Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 4, 1893, Page 11

WAR activity during the past fow day M butter, which cuts a large figure in the trade CONDITION OF OMARY'S TRADE Business in a Jobbing Way Better than a Year Ago. MORE STRANGERS IN THECITY THAN USUAL Bank Cloarings Show & Very Satiafactory | Increase Over the Corresponding Time Last Year—Loeal Retall Trade Not Very Active. 1t §8 no easy matter to satisfactorily ex- ' plain the condition of Omaha's jobbing trade for the reason that there is such a wide L variation in the reports made by the jobbers themseives, On the one hand there are those who report the movement of goods in 8 Jobbing way as slow, whilo not a few re F port & very satisfactory trade with the volume of business in excess of last year at this season. Jobbers themseives havenoticed this difference in the reports and one of them remarks that it would seem that trade at tho present time is spotted. There are L wome sections of the country where the crop prospects have been none too good and where the retail dealers have been buying P very sparingly. It is only natural that a house having a good many customers in such a scction should experience a duller trade FAhan a jobber who happened to be fortunate pin having his best customers located in a more favored section of the country. Agood many of the jobbers in looking over their sales for the past month notice f that thero has been an increase as compared with the same month of last year. In this connection it might be remarked that during the month of May last year the continued rains had prevented the farmers from got- ‘ting their corn Into the ground, and there were general fears of a crop failure which Kept the volume of trade down to a very low po}uz. 80 that there would have to bean in- crease over last year or else trado would have to be reported as very light. Brokers who kecp in pretty close touch with the jobbers veport that a good many even of the heaviest jobbing houses are pur- | suing a very conservative course and are et ing as if they anticipated a light trade, even if they are not already experiencing it. Some of them are running their stocks down 1o a pretty low point and are not buying as frecly as usual. 2 “Praveling men who visit the leading cities of the west generally report that business in a jobbing way is better in Omaha than in any other western city. The cities on the R river both north and south of Omaha are complaining quite loudly about the dullnes of their jobbing trade. While it is no satis faction to hear of dull trade in other cities, it is gratifying to local prido to know that Omaha is at the head of the List of prosper- [, ous western cities. During the past weel there has been an ly large number of visitors in the ¥, many of them country merchants, who et ood orders behind them as pleasant reminders of their visit. The hotels have $# had the best week of the season and nearly all of them have had full houses. The local retail trade is not, as a rule, yery active, although some houses have been protty busy. The weck as i whole has prob- ably been better in a retail way thanthe average for the season, so far, ewing largely to the out of town trade. In produce cireles there has also been more Country and which has been in light receipt all the § spring, has commenced to move more freely and that naturally increases the volume of business. The large number of strangers in thecity also has some influence upon the ales of produce. Omaha's bank clearings, which show an {ncrease of 19 per cent over the corr ing weelk of last year, would seem to bear out the statement of those who claim that busi- ness 1s better than a year ago. As theclear- ings have shown an increase all tho past month, it would be pretty safe to conclude that the volume of trade for May of this year is larger than for the same month of last _year, though 1t is impossible to determine from the clearings alone the source of the in- crease, 3 Omaha has,so far boen very,fortunate in not being involved in any of the financial disasters that have shaken the credit of so many western cities and 80 far s can be @etermined at the present time thero is no likelihood of anything of the kind to come in the future, There is a general feeling of confidence in the prosperity of the city and surrounding country that promiscs to con- tinue and the most that business men an- ticipate from financial aisturbances at other points is a temporary decrease in the volume of business. Che New York Bulletin as- sumes that the commerciul agencies are right in the velief which all s3 that tho business of the country is on the whole in o sounder position ~than usual, and with a smaller go of liabiliti rectly connected th legitimate trade. B But every one of the multitude of tru and combinations, having for their object the monopolizing of the production and sale of some article, have envolved enormous liabili- ties. The breaking down of these combina tions, which might have been clearly fore- scen, has involved a great number of inai- iduals in severe los: The curtailment of oans on account of the outgo of gold and the [inancial uncertainty has also borne very everely upon western and southern people lvho have large debts on real estate, and it s not unlikely that the losses thus resulting wave been far greater thap any record of ailures indicates. 1t has been & season of beneral liquidation and settling, and while t cannot be assumed that this operation 1s 1] over, there is somo reason to hope that "6 adjustments alveady effected have hnaterinlly lessened the demand for further ceommodations and the risk of further dis- stors. AS DUN SEES IT, st Week's Meetings and Thelr Meanlng— Blaok Hills Possibllitl Mr. W. H. Roberson, Omaha manager of R (. Dun & Co., speaking of Omaha trade, [BAY “Wholesalo trade reports an increase varying from 10 per cent to 50 per cent for the month just closed, as against May, 1802, which, considering the conditions vailing generally, is worthy of spoecial remark. Banks continue 0 govern discounts more or less by the increase or shrinkage shown by deposits, and while there has not been any chango in the local monoy situation during the past week easier fecling has prevailed, owing, doubtless, to the easier conditions of New York and Boston markets. While New Yorlk bankers arc not ea) to let out money on time loans it can be had on call at reasonable rates. ho State Business Men's association, which was in session in this city during the week, was attended by a number of very bright merchants frow tho interior. The discussions proved very interesting, espe. cially ‘upon the topic of collec- tions, and emphasized the importance of legislation affecting Nebraska col- lection laws. It is two years before the legislature meots again, but every organiza- tion interested in credits should take tune by the forelock and attempt to crystalize the sentiment into needed legislatic that when the legislature again convenes all interests can combine for a reform. “The Manufacturers and Consumers asso- elation was semowhat discouraged by the want of attendance at its excellent exhibit during its first week. The attendance during the last week has been rathe petter, but still not up to reasona- ble expectations. Omaha people should brought to an appreciation of the fact that unless they are willing to support this annual exhibit of Nebraska ucts by their atiendance other cities in he state will come in and take away the sttraction. Had this particular exposition been more cordially supported no doubt the associatidn would have feit justified in pushing its well conceived plan for an asso- tion building, We fear now that the en- usiasm for that structure will not be so great as it would otherwise have been. “The reception given by the Commercial club to the State Business Men's association Was 8 success in every seuse of the term, and emphasizes at the very incipicncy of the erganization its value to the trade interests of tho state in a soclal way. As was stated at'the beginning the Commercial club 1s to be 90 per cent business afid 10 per cent social enjoyment. If this proportion is kept up Judging from the Wednesaay night meetiog the business end of the organization will be extremely valuable, A representative returning from the Black Hills country reports busipe: ome- what slack in that region, but prospects are not by any means discouraging, and the old- timers are confident that an era of prosperity will shortly setin. The combination which the Hills enjoys is a hard one to beat. The mountains are full of mineral awaiting de- velopment,sthe foot hills and plateaus afford excellent grazing, the valloys ali possess rich s0il which yields great harvests when prop- erly tilled. The three industries—mining, agriculture and grazing-are complements of each other. The mines consume about all of the agricultural products of the section. The grazing is good throughout the year in most localities, and the cost of producing cattle and horses s reducea to the mini- mum. With these three elements as the basis of its futuro growth there seems to be 10 reason why this section of South Dakota should not be great in wealth and in popy tion. 1tis suggested by our representative that while Omaha is represented in every town in the Hills, yet Sioux City and Chi- cago are permitted to take away o larger part of the trade than they should and that Omaha houses should push harder for the business of the Hills. Asto credits in the Hills, it may be said that traders are either good or bad, When good they are generally very good and when bad, very bad. It is comparatively easy therefore to detormine upon the ques- tion of extending credit in an individual case, 3 ‘“The week closes with but one failure in Omaha worthy of note—that of the old established wholesale millinery house of I Oberfelder & €o., closed by the First N tional bank yesterday afternoon to secure the payment of §17,000." —_———— LIVES LINKED IN A STORM. Strange Story of a Olsaster Which Over- whelmed n Texas Village. T heard a pretty littlo romance told by a drummer yestorday afternoon while sitting in the reading room of the Gault house, says a writer in the Louisville Courier-Journal. The rain began 1- ing and he, with several friends, were in a group telling over their experiences and recollections, *‘This is a very small rain,” said he, “but it reminds me of a story told to me this winter. I was traveling in the southeastern part of Toxas and one night [ stopped at the house of an old man named Lecch. He lived almost at the mouth of the Sabine river, where it flows into the Gulf of Mexico. Before retiring the old man re- lated to me the romance of his life. His wife sat by and listened with intent cars, When a vigorous young man of 24 years Leech lived 1in a village near his present home. His wifo, then a pretty girl, was a neighbor. One day, and that day was before the war, a ter- rific storm, such as visit Texas so fre- quently, arose and the waves of the gulf flushed the mouth of the little river on which they lived until it swept away almost overy house in tho village Nearly all tle inhabitants lost their lives. The wind was a eyelone in inten- sity, and one woman tied herscll with a rope in the branches of a tree. The young woman who became Lgech's wife was carried into tho gulf sitting upon the roof of her home. Leech had known her during his lifetime, but they were friends only. While the storm vaged he ran from his house, which was swept away, and found vefuge in the home of the young woman. o climbed to the roof, and alone they clung there until the storm had sub- sided and they were stranded on nd bar only a fow hundred yards from shore. The storm was so violent and their efforts to retain their places on the roof wero so great that they landed on the sandbar with the scantiest attire. But in the danger of the situation this was little heeded. A boat was sent to tho rescus, but, there boing only men present, Letech would not allow any one suve himself to take garments to the young woman, They veturned to the shore, only to hear that all theiv rela- tives, like nearly every one in the vil- lage, had lost their lives. The dreadful experience linked the lives of the young couple, and in a short time he became her legal protector as her husband. Near the scene where oceurred the only great event of their lives they have since resided in peace, until, when I saw them, their hair was almost white.” e —— RELIGIOUS, Rev. T. DaWitt Talmage lectured at tho South Park Chautauqua, Chicago, on the st and 2d inst. There are 150 Young Men's Christian asso- ciations in New York state, with a member- ship of 55,044, The fifteenth congress of the Protestant Episcopal church will be held in New York City November 14-17, 1 The smallest church in uio world is on the Isleof Man. It is ten feet square. The largest is St. Peter's at Rome. Of the 1,000,000 centennial offering, pro- posed by the Baptist Missionary Union, the Woman's socicty undertakes o raise one- fifth part—§200,000. Bishop Walker of the Episcopal diocese of North Dakota is a giant in stature, and many stories are told of his muscular Christianity. He is one of the most eloquent speakers in the church, Henry C. Pottor, better known as Bishop Potter, began life as a clerk ina store. In his younger da; he was considered the handsomest minister in the Episcopal church. He is still handsome and popular. Cardinal Ledochowsky, to whom Emperor Willium, during his recent visit to Kome, presented a gold snuff box, was once fined, deposed and imprisoned by Prince Bismarck. The cardinal was then a German bishop and violated one of the clerical laws framed by the iron chancellor, Father Abbott Edward of the Trappist monastery at Gethsemane, in Kentucky, is said o be a F'rench Bourbon prince of lofti- est lineage, and in spite of his severely plai monlkish garb his manner “remiuds one irre- sistibly of courts and kings,” Hoe is beloved by every man and child that ever entered the abbe; The American Bible society, which is next to the largest distributor of bibles in the world, diring the seventy-six years of its existence has issued over 55,500,000 copies of all or a portion of the bible. The exacy number is 55,531,008, The headquarters o ud its presses are in the Bible house in New York. Miss Carrie Coddington of New York and her sister, Mrs. Robert Browning of Venice, have given to the New York Protestant Mis- sion society & chapel built in memory of their parents. The chapel provides accom- modation for 600 people; the site cost §15,000 and the building #0,000. Mrs. Browning is the wife of the son of Robert Browning, the poet. The McGlynn controversy in New York is recalled by an unusual incident in Catholic circles. A petition contrining 5,000 names, all members of the parish, has been pro- sented Mgr. Satoli requesting the restora- tion of Rev. Richard L. Burtsell to the rec- torship of the Chureh of the Epiphany in New York city.s Father Burtsell 1s regarded as ono of the best ecelesiastical lawyers in the Catholic church in this country. He championed 'the causeof Dr. McGlynn so strongly as to bring down upon him the wrath of Archbishop Corrigan and was re- moved from the diocese. He is at present stationed at Rondout, N. Y, There is no city in the United States which might be called the city of churches with more appropriateness than Washington, They are not particularly large or imposing, these Washington churches, but there are an immense number of them. As u matter of fact, the capital contains nearly 200 churches ~—most of these belonging o the Methodist denomination, which claims fifty-two. The Baptists come next with forty-five, then the Episcopalians with twenty-six and the Pres- byteriaus with twenty-oue. The Roman Catholics have thirteen, the Lutherans ten, the Congregationalists four, the Hebrews and the Christians two each, and the Uni- tarians, the Universalists and the Sweden- borgians one each. Besides these there are balf & dozen nonsectarian bodies, ——— IA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1803-S8IXTEEN PAGES. CONMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL Wheat Burprised Everybody by a Remark- able Exhibition of Steadiness, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE TRADING Corn Started at n Triflo Advanoe Over the Closing Prices of Friday—A Wenker Feeling Prevalied in Oats, ORICAGO, 111, Juno 8.—~Wheat surprised everybody today by a remarkable exhibition of stondiness. Tho failure of Schaffer & Co., bankers, caused a littlo slamp of 4e. Bottom was reached on July at the 6814c mark, whore values stopped in & pathetic manner as it walting for next turn. Fluctuations of ¢ were the range until along toward the close ot the session, when the opposing forces in the wheat pit had a sharp battle as to who would dominate the close. At68ie the price stuck until within two minutes of the close, when the bulls put p up e, leaving the market talrly firm at 68%¢ for July. Throughout the session there was very little trading, while arguments wero plentiful. One ronson asigned for tho- searcely approclabla effect of toduy's fallure of the pit values, s that Schaffor's was a private banking firm and did not come fn direct contact with the com= mercial - world s ropresented by the Boara of Trade. Aside from this, of course, the natural bulls say prices’ are 100 10w anyway. 1t was claimed that At present rates, the prico ot wheat is below the cost of prodiction. Few, however, scomed 0 have the courago of their convictions. The Tow prices, which 1t {3 sald aro on & parity with foreign niarkets, did not succeed in_ cali= ing out much export business, apparently not Fiving much hope of any portant reduction hefore the new harvest will begin to move. The opening was strong on tho wet weather and somo export buying. TInitial trades were from e to e per bu. higher, but prices de= clined e, ruled firmer, and prices advanced 10, aguin'cased off, then closing from e to se'higher for July ind s higher for Septem- ber than the closiig flzures yesterduy. Corn started at a triflo advance’ over the closing prices of yesterday, but under very Iiberal offerings, the market gradually worked down %e, rallied folly %e, ruled stéady and closed with from e o %c Toss, Therenwas not much support to the sitaation outside of the buylng to cover shorts. ecelpts were quite roo. Outs were traded in frecly and a weakor feel- ing provailed. Opening prices wore the high- estand closing the lowest with a net iloss of e on June and from e to e on the other nths, The weakness was attributed to Sympa orn_and_the free selling ot Junc i house—Counselman & Co. emely dull, with but o few changes over from July to September in pork and i very little trading in lard and ri The first named was steady and the two last namod a trifle lower on the decline in hogs at the yards and reported receipts at Omahi and Kansas City. Estimated recoipts for Monday: Whoat, 56 si corn, 610 cars; oats, 810 cars; hogs, 15 000 head. ling futures ranged as follows: VHIGHL | LOW. [CLOSE. | Y SD'Y. [ 66% 004 @Y 9 68| 083 Sl T Tie| T2 Tk Corn No. Tuno.. g e asw| a| mae July WO | S| BN [3075edd Sopt .11 g ot A dals Cats No June 204 203 |20y @Y July . 234 { 230 ept G 234 2 Mess Pork nlypes 260 21 60 Bept 20 00w Lard— July ... 10 3 10 4234 Bopt.... 11075 | 1075 G 10 80 Short Ribs.. uly......| 965 | 9 ept.. 0 9 980 | 980 Tush quotations were as follows: ILOUR—Weak; winter patents, $3.5023.80; winer stralghts. $3.00@5.35; spring patents, £3.00004.255 spring stralghts, $2.2508.007 bakers, §1.75@2,20. WiEAT—No. 8 spring, 66%c; No. 8 spring, sales on part 6635 No. 2 red, 663 Conx—No. 2, 853c; No. 8, B6@37(. OATs_No. 3, 283%¢; No.'2 white,'t. 0. b, 374505 Now 3 white, f. 0. b., 30:4@32¢. No. 2, b2 60c; No. 8, t. 0. b., 36@55¢; No. 1, #1.04, *rime, §3,80, 0ss, per bhL, $31.50@21.62%; lard, per 100 Ibs., $10.02210,05; short ribs, side (loose), 89.6019.6214; _dry ' sulted _shoulder (boxed), _ 81 short clear sides, (boxed), $10, 4 Winisky—Distlller: £1.1 SuGAns—Unchanged: cut loaf, 6}c; granu- lated, Ba70; standard “A,” 5.57. Th'following were the receipts and ship- ments for today: “Articies. tinished goods, per gal., | Keoelpts. | Ehipments. Flour, bbis Wheat, bu. . Barley, bu the Proluce ot was slows creame 9¢; dairy, 15@174%¢. Eggs, steady; strictly fresh, 1314 @ldc. Now York Markots. NEW YORK, June 8—FLOUR—Rocelpts, 15 000 pl Xports, 6,000 bbls., 8,100 sack sules, 2,700 plgs.; market dull, easy; winter Wheat, Tow grides, $2.0622.45; winter wheat, falr th fancy, 83.35@3.656; winter whoat, patents, 83.502:4.25; Minncsota clear, 8506 590; ' Minnesota stralghts, 83.60@4.1 Minnesota patents, $4.26@4.60, Cony MeAL—Dull, stoady; yellow western, #2.60@2.70. itye—Dull, steady; western, 60@66c. g bAnex MAL—Steady, quiet; westdrn, 600 2¢. WieaT—Recelpts, 109,000 bu.; exports, 112,- 600 bu;_sales, 1,390,000 bu. of futures, 8,000 bu. spot. Spot market dull, weak: No.2 red, in storo and elovator, 74@744c; afloat, 7oc f. 0. b, T4@75c; No. 1 northern, 7oise No. 2 northorn, 78%e: options opencd ut 146 S{eudvance and closed firm at laiide over yesterday: trading moderately active; No. 2 red, July, closing at 7bie; August, 77¢; Sep- tembor, 78%c: Decombor, 82%¢, UN--Receipts, 54,900 bu.; oxports, 20,400 bu.; sales, 6 bu. of futures, 54,000 bu. of spot. Spots dull, lower, stoady: No.'2, 47:4¢ tor, 4845¢ dfloat; ungradod mixed, 4745 options dull, wonk_ and 4@%e lower; June closed 474c; July, 47%c; August, 47%c} Soptember, 4814 OATS—Receipts, 67,000 bu.; exports, 57,700 busj sales, 50,000 bu. futiires and ' 44,000 bus spot. Bpots, quiot, unchanged: options, duil, 1@%e lower, weal'; July, 860, September, 82¢; No. 2 white, '41¢; No. 2 Chicago, 89¢; No. No. 8 whito, 40c; mixed' western, v/ p wostern, 40@47c, HAv=Stondy, quict; ‘shipping, 75¢; good to cholce, 85c@l.00, i Firm; state, common to cholce, 15@ ¢; Pacific coast, 185G HipEs—Dull, nominal Jeans, selected, 45 to 60 1bs., 414@6c; Texas, selected, 50 t0' 60 1bs, b@7e; Buenos Ayres, 2110 24" 1bs,, 123g¢; Texus dry, 26 to 27 1bs., Bil0te. PROVISIONS—Cut s, dull, firm; plekled bellios, 12 1bs. pickled shouldors, 9¢ pickled 1 middlos, quiet, weak short clear, 103, quiet, lower; Stenm closed at £10.40; sales, 2,500 tiere 40; options, snles, none:’ June closing at #1060, nominul; July closed at $10.65, nomi- a sber'closéd at §11 Pork, neW mess, Pair demand, firm; westorn dairy, western creamery, 16@19¢; westerd fuctory, 14a154%¢; Elgins, 19¢. CngESE—Qulet; part skims, 1@6c. > Moderate demand, fivm. Ttecelpts, 4, 400 pkgs. Western, frosh, 164Q@163c; west. ern, por case, §3.75@4.00, 5 TALLoW—dulot, "Orm; city for pkgs.), 16, Corroxseep OiL—Dull, steady, crude, 40c; W, 45 PrrioLEUN-—Qulet, steady: crude fn bbls, Washington, $6; Wisbingion, in bulk, 82,50 Unitod, no salest refined, New Y Philadelphia and Baltimore, phia and Baltimore, in bulk, $ RosiN—Steady, dull; strained, comwon to good, $1.26@1,2715. Tun rINE-Qulet, steady at 268%c. ady, quiet; domestic, falr to extrs pen kottle, good to e, steady at BUGIsC. SuoAnr-—Kaw, dull, fir; falr refining, 83c; centrlfugals, U6 test, 414c; refined, firuy, fairly off A, 4 18-16@bc; A, BH@ 1A, b 3-10@b% © cut loaf, crushed, b5 18-16c; powdered, 5 9-160! granuluted, b 3-16@045¢1 cubes, b 9-165' P16 Inox--Dull; Auerlean, $12.75215.6 Coprer—Quiet, stoudy; lake, §10,80, Leap—-Dull; domestic, ] stralghts, §1 St. Louly Markets, 1. Lovs, Mo, June 8.—Froun—Weak, in buyers’ 10 ‘quotable chunge; patents, 3.0509.45; extra funcy, 88,0669 15, WiEAT- Though uncasy, was steadier today and closed stronger, with o gain of %@ % No.2 red, cash and' June, firm, 66%c; July closing, C74@0TRC: August, 6iyc: Seplem= o, OAts-Steady; No. 2 cash and June, 29¢; July.3Tc; August 26¢: soptenubor, 20K Conn—Btroug, clused ¥@ic botter; No. 2 ixed, eash, 804@9, June, 86xe; July, TR@37xc; ReptembdE. BEXc, PRrovistoxs - Dull, with little demand: pork, current markot Jobbing, #20.50; lard, $0,87. dry salt moats, uticlianged, looso shoniders, #10; Jongs and rite$910.56; shorts, $10.30. boxed, 15¢_more; dadn, unchanged, packed shoulders : and ribe, $10.874@ 11.00; k) 214; hams, un- eat curedM 14 c Flour, 3,000 bLIS.: wheat, 28,000 100 bu.; oats, 48 000 bu, Flour, 4,000 bhls.; wheat, none; TOMATORS~6-bnskot 3 CALIFORNTA CABBAG 0 , 8 NEW POTATOES - Per: STRING BEANS—Per bu, box, $1.6021.75. PEAS—Por bu, bos #1.2512.00, CrcrMnens—Per gz b, 4 CAULIFLOW Elt— Fiflac, £1.76@2.00, 80. ONIONS-—Per il LETTUCE—Per doZ, 3 RADISHES - Per do., GREENC HNg-Per doz. ASPARAGUS ~1'er doz., 356400 New Beers—Per doz., 40@45¢. FRUITS CALTFORNTA CHERRUES—Por 10-1b, box, $2.25, STRAWBERRTES—Por caso, 84 GOOSERERRIES —Per cnse, $3.60@4.00. LEMONS—Cholce, $4,25@4.50; fancy, #4.602 °h, Including crates and BANANAS—Per packing, $£2.00722.50, s —~Washington navels, choice, $4 Riversido soedlings, #3; Redlands, .60; Mediterranean sweets, 88,508 BUTTER, £GGS, GAME, POULTRY. Butten-The great bulk of the country butter goes at 12¢. Fx ieneral market, 11¢, PovrTiy-—-Choico hens, 9@94c; mixed coops, 7@8c; ola roosters, 5@6c; geese and ducks, B@9c MISCELLANEOUS. HAY—The market on good upland hay, 7 in car lots, VEAL—Cholce and small fat, 7@8lc; large and thin, 3@6e, Cotton Market. W ORLEANS, La., June 3. —Futures steady; sales, 42,900 bales; June, 87.51 bid; July, 87.53@7.54; August, 87.5037.60; Soptember, $7.65@7.80; October, #7.72@7.78; November, $7.78w7.81; December, $7.8067.87; January, $8.0308'06. i 7%c; middling, 7Ti4c; low middling, 7 8-16¢; good ordinary, 6%¢; net re- pus, O87 bales:' gross, 802 balds; exports to ¢, 8,650 bales; to'the continent, 1,450 constwise, 1,493 bales; sales, 2,900 stock, 124,650 balos. » Knansas Clty Markets. KAnsAs Crry, Mo, Juno 8.~ WREAT—Fairly active and firm; No.' 2 hard, 68@084c; No. 2 red, 63@64ce. [ Yirmer; No. 2 mixed, 844@34%c; No. 2 white, 354c. gUATS=Kirm; No. 2, 204@30¢; No. 2 white, 215¢. EGGS—Active and firm at 11%c. RECEIPTS—Wheat, 6,000 bu; corn, 4,000 bu; oats, none, SITPMENTS—Wheat, 19,000 bu.; corn, 6,000 bu.; oats, none. New York Dry Goods Market. NEW YORK, June 8.—The dry goods market disclosed more interost on the part of bayers on the spot. It is not improvablo that the sharp advance in cotton the past day or two has stimulatod interest in_cotton goads and a weele may show more declded activ- Nothing wis mado known respecting of prints and ginglams, although there s o clenrer understanding as to the probabili- ties, on which assumption there was increased denjand. Liverpool Marke| Liverroor, June 8.—WneAT—Easy; de- mand woderate; holdors offer moderately; No. 1 California, 5s 10%d@bs 11%d per cental. Cony—Firm; domand moderate; mixed west- ern, 4s 112d per contal. RBEEF-Extra India ke, 66s 3d per tierce. BACGN—Long cledr, 43 {bs,, 605 per cwt, LARD-Prime wesforn, 505 por cwt. il nifm« Markots. MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 3.—WHnEAT—Steady; July, 6740: No. 2 spring, 68b%e. ~Quiet; No.3, 870, —Quict: No. 2 white, 30a3le roose. PROVISIONS—Quiot] Pork, July, $20.21, ('urle Market, NEw YoRrg, Juno 3.—Options opened firm, unchanged to 25 points_up, closed steady, 10 10 20 points up; sales, 8,700 bags, including: September, 316.44)"1(),&.’5; November, £15.20; Decomber,' 15.20815.25 4 815,50, Spot Rio, dull, firni; No. Cluclunati Murkets, CIxCINyATL 0., Jupe 3.—WnEAT—Barely steady; No. 2 red, 6he. 4% v ¢ D oas |'ir{i'2n||wll.ld‘2;}4"‘;§ JATS—Barely steady; No, 2 mixed @3 C. Wiisky- Steady; $1.18 Philadelphla Grain Market. PHILADELPAIA,Pa., June 3. une, T13@71%c, Vealk; No.'2 mixed, June, 47@4734c. Weak; No.2 white, June, 85%5@30c. Baltimore Grain Market. ™ORE, Md., June 8.—WnEAT—Steady; red, spot and'June, Tise. ConN—Easy; spot and June. 47%c, 0. 2 white, western, 42i4c. Toledo Grain Market, June 8.—-Wnear—Active and steady; cash and June, 68c. Oon No. 2 cash, 40¢. OATs—Qulet; cash, 3 June 8.—Corn, lower; No. 2, No. 8, 36ic; onts, easier; No. 2 white, 3134@32¢;' No. 8, 80:@31%c; rye, nowminal. London Oll Market, LONDON, June 8.—CALCUTTA LINSEED—Spot 395 6d per quarter. ¥l ul Notes. New ORLEANS, La., June 8.—Clearings, 81,464,618, PARIS, June 3.—~Three per cent rontes, 98¢ 10c for the account. KAN8AS Orry, Mo, June 8.—Clearings, 81,- 925,311, For the week, 89,791,220, BALTIMORE, Md., Juno 8.—Clearings, 82,- 758,041; balances, §4606,370. Money, 6 per cent. Loxnoy, June 8.—Amount of bullion gone into the Bank of England on balance today, £108,000, BERLIN, June 8, —The statement of the Im- perial Bank of Germany shows an increaso in specio of 13,679,000, CINCINNATL, O., June 3.—Money, 6@8 per cent. New York exchange, 256@40¢ promium. Clearings, 1100, Mespemis, Tenn, June 8.—New York ox- chango selling at'$1.00 premium. Clearings, #305,469; balances, $120,091, NEW YOnk, Juno 3.—Clearings, $106,667,401; balances, 86,172,830, For the week, clearings, 552,706,781 balances, 831,151,766, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Tune 8.—Clearings, $14,- 778,870; balances, $1,945,624. Money, 414 p gent, For tho weolc ‘ended toduy, cleurlugs, $70,618,037; balances, $10,528,513, BosTON, Mass,, June 8.—Clearings, $16,064,- 109; balances,' 1,453,938, M per cont. Exchango on 'New York, is- count. Forthe week, $80,857,842; balances, 87,410,842, §r. Louts, Mo, June 8.—Clearings, 84,104,- 5; balances, §409,654. This week, $20,670,- 128! balances, 82,686,920, ~Money quict, last loan at 6@8 per cent. Exchinge on Now York, 50¢ discount to par. OHICAGO, 111, June 8.—Clearings, $17,141,- 893; for tho week, 893,604,301; for the cor sponding weck Inst’ year, 898,047,677, Now York exchange, $1.25 discount. Sterling ex- change dull; sixty-day bills, 84.80%; demand, 24,80 . The imports excluslve of specie at the port of New York for the week ended today’ wero 80,454,050, of which #4,605,748 was genoral mérehundise and #1,840,207 dry goods, Tho fmports last weok were 810,837,611, and for the woek ended May 20, 1892, 811,192,760, New YORK. Juno 8.—~The lmports of specie at the port of New York for the week wers 1,405, of which #12190 was gold and 89,206 ver. 'The exports of speclo from the port of New York for theiweek were §7,208,402, of which 86,610,900 was gold and #757,602" silver. Of this amount #,610,900 gold and §7563,602 silver went to Europe and $34,000 silver went 10 South Amerl ¢ STOCKS AND BONDS, London Fullures Mad s Tendency to De- moralize Brokers, New YORrg, June 8.+Lower cables from London and the fallure of & broker in Ameri- can securities there had a téndency to demor- allzo tho local stock market at the opening this morning. Prices in the first few minutes of business dropped anywhere from b to 1§ per cent; Chicago Gas and Loulsville & Nash- ville led in the downward movement. The decline In the former was accompanied by rumors of further financial complications in the west. Loulsville & Nashville was sold by brokers who have been consplcuous in dopresss ing the stock all the week. Boon after the opening, however, selling orders were withdrawn und some of the smaller shorts started in to cover at this tmo and the grangers developed strength on tho favorable reports of the Rock Island and St. Paulroads for May. The St. Paul saows & guin an gross caraings of $245,694, and the tock Island a gain of $353,000." This started up a lively Inquiry for the ' grangers and {m- arted o strouk tn 1o the gentral market. encral Eloctrle suddenty bounded up 43¢ per cent to 72%4, stimulating “the general buylng povement,” Gencral Eloctrlo (s recelving bet- ter support and the bears find more dificully n keeping the price down than for months. 18 understood that the company is ||rq~p'|r|n‘ an oxhaustive statoment of the condition of the property. Among the consplenously strong stocks were Now England, Sugar, grangers and Lacka- wanna. ow England rose 9 per cont to 231 on the artival of the report that the Now Haven & Hartford Interest had secured con- trol of tho property. Reading sold up from 164 to 174 The feeling about the success or the readjustment plan is rather moro confident for the moment. Rurlington & Quincy advanced 1% per cent to 85%: Rock Island, 114 per cent to 71%: St. Paul, 1 per cent to 67%; American Sugar, 1§ per cent to 88%: Bdiso® Tlluminating, 8% per cent to 1074, and the remainder of the (ist '4 to % per ¢ The bank statenent_was unfa able, but {thad no influence. Nelther did talk'about additional heavy exports of gold oxt Wwoek, Tt was oatimated that Thursdny European steamers will tuke out $1,000,000 to #1,250,000, Business was fnterrupted for a time, the Infanta having been tendered a reception by the Stock exchango. Just previous to the close General Electrie recodod 1% to 70 The Post says: Notwithstanding the con- tinued fall in the Chicago exchange, the net movement of currency has all the week been steadily in this direction. From iuterior hip- ments ‘the clty banks have gnined nearly 3,000,000, but the gold exports between ri- day of last week and Friday of this—the period b, ‘s bank statement—have aggregated 87,500,000, he banks' 'report, thorefore, of $5,780,800 decrense for the week in specio ‘and legal te ders is undoubtedly close to actual facts. Although the city banks have stillan ample fund of money 1eft on band, this week's de- crease can hardly serve to modify the restric- tons on the local money market, while decid- odly bad resuits are necossnrily produced in westorn and southern centersgy shipments to New York. g The following are the closing quotations on the leading stocks on the Now York Stock ex- change today: N Pacitie prd..... 8% |U. P, Den. & Gui ) 180 Northwestern 1068 115 | o preferred © (N.Y. Central W IN Y &N B 0% Orogon Imp 24% |Oregon Nay Ches. & Ohlo... 184 0. 8. L & U Chieago & Alto; 18 | Paelfic Mail . CB&Q. ... 8 [PeorlaD. & B Chicago Gaw .10 68l Pittsbur Consolidated Gas.’ 126 * (Pullman CCC &S L 0 |Reading Cotton OI1 Cert 35 |Riehmond Del. Hudson......0 1204 ao proferred.. .. DL &W.LL 1584 | Rlo Grando W DL&R GUprd 4| do preferred. . D.&C. F. C 1674 | Rock Island East Tenn., 8 8. Paul.... Erle.... 17" do preferred. Krle proferred. 34| St. Paul & Omaha.. Fort Wayne.. . 10| do proferced. . Gt. Northern pf'd. 113 |Soutbern Pacific. €& R, L pCa ... 0% |Sugar Refinery.... Hocking Vall 204 Tenn. Conl & Iron. Ulnols Ceniral £7i4|Toxas Pacific...... St. Paul & Duluth. 1. & 0. Cen. pi'd Kan. & Tex. pfd.. n Pacific. . Lake Erle & West.. 17 xpress o preferrod. 60| W. St In & P10 Lnko Shore.. 120%| “do proferred... . Lond Trust. 2014 | Wells Fargo 1Xp.. Loulsvilio & Nash. 2 |Western Unlon Loulsville'® N AL 1676 Wheellng & L. 1 Manhattan von.... 1iflg| do proferred..... Memp'ls & Cha's'n. 10" |Minn, & St. L0000 Michigan Central.. 97 [Den & R. G...... Missourl Pacific. . ibig|Genoral Eloctric. Moblic & Ohl 1| Nat. Lin Nashville & C 5 X Natlonal Cordage. 10 preferred. N.J Central. .20 1064 Tol. A. A K'N, Norfolk & W. pf'd. 20| Tol 8 1. & K Noith American Co_§%| a0 proferren 1«1 Northern vaciic.. 1ow total sales of stocks today we . including: Atchison, Burling: ton, 5,900; Distilling, 2,700; " ¢ Louisville & Nushville, b, gland ing, 8,600: Rock Island, 3,000; §t. Paul, 14,40 Sugar, 5,600; Western Union, 3,500, New York Money Market, NEw York, June Mo N CALL— Nominally quoted nt 24@3 por cent. Prive MERCANTILE PAPER—GGS por cent. STERLING EXCHANGE — Firm, with actual busines s' bills at #4.86364.87 for sixty duys and $4,89@4.891 for demand (UOVERNMENT HONDS—Easler. Stato bonds, dull. he closing quotations on bonds: 8. 48 rog. T (SUL &S, F. Gen, M. U. 8. 48 coup 1124 [8t. Paul Consuls. . y |SE K 1t - 1021 | T P o T, Tr. Hets, 1014 | Union Pacitic Ists 108 T | KL G, W Tste 100 [Ateh. 48.. ... 0000 Central Pacific 1039 | Atehi 23w, clans A G 115 |G 8 A b Caroiinn 4 o % Va. Va. E notations, BOSTON, Mass., June 8.—Call loans, 6 per cent; time louns, H1@6 4 per cent. ' Closing quotations onstocks, bonds und miningshares: Ateh, T & F, TG o prervired Sitg| Wisconstn Contrai. 80 |Atchison 2ds... .. 75| 0 dn... -+ ow England i General Kloctrlc & Win. Contral I8 Hoston & Albany. || Boston & Maine. C.B. xQ IAlloues Mining Co Fitchburg pl'd. 81l Atlantle. . Gen 71 |Boston & Montan: % | Butte & Boston, 8 |Calumet & Hecla. NTEN 25 |Contonm Old ¢ b L8 |Frank) i3 |Kearsargo. . 4 |Oscoolnno i 10 |Quincy.. Unlon Pa 274 Santa Fo Copop WestEnd pf'd....... 80 | Tamarack.... Westingh. Elo a7ie) Now York Mining Quotations, NEW YORk, June 8.—The following are the glosing quotations of winlng stocks on_ tho New York board: Crown Toin Con. Cal. & Deadwood . Gould & Curry . Hale & Noreross Iron Stiver Homestak Quick Bllver. Mexican A pford. Outarlo.. IBuiwer., TOophir. 5 T Slerra Nevada....., 75 nion Con. ......... Yollow Jacket...\.] St. Louis Mining Quotations, a1, Louts, Mo, .—The followlng are the clos 2 quotitions: Adams 1 Am. Nettio ', thimetallic. 'y Eilzabotn .. 40 asked. *bid, @ 90 [Granite @ .38%|*Hope.. Inguiitiil @ 42518, Hopos.. OMARA LIVE STOCK MARKETS, Recelpts Compared and Conditlons Re- viewed—The Local Situation. SATURDAY, June 8, Recoipts of both cattle and hogs for tho past wook show but little variation compared with a woek ngo, while there has boen a slight in- crease 1n the number of shoep received. Coni- pared with a year ago the most notable fea- sure I déereaso of nearly 60 por cent in hogs. The ofiicial igures uro us follows: tle. Mogs, o1pts this weok .. 14,673 20,741 oipts last week 070 Sawo week last yoar, 5,801 1,692 In this conzection a comparlson of receipts for the past five months at the four leading markets of the country miy be interesting, espectally locally, as showing that in the matter of perceniage of increase in cattle and wheep, and in the decrcase in hog supplies compired with previous years, this murket mukes a far botter showlng than any of the others. The following are tho receipis nt the tour loading markets for May, 1603, 1892 und Sheep. CHICAGO, Galin or 1893, 1802, Loss'93 1891, Cattle.....245,618 204,649 116,036 220,083 Tlogs..... /463507 787,280 +278,342 560,116 Sheep.....202,847 104,202 308,605 185,851 KANBAS CITY, Cattle.....110,979 756,357 435,622 Tlogs.... ./ 108/A78 248,226 149,353 Sheep..... 69,268 560,729 *15,687 OMAHA, Cattle...... 61,457 62,102 126,958 140,674 102,201 12,964 12/018 4 5,456 7. LOU Cattle...... 60,025 20,639 Hogs.... ..., 93,076 92 Sheep... ..\, 70,638 *Galn, tLoss. The following table shows recelpts at the same four polnts for the first five wmonths of 1599, 1892 and 1891: CHICAGO. 1693, 1692, Cattle.. ....... 1,244,011 1,885,247 Hogs.........10 2,274,646 8,581 8,049,678 Sheep...oee.ne 1,181,617 658,990 980,604 KANSAS CITY, 651,195 400,738 838,708 BH2/810 1,007,609 1,168,742 202,611 208,269 168,320 OMAHA, Cattle.: +eeers BDD,007 208,581 215478 Hogs ... 022,445 678,740 665,842 Sheep veeens 127,466 78,761 67,274 BT, LOUIS, Cattle. . 244,190 125758 146,304 Hog® ...\ .r 1418164 876,174 871,989 Sheep. UL 181,714 84,829 119,050 The cattle market the past week has been about as_unsatisfactory as could possibly be imagined. Prices for beef cattle have declined on an average fully 80c and the movement bas generally been slow with sellers anxious and buyers of ali clusses indifferent. The 68,250 203,157 40,546 81,676 60,818 20,584 66,202 86,678 *88,955 65,782 Cattle......... T Y T Bheep..... all 8 e money market are compelled to rostrict the much a8 possible, and foadors, on account of Iack of ready cash 'and inability to borrow are forcod to market their cattle in Ia hers bofore they are ripe the present very liberal Today there were the market was in very bad shape markets were all lowor and with no one want- ing cattle very badly the market tened out worse than on any day of the we The dressed beof men who woek any speculative that they would a'most have to st order Tho grades halt heavy grades stoady pricos. Av. 746 10001085 850 L1150 The close Lx) maln reason and About the onl, condition of affalrs Is the stringency in the Slaughtorers and_exporters reason for this operations upplies not cattlo ahippors them head recelyved and have boen liboral caro whether or not, gave out whi general market was about slow as it ever gets and prices ruled any where lower on 150 the best to 200 stuft = and i gree smooth, SHIPPING AND 1020 1050 111260 11000 cow and calf.. nd calf. springers, cachi.. . CALVES 100 140 90 50 111 160 1530 1620 1400 1450 1900 1010 STOCKERS AND FEEDEI 250 . 590 10Gs—The fluctuations in he been frequent and very uncvenly week and this together y in the provision murket will account for the apia ups and downs in values. The tizht money aricot 15 felt hore, perhaps, as mucl attle as hog product ari money to speculate. iing thelir busin this ro. 1 with lust 3 a4 12 10. 1 89 20, MIXED, 18 45 6. COws. BULLS. 14 MEIFERS. 21% violent, distributed hogs ure still LV The 0 1o 1,400-1b, steers sold at from #4.70 to 84,00, with rough heavy stocrs 8 low a8 $4.25 and #4. 971 10 1,150-10. stowrs at from $4.80 to &4 and poor to tair light 3.80 to 4,20, cattlo unsold on geta bia all day. stufl” there was The offerings wero as ust 1Tiouses picked them up quickly at about Good to cholee fat cows and heifers sold at from 83.60 o $4 butchers' cows at from §3.20 to mon and canning grades at from §2 Calves wero in active demand and firm at from 23 to $5.50 for common to cholee steck and stags sold at fully steady prices from $2.75 I'air 1o chol steors at from found & good which buyers could no change worth al light, As Is gencrally the case on a Saturday, there little doing in the stocker and foed The right kind of stock is In active quest, but common stuff is hard to Dealers roported pri for good to chofce, Representative sale: 1870 1896 L1816 1010 HOO HOG L1040 11600 1660 +e::.1290 11432 G50 746 more of beef Puckers 65 48 close 10 sho u fall J e of over 36,000 hogs, orover 60 percent had no stimulating effe on_tho market, very uniform with the fourteen twenty-nine 1bs. 20 at this time. Ehows the ave: for the pust six years: rge num- This actounts for Eastern here flat k. it out onl fair to good 3,60, and com- b to ¥ work < firmly held and strong well bred stock. wues have teceipts throughout th tho uncertainty Sin the 1 butehers arc ranning e welght 248 1hs 1be. heavier thun a year heavier uh following age welght of hogs by months November....., 20 b 24 | 29 219 | 260 229 21 2 28 | 214 241 | 218 offc much howover, saw nothing to gain b and the moven W with long advantige by fully 20c on an average, porfed vory bad andwith shippers not wan any-—they took ings—loc wero B at $6.05 quarter lower than Friday number_ of The bulk ¢ against own und Represontative 8h, 40 86 65 920 HO 160 40 240 240 40 280 120 120 200 860 240 B0 120 200 120 120 240 200 860 200 120 B0 280 120 40 160 40 200 40 240 120 820 No. 78 6 683 46 48 65 70 03 sure, ly th luto Recelpts today were the heaviest 5,000 heavier than on last Satur- quality Buyers hid tho best of the situ and taking off from 15c to a8 a utilized Chicago than a third s had Wiy, holding on nt was moderately active at 1 bod to_cholee welghts sold at from £6,.70 up to $6.85 and tho falr 1o poor grades at from $6.70 down Lo & Welght cut very little fi were aftér. Nutural lozs of 1t was quality 0 IArket grow as tho morning advanced and urgent sales 80.70, or fully A compar; ogs romained i the pens lio siles were at $6,70 $06.90 to $#6.95 Friday and #6.90 to #6.95 on last’ Saturday. ok closes fully The i e lower ales: Av. b, ..280 61....984 120 6 70 84,978 Ug 08....240 120 670 B64...803 40 § it 5 200 670 B8, 282 [ 72042 240 670 490....858 80 6 ? | Snerr-Recolpt, alx douhle-decks, woro fal lberal for n Saturdny. 1‘1n-n-m.~mm»<|au|, demand, but trade was dull with prices bid an pald 10200 lowor than yosterday of abous he same as at the close of last week, Quotas tions are ns follows: Fale 1o good nativ $4.6005.50; TAIF to good Wosterns, #4.0006.5 common and stock shecp, $2.60004.00; good to cholce 40 10 100-1b Iambs, fepres sentative snles: Rocelpts and Disposition of Stock. OMclal recetpts and disposition of stock shown by the books of thy Unlon Stock ¥ any for tho tranty-four ours' oading b lock p. m. Juno 8, 1803 RECRIPTS, oan. !-m:-w TONRSES & W& Cars. |Head ( )\rl.“l «|‘(‘M- |HMead Cars, | Toad ] MK MR BT N A PO DIsrOSITION UV ERA. |CATTLE. | OGS, [RHERP, Omata Packing Co.... ... 1,208 The G. 1, Hammond €0 w5 s BTt & Co P 13| The Cudahy Packing Co.. 85| a6 Chiengo I & . Co, | 1012 Bperey & 1000000 . | W it bmAn. ¥ 3 Tiammond & & . weiiel il 23013 ‘ (7Y Chioago Live Stock Murket. OwicAGo, 111, June 8.—[Spocial Telogram to : 1 day's receipts of cattlo were tod at 2,000 hoad, making 66,141 for week, which I8 7,892 head moro than were sived Tast wook and 1,498 loss than for the ponding weok last year. Local buyers anted a fair number of cattle and most ot the supply went to them. Shippers did no appear tonoed any eattle, and prices for the upper grades, therafore, wora ; and bulls sold at full priges, the ofiorings not cqualizing the domand, “Thire was also a firm market for calves. Tho g receipts were Texana, Receipts of hogs were estimated at 9,000, \ ipts for the week foot up abous usugainst 114,198 for the provious weok 1000 for the corresponding woek I fhie market was vory dull, and in 1l supply pricos” went down. They doclined from 10¢ to 15¢ or to from 6,90 to 0 for common to cholear and u woights, and to from %6 for common {0 best light. The sold to botter advantage than the heavier grados, fow good Lght lots being ofs fered. There was teading from £4.50 to #6.50 for culls, all along up to $7.80. Only o single sale wa ceted at the st named price and the hozs for which that fizure vas obtained were <o far superlor to “the common herd" anot falrly be taken into account in ning an estimate of the market. Most of stutl was welghed at from 7 to 7.15. let was firm. Tho 3,000 head, receive o picked up quickly on @ basis of from $3.65 to £ for Texans, from $3.75 to 50 for natives and wosterns ind from $4.76 t# for yearlings. ‘There was inquiry for spring lambs it trom’ #4.00 to §7.50. Tho re= ceipts wero estimated at ), ninking 08,440 for the woek, as against )’ for lastweok for the corresponding woek lass i Cattle, 2,000; calves, 40; hogs, ieep, 8,000, vening Journal roports: Carrre-Recelpts, 4,000 head; shipments, 1,600 head; market steady; ton prices for the woek, $5.70006 medinn, £5.00006.50; others, 84,2040 iHoas - Recoipts, 6 1: shipments, 4,000 houd; marketslow and be lower, ma decline sin 1y torning of 10 10@7. b 1075, shipmonts, top natives, $4.70@b.00; top Texans, 5.05; top maturcd lumbs, $.66@6.80; spring lambs, §4.0087.50. St. Louls Live Stock Market. st. Louts, Mo., June 3.-CATTLE-Recelpts, 900 head; shipments, 1 niurked slow on all kinds; 24,005 cipts, cad; market 510c lowes ixed, $6.00¢7.00; oipts, 4,600 market " weak; ey A Traveler Taken with Cholera Morbus, While Mr. T. J. Richey of Altona. Mo., s traveling in Kansas he was taken yios v ill with cholera morbus. He called as adrig store toget some medicine and the druggist recommended Chamberlam’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhaa Remedy so highly he coneluded to try it. The result was immed{- ate relief, and a fow doses cured him col pletely. 1t is made for bowel complaint an nothing else. It never fails. . RUSKIN POEMS. Some Speclmens of Verse by tho Now Enge lish Laureate. Though not classed as one of the Engs lish poets, John Ruskin has produced considerable verse. Hero are some exs amples: TAt the age of 14 he made pilgrimages with his parents to Skiddaro and Snow- don, the Jungfrau and Mont Blane, and inspired by the mountain scenery he wrote these lines: Iw for the fountain foaming, For shady holm and hill; My mind is on the mountain roaming, My spirit's voiee is still. 1 woary for the woo tland brook That wanders through the vale; I weary for the heights that look Adown upon the dale. There is a thrill of strange delighs That pa quivering o'er me When blue hills rise upon the sight Like summer clouds before me. Liko other poets, he sometimes pers mitted his muse to dwell lovingly upon the charms of spring, and here is one of the results, which is not without baauty Infant spirit of the spring, On thy flesh-plumed pinion bring Snowdrops like thy stiinlcss brow— Violet, primrose—cull them now With the cup of daffodil ‘Which the fairies love to fill, fre each moon-dance they renew, With the fragrant, honey dew; Bring them spirit - bring them hithew > tho wind have time to wither, Or the sun to steal their dyes “To paint at eve the western skies; Bring them for the wreath of one— Fairest, best that time hath known, An extract from one of his earliest poems is of a more serions turn: That Great One whose spirit interweaves The pathless forest with their life of leaves; And [ifts the lovely blossoms, bright in birth, Out of the cold, biack, rotting charnel oarth; Walks on the moon-bewildered waves a night, i Breathes' in the morning breeze, burns in the evening light; Feeds the young ravens when they ery; ups lifts The pale-lipped clouds among the mountain cliffs; Moves tho pale glacier on its Lives in the desert's unive \ And fills with that one glance which none clude, The grave, the city, and the solitude. The latest of Mr. Ruskin's poems was written in 1887, The following is a same) ple of it: Fishes in the sea— Apples on the tree, What is it to me, Baby, whoso they bet R In the little building erected espceially for the merchant tailors is 4 blanket made of 5,840 pieces of broadeioth, which represents cight years of odd half hours of a Washings ton kuight of the goose. BR TCHED TEN MONTHS A troublesome skin disease caused me to scratch (05 ten monll(ni and was d by a few days' use of fise vy M. ll{ WOoLFF, S5 Upper Marlboro, Mds sWIFT'SPECIFIC was cured some years ago of White Swelling hllmylrgllyunlnu and Liayo had no symptoms of 16 turn of the dis- easo. Many prominent physicians atlended o and faifed, but 8, 8. 8. did tho work, FAUL W. KIRKPATRICK, Johngon City, Te reatise on Blood and Sk in Discases malled frea. BWLT Breciic m:y;:n-‘v_-.