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best and highest priced tobacco is called
"Lone Jackpo The answer is found in
an old chronicle, yerbatim ct Iiteratim,
thus: There IS a. kind of tobacco,
verie good, called 4 Lone Jack and how
it came to be SO called was in this wise:
King James IL, did greatly dislike ye
smoking of tobacco, holding it to be
grevous synne, whereas it did SCENE to
some wagge in Virginia a good jest to
stamp upon hys tobacco ye Kings face,
wyth a pipe in his mouth. sYe fame Of
thys did greatlie spread abrode, even to
France, where, they, did falselye change
ye Kinge's name to .Lonze Jacques
(mistaking the II to be eleven), which
/ seemingly to they of Virginia better
jeste than yeother, they did change the
Kinge's crowne to,,a hattie, and name
him ssLone jack"
This is evidently a very desultory and
fragmentary article. 1t would horrify
that worthy old logician who laid down
;. the law that every good piece must have
a beginning, a middle and an end, sand
that all these must cohere. Let us come
\ to the end, then, as all desultory con-
versations are likely to end, with a few
words about wine and women. Is it
not noticeable fact that the word for
wine is almost the same in, all ancient
and modern languages? Thus, the
Greek is vinos, the Latin vtnatna, the
Arabic ranon. the Frencbwtny the Ger
4 man wein, and the English aoi'se.
Speaking of wine, will any good brother
|1'tell us how it happened that Noah, the
sonly man good enough to be saved from
the flood, and Lot, the only righteous
man in Sodom,. both got drunk at the
first opportunity?
The women will be more appropri
ately discussed in rhyme: - r.
When Eve brought woe to all mankind,
Old Adam called her wo man; sr
But when he found she wooed so kind,
He then pronounced her WOO man,
But now, with smiles and artful wiles
Their husbands pockets trimmin',
The women are so full of whimS,, -
The people call them whin- men.
~ BEN -CAssEDAY.
Cincinnati Commercial.
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FARM AND FIRESyDr-


To PREVENT MILpEw ON PRrrsupspv,. usp 1
Take white of an egg and wet slichtIs,
both sides of piece Of letter-paberS S ~
ficiently large to cover over the ton '1 J.
the preserves snugly.
BLACK CURRANT JAM--Gatbar Al.
currants when they are quite ripe m ans 'r's
dry, pick them clean from the stamS nu .
bruise them in a bowl, and to eyerv ,,s' twn
pounds of currants put pound and az =
half of sugar. Put them into a preserr ~ :
ing pan, and boil them half an I hc,r
stirring then all the time; then nut them
into pots, and cover with paper dinnaa mad
in white of an egg, and tied down TrtS VIII
bladder. '4
GOOsEBERRY WINE.-To every tv.
gallons of full, ripe gooseberries, mash 0
ed, add an equal quantity of soft wata, sa
milk warm, in which has been dissolved
one pound of loaf sugar. Stir m tSa %
whole in tub, and cover with a blapkat
Let it ferment three days, frequentlv
stirring it; then strain through a Slew
and a coarse cloth; put the LIQUOR ;nto
la cask, and ferment from ten days to
three weeks, when brandy, in the pfopor. =
ton of one to every two gallons, aRd
the same quantity Of sherry, should b
poured in, together with a small ouan.
tity of isinglass perfectly dissolved n
water. Close the cask tightly. Ii at tia
end of fortnight it is not sweet enough
add more sugar. Close finally for isi sin
months, and then bottle, OF sooner, il Il
is wished to initiate sparkling cham.
pagne.
CURRANT WINE.-Sclect cnrranh
that are quite ripe, yet not inclined tO
decay, and pick them over carefully;
then squeeze out the juice as for jelly'
To 6 quarts of the pure juice add s
l,euarts of cold water, and 12 pounds 81
No. i coffee sugar Let it dissolVe
thoroughly in pan, and then turn Il
into a 3-gallon jug, leaving out d bowl
full to fill7up the jug as it worksoyerand
shrinks. Put a bit of muslin or lace
over the mouth of the jug to keep out in
sects, and set it in a cool place for a
week or ten days. By that time fermen-
tation will probably have ceased, and the
/. jug can be tightly corked up until
spring, when the wine should be bot
tied and sealed up closely by dipping
the cork into q mixture of resin and tai.
low, heated together. White eurrant'
make wine IN every way superior tt
that made from the red variety.
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Well Known Authors, and What They
Live On.
Cincinnati Commercial.

Longfellow is independent in circum-
stances-probably worth 100000 to
$2O0,000; but the greatest part of it has
come to him through his wife, long
since deceased, who was rich in her own
right. 80, ,r->.
= Emerson has not made, from his re-
markable little volumes, over S20, 900.
Heshas gained nearlyEas much more by
.lecturing; and yet, by excellent man
agement, which one might not expect
from the high idealist, and by a serene
philosophy of practical sort, he con-
tinues to live on his small property -
Bryant is often cited as an instance Of
rich author. He is rich, but not by
authorship. All the money he has di-
rectly earned by his pen, outside of his
journal, would not exceed, in all proba-
bility, S25, 900, Notwithstanding his es-
tate is estimated at $500, 200. -4s..,s .a
Hawthorne was poor to : his dying
day, and might have suffered but fol
his appointment, to- the consulship at
Liverpool by his friend, President Pierce.
Lowellis independent tincircumstances in
no thanks to his fine poetry and es-
says, however. e.l2
Whittier, like most New Englanders,
owns his own house, and beneath. its
humble roof, it is said, he has some
times subsisted-he. is bachelor, you
know-on $500 year.
| Holmes is well off by the practice OF
the medical profession, by marriage,
and inheritance, albeit not by poems,
lectures, novels, nor 'sAutocrats of the
Breakfast Table, All that he has
written has not brought him S25,000.
J. G. Holland is frequently named as
an author who has amassed wealth. His
| books have sold as largely as those
of any American writer, and what.
ever may be thought Of his
ability he still has a vast constit-
uency. He is not at all rich in the New
York sense: he may be worth 100000
but most of this he got by his partner.
ship in the Springfield Republican,
George William Curtis is dependent
on his salary from the Harpers; so i:
MI. William D. Howells dependent upor
his editorship of the atlantic. Bre
Harte, T. b. Aldrich, James Parton, J
T. Trowbridge, r. H. Stoddard, T. w
Higginson, mainly on fugitive writing
I-Printers' Circular.
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III = Is Q n I"
Shooting Turkish Spies.

One of my colleagues who was at
GiurgevO when the affair took place
gave me an account of an incident which
will explain the extreme circumspection
necessary in the granting of the much
coveted permission to follow the opera
tions of the army of invasion. The
country swarms with spies in Turkish
pay; these are generally Israelites, q
whom great numbers accompany the
rear guards of the columns as suffers Or
peddlers.. Two, Of these worthies had
rendered themselves very conspicuous
for their ubiquity and their inquisitiEe.
ness. Naturally they were suspected
and watched, and on Sunday night wes
arrested as SAey were about to embaif
in small boat on the Danube for sone
I unknown destination. Taken immed-
ately before the Provost-marshal and ~
terrogated as to their intentions, then
answers, at first evasive, gradually %
came embarrassed, as they had no pa
pers; and the excuse that they "wers
going to fish for sterlets by torchllgnt,'
was not considered an available one
At last the younger of the two, fellow
Of about 20 years of age, hoping DOUBT
less, to save his own life by the sacrlilcs
of his comrade, avowed that they haa
received money from the Turks, ana
that, in spite of the inundatlons. tney
had intended to cross the Danube IN OF.
der to make their report to a person
posted at certain point on the bul. ].
garian shore. This was quite sufncien'
to establish their guilt; the court-msl'
4 tial pronounced the sentence, ana |,
platoon of execution was then and
there detailed. According y y
my informant the behavior ~. y
the two culprits was very different. In y
elder of the two, a man about 4o' w -
and powerfully built, with strcnsg
marked features, marched out Fwi.l FL
stoicism worthy Of better tate, T. T.
companion, on the contrary, was II u
picture of the most abject despair, . 2
threw himself at the feet OF his ]uoga,,
invoked their compassion in favor y !
the revelations which be had maas' y.
called upon Abraham, Isaac anu ". -
prophets in general to help hmm, ''s,s ess
offered to abjure his faith # his ille VI NJ
spared, and fell upon his face ., Y. l.
writhed about like a reptile, UNA ..ss =
was carried out bodily and tied 70 IN N
where he continued. his howls ~ !
lamentations in gutterai Jargva aaI ,
Hebrew, German and Turkish nI n
bullet sent him into another sv,,s ,;,s
The other walked out boldly ana Wv ,.ss
out remonstrance. He gave g,ayS .,S
of unutterable contempt at bis cow q
lily accomplice, put his back asalus'' nnss
; stake, and then, for the first tune. ~, vtIS n
ing his lips, said with q sneel 4 '4os e ,b
had already done harm enougn. -, = 4
Russians to pay for his lite, ana %. sIs' ID I
J thought little OF its sacrinee; - -, roa %
. words we're: "Fire, dogs! haze i, M ]
accursed race!" There was roI i
; musketry, the two spies fell lo[s~ a e't II,
their faces; a corporal stepped ops 49, y
discharged a bullet, as coup ds g,ur ,rsr
: into the ear of each, and al. was Ssns, M
Nobody knows their names, no, NJ ~a %
they came, and nothing pu1 sl. " ~oul
; mistakable Jewish physiognom91ssss, n.y., Mn IN
: have revealed their origin.-V"'s
2 resemblance. =
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A Morganatic Marriage.

Here a curious case which newspa-
per correspondents from Europe have
unaccountably neglected to report:
Prince Ludwig (or l.ewis,) who was
married in 1862 to Princess Alice, Queen
Victoria's S second daughter, has become
Grand Duke of Hesse by the death of
his uncle, Ludwig III. His territory is
of limited extent, only 1866 of our
square miles, with population OF 882,-
600, and a civil list of $328,710, but his
English wife has an allowance from Par
lament of $4,000 a year. When the
late Grand Duke was. on his death-bed
the other day several of his dearest rela-
tives were present. b They had not cul-
tivated his society of late: on account of
his relations with a lady. who had been
a professional danseuse, at whose dis
posal apartments in the ducal palace,
adjoining his own, had even lately been
placed, Apprised of his approaching
dissolution, his. nearest of kin went to
him, and the dying prince introduced
Fraulein Afelt as Countess Hochstedten,
informing them that he had contracted
rnorganatic marriage with her nine
years ago The Princess Carl, his SIS
ter.in.law, who had often offended this
lady. by a marked show of contempt,
Immediately went up to her and cordial
~ thanked her for the kind attentions
shown to the Grand Duke during his
illness. He was over II when he died.
Ludwig w., the consort of Princess
Alice, began his reign with a proclama-
ton in liberal mood, which has given
much satisfaction to the people, except
those, not numerous, who are Ultra
montane in principle Berlin Letter.
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AS the Rev. Edward Allen was alight-
ing from carriage in London, after at
tending the burial of his father, a young
woman handed him baby and said,
'.iHere's your child-take care of it. /"
He had considerable trouble in getting
himself free of scandal, but he did it,
and the woman was imprisoned for a
month";
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PRESIDENT HAYES slept under y, y,
in Rhode Island that had not oeea arsd al
since President Washington ga'ny yes
about his form one cool night Al .,sr' ,,r'
post lust after the Revolutionary w."
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THEvSunheam Society, is an associa-
ton of Chicago young ladies, whose
mission is to sew for the poor, and to
help them other ways.
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covered in the numismatic department
of that institution several coins bearing
date of two hundred years before
Christ, which were evidently of that
material. There is nothing new under
the sun. - = 81
The letter is not pretty to hook at,
nor has it an agreeable name. 1t is, of
no great consequence in the alphabet
alpha, beta, the first two letters of the
Greeks-and might be dispensed with
altogether. Some people call it 80 iz-
zard,r while others think that vulgar
ism, as they call it ss zed." The last is
only q continuation Of the first, and SO
the honors are easy. The name of the
ugly letter is contraction of the French
s, sourde Is hard). 1t is the last and
meanest letter of the collection, quite at
the bottom of the class, so we need i'm
pose upon it no longer.
Up till 1873 Webster's Dictionary
contained the verb to "jew,r (which was
interpreted to cheat" In the edition
of that year this was omitted, at the
earnest request of Mr.. Solomans, a He
brew booksellerof Washington. At the
same time a strong Catholic influence
was brought to bear to get the offensive
meanings of ''jesuiticar' removed, but
it was not successful.
Do you know, Mr.. Smoker, why your
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THE CINCINNATI SOUTHERN.
The Road to be Open for BuSin eS 8
July go, Probably.

The Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Company yesterday elected Edward p.
Wilson, Superintendent OF Transporta-
tion and General Passenger Agent; G..
NJ. Van CIeef, General Freight Agent;
j. L. RedmOn, Master Mechanic and
Master Of Trains aud M. q. Shoemaker,
Secretary and Treasurer. Mr.. Wilson,
the newly elected Superintendent Of
Transportation, has for thirteen years
been connected with railroads; among
others the Louisville, Paducah &
Southwestern, the Louisville & Nash
vile, the Louisville, Cincinnati II Lex
ington, and lately with the Erie & North
Shore. Mr.. Van Cleef has been general
contracting agent on the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, and Mr..
Redmon has been employed with the
Little Miami, and with the Union Rail-
way and Transit Company, AZ st. Louis,
where he was engaged on the Mlssis-
sippi River Bridge.
The company yesterday bought three
baggage and express cars; two smoking
and mail cars; four tirst-class passen
ger cars, with Miller platform and air
brake complete; fifty first grade, best
make, box cars; tihy irst-class stock
cars; three hrst-class passenger ell
glnes ana TWO lrelght engines, with air
brake complete. lne cars were all pur.
chased from the Barney & Smith Manu-
featuring Company, Dayton; and the
locomotives from the BALDWIN Locomo.
tive Works, Philadelphia. All the roll
ing stock Is purchased, the company no,
proposing to lease any at all. lhe Ex.
ecutivs committee was authorize TO
buy fifty more box and two more pas.
q
necessary.
A resolution was adopted to the effect
that if possible cars shall be running by
Monday, July 70. 1t il thought that pas
senger cars can be operated by Thai
time, but as IL will be some time before
the uepots at the various stations are
built. only rough freight can, Tor the
present, be handled.
Notices will be sent to the stockhold
ers to-day notifying them OF an assess
meut.
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Council Board.

The Board Of Councilmen met yester.
day in regular session, with twenty-six
members present at roll-call and Presi-
dent Eggleston in the chair.
The nominations of John Mitchell and
Dan. Wolf as appraisers for the rent Of
Pearl.street Market-house by the l., 9.
& l.. X. II. were confirmed.
Resolutions TO improve the following
streets and alleys were adoped: Cleve-
land street, from Eggleston avenue to
Court street; College alley, from Hunt
street to Abigail street; East alley, from
Evans alley to EIsas II Loth's north
line; Sargent street, from Carr street
east one hundred and seven feet to end
OF limestone pavement; Sioo street, from
Carr street east TO end OF bowlder.
Resolutions to contract were adopted
as follows: With Eugene Buckley, for
Improvement OF Haven alley, from
b lghth to Ninth streets; with George
Barron, for improvement OF James
street, from Fountain TO Gage streets :;
with Eugene Buckley, for improvement
of Margaret street, from Jane street to
Lynch alley.
The Board concurred in the resolution
to Tx the compensation Of the assistant
clerk III the Solicitors office at $40 per
week.
The resolution to authorize the Board
of Public Works to extnguish such pub
lie lamps as, in their judgment can be
dispensed with, was, ON motion of MI.
Hogan, taken from the table.
Mr.. Hogan then moved TO refer it TO
the Committee on Light.
Mr. Masters moved to amend by add
ing "the Trustees of such wards as the
extinguisnment is proposed in"
Mr.. Hogan accepted, and afforded the
information that around some of the
railroad depots there are more lamps
than the city should pay for.
DIR. Stanton was opposed to any refer
ence Of the matter TO q committee, and
urged the massage Of the resolution as
the best means OF accomplishing the re-
suit.
Mr.. Loder thought good could be ac-
complished by requiring the Board Of
Public Works to report to this Board
such lights as they believed should be
eXtinguished.
MIR. Spillard moved to indefinitely
postpone. Carried-Ayes 10, nays IA
this by standing vote.
Adjourned.
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Bank DefallIters.
Associated Press to the suar.

NhtFOndl AsSOCldl0u reb5 10 The SGtrs
COLUMBUS, o., July 7.-An article ap-
peared In an evening paper of this city
yesterday giving statement of large
defaIcatlon by w. c. Faxon, teller, and
Frank McCleIland, book-keeper, in the
clearinghouse of Bartlett Il Smith, of
this city. The officers of the bank have
been cogniz ant Of the defalcati0n for
several months, but the matter has not
before been made public. 1t is gener-
ally understood that the stolen money
has been squandered in gambling. Tue
business OF the bank has been and will
be continued as heretofore. The in-
yestigation of the detaIcation has not
yet been completed, and it is not YET
known what the exact extent of the loss
is. F"xon and McClelland have both
confessed to being the only parties i'm
plicated.. Both were discharged from
the service of the bank some time since.
Ehey are highly connected. The bank
ing firm is one of the oldest and most t
reliable IN the city, having been in busi-
ness mere for twenty -eignt years.
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RASE.B ALL.
A Brilliant Game Yesterday.

A Brilliant Game Yesterday.
It's 10 to 8 this time. The Boston boys
have yesterdays game set down in the
but they got it by the "skin Of their
teeth' and in the latter half of the ninth
inning. Up to that time the Cincinnati
boys had IL all their own way; and never
was the old Ball Park occupied by a
wilder and more delighted audience
than the one yesterday that witnessed
the most brilliant, exciting and extra
ordinary playing on the part Of the home
club. Tue batting OF Pike and Manning
was simply marvellous.
The latter made three two.base hits,
and the last one might just as easily
have been three-baser II Manning
could run as well as be ought. Cum
mlngs, with that easy grace OF his in
pitching, hurled the balls at the home
plate in manner that delighted every
body; while Hastings stood back OF the
striker like a stone wall and gathered
in the stingers sent by Cummings with
the unerring precision OF fate. He made,
however, one wild and costly throw to
second base. Gould, on his old spot at
first base, sustained his brilliant record
| AS sale, careful player, and he seemed
inspired with the determination TO die
game if he died at all. Little Foley, in
TWO splendid stops, gave the crowd a
chance to applaud YociIerously; aud
Ryan, way out in left field, caught on q
dead run a difficult fly that elicIted as
hearty burst of enthusiasm as ever
was heard III that PARK.
| Captain Addy was cool and vigiiant.
as usual, and whenever it came mis-
turn to do something he did IL with a
will. But Boothl Boothy, me boy,
you've got to bear the brunt of this
| bitter defeat. You did some excellent
work, but alas! like the cow that gave
a pail full of milk and then turned round
and kicked 1T over, your good plays
| were knocked into cooked hat by two
OF the most ineXcusable and fatal or.
rors-errors that no amount Of subse.
quent good play ing by the whole club
could wholly counteract. II Gould had
been twenty-five feet high he could not
have got that ba IL you sent into him
from the third base, at time when pre-.
cision and coolness was the most de-
sired. But it's over.
the Reds met their defeat like men
and with honor, and what has been un
usual with them, they died In the las
ditch, not weakening in the middle o.
the game, and at a critical moment wheI
all depended on nerve and snap. Ips O
good club, and don't you forget 1t.
| Here's the score:
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Announcements.

Lewis Tracy, Local Agent Of the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad, has resigned.
The devotional exercises Tonight at
the Young Mems Christian Association
Hopkins.
Ssngerfest tickets to Louisville, via
the Onio e. Mississippi Railway, are
good to go sunday, July 8. Trains leave
on Sunday, $40 A. NJ, with free parlor
car, ana 1915 T. NJ.
A Gospel temperance meeting under
the auspices of the W. Z. L. U. will be
held at their hall, 200 and 202 Vine street,
at O'Clock tomorrow, Instead OF at
Woods 'Theater as announced in the
morning papers. Capt. Cyrus Sturde.
want Will be present and take part in
the exercises. All are cordially invited.
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CINCINNATI DAILY MARKET,
CINCINNATI. July 70 z.

- Wy III
FLOUR-Marketq quiet. fahcy quoted ~ goa
10 10. family sSa9 70, ezra M soao 80 supeI11ne
20 2oa' W., low graaes S4ao per Drl. hye nouf
dull at 81 5Oa4 rs. Spring wheat flour So 25a
6J per brl.
oAiowSuuIv eo en la nov m sa are qu3'ea
.,foe nu "na"r.ta oSrapinas son,s cIaio W
,rhiIe baId lasc more. ''0iO'
WIZ ToT " ~ iittIo or.ri,,, o,, ,,uu. A
AL ot Esaao,, nor hu Ior gooa 70 n,.;nt, W.
n'p"' pWE az WarEat steoaV Int ths da,no, =,
,;c.s,t aa,nnia los onotaI s3as5c ,o, %,, SIS 10
read to "ripe on trncif No lin ala, o,,,, 49,
sooH w pii'no' y" 'A''A' -''' III 0io'" "'oi oo0
porrpRS por YIN Tho recoioto oro hoour +o do,-
Il, a. ~ oas" pnI~a %aI ',toa anu
Cne INA M sha1Na ~, m s 9uo.o' 2g95c
per ", ou on "fll'"i' o'ioi'ou 1" o'o'"''f 0laozc
per oX ou. 1,.o,.o -, e,,, ,,,o,,.o. L.. 49,,
80 .I heio 10 - a ~ IA ni~' I.' 49, pAU 4uIeC
on9uluers ale qu0Iou ~ cedt llo slues
anu clctl Slucs ~ ""oAI pel M ~ H. ousat- t-Gule9
n,'ais @ "ie quo'e" ~ poi i0' "'n "'0' anu
paeE3ESai- S3S up,rs ,,orLo, s+ooa, ,, ,,o,
Lh !" Sio,'Iio.s u ro ,taaS "iu uo,ianu
lnoueraVe: enouluote die qu"tou oao7s =. clear
flD slGes .5 a1H o'en, Iso 9ur ~, ~ Ioose'
20 eio 7safi M ,'a ~, H. an CIV fu,oo
iiclu AZ 90, 80 40 w SA W. A0 oA Pt'oN"' anu
plas m0stly aC Slo 0o' ',--.,
e lS sIpsuy "rneC poV quiet
Eurleno naAe 10 qeoteu o, 2aoIo y pIl lu' rims M
steam hoiiithti III mn az go Ni'S Ae''le quoVeo 1oa
NaC LOT Joopink ,nk iots. !, g., o,., ..--
eains X hoTa. St"t "iU pilSen HI un
changed. sales TO- Ia.I nales' otock o,olS bales
we quote; nsI soou iuinafs mary IVA e,
Tow lhiuaIihs tiso' hita'tiIs llSs :, soUu lhlu
dling l@c, hiiuuiihs lar l!$c' ia!r 1914 per
poWuMIiI r,,o o,o, a., +o,,- :. -, 10 .
MhlSAl-Ihe market Is steaoy at VI W per
galIoh.
BEANS-There is very little doing, but prices
are nominally steady at S! 70a2 so for best ma
vies, $2a2 70 for prime white. 81 5Oal Is for fair
to good, and $lal % for common per bu.
BROOM CORN-Steady and quiet at pre-
vious prices. Common req brush is quoted 2a3c,
red stalk braid 81 a4c, good to prime huri
41sa5c, and choice green 5Sa6c per lib.
BUTTER-The market has undergone little
If any change. The receipts are rather mod
crate, but fully equal TO the demand, especially
of lower grades. Fair local demand for tie
liner qualities at 14al6c for dairy, and 20a22c for