or how often, let me assure you the trud purpose of the lodge is not a cloak to cover multitudo of sins. I dow’t want to caus family eruption by telling you how they might come home when they go to tha lodge, but I do want to tell you, your huse band or son, if they follow out the princie ples there enjoined” wpon them, they will be all the better for it, 11 you good house. wives have tired of the response, ‘‘oh, I have been to the iod, when some of these km.zhu gentlemen vc forgotten themselves and immc, and have crept in cautiousty for fear of walking puce disturbing the children, or hung tholr ha over the face of the clock, lest its loud tick- ing should disturb you in your dreams, don't say, ‘I wish there wasn't a lodge In the world,” for I tell you it is & good mstitution, and one I endorse next to the church, ang any true knight is because of it a better huge band and son. ‘Do you ask me how much I endorse Pythe fanism, I reply with all the power there js in me, 1f these before me_are truo men and knights, they will do as best they may to help the needy, and show me what orders does more; the church of God finas its grand mige sion il the same. Commend this order, ye because every such man, and there are ovi 200,000 1n this country, before he can ent our mystical circle, sit in our halls, wear th insignia of a knight, must claim to'be a man of good moral character and believe in the Supreme Being. Tur arAND Toner Kiights and Ladles of Honor of California met last week in San Francisco. Since the session held last. year a large incrouse in the membership in ' this jurisdiction is noted, while the increaso in the order ut large has been great and be- yond the most sanguine expectations. Thers are now seventeen lodges in the state, of which number, twelve aro located in San Thero are over 50,000 membe; Francisco, belonging to the order in general, with least 1,800 subordinate lodges and fourteen grand lodges, distributed in nearly every state, and since the date of organization i 1875 over £3,000,000 has been paid as benefi to beneficiaries’ of degeased members, Turspay BvENING the thirt was confered at Masonic ho Colonel Hall of the army Sudborough second dogrea 1l n_this cit and Thomas chief clerk of the Pacific Fxl press compiny were the candidates. Thi was the first. time for confering of this hig] degree in Nobraska. - Tnz DETERMINATION 0f the Order of For- esters in the United States to exclude negroes from membership, and_the equal. determin tion of high'court of England that i such diserimination shall impair the univer- of the order, is likely to bring on & , says the Baltimore Telegram. A few coloréd men of Chicago have been carefull preparing to bring the question of their exs clusion to an issue, Of course they expect 1o be refused, for it has been expreasly pro vided in the general laws of the order thaf only “white males" shall be eligible to ade mission. On bemng refused, the applicants will ut once appeal to the high court of Bn land, - Tho rosult of ‘such an appoal is not g the least doubtful, for the Knglish high court has already considered and determined the question of color with_reference to ads mission to the order. Probably the questiod of negro membership was never brought to 1_attention of the order until the 'y high court mecting at St. Louis, The New Light Lodge of New Ors sent u delegate to this meeting, His credentials were attacked at once on the ground of his color. The sume_opposition as renewed at the meeting in New Yorlk, in 1880, The sentiment against negro mems bership has widened and decpened, until now an_open revolt s fully determimed upon ag soon as the question s foreed to the issue. Tie GrAND commardery of Knights Terme plar of Texas convened in 15 Paso April 18, On the morning of the 20th the conclave started on an excursion to the City of o A" O, U. W, in San Frans nembers, Th g0 pays benefit of £10 a weelk, has #3,000 in banl und nas paid £3,000 out of its general fund for double uawssm"m.: for its members, Jonx H. Corroy, the grand chancellor of Pennsylvania, the ‘suspended Pythian juris- diciion, is yet'in the land of the living.” Mr, Colton is proceeding on his way with remarks able cheerfulness, Mr. Colton i8 now en deavoring to incréase the membership of the suspended jurisdiction by attrac members to the order, To this end is considered in some bold step by issuing the following have, of late, beon made saming the right of dispensations to 5 1o sct aside altogether the require- nts of their by-luws in regard to fees for titution of sub- 2,) directs ring the several L be such as ure pre- of the lodge, but shall not be I the three ranks, ex- cept by virtue of a dispensation duly granted, efore the adoption of the constitution of 1884 u dispensation could n uted to set aside altogether the fees for conferring the ranks of the order, 80 as to leave in op- tional with a lodge to charge much, little of nothing as the judgment of it membe might direct. Ordinarily, lodges still limit their requests to disp the three ranks for not less which dispensations are 1 for, y ths minihu charge Was necegs use the grand lodge constitution of of the grand chans s respect to the granting of spe- “authorized by supreme but in the present constitution grrnd lodge, unanimously adopted in mmm 1584, this restriction was stricken out, and the grand chuncellor is now diree ted to grant dispensations to subordinate lodges “ito set aside temporarily any requirement, of the by-laws where the necossity of the lod, ement there: from, justifies it, the request thoretor having b ade by a two-thirds vote of the wnem- ting, (Coustitution Grand Lodge, Arty bed in the by than &6, ) & request, so made, the mandate stitution o the Unud chancellog & luperative; o sl ln.n.uu Go and Get a Record, Pu He had made his declaration e, and it had been henrd with & lowering of the fair head, a blush on the soft cheek: but he could not help hll\nu_’ SOIE Inug to fill in while he d foa her answer, llm\n never loved till he said, “it is not an empty word, My lips have never touched the lips of any woman—except my mother’s; my hand fn.n, never pressed o womunl hand; I do not dance; and my arm--" A 100k of strange wonderment came ™ over the beautiful face, and the deep eyes grew large us she listened, *Is this true, George?” she asked, with hushed breath. Yt is,” he answered; “it is literally true The loolk: of wonderment merged into a glance of icy sternness 28 she roso 10 full height and coufronted him, “T'hen, for heaven's suke, George,” she spid, “go somewhere else aud prags tice till you get record,