WHEN A MAN’S IN LOVB Wk«a ■ mu'* la lo«* b* feadly dM8>« Tha dajr* ail lor and draanui Tfe«r*'a awaUiaa* la aach braaib ol air. And •r»r> pruapvcl alrvtebra lain la aiarjr •ton* a Jaa-I clranw. The ,un •fc«'U oa•; (<>idaa baasu. Glad aonn ara tuutt t-y all tba auvaot. And luVriinaa. b a*»r> wbrrr,

W^aa _a man * 1b lora.

ForraUicc alokid, worldly ». hom*'». For niB tliera's xuu,l- in tno -drain*

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5 Tbe Siory oi' Pip. j 1 TSi Borter tb.l WMei to Kim i t Ell ioiBl Oil. t 4 — ♦ ^ dy Mnv C. Rlnpwalt. f There vaa *uc»aier nunahlnc everywhere. golden o.iln .ne* cf tUndeliona r m «ae m« n Jo « yeiloa HuSs ol chlckahidcie In the barnyard. •Pin, you naughty Utile rooster, come home this Instant I ’ Susan Nipper chuetiled excitedly, her head thrust out the ttop window. With a rockleaa diaobediencc, Pip strode on—three bold steps toward the curious black object whh the two yel-‘ lyw lighu In the lower. Then, In sudden panic, he turned tall, and fled. . He found cla mother wildly pacing the floor, her feathers ruffled wrlth anxiety. - Pip! Pip! How can you worry n»e so!" she nerrcusly clucked. “I wanted to know—" "•Wanted to know! 1 " angrily* reposted Mrs N’-Pper. "That was your excuse for getting Into the water cwn and aimoat drowning when you were Arc days old! "JJttle roosters, my son. who wish to be really wise, mind their mothers without wanting to know r the whya and wherefoios. for mothem always have good reasons for their compiands. Tucl was a Cat which you insisted upon approaching In so foolhardy a manner—a dangcrou* heasv with horrible claws, which kills little chickens, and eats them. This particular creature belongs to our dear mlsU ess. and is said to be harmless, but I do not trust her. It makes my feathers creep to see her watching you children at play! Now. Pip Nipper, you’re not to go out again this afternoon. f Pip .sulked in a corner of the coop. It was ridiculous to treat him like a baby. wheiA he was growing up so fast. Thar very morning Pedro Shanghai and he had been comparing -combs, and Cleopatra Speckles bad declared Pip’s the more promising. Although Mrs. Nipper tad a very large family, her other children were all sweet little things Why Pip should be po different wao a sad j>Uzale. there Vas a sudden tug at her left wRig.' “Pip." she clucked In a whisper, "is that you kicking the covers tC?" “I want to know what i: is." peeped k frightened reffte. “What what Is?*" "That awful spooky rustle! Oh. mother. I’m so afraid it’s the bogey rooster after me!" "Pip Nipper, have you been listening to Pedro Shanghai’s siily stories, when Mother told you net to play with him •gain? The only bogey rooster Is a bad conscience that troubles small •hickens when. they don't mind their mothers. The sound you hear la the pretty leaves on the trees talking in their sleep." There was a long alienee, and at last Mrs. Nipper’s head wearily nod-

ded.

But If Plp’a nursery days filled Susan Nipper's breast trilb anxiety, when her chickabiddies were old enough to leave toe coup, and be proudly led about the great outside yard, his behaTipr became a positive torment to his nervous, sensitive mother. Upon all risky expeditions of Investigation. he ran beyond the sound of her cluck. If It were muddy, be pattered across the dean porches; If It .were dry. he dusted himself In the middle of the mistress's pet flower bed—*1ways he brought a scolding and a shooing upon his whole family. There was no mischief nor disturbance In the barnyard that the bens did not cackle: "That horrid little Pip Is at the' bottom of 11!*’ In spite of hU mother's argument*, be almost broke a wing because he "Wanted to know*’ why he. couldn't fly np on the roost like the “grown-ups.” and he disastrously’ strained his vocal cords trying Jo crow like his uncle Caesar August tin!* Finally he lamed himself for a week by falling down In a tangle of underbrush in the woods f bare be had stealthily gone against Mb mother's strict command*. because he “wanted to know” what was. on the other aide of the fence. The time came at last when even so dwvotdd a mother as Susan Nipper was thread to admit that her children were grown up. "®f course, my dears." she Un»rt£»<d upon them, the last night that

aftfr carefully dressing her feathers, made cafla on Mrs. Speckles and Madam Shanghai, but their cabling goaalp bored her. The cob’ happy experten-'e was the five minutes she spent at young kfrs Leghorn's new ceop, whore she clucked over the pullet’s babies to her hungry heart'* content. She was regretfully turning away from this cocp whet a terrible noise greeted her. It was as deep and awful ad a groan, as high and piercing as a shriek—-It was the cry of alarm given by her brother-ln-lnw. Caesar Augustus. the cock of the day. TUe alarm was Instantly taken up by frightened hens and panic stricken small chickens. There was nc need to look dewn c; the apnMUng shadow cast upon the cunllt ground. Ttcie was no nee 1 to look up at the horrible winged ires ture above their heads. Every one knew that a hawk was swooping down on the barnyard. Susan Nlrper. cool sad collected, bravely me: the emergency. Clucking at ifce top id her voice, she spread out [ her wings and waited. In a twinkling ! her dear cbickabiddic had run homo | to mother. No. there was one miss j tng! Out In the open stood Pip. neck i stretched upward, ‘head at the exact j angle of the head of his Uncle Caeaar | Augurtus—Pip. a dainty morsfl for a j hawk's chicken pie. "Pip. come here this Instant!" j hoarsely clucked his exasperated ( mother. Pip cocked hla head cm the other | vide, and calmly followed his Uncle ! Caesar's example of standing on one !

leg-

All entreaties sjere unavillng. Be j fore the mother-eyes was a sickening ' sight. Pip—foolish, disobedient. In- | sclent—yet her own little rooster still, ■vas clutched up Into the air! Uncle Caesar Augustus gave a groan ; amt drew back. Hen*. cackUflg, fled. | But. with a cry of rage. Susan Nipper darted forward and upward. The hawk. Ending the little rooster much heavier than his site bad led her to suppose, and surprised by the unexpected. furionS attack of the hen. reluctantly let go her victim, and slowly scored away Into the wood. Ftp lay motionless where he had dropped—bleoJtng. unconscious—poor Mrs. Nipper helplessly clucking over him. Cut the commotion In the barn-yr.-d had brought the dear mistress to ’be rescue. With an exclamation of ‘herref. al e knelt on the ground, and lenderly lilted the poor little roceter In her kind hands. There was a quiver la« •he still form, and Pip opened one eye. "My darling!” clucked Mrs. Nipper, broken!*.' ^ . ”1—wanted—to—know." answered a feeble peep: then the eye closed again. Gently holding him In her apron, the kind mistress ran Into the bouse. In an agony of suspense, Susan Nipper waited. An hour crept by. then the dear mistress reappeared. She carefully held a small doll’s bed In her arms. Upon It. cradled In soft pillows, y pip. rwathed. In bandage*. She placed the bed In the shadow of a tree . i rav ened a mosquito netting ovet If 20 that the Bid* abdhlJ not annoy the invalid. • It was many days before Pip recovered from the shock of the deadly encounter, and the serious wound In his crop where the hawk’s talon had torn him. but he had “found out"—not only what he wanted to know about hawks, but also the goodness and wisdom ol his dear mother. And at but. appreciating her careful training and following her counsels, he grew up Into aa fine, handsome and distinguished a rooster as Ms Uncle Caesar Augustus —Los Angeles Times. •

jrvTeresTi

A Woman's Sympathies It Is often claimed by outsiders thathaving a profession dulls a woman's sympathies; but I cannot believe that this is true In the practice of medicine, where one side of the work Is so Immeasurably sad. I have seen a baby that came after 1£ year* waiting and hoping, and was rejoiced over dally and hourly for a wonderful year, suddenly stricken down and gasp Its little life out In a day with pneumonia. These are the times when It hurt* to be a doctor, to find that all the knowledge that you possess, all your command, la aa so

Old Maids as Listener*. The good listeners, on the other hand, arc the did maids to whose speech nobody pay* any atention. yet to whom everybody talks And I wonder. considering how many confidences men have poured Intothelrear*. and now many other things men have found to say about them, that not a gentleman has yet been found good and generous enough to pay tribute tQ.vhis surpassing excellence in spin stera—an excellence \c dear to the masculine mind. How many old-mald aunts, indeed, have nephews not beguiled? Host many old-mald sisters have not opened their ear* to the selfpraise pf theli oasucreuful brothers who hsvc missed a bearing at the bar. or In the pulpit, or wherever there was competition among men? u’ Patient souls, these old nteids, listening to each of us a* a mother only Usteaa to her own, and who have listened so long that at last they have the air of. never.expecting anyone to pay attention to them. They venture Into speech on their own account, aa

wlags. “if you're In any trouble wish advice, come at once to mother. Bat you're eld enough to make your own places In the world, and 1m-sure ycull art Slone capitally without me-" She tried to speak cheerfully, tat when she glanced at Ftp. her dork broke down. Aa ter as be was concerned. all her careful training

again. Those. Chough, are the old maids for whom corners are never so eager as the very least among men to ‘assure themselves of a iearing somewhere.—Mies Lillie Hamilton French in the Century, What It Meant. A traveler mustered up courage to ask wher. his train was due. "Nine fifteen," said the agent. He waited a half hour and then went back to the window. •Train ain't her* yet. and It's

»-0.“

"What are you going to do about It?" asked the ticket man. Tau'se got U marked ta time’

on rx* board."

"Bet you «11 ataV* Thea I'd Ilk* to know what *0. T.’

stands tor?"

"Oaiy try lag. It** a mixta train, at he could not laager be under her and thayte trying hk* 8am Hill to lU hfulwe. abe felt that some terrt get otar a grade K> mim fiom bar* » caUmNy mlyhi tw-teil him. whh U ran of stock. Bat float Jon worry; they'll get taro «ane time t> km*ly ter Boaaa Nlnwr. . 8ta tried day. Tahy U-heep trying UU Uay get to take ap her nodal dstlea agate, ata 1 “ver the

feel aa though the brand of &r D w* upon you when with all your efforts, you cannot nave the little life. No’, years nor experience can lighten such as these.—Everybody - * Magazine. Space for Monogram. In lingerie the latent Imported saggerUon consists In the leaving of a tiny apace In the mldat of the exqni*ite hand embroidery with which these garments are Incrusted, to be filled in later with the owner - * initial or mon-

ogram.

A chemise shown hr importer has a low. round neck, finished off with tiny square scallops done in fancy butronhole srtich. Below this was a tracery of trailing vine*, delicately formed into a sort of’empire wreath for the reception of somebody'* monogram. This monogram scheme was seen alio in a night dress, where a heartshaped decoration is embroidered on •Jie left side In the yoke. A corset jover had insertion of .Valevdennes lace alternating with narrow, strips 3t the muslin, showing * hand wrought design In mistletoe; At the left the mistletoe formed a sort of Inverted wishbone for the raqepUon of the future monogram.—Pittsburg Dispatch. New Idaaa in Trimmlnp. The New York girl's latert trimming Idea I* delightfully simple, though It la most clever in IU originality. It 1* merely a linen trimming, but linen beautified. Stitched Unflh bands and embroidered linen bands are no longer a novelty, though they are modish; but cut-out old designs In linen, finished with a bujtoo hole stitch and apptlqued upon the skirt or waist, are new *nd exceedingly effective. A plain white linen waist or even a •ilk waist takes on a fetching new beauty when it U trimmed for in- * lance, with clover leaves of green linen, the shading linen In an embroidery stitch as cleverly aa If It were band painted. The clover leaf applique la used to good effect to outline the yoke, to trim the sleeves, and one lucky four leaf clover gives an original touch tc the belt In front r.xese clover leaves also make a styUsh trimming for a dark bine taffeta shirtwaist suit.—Woman's Home Com-

panion.

A Feather Fan. The smart girt la throwing to the winds all her superstitious notions Once she hsd a vague dread of having a peacock feather anywhere about her. She scorned it e don for tao wall* of her room. Now abe delights In the exquisite colors of this proud bird's tallfeathers Her newest pet fad Is her Uttla peacockfeatber lac. She makes It herself. The natural feathers are not need, but Instead she embrttaers the peacock-feathers Her ten is of One canvas with the sticks dyad a dull green. She has the fan stamped with a number of peaiock-faatbers rescuing from the .top of the ten to where the sticks Join 1L The feathers are r, so that out little of the canvas shows, and the effect is nearly the same aa that of a ten made of real peacock-feathers. She testthis ten to a chain made of gunmetal links, with here and there s and a dark blue stone.—Wo-

aort of prevalent net Ion that the eter aal feminine 1* different from the merely feminine—from the plain, ev ery-day, unemphaaisod feminine. Evidently Goethe wished. In "Faust.” to lay much stress on the beautiful lend crab ip of the feminine half of the race and he did It gloriously tn the apothe otls of Margaret, with tee mystical chcm chanting the Ewlgwelbliche But it will be a very palpable, a de Ugbtful unmystical Weibllcho, which will beckon us on to the fields of cul lure when woman, by reason of her greater freedom from bread winning, gold bunting cares, has completely <•* tablicbed her position as the educated half of the American nation. That there will be nothing particularly dangerous or distressing to men in thla leadership Is pretty well Indl-,-Atcd by the circumstance that, among lac every day American* of the pres ent time—what we might call our conservative middle clars if we permitted ourselves the use of such an expression—the women have long been a little above their husbands, fataers and brothers In education and refinement, and are by common consent and to tbe general advantage conceded a superior position In these respect*.--Harper**

Weekly.

Her Roommates. New York Is supposed to be a paradisc for girls who paint or write. But it isn’t always. it's all right as far as the work remarked one young woman who has been through the mill. "But oh. the boarding houses and the room mates! The/ are an economy. That's why yon have them, of course. But before 1 earned money enough to dispense w— them I came to prefer my coffin alone, to a ten-acre room with a roommate. •’There was Clortnda. sweet soul he was studying In a dramatic school. I thought the would be such 4 good material, that I welcomed her with open anna But dramatic study wasn't what I supposed It to be. “She practiced by the hour trying to sing ‘Annie Laurie.’ She hadn't the first idea of pitch and 1 am rather musical myself. When I had suffered to the last gasp. I used to flee to the library to work. "When ! came back ane was going through all the wriggles of a contortionist It used to get on my nerves. She rose at 5 a m., too, Clorinda did. and red tad Joliet aa the tun arms rising. It was poetic hot exhausting. "Clorinda Anally left me. Her sue cessor was religious. She never went to bed before IS. Then she read her Bible aloud for an hour. I suffered from slop famine all the time she was

with me.

"Number three was aa art student doing advertisements as s step gap till she became famous. When I came In dead tired -be made me alt in an Improvised toboggan made of tbe Ironing board sot up against a chair for a picture of an up to date Santa Clans I posed as a tailor mold when she arms doing an advertlacment for a dressmaker, and as a Grecian beauty to advertise a health oorseL “1 might have refused to pose. 1 did one week, and Ma-ree-ah had models. But ata borrowed the money from ms to pay them and forgot to rot urn It. So I went back to slavery again. "Number four played the piano. Shs had one in the room on condition that she would practice only when 1 was out She kept to her bargain once la a while. Bat after awhile I found It r to have her play than not Whenever I sat down to write, she beto talk or Mae write letter*. On* was as bad as the other. When she began to chew her pen over an epistle, I knew what to *x-

Lcadsrshlp by Woman.

Tbe colleges snd universities of the United States this year graduated between four snd five thousand young on. At about ths same time that was being done, the tact was being officially published at Washington that, while between ISM and 1M0 the students In coUegea snd unlrer-

'Ellxabeth.' shs would say, ‘do you spell •carry* with one r or two?* “Then Just as J got well started in a story, agate It would ha: 'B-llx-n-beth.

is ‘concern’ an s or a C?*

“By that time I began to beg her

to play scale* again.

“But I had forgotten the aoutherner. She took tbe palm. She had nevar picked up anything tn her Ufa and ahe

4 didn’t begin with me. I made her

bed when it was made and dug my way through piles of her clothes when ever d. She used to wheedle ms

into playing lady's maid * But one day I rebcll

going to have one of her nwellast patrons to call—the taught French— and I Just took her party gown, tar street gown, the half dosau waists,

•rythteg alas of tan lying around ths i and piled them up tn a hasp oa

“She took bar visitor Into the room, that I tad tidied It np as

Chat With the Cook. If a knife used to cut onions rr tains the odor of the vegetable, take t Into the hack yard and run It into the earth several times Most housekeepers keep s separate stewpsc lot cooking onions, alnce more or less ol their pungency Is apt to linger about a dish In which they have been boiled unless as Is seldom the csss with the dish washer, especial care Ir taken tc ttafr cleansing. A supply of sal soda near at hand will stimulate the mald’r ambition to keep her utensils clean, since It readily softens extraneous matter, saving time and effort, betides serving as a deodorizer. Custards or any other dish with milk as a foundation readily absorbs the flavor left by cooking of pungent vegetables A double holler and a baking dish should be set aside for such purposes and employed in no other way. It is attention to throe small detail* that Is to a large degree accountable for the reputation of good cooking. Tendencies In Home-Bulldlng. The tendency now is toward fewet and larger rooms; to have at least one large living room In the house; In the smaller house to make the hall a reception room or parlor. The kitchen is being more carefully planned, as people realize the Importance In the dally comfort and economy of the convenient and well-planned kitchen. There was a time when tbe superficial features were given undue consideration. and when a house was planned with reference to the rare occasion* ol party and reception. Today a wiser Idea prevails and the dally life of the household becomes the controlling Influence. Sliding doors are less In evidence; the desire to throw the house open to accomodate one or two days In the year and to be Inconvenienced tbe remaining 360 odd days: this has gone by. The fireplace is built to use rather than to help furnish. Room closets, linen shelves and many other conveniences are thought of and planned for rather than cozy corners snd comfortable window aeau.—Good Housekeeping. Starch Polish. “Where’s the starch polish?” called the new girt last Monday—after ths manner of "new girl*" who take it foj granted that all the special requlr> menu of "my way of doing things ' must be at band when demanded. Thla particular variety of starch polish was not on band on thla occasion, however, and the process of preparing it was watched with Interest. One ounce of pure white wax was mixed with two ounce*.of spermaceti and a large pinch of salt. When melted and thoroughly blended, this was poured into a cup to become cold, and It soon formed s hard wMte cake that will not mold nor sour. A piece about the size of a grain of orn la put into sufficient hot starch for two or three shirt*. Then—In Ironing—after pressing well once, th# Ironed surface is dampened with a clean, soft, damp cloth, and rubbed with ths Iron until glossy. The Iron must become moderately hot—If too hot the skirt bosom will become yellow during the polishing; If too cool It will take longer to give the right polish.— Philadelphia Record. Recipe*. Bridal Salad—Breast of chickens or turkeys equal parts of th* tender celery. one-fourth the quantity of blanched and chopped Brazilian note Serve with whipped cream mayonnaise In center of bride rosea,,. Broiled Tomato**—Three large, firm tomatoes, not overripe; ent them Into slices half an Inch thick and lay on a sieve Make a dressing of one table spoonful ol butter snd on* of vinegar, rubbed smooth with the yolk of on* hard-boiled egg: add half a teaspoonful of sail, a fourth of a teaspoonful of mustard and a fourth of a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper; beat until smooth and heat to n boll. Take from the Are and pour upon a wellbeaten ogg. whipping to. a smooth cream. Put the vessel containing this areasing In hot water. wMle broiling the tomatoes. Put tomatoes on hot dish and pour the dressing over them Cooked In this way they are very nice with chicken. Buttermilk Bread—The sponge Is usually mad# the evening belflre baking. Scald two qbarja eg sweet buttermilk and poor into a bowi In which one scant cup of flour has been placed with a teaspoonful of nalL Let stand until cool enough to add th* yeast, one cup. or a compressed cake dissolved In warm water and flour to —try a thick batter. Beat the batter thoroughly, the longer the better and whiter the bread, la the morning sift floor Into a warm bowl, poor the sponge into the canter and stir tn some of tbe floor;’after breakfast mix to a dough sad knead for about half aa boor. Bet to rise, ata when light —ks Into loaves with as little kneadtwe aa potable. This ariu make four and 40 bteeuK. It Is a very old.

COMMtRCUL kCVIbtt Orstrsl 1r.Sc Ctsdklest R C. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of "I radc" ixyv; N.itwilhvUnding serrral unsatisfactory feature* the volume Df trade continue* large, and the distribution ol merchandise taxes shipping iacilitie*. Announcement of a concerted effort to rr»trict production of pig ron indicate* that .upplie* have begun :o accumulate Railway earning* eonir.ue to show gam*, for September thus ar exceeding Ian year - * U* & 7 !*er cent., *nd those, of igot by ty.z per cent. Traffic blockade* occur to some client. although the movement of farm produn* ii .till uri»ea»onal»ly small. New labor controversies have begun, but a number of »criou* troubles have been averted, and on the whole the number of men idle voluntarily has diminished Enforced idleness in the won snd steel industry is more than offset by resumption of spindle* at cotton mills. Bradstreel's says: Wheat, including iiour. exports for the week ending September 24 aggregate 3.050.4S0 bushtl*. against 1,909,083 last week. SpTJPJs this week last year. 4470J52 in 190' and 3.242810 in *1900. l or twelve weeks of the cereal year they aggregate $6,214,61*1 bushels, against 59-009.137 >n 1902, 74,127.105 «n 1901 and 38,743.668 in 190a Corn exports (or the week •Rgregate 779.230 bushels, against 787. 167 last week. 74.952 a year ago. 585.706 in, 1901 and 2.156.171 in I9SO For twelve weeks of the present cereal year they aggregate 11,605.251 bushels, against 991827 in 1902. it.224.692 in 1901, and 38.333.118 in 1900. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Flour—Spring clear. $3-7503 901 best Patent $5.00: choice Family $4 25 Wheat—New York No. 2. 87c; Phil adelphia No. 2. 8256; Baltimore No 2. 82c. Corn—New York. No. 2, 58c; Phi]-, delphia No. 2. 56^56^: Baltimore No Oats—New York No. 2, 42c; Phila delphia No. 2, 4iJtK; Baltimore No. 2 * 3C - Green Fruits and Vegetables.—Ap f les—Maryland and Va., per orl. fanev i.orxfft.io; do. fair to good. 75c<a$>-<» Cabbage—Native, per too $300^4 5° do. New York State, per ton $16.0018.00. Cantaloupes—Anne Arundc! Gems, per basket *40ft75e- Cc, ' ! ’> r - New York State, per dozen. 205140c Carrots—Native, per bunch i<ai^e Corn—Native, per dozen, field, 85? 10c do, per <l>zen. sugar «a®l5c. Dam sons—New York, per IO-tb basket 20 JTjoc. Eggplants—Native, per too — Jila.oo. Grapes—Concords, per 5-lb basket Itfniac; do. Niagara, do, lyn' 14c; do. Delaware, do. I3@I4C. Let luce—Native, per bushel box 40(0 50c Lima beans—Native, per bushel box joc(ti$!.oo. Onions—Maryland an-I Pennsylvania, per bu 555565c. Peaches —New York, per 2-b*slcet carrier Si.00 gl.50; do. Western, per carrier. 50 5i'2 50: do, nearby pie fruit, per box ji4JO>St.25. Pears—Eastern Shore. Bartlett, per basket so@6oc; do. jjcr xwr/SfSTJ OO:60, Eastern Shore. Dutc.v rss, per basket 20®30c. Plums—New York, per to-lh basket 106425c. Pumpkins—Native, each 2j6fSjc. Quinces— Eastern Shore. Maryland. P*r basket iofayoc. String beans—Arme Arundel xr bu. green, 206425c. Tomatoes— \nne Arundel, per Vi-basket tj'riajc lo. measured bu 30® 35. Watermelon* -Anne Arundel, per too. selects 515.0c a 16.00; do, pnme. $8.0061 to-oo Potatoes. — White — Eastern Shore. Maryland, per brl. No. f, $1.50642.00 %. seconds, ystfgi.oo; do. native, pet >ushcl box 60®70c; do. Maryland and Pennsylvania, prime, per bu tl'rTocSweets—Yellows. Maryland and Virginia. per brl li.SotSiBs; do, per flout aarrel [email protected]; do, red, per brl $1.2? <41.50. Yams—Virginia, per brl $1.50^1 t 75; do. Potomac, Maryland, per br "provisions and Hog Products.—Bulk clear rib sides. 054c; bulk clear sides. JKc; bulk shoulders, 9c; bulk backs. 18 tbs and under. 8c ; sugar-cured California hams, 8$ic: canvased and uncan cased hams. 12 lbs and ortr. J$c; refintd lard, half-barrels and new tubs. 9tic ierces, lard, 9c. Live Poultry- — Chickens — Hens heavy to medium. —fSiSc; do. ok roosters, each asigjoc; do. young, largt : lbs and over, —<§iSf; 60. d°- small to ikSlbs, —<®i5c; do. do. undet iyi lbs, —@I5C. Ducks—Young. 3 Ibj and over, ii®I2c; do; fancy, large, old white, utivtac; do. do, small —<SToc; do, Muscovy and mongrels, io@uc Geese—Western, each • Guinea fowl, each i5@aoc. Eggs.—Western Maryland and Pennsylvania loss off, per dozen —®2Jc; (eastern Shore (Maryland and Virginia), loss off, per dozen atdvaac; Virginia. loss off^per dozen —@2ic: West Virginia, loss off? per dozen. —^2tc. Butter—Separator 2i{p22c; Gathered Cream ipSaoc; Imitations —@190. Uv* Mock. Chicago.—Cattle—Good to prime iteers $5,500)6.10; popr to medium (vgofgs 25; Stockers and feeders $2^C 444-20; cows and heifers $!.4d6Tsoo tanners $1.tag*57; bulls $2.oofffi6o salves $3 5o€J75: Texas steers $2 85® Las; Western steers fjaXgs-ta Hogr —Receipts today 18.000 head; tomorrow 18.000. Choice steady: others lowtr; mixed and butchers' S5.656t6.35: good to choice, heavy. $585(36JO, •orgh. heavy, gstagsib-. light 5« 756 iwVS; bulk of sales f5.751fil6.05 Sheer -Receipts 22jxx> head. Market steady .0 10c lower; good to choice wether* 1340644-35: *»»«■ to choice mixed $2.25 93.40; native lambs $3-50fi'5-6s Herrs Island—Cattle steady; choice

$66006-65; light do »4ofi'6^o. jigs $6 OCXS6.25; roughs $4-O0®S7$ sheer steady ; best wethers $385 0400; mils and common * 0 - •mbs fS50@57S-

nDUSTOAL AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES The Southern States raise 75 per cent

*f the world's cotton.

The trusts number 180, which coa-

rol about Jooo active plates.

Railway earnings are $1.000 000 a

seek greater this year than lakt. Forty-three par cent ol the mhsM

alood.

ol Cincinnati are ol Gentus

A plague ol white ants i* d . _ tawocSra bosses in New Orleaa* The profit to th* governaaent oa pc* sirs i«ya th* tatire ex proses ot the