Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-30
Crop Prospects.

thelcss 10 accomplish specie resumption 10
January, depends in largo measure upon the
crops Of this iall and tho foreign demand for
our products Mr.. Cards estimate In the
London Times s that, although tho new crop
is fully up to tho average, England alone will
rturiro 1000, 900 bushels. and that the
French, On account of - short crop, will DC
buyers instGad OF sellers. Letters from Her
meny show that the wheat crop 10 Southern
Germany has been greatly injured ny heavy
rains and we'll informed writer believes that
large purchases from this country will be made
for German consumption.
a csblo dispatch states that tho crops ~
Roumania have been very seriously damaged
By recent raias." In Austria the yield Is in
average quantity, but inferior in qualify be
cause Of rest, and 10 hungary the harvest had
been Interrupted by bad weather. Advlca5
from South Russia promises only 'taNy
good" crops. Paris adviccs OF August are
that tho yield is unsatisfactory, being Interior
bath in quantity aud also quality, except IN
Northern France and that Franco may be *
pcctcd 10 import III, 600, 600 bushels OF wheat.
Thus all The information at hand gives promise
Of an unusually largo demand Tor American
grain.
Tho latest information from the West does
not materially change tho prospect aa to the
aggregate yield in this country. Tho elaborate
tables of tho Pioneer Press placo tho yield IN
Minnesota at about 223ooo,ooo Dusho's'
or about 100000 bushels less than tho
actual WELD last year, while Minneapolis
miIlcrs sill! estimate the yield at about 80, ,OO0.-
600 bushels. Chicago statistics from 2Gl coun
ties in Che northwest show q loss OF 6,5OO,MO
bushels in gpriDg wheat, while there IS very
largo increase ia winter wheat. The advsces
from California continue entirely favorable, and
the yiold in Oregon is unusually large Fer
haps tho best proof that tho new crop Is not On
the whole deficient ia found in tho very largo
rcccipts Of what at Chicago, which amount for
the last four weeks to about 2,G0OOO0 bushels.
against about 100000 bushels for tho CORES
poGding weeks last year. At milwaukee, 70
coipts arc less than they were last year by about
10 pcr cent, the in Jury having been greatest IN
tho very region from which TINT city draws Its
earliest supplies; but the loss is insignificant
thus far, compared With the gain at Chicago
The receipts at Toledo have also beon cxtraor
dinary large The shipments OF grain from
Buffalo were ab0ut as large last week as during
the corresponding week OF the previous year,
and for the last four weeks they have bccn
much larger.
rcrort of the Bureau of Agriculture indlcatcs
= couditior considerably better than that OF last
wear 20 the sarne date, and it ~ calculated by
The Financial Chronicle that tho Improvement
IS reported by tho department is equivalent to
promise Of 400 900 bales more than last year"
crop. But The Chronicle places little con!l'
dcnco in thcso reports, and its later adVccs by
TELEGRAPH show that untaVnrable weather haa
done damage in some localities. crop only
as large as thut OF last year, however, would
perhaps pay the country quito aa We'll nS 4
larger yield, in view Of the depressed condition
of the manufacture and tho recent strikes IN
cotton mills in hnelan1.-N. l. 7rtbuRs.
TIE DEAD ALIvE--'!'hc body .GnatcnoFs.
whiIo following their horrible occupation wore
ono dark might, driving ovnf p doa9ihio moor IN
4 rural district in England, Ihoy ha! tho boly
Of woman, cnva!opcd III largo bag siltihg o''
upright between them. On coming 10 d roht
sito inn, thny won. into tho hosllory u roro'h
themselves. Tho h0sllor Of tho inn, not llEihH
lhcir looks wont out - The cart and, to his nor
hor found :he corpse. Determined to play IL
trick on tho men, ho hurricdly removed IN"
body to the stable, and then calmly and dellbhr.
aLoly got into tho sack and lciZnrcly a""''1
cvcrts.
The two worthless, alter smoking their pipes,
loft tho wsrIn room, united tho h0r5o and pro
| cccdcd on thci! Journey. They hs! gone some
distance. whom ono nt the men inadvertently
| placed his hand on tho face OF the SUPPOSED
| tead Quick az lightning he withdrew his name
| oyclsiming To his comrada, Jim. that corpse ID
ho,V" "Yean exclaimed voice from tho bag,
and if you had been in Tophct as l0ng ~ )
have You would be hot too" Alarmed Dey""',
| measure. tho two iHmnod from tho cart, AIT!
| hurr;nL ,wsv for dcsr life. The hOstior faced
| tho horae's head toward the inn. and lmIh'"''
| otclv advertised the horse and cart, but n" owh
er oyer appeared to claim tho property
sng- VARIOUS CAUSES advancing year,
caro-, sickness, disappointment, ana nerouI."'S
| nrcdispositon-all operate TO turn the mar RthS
And either Of them ncnca It TO shed prcnHssIae e.
lIv AYyKs HAIR VIGoR will restore iaueu o'
grav, light ard red hair to rich brown or @ uc'l'
b]sck. ss mny be desired 1t soitona ana cio"'s"H @
the scalp, giving it . healthy ACTON, "''t -,
| ,ncvoa and cures dandruN snd humora. IVY ~
r'II;. "I h";r is checked, and naw growth
,.I, IN y,soduced in Ill casoa whero the toliic!o'
.a ,ot dartroved or glands decsyed. us elnc!r
a-o beautifully shown on brnshy, Weak Or s'Gh'y
h.ir 10 which few applications VIII pfo""Iu, L,
no aIoaa and freshness Of youth. llarmio7" "h'.
smre in IFS operation, IL Is lncompar"pIo hs "a a
Jroseing, and ia especially valued for tho sol'
} | Inetre and richness Of tone il linparlS IL CON-
teing neither oil nor dye, Gnd VIII hoI so't y.
color white csmbric; yet It lasts long on sho ma,
| and keeps it fresh and vigorous. NJ D. 1'e"N
f bcster & Bro. .------
as5-AN UNDENIABLE IRUrI.-l \ OIL deserv
to suffer, and If you lead q nlserable. unShlS
factory life in this beautiful world, IT Is on''ti
vour own fault and there is only ono excuse lt
you Evonr unreasonable prejudice and sSept
know norelge %sisG and H1s o ToasSnns vi
sn0n gboW you that Green's August Flowor W.
cure cure You Of Liver Compliant, or DyspSSrs ie SesE
with s its seesbe eecs Sosut sucA sanr as set stomach
paotGon of dsaness 19 nSs Sa hosd
psosscn p5 &c. dt,,asn Its iass
Druggist but will tell you Of It's er cent