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1 eupi-owi the eet did brtek M, At my tturnmt doe* to tt*. — New York Tribune.

Kill end Jne.

Raj llkrs beat to have me tell him elories about BUI and Joe. two great black dtga. They are owned bj- two boys, who )lt«c near a village by the ee* In the summer many people come rtttre to board. *tn cottage* and

at the big 1 wagon for tht

wagon for the doge, and when Bill and Joe are harnessed and the boys are In the wagon driving this turn-out 1* looked at by cverj-body. All think the boys have the best dogs they ever saw. The boys sell newspapers during the summer and twice a day. when tr. trains come In. the boj-s are there with the dogs and the wagon and lhey ( drive around, leaving the papers at the cottages and the houses. All the boys at the shore are on the watch for Bill and Joe. and when they come along some

same sight from bis hammock on tbs

back porch.

One day grandpa stretched a line

some fifty feet long, by the aid of j 0 f i which he Intended to set nut a straight met

row of young cabbage planta. There are few mote back-breaking JfTos about a farm (ban this setting out of young cabbage or tomato plants. On this day all the old gentleman's attention was on the job In hand. He was not thinking of Archie or the crow, or thing else except those cahbi

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.nythln* else except those

planta. which were In a pan by bis side, as he worked slowly and patiently along toward the end of the long line. Every twelve or fourteen Inches he would punch a hole In the soft, rich loam with a sharp stick, slip the root of a young cabbage plant down In this hole, pre«a the earth compactly around It. and then make another hole at the

ier pli

The old man never took his eye* off his work until he got to the end of his line, by which time his back and legs were so nearly broken that he was In sore need of the satisfaction of surrey-

bard task, well done. Alss! alas!

ten he did turn around to view with pride his work, what was his disgust to see that Archie's, crow had followed along behind him and qntetly pulled up every solitary cabbage plant, after which the wicked Imp of a bird bad flown into the pear tree, where he loked as Innocent and solemn as If there were not a cabbage plant within

thousand miles. Archie was asli his hammock—that's what the oil

said to himself. He was sure of If. It was the wind and not the little rascal's laughing that shook the hammock so.

—San Francisco Chronicle.

Q(acral Trad* OadlttssL

G. Dun Company’s weekly review

froi

f trade says:—“f^'efimunition in busapparent from labor controvcr-

siea, owing to the prosperous conditions of the agricultural sections and Uie

of the agricultural section! and the brignt outlook forthis year's crops. Retail distribution of light-weight wearing apparel has fglt the stimulus l ■ : ~ , —

temperatures. Railway eamin

!. larger thai . above those

iscrep-

lempcratures. Railway earning* in May were 8.7 per cent- larger than last

and 31.7 per cent. ‘ "There continuei

tncy between the amount of business offered and the contracts closed in many branches of the iron and steel industry owing to the inability of producers to assure delivery at a specified time. "Tardy deliveries of sample pieces by the woolen- mills have caused complaint smong the clothiers and fall orders are not placed freely. Wool sells more free'.y at leading Eastern markets and quo-

tations are steady.

"Grain markets have shown the effect of conflicting erdp estimates and weath-

! rr reports.

“Failures for the week numbered i6j in the United States, against 17® last year, and 20 in Canada, compared with

ij a jtar ago.

UTEST QUOTATIONS. Flour—Spring clear. $3.15*3-35; L”' Patent, $4jn; choice Family, $4 05.

.sleep In old man

Corn—New York No dclphia So. a. 65! ja66

Ha>—No. 1 timothy, $!4.5oai5.oo; No. t timothy, $15.00314.00, No. 3 timothy,

fn.i

tgus— dozen.

and Vegetables.—Aspar Shore. Maryland, pe

_ zen, prime. $1.2531.80. Beets—Norfolk. per bunch 3340. Blackberries—

North Carolina, per quat. 5

father and i How i-- — ' pecially

to the hojel with her

mother. They thought t

would do the child good. She was a sweet girl, but looked so weak and se thin everybody was sorry for her. She did not -eoro to get ajy beiter and tbe

mod to rare for was

sparrow, when Bret the house hunt'ng bag^—Nonh‘"cirShna* 11 per ^ratc Si.poa and building mania ‘Otne* upon them? j zoo; do, Norfolk, per brl $1.90^00.

ipendoualy busy they a the rock, and what a t

j dous lot he has to ra£ As a

i of fact, his missus does all the real •

cork, and he supplies all the theory, which she consistently dir re garde. . Not that Mrs. Sparorw works 1m- , petuously. as though time permitted o no deliberation. On the contrary, she ;

trotting along. Then sue wuuia . " w *»i, «ut , u j. brighten up a little and seem to take uses the greatest deliberation In the | fuart J

great notice. : performance of every action, however j f' box 253550 So one day her father asked the boys 1 trivial. Watch her when she is con- I $ , -7°« , -75

to drive right up near to where little j *iderlng the eligibility of. let us say. Etu was sluing, and how pleased she a bit of string which she has found in war! The boys spoke to her and the j 'be garden path, os material to be dogs kissed her hands. Then the boys ! usc d in the building of a nest over said to her father: ! which she is busy. First she will sit "Don't you want. sir. to have us ‘ "I™ a gooseberry twig a yard or two give Etta a ride?" [ awa >’- an< l inspect that morsel of string

Tbe father looked at the girl and i from lhe ROUl b««-‘

cock, and what a tremen- , — .. far! As a matter 1 brl. Red. $5.003400. Cucumber-,—

rharlc*pn. per basket $1.253150; do. North Carolina, per basket S1.00a1.50. Eggplants—Florida, per crate $3.0033.50. fireso-pear—Anne Arundel, per bn,

"oi 1

he ; --c. Huckleberries—North Carolina, per fuart 8aioc Lettuce—Native, per bushel box 25335c.Onions—Bermuda, per >'* $1-7081.75: Egypnarv pci^sgck f2.75a5.oo. Peaches Florida, per car1 :icr Si.5032.50. Pineapples—Florida, jicr crate $2.7535 50. Radishes—^jftive, per . 100 bunches, white, yscaji 00 Rhubarb —Native, per bunch aaa'/JO Spinach— ‘ Native, per bushel box 30325c. Spring anions, per 100 bunches 50360c. Straw- ' berric*—Eastern Shore. Virginia, per 1 quart ftape: do. Maryland, per quart 6a

. I 10. String beans—Charleston. per

she whispered to him. "Yes." so be ; Then she will flit over the apple basket, green. 75ca$t.oo do. wax. 50*75c. took her up carefully In his arms and i tre « clo9e by and study It from the I Tomatoes—Florida, per six-basket carput her on the seat beside one of tbe northwest. ‘Then she will examine it rier. fancy. $2.0032.50: do, fair to good,

from other points of tbe compass. At , Si rsaz-oo.

lop up to it and puli It ! „ Potatoes—Old-White-Maryland and itly accepting It. but rw- | rfnn ‘r vlva "^**V b \. No b ^ 7 ° c '' *>•

«. — —!

H» Was iliut a Flala Ur me. ■’George.’’ exclaimed Mis. Younghuss—j -■ nilc, "baby has a

"Has he?” was the response, in a tone

which betrayed no emotion “Vos- '•on't r| 'm

' was tl j-ed no

"Vou don't stem surprised ” "I'm not surprised- All babii

not surprised. All babies have first teeth. If ours didn't have any I’d mage to work’ up aome excitement,

rhaps"

^l thought you'd and liappy about it." "No; 1 don’t see tl

c any iciterai

r so pleased

that it's any occasion

for especial congratulations. The baby "For having the first tooth. He has just struck the opening chapter of a long stop' of trouble. Pretty soon he’ll

"Of course h* will.”

■'Every one lie cut* will hurt him. Then his second teeth will come and push these out. That will hurt him again Some of the nets ones will grow crooked, likely as not, and he will have to go to the dentist and have instruments adjusted to them to pull them into Fine. Then he’ll cut his wisdom teeth. They will hurt a lot. After that he’ll have to go to the dentist and let him drill holes and hammer until his face feels like a great palpitating stone quarry. I shouldn t like him to go through life without teeth. But I must say that I don’t sec any occasion for the customary hilarity over an event that means so much in the way of sorrow and humilia-

Tw-mirth Crntnry Ijogle.

Johnnie had been arguing with his mother and had got rather the worst of the interview, which landed with a

round of “smack, smack." ’’Johnnie,” said his fat

you

»ther.

Johnnie. "That h

the old m

profit by my experience and learn

lhat when

hing to do with it,” said ’You might just as well

icc and learn once Oman says a thing

mot.”

boys and she had a nice little ride. It seemed to do her good, for that ; la evening she ate a lljUe^more and j-**

e j jeering it again,

her a ride again the next day andt hen j Ha suitability for

a few momenta twite a day. So every day Etta watched for Bill

momii

ic purpoi 1 little t

™*ng a s If thi

1. ahe drops It at the very three- . nom, and sits upon tbe ro

better aryl belter, and after a time while, eying it and chatterini

i last she will decide to uae it, and, aelx- 1. $5003525; do. seconds. S1.50a2.00; do. Ing it. she will fly up to her nest with culls. 75ca$i.oo; do, North Carolina, per

the treasure: but. vacillating once J beb No._t, Sa.’soa.voo.

again. ; hold.

5 very tr roof a 1

wagon Instead of | ing to her lord, perhaps, few weeks she I have done well enough If It had been

died well and ber motbi

father and the doctor all thought that

Bill and Joe had cured her.

How she loved those dogs! When j it was time to go home it seemed as if she could not bear to part with them. The father tried to buy BUI and Joe and told th? boj-s he would give them

clear rib sides, io^c ; bulk shoulders,

o’i: bulk bellies, Jiji; bacon clear rib heaven knows what. Finally ‘ides. nl4 : bacon 'houldcrs. qti; si

r thicker c

unied it

thin- j o'i; bulk bellies, JI54; bacon clear

;ugar-

_ mgar-

and behold! tomorrow ahe once more, and it lie*

she will fit down and carry It away c '"ed shoulders, extra broad. 12; ’ jj M j cured California hams. 0*4; ham

vnsed or uncanvas refined lard, tierc,

gross 1

Butti

ims. 044 ; hams, cand. t2 lbs and over. 13; 5 brls and 50-lb cans

Jutter—Separator. 233240 ; Gathered Cream, aaaa.tc; imitation. 19120; Prints, r-Jb. 24125: Rolls, 2-lb, 25*24 : Dairy pts.

Md.. Pa..'Va_ —025. Eggs.—Frcsh-Uid eggs,

I'M

medium.

io’/-aioK.

Live Poultrj-.—Hen*. I5>a*. .

! that to consider and weigh and delib- 1 roosters, each 25030?; spring chickens,

. ’ 1531 Jr.

j 25324c; young stags. *

0 help with the *e»t- j '"nbies-

iwc:

1 Not for long, however, tor either

. self or some other bird baa removed jaw for the dogs, but they would dot j it next time one looks for the imich

■ell them for any price. So the father j considered snap.

comforted Etta by telling her he ! That conceited and self-assertive llt- ® ou| d bnng her back the next sum- j tic person, her lord and master, is far mer to play again with Bill and Joe. less deliberate In bis actions. He la He also gave the boys $20 and told :jnofe-eertain of himself, being conthem to buy new harness for the , vinced that he knows everything, and • dogs and do what they liked with the 1 that to consider and weigh and delib- 1

test c-f the money. They bought the ] crate is a waste of time. uid pot tbe bUuto, of tb, , ft, i, l0 help

w. 1 ? i tbbbtng, and hold, forth without cUM ; .,1,,,,. lit, kill, bo Jb, and up. tk.tr «-

po to tollegc *om, dnt. wnd tk^o jn , . hn „ hf , lm)lrtl OtcrUoclIy Ittuoo, it.mj cowt tod light t.t.., fl'o

.b« U«, w.r, tl»r IM. to »r, Mr ip. , b.ud. H, cwtthn night of W . ’ tb.t pood end. Brooklyn E«l,. | , ,„ w „ ^ or , mot. of | r*—-

j.stlck, and it occurs to him that here Is ■ Uve Stttk -

Archie • ad «h# Crow. the very thing his foolish wife has I Chicago.—Cattle—Mostly ioai£c low

There were few things that pleased sought for days and failed

Archie better than to be taken to visit his grandfather, who owned a large dairy farm in Orange county. New York. Tbe little felo’.w was hi* grandfather".- namesake, the old man was fond of the boy. aad never got put of patience at the lad s questions or his

playful humor.

One day when Archie was out In-tWe woods with one of his grandfather's hired men the man caught and gave to Archie fo- a pet a young crow. A crew, even In the wildest Stale, is a sort of half-domesiiralod anlma?. It is no trouble at all to tame them. and. aside from their insatiable desire to gel into all sorts of mUchlef. they make nice pets. Archie and his Trow

1 friends by the time they rej house, and this wag of the'^ **3

I up a it thing

of the funniest, drollest things for $ts young master dm lug all that summer's vacation. The bird never lost an opportunity to play a practical joke on anybody and everybody; but he seemed especially delighted when his victim was the old man. Archie’s grandfather, all of which was accepted In good part by the old gentleman, until one day the crow carried his joke* a Iktie too far. and came perilously near being

a dead crow afterward.

Although tbe old man was .rich, beyond the necessity of labor, be believed In plenty of outdoor exercise, and w«i especially fond of working In hla own garden and orchard. In tbe kitebda garden there was a beautiful big pwr tree. In which the cron used to pert* himself and watch the old man sow seeds, set out young tomatoes and cabbage plants; while Archie enjoyed th*

tought for days and failed i

prime slcer* $7.3*7.90; poor $537; Stockers and feeders

htcago.

^ ! S : Sm“

knows no more about

than he does about the laying of

His wife knows all about him, how- , t o

cvef, and the straw Is turned out of the rough, heavy. $7.1037-40; light . lest again as soon as his back is turn- 1 7.55; bulk of sale* $7.1537.45. Sheep—

He has probably placed it In some

Impossible position and—after explain- ' to ch

ing what a marvellous fellow he is. sheep $5.0035.50: native

and what a treasure he has brought j ‘ l';]

up In the way of building material— ' - departed, forgetting all about the mat-

blllty of fta

rejection by* the missus. ’There,” Ays be. dumping it down by ber side

t you t

find 1

Sheep and lambs slow to fewer; good

to choice wethers $50035.50: W« sheep $50005.50; native Jambs.

. S5.00a6.75.

East Liberty.—Cattle steady

’ 7-60: mediums $720: heavy yorkers

; pig* $6fo

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^Carpenters are on •

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I-ongmsn's Magazine, strike, due to a question of wages.

s Yonkers, N. Y. hatters art a TaaAv.-HaarijNi child. ’■Tike for a 20 per cent, inert

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Kansas mine workers h*ye prepared s new scale, due to dissatisfaction over

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Machinists of the International and Great Northern have struck af Pair-— Taylor and San Antonio. Texas. Because of their inability 4

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The journeymen

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< ompumeuta loo irulonir. Hr i> the most (pliant of the junior numbers of the diplomatic corps but his gallantry is always Teutonic, ponderous and. at limes, almost overpow- < ting. So is his English. "Aeh!" he exclaimed, as he entered a swell afternoon function last week, “vc nrrh in de brcsscncc off de enemy, dc ».V-afflce enemy. Ve shall neffer dum ouah pa#*to de enemy. Ve haff pumet ouah --pHptches behint us. Vc must face dc ioafficc foe." "Under the circumstances,” laughed his charming hostess, "1 think it will be well for you to face the foe.

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