The Press., 1890-07-31
THE SCARCITY OF FRUIT.

The absence of the usual supply of peaches from Maryland, Delaware, and the south affects the prices of all other fruits. It has been many years since good peaches could not be had at moderate prices during the latter half of July. Now 1t Is impossible to get good peaches at any price. There are some California peaches of fine appearance in the market, but they lack flavor to such an extent as to make it almost ridiculous to call them peaches There are few prematurely ripened peaches coming from the Hudson River valley, and occasionally a quart cup of peaches comes with the blackberries from Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. A grower in Maryland reports that his entire crop consists of one peach from 5000 trees. There will be no peaches from the Mary land Peninsula for the New York market. A few growers on island farms in Kent county, Md, hope to have small crops, but these will go to Baltimore. Some hope is entertained that there may be 5000 or 10, 900 baskets produced in western New York, but the expected crop of Connecti- cut will not amount to one-quarter as much as it did last season. It is fair to assume, therefore, that practically there are no peaches this season.
 The early apple crop is less than one- half of what it was last season, and the pear crop about one-fourth. Huckleber- ries and blackberries are less abundant than then. These berries will as a conse- quence sell for twice as much as during | the same period last year.
 The scarcity of other fruit will doubt less prove blessing to the grape growers, who will be enabled to realize good prices for probably the greatest crop ever grown Iir,t oil of klo grape growing country nothing but en- couraging reports come. That is the one fruit that will be abundant, and it would be cheap were it not that it must be used as substitute for 30 many other varieties of fruit.-NeaO York ZSnaes.
 ->---- A New Orleans correspondent, whose eyes are not blinded by the immense bribe offered to the state of Louisiana by the lot tery company, writes that if the bribe is accepted the state will lose more than it gains by driving away capital which would otherwise be invested there, the income from which would be lost to the state dur ing the twenty five years which the lottery license is to run. He we'll says:
 eff sister states regard the protection and franchise which the state of Louisiana may give to the lottery company a viola tion of the rights of sister states will capi- tai invest within our boundaries Sup pose that capital should abstain from in vestment in this state because of this con- cern, can Louisiana afford to take the risk? The risk is too great for her to en- certain seeming certainty based upon an acknowledged game of chance"
 What safety would there be for vested rights in state which accepts bribe to license wholesale fraud? Pending that state's decision the U. s. senate has taken up the question of forbidding the use of the malls to lottery companies and their agents. If they will also exclude all pa- pers which advertise lotteries they will make thorough work of it.
 What a Leading Physician Says:
 Dr. R. s. Gordon, leading physician of Mt. Carmel, Ill.,, writes the following under date March 10, 1890:
 "I cheerfully recommend Swift's Specific (S. s. S.) as a tonic and general health re- storer, also in case of Blood Poison it always gives satisfaction"
 YEARS OF SUFFERING.
 "For years I have been troubled with blood taint that has batfied the skill of the best physicians of Ohio and Indiana the disease finally affected my eyes to such an ex- that I was almonst blind. was then in :. duced to take a course of Swifts Specific (S. s. s. j. and am thankful to say that after talk ing few bottles was entirely cured. My eyesight is entirely restored, and my general health is better than it has been for years, and there is no trace of the disease left. I consider s. s. s. the best blood purifier and general health tonic to-day on the market"
 OSCAR WILEs, Huntingburg, Ind. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free | SWEETS SPECIEIC CO. Atarta ia