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President.
Here give brief statement of contents


Reply will be made by Endorsement through the
different channels required. Members address
Corps Secretaries; Corps Presidents the Secretary
of Department; Department Presidents the Ma
tional Secretary. From National Headquarters to
Corps the reverse rule is followed. The National
Secretary addresses the Department President and
the Department Secretary the Corps President.
AS matter of convenience the Department Sec
retary may address the National Secretary on sub
jects of routine business
By the adoption of this system the aecumula-
ton of letter files and letter books will be mate
rally lessened. In order, however that all decs-
ions be preserved IL will be necessary to keep
Endorsement book at Department and Ma
tional Headquarters, in which recorded the
several Endorsements of any document as 1t passes
through the hands of the Department or National
Secretary. In this manner may in time
hope to be furnished for our guidance, regularly
compiled official decisions in book fo m available
to any member of the Order; when without it the
work of each administration will be but 10 undergo
the same trial of deciding without positive author
ity, or basing decisions entirely those governing
the Grand Army, remain still in doubt as to its prae
teal application. 1t is but natural to suppose that
Q book Of decisions, which 10 the Outgrowth Of our
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The Cholera Spreading.

Cholera in Spain is spreading, and the in
crease in the number of cases now daily re-
ported is causing great alarm among the people.
AT Valencia there were 45 cases reported in
one day. CASTLE announced Is deaths in the
same period. In the Province of Murcia there
are 60 cases resembling cholera This number
includes % eases in the city of Mureis. At
Madrid the civil guard has evacuated its
barracks, owing to the breaking out of cholera,
and the men are now encamped in village on
the outskirts of the city. On the 18th there
were IL cases reported in Madrid and four
deaths.
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ORDERS.

ORDERS.
There have been issued from this Office during
the past year Il General Orders. Circulars and 3
Circular Letters, ageregRtig IS3.OO0 copies They
have been furnished 10 Departments free of postage
Or expressage.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The official correspondence Of the Adutant-Gen
erals Office for the past year has been very large
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Tota. 23i OOS5 sos l24S6 500 $40 I2Ot
"Reported as single Corps.
Reported as Provisional Departments.

1t will be observed that the report of the Depart
ment of Pennsylvania for the first quarter of 1885
shows gain in either Corps membership since
the fourth quarter of 1884. would explain that
report for the first quarter has been received at
Headquarters, but letters from both Department
President and Department Secretary are assurances
that such was forwarded several days before clos
ing this annual report, and undoubtedly lost in tile
mails. Under the circumstances do not report
the Department suspended. Supplemental reports
Corps which, together with the probable gain in
Pennsylvania, will add largely to the gain both
membership and Corps in that quarter.
AS the reports of the second quarter 1885 not
due at this time, have, through the courtesy of
the Secretaries of the several Departments, as
commended in General Orders, No. s. and other
means of obtaining information, prepared special
report giving the net gain in membership from
March 81, 1885, to June !, 1885, 1t is as follows:
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A Wonderful Freak Of Nature

is sometimes exhibited in our public exhibitions.
When we gaze upon some of the peculiar freaks
Dame Nature occasionally indulges in, our
minds revert back to the creation of man,
"who is so fearfully and wonderfully made"
The mysteries of his nature have been un-
raveled by DR.. r. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, and
through his knowledge of those mysteries he
has been able to prepare his Golden Medical
Discovery" which is a specific for all blood
taints, poisOns and humors, such as scrofula,
pimples, blotches, eruptions, swellings, tumors
ulcers and kindred affections. By druggists.
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Two hundred and thirly-three Posts with 1854
members, reported suspended above, delin-
ouent for reports
June %, IsS5 postal cards properly addressed and
prepared with printed forms in which TO enter the
gains and losses since March 81, 1885 were for
waried from this Office to each Department, for
distribution to Posts with instructions to insert
figures in appropriate blanks, after the first
Ing night in june and mail the card 10 Department
Headquarters. From tlis source, and from letters
and teIegrams from Department Headquarters, the
following table of gains is made Official reports
Will materially increase the number OF gains since
March 81, 1885.
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400 Doses One Dollar" is true only of Hoods
Sarsaparilla, and it is an unanswerable argu-
ment as to strength and economy.
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expended by Each Department. and the number
of comrades and others assisted during the past
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Amount relief fund on hand.......... 40Ol063
The Corps blanks in use until the fourth quarter
1884, were inadequate to meet the requirements of
the blank form b. and the consolidated reports
of National Headquarters being necessarily very
incomplete, have not deemed it advisable to give
any financial reports prior to that quarter. other
than the expenditures for relief and relief fund on
hand But for the quarters ending December 81
1854 and March 81, 1885, the records show the fol-
lowing:
Amount turned over to Posts-......-..- S396975
Amount general fund on hand.......... Ia, 430 06
Also from the new blanks there is reported for the
two quarters, viz:
Number of members their families
Number of soldiers and their families
assisted........ 1874
Rituals on hand.......................-.... 5,624
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Total gain from March 81 to June 1, 1SS5...2, ,372
Not organized in Departments.
Provisional Departments.
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Flour and wheat Compared.

Il Is observed by aomo tkat tho prico
OF flour remains remarkably low, not
withstanding the Efforts mado with
scaut succossesl 20 life tho price OF
wheat. A tito comparison at this
point may cast light on tho subiact
Four years a.o tho boat patent Hour
sold at IS a barrel, and the
same -four sells now M 81,
But No. rod winter wheat four yoais
aga sold a. 81 81, and tha same wheat
sells now At 90 centg. -Four wears ago
spring whoat extra flour sold nj 35.l5,
and supcrine from $3.50 TO $3.50. Now
IN spring wheat extra sella nc S3.8 30 20
500, and tho supariine at IS 90 tu 1856.
But -FOUR years ago the price OF
No, Chicago spring In this market
was Si,26, and nov " IL % ceuts, IL N
teckOned that a barrel ufilnuris euniva-
lent IA consumption or Ia expifts "
"a bushels OF wheat -Four wears agl
ia average cost at iha wheat i'm "A bar.
rel ~ ilIur wts - S1lS,hqd on the same
q ts tue Averatu cust f 10 qua ips If
llIur wHs S5.Sli Bnt th0 aver .f4 op..
~ the ~ baslels - wIeAt 4 now
81 / ana ,nu average cl.s 1T the Same
10 qua ties oi n,ur H. now yi3IH.
J. appears go, that the upniirp 90
prices hnt not been regular rr suual.
for IN 1882, nhOut tht da q, mo aver
Sc cost OF ton BARRELS OF tlour was
50 Te, bur the cOss Of the wheat was
only s5.0S. Agsiu, ia August, 1883, the
average cost OF the II lur was 81 Nv,
while the average cost OF the whost
was S5.2ll4, Oao yoar ago tho average
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I5is during tho lnttor third OF his
career that the softer and lighter foods,
aueh es wollcooked cereals, somo
lisht miNad animal and vegetable
soups, and also fish, for which teeth
arc barely necessary, are particularly
ya,ugbis and appropriate. And tho
man with imperfect tooth who con.
forms Co n9turv7 domaud OF q mild
non stimulating dietary IN advanced
year, wiz muqtly be blessed WITH a
10 tt9r digestion Sn4 gOundor hoalth
than tuB man who, thanks % his
artificial machinery, can o1t and does
cat as much Il sh IN quantity and
variety ne he did IN tho DAYS Cf bis
youth Far DO 80 from mo TO under
value she truly artistic achievements
OF u clovor and cXpHriOucs q dental
sur onn, Of the comfort which ne
affords. BY all means lot US hav0 r0-
course to his aid when our natural
teeth fail, for the purpose Of yrcal
articulation, to soy nothing OF their
relation 90 personal Apprehension
such grounds tho artificial substitutes
rank among the uoCasariOs of lie In q
civilized community. Only lot L. DO
understood that tho chief end OF tooth.
gp for as masticatiog Ia concerned,
has w advancing Gga beon 90 groat
eNtont accomplish d, aud that they
are now maiuly useful for the
purposes just named. But | can not
help adding thai there are some
grounds Tor the belief that those wha
have throughous life from their onrli
est years consumed little or no ilash,
but have lived on diet chiefly on
wholly vegetarian, viii DO found to
have preserved thoir teeth longer than
those who have alwaws made flosh n
prominent part a. their daily food,
FIX,
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county, died at O'clock this morning
at his home, in East Waco. Members
OF the Fourth Texas Regiment, Hoods
Brigade, viii recall Captain Selman as
one Of the officers OF that regiment.
TIE funeral services took place at 2:30
pm. to-day,conducied by tho Masonic
fraternity.
Colonel Frank b. CAilton, of Marlin,
and Miss Leila p. Thornton, OF Tyler,
Texas,were married at the McClelland
holel this morning. Colonel Chiffon
is the leading business man of Marlin
and Falls county. They left FOR Mar
lin by this evenings Central train.
Tho Womau's Christian Temper
ance unioa has SCI apart the 3lst in
slant (th8 DAY OF the local option cleo
tom az q day Of prayer, for the sue
cess OF the prohibitionists. The
ladieG Will hold prayer meetings in Che
churches. General Ross outspokeu
assault, at Lorena, yesterday, on pro-
hlbliou, couiirms the sntiCipation1 of
mig friends, and delights the anti pro-
hibitiOnisle.
Senator HOmgn addressed prohi-
billion meeting Of colprod msn st tho
court house this afternoon.
The Examiner This morning warns
Northumberland Gibbs that he
can't straddlo tho fence on the prOhi-
bitiou question,
Cotton picking will opeu lively this
week tnrousbour the county.
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rnrI.

PARIS, Aug, 23.-[5p9oiaL Mr.. h..
G. Rising, cashier of tho Farmers and
Merchants bunk, died yesterday
morning, after short sickness. The
death of Mr. Rising has cast a gloom
over tho city. lie was esteemed very
highly for his many good qualities and
his business essrgy, The deceased
was q member af uonrly all the b9nev-
olent societies, holding official posi-
lions ~ every society. Ho was O.
prOm!u8u. m9Wb.tut tho Knights Of
Pythias Sud woTsuipful master OF tho
Masonic lodge. Mrs, II sug 80 absent
visiting rJi ives in Illinois, Dis
patches have boon sons Ina all prob
ability tho r8uHiI az our deceased
townsmGu viii b8ssuJ % Illinois i9r
burial
Tho town GA O. boom. Tho ST..
CHARLES hotel ! mo trly completed and
promises 20 nr one of the bu7t hotels
in tho S,~o hon finished. Tho Wise
block is dlW.,. r,eiy iDe occupancy
IhrQy ntC.ut Do uCv crop Of cotton
have boon received.
Mrs. John Wya be- lying a. the
point Oi OvH'N
Maasgs. Stone and Russell, Of Ten
nes6oe, are prospecting IN Lamar
COuut', "'. re- view u. erecting ~ saw
mill 20 work % tdl posi- oak limbo,
OF tno tuuasE.
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AMERICAN GIRLs
A Divine Says They are Mere Append
ages to Saratoga Trunks.

ages to Saratoga Trunks.
The girl of today, with rare excep-
ton, is industrious and with breadth
and execution. Tho iron.
ical and often moan essays on tho
women OF the present picture her as
good for little except for accompany
ing Saratoga trunk on
its wandering in summer and
for filling fashionable 6ngagemonts
in winter. Much OF this sar-
cssm is deserved by the few, but when
the millions of girls are thought of az
they are oruanentiug their mothers
homes in tho villages and cities, the
honest heart cannot but confess but
that the word "girl" never meant moro
THAI it means to-day. This being,
whom found in Eer best estate, can 20
gracefully from her silk dress and
piano to plain garb and work among
plants, or 10 the kitchen, or 10 2 mis-
zion school class. Nothing any longer
is beyond hor. la tho city she can
easily walk three miles. Lsnguor has
ceased TO DO fashionable; sleep IN the
daytime not TO DO endured. The soul
is thought to DO action, not rep0se.
All can contradict these words of
praise, b'causO all who think mo.
mont can find exceptions in girls who
gre always inst doGd with headache,
or a. aVsrBe 10 mummy b any kind
Of conversation or activity; girls who
are pleased with nothing and nobody.
These exceptions are so disagreenblo
that they a9em TO mar tho whole worlu
end mako the beautiful characters in
visible. In masters Of this kind one
can only offer opinions. One dare not
s9s9rt with confidence. At u popular
summerles0rt where quite o number
Of these l6-year iu0rtals wore met and
observed daily, appeared ia evidence
aud I'm common fame that to be full OF
OBJ d'euc9 towards parents,Of kindness
toward oil persons and things. 20 b3
lG1strlOUai to 10 fully OF inCnirv aud
rational talk, WAS NOS tho exception,
but thG average OgcYuditiOu.
why should taW Cirls of marked
vanity AND 81 Clitleriug tendencies
cast iutU reprOach that multitude
whose hsSrts are g. innocent as the
june Iowers aud tho Juno nirds2
Mucu of Cue ruin OF character comoB
I'm the later years OF women, whom the
imgrud0ng0 OF late dancing, loto sup .
per7 and tho mental anxiety, aud,
pttlip'i sNftoW WnlGu comes rom tho
vain Efforts CT. tho heart to create q par
8dEu OF pleasure GwaY fro n duty,
mako tho choeks iado carly and the
owe l13l its lus-ro 81 tho morning IKE
tho sun that goes behind tho clouds
before noon. As Tor noble girls of l6.
the western continent ia full or tnom.
, rhoy are in the cities, I'm tho villages.
In the irrm houses. We meet them on
! al streets, along all paths IN tho
| lonely and lovely country. They are
ready for all duty and happiness, aud
constitute 80 an us older aud fading
hoart5 tho most beautiful and divine
5Ceua on earth Scientific American.
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THE STATE SPECIALS.
A KILLING AT WINCHESTER.
Aufdenortei the Embezzler, ut Fort
McIntosh--GregG County to Vote
on Local OptiOn--United States
Troops ut Hsnrietta-A
Blaze at Terrell.


LAREDO, Aug. % Especial, -Aufde-
morte, the New Orleans embezzler,
and Shepherd, the celebrated counter
feiter and, it is said here, seducer Of
the fallen treasury clork, passed the
day quietly. Alfdemorto ia at Fort
Mcintosh, the military post here. He
gets plenty TO eat, plenty to read, and
IS we'll treated generally. Shepherd is
in the county Jail, close, sweltering
place In the hottest part OF the city aud
Is very savage over the prolonged de-
tention. Cousul Campbell was inter
viewed, land said he believed tho deputy
would finally succeed in taking nig
prisoners straight through Co Now Or.
leans. lie could not sue the use in talk
ing them to Austin TO appear before
United States Judge Turner. Tho
crime was committed in New Or
leans, aud The place for them
to be tried was New Orleans.
Every day lost increased tho danger
OF delay. lie had heard rumOrs Of tho
interference OF tho Mexican govern
ment over Au'demnrt9's summary
eXtradition, hus placed no cTedCnce In
them. Tine Mexican government had
0hNAAN t1 AAANh no fa't 90 NNuAhA sAAklAl 10 o.
other matters. "Yes," he continued,
kidnapping was about tho torn 70
apply to. tho method OF Aufdsmorte's
transportation 70 his side, but with a
laugh whom criminal was on thIa
side, kidnapping was about as good as
ordinary methods"
Deputy Parker fumeu aud growlel
ana damned the laws delay. &c weg
not uneasy as 80 HE final arrival at
Nov Orleans, hut lots OF time was
oDug In-t aud Laredo was an nwfu
no, r. 30 liked the now country
and psOple, but he was q
busius-. 81. nd wanted to do BUSH
ness. "Grau tlomi put them on the
train and wOoop her un Tor New Or.
Leans, B" that was his ideG.
Nowspapcr men have about
giyeu up al hopes OF finding
Aufjemort Is bur ed treasure.
Auidon % saws 10 mas not any
money, uovor did have any, and is b
all mistake, anyhow. Shepard s7y-,
according 60 popular improssioa, l8 is
3 gilt-edged C0uuiorleitor, bu. the
$500 found on him was good enough
money for gny BODY. II lis his and ho
wants it. lti3 impossible 20 state TO-
night what the final disposition OF the
prisoners will boz. A. Ia generally
thought, however, that they will be
taken straight through 10 Now Or.
leans.
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BOWIE, Aug. 23.--I5peoial, -Tho
daughter (sbluG CROWN of Mr.. Dur
ham, q gentleman from Arkansas,
lately located ,l town, died rather uu-
expeoloily lsst ni sht, and win BIO
buried To-day,
A slow TYPO ui iov,r, supposed to DO
typhombhGal, has visited a good
many OF our Vonplo o! lnto, aud We
hoRr of MS m,uy GS dozen now
afflicted with 90. rno death mentioned
above is, however, almost the first.
Mr., IA se4 T.. BNrre, day operator At
this place, who has been seriously 81
Tor three weeks, ia thought better by
his physician, D'. Baker, and HIS
chances for recovery are considered
fair.
There It's uorceptlhlo increase OF
travel over the Fort Worth q Denver
road of late.
Prospeoiors are numerous, especially
from the older cnunt'os and States.
The number o. wagons coming In aud
passing through here is simply uu-
precedentod, n large immigration "a
looked for this TALL.
Another considerable lot OF beet cat
Ito was shipped from hero q day or
two since to Chicago,
All signs Of rain seo,n futile, and wa
are apparently doomed TO long
drOuth,
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There never yet has lived stay Tor who
could make trousers that would not
bag at the knee. a newspaper oorres-
pondeut wrote to London some tlmo
sinca that an inventive Epgllshmsn
had made and patented an article Tor
tho relief of "Oaggiug" trousers. Tho
article was DESCRIBED, hut that was the
last the wri or has heard concerning &c.
The only way 90 oep q, users Ia shape
Ia Ny O. weekly visit ta tne
iH ri anu sub tqlont aipl cation
n' rot irons. Ex-ppsident Afthut is
.Uid 20 b. the only living mu1 who
% es nut bsv a. the kutes. In view ol
tie fact thnt he VISA known az She
president of May pautg,n having
something like 80 pairs, this ~ noI
strange, A fortune awaits the man
VITO will carry out tho Britisher's in
vention, and put a like article on tne
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Letter From Proos

pECos, Aug. 2l-[Oorrespondonce.-
The moving Of tho town OF Poool City
ono milo west OF tho old site, so tnSt
title could DO lad to property, is near
ly completed, and hrs created now life
in our town. The saw and tho ham
mer is heard on all sides, aud houses
are bolng builtes IL by mogic, ana tho
people res lze that we are to have the
beat town west OF Fort Worth eIo lOug.
Several wells have boon dug in town,
and good water Obtained nc Tie depth
of 10 feet, which dispels an doubt about
securing good water, This county now
IL principally used for stock raising,
but II 10 the best farming portion OF tho
State, Corn, wheat. oats, barley, rye
and alfalfa produced we |, and the lat
tor produces four crops year, with six
tons 10 tho acre. All kiud8 Of fruit,
such M peaches, pears, apples, april
u and grapes, will do well hero, end
anUrls splendid opportunities for the
p uuoiOgist. AS for vegetables, every
Il ing In that line pr duoss Gs well here
as IN any portion of our State. The
ubhve arc not cuujeuturep, bat living
realizes. The grass was never better,
and u ok of ali Kinds sre doing spigu-
dtd In tact, keep at the year round,
and don't DIFF n III Other portions
the State. VIZ don't have the northers,
aud our winters ur5 hu mild tina. Que
eau hardly rosl ~ he uttf raacn bp-
tween winter aud -pripg
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LoNovIEwi Aug, 3--tSpeclal.l--
The commissioners court has appoint
cd September 10, az The day Tor tho
people of tho various precincts TO vote
ON the question of county prohibition.
the probtbitionists ars quito strong in
portions of the county, and, ~ thor
opposers ara Nc least AZ strong I'm mum.
bers, a hard Il chs IS expected,
George Abbot, one OF q let ofcsceppd
conviots from gang Vt work ON tho
Kansas q Gull Shot line, between
Rusk and LuplSiu, wa. arrested here
by Sheriff ktllirRsworth, aud taken
back to Rusk. Atter escaping from
tho gang, two of then got into shoot
ing sorRpo at JacRstrylla, one being
recsptused, the other AnnOr coming
here.
Bupinets y fas, 4, tim In better CON
dition, aud brighter suilss keep pace
with brighter hope.
Many new AN really 6na dwellluge
are being bull Ia various patte OF
town.
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CALVERT, Aug. 23,-ISpaclall 20. W.
English, young man employed by
W. i Bailey as clork, came near los.
ing his life las. night by falling from a
gallery u feet high. Mir. English went
to slsep on the gallery and, while
asleep, rolled on ana fol- on his face,
which 3 badly manglGd, his lower lip
being uoscly cut in two, so that part
heo 10 b. amputated HIS Dyes are
also badly bruised eud swollen, and
his lott arm is very much bruised. lie
was found by Mr. Ed. COT IN An uu.
con ciuus condition. Medical aid was
summoned, and today ho is resting
quietly.
Mr.. Andrew Wagner and Mr., l.. L.
Fuller returned from New York,
whore they have been purchasing
their fan stock,
Cotton is coming in lively. About
30 bales have been shipped up TO date
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market. Now that tho subject OF
trousers has been introduced, 1t may
be in good form TO sea how they are
made this soagon. The world 10
slowly but surely getting back 60 the
old style Of large pantaloons. Tho
legs are q triile larger this year than
last, and s,e cut straight throughout
thor entire length. Tho bottoms hang
neatly on the instep. The seams may
be plain or with a welt. The trousers
made from rough goods arc larger
than when cut from other varieties.
The legs Of full dress trousers are
smaller than those of any other kind.
list. Louis Globe Democrat.
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SEgrERsoN, Aug, Especial D.
Dennis Blsko had q preliminary
trial before Justice StGllcup as South
land yesterday upon q charge OF Us
srult 90 murder Tho evidence was
conflicting ~ to who old the a,sbblug,
tho defendant or Jim Williams, Jonu
Watts, the injured party, was too bGd-
ly hUIr TO BIO present. lie i9 seriously
iuiW,d, and may not recover,
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cost of the ten barrels Of
1louG was 81 IS, whilo tho
cost of the whoGt was $i05. At that
time wheat was much lowor than 10 is
now, and was relatively too low for tho
price OF flour. Now, tho difference be-
tween the two in relative price 10 COM
paratlvely small, the relation being
substantially tho same as in August,
1881, when flour and wheat both cost
So SOl4, against $i3i or S4,3TI6
at tue present time. rnus IL eu-
pears that the decline il theprice Of
hour has not been exceptionally great,
but only about equivalent 20 tho dc
cline in the price OF wheat. IL appears
also that although the exports OF flour
have very greatly increased, SO that 4
muoh larger proportion of tho wheat
sent abroad goes in the form of flour
thgn was thus exported live years
ago, tho relative price Of the
two remains about the same, and
Is perhaps more fairly adjusted
at this time than ia usual in Che his
tory Of the trade, In short, unless tho
demand for -four sufiices to LIT it to u
considerably higher price, there seems
little reason % believe that spocu-
lativo operations to advance tue price
OF wheat viii be long successful
New York Tribune.